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Mark Robers CrunchLabs S03E01 Lava vs Laser Destruction Test H 264
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00:00Which has more destructive power? Lava or lasers?
00:04Well, today we're going to answer that age-old question with a bit of a scientific face-off
00:08by testing each against seven objects, including a row of glass bottles,
00:12a bunch of popcorn kernels, a metal maize, a can of beans, a bunch of matches,
00:17a canister of highly flammable butane, and finally, an actual boat.
00:23And since lava won the last showdown between acid versus lava,
00:26your questionable safety method practicing Hawaiian-shirted reigning champion is back,
00:32Kevin, the backyard scientist.
00:35And his laser-wielding opponent in this matchup will be a former middle school science teacher
00:39and a man who has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, possibly more than Jimmy Kimmel himself,
00:44science Bob Flugfelder.
00:46But once again, I'm not just going to be watching from the sidelines,
00:49because each of the seven objects will have to face my X-Factor method of destruction
00:54that will be different for each object.
00:56So, for example, that highly flammable canister of butane gas
00:59might be dropping into the path of two katanas spitting at 1,500 RPM
01:03in a small room filled with open flames.
01:06And as expected, the nerd trash talk commenced immediately.
01:09I love Kevin's cute little backyard build.
01:12You're going down, Bob.
01:13Don't go sleeping on the X-Factor.
01:15You got another excavator hiding outside?
01:18I'm basically Oprah here, because the winner of today's competition gets a boat.
01:22Last time you said I'd win a car, we ended up burning all the cars.
01:25Did you win a car?
01:26Technically, but...
01:27Well, with that, we can...
01:29William!
01:30Will's back!
01:31It smells like farts in here, Mark.
01:33Somebody farted.
01:34I'll get you out, Will.
01:35Ah!
01:35William!
01:36Yeah?
01:36Don't you have better things to do?
01:38So in exchange for once again crashing the party,
01:40I sent William off to find the official Crunch Labs bin of spare referee uniforms.
01:45I forgot about that thing.
01:46It was time to commence our seven-item showdown of destruction,
01:49starting first with a row of glass bottles.
01:52What I have in my hand is a 3,000-watt water-cooled high-powered laser.
01:56This thing gets hotter than lava, Kevin.
01:58Only in a tiny spot.
01:59It's all we need.
01:59I'm not even going to wear my glasses.
02:01You have to wear your glasses.
02:02Okay, sorry.
02:03Here we go.
02:04Oh, my goodness.
02:06Whoa!
02:07It's like a mini-volcano!
02:09Holy...
02:09Volcano!
02:10Bob slowly worked his laser through every bottle, setting them up...
02:13Oh!
02:15So he could breezily knock them down.
02:18So that's a good way to cut a glass in half.
02:20Which was fair enough, but could lava do better?
02:23Let's do it.
02:24Nice.
02:25And by the way, if you've ever wondered how to make lava,
02:27all you do is stick rocks in a graphite crucible,
02:30then heat them up to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit
02:32so that the rocks just literally melt and turn into their liquid form.
02:36Look at that!
02:38Wow!
02:38That's actually hot!
02:40Hot lava!
02:41Whoa!
02:46Whoa!
02:53Whoa!
02:55Whoa!
02:55I still got one!
02:58Whoa!
02:59Whoa!
03:01That was awesome!
03:02And amazing that was also a lot faster than Bob can't argue with that and with the flame safely doused
03:08is now my turn
03:09I would say Kevin wins
03:12And they would soon live to regret ever discounting the x-factor what they didn't know is when it comes
03:18to oversize a Drupal bandit trigger-lock slingshots
03:21I'm a bit of a sharpshooter
03:29First try
03:37Yes!
03:38And uh, yeah, my slingshot eventually handled all of them
03:41Mark you made this easy, it's Kevin
03:43Let's go!
