Ahem! Hello, Wowzers!
It's me, Dennis! And before we start the show, I wanted to invite you to a special, spectacular, super -secret event!
Ok, fine, Reggie, maybe it isn't a super -secret anymore, but can I get a drumroll anyway?
Thank you. Ahem! Introducing the Make It Wow Listening Party!
That's right! On Saturday, February 15th at 7 p .m.
Eastern, I will be hosting the second -ever members -only live listening party!
And this time we'll be listening to the never -heard -before recorded performance of the Make It Wow live show in New York City from last November!
Isn't that cool? Yes, Reggie!
All of our members will be there And we can all chat together as we listen to it It'll be like Rubuse's, but in real time If you want to join the party, grown -ups You can sign up to become a member of the World Organization of Wowsers today Just visit Tinkercast .com slash membership That's Tinkercast
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That's right, Reggie.
Our members also get birthday cards from Mindy and Guy, quarterly mailings from you, Reggie, and so much more.
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Eastern. That's it!
Now let's get back to my show!
I mean, our show! I mean, the show!
3, 2, 1, attention!
The bubble barmento of ritum of magnificent proportion.
I don't know what you've been told but we're in a golden age.
So many discoveries that are jumping off the page.
Wild in the world! Wild in the world!
Wild in the world! Wild in the world!
Rowling the world, rowling the world That's I and M &E That's right away, Houston Okay, time to get cooking Chef's apron?
Check Funny little chef's hat?
Check Chef's assistant?
Uh, Reggie? Reggie, where are you?
Reggie! Reggie, where'd you go?
Well, get in here! It's time to cook!
All right, let's look at the recipe.
First ingredient, two slices of white bread.
Okay, Reggie, where's the bread?
What? You ate it? Well, how am I supposed to make my Aunt Denise's famous PB &J sandwiches without bread?
Make bread? Reggie, no, that's impossible.
Coming! Okay, Reggie, I'm going to go see who's here and you figure out what we're going to do about our bread problem.
Coming! Coming, I said!
Who's here? Who's here?
Who's here? Who's here?
Uh, nobody? Hello? Anybody here?
Okay, guess I'll just close the door then.
Ah! Hello? What? No one again Grandma J -Force, if this is you and Tommy pranking me again, it's not very funny Okay, closing the door again Aha, gotcha Dennis!
Ow, Mindy, stop pulling I'm not pulling Mindy, Guy Raz, what's up?
Oh, not much Not much?
Mindy, you super glued our faces together Oh yeah, I accidentally super glued our faces together.
Ah, cool. Not cool, Dennis.
Very not cool. It was for a cool science experiment.
We interrupt this episode for a brief public service announcement.
Never ever glue yourself to another person.
This is bad. This is very, very bad.
Thank you. Now, back to the show.
Wait, were you two ringing my doorbell before?
Yeah, sorry about that.
Guy Raz over here kept pulling me away from the door.
Because we need to go to the emergency room to get us unstuck, Mindy!
Emergency room? What are they going to do there?
What? I told you, Guy Raz, we don't need to go to the emergency room.
We just need a good dollop of peanut butter on our face, and we'll come right apart.
Are you sure, Mindy?
Yes, of course I'm not sure, Guy Raz.
So, Dennis, you know how you always make those famous PB &J deviled eggs?
That's right, I do.
Reggie and I were just about to start cooking until someone ate all the bread.
Perfect. So, if I could just borrow some of that peanut butter.
Borrow some what? Peanut butter to unstick ourselves?
Oh, I don't have any peanut butter.
What? But Dennis, you're making a PB &J deviled egg sandwich.
Yeah, I know. Well, how are you going to make a PB &J deviled egg sandwich without any peanut butter?
Uh, with pistachio butter, like I always do.
Pistachio butter and jelly?
Ew, no. That actually sounds kind of nice.
No, no, no, no, no.
It's my Aunt Denise's famous pistachio butter and jello sandwich recipe.
Jello? Wouldn't that make the bread all soggy?
Oh, yeah. Uh -huh. So, you don't have any peanut butter?
No, I do not. Okay, can we please go to the hospital now, Mindy?
Not so fast, Skyraze.
I think Thomas Fingerling might still have some of that barrel of peanut butter I got him for his half -birthday last month.
You got him a barrel of peanut butter for his half -birthday?
Uh -huh. Don't worry, Guy Raz.
We'll be at Fingerling's house and glue -free before you know it.
Come on, follow me.
Wait, Mindy, don't pull.
Don't pull. They're coming too.
Come on, Reggie. All right, Mindy, why don't we try and take it a little slower this time?
Good idea. Don't worry.
We'll get you over to Tommy's house in one piece.
Get it? Because you glued together?
We get it, Dennis. So Mindy, can you remind me once again why our faces are glued together?
Because of the jellyfish, Guy Raz Jellyfish?
Yeah, it all started when I was reading the latest copy of the scientific journal Current Biology You mean the peer -reviewed scientific journal all about wildlife and the living world?
