04x21 - Monster Fun House

[bunniefuu]

Welcome to the inner realm

of Jesse James'
forbidden nightmares.

It's the Monster Funhouse.

[high-pitched voice]
-Monster Garage.

Host, VO:
-Join us now as Jesse and his
g*ng of maverick mechanics

rip, grind, and burn,

transforming ordinary
street vehicles

into monster machines
in the "Monster Garage."

-Yee ha!

-♪ Monster,
monster garage ♪

♪ Monster, monster garage ♪

♪ Monster,
monster garage ♪

♪ Monster, monster garage ♪♪

Announcer:
-This week's challenge,
turn a road tripping RV

into a funhouse on wheels.

The rules: When built,

the vehicle must appear to be
carnival worthy.

The team has
five grand for parts.

Jesse and the crew have
seven days and nights.

On the first day,
they design.

For the next five, they build.

And on the seventh day,
they have fun.

If successful,
they walk away with a $4,000 set

of Mac's hottest tools.

And the clock
starts now.

This week's design crew hauls
the '94 Southwind Storm

off the streets of Long Beach
and into the monster junkyard.

The freebie from Fleetwood

is too big
to fit through the door,

so most of the work this week

will be done
outside the garage.

The vehicle's not the only thing
missing from the garage.

Jesse James
is nowhere in sight.

So where is Jesse?

In Lake Tahoe challenging
the snow-cat and log splitter.

And he won't be back
for two whole days.

Jesse:
-Log splitter.

Announcer:
-But Jesse knows
the show must go on,

so this design crew will make
"Monster Garage" history

and map out the project

without any help
from the master fabricator.

Carnival attraction builder
from Riverside, California,

Ross Owens.

Long Beach native and theme park
designer Ted Bramble.

And from San Dimas, California

RV service technician
Joe Hahn.

- Since Jesse isn't here
then we have to come up

with the idea ourselves,
which is fine.

What's our age bracket?

Who are we
aiming for?

-I think we need to stay...
ten-years-old?

Eight to ten.
-Yeah, ten, 12-years-old.

I think that is,
we can pretty well suit,

outfit it with ten,


-We'll never get enough
complexity to entertain


-No, no.

We've got to stick
with our target.
-Evil teenagers.

-Yeah, not with videogames
the way they are today.

This has got to stay simple.

Joe Hahn:
-You don't build a funhouse
without a barrel.

Ross Owens:
-Yeah, good point.

-How about we put a,
let's put a dunk tank.

-No, I think after looking at
the motor home,

I think we've got...
-Weight's a problem.

-... weight's a problem.

I think we can probably
try to incorporate some,

some type of free-wheeling
spin discs on the floor.

I think we can probably
get some rollers in there.

And some bungee--

what we call
a bungee cord walk through.

-I really want that
where you open the door

and then a boxing glove
comes out

and drills you in the face.

I'm just saying.
Work with me, baby.

-We can go floor rollers in,
in front of the barrel.

-Yeah.
-Right.

-Spinning discs.
-Right there.

-A couple of them,
three or four right there.

-Yeah.
-Maybe one more right there.

-Bungees.
-Bungee cord room.

-Right here.
-Right there.

If we can find ourselves a pool
slide or something like that,

that we can exit them
out the back end off of,

I think that would be great.

-And I don't think,
I don't think

seven and ten-year-olds
are too young for a dark theme.

-No, there's nothing,
there's nothing in here...

-No, we can stick with a monster
theme and monster graphics.

Announcer:
-To turn the old motor home
into a mobile funhouse,

the team will gut its interior

and weave a path
of curved mirrors,

spinners, rollers and bungee web

through the cab
before finishing it off

with a rotating barrel

and an exit slide
perched off the back.

Day two.

This week's build crew arrives
ready to put the rec

to the recreational vehicle.

Coney Island
sideshow performer

and set builder,

the Great Fredini,
Fred Kahl.

-Ah!

Announcer:
-Welding instructor from
Berkeley, California,

the incredible
Liisa Pine Schoonmaker.

From Lansing, Michigan,

effects technician
and sculptor,

the astonishing Brian Pierson.

Jack of all trades
and carnival veteran

from Brooklyn, New York,

the amazing
Tyler Fyre.

And staying on from the design,

master of the motor home,

Joe Hahn.

With Jesse still away,

Joe introduces his fellow
builders to the project.

-All right, guys.

We don't have Jesse today,

so we've done some
preliminary design work.

It's gonna be a funhouse.

Obviously, we're starting out
with a motor home.

