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There's a thrift store near our production office
that's full of weird merchandise,
and we're always in there seeking new inspiration
for tricks.
Nobody questions the crazy stuff you find in a place like this,
which makes it a perfect backdrop for the show.
You like to collect stuff?
Some stuff. Yeah?
I like antiques.
You like antiques?
I have something that we just got in from the '70s.
Are you a hunter at all?
There's too many trigger-happy folks out there
that hunt nowadays.
Well, let me show you what I have.
Hang tight right there. You might be interested in this.
All right.
So, how are you doing, young lady?
Pretty good. How are you?
I'm doing all right for an old man.
I'm doing all right for a young man, too.
That's good.
This...we just got in.
Have you ever seen one of these before?
It's a duck.
Well, it's like a decoy, yeah.
I've seen...
Yeah.
Put it up on there.
Yeah, but it's a...
It's like a -- well, it's one of the most realistic ones.
You got the feet here.
Put the little foot on there.
And when they attach, 'cause it has batteries in it,
it looks pretty good.
Let me just put the head on here,
and you just give him a little shake, I think, like this.
It's one of the most realistic decoys.
I've never seen anything like that.
-Yeah. -It looks so real.
Yeah.
Is that real?
No. It's a decoy.
[ Duck quacking ]
Is it?
-Yeah. -Oh, my goodness.
That's crazy!
It is!
How does it feel?
It feels just -- Oh, careful.
It'll do everything that a real duck does.
It's programmed to do everything that a real duck would do.
It looks so real. It scratches like a real one.
Yeah, it does a waddle, a scratch.
That's amazing.
Oh, my goodness.
Does it do anything else like that?
It'll just keep on a cycle like this for about 10 minutes,
and then it will just fall over because the batteries die.
It takes a lot of batteries.
-Oh, my goodness. -Yeah.
Once you get the head in place...
I can't believe that.
And you put your fingers... He'll bite you?
Probably. Whenever they feel something,
he'll move his head to where they feel --
see, that looks fake. Did you see that?
That looked fake.
Is it a robot?
-Yeah, well -- -I mean, it's animatronic.
It's animatronic. Yeah, it works with clock parts.
-It's from the '70s? -From the '70s, yeah.
-That is valuable, then. -It's not real?
-Oh, my gosh. -Can you pull it apart?
I have a tool in the back
I got to take him apart with, but, yeah.
Well, I'll be.
Yeah. A lot of people would just buy them for toys for kids,
but they stopped making them.
They stopped making them?
Yeah.
Why?
Well, because hunters
were using them as decoys, and they would put them out,
and then other hunters were shooting them
because they looked so real.
And then there was a choking hazard
because people were taking them home and cooking them.
Cooking this?
Yeah, because they thought it was real.
-This is amazing. -Looks good, right?
It acts real.
It doesn't look fake at all -- the movements.
Yep.
What company designed it?
Carbonaro.
Carbonaro? Yeah.
Carbonaro. It's American?
Italian, I think.
Italian. Okay.
I tell you, I've never s-- I mean, it's awesome.
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Usually, when I tell my team
that a trick is too ridiculous to work,
my instincts are spot on.
In this case, I admit that I was wrong.
But I don't like to be wrong,
so I ran the trick again to see
if the first success was a fluke.
They used to make them in the '70s.
The head goes on, and then you'd just give it a shake like this,
and then it's like -- it looks really real.
Wow. Yeah.
It's the best decoy they have.
That's interesting.
Yeah, because they look so real
that people were actually shooting the decoys.
Wow. This is amazing!
-It's eerie. -Wow!
It looks really real, right?
-Yeah. -It does.
Woman: That's not real?
No, it's a decoy duck from 1974.
Oh.
So it looked like a duck.
Next thing you know, other bird come close to it,
and they boom! -- and shoot whatever.
Well, yeah, it --
If they trying to get a deer.
Yeah, it's a male duck.
Oh.
I got to come back and get some of that.
They're the best decoys around,
but they just don't make them anymore.
-I cannot believe that. -I know.
I got to have that. Can I buy that?
Yeah, you could buy it. You want to get it?
Yeah. It looks so real.
Absolutely. What a great gift.
Yeah. Okay, here.
I just can't believe that.
Yeah. Let me get the tool in the back,
and I can take him apart.
When I don't know how to respond,
I just say, "It's in the back," and excuse myself.
It's perfect for when they start asking too many questions or,
in this case, when they want me to dismantle a live duck
on the spot.
Uh-huh.
It's programmed to move like a duck.
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