Oddities (2010–…): Season 3, Episode 1 - The Smoking Lung - full transcript
At Obscura Antiques & Oddities, sparks fly when Mike and Evan meet an evil clown and his power grinder. Ryan opens an old wound with Mike when he falls in love with the shop's new piece of freak taxidermy. Then, a customer is left holding a smoking lung.
WELCOME TO THE WEIRD
WORLD OF "ODDITIES."
HEY, EDGAR.
HI, MIKE. HI, EVAN.
- SO, WHAT BRINGS YOU
- TO THE SHOP TODAY?
IT MIGHT BE FUN TO
HAVE A LABORATORY.
A MAD SCIENTIST?
YES.
IT'S AN OSTRICH THAT
HAS TWO BODIES.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
OKAY.
AW, THAT STINKS.
I WAS HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOME, I DON'T KNOW, BODY PARTS.
WHAT'S THAT?
UH...
OBSCURA AIN'T YOUR
GRANDMOTHER'S ANTIQUE SHOP.
WHOA!
WELL, UNLESS YOUR GRANDMA'S
A BIT OF A KOOK.
IS THAT A STRAITJACKET?
I'M MIKE.
AND I'M EVAN.
- Both:
- WE'VE SPENT OUR ENTIRE LIVES...
- COLLECTING AND DEALING... - HUNTING
AND PICKING... TO GET THIS BUSINESS...
DOWN TO A SCIENCE.
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
- HEY, EDGAR. - HOW YOU DOING?
HI, MIKE. HI, EVAN.
- HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
- WHAT A NICE SURPRISE.
OH, GOODY.
I'M EDGAR OLIVER.
I'M A WRITER AND PERFORMER, AND...
I GUESS THAT SUMS IT UP.
SO, WHAT BRINGS YOU
TO THE SHOP TODAY?
OH, WELL, UH, I JUST MOVED.
YOU DID?
YEAH, A DIFFERENT SIDE
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OH, THAT'S NICE.
IT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND OLD.
MM-HMM.
SOMETHING NEW,YOU KNOW,
FOR THE NEW PLACE.
NEW OLD.
YEAH, SOME OLD NEW THING.
MM-HMM.
I GUESS I WAS SORT OF THINKING, UH, VAGUELY
THAT, UM, IT MIGHT BE FUN TO HAVE...
MAYBE SET UP A KIND
OF LABORATORY.
LIKE THAT MAD SCIENTISTS SET UP?
YES, A MAD SCIENTIST'S
LABORATORY, YES.
LIKE SWITCHES AND SPARKY THINGS AND...
WELL, I WAS THINKING
MORE OF, LIKE, BEAKERS...
OH, OKAY.
AND RETORTS AND BUNSEN-BURNER KINDS
OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN HEAT.
BUBBLING.
- BUBBLE, YEAH.
- MM-HMM.
YOU COULD, YOU KNOW,
MIX SOME POTIONS IN.
WELL, WE DO GET LABORATORY WARE.
I MEAN, WE GET OLD BEAKERS AND
CONDENSING TUBES AND ERLENMEYER FLASKS
AND GRADUATED
CYLINDERS, LAB STAND.
- WE GET A LOT
- OF THE GLASSWARE.
MIX SOME THINGS TOGETHER.
- SO, WHAT KIND OF BUDGET
- ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
WELL, UM, I COULD SPEND...
I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS THINKING OF
SPENDING MAYBE $100.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE ARE
GOING TO DO OUR BEST.
- GREAT TO SEE YOU.
- THANK YOU, MIKE.
WE'LL DEFINITELY BE IN TOUCH.
THANK YOU, EVAN.
BYE.
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
HI, THERE.
- ANY QUESTIONS,
- FEEL FREE TO ASK.
OKAY. WELL, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ONE HAND,
FOUR WINGS, FOUR LEGS, AND TWO TAILS?
- IS THIS LIKE A LUNCH ORDER
- OR SOMETHING?
NO, UH, NOT QUITE.
INTERESTED?
SURE, SURE. ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE SOMETHING.
- I USED TO HAVE IT - ON MY BOOKSHELF,
- AND THEN MY MOTHER - CAME TO LIVE WITH ME
AND SHE COULDN'T LOOK AT IT, - SO THEN
IT WAS UNDER THE SINK - IN THE BATHROOM.
NOW, WHAT IS THIS OBJECT WITH
ALL THESE LIMBS YOU SPEAK OF?
THIS IS DITTO.
WOW.
DITTO IS A BABY OSTRICH.
CAN I SEE IT?
YEAH.
WOW.
THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
- WHERE ON EARTH
- DID YOU GET HIM?
I HAD A HATCHERY IN CALIFORNIA
ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO.
A FREAK-OSTRICH HATCHERY?
NO, HE'S JUST ONE THAT DIDN'T HATCH,
AND SO I OPENED UP THE EGG TO SEE WHY.
- AND I START OPENING - THE SHELL,
- AND HERE'S FOUR LEGS - LOOKING AT ME.
THERE'S A HEAD, THERE'S FOUR LEGS, THERE'S
FOUR WINGS, AND THERE'S TWO TAILS.
IS IT ONE BODY OR... - IT'S TWO BODIES
- STUCK TOGETHER.
THESE OSTRICHES WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE IDENTICAL TWINS.
- HOWEVER, NATURE DIDN'T FINISH
- THE PROCESS.
WHEN THE EGG IS GONNA SPLIT INTO TWO
IDENTICAL TWINS, IT'S SOMEHOW INTERRUPTED.
INSTEAD OF ENDING UP
WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS,
- YOU GET TWO PARTIALLY TWINNED
- INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STUCK TOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK YOU'LL FIND
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.
HE'S PRETTY NEAT.
- IT'D BE GREAT TO TAKE ANOTHER,
- YOU KNOW, CLOSER LOOK AT HIM.
- UM, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE HIM
- OUT OF THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT HIM,
YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
I DON'T MIND.
- THE PROBLEM IS, I TRIED
- TO GET HIM OUT, YOU KNOW,
- AND IT'S A LOT EASIER - TO GET SOMETHING
IN A JAR - THAN OUT OF A JAR. - RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT MIGHT WORK?
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SET
OF OLD BIRTHING FORCEPS.
- OH.
- ON THE BOTTOM THERE.
NEVER REALLY USED... WELL,
NEVER USED THEM AT ALL,
- BUT NEVER USED THEM IN THIS WAY,
- BUT I WAS THINKING...
OH, YEAH, I'VE HAD CHILDREN.
- I KNOW ABOUT THESE.
- YEAH, YEAH.
- LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK
- AT THIS THING.
- ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
- OKAY.
YEP, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S DISGUSTING.
- WE'RE LOOKING
- FOR SHOWY STUFF.
- YOU KNOW, LIKE,
- "STEP INTO MY LABORATORY."
THERE ARE ITEMS HERE FROM
ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS.
- WOULD ANY OF THIS
- BE FOR SALE?
NOT REALLY.
RIGHT.
Mike:
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
THIS IS DITTO.
WOW.