03:45Next round
03:46So Lava put the first points on the board as we moved into the second event of the day to
03:50see which of us could most effectively pop some popcorn
03:53How did no one think of using a laser to pop popcorn?
03:56That's a no-brainer just like you
03:58Don't insult a guy with a military-grade laser
04:00Three, two, one
04:02Wow
04:04Oh, I see a kernel
04:05Look!
04:06Are they popping?
04:07Yes!
04:07What?
04:08I may have set it on fire
04:09This looks repulsive
04:10You haven't tasted it yet
04:12Just like a little bit burnt
04:13See?
04:14Oh!
04:16Just needs more time
04:18But Bob's time was up
04:19Do you have a plan Kevin?
04:20No
04:21First
04:21Just like this
04:23Just like this
04:23Oh man
04:24That's clever
04:24That's Guy Fieri right there
04:26And then, here we go
04:27Popcorn at top
04:28Woah!
04:29You really went for it
04:30Oh yeah
04:31Wow, look at the smoke
04:32Is it off-gassing and then burning?
04:35That is cruel!
04:36That's one of the craziest things I've ever seen in my life
04:39I think it's like
04:40Oh!
04:42We got some popcorn!
04:45Kevin's popcorn was the clear winner in quantity
04:48Oh!
04:51Oh!
04:51Taste test
04:52But how is the quality?
04:54Oh, it's chewy
04:55Huh
04:55Oh!
04:56Oh no, that's not good
04:57Wow!
04:58Lacking
05:00Severely lacking
05:01Oh
05:01It didn't taste like smoke
05:02That's horrible
05:03Oh!
05:04Which brought us to the X Factor
05:06And this odd looking contraption
05:07Okay
05:08Now, I just turn
05:10This should make popcorn really, really fast
05:13Basically, the way it works
05:14Is you put the kernels in the top of this mini chamber
05:16And then you lock it closed and heat it up over a small fire
05:20Which causes the air pressure to rise really high
05:22Because the air can't expand out like it wants to as it heats up
05:26This new pressure then pushes back on each kernel
05:29Squeezing them in all around like a weighted blanket
05:32To keep their kernel shape even though they're now totally hot enough to pop into popcorn
05:37So after putting a liberal amount of butter and salt into this bag here
05:40And then prying off the lid to the chamber
05:42Three, two, one
05:45Ah!
05:46Ah!
05:46Ah!
05:46Ah!
05:48You instantly pop a thousand pieces of popcorn
05:51As they're free to expand now
05:53Without all the extra air pushing them in
05:55Whoa!
05:57Whoa!
05:57And after a quick shake
05:58I'll be the judge
06:01That's pretty good
06:01That's really good actually
06:02Yeah
06:03If mine was covered in salt and butter it would taste good too
06:05Yeah, let's test it
06:06Okay, wait, no
06:07Winner is Mark
06:08And that meant the underdog x-factor was tied with lava
06:11As we moved into round three
06:12The metal maze
06:13And Science Bob's plan was to use a series of mirrors
06:16To send his beam through the maze
06:18Straight to a balloon filled with flammable gas
06:21Ooh, balloon!
06:21Fastest way to solve a maze is to use the speed of light
06:24Three, two, one
06:26Powering
06:27And while it instantly got through the maze
06:29All of the mirrors did too much to weaken the intensity of the beam
06:32Bob, it didn't light your flash paper
06:33Can we just do it manually?
06:37Only barely being salvaged
06:39Oh!
06:40By the explosive ending
06:42And Kevin's take on the maze was to turn it on its head
06:44You have to follow your own path in life
06:46Don't listen to the walls society puts up for you
06:49You take the maze and you just melt it down
06:51Oh, gosh, get in with lava
06:55Oh, it's beautiful!
06:57It already went through
06:58And the lava wasted no time in just melting its way through every wall
07:02Whoa!
07:05Woo!
