Hey, Wowzer fans! 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 21st 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 slash make it wow 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 slash make it wow.
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 Grown ups you can get your tickets And learn how you can get your wowser To be a contestant in the show At Tinkercast .com Slash events That's Tinkercast .com Slash events We can't wait to Make It Wow with you That's it and now let's get back
to the show Ahem! Attention, audience!
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And by building, I mean here at the Peter J.
Sharp Theater at Symphony Space in New York City!
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You are about to experience the most bonkermals hour of trivia, challenges, and innovations your little faces have ever seen.
Everybody say, Make It Wow!
Come on, New York, everybody say, Make It Wow!
Come on, let's hear you all.
Make It Wow! F -I -W, everybody, let's hear your voice.
Come on, New York, say, Make It Wow!
The Screens! Welcome, everybody, to Make It Wow!
I am your announcer, Dennis!
Yeah! Applaud! Cheer!
Okay, now be quiet, because it is now time to announce your hosts.
Introducing the Queens of Curiosity.
Them, the divas of discovery The presidents of podcasting My very best friends Let me introduce to you Wow in the world's Mindy Thomas And who in the world's Carly Kane Woo!
Oh, wow! Wow! It is so great to be here with you in Unark City!
Out of your ears and into your real -life faces!
Look at their faces!
They have faces! They're real!
They have real, beautiful faces!
I can't wait to tell my colleagues back at Butt Headquarters about this.
I'm sorry, did you say Butt Headquarters?
I did. You know, maybe we should introduce ourselves.
Oh, good idea. Hi, everybody.
I am Carly Q from the super secret Who When Wow podcast.
Wow. So cool. 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...
Budhead! I get it. It's an acronym.
Wait, I didn't know you worked at the Bureau.
Do you know Lewis? You know what I do?
You know him? Yeah, he's busy today.
I do know him. Yeah, I met him before.
Great guy. 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.
And I'm Dennis from the We 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.
Dennis, Dennis, Dennis.
What? You're not done with the introductions.
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
Making it wow through music today from Brooklyn Unork, Jacob Stein and Jason Rabinowitz.
Give it up for the pop -ups.
Wow, so cool, so cool.
Well, now that you know all of our names, we should probably learn all of your names.
Oh, good idea. Let's see, we'll start with you and then you and you.
And then we'll go through all the rows until we get to you.
Mindy, that is going to take forever.
You in the back and the back.
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.
Yeah, that works too.
Okay, here we go. One, two, three.
Oh, those are great names.
Can you believe we've got two Logans in the house?
Two people named Logan in New York City?
That's wild. What are the odds?
What are the odds? 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?
We did invent a game show, Carly Q.
I can't believe it.
But Make It Wow is more than just a game show.
It's a celebration of innovation.
Right, it's a chance for you to use your imagination.
Uh, hold on, hold on, hold on.
I'm gonna need some clarification.
Oh, alright. What's innovation?
Great question, Dennis.
You see, innovation is when you come up with new ideas to solve problems or just to make things better.
Yeah, it's when you use your imagination to come up with an idea that's amazing and original, something that did not exist before.
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, cats! All right, can anyone tell me what this innovation is?
Some people would call it the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Yeah, that's bread.
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 Unork can anyone tell me what this invention is it's a glove it's a glove a glove glove I've never heard that word before no clearly these are fingerpants maybe alright 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.
They know. It's from the 90s.
That's a CD. A C -what?
It's a CD. No, this is a sound bagel.
New York is famous for them.
The point is, innovation is all around us.
And it's powered by the imagination in all of us.
And today, we are going to use the power of imagination to come up with some serious innovation right here on this stage.
So the question is, are you ready to make it wow?
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 them all about it challenges.
And throughout these challenges, our teams are going to be inventing a product that solves a real or really ridiculous problem.
Wow. Now, it's important that these products or inventions are original, useful, and a little bit bonker balls.
Whichever team wows the judges and all of you the most wins the game and takes home the coveted Golden Reggie Trophy.
Wow. Oh, it's so pretty.
Okay, everyone, stop looking.
Okay, so are we ready to meet our two teams?
Yeah! Take it away, Dennis.
Thank you, Mindy. Introducing our first team.
Put your hands together for Deacon, Teo, and Jasper, the Who Win Wow time -traveling Tinkerers.
high fives, high fives right here.
