Episodes To Watch When You're Feeling Lonely (Marathon)

Welcome to the cure for loneliness.  Let's talk about that. Good mythical marathon. Nice shirt. It matches  the stripes in my shirt. And we didn't even do. that on purpose. Yeah. Well, I did it. I saw that  you put that on and then I went and tried to find. the closest color. You did that? Yeah. He does  that sometimes. But you know what? Sometimes I.

do that too. It goes both ways. Yeah, we go  both ways. That's right. You heard it here. It's just so hard to imagine how we would  decide what we were going to wear if the. other person wasn't wearing something, right?  It might as well just be shirtless. You know, if because I do often wonder what it would be  like to host this show solo. Excuse me. I mean, it would just be me and I the 20 other people  in this room. I would be so lonely. Well, if you happen to be alone and looking  for a little companionship, well,

this marathon is just for you because we have  hand selected six classic GMM episodes that. will exercise that feeling right out of  your lonely soul. Yeah. One way you might. combat a case of the lonies is thinking back  on some core memories you developed growing up. with your best friend via smelling things. Of  course, this is can smell bring back memories. experiment from feep February February  15th. Feep February 15th, [laughter] 2022.

Can we smell memories?  [snorts] Let's talk about that. Good mythical morning. You're probably familiar  with the concept or have experienced it firsthand. How a scent can trigger a memory, even very  specific ones that are long forgotten. Yes. Well,

today we're going to unpack some research and  conduct an experiment on ourselves. And this. is pretty cool because given all our history  of overlapping experiences, I think that we. are uniquely gifted to do this. Oh, did you  just call me uniquely gifted? Thank you. Oh, I said we and I'll change it to me if I have to.  It's time for what could happen just by smelling. this old hat. Oh my gosh, I just remembered  when we tangoed with a bear cat. We didn't.

actually tango with a bear cat. I don't even  know what a bear cat is. You need to do some. research. Uhhuh. Okay. Dr. Pamela Dalton, we love  you. Hey, Pam. While achieving her PhD at NYU, she conducted a study that had subjects study  the faces of strangers while smelling different. odors. That's how that's how I love to look  at strangers. Yes. And then the study found. that they [snorts] were much better the people  were much better at remembering the faces when. the corresponding odors were presented as well.  It does make sense because I tend not to forget.

someone if the first time I met them they smelled  like barf. That's true. And that's not just. because barf is so strong, but smells in general  have a stronger link to memory and emotion than. any of our other senses. And that's because unlike  all our other senses, smells are sent straight to. the oldactory bulb. It's somewhere in there, which  is directly connected to the parts of our brains. responsible for memory and emotional processing.  So in other words, smells get a direct flight to.

where your brain stores all the feels. A direct  flight. So why do smells get the direct flight. to our brain? Well, one theory is evolutionary.  Smell is one of the uh most rudimentary senses. used in interactions between single-sellled  organisms. Even though they don't have noses, it's a chemical. They do use it when Yeah. when  they're interacting with the chemicals around. them. So, it has the longest evolutionary history.  This also might explain why we have at least 1,000.

different types of smell receptors, but only four  types of light receptors and about four types. of receptors are for touch. I think I [laughter]  got I got more than four touch receptors. I mean, I think I got at least I got at least six. Yeah,  but [laughter] no, you only have four types. Uh, okay. But a thousand% scent. And that brings  us to today. We have shared so many experiences. that we think that our little old factory  bulbs must be storing similar scent memories. just waiting to be released like some kind of  nostalgic kraken. So, how well can we access. them together? And is this going to make us cry?  Oh, I hope so. Okay. In videos recorded earlier,

we each smelled our own set of separate scents  and we described the specific memory that the. scent evoked. And now we're going to smell the  other guy's sense and see if we can guess what. memory it brought up for the other person. M as  you can see I can't. Yes. And we are starting with. my memories. Okay. So this is uh something you're  going to smell and you're going to try to guess. what I thought of what I remembered when I smelled  this. Okay. So the cloch is coming off. Okay.

Get in there. Oh. Oh. What is it stink? [snorts] Mhm. Is it just  soil or is it poop? Go with the ladder. Okay. You've given me You've given me poop. Uh you've  given me You've given me poop. It's not bad poop, though. It's kind of a good poop. It's like I'm  I'm getting lots of good memories, I think. Is.

this a patty? Is this a cow patty? Yes. Now, we  have that make you think of You got a lot of cow. patty memories, man. This is evoking a memory for  me of it could be camping in a cow pasture like. we did a lot, but I think this is I mean even the  blood oath that we made was in a cow pasture, but. I think it's just chasing cows in the cow pasture  um across from the Keith Hills golf course. That's.

my memory. Take off your blindfold and let's see  what else. Is it just soil? I mean they Lucas, you ground up the cow patty. It's tough to get  straight manure, but it is cow manure. Dirt. Oh, that's not dirt. That, my friends, that's some  cow manure. I smelled a lot of this and I got. to say it's a sweet smell and it makes me think  smells kind of good about all the time that we.

spent in that cow pasture across the creek  chasing those cows. Maybe in particular the. time that I picked up a cow patty because  what would happen is the cow patties would. essentially dry and if you got it at the right  time you could pick one up and you could toss it. at your best friend. And one time it hit him  on the chest and disintegrated and deposited. a little bit of wet manure on his self. Well,  you did go specific, but I don't think I would. have I don't remember that. But here's the  deal. Okay. The reason I did I went I went.

into the specific for entertainment but yeah I  when I smell that I think about that the place. the place that we would go yeah which is exactly  where you were thinking about so that you got that. one 100%. Okay. I'm ready to smell smell that. Is  it [snorts] gone? Yeah. Don't touch. No touching. Oh wow.

That smells like dirty laundry. Yeah, it's  uh it's a it's a more specific smell. Okay. Yeah. Well, it's I mean it smells like  it smells like a locker room. I mean, is it a jock strap? Why is it sticking up so  high? Is that your Is that you? No, it's not me. So, are you trying to keep me from touching it?  Is that Is that why you're putting your hand under. there? No, I'm not putting my hand under there.  I'm not. That's it. The thing that you're smelling.

is moving. [laughter] It's moving. Yeah. What  do you mean it's moving? It's moving on its own. vition. All right. So, you thought a locker room  smell? Yeah. It's um dirty socks or something like. that. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Go to memory  town. And specifically, what's I would say what's. in the sock? A foot. Yeah, that's all that's  part of it. Oh, it's your foot. It's not my foot, man. Um, my feet don't stink. I mean, honestly,  maybe whatever memory comes to mind for you first.

I don't think of the Buoys Creek Elementary  locker room because we didn't really like you. didn't play sports that required changing clothes,  [laughter] like a locker room. It smells like PE. at at and I'm going to say Buys Creek Elementary  because I'm just going to go back to the to the. to the first time I played PE. I love playing PE.  I play PE. All right. So, [laughter] what what's.

my what's my memory? Playing dodgeball at Buoys  Creek Elementary School during PE. All right. Remove the blindfold. See, I wouldn't I wouldn't  make you smell my feet. [laughter] Yeah. Oh, you did you were you instructed to funkify them?  I tried really hard to funkify these these socks. Yeah. All right, let's see the answer. Yeah, you  did. Thank you. I don't know. Maybe there's a. foot under here. I don't know. I definitely see  a leg coming under this clothes, so not as much.

of a surprise. Seems to be a foot. Oh, a stinky  foot. Yeah, this is a more recent memory. Uh, recent when we were on tour. We get back in  our tour bus after a show and something would. stink [snorts] and I figured out that it was  Britain, my cousin's feet. about his he would. take his shoes off. He had a little sock on and  it it's Yeah. I had to ask him to wear shoes.

on the bus. Do you remember Distinct? Uh yeah,  it was a little higher of smell than this. Oh, it [laughter] was a different person's foot.  Yeah, it was a different foot. Yeah. Uh but. you do remember it now. I do remember it, but you  forget it. I mean, sorry Britain for throwing you. under the bus, buddy. [music] All right, unclo  me. Okay. You're going to have to dig pretty. deep. I think you have to dig pretty deep just  to smell this, too. You know what? You can reach. down and grab uh the the little glass that it's  in and bring that up to your like a shot glass.

to your nose. Yeah. Oh, okay. Okay. It's burnt.  Uhhuh. Burnt wood. More spec. Be more specific. It's like matches. Yeah. Okay. Now, dig deep. I  think you can get this. I remember when we had the. bright idea to capture smoke in a bottle. And so,  uh, that's what we did. We captured the smoke. We.

put the foil over the top of the glass bottle.  And then, uh, like sometime later, we're like, let's let the smoke out. And we removed the  foil, and nothing happened. That's my memory. It's odd that you remember that. Let's memory.  Let's Let's see what I I said. Burnt matches. It's the time when we were kids, we tried to trap  smoke inside of [laughter] a bottle on his deck. Yes. On the deck. By taking matches, take putting  them out, letting the smoke gather in a bottle,

and then it was stuck in the bottle. We put the  top on. We left it out all night. And then we. woke up really early in the morning. We were like,  "Let's go check out our smoke bottle." We went out. there. We opened it. And it was empty except the  smoke had basically coated the sides and we were. like this is how smoke works. One of the most  mind-blowing things from my childhood. Yeah, we. learned a lot that day. Smoke works like that. We  thought that like a genie was going to come out.

All right. His Hey, that's that's quite a shared  memory. That's Hey, that's very specific. Yeah, I thought you'd get that as soon as you knew it  was matching. Uh-huh. Okay, rat. Okay, I'm ready. to smell. Smell it out. Oh gosh. Why do you do so  many stinky things? [laughter] Like, well, I mean, I know I gave you manure, but then I gave you  burnt matches. Yeah. You want me here? I'll hold. it up to you. I You want me to What is that? Oh  gosh. It Well, it's kind of awful, but like Mhm.

Maybe it wasn't awful at one point. Yeah. Like I  smell some corn in there. [snorts] You probably. do. It's not vomit, is it? No. Is it another kind  of poop? Yeah, we we both independently presented. each other with uh poop. We've had a lot of poop  experiences, haven't we? But this is It doesn't. smell like cow poop. Nope. It smells like an  agricultural animal. Yep. It's not chicken.

Nope. It's sheep poop. All right. Access the  access your memory. Is it sheep and goat? Mm-. What animal is it? I say just go with the goat.  Do you have a memory for goat? Well, the Okay. The thing that I immediately thought of was the  uh the demonstration farm at Campbell University, which was over there next to the Pearson house.  Yeah. We would just go over there and we would. jump the fence and get into the like little field  with the goats and the sheep and let the the uh.

the ram ram us. We thought it was so cool that he  was he would get so mad and he would ram us. Yeah, that's that's what I think about when I smell it.  All right, remove your blindfold. That, my friend, is pig poop. Let's see my memory. That's pig.  Oh, turds. What kind of turd? [laughter] God, it wasn't that bad. Okay, it was fresher  when I pig crap makes me remember. Uh,

let's see. We're sophomores in high school. We  left the football game and went to a pigsty. There was an abandoned single wide trailer on  the back side of the pigsty. We were wrong. It. wasn't abandoned. Somebody comes out the front  door and all we heard was cuz it was it was very. dark. I'm going to give you to the count of 10 to  get off my land. One, two, 10. And then he fires.

a shotgun. Yeah. I don't know where he fired  it because we were running off of his land, his pigsty as fast as we could. Uh, okay. That's  the memory. Let's get this out of here. See, if if you would have known it was pig, you would  have you probably would have accessed that memory. But pig smells uh in in my recollection, maybe  just because we like would smell it like all like. a lot more of it. Yeah, it smells much stronger  than that. Like almost smells good. Like that's.

like a pet pig. But he did say 1210, didn't he?  He did. He like it was like a movie. One two10. and then he shot a gun. It was It was scary. His  front yard was a pigsty. That's his choice. Yeah. Okay. Link. Better not be  more animal turds, man. No, this is good. Okay. Nothing bad about this at all.  All right. Hit me. Take what? Take. All right.

