Wow in the World Presents: Make it Wow! (Recorded Live in New York City)

Summary

Wow in the World Presents: Make it Wow! – Live in New York City (February 24, 2025)

Hosts: Mindy Thomas and Carli Q
Announcer: Dennis
Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Symphony Space, New York City
Sponsored by: Audible

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Introduction to Make It Wow!

The episode kicks off with Mindy Thomas enthusing over the live performance of Make It Wow!, an interactive engineering challenge designed to inspire young inventors to create solutions for animal-related problems. Mindy announces an exciting competition inviting kids, their parents, and teachers to submit animal-centric inventions by March 21, with enticing prizes such as virtual classroom visits and signed copies of the book Wow in the Wild (00:00).

Meet the Hosts and Setting the Stage

Dennis, the announcer, energizes the audience with a vibrant introduction:

"You are about to experience the most Funko Balls hour of trivia challenges and innovation your little faces have ever seen." (01:45)

The hosts, Mindy Thomas and Carli Q, warmly greet the live audience, establishing a playful and engaging atmosphere. They humorously introduce themselves, with Carli Q joking about her fictional role at the "Bureau of Universal Time Travel Historical Exploration Division," setting a whimsical tone for the show (03:33).

Introducing the Teams

Two dynamic teams take center stage:

1. Time Traveling Tinkerers – Comprising Deacon, Teo, and Jasper, this team brings a blend of curiosity and inventive spirit. Carli Q delves into their personalities, eliciting playful banter about time travel and inventive aspirations (09:33).

2. Bonker Ballers – Featuring Nako, Isabella, and Diya, this team showcases creativity with a knack for drawing and conceptualizing solutions. Mindy engages them in conversations about their daily-used inventions and unique talents (13:00).

Round One: The Thinking Round

The competition formally begins with Round One: The Thinking Round, where teams determine whether presented inventions are real or fictional.

Invention 1: The Poo Trap
Carli Q introduces the "Poo Trap," prompting teams to decide its authenticity.

"The poo trap is a real invention for an animal. [...] It's a clever harness that fits on a dog to prevent accidents." (17:11)

Invention 2: Goldfish Shower Cap
Next up, the "Goldfish Shower Cap" sparks skepticism, with the audience leaning towards it being a hoax.

"The goldfish shower cap is not real yet. [...] They just get all wet. Somebody's gotta make it." (19:22)

Invention 3: Cat Karaoke Machine
The whimsical "Cat Karaoke Machine" also falls into the fictional category, igniting laughter.

"The cat karaoke machine is not real again yet. [...] Cats have to show up with a karaoke machine just like the rest of us." (20:46)

Invention 4: Bumper Buddy
Conversely, the "Bumper Buddy" for blind pets is affirmed as a legitimate invention, demonstrating real-world applicability.

"The bumper Buddy is indeed real. It was modeled after a 2015 viral video featuring Buddy, a blind dog." (21:49)

Invention 5: Frog Log
The "Frog Log," designed to aid animals stuck in pools, is recognized as a genuine and practical solution.

"The frog log is real. It’s an inflatable lily pad that helps animals escape pools safely." (23:29)

Invention 6: Dog Vending Machine
Finally, the "Dog Vending Machine," which dispenses dog food in exchange for recyclables, is celebrated as an innovative dual-purpose invention.

"The dog food vending machine is a real wow invention. It helps homeless pets and saves the planet simultaneously." (25:07)

Each correct identification allows teams to select materials from a mystery bag, adding an element of surprise and resourcefulness to the challenge.

Round Two: The Tinker Mission

Transitioning into Round Two: The Tinker Mission, teams receive building materials from bonker ball pits filled with assorted items. Contestants don inventive costumes—lobster claws for the Time Traveling Tinkerers and kitty paws for the Bonker Ballers—to add a layer of fun and difficulty to the task.

During the 45-second material hunt, teams scramble to collect as many resources as possible:

"You have to cheer them on. [...] Make it wow." (33:25)

An intermission allows teams to strategize and begin constructing their inventions. Mindy encourages teamwork and creativity, highlighting the collaborative spirit:

"We really started to click and get working together." (38:35)

Round Three: Tell Them All About It

In the final Round Three: Tell Them All About It, teams present their completed inventions to celebrity judges, Curly Q (Thomas Fingerling) and Grandma G Force.

1. Time Traveling Tinkerers – WFAS: Wildfire Animal Shelter
   Deacon introduces WFAS, a sophisticated shelter designed to protect animals during wildfires by providing non-toxic air and automated feeding systems.

   "Wildfire Animal Shelter [...] during a wildfire, animals are brought to these shelters for safety." (55:16)

   Jasper elaborates on the invention's impact:

   "It helps decrease the decline in population of wild animals in forests from wildfires." (56:25)

2. Bonker Ballers – Blind Cart
   Diya presents the Blind Cart, a mobility aid for blind animals that incorporates sound alerts to attract human assistance when needed.

   "The blind cart helps blind animals move around easily and signals humans with a honking horn." (59:50)

   Isabella adds:

   "Rolls and helps animals move [...] with the beeping sound to alert humans." (61:26)

Judging and Winner Selection

The judges deliberate using a decibel reader to gauge the audience's reaction. The excitement crescendos as both teams receive significant support, but ultimately, the Bonker Ballers edge out the Time Traveling Tinkerers with a slightly higher decibel count:

"We got a 111 for the Bunker Ballers. Oh, the Bunker Ballers are the winners." (67:00)

The Bonker Ballers are awarded the coveted Golden Reggie trophy, along with playful rewards like golden rubber chickens, celebrating their ingenuity and effective solutions for animal welfare.

Closing Remarks and Encouragement

The hosts conclude the event with heartfelt appreciation for both teams, emphasizing the importance of creativity and innovation in solving real-world problems:

"Thank you to both teams for all of your creativity and your ingenuity and your innovation." (68:15)

Mindy and Carli inspire the young audience to continue dreaming and inventing:

"You are the inventors of tomorrow. We need you to make the world a better place for all us human animals." (72:03)

They also promote ongoing engagement through various platforms and encourage attendees to participate in future events, underlining the show's mission to empower kids with hope and agency through science and technology.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Mindy Thomas on Innovation:

  "Innovation is when you come up with new ideas to solve problems or just to make things better." (06:37)

• Carli Q on the Competition Theme:

  "The theme is animals. [...] We are going to invent something for animals to help solve a problem they have." (14:29)

• Jasper on Teamwork:

  "It was a little slow, but we really started to click and get working together." (38:14)

• Time Traveling Tinkerers on WFAS:

  "During a wildfire, animals are brought to these shelters for safety." (55:16)

• Bonker Ballers on Blind Cart:

  "The blind cart helps blind animals move around easily and signals humans with a honking horn." (59:50)

• Carli Q on Encouraging Inventors:

  "You are the inventors of tomorrow. We need you to make the world a better place for all us human animals." (72:03)

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Conclusion

"Make It Wow!" successfully blended entertainment with education, engaging a young audience in a live competition that fostered creativity and problem-solving. Through interactive challenges and collaborative teamwork, the episode highlighted the power of innovation in addressing real-world issues affecting animals. The spirited presentations and judges' deliberations reinforced the show's commitment to inspiring the next generation of inventors, leaving both participants and audience members motivated to continue making impactful contributions to the world.

Transcript

[Mindy Thomas]

Hey, Wowzer fams. Mindy here and we are so excited for you to listen to the recorded performance of Make It Wow in New York City. You'll hear two teams of tinkerers going head to head, coming up with some bonker balls and amazing inventions for how to help animals. And now you can wow our judges with your inventions that solve a problem for animals too. Reggie, drumroll please. Introducing the Make It Wow engineering challenge. Wowzers. Listen up. If your grown up or teacher enters your invention for how to solve a problem for animals by March 21, you could win a virtual classroom visit from me, Mindy. Plus a signed copy of our book, wow in the Wild, A wow in the World, Sea Creatures, Aquarium, Toy, and more. Visit tinkercast.com makeitwow to learn more and to get tinkering. And tell your teacher this contest is open for classrooms too. One more time, that's Tinkercast.com MakeItWow oh, and P.S. if you're in the Denver or Washington D.C. area, don't miss your chance to see Make It Wow live on stage. Grownups, you can get your tickets and learn how you could get your Wowzer to be a contestant in the [e-mail] events. That's tinkercast.com events. We can't wait to make it wow with you. That's it. And now let's get back to the show.

[Dennis]

Ahem. Attention, audience, attention. Tinkercast Studios is in the building. And by building, I mean here. At the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Symphony Space in New York City. Presented by Audible. There's more to imagine when you visit. You are about to experience the most Funko Balls hour of trivia challenges and innovation your little faces have ever seen. Everybody say make it Everybody say make it wild. Come on, let's hear you all make it Wow. M I W everybody. Let's hear you vote. Come on, New York. Say make it wow. Now Spring. Welcome everybody to Make It Wow. I am your announcer, Dennis. Yeah. Applaud. Cheer. Okay, now be quiet because it isn't. It is now time to announce your hosts. Introducing the queens of curiosity, the divas of Discovery, the president of podcasting, my very best friends, Let me introduce to you wow. In the world's Mindy Thomas. And who win? Wow's Karlie K. Oh, wow.

