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Transcript: Did I Really See That?
An animated question mark mono cycles outside Zoey’s house holding a flag with the logo of the show: a magnifying glass with a question mark inside.
In the attic, Zoey focuses the camera towards her and starts dancing around as animated stickers appear on the screen.
Zoey is around 12, with long wavy brown hair in a half ponytail. She wears a printed red dress, a denim vest, a beaded necklace and a watch.
(music plays)
Music grabs a ukulele and starts playing and sings a song as other Zoeys appear behind her doing different things.
The song goes MY NAME IS ZOEY
AND THIS IS MY SHOW
I'M FINDING STUFF OUT
THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
JUST ASK ME A QUESTION
THAT I DON'T KNOW
THAT'S WHY "FINDING STUFF OUT."
IS THE NAME OF MY SHOW
Several kids pop up in frames of different shapes and colours.
The title Finding Stuff Out, where the letter O is replaced by a magnifying glass, appears several times on the screen.
The song continues SO JUST GIVE ME A SHOUT
AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT
WITH THE HELP
OF SOME FRIENDS
On her laptop screen roll different clips that show Zoey and her friends doing different activities as animated characters roll over the screen.
The song continues AND THE FUN NEVER ENDS
ON "FINDING STUFF OUT"
FINDING STUFF OUT
FINDING STUFF OUT
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
YEAH
As she plays the ukulele, animated musical notes jumps up and down the screen.
Dressed as a magician, Zoey says HELLO. AND WELCOME
TO
FINDING STUFF OUT.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH AND
LISTEN CLOSELY TODAY.
YOUR EYES MAY FOOL YOU.
YOUR EARS MAY TRICK YOU.
YOUR MIND ITSELF MAY
DECEIVE YOU.
BECAUSE TODAY'S EPISODE IS
ALL ABOUT... FOOLING THE BRAIN.
MWAHAHA!
She whips her wand and disappears.
She reappears and says I GOT THE IDEA OF A MIND-
BOBBLING, MYSTERIOUS EPISODE
FROM A QUESTION I RECEIVED
FROM ALESSIA.
WAIT, WHERE'S MY REMOTE? OH.
She looks inside her hat and says GOT IT.
She clicks on the remote and a girl appears inside a frame on a screen behind her.
Alessia says HOW DO ILLUSIONS OCCUR?
WELL, ALESSIA,
Inside a blade box, Zoey says I DON'T KNOW.
BUT BY THE END OF THE SHOW
I'LL FIND OUT
WHY ILLUSIONS OCCUR AND
WHY THEY FOOL OUR SENSES.
OW. MY TOE'S ITCHY.
MOM! CAN YOU COME HERE
A MINUTE?
I DON'T THINK
SHE HEARD ME.
UGH. I HATE IT
WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
She whips her wand and appears in one piece out of the box.
Zoey says OH, YEAH.
She scratches her toe with the wand and says THAT'S BETTER.
AN ILLUSION IS SOMETHING
THAT CAN FOOL YOUR SENSES.
IT CAN BE VISUAL,
LIKE A MAGIC TRICK.
She grabs a fake feet and says FOOLED YA!
IT CAN ALSO TRICK
YOUR OTHER SENSES,
LIKE YOUR SENSE OF TOUCH
AND HEARING.
IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'RE GOING
TO MEET A PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN
WHO'S GOING TO SHOW US
A FEW ILLUSIONS.
BUT FIRST, VICTOR ASKED ME
ABOUT ANIMAL ILLUSIONS.
A boy with brown hair pops up on the screen and says HOW DO ANIMALS USE CAMOUFLAGE?
Zoey says I FOUND OUT THAT LOTS OF
ANIMALS CREATE ILLUSIONS
USING CAMOUFLAGE.
IT'S A WAY OF HIDING BY BLENDING
IN WITH YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
ANIMALS DO IT TO AVOID
BEING EATEN
OR TO SNEAK UP
ON THEIR PREY.
Zoey sings a song that says ANIMAL MAGICIANS
THEY CAN FOOL YOUR EYE
CHANGING SHAPE OR COLOR
LIKE THOSE SNEAKY OCTOPI
SOME USE CAMOUFLAGE SO THAT
THEY LOOK LIKE OTHER THINGS
SOME HAVE SCARY EYEBALLS THAT
AREN'T REAL ON THEIR WINGS
SOME CAMOUFLAGE TO HIDE
FROM CREATURES
THEY DON'T WANNA MEET
BUT SOME USE IT TO SNEAK UP ON
THE ONES THEY LIKE TO EAT
SO WHEN YOU SEE
MAGICIANS PULLING RABBITS
FROM THEIR HATS
REMEMBER BUNNIES HAVE
THEIR TRICKS AND TOO CAN
PLAY AT THAT
Zoey says SOME ANIMALS USE ILLUSIONS
TO TRICK OTHER ANIMALS,
BESIDES CAMOUFLAGE.
YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY ZEBRAS
ARE BLACK AND WHITE
SINCE WHERE THEY LIVE IS
GREEN, BROWN, AND BEIGE.
WELL, I FOUND OUT THAT LIONS,
WHICH LOVE TO EAT THEM,
ARE COLORBLIND.
THAT MEANS LIONS CAN ONLY SEE
BLACK, WHITE, AND GREY.
THEY CAN SEE THE ZEBRAS,
BUT THE STRIPES CONFUSE THEM.
WHEN ZEBRAS ALL RUN TOGETHER
IN A HERD, THE LIONS SEE THIS.
An animation shows black and white stripes overlapping.
Zoey says THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT
THE ZEBRAS' SIZE, SHAPE,
SPEED, AND DIRECTION.
An animated lion wipes its eyes and says WOAH!
Zoey says THAT MAKES IT REALLY HARD
FOR THE LION TO CATCH
ONE SINGLE ZEBRA.
AND ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
PEOPLE COPIED THIS IDEA ON SHIPS
CALLED "DAZZLE SHIPS."
THEIR STRIPY PAINT JOB
CONFUSED SUBMARINE CAPTAINS
TRYING TO AIM TORPEDOES
AT THEM.
BECAUSE, JUST LIKE ZEBRAS,
THE DAZZLE SHIPS' STRIPES
MADE IT HARD TO TELL
SPEED AND DIRECTION.
NOW HERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT
ANOTHER KIND OF ILLUSION.
A girl named Emanuela pops up and says IS IT TRUE THAT THIRSTY PEOPLE
IN THE DESERT SEE WATER
THAT ISN'T THERE?
Zoey says I FOUND OUT IT'S TRUE.
IN THE DESERT, SOMETIMES
YOU SEE WATER WHEN THERE'S NONE.
IT'S CALLED A MIRAGE.
An animated explorer gasps and says WATER!
He runs towards the oasis and jumps in what he thinks is water.
He lands in sand and says HUH?
Zoey says A MIRAGE IS
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
IN THE DESERT
WHERE IT'S HOT,
THE AIR NEAR THE GROUND
GETS HEATED UP.
WHEN LIGHT TRAVELS
FROM THE COLD AIR ABOVE
INTO THE WARM AIR
IT GETS BENT.
WE'RE USED TO SEEING AIR
TRAVELLING IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
SO WHEN WE SEE
THE LIGHT GET BENT,
IT LOOKS LIKE
A POOL OF WATER.
He sees a camel drinking from a pool and says NAH.
Zoey says OF COURSE,
SOMETIMES THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE
THEY ARE THERE REALLY ARE THERE.
BUT IF YOUR BRAIN HAS BEEN
TRICKED BEFORE,
IT MIGHT JUST THINK
YOU'RE BEING TRICKED AGAIN.
HM.
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT,
SOMETIMES THERE REALLY IS WATER
IN THE DESERT.
The explorer falls in the pool.
Zoey says IT'S CALLED AN "OASIS."
The camel says HA, HA, HA, HA, HA.
Zoey says NOW HERE'S A QUESTION
FROM JENNA.
A girl with glasses pops up and says WHY DO OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
TRICK YOUR BRAIN?
Zoey says TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
I'VE COME HERE
TO THE WORKSHOP OF
PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN
AND MASTER OF ILLUSIONS,
PROFESSOR WICK.
COME ON.
He enters a house full of trick props and says PROFESSOR WICK...
HMM...
She lifts a metal lid from a prop and Professor Wick’s head appears. He’s in his late forites and has short wavy gray hair.
He says HI, ZOEY. HOW ARE YOU?
Zoey says GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
Professor Wick says WELL, ACTUALLY,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M FEELING A LITTLE
BIT LIGHTHEADED.
Zoey says I'M NOT SURPRISED.
