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(whimsical theme playing)

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John Wilson:
<i>Hey, New York.</i>

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<i>When you go to a party,</i>

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<i>you never want to</i>
<i>show up empty-handed.</i>

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<i>There are a lot of</i>
<i>different things</i>

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<i>that you can bring to</i>
<i>express your gratitude</i>

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<i>for having been</i>
<i>invited somewhere.</i>

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<i>But if you're not careful,</i>

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<i>you can totally</i>
<i>misjudge the event</i>

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<i>and, and, and bring something</i>
<i>completely inappropriate.</i>

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<i>And then, you'll</i>
<i>just be embarrassed</i>

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<i>that you even tried to do</i>
<i>something nice to begin with.</i>

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<i>But the universal expectation</i>

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<i>is that you'll show up</i>
<i>with a bottle of wine.</i>

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<i>This may seem like</i>
<i>a simple task,</i>

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<i>but if you don't know</i>
<i>anything about wine,</i>

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<i>making a selection can be</i>
<i>a confusing experience.</i>

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<i>And if you make the mistake of</i>
<i>asking for a recommendation,</i>

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<i>you usually receive,</i>
<i>uh, a response like this.</i>

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So here, we have a Chablis.

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This is a Premier Cru.
So, there are nine Grand Crus

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and 14 Premier Crus
in this area.

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Uh, these tannins
are fantastic,

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especially when you
have some very bold...

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big foods, you know?

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Jumilla is interesting.

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They grow a grape
called Monastrell.

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But not all bruts
are the same.

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You have sort of a vegetal
characteristic to them.

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We always joke around
in the industry, you know,

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could you imagine that you
were in a place like Pomerol,

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and the folks in Pauillac said,

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"Hey! Were are you at
the Gran Cru meeting?"

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And they say,
"What meeting?"
"Oh, too bad!"

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(laugh) You know,
the wines in Pomerol

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are very, very good, and
they should be considered...

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Wilson:<i> And at that point,</i>
<i>you're half an hour</i>
<i>late to the party.</i>

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<i>So, you just grab something</i>
<i>at random with a nice label</i>

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<i>and bring it to</i>
<i>your friend's house</i>

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<i>and put it with the rest</i>
<i>of the other bottles.</i>

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<i>You try to have a good time</i>
<i>like everybody else,</i>

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<i>but you can't help</i>
<i>but wonder why your bottle</i>

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<i>is always the last one picked,</i>

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<i>and you wish you knew</i>
<i>what you did wrong.</i>

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<i>The world of wine may feel</i>
<i>like an exclusive club</i>

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<i>with a thousand</i>
<i>passwords to enter.</i>

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<i>But maybe if you learned</i>
<i>a thing or two,</i>

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<i>you'd never be stressed</i>
<i>about wine ever again.</i>

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<i>So, stick with me and I'll show</i>
<i>you how to convince anyone</i>

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<i>that you know a thing</i>
<i>or two about wine.</i>

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-(subway rumbling)
-(playing glass harp)

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<i>Now, a good first step</i>

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<i>is to learn a few select words</i>

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<i>of, of wine vocabulary,</i>

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<i>so you can sound like you know</i>
<i>what you're talking about.</i>

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(glass harp music)

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<i>Uh, a dry white</i>
<i>is a white wine</i>

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<i>with low sugar content</i>
<i>like a Chardonnay.</i>

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(clears throat)

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<i>If a wine coats your mouth</i>
<i>after drinking it,</i>

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<i>you can say it has</i>
<i>an oily finish.</i>

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<i>A popular kind of</i>
<i>red wine is a pinot.</i>

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<i>And a natural wine is made</i>
<i>with as few steps as possible</i>

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<i>between harvesting</i>
<i>and consumption.</i>

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(clears throat)
<i>Straight from the source.</i>

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<i>The legs are the drops</i>

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<i>that form along</i>
<i>the edge of your glass</i>

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<i>after you swirl it</i>
<i>around a bit.</i>

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<i>Some legs are a little</i>
<i>hard to interpret,</i>

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<i>but if you're afraid</i>
<i>of saying the wrong thing</i>

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<i>when describing them,</i>
<i>you can always just say,</i>

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<i>nice legs,</i>

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<i>and everyone will accept that</i>
<i>as an appropriate response.</i>

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<i>Nice legs.</i>

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<i>Nice legs.</i>

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<i>Nice ones.</i>

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<i>Supposedly,</i>
<i>the older a wine gets,</i>

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<i>the better it tastes.</i>

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<i>And a lot of the best ones</i>
<i>have aged for decades.</i>

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<i>But if you're nervous about</i>
<i>consuming a piece of history,</i>

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<i>a good idea is to</i>
<i>train with someone</i>

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<i>who's made a hobby out of</i>
<i>eating really old stuff.</i>

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MRE Man:
This is essentially
every generation

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of long-range patrol ration,

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up until about the mid-1980s.

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The experience of eating
really old, expired food

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-can go several ways.
-Wilson: Mm-hmm.

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If you eat something
that is really rancid

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and the oils have gone off end,

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it has this
very odd sensation

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that I'd never
experienced in my life

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up until the point
of eating something

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that's really old like that.
And that is a numbness.