[Mindy Thomas]

It is so great to be here with you and you, NORC City, out of your ears and into your real live faces. Look at their faces. They have faces. They're real.

[Carli Q]

They have real beautiful faces. I can't wait to tell my colleagues back at Butt headquarters about this.

[Mindy Thomas]

I'm sorry, did you say Butt headquarters?

[Carli Q]

I did. You know, maybe we should introduce ourselves.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, good idea.

[Carli Q]

Hi, everybody. I am Carli Q. From the Super Secret who When Wow podcast.

[Dennis]

Wow. So cool.

[Carli Q]

So when I am not traveling through time solving mysteries, I am a basement level employee at the Bureau of Universal Time Travel Historical Exploration Division. Also known as ODD head. I get it.

[Mindy Thomas]

It's an acronym. Wait, I didn't know you worked at the bureau. Do you know Lewis?

[Carli Q]

You know what? I do.

[Mindy Thomas]

But you know him.

[Carli Q]

Yeah, he's busy today. I do know him.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah, I've met him before.

[Carli Q]

Great guy.

[Mindy Thomas]

Anywho, allow me to introduce myself from the not so Secret wow in the World podcast. I am Mindy Thomas, and I don't have a job.

[Dennis]

And I'm Dennis from the Wee Wow podcast. Yeah. Yes. Oh, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. Actually, I didn't mean to stop. You can keep going. You can keep going. Thank you. Yes, yes, thank you.

[Mindy Thomas]

Dennis, Dennis, Dennis.

[Dennis]

What?

[Mindy Thomas]

You're not done with the introductions?

[Dennis]

Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Mindy Thomas]

Making It Wow through music today, from Brooklyn, New York.

[Carli Q]

Yeah.

[Mindy Thomas]

Jindenstein and Jason Rabinowitz give it up for the Pop Up.

[Dennis]

Wow. So cool. So cool.

[Carli Q]

Well, now that you know all of our names, we should probably learn all of your names.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, good idea. Let's see, we'll start with you, you, and then you and you.

[Carli Q]

No, no, no.

[Mindy Thomas]

And then we'll go through all the rows until we get to you.

[Carli Q]

Mindy, that is gonna take forever. No, no, no, we don't have time for that. But maybe everybody could just say their name on the count of three all together.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah, that works too.

[Carli Q]

Okay, here we go. One, two, three.

[Dennis]

Yeah.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, those are great names. Can you believe we've got two Logans in the house?

[Carli Q]

Two people named G. Logan, New York City wild. What are the odds?

[Dennis]

What are the odds?

[Carli Q]

What are the odds? Okay, well, now that we all know each other, we can officially welcome you to Make It Wow. Mindy, can you believe we invented a game show?

[Mindy Thomas]

We did invent a game show, Carlie.

[Grandma G Force]

Q. I can't believe it.

[Mindy Thomas]

But Make It Wow is more than just a game show. It's a celebration of innovation.

[Carli Q]

Right? It's a chance for you to use your imagination.

[Dennis]

Uh, hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm gonna need some clarification.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, all right.

[Carli Q]

Dennis.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yes?

[Dennis]

What's innovation?

[Mindy Thomas]

Great question, Dennis. You see, innovation is when you come up with new ideas to solve problems or just to make things Better.

[Dennis]

Yeah.

[Carli Q]

It's when you use your imagination to come up with an idea that's amazing and original. Something that did not exist.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, and you know what? I've got some great examples of innovation in my inventor's toolkit here. Let me just see what I got here. Sorry, there's so many cats in here. Get down.

[Dennis]

Cats.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right, can anyone tell me what this innovation is? Some people would call it the greatest thing since sliced bread.

[Dennis]

That's bread?

[Mindy Thomas]

That's bread Bread, Yeah. No, this is raw toast. Everybody knows that. Okay, maybe this one will ring a bell. This is a great invention. You need it a lot in the winter here in New York. Can anyone tell me what this invention is?

[Carli Q]

It's a glove.

[Dennis]

It's a glove.

[Carli Q]

That's a glove.

[Dennis]

A glove.

[Mindy Thomas]

Glove.

[Carli Q]

Glove.

[Dennis]

Glove.

[Mindy Thomas]

I've never heard that word before. No, clearly. These are finger pants, Mindy. All right, one more here. Let's see here. Oh, I bet you all know what this is. Actually, maybe you've never seen one of these before, but it's round, it's got a hole in the middle.

[Dennis]

They know it's from the 90s.

[Carli Q]

That's a CD.

[Mindy Thomas]

A C what?

[Carli Q]

It's a CD.

[Mindy Thomas]

No, this is a sound bagel. New York is famous for them. The point is, innovation is all around.

[Carli Q]

Us, and it's powered by the imagination in all of us.

[Mindy Thomas]

And today, we are going to use the power of imagination to come up with some serious innovation right here on this stage.

[Carli Q]

Mm. So the question is, are you ready to make it?

[Dennis]

Wow.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, here's how the game works. Today we've got two teams who will go head to head in a series of think tinker and tell em all about it challenges.

[Carli Q]

And throughout these challenges, our teams are going to be inventing a product that solves a real or really ridiculous problem.

[Dennis]

Wow.

[Mindy Thomas]

Now, it's important that these products or inventions are original, useful, and a little bit bonkerballs.

[Carli Q]

Whichever team wows the judges and all of you the most wins the game and takes home the coveted Golden Reggie trophy.

[Dennis]

So pretty. Okay, everyone, stop looking.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, so are we ready to meet our two teams?

[Dennis]

Yes.

[Mindy Thomas]

Take it away, Dennis.

[Dennis]

Thank you, Mindy.

[Mindy Thomas]

Ahem.

[Dennis]

Introducing our first team. Put your hands together for Deacon, Teo, and Jasper. The who win. Wow. Time traveling tinkerers.

[Mindy Thomas]

High fives.

[Carli Q]

High fives right here. Thank you very much. Nice to see ya. All right, let's get to know the time traveling tinkerers. Since I am obsessed with both time and time travel, I'm gonna ask you some Questions related to those things. Okay, so Jasper, question for you. If you could be any time of day, what time of day would you be?

[Grandma G Force]

Probably 11:30. Cause that's when I get to eat lunch at school.

[Carli Q]

Oh, that's a very early time to eat lunch.

[Grandma G Force]

I think we finish at 12, but then we get to have break and the food is always super good.

[Carli Q]

Okay, 11:30 lunchtime. We love it. Thank you, Jasper. Okay, Teo, here's my question for you. If you were to step inside a time traveling elevator, and if you were to go anywhere to the past, present, or future, where would you go?

[Grandma G Force]

I would go to 2013 and buy Bitcoin.

[Carli Q]

Okay. Will you get enough for all of us?

[Grandma G Force]

Yeah.

[Carli Q]

That's really generous. Thank you, Teo. Okay, I'm coming around to you, Deacon.

[Dennis]

Very savvy.

[Carli Q]

Love that. Deacon, if your team wins this competition today and if you could then travel anywhere in the world in the universe, where would you travel?

[Grandma G Force]

Probably the nearest quasar switch is like the nearest galaxy to look for life, which makes sense. Okay, you've made some friends.

[Carli Q]

And what is it? The nearest quasi quasars. Okay, it's.

[Grandma G Force]

I don't. I forget what it stands for, but.

[Carli Q]

It means it's a universe and we'll see if there's life out there, hopefully. Okay, great. You can come and hang out at butt headquarters anytime. I feel like we could all. We could work well together. Okay, give it up for the time traveling tinkerers.

[Dennis]

Okay. And introducing our second team. Give it up for Nako, Isabella and Diya, the wow in the world bunker ballers. Oh.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh. Let's take a minute to meet the bonker ballers. Isabella, tell me about an invention that you use every day that you just couldn't live without.

[Grandma G Force]

Probably like paper.

[Mindy Thomas]

So you can what?

[Grandma G Force]

So I can draw?

[Mindy Thomas]

So you can draw. Are you a big drawer?

[Dennis]

Yes.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right, you can draw on your kitchen. We can do some drawing in our innovation. And Nico, I have to ask you, what is something that wows you? Um. Or you know, something of a wow invention that you use that you use today that you couldn't get here without A car.

[Carli Q]

A car.

[Mindy Thomas]

And if you could invent something to make a car even more wow, what would you invent?

[Dennis]

Um.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right, well, you know what? We'll have to find out later today. Maybe you'll invent something for a car.

[Carli Q]

Dia.

[Mindy Thomas]

What is something that makes it? What do you bring to this wow table here for inventing? A special talent, maybe?

