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Here we are in
smiths falls, ontario!
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[cheering & applauding]
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Historically a transportation
hub of highways,
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Railways, and river locks,
chosen for its location
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Here on the banks of
the rideau canal.
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Before I got here, I knew
I was gonna find
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A beautiful waterfront,
historical architecture,
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The old locks.
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Although I was also expecting
here in smiths falls...
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Falls.
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[laughing]
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Crazy country, right?
I mean, if the prairies
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Can have a valley
without mountains,
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And newfoundland
can have a dildo...
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-It doesn't matter.
-[laughing]
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When you grow up in a
small town in newfoundland,
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You see that people have
a sense of humour
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About hard times.
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Check, check.
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I turned that into a career,
and hit the road.
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[mc] mr. Johnny harris!
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Now I'm on a mission
to find the funny
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In the places you'd
least expect it-
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Canada's struggling
small towns.
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Towns that are against the
ropes but hanging in there...
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Still laughing in the
face of adversity.
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This is smiths falls, ontario.
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♪
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[cheering & applauding]
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Smiths falls was
long known as the
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Chocolate capital
of ontario.
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And this is the first place
that hershey's chocolate
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Ever made chocolate outside
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Of hershey, pennsylvania.
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[cheering & applauding]
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As crazy and fortuitous
as it was
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To get hershey's
moving in here,
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In 2008, things at the
chocolate factory
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Got a little willy wonky.
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Upper management announced
that the company was
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Pulling out of smiths falls,
and the chocolate era
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Became hershey kisstory.
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[laughing]
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The sugar high turned
into an economic crash.
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Smiths falls fell
on hard times.
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But, fortunately,
a real growth industry...
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[laughing]
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...Then moved in.
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An industry that would not
just help the people of
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Smiths falls forget
economic hardship,
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It would help people
across the country
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Forget all kinds of things.
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[laughing]
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♪
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To get some more information
about the history of hershey,
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I talked to a guy who has
seen deep into the
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Chocolatey center
of smiths falls,
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Former hershey employee,
prim singh.
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[cheering & applauding]
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Prim, you worked at the
hershey factory for how long?
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Well, I worked at hershey
for almost 20 years.
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I heard hershey was
employing people to fill the
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Oh henry! Line and the
peanut butter cup line.
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I went for the interview
at 11 in the morning,
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And I was working at 3:10.
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[jonny] he said back
at its peak,
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Over 700 people
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Worked at the
hershey factory.
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There were three shifts.
Some of the lines ran 24/7.
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[jonny] he said it was a
big tourist draw.
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[prim] there was at least 50,000
visitors for the year.
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[jonny] there was a
mezzanine where people could
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Look out over, and the
kids would see
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These rivers of chocolate.
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[prim] I would say maybe
30, 40% of the town
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Had some affiliation
to the plant.
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[jonny] from truck drivers
to dairy farmers
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Who provided the milk
for the chocolate.
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So the factory really,
it wasn't just a job,
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It was like a...
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It was a, it was a
chocolate ripple effect.
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[laughing]
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Prim said there were
certain fringe benefits.
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The day that I got hired,
I was working on the
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Line that made
chocolate chips.
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Somebody said to me,
I can eat as much as I want.
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And I said, "are you
serious?" and they said,
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"yeah, just grab a handful."
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And I did-
a couple handfuls.
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I probably had 5 pounds of
chocolate chips that day.
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He explained that that was
beneficial for the company
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Because your workers
were testers.
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They were sampling it.
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That's your
quality assurance.
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However, prim, in his
quest for quality control,
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Ran into a problem
with quantity control.
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[laughing]
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I got sick one time after
eating two full bars.
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Now, I was a kid
at the time,
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And I didn't know what
ex-lax was, but...
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[laughing]
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I found it up in the
medicine cabinet.
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I thought my parents
were hiding it from me!
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[laughing]
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And I thought they were
gonna be so mad at me, but...
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Things actually went
very smoothly after that.
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[laughing]
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Prim was telling me
how they also did
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Fun stuff at the factory.