Okay. Is it food? Can I pick this up?  Yep. H. Oh. H. Oh my gosh. I was This. is popcorn. I'm immediately hit with a with  a memory. Okay. I'm interested in this cuz. this one's really strong for me cuz this Okay.  I'm not going to say anything else. Wow. Okay. You know what it I I don't know if it's because  you mentioned PE, but the first thing I remembered. was there was a they had a popcorn machine at the  concession stand at Boy Creek Elementary School.

for like the basketball games or whatever. Like  I was immediately taken back there to that. Were. you? Yes, you were. All right, let's see. Okay.  Yeah, I think I know what this is because there's. a popcorn [music] machine right there. But yes,  it's it's popcorn. Now, there's a distinct smell. to this type of popcorn that was made in a popcorn  machine. It doesn't smell like microwave popcorn.

Exactly what I said. When I have smelled this  type of popcorn that was made in a machine with. a metal kettle like this with a real oil, I've  thought about Buoies Creek Elementary School. basketball games because they used to set up the  machine. It was bigger than this. Yes, they let. me run it one time, but I've always just had this  distinct memory. I see it there set up. You knew. that was when it was game day. This is going to  be a reach for Link, but he was there. He was. keeping score for the girls basketball team. Buoys  Creek Elementary game day, man. Nailed it. I mean,

it's so specific and and I've never and when I  smell popcorn that we make at home, it doesn't. trigger this memory. This is a memory that hasn't  been triggered. Yeah. There's something about this. particular scent. Man, you've gotten all three of  mine. Does that mean that you have a better memory. or I have a better better memory? It means we  need to keep going. Okay, one more. Okay, Rhett, smell of that. And you know what? I'm going  to pick it up. You just stay where you are.

This smells very subtle. Now, I will say the the  memory is pretty specific. So, is it a cleaner? Let me get let me give you another side to this  thing. I don't smell anything on this side that's. distinct. You smelled cleaner. Is it Is it painted  wood? I think you're close enough to just start.

accessing memory because I if I tell you Well,  I have there's there's one thing that comes to. mind and it was uh you may need to be accessing  your alactory bulb, not your conceptual memory. When I when I smell wood like that because  I'm smelling like a paint or like a chemical. I'm actually thinking about those little cars that  we used to have when we were Royal Ambassadors, the RAS, the like the Pinewood Derby, and we  had them and we would race them down the All. right. The ramps. Remove your blindfold.  You're right about it being a a a treated.

piece of wood. Let's see what what the memory  is. All right. Okay. Would you like to smell? Oh, there's something on this wood like stain.  See, I had the benefit of knowing it was wood. 8th grade Buies Creek Elementary School gym.  Pandora Harris absolutely dominating the girls. basketball games. Tough to keep up with and I had  to because I kept score for the girls basketball.

team. Logging Pandora Harris's layups. It was  it's crazy that we kept like with the popcorn. and you had already talked about you had already  mentioned that I kept score for the basketball. team. Well well because that's that's why we have  so many memories for this like that basketball. court shellac that does here's the thing that  doesn't smell like it that doesn't smell like. you that that Mr. like Mr. Ro would be like you  can't go in there for a couple of days we just got.

Right. Yeah. And it's like that's a overwhelming  smell. Yeah. This is just not the same exact type. of Well, I think that was that was the hard thing  with our experiment is to like totally nail and we. certainly did it with the popcorn. That's the  one that totally did it where it was like it. bypassed all thinking and we both immediately were  taken back to the same place. And I guarantee the. case of my memories. Yes. I don't know. Again, I  don't know what the conclusion here is. Is that.

all three of the things that I the memories that  they created for me were the same memories they. created for you. But all three of your memories  did not create the same memory for me. But I also. my beef with your memories is that I don't think  I actually smelled the exact same thing. That's. what I'm saying. Triggered the original memories.  Yeah. We kind of got to we have to steal a plank. from the floor. Every time I walk into a gym  that's had just been just been You think of.

that? I think in fact recently when they were re  redoing the ear biscuits uh studio and doing the. back and it had some sort of new stain. It was  like Bu Creek Elementary. It they just finished. the floors. See, same thing. It just comes back  every time. So it does work. All right. Well, we got the direct flight. Thanks for subscribing  and clicking that bell. You know what time it is. You know, I think one of the things that we  illustrated there, demonstrated Yes. is just how. strong those memories can be uh associated  with smell. Totally. And case in point,

sometimes this backfires. Jesse recently,  I don't know, a couple of months ago, she came home and she had a new fragrance that  she had put on herself. Okay. And I was like, you smell like my grandma. [snorts] [laughter]  Like literally, I think it was the same thing that. Mamell wore. I don't I don't think it I think it  had the same base notes. I don't So cigarettes and. whiskey. Yep. Cigarettes and whiskey. My favorite  smell. [laughter] Whatever perfume Mama wore,

it was something in there, layered in there,  a very particular layer of this scent that was. the only thing that I could smell on my wife.  And I was like, "Baby, how did she react?" It's. not that it's bad or good. It's that it makes me  think of Mama, which makes me think of cigarettes. and whiskey. It doesn't make you think you're  think of Hanky Panky. No, it's not. I wouldn't. say it was sexy. I never would have described your  mama as sexy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Feisty. Some.

people did at some point though, you know. My  grandpa My grandpa married her twice. She was. married to somebody else in between him. Real  sexy. She's a great golfer to double back. Oh, a golfing lady can be sexy. A smoking, drinking  golfing lady. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know what? I take it all back. She is sexy. Jesse need to  be wearing that. Okay. Well, I'll call her right. now. [laughter] All right. We got another  one for you. Best friends can be a great.

cure for loneliness. But what if your best friend  disappears? Not in a tragic way, but in something. like the leftovers or a legitimate magic trick.  legitimate. What would you do in that scenario? Well, you try to find a replacement. This is  Can We Replace Rhett from November 25th, 2025. Can I find a new best friend?  Let's talk about that.

[music]. Give me a good morning. Brett and I have been best  friends since first grade. You probably already. know that because we say that a lot. But the thing  that we don't say is that I have this feeling that. because I've always had the same best friend  that I really never got to play the best friend. field. I don't know what else could have been out  there for me. Okay, that's fair. I guess the time.

has come for Link to find out what other kinds of  best friends might be out there. And don't worry, we're not breaking up. You're okay with that?  We're not breaking up. We're just giving him some. more options in case I get busy. You know, I get  busy. I got lots of interest or die. And if this. goes well, maybe I could play the field next.  Yeah. Ready to get friendly? It's time for To. Have and To Hold Link's New Friend Edition. Live  taped from Burbank, California. He's a husband,

a father, a presenter at the 2023 Creative Arts  Emmys, where he definitely delivered his lines. flawlessly. And most importantly, he's a  best friend, your host, Brett Mclofflin. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh,  thank you. Thank you. [laughter] Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's Thank you.  Okay. That's enough. Okay. All right. Okay. I know. I'm appreciated. I'm  love. Okay. It's all right. Okay. Please stop. Okay. Thank you. They already did.  This is to have and to hold. And please welcome.

our guest of honor. He's a husband, a father,  a presenter at the 2023 Creative Arts Emmys. Awards where he made fun of his best friend when  he said, "Welcome to the 75th Emmys." [laughter]. And most importantly, he's my best  friend for now. It's Link Neil.

Does this look like I'm doing something  I shouldn't do? Throwing salt over your. shoulder for good luck. How do you feel?  Very hopeful. Very excited. We don't seem. too excited. Can't help it. Sorry. All right,  Link. On the other side of this curtain, there are four eligible friend bachelors and  bachelorettes, but only one can walk away as. a potential. Yeah, we You can have platonic  friendships with women. Okay. [laughter].

You don't think you can handle that? I'm  the one who's going to ask the question. Okay. But only one can walk away as a potential  new bestie. Let's get to know our contestants. Contestant number one is a radio host with a  face for TV. He enjoys pickle ball, playing. different instruments, and getting many petties  and margaritas. Please welcome Brian. [applause]. Contestant number two is a retired therapist,  but tired is the last thing she is. Whether she's.

traveling the world on spontaneous trips with  her wife. Yes, she's a lesbian. [laughter] Okay. Or taking a walk with new friends, there's no  stopping her. Give it up for Beth. [applause]. Contestant number three is a voice  and dialect coach by day and a plant. lover by night. In his free time, you can  find him gardening, hanging at the beach,

or accompanying friends on their errands  around town. Please welcome Nick. [applause]. And finally, contestant number four is a  substitute elementary school teacher, but he. can teach you a thing or two about friendship. He  enjoys a nice hike in nature and making creatures. out of recycled materials. Give it up for Tom.  Okay, [applause] thank you. Thank you. How you.

feeling right now just with those introductions?  I'm not giving it up yet until I make my decision. Okay, it's [snorts] time to get to know your  new BFF hopefuls. Please ask each contestant. a question. Um, contestant number one, place to  start. Can you make one noise that best represents. you? [laughter] Kaka kaka [screaming] cuz I fly  high. [laughter] Kaka caka came with a little.

qualifier there cuz I fly high. Uhhuh. Sounds like  fun. [laughter] It is. Contestant number two. Yes. That's the woman. It's the le It's the lesbian  therapist. Yeah. Yes. The lesbian therapist. Uh do. you believe in ghost, angels, aliens, or pirates?  Pirates. [laughter] I believe in pirates. I don't.

believe in ghosts. I believe in angels, but I  believe in pirates for sure. Aliens? H I don't. think so. [laughter] Okay. I'm told there's a  hole here. Yep. There's a hole in the curve. Contestant number three, can you acknowledge me  through this hole? You can't. They can't look at. you. No. With your hand. Okay. Like if we were  across the room at a party and we're friends,

uh, I need to I need to see how you would  acknowledge me physically from across the. room through this hole. Gotcha. With only  your hand, [laughter] we should hope. Okay. Wow. Flat. [laughter] He's he he seemed  tall. Do you want Do you want a different one for. a different context? I am. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.  Uh, what do you want to name the context? No. No.