[Grandma G Force]

I like to draw a lot.

[Mindy Thomas]

You like to draw? A lot, too. Yeah. All right, well, I can't wait to see what you invent. Let's give it up one more time for the wow in the world Bonker Baller.

[Dennis]

So cool.

[Carli Q]

Okay, so now that we have both of our teams, it is time to reveal the theme for today's show.

[Mindy Thomas]

Ah, yes. So the theme or subject for today's show will help guide our inventors on their innovations.

[Carli Q]

And with today's theme. Take it away, Dennis.

[Dennis]

Thank you, Carly. I have in my hand the theme for today's show. All right, let's do this. And the theme is. Slamina.

[Carli Q]

Slamina.

[Dennis]

Yes. Slamina. Slamina. Oh, I think.

[Carli Q]

What?

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, Dennis, Dennis, I think you're reading it backwards. Try flipping it around.

[Dennis]

Yeah, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Okay, okay. Undo that, undo that, undo that. Let's get. I have the real theme for today's show, and it is Animals. Thank you. Yes. Animals. Thank you. Thank you. Yes.

[Mindy Thomas]

And there you have it. The theme is. Animals.

[Dennis]

Yes.

[Carli Q]

Love it.

[Dennis]

Are we gonna invent a new animal species?

[Mindy Thomas]

No, we are not going to invent a new animal species. We are going to invent something for animals to help solve a problem that animals have to make their lives better.

[Dennis]

Okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

For animals.

[Dennis]

An animal problem. Okay, hold on a minute. I'm gonna make a phone call real quick.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wait, what?

[Carli Q]

Dennis? What's he doing? Where'd you get the landline? Shh.

[Dennis]

Yeah, Reggie. Yeah, it's Dennis. Listen, you're an animal, right? Right. Okay, so, like, what's your problem, man? Rebj.

[Mindy Thomas]

What'd he say, Dennis?

[Dennis]

Well, he said I'm a problem and to quit calling him. And then he hung up.

[Carli Q]

Okay, well, now that that is all taken care of, I think it's time to get this game show started with round one, the thinking round.

[Dennis]

The thinking round.

[Mindy Thomas]

Ah, yes. In this round, I will be giving you all inventions. So Carliq will be giving you inventions, and it's up to you and you to decide whether these inventions are real.

[Carli Q]

Wow.

[Mindy Thomas]

Inventions. Or just big phony.

[Dennis]

What?

[Carli Q]

And if you get the answer right, you get to pick a building material for use in your inventions later from this. The mystery bag. What's inside? What's inside? We don't know, baby.

[Mindy Thomas]

Dennis. Inside the mystery bag, Baby.

[Dennis]

Dennis, are you in there?

[Mindy Thomas]

No, I'm not in here.

[Carli Q]

Okay, we'll see. All right, are we ready?

[Mindy Thomas]

And the thing to know about all the inventions that we're talking about today.

[Carli Q]

Are that they all of these inventions that you're about to hear about, whether they're Real or fake will have to do with solving a problem for an animal. So it might give you some ideas for what you could make later.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah.

[Carli Q]

All right, are we ready?

[Mindy Thomas]

We're ready.

[Carli Q]

Round one. Round one. Here's the very first invention, and this question is for you all. The invention is the poo trap. All right, that's all I'm gonna say. It's an invention called the poo trap. So, time traveling tinkerers, is this a real invention or is it a big phony? What? Also, what do you think? Think about it.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay.

[Dennis]

Thumbs up, thumbs down.

[Carli Q]

Yeah. Thumbs up, thumbs down. Is it real or fake?

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, I'm seeing a lot. Oh, I'm seeing mixed bag over here. Seeing some thumbs up, some thumbs down. The poo trap, is it a real wow.

[Carli Q]

Invention? I'm seeing a lot of thumbs up.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right, what did we come up with?

[Grandma G Force]

It's real.

[Mindy Thomas]

It's a real.

[Carli Q]

Is it a real wow. Pop ups. Are they correct? They are. They are. Okay, look, it's a real invention for an animal. So as you can see, it is a clever harness that fits on a dog right where you know what comes out of you know where. And the tagline for this invention is. No poop.

[Dennis]

Oops.

[Carli Q]

No oops. You know what?

[Mindy Thomas]

Grandma G force wears one of those. Yeah, she does.

[Carli Q]

I believe it. I believe it. All right, since you got the answer right, you can pick from the mystery bag.

[Dennis]

Mystery bag, mystery bag. Who wants to be who wants to.

[Carli Q]

I don't know what's in there.

[Dennis]

Go for it, go for it, go.

[Grandma G Force]

For it, go for it, go for it.

[Dennis]

No peeking. Just get it.

[Carli Q]

Just get it.

[Mindy Thomas]

The first thing you touch, he's climbing in the street.

[Carli Q]

Oh, what is it?

[Mindy Thomas]

What is that?

[Carli Q]

It's a lampshade. It's a hat. Popcorn container.

[Mindy Thomas]

Cone of shame for a pet.

[Carli Q]

Oh, there we go.

[Mindy Thomas]

That looks great.

[Carli Q]

All right, very good.

[Mindy Thomas]

Round two. Bonker ballers, this one's for you. The invention is the goldfish shower cap to keep your goldfish's head dry in the aquarium. Is it a real wow. Invention or a big phony?

[Dennis]

What?

[Mindy Thomas]

All right. The goldfish shower cap. Real or not real? Okay, I'm seeing a lot of thumbs down from the audience.

[Dennis]

Okay, I think we're ready, Isabella.

[Carli Q]

Nico's like, absolutely not.

[Mindy Thomas]

No, it's not real. Big phony. What?

[Carli Q]

Pop ups.

[Mindy Thomas]

Are they correct?

[Dennis]

Yay.

[Mindy Thomas]

It is not real yet. I don't know why anyone hasn't invented something to keep fish dry in the water. They're so soggy in there.

[Carli Q]

Truly. They just get all wet. Somebody's gotta make it.

[Mindy Thomas]

They're so wet. All right, you know what this means?

[Carli Q]

Mystery bag.

[Mindy Thomas]

Mystery bag.

[Carli Q]

Mystery bag.

[Mindy Thomas]

Mystery bag. What are they gonna get?

[Dennis]

Go for it. Go for it. It's such a mystery.

[Mindy Thomas]

It's a mystery.

[Grandma G Force]

What are they gonna get?

[Mindy Thomas]

I wanna know what's in the mystery bag.

[Dennis]

Something out of there. Can you get it? Just take it. Just take it.

[Carli Q]

First thing you got, ego, is in the bag. Get it. Oh, hold it up. What is it?

[Mindy Thomas]

What is it?

[Dennis]

It's a thing.

[Carli Q]

Okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

Can you use this in your invention later? It could be anything.

[Carli Q]

It could be anything. Okay, invention number three. This is for you all. The cat karaoke machine. Turning meows into melodies. Is it a real wow or a big phony?

[Dennis]

What?

[Carli Q]

Okay, I'm seeing thumbs up. Do you think it's real or is.

[Mindy Thomas]

It the cat karaoke machine?

[Dennis]

What do you guys think?

[Carli Q]

We've never had people chanting, passionate audience. Chanting, chanting, chanting. Okay. All right, let's see. What the. So wait, what are you going with? It's real pop ups. Are they correct?

[Mindy Thomas]

No.

[Carli Q]

You turn on them.

[Mindy Thomas]

Don't trust your friend.

[Carli Q]

Unfortunately, the cat karaoke machine is not real again yet. So if a cat wants to do karaoke, they gotta show up with a karaoke machine just like the rest of us.

[Dennis]

They gotta search for the words on Google like the rest of us.

[Carli Q]

Exactly. All right, so moving on.

[Mindy Thomas]

Question number four. Bonker ballers. This one's for you. The bumper Buddy. A bumper? Like a bumper you might find on a car, only it's for blind pets. Is it a real wow invention or a big phony?

[Carli Q]

What?

[Mindy Thomas]

The bumper Buddy, is it real or really made up?

[Carli Q]

I see thumbs up all the way in the back.

[Mindy Thomas]

I see a lot of thumbs up, a lot of people saying it's real. What do you think?

[Grandma G Force]

Real?

[Mindy Thomas]

You think it's real pop ups. Are they correct?

[Dennis]

Yay.

[Mindy Thomas]

The bumper Buddy is indeed real. It was modeled after a 2015 viral video featuring bump Buddy, a blind dog who wearing a gadget to keep him from bumping into walls. Buddy's owners invented the bumper Buddy to help Buddy to get around without having obstacles in his way. How cute is Buddy?

[Dennis]

He's so cute.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, he's so cute. He could be running around underneath your chairs and you'd never know it. He could be in here.

[Carli Q]

Mystery bag, Mystery bag.

[Dennis]

Mystery bag.

[Mindy Thomas]

Mystery bag.