YOU LOOK A LITTLE LIGHTHEADED.
(PROF. WICK LAUGHS)
Zoey says IN FACT... I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO BREAK IT TO HIM.
PROFESSOR WICK,
YOU DON'T HAVE A BODY.
Professor Wick says WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S ALL AN ILLUSION.
A GRAND ILLUSION CREATED
BY A REFLECTION.
Zoey says HOW DO ILLUSIONS TRICK
YOUR BRAIN?
Professor Wick says TELL YOU WHAT. I'M JUST GONNA
GET MY HEAD BACK IN ORDER HERE.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW ILLUSIONS TRICK THE BRAIN.
Zoey stands in front of an illuminated bull’s eye window prop.
Zoey says SO, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LIGHTS
GO ON FOREVER,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE
YOUR WORKSHOP
DOESN'T GO ON FOREVER
BEHIND THIS WALL.
OR DOES IT?
Professor Wick says NOPE. IT DOESN'T.
IF YOU LOOK VERY CAREFULLY
ON THE SIDE,
YOU'LL SEE HOW THIN
IT ACTUALLY IS.
Zoey says WOW.
Professor Wick says YOU SEE?
YET IT LOOKS LIKE
IT GOES ON AND ON.
Zoey says YEAH.
Professor Wick says NOW WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.
I'M GONNA TAKE IT OFF.
He removes the front glass and reveals a mirror and a led stripe all around it.
Zoey says WOAH.
Professor Wick says AND THERE IT IS.
Zoey says OH! YEAH.
Professor Wick says YOU SEE? ONE SET OF LIGHTS.
A MIRROR.
RIGHT THERE. AND THIS IS
ACTUALLY A MIRROR AS WELL.
AND AS SOON AS YOU PUT IT
ON THERE, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
WHEN TWO MIRRORS ARE
FACING EACH OTHER,
THE IMAGE IS REPEATED OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
OKAY. CHECK THIS OUT.
He holds a picture of Zoey upside down and says WHO IS THAT PHOTOGRAPH OF?
Zoey says YEAH. IT'S ME.
Professor Wick says IT'S YOU.
NOW CHECK OUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I TURN IT RIGHT SIDE UP.
Zoey says OH MY GOODNESS!
Everything in the picture flips but Zoey’s eyes and mouth.
Zoey says THAT'S SO WEIRD.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Professor Wick says PRETTY WEIRD, RIGHT?
(PROF. WICK LAUGHS)
WE TOOK A PICTURE OF YOU,
AND THEN WE TOOK YOUR EYES
AND YOUR MOUTH
AND TURNED THEM UPSIDE DOWN.
WHEN THE ENTIRE PICTURE IS
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, LIKE THAT,
YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T
REGISTER THE FACT
THAT YOUR EYES AND MOUTH
ARE UPSIDE DOWN.
IT LOOKS PERFECTLY NORMAL.
They now stand next to a board with colour names in different colours.
Professor Wick says HERE WE HAVE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF WORDS.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
Zoey says YEAH.
Professor Wick says WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS,
AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN,
FROM HERE ALL THE WAY ACROSS,
I WANT YOU TO SAY THE COLOR OF
THE WORD. DON'T READ THE WORD.
Zoey says SURE.
Professor Wick says GO AHEAD.
Zoey says GREEN. RED. BLACK. BLUE.
PINK. RED. BLACK. RED.
YELLOW. YELLOW. GREEN.
BLUE. BLUE. ORANGE. BRO...
RED. GREEN. PINK. YELLOW.
Professor Wick says WAY BETTER THAN I COULD
EVER DO IT.
Zoey says I MEAN, IT WAS HARD BECAUSE
YOU ALREADY KNOW THE WORD,
AND IT'S LIKE, "UGH. I GOTTA PUT
THE OTHER WORD FIRST."
Professor Wick says OR THE COLOR.
Zoey says YEAH, THE COLOR.
Professor Wick says YOUR BRAIN CAN PROCESS A WORD
MUCH FASTER THAN IT CAN
PROCESS A COLOR.
SO WHILE YOU'RE STRUGGLING
TO SAY THE COLOR,
YOUR BRAIN HAS ALREADY GOT THE
WORD AND IT WANTS TO SAY IT.
SO NOW, ZOEY, I HAVE ONE MORE
SPECIAL ILLUSION FOR YOU.
He disappears.
Zoey says PROFESSOR WICK?
Professor Wick says I'LL SHOW YOU LATER...
Zoey says OH WELL.
THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA FOR...
(FANFARE)
In animation, Zoey flexes his arm, and then picks up the whole Earth and spins it.
A caption reads "My great challenge."
Zoey says MY GREAT CHALLENGE!
Zoey stands in the attic with two boys.
Zoey says HI, GUYS. WELCOME TO MY SHOW,
CAIDEN AND DAVID.
Caiden is in his early teens, he has short curly brown hair and wears gray sweatpants and a red T-shirt.
David is in his early teens. He has straight brown hair that is short in the front, long in the back and shaven on the sides. He wears black Bermuda shorts and a white T-shirt.
Zoey says ARE YOU READY TO FOOL PEOPLE?
The boys say YEAH!
Zoey says CAIDEN AND DAVID ARE LEARNING
TO BE MAGICIANS,
AND THEY'VE PRACTICED A
FEW TRICKS FOR THIS CHALLENGE.
TO JUDGE YOU GUYS,
I'VE INVITED SWAPNA.
Swapna appears from behind curtains.
She’s in her twenties, with long wavy brown hair and wears black trousers and a sleeveless burgundy shirt.
Swapna says HI, ZOEY.
HEY, GUYS.
They say HI.
Caiden says NICE TO MEET YOU.
Swapna says YOU KNOW WHAT?
I FORGOT MY NOTES.
LET ME GO GRAB THEM.
Zoey says OKAY.
Swapna goes behind the curtains and appears from the other side.
She says I'M BACK.
David says AGH!
Caiden says WOAH!
David says WOAH, WHERE WERE YOU?
Zoey says IS THIS AN ILLUSION?
David says IS THERE A...
OH, YEAH. THERE'S A...
Swapna appears from behind the curtains and says THIS IS MY TWIN SISTER,
SANDHYA.
Sandhya says HI, ZOEY.
HI, GUYS.
They say HI.
Swapna says WE STUDY THE SAME THING.
WE STUDY BRAIN INJURIES
AND HOW THE BRAIN WORKS.
Sandhya says AND WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC
ON THE SIDE.
Zoey says COOL. I GUESS THERE'S GOING
TO BE TWO JUDGES THEN.
PLEASE WELCOME,
MAGICIAN DAVID.
David appears from behind the curtains and says OH, YEAH!
YOU SEE THREE DICE.
NOW I'M GOING TO PUT ONE
IN MY HAND.
THE SECOND ONE IN MY HAND.
THE THIRD ONE IN MY POCKET.
HOW MANY DO I HAVE LEFT?
Zoey says TWO?
David drops 3 dices on the table and says YOU'RE WRONG.
LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
ONE IN MY HAND.
SECOND ONE IN MY HAND.
THE THIRD ONE IN MY POCKET.
HOW MANY DO I HAVE LEFT?
Zoey says THREE?
David says OKAY.
NOW I'M GOING TO PUT ONE
IN MY HAND. ONLY ONE, OKAY?
AND THE TWO OTHER ONES
IN MY POCKET.
HOW MANY DO
I HAVE LEFT?
Zoey says ONE.
The dice now has changes colours.
David says YOU'RE RIGHT.
Zoey says WAIT, WHY IS IT RED?
David says MAGIC.
(LAUGHS AND APPLAUSE)
Zoey says PLEASE WELCOME,
MAGICIAN CAIDEN!
(APPLAUSE)
Caiden says SO I HAVE A SHOELACE
THAT I TIED TOGETHER.
AND I HAVE MY FINGER RING.
SO I'M JUST GOING
TO TAKE THAT OFF.
AND I'M JUST GOING
TO HOLD IT IN A LOOP.
He throws the ring through the loop and now the ring is tied to the shoelace.
Zoey says WHAT! HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
Caiden says I CAN'T TELL YOU.
BUT I CAN SHOW YOU
ANOTHER TRICK.
Zoey says SURE.
Caiden says I HAVE A NORMAL
PACK OF CARDS.
SO JUST TRY
SHUFFLING THE DECK.
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THE DECK
AND PUT IT THERE. OKAY.
JUST CUT WHEREVER YOU WANT.
YOU GOT IT?
NOW TAKE THE CARD,
RIGHT THERE,
AND LOOK AT IT.
DON'T SHOW ME WHAT IT IS.