That's the one, Guy Raz Anywho, I was reading an article with my morning waffles that talked about how two comb jellyfish Had fused together and become one Wow, waffles Mmm, mmm, good waffles The article was all about this biologist Kai Jokura from Japan's National Institute for Basic Biology And what happened
when he went for a walk on the beach While working in Woods Hole, Massachusetts Each day, Dr.
Jakura would walk down to the sea And collect comb jellyfish Let's see One, two, three Three comb jellyfish And then he would take them back to his lab to study them Okay, jellyfish, let's go put you in the lab One day, when he came back in the morning, he noticed something very interesting had happened
to the jellyfish that he had caught the day before.
Walking to the lab.
What in the... what do we have here?
Dr. Jakura noticed that one of the jellyfish that he'd left in the tank was suddenly twice as large as the rest.
So what? He caught a slightly larger jellyfish than he thought Not exactly, Dennis Because, you see, this jellyfish also had two mouths Wait, Mindy Don't jellyfish just have one mouth like us?
Exactly So, as you can imagine Finding a second mouth on one jellyfish Was a little bit of a shock I wish I had a second mouth I could get so much more gossiping done So, why exactly did this jellyfish have two mouths?
I'll tell you as soon as we get unstuck, Guy Raz.
Look, we're here at Fingerling's place.
Dennis, can you get the door for us?
Okay. Hi, Tommy. Whoa, hey, you fellow.
What's going on? We need your help.
Mindy and Guy Raz's heads are glued together.
All right, let me take a look.
Well, looks to me like you did a pretty good job I don't think I can glue them any better than that We're here to get unstuck Unstuck?
You want to not be glued together no more?
Yeah, we need to borrow some of that peanut butter I got you last month Alright, let me go see if I have any left Wait here Have any left?
He ate the whole barrel?
So Mindy, why did the jellyfish have two mouths?
I don't know, Guy Raz Why did the jellyfish have two mouths?
No, it's not a joke, Mindy I'm asking you about the study Oh, right, right, right Okay, well, upon further research Dr.
Jakura found that it wasn't exactly one big jellyfish But rather two jellyfish that had somehow fused together Whoa!
Yeah, but even though it was technically two animals They seemed to behave as one What do you mean?
Well, when scientists poked one of the jellyfish, the second jellyfish also reacted to it at the same time.
Ooh, weird. All right, it's your lucky day.
Had a little bit left at the bottom of the barrel.
Hold out your hands.
What? Hold out your hands for the peanut butter, Mr.
Ruzzy. You want it or not?
Oh, you can just slop it right here on our faces.
Oh, okay then. Wait, no!
There we go. that should do it.
And now I'm guessing you want me to eat you.
No. Oh, well, what are we doing then?
All right, Gyros, on the count of three, pull.
Ready? One, two, three, pull!
I don't think that worked.
Well, of course it didn't.
You ain't gonna unstick yourself with just peanut butter You need jelly for that Jelly?
Ha! Get a little jelly on that peanut butter face of yours And you two will come apart easier than Velcro in a hurricane Really?
Velcro in a hurricane doesn't sound very easy, Tommy Oh, Mindy, we have to go to the emergency room But what if it works, Sky Ross?
Fingerling, do you have any jelly inside?
Fresh out, I'm afraid See Mindy, come on What G -Force does She won a whole barrel off me in our rummy tournament last weekend Why is everything in barrels?
There you go Guy Raz Grandma G -Force's diaper house is on the way to the emergency room So we'll just stop there first, see if she has any jelly And if that doesn't work, we'll go straight to the ER from there I promise Okay, fine Yes I'm coming too G -Force has still got my DVD box set of America's
Funniest Home Makeovers.
Oh, sounds great. The more the merrier.
Yay! We're going together, all together.
Hey, what's going on with you two?
Why are you all walking with your heads like that?
We're glued at the face.
Oh, yeah. Uh, why are your faces glued together?
Because of the Frankenstein jellyfish, Tommy.
Keep up. By the way, what ended up happening with those jellyfish anyway?
Right. Well, Dr. Chakuro wanted to find out if this was just a fluke or if he could recreate this fusing in the lab.
So what did he do? Well, he took two jellyfish, cut a little tissue off of each of them, and then held them in place next to each other overnight.
And? And when he returned in the morning, the two jellyfish had fused together Whoa So the two jellyfish were glued together?
Well, not exactly So it appeared that these two animals had fused into one animal They both swam together in a coordinated way And when the scientists fed the Franken -Jelly's food, somehow it ended up in both of their bellies Wow That still doesn't explain why you superglued our faces together, Mindy.
Oh, well, I can explain.
I superglued our faces together because...
All right, we're here.
G -Force, we need some jelly.
And my DVDs. Let us in.
Don't tell me what to do.
Well, well, well, look who it is.
If it isn't Mr. Bummy Rummy, you here for the jelly?
Yeah. Well, too bad.
I want it fair and square, Fingerling.
There ain't nothing fair about a four king run, G -Force, and you know it.
Ah, phooey. Please, Grandma G -Force, we need the jelly.
