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GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:00:01
Live EDT <logo>
#MERMAIDS

LS JON TO ZOOM INTO 01:00:01 JON FRANKEL OC
MS JON It was the explosive documentary that captured the
attention and imagination of the entire world.
Mermaids: The Body Found revealed the tantalizing
prospect that the creatures of legend and lore are real.

CUTOUTS FROM 01:00:16 PAUL ROBERTSON VO
MERMAIDS: THE BODY We, we had just found a creature of fable. That’s
FOUND SHOW what we were looking at.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:00:25
Jon Frankel

MS JON 01:00:25 JON FRANKEL OC
I’m Jon Frankel. Join me tonight as we revisit the
controversy and investigate how the story has
progressed over the past year.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:00:32
Exclusive Footage

CUTOUTS FROM SHOW 01:00:32 MALE VOICE #1 VO
Oh my God!

CUTOUTS FROM SHOW 01:00:32 JON FRANKEL VO
And for the first time on television, we’ll show you
extraordinary new evidence that’s come forward.

CUTOUTS FROM SHOW 01:00:39 TORSTEN SCHMIDT VO
Ah!

CUTOUTS FROM SHOW 01:00:39 JON FRANKEL VO/OC
And meet eyewitnesses whose own accounts support
the findings of Dr. Paul Robertson, the marine
biologist whose claims shocked the world and who is
here to talk with me tonight. Welcome…

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Mermaids

GRAPHIC 01:00:51 JON FRANKEL VO
…to Mermaids: The New Evidence.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:00:54
Mermaids The New Evidence

CUTOUTS FROM 01:00:58 JON FRANKEL VO
MERMAIDS: THE BODY One year ago, Mermaids: The Body Found first aired
FOUND SHOW in the United States. It was a sensation seen by more
than 32 million people in the U.S. and was watched by
millions more around the globe.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:01:09
YouTube

MS FEMALE WITH 01:01:09 FEMALE WITH BLACK TOP OC
BLACK TOP And then I watched Mermaids…

MS FEMALE WITH 01:01:10 JON FRANKEL VO
BLACK TOP TO MS Online the film caused just as much of a stir, with
MALE W/ GOATEE TO CU clips and YouTube postings and viewings numbering
MALE W/ BEARD in the tens of millions.

CU MALE W/ BEARD 01:01:17 MALE WITH BEARD OC
Mermaids are real.

CU MALE W/ BEARD TO 01:01:19 JON FRANKEL VO
CUTOUTS FROM In the days following its premiere telecast, Mermaids:
MERMAIDS: THE BODY The Body Found became the top…
FOUND SHOW TO
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GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:01:23
+You Search Images
Maps Play Youtube News
Gmail More Google
Mermaids Mermaids: The
Body Found Mermaids: The
Body Found Real
Mermaids: The Body Found
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Video Mermaids Animal
Planet Mermaids Are Real
Mermaids Are They Real
Mermaids Documentary
Mermaids Found on Beach

GRAPHIC 01:01:23 JON FRANKEL VO
…trending item and one of the most searched terms in
the world on Google.

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From Google – “Mermaids”
Peak Interest Worldwide 20
40 60 80 100 April 2012
July 2012 Oct. 2012 Jan
2013 May 27, 2012

GRAPHIC 01:01:27 JON FRANKEL VO
And the top-trending topic on the world’s most
popular news sites…

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:01:30
From Google – Top Search
Terms Real Mermaids 100
Mermaids Found 95
Mermaid 80 Body Found
Mermaids 80

GRAPHIC TO MONTAGE 01:01:30 JON FRANKEL VO
TWEETS & PHOTOS …including Yahoo!, CNN, and even the BBC World
News.

