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  • (upbeat music)

  • (crew 1): Get in there, Jake. (crew 2): Come on, you can do it.

  • (laughing) (crew 3): Are you in all the way?

  • - No, my legs are still hanging out. Oh, that looks just like Die Hard.

  • Before I was crawling through an air vent,

  • I had two loves in my life: science and movies.

  • So, I decided to put myself in one of my favorite films,

  • Die Hard. And don't worry, we're not actually in a skyscraper.

  • That? That's just a backdrop behind us.

  • We're doing a lot of stunts for this episode. There's falls, there's jumps...

  • - It's all really cool, but it's important to be safe. - Safety.

  • (Jake): Air vents aren't built to support the weight of a human being.

  • Oh boy! So I fall through frame. - Okay, resetting. Going again.

  • - What if - I'm just gonna throw it out, here - we have a rig set up?

  • - No. - Okay, what if...

  • - No! - No.

  • - But what if-- Okay. (crew): No!

  • (Jake): Bilbo Baggins! (crew): That was worse.

  • - Oh, they're a great crew to work with. Amazing crew.

  • Professional and very safe-conscious, so...

  • - I'm about to go up ten meters and then jump off,

  • so we can figure out what it looks like when a human being

  • falls 10m attached to a fire hose.

  • Yeah, take it up! Just like John McClane did in the movie.

  • (crew): One, drop!

  • (laughing)

  • - Oh, man. Are you kidding me?

  • - Jake, could you survive this movie? - Not this part.

  • As it turns out, it would just cut you in half.

  • - That worked exactly like we thought it would, and it was awesome.

  • - The Nakatomi we're blowing up, we have people behind the large metal body

  • of the scissor lift. 'Cause the plastic shrapnel is vicious

  • and you don't want to get hit with it.

  • (crew): One, boom!

  • - Safety!

  • (crew): Next, I'll do a fire... Fix the scene for me right now,

  • - make sure there's nothing in the way. (crew 2): Fire in the hole!

  • Three, two, one!

  • - We actually were going to do it all in one,

  • where the flame comes out, I jump back, all in one scene.

  • but I guess there is some worries about me lighting on fire

  • because some things that I have, like the makeup and the clothing, are flammable.

  • So in post, we can add the flame that we actually filmed coming in,

  • me flying back. 'Cause I guess it's safer. And we'll do that.

  • (explosion)

  • (laughing) Who are you?!

  • (screaming) - I think no one could survive Die Hard

  • which is why it's called Die Hard.

  • - You did it. - We did it, buddy!

  • Also, has Derek come down yet? - Oh no, I haven't seen him around.

  • (thuds)

  • (chuckles) Guess he should've been a Twinkie. (both laughing)

  • (crew 1): Did somebody really? - Somebody ate the Twinkies!

  • (indistinct chatter) (male crew): We got more, so... (female crew): We got more!

  • (crew 1): Oh, you got a whole backseat of Twinkies? Twinkie wrangler.

  • Oh no, sad Twinkie. - Aw...

  • (Jake): Wait, are you eating right now?

  • - Yeah, just having a Twinkie.

  • Today, I am playing Reginald Veljohnson's character from Die Hard.

  • It's a very coveted role.

  • I ain't gonna play this Mickey Mouse (bleep).

  • (Jake): No cursing. - Okay, no cursing. Okay, got it.

  • - Bring back the deton-err. (laughing)

  • What happened to my accent?

  • (clears throat) Alright.

  • Bring back the date-- (sighs)

  • I can't even... Why is that...? It's ridiculous.

  • I got a call from Jake Roper a few weeks ago,

  • and he just said, "Will you be a bad guy in my video?"

  • And I was like, "I thought you'd never ask."

  • - I got you, buddy! - Lift me up!

  • (all singing) ♪ Once more

  • You open the door

  • (laughing)

  • - And as always...

  • (all): Thanks for watching! Woo!

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