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So, the whole inside
of your mouth,

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your tongue,
your throat, your gums,

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all that will go completely numb
and you can't really feel it,

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and it feels like your tongue
is swelling a little bit.

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This is going to be
most likely mid-1960s,

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'64, '65.

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So, this is definitely
a Vietnam-era ration.

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Wilson:
Okay.

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The back part here.

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Wilson:
Wow...

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This is the main entree
for the ration.

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It is vacuum-sealed.

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Wilson:
What is it?

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Beef with rice.

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Wilson:
Oh, okay.

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MRE Man:
And that feels to be
in great condition.

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Wilson:
Okay.

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Hey, how's it going? I'm John.

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Woman:
Squirrel is not good,

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-I wouldn't recommend it.
-Wilson: Um...

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I drank a SlimFast
that came from Big Lots.

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It was expired,
and I bought it expired.

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It was expired
at the grocery--
at the store.

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And, um, so it stayed in
my refrigerator for a while,

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and I took it to work one day,
and I drank the whole thing,

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and it was full of rust,
and it made me really sick.

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-Wilson: Oh, no.
-I had the worst headache.

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I had to go home
sick that day.

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MRE Man:
You see, the rice is sort of
swimming in the liquid now.

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That does not look
the best. (laugh)

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(spoon scraping pan)

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So, it has sort of a...
a mustiness.

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-Wilson: Musty?
-Yeah, a little bit.

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It tastes cardboard-like,

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I would explain it.

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Sort of a, a paper-type
taste to it.

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Wilson:
<i>When you're consuming</i>
<i>a rare treat,</i>

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<i>make sure to take note of</i>
<i>every flavor and sensation,</i>

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<i>so everyone knows</i>
<i>how much pleasure</i>

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<i>you're getting out of it.</i>

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It still has
a meaty chew to it.

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One of those bites I had
had a, had a--

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was sort of a grisly piece
in it, too, so I, I--

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I don't think they were
really that concerned

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about how good of quality meat

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they were giving
the soldiers anyway.

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Like, you know,
they were kind of just
grounding it all up

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and not really caring what
they were putting in there.

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(Wilson gags)

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Wilson: Wait, yeah,
I, I think I just...

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I think I found one of
the grisly pieces of meat.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They're in there.

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Wilson:
That's not bad.

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If it's completely edible
and you can finish it,

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-it doesn't get
any better than that.
-Wilson: Wow.

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<i>Now that you're comfortable</i>
<i>consuming old stuff,</i>

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<i>the next step is to learn</i>
<i>how to use your nose</i>

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<i>to enhance the whole</i>
<i>experience.</i>

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<i>So, practice with someone</i>

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<i>who's a little more</i>
<i>advanced than you.</i>

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A lot of dark fruits,
some... plum.

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(sniffing)

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Maybe a little oak.

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Wilson:
<i>It seems like being able</i>
<i>to smell the ingredients</i>

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<i>is, is a big part of it.</i>

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<i>And it's easier than you</i>
<i>think to get it wrong.</i>

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Wow. Uh...

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(sniffing)

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Melon?

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What do you smell?

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-Wilson: Yeah,
I'll go with that.
-(laughs)

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You see how easy
it is to influence?

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I don't smell no damn melon!

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I don't smell anything!
See how easy-- (laughing)

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See how easy it is to
fool somebody in, in wine?

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I don't smell--
All I smell is alcohol.

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-(sniffs)
-(Wilson laughing)

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Wilson:
<i>So, to avoid being</i>
<i>completely humiliated,</i>

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<i>it's a good idea to try to</i>
<i>sharpen your sense of smell.</i>

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<i>Thankfully, New York</i>
<i>is a carnival of aromas,</i>

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<i>and the more exotic</i>
<i>you can find,</i>

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<i>the more sophisticated</i>
<i>your nose will become.</i>

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<i>Smell that.</i>

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<i>Can you smell that?</i>

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<i>Ooh! Two-for-one.</i>

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<i>But after a while,</i>

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<i>you start to run out</i>
<i>of new things to smell.</i>

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<i>So, you gotta find new</i>
<i>smells in different places</i>

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<i>that you didn't</i>
<i>think of before.</i>

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Can I smell some of the bread?

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(Baker speaking)

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Wilson:
Uh, nothing.

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What does that stuff smell like?

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(sniffs)

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Wilson:
Cool.

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(sniffing)

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Does, does, like,
does the wood
have a scent at all?

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Uh, not that I know of.
I don't believe so.

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-Wilson: Oh, so it's odorless.
-Yes.

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-Wilson: Oh...
-Some bowling balls do
actually have scents.

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-Wilson: Really?
-Yeah.

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This one smells like
orange coffee cake.

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-Wilson:
That smells like orange?
-Yes, sir.

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Wilson:
Like, was there a demand for,
for a smelly bowling ball?

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No, it's just their
trademark thing.

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It's kinda what
they're known for.

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You know, it's what, what's
unique about that company

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is they decide to do that.
And it's just...

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Most people tend to
like it, you know?

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Wilson:
<i>You've never smelled</i>
<i>anything quite like it before.</i>

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<i>So, if you wanna become</i>
<i>a master of scent,</i>

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<i>you gotta go straight</i>
<i>to the source.</i>

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Storm Bowling Rep:
<i>We're at the</i>
<i>manufacturing plant</i>

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for Storm Bowling Products,
and we're actually
the only company

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that manufactures bowling balls

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with fragrance in
the cover stock.

