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Clips from Nathan for You - The Hero (S03E03)

"then you show up and I head back?"
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"- Yes."
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"And with Corey squared away,"
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"I was off."
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"♪"
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"- Walking a wire is one"
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"So for the past seven months,"
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"When I first attempted this,"
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"suspended 5 feet in the air."
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"But to turn someone into a national hero,"
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"So I picked a pair of buildings in downtown Los Angeles"
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"to be the platform for a death-defying wire walk"
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"80 feet above the ground."
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"So with Corey laying low in the desert,"
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"and custom body suit were ready,"
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"into Corey Calderwood."
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"And then I headed into the first media appearance"
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"I had booked for Corey to promote the big event."
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"- So you're gonna get on a wire in downtown Los Angeles,"
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"and it's something-- you're not a tightrope walker?"
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"- Just started learning to wire walk six months ago."
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"It's totally new for me."
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"- I can't imagine you being on a high wire"
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"with thousands, possibly, of people--"
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"- A lot of people have been saying that"
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"what I'm doing is inspiring and heroic, you know?"
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"But I--I really don't see it that way."
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"My goal is to raise awareness for breast cancer"
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"- Well, then you are a hero."
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"- Yes! - I hope you make it--"
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"- Well, I don't see it that way."
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"I don't really see myself as a hero,"
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"but thank you for saying that; that is nice."
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"- No."
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"And with millions of people listening,"
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"I was hopeful it would draw a crowd."
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"But there was still one issue I had to resolve."
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"he was struggling with."
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"It gets lonely when you're not with someone"
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"- I was worried that if his love life"
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"So I decided to create an online"
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"And shortly after uploading them to his profile,"
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"who seemed like she might be a good fit for Corey."
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"And after telling her that a camera crew"
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"which I set for the following night."
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"My goal was to establish a relationship"
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"I just spend most of my time in Ventura."
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"You know?"
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"- Really? - Not the greatest place."
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"But it's kind of hard to talk about myself with"
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"a goddess sitting right in front of me."
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"- Oh, thank you."
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"- Yeah, sorry."
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"Is that a bit cheesy, or..."
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"- No, it's actually really sweet."
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"the date was going,"
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"- Back in high school, I was actually on the debate team."
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"- Wow. - Yep."
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"- So what's it like to debate with you, then?"
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"- Um, I'm pretty good."
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"- I bet you're a pretty good arguer."
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"- Yeah, I'm pretty good at debating."
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"- Should we try to debate something now?"
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"Or-- I don't know."
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"We don't have to do that."
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"Corey and Jasmine hitting it off..."
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"- Yeah. - It's gonna be nerve-racking."
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"- They also had a lot in common."
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"- Do you play "Sims" at all?"
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"It's my go-to pleasure."
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"- Oh, yes."
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"It's a guilty pleasure for me."
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"I love "Sims." - Yeah."
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"- I like that expression."
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"But before leaving, I wanted to make it clear to Jasmine"
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"- I hope it's not too forward to ask,"
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"Can I ask your permission to kiss you?"
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"- Oh, sure."
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"because I told her I wanted our first kiss to be special."
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"right when I step off that wire."
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"[chuckling] Okay."
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"strangely surprised by my own confidence."
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"There was something about being in another person's skin"
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"that made all my social anxiety vanish."
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"And I didn't feel ready to call it a night just yet."
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"- My friend Maureen is from Boston."
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"- Boston?"
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"[Boston accent Oh, hi, I'm from Boston."
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"[laughter]"
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"And as it came to an end,"
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"I had Corey's grandparents brought to Los Angeles"
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"to witness the big event."
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"But shortly after their arrival,"
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"I began receiving some troubling messages"
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"Is everything okay?"
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"newspaper ads we were running"
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"and became so concerned that they insisted"
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"I knew my Corey disguise and impression were good,"
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"would take some additional effort."
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"and had him record Corey saying a specific"
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"series of phrases that I had written."
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"Everything's going to be okay."
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"- Corey had no idea why we needed this,"
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"to have any conversation I wanted in his actual voice."
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"- I then arranged to meet Corey's grandparents"
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"I hired an actress to pose as a hotel manager"
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"- We just have a suspicious man on the loose."
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"We're checking it out right now."
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"Now I just had to pray that this would work."
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"Hi, Grandpa."
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"- Corey! - There he is!"
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"- Hi! - Hey, Corey!"
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"- It's great to see you. - It's good to be here."
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"- The hotel was all blocked in."
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"They won't let me inside."
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"We'll have to talk like this."
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"- You okay?"
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"- Yes."
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"I've been training hard,"
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"and I'll be totally safe."
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