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He said one time they made the
world's largest lollipop.
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The lollipop was so big that
they used for the handle,
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They actually used
a 4-inch pvc pipe.
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[jonny] and he said when
nobody was looking...
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I actually took a
lick of the lollipop.
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He said he couldn't resist.
He said,
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"when else are you gonna
have a chance to take a lick
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Of the biggest lollipop
in the world?"
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[laughing]
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Another time they went for
the guinness book of
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World records for the
biggest peanut butter cup.
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[prim] I think it weighed
over 800 pounds.
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He said when they
were done....
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When no one was looking...
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[laughing]
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Prim took a bite of the 800
pound peanut butter cup.
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So, why did you do it?
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How many chances in life
would I get to do that?
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[jonny]
then I understood prim.
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He doesn't have
a sweet tooth.
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Primm craves danger.
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[laughing]
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I'm glad they didn't go for
the guinness book of
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World records with the
peanut butter cup
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On prim's first day.
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Could you imagine someone
from guinness is like,
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"oh, I'm sorry, you don't
beat the record."
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And the manager
was like, "what?
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We designed it so that we'd
beat the record by 5 pounds!"
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"where's prim?"
"he's in the bathroom."
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[laughing]
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Prim remembers the day
that they were told
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The plant was closing.
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He said it sort of
came out of the blue.
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People couldn't believe
what they were hearing.
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Nobody knew that was coming.
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He said one of the people
came into the staff lunchroom,
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And just announced it
right there that
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They were closing down.
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-Didn't even sugar-coat it.
-[laughing]
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In fact,
kind of insensitive.
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I think the way he put it was,
"so long, suckers."
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[laughing]
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[applauding]
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♪
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♪
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-Joanne?
-Dana.
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Dana.
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♪
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Smiths falls isn't just
about big business,
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It's also full of
small businesses.
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One appliance store in
particular has found a way
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To get the kind of
international recognition
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Big companies would kill for.
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I met a couple of guys who
were surprisingly willing
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To share their internet
history with me.
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I feel like I know
you guys already.
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Appliance dealers and
international tiktok stars,
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Corey and kyle mcmullan.
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[cheering & applauding]
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The original mcmullan
appliance was opened
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By our uncle, ed,
in 1971.
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And then in 1990,
my dad opened up
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This mcmullan appliance.
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We've been here
34 years now.
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They worked there as kids,
went off into the world.
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Their dad, brian,
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Was thinking about
closing up shop,
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And both brothers came back to
help out with the store here.
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When covid hit,
was that bad for business?
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We were talking to
our staff:
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"hey, we might not have
the hours for you."
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Doors were locked.
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We couldn't let
customers in the store.
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And, I had heard
about tiktok.
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I downloaded the app
to make videos to
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Put on our facebook page.
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One day I picked up my phone
and we had 8000 followers.
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Then 12,000,
and then 50,000.
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It just exploded.
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Mcmullan appliance
and mattress
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Is now an internet
sensation.
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No one's more
surprised than them.
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[laughing]
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As far as grabbing the
attention of the
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Tiktok universe,
household appliances...
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[laughing]
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And their dad, brian,
will say,
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"I can't believe...
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The stockroom
needs painting,
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And you guys are frigging
with your phones."
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[laughing]
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Parents don't get the
tiktok culture entirely.
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One time, they were
doing a video,
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And corey's trying to close
the door and it won't close.
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So he's slamming the door,
slamming the door,
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Again and again.
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[banging]
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Dad can hear this commotion,
and he comes out,
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And you can just
see him just....
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And he said after
they did that video,
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Brian came to them,
and was like,
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"did you have to use
an $8,000 fridge?"
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[laughing]
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What's your plan if
this happens to you?
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Did you guys know a regular
kitchen fire extinguisher
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Like this only sprays
for 9 to 11 seconds,
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And when you're finished,
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You have a gigantic
mess to clean up?
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[jonny] the videos are funny
and they're informative.
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The key to the tiktok videos,
it's the very quick pace.
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They got flown to vancouver...
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To meet the ceo of tiktok.
