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JEFF GOLDBLUM:
Hello, hi there, I’m Jeff Goldblum,
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maybe you know me.
I act. I jazz it up.
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-And these days I’m a detective...
-(TATTOO GUN BUZZES)
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...keeping my eyes peeled
for the unconventional,
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the educational and the whimsical.
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Hey, here’s what I’m thinking about:
Why do people get tattoos?
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So, if you’re ready, Watson, let’s do
a little detective work, shall we?
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Tattoos.
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FEMALE VOICE:
Tattoos are in in a very big way
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more popular than ever
and not just for bikers
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-and bad boys anymore.
-Taking over the bodies of many
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of our athletes, celebrities,
young people and adults.
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An estimated 45 million Americans
have tattoos, the number is rising.
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(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)
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JEFF: Baltimore, Maryland,
the Villain Arts Tattoo convention.
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Welcome aboard.
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(TATTOO GUN BUZZES)
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JEFF: Here we are,
look at all this activity.
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Interesting stuff going on here,
look at all these tattoo lovers...
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and amongst all of them is lucky me.
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Oh, boy!
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Now, tattoos. I myself...
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never had a tattoo.
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Um...
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Of course, the Jewish people, you know,
sometimes there’s an association
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with the holocaust and sorry to...
I don’t wanna be a downer right away,
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but you know they put numbers on us
and this and that, but you know,
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these days you throw a stick
and you hit six people who have tattoos,
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everybody's got tattoos.
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Anyway, I never got myself jellied up.
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I tell you why,
I’m a person of fickle mentality,
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that is to say, I am always looking for,
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you know, the real me in some way
and sometimes I think I’ve found it
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and make a decision and go, "I got it!"
But then the next day sometimes,
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I go, "Well, I changed my mind,
that’s not really..."
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Tha... So, what would I do
if I got a permanent tattoo?
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(SONG BEGINS)
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A whole lot of people get their skin
permanently branded.
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Every little movement...
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JEFF: My question is,
this is what I’m curious about, why?
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Why do they do it?
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Is it sleight of hand that commands
My heart to love you?
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The Salvador Dali,
did you request this particular image?
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I did. But I like the chaos and beauty.
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It’s just a little bit
of my personality coming out.
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Isn’t that something?
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-JEFF: What is your name?
-Jeff.
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-Really?
-Yeah.
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Let me drink you in.
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I’ve got a bunch of tattoos I’ve done
of you.
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-You?
-No. You, sir.
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JEFF: This is me as a baby dinosaur. What,
look, what a fine artist you are Jeff.
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What is this? Oh, that’s the Jeff body
with the dino head, clever girl.
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You could bind me in blindfolds
You could put my...
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JEFF: And of course, you know,
you can’t visit
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any life endeavor these days
where they haven’t turned it into...
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a competition!
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(SONG ENDS)
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-Candy Dunbar.
-Candy. Oh, you're a mind reader.
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(SINGING)
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I don’t get one of those?
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-(LAUGHTER)
-Hey, come here, you...
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Okay. Well, I have a question,
what’s that winner gonna have,
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-what are you looking for exactly?
-I mean, best of show, a lot of it depends
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on the field that we are looking at.
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Somebody’s gotta win,
if they are all stinky it’s the best one.
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And a lot of good stuff is gonna lose.
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Their line work, make sure
everything is nice and crisp and clean.
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-Crispy lines.
-Yup.
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All body shapes and sizes,
all have a flow to them
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and as long as the tattoo flows
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-with that...
-JEFF: Yes.
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-...that’s what I’m looking for.
-And they are all beautiful, aren’t they?
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-CANDY: Yes.
-Right. I’m waiting for illumination.
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Really? Your third eye is gonna open
when you see that right tattoo.
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Okay, I think we’ve done it.
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-All right.
-I think my third eye is just starting
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-to peek, peek. Peek out.
-CANDY: Peek out!
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-Okay, I better get out of your hair.
-All right.
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(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
OVER PA)
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First contestant.
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It’s a whimsical rendering.
He’s eating a big submarine sandwich.
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Hey, that’s a gorgeous thing. That face
separated by the roses, you know.
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(JEFF WHISTLES)
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JEFF: Holy cats!
