- Oh!
Excuse me.
You are probably bored to death watching all these projects,
but don't worry, I'm gonna show you something
cool!
Can you explain to me why I have a vodka bottle
in that shot?
- I don't know.
- Did you approve this?
- Baby, I don't think I approved any of this stuff.
- I had footage that I presented to my seventh grade class
of me lifting a vodka bottle and going, oh, hello there.
(Irine laughs)
What is up, my name's Eric Tabach,
this is my mom, Irine Tabach.
- Yes, that's me.
- So, right now, I just wanted to shoot a really quick video
with my mom because you just discovered
some very silly footage of me.
- I did.
- So I used to be the kid in middle school that always,
whenever there was any assignment, I was like,
can I make a video out of it?
And the teacher was like, sure.
So any sort of project always was a video and--
- Review or acting?
- I actually remember in fifth grade,
we had to do a presentation about Stalin.
- [Irine] Yes.
- I was living in Russia at the time.
Everyone just did a weird poster,
and they were like, Stalin was born in da, da, da.
I came in in my dad's jacket, brought my dad's pipe in,
I think there was probably real tobacco in there.
- Probably. - I was in fifth grade,
probably lit it.
(laughs)
I did like a 15-minute performance of Stalin
that was probably not historically accurate.
(laughs)
- [Both] At all.
- And then I think I died for five minutes.
Did Stalin die of a heart attack?
I don't even know, but my Stalin, in this presentation,
died of a heart attack.
I was smoking, I was like (inhales),
yes, and now I'm gonna rule the--
(coughs)
- You were Stalin and then you were some boy
in a mental institution.
- I just kept performing because I don't even think
they were allowing me to perform.
I think they specifically said, bring in a poster,
and I would just come in and do acting pieces.
- Acting.
- So this video--
- It's a science clip.
- And it was about friction or the forces that,
Newton's laws, and this is what the behind the scenes,
the bloopers you found--
- You had to prepare a presentation,
and this was part of your assignment, again, a video.
- And I probably didn't know how to edit it at the time,
so this was probably all in the final assignment
that the class was forced to watch.
Let's check it out.
You have (bleep) in your teeth.
Just get it out.
- Take the (bleep) out of here?
- Other one, you just
licked it. - Here, here, here?
- Yeah.
- Off? - No.
Hello, and welcome to another show
of science, science, science.
You're probably bored to death right now watching
all these presentations.
Well, I'm gonna show you something
cool.
Let's start off with static friction.
I don't think anyone was asking for that.
I don't think anyone was sitting in the class being like,
I am so bored of these presentations.
I need Eric Tabach to get on camera in his weird helmet,
and like slowly talk about how he's about to do something.
Amazing presentation. - It was great that some
of your teachers allowed you to do this.
- Yeah, I think I was the only one that did it.
- You were-- - They were like, listen,
he's gotten bored.
- Because you were bored to death listening
to all of these little brain kids talk
about static friction.
What interest, this is exciting.
- Okay, let's see what my presentation is.
Static.
(Irine laughs)
(bleep)
(both laugh)
Did I forget the word friction
during my presentation? - You did forget it.
- Maybe that's why I needed to do a video,
because I knew if I was doing a presentation,
- There's not any words - I'd get up there
- in your mouth. - and I'd be like,
okay, today we're gonna be doing a presentation
about static.
(laughs)
We had units in middle school.
I think the unit was friction.
How could I forget the only word?
- Watch another video.
This is not the only one.
- Static friction is a...
(Irine laughs)
Are you serious?
My second take, I went and checked my book.
(Irine laughs)
Friction, I got the word friction, (laughs),
but I didn't think far enough to the fact
that I was gonna need a definition.
Static friction is...
(blows raspberry)
And I'm just sadness.
I'm like--
(Irine laughs)
And why are my eyes so much bigger than my head?
- I don't think they're eyes.
- They're popping out.
And why am I wearing a helmet?
What does this have to do with static friction?
- You'll see.
- Static friction is usually a push on an object
that is not in motion.
Usually, when you begin to push on the object,
you must take in the force that the object is giving you,
and then you will usually be able
to push the object into motion.
- I think you had no idea what you just said.
- Let's see how this works.
I have no idea what I just said,
because I'm memorizing the words--
- Yeah, like you have. - specifically, so I'm
speaking in such a weird pattern.
- See what you're doing with your eyes there,
this cold motion going up and down with your eyes.
- This is middle school education definition right there,
that you don't know anything you're saying.
You don't remember anything.
What is static friction?
- I have no idea.
- I'm ready.
Are you ready?
(groans)
Okay.
Okay. (Irine laughs)
I'm ready.
(grunts)
Ow.
(Irine laughs)
Well, I guess I'll have better luck next time.
This was an example of static friction.
(Irine laughs)
- I have no idea what static friction is, baby.
- Oh, you don't have any idea what static friction is?
Let me tell you.
Static friction is when you have a fence.
(Irine laughs)
- And you try to move it.
- And you push a fence.
- And it doesn't move. - And it doesn't move.
I look like a straight up fetus.
- Just skip the topic, right?
- I'm ready to do this.
I'm ready to show you some static.
Static.
(both laugh)
Again?
How many times am I gonna learn, forget the word, friction?
And why does my entire face have to work when I talk?
And I'm ready to show you.
How did I take tests?
- Let's see the final take.
- I'm ready.
I'm ready to do some static friction.
Let's see what this looks like.
(exhales)
Why am I putting on goggles?
(Irine laughs)
They don't fit, I already knew that.
Did I already forget that the goggles, I mean,
I just tried it in the last take.
Am I trying to make the wall move?
Did I think that it would move?
- This is static friction.
I think that static friction is when you move an object
that does not move, and you create friction
by trying to move an object that's unable to be moved.
- I'm so curious what grade I got on the assignment.
Right now, I will show you some fluid friction.
- Fluid friction in that fur hat.
- Is that a thing?
Is fluid friction a thing?
- I don't know.
I have no idea. (loud squeal)
- Oh, so fluid friction is a man in snorkeling gear
and a fur hat in the middle of the--
- Winter in Russia.
- winter, going ahh!
- Wearing boxer gloves, I mean, you were a--
- My mind was working in mysterious ways.
- Your costume design is incredible.
- Very strange.
- I think this video is very motivational
for young kids about these ugly ducklings were
in school and they're like very self-conscious.
- You thought I was ugly?
- You were absolutely.
Yeah.
- I embraced my oddness, and--
- You did embrace your oddness.
You were never uncomfortable in your oddness.
- Being silly and being a class clown, I loved it so much
that I didn't care what other people, that I wasn't doing it
for anybody but myself, so just embrace whatever you love,
whatever you're passionate about, whatever you're good at,
do it 100%, don't care about what anybody else thinks,
and then life will reward you in the future,
and you'll get to use that, and you'll get to do that,
and I hope, if anything, this video made you laugh,
and it inspired you.
(gentle piano music)