Thank you very much.
Nice to see you. All right.
Let's get to know the time traveling tinkerers.
Since I am obsessed with both time and time travel, I'm going to 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?
Probably 11 .30, because that's when I get to eat lunch at school.
Oh, that's a very early time to eat lunch, I think.
We finish at 12, but then we get to have break.
And the food is always super good.
Okay, 11 .30 lunchtime.
We love it. Thank you, Jasper.
Okay, Tao, 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?
I would go to 2013 and buy Bitcoin.
Okay, will you get enough for all of us?
Yeah. That's really generous.
Thank you, Tao. Okay, I'm coming around to you, Deacon.
Very savvy. 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?
Probably the nearest quasars, which is like the nearest galaxy to look for life, Okay.
To make some friends.
And what is it, the nearest, Quazos?
Quazos. Okay. I don't know, I forget what it stands for, but it means nearest galaxy.
It's a universe, and we'll see if there's life out there.
Hopefully. Okay, great.
You can come and hang out at Butthead Quarters any time.
I feel like we could all, we could work well together.
Okay, give it up for the time -traveling tinkerers.
Okay, and introducing our second team.
Give it up for Nico, Isabella, and Dina, the wow in the world, Bonker Ballers.
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.
probably like paper so you can what so i could draw so you can draw are you a big drawer all right you can draw on your contestants we can do some drawing in our innovation and nico i have to ask you uh what is something that wows you um or you know something of a wow invention that you use um that you
use today that you couldn't get here without a car a car and if you could uh invent something to make a car even more wow what would you invent uh all right well you know what we'll have to find out later today maybe you maybe you'll invent something for a car Deanne what is something that makes it
what do you bring to this wow table here for inventing um a special talent maybe I like to draw a lot you like to draw a lot too 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 okay so now that we have both of our teams it is time
to reveal the theme for today's show.
Ah, yes. So the theme or subject for today's show will help guide our inventors on their innovations.
And with today's theme, take it away, Dennis.
Thank you, Carly. I have in my hand the theme for today's show.
Let's do this. And the theme is Slamina!
Yes! Slamina? Yes! Slamina!
Slamina! Yeah, I think...
What? Oh, Dennis, Dennis, I think you're reading it backwards.
Try flipping it around.
Yeah. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
Okay, okay. Undo that, undo that, undo that.
Okay, okay. I have the real theme for today's show, and it is...
Animals! Animals! Thank you!
Yes, animals. Thank you.
Thank you. Yes. And there you have it.
The theme is animals.
Yes! Love it. Are we going to invent a new animal species?
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.
Okay, okay. He's doing four animals.
An animal problem. Okay, hold on a minute.
I'm going to make a phone call real quick.
Oh, wait, what? Dennis, what's he doing?
What'd you get the landline?
Yeah, Reggie? Yeah, it's Dennis.
Listen, you're an animal, right?
Right, okay, so, like, what's your problem, man?
Reggie! What'd he say, Dennis?
Well, he said, I'm a problem, and to quit calling him, and then he hung up.
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.
Ah, yes. In this round, I will be giving you all inventions.
So, well, Carly Q will be giving you inventions, and it's up to you and you to decide whether these inventions are real wow inventions or just big, phony what?
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. Is Baby Dennis inside the mystery bag?
Baby Dennis, are you in there?
No, I'm not in here.
Okay. We'll see. All right.
Are we ready? And the thing to know about all the inventions that we're talking about today 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 Yeah Alright, are we ready?
We're ready, round one Round one, here's the very first invention And this question is for you all The invention is the poo trap Alright, 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. Thumbs up, thumbs down.
Yeah, thumbs up, thumbs down.
Is it real or fake?
Okay, I'm seeing a lot.
Oh, I'm seeing Mick's bag over here.
Seeing some thumbs up.
Some thumbs down. The poo trap.
Is it a real wow invention?
I'm seeing a lot of thumbs up.
All right. What did we come up with?
It's real. It's a real wow.
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 poops, no oops.
You know what? Grandma G -Force wears one of those.
Yeah. She does. I believe it.
I believe it. All right, since you got the answer right, you can pick from the mystery bag, mystery bag, mystery bag.
Who wants to be it?
Who wants to be it?
