I'm Jimmy DiResta, and I'm a maker.
That's a hip way of saying I make things… like this.
Pretty cool, right?
Walk with me.
For years, I made my name as a toy designer in New York City.
Then I realized I don't like the city, I don't like designing toys,
and to be honest with you, I don't really like kids.
It's not like I hate them or anything.
It's just it's, "Check out my little Timmy."
I don't care.
Look at my birds.
So anyway, I quit my job,
I left the city, and I moved upstate to here, my farm.
I got land, I got animals,
and best of all I have this.
The ultimate maker workshop!
Inside, I have every kind of tool and machine imaginable to make things.
Pretty impressive stuff, huh?
Really? You're labeling the table like that's some sort of impress--
"Bag"? We can just--
Okay. Graphics guy trying to be funny.
Can we please get on with it? Anyway…
So I got a call to be on a TV show 'cause I'm a maker celebrity or whatever.
I said, "Sure. Cool." Why not, right?
So I agreed.
Then I found out who I'd be working for.
Jimmy!
-Hi. -Hi!
Jimmy!
Hey, Jimmy.
What do you want?
Okay, Mr. Grouch.
Thirty years of expert build experience, and I'm taking orders from half-pints.
Because misery loves company, I brought my buddies in on it with me.
Say hi, guys.
-Howdy! -Hello!
That's Jackman. He's an engineer, and he plans everything.
It's really annoying, but he's good at it.
That's Derek, my best friend.
Big guy and even bigger softie.
This is Graz.
Good maker, bad jokes.
And Canadian Pat.
Well, your guess is as good as mine.
Let's have some fun.
Together, we'll take pitches on this.
Listen to whatever their dumb little brains can come up with.
The Pig Tripper. It trips the pig.
-Wow. -So a catapult that throws cat poop?
-Yes.
If it's interesting or doable, I'll build it. If not--
Next!
-Next! -No way.
-Next! -Shut up!
-Some builds will be good.
Dino Taco Toilet.
Are you not entertained?
Some builds will be bad.
Graz, I told you the scissors were gonna be too heavy!
Make a bigger handle!
But all of them will be absolutely pointless.
-Yeah! -That is disgusting.
Whoa!
-I want the unicorn to fart! -I can't believe I'm doing this.
-Go, Graz!
Why are we doing this? Because we make things. That's what we do.
-Thought we weren't supposed to have fun. -I'm not having fun!
We're gonna show these kids, if they can dream it up…
I want it to be a guitar boat that floats.
You're onto something there.
…it can be built.
Oh!
That is so cool!
Hey, it might even inspire them to build
outside their little Minecraft -y world, or whatever.
-Do I wanna do it?
Dumbest thing we've ever made.
Not really. But this isn't about me, is it?
-So here we are. -You better get to work!
Funny how their dreams are my nightmare.
Come on, Jimmy. Have some fun.
Whatever.
I've never had a job.
I've only worked for myself, since I was in middle school.
Really? Not even like a paperboy or anything?
-I was a paperboy. -Yeah.
-Sorry. -I was too.
I was a paperboy that instead of delivering papers,
I sat in front of a coffee shop.
-And people came to me to buy papers. -You were a newsie?
Yeah. I was like, "Extra! Extra! Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic."
-Did you really do that? -No.
-We have kids calling in.
So let's get into the kids-calling-in position.
-You guys ready? -Ready.
Let's see our first client.
Hey, guys. What are your names?
My name's Kenzie and…
My name is Kincaid.
-Oh! Oh no. -Oh no.
-Oh, jeez. -Trouble.
-Hi! -Hi. What's your name?
Juliette.
Hi. I'm Eric.
Eric, nice to meet you, buddy. Where do you live?
I live in Pittsburgh.
-Sorry to hear that.
Do you have an invention for us?
It's a smell-transfer machine.
-There's a sniffer right here. -Okay.