This is the motor home
that we got to work with.

It's not a new one.
-Nice.

-A piece of machinery.

-So today
for lack of having Jesse here,

we're going to start with
tearing out the inside.

-This is a piece of crap.

-This is better than the hotel
they're putting us up in.

Announcer:
-The team knew
the motor home was used,

they just didn't know how used.

-Oh, there is kitty litter
all over the floor.

-Woo!
-There's cat ...

-That's for oil spills.

-You guys went to town for us

here at "Monster Garage"
this week.

Announcer:
-This week starts off
like all good builds,

with one hell of a tear out.

-Ah, she's a beauty.

Announcer:
-They clear cut a path
through the paneling

removing all
that stands in their way,

right down to the kitchen sink.

-One down.

-Welcome home.

Wow!
-I feel funnier already.

Announcer:
-Tyler Fyre has found a home

immersed in the insanity
of the carnival sideshow.

-Performing under the big top
is an unparalleled experience

to anything else
in the world in my mind.

It's a dream.
It's overwhelming.

It's a full on,
sensory overload experience.

Announcer:
-But this circus performer's day
doesn't end

when the spotlight is off.

-No way, I do all the wiring
and lighting

for the show on Coney Island.

I'm pounding tent stakes
for the big top.

I've built scenery.

There are no days off
in the circus.

Announcer:
-After ripping the home
from the motor home,

the team can start to see
the road ahead.

-Like when this door opens,
it needs to be cool right here.

-Let's do it.
-Yeah, it's got to have
a laugh track.

We got to do like...
-I like the laugh track.

[maniacal laugh]

-Can we get a tube slide,
one of the ones that's enclosed?

-Ooh, oh, that's a good idea...
-That's great.

-...because then you go
from the barrel into a tube.

-One...
-Ready?

-...two, three.

Announcer:
-By the end of day two,

the funhouse crew
has the Fleetwood emptied

and a plan in place,

but they lost the RV expert
somewhere on the midway.

-I have no idea
what we're doing,

none whatsoever.

Tyler:
-You don't know
what you're doing?

-Well, we'll figure it out
though.

Announcer:
-The figuring out will have to
wait until morning,

when both parts and Jesse
are scheduled to arrive.

"Monster Garage" Factoid...

Day three.

At the opening bell,

the funhouse crew
makes their way in

with some fresh ideas
for the Fleetwood.

-We got to
trick it out somehow so...

Liisa:
-It seems very tame.

-It needs some monster
clown face on the front.

-Something.
-Sound track.

We gotta hook up
a sound track.

It should have a grind tape
on the outside,

like a two minute loop.

-What's a grind tape?

-It's outside every funhouse
or carnival thing.

It's just a looping tape of,
you know, some kind of thing

to build up the mystery
of what's inside.

-That's it.
All right?

-Let's rock.
-I'm ready to go.

Tyler:
-Group hug.

-Group hug?
-Group can-can.

Announcer:
-They've just added work
to their week.

But without
Jesse's stamp of approval,

the builders are reluctant
to actually build.

-Oh, I need a flathead here.

-Yeah.

-I got a loose screw here.

-Oh, dude!

-Let me tighten it up.
-How the hell?

-Well, it's a little frustrating

not to get the final word
on how it's going to be going.

-Almost noon.

We have zero building materials.

We're yet to even meet our
fearless leader, Jesse James.

And as you can see,
the inside of the RV

is completely empty.

-I'm wondering if
Mr. Jesse James

is gonna show up today.

There's a possibility
he won't.

-If he doesn't, we're just gonna
build this thing.

Announcer:
-Liisa hits the rack
for raw steel.

Even though
she's not in her classroom,

she isn't one to pass up
a teachable moment.

- Now, it's time for
hearing protection.

[men laughing]

I lost an eardrum so I'm
sensitive about these things.

These boys...

Announcer:
-Liisa Pine Schoonmaker's career
has taken her from

robotic battlefields
to speed trials

at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

But nothing could prepare her
for the challenges she faces

at her current job.

-I teach high school students,
juniors and seniors,

to do structural welding.

I think I have never
been more hard core

than I am now
after having taught.

I mean, I just, you know...

bring it, you know.

I deal with teenagers all day,

what are you
gonna give me?

Announcer:
-Having spent her entire career

in a typically
male dominated world,

Liisa knows the drill.

Liisa:
-I have an obligation
to myself and to society

to be just the most hot ...
welder on Earth.

Announcer:
-As the old saying goes,

"Those who can, do.