07:07I might burn through this side too
07:09I can solve the maze ten different ways
07:11But one was more than enough
07:13I think that was really cool Kevin
07:14That's beautiful Kevin
07:15Thank you
07:15I also think you didn't solve the maze
07:17Yeah
07:18My submission for X Factor on maze
07:21Should be arriving
07:23Now
07:24Right on time
07:26This
07:26There's no way she's fitting in that maze
07:28Is my adorable niece Kaylee
07:30And Kaylee, what do we have in this box?
07:32We have my pet Squeaky
07:34Squeaky can do the maze?
07:36Yeah
07:36So we put a little motivation at the end of the maze
07:38And let Squeaky get to work
07:40And Squeaky wasted no time in leaving the competition in the dust
07:44Oh
07:45Come on
07:46Come on, Squeaky
07:47Come on, Squeaky
07:48Turn around
07:48I can't believe this worked
07:50Yes
07:51Oh
07:52That's so embarrassing
07:53This is so bad
07:55Kaylee, can you tell him to go to the finish line?
07:58I can but I don't want to
08:00Wait, what?
08:01Come on
08:01There's something wrong with this mouse
08:03Okay
08:03Okay, okay, okay, okay
08:05And that counts
08:06Full body out, full body out
08:09And...
08:10What?
08:13What?
08:14Science Bob attempted to console me with a scientific explanation for Squeaky's cold feet
08:20Mammals don't like being out in the open because that's where predators are
08:22So right now it's probably feeling a little more protection
08:25So knowing this, we gave Squeaky a nice protected VIP line straight to the cheese
08:32And soon enough
08:34Oh, that's it
08:35Yes
08:37Go into Science Bob's clothes, that would be awesome
08:39Yes
08:39Yes, yes, do it, do it
08:41Yeah
08:41So I sent my adorable niece Kaylee off to wait
08:44It's your call, how do you want to play this?
08:46While we all waited for William's final call
08:48I will say, she cries easy
08:49Easy choice to make
08:50Make eye contact with Kaylee first
08:52Okay, fine
08:53Everybody win
08:55You're a winner
08:55You're a winner
08:56The points are negated
08:57No one gets any points
08:58Which was, perhaps deservedly
09:00A way to call us all losers on that round
09:02As we moved on to the tastiest round
09:04Yet, beans
09:05Welcome to the Crunch Labs kitchen
09:08Yes, chef
09:08Yes, chef
09:08Here we go
09:11Warm them up gently
09:13Then they will be delicious
09:15Looks like he's welding beans
09:17Once they're warmed up gently
09:19Besides Bob, you're leaking beans everywhere
09:21This is a crime against beans
09:23It's just like grandma makes it
09:25It smells like grandma
09:27Mmm, it's like mildly room temperature beans
09:29Five stars
09:30So all Kevin's lava had to do
09:32Was beat room temperature beans
09:34This is gonna be way better than your laser beans
09:36Kevin, you look like a chef from the future
09:39Thank you
09:42Oh
09:44Woah
09:45Woah
09:46Woah
09:54Woah
09:56Get away from it Kevin
09:58Okay
09:58Okay
09:59Okay
10:00Cool Kevin
10:03I have never seen that happen before like a alien egg omelet you are a
10:09futuristic chef look at that look at that but to be kind and the floor is
10:13lava we gave him the mulligan all the power of a volcano versus these beans
10:25wait that can of beans is gonna explode that's what I'm kind of worried about
10:36wait yeah is it gonna explode bro well I know I want to get covered in beans so
10:41we waited to see if these were truly some ticking time beans the second I let my
10:48guard down it's gonna explode it looks like a Muppet okay it punctured I knew you
10:54wouldn't do it and with these beans being more bust then boom we had to grab a can opener sing
10:59us out kevin's lobby whoa never mind are we rolling oh my god my ceiling don't come back down any
11:19minute now that is quite possibly the biggest and loudest explosion we've ever had a crunch
11:24slabs and we've had a lot dude the floor is slippery dude there's no beans wait there's no more beans
11:32fortunately we found just enough for a taste test oh before moving on to the x factor there's more
11:40than one way to boil a can of beans with a twist they never saw coming because that clear container
11:46is actually a vacuum chamber and by sucking out the air on the chamber i would lower the pressure