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<logo> Mrs. Griffin
@savannahgail Speechless
after watching #mermaids on
@AnimalPlanet Reply
Retweet Favorite More
8:52 PM – 27 May 12
<logo> Jennifer Catherine
@yerspace Animal Planet
is proving the existence of
#mermaids OMG…I knew it.
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Reply Retweet Favorite
More 8:10 PM – 27 May 12
<logo> Tarrah Sargeant
@YourBFsFaveDJ I KNEW
THEY WERE REAL!!!
#Mermaids #NW Animal
Planet Retweet Favorite
More 8:04 PM – 27 May 12
<logo> CED
@cederderian The ocean is
so deep and so much is
undiscovered. I believe in
#mermaids @animalplanet
Reply Retweet Favorite
More 8:52 PM – 27 May 12
<logo> Rob Peck
@Th3FuTuRex2J Aquatic
Ape Theory? Hunting, in the
water. 6 million years ago.
What’s that lead to? Yep,
#mermaids. Animal Planet
doing work. Reply Retweet
Favorite More 8:43 PM –
27 May 12 <logo> Henry
@henry_boudin If you’re
not watching #mermaids on
Animal Planet youre totally
missing out. I’m a believer
Reply Retweet Favorite
More 8:44 PM – 27 May 12
<logo> Ishobel
Pomerening @ishohh This
animal planet documentary
on #mermaids is the most
interesting thing I’ve seen in
a long time Reply Retweet
Favorite More 8:44 PM –
27 May 12 <logo> Jenn
Quillen @therebelchick
Am I the only one watching
the #mermaids show on
Animal Planet right now?
This is amaze balls.
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Seriously…Talk about
conspiracy theory! Reply
Retweet Favorite More
7:30 PM – 27 May 12
<logo> SecolaEdwards
@SecolaEdwards Animal
Planet has me @
@dixonvedwards thinking
there may really be
#mermaids out there! If
nothing else this docu is off
the chain! Reply Retweet
Favorite More 7:22 PM –
27 May 12 <logo> leigha
moat @leigha_says Soo
animal planet totally has me
believing #mermaids are real
and the government is
covering it up. I looove a
good conspiracy theory
Reply Retweet Favorite
More 8:04 PM – 27 May 12
from Dumont, NJ <logo>
Walter @benswanson45
So apparently mermaids
have been discovered for
real. No matter what you
think, check out #mermaids
on animal panet Reply
Retweet Favorite More
7:29 PM – 27 May 12
<logo> Dan Vitello
@kelseyisessa I believe in
#mermaids. I’m seriously
way to into this animal
planet special… Reply
Retweet Favorite More
8:49 PM – 27 May 12
<logo>

MONTAGE TWEETS & 01:01:34 JON FRANKEL VO
PHOTOS And months after its premiere, Mermaids: The Body
Found remained one the highest trending topics on
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Twitter, with tweets from everyone from the…

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:01:41
<logo> Sarah Brown
@SarahBrownUK <logo>
Octavia Spencer
@octaviaspencer

MONTAGE TWEETS & 01:01:41 JON FRANKEL VO
PHOTOS …wife of a former Prime Minister of England, to an
Oscar-winning actress.

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<logo> Kim Kardashian
@KimKardashian Did
anyone see the Mermaid
special on Animal Planet?
I’m so curious Reply
Retweet Favorite More
<logo> Kendall Jenner
@KendallJenner Mermaids
ARE real, people! Reply
Retweet Favorite More
<logo> Rob Kardashian
@RobKardashian Turn on
Animal Planet right now!
Reply Retweet Favorite
More <logo> Khloe
Kardashian Animal Planet
documentary about
mermaids…Very interesting
Reply Retweet Favorite
More <logo> Kim
Kardashian @Kim
Kardashian OMG I turned
on Animal Planet & it’s on!!!
This is fascinating!
#MermaidsTheBodyFound
Reply Retweet Favorite
More

MONTAGE TWEETS & 01:01:46 JON FRANKEL VO
PHOTOS Even the Kardashians got in on the act. Every
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member of the Kardashian family tweeted about the
film, and Kim Kardashian herself was a mermaid for
Halloween last year. We can only speculate that her
public fascination with the film may have inspired her
choice of costume.

CUTOUT FROM 01:02:02 JON FRANKEL VO
MERMAIDS: THE BODY And Hollywood’s obsession with the story doesn’t
FOUND SHOW TO MS stop there. Producers have secured feature film rights
PAUL TO WS BOAT ON to the documentary and to the scientist who broke his
WATER story to the world, Dr. Paul Robertson, a former
biologist for NOAA, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:02:19
Feds: Mermaids Do Not
Exist

GRAPHIC 01:02:19 JON FRANKEL VO
But as the BBC reported, perhaps the most
extraordinary response to the film came from the
United States federal government.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:02:25
<logo> NOAA National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration United
States Department of
Commerce

GRAPHIC & MONTAGE 01:02:25 JON FRANKEL VO
HEADLINES Two government agencies, NOAA and the United
States Department of Homeland Security…

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:02:30
Department of Homeland
Security No evidence of
aquatic humanoids has ever
been found.

