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Buddy: SO, THIS WEEK, I GOT A CALL
FROM THE ADVENTURE AQUARIUM IN NEW JERSEY,
AND THEY CALLED ME DOWN BECAUSE THEY SAID
THEY GOT SOMETHING REALLY BIG THEY NEED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT.
THIS IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION.
Mauro: A GIANT ALLIGATOR?
Danny: HOLY CANNOLI! WHAT'S HIS NAME?
Marc: MIGHTY MIKE.
MIGHTY MIKE.
HOW BIG IS HE?
HE'S 14 FEET LONG AND OVER 800 POUNDS.
HEY, LOOK. HOLY...
MAN!
HE'S ABOUT AS BIG AS AN AVERAGE-SIZE AUTOMOBILE.
Anne Marie: HE'S GONNA GO TO NEWPORT, KENTUCKY,
TO OUR SISTER AQUARIUM,
SO WE KIND OF WANT TO GIVE HIM A BIG SENDOFF.
Marc: ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WITH OUR GUESTS
IS JUST HIS SHEER SIZE,
SO IF YOU COULD MAKE SOMETHING
MAYBE CLOSE TO 14 FEET LONG.
YOU WANT AN ACTUAL REPLICA OF, LIKE,
THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE --
Buddy: I THINK THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
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Mauro: THEN THIS WILL JUST FILL THE CAKE
RIGHT ON HIM AND SHAPE IT RIGHT ON HIM.
YEP.
Buddy: SO, LET ME TELL YOU,
AFTER BEING UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH MIGHTY MIKE,
THIS CAKE IS GONNA BE HUGE.
THIS IS A BIG CAKE.
SO, THIS ALLIGATOR'S GOT TO MANGIA.
WE WANT THE MOUTH TO OPEN AND CLOSE, BABY.
WE HAPPY WITH THAT?
YEAH. LOWER IT DOWN.
OPEN IT UP.
[ MOTOR WHIRS ] OH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS GONNA HAPPEN THERE.
IT WORKED. [ CHUCKLES ]
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Buddy: TO MAKE AN 800-POUND ALLIGATOR,
YOU NEED ABOUT 800 POUNDS OF CAKE.
Mauro: THERE'S A LOT OF CAKE ON HERE.
Ralph: HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA GET
TO THE WEIGHT OF THE REAL ALLIGATOR?
I WOULDN'T BE SHOCKED
IF THIS IS HEAVIER THAN A REGULAR ALLIGATOR.
THE THING ABOUT MAKING MIGHTY MIKE IS,
WHEN YOU'RE DOING A LIFE-SIZE, IT'S GOT TO BE EXACT,
BECAUSE ANY LITTLE MISTAKE IS GONNA BE MAGNIFIED.
THEY DON'T GET MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN THIS.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS.
Mauro: THIS IS 16 FOOT TALL. THIS IS TWO SHEETS OF PLYWOOD.
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SO, TO GET THE ALLIGATOR SKIN TO REALLY LOOK AUTHENTIC,
WE USED A COBBLESTONE MAT
AND KIND OF EMBOSSED THE MODELING CHOCOLATE IN IT,
AND I GOT TO SAY, IT LOOKS REALISTIC.
Buddy: IS THAT GOOD FOR YOU?
FOR ME, THESE ARE GOOD LIKE THIS.
YOU'RE GOOD.
THE OTHER SIDE.
THIS IS A BIG CAKE.
RIGHT?
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Mauro: WHEN THAT THING GETS AIRBRUSHED,
IT'S GONNA LOOK SO MUCH LIKE THE ALLIGATOR.
ALREADY, JUST LOOKING AT IT
WITH JUST THE SCUTES ON THE BACK, IT LOOKS FANTASTIC.
YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGING PART OF THIS ALLIGATOR CAKE
IS TO REALLY MAKE IT LOOK AUTHENTIC.
AND THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY MAKE IT LOOK AUTHENTIC
IS TO GET THE TEXTURES RIGHT.
THAT'S BLACK.
YEAH, IT'S CHARCOAL BLACK.
ALLIGATOR SKIN HAS GOT
A LOT OF DIFFERENT COLOR VARIATIONS IN IT,
SO FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS HIT IT
WITH SOME DRY BLACK AND CHARTREUSE.
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I WANT TO GET THE ALLIGATOR TO LOOK LIKE
HE JUMPED RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER,
SO I'M AIRBRUSHING SOME IRIDESCENT PEARL ON THERE
TO GIVE IT A SHINY GLOSS.
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AND THE MORE WE LAYERED IT,
THE MORE SHE LOOKED LIKE COMING TO LIFE.
Buddy: THIS IS A CAKE!
RAAR!
WHEN I STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THIS CAKE,
I'M, LIKE, FRIGGIN' ECSTATIC,
BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SOME LIFE-SIZE STUFF,
AND THIS THING LOOKED REAL.
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I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA LOVE IT.
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NOW, THAT'S AN ALLIGATOR!
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THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE TOP 10 CAKES WE'VE EVER MADE.
DEFINITELY.
THIS GOES IN THE BUDDY PLAYBOOK ON THE TOP-10 LIST.
AND IT AIN'T EASY TO GET ON THAT LIST
'CAUSE I'VE MADE A LOT OF CAKES.
TOP 10, BABY!
RAAR!
[ ROARS ]
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HE'S GOT TO GO UNDERNEATH THE WHEEL.
LET'S GET THE WHEEL.
OUT A LITTLE MORE.
THIS CAKE IS 16 FOOT LONG
AND WEIGHS OVER A THOUSAND POUNDS.
NOW, THAT'S A BIG ALLIGATOR.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
Anne Marie: OH, MY GOD! WOW!
HEY, GUYS! HOW WE DOING?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
OH, MY GOD.
HOLY COW.
NICE JOB.
EVERYBODY'S FLOORED BY THE CAKE,
BUT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IT MANGIARE YET.
THEY'RE GONNA LOVE IT!
READY? GO.
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
AWESOME. NICE!
PRETTY COOL? THAT IS AWESOME.
GOOD JOB.
SO, WHO WANTS TO EAT SOME CAKE?!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]