I don't know what's in there.
Go for it. Go for it.
Go for it. No peeking.
Just get it. Just get it.
It's the first thing you've touched.
He's climbing in the middle.
It's all a mystery.
Oh! What is it? So mysterious.
What is that? It's a lampshade, it's a hat, popcorn container.
It could be a cone of shame for a pet.
Oh, there we go. That looks great.
All right, very good.
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 what?
All right, the goldfish shower cap.
Real or not real? Okay.
I'm seeing a lot of thumbs down from the audience.
Okay, I think we're ready.
Isabella? Nico's like, absolutely not.
No. It's not real? Big phony what?
Pop -ups, are they correct?
Yay! 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.
Truly. They just get all wet.
Somebody's got to make it.
Fish are so wet. All right.
You know what this means?
Mystery bag. Mystery bag.
Mystery bag. Mystery bag.
What are they going to get?
Go for it. Go for it.
it's such a mystery it's a mystery what are they gonna get i want to know what's in the mystery bag we don't know something out of there can you get it just take it just take it first thing you got first thing nico is in the bag oh what is it what is it oh it's a thing okay i need this in your in your
invention later it could be anything it could be anything okay invention number three this is for you all.
The cat's karaoke machine turning meows into melodies.
Is it a real wow or a big phony what?
Okay. I'm seeing thumbs up.
Do you think it's real or is it the cat karaoke machine what do you guys think we've never had people chanting okay all right let's see what the so wait what are you going with it's real pop -ups are they correct?
No. You turn on them.
You never trust your friend.
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.
They gotta search for the words on Google like the rest of us.
Exactly. All right.
All right. Moving on.
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 what the bumper buddy is it real or really made up i see thumbs up all the way in the back I see a lot of thumbs up, a lot of people saying
it's real. What do you think?
Real. You think it's real?
Pop ups, are they correct?
Yes! The bumper buddy is indeed real.
It was modeled after a 2015 viral video featuring 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? He's so cute.
Oh, he's so cute. He could be running around under your chairs and you'd never know it.
He could be in here.
Mystery bag. Mystery bag.
Mystery bag. Mystery bag, okay.
It's such a mystery.
Okay. Get something good.
What'd you get? Get something good.
Oh, what is this? What did you get?
A truck. A truck. It's a truck.
You can use this in your innovation later.
You can take it apart even.
Oh, yeah. That's good.
Okay. This is the last one for you time -traveling tinkerers.
Your next invention is the frog log.
That's all I'm going to say.
No more clues. The frog log.
Is it a real wow invention or a big phony what?
I mean, it does rhyme.
So there's that. It rhymes.
That's nice, yeah. Think for yourselves.
Okay, we see a lot of thumbs up.
I'm seeing a lot of thumbs up.
We got some thumbs down.
Okay. They seem confident.
We think it's real.
You think it's real.
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 nice...
Yeah, it is. 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.
So cool. So cool. And now you get to pick from the mystery bag.
Mystery bag. Who wants to go?
Mystery bag. Get in there.
Get in there. Get a musky.
Yeah, get in there.
Get in there. What's it going to be?
Oh. Okay, what is it?
What is it? Oh, we have a pool noodle.
A pool noodle. No, that's an elephant straw, right?
Pool noodle, actually.
Pool noodle. Okay. All right.
Bonker ballers, your last invention.
The dog vending machine.
Is it a real wow invention or a big phony what?
The dog vending... Oh, I should note, it's not a vending machine that dispenses actual dogs.
It's like a dog's food vending machine.
Dog food vending machine.
Dog food vending machine.
See a lot of comments.
Okay, what do we think?
It's real. You think it's real?
Pop up, say it's real.
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 this 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 off the bottom.
They're helping our homeless pets and saving the planet at the same time.
Wow. Such a good invention.
Two problems in one.
Alright, you know what this means Bunker Ballers Mystery Bag Mystery Bag Mystery Bag Oh, she's really getting in there She is Now I'm part of the mystery master Oh What'd you get?
Like a duster This looks like a Former bird Somebody had To say it all right let's give it up for both teams who did so well in this challenge and let's quickly recap the materials they got out of the mystery bag so um right here we have a is there anything else you think this could be a life raft perhaps
yes for a small creature yeah love that and what about what do we have here A lampshade.