-And it suctions up the smell. -Oh God.
So the machine smells the smell and then what does it do with it?
Then it takes some sort of oil or extract that has scent in it,
and it takes them and--
This is way beyond our paygrade.
Got any dumber ideas?
-I do have a simpler idea.
-Perfect. -What is your pitch?
You put a bowl on a conveyor belt,
and there's different toppings, and if you push buttons--
It's like an ice-cream-sundae-making machine?
Yeah. I guess.
Just what all of us fatsos need.
-I'll take two. I'll take two as well.
I'm a kid that loves football, and I usually play with my dad,
but he… he gets tired all the time,
so I want a robot that can play football with me.
You want a robot that he can play football with?
-Do you guys know how to build a robot? -Mm-mm.
-Do you guys know how to play football? -No.
We might have to push this guy onto somebody else.
My second idea is a table, basically.
We can make a table.
There's also a pullout mirror.
-Is that a makeup desk? -I like mirrors.
And then you have a whiteboard.
Can you wipe off the whiteboard? -Well, duh, that's why it's a whiteboard.
-You know what else you can wipe?
We could wipe the screen clean. Watch.
Next!
-Eric, do you know Elon Musk? -Yeah.
Reach out to Elon Musk, he'll make you a whole team of robots.
Ooh.
Okay? All we have here is wood and idiots.
And we're out of wood.
-Next!
Juliette, these four fatsos will jump all over this.
-I want some ice cream. -But I am trying to lose a bit of weight.
-Uh-huh. -You're so cute, adorable, and talented.
Will you allow me to say it's okay to pass on you?
Of course.
-Aw! -What a nice kid.
-Thank you. -Bye.
Normally this is so easy.
Like brothers farting into cups and stuff. I mean, that makes it easy to say no.
We can get ice cream later.
-Hey. What's up, guys? -Hey-oh!
What's your name?
-I'm Theman. -And I'm Jean.
Do you guys like to make things?
-Yes. We like crafting things. -Yes.
One time we made a little house for her Christmas elf.
Right on. We have a Christmas elf. He's right here.
-Yeah. -We call him the elf on the table.
We were gonna put him on the shelf, but it was too high. He got nervous.
That's very funny.
What do you have to pitch metoday?
Well, we have this big problem about cats and--
We have tons of cats. I have seven. She has two.
They poop all in the yard.
-So we want a machine that can fling it. -Robot arm.
-Are we flinging the cats? Throwing the cats or the poop?
That's dark.
-Poop. -Poop. The cat poop.
Throwing the cat poop.
-That's fine. -It picks it up, and it throws it… Whoo!
It yeets it.
-It yeets it?
I'll put it to you straight.
You guys wanna see something that throws cat poop?
Yes.
That's one of the crappiest ideas we've heard all day, but we're interested.
Flinging crap as far as we can.
-That's our wheelhouse. -That's fun.
You guys know what a catapult is?
-Yes. -Yes. Yeah.
This could be a catapoop.
What about a trebuchet? Could we do a trebuchet?
You're from Canada now too?
-Trebuchet. It's a type of catapult. -Learn that at your local Ren fair?
No. I've never been to a Ren fair.
Why are you making things complicated?
It's the superior siege weapon.
Do you know what a trebuchet is?
-No. -Nope.
-That makes eight of us.
All right, all right. So trebpoopchet or a catapoop?
-Which one do you want us to make? -I like both. I just like the name--
Hey! I got an idea.
-Oh boy. -Make both of them.
Both?
Both. And we'll figure out which one's better.
Catapoop or trebpoochet?
All right.
Throw down. Literally.
Me versus you?
-Who can throw the furthest. -Okay.
Hey, Pat. Meow we have a competition.
All right, guys, you're getting your way. We're gonna make two.
Trebpoochet versus catapoop.
-Yes! I love that idea! -Finally!
We're gonna get to work. Thank you.
All right. Trebuchet versus catapult.