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The rendering covers the whole back.
An Amazonian beauty.
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Look at those lips, quite full.
Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.
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My wife’s favorite flower, the sunflower.
Oh, it looks alive,
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and it's growing and exploding.
I would give them all prizes already.
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MAN: (OVER PA) And we are now ready
to present the award for Best In Show.
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-The honors go to Harlen from…
-(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
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Come on up here.
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Good, good. Thank you so much
it's very, very beautiful.
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(SINGING)
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JEFF: Hey, so, everybody says
that I'd be crazy to leave here
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without having talked to the godmother
of American tattooing.
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That is the lady right there.
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This is the amazing Shanghai Kate.
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Kate has been in the business
for almost 50 years.
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Which is nutty 'cause she is so youthful.
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JEFF: Don’t let me interrupt,
don’t let me interrupt.
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SHANGHAI KATE:
I know this voice.
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-It’s so nice to see you.
-Nice to see you, too.
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And... and don’t let me interrupt, uh,
this beautiful tattoo.
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This is how I started
with this very classic style,
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it’s Sailor Jerry.
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-JEFF: It hurts doesn’t it? A little bit.
-No. It does but really not much.
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-And you bleed a little bit?
-No. Is he bleeding?
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JEFF: Oh, no. You’re not.
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I pride myself on my low threshold
of pain.
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-Do you?
-Yeah, I’m like The Princess and the Pea.
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I’m highly sensitive
and I don’t believe in stoicism.
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I say, "Ow! Ow! It hurts. Ow"
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Ow!
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Hey, tell me this,
why do people get tattooed?
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What do you think,
if you had to boil it down?
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I think it’s in our DNA,
it’s as much as if you see
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-a little two-year-old bopping to music.
-Dancing.
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Where does that come from?
Why do 13-year-olds, worldwide,
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at the advent of puberty,
wanna get tattoos?
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Because that’s when
the big impulse begins.
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So, part of this mystery
of consciousness...
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-Mm-hmm.
-...uh, demands that we express ourselves
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-and where closer than our own forms...
-Hmm.
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-Right.
-...and each other.
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It's kind of a romantic thing,
it's a sensual thing, isn’t it?
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It’s very intimate,
very intimate art form.
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So, I have this innate ability to...
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-JEFF: Yeah
-...sort of, people to do things for me.
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You do. I would do anything
for you already.
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-Really? I have a few ideas.
-MALE VOICE: Uh-oh.
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-Oh, really? Okay. Okay.
-(LAUGHING)
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JEFF: And she wasn’t kidding, either.
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All right. So, now you are gonna
pick up the machine.
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JEFF: What you’re witnessing is me getting
my first tattoo lesson.
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And... ah!
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-(TATTOO GUN BUZZES)
-Ah! It just went on.
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I didn’t know it was...
it was vibrating like that.
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-KATE: Yeah.
-Is it gonna keep vibrating like that?
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-KATE: Yeah.
-I like that.
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(LAUGHS)
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JEFF: I didn’t want to do it
on human flesh.
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This is a fake hand. That’s all I wanted
to tackle at this point.
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Now, I’m gonna dip just the end of it.
Oh! It's sucking like a...
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-It's a capillary action.
-Oh, yes. Like an anteater does that.
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Read... Ready. I don’t wanna mess this up.
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-It's okay. It won’t sue.
-JEFF: Okay. Okay, ready?
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Oh! I like it already. I like it already.
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-I like it very much.
-Yeah. There you go.
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-JEFF: I like what I’m doing.
-Look at that.
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-See, what I meant.
-(KATE LAUGHS)
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-That's it. Hey, my first tattoo.
-That's damn good. I know.
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Is that good?
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JEFF: Hey, how about this for serendipity,
you wanna hear a fun fact?
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The fella who perfected the light bulb
also gave us the machine for tattooing.
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How about that?
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In 1875, Mr. Thomas Edison
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was trying to punch ink
into a stack of papers
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in order to create multiple copies
with one stroke.
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Sort of what would become a Xerox machine.
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But instead he paved the way
for electric tattooing.
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I’ll tell you, the human need
to make images has been around
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for as long as sapiens
have walked the earth.