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, let's see what we got here.
We got a? A truck. What else could this be?
It could be? You know, for an invention.
You could take it apart, use it.
What? A bin? There we go.
A bin for something.
All right, and we've got?
Isabella? It's something to pick up food.
Okay, like a little pincher of sorts.
You could pinch, not each other.
Not each other. And Nico, tell us what you got there.
A duster. A duster.
An old bird. Maybe a peacock.
All right. Well, that was a really good check -in.
And Mindy, do you know what I love about check -ins?
What do you love about check -ins?
Well, I'll tell you later.
Because that sound means it is the end of round one.
so uh we'll let the pop -ups entertain you with the little music right now and when we come back it is time to tinker with round two pop -ups take it away it away 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 Say what?
Say hey teams. Like this.
Say hey teams. Now you guys really love when it comes up.
Hey teams. And you guys too.
Let's hear you all do it.
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 going to need your help.
Don't just sit in your chair.
Hey teams. And hey, don't despair because the fun begins when you tinker and share.
Hey teams. Guys, are you on stage and all of you going on your TinkerRamp page?
You get to hear everyone's voice.
Make some noise. Say, make it wild.
Can you, M -I -W, you got it.
Make it wild. Come on, Attitude New York.
Come on, you got it.
Let's hear it. It's Saturday night.
Make it wild. Make it wild.
Now, cheer. Yes. Thank you, pop -ups, and welcome back to Make It Wow.
It is time to begin round two.
It's time to tinker.
It's time to tinker.
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.
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?
Oh, you mean like the stuff?
Yeah, the stuff. Let's bring out the bunker ball pits.
Yeah. Yeah! Oh, my goodness!
What is it, what is it, what is it, what is it?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. What is it?
What are we looking at?
Oh, yeah. 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.
That's right. That's so cool!
What is it? What's in there?
No, no, no. Oh, no, no, no, no.
Oh, what's this? Oh, no, no, no, no.
Oh, no, I want this one.
No, you're giving it all away.
What's this? Dennis!
Get out of the bonker ball pits.
You're giving it all away.
Get back to your station.
Get back to your station.
Get back. Dennis. Oh, Dennis.
So our contestants will have 45 seconds to hunt through these bonker ball pits to get their materials.
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 the pits.
Step right into it.
All right, get in the pits.
And Isabella and Teo, you are going to stand right behind them because you're going to be searching for the bonker balls, for the building materials.
Stand up, stand up, not yet.
And you're going to be passing them to your teammates.
Then I need Dia and Deacon to stand back here.
You're going to pass them to Dia, pass them to Deacon.
your job is to stack them up on your tables without letting them fall off okay yes 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 okay any questions questions any questions any questions at all oh wait i have a question?
Yes. Dennis? This is too easy.
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 parts.
That's right. So our contestants who are in the Bonker Balls pits will be hunting for materials wearing these fashionable lobster claws.
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, Teo. And our third contestant, standing in the back row, you are going to be searching for building materials wearing horse hooves.
Oh, heavens. So go ahead, put your horse hooves on.
There you go, you got your kitty paws.
Okay, we're going to get 45 seconds on the clock here.
Is everyone ready? Oh, we need one more horse hooves.
There we go. Very important.
Can you say, nay? Nay.
What? Nay. Oh, into my microphone.
Nay. Nay. Okay, there we go.
Nay, you cannot. All right, a meow?
Meow. And what sound?
Old McDonald 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?
Anywho, all right, let's do this.
We got 45 seconds on the clock.
All right, and you have to cheer them on, okay?
Okay. All right. And tell them what to get.
All the stuff. All the stuff.
You're going to get whatever you can.
Pass it to your teammates.
Get it on the table.
Ready? Make it well!
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
Get it on the table.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Get it on. Get it all.
You got this. Keep your arm.
Get it all. Get that.
All of this stuff is so good.
30 seconds left. Got the cup.
Get that thing. What is that?
I've never seen one of those.
It's a bucket, it's a bucket, it's a bucket!
Come on, come on, quick!
Quick, quick, quick!
24 seconds. Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Get that, get that!
Oh, that's amazing!
You see that, that bucket.
Get that one, get that one!
Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, yes, yes!
Come on, you got this, 14, 13, yes, yes!
Get the bucket. Get that, get that, come on!
6, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO!
nice job look at all this stuff that was amazing I think you got almost everything out of there we did that was a successful round in the bunker ball pit extremely successful give them a round of applause yes we are going to take a ten minute intermission and during that time our teams are going to
look through their materials and you also have building supplies behind you and you're going to 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?
And when we come back, it's time to tinker.
Your 15 -minute tinker mission begins now.
Make it loud, we'll be right back.
Grownups, this message is for you.
That's it. Back to the show.
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, make some weird sounds.
But now you have to decide which team you want to win the Golden Reggie.
Will it be the time -traveling tinklers 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 wild! Come on, New York, you're making it better than that!
Make it wow! One more time, everybody say Make it wow!
Yes! And scream! One more time for the pop -ups!
Yes! We love them! What?
You brought a pie? I did.
Oh my goodness. I made a strawberry basil pie because I love pie.
Oh, God. 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 um Deacon I think you wanted to share a little bit about what animal this is solving a problem for well ours is kind of it's supposed to be scaled up this is kind of a small scale version of it okay
but it's meant for um animals such as koalas and other like owls and birds that live in trees that are prone to wildfires in like um upper part of north america uh -huh so um should i explain it uh you can actually that's enough that's enough just a little teaser and 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 um at the start 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 um tail we don't really know each other but we started to work really well together
as a team and we got like everything down i love it look at the support you're getting let's hear it for teamwork 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! Alright, 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.
Love it. So without giving anything away, tell us what problem you're solving for an animal.
So if it's blind, it can move around easily.
Yeah? and it can cut and a person can like pull it around okay and I have to ask have there have there been any challenges so far in your innovation any challenges yes which is hurrying what was that we had to hurry because we didn't know what to do with all the stuff you could use any of it you don't
have to use all of it is there any uh 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?
Motor? 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 a motor out of this?
Alright, 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 Bonker Ballers.
So, teams, feel free to get back to work.
You know what, 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?
What do you love about a check -in?
I... Oh, no. Stop. No.
No, no, no, no, no.
Oh, no. Tis I, Static Man.
Oh, no. Dennis! I'm getting up.
Look out. Dennis! What is he doing?
What's he doing? Dennis, what?
I just got to get up.
Dennis, come on. I don't want to get up there.
That's too high. What?
What are you doing?
You want us to help you?
Help me. Let me get him onto the stage.
Get him onto the stage.
Get him onto the stage.
I'm sorry about this.
Okay, sorry. Everything's going to be fine.
Fine. Oh, we're good.
Okay. Dennis, just get up.
Get up. What is happening?
What are you doing?
Ow! Ow! You shocked me.
Oh, I'm not gonna go near him.
Look, watch this. Dennis, what are you doing?
I'm static man. And I'm doing this.
What? What is that, a wrench?
It's a metaphor. And yes, it's also a wrench.
I'm throwing a wrench into your well -made plans.
I don't get it. I'm changing the rules to the competition.
You can't do that. Yes, I can.
Starting right now, each of these teens must incorporate into their invention, sound.
Sound? But do we even have anything that makes sound, Mindy?
Um, I don't know. Let me just check my adventure toolkit here.
Yes, yes, yes. Let's see here.
I got some bicorns.
I got some bicorns.
I got some coconut.
Yes. Sound. Okay, let me see.
I got more things here.
I got some party. Oh, that's good.
That's good. Okay, I got some rubber chickens.
Oh, God. I got a few of these.
Yeah. Is that it? Oh, I got some kazoos.
Wonderful. Yeah, so we got plenty of things.
We got sound. Give these noisy things to the teams.
Here you go. Make them pick one.
There you go. And incorporate it into their invention somehow.
Because you've been wrenched.
Wrenched. Wrenched.
You've been wrenched.
Okay, that's it. Wrench, wrench, wrench.
Get out of here. I'm gonna wrench this and that and this and that.
And this is all wrenched.
Dennis. Wrenched. Get out Okay, we're going to deal with him Incorporate sound into your inventions Pop ups, why don't you play some music We'll be back Dennis, Reg, go Let's do it, okay, let's go Jason, I don't have my drum set Wait, what do you mean you don't have your drum set?
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 going to have to Improvise I do not know what that means Oh, look.
Here, look. Look, there's a box of stuff.