-You think you're gonna beat me? -Of course.
Ooh!
All right, let's figure this out. Come on.
-What are the teams? I'd love to work with you, Jimmy.
-So, Derek, me and you and Pat? -Graz. Works for me.
-Versus the young guys. -Team Youth.
-Ha, you guys are gonna die sooner.
I'm gonna design a catapult, and you guys design your piece of junk.
I have a plan already.
-Okay. Go. -Angry old men.
-You guys draw on a piece of paper. -Have fun.
For the catapoop, I have a pretty interesting idea.
It's gonna have like a cup on it, like this.
And that will be the thing that has the litter box with the cat turd ammo in it.
How does it work, you ask?
In the old days, they would take rope, bundles of rope,
and wrap it around the outside of the frame of the catapult.
And then they'd put an arm,
usually a big log or timber or something like that.
They'd stick the wood in the rope, and then they'd twist it back.
Twist it. Yeah.
Twisting the rope creates tension,
and because the rope naturally wants to untwist,
it propels the arm forward as it does so.
But how do you make sure that whatever's at the end flings into the air
and not directly at the ground?
By putting a crossbeam or a brace at the top
that will stop the range of motion of the arm.
Once it hits the brace,
that's where it stops short and throws the cat poop.
All right.
So using the rope's tension and stopping the momentum of the arm
is what we will use to make the cat dung fly.
And then it would shoot like that. Any input?
No. I love it. I think the idea with the rope is great.
-Make it look medieval to intimidate them. -Yeah.
-Trebuchet. -Trebpoochet.
Trebpoochet.
A trebuchet is basically a big triangle with a pivot point.
Why a triangle shape?
'Cause not only is a triangle the sturdiest, strongest geometric shape
when it comes to distribution of weight,
but for a trebuchet it has a flat, strong base for the bottom,
and a fulcrum pivot point at the top, which everything will hinge from.
Okay.
-So that's the throwing arm. -Okay.
There's one short side and one longer side.
On the long side, there's a sling attached that holds the poop.
On the shorter side, we'll attach a counterweight.
And as that counterweight drops, gravity pulls the weight down,
whipping the long side of the arm with the sling under and around,
and at that point, cat poo goes a-flyin'.
Cool. I get it now.
That's just a basic geometry of it. Don't know what we'll make this out of.
I mean, if they go wood, we should probably go steel.
-Super strong? -Make it super strong.
Not only should we win, we should completely crush them.
Yeah.
Let's play.
-Trebuchet time. -We're building a trebuchet.
You're gonna pull "a Jimmy" and make a little model and show me how it works?
I'm gonna play Jimmy.
You're gonna be grumpy, be like, "Check out this model."
"Kids… Ugh."
-It's a very simple machine. -Very.
But it's really important our math checks out.
That means we're gonna take our time and do it right.
Doesn't matter. I just want to win.
-I live to defeat Jimmy. -Yeah.
All I want is his acceptance.
The only way I get that is by defeating him.
Jackman's right.
Obviously, model-making is a very important part of my process.
Since we'll be dealing with a lot of moving parts,
quickly whipping up a small-scale catapult
will expose any potential problems with the design early on. And guess what?
It's gonna work.
Those idiots are still trying to figure out math.
That should be the pivot point there.
That should be the pivot point where our weight wants to sit.
Because this is my design there aren't any problems,
so we're already ahead of the game.
Hey, Jackman, how's it coming? You doing good?
-Yeah. -Yeah, good.
These nerds can take as long they want. We're gonna start actually building.
Oh.
Okay. Now we're actually gonna start building.
We know who's gonna win.
Before we start flinging cat poo, we need to build a sturdy foundation.
I think we're gonna go to here.
That'll give us enough inside the frame.
Let me draw the line on, then you can cut it.
We're taking a bunch of 4x4s and cutting them to create our base frame,
just like the chassis of a car.