A WOMAN WAS HERE AT THE SHOP WITH A
PICKLED BABY OSTRICH OR OSTRICHES.
SHE SAID IT'S A VERY
RARE CONJOINED TWIN.
- BUT THE THING IS, I CAN'T REALLY
- SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE,
- SO SHE'S AGREED TO ALLOW ME TO
- REMOVE THE OSTRICH FROM THE JAR
WITH A PAIR OF BIRTHING FORCEPS.
THERE.
ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR.
- HERE WE GO.
- OKAY.
YEP, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S DISGUSTING.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE.
EXCUSE ME, LITTLE FELLA.
YOU GET HIS HEAD UP FIRST.
ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S
GONNA COME OUT THAT WAY.
YEAH, I THINK WE'RE A
BREECH BIRTH HERE.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TURN HIM A LITTLE.
- I SEE WHY THEY DON'T USE
- THESE ON KIDS ANYMORE.
- MAYBE IF WE GOT - SOME OF THE FLUID OUT,
- MIGHT BE EASIER - TO GRAB HIM.
THAT MIGHT WORK.
AW, THAT STINKS.
HE'S BALLED UP IN THERE.
YEAH.
NOW, BREATHE, PUSH.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU
HIS PIECES THROUGH THE GLASS.
HOW'S THAT?
THAT MIGHT WORK.
IF YOU FEEL, HE'S
GOT TWO SPINES.
- YOU CAN FEEL TWO SPINES
- IN THERE.
- SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM
- HAPPENED... OH, YEAH.
- ...RIGHT AFTER THE BRAIN
- WAS FORMED.
IT SPLIT THE TWO SPINES,
WHICH CAUSED THE TWO BODIES.
WOW. THIS IS REALLY A
GREAT, GREAT PIECE.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING
ON THIS THING?
I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
- YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND
- ANOTHER ONE.
NO.
WOULD YOU DO LIKE... $400 ON HIM OR...
ARE YOU GONNA LET ME KNOW WHERE HE GOES?
HE'LL SEND POSTCARDS AND...
OKAY.
CALL HOME ONCE A YEAR.
- THAT WORK FOR YOU?
- YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
- NOW WHAT DO I DO
- WITH THIS GUY?
EVAN AND I ARE ON THE HUNT, LOOKING FOR
SOME MAD-SCIENTIST LABORATORY PIECES
FOR ONE OF OUR FAVORITE CUSTOMERS...
EDGAR.
- WE GOT IN TOUCH - WITH A DEALER
I KNOW, HOPING TO FIND SOMETHING
WITHIN EDGAR'S $100 BUDGET - AND PICK
UP SOME STUFF - FOR THE STORE, AS WELL.
COME THIS WAY.
OH, MY GOD.
WOW.
Evan:
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WE GET A LOT OF STUFF, BUT THIS
IS BEYOND ANYTHING I IMAGINED.
AND THE SMELL IS FANTASTIC.
- WE WORK HARD
- ON THE SMELL.
I'M GARY CALANDRA.
I'M A PHYSICIAN,
PRESENTLY RETIRED.
I BOUGHT ONE SMALL PIECE, AND THINGS
SORT OF MUSHROOMED FROM THERE.
ULTIMATELY, YEARS LATER, HAD TO BUILD
ANOTHER HOUSE IN ORDER TO KEEP THINGS
OUT OF THE LIVING ROOM.
SO, HOW LONG YOU BEEN
COLLECTING THIS STUFF?
MUST BE DECADES.
PROBABLY SINCE THE MIDDLE '70s.
INCREDIBLE.
THERE ARE ITEMS HERE FROM
ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS.
THIS IS THE CABINET WITH THE
VACCINES, INCLUDING SMALLPOX.
- NOW, THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY
- ERADICATED.
- OH, YES.
- YEAH.
ONE OF THE GREAT, GREAT
SUCCESS STORIES.
THIS IS AMAZING.
THIS JUST KEEPS GOING
ON AND ON AND ON.
- THESE ARE PAPER-LABELED
- BOTTLES, PRIMARILY FROM THE 1900s.
- GONORRHEA INJECTION.
- YEAH.
NUMBER 26.
GONORRHEA NUMBER 2.
ALL... ALL THE FAVORITES.
YOU WANT ALL OF THEM.
COLLECT THEM ALL.
- SO, WOULD ANY OF THIS STUFF
- BE FOR SALE?
NOT REALLY.
THIS IS OUR COLLECTION, - BUT THERE
ARE A FEW PIECES - THAT ARE IN HERE
THAT ARE IN THE BASEMENT
THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST.
COULD WE CHECK THOSE OUT?
OKAY. SEE WHAT WE FIND.
THERE ARE A FEW PIECES THAT ARE IN HERE
- BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE - A PLACE TO GO.
OH, YEAH.
THAT'S CRAZY.
WHAT BRINGS YOU
INTO OBSCURA TODAY?
YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME,
WHAT'S THAT?
UH...
Mike:
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
IN OUR HUNT TO FIND LABORATORY ITEMS FOR
EDGAR, EVAN AND I ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA
VISITING GARY.
HE HAS A HUGE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE
PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL ITEMS,
- BUT HE'S NOT REALLY WILLING
- TO PART WITH THEM.
- LUCKILY, HE DOES HAVE - SOME STUFF IN
STORAGE THAT HE IS WILLING TO LET GO.
- HOPEFULLY, WE CAN FIND
- SOME GREAT STUFF FOR EDGAR
- AND SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF
- FOR THE SHOP, AS WELL.
AH, SO, THIS IS THE STOREROOM.
YEP.
IGNORE THE MESS, PLEASE.
- OH, THIS IS FINE.
- IT'S VERY NEAT.
WE'VE SEEN SOME REALLY
CRAZY, CRAZY BASEMENTS.
THERE'S SOME CHEMICAL
THINGS OVER HERE.
CHEMISTRY GENRE.
- Evan:
- YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
- OH, WOW.
- LOOK AT THAT THING.
OH, THAT LOOKS LIKE A
HUGE TEST-TUBE SET.
MIND IF I TAKE A LOOK?
DON'T BREAK IT.
OH, GEEZ.
YOU BREAK IT, YOU BOUGHT IT.
THAT'S A LARGE TEST TUBE
YOU HAVE THERE, SIR.
WOW.
- RIGHT, IT'S LIKE
- A TESTING KIT.
- OR MAYBE EVEN
- FOR COLLECTING SAMPLES.
THAT WOULD BE LOGICAL.
WELL, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU BUY SOMETHING
- 'CAUSE YOU DON'T - KNOW WHAT IT IS.
IT HAS THE LOOK.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR THIS?
WELL, I HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT THAT JUST A BIT.
- SO, MAYBE WE'LL PUT TOGETHER
- A BUNCH OF IT AND GET A GROUP PRICE.
YES.
THERE'S A COUPLE
OF BUNSEN BURNERS.
SURE, THOSE ARE USEFUL.
THIS, YOU'RE GONNA NEED.
A HAND-BLOWN PERCOLATOR.
OH, YEAH, A LITTLE
CHIPPY, BUT NOT BAD.