Those who can't..." you know.

Liisa's out to disprove
that theory

by cranking out a pile of
brackets to anchor their walls.

-There it is.

There it is.

Announcer:
-Joe's curiosity leads him
to a fresh pile of lumber.

They'll use it
to build out the barrel

and wall up the inside.

Joe's friend Greg arrives
to donate an outdated motor

that will get their
drum rolling.

-Set it right over here.

-Your power supply
will have zero to 50 on it,

so just ride it up 'til it's
right on the speed you want

and call it good.

They collect dust,
nobody wants them anymore.

Old technology.

It's perfect for what
you guys are doing.

Announcer:
-The lumber and motor
aren't the only new arrivals.

When Jesse finally makes it back
to Long Beach,

he beelines it
straight for the RV

where his first impression
is less than enthusiastic.

-This doesn't look
that much fun.

What do you guys got going here?

-So the idea is this front room
is a hall of mirrors

so we were thinking like
funhouse mirror on this side

and on this side.

Then this side,
it goes into--

these are spinning plates
on the floor.

-...you come into
a separate room here.

It goes this way.
-Oh, so it's got a floor.

-Around this corner
of the partition

a bungee maze in here,

which will be hooks
in the ceiling and the floor

and the walls, bungees at
all different angles

to where you actually
have to crawl through.

-Then you guys are going to put
one of those big drum things.

Joe:
-That goes in the back.

-Can we put it on a rheostat so
that we can turn it up

when certain people
walk through?

We need to put it so just,

I just want Body Drop
to go through it.

What about the outside
and stuff like that?

Doing a skull and all that?

-Big, old,
skull clown face out front.

-We got a foam expert for
putting the foam front end on.

-Who's that?
You?

-I don't call myself an expert,
but yeah.

-Okay.
-The foam sculptor guy.

-We can just blank out
the windows

and have
a couple of big guys in here.

When people come in,
they're all,

"If you go outside,
you tell everybody you had fun."

Like that.
-Good thinking.

That would save us
a lot of time.

-"If anybody asks you,
you had the funnest time ever."

The only thing I don't--

I'm not too sure about
is the disc things,

'cause kids are smart enough now
with PlayStation

and stuff like that,
that they'll just

walk on the edge.

I don't know.

I think I went in one
and the floor was like,

had one with, like,
a tilting floor.

And it was like a room
and it was totally dark,

where you couldn't see anything.

You couldn't even see your hand
in front of your face.

And the floor like shook
or something like that...

-What if we did the...

Like if we put the floor
on like a...

castors or something, like,

just made a wobbly floor
right through here.

-Yeah and do it so it's dark
so you got to walk through

an overlapping curtains
so it's totally dark.

Yeah, I just think,
this is cool,

but I just think...

Joe:
-How can we make it better?

Jesse:
-Kids are way smarter
than we were now.

Announcer:
After checking out the RV,

Jesse and crew decide to scrap
the spinning discs

in favor of a tilting panel.

And in addition to the floor,

they'll build suspense by
sculpting a clown skull

for the front
end and adding a stereo system

to blast their grind tape
out to the crowd.

With the green light from Jesse,

the team is finally willing
to forge ahead.

-I think we're just
relieved that we have materials

and we have like the veto
section possibility is out.

-229.

Announcer:
-Fred has no qualms putting
their revised plan into action.

-It's all
for the better and, uh,

just got to get cranking on it.

Announcer:
-While he
un-decorates the interior,

the rest of the crew are out
to make some changes.

They remove the RV's rear wall

to clear a path
for the barrel

which they'll build indoors.

Liisa:
-There you go, it's sweet.

Fred:
-Nice.

-That's it.
-There you go.

Now we got some room
to put that drum in.

Very cool.
We're making headway.

Announcer:
-Joe Hahn is an especially key
member of this motley crew

because apparently RV
technicians are a rare breed.

-Unlike the automotive industry,

there's not anywhere near
the repair manual information

that's available on them.

It's amazing how much work
it can potentially take

just to keep one functioning
like it's supposed to.

It's a house and a car
combined into one unit,

so there's a lot there to,
to go wrong.

-Christmastime.

Announcer:
-An end of day delivery
gets their wheels spinning.

-Ah, my bungee cords.
-There you go.

-Castors and bungees.
-Castors for the drum.

I think this will work.

Now that these are here,
I like this.

Liisa:
-Yeah, this is
feeling much better.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-Nice, big wheel, it doesn't
have to turn too fast.