Then we'll notch out grooves so we have a place to lay in our axles.
We're putting Canadian Pat's expertise on the lathe to good use.
Let's get medieval on this thing. Yeah!
He's shaving down a couple of 4x4s
and using the roughing gouge to round out the ends,
where we're going to attach the wheels.
We'll bolt in our wooden axles to the side beams…
There you go.
…and now…
…we have a manly, medieval, wooden catapult frame.
While what those guys have over there is a triangle.
Okay, Graz. I think we're ready to start the real trebuchet.
That'll start with making the frame of the sides.
So just a bunch of tube steel, cutting and welding.
-Let's do it. -Let's get started.
Like I said, a trebuchet catapult frame is made of two metal triangles.
Try angles.
Support the weight with angles.
Try triangles.
So we'll be cutting metal tube stock into six ten-foot sections.
Oil me, Jackman.
Triangles.
Cut the ends at angles.
We'll need this thing to absorb a ton of force.
Luckily, there's one shape structurally designed just to do that.
-Triangle.
Triangle.
What's your angle?
We're gonna use a MIG welder to combine the three sides
of the triangle sections.
Then see what we got.
Triangles.
Only one right angle.
Here comes the square.
And lastly, we'll make the necessary measurements to properly align the base.
Oh. Oh.
Then weld it all together.
Triangles.
Our plan wasn't mangled.
Bam.
-That looks great. -I love how simple of a machine this is.
It's beautiful in its simplicity.
That's how people describe me.
Jimmy, how big you thinking for the wheels?
So maybe, uh, like, 27, 28.
-Yeah. I'll do 28 just for easy numbers. -Okay.
Our medieval weapon needs medieval wheels.
So I'm cutting down 4x8 pieces of pine
and stacking two layers on top of each other
in a crisscross fashion.
This will make the wheels strong enough
to support the heavy weight of the catapult as it rolls.
Once I screw the boards together into a solid square,
I'll trace a perfect circle on top of it, using a compass,
then bring it over to the bandsaw to create the smooth rounded edge.
I gotta say, the cavemen really knocked it out of the park with the wheel design.
Not bad for a bunch of hairy, primitive Neanderthals.
Thankfully, mankind has come a long way since those days.
This is awesome.
What we need to do next is to get the rope
and we'll start testing the tension of the rope.
We'll get one of those 4x4s that's gonna be our throwing arm,
and we'll start seeing what we're looking at.
Okay. So let's wrap that around here a few times
and start getting a vibe for how this rope is gonna work.
Here's a quick history lesson.
In the Middle Ages, they used this twisted rope,
also called a torsion bundle, to act as a spring for the catapult.
Let's see what that does.
But even though the catapult is mostly known as a medieval weapon,
this method dates way, way back to 350 BCE, whatever the hell that means.
Okay, get 'em to where you want to go. Let's tie that off on this side.
Yeah. So, like cavemen catapults.
If Netflix didn't tell me to read this fact,
I wouldn't have known it either.
Now, we're gonna test and see what we need.
We definitely need more tension.
-That's why we have the wedge. -Yeah. The wedge is gonna help it.
Since the rope is made up of fabric that can become stretched out,
we have to make sure to keep it taut.
To do that, we put a wedge between the rope and the side beam.
The more the wedge goes in, the tighter the rope's gonna get.
Definitely more tight.
I'm afraid to let this go.
I'm afraid it'll shoot through the window.
-Try it.
Damn. Humans are evil.
Derek, could you imagine I hated somebody so much,
all the way over there, I needed to throw something at them?
-Now you just do it on the Internet.
-Have you seen what they're doing? -Yeah.
They're kind of, uh, a little more ahead of us.
The competition isn't who gets done first.
It's to throw cat poop the furthest.
-Exactly. -I just wanna beat them really badly.
-Stick with me. -All right.
Eventually this trebuchet's gonna generate a ton of force,
so we need to reinforce these joints with thick metal plates known as gussets.