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<i>The scent is already</i>
<i>in those tubes,</i>

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<i>in that liquid cover stock</i>
<i>right now as it's being poured.</i>

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<i>And then in about 10 minutes,</i>

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<i>it will actually</i>
<i>get hard enough</i>

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<i>for us to take out of the mold</i>
<i>and put 'em on the rack here</i>

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<i>-just to cure a little bit.</i>
-Oh!

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And here,
look who we have here.

219
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-Wilson: Oh my goodness.
-Rep: This is the owner,
Bill Chrisman.

220
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This is just posters
and things we've done,

221
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articles on me.

222
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This is a Pepsi ball
I built for Pepsi.

223
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-Wilson: Who's this guy?
-That's Jack Daniels.

224
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Rep:
<i>So we'll basically keep</i>
<i>firing these balls in here,</i>

225
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<i>and you can see they come out.</i>

226
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<i>There's some buffing wheels</i>
<i>and some compound in there.</i>

227
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<i>The citrus fragrances,</i>
<i>there's lemon, there's caramel,</i>

228
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<i>there's coffee cake,</i>
<i>there's orange.</i>

229
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<i>It'll match the color,</i>
<i>and we try and match</i>

230
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<i>the theme of the bowling ball.</i>

231
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<i>-It goes along with</i>
<i>the marketing theme as well.</i>
-Wilson:<i> Wow.</i>

232
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-(sniffs) Ooh, yeah.
-Rep: Yeah?

233
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Wilson: That smells
like a cherry Coke.

234
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Yeah, like
a cherry Coke almost.

235
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-It does.
-Yeah.

236
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-See that right there?
That's a poster we did.
-Wilson: Uh-huh.

237
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-Chrisman: Okay?
Right here. See this?
-Wilson: Okay. Uh-huh.

238
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Chrisman:
We had 30-plus phone calls,

239
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50- or 60-plus emails.

240
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-Wilson: Oh, really?
Just for that?
-Chrisman: Yeah.

241
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-It's pornographic.
-Wilson: Um...

242
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<i>He continued the tour</i>
<i>in, in the lobby,</i>

243
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<i>but, uh, when</i>
<i>he was talking to you,</i>

244
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<i>one of his employees</i>
<i>walked in, uh,</i>

245
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<i>with a, a special treat.</i>

246
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What are you
drinking right there?

247
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Wilson: Oh.
What does it taste like?

248
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Wilson:
<i>He had a whole flight of them</i>

249
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<i>that he was gonna</i>
<i>try his at desk,</i>

250
00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:02,628
<i>and it seemed like</i>
<i>more of a lifestyle</i>

251
00:11:02,695 --> 00:11:04,497
<i>than, than just a drink to him.</i>

252
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I drink Rockstars
and hang out, and,

253
00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:09,268
you know, we go
to Rockstar events like,
you know, they do...

254
00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:12,204
they do a lot of off-road
stuff like out in Tooele

255
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and places like that.
So, yeah, we go
to different events

256
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where Rockstar's
kinda sponsored.

257
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Wilson:
Wow.

258
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♪ ♪

259
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<i>You used to drink energy</i>
<i>drinks all the time,</i>

260
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<i>and you remember</i>
<i>really liking it.</i>

261
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<i>You didn't have to study</i>
<i>anything to enjoy them,</i>

262
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<i>and making a selection</i>
<i>was always effortless.</i>

263
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<i>But as you got older, you</i>
<i>stopped drinking them entirely</i>

264
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<i>because you felt</i>
<i>like your taste</i>

265
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<i>needed to evolve</i>
<i>for some reason.</i>

266
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<i>It's been a long time</i>
<i>since you've had one,</i>

267
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<i>and you kind of wish</i>
<i>that drinking wine</i>

268
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<i>could be this simple.</i>

269
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<i>But since you've worked so</i>
<i>hard to educate yourself,</i>

270
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<i>you might as well put it to use</i>

271
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<i>at a wine tasting on a boat,</i>

272
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<i>uh, where you should hopefully</i>
<i>be able to fit right in.</i>

273
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<i>You settle down and get a spot</i>
<i>with a good view of the city,</i>

274
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<i>and you're excited</i>
<i>to finally show off</i>

275
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<i>everything that you learned.</i>

276
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And they said,
"What Grand Cru meeting?"

277
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Because I guess
the people from...

278
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Pau-- from Pauillac...

279
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because their stuff
isn't Grand Cru.

280
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-No, theirs is all Grand Cru.
-Wilson: Oh, the other way...

281
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It's the other way
around in Pomerol.

282
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Pomerol has no
Grand Cru. (laughs)

283
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Wilson:
Okay, I mixed it up.

284
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<i>And when they bought you</i>
<i>a few different kinds of wine,</i>

285
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<i>you, you still don't really</i>
<i>know how to describe them.</i>

286
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<i>So instead,</i>
<i>you just end up agreeing</i>

287
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<i>with what everyone else says.</i>

288
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First thing I always smell
with Kerner is that almond.

289
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-Yes. Absolutely.
-You get that almond,
almond smell.