-We're gonna need
some heavy labor

just when we're installing--

installing is a ... .

Announcer:
-They'll work
like dogs tomorrow,

but for now, the carnie crew
heads home.

They still haven't made
a lot of progress,

but this build definitely

isn't more
than they can swallow.

-Yummy!

Announcer:
-Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,

step right up and be among
the first to witness

the amazing,
the incredible, day four.

-Picked up some stuff
that is local last night,

so if we can start to work
on the tilt floor.

-Once we get the foam here
then we can start,

start really moving
on that clown head.

And that and the barrel,
those are our two,

two objectives today.

-If we can get the barrel
done and set today,

that will be a huge
accomplishment.

-We're gonna record some screams

at some point this morning.

-Oh yeah!

-So I'm gonna send
these sound files out

to Kevin Scott at Sweet m*ssile

and he is going to mix up
a crazy grind tape

for the outside of the funhouse.

Announcer:
-Liisa moves from recording
screams to inducing them

and pieces together
the support structure

that will brace
the tilting floor.

-Weld that into here.

We're gonna need, like,
a C-clamp across here.

Announcer:
-She tops off the support

using a toe ball
for the pivot point.

But before she finishes
the frame,

Liisa needs to know
how high it will ride.

Joe:
-Okay.

-Oh, that's a lot higher now.

-Now that's a serious
rocking floor.

-So if this is built up.

-It comes out almost level.
-That's, that's good.

-Perfect, huh?
-That's perfect.

-So let's get her
to come weld this up.

-Okay, let's very carefully
lift this off.

-Yep.

-Okay, now nothing
gets touched in here.

-There you go.

Announcer:
-Brian heads outside

as the building blocks
for the giant skull arrive...

... then cements them together
with liquid foam...

... before outlining
facial features

and revealing
some tricks of the trade.

-This is a transformer...

and it cranks up the AC
to DC amps.

And, uh...

basically it puts too much
amperage through this small,

this thin wire
and it makes it hot.

It's basically kind of
a light bulb,

only without the bulb.

Announcer:
-Foam sculpting is perhaps
the most important skill used

in Brian Pierson's
high profile job.

-I'm a special effects artist.

Just worked on
a bunch of movies,

pretty high budget stuff,

"Alien Resurrection",
"Mimic", "Titanic",

quite a few.

Keep it kind of seesaw
back and forth

so we don't get locked in here.

Announcer:
-But Brian isn't just
a Hollywood hotshot,

he's also a scientist

who combines art
with anthropology.

-I'm actually doing kind of
forensic reconstructions

of early hominoids.

-I'm headed down now.

Announcer:
-The hot wire glides through
the bead foam

like a warm knife
through butter.

-Ugh, stinky.

This is total
Coney Island style.

Do it again.

Yay!

Brian:
-Gotta love it.

Announcer:
-The Great Fredini

spent nearly a decade

performing at Coney Island,

but eventually saw the limits
to his unusual profession.

-Once you're swallowing swords


hammering nails
up your nose for eight years,

you're kind of like--
there's not a lot

of upward track
in that kind of career, so...

Announcer:
-So Fred worked his way
from the sideshow

to the main stage as host of
the burlesque game show

"This or That", seen on
New York's public access.

Fred:
-It's all about getting these
contestants to kind of

come out of their shell

and kind of become the stars
of the burlesque stage,

so it's really good.

[Fred laughing]

It's good, clean fun.

Now that's entertainment,

ladies and gentlemen!

Announcer:
-The parts they've ordered
just keep rolling in.

-Hey, that's good.

These will lay down on the floor
and when you walk across them,

it's a section of rolling floor.

This circus of a build now
officially has three rings.

Fred:
-Jesse's got us
jumping through hoops.

Announcer:
-The angle iron rings
that will brace their barrel

roll in after being bent into
perfect circles

at an outside shop.

Liisa cuts the overlapping edges

and welds the bent steel
into three matching circles.

Midway through the day,
Jesse punches in.

-What's happening here?

Announcer:
-And he's actually happy

with the team's progress so far.

-What are you gonna use for
the, the slats or,

just two by fours?

That looks pretty cool, man.

-Thanks, man.

Announcer:
-Jesse likes
Brian's handiwork.

It's the first time
he's seen something

other than a car hotwired.

Tyler builds their mirror frames

modeling them after the ones
he's seen at Coney Island.

And Fred uses a piece of
durable mirrored Plexi

in favor of real glass.

-Ready?
-Yeah.