To fabricate them, we're gonna use an industrial plasma cutter.
I made some designs and programed them into the computer.
They're just these triangles here. This one has holes in it.
Our pivot point for the arm is gonna run through that big hole there.
Let's cut some gussets.
One, two, three, do it.
Do it.
I have to hold back my tears right now.
I programed the plasma cutter to make more gussets
that we'll weld to the corners of the frame,
so it doesn't collapse from the force of the weight.
Look at this stack of dimes right here.
With our gussets in place,
we're gonna start fabricating the throwing arm.
The throwing arm will obviously be at the top of our triangle on a pivot bar.
Just imagine Graz here, just less a bearded man or bearded kid…
This is kinda nice.
…and more like a steel beam.
Ready? I'm gonna whip you around.
Oh God.
Jimmy's been making fun of us for being slow,
but with a build like this, it's all about getting the math right.
And because I took my time…
Oh, this is heavy already.
…I know this arm is gonna swing oh so smooth and extra swangy.
Now that we've got the arm in place,
you can really see the advantages of a trebuchet.
Once we add weights,
our trebuchet arm will have a nearly 360 degree range of motion
to build up launch speed.
Compare that to the catapult,
which is limited to about a 90 degree range of motion.
So like I've been saying, the math checks out,
making the trebuchet the superior siege weapon.
This thing's gonna whip.
What we're doing now is putting the big stopper in place,
so that the throwing arm has something to stop against.
And that also is what causes it to launch.
They say that teamwork makes dream work.
I don't know if that's all true across the board,
but I do know that whatever my team's got going on over here,
rivals the stuff that Hollywood makes TV shows about.
Thirty-two and three-quarters. That's close enough.
Top secret. They're top-secret improvements.
I farted in my coverall.
How glad are you that you're not on their team?
I'm standing around watching them do math.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, editor. What's going on here?
This is getting absurd. Can we please get back to the build?
It's… It's gonna be so good.
Oh, hey. I didn't see you there. I…
We're here at the CNC table, and now we're gonna make some wheels.
And I am wheelie excited to tell you about that.
Pun fun!
We're gonna be cutting out circles, stack them together,
and we're gonna have three-inch thick wheels.
And because the trebuchet isn't that exciting-looking,
we put some paws on the outside.
That's pretty cool. Isn't it?
It's simple. I'm gonna load the program, hit start, and it's gonna start cutting.
Let's get going.
Now all we need is a little glue,
some staples, some ball bearings,
and booyah.
I got the wheels.
-Look at those. -Check it out.
They came out purr-fect.
Pun fun!
-Huge. Look at the cat paws. -We're rolling on 23s right now.
This was the upgrade at the dealership.
Exactly.
Wow.
It works wheelie well.
Pun fun!
Attention, Jimmy. Children calling.
Attention, Jimmy.
Time to talk to the kids again.
Hello, Jean and Theman. How are you guys?
-What's up, guys? - Good.
-How's the project going? -Yeah.
-Depends on the team you ask.
Who's on which team?
It's me and Derek and Pat. We're doing the catapoop.
-And these guys are doing the… -Trebpoochet.
And we're going pretty fast, pretty good.
The other team, they're going.
Have you ever heard this phrase? "Slow and steady wins the race."
Hey, Theman. If you were born with a plan, you just work quick.
That is so squeaky.
I know.
Let's show them how it's done.
-Do you hear how loud that is? It's so loud.
The things look really cool, but I think they need more designs and…
-Cat pizzazz. -Cat pizzazz.
-More pizzazz, huh? -More pizzazz.
Pizzazz.
Uh-oh. Scratch that.
Meow!
Jimmy's getting razzed with pizzazz.
Okay. Give me some ideas.
Put like a cat face with like a cat head and like cat paws, and like, uh--
Can we just tack a real cat in there and call it done?
Just do something. I don't care.