[Dennis]

Okay, it's a mystery.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay. Get something good.

[Dennis]

What'd you get?

[Mindy Thomas]

Get something good. What is this?

[Dennis]

What did you get?

[Grandma G Force]

A truck?

[Mindy Thomas]

A Truck.

[Carli Q]

It's a truck.

[Mindy Thomas]

You can use this in your innovation later. You can take it apart even.

[Carli Q]

Oh, yeah, that's good.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay.

[Carli Q]

Okay, this is the last one for you time traveling tinkerers. Your next invention is. Is the frog log. That's all I'm gonna say. No more clues. The frog log. Is it a real wow invention or a big phony? What?

[Dennis]

I mean, it does rhyme, so there's that.

[Carli Q]

It rhymes. That's nice. Yeah.

[Dennis]

Think for yourselves.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay. We see a lot of thumbs up. I'm seeing a lot of thumbs up. We got some thumbs down.

[Carli Q]

Okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

They seem calm.

[Grandma G Force]

We think it's real.

[Carli Q]

Are they pop ups? Are they correct? All right, so check it out. Real invention. This is the frog log, and it helps animals who get stuck in pools by giving them this.

[Mindy Thomas]

Nice.

[Carli Q]

Yeah, it is.

[Mindy Thomas]

Aw.

[Carli Q]

It's a nice inflatable lily pad that they can hop on, and then they can just go up that ramp to safety. So that's what we mean when we say solving a problem for an animal.

[Dennis]

So cool.

[Carli Q]

So cool. And now you get to pick from the mystery bag. Mystery bag.

[Dennis]

Who wants to go mystery bag. Get in there. Get in there.

[Carli Q]

Get in.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah, get in there. Get in there.

[Carli Q]

What's it gonna be? Oh, okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

What is it?

[Carli Q]

What is it?

[Dennis]

Oh, we have pool noodle.

[Carli Q]

A pool noodle.

[Mindy Thomas]

No, that's an elephant straw. Right?

[Grandma G Force]

Pool noodle, actually.

[Dennis]

Pool noodle.

[Carli Q]

Okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right, Bonker ballers. Your last invention, the dog vending machine, is it a real wow invention or a big phony?

[Dennis]

What?

[Mindy Thomas]

The dog ven. Oh, I should note, it's not a vending machine that dispenses actual dogs. It's like a dog food vending machine. A dog food vending machine.

[Dennis]

Dog food vending machine.

[Carli Q]

See?

[Dennis]

A lot of thumbs.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, what do we think?

[Grandma G Force]

It's real.

[Mindy Thomas]

You think it's real pop ups.

[Carli Q]

They say it's real.

[Mindy Thomas]

Are they correct? The dog food vending machine is a real wow invention. It was invented back in Istanbul, Turkey. This city is known for having a ton of stray dogs and cats who have nowhere to live. They don't have easy access to food. And so this group of engineers invented the smart recycling box. It's a vending machine where you take your recyclable bottles and cans, you drop them through the top like a coin, and then dog food and water is dispensed out the bottom. They're helping our homeless pets and saving the planet at the same time.

[Carli Q]

Such a good invention. Two problems in one. All right, you know what?

[Mindy Thomas]

This means bunker ballers.

[Carli Q]

Mystery bag. Mystery bag.

[Mindy Thomas]

No. She's really getting in there.

[Carli Q]

She is getting low now. Part of the mystery. We lost some mysteries left. Oh.

[Dennis]

What'D you get?

[Grandma G Force]

Like a duster.

[Dennis]

A duster.

[Mindy Thomas]

This looks like a former bird. Somebody had to say it.

[Carli Q]

All right, let's give it up for both teams who did so well in this challenge.

[Mindy Thomas]

Nice job.

[Carli Q]

And let's quickly recap the materials they got out of the mystery bag. So right here we have a noodle. Is there anything else you think this could be?

[Grandma G Force]

A life raft maybe?

[Carli Q]

A life raft, perhaps? Yes. For a small creature. Yeah, Love that. And what about. What do we have here?

[Grandma G Force]

Lampshade.

[Carli Q]

A lampshade or a hat. A hat. Okay. Or infinite other things. We'll have to see what they come up with. All right, and over here, bonker ballers.

[Mindy Thomas]

Let's see what we got here. We got a donut trap. What else could this be? It could be, you know, for an invention. You could take it apart, use it.

[Grandma G Force]

What, a bin.

[Carli Q]

There we go.

[Mindy Thomas]

A bin for something. All right.

[Grandma G Force]

And we've got, like, it's something to pick up food. So you don't.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay. Like a little pincher of sorts. You could pinch. Not each other. Not each other. And Nico, tell us what you got there.

[Grandma G Force]

The duster.

[Mindy Thomas]

A duster. An old bird, Maybe a peacock.

[Carli Q]

I don't know. All right, well, that was a really good check in. And Mindy, do you know what I love about check ins?

[Mindy Thomas]

What do you love about check in? Check ins?

[Carli Q]

Well, I'll tell you later because that sound means it is the end of round one.

[Dennis]

Wow.

[Carli Q]

So we'll let the pop ups entertain you with a little music right now.

[Mindy Thomas]

And when we come back, it is time to tinker with round two pop ups.

[Carli Q]

Take it away.

[Mindy Thomas]

Take it away. Hi, pops.

[Dennis]

All right, New York. All right, teams, these teams need you. So I want everyone in this room to say the words, hey, teams like this. Say what? Say, hey, teams like this. Say, hey, teams. Now, you guys really love when it comes up. Come on. Hey, teams. And you guys too. Let's hear you all do. Keep it up. Hey, teams. Guys, this is crazy, right? You have something to build in a single night. Yeah. There's a lot to do, and there's a whole crowd of people that are looking at you and hey, you out there. They're gonna need your help. Don't just sit in your chair. And hey, don't despair. Cause the fun begins when you tinker and share. Team guys, are you on stage and all of you going on your tinker rampant. We need to hear everyone's voice. Make some noise. Say, make it wow. Can you m. I w. You got. Come on. Make it wow. Come on. Attitude, New York. Come on. You got this. Make it wow. Make it wow. Now cheer. Yes.

[Carli Q]

Thank you. Pop ups. And welcome back to make it wow. It is time to begin round two. It's time to tinker.

[Dennis]

It's time to tinker.

[Mindy Thomas]

Now, in this last round, you got some building materials, right? And it's important that we have some more building materials. I mean, you can't possibly invent something with just what you've got there, so.

[Carli Q]

Yes, that's right. We do need some materials. Before you get to these inventions, which, as you will remember, you are inventing something. For an animal that solves a problem it has or makes its life easier. Mindy, where are the materials?

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, you mean, like, the stuff?

[Carli Q]

Yeah, the stuff.

[Dennis]

Oh.

[Mindy Thomas]

Let's bring out the bunker ball pits.

[Carli Q]

Yeah.

[Dennis]

Yeah.

[Carli Q]

Oh, my goodness.

[Dennis]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Carli Q]

What is it?

[Mindy Thomas]

What are we looking at?

[Dennis]

Oh, yeah.

[Mindy Thomas]

What you're looking at here are two bonker ball pits filled with bonker balls. But. And this is a big but. They are also filled with hidden building materials to help our inventors with their inventions.

[Grandma G Force]

Ooh, that's so cool.

[Dennis]

What is it? What's in there?

[Carli Q]

I want to sing. Oh, I want this. I want that.

[Dennis]

Oh, no, I want this one.

[Carli Q]

What's this? Dennis.

[Mindy Thomas]

Dennis.

[Dennis]

What?

[Mindy Thomas]

Out of the bunker ball pits. You're giving it all away. Get back to your stage.

[Carli Q]

Get back to your stage.

[Mindy Thomas]

Dennis.

[Carli Q]

Dennis. So our contestants will have 45 seconds to hunt through these bonker ball pits to get their materials.

[Mindy Thomas]

And this is a relay. So Nico and Jasper. Jasper, go ahead and get in the bonker ball pits. You're both going to be in.

[Carli Q]

Step right into it.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right.

[Carli Q]

Get in the pits.

[Mindy Thomas]

And Isabella and Teo, you are going to stand right behind them because you're going to be searching for the bunker balls for the building material.

[Carli Q]

Stand up.

[Mindy Thomas]

Stand up. Not yet. And you're gonna be passing them to your teammates. Then I need Dia and Deacon to stand back here. You're gonna pass them to Dia. Pass them to Deacon. Your job is to stack them up on your tables without letting them fall off. Okay?

[Dennis]

Yes.

[Carli Q]

Because any materials that don't make it to the table by the time the countdown is done, you won't be able to use. So if you're in the middle of running it back to the table or if it falls off of the Table. By the time the time runs out, you don't get those materials. So make sure everything makes it to the table. You got it?

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay. Any questions?

[Carli Q]

Questions?

[Mindy Thomas]

Any questions?