It's stuff. We can just use it all.
That's stuff. Yeah.
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've got to 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 inventions, do experiments, find new ways to use your stuff.
okay well first of all i need a snare ha you can use this old washboard oh that's cool but a hi -hat um oh look i've got this little bell oh that's really cool yeah but what about drum sticks oh here uh 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 um 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. I used this set of keys.
Oh, I was looking for those.
Yeah. I need a cymbal, man.
What am I going to do?
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've got to use your knees.
Okay. Come on, New York.
Clap your hands. You don't have exactly what you need.
Almost right, it's good enough.
That's right. Make inventions, do experiments.
find new ways to use your stuff okay oh come on New York we need your voices we told them New York was loud yeah I thought it was Saturday night here we'll put the words up you guys stay along 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 ways Did you use your stuff?
Okay, pop -ups! Yes!
Make some noise for the pop -ups and their trash!
It's stuff, party! There's stuff, there's stuff.
I love stuff. I love stuff.
I got a lot of stuff.
I'll take it. Oh my goodness.
Uh, wait a minute. Wait, where's Mindy?
Have you seen Mindy?
I mean, the last I saw Mindy, she was tasting Dennis off the stage.
Oh, yeah, they were going into the parking lot and then it looked like they were headed into space.
Wait, space? Do you think that Mindy and Dennis have been abducted by aliens?
Maybe. Because I can solve this mystery right now.
No, no, no. Carly, Carly, we definitely don't have time for that.
No time? No time? Okay, that's fine.
Well, just the thing is we only have 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, okay?
Carly, Carly, don't spiral.
Some of the best things that were ever invented were total accidents.
What? Yeah, they were.
And while we're waiting for these teams to complete their inventions, what if we took a journey through going back in time to find the most glorious failure inventions?
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Okay, you had me at travel through time.
Cool. Do you all want to take a trip in my time -traveling elevator?
Yes! I don't see it anywhere.
There's nothing new.
I brought the Bureau's invisible time -traveling elevator, okay?
It's going to be fine.
Sorry. All right. In order to do this, everybody has to stand up, all right?
So go ahead and stand up, all right?
Okay. 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.
that's a real elevator 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 oh 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.
They got this. 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.
What? Here we go! Okay, we made it.
You can sit down. Welcome to...
1943. Ooh, smell that 1943 air.
Is that diesel? Mm -hmm, 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. It's not gum It's not gum It's not slime It's It's silly putty Invented by mistake Pretty cool You want to do another?
Yeah, let's do another Okay, let's travel to Oh 1968 Smell the 1968 air Smells like my uncle Uncle Mark 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?
they invented post -it notes invented by mistake should we do another?
Yes, Liz. Okay, let's travel to 1905.
Here we meet Frank Emerson.
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 mistake.
Everybody say, wow!
Wow! 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...
Attention, butthead employees.
Your lunch break is over.
Please choose, follow, and get back to work.
Who is that? 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. It's a really good pie.
Recommended. All right.
We've made it back, which means teams, are you finished your inventions?
I hope so. You're writing it down.
Okay. You have 10 seconds before you're going to need to step away from your tables.
We're going to countdown with you, right?
All right. let's get 10 seconds on the clock.
Here we go. 10 seconds.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
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 tink the thinking round we made it through the tinkering round and it is time for the third round this round has called tell them all about it 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, Wow and the World's Own, Thomas Fingerling, and Grandma G -Force.
My goodness. Wow. I'm so glad you were available.
What? To be the judges today.
Are you ready? Well, hello there, Curly Q.
We're ready for the stage.
Yes. Fingerling? My big debut.
Hello, audience. Used to be a June Taylor dancer.
A lot of people don't know that.
I still am. Do either one of you have a favorite invention that you want to share?
Well, I would say my favorite invention is the ghost pepper.
That's right. I wrestled one back in 1943.
How old are you? And I showed that pepper who's boss, I'll tell you that much, I ate it.
I believe that you did.
Thomas Fingerling, favorite invention?
Oh, I'm with her. That was amazing.
I'm his favorite invention.
Oh, that's nice. All right.
That's not what I said.
You can have a seat right over there at the shiny table, the disco table.
No, there's no flies in here.
Yes, you go this way.
They're always flying around Fingerling there.