- YEAH, I THINK WE'LL PUT
- THIS ASIDE, TOO.
WITH THE BUBBLES COMING OUT,
IT'LL BE VERY DRAMATIC.
YOU NEED A STAND.
OH, SURE.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE RINGS
- OR THE CLAMPS?
- WE HAVE A COUPLE.
- THERE WE GO.
I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT FITS IN HERE
THAT WOULD BE IN THE CHEMISTRY GENRE.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
OH, YEAH.
THAT'S GORGEOUS.
THIS IS THE COW.
I CALL THOSE UDDER, YEAH.
AND THAT'S A NICE OLD ONE.
IT HAS THE GROUND... THIS ONE
IS JUST BEAUTIFUL GLASSBLOWING.
YEAH. IF YOU HEAT THIS, THEN YOU
SEPARATE THE GAS FROM THE LIQUID.
SO, THEN IT GOES UP HERE.
IT'S COOLED AS IT GOES UP.
AND, ACTUALLY, THIS IS GROUND,
- SO THERE WOULD BE EVEN ANOTHER
- PIECE ATTACHED TO THIS.
CAN WE ADD THIS TO THE PILE?
- OKAY, YOU CAN EVEN HAVE
- THE BOX IF YOU WANT.
BEFORE WE GO TOO CRAZY HERE,
- WHAT KIND OF MONEY - ARE WE LOOKING AT
FOR THIS BIG OLD
PILE OF STUFF HERE?
WELL, LET'S SEE.
THAT WOULD BE $300.
IF YOU COULD DO LIKE $250
FOR THE LOT, WE'D
APPRECIATE IT GREATLY.
- YOU KNOW,
- WE'VE DONE BUSINESS BEFORE.
OKAY, $250.
THANK YOU, GARY.
HELLO.
HIYA.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- ALL RIGHT.
- LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE
- ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING.
UM, I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE...
UH-HUH?
UH, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOME, I DON'T KNOW, BODY PARTS.
WHAT'S THAT?
H-HANDS CAPABLE OF, UM, BEING
ANIMATED OR... LIKE PROSTHETICS?
UH-HUH.
I'M LOOKING FOR PROPS
FOR MOVIES AND STUFF.
OH, REALLY?
YEAH.
I'M... RIGHT NOW
SHOOTING A ROBOT MOVIE.
I'M SHOPPING AROUND FOR
DOLLS AND GIZMOS AND STUFF.
YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING
REALLY, REALLY COOL?
YEAH, SURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU
DO NOT SEE EVERY DAY.
UH-HUH.
THIS IS A DR. AUZOUX
ANATOMICAL MODEL.
HMM.
- THIS ONE IS FROM
- AROUND THE 1920s.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
ALL THE ORGANS ARE PRESENT.
AND WITH EACH ORGAN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
TAKE IT APART AND DISSECT IT
AND LOOK AT WHAT MAKES UP
THAT PARTICULAR PIECE.
WHEN FRENCH PHYSICIAN LOUIS AUZOUX WAS IN
MED SCHOOL, HE FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT
TO DISSECT CADAVERS - BECAUSE OF
- THEIR RAPID DECOMPOSITION.
HE CAME UP WITH AN ANATOMICALLY
CORRECT PAPIER-MâCHé MODEL.
NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH PAPER IS IT ALSO
DETERIORATES OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS
BECAUSE IT DRIES OUT, - SO A LOT
OF THESE MODELS - DIDN'T MAKE IT.
EVERYTHING IS
EXTREMELY DETAILED.
- THEY'RE VERY, VERY RARE
- AND COLLECTIBLE.
I THINK I'VE SEEN ABOUT
THREE OF THESE IN MY LIFE.
YEAH, THAT'S A BEAUTY.
WE HAVE $40,000
ON THIS ONE.
A LITTLE OUT OF YOUR...
OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE?
YEAH.
FAIR ENOUGH.
- UNLESS YOU COULD BUY IT
- ORGAN BY ORGAN, OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS...
SINGLE-ORGAN PLAN.
I'M WORKING ON A 1/6
FOREGROUND SCALE.
OKAY.
SO, WHICH IS... YOU KNOW,
HUMANS ARE ABOUT 4 FOOT HIGH.
SO I WAS LOOKING FOR
STUFF THAT SCALE.
I WANT TO DO A BATTLEFIELD.
ROBOTS ARE CHARGING
OVER A BATTLEFIELD.
CLOSE-UPS OF A ROBOTIC
HAND SHOOTING RAY GUNS.
FIVE DEEP AND ROBOT DEAD.
WE COME ACROSS THAT STUFF
PRETTY FREQUENTLY.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
IT IN THE STORE NOW.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF DOLL PARTS AND
PROSTHETICS AND JUST WEIRD ODDS AND ENDS
DOWN IN THE BASEMENT - THAT I COULD
SORT THROUGH, - SO... MM-HMM.
- WELL, LISTEN, LEAVE
- YOUR NUMBER WITH ME.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL WHEN I GO THROUGH
THE STUFF, AND YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH IT.
OKAY, YEAH. UH-HUH.
Mike:
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
A FEW DAYS AGO, - A GUY CAME IN
- LOOKING FOR SOME SMALL ROBOTS
- AND OTHER TYPES OF PROPS
- FOR HIS MOVIES.
- I WENT DOWN TO THE BASEMENT - AND LOOKED
AROUND, AND I DIDN'T FIND ANY ROBOTS,
- BUT I DID FIND SOME
- OLD DOLLS AND A PROSTHETIC
- THAT I THINK MIGHT BE ABLE
- TO WORK FOR HIM.
- HEY, MIKE.
- HOW ARE YOU? HIYA.
WOW.
COME ON IN.
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU
HAVE GOING ON IN HERE?
OH, MY GOSH. WOW.
- HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
- COLLECTING THIS STUFF?
THIS MIGHT BE THE CRAZIEST COLLECTION
I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
HMM. WE HAVE AVALANCHES
ONCE IN A WHILE.
HOLY... YOU KNOW, I'VE BECOME
KIND OF A... A HOARDER.
- SO, LET ME JUST GET
- THIS STRAIGHT.
- THESE ROBOTS
- DO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS?
- MM-HMM.
- WHAT HAPPENS?
- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
- YOUR MOVIES.
WE JUST SHOOT ON A
LITTLE 3x4-FOOT STAGE.
IS IT, LIKE, A LIVE-ACTION
KIND OF THING, STOP-MOTION?
NO, NO, IT'S ALL STOP-MOTION.
OH, OKAY.
AND I JUST MAKE UP
STUFF AS I GO ALONG.
WHAT KIND OF MOVIES?
OH, IT'S BEEN MOSTLY A
SEX MOVIE UP TO NOW.
WITH THE ROBOTS?
I AM NOTICING, YOU'VE MADE THESE
VERY ANATOMICALLY CORRECT.
AND THEY'RE NOT
WEARING ANY CLOTHES.
WELL, ROBOTS ACTUALLY
DON'T NEED CLOTHES.
