♪♪ Buddy:
SO, THIS WEEK, I GOT A CALL FROM THE ADVENTURE AQUARIUM
IN NEW JERSEY, AND THEY CALLED ME DOWN
BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY GOT SOMETHING REALLY BIG
THEY NEED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT. THIS IS
THE MAIN ATTRACTION. Mauro: A GIANT ALLIGATOR? Danny: HOLY CANNOLI!
WHAT'S HIS NAME? Marc: MIGHTY MIKE. MIGHTY MIKE. HOW BIG IS HE? HE'S 14 FEET LONG
AND OVER 800 POUNDS. HEY, LOOK.
HOLY... MAN! HE'S ABOUT AS BIG AS
AN AVERAGE-SIZE AUTOMOBILE. Anne Marie: HE'S GONNA GO
TO NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, TO OUR SISTER AQUARIUM, SO WE KIND OF WANT TO
GIVE HIM A BIG SENDOFF. Marc: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
WITH OUR GUESTS IS JUST HIS SHEER SIZE, SO IF YOU COULD
MAKE SOMETHING MAYBE
CLOSE TO 14 FEET LONG. YOU WANT AN ACTUAL
REPLICA OF, LIKE, THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE -- Buddy: I THINK
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. ♪♪ Mauro: THEN THIS WILL JUST
FILL THE CAKE RIGHT ON HIM
AND SHAPE IT RIGHT ON HIM. YEP. Buddy:
SO, LET ME TELL YOU, AFTER BEING UP CLOSE
AND PERSONAL WITH MIGHTY MIKE, THIS CAKE IS GONNA BE HUGE. THIS IS A BIG CAKE. SO, THIS ALLIGATOR'S
GOT TO MANGIA. WE WANT THE MOUTH
TO OPEN AND CLOSE, BABY. WE HAPPY WITH THAT? YEAH. LOWER IT DOWN. OPEN IT UP. [ MOTOR WHIRS ]
OH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE THOUGHT
WAS GONNA HAPPEN THERE. IT WORKED.
[ CHUCKLES ] ♪♪ Buddy:
TO MAKE AN 800-POUND ALLIGATOR, YOU NEED
ABOUT 800 POUNDS OF CAKE. Mauro: THERE'S
A LOT OF CAKE ON HERE. Ralph: HOW CLOSE DO YOU
THINK IT'S GONNA GET TO THE WEIGHT
OF THE REAL ALLIGATOR? I WOULDN'T BE SHOCKED IF THIS IS HEAVIER
THAN A REGULAR ALLIGATOR. THE THING ABOUT
MAKING MIGHTY MIKE IS, WHEN YOU'RE DOING A LIFE-SIZE,
IT'S GOT TO BE EXACT, BECAUSE ANY LITTLE MISTAKE
IS GONNA BE MAGNIFIED. THEY DON'T GET MUCH MORE
IMPRESSIVE THAN THIS. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS. Mauro: THIS IS 16 FOOT TALL.
THIS IS TWO SHEETS OF PLYWOOD. ♪♪ SO, TO GET THE ALLIGATOR SKIN
TO REALLY LOOK AUTHENTIC, WE USED A COBBLESTONE MAT AND KIND OF EMBOSSED
THE MODELING CHOCOLATE IN IT, AND I GOT TO SAY,
IT LOOKS REALISTIC. Buddy:
IS THAT GOOD FOR YOU? FOR ME, THESE ARE GOOD
LIKE THIS. YOU'RE GOOD. THE OTHER SIDE. THIS IS A BIG CAKE. RIGHT? ♪♪ Mauro: WHEN THAT THING
GETS AIRBRUSHED, IT'S GONNA LOOK
SO MUCH LIKE THE ALLIGATOR. ALREADY, JUST LOOKING AT IT WITH JUST THE SCUTES ON
THE BACK, IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGING
PART OF THIS ALLIGATOR CAKE IS TO REALLY
MAKE IT LOOK AUTHENTIC. AND THE ONLY WAY
TO REALLY MAKE IT LOOK AUTHENTIC IS TO GET THE TEXTURES RIGHT. THAT'S BLACK. YEAH,
IT'S CHARCOAL BLACK. ALLIGATOR SKIN HAS GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT
COLOR VARIATIONS IN IT, SO FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA DO
IS HIT IT WITH SOME DRY BLACK
AND CHARTREUSE. ♪♪ I WANT TO GET THE ALLIGATOR
TO LOOK LIKE HE JUMPED
RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER, SO I'M AIRBRUSHING SOME
IRIDESCENT PEARL ON THERE TO GIVE IT A SHINY GLOSS. ♪♪ AND THE MORE WE LAYERED IT, THE MORE SHE LOOKED LIKE
COMING TO LIFE. Buddy: THIS IS A CAKE! RAAR! WHEN I STEP BACK
AND LOOK AT THIS CAKE, I'M, LIKE, FRIGGIN' ECSTATIC, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SOME
LIFE-SIZE STUFF, AND THIS THING LOOKED REAL. ♪♪ I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA LOVE IT. ♪♪ NOW, THAT'S AN ALLIGATOR! ♪♪ THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE
TOP 10 CAKES WE'VE EVER MADE. DEFINITELY. THIS GOES IN THE BUDDY PLAYBOOK
ON THE TOP-10 LIST. AND IT AIN'T EASY
TO GET ON THAT LIST 'CAUSE I'VE MADE A LOT OF CAKES. TOP 10, BABY! RAAR! [ ROARS ] ♪♪ HE'S GOT TO GO
UNDERNEATH THE WHEEL. LET'S GET THE WHEEL. OUT A LITTLE MORE. THIS CAKE IS 16 FOOT LONG AND WEIGHS
OVER A THOUSAND POUNDS. NOW, THAT'S A BIG ALLIGATOR. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] Anne Marie: OH, MY GOD!
WOW! HEY, GUYS! HOW WE DOING? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] OH, MY GOD. HOLY COW. NICE JOB. EVERYBODY'S FLOORED BY THE CAKE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IT
MANGIARE YET. THEY'RE GONNA LOVE IT! READY? GO. [ CROWD CHEERS ] AWESOME.
NICE! PRETTY COOL?
THAT IS AWESOME. GOOD JOB. SO, WHO WANTS TO
EAT SOME CAKE?! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
