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  • Why is a piano the classic thing

  • that falls down every time as well?

  • Why is that?

  • I feel like we're just oddly inspired by cartoons.

  • Three, two, one, go!

  • ( theme music playing )

  • Hello, I'm Gav.

  • I'm Dan.

  • Welcome to the "Super Slow Show."

  • When we were deciding what to drop from

  • our immense 80-foot crane,

  • we were thinking of different items.

  • You know, you got to pick something relatable.

  • Something that everyone sees.

  • Maybe something from a living room.

  • And then I thought why don't we just drop a living room?

  • Yeah.

  • So here we are.

  • I'm really quite impressed at this, to be honest.

  • It's lovely.

  • The lights even work.

  • Well, this picture-- what?

  • I may have sourced the pictures.

  • Why is yours normal?

  • That's not the picture I gave them.

  • I may have overridden the picture you sent.

  • I say mod cons, but that TV is probably

  • from the early '90s, I think.

  • We know full well that old TVs smash way better.

  • That's true.

  • All that matters, though, is we've got

  • sweets and comfy chairs.

  • Rather lovely.

  • I might just take a minute.

  • and have a nice chillsy.

  • ( creaking )

  • Whoa there! Not yet! Not yet!

  • All right, let's get out.

  • Do you know what's an odd sight?

  • I was just about to say that. That is not normal.

  • I mean, what floor is that?

  • It's like dropping a story from eight stories.

  • I think it's about eight stories.

  • Or something like that, isn't it?

  • I mean, is it all going to fall at the same time?

  • Is the room gonna fall first, and then...

  • Hopefully, we'll just get some flying furniture.

  • Three, two, one, drop!

  • Oh, God!

  • Man!

  • Should we check to see if that's still a room?

  • Yes, yes.

  • The floor may have caved in just slightly.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • Oh, it's because of the TV, where the TV was.

  • The TV was so heavy that it bowed the floor where it stood.

  • You see that?

  • The mirror broke.

  • That's another seven for you.

  • Why for me?

  • Well, don't you get all the bad luck?

  • I did say three, two, one.

  • That's fair.

  • Oh, there's sweets everywhere.

  • Look. Your picture's fallen out.

  • Oh, no!

  • How would you care to take a look at some of that playback, Dan?

  • Absolutely.

  • I'm intrigued to see what happened.

  • Hmm.

  • - Look at that! - Flare!

  • Gav: I never thought I would see the sun bounce off a mirror

  • in a falling room into my eyes.

  • Think about that photon that came from the sun

  • and hit that mirror in a falling room.

  • And then hit the sensor on the Phantom.

  • Mental.

  • I like that the only thing that's lifted

  • is the cushion by about an inch.

  • Everything else has just stayed exactly where it was.

  • This one actually doesn't show much.

  • But I love how surreal this shot is.

  • Gav: All right. Here's the lovely close-up.

  • Dan: Whoa!

  • All the furniture's sunk into the floor.

  • The mirror went. The light went.

  • Gav: The feet from the chair just goes straight through the floor.

  • Dan: I like how everything here on the walls is coming down.

  • And everything that was in the room is now going up.

  • Gav: Yeah.

  • It's like when you drop a room, they meet in the middle.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah.

  • Dan: The TV didn't break. It just sort of smashed a bit.

  • I feel like that living room

  • didn't really represent our personalities.

  • There's no toilet?

  • Well, be weird in the living room.

  • - Fair. - Just feel like it wasn't classy enough.

  • So I've arranged just a little sweetener.

  • - Okay. - Let's get behind the blast shield.

  • Ooh.

  • Three, two, one, go!

  • Oh!

  • Very briefly, the room was significantly classed up.

  • One microsecond later, back to normal.

  • I love how such an intricate instrument is just so delicate.

  • And then suddenly-- why is a piano

  • the classic thing that falls down every time as well?

  • Why is that?

  • I feel we're just oddly inspired by cartoons.

  • Yeah.

  • Let's go and check the keys,

  • Does it still function?

  • No.

  • - So that's what it looked like. - Yeah.

  • To be fair, you said you hadn't seen a room before.

  • Yeah.

  • I've definitely seen a piano falling before.

  • Pianos often fall.

  • They do for some reason.

  • It's just a classic.

  • Either that, or a big safe.

  • Yeah.

  • Quite pretty, the background.

  • Oh!

  • Tipped well forward!

  • Gav: The thing is, it's so top-heavy

  • that it landed like jam on toast does.

  • It always lands the jam side down.

  • Dan: Always is keys down on a piano.

  • Gav: Yeah.

  • Not a bad aim.

  • That's probably where I would have put it.

  • - Dan: In the room? - Oh, maybe not on the couch.

  • I'd have put it slightly to the side, I think.

  • The mirror took it even more.

  • That's your bad luck now.

  • Eh, it was already broken.

  • Oh, God.

  • Dan: So the room is classy... now.

  • Gav: Pure class.

  • - Ruined. - Oh, ruined.

  • Much better.

  • - Yeah. - Yeah.

  • Cool.

  • Not a bad way to watch the sunset.

  • A little bit breezier in this room than it was.

  • - Panoramic views, though, right? - Yeah.

  • Why did you drop the piano on my chair? Yours is pretty much intact.

  • It was an accident. I mean, I got clipped a little bit.

  • Nothing left of yours.

  • Well, this is a sweet, here.

  • Yeah.

  • Hopefully, you enjoyed that video.

  • Feel free to subscribe to the Slow Mo Guys.

  • And we'll see you in the next episode of the "Super Slow Show."

  • Yeah.

  • Whoa!

  • You all right there?

  • Hello. Gav here.

  • I'm Dan.

  • Click here to watch Dan get slammed by pro wrestlers.

  • I have no memory of that.

  • You may have landed on your head just a bit.

  • Is that why I woke up in the woods?

  • No comment.

Why is a piano the classic thing

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