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Teach you his trade -- >> hit it! >> youd better be ready for the fast -- >> hit it! >> -- and the furious. >> youre making too jerky turn. you have the car crooked. its hard to fix stupid sometimes. >> then -- >> my lifes focus is on demonstrating the jetliners should be converted into homes. >> whats crazier than wanting to live in an old 727. >> this of course is the proper sleeping posture. >> how about living round in your own ewok village. you have a tree here. and terrorizing your guests ...

>> its a mustang. >> i like the way you say that. >> its a mustang. >> lets be serious now. >> yeah. >> take a deep breath. and you build it up, rpms with the throttle and the brake. >> theres my tree. >> are you trying to top it real quick? >> i was. is that good? >> no. >> no? >> no, why did you do that? >> i was just trying to fit in. you know, the problem is this helmet. >> these guys are strict. >> this is it, guys. lets see what hes made of.

Issued a shutdown notice and ordered him to stop letting the public into his lofty lodgings. he complied, but by popular demand, he reopened later. >> you are really up a tree here. >> until the following summer when the county then demanded he tear them all down. >> they told you to tear it down. what you do is you built some more. >> yeah, first i showed them it was safe. they said it wasnt safe. theres no way to show you its safe. i put 66 people on that. two dogs, a cat, and im not sure if t...

Feet from its perch because of a loose cable. >> there you go, thats good. >> got to be close. whew. >> anyhow, thats how you tighten up a cable on a tree house. standard maintenance routine, im told. >> now lets go have some fun. >> lets do that. >> michaels engineering skills dont begin and end with tree houses. hes also built a tree-based amusement park here at the treesort. >> when i went to the county back in 1990 and told them what idea i had, most people thought i was kind of crazy to eve...

Oh, gah! [ cow mooing ] i was so sure i was going hit the tree. oh, crap. oh, please dont hit the tree. please dont hit the tree. please dont hit the tree. oh [ bleep ]. please dont hit the tree. wow. that is bananas. funny little thing about the old caribbeaner there. that was a good one. whats next, a stroll on a high wire, maybe some trapeze work? no thank you, im ending the show while i can still walk away under my own power. >> thanks for your hospitality. >> youre welcome. >> really good f...

Want to suck anything down, all right. >> okay. >> now, if theres lightning at night, all right -- >> we have to sign another waiver? >> no. >> did i sign a lightning waiver? >> no, but just, you know, theres -- most people here are tree huggers, if theres lightning, dont hug the tree. >> yeah. >> just basically, if it hits the tree, itll come down the tree. you just dont want to -- you want to be insulated from it. >> yeah, you do. >> its all, it meets code. and, you know, its a tree house. >> ...

Heres a story about a guy who lives in a tree. his names michael. it begins though with a guy who lives in a plane. his names bruce. >> were rolling. were rolling. >> so, this wasnt the original plan. i was on my way to meet michael, the guy who lives in a tree when my plane was diverted and i was delayed for 24 hours. in the meantime, my restless crew, overcome by uncharacteristic initiative decided to shoot without me. they heard about bruce, the guy who lived in a plane and figured he was no ...

>> ran up there and setting the camera down, and hes trying to stage. >> sorry. >> why dont you sit down up there and see if you can keep your eye on the tree. you see -- hes done succeeded in everything hes done so far. except this. i aint going to let him leave until he does it right. youve made the man a cluster. i know this is a tv show. but i cant break mentally leaving without succeeding. he was doing too good. hes wore out, hes tired, and he cant listen, he cant do. this is not easy. they...