It's an emergency. I'm sorry, and you are?
G -Force, it's me, Guy Raz.
Well, it sounds familiar, I guess.
Your neighbor? We're on the same kickball team.
Well, I don't think so.
That little man only has one mouth, and right now, I'm looking at two.
That's because we glued ourselves together, Grandma G -Force.
And they need the jelly to unglue themselves.
Well, okay, fine. Wait here.
So, Mindy, why did these jellyfish fuse together in the first place?
Well, most animals have this ability called allorecognition Allorecognition?
I'm Dennis Allorecognition?
I've heard of that before, Mindy It's when your immune system attacks any foreign tissue that enters your body Right, well it turns out that these jellyfish probably don't have that Aha, so instead of attacking the other jellyfish It fuses with it.
Right, but that still leaves me with one question, Mindy.
What? Why did you glue your face to mine?
Excuse you. Ah, yes, I can explain.
So, these scientists also believe that this fusing behavior might be a way for these jellyfish to heal each other if one of them gets injured.
And? And when I was eating those waffles I mentioned earlier...
These waffles are incredible!
Something horrible happened.
Ah! It bit my tongue!
And you thought the best way to heal your bitten tongue was to...
Coming! Guy Robbie!
Hey Mindy What are you doing with that super glue?
Come here Okay Mickey, what are you doing here?
Thanks buddy No! So you super glued your face to mine to To try and fuse with my best buddy Guy Rozzy.
Exactly. Flawless logic.
Well, all right. Hold out your hands, whoever you are.
I got the jelly. It's okay, Grandma G -Force.
Just slap it right on our faces here.
You got it. Slap, slop, sloppity slop.
Well, that's some good jelly in G -Force.
Yeah, whatever. Okay, Gyaraz, let's hope this works.
On the count of three, we're going to pull.
Ready? As I'll ever be.
One, two, three, pull!
Wow! I can't believe that actually worked.
What do you mean? Why wouldn't it work?
Because why would jelly dissolve superglue?
Because it's acetone jelly.
It dissolves glue. Why do you think it came in a barrel?
Wait, what? Oh, that's why it smells like fingernail polish remover.
Ah, we gotta get cleaned up.
We're all covered in peanut butter and jelly.
Acetone jelly. And yes, wash it off quick.
It's toxic. Yikes! I'll go get the hose.
Thomas Fingerling, are we in danger?
No, no. Just don't eat it.
Or inhale any of the fumes.
Fumes? Yeah, and don't get it in your eyes.
Ah, Dennis! Hurry! I'm coming!
I'm coming! Yes, Reggie, I brought soap.
Here, guy. Thank you.
Ooh, lavender. Hi -ya!
Oh, that's some good spraying, fellas.
Stray my best friends with the house, a totally normal thing to do.
Dennis, not in my face!
Sorry. Dennis, I think that's enough!
What do you think, Tommy?
Is it enough? Uh, no.
Better keep going. What?
I'm having my best friends with the hoes.
I'm having the greatest day.
Wow in the World, we'll be right back.
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Hello, my name is Deflin from Houston, Arizona.
My wow is that lightning is actually hotter than the surface of the sun.
Isn't that crazy? Say hi to Dennis.
Ahoy there. Reggie.
Come on to Splendipaw and display cats for me.
Bye. Hi, my name is Ellie and I'm from Pennsylvania.
And my wow in my world is a cow can produce seven gallons of milk every day.
Hi, I'm Gage. I live in Texoma, Oklahoma.
And my wow is that the leatherback sea turtle can weigh up to 1 ,500 pounds.
Hi, my name is Mash from Mill Valley, California.
And my wow is that a blue whale song can be almost as loud as a space shuttle.
Isn't that Bonker Balls?
Hi, I'm Penelope and I'm nine years old.
We live in Mobile, Alabama.
Hi, I'm Arthur. I'm five.
Our wow in the world is that the mountain chicken's actually a frog.
It is known for its loud call that sounds like a barking dog.
Say hi to Dennis, Thomas Fingerling, and the Slay Cat.
Hi! Hi, my name is Storm, and I'm from Toronto.
Did you know that octopus have sprains in all of their arms?
Hi, Mindy and Gairos.
My name is Matthew.
I live in Nassau, Bahamas.
And my wow is that if you add salt to a pineapple, it can taste sweeter.
Say hi to Dennis for me.
Hi there. Bye. Love your show.
My name is Ronan, and I live in Reno, Nevada.
And I'm five years old.
And my wow is that Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the sun.
Isn't that Bunker Balls?
Say hi to Reggie for me.
Hi, Mindy and Guy Ross.
My name is Kiri, and I live in Port Angeles, Washington.
And my wow in the world is that jellyfish can regrow their tentacles if they lose them, just like starfish.
Isn't that Bunker Balls?
Say hi to the sleigh cats.
baby Dennis, Thomas Fingerling, Reggie, and Grandma G -Fort.
Yeah! Ooh, cool, dude.
Oh, yeah. And my little sister says hi to Dennis.
Huzzah! Bye. I love your show.
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