A bad ventriloquist brings his parrot Brenda to the classroom. She struggles to keep her mouth shut and keeps talking about the shrinking attention span of the audience. Understandably so, as the ventriloquist's talent doesn't inspire much confidence. He clumsily battles through a vulnerable monologue, while Brenda interrupts with tips and tricks. Will he manage to keep the parrot quiet long enough to finish his story?

In the second part, the classroom is taken over for a masterclass on attention and distraction. Together with a theater teacher, students test their own focus: how long can you hold it, how quickly do you lose it, and who or what is actually pulling the strings? Through playful challenges and thought experiments, they become experts at maintaining and (consciously) losing their own attention.

Meanwhile, everything is cheerfully sabotaged. It becomes painfully yet humorously clear how much happens unnoticed in your perception, leading to a conversation about looking, missing, and seeing again.