Superhuman

Welcome to "Superhuman"!

You will witness five of the most incredible people

you will ever see.

Your job is to say the words forward.

- Tnahpele. - Elephant.

- Noisivelet. - Television.

That was incredible.

Sticker price is $355 a month, $900 for warranty.

Taxes $615.

What is the price?

$21,176.

- Are you sure? - I think that's it.

Our panelists will make changes,

inspect the barrack, and find those differences.

What you did was one of the most amazing things I have seen.

The winner of the $50,000

and the title of "Superhuman" is...

We got it! That's insane!

- Congratulations! - Wow!

Oh, Lord!

Thank you.

We love you, Kal!

Thanks, Mike.

Welcome to "Superhuman"!

I'm Kal Penn.

Tonight, five extraordinary people

will showcase their jaw-dropping,

amazing acts of wonder,

all competing to win $50,000

and the title of "Superhuman."

But who on Earth can possibly determine

which contestant is the most superhuman?

That task is given in part to our panel.

First, several opponents of this heavyweight champ

woke up on the floor wondering what the heck just happened.

What happened is they helped create the boxing legend

that is Mike Tyson!

Next, she makes movies, she makes records,

she makes business deals,

and she makes the center chair look good.

It's Christina Milian.

Finally, it's brain surgeon and neuroscientist

Dr. Rahul Jandial.

Our panelists have a very important job.

They will be picking tonight's top three contestants,

and after those three are chosen,

we pass the voting baton over to the audience.

They will ultimately choose who wins $50,000

and the title "Superhuman."

Let's get started.

This Army mom was one of the first women

to work in the Patriot missile program.

Tonight, she launches her superhuman photographic memory

at $50,000.

She is Andrea Carlton.

My name is Andrea Carlton.

My superhuman ability is photographic memory.

I never miss a detail.

I look at something, I memorize every single detail about it,

and when it comes time for me to recall that,

it's almost like a file cabinet.

I pull it out and I re-see it

as it is even if it's not right in front of me.

When I was in the Army,

I discovered my ability is superhuman.

Everything has its place.

And if something was out of place, I knew it.

I never would have thought

that I'd be competing with my ability,

but I'm super excited about it.

From Los Angeles, California,

please welcome Andrea Carlton!

- Hi, Andrea. - Hi!

- Welcome to "Superhuman." - Thank you.

Okay, first things first,

you served 12 years in the Army.

Thank you for your service.

Thank you. Yes, I did.

Thank you.

All right, Andrea, your challenge is called "Debunked."

On the stage behind us,

we've created what we hope

is an authentic-looking army barrack

that is filled with more than a thousand items.

In this challenge, you'll have to call

on your powers of photographic memory

to investigate the barrack.

You'll walk inside it

and take a series of mental pictures.

Commit everything to memory, okay?

Okay.

When you're done studying,

our panelists will then come up

and make three subtle changes in there.

Andrea, after our panelists are done,

you'll have to inspect the barrack once again

and find those three differences.

Andrea, you may now enter the barrack.

Your challenge starts now.

Okay.

Whoo-hoo-hoo.

Each of our panelists will now make one change

in the barrack.

Mike, you're up first.

Okay, Mike has made his change.

Christina, now it's your turn.

All right.

Okay, two changes down. One to go.

Dr. Jandial.

All right, Andrea.

Three changes have been made in the barracks.

It's now time for you to tell us

what those three changes are.

- Yeah. - All right.

All yours. Thank you.

Okay.

The first difference is the sunglasses

were on the boots.

The sunglasses were on the boots, she's saying.

If one of our panelists made that change, Andrea,

you are correct.

So let's ask the panel. Did anyone make that change?

Maybe I did.

Nice job.

Andrea, show me another difference

you think you found.

Andrea: Okay, change number two is...

There were four towels up here.

But where's it at?

- ( laughter ) - Are you sitting on it?

Yes, I did get rid of a towel.

Nicely done. Okay.

Ah.

Andrea, you found two out of two changes.

You found the sunglasses.

You noticed there were four towels there.

Now there are only three.

Can you now show me the final change that was made?

- Yes. - All right.

The final change is...

Dr. Jandial, is this a change that you made?

That's absolutely a change I made.

Oh, my God!

Whoo! Yeah!

Whoa!

- I-- you got it. - Yes!

That's crazy.

When you were going through it,

you were scanning something with your hand.

What was that about? What's your process when you do this?

When I-- when I use my hand,

it helps me place everything,

so when I put my hand up,

if something's not in that place,

I can see it.

- Wow. - I notice.

It's a placement thing.

Wow. And...

Milian: I was curious if you, like,

felt, like, the vibrations, or, like, the sense...

I thought it was-- yes.

I saw a definitely God concept--

'cause my mother was in church-- "Jesus' love!

Please, you know. Oh, Lord!"

That's so good.

Dr. Jandial, can you explain to us

the difference between photographic memory

and other types of memory?

Let's think about our vision as a camera.

So our eyes are like the lens.

You can put glasses on, you can take the lens off.

Our brain is actually the camera.

And what people with photographic memory have is,

they're not better at seeing.

They're better holding on to what they see.

But what you did here

was one of the most amazing things I have seen.

That was awesome.

Thank you.

Andrea, thank you for that amazing showcase of your ability

and for serving our country.

- Thank you. - Andrea Carlton, everyone.

Thank you.

Really nicely done. We'll see you later in the show.

Thank you.

It's a yellow warbler.

Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo!

Your job is to say the word forward

in 60 seconds.

- Noisivelet. - Television.

Rotaregirfer.

Jandial: Language is a one-way street.

You're really not supposed to conceptualize it

going backwards.

Welcome back to "Superhuman"!

This birdwatcher was played by Jack Black

in a major Hollywood film,

proving that no one in the world

is more sure that "bird is the word"

than Greg Miller.