290
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-Wilson: Uh-huh.
-And then you get, you get

291
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this kind of sage and alp--

292
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-Alpine notes.
-Wilson: Alpine.

293
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-Notes of the,
of the woods, and the...
-Wilson: Yeah.

294
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<i>And it seemed like the more</i>
<i>you agreed with everyone,</i>

295
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<i>the more they treated you</i>
<i>like one of their own.</i>

296
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<i>It felt kind of weird</i>
<i>lying to these people,</i>

297
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<i>but maybe there's just</i>
<i>some part of you</i>

298
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<i>that always</i>
<i>just wants to fit in.</i>

299
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<i>No matter what.</i>

300
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♪ ♪

301
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<i>In my first week of college,</i>

302
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<i>I was looking to make friends,</i>
<i>and someone in my dorm room</i>

303
00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:21,901
<i>told me that it was cool to</i>
<i>join an a cappella group.</i>

304
00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:25,237
<i>I was really suggestible,</i>

305
00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:26,906
<i>and all I needed</i>
<i>was a single person</i>

306
00:13:26,972 --> 00:13:29,475
<i>to tell me what to do.</i>

307
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<i>So, the next morning,</i>
<i>I went to tryouts</i>

308
00:13:32,011 --> 00:13:34,380
<i>and actually made it</i>
<i>into one of the groups.</i>

309
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<i>They were called</i>
<i>the</i>

310
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<i>and we sang mostly</i>
<i>classic rock songs.</i>

311
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<i>I immediately thought</i>
<i>it was kind of lame,</i>

312
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<i>and I kept thinking</i>
<i>of ways to leave.</i>

313
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<i>But the people in the group</i>
<i>kept reassuring me</i>

314
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<i>that what we were</i>
<i>doing was cool,</i>

315
00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:54,934
<i>uh, so I stayed.</i>

316
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<i>Even though I made a few</i>
<i>really good friends there,</i>

317
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<i>I was kind of embarrassed</i>
<i>the whole time.</i>

318
00:14:01,373 --> 00:14:02,741
<i>And then one day,</i>
<i>we were invited</i>

319
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<i>to an a cappella</i>
<i>summit in Albany</i>

320
00:14:05,244 --> 00:14:08,047
<i>that was hosted by a group that</i>
<i>we had never heard of before.</i>

321
00:14:08,113 --> 00:14:09,448
<i>And the whole thing took place</i>

322
00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:12,017
<i>in a windowless building</i>
<i>called The Egg.</i>

323
00:14:13,719 --> 00:14:16,589
<i>The event was called</i>
<i>A Cappella Innovations,</i>

324
00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:18,958
<i>and it was hosted</i>
<i>by a man named Keith.</i>

325
00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:22,428
<i>He didn't have any</i>
<i>background in a cappella,</i>

326
00:14:22,494 --> 00:14:25,064
<i>but his bio said that</i>
<i>he was one of the world's</i>

327
00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:27,633
<i>top three problem solvers.</i>

328
00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,068
<i>Whatever that meant.</i>

329
00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:31,270
<i>He lurked around</i>
<i>the venue all weekend,</i>

330
00:14:31,337 --> 00:14:32,638
<i>giving lofty speeches</i>

331
00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:35,941
<i>about the transformative</i>
<i>power of a cappella.</i>

332
00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:38,077
<i>And at one point,</i>
<i>even asked us</i>

333
00:14:38,143 --> 00:14:42,548
<i>for our Social Security</i>
<i>numbers for some reason.</i>

334
00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:46,151
<i>This is some of the only</i>
<i>existing video of the event,</i>

335
00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:49,021
<i>and I'm actually in it,</i>
<i>right, right there.</i>

336
00:14:51,156 --> 00:14:54,660
<i>The master of ceremonies was</i>
<i>a woman named Allison Mack,</i>

337
00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:56,929
<i>who I knew from that</i>
<i>TV show "Smallville,"</i>

338
00:14:56,996 --> 00:14:59,164
<i>even, even though I had</i>
<i>never watched it.</i>

339
00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:01,367
I think the value of
a cappella in the world

340
00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:05,037
is it's just, it's another
form of human expression.

341
00:15:05,104 --> 00:15:06,972
<i>It's another example</i>
<i>of the beauty</i>

342
00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:09,808
<i>that we can build</i>
<i>as human beings.</i>

343
00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:11,777
Wilson:
<i>They were using</i>
<i>this event to premiere</i>

344
00:15:11,844 --> 00:15:14,680
<i>their own a cappella group</i>
<i>called Simply Human,</i>

345
00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:17,816
<i>which we were all</i>
<i>supposed to be in awe of.</i>

346
00:15:17,883 --> 00:15:20,085
(gravelly singing)

347
00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:21,887
(harmonizing)

348
00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:24,690
♪ You walk the streets
for money... ♪

349
00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:26,125
Wilson:
<i>I can tell that they were</i>

350
00:15:26,191 --> 00:15:27,993
<i>horrible watching it back now,</i>

351
00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:30,262
<i>but for some reason,</i>
<i>in the moment,</i>

352
00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:32,564
<i>I genuinely thought</i>
<i>they were just as good</i>

