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♪ What if kittens played the clock in

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speed ♪ ♪ And

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what if unicorns were real ♪

1:22

♪ What if you could fly or travel

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back in time ♪ ♪ We welcome

1:26

you to What If World ♪ ♪ What

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if world, this

1:34

is What If World ♪ Hey

1:42

there folks, and welcome back to What If World,

1:44

the show where your questions and ideas inspire

1:46

off-the-cuff stories. I'm Mr. Eric,

1:49

your host, and today we have

1:51

a bunch of interview questions

1:54

from a young lady named Anika. Anika

1:56

is 11 years old. She likes houses

1:59

and interior design.

1:59

design, and she wanted to interview

2:02

Mamajima, Pupaloo, Zach,

2:05

and Zizi, so she wrote in with a

2:07

bunch of questions. Well, shouldn't

2:09

we give a few shoutouts first? Yes,

2:11

JFcat, thank you for the reminder. I'm

2:14

going first. Oh, I've got a shoutout for Harrison.

2:16

He asked to hear from me, the

2:18

former president of- Yeah, of what if world-

2:21

I- we- everybody knows JFcat,

2:23

and you're doing a great job leading the fur

2:25

force. Well, thank you Harrison,

2:28

and also Geno and Silvio.

2:31

To be frank, Geno and Silvio wanted

2:33

a thank you from me. They- that's-

2:36

oh, I don't have that in my notes. You don't

2:38

have any notes. You're a cat.

2:40

Where would you even keep them? And finally,

2:43

I've got a shoutout for Mr. Wayne, who works

2:45

at the Montgomery Zoo. Yes,

2:47

Mr. Wayne. Fellow first name Mr.

2:50

like myself and an educator.

2:52

We're really happy he believes in the show. So

2:55

should I stick around for the interview

2:58

or uh-

2:58

I think we're okay,

2:59

JoJo. Well then one

3:01

last big thank you to Harrison,

3:03

Geno, Silvio, and Mr. Wayne.

3:05

Now maybe I'll just nap here in

3:07

this corner while you- Oh, look

3:10

at that little cute kitty-kitty.

3:12

Black and white and fluffy.

3:15

Hey, man, the Gemma, you're right on

3:17

time. Well it's rude to be late.

3:19

Hahaha. Oh, Mr.

3:21

Eric, your studio doesn't have any toys.

3:24

Yeah, that's a really good point. I

3:26

can conjure some toys for you. I'm

3:28

getting pretty good at magic.

3:30

Uh, ZZ, you know, I actually do

3:32

have a strict no magic

3:35

rule in the studio. I'm not

3:37

sure if you heard my interview with Abacus,

3:39

but- Oh yeah, they both got caught in

3:41

the door. They were door people.

3:44

Ugh. Yeah, I spent weeks coughing

3:46

up wood chips after that, but thanks for the reminder,

3:48

Papaloo. You betcha, son. Now

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where's this cat I hear so

3:53

much about? I actually, uh, I

3:55

don't really like to be cuddled. Oh,

3:57

nonsense. Oh, kitties

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love- cuddles.

4:00

May I hold on a minute? Purdy

4:03

please don't cuddle me. If you

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don't want hugs, you're kind of in

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the wrong room right now. Oh you're such a

4:09

smart boy Zach. Give me a big

4:11

hug. Okay Jojo

4:13

run for it. Oh I'm outta here.

4:16

Bye JFK.

4:17

Okay does everyone have a seat? Is there enough?

4:20

You know not really. You ever

4:22

think about getting a bigger studio young

4:24

man? Well you know I used to

4:26

record out of a closet so this

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feels huge. Oh

4:30

tone itself is little studio.

4:32

I think it's cute. Thank

4:34

you Mamajama but we really should be getting

4:37

to the interview questions. I think I could

4:39

make your studio bigger with magic. That

4:42

big cadet.

4:43

Really nice of you to offer

4:46

repeatedly after I've said no.

4:49

But let's get to that interview

4:51

huh? Okay Onika's

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first question for you all. Hang on let me

4:55

just get settled here with my newspaper.

4:58

You're gonna read the paper during the interview?

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Only when you're not talking to me. Okay Onika's

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first question is what is your

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last name? She says it's

5:08

hard to type out your names and it would

5:10

be easy just to say I want to interview

5:13

the blank family. Oh my

5:15

goodness

5:15

Mr. Eric you never told them my last

5:18

names. Well

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my last name is Gemma

5:23

and Papa's last name is Lou obviously.

5:26

Oh you need something I need. And now you're

5:28

five.

5:29

Oh god. Apparently what if world has

5:32

army of toy building cow robots. That's

5:36

weird. That's right Papa Lou. Oh

5:38

okay so you're married but you have different

5:40

last names.

