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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.87,0:00:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Caine, and I am 9 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.12,0:00:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My arcade is named Caine's Arcade. It's open on weekends only.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.62,0:00:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, it's really cheap.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.54,0:00:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caine does not pass by an arcade without stopping in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.77,0:00:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves tickets, playing games. He loves prizes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.49,0:00:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it was only natural for him to build his own arcade.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.06,0:00:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves to see how things are built.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.59,0:00:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes his toys apart to see how they work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.81,0:00:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can't put them back together, but he takes them apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.74,0:00:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caine spent summer vacation coming to work with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.33,0:00:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sell auto parts in East LA.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.33,0:00:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad has a lot of boxes back there. We ship parts out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.65,0:00:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I cut them up and make my arcade games out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.12,0:01:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first game I made is a basketball hoop I got at Shakey's Pizza... and it's really cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.69,0:01:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He taped it onto a box, and he offered people chances to play for a nickel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.07,0:01:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He started with that little game, and little by little it got fancier and fancier.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.78,0:01:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually it took over the whole store.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.72,0:01:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met Caine randomly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.27,0:01:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to get a door handle for my '96 Corolla, so I pulled into this used auto part store.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.97,0:01:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just came across this elaborate cardboard arcade.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.18,0:01:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked him how much it was to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.96,0:01:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was like "for $1 you get 4 turns.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.57,0:01:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for $2 you get a fun pass."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.98,0:01:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, how many turns do you get with a fun pass? You get 500 turns with a fun pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.59,0:01:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a fun pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.72,0:01:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made this fun pass expire in one month. And you get 500 plays on any of these games.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.45,0:01:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a great deal!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.09,0:01:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started making my office. It has a speaker, so on the other side I can talk through.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.62,0:02:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got tokens, my business card, fun passes, and prizes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.52,0:02:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first prizes I used my own toys, like the cars - my own toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.10,0:02:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to like Hot Wheels when I was little.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.70,0:02:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work from the back office, so it kept him out of my hair all summer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.49,0:02:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would work on the arcade, i would work on eBay.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.77,0:02:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My next game I built was a soccer game. First of all, it didn't get no goalies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.36,0:02:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People said it was too easy, so I bought army goalies, and there are blockers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.26,0:02:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell them, "is it easy now?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.55,0:02:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's pretty hard, so you get two tickets if you make in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.89,0:02:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I give it a 4 stars. Hard game, challenging game. 4 stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.29,0:02:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, Caine tells me, "Dad, I want to buy a claw machine."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.78,0:02:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, "why don't you just build it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.21,0:02:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he got an S hook and put a piece of yarn on it, and then put a little track on top of the box.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.18,0:03:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I said, "What the heck? He figured out how to make a claw machine with a string and a hook."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.30,0:03:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are some sunglasses. These are the glass I like the most - star sunglasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.33,0:03:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He buy calculators to put on every arcade game. I ask, "what's that for?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.54,0:03:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The calculators right here are for security to see if it's a real fun pass or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.96,0:03:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the back, the fun pass has a security number.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.63,0:03:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you go here you turn it around and put the pin number in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.35,0:03:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And press the check mark button and the big number comes out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.33,0:03:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how you know it's a real fun pass!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.89,0:03:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad started the business in 1955. We have used auto parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.02,0:03:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of our business has gone online because we really don't get the walk-up traffic like we used to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.90,0:03:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Caine's chances of getting one customer is pretty hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.84,0:04:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caine is always waiting in front, sitting on his little chair and trying to convince people to play.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.22,0:04:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not too much luck.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.12,0:04:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caine's Arcade grand opening!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.43,0:04:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he never gets discouraged. He is always sweeping up and dusting off the game. Waiting for customers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.56,0:04:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He only wears his shirt on Saturdays and Sundays when he comes open up his arcade.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.51,0:04:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he is really proud of his shirt because he thought it up and he designed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.12,0:04:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Caine got back to school from vacation, he kept telling everybody that he got an arcade, and nobody believed him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.38,0:04:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he won't wear his shirt to school because he's afraid that kids might tease him about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.00,0:04:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told them, "hey I got my arcade!" But they're like, "yeah, yeah sure."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.33,0:04:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one day, my secretary comes running into the office, "George, you'll never believe it! Somebody is playing in Caine's Arcade."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.44,0:05:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I go, "no way!" I was looking through the security camera and watching him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.70,0:05:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm playing miniature soccer, miniature basketball.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.93,0:05:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, when you score a point, he would crawl into the box and he pulls out these little tickets out on the side of the cardboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.19,0:05:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a real arcade, game tickets come from the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.58,0:05:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, "this kid is a genius."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.68,0:05:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirvan came back one day when Caine wasn't here and told me, "you mind if I make a short film about Caine's Arcade?