- I THOUGHT I'D SEEN EVERYTHING
- HERE AT OBSCURA,
- BUT I GUESS YOU
- LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY.
- I WENT THROUGH - SOME OF THE STUFF
- THAT WE HAD DOWN - IN THE BASEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOUR
FORTE, BUT WHO KNOWS.
UM, EW.
OH, RAGGEDY ANDY'S
BONELESS SISTER.
YEAH, EXACTLY.
- AND THEN
- I GOT THIS LITTLE GUY.
OH.
- IT'S FUNNY, - THE HEAD COMES RIGHT
OFF, SO YOU COULD ADD A ROBOT HEAD
OR SOMETHING, RABBIT EARS.
MM.
- I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE
- THIS PROSTHETIC.
HMM.
CHECK THAT OUT.
WOW.
- I LOVE THAT - THIS PART IS EXPOSED
- AND THERE USED TO BE - A PLATE THERE.
GREAT TO SEE THAT.
LOOKS VERY ROBOTIC IN THERE.
ABSOLUTELY.
- IMAGINE DOING A CLOSE-UP
- HOLDING A RAY GUN.
- RIGHT.
- I MEAN, IT'S PERFECT.
ACTUALLY, I GOT... I GOT RIGHT...
- OH, NO KIDDING? - RAY GUNS.
THIS IS GREAT.
- IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
- THAT YOU LIKED IN THE GROUP?
THAT LITTLE BUNNY THING.
I THINK WE HAD $75 ON THIS
AND THEN $250 ON THAT GUY.
$325 FOR BOTH PIECES.
MM-HMM, MM-HMM.
THAT'S EXPENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING YOU GET RID OF BOTH
OF THEM, MAYBE YOU COULD SLIDE A LITTLE.
UH, YEAH, I COULD DO $300.
HMM.
- AWESOME.
- WE HAVE A DEAL, THEN?
GREAT.
MM.
WE'VE BEEN ON THE HUNT FOR ANTIQUE
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FOR ONE OF OUR FAVORITE
CUSTOMERS... EDGAR.
- WE SPENT A LITTLE MORE
- THAN WE EXPECTED.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A PLAN AND
A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR HIM.
HEY.
HI, EVAN.
HELLO.
HI, EDGAR. HOW YOU DOING?
FINE.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
- FINE. WELCOME.
- WOW.
BEAUTIFUL.
NICE.
YES, IT'S QUITE
LOVELY AND SPACIOUS.
- LET... LET ME
- SHOW YOU AROUND.
- OH, PLEASE.
- PLEASE.
OH, THIS IS GREAT.
NICE WINDOWS.
- WHO DID THESE
- BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS?
MY SISTER, HELEN.
OH, VERY NICE.
THEY'RE JUST BEAUTIFUL.
I SEE YOUR CASTLE DESK MADE IT.
YES.
THAT'S GORGEOUS.
THAT'S A REALLY NICE PIECE.
SO, THIS IS THE FAMOUS
CHAIR WITHIN A CHAIR.
THE CHAIR WITHIN A CHAIR.
THAT'S GORGEOUS.
- MAY I SIT IN THE CHAIR
- WITHIN A CHAIR?
YES, YES.
- YEAH, THAT'S...
- THAT'S VERY COMFORTABLE.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?
WE FOUND IT IN THE STREET.
OH, YOU LITERALLY FOUND IT.
YEAH.
OH, THAT'S A NICE OLD PIECE.
- TOO BAD YOU DON'T HAVE
- A PAIR OF THEM.
- THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
- EVEN MORE WONDERFUL.
TWO CHAIRS IN CHAIRS.
- SO, DO YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT - THE
GLASSWARE - OR SEE WHAT WE FOUND? - YES.
YEAH, LET'S GO LOOK AT IT.
- SET UP YOUR LABORATORY.
- I'M VERY CURIOUS.
OH, MY.
LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT WE FOUND.
- WE ACTUALLY DID
- A LOT OF SHOPPING.
- WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT
- QUITE A BIT OF STUFF.
- SO WE'LL LAY OUT - EVERYTHING WE FOUND,
AND YOU COULD PICK THE PIECES YOU LIKE.
- AND THEN WE'LL WORK
- WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.
WHATEVER YOU DON'T WANT,
WE'LL JUST SELL AT THE SHOP.
THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
- OF COURSE,
- THE LABORATORY STAND.
I REMEMBER THAT FROM...
FROM SCHOOL.
A NICE SIZE.
WE ALSO FOUND YOU SOME
WONDERFUL BUNSEN BURNERS.
OH, WOW.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO
PLACE THOSE THERE.
SO, DOES THIS HAVE FUEL IN IT?
- THESE TWO BURNERS WOULD
- ACTUALLY BE HOOKED UP TO A GAS SOURCE.
- YOU PROBABLY CAN'T HOOK IT UP
- IN YOUR HOUSE, BUT THE LOOK IS WONDERFUL.
NOW, THIS... I
CALL IT THE UDDER.
OH, MY, IT JUST... YOU KNOW,
YOU COULD PUT IT RIGHT THERE.
IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A HAT.
YES.
NOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD
ASKED FOR AT THE SHOP.
YES, A RETORT.
THEY CALL IT A RETORT
OR AN ALEMBIC.
- OR A PELICAN,
- SOMETIMES I'VE HEARD IT.
WOW.
IT'S... IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT SAYS "13" ON IT.
THE LUCKIEST ONE.
THAT'S MY LUCKY NUMBER.
- SO, EDGAR,
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IS THIS WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND?
YES. IT'S... IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
MY IMAGINING IS
MATERIALIZING, YOU KNOW?
WHICH PIECES WOULD YOU LIKE?
- AND WE'D CERTAINLY WORK
- WITH YOU.
UM, WELL...
THIS ONE HAS A "13" ON IT.
AND SORT OF LOVE THAT THING.
IT'S AMAZING.
I'D NEVER EVEN IMAGINED
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY MAKE NICE BUD VASES.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING IT,
JUST PUT FLOWERS IN IT.
I LOVE THIS BUNSEN BURNER.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
THAT, POSSIBLY.
SO, YOU'RE LOOKING
AT $90, $100, $110.
I'M TRYING... $130
FOR THIS SETUP.
- YOUR BUDGET WAS, WHAT,
- ABOUT $100 ON THIS?
YEAH.
BEING THAT YOU'RE BUYING ALL OF IT
AS A PACKAGE, WE COULD PROBABLY...
WE COULD DO ABOUT $100 ON IT.
WELL, GOODY. THANK YOU.
ABSOLUTELY.
EDGAR, WE ALSO HAVE
SOMETHING ELSE.
WE OWE YOU A HOUSEWARMING
GIFT FOR YOUR NEW PLACE.
WE FIGURED, "WHAT EVIL LABORATORY WOULD BE
COMPLETE... WITHOUT... WITHOUT A FROG?"
IS IT REAL?
IT IS A REAL ONE.
TAXIDERMIED ONE.
IT'S ACTUALLY A PRINCE.
YES. AH!
WE'VE GOT A DEAL.
AWW.
I LOVE MY BEAUTIFUL
LITTLE LABORATORY.