[Carli Q]

Any questions at all?

[Dennis]

Oh, wait, I have a question.

[Carli Q]

Yes, Dennis, this is too easy.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, okay. Well, first of all, that is not a question. But second of all, I'm so glad you think so, because we're about to get to the hard part.

[Carli Q]

That's right. So our contestants, who are in the bonker balls pits, will be hunting for materials wearing these fashionable lobster claws.

[Mindy Thomas]

That's right. So there you go. And our second contestants are going to be doing it wearing these beautiful kitty paws. So go ahead and put these kitty paws on. Here you go, Tayo. And our third contestant, standing in the back row, you are going to be searching for building materials wearing horse hooves. Oh, heaven. So go ahead, put your horse hooves on. There you go. You got your kitty paws. Okay, we're gonna get 45 seconds on the clock here. Is everyone ready? Oh, we need one more. Horse hooves.

[Carli Q]

Very important.

[Mindy Thomas]

Can you say nay? What?

[Carli Q]

Oh.

[Mindy Thomas]

Into my microphone.

[Carli Q]

Okay, There we go.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right. A meow, meow. And what sound? Old MacDonald had a farm E, I, E, I, O and on his farm he had a lobster E, I, E, I, O with a. Oh, that's right. Lobsters don't make sounds, do they? Anyhow. All right, let's do this.

[Carli Q]

We got 45 seconds on the clock, all right. And you have to cheer them on. Okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay.

[Carli Q]

All right.

[Dennis]

And tell them what?

[Carli Q]

To get all the stuff.

[Mindy Thomas]

All the stuff you're gonna get whatever you can. Pass it to your teammates, get it on the table.

[Carli Q]

Ready?

[Mindy Thomas]

Make it.

[Dennis]

Wow. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

[Mindy Thomas]

So good.

[Dennis]

30 seconds left.

[Mindy Thomas]

Got the cup. Get that thing.

[Dennis]

What is that?

[Mindy Thomas]

I've never seen one of those before.

[Dennis]

Come on. Come back, come back, come back, come back.

[Mindy Thomas]

24 seconds.

[Carli Q]

Let's go, let's go.

[Mindy Thomas]

Get that, get that.

[Dennis]

Oh, that's amazing. You see that in that bucket? Get the bucket.

[Mindy Thomas]

Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.

[Dennis]

Yes. Yes. Come on. You got this.

[Mindy Thomas]

14, 13. Yes.

[Dennis]

Yes.

[Carli Q]

Get the bucket.

[Dennis]

Get it. 6, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Done.

[Mindy Thomas]

Nice job. Contessa's looking up.

[Carli Q]

That was amazing. I think you got almost everything out of there. We did.

[Mindy Thomas]

That was a successful round in the bunker ball pitch.

[Carli Q]

Extremely successful. So we are gonna.

[Dennis]

Yeah.

[Carli Q]

Give him a round of applause.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yes.

[Carli Q]

We are gonna take a 10 minute intermission, and during that time, our teams.

[Mindy Thomas]

Are gonna look through their materials.

[Carli Q]

And you Also have building supplies behind you. And you're gonna start thinking about and start building your invention. All right, you'll be able to watch them on this camera up here. But also this is a chance for you to stretch your legs, go to the bathroom, get an apron. Right.

[Mindy Thomas]

And when we come back, it's time to tinker. Your 15 minute tinker mission begins now.

[Grandma G Force]

Make it while. We'll be right back. Grown ups, this message is for you. That's it, back to the show.

[Dennis]

It's loud. Welcome back all you tinkerers. We hope you had an amazing tinker mission. The chance to buy some merch, go to the bathroom, touch grass. Ooh, makes some weird sounds. But now you have to decide which team you want to win. The Golden Reggie. Will it be the time traveling tinkerers who break animals brains with wonder or the bunker ballers who invent the next big thing in animals, only you can decide who gets to make it wow. Come on, New York, you can do better than that. Make it wow. One more time. Everybody say make it wow. Yes. The scream.

[Mindy Thomas]

One more time for the pop ups.

[Carli Q]

Yes. We love them. What?

[Mindy Thomas]

You brought a pie?

[Carli Q]

I did.

[Dennis]

Oh my goodness.

[Carli Q]

I made a strawberry basil pie because I love pie. It's pretty good, right? So we are in the middle of round two. It's time to tinker. You can eat it there. So let's check in with our teams who were busy starting their inventions during intermission. All right, let's see. We're going to check in with you over here, time traveling tinkerers. So don't tell us too much, don't tell us what your invention is called because I know you're still working, but do you want to share? Deacon, I think you wanted to share a little bit about what animal this is solving a problem for.

[Grandma G Force]

Well, ours is kind of, it's supposed to be scaled up. This is kind of a small scale version of it.

[Carli Q]

Okay.

[Grandma G Force]

But it's meant for animals such as koalas and other like owls and birds that live in trees that, that are prone to wildfires in like upper part of North America.

[Carli Q]

Uh huh.

[Grandma G Force]

So should I explain it?

[Carli Q]

You can actually. That's enough. That's enough. Just a little teaser. We can tell that this is like a very thoughtful invention so far and we look forward to hearing more about it in a little while. Jasper, I want to ask you, what's it been like? What's the collaboration been like, the working together part? Have there been any challenges or have things been really easy at the start?

[Grandma G Force]

It Was a little slow, but we really started to, like, click and get working together. And we started, like, finding, like, oh, you can work on this part. And like, oh, can you help me with this? And we started really working well together because, like, me and Teo, we don't really know each other, but we started to work really well together as a team. And we got, like, everything down.

[Carli Q]

I love it. Look at the support you're getting.

[Dennis]

Let's hear it for teamwork.

[Carli Q]

Yeah, teamwork. And, like, the hardest part is the beginning when you're working with a blank slate, an empty sheet of paper. So sometimes it takes a minute to get going, but you're certainly off to the racers. Thank you, time traveling tinkerers for that update. Yeah.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right, let's check in with the wow in the world bonker ballers. You know what, Carly, you just mentioned sheets of paper. It looks like we've got a little design here.

[Carli Q]

Love it.

[Mindy Thomas]

So without giving anything away, tell us what problem you're solving for an animal.

[Grandma G Force]

So if it's blind, it can move around easily.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah.

[Grandma G Force]

And it can kind and a person can, like, pull it around.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay. And I have to ask, have there been any challenges so far in your innovation? Any challenges?

[Grandma G Force]

Yes. Which is hurrying.

[Mindy Thomas]

What was that?

[Grandma G Force]

We had to hurry because we didn't know what to do with all this stuff.

[Mindy Thomas]

You could use any of it. You don't have to use all of it. Is there any building material that you really wish you had and you had to be inventive to come up with another way of creating it? Is there any building material you don't have that you wish you did?

[Grandma G Force]

Motor.

[Mindy Thomas]

A motor. Is there a way you can make a motor out of this stuff? I mean, here's some cotton balls. Maybe make a motor out of that. Keep the motor out of this. All right, well, I think there's no end to the possibilities of what you can do here, so great job. We'll check in with you later. Let's give it up one more time for the bunker ballers.

[Carli Q]

So teams feel free to get back to work. You know, Mindy, I'm so glad that we got a chance to check in with them because do you know what I love about a check in?

[Mindy Thomas]

What do you love about a check in?

[Carli Q]

Oh.

[Dennis]

Stop.

[Carli Q]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Dennis]

Tis I static man.

[Carli Q]

Oh, no.

[Dennis]

Dennis. Dennis.

[Carli Q]

What is he doing? What's he doing?

[Mindy Thomas]

Dennis.

[Dennis]

What? I just gotta get up. Dennis. No, I don't want to get up there. That's too high.

[Mindy Thomas]

What? What? What are you doing?

[Carli Q]

You want us to help you?

[Mindy Thomas]

Help me out. Help me get out of the stage.

[Carli Q]

Just gotta get him hungry about this.

[Dennis]

Okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

Sorry.

[Carli Q]

Everything's gonna be fine. Fine.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah. Oh, we're good. Okay, Dennis, just get out. Get out. What is happening? What are you doing?

[Dennis]

Ow. Ow.

[Mindy Thomas]

You shocked me.

[Carli Q]

Oh, I'm not gonna go near him. Look, watch this. Dennis, stop. Okay, Dennis, Dennis, what are you doing?

[Dennis]

I'm static mask and I'm doing this.

[Mindy Thomas]

What is that? A wrench?

[Dennis]

It's a metaphor. And yes, it's also a wrench. I'm throwing a wrench into your well made plans.

[Mindy Thomas]

I don't get it.

[Dennis]

I'm changing the rules to the competition.

[Carli Q]

You can't do that.

[Dennis]

Yes, I can. Starting right now, each of these teams must incorporate into their invention sound.

[Carli Q]

Sound. But do we even have anything that makes sound, Mindy?

[Mindy Thomas]

I don't know. Let me just check my adventure toolkit here.

