00:02I'm Michael Paul.
00:03I'm a bird trainer, and I specialize in birds of prey.
00:07The bird I brought today is a very special bird.
00:10What makes it beautiful is also what makes it very dangerous.
00:14The beak, the claws, the wingspan.
00:16He is quite smart, and we have a particular bond
00:21that allows me to go outside certain comfort zones
00:26to try different things.
00:27Ow.
00:28But the other side to that is,
00:30I haven't really had him in this kind of environment.
00:35She smells the bird in there.
00:37Do you smell Willy in there?
00:42Working with birds of prey, there are a lot of risks.
00:45Many injuries are possible and have happened.
00:47When I take off the cloth on the cage,
00:50how will the animal respond to the lights
00:52and the moving cameras and the crew?
00:54Even with training, it is not hard to trigger a bird of prey.
01:00If they're feeling like they are in danger,
01:02they might want to attack.
01:06I have two goals tonight.
01:08One is to make sure the audience and the judges are loud.
01:11Hi.
01:12And two, that the audience and judges are safe.
01:15Um, I'm gonna ask everyone to just have
01:18a slightly quieter demeanor at first,
01:20so we don't spook the end.
01:27Oh.
01:27Oh.
01:28Oh my God.
01:32I really thought it was gonna be real.
01:34I did too.
01:38This is, uh, this is Willy.
01:40Willy, say hello.
01:43Say hello.
01:46Hello.
01:47Hello.
01:48Very good there.
01:49Very good.
01:49I'd like you to welcome Willy, of course,
01:51by saying hello Willy.
01:53Hello Willy.
01:54Very good there.
01:55Nice job.
01:56Okay.
01:58This animal, uh, seems very docile in captivity,
02:01but in the wild he is known as a bird of prey.
02:06Baruch HaTadonai, Elohinu Nelechalon.
02:12I'm Jewish.
02:15You're a little under control.
02:16Remember this?
02:17Uh, now folks, uh,
02:18when animals are in a new environment,
02:19the biggest problem is obedience.
02:22So, what a lot of zookeepers and trainers
02:24and veterinarians use, uh, is a little hypnosis.
02:27And this is not a very heavy trance,
02:29but when I say sing, he will sing.
02:31When I say sleep, he will sleep.
02:32When I say...
02:34Crap.
02:42Did that really happen?
02:49This would be a lot easier
02:50if you just do more bird things.
02:52Hey, I am a master impressionist.
02:54That's what my species does.
02:56You do jokes, I do impressions.
02:58I got it.
02:59I could do jokes.
03:00I'm sure you could.
03:00Could you do an impression?
03:03Yes, yes, I could do an impression.
03:05Go ahead, do it.
03:07What?
03:07Do it.
03:11Do it.
03:16All right.
03:17I will do an impression, yeah?
03:19And then you tell me who I'm doing.
03:21Okay.
03:21All right, let me think.
03:22King Kardashian.
03:23What?
03:26You are tweeting without thinking.
03:28Donald Trump.
03:32No.
03:35It's cheap.
03:36It's cheap.
03:37Animals, it's a crapshoot.
03:39Crapshoot.
03:39Come on!
03:45All right, now listen, I have an impression.
03:46Okay, I am not a professional.
03:48That's fine.
03:49All right, tell me who this is.
03:50Ready?
03:50Yeah.
03:50Who's this?
03:53I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
03:58Elton John.
04:03I'm gonna do one more and we're done, if you don't get it.
04:05Fine.
04:05He's like the most famous person of all.
04:07Okay, ready?
04:07Yeah.
04:08Who said this?
04:10I'll be back.
04:11Jesus Christ.
04:19Now, number one, it's Arnold Schwarzenegger.
04:23And number two, number two, come on!
04:25No!
04:26Thank you very much.
04:27Thank you!
04:44Thank you very much.
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