Episode 8 Epic Quick Blast

Welcome to the world of Epic,

the place where you can become a master

at everything on the planet.

No matter what it is, this programme shows you how to do it.

So sit back, strap yourself in,

and get ready to become epic at everything!

Welcome to your Quick Blast of Epicness.

Let's do this.

What rhymes with "guitar", and kind of looks a bit like one too?

A sitar, of course.

Hi. I'm Jonathan Mayer, and I'm going to show you how to play the sitar.

HE PLAYS UPBEAT TUNE

Spectacular. Show me the sitar skills, sir.

Firstly, we have a mizrab, or plectrum,

which goes on my index finger like this.

Oof! OK, mizrab on. Next?

You need to get yourself in the right seated position

because you don't want to be uncomfortable while you're playing.

So, sit-ahhh.

You have to get your right leg on top of your left leg.

-You what?

-Like this.

Right. Comfy. Next?

Rest the main body of the sitar on your left foot.

-Then the neck should rest on your right knee.

-Got it.

Rest your thumb of your right hand

on the bottom of the neck where the pattern stops, just about there.

Now we know where everything goes,

-I'm going to teach you the Jhala technique.

-Jhala-y good.

You need to pluck the first string...

HE PLAYS SINGLE NOTE

..and then reach up to hit the rhythmical strings three times,

like this.

HE PLAYS CHORD

-Yep.

-And then you just repeat it.

HE PLAYS SINGLE NOTE FOLLOWED BY CHORD

Sounding great, JM.

Once you've got the basics down, eventually,

you'll be able to play something like this.

HE PLAYS FAST-PACED TUNE

Oh, rockin' it, sitar-style.

And that's how to become epic at playing the sitar.

Sitars are definitely epic, but they're not crazy epic.

For that, there's only one man you need to call - this guy.

Shamoy. I'm Max Byrne. Tsss!

What's that I hear?

You want me to tell you something interesting,

and yet slightly mind-blowing?

I can tell you how many individual segments there are in this orange.

-No way.

-What's that?

Are you talking to me?

Is he talking to me?

-There's ten segments in this orange.

-Prove it.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine...

..ten.

Amazing.

Come on, how did you do it?

Now, what I didn't show you, was that before the trick

I removed the green plug at the top of the orange.

Why?

At the top of the orange, there are little small holes.

Each one of these holes represent an individual segment

inside this orange.

You count them,

and that tells you how many individual segments are inside.

Holes equal segments. Sneaky.

Now, ORANGE you glad you knew that?

Oh, dear, Max.

-Get out of here.

-Ta-ra!

Right, there's just enough time

for one last throw of the dice of epic-o-rama.

Hi. I'm Gareth, and I'm going to show you how to shear a sheep.

Looks like it can't wait.

Sheep need to be sheared once a year.

They like to stay cool in the summer, just like we do.

Ah, that'll explain the vest.

-So, we start with the belly.

-Uh-huh.

-Then the hind leg.

-Oh.

-We do the back leg.

-Ohhh.

-And the tail.

-Oh, I bet that tickles.

I wonder what that looks like from the shears' point of view.

-HE GASPS

-Epic!

We have one stroke down the neck,

and then the other stroke up the neck.

-That makes sense.

-Down onto the leg.

Coming round.

-I think he only wanted a trim, Gareth.

-Onto the back.

The big strokes, the long strokes.

This really reminds me of something.

It's a bit like peeling an orange.

No, wasn't that.

So now we're coming onto the final piece of the shearing.

Keeping the comb full,

keeping the sheep happy.

A happy sheep is a sheared sheep.

This is now a fleece.

-We need to wrap it up tidily.

-Ooh, cosy.

Then it goes off to make jumpers, carpets,

and even aeroplane seats.

Let's stick to jumpers. I think you might need one for the winter.

Dyna sut mae cneifio dafad.

And that means...

"That's how you shear a sheep."

Oh, right. Cheers, Gareth.

So, there you have it - your Quick Blast of Epicness.

Now go forth and be epic, at everything!