GRAPHIC & MONTAGE 01:02:30 JON FRANKEL VO
HEADLINES TO …each took the unusual step of issuing press
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CUTOUTS FROM statements disputing claims made in the film.
MERMAIDS: THE BODY Including allegations that the United States
FOUND SHOW Government, and specifically the United States Navy,
has knowingly conducted, and until recently, publicly
denied the effects of a dangerous sonar testing
program. Testing that has resulted not only in mass
whale die-offs, but may have also revealed a new
species of marine mammal…

CU HAND 01:02:58 JON FRANKEL VO
…Mermaids.

CU HAND TO MS JON 01:03:03 JON FRANKEL VO/OC
Now, in his first public interview since…

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:03:04
Live EDT <logo>
#MERMAIDS

MS JON TO WS JON & 01:03:05 JON FRANKEL OC
PAUL …Mermaids: The Body Found, I sit down with the
scientist who brought this story to worldwide
attention. Dr. Paul Robertson, welcome.

MS PAUL 01:03:12 PAUL ROBERTSON OC
Thank you.

VARIOUS SHOTS JON & 01:03:13 JON FRANKEL VO/OC
PAUL Dr. Robertson, since the airing of Mermaids: The
Body Found, we’ve worked as a staff here to try and
locate you, but you sort of disappeared…

MS JON & PAUL 01:03:22 PAUL ROBERTSON OC
Well I didn’t, I didn’t really see myself as
disappearing.

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Dr. Paul Robertson Former
NOAA Marine Biologist

MS PAUL 01:03:25 PAUL ROBERTSON OC
I was doing my work. I was, I was out in the field…
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MS PAUL TO MS JON 01:03:29 JON FRANKEL VO/OC
What sort of work were you doing and where were
you?

MS JON TO MS PAUL 01:03:31 PAUL ROBERTSON VO/OC
I was in Florida, doing work with manatees and, and,
and I, I sort of shifted away from sort of the hard
research and did more conservation stuff.

VARIOUS SHOTS JON & 01:03:40 JON FRANKEL VO/OC
PAUL But you had left NOAA at that point?

MS JON & PAUL TO MS 01:03:42 PAUL ROBERTSON OC/VO
JON Oh, yeah. No, no. I left NOAA before the airing of
the show.

MS JON TO MS PAUL 01:03:45 JON FRANKEL OC/VO
Did you find at all that you were shunned by many of
the conventional scientists?

MS PAUL 01:03:50 PAUL ROBERTSON OC
Yeah, no, for sure.

MS PAUL TO WS JON & 01:03:52 JON FRANKEL VO/OC
PAUL But you’re back in a TV studio.

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Exclusive Interview

WS JON & PAUL 01:03:54 JON FRANKEL OC
Are you comfortable being here, how do you feel?

WS JON & PAUL TO MS 01:03:58 PAUL ROBERTSON OC
PAUL The live aspect of this is kind of unnerving, I guess,
but outside of that I, I, you know, I feel emboldened
by what, by what I’d like to see happen.

VARIOUS SHOTS JON & 01:04:12 JON FRANKEL VO/OC
PAUL Well, let’s talk about what you found. You know your
critics have said that you’ve disengaged somewhat,
that you know, as a whistle blower you’ve shied away
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from public debate about what you found. So why do
you agree to sit down and talk about this now
publically?

MS JON TO MS PAUL 01:04:24 PAUL ROBERTSON VO/OC
Well, I mean, frankly, I think the criticism is fair. If I
am a whistle-blower then I don’t think I’m a very
good one.

MS PAUL TO MS JON 01:04:30 JON FRANKEL VO/OC
Well, you did get the whole world talking about
mermaids and what the government knows about
them.

MS JON TO MS PAUL 01:04:34 PAUL ROBERTSON VO/OC
Right, but, but we didn’t achieve what we’d hoped to
achieve in coming forward.

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:04:38
From Mermaids: The Body
Found

SPLIT SCREEN SHOWING 01:04:38 PAUL ROBERTSON OC/VO
MS PAUL & FOOTAGE Our goal in exposing the Navy’s activities was to stop
FROM MERMAIDS: THE their sonar testing and that didn’t happen. The sonar
BODY FOUND testing is, is still proceeding.

FOOTAGE FROM 01:04:46 JON FRANKEL VO
MERMAIDS: THE BODY You say the Navy is looking to…
FOUND

GRAPHICS ON SCREEN 01:04:48
Fort Pierce, Florida
September 2012

FOOTAGE FROM 01:04:48 JON FRANKEL VO
MERMAIDS: THE BODY …expand the sonar program. How?
FOUND

FOOTAGE FROM 01:04:50 FEMALE VOICE VO
MERMAIDS: THE BODY Go baby, go!
FOUND