THE FROG SEEMS SO ALIVE.
HE'S MY COMPANION
IN THE LABORATORY.
WORLD OF "ODDITIES."
HEY, EDGAR.
HI, MIKE. HI, EVAN.
- SO, WHAT BRINGS YOU
- TO THE SHOP TODAY?
IT MIGHT BE FUN TO
HAVE A LABORATORY.
A MAD SCIENTIST?
YES.
IT'S AN OSTRICH THAT
HAS TWO BODIES.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
OKAY.
AW, THAT STINKS.
I WAS HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOME, I DON'T KNOW, BODY PARTS.
WHAT'S THAT?
UH...
OBSCURA AIN'T YOUR
GRANDMOTHER'S ANTIQUE SHOP.
WHOA!
WELL, UNLESS YOUR GRANDMA'S
A BIT OF A KOOK.
IS THAT A STRAITJACKET?
I'M MIKE.
AND I'M EVAN.
- Both:
- WE'VE SPENT OUR ENTIRE LIVES...
- COLLECTING AND DEALING... - HUNTING
AND PICKING... TO GET THIS BUSINESS...
DOWN TO A SCIENCE.
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
- HEY, EDGAR. - HOW YOU DOING?
HI, MIKE. HI, EVAN.
- HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
- WHAT A NICE SURPRISE.
OH, GOODY.
I'M EDGAR OLIVER.
I'M A WRITER AND PERFORMER, AND...
I GUESS THAT SUMS IT UP.
SO, WHAT BRINGS YOU
TO THE SHOP TODAY?
OH, WELL, UH, I JUST MOVED.
YOU DID?
YEAH, A DIFFERENT SIDE
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OH, THAT'S NICE.
IT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND OLD.
MM-HMM.
SOMETHING NEW,YOU KNOW,
FOR THE NEW PLACE.
NEW OLD.
YEAH, SOME OLD NEW THING.
MM-HMM.
I GUESS I WAS SORT OF THINKING, UH, VAGUELY
THAT, UM, IT MIGHT BE FUN TO HAVE...
MAYBE SET UP A KIND
OF LABORATORY.
LIKE THAT MAD SCIENTISTS SET UP?
YES, A MAD SCIENTIST'S
LABORATORY, YES.
LIKE SWITCHES AND SPARKY THINGS AND...
WELL, I WAS THINKING
MORE OF, LIKE, BEAKERS...
OH, OKAY.
AND RETORTS AND BUNSEN-BURNER KINDS
OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN HEAT.
BUBBLING.
- BUBBLE, YEAH.
- MM-HMM.
YOU COULD, YOU KNOW,
MIX SOME POTIONS IN.
WELL, WE DO GET LABORATORY WARE.
I MEAN, WE GET OLD BEAKERS AND
CONDENSING TUBES AND ERLENMEYER FLASKS
AND GRADUATED
CYLINDERS, LAB STAND.
- WE GET A LOT
- OF THE GLASSWARE.
MIX SOME THINGS TOGETHER.
- SO, WHAT KIND OF BUDGET
- ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
WELL, UM, I COULD SPEND...
I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS THINKING OF
SPENDING MAYBE $100.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE ARE
GOING TO DO OUR BEST.
- GREAT TO SEE YOU.
- THANK YOU, MIKE.
WE'LL DEFINITELY BE IN TOUCH.
THANK YOU, EVAN.
BYE.
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
HI, THERE.
- ANY QUESTIONS,
- FEEL FREE TO ASK.
OKAY. WELL, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ONE HAND,
FOUR WINGS, FOUR LEGS, AND TWO TAILS?
- IS THIS LIKE A LUNCH ORDER
- OR SOMETHING?
NO, UH, NOT QUITE.
INTERESTED?
SURE, SURE. ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE SOMETHING.
- I USED TO HAVE IT - ON MY BOOKSHELF,
- AND THEN MY MOTHER - CAME TO LIVE WITH ME
AND SHE COULDN'T LOOK AT IT, - SO THEN
IT WAS UNDER THE SINK - IN THE BATHROOM.
NOW, WHAT IS THIS OBJECT WITH
ALL THESE LIMBS YOU SPEAK OF?
THIS IS DITTO.
WOW.
DITTO IS A BABY OSTRICH.
CAN I SEE IT?
YEAH.
WOW.
THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
- WHERE ON EARTH
- DID YOU GET HIM?
I HAD A HATCHERY IN CALIFORNIA
ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO.
A FREAK-OSTRICH HATCHERY?
NO, HE'S JUST ONE THAT DIDN'T HATCH,
AND SO I OPENED UP THE EGG TO SEE WHY.
- AND I START OPENING - THE SHELL,
- AND HERE'S FOUR LEGS - LOOKING AT ME.
THERE'S A HEAD, THERE'S FOUR LEGS, THERE'S
FOUR WINGS, AND THERE'S TWO TAILS.
IS IT ONE BODY OR... - IT'S TWO BODIES
- STUCK TOGETHER.
THESE OSTRICHES WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE IDENTICAL TWINS.
- HOWEVER, NATURE DIDN'T FINISH
- THE PROCESS.
WHEN THE EGG IS GONNA SPLIT INTO TWO
IDENTICAL TWINS, IT'S SOMEHOW INTERRUPTED.
INSTEAD OF ENDING UP
WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS,
- YOU GET TWO PARTIALLY TWINNED
- INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STUCK TOGETHER.
I DON'T THINK YOU'LL FIND
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.
HE'S PRETTY NEAT.
- IT'D BE GREAT TO TAKE ANOTHER,
- YOU KNOW, CLOSER LOOK AT HIM.
- UM, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE HIM
- OUT OF THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT HIM,
YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
I DON'T MIND.
- THE PROBLEM IS, I TRIED
- TO GET HIM OUT, YOU KNOW,
- AND IT'S A LOT EASIER - TO GET SOMETHING
IN A JAR - THAN OUT OF A JAR. - RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT MIGHT WORK?
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SET
OF OLD BIRTHING FORCEPS.
- OH.
- ON THE BOTTOM THERE.
NEVER REALLY USED... WELL,
NEVER USED THEM AT ALL,
- BUT NEVER USED THEM IN THIS WAY,
- BUT I WAS THINKING...
OH, YEAH, I'VE HAD CHILDREN.
- I KNOW ABOUT THESE.
- YEAH, YEAH.
- LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK
- AT THIS THING.
- ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
- OKAY.
YEP, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S DISGUSTING.
- WE'RE LOOKING
- FOR SHOWY STUFF.
- YOU KNOW, LIKE,
- "STEP INTO MY LABORATORY."
THERE ARE ITEMS HERE FROM
ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS.
- WOULD ANY OF THIS
- BE FOR SALE?
NOT REALLY.
RIGHT.
Mike:
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
THIS IS DITTO.
WOW.
A WOMAN WAS HERE AT THE SHOP WITH A
PICKLED BABY OSTRICH OR OSTRICHES.
SHE SAID IT'S A VERY
RARE CONJOINED TWIN.