353
00:15:32,631 --> 00:15:33,966
<i>as they said they were.</i>

354
00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:36,035
♪ Roxanne! ♪

355
00:15:36,101 --> 00:15:37,569
(harmonizing)

356
00:15:37,636 --> 00:15:40,873
♪ You don't have to
sell your body to the night ♪

357
00:15:40,939 --> 00:15:42,708
Wilson:<i> When we finally</i>
<i>had some downtime,</i>

358
00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:44,643
<i>we decided to Google Keith</i>

359
00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:47,579
<i>and everyone there</i>
<i>for the first time.</i>

360
00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:50,849
<i>Their organization was</i>
<i>something called NXIVM,</i>

361
00:15:50,916 --> 00:15:54,086
<i>and Keith was on a bunch</i>
<i>of cult watch websites</i>

362
00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:57,523
<i>for running multi-level</i>
<i>marketing schemes.</i>

363
00:15:57,589 --> 00:16:00,159
<i>We also read that some people</i>
<i>even killed themselves</i>

364
00:16:00,225 --> 00:16:03,429
<i>after taking his</i>
<i>Executive Success programs,</i>

365
00:16:03,495 --> 00:16:06,465
<i>and we all got really worried.</i>

366
00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:09,768
<i>They had set up this event to</i>
<i>groom undergraduate students</i>

367
00:16:09,835 --> 00:16:11,770
<i>to join NXIVM.</i>

368
00:16:11,837 --> 00:16:14,073
<i>In their eyes,</i>
<i>being into a cappella</i>

369
00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:16,909
<i>had pre-qualified us for a cult</i>

370
00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:19,945
<i>because we were so</i>
<i>eager to be accepted.</i>

371
00:16:20,012 --> 00:16:21,547
♪ ♪

372
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<i>At the closing night party,</i>

373
00:16:22,948 --> 00:16:25,451
<i>we all decided</i>
<i>to confront them.</i>

374
00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:28,554
<i>We screamed at Allison Mack</i>
<i>and Keith Raniere</i>

375
00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:31,156
<i>in front of the rest of</i>
<i>the a cappella groups,</i>

376
00:16:31,223 --> 00:16:33,859
<i>and scrawled the names</i>
<i>of the suicide victims</i>

377
00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:37,596
<i>on the whiteboards that</i>
<i>they had set up on the walls.</i>

378
00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:41,100
<i>It caused a massive controversy</i>
<i>in the a cappella community.</i>

379
00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:42,601
<i>There was a really long thread</i>

380
00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:45,804
<i>on the a cappella</i>
<i>message board afterwards.</i>

381
00:16:45,871 --> 00:16:48,707
<i>NXIVM tried to destroy</i>
<i>our credibility</i>

382
00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:51,443
<i>by accusing us of</i>
<i>vandalizing our hotel room</i>

383
00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,078
<i>that they rented for us.</i>

384
00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,314
<i>They said we covered it</i>
<i>with human waste</i>

385
00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:57,816
<i>and they even contacted</i>
<i>the dean of my college</i>

386
00:16:57,883 --> 00:17:00,886
<i>to try to get me expelled.</i>

387
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:03,489
<i>At that point, the only</i>
<i>way to stay in school</i>

388
00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:05,724
<i>would be to</i>
<i>personally apologize</i>

389
00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:08,127
<i>to NXIVM over the phone,</i>

390
00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:10,529
<i>uh, which, which I did.</i>

391
00:17:11,530 --> 00:17:13,031
<i>After that whole incident,</i>

392
00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:16,402
<i>I never got involved in</i>
<i>a cappella ever again.</i>

393
00:17:16,468 --> 00:17:19,505
<i>And from what I hear,</i>
<i>neither did Keith.</i>

394
00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:25,544
(whimsical music playing)

395
00:17:27,646 --> 00:17:30,249
<i>My determination</i>
<i>to understand wine</i>

396
00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:32,885
<i>had sent me to tastings</i>
<i>all across the country.</i>

397
00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:35,087
(inaudible)

398
00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:37,623
<i>But, no matter where</i>
<i>I went or what I drank,</i>

399
00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:40,225
<i>it still never felt</i>
<i>natural to me.</i>

400
00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:43,896
<i>Maybe it was a mistake</i>

401
00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:46,799
<i>to even try to join this club.</i>

402
00:17:46,865 --> 00:17:50,068
<i>Because if I finally</i>
<i>entered wine society,</i>

403
00:17:50,135 --> 00:17:52,738
<i>people might see me</i>
<i>as an easy mark</i>

404
00:17:52,805 --> 00:17:56,275
<i>for any number of</i>
<i>dangerous propositions.</i>

405
00:17:56,341 --> 00:17:58,477
(inaudible)

406
00:17:58,544 --> 00:18:02,114
<i>I really didn't want to be</i>
<i>a, a sheep like everyone else.</i>

407
00:18:03,282 --> 00:18:05,451
<i>But I also didn't</i>
<i>know how to opt out</i>

408
00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:08,253
<i>and ignore wine completely.</i>

409
00:18:10,889 --> 00:18:13,759
<i>When I was walking around</i>
<i>the beach after a tasting,</i>

410
00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,661
<i>I saw some people</i>
<i>walking around</i>