11:50on the beans causing them to boil you might have noticed this effect when you're at higher
11:54elevation in the mountains where the air pressure is lower and it takes longer for something like
11:58your ramen noodles to become soft even though the water is boiling with less air pressure the boiling
12:03point of water is as much as 10 degrees lower so the water just can't get as hot before it
12:08turns to
12:09steam oh yes they're like rising out with the foam this is disgusting mark looks like a root beer
12:15float wait till you taste it and once it had been given enough time to really boil i switched off
12:20the
12:20vacuum letting the air rush back in as i prepared to plate oh my god judge they're colder you get
12:30negative points because you made the beans colder there's only one of these that was memorable and it
12:34was kevin's bean bomb yes so kevin pulled ahead by one point but it was still anybody's game going
12:40into the matches right all right arguably the most expensive way to light a match oh my god whoa
12:47the laser worked great although thanks to bob's protective eyewear you've basically missed the
12:52entire back half so hard to see don't tell him don't tell him all right i mean you're doing great
12:56but even with his helmet handicap bob got the rest quickly wow
13:01wow and now for kevin's contraption a spaghetti pot with slots he had cut in the bottom and then
13:08bolted it to the end of a router motor hoping a centripetal force would fire the rapidly spinning
13:13lava into the matches three two one yeah
13:25it was quick beautiful and left a ton of flames i can't believe it unfortunately for kevin the flames
13:32just weren't on the matches oh you're burning it with the crucible it's not even lava anymore
13:38it got kind of sad here we go for the x-factor i filled a squirt gun with acid in
13:42the hopes it
13:43would create an exothermic reaction on the match heads causing them to ignite i can have the
13:48minions bring you some lava i don't need your big lava oh wow oh fire chemistry what's up i think
13:57you need a time lapse instead of high speed mark that's nerd trash talk right there and so we did
14:02put it to a time lapse and we found out that if we gave it enough time it still burnt
14:07out science
14:08bob had the most effective method of lighting on fire laser no way so science bob was finally on the
14:14board as we moved into the flammable butane cans we've been trying to answer some important science
14:19questions here and the world wants to know what happens if we hit a laser on a can of highly
14:24flammable butane what what happened well i don't know so we're gonna find out oh three two one
14:29oh okay okay going down going down
14:46that's how you laser it was a strong start for laser and now it was over to lava to see
14:51if it
14:51could be topped kevin i see we need bunker protection for this oh why because it's going to be so
14:56good
14:57it's gonna be dangerous
15:01that means it's good despite my best judgment i allowed kevin to continue as he attempted to
15:07ignite a butane canister by dumping a bunch of lava on it and the result was actually gorgeous
15:17as the venting butane forced the viscous flow of lava streaming back up into the air
15:24whoa and when it was finally through look at the bubble on the floor it left so much to see
15:30whoa look at the lava spike on that obsidian dagger and a lot to hear
15:41it's like lava asmr and even some stuff to wear i think we officially have the world's most dangerous
15:46contact lenses but i could beat all that gentlemen you'll find your butane can attached to the
15:51ceiling here with an electromagnet if i push this button it drops drops onto what well it drops onto
15:57this helicopter that spins these little arms they're not wooden arms they are swords those are
16:05katanas i believe then what sterno flames all around in the container to ignite the butane so you took
16:12two swords and bolted them to a motor 1500 rpm motor they're gonna stay on it in theory i lit
16:19the candles
16:19as i prepared to say hello to victory and potentially goodbye to crunch labs here we go spin her up
16:26oh is that as fast as it can go no oh no you should say stuff like that