Get back there, Fingerling.
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.
Oh, that's real shiny.
That's quality. I like that.
It's beautiful. I want it.
And it's time to hear a little bit about each of these inventions.
This is round three.
Tell them all about it.
Tell them all about it.
All right. Time traveling, Tinkers.
I'm going to start with you.
Can you tell us the name of your invention?
Teo, you want to do it?
Okay. The name of your invention and then a little bit about it.
Shall we do the acronym or the...
Oh, you can give us both.
There's an acronym.
Great. So, actually, you want to give us the acronym first and tell us what it stands for?
Okay. The acronym is WFAS.
Wildfire Animal Shelter.
Oh. Beautiful. Wildfire Animal Shelter.
Okay, yeah, Deacon's going to explain it.
Beautiful, Timor. 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.
We can provide them with food.
And we sent this robot that is fire -resistant to come feed them.
And the way how they know is its horn goes off.
Every time it runs out of food.
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?
So, it's like what it'll really help with, like, for the animals.
It helps them. Wildfires often damage ecosystems and homes and all that thing.
So what WFAS can help with is decrease the decline in population of wild animals in forests from wildfires.
So then it basically helps them survive and be less harmed.
That's amazing. Yes, give them a round of applause.
That's so good. I love this.
They're literally saving animal lives.
Pop -ups, are you ready to recap?
I think so. Okay, so this invention is called WFAS, the Wildfire Animal Shelter.
Oh. Huh. You got it.
WFAS, it's a shelter.
Also an acronym. The non -toxic air gets pumped into a protected home and the animals are fed inside of this shelter.
We all love animals and clean air.
That's our desire so we gotta keep them safe from the fire.
Nice. That's right, they're making this up.
Okay, and also the sound will make an alert if they run out of food.
It says beep beep, beep beep, beep beep.
That's your food time.
That's right. WFAS, Wildfire Animal Shelter.
WFAS, Wildfire, Wildfire, Wildfire.
Beautiful. Very good.
Now, wait a minute, Curly Q.
All right. Time -traveling tinkerers, I've loved everything you've shared.
Judges, do you have any follow -up questions for them?
Well, yes, we do, Curly Q.
I would like to set fire to this stage I'll start a fire in this theater so we can see if it really works otherwise we don't know I love the spirit of that I want to start a fire we gotta test it do you think we need to test it right now um sure I'm going to start a wild fire I need to test I believe
that it works I believe that it works So we don't need to test it But great question Anything else?
What was it called again?
The www .wildfire? WWWS Well that's great The worldwide wildfire web WFAS The wildfire animal shelter WFAS Exactly I think these are very smart children I wish you were mine Can I?
Would I like to adopt you?
No further questions Would anyone like to be adopted by Grandma G -Force?
They're almost old enough to be my dad.
I'm sorry. I'm going to have to pass on that.
Okay. So it was only Jasper, but that's one.
Okay. Thank you, Time Traveling.
Take yours. Give them a round of applause.
Very nice. Very nice.
Bonker Ballers, 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?
It's called the, um, wait, let me look.
Well, they're going to find their paper.
The Blind. The blind cart and 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.
That's beautiful. It has a little buckle so the animals don't go around.
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 just, like, nudge it forward because the wheels can move.
Okay. What's the purpose of this string?
Does that have a special?
If a human finds it, they can drag them around somewhere.
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.
Any animal that's blind or small.
Small animals, right, because it's a small toy or a small contraption here.
Anything else, Isabella?
It's like for hamsters or, like, little dogs.
Do you have a hamster?
No. Do you have a hamster?
Nope. Do you have a hamster?
Nope. That's okay. All right.
Wonderful, but they would fit perfectly.
Is there anything else you want to share?
it, it says it, how it wows.
You want to read it?
It rolls and helps animals.
It rolls and helps animals.
Beautiful. So the blind cart, do you want to ask any follow -up questions, uh, grandma Jefors and Thomas Fingerling?
Well, what if you are not blind, but you're like Fingerling and you can't hear anything I say?
Can I help you out with that?
I, you can't hear You're nothing, Fingerling.
Oh, you're fine. Is it for humans or is it for animals?
Oh, I'm an animal. It is only for animals.
Anything else? I'll let you see it up close because you're right here.
It's beautiful. Oh, I want to take a ride in that.