[Carli Q]

Yes, yes, yes.

[Mindy Thomas]

Let's see here. I got some bicorns. Oh, got some bite corns. I got some coconuts.

[Dennis]

Yes.

[Carli Q]

Sound.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, let me see. I got more things here. I got some party.

[Dennis]

Oh, that's good. That's good.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, I got some. Some rubber chickens.

[Dennis]

Oh, God.

[Mindy Thomas]

A few of these. Yeah.

[Dennis]

Is that it?

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, oh, I got some kazoos.

[Dennis]

Wonderful.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah. So we got plenty of things.

[Carli Q]

We got sound, right?

[Dennis]

Okay, Give these noisy things to the teams.

[Mindy Thomas]

Here you go.

[Dennis]

Make them pick one.

[Mindy Thomas]

There you go.

[Dennis]

And incorporate it into their invention somehow. Because you've been wrenched. Wrenched, Wrenched. You've been wrenched. And this is.

[Carli Q]

Okay, that's enough.

[Mindy Thomas]

You've been wrenched.

[Carli Q]

Get out of here.

[Dennis]

And I'm a wrench. This and that and this and that and this song.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wrenched genetic wrench.

[Dennis]

Get out and go.

[Carli Q]

Okay, we're gonna deal with him. Incorporate sound into your inventions.

[Dennis]

Pop ups.

[Carli Q]

Why don't you play some music? We'll be back, Dennis.

[Dennis]

Wrench playing music. Let's do it. Okay, let's go. Hey, come on, Jason. I don't have my drum set. Wait, what do you mean you don't have your drum set? Well, I was on the airplane and they promised me not to have a middle seat if I trade them a drum set, so I took the aisle seat. Oh, boy. We're just gonna have to improvise. I don't know what that means. Oh, oh, look here, look, look. There's a box of stuff. It's stuff. We can just use this stuff. What do you mean? How are we supposed to use this stuff? Well, I mean, Jake, if you don't have exactly what you need. You gotta make do with what you have. Right. Listening. Listen, I'll explain it in a song. If you don't have exactly what you need, almost right is good enough. Okay. Make in inventions, do experiments, find new ways to use your stuff. Okay, well, first of all, I need a snare.

[Mindy Thomas]

Ha.

[Dennis]

You can use this old washboard. Oh, that's cool. But a high hat? Oh, look, I've got this little bell. Oh, that's really cool. But what about drumsticks? Oh, here, you can use these wooden spoons. Oh, that seems to work. Yeah. Oh, but what about my kazoo? Look, a toilet paper roll. It works. Okay, how about a kick drum? Hey, look, I got a garbage can. Oh, that's really cool. Try it. What about a tambourine? Oh, look. Use this set of keys. Oh, I was looking for those. Yeah, I need a symbol, man. But look, how about using this garbage lid? That's amazing. But Jason, how am I supposed to play all this stuff? Oh, man, you gotta use your knees. Okay, Come on, New York, clap your hands. You don't have exactly what you need. Almost right is good enough. That's right. Make inventions, do experiments, find new ways to use your stuff. Okay. Come on, New York, we need your voices. We told them New York was loud. Yeah, I thought it was Saturday night. Here, put the words up. You guys, you got to help us out.

[Carli Q]

Sing along.

[Dennis]

If you don't have exactly what you need, almost right is good enough. Can't hear you. Make inventions, do experiments, find new ways to use your stuff. If you don't have exactly what you need, almost right is good enough. Make inventions, do experiments, find new things. Come on, New York, you got this. If you don't have it, exactly what you need. Almost guys. Building up. Make inventions, do it fair. And find new ways to use your stuff.

[Carli Q]

Okay. Pop ups. Yes. Make some noise for the pop ups. And they're trash.

[Dennis]

It's stuff. Pop up.

[Carli Q]

They're stuff. They're stuff I love. Stuff I love. I got a lot of stuff. I'll take it. Oh, my goodness. Wait a minute. Wait. Where's Mindy? Have you seen Mindy?

[Dennis]

I mean, the last I saw Mindy, she was chasing Dennis off the stage. Oh, yeah, they were going like, into the parking lot. And then it looked like they were headed into space.

[Carli Q]

Wait, space?

[Mindy Thomas]

Uh huh.

[Carli Q]

Do you think that Mindy and Dennis have been abducted by aliens? Because I can solve this mystery right now.

[Dennis]

No, no, no, wait, Carly, Carly, we definitely don't.

[Carli Q]

No time, no time. Okay, that's fine. Well, just the thing is, we only have, like, a few more minutes for them to finish their inventions. And you're telling me that my co host and our announcer are missing? Because that sounds like a mistake. That's not how this show was supposed to go. We had a tight show with a plan, and now things are going wrong. I'm not prepared for that.

[Dennis]

Carly, Carly, don't spiral. Some of the best things that were ever invented were total accidents.

[Carli Q]

What?

[Dennis]

Yeah, they were. And while we're waiting for these teams to come complete their inventions, what if we took a journey through going back in time to find the most glorious failure inventions?

[Carli Q]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay, you had me a travel through time.

[Dennis]

Cool.

[Carli Q]

Do you all want to take a trip in my time traveling elevator?

[Dennis]

Yes. I don't see it anywhere. There's nothing here.

[Carli Q]

I brought the bureau's invisible time traveling elevator.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay.

[Carli Q]

It's gonna be fine.

[Dennis]

Sorry.

[Carli Q]

All right, in order to do this, everybody has to stand up. All right. So go ahead and stand up. All right.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay.

[Carli Q]

And once everyone's up, we've all agreed to this mission. We're just going to go ahead and let those elevator doors open. Okay. And now we'll step inside one foot at a time. So take one foot, bring it up, and put it in. Well done. Take your other foot, bring it up, way up, and bring it in. We are inside the elevator.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh.

[Carli Q]

Before we go, teams, we're gonna go travel through time for like, five minutes. When we come back, you basically have to be finished. Okay, great. So find a way to use sound. All right. They're gonna be fine. Wonderful. So we'll let those elevator doors close. Now hold on tight to whoever you came here with because it's gonna get bumpy.

[Dennis]

What?

[Carli Q]

Here we. Okay, we made it. You can sit down. Welcome to 1943. Ooh, smell that 1943 air.

[Dennis]

Is that diesel?

[Carli Q]

Mm. Yeah, it is. So here we are in 1943. A scientist named James Wright is inside his laboratory attempting to make rubber. He makes a lot of mistakes. He does not make rubber. And instead, he makes a sticky, goopy concoction that I think all of you have played with before. Can you guess what it is? Jacob is helping.

[Dennis]

It's not gum.

[Carli Q]

It's not gum. It's not slime. It's. It's silly putty invented by mistake. Pretty cool. You want to do another?

[Dennis]

Yeah, let's do another.

[Carli Q]

Okay. Let's travel to.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh.

[Carli Q]

1968. Smell the 1968 air.

[Dennis]

Smells like my uncle. Uncle Martin.

[Carli Q]

Okay, so here in 1968, a scientist is in their laboratory trying to make a very strong glue. They make some mistakes, and instead they make a very weak glue. And at first they think all is lost, it's ruined. Until they realize that they can take that weak glue and put it on the back of tiny papers and put those papers anywhere and pull them off without making a mark. What is it?

[Dennis]

You'll never get it invented.

[Carli Q]

Post it. Notes invented by mistake. Should we do another?

[Dennis]

Yes, please.

[Carli Q]

Okay, let's travel to 1905. Here we meet Frank Eberson. He's 11 years old. Okay. He's a kid. And one day he takes a cup of soda with a stirring stick and leaves it outside overnight in the middle of winter. The next morning, he wakes up and it's frozen. He invented popsicle. Invented by Mercedes. Everybody say, wow.

[Dennis]

Wow.

[Carli Q]

How about that? So many things invented by mistake. And now I was wondering if we could just check in about that altogether. Okay, so what I love about a check in is.

[Mindy Thomas]

Attention Butt Head employees. Your lunch break is over. Please chew, swallow, and get back to work.

[Dennis]

Who is that?

[Carli Q]

Don't worry about it. It means that we have to get back to 2024, like now. So let's stand up again. We're going to get back in the elevator. Okay. And you know what to do. That's right. Take one foot, bring it up, and step in. Take the other foot, bring it up, step in, let those elevator doors close. Hold on to whoever you came here with. And here we go. Okay, you can sit down. We made it back to 2024. Smell that 2024 air smells like strawberry basil pie. Delicious.

[Dennis]

This is a really good pie. Recommended.

[Carli Q]

All right, we've made it back, which means, teams, are you finished? Your inventions? I hope so.

[Mindy Thomas]

You're weighing it down.

[Carli Q]

Okay, you have 10 seconds before you're gonna need to step away from your tables. We're gonna count down with you, right? All right, let's get 10 seconds on the clock. Here we go.