16:35okay okay i'm good there okay here we go mark this is terrifying
17:02look perfect slice i feel like the x factor finally brought something interesting to the table
17:07which put the scores here headed into the final two-point showdown all right gentlemen what do
17:12you think that one kind of looks like me yeah that's my design uh-oh i'm guessing this is not
17:16a race yeah your goal is to sink a boat the lake had three boats in it each filled with
17:20a self-portrait
17:21mannequin and a few gas cans to make things more interesting quite simply first to sink a boat wins
17:26starting with kevin who is resorting to some medieval tactics hey kevin you know what i think you're a
17:31little catapult what do you think bob i think it's really cool i hope it works oh bob sorry i'm
17:37not
17:37good at trash talk bring in the lava you guys don't have any minions all right kevin this better be
17:42cool oh we're locked and loaded here you go you guys ready yeah three two one fire
18:04you didn't even get close to the boat i don't want to hurt myself oh look it's sizzling
18:09all right all right more lava three two one fire
18:18i should be splashing them with lava not water
18:23i would have hit it but it missed this is it kevin launch lava at you like normal people do
18:38i think if we take the lava out of the crucible it'll go farther just straight projectiles yeah
18:43just a red hot crucible no lava okay it was his last shot three two one so he gave it
18:49everything
18:54and by sheer luck he hit one of the gas can triggers
19:04he just dropped the bomb and kept going and we waited for the ship to sink but alas it did
19:10not
19:10wow kevin my lava minions are fired all right gentlemen my strategy here is kind of simple simple man
19:18simple strategy continuing with the medieval theme flaming arrow
19:24he doesn't even have a quiver he's just like strapping him to his back by the way i got my
19:28archery
19:28merit badge in boy scouts is that why it's not catching on fire it looks like it's supposed
19:32to catch on fire oh yeah okay straight and true
19:44oh my god that was supposed to look cooler there we go got it oh definitely the wind
19:53there is no wind this is so sad the lake is littered with arrows oh people look up to you
20:03mark
20:03oh yeah oh hey arrow boy wait i thought you were good at trash talk i was just gonna say
20:10good luck and i'm rooting for you well now i feel bad quit being nice bob this is the last
20:16arrow
20:17all right i gotta make this one count
20:21okay here we go flaming arrow
20:31dang it and then there was one this game is rigged and with my boat even less sunk than kevin's
20:39the
20:39stage was perfectly set for science bob to steal away the victory all right boys now we have added an
20:46extender on here this is a big moment because you're down by one but this is a two-pointer
20:50i literally have to light myself on fire out there oh yeah sorry bob me and a ryan seacrest hairdo
20:56i think it's a good look it's way better than my regular hair all right bob bob's about to pull
21:01a titanic
21:02two
21:15cut the bone back bob we have to let it cool
21:20Brrrrrr.
21:25Oh, what the fuck?
21:27What the fuck are you doing with this?
21:28Bob.
21:29It's a single mark.
21:29All right, you're still going, still going.
21:31Oh, yeah, look at your, you burned yourself, Bob.
21:33Bob, you're on the ground.
21:34Oh, yeah!
21:36That's what I'm talking about.
21:38Bob, you have no mercy.
21:39It's already dead, Bob.
21:41Bob.
21:41I really want to win this.
21:43It's sinking.
21:43I think it's sinking.
21:45Bob, you animal.
21:47Relentless.
21:47I mean, I think you win so far. Okay, and as the USS laser sunk into the watery depths
21:53Like any good captain science Bob Seacrest went down with the ship
21:59Look it could be anyone's game at this point. Well, what's the call golden hour? You look incredibly handsome, but
22:04you're still the loser
22:06Bob Bob did damage
22:10What you get a hug and of course I promised you a brand new boat, so there it is. Oh,
22:15that's my boat
22:19But I don't want that boat
22:59You
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