An animated 4 of clubs appears on screen.
Caiden says SO JUST PUT YOUR CARD
DOWN ON THE PACK.
LIKE THIS.
DON'T SHOW ME WHAT IT IS.
Zoey opens her hand facing upwards.
Caiden says OKAY. THERE YOU GO.
NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH
THE WHOLE DECK.
PUT YOUR HAND OUT LIKE THIS.
NOW I CAN SENSE THE WARMTH
FROM YOUR HAND
AND FIND OUT THAT
YOUR CARD IS...
THE FOUR OF CLUBS.
(APPLAUSE)
Zoey says OKAY, JUDGES. WHAT DID YOU THINK
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS?
Sandhya says BOTH MAGICIANS DID
AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO CHOOSE.
Swapna says DAVID, WE REALLY LIKED HOW YOU
CHANGED THE COLOR OF THE DICE.
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
Sandhya says AND CAIDEN,
BOTH OF YOUR TRICKS,
THE LACE TRICK AND THE CARD
TRICK, WERE SO WELL DONE.
WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
HOW YOU DID IT.
Swapna says BUT IN THE END,
BY A VERY SLIGHT MARGIN,
WE THINK THAT CAIDEN HAS WON.
(DAVID APPLAUDS)
Zoey says CONGRATULATIONS, CAIDEN.
Caiden says THANK YOU.
Zoey says WHAT WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING
THING ABOUT PERFORMING
YOUR ILLUSION?
Caiden says THE CHALLENGING TRICK, I FOUND,
WAS THE RING AND THE LACE.
IT'S A TRICK THAT NOBODY ELSE
HAS PERFORMED.
AND I WAS REALLY KIND OF SCARED
THAT IT WOULD GO WRONG.
Zoey says DAVID, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
David says IT WAS WHEN I HAD TO CHANGE
THE COLOR OF THE DICE.
I WAS SCARED THAT YOU WOULD SEE
HOW I DID IT.
Zoey says WELL, THANKS FOR BEING
ON MY SHOW
AND HELPING ME FIND STUFF OUT
ABOUT HOW ILLUSIONS
TRICK YOUR EYES.
BUT NOT EVERY ILLUSION'S
ABOUT TRICKING YOUR EYES,
AS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS QUESTION
FROM STEFANO.
A boy with glasses pops up on the screen and says WHAT IS A PLACEBO?
In animation, two pirates sail to the end of the Earth and fall down.
Pirates say ARGH! ARGH! ARGH!
Dressed as a man form the 19th century, Zoey says GATHER 'ROUND, FOLKS.
DO YOU SUFFER FROM
FROSTBITE, SORE THROAT,
TOOTHACHE, BRUISES,
AND SWELLING?
THEN STEP RIGHT UP
AND BUY A BOTTLE
OF CLARK STANLEY'S
SNAKE OIL LINIMENT.
MADE ONLY WITH THE VENOM
OF THE BIGGEST, MEANEST,
RATTLE-IEST RATTLESNAKES.
MY LINIMENT WILL CURE
ANYTHING.
WHO WANTS TO BE THE FIRST
TO BUY IT? YOU, SIR?
WHAT ABOUT YOU, MA'AM?
CLARK STANLEY'S SNAKE OIL.
Zoey says MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
CLARK STANLEY SOLD
THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES
OF HIS SO-CALLED SNAKE OIL.
I FOUND OUT THAT, EVENTUALLY,
SNAKE OIL WAS TESTED.
AND GUESS WHAT! THERE WAS
NO MEDICINE IN IT AT ALL.
AND NOT EVEN SNAKE VENOM.
IT WAS ALL A TRICK.
BUT PEOPLE BOUGHT IT...
AND THOUGHT IT CURED THEM.
THAT'S AN ILLUSION KNOWN AS
THE PLACEBO EFFECT.
IT'S WHEN YOU THINK
YOU FEEL BETTER
EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T
REALLY TAKE REAL MEDICINE.
NEW MEDICINES NEED TO BE TESTED
TO SEE IF THEY WORK.
HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE TESTS
ARE GIVEN THE NEW MEDICINE.
THE OTHER HALF ARE GIVEN
THE PLACEBO,
WHICH DOESN'T HAVE
ANY DRUGS AT ALL.
SURPRISINGLY,
A LOT OF THE TIME,
THE PEOPLE TAKING THE PLACEBO
THINK IT MAKES THEM FEEL BETTER.
PLACEBOS AREN'T THE ONLY
TYPE OF ILLUSIONS
THAT TRICK YOUR SENSES
OTHER THAN YOUR EYES.
SANDHYA AND SWAPNA HAVE
A FEW TRICKS UP THEIR SLEEVES.
Sandhya says SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GONNA DO
IS CALLED THE MCGURK EFFECT.
Swapna says SO THIS ILLUSION SHOWS US THAT
WE CAN'T ALWAYS TRUST OUR EARS.
SO, OKAY.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU HEAR
WHEN MY SISTER SAYS THIS...
Sandhya says BAR, BAR, BAR, BAR.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
Zoey says BAR.
Swapna says NOW THIS TIME JUST WATCH ME
WHILE MY SISTER TALKS.
Swapna moves her mouth as Sandhya says BAR, BAR, BAR,
BAR, BAR, BAR.
Swapna says WHAT DID YOU HEAR THIS TIME?
Zoey says I HEARD FAR.
Sandhya says AH. THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT.
YOU HEARD BAR.
Zoey says ARE YOU SURE?
Sandhya says YEAH.
YOU SAW HER MOUTH FORM THE WORD
"FAR," AND THAT TRICKED
YOUR BRAIN INTO THINKING
YOU WERE HEARING THAT WORD TOO.
FAR, FAR, FAR.
Swapna says WHAT YOU SEE CAN CHANGE
WHAT YOU HEAR.
Zoey says COOL.
Swapna says SO OUR NEXT ILLUSION RELIES
ON TWO OF YOUR SENSES:
TASTE AND YOUR SENSE OF SMELL.
Sandhya says OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU
TO CLOSE YOUR EYES.
PINCH YOUR NOSE SHUT
SO YOU'RE ONLY BREATHING
THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
A JELLY BEAN.
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK
THE FLAVOR IS.
IS IT LEMON?
Swapna says HMM...
NOT EXACTLY. OKAY.
NOW I WANT YOU TO JUST LET GO
OF YOUR NOSE AND KEEP CHEWING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS NOW?
Zoey says IS IT ORANGE?
Sandhya says YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS,
WHEN YOUR NOSE WAS BLOCKED,
YOU'RE ONLY RELYING
ON YOUR TASTE RECEPTORS,
WHICH ALONE AREN'T
NECESSARILY ENOUGH.
Zoey says I GUESS YOU TRICKED ME AGAIN.
Sandhya says NOW THIS IS SOMETHING CALLED
THE RUBBER HAND ILLUSION.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS
A RUBBER HAND,
RIGHT ON FRONT OF YOU,
ZOEY.
Swapna says AND WE'VE PUT YOUR ACTUAL HAND
ON THIS SIDE OF THE SCREEN,
Sandhya says SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO FOCUS
ON THE RUBBER HAND. OKAY?
Swapna says OKAY, SO NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
IS TRY AND CONNECT
WHAT YOU FEEL
WITH YOUR ACTUAL HAND,
WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE,
WITH THE RUBBER HAND,
WHICH YOU CAN SEE,
SO YOU START TO FEEL LIKE
IT'S YOUR OWN.
Each of the sisters brushes both real and rubber hands with paint brushes.
Sandhya says SO, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
Zoey says OKAY.
They suddenly stop brushing and Sandhya grabs a hammer and bands the rubber hand.
Zoey says OW! WAIT...
Sandhya says HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?
Zoey says WEIRD.
IT'S LIKE I FELT IT.
Sandhya says SO WITH THE RUBBER HAND,
WE WERE ABLE TO AFFECT
YOUR SENSE OF WHERE YOUR BODY
AND BODY PARTS ARE.
SO, NORMALLY, WITH YOUR HAND
YOU'RE ABLE TO SENSE WHERE IT IS
USING YOUR SENSE OF SIGHT
AND YOUR SENSE OF TOUCH.
BUT WITH THE RUBBER HAND,
WE MESSED WITH HOW YOU WERE ABLE
TO COMBINED THOSE SENSES
AND HAD YOU CONNECT
WITH THE RUBBER HAND.
Swapna says YOUR SENSE OF SIGHT IS
A POWERFUL SENSE.