[Dennis]

10 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

[Carli Q]

All right, teams, take a step back. Perfect. Just like this. Step back away from your inventions. All right, so they've done it. We made it through the thinking round. We made it through the tinkering round. And it is time for the third round. This round is called Tell them all about it.

[Dennis]

Tell them all about it.

[Carli Q]

But before anybody tells anybody anything, it is time to introduce our celebrity judges. He is a wise, cracking, knuckle clacking man about town. And she is A spicy pepper eating spitfire who lives in a house made of diapers. They are your friends and mine.

[Dennis]

Wow.

[Carli Q]

In the world's own Thomas Fingerling and Grandma G4.

[Dennis]

Oh, wow.

[Carli Q]

Wow. I'm so glad you were available to be the judges today. Are you ready?

[Mindy Thomas]

Hello there, Curly Q. We're ready for the stage.

[Dennis]

Fingerling, my big debut. Hello. Audience.

[Mindy Thomas]

Used to be a June Taylor dancer. A lot of people don't know I still am.

[Carli Q]

Do either one of you have a favorite invention that you want to share?

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, I would say my favorite favorite invention is the ghost pepper.

[Dennis]

That's right.

[Mindy Thomas]

I wrestled one back in 1943. I've been around a long time, and I showed that pepper who's boss. I'll tell you that much.

[Grandma G Force]

I ate it.

[Carli Q]

He believed that you did. Thomas Fingerling, favorite invention.

[Dennis]

Oh, I'm with her.

[Carli Q]

That was from there.

[Mindy Thomas]

I'm his favorite invention.

[Carli Q]

Oh, that's nice. All right.

[Dennis]

That's not what I said.

[Carli Q]

You can have a seat right over there at the shiny table. The disco table. No, there's no flies in here. No.

[Dennis]

Yes. You go this way.

[Mindy Thomas]

They are always flying around. Fingerling there. Get back there, Fingerling.

[Carli Q]

All right, now that everybody is in their spot, our judges are here and our teams are here. It is time for us to hear a little bit more about each of these inventions. All right, only one of these teams can win today. Only one of these teams can take home the golden Reggie trophy.

[Dennis]

Oh, wow.

[Mindy Thomas]

That's real shiny.

[Carli Q]

That's quality. I like that.

[Dennis]

That's what that is.

[Carli Q]

And it's time to hear a little bit about each of these inventions. This is round three. Tell them all about it.

[Dennis]

Tell them all about it.

[Carli Q]

All right, time traveling tinkerers, I'm gonna start with you. Can you tell us the name of your invention? Teo, you want to do it?

[Dennis]

Okay.

[Carli Q]

The name of your invention and then a little bit about it.

[Grandma G Force]

Should we do the acronym or the.

[Carli Q]

Oh, you can give us both. There's an acronym. Great. So actually, you want to give us the acronym first, then tell us what it stands for.

[Grandma G Force]

Okay. The acronym is wfas. Wildfire Animal Shelter.

[Carli Q]

Oh, beautiful. Wildfire Animal Shelter. Okay. Yeah. Deacon's gonna explain it. Beautiful teamwork.

[Grandma G Force]

So how this contraption works is during a wildfire, animals are brought to these shelters before it spreads over these. They're brought to these shelters that are found because it is very common for koalas and other animals that live in trees to be caught by these wildfires. So we bring them in here and this pump is constantly providing with not toxicated air so they can breathe properly. There's a little hole, I don't know if you can see it back here that we can provide them with food. And we sent this robot that is fire resistant to come feed them. And the way that they, how they know is its horn goes off every time it runs out of food.

[Carli Q]

Incredible. So, okay, you found a way to use sound which I love here. I'll take this back. And this is a, like a protected shelter where there's special air being pumped in. Non toxic air. And there's a food hole here and anything else that you want to add, Jasper?

[Grandma G Force]

So it's like what it'll really help with, like for the animals. It helps them like wildfires often damage ecosystems and homes and all that thing. So what WFAS can help with is decrease, decrease the decline in population of like wild animals in forests from wildfires. So then it basically helps them survive and be less harmed.

[Carli Q]

That's amazing. Yes. Give them a round of applause.

[Dennis]

That's so good.

[Carli Q]

I love this. They're literally saving animal lives. Pop ups. Are you ready to recap?

[Dennis]

I think so.

[Carli Q]

Okay, so this invention is called wfas, The Wildfire Animal Shelter. You got it.

[Dennis]

W F A S. It's a shelter, also an acronym.

[Carli Q]

The non toxic air gets pumped into a protected home and the animals are fed inside of this shelter.

[Dennis]

We all love animals and clean air. That's, that's our desire. So we gotta keep em safe from the fire.

[Mindy Thomas]

Nice.

[Carli Q]

That's right. They're making this up. Okay. And also the sound will make an alert if they run out of food.

[Dennis]

It says beep beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. That's your food time.

[Carli Q]

That's right. Wfas. Wildfire.

[Dennis]

Wfaa. It's an acronym. Wildfire Welfare.

[Carli Q]

Beautiful.

[Dennis]

Very good.

[Mindy Thomas]

Now wait a minute, Curly Q.

[Carli Q]

All right, time traveling tinkerers. I've loved everything you've shared. Judges, do you have any follow up questions for them?

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, yes, we do. Curly Q, I would like to set fire to this stage so we could. I'll start a fire in this theater so we can see if it really works.

[Carli Q]

You know what? I love the spirit of that?

[Mindy Thomas]

I start a fire.

[Dennis]

We gotta test it.

[Mindy Thomas]

We gotta test it.

[Carli Q]

Do you think that we need to.

[Grandma G Force]

Test it right now? Sure.

[Mindy Thomas]

We're gonna start a while we test it.

[Dennis]

I think we.

[Carli Q]

I believe, I believe. I believe that it works. So we don't need to test it. But great question. Anything else?

[Dennis]

What was it called again? The www.wildfire www. That's great.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wildfire web.

[Carli Q]

WFAS. The wildfire animal shelter.

[Dennis]

WFS.

[Carli Q]

Exactly.

[Mindy Thomas]

I think these are very smart children. I wish you were mine. Would I like to adopt you?

[Dennis]

No.

[Carli Q]

Would anyone like to be adopted by Grandma G Force?

[Mindy Thomas]

They're almost old enough to be my dad.

[Grandma G Force]

I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to pass on that.

[Carli Q]

Okay, so it was only Jasper, but that's one. Okay, thank you. Time traveling. Take ours. Give him a round of applause.

[Mindy Thomas]

Very nice.

[Carli Q]

Very nice. Bonkerballers. I'm so excited to hear about your invention. Can you tell us what it's called and tell us a little bit about it?

[Grandma G Force]

It's called the. Wait, let me look.

[Carli Q]

They're gonna find their paper.

[Grandma G Force]

The blind cart. And it helps animals. It helps animals that are blind get around the place. And if they press on this, it makes a sound which can attract humans and they can take them to a pet shelter that can help them.

[Carli Q]

That's beautiful. You know what I wanna.

[Grandma G Force]

It has a little buckle so the animals don't go around.

[Carli Q]

Do I have your permission to pick this up and bring it over to the camera so people can see it way in the back? I want them to see the specificity of this. Okay. So here's the camera so everybody in the back can see. So this, you said this was the buckle that buckles them in. And then this is how they let people know they're coming. With the beeping, move around if they.

[Grandma G Force]

Just like nudge it forward because the wheels can move.

[Carli Q]

Okay, and what's the purpose of this?

[Grandma G Force]

Does that have a human finds it? They can drag them around somewhere.

[Carli Q]

Amazing. Okay, do you want to add anything, Nico, about the animals that it's helping? Are there specific animals? I guess. You said all blind animals.

[Grandma G Force]

Any animal that's blind or small.

[Carli Q]

Small animals. Right. Cause it's a small toy or a small contraption here. Anything else, Isabella?

[Grandma G Force]

It's like for hamsters or little dogs.

[Carli Q]

Do you have a hamster?

[Grandma G Force]

No.

[Carli Q]

Do you have a hamster?

[Mindy Thomas]

Nope.

[Carli Q]

Do you have a hamster?

[Grandma G Force]

Nope.

[Carli Q]

That's okay. All right. Wonderful. But they would fit perfectly. Is there anything else you want to share? It says how it wows. You want to read?

[Grandma G Force]

Rolls and helps animals move.

[Carli Q]

It rolls and helps animals. Beautiful. So the blind cart. Do you want to ask any follow up questions? Grandma G Force and Thomas Fingerland. What if.

[Mindy Thomas]

If you are not blind but you're like fingerling and you can't hear anything I say, can it Help you out with that. You can't hear nothing, Fingerling.

[Dennis]

I hear fine.

[Carli Q]

Is it for humans or is it for animals?

[Mindy Thomas]

Animals.

[Carli Q]

It is only for animals. Anything else? I'll let you see it up close cause you're right here. It's beautiful.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, I want to take a ride in that.