411
00:18:15,727 --> 00:18:18,030
<i>handing out drinks to everyone,</i>

412
00:18:18,096 --> 00:18:19,731
<i>and they gave me one, too.</i>

413
00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:24,069
<i>It was an energy drink.</i>

414
00:18:24,136 --> 00:18:26,271
<i>When I cracked one open</i>
<i>and took a sip,</i>

415
00:18:26,338 --> 00:18:29,475
<i>I felt something I hadn't</i>
<i>felt for a long time.</i>

416
00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:32,711
<i>I didn't even have</i>
<i>to look at the can</i>

417
00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:35,614
<i>to know what flavor it was.</i>

418
00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:38,817
<i>Conversation with everyone</i>
<i>there was effortless.</i>

419
00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:41,487
<i>And even though I didn't know</i>
<i>anything about this stuff,</i>

420
00:18:41,553 --> 00:18:44,256
<i>nobody tried to make me</i>
<i>feel inferior.</i>

421
00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:48,093
-What's Frosé Rosé?
-Frosé Rosé is like a...

422
00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,362
strawberry tasting,
kind of like Nerds...

423
00:18:50,429 --> 00:18:51,830
(fades out)

424
00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:54,733
Wilson:
<i>The whole event was</i>
<i>actually a beach cleanup,</i>

425
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,401
<i>and it seemed like the company</i>

426
00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:58,337
<i>had a, a really</i>
<i>positive mission.</i>

427
00:18:58,403 --> 00:18:59,771
Who came up with this idea?

428
00:18:59,838 --> 00:19:03,075
The owner is Jack Owoc.
He's a South Florida native.

429
00:19:03,141 --> 00:19:04,443
Wilson:
Oh, really?

430
00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:06,378
He's the CEO of the company,

431
00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:10,516
and so, you know, everybody,
everybody knows him.

432
00:19:10,582 --> 00:19:13,051
Wilson:
<i>They all spoke highly</i>
<i>of this man named Jack,</i>

433
00:19:13,118 --> 00:19:15,153
<i>who was so down-to-Earth</i>
<i>that he even</i>

434
00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:17,990
<i>let his employees</i>
<i>hang out at his house.</i>

435
00:19:18,056 --> 00:19:19,057
What's his house like?

436
00:19:20,292 --> 00:19:21,527
Really?

437
00:19:24,429 --> 00:19:25,797
Oh, really?

438
00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:32,905
Wilson:
<i>None of the, the wine people</i>

439
00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:36,909
<i>I, I met ever organized</i>
<i>any beach cleanup.</i>

440
00:19:36,975 --> 00:19:40,879
<i>And maybe I was wrong</i>
<i>to give up energy drinks</i>
<i>to begin with.</i>

441
00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:44,316
<i>Maybe this Jack guy</i>
<i>knew something</i>

442
00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:46,018
<i>that all those</i>
<i>wine people didn't,</i>

443
00:19:46,084 --> 00:19:48,554
<i>and it made me really</i>
<i>wanna meet him,</i>

444
00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:51,256
<i>but, unfortunately,</i>
<i>nobody would tell me</i>

445
00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:53,358
<i>how to get in touch with him.</i>

446
00:19:54,393 --> 00:19:56,194
<i>I sent him a message</i>
<i>on Instagram,</i>

447
00:19:56,261 --> 00:19:59,264
<i>but I, I didn't</i>
<i>get a response.</i>

448
00:19:59,331 --> 00:20:01,600
<i>Uh, but luckily,</i>
<i>when I Googled his name,</i>

449
00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:04,536
<i>I found an article</i>
<i>about a, a, a mansion</i>

450
00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:06,471
<i>that he had recently</i>
<i>just purchased,</i>

451
00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:08,707
<i>and it had</i>
<i>his exact address.</i>

452
00:20:10,509 --> 00:20:12,344
<i>I don't know if I would</i>
<i>find him there</i>

453
00:20:12,411 --> 00:20:14,546
<i>or if he would even</i>
<i>let me in the door,</i>

454
00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:17,849
<i>but I figured it was</i>
<i>at least worth a shot.</i>

455
00:20:17,916 --> 00:20:20,786
<i>So, I rented an automobile,</i>
<i>and I set out to meet him.</i>

456
00:20:21,486 --> 00:20:23,655
(rumbling)

457
00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:25,457
<i>He lived far outside the city</i>

458
00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:28,393
<i>in a secluded,</i>
<i>gated community</i>

459
00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:30,662
<i>that had its own</i>
<i>security force.</i>

460
00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:33,231
Guard (on intercom):
<i>Good evening. Name</i>
<i>or address of the per--</i>

461
00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:36,702
-(breaking up)<i> --son you're--</i>
-Wilson: Uh, Jack Owoc?

462
00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,142
Guard (on intercom):
<i>Can I have your name</i>
<i>or company's name?</i>

463
00:20:44,209 --> 00:20:46,244
Wilson:
Uh, John Wilson?

464
00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,282
Guard:
<i>Please continue to the gate.</i>
<i>Have a good night.</i>

465
00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:51,683
Wilson (whispers):
Oh my god...