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From cave art to hieroglyphics.
To current overuse of emojis
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See, here’s the thing,
our brain can interpret pictures
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in just 13 milliseconds.
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That’s less time than the blink of an eye!
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Why do people have tattoos?
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I guess everybody wants to be special
in some way
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and everybody has a couple
of ears and a nose and a chest and limbs,
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but, nobody has this, you know?
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It's in us to draw on ourselves,
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that’s what Kate said, didn’t she?
It's ownership of your own body
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by doing something.
Maybe people are doing it for that reason,
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but I wonder if they are doing it
for some...
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deeper motivation.
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MALE VOICE: Hawaii, the very name
suggests fun and gay activities.
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JEFF: Well, I know what you’re thinking,
"What the heck is going on here?"
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"Am I watching a travelogue show now
or is this footage from Jeff’s vacation?"
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Actually, I’m working like a dog,
trying to understand the traditional art
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of Hawaiian tattooing.
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Ramming speed. Oh, yeah.
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Power guy, power guy.
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So, I’m hanging out with these guys.
Legendary surfers and lifeguards,
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Archie Kalepa and Sam Kapoi.
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They spend every waking moment out here
on the waves.
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Really something.
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Here they are, look at those tattoos.
Now, those are traditional
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and very personal, culturally specific
heritage ocean related images.
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So, let’s talk about tattoos.
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Sam Kapoi...
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-tell me everything.
-(LAUGHTER)
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So, what the heck is going on?
Well, I see stars.
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SAM KAPOI: This constellation
is the southern cross...
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-JEFF: Yeah. I see.
-...with the voyaging canoe.
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This is a navigation bird
called kauaʻi ʻōʻō...
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-Yeah.
-...that represents always knowing
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where home is, yeah?
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-This is the sun.
-Yes.
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SAM: And then on the wrist
it's like a kupe'e, it's called,
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it's like our heavens for protection.
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The shark teeth that reflect bad energy
and receives good energy.
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Wait a minute.
So, the traditional Hawaiian way
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there are particular places
that you get it
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-and particular things that you get.
-Yeah.
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You see the turtle in the wave?
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ARCHIE KALEPA:
One day we were surfing Jaws
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-and it was like 60 feet.
-You're surfing Jaw... Jaws...
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-Piyahi, it's this giant wave on Maui.
-JEFF: Oh, oh.
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And it's one of the biggest waves
in the world and I was surfing out there
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and it was getting late.
I knew we should have left,
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but I said one more wave, one more wave.
One wave, I went down,
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four 60-foot waves went by
and I didn’t come up.
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And it was pitch black.
I was like, "Okay, I'm at peace
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"with everybody and everything.
If it's my time to go, I'm okay."
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Something told me, "Don’t give up."
And then I remember coming up.
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I was just completely exhausted...
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and that’s when it clicked.
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So, I almost drowned.
And so, this is a reminder...
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whenever I surf big waves,
it's not about me.
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-It's about what's going on around me.
-JEFF: Yeah. Gee!
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You’re getting another one from Keone.
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-Yes. Keone Nunes. Yes.
-Keone... Lunes?
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-HA'A KEAULUNA: Nunes.
-N-U-N-E-S. Keone.
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Keone Nunes and he’s the master
and eighth degree black-belt master
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of tattooing.
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The thing about Keone is it’s a gift.
Like how he’s gonna tell your story
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and you don’t know
until he does it so...
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'Cause you don’t have a design
for tomorrow picked out?
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-ARCHIE: No, he decides.
-Do you think he knows already?
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Yeah, he knows.
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Wow!
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JEFF: Mm-hmm.
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Keone Nunes. He is a master craftsman
of traditional Hawaiian tattooing
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and he's spent 30 years
single-handedly reviving
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this ancient Polynesian art.
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Now, what's he gonna create for Archie?
Hey, I’m on pins and needles to find out.
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(WOOD TAPPING)
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-(BIRDCALL)
-(IMITATES BIRDCALL)
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-JEFF: I didn’t mean to interrupt, or...
-KEONE NUNES: Oh, no. Come inside.
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This is me just practicing my bird call.