How about you? No. Hold on. Contestant number  other person. [laughter] Stay out of this. Yeah. Yeah. No cross talk. Okay. All right. Let's say  we see each other so you don't have to like get. my attention. Okay. We We've locked eyes across  the room at a suare. And And then you're gonna. There's the hand. Yep. And then you're going  to acknowledge me with that hand. Okay. Oh, that's Hey, pretty smooth. That was better.  All right. Pretty smooth. Is there a fourth.

person over there? Yes, there is. Okay. Is  that your real voice? [laughter] Yeah. No, it's a fake voice. Okay. I like that. Which  voice do you want? Uh, I like this one. Okay. [laughter] Okay. It did change though. It's  changing a little bit. It got low. A little bit. Um, what what's your philosophy of fatherhood? And  this is really just a veiled question to find out. if you have any young children. I have no young  children because they have grown up. It happens.

all the time to people and fathers have to cope.  But I would say I'm a father who's not into my. children's business when they got older. But when  they were younger, I spent a lot of time playing. with them. They don't like that so much now, so  I don't do it. But I do talk to them and text. them and sometimes argue with them for fun. Would  you envision talking to me about them a lot? Yes, I could talk to you about my children a lot  because there is never a dull moment in our.

lives because they are always doing something or  thinking something and it's exciting. It truly. is. You watch your kids grow up. It's amazing.  It's [laughter] great. That's great. It's great. for you. Um, okay, Link, you are going to have  to eliminate one contestant [laughter] already. already. So, a grandma therapist lesbian. Yes.  That would be new territory for me. Yes. So, I I I don't want to eliminate her. You  don't want to eliminate me. [laughter].

Uh, [laughter] I think I got to eliminate Flying  High. Sorry. Number one. Oh, it's all right, dude. You're too good looking anyway. Good on  you. Thank you, Brian. told you. Sorry. Fly on. back to the green. I don't I don't want no silver  fox competition. You know, that would have never. have worked. Okay, let's keep things moving. I  think it's time we dig a little deeper to see.

who's friendship material. Okay. Okay. Ask a few  more questions that get maybe more intimate. Okay. All right. Yeah, I I I got some more intimate  questions. I'm sweating. Yep. Good. I am I'm. in a hot seat over here. Okay. Um, contestant  number three. Yeah. Do you blow dry your body. after you get out of the shower? And if not, why  not? [laughter] Um, I don't have all of the hair.

on my head. Uh, and so I kind of take that as a  as a reason not to own a blowd dryer. But I do. uh I do kind of pat myself down and and you know  I think the human equivalent of a dog shake if. if you don't use a towel, you just shake. No, no,  no, no. I I of course [clears throat] use a towel. But the first step, you know how when you take a  shower and there's water droplets on the glass. If.

uh if you are one of those people who squeegees  the water down, I kind of do that with my hands. on my Oh, he's a hand squeegee. Hand squeegeeer.  Go on. [laughter] You tell me tell me pick up from. there. You were telling me about the squeegee.  You squeegee your body. Yeah. Just, you know, you kind of you kind of help release the the  droplets and and and then once you're dry, then you step out and then you then you dry with a  towel. That's what I do. Yes. [laughter] Okay. Do.

you really want two people that think that way  to be together? That's a good point. We're not. going to share. It also works in the context of  going swimming or going to the beach. You know, you don't want to you don't want to be wet when  you walk back to your towel. Exactly. Have to I. don't want to bring the mess back with you.  I mean, well, makes sense. I'm okay with it, but it's it's [laughter] fine. I didn't even  ask about the squeegee thing and he talked about. it. [laughter] Contestant number two. Yes. If I  asked you to join me in peeing in my sideyard,

oh my god. Would you? Would I? Of course I  would. We'd have a conversation at the same. time. [laughter] Okay. eye contact if you want.  Okay. [laughter] This sounds like something that. you do already. Uh many times. Many times.  Really? Specifically sideyard. Sideyard. Um.

median strip. You know, [laughter] when you got  to go, you got to go. Man, we're getting some. good answers now. Contestant number four. Yes.  If my ex best friend saw us on a hike, what would. you do to make him jealous? I would hold your  hand. [laughter] And then after I held my hand, I would probably uh walk fast and have you walk  fast with me to go past your ex because your ex.

is in the past and we'll make sure that's the the  situation. Okay. It's getting very symbolic for. keeping situation. I I have this uh tendency to  have loyalty and uh you know if there was a bear. on the trail I would probably give up my life to  save yours. So that's how deep it goes. Okay. You. know I I gave you a hard time in the last round  but I have to say it sounds like you don't have. any friends. Uh I have bearsers as friends. Okay.  So I position you seem very motivated to have me.

as a friend. [laughter] I am so motivated to  have you as a friend. If you don't choose me, I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.  [laughter] I'll probably take a shower and pat off. water and probably go in the sidey yard and make  a stream. [laughter] Or maybe at the same time, I'll pat myself off in the shower and make a  stream in the shower. I just don't know. Yeah, right. I think our relationship needs a reset  [laughter] already. Yeah. I think I think there's.

things we both need to apologize for. I'm sorry  for just being mean to you. Mhm. [laughter] What. would you like to apologize for? I don't have  anything to apologize for. I've got to be me. I've. got to be me. [laughter] And that's how it be. So,  uh, take it or leave it. And if you eliminate me, just know that you're going to feel so sad  because you're going to see me in that green. room. In the back of your mind, I'm going  to be crying my little eyes out. [laughter].

See, I'm starting already. I'm trying to  stiff upper lip. I'm good now. And my voice. is back. This This [laughter] is This is uh  This is Vuny. Yeah, it is. You want a crazy. dude? You got one right here. Okay. Okay. Um  something else. Okay. I don't know about you, but [laughter] I don't know if you should get rid  of him. Everybody. Right on. Contestant number. one. Oh, he's gone. Yeah. [laughter] Oh, you  want to bring him back? Please come back. Okay.

I think I'm good this round. Okay. All right.  [laughter] Who are you going to eliminate? Um, it's a tough one. [laughter] It's a really really  tough one. Uh, I'm torn. It might I'm I'm thinking. about maybe number three, but just just barely.  I'm deciding on number four, but just barely. He.

almost made it. Okay, contestant number four.  [laughter] Uh, please come and meet me later. Was that an almost? It was. No, it wasn't. It But  yeah, I eliminated you four. Are you sure? Yes. Yes. [laughter] Oh, dude. Okay. All right, dude.  Okay. I know. I'm out of here. [laughter] Yep. I. have great kids. I'll see you in the in the green  room. Oh, yes. Okay. We we'll be the one weeping. I think I'll be the one weeping. And your ex if  it's there. Bear is there, too. [laughter] He's a.

He's a tall guy. You already got one of those. You  already got one of those. Okay, we're down to our. final two. But first, we want to let you know that  Link and I recently took a trip to New York City. We took a best friend's trip. Yes, we did. And we  filmed ourselves as we went around doing things. that we wanted to do. He went record shopping.  I went pen shopping. We went to an island in the. Hudson. Yeah, we filmed it all on our phones. It's  intimate. It's fun. It breathed new life into our.

friendship that is being erased today. Yes, you  can see it all at mythicalsocciety.com. And you. want to Okay, Link, last round. This is where it  all comes down to. You got two people. Yes. You're. trying to figure out which one is going to be your  new best friend. All right, contestant number the. guy. I just can't remember the numbers anymore.  Uh, how are you with numbers? You know, I'm not.

I I can add them. I could I could use them. I  can pay attention to them, but I'm not really. all that fussed by trying to achieve good ones, I  guess. I don't know. I guess what's the trying to. achieve good ones? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm not all  that bothered, man. It's kind of like I'm talking. to myself. Yeah. He's [laughter] He's squeegeeing  in the shower. He's not trying for good numbers. And I actually remembered something. When I'm  in a hotel room and there is a haird dryer,

I do drive I dry my legs. I dry I drive my  back. Are you serious? I do. I just I you. know it's whenever I'm in a hotel, but that  wasn't the first thing that came to mind. And. nobody ever told you to do that? No, it was  just a quick quick fix. What? [laughter] All. right, dude. Sing me a song that it just  embodies how you envision our friendship. Can it be spoken word? No. Oh [laughter] no. Um  he's a very demanding friend. I I just am not in.

tune. It it doesn't have to be in tune, but it  needs to be an attempt at a tune. And you know, just uh just try hard. When roots delve  deep and grow a stock, friendship blossoms. on a walk. [laughter] The link between two  friends forever strong. A bond forever long.

Good job. Wow. Hey, man. Now, you carried that  tune. No, I'm not too embarrassed about that. one. No, that was great. It was excellent. It  was excellent. That was really great. Mhm. Gee, and it was in your favorite genre.  [laughter] Yeah. Hip-hop. Uh,

contestant number retired lesbian therapist.  [laughter] Number two. Yes. Okay. Yes. Um, who's your favorite rapper? My favorite rapper or  producer? It could be a hip-hop producer. Yeah. There you go. Who's a guy that hangs out with  Charlie Pooh? Charlie Pooh. Pun. P. The tent.

Okay. Khal Khalifa. Khalifa. Whiz Khalifa.  Whis Khalifa. [laughter] Yes. Whis Khalifa. Whiz Khalifa. He's my favorite. Whiz I like Whiz  Khalifa. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's not my favorite, but uh he's a nice guy. I met him. He's a  really nice guy. You You met him? I did. Uh. could you introduce me to him? Sure. Yeah, I  have his number. You have his number? You're. not supposed to share numbers of clients.  That's right. Yeah. [laughter] Yeah. Yeah.

That's a gave it to me. All right. Last  question. Uh, contestant number two. Um, can you share a secret with me that you've never  shared with anyone while we pinky promise? Sure. Is that your pinky? Yeah. Oh, is it bigger or  smaller than you thought? It's a little It's. Maybe it's the wrong hand. Use your other pinky.  Okay, there we go. Now that feels like a pinky.

promise. Yes. Tell me a secret. [laughter] I think  I think I'm the one for you. You need me. I could. tell [laughter] I could tell by your hand. You  need me. You You need a wing man. You need a front. woman. You don't need competition. Seat number  three. He is really handsome. Really handsome.

Okay. [laughter] Okay. None of that sounded like  a secret, but I'll take it. I never told anyone. that. Yeah, that's right. You [laughter] never  told Never told anyone that. It's funny. First. time. Uh, and the pinky grip was really strong.  You need that, you know. Um, you need that. You. need strong hands. A grandma with a strong pinky.  Yeah. Uh-huh. So, now I what? need to eliminate. You got to eliminate somebody, Link. Okay. Um H,  one of these it would be like a mirror experience,

which I feel like I've always wanted. Like  [laughter] I've always been frustrated by just the. shade and criticism that comes from the reactions  to me just being me. I could use a little more, yeah, man, I'm with you on that. Let's blow dry  ourselves together kind of a thing. [laughter] You. really think that would be a great experience?  But everybody knows I love lesbians and I mean.

variety is a spice of life and just having  different experiences. I don't know. I think. I need like going in a totally different direction  with this new best friend. It's a tossup for me. I am going to eliminate contestant number three.

Real pleasure. Well, we don't look exactly  the same. No, not at all. But I do have a. shirt just like that. And I that we Yeah.  Listen, we're too much for each other, man. It's all right. We I could It would never  work out. It's okay. Uh, we wouldn't be contest. though because uh we're not competing for the  same people. You're married and I'm gay. Oh, you should have asked. Always ask people's  orientation. You [laughter] know that could. have been a different experience. That's the first  thing you ask when you meet somebody. [laughter].

All right. L horrible now. That means  that means by process of elimination. and maybe an active choice, you have chosen  contestant number two. Contestant number two, get to know Link. Hey. Whoa. Okay. We're going to  we're going to hug. Okay. Look at Did you look at. us? You're You're beautiful. You're a beautiful  person. Thank you. And now what are we going to.

do now? Have a have a friendship date. Yeah. Okay.  Here. Pull up a chair. Pull up a chair. So, um, therapist, huh? Uhhuh. Mhm. But you don't do that  anymore. You know what? Once you're a therapist, you're always a therapist. It's true. I need that.  I knew that. I already have one. You need another. I need another that I don't pay for. There you go.  There you go. Just a beer. Beer wins. Here we go.