It's gonna be the first thing
you see

when you walk in through
the door of the funhouse,

so we wanted
a really big effect,

something that would
really draw you in.

Announcer:
-Joe readies the freshly welded
rings for drilling.

The plan is to
pre-drill the rings

to make attaching the boards
easier.

-The bolt has to go here
so the nut can fit on

behind the leg
of the angle iron.

Then we have just enough room

to line the wheel up
at this edge,

and have the bolt head
get past

the inboard edge of this castor.

The bolt heads are just barely
going to come by

this edge of the castor.

Yeah, this is gonna be
more time consuming

than what I anticipated,
I'm afraid.

And we thought
we were gonna have this drum

put together tonight.

Oh well.

-I'm a little further behind
than I thought.

I'm about, uh...

three or four hours behind

where I'd really
be comfortable being.

But truth be told,

I think I can...

I think I can hit the ground
running tomorrow.

-We didn't get
enough done today.

This barrel thing that we
thought would be fabricated

and ready to put
the castors together

and set in the back of
the motor home is...

-Empty.
-... still three circles of
disappointment in my opinion.

-I feel a lot more comfortable
now than I did yesterday.

At the end of the day yesterday,
I was freaking out.

-I was better last night
than I am tonight.

-Really?
-Yeah.

-Oh good, we can switch.

I'll sleep.

Announcer:
-The end of day four
finds the team falling behind...

-This is stupid.

Announcer:
-With only two more days
to get this show on the road.

Monster Garage Factoid...

Day five.

The build crew marches in

knowing they need to focus
on the important stuff.

-The only thing
that really matters:

grind tape, face and barrel.

-As long as we get them in
and get their money...

-All right, fellows.
Let's do it.

-Excellent.
-Group hug.

Brian:
-Always with the group hug.

Announcer:
-The hotwire
isn't the only tool of the trade

Brian's brought with him
to Long Beach.

-This is a gribbler.

It's a homemade piece of metal

with dangerous edges

and even more dangerous screws
stuck through it.

Announcer:
-As Brian gribbles the nose

and carves out some choppers,

Liisa, Joe and Tyler team up

to finish
drilling the rings.

Once the rings are ready,

Joe clamps two by fours
into place

to correctly frame
castor wheels below.

Joe:
-Rotate it back this way some.

Right about, a little more.

Announcer:
-The wheel's placement
and position need to be perfect.

There's more riding on them
than 600 pounds of barrel.

-We have a lot of eggs
in this basket.

I hope it works.

Announcer:
-Jesse rolls in to take on
the RV's exhaust.

But today he is also busy
with a media circus.

-Ross is gonna help us today.

Announcer:
-Ross the Intern,
from "The Tonight Show,"

is spending a day shadowing
the master fabricator.

-Do you like it?
Look I pre-greased it for you.

You see the smudges.

Actually, this one over here
is chocolate.

-You look like you're from the
gas station Old Navy commercial.

-Thank you.

Oh, fun!

-Here, you bring that out.
-No, pull me.

-No.
-Jesse.

-No, you're my intern.
Come on.

-All right, I know how
to decorate.

I don't know exhaust.

-It's like decorating,
but only for your ears.

-All right.

I'm exhausted
just dragging this thing.

Eh? See what I did there?

With exhaust?
Okay, go, go, go, go!

Announcer:
-Jesse and Ross clear a path
to the exhaust

by raising the RV
and removing a rim.

-Is the RV going to fall on me?

Ah! Ah!
-Oh my God, you got one off.

All that--
-[drill grinding]

-You know, you're about as far
from a grease monkey

as I've ever seen.

-Remember, lift with your legs,
not with your back.

-Cool.
-You want to go start it up
and see if it sounds better?

-Wait, you took the muffler off

and you're going to
start it up?

-Yeah, see what it sounds like.

-Doesn't it need a muffler?
-No.

-[engine revving]
-All right, it's good,
it's loud.

That's loud.

-[man speaking, indistinct]
-Yeah, totally.

-Is that how you want it?
-Yeah.

I want
everybody to know we're coming.

-Oh, well, good.
Then I did a good job.

Announcer:
-The Fleetwood's new purr

is music to Jesse's ears,

so he and Ross
hit the road

as the rest of the crew gets
ready for a drum roll.

Tyler:
-One, two, three, up.

God.

Announcer:
-With the rings in place
on the castors,

the team sends it
for a test spin

and Liisa decides she'll join it
on its maiden voyage.

-Yeah!
-Hey, hey, hey!

Now we're having some fun.

