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and that’s where i come in
to save the day with an amazing
invention from my fourth dimensional
secret gadget puzzle
but things never turn out as planned
here we go again
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[Laughter]
if you want to see some real fun playing
with string watch this
okay take this one and then it goes over
here
i call this one the current
cool huh super cool
where are you going
the only thing i’m any good at nobody
cares about what
you’re actually good at something yeah i
invented a new string figure
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why don’t we focus on finding you
another talent instead of cat’s cradle
you could do card tricks or become a
mime or something
i know what we’ll use that thing thing
what thing
you know the what is that
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the what if bucks let you see what the
world would be like if you could change
one thing
one thing like this so i’ll go in the
box and say what if everyone in the
world wants to be good at cat’s cradle
and then we’ll see how much i’m
receiving
don’t do it that’s totally ridiculous
it’ll be great
you’ll see that’s a bad idea i promise
you you’re gonna regret it
here we go what if we lived in a world
where everyone was obsessed with playing
cat’s cradle
i can’t wait to see if my would have
really worked i should be the toast of
the town
come on durham on let’s go
i don’t know maybe it didn’t work there
doesn’t seem to be anything different
let’s see so this goes here
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but now that one’s not in the right
place so maybe it’s this one that goes
over there and then
i don’t know maybe not so if big g’s
playing
that must mean it’s really popular
awesome
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it’s nothing really huh
anyway as i was saying you just follow
my lead and do as
hey what’s with the smug look on your
face oh i don’t know what you’re talking
about
i’m talking about that look right there
it’s smug
no it’s not all right fine
how about you show us your amazing
skills but nobody doesn’t know how to do
it
that’s not nice what’s it called cat’s
cradle
i’m not sure come on nobody give it a
try just try
anything even something easy go on oh i
don’t know
come on come on do it come on all right
yeah
really you have your own string
hey looks like a cup and saucer no way
and what if i just move this string over
here
looks like a broom
butterfly
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bravo
i can’t believe the speed of his hands
he’s the cat’s cradle champion their
child prodigy
welcome string fans to the american
thread gym
now let’s meet our
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[Applause]
gonna be challenger fast don’t look away
his signature
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the champion will receive a 25 million
dollar prize
25 million
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i’ll be known as champion of cat’s
cradle maybe ambassador’s a better title
and what would mr ambassador do with his
time
spread the joy of cat’s cradle around
the world
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oh no youtube i’m sorry i’m so sorry
what are you apologizing for
whatever it is i did that made you want
to hurt me teach me all your secrets
please make me your apprentice oh i
could teach you a couple things
hey get out of here i asked them first
no you didn’t i did
plenty of knowledge to go around really
you’ll teach us everything
i’m incredibly busy you know tournaments
commercials autograph signings a book
i’m considering tv and possibly a movie
master of the string oh all right then i
suppose i could use some downtime
oh thank you move it buddy
where did those two losers go well they
couldn’t have gone too far
it’s just an old lady and a kid are you
okay grandma yes dear
so there you are you won’t get away
again
you just leave us alone hold on a minute
we’re not the bad guys
yeah don’t tell me you forgot what
happened back there you’re the one who
broke this little buddy but you told me
to touch it and so i did but then it
broke
so it really wasn’t my fault at all this
particular cat’s cradle string happens
to be real expensive
so you owe us big time my grandson says
he didn’t break your string
what hey that’s enough there’s no need
for yelling
isn’t that right i understand that
broken string wasn’t your fault
no of course there are two sides to
every story right
let’s try and make everybody happy today
we’ll only ask you to cover half the
price
let’s say 80 bucks and then we’ll call
it even what do you think kid
this is fake you could never use it to
play cat’s cradle
nice try but the little boy doesn’t owe
you a penny which is more than it’s
worth
is that so
they’ve challenged me to a match
i can take on all three at the same time
let’s go
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[Applause]
oh
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one more time slow and then you’ll get
it i
with this finger on your left hand you
derive on come over and join us no and
please just leave me alone
what’s the matter with you you start
nothing strange every time i play this
game is it because you don’t know how
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you have an audience
please stop i’m dealing with some deep
emotional trauma
we really want to help you through a
drama can we now
teach them one move okay everyone’s
terrible when they first try it so don’t
be embarrassed to rhyme on
are you ready
look what you’ve done to me i’m a cat
type robot so when i see a string my cat
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i gotta get away
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i gotta find a way out
now watch very carefully as i do this
okay
first you use this left finger and lift
it from the right i love watching those
fingers move i’m breathless
i’m an ah
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and there you go i know it’s hard to
believe that i’m able to make such
amazing things so easily
yeah i gotta go this is a six-rung
ladder which probably seems a bit
complicated
and i suppose it is ambitious for a nova
stringer
no need to worry i’ll be with you every
step of the way
did i mention it’s six wrong
you