A beer and pretzels. You get an hour. You like the  mountain bike? I do. I haven't done it for a bit, but I do. Do you? Oh, yeah. Do you surf? Uh,  I could. Yeah. I stand up paddle board. Yeah. Yep. So, I use the stick. Are you judging me?  No, not at all. I I have. Yeah. I don't want. to be presumptuous, but it can be an ebike. The m  our mountain bikes. An ebike for a mountain bike. Yeah. No. Oh, you're against that? Oh, no. You got  to use your body. Use those legs. Well, you still.

use them, but not as much. I already have one.  He's already got Oh, jeepers. [laughter] Are you? Yeah. Are you not a man's man? You're a man's man,  right? Well, hold on. That feels like judgment. I mean, you I can therapize you, too. Now you  can. Hold on. This is falling apart. Let's end. it. Let's end it before. It was It started so  beautiful. Maybe they can work toward uh you. know towards a beautiful friendship. I believe in  you, Ben. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Uh,

and if you got a wonderful tan, too. Do you have a  house? Do you have a vacation home? [laughter] No, I don't. Okay. I at first I asked, "Do you  have a house?" So, let's go back to that. I. didn't mean to ask that. Do you have a house? I  do. [laughter] All right. Can I Can I Can I Can. I hang out in it? Yes, you can. Okay. You got a  pool? Yes, I do. Nice. It's even [laughter] even. heated. Bam. Eat that, Mclofflin. I've got  one of those, too. [laughter] Thanks for.

commenting and sharing this video. Now we say  you know what time it is. Great. [laughter]. Perfect. So, how often do you see Beth? Um, we  were on a roll there for a while. Oh. We would. get together and um we got pedicures together. Oh,  nice. And um uh we we signed up for a taekwond do.

class and at first I was wrestling other men  and she was wrestling other women. But then we. we pulled the instructor aside. We said we're  friends. We joined this together. We just want. to wrestle each other. Okay. And then we just  started wrestling each other. And uh all along. the way I taekwondo or jiu-jitsu? The wrestling  one. Yeah. Ju. Okay. So you didn't read the signs. too closely. Oh, I mean I think everyone else was  punching and kicking and we were wrestling. No,

I think there's some throws in taekwond do, but  jiu-jitsu is like, you know, on the ground and. Yeah, that's what we submission holds. That's what  you were doing. You were doing jiu-jitsu in this. class. We we were um simultaneously submitting  each other. Yeah. And how and so how did that. go? Well, she kept asking me, "How does this  feel? How does this feel? How do you feel?" She, you know, she kept wanting to go deeper. Kept  checking in. Just too much. Like, you're retired, girl. you need to stop with this therapy. Oh, and  then I then I would tap out. So, you've ended the.

relationship. I tapped out. Both of the jiu-jitsu  sad story. I'm Yeah, I'm lonely again. Okay. Well, maybe I've got something that could help with  that. Are you looking for a fellow mythical. beast you can talk about this very episode with?  Well, you should look no further than the mythical. society because it is a powerful group of mythical  beasts just like you sharing a love of community, creativity, and curiosity. You could never feel  isolated in your in your like of us and explore.

the community that you helped create over at  mythicalsocciety.com. Uh-huh. Sometimes when. I'm feeling lonely, I find that it helps to dive  deep into nostalgia, maybe even visit a simpler, happier time or place. Well, that's why we  return to our childhood homes in something. we called we return to our childhood  homes, part one from November 4th, 2019.

Welcome to the thriving metropolis of Buoys Creek,  North Carolina. Actually, Buoys Creek is that way. On this special [music] edition of Good Mythical  Morning, Rhett and Link return to their childhood. environments, Buoies Creek, North Carolina,  where they haven't been for many [music] years, and experience along with you the things that made  their childhood special [music] and informed their.

novel, The Lost Causes of Blake Creek. We wanted  to come back to Buoys Creek to revisit a lot of. the locations that made their way into the lost  causes of Blee Creek. In fact, we originally in. the first transcript of the book, we had written  Buoys Creek as the name of the as the name of the. town, but the world the setting of Buoies Creek  is really what inspired Blee Creek. Basically,

the reason that Buoys Creek is here in a  lot of ways is Campbell University. I mean, a lot of this is new. What is all of this? Look at  this. This is I mean, construction is happening, Link. Right as we come in, there's I don't even  know what that is. It's traffic circle. Traffic. circle. We We had never seen or heard of a  a traffic circle. It's too European. I don't. understand it. When we were growing up in Buies  Creek, we would not have known how to navigate a. traffic circle. I still kind of don't know how to  navigate a traffic circle. Pretty dicey. There's.

two branches at least at Buoys Creek, right? Uh,  I guess a there's a huge turtle on the side of. the road. West and an east and then they Let's go  back and get that turtle. What do you want to do? Eat it. We can put the turtle at the creek cuz I  think he's looking for the creek and we say this. is Buoy's Creek. I can turn to the camera and  I can say this is Buoie Creek. This is Buoie's. Creek. So, we're all getting out here. There's  going to be a turtle. There's going to be a creek. Hold on. He left the side of the road. He knew  we were [music] Hold on. Here he is right there.

Look at the size of the turtles that you can find  in Buoie's Creek. Welcome to Buoie Creek. Is that. what I said? This is Buoie Creek. Welcome to Buoie  Creek. Literally, we're at [music] the creek. Yes. Do they float? You just put them in the water. No,  just put him right here. He'll probably go towards. the water on his own. Go be free, little one. Big  one. Actually, you were already free. Continue to. be free. Look, there he goes. [music] And Oh. Oh  my goodness. I guess he's used to that. Do you.

think he meant to do such a hard nose dive? If  we don't accomplish anything else on this trip, I feel like we've released a turtle into the  creek that was already probably hanging around. the creek. It's It's safe to say this is the  first time that the two of us together have gone. back to Buoie Creek to relive anything from like  a nostalgia perspective. And I love nostalgia. So, I've been very, very excited. So, let's buckle  up. So, that's Rhett's old house right there.

The gray twotory is the house I grew up in. The  basketball goal used to be right here. I probably. shot 50,000 shots on this thing. Well, more than  maybe more than that. And these these people just. built a house there and they painted it purple.  Purple. Now, your house when I first met you, it was yellow. It was like bright yellow.  And then my dad got vinyl siding. I remember. you came to school and you were bragging about  vinyl sighting like for days. Well, you know, it's superior. Like the way I still brag about it.  The way you durable. Look, this many years later,

it looks like a brand new house. Vinyl signing  holds up. That guarantee my dad paid for is. being lived out right here in front of your eyes.  Now, your parents don't live there anymore. You. should explain that. My parents don't live there  anymore. I should explain that. Whoever's inside. has probably noticed a very huge van out front.  Now, I know the guy kind of who lives there, Jake, because he lived in the house. His  parents lived in the house next door that. I would visit my parents after I went off  to college and stuff. Uh, and so my dad sold.

him the house when he when he grew up and was  ready to start a family and move into a house. How's it make you feel coming to the  Mlofflin house? It's really restored. my faith in [music] vinyl sighting.  [laughter] Check that out. This is. the Mlofflin brick. You rub it for good  luck. I'm I'm glad that they did not. remove it. We should knock on the door  before you start rubbing on the house.

What's up, man? How are you? You grew a  big beard. Big old [laughter] beard. Hey, man. I'm Link. Pleasure to meet you. Um, so you  were warned that we're Yeah. that we're coming. Yeah. Well, yeah. We want to We want to go to  my old bedroom. Yeah. Come on. [laughter] The. very specific thing that we were interested in in  going to my house was to go to my room and to play. the game that we've now featured in two books.  U [music] which we ended up calling Testill,

the simple game of sitting across from each  other with your legs spread and throwing a. Nerf ball at each other's nuts. Do you remember  what side you sat on? I My vision of the room. was always you on that side cuz I felt like I  was next to my bed. like that. I sort of owned. that spot cuz I was like inviting you into the  room to come throw things at my nuts. Yeah. So, I'm going to sit here. You sit there. We're  a lot bigger than [laughter] we used to be. I. don't remember our feet touching. Yeah. No. So, I  could be back like this. I feel like those pants.

that you got on are offer a distinct advantage cuz  you've got like a hard hard what? [laughter] No, you've got like a I've got a pull them up a  little bit. the the jeans that we wore back in. the day were they fit different. And you got to  remember, Lang, it wasn't hard. It was like you. rolled the ball like this at each other's nuts.  I know what you're thinking. You're about to do. a baseball throw. The philosophy in the Lost  Causes of Bleed Creek is that, you know, if.

there's something that we did that sort of really  uh we think is very specific to our childhood and. something that kind of represents our friendship  and some just weird things that that we did as. friends. If we can put those into this book,  I think it'll add a lot of texture and a lot. of color to these characters of Rex and Leaf,  who are us, but also not us at the same time. That was light, man. Yeah.  Okay, here we go. [laughter].

Oh, and you know it. [laughter]. It makes such a good sound. Good thing  we don't need to use these balls anymore. What? Three [snorts] kids later, the stakes are  much lower. That's right. [laughter] And by this. point, we would be cackling like this and in  pain and Rhett's dad would come up and say, "What the hell are you doing?" [sighs] Well, we  talk about that in the first book, but in the.

novel, we talk about him coming up and thinking  that he's going to be mad about something, but it's a twist. You're going to get to that  scene in the book and you're going to be like, "Oh, yeah. this is that game. But for the people  who are just picking up the novel and reading. it with no point of reference, they're like, is  this really is there really a scene where these. two teen boys are throwing Nerf balls at each  other's nuts and then that happens in the middle. of there's something else that happens in the  middle of the scene which kind of [snorts] sends. it in a different direction. I don't like having  to look so intently. No, that's the picture's got.

to look right at the mitt, man. Close your  eyes. Hey, hey, relax. [laughter] Relax. I can't. I can't. Oh gosh. I hit your freaking  knee. I can't. I can't. I'm trying. It's It is. the It's the most un It's the most unsettling  thing that I've ever [screaming] [laughter]. got you [laughter] cuz I was talking. I was  hungry. Oh, and it was It was the right one again.

What does that have to do with anything? I was  I'm nauseous now. I was hungry. Thank you. I was. hungry. [laughter] See, I have a lot of memories  of us hanging out at your house. And do you have. any memories of hanging out at your house? Yeah.  And other things like what? [laughter] Just like. Just like my entire other memories like my entire  life. That was a joke. Not [laughter] other things. with you. Brett has memories. What I mean that  don't involve his Do you remember things at your.

house? I mean, yeah. Like I grew up there. So,  one of the things that we've been talking about. wanting to do is basically recreate the way that  we would travel across town and meet up with each. other back in 1992. Yeah. So, this would be your  departure point. You'd hop on your bike. I'd leave. from my house, hop on my bike. It'd be nice  if it was as authentic as it as it was before, which that's before cell phones. So, we would just  set a time and you just you just had to be there.

Well, I mean, it's going to take five minutes to  drive to my house, but then it's going to take it. would take about 20 minutes to I'll meet you at  the graveyard in 45 minutes. In case you have a. little accident, you want to stop and get a drink.  You've got time. There's nowhere to stop and get a. drink. In case you have an accident, 45 minutes.  [clears throat] All right. Should I go now? Yeah. You should have started at my house. [music].