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He had one piece of
advice for them. He said,
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"you gotta nip out
that millennial pause."
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Where you turn your camera
and have a second
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Before you start talking.
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They call that the
'millennial pause',
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For older people.
I don't say,
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"hey guys, it's corey,
mcmullan appliance."
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I say,
"look at this over here."
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You got to jump right
into the subject matter.
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And I was like, "oh my
god, that's fascinating.
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But wait,
I'm still confused.
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You said the older
generation did that,
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But it's called the
millennial pause."
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Then it dawned on me,
folks, just shoot me now.
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[laughing]
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In tiktok universe,
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Millennials are the
older generation.
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[laughing]
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The word 'millennials',
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I feel like we came up with
that like two years ago!
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We were just starting
to have fun with it!
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Now, millennials
are old like us?
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[laughing]
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[raspy]"did you have to use
the $8,000 fridge?"
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[laughing]
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♪
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The guys asked me if I
wanted to hang around
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While they made their
most epic tiktok ever.
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They said this idea came
about when they had a
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Customer who'd spent a
lot of money on a fridge
255
00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:09,707
That never worked right.
256
00:10:09,843 --> 00:10:11,409
This guy called them up,
and he was like,
257
00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:13,111
"I don't just
want a new fridge.
258
00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:15,312
I want to get revenge
on the old one."
259
00:10:15,349 --> 00:10:16,514
[laughing]
260
00:10:16,516 --> 00:10:18,049
Okay, johnny,
thanks so much for coming.
261
00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:19,584
We told you we
had something big.
262
00:10:19,719 --> 00:10:21,386
This is the biggest
thing we've ever done.
263
00:10:21,455 --> 00:10:22,988
Take a look.
264
00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:24,622
♪
265
00:10:24,625 --> 00:10:26,625
They had four refrigerators
lined up that
266
00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,994
Were gonna go to
the dump anyway.
267
00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:31,396
Then out of nowhere...
268
00:10:31,531 --> 00:10:35,533
A 14-ton quarry master
excavator shows up.
269
00:10:35,569 --> 00:10:38,603
[thud & clanging]
270
00:10:38,605 --> 00:10:41,673
Then it starts crushing,
crushing these things
271
00:10:41,808 --> 00:10:45,009
At a blistering pace.
272
00:10:45,045 --> 00:10:51,482
♪
273
00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:54,052
There's something so
satisfying about destroying
274
00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:57,088
Something that has
hurt you emotionally,
275
00:10:57,124 --> 00:10:59,357
But it doesn't
feel any pain.
276
00:10:59,426 --> 00:11:01,226
I'm looking forward to
our war against
277
00:11:01,361 --> 00:11:03,094
The ai terminator robots.
278
00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:04,495
[laughing]
279
00:11:04,531 --> 00:11:07,432
Then no sooner has this
excavator had a go at
280
00:11:07,434 --> 00:11:10,635
The four refrigerators,
then, out of nowhere,
281
00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:15,507
Local monster truck team,
rat nasty, shows up.
282
00:11:15,509 --> 00:11:18,009
[roaring engine]
283
00:11:18,078 --> 00:11:21,980
♪
284
00:11:22,115 --> 00:11:25,649
And they start driving over
what's left of the fridges.
285
00:11:25,686 --> 00:11:30,255
♪
286
00:11:30,390 --> 00:11:33,390
♪
287
00:11:33,427 --> 00:11:34,659
I couldn't believe it!
288
00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,594
I was like, the fridges
might have been unplugged,
289
00:11:36,596 --> 00:11:38,463
But this is so cool.
290
00:11:38,598 --> 00:11:41,066
[cheering & applauding]
291
00:11:45,838 --> 00:11:48,039
I'm jonny.
292
00:11:48,108 --> 00:11:53,211
♪
293
00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:55,613
♪
294
00:11:55,615 --> 00:11:58,149
In the years that followed
hershey's closure,
295
00:11:58,185 --> 00:12:00,185
The future seemed dark.