466
00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:55,120
(shifts into drive)

467
00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,856
<i>I hadn't planned</i>
<i>any farther than that</i>

468
00:20:57,923 --> 00:21:01,893
<i>because I, I genuinely</i>
<i>expected to be turned away.</i>

469
00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,429
<i>But now that all</i>
<i>the gates were open,</i>

470
00:21:04,496 --> 00:21:06,732
<i>I had to go all the way.</i>

471
00:21:06,798 --> 00:21:09,801
(eerie music playing)

472
00:21:09,868 --> 00:21:13,205
♪ ♪

473
00:21:19,544 --> 00:21:21,947
<i>As I slowly approached</i>
<i>Jack's house,</i>

474
00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:26,184
<i>there was a long line of</i>
<i>cars outside of his place.</i>

475
00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:28,387
<i>It seemed like he had</i>
<i>a lot of company over,</i>

476
00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:32,024
<i>and maybe that's why</i>
<i>security let me through.</i>

477
00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:42,467
<i>As I approached,</i>
<i>it, it crossed my mind</i>

478
00:21:42,534 --> 00:21:44,469
<i>that in the state of Florida,</i>

479
00:21:44,536 --> 00:21:47,506
<i>I could be shot on sight</i>
<i>for, for trespassing,</i>

480
00:21:47,572 --> 00:21:50,976
<i>and, and it wouldn't</i>
<i>even be a crime.</i>

481
00:21:51,043 --> 00:21:53,912
<i>But, I had already</i>
<i>come this far.</i>

482
00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:57,449
<i>Um, so, I walked up</i>
<i>to his front door</i>

483
00:21:57,516 --> 00:21:59,184
<i>to see if I could make contact.</i>

484
00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:03,121
(party chatter)

485
00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:10,429
<i>As I stood in the doorway,</i>
<i>I was trying to figure out</i>

486
00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:12,464
<i>exactly what I was looking at.</i>

487
00:22:12,531 --> 00:22:15,000
<i>It seemed like some</i>
<i>kind of costume party,</i>

488
00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:19,404
<i>and everyone was dressed</i>
<i>for another century.</i>

489
00:22:19,471 --> 00:22:22,240
<i>I immediately tried to hide</i>
<i>in the, in the next room,</i>

490
00:22:22,307 --> 00:22:24,376
<i>but as I rounded the corner,</i>

491
00:22:24,443 --> 00:22:26,478
<i>I saw a man on a throne</i>

492
00:22:26,545 --> 00:22:29,381
<i>who looked like all the photos</i>
<i>of Jack I had seen.</i>

493
00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:30,816
(indistinct chatter)

494
00:22:30,882 --> 00:22:32,718
<i>I wasn't sure what to say,</i>

495
00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:34,786
<i>but before I could</i>
<i>think of anything,</i>

496
00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:37,289
<i>he noticed that I was</i>
<i>standing right behind him.</i>

497
00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,058
(Jack Owoc speaking)

498
00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:41,827
Wilson:
Here, I can show you my...

499
00:22:41,893 --> 00:22:44,096
<i>He was immediately</i>
<i>suspicious of me,</i>

500
00:22:44,162 --> 00:22:47,432
<i>but after I convinced him</i>
<i>I was making a show for HBO,</i>

501
00:22:47,499 --> 00:22:50,936
<i>he relaxed a bit and said</i>
<i>I was welcome to hang out.</i>

502
00:22:51,002 --> 00:22:53,138
Tell me when you're recording,
and I'll tell you...

503
00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:55,173
Wilson:
Okay, yeah, yeah.
I'm recording right now.

504
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,375
(party chatter)

505
00:22:57,442 --> 00:22:59,611
Alright, so here we are,
we're having a big party today.

506
00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:01,913
HBO just busted in the door,

507
00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:03,348
but that's alright.

508
00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:05,550
Bang. He wants to see
inside the refrigerator,

509
00:23:05,617 --> 00:23:06,885
so come on in.

510
00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:09,154
So we have Rainbow Unicorn,

511
00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:12,624
Cherry Blade Lemonade,
all these new flavor inventions.

512
00:23:12,691 --> 00:23:14,292
A recent release here called

513
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,062
Delish Strawberry Kiss.

514
00:23:17,129 --> 00:23:20,532
Cotton Candy.
And then we have our iced teas.

515
00:23:24,202 --> 00:23:26,271
One, two, three...

516
00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:29,374
(all speaking)

517
00:23:31,042 --> 00:23:32,511
Wilson:
Wow.

518
00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:35,480
-So, what's going on?
-Hi!

519
00:23:35,547 --> 00:23:38,817
We're having a baby shower today
for our fifth baby, Adaria.

520
00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:40,051
-Wilson: Oh, really?
-And it's also--

521
00:23:40,118 --> 00:23:41,920
Well, it's actually
called a baby sprinkle

522
00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:44,623
for Adaria, and it's
my birthday today, too.

523
00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:46,291
I turned 36.

524
00:23:46,358 --> 00:23:48,460
-Wilson: Oh, congratulations.
-Thank you.

525
00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:51,563
♪ ♪

526
00:23:57,869 --> 00:23:59,070
I love it.