Welcome to my homestead. This is the home within  which I grew up. I mean, the house is special. because when mom went through her divorce and we  really both went through the divorce, you know, and it was like that house represents for us  starting a new phase of our lives and being. on our own. And I know for mom it was like  very it had to be very scary to say, "Okay, now it's just me and my son and it's up to me to  [music] to make a way for us." As you can see,

we fancied brick over vinyl sighting. We knew that  was superior. And we planted [music] these trees. It's crazy to see how much bigger these trees have  gotten. Like the tree was the tree was my height. when we planted it. It's funny [music] how trees  grow over time in this area. This is where my mom. parked in the carport. We were like, "Well, if  we're going to get our own house, we got he's got. to have a carport." And then my dog Tucker would  would chill out [music] beside the beside the car.

This is uh Tucker's resting place. I'll show you  his final resting place a little bit later. One. day I came home from [music] school and Tucker  didn't get up to greet me because he was dead. Um, so he was a pretty big dog, but for some  reason we had this like refrigerator box where we. acquired one and then Rhett and I dug a hole and  buried him right right here. There was a divot for.

a long time. Um, but it's kind of smoothed itself  out. So, we we dug a hole, not quite deep enough. Talked about it in the book of mythicality. It was  right here. So, here lies Tucker, my dog. Tucker, you've been memorialized in two books. Now,  I played my trumpet as part of like a funeral.

service. I can only imagine what the neighbors  were thinking. And then it um it rained and. the next day and I came out here to check on the  grave and it was just like a big pile of mud and. um we took off our shoes and we rolled up our  pants legs and we we jumped in the grave. I'm. not proud of it. I don't know why we did it. It  just seemed like a funny thing to do. I really. love Tucker, but he was in a box. So, like when  we sunk in, uh, my feet just hit the box. I'm not.

I'm not saying that it was the right thing to do.  I'm not saying I'm proud of it. I just remember. that we did it. And I do have pictures to prove  it. I think it was cold. The mud was very cold. Why am I sharing this? I showed them Tucker's uh  grave site. Oh. And I told them I told them what.

we did. You told them about jumping into it.  I told him that we did a a funeral service and. that I played the trumpet and that we went back  the next day after it rained and we jumped in the. we jumped in the That's why your dog haunts us to  this day. And now I'm still talking about it and. I don't know why. Every time I talk about it, I'm  like, I shouldn't be talking about this. This is. a PR problem. Red said he was gonna all lot extra  time for me in case I had an accident, but instead.

I gave you a meandering tour and aimlessly  talked about my dead dog. Now, in 1992, bike. helmets did not exist, so I will not be wearing  one. But you should always wear a bike helmet. I really had to rock it out of my  house because Tucker would be going. along beside me. And if we made it to  this point and he was still with me,

I'd have to turn around and go all the  way back home and try again in order to. wear him out so he wouldn't go wherever  I went all day. So, in [music] the book, my character Rex, who's technically me,  um, he rides a scooter because we thought. that would be funnier. I'm riding a bike today  because it's too daggum hot to ride a scooter.

[music]. I'm out of shape. You're late. So are you. I pedled it a long  freaking way, man. It's like it was probably.

2 miles. Well, there's that mile long stretch  that's just desolate country road. It's just. so hot. We would meet in the graveyard and  then we would ride the actual distance. Yeah, that wasn't like all around town. And I just  don't ever remembering stopping and thinking, man, it's hot. We should get out of this heat or  we should possibly drink something besides mellow. yellow. Didn't drink an ounce of water all day.  We didn't drink water. We didn't wear sunscreen. We didn't pee. We didn't wear socks. Was it all a  dream? So, what we would normally do at this point.

is we would decide where where we were going to  go for the day and then we would go. Okay. Well, we could go to the Grock and sort baseball cards  for a dollar an hour. They tore it down. We go. to the fine arts building and uh go into the  auditorium and like make chairs fall and then. when people come we could hide in the orchestra  pit. I'm sure they've instituted new security. measures as a result of the first time we did  that. We could go to the oasis and play pingpong.

and annoy all of the college kids. I don't think  they that exists anymore. I think they call it the. student center. This is how it worked. We would  sit here and we would we'd bicker about where. we were going to go and then we'd go. We could  go to the river being as it is 100° out here. We should definitely we should definitely  go to the river, but I kind of feel like. going back to the hotel and just getting in  the shower right now. That's a good idea.

You know, back when we made that episode in 2019,  I wasn't as familiar with the whole microlastics. thing as I am now. And that's really made me  think differently about vinyl sightings. Um. Wow. That's right. You were you you grew up  being coated in macrolastics. Yeah. I mean I. I still think it's beautiful. I think the the fact  that you can choose any shade that you want. You.

don't have to paint it. Oh man. I just think  but now there's another dimension. Power wash. it. And but now I'm just thinking about all the  plastics that might have come off on that stuff. every time I went up and just licked the side of  my house, right? Rub my face all over. But yeah, I mean your sperm count didn't it didn't  suffer. I never had my my count counted, you know. I just had children. But But you  did you had children? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, but I never I never did the thing, put them under  the microscope. If I did it now, it'd be nothing.

You had at least two viable sperm. Yeah. Over your  And did you know that the egg makes a decision? Sometimes it's not the first little sperm that  gets to the egg that gets in. Sometimes Yeah. Sometimes the first sperm gets there and the egg  is like, "What is it looking at?" Like the tail. shake. I have no idea. It gets up there and it  starts trying to ram into the egg and then it. won't let it in and then the right one. Let the  right one in. [laughter] You know, it's a horror.

movie. I don't understand. Let the right one in.  Well, that's a horror movie. Wait, that's the. name of a horror movie? Yes. Let the right one in.  It's a long name for a movie. Oh, yeah. They get. longer than that. I know what you did last summer.  Horror. Good to horror movies got a long time. I. know what you did uh this next summer, too. I  think I still know what you did last summer. I. still know what you did last summer. I'm still  thinking about what I still know you did last. summer. That's not too long. That's the third  one, right? Not too long. All right. So, you know. what? Sometimes the best cure for loneliness  is taking a good look at a cringy couple and.

realizing you're better off alone. This is Testing  Weird Couples Products from February 11th, 2021. Do these couples products  exist? Let's talk about that. Good mythical morning. Now, few things give me  the anxiety that trying to figure out what to.

get my wife for Valentine's Day gives me. Yeah.  Um it really started when I got her a potted. plant earlier in our marriage for Valentine's Day  gift and just it didn't go over well and I've just. been gunshy ever since. Oh. What are you uh what  are you getting your wife? I was hoping you would. help me with that. [laughter] It's a little late,  isn't it? How about a potted plant? She she likes. thinking a potted plant. It might work. Okay.  Well, if you're looking for ideas online, I got. news for you. The internet is full of terrible  products designed for couples in love. But how.

do we know if these products are truly bad unless  we experience them ourselves as a couple? Well, that's what we're going to do today. And you  know what? Most of these products never even. made it into production until now. It's time  for Are these ridiculous couples products from. the [music] internet more embarrassing than Tom  Hank's son Chad? Could it get that bad? Well, we'll find out because we've done some digging  around online looking for couples products and. what we discovered was uh actually pretty strange.  There are a lot of really weird products designed.

for couples. But the thing is, a lot of these  products never go into production. They only. exist on the internet as an idea, nothing more  than a photo on a random article. Right? So, in order to determine if these products are in  fact a good idea, our amazing art department, the creationers, that's what they want me to  call them now, instead of the inventioners. Oh, they insisted, uh, they took these products  and brought them to life just so we could. test them out today. Yeah. So, we're going to  test these things out and then we're going to. decide whether this product of is worthy to  bring into existence and sell to the public.

In other words, is it a sweet nothing or a  sweet something? Let's get it on. [music]. You ever wish there was a product for a lover  with a wandering eye? Well, we found something. professing to do just that on trendhunter.com.  It's called the O. It is the eyeglasses for. lovers. According to the site, these eccentric  spectacles are to be worn by two people at.

once. And these chic black frames will keep two  sweethearts in a perpetual lip lock. Offering. little in terms of fine-tuned vision beyond a  2cimeter distance, the OG eyeglasses for lovers. direct a very narrow focus. Now, as you can see,  uh we have recreated our own version here. First. of all, they're just kind of cool just to wear by  yourself. Yeah. Just imagine if you saw somebody. walking down the street with that. Well, I kind of  feel bites. It's a physical distancing thing. It's.

also like late at night so you don't bump your  head into things like if you got to go take a a. wee wee in the middle of the night. A what? A wee  wee. A wee wee. I got to take a wee wee. Now, but. the real test is can it keep two people focused  on one another. Now, I got to be honest with you, Link. Sometimes your mind is in someplace else.  And if it's not directed at me, I can have a tough. time holding your attention. So, I think that this  could be your this could be a good way for us to. have meetings. Now, just so you understand, this  is just a meeting, okay? This is just going to. be a meeting between business partners. Don't get  any ideas, right? Just a meeting between business.

partners. We're going to see if we can have  one of our typical meetings. I don't know why. I was licking my lips. [laughter] And and deal  with some of the distractions that we typically. deal with. And of course, I brought chocolate  strawberries to this meeting. Pay no mind to. that. And you're [snorts] spreading your legs.  But you want me How you want me? Don't spread. your legs. Keep your both knees out. You want me  to side saddle? Yeah. So no matter what happens, we can remain in focus. All right. You could  you come halfway. Oh gosh. I'm going to get.

You can use your hands. I'm going to get I don't  want to use my hands. You just use your hands to. grab the [laughter] Just Just use your turn.  Use your hands to grab the No, use your hands, man. I don't want to use the Okay. Come all the  way in. I have to use the Okay. I don't want to. talk. Okay. Why are you You This is [laughter]  This is a good meeting. This is a good meeting. Okay. We call to order the meeting. This is what?  What are you doing? You crazy, man. [snorts] You. know how I like to feed you the strawberries at  the meetings. I mean, I You want some of it? No,

no, no. I don't want it from you. Feed it to me.  Oh, now I feel like I I can really focus on you. I don't know. I don't see anything else happening.  You guys aren't wandering at all. I think there's. something going on out there, but I don't It's  not distracting at all. You see anything? Why you. don't yell at me? Cool. What do you think about  the quarterly reports? Oh god. Come on, man. That you freaking [laughter] freaking you freaking  quarterly reported that chocolate under my chin,

man. God, I've never once said the word quarterly  reports in any of our meetings. Just so you know, I was just playing along. Oh, now I got them.  [sighs] Let's Let's try again. Yeah. It's funny. how you don't want to use your hand. You don't  want to When you see Yeah. When you see it, you just want to go like this. [laughter] your  ear. That's good. That's fun. You come low. Come. and then let me let me Okay, come see. Let me let  me dock again cuz I didn't do it full handsree.

No, don't turn. Don't tilt.  Tilt. Come a little closer. [laughter] Oh, you almost timed that good.  Okay. I almost timed it good. Yeah, you Hey, I think these are great. I mean, you know,  I had so much fun doing it with Link, I think I'd prefer doing it with my wife. Uh, but uh the double-sided spectacles,  we're saying they're a sweet something.