296
00:12:00,187 --> 00:12:02,887
In fact, some people say
it was so dark that
297
00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:06,257
They estimated it
to be 70% cacao.
298
00:12:06,293 --> 00:12:08,159
[laughing]
299
00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:12,563
Fortunately, a real growth
industry then moved in,
300
00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:14,499
Legal cannabis.
301
00:12:14,568 --> 00:12:16,367
I met a woman who,
as soon as I met her,
302
00:12:16,436 --> 00:12:19,170
She wanted to introduce me
to some of her best buds.
303
00:12:19,206 --> 00:12:22,240
From canopy growth,
emily halverson!
304
00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:26,243
[cheering & applauding]
305
00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:27,578
Canopy growth is
one of canada's
306
00:12:27,614 --> 00:12:29,380
Biggest producers
of cannabis.
307
00:12:29,516 --> 00:12:31,316
When they came to town,
they moved into
308
00:12:31,451 --> 00:12:34,451
The old chocolate factory
at 1 hershey drive.
309
00:12:34,488 --> 00:12:36,320
These types of businesses
couldn't even exist
310
00:12:36,356 --> 00:12:37,655
Until 2013 so,
311
00:12:37,724 --> 00:12:39,323
Not only were we
a new business,
312
00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:41,392
We're in a completely
new territory here.
313
00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:43,461
She said, every day
when she went in there,
314
00:12:43,596 --> 00:12:46,064
It was craziness.
They were expanding,
315
00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:47,465
The whole industry
was expanding.
316
00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:49,334
They were constantly
renovating,
317
00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:50,467
There was construction.
318
00:12:50,504 --> 00:12:53,138
They were opening new
parts of the factory.
319
00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:55,073
One day, walking down
a hallway,
320
00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:56,674
And stairs would be there,
and then the next day
321
00:12:56,710 --> 00:12:57,942
They weren't there.
322
00:12:58,077 --> 00:12:59,310
The staircase kept
getting moved.
323
00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:00,979
It's like this moving
staircase in the
324
00:13:00,981 --> 00:13:03,014
Harry potter movies,
except this time it's more
325
00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:06,284
Like harry potter
and the sorcerer's stoned.
326
00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:08,486
[laughing]
327
00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:11,956
"harry, how did the
sorcerer get so stoned?"
328
00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:13,691
"he must have been
hufflepuffing
329
00:13:13,693 --> 00:13:15,293
Some dumble dank."
330
00:13:15,362 --> 00:13:17,027
[laughing]
331
00:13:17,063 --> 00:13:18,963
"cannabis sativa!"
332
00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:20,865
[laughing]
333
00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,434
Meanwhile, she said on the
old factory floor
334
00:13:23,470 --> 00:13:25,570
Where they made
the chocolate,
335
00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:28,706
They were now
making edibles.
336
00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:31,375
Now, I don't know
what canopy's policy
337
00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:33,311
On the workers sampling...
338
00:13:33,380 --> 00:13:35,246
[laughing]
339
00:13:35,248 --> 00:13:37,982
But it's a good thing
prim wasn't working there.
340
00:13:38,051 --> 00:13:40,251
[laughing]
341
00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:41,986
♪
342
00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:43,655
A few years after
coming to town,
343
00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:47,125
Canopy moved into
the tweed building.
344
00:13:47,127 --> 00:13:50,061
More cannabis than anybody's
ever seen in their life,
345
00:13:50,130 --> 00:13:52,330
And all this really
sophisticated,
346
00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:54,265
State of the
art machinery,
347
00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:56,100
Packaging,
and weighing,
348
00:13:56,102 --> 00:13:58,669
And analyzing
tons of cannabis.
349
00:13:58,705 --> 00:14:02,406
Tell me about how you
got into cannabis.
350
00:14:02,475 --> 00:14:04,275
I am originally from
east lansing, michigan,
351
00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:07,211
And I had medical cannabis
come into our state,
352
00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,282
And I started doing activism,
and just got really into it.
353
00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:12,984
And, some of my friends
said, "hey, you should
354
00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:15,119
Apply for this thing called
miss high times."
