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So what do you call this?
Is it a trap, a snare?
>> It's a classic snare trap.
>> What, are we going to catch Bugs Bunny?
Some roadrunners?
>> I've got some dynamite and an anvil.
[laughs]
It's going to be great.
>> This is the weirdest thing
because you see it in all the cartoons
and all the movies.
You know, somebody's walking along,
they step on something,
and all the the sudden they're upside down.
I don't want to believe that's real,
but I guess it's real. >> Right?
No, it's totally real,
we can make it happen.
>> Okay, if I'm understanding it right,
I know there's spring mechanism,
I know there's some kind of loop
that you've got to step in.
>> Yes, that's the gist of it.
The main thing you want to find
is like a springy branch.
Something alive, that's not,
you know, dead and all crackly
and is going to snap.
And that is the engine of your device,
or your spring pole, right.
>> Right, if we knew more about trees,
we would know what kind of tree this is.
>> This is the classic snare tree.
>> Yeah.
[laughs]
>> I don't know. >> A genus snare?
>> A genus snare. >> Genus trapus.
>> Pause, and that prints out at the bottom
like Looney Tunes, genus trapus.
>> Is this the right branch, you think?
>> I think so, that seems to be the thickest one,
well, pull it down because we're going to want to see,
like, ooh, once we start pulling,
it becomes a loaded weapon.
We should do the safety thing.
>> Yep. >> Okay,
there you go, all right.
>> All right. >> Okay, so.
>> Going to walk this guy down. >> Yeah.
>> I can't believe we just happened
to have the right tree here.
>> This is going to work great.
>> Somebody who's a conspiracy theorist
is going to be like, "Sure, you just happened
"to have the right tree"
>> And so, we're going to pull it down
to where we want to spring our trap.
>> Okay, so this is providing a bunch of tension.
I assume if this stays long enough it gets weaker
and at some point it's just a bent tree.
>> You know, probably, yeah.
But, here, I'm going to step back,
>> Okay >> Let it go
see what kind of spring it's got.
>> Oh geez, okay here, I'm going to hide down here.
>> Okay.
>> So, imagine something springs and then.
>> Yep, you got it?
[laughs]
Why don't we just build a little net in there
and just start launching stuff.
And that'll be the episode.
>> Next episode is a catapult.
>> Yes. >> A tree catapult.
>> Poor man's catapult.
>> Hold on, I want to do it again, here we go.
Say, "Pull."
>> Pull.
[laughs]
>> All right. >> It makes
an intimidating swooshing noise.
>> It does and it clatters
and clangs. >> Yeah.
>> Okay so, this goes over here.
>> Okay so, we've got our Y branch here
that I hammered into the ground.
>> BRIAN: Because you need something anchored
and two sides, yeah.
>> Here's our little toggle, as they call it.
You slide that right here, and then we set up
this little bait stick, right here.
>> Okay.
>> And so, the rope is going to be pulling
up on this end, right.
>> Here, I'll provide the tension here.
I've got the tension.
You've got the brawn.
Let's make lots of money.
>> And there you go.
Now, you're giving some tension to it right?
>> Yeah. >> What happens is,
you've got some bait right in here.
>> BRIAN: So, once somebody gets in and touches it,
then it flings up, we tie this loop to.
>> We tie this to the branch?
>> Yep.
>> And we tie one end of this snare to the branch.
>> So, they're separate,
but both triggered by the same spring.
>> Exactly, and so when this gets triggered like that,
the toggle stick slips out of the Y branch.
This is keeping the branch from going up, right.
>> BRIAN: Oh, man.
>> So, the branch pulls up
and it pulls the snare with it.
>> Okay, you've got a lot of confidence in this working.
>> Easy, peasy man.
[laughs]
>> And tie a little snare, like that
>> BRIAN: Oh there you go, make it a loop
>> Yeah and then,
feed it through there.
There we go.
And this is going to be critical placement, right.
Because it's entirely possible
that our quarry will approach from this side,
in which case you're screwed.
>> Yeah, so spread this out.
>> JASON: But you also don't want to get that caught on this.
>> BRIAN: Yeah, I'm going to bet we won't.
Boy this is going to be tense.
>> JASON: And what you have to worry about is,
if your Y stick isn't deep enough
Your spring pole may very well,
just pluck it right out of the ground.
>> Yeah, we're going to be careful
>> Yes.
[laughs]
>> There's somebody out there already cringing.
Maybe if you hold tension
on both of these. >> Okay.
>> I'll pull down the spring,
and then, it was this guy, right?
Okay, loaded weapon, catapult.
>> Yep.
Did you have a favorite one of these branches?
>> JASON: Let's do this one right here I guess.
>> BRIAN: How are you on your knots?
>> JASON: Poor.
[laughs]
>> BRIAN: Because this is definitely pointing at me.
>> And we definitely just lost
the tension on the thing.
>> Well that's fine. >> That's okay.
>> As long as that's tight, I think we're good.
>> JASON: Yep, okay.
>> Okay, got it.
So, we have the trigger one,
and the snare.
>> Yeah.