I got it, you little turds.
You're the bigger turd.
-Oh!
-See what she did there? -Oh no, you didn't.
All right. Cat stuff. We got it.
-We can do that. -We got it from here.
It was a pleasure talking to you.
-Okay. -See you later.
You too.
So you heard them, guys. They want cat pizzazz.
I'm guessing this is gonna be the tail.
-Definitely the tail. -Okay.
We do the image of the cat right here in the front.
We need to catify this thing. So what are you thinking?
The best idea that popped into my head was doing like a cat silhouette
like within the triangle, and towards the front.
-Yeah. -You know when the cat stretches out?
-* in the air? -Yeah.
Yeah. Something like that.
Yeah. I like it.
We cut the silhouette from plywood on the CNC.
I like it.
Let's get started.
We have a plan here.
We're gonna take this fabric, wrap it around some plywood,
create the illusion of this cat standing at the front of the catapult.
Pat, you had ideas on the eyes and the expression.
Yeah, for the eyes I was thinking maybe take a round mold
and pour resin in it, like black resin.
Yeah. So it's nice and shiny and stuff?
-Yeah. -Yeah. What expression should she have?
I don't know. A cat, when he's mad, is like…
-Yeah. -And when he's super happy, he's like…
-Yeah. -How about when he's playful?
-Can I see happy again? -Yeah.
-Yeah. I think that's the best way. -And we need the nose.
-Yeah? -Yeah. So we can boop it.
Like, you know, boop.
-What the hell was that?
You know, the boop.
Dude, don't do that.
-That's just weird. -All right, guys.
-Here's the game plan. We need to give-- -Boop.
You wanna try?
-Okay. Yeah. Boop. Okay. Yeah. Cute. -Yeah. It's fun, right?
-It is fun. -All right. Let's get some plywood.
Together we'll cut it out, wrap it.
Pat, work on the eyes, nose, and whiskers.
-Good. -Anything else?
-Yeah. Wait, wait. -What?
One for you. Boop.
And one for you. Boop.
The first step to catifying our catapoop is to cut a feline shape
out of plywood.
This will make it sturdy
and give us the foundation to attach the foam and the fur.
The purpose of the foam layer is to give the cat some dimensions,
make it look 3D.
If we cover each one with a different fur, it'll look good.
I decided I wanted to make it look a little dumb.
I mean, this thing is flinging poop for crying out loud.
We're not exactly going for lifelike and realistic.
The next step is to add the fur. And before you start calling PETA on me,
calm down, all right? It's all fake.
-It's starting to take shape. Right? -Adorable.
-It's gonna be like that. -It looks good.
That's one bad cat.
Oh man, this thing came out so good. Look at that.
CNC cheat code activated.
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, CNC.
All right. Let's get this thing popped out of the plywood and bring it to Jackman.
The CNC cut out my design perfectly,
but I'll still need to use this oscillating saw to finish the cuts.
Jackman, check out my catwalk.
Ba-bam.
That is a mighty big cat. What do you think?
Um, yeah. I'm excited.
Oh, wait. You are excited.
-Mm-hm. -Nice.
What I'm thinking is we can kind of color this thing and distress it
to match kind of the rusty-steel look of our trebuchet.
Yep. I like it.
The tail comes up right there.
We can paint that the same color as the body,
so it looks like the tail whipping around.
What else is there to do on this thing?
This is the pizzazz phase of the build.
Dude, this thing is gonna be so littered in cat pizzazz.
Have I used up my nine lives of puns?
Ah!
Pun fun.
Okay. Cat eyes.
I'm gonna use black epoxy for the pupils,
and then I'm gonna do a second pour with white epoxy.
At the end of this, we should have two nice eyes.
Let's go.
First, I need to make the pupils by mixing epoxy, hardener, and black ink.
Yeah.
Then, I'll pour a small amount in each silicon cup and let it dry.