Okay, you definitely cannot take a ride in that.
It's for hamsters. And gerbils?
Is it for gerbils? Is it for gerbils?
What are gerbils? What about a gay thing?
A gerbil is similar to a hamster, right?
Gerbils grow up to be rabbits.
Let's check Wikipedia and see what the difference between a gerbil and a hamster.
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. Okay.
A blind hamster can't go far.
Unless it's got that teeny tiny little car And there's a little honking horn so that all the humans know where to find the animals 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 And it specifically wows because it rolls and it
helps animals. Well it helps animals, it rolls is what it does.
And even if you're a gerbil, well, it can help you too.
The blind cart. The blind hamster cart.
Beautiful. That was a very nice song.
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, we have Curly Q Yes, what do you decide?
Well, we decide We decide We decide They should do it Yeah Wait, the audience?
Yep Well, we always got to do everything around here.
I'm exhausted. Yeah.
I want to go take a little nap.
Yeah. Maybe a bath.
You're the judges now.
Have fun. Okay. Nice job, little children.
Good luck. Nice job.
Good job. Everybody's great.
You're the judges. Judge.
Okay, well. Judge. Grandma G4 said it.
You are all the judges.
um are you willing to decide the fate of today's competition all right here's how we're going to do this boys bring out the decibel reader this is a real decibel reader do you want to tell them how it works 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.
Alright, let's see if it works.
Wow, you're at about a 105.
I'm going to try and whisper.
I got down to a 68.
Alright, beautiful.
So, here's how we're going to do this.
I'm going to gesture to a team and you are going to clap your hands, stomp your feet, make some noise.
And that's how we're going to determine today's winner.
Okay. So we're going to make, uh, we're going to start with complete and total silence.
Okay. I need silence.
Jason. Oh, excuse me.
It's fine. It's fine.
Think about who wowed you the most today.
I heard a rubber chicken.
Okay. All right. Not yet.
If you If you think that the time -traveling tinkerers wowed you the most today, make some noise.
We hit a 110 for the time -traveling tinkerers.
Pretty good, pretty good.
Okay, I'm going to be quiet again.
We have to reset. If you think that the Bunkerballers wowed you the most today, make some noise!
We got a 1 -11 for the Bunkerballers!
Oh, the Bunkerballers are the winners!
Come on out, girls.
Here you go. Here I come, right there.
Right here. Okay, you hold this.
You come around. Congratulations.
You have won the coveted Golden Reggie Trophy and some flour.
Don't wait. I got there.
Don't worry. I have something for you, too.
And bragging rights.
Here are some bragging rights.
Congratulations. Thank you for your innovation and your brilliance today.
One more round of applause for the Bonker Ballers.
But we are not going to send you home empty -handed.
We would never. 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.
Congratulations. You worked so hard, and you wowed us all.
You still made us wow.
So thank you to both teams for all of your creativity and your ingenuity and your innovation.
And thank you all for being here.
Thank you, Audible.
And one more time. Make it wow!
Pop -ups! Give it up for the pop -ups!
New Yorkers, we said you guys would get up out of your seats Or at least clap your hands Get your Are you having a good time tonight?
Let's learn about some inventors 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 was falling hard outside And the driver couldn't see And Mary thought, how could this be?
So she thought up an invention To make every windshield clean Ah, ah, ah, ah 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 great inventions Can you do
windshield wipers? I need new ones, help me out We're calling all, calling all the great inventors.
That's you, you, you, you, and you.
We're calling all, 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.
I know it's low. I could be a great inventor.
Dad's in the back. And do better.
I could be a great inventor.
I can't hear you all.
Take it in and believe it.
I could be Yes A great inventor Okay, now This half of the theater Say Calling all the Greed Inventors Say it with Jason Calling All the Greed Inventors This half with me Louder than them Keep going I could be A great inventor A great I need to hear your voices Come on, everyone Oh Remember you have the power to
go out and invent something that will change the world as we know it.
Your next Bonker Balls idea could make the world a better place.
Or just make it a little bit more Bonker Balls.
Thank you for being here.
Thanks to our teams.
Thank you Audible. Thank you Symphony Space.
And one more time. Make it well.
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Live recording and engineering was done by Jason Greenberg and post -production mixing was done by Tyler Tholl.
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