- BUT THE THING IS, I CAN'T REALLY
- SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE,
- SO SHE'S AGREED TO ALLOW ME TO
- REMOVE THE OSTRICH FROM THE JAR
WITH A PAIR OF BIRTHING FORCEPS.
THERE.
ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR.
- HERE WE GO.
- OKAY.
YEP, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S DISGUSTING.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE.
EXCUSE ME, LITTLE FELLA.
YOU GET HIS HEAD UP FIRST.
ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S
GONNA COME OUT THAT WAY.
YEAH, I THINK WE'RE A
BREECH BIRTH HERE.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TURN HIM A LITTLE.
- I SEE WHY THEY DON'T USE
- THESE ON KIDS ANYMORE.
- MAYBE IF WE GOT - SOME OF THE FLUID OUT,
- MIGHT BE EASIER - TO GRAB HIM.
THAT MIGHT WORK.
AW, THAT STINKS.
HE'S BALLED UP IN THERE.
YEAH.
NOW, BREATHE, PUSH.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU
HIS PIECES THROUGH THE GLASS.
HOW'S THAT?
THAT MIGHT WORK.
IF YOU FEEL, HE'S
GOT TWO SPINES.
- YOU CAN FEEL TWO SPINES
- IN THERE.
- SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM
- HAPPENED... OH, YEAH.
- ...RIGHT AFTER THE BRAIN
- WAS FORMED.
IT SPLIT THE TWO SPINES,
WHICH CAUSED THE TWO BODIES.
WOW. THIS IS REALLY A
GREAT, GREAT PIECE.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING
ON THIS THING?
I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
- YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIND
- ANOTHER ONE.
NO.
WOULD YOU DO LIKE... $400 ON HIM OR...
ARE YOU GONNA LET ME KNOW WHERE HE GOES?
HE'LL SEND POSTCARDS AND...
OKAY.
CALL HOME ONCE A YEAR.
- THAT WORK FOR YOU?
- YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
- NOW WHAT DO I DO
- WITH THIS GUY?
EVAN AND I ARE ON THE HUNT, LOOKING FOR
SOME MAD-SCIENTIST LABORATORY PIECES
FOR ONE OF OUR FAVORITE CUSTOMERS...
EDGAR.
- WE GOT IN TOUCH - WITH A DEALER
I KNOW, HOPING TO FIND SOMETHING
WITHIN EDGAR'S $100 BUDGET - AND PICK
UP SOME STUFF - FOR THE STORE, AS WELL.
COME THIS WAY.
OH, MY GOD.
WOW.
Evan:
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WE GET A LOT OF STUFF, BUT THIS
IS BEYOND ANYTHING I IMAGINED.
AND THE SMELL IS FANTASTIC.
- WE WORK HARD
- ON THE SMELL.
I'M GARY CALANDRA.
I'M A PHYSICIAN,
PRESENTLY RETIRED.
I BOUGHT ONE SMALL PIECE, AND THINGS
SORT OF MUSHROOMED FROM THERE.
ULTIMATELY, YEARS LATER, HAD TO BUILD
ANOTHER HOUSE IN ORDER TO KEEP THINGS
OUT OF THE LIVING ROOM.
SO, HOW LONG YOU BEEN
COLLECTING THIS STUFF?
MUST BE DECADES.
PROBABLY SINCE THE MIDDLE '70s.
INCREDIBLE.
THERE ARE ITEMS HERE FROM
ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS.
THIS IS THE CABINET WITH THE
VACCINES, INCLUDING SMALLPOX.
- NOW, THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY
- ERADICATED.
- OH, YES.
- YEAH.
ONE OF THE GREAT, GREAT
SUCCESS STORIES.
THIS IS AMAZING.
THIS JUST KEEPS GOING
ON AND ON AND ON.
- THESE ARE PAPER-LABELED
- BOTTLES, PRIMARILY FROM THE 1900s.
- GONORRHEA INJECTION.
- YEAH.
NUMBER 26.
GONORRHEA NUMBER 2.
ALL... ALL THE FAVORITES.
YOU WANT ALL OF THEM.
COLLECT THEM ALL.
- SO, WOULD ANY OF THIS STUFF
- BE FOR SALE?
NOT REALLY.
THIS IS OUR COLLECTION, - BUT THERE
ARE A FEW PIECES - THAT ARE IN HERE
THAT ARE IN THE BASEMENT
THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST.
COULD WE CHECK THOSE OUT?
OKAY. SEE WHAT WE FIND.
THERE ARE A FEW PIECES THAT ARE IN HERE
- BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE - A PLACE TO GO.
OH, YEAH.
THAT'S CRAZY.
WHAT BRINGS YOU
INTO OBSCURA TODAY?
YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME,
WHAT'S THAT?
UH...
Mike:
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
IN OUR HUNT TO FIND LABORATORY ITEMS FOR
EDGAR, EVAN AND I ARE IN PENNSYLVANIA
VISITING GARY.
HE HAS A HUGE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE
PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL ITEMS,
- BUT HE'S NOT REALLY WILLING
- TO PART WITH THEM.
- LUCKILY, HE DOES HAVE - SOME STUFF IN
STORAGE THAT HE IS WILLING TO LET GO.
- HOPEFULLY, WE CAN FIND
- SOME GREAT STUFF FOR EDGAR
- AND SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF
- FOR THE SHOP, AS WELL.
AH, SO, THIS IS THE STOREROOM.
YEP.
IGNORE THE MESS, PLEASE.
- OH, THIS IS FINE.
- IT'S VERY NEAT.
WE'VE SEEN SOME REALLY
CRAZY, CRAZY BASEMENTS.
THERE'S SOME CHEMICAL
THINGS OVER HERE.
CHEMISTRY GENRE.
- Evan:
- YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
- OH, WOW.
- LOOK AT THAT THING.
OH, THAT LOOKS LIKE A
HUGE TEST-TUBE SET.
MIND IF I TAKE A LOOK?
DON'T BREAK IT.
OH, GEEZ.
YOU BREAK IT, YOU BOUGHT IT.
THAT'S A LARGE TEST TUBE
YOU HAVE THERE, SIR.
WOW.
- RIGHT, IT'S LIKE
- A TESTING KIT.
- OR MAYBE EVEN
- FOR COLLECTING SAMPLES.
THAT WOULD BE LOGICAL.
WELL, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU BUY SOMETHING
- 'CAUSE YOU DON'T - KNOW WHAT IT IS.
IT HAS THE LOOK.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR THIS?
WELL, I HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT THAT JUST A BIT.
- SO, MAYBE WE'LL PUT TOGETHER
- A BUNCH OF IT AND GET A GROUP PRICE.
YES.
THERE'S A COUPLE
OF BUNSEN BURNERS.
SURE, THOSE ARE USEFUL.
THIS, YOU'RE GONNA NEED.
A HAND-BLOWN PERCOLATOR.
OH, YEAH, A LITTLE
CHIPPY, BUT NOT BAD.
- YEAH, I THINK WE'LL PUT
- THIS ASIDE, TOO.
WITH THE BUBBLES COMING OUT,
IT'LL BE VERY DRAMATIC.