355
00:14:15,121 --> 00:14:17,288
I was like, "oh, no,
that's not, that's not me."
356
00:14:17,357 --> 00:14:18,957
But I did because it was
really geared towards
357
00:14:18,959 --> 00:14:20,291
Cannabis activism.
358
00:14:20,327 --> 00:14:21,959
What are you doing in the
industry to kind of
359
00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:23,228
Make it, you know,
better?
360
00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:25,697
So she entered the
competition in denver.
361
00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:28,900
[announcer] give it up
for miss high times 2012!
362
00:14:29,035 --> 00:14:30,235
[jonny] and in 2012,
363
00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:34,071
She was crowned
miss high times.
364
00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:36,708
Denver, colorado,
that's perfect.
365
00:14:36,710 --> 00:14:39,210
Your plane touches down,
you're already a mile high.
366
00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,445
[laughing]
367
00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:43,915
I come off of what's
called the 'legacy market',
368
00:14:43,984 --> 00:14:45,717
And that's a term used
for the market that
369
00:14:45,719 --> 00:14:47,719
Existed prior
to legalization.
370
00:14:47,721 --> 00:14:49,586
What you can't do in
that market is, you know,
371
00:14:49,623 --> 00:14:51,155
It's smaller, and, and...
372
00:14:51,191 --> 00:14:53,324
To do stuff with science
is a pretty heavy lift.
373
00:14:53,326 --> 00:14:56,160
So what we're doing here is
using new technology like ai
374
00:14:56,196 --> 00:14:59,931
To better assist in grading
our cannabis products.
375
00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:01,966
Back in the day,
there was no like, okay,
376
00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:05,135
This is indica and then
this is a sativa.
377
00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:07,605
It was like you bought weed
378
00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,941
And hoped it wasn't oregano.
379
00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:12,477
[laughing]
380
00:15:12,612 --> 00:15:15,880
A big part of emily's job
is analyzing the quality of
381
00:15:15,949 --> 00:15:18,983
Cannabis through a
microscope camera.
382
00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:21,152
[emily] what we're assessing
here is the dankness.
383
00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:23,955
Dank is a term that
means really good.
384
00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:25,957
It has the lot of,
you know, trichomes.
385
00:15:26,026 --> 00:15:29,027
The smell is really intense.
Beautiful, vibrant colour.
386
00:15:29,162 --> 00:15:31,562
It was funny to hear the
word 'dank' among words
387
00:15:31,564 --> 00:15:34,031
You'd only ever see in
a scientific essay.
388
00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:36,033
"oh, have you read this?"
"yes."
389
00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:39,370
"well, it says that terpenes
are a synergetic, ah...
390
00:15:39,505 --> 00:15:42,974
Antagonist towards
the overall dankness.
391
00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:46,110
That's what's suggested by
the author, doctor brosky."
392
00:15:46,245 --> 00:15:48,246
[laughing]
393
00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:49,247
[emily]
this is what I love.
394
00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:51,015
We didn't really have access
to this technology
395
00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:52,583
Prior to legalization.
396
00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:54,018
[jonny] it's always fun to
talk to somebody
397
00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:55,319
Who's so passionate.
398
00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:56,721
Like this will give you
a good example about
399
00:15:56,723 --> 00:15:58,522
How passionate
she is about it.
400
00:15:58,558 --> 00:16:00,591
So she had some buds
there on her laptop,
401
00:16:00,627 --> 00:16:02,593
And what I thought was
just a fancy light.
402
00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:04,996
-Oh, this is this!
-Yeah!
403
00:16:05,065 --> 00:16:06,531
Halfway through
the interview,
404
00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:10,168
I realized that this was
actually a microscope camera.
405
00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:11,469
Yeah, so this is just
plumbed in, right?
406
00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:13,670
This is my little
handy dandy microscope.
407
00:16:13,707 --> 00:16:15,940
I thought this was
your screensaver.
408
00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:17,542
My speaker is also
trichomes, but, ah-
409
00:16:17,677 --> 00:16:18,876
-[laughing]
-this is live.