Okay, this is the My Other Half wine glass set.  Here it is. Hunter.com, our favorite website, uh, must really hate romance because they describe  it as being designed for clingy couples. Ew. The thing here is that if one of us drinks  liquid seeks its own level. Seeks its own. level. At the same level, a level. Now, this  thing was made by a Well, this one was made by. uh our crew. Yeah. Right. But the one on the  website was made by award-winning British designer.

Jim Ro. Yeah. And it cost 480 bucks. Uh but it  was created pretty much as a one-off art piece uh. rather than a functional product. But I do think  it's functional. Yeah. Because and this is this. is Gatorade, by the way. Give a It's not the new  orange trendy orange one. I'll give a drink here. See? Oh, give it a second. Give it a second.  Or do we have to? Cuz I have more in mind.

Just go all the way. This is breaking the laws  of physics. I mean, is it not connected? Well, it's breaking the laws of physics. Set it down.  Set it down. This is This is like magic. Gatorade. doesn't see all Look. There it goes. There  it goes. It just took a second to set it. down because Hey, look at the DJ. He's doing  a little jig. And then you bring it back. So, it's a dancing DJ. Oh, it's one of those.  It's one of those parties. All right.

Didn't drink anything again. Oh, look.  It's like bubbling up. Bubbling up. Well, how do I get all of it from  the tube into my mouth? I can probably And again, if I'm, you know, if  I'm taller than you, get taller. I'm I'm tall. [sighs] Get it all.

[laughter] See, now this is a party  trick. What's happening up there? It's not Suck it. Give it. You want me  to blow on that end? Yeah. [laughter]. No, I don't want you to blow. Wow. Well, that  worked. That's a party trick. That did. It. definitely worked. We finally found the coolest  thing that this thing. It may have broken the. microphone, but Oh, did it? I think it went  everywhere but on the microphone. Hello. We.

still good. All right, we declare the my  other half wine glasses a sweet something. Before we get too snuggly, we want to introduce  you to our allnew redesigned and expanded grooming. collection. It's got all the stuff that we've  already had in our grooming collection redesigned. with some new products. And look at this bag.  First of all, the bag comes with it. And Rhett, tell them about that. We got some all new  mythical hand lotion. Suddenly scented but.

soothing with a nice little scent. We've got  the original pomade. Yep. And now we've got. the brand new mythical clay pomade. Uh this is  the one that I use on my hair. Uh it's lighter, firmer hold that, but that's not all. You also  got the beard bomb. So we still got the beard oil, but now we've updated it with also having the  beard balm, which is gives you a little bit more. hold on your wiry beard if you got one like me.  Yeah. Open up the open this up. It's You got to. show the people. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'll I'll  open it up. You keep going. You keep going.

And look at this. There's a brush. You want  to brush your nice, luscious locks? Well, Stevie does. Yep. Stevie, you like this  brush? This is like a legit That's how Yeah, we designed the brush to be the exact right brush  for long hair. So, it is perfect. And of course, we're still selling two packs of the peanut  butter peppermint lip balm. Peculiarly perfect. But there's also a new flavor, candy milk. It's  like when you put a fruity cereal in the milk and.

then you drink the milk. We got a lip balm that's  flavored that way. Yeah, there it is right there. Candy milk. And last but not least, super excited  about this. I don't think this exists anywhere on. the market. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing  the world's first musical comb. And what do we. mean by musical comb? Well, check this out. You  know that good old G. You [laughter] knocked over.

our crap. I got a Snuggy on. I'm sorry. You  know the GMM thing song? Well, check it out. [laughter] Whoa. Shop the entire collection now. at mythical.com. And it's also  at Amazon. Amazon.com/thical. Okay. Yeah. Lot of stuff. Lot of lots of goodies  there. We'll put it back in the bag later. All. right. Let's get to this Snuggie. Now, the  Snuggiey's never really been cool, but a.

Snuggie made for two, that's pretty hot. And even  the dog knows it. Oh, it's like, well, I'm going. to be embarrassed. What's going to happen under  that Snuggie? Um, this superiz 100% polyester. blanket comes with roomy sleeves and pockets  for easy access to snacks and your TV remote, which is the most sexy accessory in my house. I  haven't gotten a closeup of your uh remote. So, the double Snuggie is the perfect accessory for  snuggling on the couch with your boo. And versions.

of the couple Snuggie actually do exist on Amazon,  but we thought there was room for improvement. So, we would be pleased to present to you right  now the throppple Snuggie. Oh, Chase. Yeah, Chase is here. Oh, hop in. Oh, thanks. Thank  you. Oh, wow. Here we are. Here we are. guys. just enjoying the game, you know, like we do.  We're all in this together. If if one of us farts,

we all get warm. Let's just test this  out. Let's just say that we're together, you know, we're together like we always are on the  weekends. The three of us eating popcorn together, watching watching the game. Woo! Boo! Oh, and  what if I'm like, "Wow." [screaming] Yeah. Oh, it's still working. Lots of  room. Yeah, we can do a wave. [snorts] Okay, down a little bit. Sexy. How far  How does this thing stretch? I got some milk. duds in here. Look how far this thing stretches.  This thing's Come come back. Let's uh I'm going.

to probably tip some stuff over here. Look how  big this thing is. Okay. There's stuff in the. pockets here. Oh, look what I found. Why is  there a tater tot like an an uncooked tater. tot in my pocket? I got your corn. Fart. Bart. And  that'll cook the That'll cook the tater tot. Oh, lane. Here you go. Take that to your wife.  The remote. She loves these. [laughter]. All right. The throppples, Snuggy, so you can't  get away from each other when you need to use the.

restroom. All right. Yeah, the throppple snuggy.  I think it's a sweet nothing. Okay. It may be hard. to imagine that we would want more privacy after  everything that we've been through just on this. episode, but the visible privacy dome promises  to help lovers with a fear of PDA make out in. public with absolutely no shame. Look at this  photo. Absolutely ridiculous looking. I mean, it's like a snail doing a trick. A a tote  [laughter] a tote bag turns into like like a.

disguise you would wear in a power plant. Yeah.  Well, here's what the Visa website says. Uh, it says, "The Visible is a set of wearable  accessories that can be converted at a touch. into a means of isolation." It also brings  you one step closer to achieving your dream. of becoming a hamster. Well, yeah. Okay. Or maybe  a hermit crab. Um, but we have our version. Yeah, we do. And let's try it. Let's test some privacy.  So, now you may be realizing why we have these.

uh these cameras on. Because you won't be able  to see us when we're having our private moments. Ours is orange. So, why don't you get in first?  Pull it up. Now, you couldn't make this. We could. probably make this into a tote bag. Now, Stevie,  once we get in this thing, in order to see if we. can really be private, we're going to see if  you can guess what we're doing in here. Okay.

Hey, it's just you and me, buddy. Yeah. Yeah.  Yeah. All right, Stevie. What are we doing? You You don't look You know, you wouldn't  stand out to me if you were, you know, in the middle of a restaurant or a crowd or party  or anything. It's like you're not even there. [groaning] What are we doing now, Stevie?  You're making silly noises. More specific. Oh,

you're you're throwing the more specific at me. We were being dinosaurs. We were being dinosaurs.  We were being dinosaurs. There's Link. He's in. here, too. Yeah. All right. One more try. All  right. You Hey, you're going to get this one. Get. this. Oh gosh. It's just me and you, man. Hey,  [clears throat] you heard about Stevie? Yeah, she sucks. Yeah, Stevie really sucks. Stevie is  such a bad person. She's bad. Yeah, she's got. an attitude. Yeah, let's stop talking to her for  a little bit. Let's do that thing where we just.

ignore her. When she comes around, we'll be  like, "Where's Stevie? She's not here." Oh, is that her? No, I don't. She must be gone. She's  Guys, what are we doing now? It's not soundproof. What? What were we doing? You're talking  smack. You're talking straight up smack. We We were talking smack. We were talking  smack about Stevie. That honestly looks.

so fun. It actually looks like a lot of  fun. Yeah. Can you tell I look like I had. some fun? Where's Link? He's still in there.  He's crawling out. Listen, sucks. [laughter]. She's a jerk wad. That might be some of the  most fun I've ever had on this show. Yeah. So, uh, for this one, uh, we're calling this a  sweet something. Well, there you go. We made.

some somethings today. Good luck with your love  life. Uh, you know, we've been the best example. we could be. Thanks for subscribing and clicking  that bell. You know what time it is. In case. you're wondering, yes, we have been using all of  those products, especially the the the business. classes. Yeah. Every every meeting here, we've  been getting down to so much business. We say. quarterly reports all the time now. Yeah. Yeah.  And the thing is more than more than every three. months. I will say we tried to take it out into  external business meetings like going going and.

having lunch with a person, you know, trying  to strike a deal. Maybe meeting our agent, that kind of thing. And it's been a little awkward  to eat lunch that close. Yeah. To Link's face. No, not the tube. The glasses. Well, the the p people  on the outside of the tube, there's like the other. people in the meeting. Oh, they feel a little  excluded. Um, so yeah, so we we suggest that maybe.

you incorporate those into your life. This, in  other words, these products really hold up. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. We use them [clears throat] every day.  Now, I don't know about you, but when I'm lonely, my mind starts to wander, and I can't help but  think about all the dumb things I've ever said. But then I'm eventually always comforted by the  fact that Link has said so many more dumb things. than me. All right, this is Can We Remember the  Dumb Things We Said from January 30th, 2020. We said what? Let's talk about that.

Good mythical morning. As we have discussed  before, human memories are highly unreliable. and they're susceptible to being influenced and  altered in all sorts of unexpected ways. At least. I think we've discussed that before. In fact,  there are a number of instances of us seeing. things on this show and then many of you have  pointed out uh that we've contradicted ourselves. using previous episodes. So, today we're going to  lean into that. We're going to test how well we.

can accurately remember things that we've said on  GMN. It's time for As humans, we have many faults. But will our memories turn out faults? Shout out  to actor Kristoff Waltz. You just rhyme faults. with faults. That's right. But then walts. Walts.  Okay, here's what we're going to do. We've dug up. some old GMM clips of one another in which we gave  a strong opinion or belief about something very. specific. And before we reveal each clip, we're  going to give each other the opportunity to try. to remember what we said. And then we're going to  play the clip and see how great or terribly our m.

memory has served. Murvery. You don't know.  You don't remember how to say memory. memory. have served us. This is also a competition, so  the winner will receive a one-of-a-kind memory. foam comb. Oh, that sounds nice. All right,  I'm going to test your memory first. Okay, it's like a steel trap. Here we go. All right,  Rhett. In May 2014, oh, good month. You once. proclaimed that no one should ever tweet using the  hashtag blank life, as in #model life, # musician.

life, # bigboy life. Oh, yeah, that's so annoying.  With one notable exception. Well, I'll accept one, but you actually gave three notable exceptions.  If you can remember any one of those, I'll give. you the point. I think this is somebody who what  they do matters matters more than all the people. that just you just listed. Mhm. Mhm. And it's like  notable and people would actually want to know. So, I'm just going to I'm just going to go back  into that part of my brain. You want right go in.

that part of your brain. An astronaut. If you saw  somebody tweet, okay, astronaut # astronaut life. Yo, y'all laughing. That's a good answer. It must  not be the right one, but I'm going with astronaut. because it seems like something that like I would  be into that. All right, let's go back to May 2014. and see if he remembers correctly. Don't hashtag  anything with or maybe it's Kite life in it. Like model life. I see this all the actor life.  You see this all the time. Musician life. Yeah, people are like, "Uh, writing songs, 3:00 a.m.  Whatever comes to me, musician life. Come on now.