Zoey says SO FOR THIS NEXT ILLUSION,
I'M GOING TO BE A GUINEA PIG,
AND EVERYBODY ELSE AT HOME CAN
JOIN IN AND BE GUINEA PIGS TOO.
Swapna says STAND RIGHT UP AGAINST
THIS WALL HERE.
TAKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND
AND PUSH AGAINST THE WALL
AS THOUGH YOU'RE TRYING
TO PUSH IT AWAY.
AND KEEP DOING THAT
FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS.
Sandhya says OKAY. TIME'S UP. YOU CAN
STEP AWAY FROM THE WALL,
AND YOU'LL FIND THAT
YOUR ARM STARTS TO RISE.
LOOK! YOUR ARM'S FLOATING.
Zoey says WHAT! HOW IS THAT HAPPENING?
Sandhya says SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, AFTER A
LONG PERIOD OF VOLUNTARY PUSHING
WE SEE INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT.
HYPNOTISTS HAVE USED THIS TO TRY
AND MAKE THEIR SUBJECTS BELIEVE
THEY'RE BEING CONTROLLED.
Zoey says I ASKED MY FIENDS IF ANY
OF THEIR SENSES TRICK THEM,
AND HERE'S WHAT THEY SAID.
A caption reads "Ask a friend."
A girl with wavy brown hair says I WAS SLEEPING,
AND WHEN I WOKE UP,
I SAW SOMETHING POPPING OUT
OF THE WINDOW.
AND I THINK IT WAS A ZOMBIE
OR SOMETHING CREEPY,
SO I WENT TO MY MOM'S
AND DAD'S ROOM TO GET A HUG.
AND I CAME BACK
AND IT WASN'T THERE,
SO MY BRAIN REALLY TRICKED ME.
A boy with wavy blond hair says I SAW A FLYING COW
WITH A TACO ON ITS HEAD.
(KIDS LAUGHING)
IT'S TRUE.
A girl with glasses says I WAS GOING INTO MY ROOM
AND I THOUGHT I SAW
MY SISTER LYING ON MY BED,
AND THEN I BLINKED,
AND THEN SHE WASN'T
THERE ANYMORE.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS MAGIC.
Zoey says SO, SO FAR WE'VE SEEN...... HEARD, AND FELT...
A LOT OF ILLUSIONS.
BUT SOME ARE PART OF
OUR EVERYDAY LIFE,
AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT.
LIKE, RIGHT NOW.
The image turns to black and white and back to colour.
Zoey says LOOKING AT ME.
WHAT A CONCEPT.
I'M JUST AN ILLUSION!?
HEAD'S GETTING WARM.
HOW CAN I BE AN ILLUSION?
HANG ON! AGH!
In animation, Zoe’s head explodes.
A caption reads "You’re gonna make my head explode."
Zoey says YOU THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME
IN ONE CONTINUOUS ACTION, RIGHT?
BUT GUESS WHAT...
THIS IS A MOVIE FILM.
FILM AND VIDEO ARE ACTUALLY
JUST A BUNCH OF STILL PICTURES.
BY SHOWING THEM ONE AFTER
THE OTHER REALLY FAST,
YOU CREATE THE ILLUSION
OF MOTION.
WANT TO TRY IT YOURSELF?
THEN IT'S TIME FOR...
In animation, Zoey waves from the front door of the house, which rises on robot legs and walks away.
A caption reads "Do try this at home."
Zoey says EMMA AND MARCO ARE CREATING
THEIR OWN MOVIES
BY MAKING FLIP-BOOKS.
Emma is around 10, with long straight fair hair in a half ponytail. She wears glasses and a sleeveless denim shirt.
Marco is around 11, with short blond hair and wears glasses and a blue camouflage polo shirt.
Marco says I'M DRAWING THE MAN
THAT WALKED A TIGHTROPE
BETWEEN THE TWO TOWERS OF THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER BACK IN 1974.
Emma says OH. THAT'S COOL.
Marco says WHAT ARE YOU DRAWING?
Emma says I'M DRAWING SOMEONE
THAT'S BLOWING UP A BALLOON,
AND THEN IT EXPLODES
IN THEIR FACE.
(KIDS LAUGH)
Marco says THAT'S FUNNY.
Zoey says THE WAY IT WORKS IS YOU DO
A SIMPLE DRAWING ON ONE PAGE,
AND DO A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
DRAWING ON THE NEXT PAGE,
AND DO A WHOLE BUNCH
OF PAGES LIKE THAT.
FLIP-BOOKS WORK BECAUSE OF
THE SAME OPTICAL ILLUSION
AS FILM OR TV.
IT'S LIKE MAKING A VERY SIMPLE
MOVIE OR VIDEO. TRY IT OUT.
Marco says WANNA KNOW HOW I KNOW
HOW TO MOVE MY MAN?
Emma says HOW?
Marco says I PRESS ON THE PICTURE AND LOOK
WHERE HIS LAST FOOT WAS,
AND THEN I MOVE HIS FIRST FOOT
TO WHERE HIS LAST FOOT WAS,
AND THEN IT LOOKS
LIKE HE'S MOVING.
Emma says THAT'S A GOOD TRICK.
ALL I DO IS REALLY LOOK
THROUGH THE PAPER TO SEE
WHERE IT LAST EXPLODED
OR HOW IT BLEW UP,
AND THEN I JUST MAKE IT
A BIT... DOWN.
Marco says SMALLER?
Emma says YEAH.
Zoey says THOSE SOUND LIKE
GOOD WAYS TO DO IT.
LET'S SEE HOW THEY TURN OUT.
WOW! THE LITTLE MAN REALLY LOOKS
LIKE HE'S WALKING ALONG
THE TIGHTROPE.
Emma says YOU WANNA SEE MINE?
Marco says YEAH.
(POPPING NOISE)
Marco says THAT'S FUNNY.
They say BYE, ZOEY.
Zoey says BYE.
I MADE ONE TOO.
Zoey’s flip book shows her pushing the wall and having her arm lift on its own.
Zoey says AND NOW IT'S TIME
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
THAT STARTED OFF
OUR MYSTERIOUS QUEST.
Alessia says HOW DO ILLUSIONS OCCUR?
Zoey says WELL, ALESSIA,
THE BIG ANSWER IS...
She plays the organ and says OUR BRAIN.
OUR BRAINS CAN BE FOOLED
BY THE WAYS THEIR USED
TO SEEING THE WORLD.
LIKE WHEN YOUR BRAIN EXPECTS
LIGHT TO TRAVEL
IN A STRAIGHT LINE,
AND WHEN IT DOESN'T...
The animated explorer says WATER!
Zoey says IT MAKES YOU THINK YOU SEE
WATER IN THE DESERT.
WHEN OTHER THINGS DON'T LOOK THE
WAY YOUR BRAIN EXPECTS THEM TO,
YOU CAN SEE A HEAD
WITH NO BODY...
Professor Wick’s head says HELLO, ZOEY.
HOW ARE YOU?
OR THINK AN ANIMAL IS
A LEAF ON A BRANCH,
OR THINK THAT YOU'RE HEARING...
Sandhya says FAR, FAR, FAR.
Zoey says I HEARD FAR.
Sandhya says YOU HEARD BAR.
Zoey says OR TASTING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S
REALLY THERE.
IS IT LEMON?
OR THAT YOU'RE WATCHING SOMEONE
MOVING ON TELEVISION
WHEN REALLY YOU'RE JUST WATCHING
A SERIES OF STILL IMAGES
THAT YOUR BRAIN THINKS
ARE MOVING IMAGES.
IT CAN EVEN MAKE US THINK
THAT WE ARE SEEING SOMEONE
FLOATING IN THE AIR.
Professor Wick runs a Hoola hoop along Zoey’s floating body.
Zoey says SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR MORE
FINDING STUFF OUT.
Zoey’s mouth flips upside down.
(APPLAUSE)
Captions appear that read "Thanks to everyone who helped me out, Zoey Siewert."
The end credits roll as the "Animal magicians" song plays.
An Apartment 11 Productions.
Produced in association with TVO Kids.
Logo: TVO Kids.
Copyright 2016, 9117-3112 Québec Inc.
Zoey sings ANIMAL MAGICIANS
THEY CAN FOOL YOUR EYE
CHANGING SHAPE OR COLOUR
LIKE THOSE SNEAKY OCTOPI
SOME CAMOUFLAGE TO HIDE
FROM CREATURES THEY DON'T
WANNA MEET
BUT SOME USE IT TO SNEAK UP
ON THE ONES THEY LIKE TO EAT
WHEN YOU SEE MAGICIANS PULLING
RABBITS FROM THEIR HATS
REMEMBER BUNNIES HAVE
THEIR TRICKS AND TOO CAN
PLAY AT THAT.