Announcer:
-The barrel turns,

but Liisa wants to make sure
it doesn't roll away,

so she welds in
a second set of castors

to lock it in place
while it rotates.

Joe:
-Yeah, that works.

-Yeah!
-Yeah.

-That definitely works.
-That's beautiful.

-Walk through it.
-Oh, God.

Joe:
-All right,
I think the big test

is when somebody gets inside
and holds on.

-Well, we did that.
You want to see?

Announcer:
-The additional castors
work flawlessly,

but Joe and Liisa still want
a more realistic demonstration.

-You got it?

Got it?
-Got it.

Woo!

Man:
-Woo!

Whoa!

-You okay?
-Yeah.

I'm hit though.

-Uh oh.

Oh yeah, right in the middle
of the forehead.

Liisa:
-Oh, bummer.

Joe:
- We'll wait until
all the wood's in

before we test it anymore.

-I was expecting
a little bit slower, sorry.

Joe:
-Oh, I'm sorry if I overdid it.

Announcer:
-Set medic Brian Lynn is there
to patch Liisa up.

But she isn't as worried
about how her face looks

as how her actions will.

-Ah!

I don't want this
in the program.

This is what you get
for horseplay in the shop.

The shop is not a funhouse.

It's the worst thing
that I could have done

in front of a camera,
as a teacher.

-I feel kind of bad,
but I don't know.

She volunteered.

Announcer:
-After losing her battle
with the barrel,

suddenly Liisa
isn't too happy being filmed.

Liisa:
-Oh, I just want to work.

Joe:
-I know.

-Get that ... thing out of here.

Get out of here.

Great.

Announcer:
-But punk pop trio
the Groovie Ghoulies

are happy to help Liisa get over
a little blood loss.

♪ She looks like one
she dresses like one ♪

♪ Got kicked out of the Goths
for having too much fun ♪

♪ She's my vampire girl ♪

♪ Anyone would be honored
to hang around with her ♪

♪ She might be considered bats ♪

♪ But one thing
I know for sure ♪

♪ You better not make fun
you wish that you were one ♪

♪ She lives in New Orleans
but she still gets things done ♪

♪ She's my vampire girl ♪

♪ She's my vampire girl ♪

♪ I want to rock and roll
every night ♪

♪ Sleep through every day ♪

♪ I want to
rock and roll every night ♪

♪ Sleep through every day okay ♪
-Hey!

-♪ I want to rock and roll
every night ♪

♪ Sleep through every day ♪

♪ I want to rock and roll
every night ♪

♪ Sleep through every ♪

♪ Day ♪♪

Announcer:
-With the end of the day
approaching,

Joe hustles together a custom
shaft and hub

to spin the wheel
that will turn the barrel.

Fred levels the tilt floor

using springs
to keep it snappy.

And Tyler anchors the rollers
down to the floor

before joining
his Coney Island cohort...

... to load the curved mirrors.

-[grunting]
-Okay?

Announcer:
-Once again,
the barrel is in the spotlight.

And the boys on the build
team up to lug it out back.

Brian:
-Somebody catch
those lights, please.

Fred:
-We're going to need a couple
extra hands

to get it up
on the thing, dudes.

-Oh!
-Let's wait until we're in.

-Hup!
-Ah!

-There we go!

-Liisa, can you get inside
to test it for us?

-Absolutely.

Absolutely, anytime.

Announcer:
-As the night winds down,

Tyler begins bolting
two by fours inside the rings.

Brian puts the finishing touches
on the clown skull

before they carry it
inside for the night.

But it'll take more than
a pretty face

for these builders
to claim victory.

-The barrel's in,
but it's not done.

That's not done.

It's supposed to be
done and mounted

and the slide needs to be done,
the back has to be put on.

-Bungee maze.

-Yeah guys,
we got a lot of little stuff,

but, and a few big things still.

Announcer:
-They still have
a long road ahead

and only one more day before
this motor home is headed

for either the big top
or the big drop.

Day six, it's the last day
for the funhouse crew

and they know
exactly what that means.

-We can do it.
-Down to crunch time.

-Yeah.
-I hope we're okay.

I think we are.
Hope we're okay.

Announcer:
-Tyler begins where he left off
last night.

-We're gonna have
a barrel here before very long.

Announcer:
-And makes quick work
of bolting in

the remaining two by fours.

-I need two more two by fours
in the barrel and that's it.

Yeah.

-Is she real or is she rubber?

It's the Elastic Lady,
the Rubber Girl.

She's in a twirl of a curl.