Really? Now, unless you're an animal, because if  you're like doing something very dolphin like at. 3:00 a.m. and you're like dolphin life, I'm into  that. If you're a dolphin, if you're a dolphin. or I think maybe a gorilla or a chimpanzeee is  probably tweeted dolphin gorillas, you're you're. you're sitting on that. You do you remember that?  Uh, sadly, I do not remember that, Link. Yeah, it's weird. I don't We do a lot. We say a lot and  we seem pretty passionate about it. All right, Link. In August 2014, you [snorts] once shared a  rule involving personal space on the subway. You.

said, "If two people are crammed so close together  on the subway that their bodies are touching in. more than two places, something must happen." And  my first thought is you must say something. You. must acknowledge the closeness. But maybe I said  you must keep silent. [laughter] I don't even know. what I would have thought back then. But right  now, I would say you must keep silent. But you.

know what? I think I said you must acknowledge  the touching. So, I'm going with acknowledge. the touching, but I'm a different man now. All  right, let's watch the clip. If you are touching. more than two places with an individual that  you do not know, like there's a shoulder touch, there's a knee touch, and there's like a a wrist  touch because like we're slammed together in in a. subway. It's kind of weird we wouldn't stand like  this probably in a in a crowd of subway. You might. I feel like at this point the rule is you have to  talk to him. Hey man, but you should do it with.

an apologetic look on your face. I'm sorry. Where  you from? Hey. Yeah, I'm I actually live in the. subway. [laughter] And I got it right. All right.  That's right. And I I would not speak to anyone. now. I would not take my own rules. You didn't add  the apologetic tone, but that was pretty good. I. mean, you basically remembered it. You You have  to acknowledge it and talk to them. Wow. I I feel. like I I guess I've grown as a person and I got  a point. Which is more important? Give me one. All right. You've given a number of parenting tips  on this show. Uh there's one thing you said never.

do. Oh, no. You said you never do it with your  kids because you believe it's bad parenting. Uh. and that dads who do it are quote losers. What  is that thing? This is from August 2017. So, it's not as far back as these other ones. Dads  who do this thing are losers. You never do this. with your kids. Dads who do it are losers. I can  The thing is is that Yeah. I don't know what part. of my brain to go into. I don't know if is it the  part that I was actually saying something I think. or the 99% of the time I'm just BSing. Boy,  that's progress. 99% of the time he's BSing.

I think it has something to do with like calling  your child your like best friend or something like. that. [laughter] I know that sounds harsh, but  you're not it's not your best friend. It's your. son and you're the dad. They have friends. You  have friends. I mean, you're you have a friendly. relationship. Did I say something like that? Let's  find out. That's pretty harsh. I've never really. looked at my children's toys. [laughter] I don't  I don't believe in that. I believe that's bad.

parenting. When you get down on their level and  you play with them, I've never I've never thought. that. Whenever I see a dad doing that, I'm like,  "Yo, what a loser." Getting down on your kid's. level and playing. Yeah. I still believe that.  Yeah. It's even harsher than what you guessed. You don't [snorts] get a point. Dang it. This  is hard. Okay. All right. In August 2016, at. one point on the show, you discussed the concept  of the uncanny valley. Essentially, the closer. someone resembles a human or something resembles  a human, the more humans are creeped out by that.

thing. You proposed a theory as to why humans  would be creeped out by humanoid robots. What. was the theory? This is a level of thinking that  I didn't know I ever did. I think you just got to. go back to that place. That's what you did for the  first one. You just don't try to remember what you. said. Just think about what you would say now. I  think it's that you're afraid of being intimate. with something that's not really human. Play the  clip. I think even more so it's mate selection. I. think deep down whenever we look at something like  a robot, we're asking ourselves, do I want to mate.

with that? I'm not saying consciously. I'm saying  subconsciously you you're you're always thinking, do you want to mate with fill in the blank?  I did not remember that. That is crazy. But. I just thought about what I would have thought  about the exact same thing. It's got again it's. the concussion thing. It's like whenever I got  hit in the head and I kept coming too. I kept. saying the same thing. Hold on. I'm just coming  too. Evidently, I hurt my left hip. No matter. how many times I came too, I said the exact same  thing. Well, I there's no I'm There's no way I'm.

going to win this one. Um in November of 2013. Oh,  that's a long time ago. You and I each made our. own mind maps, a pictorial representation of a set  of goals. Do you remember that? Mhm. Do you? Yeah, because you've got a question about it as well.  Oh, okay. So, I remembered it when I looked at. the question. Oh. Your mind map set a list of more  than 10 lifelong goals. How many of these goals. can you remember? I'll accept three. I thought the  mind map was a day in the life of, [snorts] but.

you're saying it was this is lifelong goals.  Yeah. Fly an ultralite, visit Antarctica. What. else would you have wanted to do? There's so  many things that I want to do. Since then, you may have done one of them. This is 2013. Mhm.  Something with beans. Something with beans, he. says. I think you need to be more specific. Like  bathe in a giant thing of beans. Huh. Okay, those.

are your answers. So, visit Antarctica. Bathe  in beans. And the first one, flying ultralight. Flying ultralight. Let's see. I want to hunt  for that treasure in the Rocky Mountains that we. talked about. I would like to learn how to become  a master cheese maker. I would like to be a mayor. of a very small town at some point with a water  tower. I would like to live on an island by myself. for just a short period of time where I am trained  in hand tohand combat and then when I come back I. am a superhero for hire. I would also as I This  is a lot like the Flash. As I stated in in past.

episodes of the 200-year-old person, I would like  to live inside of a hollowedout tree at some point. and then I would like to die while performing  amazing stunts at a monster truck rally uh late. in life. I've added the fact that I would also  like to do research, intense research on renewable. energy sources because I feel like that's because  you have time for that. That's the key to the. future with everything else that you're not going  to do. And in this part of my life where I am. becoming a master cheese maker, I'm going to have  a lot of milk that I'm dealing with. And I would. like you to be a butter maker at that [laughter]  time. And we can go in 50/50 and u I'll make the.

cheese and you make the butter. It'll be called  Retin Link's Dairy Farm. I just there's just I. have too many things that I want to do. I can't  narrow it down. I didn't even get one of them. right. No, you didn't. I said Antarctica, which is  an island. Well, no, it's not. It's a continent. But it is an island. an island contined by water.  It's an island continent just like Australia. Australia's not an island, but I wouldn't  get a point anyway. I didn't get three. Yep, that's right. But you but you remember the monster  truck. Let's see if we can keep your streak alive,

Link. Okay. You also made a mind map. Yes. Your  mind map illustrated what you wanted to achieve. in a single day. So that was why I thought So  you went with the day. I went with a lifetime. Can you remember what was in the middle of your  mind map? This is November 2013. Mine ended with. monster trucks. And that's the amazing thing  that happened in that episode was that we were. both that that was the overlap was we were we were  both doing something with monster trucks and then.

I think I died in a monster truck accident. That's  my answer. Died in a monster truck accident. The. middle of your mind map was you dying in a monster  truck accident. That's all I can remember right. now. Okay, let's watch the clip. Uh made my mind  map and uh here it is. Right. Of course you can. see right in the center you have my eyeball and  because I want to see today. You started with an. eyeball. So the central idea of your eye your of  your today is your eyeball. I want to see today.

I technically think I mean that's okay if if it  works for you man just do it. You know I don't. want to critique your mind map. I do want to see  today but what happened to my monster truck? That. was a different you are dead at the end of it  but I think that that was a different episode. But the thing that was super ironic was the fact  that you also had cheese on your mind my map. Oh, I had cheese and you had cheese. Oh, I do want to  see today. I think that's a great way to live. Uh, go ahead. All right. I got to get one of these.  Right. Believe it or not, Rhett, at one point you.

gave a strong opinion on what you think Tom Cruz's  ball sack is like. How did you describe Tom Cruz's. ball sack in March of 2018? Not a wrinkle on it.  Just a smooth confident baby's bottom. It seems. like you think about this often. Like you're  not accessing a memory, but something that. just very present for you. One crease. Like if you  dropped a drop of water on Tom Cruz's ball sack, it would be like dropping water on a duck's back.  It just just [laughter] Tom Cruz's ball sack is.

hydrophobic. He's still All right, let's see if  he's right. This celebrity gets laser treatment. to smooth out wrinkles, remove hair, and correct  discoloration of the testicles. Also nicknamed. ball ironing. Here, here's why it is Tom Cruz,  right? Because this is I This is urban legend. type stuff. This is something that comes out  of Scientology. Like somebody escapes and then. they're like, and you know what else he does?  This. I think that Tom has got a tight ball sack.

I mean, he's probably got the tightest ball sack  of any 55year-old man or however old he is. I. didn't You didn't say tight. You said smooth. You  said wrinkleless. Give me a point. You You were. remembering the ironing and so that's why you  thought But I can't give you the point cuz you. didn't say tight. No, but it's so tight that it  it it's like it's pulled tight over the testies. and it's smooth. There's not a wrinkle. But you  didn't say the word tight. Just give me a point. I can't win. I'll give him half a point because  he didn't say, "Well, if you get this wrong,

you should automatically lose because this is the  easiest one that you've got." In September 2013, when explaining your opinion on why things are  funny, you describe laughter in a very specific. way. You said laughter is like blank. Can you  remember what you said laughter is like? I only. remember this cuz it's it it pops up occasionally.  Right. This is one and we've re unlike every other. one, we've reaced this many times. Yeah. So,  I can't take credit for remembering this. I. remember other people remembering it um on a  regular basis, but laughter is like farting out.

of your mouth. Play the clip. I think things are  funny because uh you know the whole principle of. comic relief. Tension builds up. You know, tension  builds up in your body and if it's you know if. it's in here and so you know I don't mean to go  I don't mean to go here but uh but you're going. to but you you know tension builds up and you fart  and then if you like so laughter is like farting. out of your mouth. [laughter] Oh my. Put that on.  Let me tell you right now that would be funny. I.

don't know why it would, but I can tell you right  now. It's a release of tension. I think is like a. fart from your mouth. [laughter] It is. Put it on  a t-shirt. It is. You never did. I'm going to give. you another half a point just cuz I I'm I'm seeing  the moment. What's What's that that I was trying. to do? See the moment. Be in the moment. See the  now. I appreciate it, but that doesn't give me. more points than you. You got three out of four.  You win the memory foam comb. Congratulations. Thank you for subscribing and clicking that bell.  You know what time it is. Don't forget about us.