But like that, you think?
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>> JASON: Can't wait for all the snarky comments
from boy scouts that I'm not going to read!
>> Wait a minute, if you're standing in that,
I guess you're worried
about it hitting the Y stick.
>> JASON: Yeah.
>> BRIAN: Okay, I've been picturing,
if a foot hits the trigger
then shouldn't that foot be in
the part that the snare will grab?
>> JASON: How 'about that?
>> All right, so you want me to start adding tension?
>> Yeah, give me a little tension.
>> Okay, little bit more tension.
Oh, man. >> You got it.
>> BRIAN: Off camera, everybody is visibly tensing.
>> You got it!
Oh, hang on, hang on.
Hold it. Okay.
>> Oh my god.
Okay, very gently. >> Yep.
>> BRIAN: This is the part where
it could whip and hit me.
>> JASON: You want me to do it?
>> Nope. >> Because I don't care.
>> I know you don't.
[laughs]
>> Walking away very gently.
>> The injury counter's floating above your head,
I just wanted to let you know.
Just wanted to let you know that I see it.
>> Okay, relaxing, relaxing, relaxing.
>> JASON: Yep.
>> Holy shit, that is a set trap.
>> JASON: It is.
>> Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
[laughs]
>> Oh, we got it. >> This is it.
>> I'm going to run so many experiments on this thing.
[laughs]
>> Well first he has to just,
you know, innocently be hopping through the forest.
>> JASON: Do do doo, changeling on a walk.
>> Don't mind me,
I'm going to very gently put him in there.
Do do doo, oh, what's that, human food?
>> Are ya ready?
>> Yes, three, two, one, go.
I'm looking for humans, I'm a changeling.
[laughs]
>> You've been disarmed.
>> I'll bet if we move that farther up on the branch,
we would get some more tension.
You want to try to really fling him?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Okay, all right, all right.
[laughs]
>> Okay, here, let's try moving this on down.
Same game, hopefully with more trigger action, this time.
>> JASON: For more tension, all right.
Snare.
>> I'll bet if we get kind of closer up to,
all the way up to here maybe.
>> Yeah, I like that.
>> Or, you know what, that trigger
can still be right where it is.
>> Exactly. >> Oh, that's great.
Okay, yeah. >> So, you want like
maybe up here? >> Yeah, I think right there.
>> Okay. >> I think
that'll get him good.
>> All right, tight. >> Okay.
>> Start giving me some tension.
>> BRIAN: All right here you go, you got it?
>> JASON: Yeah.
>> BRIAN: Oh, that looks like it's very hair triggered.
>> JASON: Okay.
>> All right, we got it?
Here, I'm going to get on the other side.
Trap is set.
Okay, this is the big one.
>> Set him gently in the snare.
Just one foot. >> Yeah.
>> Here we go, and just sort of lead him,
there you go, okay, you ready?
All right, so let's say he's just over there.
>> Get ready to go for a ride, buddy.
>> Ah, you looking for a human to eat?
Get out of here changeling.
>> JASON: Nope.
[laughs]
>> Hey changeling, my old saying was,
"Go away bad guys."
My new one is.
[laughs]
>> Dude, that totally works.
>> Yeah, and the more we use that branch,
the more it's going to lose it's springiness, right.
>> Yeah, but as far as like a proof of concept,
I mean, that's a hundred percent right?
>> And think about if you're catching wild game,
like to eat, like a bunny or a squirrel,
or, you know, a house elf or something.
>> Or even if you just wanted to ensnare
a bigger game, you know, like a a small deer
or something. >> Yeah.
>> It's going to get caught
and it's just going to hand there,
it's not going to be able to run away.
>> And it's dinner time.
>> I'm calling it super effective, man.
>> We did it.
>> Science.
You know what I love about
this building right behind us?
>> What's that?
>> This entire erection is made of hard steel.
>> It is.
[laughs]
>> Could you imagine,
if this thing was like embarrassed of itself
and it refused to admit
that it was made of jello?
>> Man, I'm glad you shelled out the extra money
for the non-jello construction
because it is magnificent and turgid.
>> Turgid. >> Yes.
Buildings can be turgid,
and so can you.
[laughs]
>> That was smooth, yeah dude.
Over 50% of men over the age of 40
are less steely than they would like to be.
And get this, three quarters of them,
they don't talk about it to anyone.
>> And that's why Roman is there,
so that you can get treated
for your erectile disfunction
in the privacy of your own home.
>> Heck yeah dude, real doctors
through the chat, you do the whole diagnosis.
You don't have to look at their beady eyes,
their judging faces.
Instead you walk in as a soft bowl of jello.
You walk out,
like this building here.
>> Magnificent.
>> All of this was just a visual prop
for this one add we are doing right now.
>> That's all we ever wanted.
>> I hope it was worth it.
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>> Let's eat.
>> No.
[laughs]
Wait, I already did.
>> No. >> Yes.
Let's eat. >> No, no.
I had chimichangas, for breakfast, I'm good.
>> Changelingchangas.
>> Changelingchagas, chimichangelings.
[laughs]