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-(JEFF IMITATES BIRDCALL)
-(KEONE LAUGHS)
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KEONE: Why don’t you join us?
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-Come in, sit down. Yeah, of course
-May I? May I? Really?
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-JEFF: So, what is the meaning of this?
-KEONE: This is called Niho-Niho style.
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And it’s a protective design. Um...
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these tattoos embed mana
into the individual.
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Mana, so tell me about that.
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Everybody has mana when they are born.
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Mana is sort of like a spiritual power.
It's the essence of who you are.
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Getting a tattoo like this
strengthens your mana.
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Wow!
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-We’re all done, sir.
-Oh, my gosh. So, oh, my gosh.
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Archie, congratulations!
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KEONE: Can I see? Yeah.
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-I wanna see sometimes. (LAUGHS)
-JEFF: Yeah.
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And this is Archie seeing it
for the first time.
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Oh, my God, it's...
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Wow! I mean, I encounter people
all the time with tattoos,
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but never before today have I talked
to people who are gifted with...
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this tradition of the tattoo like this.
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For them, it is this lovely art
that tells a bit of a story
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and connects them to this culture
which is just beautiful.
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This is a magical land,
I have a bubble of an idea.
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Wait a minute, wait a minute,
something's occurring to me.
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If they use tattoos for protection,
maybe there is something that exists
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where tattoos could pro... protect us.
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JEFF: Just a hop, skip, and jump
from Silicon Valley.
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There are tech startups everywhere.
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And there is one that's working
on the next generation of tattoos.
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It's still pretty much
at the experimental stage,
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but it seems to hold the promise
of changing all of our lives.
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Watch this.
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-MALE VOICE: Too close for comfort.
-FEMALE VOICE: When you think of tattoos,
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medical advances are probably
not the first thing
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-that come to mind.
-A new kind of tattoo...
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FEMALE VOICE:
That can last about two weeks...
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FEMALE VOICE 2:
...Incorporates technology...
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FEMALE VOICE 3: ...That would
communicate with smartphones,
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gaming devices, tablets
and potentially use beyond medicine.
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Researchers say they are focused
on practical uses.
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We’re working on the future of tattoos
so it’s not just
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a body-based self-expression
which is very important,
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but it also gives you a sense
of health awareness
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and what's going on in your body.
Like hydration levels.
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-Yeah.
-Or in the environment.
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-Like UV rays from the sun.
-This is fantastic. I love this idea.
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-You get a temporary tattoo.
-CARLOS OLGUIN: Yeah.
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-You'll tell me where and...
-Yeah.
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...it tells you
when you've get enough sun.
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-Correct. Yeah, totally.
-JEFF: Well, I love this tattoo...
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-Yeah. So, you wanna try one?
-Okay. Oh, yay. That's great.
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-And I’m slapping.
-CARLOS: Like this.
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-Yeah, hard. Yeah.
-Just slap it.
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-Yeah. No, no, that’s too much.
-Harder?
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Okay, I don’t wanna hurt myself.
(MIMICS RIPPING SOUND)
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-Beautiful.
-CARLOS: Yeah. Yeah.
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Now, that we've got it, we go out test it.
I feel very powerful already.
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(HUMMING)
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(SINGING)
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Okay. (LAUGHING)
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As you go into the sun,
it’s gonna start changing very quickly.
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(SINGING)
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Look at that, it just went... bingo
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Meanwhile, the outer ring
will start also changing
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-more slowly, clockwise.
-JEFF: Clockwise.
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-Here. It will start here...
-CARLOS: Yeah.
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-...this blue will become pink...
-Mm-hmm.
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...and when the snake eats its own tail...
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-CARLOS: Yeah.
-...you’ve had too much sun.
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It’s the safe limit for someone
with sensitive skin.
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JEFF: Carlos, I’m with you.
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Hey, let’s go to the park.
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Isn’t there a...
(SINGING) ...nice attraction in the park
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where we can test this baby out?
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-I like a nice patch of grass, don’t you?
-Yeah.
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Look, shouldn’t we pick a bunch of these
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and make a chain out of them
and put them in our hair
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and then gamble and frolic
around the lawns?
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-Uh. Yes, in slow motion.
-(JEFF LAUGHS)
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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Carlos. How is this thing working
for heaven's sakes?