5:40

Because I took Lou as my middle

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name and he took Gemma

5:45

as his middle name. And of course

5:47

the kids are named Gemma

5:49

Lou. That's

5:50

right we're the Gemma Lou Gemma

5:53

Lou. I

5:55

guess you are. Well but she's got

5:57

the cooler middle name. Oh you mean

5:59

you think that Mamaloo Jamma sounds

6:02

better than Papa Jamma-loo? Yeah

6:05

well just listen to the way you said it like you

6:07

try to walk on a balance beam.

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Is that how I said it? A little bit. Doesn't

6:12

really roll up the tongue.

6:13

But her name is Mamaloo

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Jamma. She sounds like a rockstar.

6:19

Oh that's sweet of you Papa. Well I

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like being a Jamma-loo. Me too. Me

6:24

three kids. I just don't feel

6:26

all that cool sometimes. Well

6:28

Papa you are really cool to

6:31

me. Well you mean

6:33

it. Yeah you're

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good at reading. Ah shucks.

6:37

You're already halfway through that crossword puzzle.

6:40

Well color me 14 across. Ah 14

6:43

across

6:45

is bashful. Well hey you know

6:47

I'd really love for you to answer the next

6:50

question. You mean it. Of

6:52

course you mean it Papa just put

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down the newspaper. Alright

6:56

alright. What's the next question?

6:59

I'm gonna give you the best answer

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an interviewee ever gave. Oh

7:04

that's really not necessary. See Annika

7:07

asks how many houses have you

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lived in? Well we lived in the muffin

7:11

house. Oh then

7:12

there was the house with the skeleton. Oh

7:15

in the closet I was just about to say

7:17

that. Oh I was just trying to help.

7:18

Well we lived on a farm with

7:21

some unicorns.

7:22

Oh we moved to a zombie town for a while.

7:25

I'm sure there were a couple of other

7:27

places I'm having trouble remembering.

7:30

And then we found Howie the rocket ship

7:32

house.

7:33

Oh kids this was

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supposed to be my question. Okay okay

7:37

okay are there any other places you

7:39

remember? Okay let me think for

7:41

a second here. Oh why don't you

7:43

just ask the next question and

7:46

buy me some time. Okay Annika

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asks have you ever lived in a house that

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used to belong to cow turtle lion

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robots also known as CTL bots.

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How did she know?

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Wow, she must be psychic.

8:02

Seriously.

8:03

Oh, I remember it

8:04

like it was yesterday.

8:08

It was about an hour ago in What If World.

8:11

The Jamelew Familoo was

8:13

flying through space, looking for

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a wormhole to what is world.

8:19

Get this thing move ready faster,

8:21

oh Papa Lou.

8:22

We're already moving faster than the speed

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of light.

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But we're gonna be late. Just

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take that wormhole. But

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we don't know where that wormhole goes. See,

8:31

they give you dad the map.

8:32

You think I don't know my way around

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the universe? And Papa Lou yanked

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on the steering wheel, sending Howie

8:39

the rocket ship house and the whole

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Jamelew family crashing

8:46

through the wormhole and towards the mysterious

8:48

planet on the other side. Uh oh. I

8:51

told you that wasn't our exit honey.

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Oh brother. The Jamelews. The

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Jamelews?

8:58

You know, Annika was right. It

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is easier just to say their name.

9:03

Oh look at these giant cow turtle

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lion robots.

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So cute.

9:08

Oh, oh, I missed something.

9:10

I guess they had crashed into a planet that

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was home to massive cow turtle lion

9:15

robots. And they were already living inside

9:17

one of them. ZZ that was quick thinking,

9:19

casted a magic air bubble around

9:22

us. Well thank goodness Zach found

9:24

this big friendly cow turtle lion

9:26

robot for us to live inside of. Well

9:28

I would have never convinced it if mom

9:31

hadn't taught me good manners.

9:33

And remember how

9:35

I um did the uh you

9:37

know. This

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is awkward.

9:41

Said the cow turtle lion robot from

9:43

all around them. Apparently this

9:46

Papa Lou fellow has not done much

9:48

of any use recently. So

9:51

I will get us to that interview on

9:53

time. So help me. How

9:56

do I fly you giant cow

9:58

turtle lion robot?

10:00

We just need three pilots a

10:02

small one to pilot the robot cow

10:04

inside the robot turtle a Medium

10:07

one to fly the robot turtle inside

10:09

the robot lion Oh, what a

10:12

large one to fly the the

10:14

robot lion that's

10:15

around all of it. I call cow. I call turtle.