410
00:16:18,912 --> 00:16:22,213
"my screensaver is a zoomed
in picture of cannabis bud."
411
00:16:22,282 --> 00:16:25,950
[laughing & applauding]
412
00:16:26,085 --> 00:16:28,319
Now, how dank is it?
413
00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:30,154
-[laughing]
-I can't really say.
414
00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:33,491
I haven't tried it yet,
I had work to do.
415
00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:36,360
Also, there's rules at
the broadcaster level.
416
00:16:36,363 --> 00:16:39,230
I mean, I can't
really be seen, ah...
417
00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:41,498
Promoting cannabis...
418
00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:43,300
On the cbd-
419
00:16:43,302 --> 00:16:44,435
On the cbc!
420
00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:46,304
[laughing]
421
00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:48,939
[applauding]
422
00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:56,313
♪
423
00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:58,516
If there's some kind of
theme I can apply
424
00:16:58,518 --> 00:16:59,584
To smiths falls,
425
00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:02,252
It's turning fun stuff
into serious business.
426
00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:04,989
I went over to
lombardi raceway,
427
00:17:05,124 --> 00:17:08,592
And I talked to che smith
and calya austin.
428
00:17:08,661 --> 00:17:13,030
[cheering & applauding]
429
00:17:13,066 --> 00:17:15,366
Che, tell me about
your history in racing.
430
00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:17,535
[british accent] my uncle
used to run a race team,
431
00:17:17,670 --> 00:17:19,670
And so I got to hang out at
the racetrack in
432
00:17:19,672 --> 00:17:21,339
My summer
holidays as a kid.
433
00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:23,540
Were you on the
pit crew as a kid?
434
00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:24,976
Yeah, they used to
call me the gopher.
435
00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:26,276
-The gopher?
-Yeah.
436
00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:27,945
"go for this, go for that,
go for that."
437
00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:30,981
Che worked there,
he said in the paddock.
438
00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:33,317
The paddock, by the way,
that's what english people
439
00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:35,552
Call the pit area, right?
440
00:17:35,588 --> 00:17:37,355
[accent] "you bring it
round the paddock,
441
00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:40,023
I'll pop the bonnet and get
in there with a spanner."
442
00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:41,526
[laughing]
443
00:17:41,661 --> 00:17:45,963
Che runs the race academy,
nonstop racing.
444
00:17:46,032 --> 00:17:47,698
[che] anyone can get
in a go-kart.
445
00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:49,901
Push the gas pedal,
and it will go
446
00:17:50,036 --> 00:17:52,236
As fast as that
machine will go.
447
00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:54,572
But it's that mental game...
448
00:17:54,641 --> 00:17:58,376
Of having the confidence to
go that fast into the corner,
449
00:17:58,511 --> 00:18:00,377
And then also focus.
450
00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:02,380
But it's about having
the right mind frame.
451
00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,515
He said it's 80% mental.
452
00:18:04,551 --> 00:18:06,584
When he teaches his
students, he said-
453
00:18:06,653 --> 00:18:08,920
It sounds to me like-
he's a bit like mr. Miyagi.
454
00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:10,521
The whole thing is a bit
like karate kid
455
00:18:10,656 --> 00:18:12,356
Mixed with talladega nights.
456
00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:14,926
[laughing]
457
00:18:14,928 --> 00:18:17,128
Calya started how
everybody else does,
458
00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:20,131
In the rental carts
that che owns.
459
00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,266
Is it like an addiction?
Is it something...
460
00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:24,702
Oh, it 100% is.
You arrive in summer.
461
00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:27,071
Every weekend
you're gone doing it,
462
00:18:27,073 --> 00:18:30,341
Or you're training for it.
You're getting ready for it.
463
00:18:30,476 --> 00:18:32,276
Like great experience,
464
00:18:32,345 --> 00:18:34,145
Great stories,
great memories.
465
00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:36,581
We had a big race here last
summer called cup cart canada.
466
00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:38,416
They're coming back this
year as well in July.
467
00:18:38,418 --> 00:18:40,551
[jonny] cup cart canada
is a big deal.