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-Wow! Mine's almost all pink.
-Yeah, you can see how the outer ring
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is now letting us know
that we are reaching
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that safe limit of UV exposure...
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-Yes, sir.
-...and that means that we should,
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you know, seek shade pretty soon.
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What’s the future, where does all this go?
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As we create a critical mass of sensors,
people are gonna be able to
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pick and choose any condition that they
care about and just drag it and drop it
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-onto your tattoo from an app...
-JEFF: Yes.
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...and make
that tattoo fully personalized.
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Cholesterol levels, ketones,
glucose, of course.
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Yeah, how’s my cholesterol?
How’s my heart?
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So, that makes me really excited
because that puts in a place
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where with electronics alone
it's gonna take much longer.
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I think we should have a world
that works for everybody.
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-Yeah.
-You like that phrase? I like that.
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Yeah. I like that.
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I think this an idea whose time has come.
So, I don't know.
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(BOTH CHUCKLE)
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-CARLOS: Okay, well, thank you so much.
-JEFF: I can't thank you enough.
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This reminds me
of the end of Notting Hill,
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-you ever see that movie?
-With Julia Roberts?
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Yeah, they fall in love and at the end
of the movie, they are sitting
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on the bench where they first,
really kinda fell for each other.
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-You are Julia Roberts, right now?
-Yeah, I'll be Jul...
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-I'll be Julia Roberts.
-Okay, sounds good.
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You were talking, what happened?
I don’t remember the movie.
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-I’m being Ju... Julia Roberts.
-Oh, I see. Gotcha.
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JEFF: Before, I met Carlos, I had no idea,
he’s changed my life really.
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I thought tattoos were...
Well, what I knew about them,
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but boy, this... this was outside the box.
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But a picture that can tell you "get out
of the sun" or "drink more water,"
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or "stop drinking, you...
you’ve had enough cocktails."
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Oh, my gosh! What technology could tell us
about all manner of life,
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may change life for the entire species,
very exciting.
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Very, very exciting. (CLICKS TONGUE)
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Tattoos, geez!
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It's been like a high-altitude ride
in a floating dirigible.
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And I think there is only one thing left
to do at this point and one place to go,
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a place that my heart is longing for.
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My hometown and today is,
believe it or not...
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Jeff Goldblum Day.
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(LAUGHS)
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I’m humbled, I’m honored, I’m... (GROANS)
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FEMALE VOICE: It's not just Saturday,
it's Jeff Goldblum Day
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in the city of Pittsburgh.
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Fifteen years ago, the city council
proclaimed July 13th
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as the day to celebrate the local hero
who became a Hollywood star.
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The Artisan tattoo parlor here
in Pittsburgh
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is staging its annual extravaganza
that boasts Goldblum inspired tattoos,
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exclusive T-shirts, merchandise,
and trivia.
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It is a free event that all starts
at 11:00 a.m.
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From what I gather, lot of people seem
to wanna get a picture of my face
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from one photograph or another
on... on them.
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So, I’m gonna pop in
and surprise them is the idea.
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It’s a surprise for me more than anybody,
it's an adventure.
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Wait, wait a minute.
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We're coming close. There it is.
There it is. Shh! Don’t say you saw me.
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My ego hangs in the balance.
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Will they like me?
Will they want to get tattoos of me?
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Really.
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I’ll start off the biding.
I’ll get a tattoo of myself on myself.
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How about that?
How about just face of myself on my face.
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Perfect!
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I'm in disguise, I'm in disguise.
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(LAUGHS)
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-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(TATTOO GUN BUZZING)
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(CHUCKLES)
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(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
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Did I surprise you? I did.
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Two years ago,
some loyal and generous fans
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at this very tattoo parlor
here in Pittsburgh decided
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to pay me an undeserved tribute
and spend the day inking my face
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on their all too willing flesh. So good!
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You know, last year I heard that more
than a 100 showed up for all this stuff.
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How about that? Well this year,
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I’m gonna offer to one intrepid volunteer
a Goldblum by Goldblum,
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-so to speak, you’ll see what I mean.
-(TATTOO GUN BUZZING)
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-Mr. Blobner, may I call you Mr. Blobner?