-Slide parts.

Announcer:
-Brian drags in the slide

they'll use to finish off
the funhouse

and cuts an exit hole
to mount it to the rear wall.

-Look at that!
It's as if it's made to fit.

It's magical.

Announcer:
-And locks it into place

using Bondo and leftover foam.

Jesse cruises in for the day

and explains why he's left
most of this build

in the hands of the builders.

-They totally
got it handled, man.

What do they need me for?

How's your head?
Are you better?

-I'm fabulous.
It's great.

- I heard you got
pretty pissed yesterday.

It sucks when you just
want to, like,

go chill somewhere
with your injury

and then these ...
follow you around.

-Yeah.
-I know exactly how you feel.

-Oh, I can't imagine.
-Oh, really?
Does it hurt really bad?

Zoom in on that.

Announcer:
-Joe's anxious
to see their drum roll

and welds together
the last section of frame

that will secure the motor
to the interior wall.

-Now these'll hang
right on here.

Tyler:
-Which way does it want to turn?

Brian:
-Shenanigans.

-I don't believe it.

Announcer:
-But when they fire it up
for the first time,

the weight of all that wood

is too much
for the motor to handle.

-This is what I was
afraid of, man.

It's Friday late.

-Da, da, da.

High drama on the motor,

the motor home
into a funhouse build.

The pivotal thing on the whole
thing won't spin.

It looks really cool,


I like it.

How much tension
do you have on it?

-The weight.
-Just the weight of the engine?

-Yeah.

-For some reason,
the controller is only getting

seven and a half volts to it.

It won't go
anywhere near 90 volts.

And I've just now only gone to


-Why don't you get a, go pull
a battery out of something here

and then wire it up
and let's try it.

-I was gonna put
two of them in series.

Announcer:
-Powering the barrel straight
from the RV ain't gonna work

so Joe embraces
the way of the carnie

and makes some changes
on the fly.

-We have to use something else
for a power supply.

We're gonna to go to, ah,

we're gonna go to
batteries wired in series

in order to run 24 volts to...

Let me get one more battery
and get one more battery
in the circuit.

-It needs some grease.
-There, it's burning out.

-What is?
-The tire is.

It's turning!
-That's fast though.

You're never gonna
be able to make--

No one's ever
gonna make it through there.

Where's Body Drop?

-Oh!

Announcer:
-The barrel needs
another test pilot

so Jesse calls on garage
assistant Body Drop.

-Hey Fred, I got the sound
system for your grind tape.

-Nice!

Announcer:
-Piece by piece,
the funhouse is finally

starting to emerge,
but time and space

are slowly slipping away.

-It's getting really hard
to move in here.

Announcer:
-With only a few hours to go,

the team is ready
to remount the rear wall.

-These things are not light.

Let me get up on here.

Announcer:
-But once it's on
and the slide is up,

the crew can see they're facing
a vertical challenge.

-Let's find a way
to support this first.

Damn!
Huh?

-You think that's kinda tall?

-Yeah, you think?

We can't have it spit out

quite that high off the ground,
can we?

-I don't know what else
we're gonna do.

-Why don't we ad--

We can't put an extension on it?

Joe:
-This is all we got.

Man:
-I need a screw g*n.

-I think you're gonna
totally eat it, you know.

"Ooh, I made it out.
Ooh!"

Announcer:
-Brian gets over his reluctance
to change the rear wall

and modifies the height
of the exit,

lowering it nearly three feet

to minimize
ground clearance.

Fred spots a hole in their plan

and quickly cuts a patch
to fill the gap.

Jesse:
-I like it Fred.
I like it.

Announcer:
-As midnight closes in,

the mad scramble to finish
the funhouse begins.

Jesse adds strength to the slide

welding a support structure
out from the chassis.

Tyler spins a bungee web
through eyebolts

drilled into
the floor and ceiling.

And Fred lights the way
leading to the barrel.

-Oh yeah, we got these
red lights in the back!

Yeah!

Announcer:
-Before Brian plants the foam
onto its new home.

-I approve of that.
Look at that.

Imagine that
in your rearview mirror.

Announcer:
-But no funhouse
would be complete

without a grind tape

and this one
doesn't skip a beat.

[spooky audio skipping]

♪ Monster,
monster garage ♪♪

Fred:
-Wow!

-Now you know why my voice
sounds like it does now.

-This is all right, man.

-It's awesome.

Liisa:
-Oh my God.

Announcer:
-The builders are confident
in their work.

