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0:00 Intro (to stretching)
1:17 Gameplan!
4:03 Evan goes engineering mode
5:03 Cardboard as a cat ball?
6:48 27 cuts later
8:02 49 cuts later
8:30 There’s another snag…
10:28 73 cuts later
11:20 Shoving the pipe in there
12:20 A miscalculated “egg”
13:06 Evan, the lollipop protector
14:08 Joob, the suppurrvisor test
15:30 Making the legs
17:24 oh yeah Its all coming together
18:15 The “Buy”
19:15 Joobie tests
23:10 Joobie likes… trash?
24:00 Why did we do this :D
24:10 The verdict