-It's technically Dr. Blobner.
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ARTIST: Snap!
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-Dr. Blobner, I'm so sorry.
-(LAUGHING)
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00:23:26,530 --> 00:23:29,366
Why do you wanna get my glasses
on the dinosaur?
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It seemed like a fun idea.
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I think it is a fun idea, I like it
and you know what, I have a proposition.
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-Hmm.
-How would you feel...
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if I myself took the tool and contributed
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-in some minimal way?
-Absolutely, go for it.
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-Really?
-Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
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-You like the idea? Really?
-Yeah. Yeah.
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JEFF: Before I’m let loose
on the good doctor.
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It’s probably high time
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that we actually explained just
what happens when you have a tattoo.
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Needles penetrate the skin at speeds
of up to 50 times per second.
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As this happens,
the body becomes convinced
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that it’s under attack
and the immune system goes into battle.
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Special cells rush to the wound
and devour every last drop of ink
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in an attempt to rescue the body
from this foreign invader.
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Once gorged on their share of pigment,
these bloated cells are now stuck.
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And voila!
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A permanent mark,
deep underneath the surface of the skin,
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known as a tattoo.
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-(TATTOO GUN BUZZING)
-Okay.
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I would choke up on the machine
just a touch, give it a little oomph.
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Gonna put it on. There, there it is.
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-JASON ANGST: Use the palm of your hand...
-JEFF: Yeah.
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...with the other palm,
to have something to lean against.
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That’s nice. Do you want an angle on it
or you wanna do it straight down?
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JASON: Uh, I tend to go
with a little what I call a 30/30.
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That’s ideal.
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Isn't that amazing?
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-Do you feel that, Dr. Blobner?
-DR. BLOBNER: Just a little bit.
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JASON: You can be a bit more bold
if you wish.
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-JEFF: Oh, really?
-JASON: Mm-hmm.
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It's like the massage.
More pressure, less pressure.
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-JASON: Yeah.
-JEFF: Wow! Okay.
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There you go.
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Good, okay. What do you think,
have I done it?
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-So, let's see.
-JASON: So just kinda...
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-Hey, hey.
-JASON: There you go. Oh, look at that!
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JEFF: Hey!
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-It’s there. Good job. Look at that.
-I did it.
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-(JASON LAUGHS)
-(INAUDIBLE) I did it!
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-JASON: You did.
-Oh, my gosh, Dr. Blobner,
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I can’t thank you enough.
447
00:25:39,913 --> 00:25:42,416
-I appreciate it. Thank you.
-You and I are going to be bonded forever
448
00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:44,877
-and ever and ever, and so will we.
-JASON: You are.
449
00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:47,588
You are now part of this...
this man’s life experience.
450
00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:50,174
-Wow!
-(JASON LAUGHS)
451
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,678
JEFF: Oh, lovely people around here.
452
00:25:55,429 --> 00:25:56,722
Eh, they don't know me anymore.
453
00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:59,058
You know,
I got outside my artisanal parlor
454
00:25:59,266 --> 00:26:02,978
and, you know, who am I? Uh, well...
455
00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:06,565
this is what I’m thinking about,
it's a question.
456
00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:09,359
Why do people get tattoos?
And here’s my answer.
457
00:26:11,028 --> 00:26:12,029
Affirmation.
458
00:26:13,447 --> 00:26:15,949
And something
that might be called self-definition
459
00:26:16,033 --> 00:26:20,704
in other words, "Hey world, here I am,
this is who I am,
460
00:26:20,996 --> 00:26:23,999
"this is where I come from,
this is what's important to me."
461
00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:28,504
Get the idea
and it doesn’t require any talking,
462
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:32,466
it's just is like, there it is,
a picture's worth...
463
00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:36,512
many, many words. How about that?
464
00:26:37,888 --> 00:26:39,515
Now, do I want a tattoo?
465
00:26:41,058 --> 00:26:44,061
Did I off camera get a tattoo?
466
00:26:50,859 --> 00:26:52,319
(JEFF LAUGHING)
467
00:26:52,653 --> 00:26:53,529
(SONG PLAYING)
468
00:27:20,347 --> 00:27:21,431
(SONG ENDS)