In the attic, Zoey focuses the camera towards her and starts dancing around as animated stickers appear on the screen.
Zoey is around 12, with long wavy brown hair in a half ponytail. She wears a printed red dress, a denim vest, a beaded necklace and a watch.
(music plays)
Music grabs a ukulele and starts playing and sings a song as other Zoeys appear behind her doing different things.
The song goes MY NAME IS ZOEY
AND THIS IS MY SHOW
I'M FINDING STUFF OUT
THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW
JUST ASK ME A QUESTION
THAT I DON'T KNOW
THAT'S WHY "FINDING STUFF OUT."
IS THE NAME OF MY SHOW
Several kids pop up in frames of different shapes and colours.
The title Finding Stuff Out, where the letter O is replaced by a magnifying glass, appears several times on the screen.
The song continues SO JUST GIVE ME A SHOUT
AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT
WITH THE HELP
OF SOME FRIENDS
On her laptop screen roll different clips that show Zoey and her friends doing different activities as animated characters roll over the screen.
The song continues AND THE FUN NEVER ENDS
ON "FINDING STUFF OUT"
FINDING STUFF OUT
FINDING STUFF OUT
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
YEAH
As she plays the ukulele, animated musical notes jumps up and down the screen.
Dressed as a magician, Zoey says HELLO. AND WELCOME
TO
FINDING STUFF OUT.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH AND
LISTEN CLOSELY TODAY.
YOUR EYES MAY FOOL YOU.
YOUR EARS MAY TRICK YOU.
YOUR MIND ITSELF MAY
DECEIVE YOU.
BECAUSE TODAY'S EPISODE IS
ALL ABOUT... FOOLING THE BRAIN.
MWAHAHA!
She whips her wand and disappears.
She reappears and says I GOT THE IDEA OF A MIND-
BOBBLING, MYSTERIOUS EPISODE
FROM A QUESTION I RECEIVED
FROM ALESSIA.
WAIT, WHERE'S MY REMOTE? OH.
She looks inside her hat and says GOT IT.
She clicks on the remote and a girl appears inside a frame on a screen behind her.
Alessia says HOW DO ILLUSIONS OCCUR?
WELL, ALESSIA,
Inside a blade box, Zoey says I DON'T KNOW.
BUT BY THE END OF THE SHOW
I'LL FIND OUT
WHY ILLUSIONS OCCUR AND
WHY THEY FOOL OUR SENSES.
OW. MY TOE'S ITCHY.
MOM! CAN YOU COME HERE
A MINUTE?
I DON'T THINK
SHE HEARD ME.
UGH. I HATE IT
WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
She whips her wand and appears in one piece out of the box.
Zoey says OH, YEAH.
She scratches her toe with the wand and says THAT'S BETTER.
AN ILLUSION IS SOMETHING
THAT CAN FOOL YOUR SENSES.
IT CAN BE VISUAL,
LIKE A MAGIC TRICK.
She grabs a fake feet and says FOOLED YA!
IT CAN ALSO TRICK
YOUR OTHER SENSES,
LIKE YOUR SENSE OF TOUCH
AND HEARING.
IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'RE GOING
TO MEET A PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN
WHO'S GOING TO SHOW US
A FEW ILLUSIONS.
BUT FIRST, VICTOR ASKED ME
ABOUT ANIMAL ILLUSIONS.
A boy with brown hair pops up on the screen and says HOW DO ANIMALS USE CAMOUFLAGE?
Zoey says I FOUND OUT THAT LOTS OF
ANIMALS CREATE ILLUSIONS
USING CAMOUFLAGE.
IT'S A WAY OF HIDING BY BLENDING
IN WITH YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
ANIMALS DO IT TO AVOID
BEING EATEN
OR TO SNEAK UP
ON THEIR PREY.
Zoey sings a song that says ANIMAL MAGICIANS
THEY CAN FOOL YOUR EYE
CHANGING SHAPE OR COLOR
LIKE THOSE SNEAKY OCTOPI
SOME USE CAMOUFLAGE SO THAT
THEY LOOK LIKE OTHER THINGS
SOME HAVE SCARY EYEBALLS THAT
AREN'T REAL ON THEIR WINGS
SOME CAMOUFLAGE TO HIDE
FROM CREATURES
THEY DON'T WANNA MEET
BUT SOME USE IT TO SNEAK UP ON
THE ONES THEY LIKE TO EAT
SO WHEN YOU SEE
MAGICIANS PULLING RABBITS
FROM THEIR HATS
REMEMBER BUNNIES HAVE
THEIR TRICKS AND TOO CAN
PLAY AT THAT
Zoey says SOME ANIMALS USE ILLUSIONS
TO TRICK OTHER ANIMALS,
BESIDES CAMOUFLAGE.
YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY ZEBRAS
ARE BLACK AND WHITE
SINCE WHERE THEY LIVE IS
GREEN, BROWN, AND BEIGE.
WELL, I FOUND OUT THAT LIONS,
WHICH LOVE TO EAT THEM,
ARE COLORBLIND.
THAT MEANS LIONS CAN ONLY SEE
BLACK, WHITE, AND GREY.
THEY CAN SEE THE ZEBRAS,
BUT THE STRIPES CONFUSE THEM.
WHEN ZEBRAS ALL RUN TOGETHER
IN A HERD, THE LIONS SEE THIS.
An animation shows black and white stripes overlapping.
Zoey says THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT
THE ZEBRAS' SIZE, SHAPE,
SPEED, AND DIRECTION.
An animated lion wipes its eyes and says WOAH!
Zoey says THAT MAKES IT REALLY HARD
FOR THE LION TO CATCH
ONE SINGLE ZEBRA.
AND ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
PEOPLE COPIED THIS IDEA ON SHIPS
CALLED "DAZZLE SHIPS."
THEIR STRIPY PAINT JOB
CONFUSED SUBMARINE CAPTAINS
TRYING TO AIM TORPEDOES
AT THEM.
BECAUSE, JUST LIKE ZEBRAS,
THE DAZZLE SHIPS' STRIPES
MADE IT HARD TO TELL
SPEED AND DIRECTION.
NOW HERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT
ANOTHER KIND OF ILLUSION.
A girl named Emanuela pops up and says IS IT TRUE THAT THIRSTY PEOPLE
IN THE DESERT SEE WATER
THAT ISN'T THERE?
Zoey says I FOUND OUT IT'S TRUE.
IN THE DESERT, SOMETIMES
YOU SEE WATER WHEN THERE'S NONE.
IT'S CALLED A MIRAGE.
An animated explorer gasps and says WATER!
He runs towards the oasis and jumps in what he thinks is water.
He lands in sand and says HUH?
Zoey says A MIRAGE IS
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
IN THE DESERT
WHERE IT'S HOT,
THE AIR NEAR THE GROUND
GETS HEATED UP.
WHEN LIGHT TRAVELS
FROM THE COLD AIR ABOVE
INTO THE WARM AIR
IT GETS BENT.
WE'RE USED TO SEEING AIR
TRAVELLING IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
SO WHEN WE SEE
THE LIGHT GET BENT,
IT LOOKS LIKE
A POOL OF WATER.
He sees a camel drinking from a pool and says NAH.
Zoey says OF COURSE,
SOMETIMES THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE
THEY ARE THERE REALLY ARE THERE.
BUT IF YOUR BRAIN HAS BEEN
TRICKED BEFORE,
IT MIGHT JUST THINK
YOU'RE BEING TRICKED AGAIN.
HM.
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT,
SOMETIMES THERE REALLY IS WATER
IN THE DESERT.
The explorer falls in the pool.
Zoey says IT'S CALLED AN "OASIS."
The camel says HA, HA, HA, HA, HA.
Zoey says NOW HERE'S A QUESTION
FROM JENNA.
A girl with glasses pops up and says WHY DO OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
TRICK YOUR BRAIN?
Zoey says TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
I'VE COME HERE
TO THE WORKSHOP OF
PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN
AND MASTER OF ILLUSIONS,
PROFESSOR WICK.
COME ON.
He enters a house full of trick props and says PROFESSOR WICK...
HMM...
She lifts a metal lid from a prop and Professor Wick’s head appears. He’s in his late forites and has short wavy gray hair.
He says HI, ZOEY. HOW ARE YOU?
Zoey says GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
Professor Wick says WELL, ACTUALLY,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M FEELING A LITTLE
BIT LIGHTHEADED.
Zoey says I'M NOT SURPRISED.
YOU LOOK A LITTLE LIGHTHEADED.