10:18

I call lion. Oh

10:19

I

10:21

call reading my newspaper

10:26

Okay, so mama-jama you Remember

10:30

it like it was yesterday, but it just

10:32

happened like a few minutes ago You try

10:34

working full-time and raising two kids

10:37

for ten years and then tell me how

10:39

your memory

10:40

works Oh, I'm as I

10:42

didn't mean to offend so you got here

10:44

via CTL robot. Yeah,

10:46

all they did I just got a

10:49

fatty earth. Hey Papa

10:51

Lou just just cuz you're not doing amazing

10:53

things all the time doesn't made I'm not

10:55

amazing. Um, huh? Was

10:57

that what you were going to say? No, I just

11:00

mean that we all have different strengths

11:02

and Using those

11:05

strengths together

11:06

makes us stronger. Oh

11:07

I

11:10

was going to say something a lot

11:12

more insightful actually well

11:15

that by all means go ahead Oh, uh,

11:18

you know, I would Really

11:20

it was wise and

11:22

thoughtful what I was gonna say, but We

11:25

are actually we are really running low on time. So

11:27

I gotta get to the last question. Oh, I hope

11:30

it's the main Zach and ZZ

11:31

Oh, what is your favorite

11:33

house that you've lived in? We're place

11:35

that you visited

11:36

Oh, I really love the culture to

11:38

lion bot plan it. I want to live

11:40

there

11:41

We are flattered and we love

11:43

things that live inside of other things Except

11:46

of course for the evil turducken bots.

11:49

Oh, I want to meet them Oh, I

11:51

liked living in the house with the skeletons

11:54

in the closet. They sang such

11:56

a sweet song. It went like

11:58

bones

11:59

Ohhhhhh... Yeah,

12:02

we didn't sleep all night, so probably

12:05

not my favorite. And ZZ,

12:08

you seem lost in thought. I don't

12:10

know. We've been to a lot of amazing

12:12

places. Oh, it's okay ZZ,

12:14

just tell them how you love the observatorium.

12:17

Let's you're so obsessed with magic. I

12:20

do really love magic. Oh no, you

12:22

probably like when we lived inside

12:24

that active volcano. With

12:26

all the warm and cuddly lava

12:28

people. I don't remember telling

12:31

that story. No, that wasn't really my

12:33

favorite either. It's okay ZZ,

12:35

we don't all have to pick favorites.

12:38

Sometimes

12:38

the favorites pick you.

12:40

Oh, he's

12:42

got you pegged Mr. Eric. That doesn't even make

12:44

sense, that doesn't sound like something

12:45

I would say.

12:48

ZZ are you okay? I'm

12:51

sorry, but Popolu just really does

12:53

how to make me laugh.

12:54

Oh shucks ZZ.

12:56

Mama Gemma has to manage the Bakeroo

12:58

factory. I really love visiting

13:01

her at work and seeing her in action. Oh,

13:03

that's awfully sweet of you. Mama

13:06

Gemma's job is your favorite place, I

13:08

get it.

13:09

But whenever I've had a long day or

13:11

a hard adventure or things just haven't

13:13

gone my way,

13:14

I just can't wait to get picked up by

13:16

Popolu so he can tell me some silly

13:19

joke and make the whole world feel better.

13:22

Oh ZZ. So I guess

13:24

that's my favorite place. Oh

13:26

Popolu,

13:27

I am so jealous of you. All

13:29

my favorite places Mama Gemma hugs.

13:32

Oh ZZ you little rascal,

13:34

give me a squeeze. Oh, that's

13:36

a really big hug mom.

13:38

Roooor

13:42

Moo Turtle Sound. Roar

13:44

Moo Turtle Sound? It is our CTL

13:46

bot alarm. Their rocket ship

13:48

house has been repaired. It is time

13:51

to go. Well, you know,

13:54

uh, it was a lovely interview. Mr. Eric.

13:57

Yeah, Popolu, thanks for coming. Oh,

13:59

guys, ZZ.

13:59

Zzz. Let's get out of mr.

14:02

Eric's hair. All right.

14:03

Bye. Mama. Jemma. Bye Pupaloo. Bye

14:06

Zack and ZZ Gemma Lou Yeah,

14:08

mr. Eric. Bye one cheek

14:11

pinch for the

14:11

road. Oh, okay. You

14:13

know, I was just teasing about the lessons,

14:15

right? Yes, but

14:18

it is hard to have a good lesson every once

14:20

in a while

14:23

Well, Anika, I hope you enjoyed

14:25

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14:51

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14:54

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14:56

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14:58

theme song and all you Grateful

15:00

kids at home who thank your parents

15:02

for the little things that they do Because

15:05

every little because every little thing adds up to

15:07

a big thing

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You're too

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easy, mr. Eric until

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we meet again keep wondering