468
00:18:40,587 --> 00:18:41,752
Well, for most
people it is.
469
00:18:41,888 --> 00:18:44,621
I know for you guys, any cup
that's less than 800 pounds
470
00:18:44,657 --> 00:18:47,024
And doesn't have
peanut butter in it...
471
00:18:47,093 --> 00:18:48,626
[laughing]
472
00:18:48,628 --> 00:18:51,395
♪
473
00:18:51,431 --> 00:18:53,430
Finally, we went out
for a spin,
474
00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,167
And it was a ride.
475
00:18:56,236 --> 00:19:01,505
♪
476
00:19:01,508 --> 00:19:03,607
♪
477
00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:06,177
Somehow I got to the front,
and I was zipping around,
478
00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:07,978
Feeling like, okay,
I'm doing alright.
479
00:19:08,014 --> 00:19:10,181
I think I'm pretty
good at this.
480
00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:15,019
♪
481
00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:19,089
♪
482
00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:21,258
[screeching tires]
483
00:19:21,393 --> 00:19:22,593
♪
484
00:19:22,629 --> 00:19:24,562
You know, I'm coming
around one turn,
485
00:19:24,564 --> 00:19:27,497
And there's this 9-year-old
kid smiling at me.
486
00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:30,601
[laughing & clapping]
487
00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:33,003
And he passed me.
488
00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:35,272
And then,
a woman passed me.
489
00:19:35,308 --> 00:19:37,608
I think she's the
9-year-old's mom.
490
00:19:37,743 --> 00:19:39,944
And she caught up to him,
and sure enough,
491
00:19:40,013 --> 00:19:41,212
She gave him
some lunch money.
492
00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:43,080
-And then I was like...
-[laughing]
493
00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:44,949
I'm getting passed by
everyone and their mom.
494
00:19:45,018 --> 00:19:47,218
[laughing]
495
00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:50,688
[applauding]
496
00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:53,491
Hey! That was wicked!
497
00:19:53,493 --> 00:19:55,359
-Awesome.
-There we go, there we go.
498
00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:58,429
[indistinct speaking]
that was wicked, man.
499
00:19:58,431 --> 00:20:01,899
You know, guys, I am going
to approach life from now on
500
00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:04,902
With what I'm calling
the smiths fall.
501
00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:08,139
It's a little bit no sunshine
without the rain.
502
00:20:08,141 --> 00:20:10,340
It's a little bit,
"this too shall pass."
503
00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:12,009
-Yeah!
-Yeah!
504
00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:14,645
From applied sciences
to appliances,
505
00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:16,647
You'll find things
are all right.
506
00:20:16,683 --> 00:20:18,916
Make the most of
opportunities,
507
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:21,051
When no one's looking,
take a bite.
508
00:20:21,087 --> 00:20:23,120
[laughing]
509
00:20:23,189 --> 00:20:24,922
And take the smiths fall.
510
00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:27,424
At least try it
before you knock it.
511
00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:30,394
And may your go-kart
cup forever
512
00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:32,530
Runneth over with chocolate.
513
00:20:32,665 --> 00:20:34,331
♪
514
00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,733
Thanks for coming out,
everybody.
515
00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:37,468
You've been great!
516
00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:40,504
[cheering & applauding]
517
00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:45,643
♪
518
00:20:45,712 --> 00:20:50,281
♪
519
00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:52,149
The history of the town,
some of the stuff that
520
00:20:52,285 --> 00:20:54,518
I just learned, I never
even knew about.
521
00:20:54,554 --> 00:20:57,521
♪
522
00:20:57,523 --> 00:20:59,756
[roaring engine]
523
00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:05,029
♪
524
00:21:05,031 --> 00:21:06,597
♪
525
00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:09,233
It was just nice to know that
all the community was here,
526
00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:10,968
And that there is...
527
00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:13,571
Hard times, but everyone's
getting through it.
528
00:21:13,706 --> 00:21:15,639
♪
529
00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:20,578
♪
530
00:21:20,580 --> 00:21:23,047
This is my car!
Oh, my god!