Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffDisney Geneticists Debut New Child StarsDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share2K views Oct 2008A morning show interviews a Disney geneticist who explains how child stars are engineered, while showcasing celebrity models and a flaw in Zac Efron. Show transcript0:07If you have kids at home, this next segment is for you. This Friday, the newest batch of Disney Channel stars grown in the Disney genetic engineering lab will be unveiled to the public.0:17Right. Now, Tracy, most of our viewers are already familiar with a lot of the products that have come out of a Disney lab.0:20I know I am.0:21Yes. But how exactly do you create a Hilary Duff or a Miley Cyrus from scratch?0:27Right.0:27Well, we're going to find out exactly how it's done right now, because joining us live from the Disney lab is, uh, one of their lead geneticists, Dr.0:34Andrew Rourke. Welcome, Dr. Rourke. There's quite an operation you've got going on out there.0:38Well, thanks, Jim.0:39So the stars that we see on TV are actually grown right here?0:43Uh, that's correct. They're, they're grown and developed here.0:45We engineer their brains for advanced singing and dancing capabilities, even posing for photos.0:50By the time they grow to desired size, uh, these child stars are fully ready for the camera or the, the concert tours or whatever Disney chooses to put them in.1:00That is simply amazing. Now, how long does it take to actually create a star from scratch?1:05Well, not very long at all. We use the exact same DNA structure for all of our stars, then we simply tweak minor details like, uh, hair color or skin tone.1:13Right, yeah, we do have some footage here of some of the, uh, well-known creations that have come out of your lab.1:18Let's take a look.1:19Yes, well, that's model 6831-A, publicly known as Mitchell Musso, standard male base1:24Oh, wow.1:24with a type 3 skin pigmentation.1:26Wow.1:26And that's model 6831-B. We gave him slightly thicker eyebrows and type 5 skin.1:31Well, so it's sort of like putting a puzzle together there.1:33Exactly, exactly.1:34Amazing.1:34OK, here we've got some of the images of some of the newest models.1:37We're going to be seeing a lot of these kids in the future.1:39It really looks like you have someone for every kid in America to love here.1:42Well, that's the idea, Tracy. Our writers find it very liberating.1:45Uh, for example, our new model, Hailey, is a singing, dancing, snowboarding, half Japanese, half Indian1:51Wow.1:51girl.1:51Wow.1:51Now, finding her in reality would be impossible.1:53Right, but sounds like a surefire hit to me. Oh, now this one's Zac Efron.1:57I've seen him before.1:57Oh.1:57Yes, uh, Zac was actually one of our earliest models.1:59My daughters love him. I mean, he looks so real.2:03Actually, I think we could have done a better job with Zac. He could show more human tendencies.2:08Uh, if you look closely, you'll notice there's a certain deadness around the eyes.2:11I do see that, yes.2:12Yeah, I'm sorry, it's hard for me to watch because all I see is, uh, all my mistakes.2:15Yeah.2:15Boy, he seems flawless to me.2:16Well, he's holding up, but there was a bug in that first batch, and as a result, Zach's skin will soon begin to dissolve.2:22No, poor Zac Efron.2:24All right. Well, it's simply amazing. Dr. Rourke, thank you so much for coming in and spending some of your morning with us.2:29I can't wait to see some of these2:30Absolutely.2:30new creations popping out of the lab. Some of these new creations2:31Absolutely.2:31popping out of the lab.
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