527
00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:12,017
Wilson:
<i>I was hypnotized</i>
<i>by Jack's charisma,</i>

528
00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:13,885
<i>which seemed to have</i>
<i>a powerful effect</i>

529
00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:16,922
<i>on all the women and children</i>
<i>he surrounded himself with.</i>

530
00:24:16,988 --> 00:24:18,957
♪ ♪

531
00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:22,027
<i>He made everything</i>
<i>seem so simple.</i>

532
00:24:22,093 --> 00:24:24,529
<i>There was only one</i>
<i>truth in his world,</i>

533
00:24:24,596 --> 00:24:26,998
<i>and every question</i>
<i>had the same answer.</i>

534
00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:29,434
-Do you like wine?
-Uh, we--

535
00:24:29,501 --> 00:24:33,171
I like Bang Hard Seltzer
that we just released.

536
00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:35,841
-Wilson: Oh, cool.
-Because it tastes good,

537
00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:38,376
and it's all the same flavors
that everybody's used to.

538
00:24:38,443 --> 00:24:41,580
Wilson:
<i>It was becoming obvious</i>
<i>that joining the Bang family</i>

539
00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:45,483
<i>would come with unimaginable</i>
<i>pleasures at my disposal.</i>

540
00:24:45,550 --> 00:24:48,720
We also have the--
this mansion we're
building in the Keys

541
00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:51,156
that will be officially
the biggest house in the Keys.

542
00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:53,425
20,000 square feet.
It's on an island.

543
00:24:53,491 --> 00:24:55,627
So, we'll have a big party
here New Year's Eve.

544
00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:58,697
Helicopters land and we own
all that land over there, too.

545
00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:00,465
So, it's gonna be a crazy party.

546
00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:03,201
It'll be in my book coming out
soon called "The Bang Anti-Diet"

547
00:25:03,268 --> 00:25:06,204
with 1,144 scientific
references.

548
00:25:06,271 --> 00:25:09,274
Thirty university studies
on our product,

549
00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:11,009
with real human test subjects,

550
00:25:11,076 --> 00:25:13,178
and peer-reviewed
and published.

551
00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:16,481
Wilson:
<i>And as we crossed the threshold</i>
<i>into his inner sanctum,</i>

552
00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:18,183
<i>I finally understood</i>

553
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,151
<i>what everyone had</i>
<i>been talking about.</i>

554
00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:26,458
Wilson:
Wow.

555
00:25:26,524 --> 00:25:29,494
<i>After being an outsider for</i>
<i>so long in the world of wine,</i>

556
00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:33,064
<i>I finally felt at home here.</i>

557
00:25:33,131 --> 00:25:36,234
<i>This man had spent over an hour</i>
<i>showing a complete stranger</i>

558
00:25:36,301 --> 00:25:37,802
<i>every inch of his private life,</i>

559
00:25:37,869 --> 00:25:42,173
<i>all while missing his own</i>
<i>wife's birthday party.</i>

560
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,442
<i>And if that isn't</i>
<i>the ultimate gift</i>

561
00:25:44,509 --> 00:25:47,412
<i>you can offer someone,</i>
<i>I don't know what is.</i>

562
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:50,849
All (singing):
Happy birthday to you!

563
00:25:50,916 --> 00:25:53,919
-Thank you!
-(applause, cheering)

564
00:25:57,822 --> 00:26:00,025
(cheering)

565
00:26:01,259 --> 00:26:02,894
Wilson:
<i>After the ceremony,</i>

566
00:26:02,961 --> 00:26:05,263
<i>two upper-level</i>
<i>members of the family</i>

567
00:26:05,330 --> 00:26:06,965
<i>took down all my information</i>

568
00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:10,602
<i>and told me that</i>
<i>Jack would be in touch.</i>

569
00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:12,938
<i>I wasn't sure</i>
<i>what he had planned,</i>

570
00:26:13,004 --> 00:26:16,341
<i>but it seemed like this</i>
<i>was only the beginning.</i>

571
00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,646
♪ ♪

572
00:26:21,713 --> 00:26:23,548
(inaudible)

573
00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:26,451
<i>We are a trusting species,</i>

574
00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:29,754
<i>and sometimes</i>
<i>we go to extremes</i>
<i>to feel like we belong.</i>

575
00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:34,292
<i>We distort ourselves</i>
<i>to please others.</i>

576
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,594
<i>And the intense fear</i>
<i>of being an outsider</i>

577
00:26:36,661 --> 00:26:40,332
<i>can turn you into someone</i>
<i>you barely recognize.</i>

578
00:26:40,398 --> 00:26:41,866
<i>But if you're honest</i>
<i>with yourself</i>

579
00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:43,735
<i>about what you actually like,</i>

580
00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:46,237
<i>you can get the best</i>
<i>of both worlds.</i>

581
00:26:46,304 --> 00:26:48,473
Whoa.

582
00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:50,375
Wilson:
<i>So don't worry about</i>
<i>what people think</i>

583
00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:52,978
<i>when you bring stuff</i>
<i>to their party</i>

584
00:26:53,044 --> 00:26:55,413
<i>because if they're</i>
<i>your real friends,</i>

585
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,084
<i>they'll probably just say</i>
<i>they like it anyway.</i>

586
00:26:59,150 --> 00:27:01,720
♪ ♪

587
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:04,456
<i>This is John Wilson.</i>
<i>Thanks for watching.</i>

588
00:27:04,522 --> 00:27:07,492
(glass harp music)

589
00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:09,594
♪ ♪