(PROF. WICK LAUGHS)
Zoey says IN FACT... I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO BREAK IT TO HIM.
PROFESSOR WICK,
YOU DON'T HAVE A BODY.
Professor Wick says WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S ALL AN ILLUSION.
A GRAND ILLUSION CREATED
BY A REFLECTION.
Zoey says HOW DO ILLUSIONS TRICK
YOUR BRAIN?
Professor Wick says TELL YOU WHAT. I'M JUST GONNA
GET MY HEAD BACK IN ORDER HERE.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW ILLUSIONS TRICK THE BRAIN.
Zoey stands in front of an illuminated bull’s eye window prop.
Zoey says SO, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LIGHTS
GO ON FOREVER,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE
YOUR WORKSHOP
DOESN'T GO ON FOREVER
BEHIND THIS WALL.
OR DOES IT?
Professor Wick says NOPE. IT DOESN'T.
IF YOU LOOK VERY CAREFULLY
ON THE SIDE,
YOU'LL SEE HOW THIN
IT ACTUALLY IS.
Zoey says WOW.
Professor Wick says YOU SEE?
YET IT LOOKS LIKE
IT GOES ON AND ON.
Zoey says YEAH.
Professor Wick says NOW WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.
I'M GONNA TAKE IT OFF.
He removes the front glass and reveals a mirror and a led stripe all around it.
Zoey says WOAH.
Professor Wick says AND THERE IT IS.
Zoey says OH! YEAH.
Professor Wick says YOU SEE? ONE SET OF LIGHTS.
A MIRROR.
RIGHT THERE. AND THIS IS
ACTUALLY A MIRROR AS WELL.
AND AS SOON AS YOU PUT IT
ON THERE, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.
WHEN TWO MIRRORS ARE
FACING EACH OTHER,
THE IMAGE IS REPEATED OVER
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
OKAY. CHECK THIS OUT.
He holds a picture of Zoey upside down and says WHO IS THAT PHOTOGRAPH OF?
Zoey says YEAH. IT'S ME.
Professor Wick says IT'S YOU.
NOW CHECK OUT WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I TURN IT RIGHT SIDE UP.
Zoey says OH MY GOODNESS!
Everything in the picture flips but Zoey’s eyes and mouth.
Zoey says THAT'S SO WEIRD.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Professor Wick says PRETTY WEIRD, RIGHT?
(PROF. WICK LAUGHS)
WE TOOK A PICTURE OF YOU,
AND THEN WE TOOK YOUR EYES
AND YOUR MOUTH
AND TURNED THEM UPSIDE DOWN.
WHEN THE ENTIRE PICTURE IS
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, LIKE THAT,
YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T
REGISTER THE FACT
THAT YOUR EYES AND MOUTH
ARE UPSIDE DOWN.
IT LOOKS PERFECTLY NORMAL.
They now stand next to a board with colour names in different colours.
Professor Wick says HERE WE HAVE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF WORDS.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
Zoey says YEAH.
Professor Wick says WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS,
AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN,
FROM HERE ALL THE WAY ACROSS,
I WANT YOU TO SAY THE COLOR OF
THE WORD. DON'T READ THE WORD.
Zoey says SURE.
Professor Wick says GO AHEAD.
Zoey says GREEN. RED. BLACK. BLUE.
PINK. RED. BLACK. RED.
YELLOW. YELLOW. GREEN.
BLUE. BLUE. ORANGE. BRO...
RED. GREEN. PINK. YELLOW.
Professor Wick says WAY BETTER THAN I COULD
EVER DO IT.
Zoey says I MEAN, IT WAS HARD BECAUSE
YOU ALREADY KNOW THE WORD,
AND IT'S LIKE, "UGH. I GOTTA PUT
THE OTHER WORD FIRST."
Professor Wick says OR THE COLOR.
Zoey says YEAH, THE COLOR.
Professor Wick says YOUR BRAIN CAN PROCESS A WORD
MUCH FASTER THAN IT CAN
PROCESS A COLOR.
SO WHILE YOU'RE STRUGGLING
TO SAY THE COLOR,
YOUR BRAIN HAS ALREADY GOT THE
WORD AND IT WANTS TO SAY IT.
SO NOW, ZOEY, I HAVE ONE MORE
SPECIAL ILLUSION FOR YOU.
He disappears.
Zoey says PROFESSOR WICK?
Professor Wick says I'LL SHOW YOU LATER...
Zoey says OH WELL.
THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA FOR...
(FANFARE)
In animation, Zoey flexes his arm, and then picks up the whole Earth and spins it.
A caption reads "My great challenge."
Zoey says MY GREAT CHALLENGE!
Zoey stands in the attic with two boys.
Zoey says HI, GUYS. WELCOME TO MY SHOW,
CAIDEN AND DAVID.
Caiden is in his early teens, he has short curly brown hair and wears gray sweatpants and a red T-shirt.
David is in his early teens. He has straight brown hair that is short in the front, long in the back and shaven on the sides. He wears black Bermuda shorts and a white T-shirt.
Zoey says ARE YOU READY TO FOOL PEOPLE?
The boys say YEAH!
Zoey says CAIDEN AND DAVID ARE LEARNING
TO BE MAGICIANS,
AND THEY'VE PRACTICED A
FEW TRICKS FOR THIS CHALLENGE.
TO JUDGE YOU GUYS,
I'VE INVITED SWAPNA.
Swapna appears from behind curtains.
She’s in her twenties, with long wavy brown hair and wears black trousers and a sleeveless burgundy shirt.
Swapna says HI, ZOEY.
HEY, GUYS.
They say HI.
Caiden says NICE TO MEET YOU.
Swapna says YOU KNOW WHAT?
I FORGOT MY NOTES.
LET ME GO GRAB THEM.
Zoey says OKAY.
Swapna goes behind the curtains and appears from the other side.
She says I'M BACK.
David says AGH!
Caiden says WOAH!
David says WOAH, WHERE WERE YOU?
Zoey says IS THIS AN ILLUSION?
David says IS THERE A...
OH, YEAH. THERE'S A...
Swapna appears from behind the curtains and says THIS IS MY TWIN SISTER,
SANDHYA.
Sandhya says HI, ZOEY.
HI, GUYS.
They say HI.
Swapna says WE STUDY THE SAME THING.
WE STUDY BRAIN INJURIES
AND HOW THE BRAIN WORKS.
Sandhya says AND WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC
ON THE SIDE.
Zoey says COOL. I GUESS THERE'S GOING
TO BE TWO JUDGES THEN.
PLEASE WELCOME,
MAGICIAN DAVID.
David appears from behind the curtains and says OH, YEAH!
YOU SEE THREE DICE.
NOW I'M GOING TO PUT ONE
IN MY HAND.
THE SECOND ONE IN MY HAND.
THE THIRD ONE IN MY POCKET.
HOW MANY DO I HAVE LEFT?
Zoey says TWO?
David drops 3 dices on the table and says YOU'RE WRONG.
LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
ONE IN MY HAND.
SECOND ONE IN MY HAND.
THE THIRD ONE IN MY POCKET.
HOW MANY DO I HAVE LEFT?
Zoey says THREE?
David says OKAY.
NOW I'M GOING TO PUT ONE
IN MY HAND. ONLY ONE, OKAY?
AND THE TWO OTHER ONES
IN MY POCKET.
HOW MANY DO
I HAVE LEFT?
Zoey says ONE.
The dice now has changes colours.
David says YOU'RE RIGHT.
Zoey says WAIT, WHY IS IT RED?
David says MAGIC.
(LAUGHS AND APPLAUSE)
Zoey says PLEASE WELCOME,
MAGICIAN CAIDEN!
(APPLAUSE)
Caiden says SO I HAVE A SHOELACE
THAT I TIED TOGETHER.
AND I HAVE MY FINGER RING.
SO I'M JUST GOING
TO TAKE THAT OFF.
AND I'M JUST GOING
TO HOLD IT IN A LOOP.
He throws the ring through the loop and now the ring is tied to the shoelace.
Zoey says WHAT! HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
Caiden says I CAN'T TELL YOU.
BUT I CAN SHOW YOU
ANOTHER TRICK.
Zoey says SURE.
Caiden says I HAVE A NORMAL
PACK OF CARDS.
SO JUST TRY
SHUFFLING THE DECK.
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THE DECK
AND PUT IT THERE. OKAY.
JUST CUT WHEREVER YOU WANT.
YOU GOT IT?
NOW TAKE THE CARD,
RIGHT THERE,
AND LOOK AT IT.
DON'T SHOW ME WHAT IT IS.
An animated 4 of clubs appears on screen.