But the fate of this RV

now lies in the hands
of some tough critics...

-Is it cool?
-... Children.

-All right so listen: You guys
got to go through

and judge whether
it's fun, "fun" or not.

Liisa:
-Oh, man.
-Okay?

Child:
-Okay.
-Come on.

[carnival music playing]

[build crew cheering]

[children laughing]

-Laughing's good.
-Cool!

-Was that cool?

-Whoa!
-Trap door, guys, so be careful.

Jesse:
-Woo! Yeah!

Boy:
-Oh my God.

Girl:
-Oh my God!

Jesse:
-All right, gotta try to go
through the spider webs.

Boy:
-Oh cool!

-Now you gotta try to make it
through here one at a time

and go slide out the slide.

Hey, is somebody gonna
catch them out there?

[overlapping chatter]

Jesse:
-All right, you go first.

-Ah!
-Woo!

-Me first.
-Whoa!

Liisa:
-She is scared.

Jesse:
-Hey, that was pretty easy.

-Hey!
-Whoa!

-Got you! Whoa!
-Head first.

Liisa:
-Here comes the big one.

Jesse:
-Whoa!

-I fell over.

-That seemed like fun.

All right, should I try it
with my ankle?

Fred:
-Where's Jesse?
Is he coming out?

Liisa:
-Come on, little baby.
-Wee!

All right,
so should we give them tools?

-Yes! Yes!
-Yeah.

-All right.
-All right.

-Down the hatch
without a scratch.

-Oh my God.
-Hello!

-Oh no!

Fred:
-Oh yeah!

-Good job.
-Thanks man.

-Thank you.
-Awesome.

-Thank you.

-Thanks man.
-Look at that.

-Oh, fun.
-11:55.

Oh yeah!

Mac tools,
"Motorcycle Mania" CD.

[build crew cheering]

That was awesome.

Liisa:
-Good fun.

Joe:
-Woo!

-Should we do the group hug now?

[overlapping chatter]

Big Schwag:
-Hey there, monster freaks.

What is this coming up
fast from behind?

You got to be kidding me.

It's the Monster Funhouse
making the shift

from road tripper
to carnival crasher.

But how'd it get
to look like that.

We sent it over to hotdog
Pete Finlyn

at West Coast Choppers
for a House of Kolor facial.

Now that's a mug not even
a mother could love.

Pete caps her off with a
signature LBC gold leaf tooth.

Oh yeah!

Now this baby's good to go.

But go where you ask?

To the carnival at
the El Sereno Community Center

in East Los Angeles.

And when I said crashing
the carnival,

I wasn't kidding.

Get out of the way!

High speed driving
and the evil RV

aren't enough to scare away
this brave pack of kids.

They want a piece of the action.

And Jesse's about
to let them have it.

-Go ahead.

Should we have
someone go in there

to make sure they don't
k*ll each other?

Man:
-You want to go?
-No.

Big Schwag:
-The kids are going crazy
for the curved mirrors.

They're falling for
the tilt floor.

The rollers have them coasting.

Soon, the bungee web
is catching them like flies.

Recorded voice:
-Welcome to the forbidden realm
of Jesse James' nightmares.

-This thing is so bad!
Yeah!

Big Schwag:
-And the barrel has thrown them
for all kinds of loops.

-The best thing is to
listen inside there.

Like just screaming.

[screaming and laughing]

-It's so cool.

-I think someone
just bit it in there.

Did you hear it?

-It sounded like it.

-Oh my God.
It's so intense.

-And I got to be
the guinea pig.

The lady told me...
-Yeah, we were going like this.

-Too much.

Jesse:
-Every parent needs this
in their front yard

so their kids
go to bed on time.

They get tired out.

-It's my fifth time
being on "Monster Garage."

-What is going on in there, man?

[screaming and laughter]

That's genuine fun
being had.

Big Schwag:
-Jesse James
and the Monster Funhouse

are the hit of the carnival,

but the competition
ain't happy being upstaged.

-All the other carnies are like,

"Eh, they're supposed to pay
a dollar for that."

Big Schwag:
-The kids are
loving the funhouse so much,

Jesse's gonna leave it behind
and hit the road.

'Cause he's got no time for
carnival freaks, sideshow geeks,

and kids who can't
stomach the ride.

He's got metal to burn,
sparks to fly.

The next
"Monster Garage" challenge

is just around the bend.

-Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

I'm Miss Electra
and I'm gonna to show you

a little bit of weird science.

The human spark plug.

[crowd cheering]

Child:
It's original.