[Carli Q]

Okay, you definitely cannot take a ride in that. Thank you.

[Dennis]

For hamsters and gerbils. Is it for gerbils?

[Carli Q]

Is it for gerbils? What are gerbils?

[Grandma G Force]

What are gerbils?

[Dennis]

What about a guinea?

[Carli Q]

A gerbil is similar to a hamster, right?

[Mindy Thomas]

Gerbils grow up to be rabbits.

[Dennis]

Let's check Wikipedia and see what the difference between a gerbil and a hamster.

[Carli Q]

Let's recap. Let's recap with the pop ups. So the invention is called the blind cart. And it is for small blind animals like hamsters and gerbils. Well, that's nice.

[Dennis]

Okay. A blind hamster can't go far unless it's got that teeny tiny little car.

[Carli Q]

And there's a little honking horn so that all the humans know where to find the animals.

[Dennis]

A honking little horn makes that little thing great. But don't worry, if you're human, you can always use it as a roller skate.

[Carli Q]

And it specifically wows because it rolls and it helps animals.

[Dennis]

Well, it helps animals. It rolls is what it do's. And even if you're a gerbil, well. Well, it can help you too.

[Carli Q]

The blind cart.

[Dennis]

The blind hamster cart.

[Carli Q]

Beautiful.

[Mindy Thomas]

That was a very nice song.

[Carli Q]

We have now heard a little bit about each team's invention. This is, in fact, the moment that we have all been waiting for. Judges, you've had a moment to witness the innovation and the creativity of these inventions. And have you decided which team is going to win today's coveted Golden Reggie trophy? Why, yes.

[Mindy Thomas]

We have Curly Q.

[Carli Q]

Yes. What do you decide?

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, we decide.

[Dennis]

We decide.

[Mindy Thomas]

We decide they should do it.

[Dennis]

Yeah.

[Carli Q]

Wait, the audience?

[Dennis]

Yeah.

[Mindy Thomas]

Why we always gotta do everything around here? I'm exhausted.

[Dennis]

Yeah.

[Mindy Thomas]

I wanna go take a little nap.

[Carli Q]

Maybe a bath.

[Mindy Thomas]

You go to judges now.

[Carli Q]

Have fun. Okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

Nice job, little children.

[Dennis]

Good luck.

[Mindy Thomas]

Nice job. Good job.

[Dennis]

Everybody's great.

[Mindy Thomas]

You're the judges. Judge.

[Dennis]

Okay. You made it.

[Carli Q]

Well, Judge Grandma G Force said it. You are all the judges. Are you willing to decide the fate of today's competition? All right, here's how we're gonna do this. Boys, bring out the decibel reader. This is a real decibel reader. Do you want to tell them how it works?

[Dennis]

Yes. A decibel reader uses vibrations in the air to assign numerical value, thus figuring out how many decibels the sound makes. If you go louder, the number goes up.

[Carli Q]

All right, let's see if it works. La la la la la la la.

[Dennis]

Wow. You're at about a 105. I'm gonna try Whisper. I got down to a 68.

[Carli Q]

All right, beautiful. So here's how we're gonna do this, okay? I am gonna gesture to a team and you are going to clap your hands, stomp your feet, make some noise, and that's how we're gonna determine today's winner. Okay? So we're gonna make. We're gonna start with complete and total silence. Okay, I need silence.

[Dennis]

Jason.

[Carli Q]

Jason.

[Dennis]

Oh, excuse me.

[Carli Q]

It's fine. It's fine. Think about who wowed you the most today.

[Dennis]

It's so quiet.

[Carli Q]

I heard a rubber chicken. Okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

All right.

[Carli Q]

Not yet. If you think that the Time Traveling Tinkerers wowed you the most today, make some noise.

[Dennis]

We hit a 110 for the time Traveling Tinkerer.

[Carli Q]

Pretty good. Pretty good. Okay, we need quiet again. We have to reset. If you think that the Bunker Ballers wowed you the most today, make some noise.

[Dennis]

We got a 111 for the bunker Bowlers. Oh, the Bunker Bowlers are the winners.

[Carli Q]

Come on out, Boo. Here you go. Here come right. Stand right here. Okay, you hold this. You come around. Congratulations. You have won the coveted Golden Red. And some flowers. Don't wait. I got. Don't worry. I have something for you too.

[Dennis]

Bragging rights.

[Carli Q]

Here are some bragging rights. Congratulations. Thank you for your innovation and your brilliance today. One more round of applause for the Bonkerballers. But we are not gonna send you home empty handed. We would never.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, no, we won't. We're back. We're back, everyone. We may only have one Golden Reggie, but we have three golden rubber chickens for each one of you.

[Dennis]

Congratulations. You worked so hard and you wowed us all.

[Mindy Thomas]

You still made us wow.

[Carli Q]

So thank you to both teams for all of your creativity and your ingenuity and your innovation.

[Mindy Thomas]

And thank you all for being here. Thank you. Audible. And one more time, make it wow.

[Dennis]

The pop up. Give it up for the pop ups. Let's go, New Yorkers. We said you guys would get up out of your seats or at least clap your hands. Get your attention. Are you having a good time today? Let's learn about some adventures. Check it out, guys. See, in Alabama lived a girl named Mary Anderson. Where'd she grow up? She grew up on a farm and came up with an invention. Okay, this is sounding promising. You see, one day on a trolley ride, snow is falling hard out and the driver couldn't see. And Mary thought, how could this be? So she thought up an invention to make every windshield clean. That's right. And then back in Alabama, she worked every single day making windshield wipers that could wipe the snow away. And her invention is still used today. So we're calling all. Calling all the gravy. Can you do windshield wipers? I know. Need new ones. Come and help me out. We're calling all. Colin, all the great inventors. That's you, you, you, you, and you, Colin. I'm calling all the great inventors. Yes, New York, we're calling all. Calling all the great inventors. All right, Symphony Space, make some noise, please. And you saw all these amazing kid inventors. You are the inventors of tomorrow. We need you to make the world a better place for all us human animals. So let's all say, I could be a great inventor. Everyone know it slow. I could be good. A great inventor. Dad's in the back. Could be better. I could be. Yes. A great. I can't hear you all. Take it in and believe it. I could be. Yes. A great inventor. Okay, now this happened in the theater. Say, calling all the grief in them. Say it with Jason. Calling all the grief. This happens with me. Louder than them. I could be a great inventor. A great. I need to hear your voices. I could be a great inventor.

[Mindy Thomas]

Remember, you have the power to go.

[Dennis]

Out and invent something that will change.

[Mindy Thomas]

The world as we know it.

[Carli Q]

Your next bunker balls idea could make the world a better place.

[Mindy Thomas]

Or just make it a little bit more bonker balls. Thank you for being here. Thanks to our teams. Thank you, Audible. Thank you, Tiffany Space.

[Dennis]

And one more time, make it well.

[Mindy Thomas]

Grown ups. If you like.

[Carli Q]

Wow.

[Mindy Thomas]

In the world, you can listen early and ad free right now on Wondery.

[Dennis]

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[Mindy Thomas]

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[Dennis]

Make it wild was performed live at Symphony Space in New York City and is sponsored by Audible. There's more to imagine when you listen.

[Mindy Thomas]

Our show was performed by Carly Shirocki as Carly Q, Jed Anderson as Dennis and Thomas Fingerling and me, Mindy Thomas as me and maybe a little granny Garlic.

[Dennis]

Music and live scoring was performed by Jason Rabinowitz and Jacob Stein of the pop ups. Live recording and engineering was done by Jason Greenberg and post production mixing was done by Tyler Thol. Thanks Tyler.

[Mindy Thomas]

Make it wow was created by the team at Tinkercast, produced by Jacob Stein for Oddly and written by me, Mindy Thomas.

[Dennis]

Our executive producers are Meredith Helpern, Ranzer and Jodi Nussbaum.

[Mindy Thomas]

Kira Kerr is our Stage Manager and Technical Director, Sarah Poole is our Assistant Stage Manager, Joaquin Friedman is our House Manager and Erica Medina is our Production Coordinator.

[Dennis]

Thanks to our hard working stagehands John Samuelson, Bird and Zion Jiang.

[Mindy Thomas]

And special thanks to the team at Peter Norton's Symphony Space including Monica Brodman and James Latsel.

[Dennis]

And big shout out to the amazing team at Tinkercast including Jessica Bode, Rebecca Caban, Dr. Natasha Crandall, Kenny Curtis, Kristin Yang, Twee Mac, Erica Medina, Henry Muskal, Ali Paksima, Guy Raz, Linda Rothenberg, Steph Sosa, Tom Van Kelken, and Anna Zagorski.

[Mindy Thomas]

Grown Up. You can follow wow in the World on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter owintheworld and our email address is hello in tinkercast.com thanks for listening.

[Dennis]

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[Mindy Thomas]

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[Grandma G Force]

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