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.85,0:05:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "well, actually, it's kind of a little joke around here, because you are his only customer."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.10,0:05:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was blown away. Caine has only sold one fun pass?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.62,0:05:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the fun pass is an awesome deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.04,0:05:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Nirvan says, "well, what if I could get him a couple of customers?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.17,0:05:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "that would make his day. If you could get him one customer, he would be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.39,0:05:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that point, we hashed a plan to invite everybody in LA to come play at Caine's Arcade.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.92,0:05:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was to do a surprise flashmob of Caine's Arcade on Sunday afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.36,0:06:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking, "who is gonna come down to a junk yard on Sunday afternoon in East LA? Who's really gonna show up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.85,0:06:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then I made a little facebook event which a friend posted on HiddenLA which has over 230,000 fans, and all of a sudden it just started going viral.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.10,0:06:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirvan put it on the internet, and all of a sudden, within an hour, we had NBC news here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.08,0:06:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then it hit the front page of reddit, which is like being on the front page of the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.81,0:06:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started reading the comments. "I wish I could be there - I live in New York. I wish i could be there - I live in Europe." And then I go, "wow!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.95,0:06:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was getting big.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.68,0:06:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The plan is I am going to take Caine to Shakey's Pizza. We are going to play some arcade games.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.53,0:06:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to eat lunch, while Nirvan sets up a big surprise party.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.26,0:06:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caine has no idea what we're doing, and when we get back, he is going to have the biggest surprise of his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.18,0:07:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the idea is to get as many people as we can to come out to Caine's Arcade, and just make his day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.55,0:07:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caine is dying to have one customer show up to his arcade.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.03,0:07:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Caine is going to be the most surprised little boy in the whole wide world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.02,0:07:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey, we're ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.62,0:07:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In about a minute, he is going to ride here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.15,0:07:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey Caine, can we go home early today? We had no customers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.18,0:07:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.88,0:07:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.11,0:07:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, Dad's tired!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.10,0:07:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No can do! No can do?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.44,0:07:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're back Caine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.57,0:07:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow! What's going on over here? Haha. Huh?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.52,0:08:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ cheering ]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.68,0:08:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We finally got some customers here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.05,0:08:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ cheering ]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.70,0:08:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE CAME TO PLAY.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.72,0:08:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ cheering ]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.99,0:08:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright everybody, this is Caine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.72,0:08:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi Caine! [ cheering ]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.79,0:08:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caine, this is everybody. All these people came to play your arcade. Did you know they were coming?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.52,0:08:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.46,0:08:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you ready to run your arcade?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.24,0:08:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.22,0:08:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, what did you guys come here to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.85,0:08:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WE CAME TO PLAY!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.77,0:08:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good. Welcome to Caine's Arcade.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.70,0:08:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ song ]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.80,0:08:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well the "C" could be for Cardboard
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.59,0:08:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the "A" could be for Arcade
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.48,0:08:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the "A" could also be for Auto Parts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.42,0:08:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause in his Pop's shop's where it's made
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.67,0:08:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the "I"'s gotta be for imagination
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.47,0:08:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of which this kid's got a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.89,0:08:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the "N" oughta be for Noggin'
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.74,0:09:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the idea first got thought...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.47,0:09:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then the "E" (Oh yes the E!)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.62,0:09:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yes the "E" (Oh yes the E!)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.92,0:09:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well the "E"'s gotta be for Everybody
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.94,0:09:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(That's you and me!)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.45,0:09:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause Everybody is who's invited
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.65,0:09:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To come on down and play
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.57,0:09:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've got the pluck to try your luck
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.77,0:09:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on down to Caine's Arcade
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.37,0:09:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh Caine's Arcade (Caine's Arcade!)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.49,0:09:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh Caine's Arcade (Caine's Arcade!)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.87,0:09:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the best cardboard arcade ever been made \N(Ever made!)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.64,0:09:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So grab yourself a fun pass
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.09,0:09:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And y'all come on down and play
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.75,0:09:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've got the pluck to try your luck
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.60,0:09:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on down to Caine's Arcade
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.16,0:09:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ cheering ]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.94,0:10:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, I want to know how you got all of these people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.09,0:10:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are those your friends?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.40,0:10:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I came back, I was like, "is this real life or was I just dreaming?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.06,0:10:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I came out and there were real people in real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.91,0:10:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like they're really playing the games.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.60,0:10:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw a lot of people, and I was like, "I don't know." It's probably a little parade around somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.70,0:10:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were all like that... when i was right here. So I thought they were cheering for me, and they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.49,0:10:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was proud.