Caiden says SO JUST PUT YOUR CARD
DOWN ON THE PACK.
LIKE THIS.
DON'T SHOW ME WHAT IT IS.
Zoey opens her hand facing upwards.
Caiden says OKAY. THERE YOU GO.
NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH
THE WHOLE DECK.
PUT YOUR HAND OUT LIKE THIS.
NOW I CAN SENSE THE WARMTH
FROM YOUR HAND
AND FIND OUT THAT
YOUR CARD IS...
THE FOUR OF CLUBS.
(APPLAUSE)
Zoey says OKAY, JUDGES. WHAT DID YOU THINK
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS?
Sandhya says BOTH MAGICIANS DID
AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO CHOOSE.
Swapna says DAVID, WE REALLY LIKED HOW YOU
CHANGED THE COLOR OF THE DICE.
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
Sandhya says AND CAIDEN,
BOTH OF YOUR TRICKS,
THE LACE TRICK AND THE CARD
TRICK, WERE SO WELL DONE.
WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
HOW YOU DID IT.
Swapna says BUT IN THE END,
BY A VERY SLIGHT MARGIN,
WE THINK THAT CAIDEN HAS WON.
(DAVID APPLAUDS)
Zoey says CONGRATULATIONS, CAIDEN.
Caiden says THANK YOU.
Zoey says WHAT WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING
THING ABOUT PERFORMING
YOUR ILLUSION?
Caiden says THE CHALLENGING TRICK, I FOUND,
WAS THE RING AND THE LACE.
IT'S A TRICK THAT NOBODY ELSE
HAS PERFORMED.
AND I WAS REALLY KIND OF SCARED
THAT IT WOULD GO WRONG.
Zoey says DAVID, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
David says IT WAS WHEN I HAD TO CHANGE
THE COLOR OF THE DICE.
I WAS SCARED THAT YOU WOULD SEE
HOW I DID IT.
Zoey says WELL, THANKS FOR BEING
ON MY SHOW
AND HELPING ME FIND STUFF OUT
ABOUT HOW ILLUSIONS
TRICK YOUR EYES.
BUT NOT EVERY ILLUSION'S
ABOUT TRICKING YOUR EYES,
AS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS QUESTION
FROM STEFANO.
A boy with glasses pops up on the screen and says WHAT IS A PLACEBO?
In animation, two pirates sail to the end of the Earth and fall down.
Pirates say ARGH! ARGH! ARGH!
Dressed as a man form the 19th century, Zoey says GATHER 'ROUND, FOLKS.
DO YOU SUFFER FROM
FROSTBITE, SORE THROAT,
TOOTHACHE, BRUISES,
AND SWELLING?
THEN STEP RIGHT UP
AND BUY A BOTTLE
OF CLARK STANLEY'S
SNAKE OIL LINIMENT.
MADE ONLY WITH THE VENOM
OF THE BIGGEST, MEANEST,
RATTLE-IEST RATTLESNAKES.
MY LINIMENT WILL CURE
ANYTHING.
WHO WANTS TO BE THE FIRST
TO BUY IT? YOU, SIR?
WHAT ABOUT YOU, MA'AM?
CLARK STANLEY'S SNAKE OIL.
Zoey says MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
CLARK STANLEY SOLD
THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES
OF HIS SO-CALLED SNAKE OIL.
I FOUND OUT THAT, EVENTUALLY,
SNAKE OIL WAS TESTED.
AND GUESS WHAT! THERE WAS
NO MEDICINE IN IT AT ALL.
AND NOT EVEN SNAKE VENOM.
IT WAS ALL A TRICK.
BUT PEOPLE BOUGHT IT...
AND THOUGHT IT CURED THEM.
THAT'S AN ILLUSION KNOWN AS
THE PLACEBO EFFECT.
IT'S WHEN YOU THINK
YOU FEEL BETTER
EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T
REALLY TAKE REAL MEDICINE.
NEW MEDICINES NEED TO BE TESTED
TO SEE IF THEY WORK.
HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE TESTS
ARE GIVEN THE NEW MEDICINE.
THE OTHER HALF ARE GIVEN
THE PLACEBO,
WHICH DOESN'T HAVE
ANY DRUGS AT ALL.
SURPRISINGLY,
A LOT OF THE TIME,
THE PEOPLE TAKING THE PLACEBO
THINK IT MAKES THEM FEEL BETTER.
PLACEBOS AREN'T THE ONLY
TYPE OF ILLUSIONS
THAT TRICK YOUR SENSES
OTHER THAN YOUR EYES.
SANDHYA AND SWAPNA HAVE
A FEW TRICKS UP THEIR SLEEVES.
Sandhya says SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GONNA DO
IS CALLED THE MCGURK EFFECT.
Swapna says SO THIS ILLUSION SHOWS US THAT
WE CAN'T ALWAYS TRUST OUR EARS.
SO, OKAY.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU HEAR
WHEN MY SISTER SAYS THIS...
Sandhya says BAR, BAR, BAR, BAR.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
Zoey says BAR.
Swapna says NOW THIS TIME JUST WATCH ME
WHILE MY SISTER TALKS.
Swapna moves her mouth as Sandhya says BAR, BAR, BAR,
BAR, BAR, BAR.
Swapna says WHAT DID YOU HEAR THIS TIME?
Zoey says I HEARD FAR.
Sandhya says AH. THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT.
YOU HEARD BAR.
Zoey says ARE YOU SURE?
Sandhya says YEAH.
YOU SAW HER MOUTH FORM THE WORD
"FAR," AND THAT TRICKED
YOUR BRAIN INTO THINKING
YOU WERE HEARING THAT WORD TOO.
FAR, FAR, FAR.
Swapna says WHAT YOU SEE CAN CHANGE
WHAT YOU HEAR.
Zoey says COOL.
Swapna says SO OUR NEXT ILLUSION RELIES
ON TWO OF YOUR SENSES:
TASTE AND YOUR SENSE OF SMELL.
Sandhya says OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU
TO CLOSE YOUR EYES.
PINCH YOUR NOSE SHUT
SO YOU'RE ONLY BREATHING
THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
A JELLY BEAN.
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK
THE FLAVOR IS.
IS IT LEMON?
Swapna says HMM...
NOT EXACTLY. OKAY.
NOW I WANT YOU TO JUST LET GO
OF YOUR NOSE AND KEEP CHEWING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS NOW?
Zoey says IS IT ORANGE?
Sandhya says YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS,
WHEN YOUR NOSE WAS BLOCKED,
YOU'RE ONLY RELYING
ON YOUR TASTE RECEPTORS,
WHICH ALONE AREN'T
NECESSARILY ENOUGH.
Zoey says I GUESS YOU TRICKED ME AGAIN.
Sandhya says NOW THIS IS SOMETHING CALLED
THE RUBBER HAND ILLUSION.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS
A RUBBER HAND,
RIGHT ON FRONT OF YOU,
ZOEY.
Swapna says AND WE'VE PUT YOUR ACTUAL HAND
ON THIS SIDE OF THE SCREEN,
Sandhya says SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO FOCUS
ON THE RUBBER HAND. OKAY?
Swapna says OKAY, SO NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
IS TRY AND CONNECT
WHAT YOU FEEL
WITH YOUR ACTUAL HAND,
WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE,
WITH THE RUBBER HAND,
WHICH YOU CAN SEE,
SO YOU START TO FEEL LIKE
IT'S YOUR OWN.
Each of the sisters brushes both real and rubber hands with paint brushes.
Sandhya says SO, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
Zoey says OKAY.
They suddenly stop brushing and Sandhya grabs a hammer and bands the rubber hand.
Zoey says OW! WAIT...
Sandhya says HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?
Zoey says WEIRD.
IT'S LIKE I FELT IT.
Sandhya says SO WITH THE RUBBER HAND,
WE WERE ABLE TO AFFECT
YOUR SENSE OF WHERE YOUR BODY
AND BODY PARTS ARE.
SO, NORMALLY, WITH YOUR HAND
YOU'RE ABLE TO SENSE WHERE IT IS
USING YOUR SENSE OF SIGHT
AND YOUR SENSE OF TOUCH.
BUT WITH THE RUBBER HAND,
WE MESSED WITH HOW YOU WERE ABLE
TO COMBINED THOSE SENSES
AND HAD YOU CONNECT
WITH THE RUBBER HAND.
Swapna says YOUR SENSE OF SIGHT IS
A POWERFUL SENSE.
Zoey says SO FOR THIS NEXT ILLUSION,
I'M GOING TO BE A GUINEA PIG,
AND EVERYBODY ELSE AT HOME CAN
JOIN IN AND BE GUINEA PIGS TOO.