YOU NEED A STAND.
OH, SURE.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE RINGS
- OR THE CLAMPS?
- WE HAVE A COUPLE.
- THERE WE GO.
I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT FITS IN HERE
THAT WOULD BE IN THE CHEMISTRY GENRE.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
OH, YEAH.
THAT'S GORGEOUS.
THIS IS THE COW.
I CALL THOSE UDDER, YEAH.
AND THAT'S A NICE OLD ONE.
IT HAS THE GROUND... THIS ONE
IS JUST BEAUTIFUL GLASSBLOWING.
YEAH. IF YOU HEAT THIS, THEN YOU
SEPARATE THE GAS FROM THE LIQUID.
SO, THEN IT GOES UP HERE.
IT'S COOLED AS IT GOES UP.
AND, ACTUALLY, THIS IS GROUND,
- SO THERE WOULD BE EVEN ANOTHER
- PIECE ATTACHED TO THIS.
CAN WE ADD THIS TO THE PILE?
- OKAY, YOU CAN EVEN HAVE
- THE BOX IF YOU WANT.
BEFORE WE GO TOO CRAZY HERE,
- WHAT KIND OF MONEY - ARE WE LOOKING AT
FOR THIS BIG OLD
PILE OF STUFF HERE?
WELL, LET'S SEE.
THAT WOULD BE $300.
IF YOU COULD DO LIKE $250
FOR THE LOT, WE'D
APPRECIATE IT GREATLY.
- YOU KNOW,
- WE'VE DONE BUSINESS BEFORE.
OKAY, $250.
THANK YOU, GARY.
HELLO.
HIYA.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- ALL RIGHT.
- LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE
- ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING.
UM, I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE...
UH-HUH?
UH, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOME, I DON'T KNOW, BODY PARTS.
WHAT'S THAT?
H-HANDS CAPABLE OF, UM, BEING
ANIMATED OR... LIKE PROSTHETICS?
UH-HUH.
I'M LOOKING FOR PROPS
FOR MOVIES AND STUFF.
OH, REALLY?
YEAH.
I'M... RIGHT NOW
SHOOTING A ROBOT MOVIE.
I'M SHOPPING AROUND FOR
DOLLS AND GIZMOS AND STUFF.
YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING
REALLY, REALLY COOL?
YEAH, SURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU
DO NOT SEE EVERY DAY.
UH-HUH.
THIS IS A DR. AUZOUX
ANATOMICAL MODEL.
HMM.
- THIS ONE IS FROM
- AROUND THE 1920s.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
ALL THE ORGANS ARE PRESENT.
AND WITH EACH ORGAN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
TAKE IT APART AND DISSECT IT
AND LOOK AT WHAT MAKES UP
THAT PARTICULAR PIECE.
WHEN FRENCH PHYSICIAN LOUIS AUZOUX WAS IN
MED SCHOOL, HE FOUND IT VERY DIFFICULT
TO DISSECT CADAVERS - BECAUSE OF
- THEIR RAPID DECOMPOSITION.
HE CAME UP WITH AN ANATOMICALLY
CORRECT PAPIER-MâCHé MODEL.
NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH PAPER IS IT ALSO
DETERIORATES OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS
BECAUSE IT DRIES OUT, - SO A LOT
OF THESE MODELS - DIDN'T MAKE IT.
EVERYTHING IS
EXTREMELY DETAILED.
- THEY'RE VERY, VERY RARE
- AND COLLECTIBLE.
I THINK I'VE SEEN ABOUT
THREE OF THESE IN MY LIFE.
YEAH, THAT'S A BEAUTY.
WE HAVE $40,000
ON THIS ONE.
A LITTLE OUT OF YOUR...
OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE?
YEAH.
FAIR ENOUGH.
- UNLESS YOU COULD BUY IT
- ORGAN BY ORGAN, OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS...
SINGLE-ORGAN PLAN.
I'M WORKING ON A 1/6
FOREGROUND SCALE.
OKAY.
SO, WHICH IS... YOU KNOW,
HUMANS ARE ABOUT 4 FOOT HIGH.
SO I WAS LOOKING FOR
STUFF THAT SCALE.
I WANT TO DO A BATTLEFIELD.
ROBOTS ARE CHARGING
OVER A BATTLEFIELD.
CLOSE-UPS OF A ROBOTIC
HAND SHOOTING RAY GUNS.
FIVE DEEP AND ROBOT DEAD.
WE COME ACROSS THAT STUFF
PRETTY FREQUENTLY.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
IT IN THE STORE NOW.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF DOLL PARTS AND
PROSTHETICS AND JUST WEIRD ODDS AND ENDS
DOWN IN THE BASEMENT - THAT I COULD
SORT THROUGH, - SO... MM-HMM.
- WELL, LISTEN, LEAVE
- YOUR NUMBER WITH ME.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL WHEN I GO THROUGH
THE STUFF, AND YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH IT.
OKAY, YEAH. UH-HUH.
Mike:
THIS IS "ODDITIES."
A FEW DAYS AGO, - A GUY CAME IN
- LOOKING FOR SOME SMALL ROBOTS
- AND OTHER TYPES OF PROPS
- FOR HIS MOVIES.
- I WENT DOWN TO THE BASEMENT - AND LOOKED
AROUND, AND I DIDN'T FIND ANY ROBOTS,
- BUT I DID FIND SOME
- OLD DOLLS AND A PROSTHETIC
- THAT I THINK MIGHT BE ABLE
- TO WORK FOR HIM.
- HEY, MIKE.
- HOW ARE YOU? HIYA.
WOW.
COME ON IN.
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU
HAVE GOING ON IN HERE?
OH, MY GOSH. WOW.
- HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
- COLLECTING THIS STUFF?
THIS MIGHT BE THE CRAZIEST COLLECTION
I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
HMM. WE HAVE AVALANCHES
ONCE IN A WHILE.
HOLY... YOU KNOW, I'VE BECOME
KIND OF A... A HOARDER.
- SO, LET ME JUST GET
- THIS STRAIGHT.
- THESE ROBOTS
- DO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS?
- MM-HMM.
- WHAT HAPPENS?
- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
- YOUR MOVIES.
WE JUST SHOOT ON A
LITTLE 3x4-FOOT STAGE.
IS IT, LIKE, A LIVE-ACTION
KIND OF THING, STOP-MOTION?
NO, NO, IT'S ALL STOP-MOTION.
OH, OKAY.
AND I JUST MAKE UP
STUFF AS I GO ALONG.
WHAT KIND OF MOVIES?
OH, IT'S BEEN MOSTLY A
SEX MOVIE UP TO NOW.
WITH THE ROBOTS?
I AM NOTICING, YOU'VE MADE THESE
VERY ANATOMICALLY CORRECT.
AND THEY'RE NOT
WEARING ANY CLOTHES.
WELL, ROBOTS ACTUALLY
DON'T NEED CLOTHES.
- I THOUGHT I'D SEEN EVERYTHING
- HERE AT OBSCURA,
- BUT I GUESS YOU
- LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY.