I'm just trying to not screw that up, but…
To make the rest of the eye, I'll mix epoxy, hardener, and white ink.
Then I'll fill this to the tippy-top of each cup.
While that dries, I'll make the kitty a cute little nose on the lathe.
Welding wire is super bendable, so it's perfect for making whiskers.
Boop.
Then, I just need to add some spray paint.
Take the eyes out of the molding.
Et voila!
We have the most boopable kitty face outside of Canada.
Hey, Pat, come over, let's check the eyes.
Meow.
Oh my God.
-It looks ridiculous.
It's adorable.
We're gonna add a little bit more of a muzzle to him.
We have to put some color inside of his ears.
We've got to put his colored stripes on. We're in the homestretch. Almost done.
-Come on, kitty. -Let's bring this thing home.
While, the mechanics of the catapoop are pretty much in place,
to sell the whole cat thing, I'm gonna add more patterns to the body.
Derek is gonna add some more finishing touches to the face.
Looks like he's holding his breath. Boop.
Pat's gonna… Pat's gonna… do Pat stuff.
Jackman and Graz are… I don't even know what they're doing.
Wrapping the thing in twine? Seems like a waste of time.
That kind of rhymed.
The last thing Derek has to do is wrap the tail
in a custom-made, aerodynamically-shaped litter box.
-Okay. It's a regular litter box we got. -Yeah.
And Jackman and Graz have moved on to…
Oh, still with the twine.
Kids love twine.
Let's step back and take a look.
I'm not exactly sure how far a catapoop will launch a turd.
Hopefully, the crap goes past the cat.
Yeah. Looks great though.
But there is one thing I'm sure of.
-We're done? -We're done.
At least we finished before midnight.
Don't look now. Are they still tying a rope?
Of course. They have been for the last two hours.
You know what's funny? How hard they work, but nothing ever seems to change.
We can hear you guys.
-Let's get out of here. Let's go eat. -Okay.
-Interesting. -Nice work.
All right.
Good night, *
-Bye, guys. -I'll see you later, Pat.
-Come on. Forget about Paul. -You lock up.
-You don't need him anymore. -He's my friend.
You ever been to one of those medieval restaurants?
No. There was one in Boston, but I never went.
I never really got it. You know?
-What do you mean? -You eat with your hands.
How do you eat a taco?
They didn't have knives and forks in medieval times,
so they're trying to make it feel legit.
They didn't have toilet paper either, so it was kind of--
At the medieval restaurant?
-Now they do but back then… -Oh.
All right. Enough of this. Let's get Jean and Theman up here.
-Jean and Theman. How are you? -Good.
-We're here because you have cat poop. -Yeah.
It gave you the idea
that you'd like to see a device that specifically launches cat poo.
And hopefully they work.
Now, guys, one of these machines is really awesome
and the other one is probably still being…
Hey. What's up, Jackman?
-Jimmy, great siege weapons take time.
We wanna see this thing. Can you guys just quit talking?
-We wanna see it. -Come on, Jimmy.
Come on. Just show it to us!
Yeah. Show it.
Fine, fine, fine. All right. I know you wanna see, and we'll get to it.
Show it to us!
Oh my gosh.
All right, guys. You heard them.
Hit it!
That is awesome!
-What do you think? -That's so cool.
I can't believe how big it is.
All right, guys.
What you're looking at here is a medieval cat-poop-slinging masterpiece.
We have wood, we have rope, we even have wooden wheels,
just like they would have made them 500 years ago.
We have a beautiful, plush stuffed cat on the front,
with real, genuine fake fur that is soft.
You can cuddle with it.
The cat's got a lot of personality with his crossed eyes,
that big beautiful boopable nose.
-Boop. -I just wanna… Mmm. Grab it.
-I just want to hug it. -I know.
And we've added a litter box there
to put some poop in it and to throw it away.
Wait till you see this thing in action.
It is going to smash all the way to Tennessee.