Swapna says STAND RIGHT UP AGAINST
THIS WALL HERE.
TAKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND
AND PUSH AGAINST THE WALL
AS THOUGH YOU'RE TRYING
TO PUSH IT AWAY.
AND KEEP DOING THAT
FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS.
Sandhya says OKAY. TIME'S UP. YOU CAN
STEP AWAY FROM THE WALL,
AND YOU'LL FIND THAT
YOUR ARM STARTS TO RISE.
LOOK! YOUR ARM'S FLOATING.
Zoey says WHAT! HOW IS THAT HAPPENING?
Sandhya says SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, AFTER A
LONG PERIOD OF VOLUNTARY PUSHING
WE SEE INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT.
HYPNOTISTS HAVE USED THIS TO TRY
AND MAKE THEIR SUBJECTS BELIEVE
THEY'RE BEING CONTROLLED.
Zoey says I ASKED MY FIENDS IF ANY
OF THEIR SENSES TRICK THEM,
AND HERE'S WHAT THEY SAID.
A caption reads "Ask a friend."
A girl with wavy brown hair says I WAS SLEEPING,
AND WHEN I WOKE UP,
I SAW SOMETHING POPPING OUT
OF THE WINDOW.
AND I THINK IT WAS A ZOMBIE
OR SOMETHING CREEPY,
SO I WENT TO MY MOM'S
AND DAD'S ROOM TO GET A HUG.
AND I CAME BACK
AND IT WASN'T THERE,
SO MY BRAIN REALLY TRICKED ME.
A boy with wavy blond hair says I SAW A FLYING COW
WITH A TACO ON ITS HEAD.
(KIDS LAUGHING)
IT'S TRUE.
A girl with glasses says I WAS GOING INTO MY ROOM
AND I THOUGHT I SAW
MY SISTER LYING ON MY BED,
AND THEN I BLINKED,
AND THEN SHE WASN'T
THERE ANYMORE.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS MAGIC.
Zoey says SO, SO FAR WE'VE SEEN...... HEARD, AND FELT...
A LOT OF ILLUSIONS.
BUT SOME ARE PART OF
OUR EVERYDAY LIFE,
AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT.
LIKE, RIGHT NOW.
The image turns to black and white and back to colour.
Zoey says LOOKING AT ME.
WHAT A CONCEPT.
I'M JUST AN ILLUSION!?
HEAD'S GETTING WARM.
HOW CAN I BE AN ILLUSION?
HANG ON! AGH!
In animation, Zoe’s head explodes.
A caption reads "You’re gonna make my head explode."
Zoey says YOU THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME
IN ONE CONTINUOUS ACTION, RIGHT?
BUT GUESS WHAT...
THIS IS A MOVIE FILM.
FILM AND VIDEO ARE ACTUALLY
JUST A BUNCH OF STILL PICTURES.
BY SHOWING THEM ONE AFTER
THE OTHER REALLY FAST,
YOU CREATE THE ILLUSION
OF MOTION.
WANT TO TRY IT YOURSELF?
THEN IT'S TIME FOR...
In animation, Zoey waves from the front door of the house, which rises on robot legs and walks away.
A caption reads "Do try this at home."
Zoey says EMMA AND MARCO ARE CREATING
THEIR OWN MOVIES
BY MAKING FLIP-BOOKS.
Emma is around 10, with long straight fair hair in a half ponytail. She wears glasses and a sleeveless denim shirt.
Marco is around 11, with short blond hair and wears glasses and a blue camouflage polo shirt.
Marco says I'M DRAWING THE MAN
THAT WALKED A TIGHTROPE
BETWEEN THE TWO TOWERS OF THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER BACK IN 1974.
Emma says OH. THAT'S COOL.
Marco says WHAT ARE YOU DRAWING?
Emma says I'M DRAWING SOMEONE
THAT'S BLOWING UP A BALLOON,
AND THEN IT EXPLODES
IN THEIR FACE.
(KIDS LAUGH)
Marco says THAT'S FUNNY.
Zoey says THE WAY IT WORKS IS YOU DO
A SIMPLE DRAWING ON ONE PAGE,
AND DO A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
DRAWING ON THE NEXT PAGE,
AND DO A WHOLE BUNCH
OF PAGES LIKE THAT.
FLIP-BOOKS WORK BECAUSE OF
THE SAME OPTICAL ILLUSION
AS FILM OR TV.
IT'S LIKE MAKING A VERY SIMPLE
MOVIE OR VIDEO. TRY IT OUT.
Marco says WANNA KNOW HOW I KNOW
HOW TO MOVE MY MAN?
Emma says HOW?
Marco says I PRESS ON THE PICTURE AND LOOK
WHERE HIS LAST FOOT WAS,
AND THEN I MOVE HIS FIRST FOOT
TO WHERE HIS LAST FOOT WAS,
AND THEN IT LOOKS
LIKE HE'S MOVING.
Emma says THAT'S A GOOD TRICK.
ALL I DO IS REALLY LOOK
THROUGH THE PAPER TO SEE
WHERE IT LAST EXPLODED
OR HOW IT BLEW UP,
AND THEN I JUST MAKE IT
A BIT... DOWN.
Marco says SMALLER?
Emma says YEAH.
Zoey says THOSE SOUND LIKE
GOOD WAYS TO DO IT.
LET'S SEE HOW THEY TURN OUT.
WOW! THE LITTLE MAN REALLY LOOKS
LIKE HE'S WALKING ALONG
THE TIGHTROPE.
Emma says YOU WANNA SEE MINE?
Marco says YEAH.
(POPPING NOISE)
Marco says THAT'S FUNNY.
They say BYE, ZOEY.
Zoey says BYE.
I MADE ONE TOO.
Zoey’s flip book shows her pushing the wall and having her arm lift on its own.
Zoey says AND NOW IT'S TIME
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
THAT STARTED OFF
OUR MYSTERIOUS QUEST.
Alessia says HOW DO ILLUSIONS OCCUR?
Zoey says WELL, ALESSIA,
THE BIG ANSWER IS...
She plays the organ and says OUR BRAIN.
OUR BRAINS CAN BE FOOLED
BY THE WAYS THEIR USED
TO SEEING THE WORLD.
LIKE WHEN YOUR BRAIN EXPECTS
LIGHT TO TRAVEL
IN A STRAIGHT LINE,
AND WHEN IT DOESN'T...
The animated explorer says WATER!
Zoey says IT MAKES YOU THINK YOU SEE
WATER IN THE DESERT.
WHEN OTHER THINGS DON'T LOOK THE
WAY YOUR BRAIN EXPECTS THEM TO,
YOU CAN SEE A HEAD
WITH NO BODY...
Professor Wick’s head says HELLO, ZOEY.
HOW ARE YOU?
OR THINK AN ANIMAL IS
A LEAF ON A BRANCH,
OR THINK THAT YOU'RE HEARING...
Sandhya says FAR, FAR, FAR.
Zoey says I HEARD FAR.
Sandhya says YOU HEARD BAR.
Zoey says OR TASTING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S
REALLY THERE.
IS IT LEMON?
OR THAT YOU'RE WATCHING SOMEONE
MOVING ON TELEVISION
WHEN REALLY YOU'RE JUST WATCHING
A SERIES OF STILL IMAGES
THAT YOUR BRAIN THINKS
ARE MOVING IMAGES.
IT CAN EVEN MAKE US THINK
THAT WE ARE SEEING SOMEONE
FLOATING IN THE AIR.
Professor Wick runs a Hoola hoop along Zoey’s floating body.
Zoey says SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR MORE
FINDING STUFF OUT.
Zoey’s mouth flips upside down.
(APPLAUSE)
Captions appear that read "Thanks to everyone who helped me out, Zoey Siewert."
The end credits roll as the "Animal magicians" song plays.
An Apartment 11 Productions.
Produced in association with TVO Kids.
Logo: TVO Kids.
Copyright 2016, 9117-3112 Québec Inc.
Zoey sings ANIMAL MAGICIANS
THEY CAN FOOL YOUR EYE
CHANGING SHAPE OR COLOUR
LIKE THOSE SNEAKY OCTOPI
SOME CAMOUFLAGE TO HIDE
FROM CREATURES THEY DON'T
WANNA MEET
BUT SOME USE IT TO SNEAK UP
ON THE ONES THEY LIKE TO EAT
WHEN YOU SEE MAGICIANS PULLING
RABBITS FROM THEIR HATS
REMEMBER BUNNIES HAVE
THEIR TRICKS AND TOO CAN
PLAY AT THAT.
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