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- Hello, I'm Gav. - I'm Dan.
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We're the Slow Mo Guys.
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And this week on the "Super Slow Show,"
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it's all about speed.
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You could say it's FPS versus FPS.
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Feet per second versus frames per second.
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- Genius! If not a little confusing. - Yeah.
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We've got Shaolin Monk throwing a needle through glass.
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We've got a quick-draw champion.
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And we're even splitting some bullets.
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( theme music playing )
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I always appreciate it when someone has
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an incredibly unique talent at one specific task.
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Mmm, yeah.
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Like my ability to take a football to the face.
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You're so good at it.
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I'm quite proud of it, yes.
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Have you heard about the Shaolin Monk skill
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of throwing a needle through a pane of glass?
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It sounds absolutely impossible.
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How would that even work? It's just incredible.
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It must be like the correct transfer of energy, the speed, the angle.
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Everything must have to be perfect.
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I mean, if I was to try it, it would take years.
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I don't think we've got that time.
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But, luckily, we've got three Shaolin Masters with us.
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We've got Master Bruce,
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Master Feng Fei and Master Lil.
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So, Master Bruce, how does it work?
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So what we're gonna be performing for you later is
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what we call a needle through glass.
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It is one of the 72 arts of Shaolin.
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One of the highest, takes of course,
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at least 10 or more years to train.
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- Wow! - A decade.
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What Master Feng Fei is gonna do is basically
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he's gonna concentrate his energy to his hand
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holding a piece of needle.
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He's gonna throw it as if you are throwing dart
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and it's gonna go through the glass,
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and to show you that it actually goes through the glass,
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I'm gonna blow up the balloon.
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I'm gonna put it on the opposite side.
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So when the needle goes through the glass,
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it actually pops the balloon.
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We're gonna use the V2511 on this one,
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because it involves glass.
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Glass breaks very fast.
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And, hopefully, we'll see the needle
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just popping right through.
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Now he's bringing the energy to the diaphragm,
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to the homeland.
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Of course, this takes tremendous--
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many years of practice.
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Anybody could do that.
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But he's breathing in the real energy.
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- Dan, are you nervous? - Yeah.
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About to be a needle go through this.
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Whoa!
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Oh, wow!
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Look at that!
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Oh, wow.
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Oh, my God!
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Did you see the glass move as the needle hit the glass?
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Like it bowed slightly.
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- Oh, did it? - Yeah, I think so.
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Wow.
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Dan: So it's all the fragments of the glass on the other side
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that are popping the balloon.
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Gav: It's crazy that something so light can do that.
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So we've repositioned the V2511 behind the glass to, hopefully,
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get the needle coming towards without the balloon this time.
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- Okay! - That did it.
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Wow.
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That is without the balloon.
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Yep.
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So powerful.
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It just like sticks into the glass for a minute, doesn't it?
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Gav: And even at 28,000 frames a second,
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that crack is like one frame probably.
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Dan: It's really pretty, isn't it?
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All the glass shattering, some really fine.
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Now we have our host, Dan the man, trying
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to throw the needle through glass!
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Let's see if he can do it.
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Why am I holding the glass?
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What you mean, why are you holding the glass?
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What do you mean, what do I mean?
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It don't take any skill to hold the glass.
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Well, because you look good.
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I don't look good, and I don't feel good.
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And I'm gonna get a needle through the thumb.
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- Ready? - Oh, God.
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Try not to get my thumbs or temple.
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Trying putting the balloon a bit lower.
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There you go. All right.
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Aw, bollocks.
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Oh, Dan did a good job! You looked good!
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Look.
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I just didn't throw it...
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You nicked it!
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You made a little mark. That's pretty good.
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How about that? You see that?
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It's right there.
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I just didn't have the right amount of energy.
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Needed more energy to do it.
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Gav: That is a face of pure fear.
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Oh, look at that. He got nervous and started shaking.
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It's scary.
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Dan: You know, I reckon it's your fault
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for holding the glass wrong.
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Look, you're moving it all over the place.
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It was terrifying.
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I was never near your hand.
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I appreciate you not getting that anywhere near my hands.
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Yeah.
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I was ready to pull one out of my thumbnail.
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We really appreciate that.
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I've wanted to see that in slow mo for a long time.
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Well, hope you guys enjoyed it.
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Hopefully, you enjoyed that video.
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Feel free to subscribe to the Slow Mo Guys.
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And we'll see you in the next episode of the "Super Slow Show."
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Well, Dan, it's begun.
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How often do we usually upload?
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Once every three weeks?
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If that. Say once a month maybe.
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Why don't we try 16 a month?
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So 16 times as much work?
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Pretty much.
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Seems reasonable.
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Make sure you subscribe if you don't want to miss it.
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That is a lot of work.
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That's a lot of work.