And then we can catch it.
-Okay. Now bring out the trebpoochet!
Here we go!
The ultimate siege weapon.
I don't know about that.
Right here you're looking at the trebpoochet.
Let me sum it up to you.
It's two big metal triangles and a lot of math.
-Very exciting. -Clearly superior.
Are you interested in this? -No. It's really…
-It's weird. -Yes. I love it.
Thank you, Theman.
So this here is a trebuchet.
It's not just any trebuchet. It's a whipping trebuchet.
It's all powered by gravity,
and the more weight plates we put in, the further it throws.
This is made from steel triangles welded out of tube steel.
-Triangle's the strongest shape. -Correct.
Trebuchets are the siege weapons designed to throw high and far.
-The superior siege weapon. -Right.
You guys were talking about cat pizzazz.
We wanted to add a different angle,
so we went with a mid-century, art-deco, steel-looking cat
with spaces in it.
We've got some blue eyes in the front.
This is kind of the representation of its tail.
And it's gonna throw cat poop so much further than the catapult.
-What's with the dog paws? -They're cat paws.
It is not cat paws. They are dog paws.
Jean, Theman, now that you've seen them, you got a chance to review them,
which one do you think is gonna throw furthest?
Catapoop.
Trebpoochet.
Let's get these things up there and have a good old-fashioned poop-off.
-What? -There's a better way to say that.
Let's get up there and have a good old-fashioned poop toss!
-Yeah.
Welcome to the first-ever cat-poop-slinging competition.
A competition that shouldn't exist, but it does because I'm an idiot
and I signed up to do this show.
-Beautiful. So beautiful.
It's time to put up or shut up.
Each team can pick a turd from either the litter box
or the scratching post. It's up to them.
All right, guys. Which one do you want to see perform first?
-Catapoop. -Catapoop.
Catapoop. Start with the best, be underwhelmed by the rest.
All right, gentlemen. You heard the kids. Let's load up these turds!
Yeah. This is hard.
I hear cracking.
-You ready? -That's it.
Tighten up the rope with the wedge and the mallet.
Let's lock and load the ammo.
-Derek, don't touch it with your hands. -Derek.
-Don't lick your fingers. -All right.
This thing is ready to go crazy.
It's gonna go over the fence. I can tell you that much.
All right, guys. You ready to count it down?
Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Three, two, one. Go!
Guys, what the hell happened?
We just barely made it over the cat's head on the shot.
If we had this right up to the fence, it goes clear over the fence.
We needed more tension on the rope. Derek, we should have wet it--
Jimmy, Jimmy, enough.
It's now time to show you what math can do.
What are you doing?
That's what I've been asking myself for the last three days.
Come on. I want it shoot.
Coming soon in season two, they shoot the trebuchet.
Guys, choose your turds!
Behold, the magic turd cannonball.
You guys gotta beat 15 feet!
The bar has been set on the ground.
This is an easy win.
Ready, Theman? Count me down.
Three, two, one. Go!
Whoa!
Look at that! It's rolling away.
Oh, my gosh. That was so far.
Wow!
-Dude, that went so high.
Will one of y'all go and check where that landed?
Theman, we can't go into space.
Fine. As much as I hate to say it, I think we have a clear winner.
Oh, by the way, Graz. Here's your trophy.
-That's a nice trophy. -Hello. Oh.
Now, level with me. Which one do you think looks better?
I like the catapoop way better.
We win the style game. You guys win the…
The first time ever you've won a style game.
Jean, Theman, you wanted to see cat poop fly,
and for whatever reason we made that happen.
-Okay? -Okay.
We're finished.
Gentlemen, you sure know how to sling some crap. Well done.
-Proud of you. -Proud of you too.
Now go find the cat turd so the dog doesn't eat it.
-We know where ours are.
-Let's go. -Same rules. Winner cleans up?
-Yep. -Losers clean up.
Where did that go?