- I WENT THROUGH - SOME OF THE STUFF
- THAT WE HAD DOWN - IN THE BASEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOUR
FORTE, BUT WHO KNOWS.
UM, EW.
OH, RAGGEDY ANDY'S
BONELESS SISTER.
YEAH, EXACTLY.
- AND THEN
- I GOT THIS LITTLE GUY.
OH.
- IT'S FUNNY, - THE HEAD COMES RIGHT
OFF, SO YOU COULD ADD A ROBOT HEAD
OR SOMETHING, RABBIT EARS.
MM.
- I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE
- THIS PROSTHETIC.
HMM.
CHECK THAT OUT.
WOW.
- I LOVE THAT - THIS PART IS EXPOSED
- AND THERE USED TO BE - A PLATE THERE.
GREAT TO SEE THAT.
LOOKS VERY ROBOTIC IN THERE.
ABSOLUTELY.
- IMAGINE DOING A CLOSE-UP
- HOLDING A RAY GUN.
- RIGHT.
- I MEAN, IT'S PERFECT.
ACTUALLY, I GOT... I GOT RIGHT...
- OH, NO KIDDING? - RAY GUNS.
THIS IS GREAT.
- IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
- THAT YOU LIKED IN THE GROUP?
THAT LITTLE BUNNY THING.
I THINK WE HAD $75 ON THIS
AND THEN $250 ON THAT GUY.
$325 FOR BOTH PIECES.
MM-HMM, MM-HMM.
THAT'S EXPENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING YOU GET RID OF BOTH
OF THEM, MAYBE YOU COULD SLIDE A LITTLE.
UH, YEAH, I COULD DO $300.
HMM.
- AWESOME.
- WE HAVE A DEAL, THEN?
GREAT.
MM.
WE'VE BEEN ON THE HUNT FOR ANTIQUE
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FOR ONE OF OUR FAVORITE
CUSTOMERS... EDGAR.
- WE SPENT A LITTLE MORE
- THAN WE EXPECTED.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A PLAN AND
A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR HIM.
HEY.
HI, EVAN.
HELLO.
HI, EDGAR. HOW YOU DOING?
FINE.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
- FINE. WELCOME.
- WOW.
BEAUTIFUL.
NICE.
YES, IT'S QUITE
LOVELY AND SPACIOUS.
- LET... LET ME
- SHOW YOU AROUND.
- OH, PLEASE.
- PLEASE.
OH, THIS IS GREAT.
NICE WINDOWS.
- WHO DID THESE
- BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS?
MY SISTER, HELEN.
OH, VERY NICE.
THEY'RE JUST BEAUTIFUL.
I SEE YOUR CASTLE DESK MADE IT.
YES.
THAT'S GORGEOUS.
THAT'S A REALLY NICE PIECE.
SO, THIS IS THE FAMOUS
CHAIR WITHIN A CHAIR.
THE CHAIR WITHIN A CHAIR.
THAT'S GORGEOUS.
- MAY I SIT IN THE CHAIR
- WITHIN A CHAIR?
YES, YES.
- YEAH, THAT'S...
- THAT'S VERY COMFORTABLE.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT?
WE FOUND IT IN THE STREET.
OH, YOU LITERALLY FOUND IT.
YEAH.
OH, THAT'S A NICE OLD PIECE.
- TOO BAD YOU DON'T HAVE
- A PAIR OF THEM.
- THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
- EVEN MORE WONDERFUL.
TWO CHAIRS IN CHAIRS.
- SO, DO YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT - THE
GLASSWARE - OR SEE WHAT WE FOUND? - YES.
YEAH, LET'S GO LOOK AT IT.
- SET UP YOUR LABORATORY.
- I'M VERY CURIOUS.
OH, MY.
LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT WE FOUND.
- WE ACTUALLY DID
- A LOT OF SHOPPING.
- WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT
- QUITE A BIT OF STUFF.
- SO WE'LL LAY OUT - EVERYTHING WE FOUND,
AND YOU COULD PICK THE PIECES YOU LIKE.
- AND THEN WE'LL WORK
- WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.
WHATEVER YOU DON'T WANT,
WE'LL JUST SELL AT THE SHOP.
THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
- OF COURSE,
- THE LABORATORY STAND.
I REMEMBER THAT FROM...
FROM SCHOOL.
A NICE SIZE.
WE ALSO FOUND YOU SOME
WONDERFUL BUNSEN BURNERS.
OH, WOW.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO
PLACE THOSE THERE.
SO, DOES THIS HAVE FUEL IN IT?
- THESE TWO BURNERS WOULD
- ACTUALLY BE HOOKED UP TO A GAS SOURCE.
- YOU PROBABLY CAN'T HOOK IT UP
- IN YOUR HOUSE, BUT THE LOOK IS WONDERFUL.
NOW, THIS... I
CALL IT THE UDDER.
OH, MY, IT JUST... YOU KNOW,
YOU COULD PUT IT RIGHT THERE.
IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A HAT.
YES.
NOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD
ASKED FOR AT THE SHOP.
YES, A RETORT.
THEY CALL IT A RETORT
OR AN ALEMBIC.
- OR A PELICAN,
- SOMETIMES I'VE HEARD IT.
WOW.
IT'S... IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT SAYS "13" ON IT.
THE LUCKIEST ONE.
THAT'S MY LUCKY NUMBER.
- SO, EDGAR,
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IS THIS WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND?
YES. IT'S... IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
MY IMAGINING IS
MATERIALIZING, YOU KNOW?
WHICH PIECES WOULD YOU LIKE?
- AND WE'D CERTAINLY WORK
- WITH YOU.
UM, WELL...
THIS ONE HAS A "13" ON IT.
AND SORT OF LOVE THAT THING.
IT'S AMAZING.
I'D NEVER EVEN IMAGINED
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY MAKE NICE BUD VASES.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING IT,
JUST PUT FLOWERS IN IT.
I LOVE THIS BUNSEN BURNER.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
THAT, POSSIBLY.
SO, YOU'RE LOOKING
AT $90, $100, $110.
I'M TRYING... $130
FOR THIS SETUP.
- YOUR BUDGET WAS, WHAT,
- ABOUT $100 ON THIS?
YEAH.
BEING THAT YOU'RE BUYING ALL OF IT
AS A PACKAGE, WE COULD PROBABLY...
WE COULD DO ABOUT $100 ON IT.
WELL, GOODY. THANK YOU.
ABSOLUTELY.
EDGAR, WE ALSO HAVE
SOMETHING ELSE.
WE OWE YOU A HOUSEWARMING
GIFT FOR YOUR NEW PLACE.
WE FIGURED, "WHAT EVIL LABORATORY WOULD BE
COMPLETE... WITHOUT... WITHOUT A FROG?"
IS IT REAL?
IT IS A REAL ONE.
TAXIDERMIED ONE.
IT'S ACTUALLY A PRINCE.
YES. AH!
WE'VE GOT A DEAL.
AWW.
I LOVE MY BEAUTIFUL
LITTLE LABORATORY.
THE FROG SEEMS SO ALIVE.
HE'S MY COMPANION
IN THE LABORATORY.