So now, are you thinking about Tom Cruz's ball  sack right now? Yes. For a third time. I think. about it quite often. And how do you feel  about its tightness at this point? Well, he's 64 now. Like the Beatles song. Um, how tight  will my ball sack be when I'm 64? The Beatles have. a song about tight ball sacks. So that's Well,  I have a When I'm 64, my ball sack will be a bit.

thin and draggy. I think legitimately that if I  saw a picture of Tom Cruz's ball sack from age 55. to age 60 and then one that was 64, I bet you I  couldn't tell the difference. He's got peptides, something and he keeps it covered. I don't  know. He keeps it, you know, under wraps, right? He's not like sunning it. You know what I  mean? Probably looks exactly the same. It reminds. me of I saw this um picture of this farmer's legs  like the daughter took a picture or granddaughter.

took a picture of of his arm against his like leg  with shorts and he never wore shorts and he worked. outside his whole life and his arm was just like  just eat up with age spots UV and then his leg was. just as as like a smooth as a 25-year-old's leg as  a newborn baby. It's crazy, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, I guess you should wear sunscreen or pants.  Yeah, pants on your face, pants on your arms,

known as a shirt. And that way your legs get less  lonely because there's a pant over them. That's. That's great. Tie back into the All right, we got  one more lonely helper for you. Sometimes when. you're lonely, you just got to cry it out. This  is Can You Make Us Cry from December 19th, 2024. Today we just might cry.  Let's talk about that. [music].

Good mythical morning. Every morning we come on  the show and do our best to make you and each. other laugh. But after some 2700 episodes, maybe  it's time to show our softer sides. So today, we're going to do our very best to cry. Happy  cry. That is. That's right. Not only is crying. good for you on an emotional level, we  also look really beautiful when we do.

it. It's time for crying in an act of non-toxic  masculinity. Yes, we are heroes. Thank you. Okay, boys. We've prepared a deluge of tearbait.  Different ways and means of tugging on your. heartstrings so hard that all you can do about it  is cryfully. B gets the clicks. And uh rumor has. it that the crew has made some bets, some guesses  on what will happen today. But don't worry about.

that right now because before we begin, I'd  like to point out that we've carefully crafted. the studio environment to support natural tear  response using humidifiers to maintain optimal. air moisture. Oh, thank you. And if you'll  please drink these glasses of water because. proper hydration supports the body's ability  to produce tears when emotionally uh moved.

Wow. Now we have an alt title for today's  episode. The guzzlers. Yeah. Rhett and. link chug a glass of water. We'll see in  unison. We'll AB test it. Okay. First up, we have a few video compilations  to show you. Starting with service. members returning home to their loved  ones. Take a deep breath. Here we go. Okay. Looks looks like a private school to  me. Are we If we talk though, I feel like a.

How you doing? Dad didn't seem ready for the emotion. Uh, is it piano music? I don't know whether  I'm supposed to try to be funny about this. or I'm trying to cry. [music] See, you're  trying to be funny about it and it makes me. not want to cry. I'm not trying to be funny  now. That's two military people meeting. So, who's coming home? I'm I'm confused. See, that's  what I'm saying. You're talking about it right.

now. Now, I don't know what the deal is,  and now I can't cry about it. All right, I'm just going to focus on crying. I'm  Be quiet. Their camo's different. They. must be in different areas. Yeah,  this isn't going to work, man. Oh. Oh. Oh my gosh. Look  [laughter] at that. The commentary.

Okay. I like [music] outside ones. [laughter]. Don't Don't laugh, man. I'm about to  start crying. [crying and screaming]. [laughter]. Okay. All right. We have a problem. I mean, what  I What's Don't I mean, he's just going to talk. the whole time. So, you would have cried if it  wasn't for me. You would have been easier. I.

don't know if I would have, but I would have been  closer. I got kind of close. I like the outside. ones. [laughter] And so when I saw when I saw the  landscape, I was like, "Here we go." And then you. said then you started laughing. That little girl  hugged her daddy and you're like, [laughter]. "Okay." Okay, we're going to move  on to a different category. This is. uh people seeing colors for the first time.  Oh, hold on. Wait. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So,

this is like when somebody's color blind and  they put the glasses on and they've never seen. colors before. You don't need to talk about  it. Just think about it right now. But how. does it Let it touch me. Do we know that it's  working? All right. I'mma let it touch. You. think they're lying? [laughter] I don't If they  are, I'm going to tell you. All right. Wow. Dad, this look You look like a robot. Can  you Can you see colors now? That's why. orange. This one's not that. Look at their  [music] hair. It's red. See, he's like me.

He's not giving you what you want. But he's  crying. Shh. You okay? I never saw this one. [laughter] If it was outside, I'd be crying.  [music] Yeah. You all three of your sons are. gingers. I'm sorry. You're just finding this  out. It's awesome. Go ahead, babe. Oh, well,

it's dark outside. Let me let me have  it. [music] Okay. What do we see? Baby, what do we see? Baby, are you okay? [music]. There's so many different greens.  Oh my [music] god, sweetie. It's so nice and bright and it's so  pretty. Wow, the trees are so green. Well, the light's great. Right. Everything's going to be  green. Oh, this is so outside. Look at your eyes.

They work. [laughter] [laughter] What was that? My fault. Did you cry?

He had a broke kid had a broken  arm and everything. [laughter]. You laughing at this little kid. I wasn't  laughing. He's got He's got to wear sunglasses. forever now. I Hold on. I wasn't laughing at  the kid. You You were just laughing. We came. out of the video compilation to you laughing.  You laugh. I didn't know. [laughter] I didn't. know. I didn't know. I First of all, it's just  sunglasses. Just just Okay, clo close your.

eyes. Close your eyes. I want both of you close  your eyes. Okay. For this next set of videos, I want you to imagine what it would be like if  Barbara and Sean, Jade and Jasper ever ran away. from home or they got stolen, they got lost,  they got away from you. Imagine how it would. feel when they finally, miraculously returned  home into your arms. Who took them? And are.

they being punished? [laughter] Okay. All right.  Are you ready to watch the next series of videos? I don't know if you are via that response.  Hold on. I'm ready. Okay. Let's Let's watch. Shock.

21. Wow. [screaming]. [laughter].

[laughter]. [crying]. [music]. Oh, I'm so close. Look right here. Oh, I'm  so close. It's about to fall out. You see. it? Squeeze it out. Look. Oh, I got it. I  It came out. I got him to come out. I got.

I got one to come out. Look. Look. Look. Can  you see them? Did Did one come out on me? I. got two. I got tears on both sides. I feel  like I have wet sides. I don't know. Link, you were smiling the entire video compilation with  your mouth. It's a happy It's a happy Oh, well, my. face my mouth got happy. [laughter] It was happy.  Okay. You said that you cried on your wedding day, though. Did you expect me to cry at this point?  Well, we I'm just saying that we have um a wedding.

day coming up. That's all I'm saying. Oh, yes.  Yes. Oh, I thought Oh, you're you're just We're. gonna cry on your wedding day. I feel like my  bottom my bottom is a little wet. [laughter] This. bottom. Okay. I'm not sure you can understand  how crying works. All right. Yeah. Tell them. tell them about it. I'm too emotional. We want to  marry you. Yes. We are looking for a few couples. who want to get married right here on the good  Mythical Morning set by us with travel and AC.

accommodations paid. Wow. And it's going to be uh  uh official cuz we're going to be officiating it. Uh, and the mythical crew will be witnesses. This  will be legally binding. So, this is basically an. open casting call to all members, including free  initiate members of the mythical society. All the. details are at mythicalsocciety.com. So, go over  there. We want to hear from you. We want to marry. you. We want you. We want you to be married  to each other because of us. Okay, let's take.

things up a notch. We are going to get personal  now. So, we asked the mythical beasts. Why? Why. do you want us to cry? Cuz that's the point of  the episode. Oh, yeah. Okay. All right. Yeah. We asked the mythical beasts to share stories  about the ways you've touched their lives. So, let's hear those now. Is this an anniversary  week? Okay. Hey y'all. I'm Mackenzie Pickle. I'm Patrick from Auburn, California. Hi, I'm  Izzy. I'm from Maine. I'm Katie from Northern.

California. My name is Tony. I am from Odin,  Indiana. Um, I've been watching you guys since. I was 12 [music] and I'm 23 now. So, you know,  I've grown up with you guys. Everyone has ups. and downs in their lives and y'all have helped me  through way more things than [snorts] Oh my gosh, I'm not going to cry about this. Y'all have gotten  me through a lot of really difficult times. Um, I lost my grandmother to cancer a couple years  ago and she was amazing. Um, [snorts] and you guys.

were there to help me laugh through all the pain.  And hearing you guys talk about Ben sort of helped. me get through that. Even though it's a different  relationship, it just [snorts] it helped a lot. 7. years ago, I went through a [music] divorce and it  was it was a rough patch of my life. It was tough. I was depressed, sad, angry, and I didn't find a  lot of joy in anything. And the only things that.

really helped me through at that point were my two  sons and family, um, some therapy, and you guys, your show. So, I've been a big fan since 2012. Me  and my little brother Jay [music] used to watch. you guys together and we became mythical beast  together. Um, [music] good mythical morning was.

something that we just always did together and he  passed away in [music] 2020. having GMM to look. forward to, having ear biscuits to look forward  to, having things on the retinol link channel, you. know, to come out to look forward to really helped  me during that [music] time, especially with it. happening during the pandemic and [snorts] kind  of being forced to be alone for the most part. Um, you guys really helped save my life. I'm just I'm  really grateful for y'all and for what you do.

Y'all helped so many people, including me, and  I'm just really, really grateful for it. Like, it's kind of hard to put into words how much  it's helped me through a lot of tough times, and still to this day when I'm not doing well,  I still watch Rhett Link. Um, it just means so. much to me. You guys are a big part of my daily  life, and I love sharing your humor and the joy. that you guys and the team at Mythical bring me  and my family with many others. you were uh uh.

something that helped me get through that spot  in my life and I I appreciate it. So, I love you. guys. Thank you so much for [music] what you  do. Thank you guys so much. I love you guys. As [snorts] long as you put out videos, I will  be watching. Thank you for building a community. that um feels like family and for bringing  light into my life even in the toughest times.

All right, that that one was a little tough. I  could think of squeeze out some more. They're. all They're gathering in my eyes. And thank y'all  for submitting those videos. It was all they were. all fake, though. Yeah, it was very understand it  was all actors, right? I don't know what it is, but it it hit [clears throat] it hit me more  in my left eye. This eye This eye is You see. it? Do you see the moist right right here?  You see it? I see it on you right there. Do.

you want to squeeze it? Maybe squeeze it out  like I've been I've been squeezing it like I. don't know. I'm that I think that's as much as  you're going to get from me, which I was moved. We're going to get more personal. We're going to  get more personal more personal videos because um. we we reached out to your families and we asked  them to write you letters, personal letters. Um, so let's let's read a couple of them. We're  going to start with Christiey's letter to.

Link. [laughter] If you could read it out loud,  please, and not to yourself. [clears throat] All. right. When Jeno meets J Crew, Link, our  marriage of almost 25 years has been our greatest. adventure. If I could give those 18-year-old  college students in 1998 a little advice, it would be plan for the big things. Grab the hand  of your best friend and just go for it. What? She.

was talking about her, not you, by the way. Oh, is  this a haiku? Risktaker and security seeker. Oh, that's us. Hip hop and country, night owl and  early riser, [snorts] party animal and party. planner. I love us. I love how we are individually  and uniquely each other and us. I love how you. make me feel like I am the only person in the  room. I love how you meet each of our kids exactly.

where they are. You show up and stay. You listen,  encourage, and challenge. You choose the perfect. record for slow Saturday mornings. You have the  best vocabulary and comedic timing. Your eyes. will always draw me in and keep me present. You  are magnetic and hilarious. I will never not be. amazed with what you create. Your biggest fans are  the ones that live with you. All of me loves you,

Christie. I cry. You crying more than me. That's  not going to be I cry more than him. I cry more. than him. It's just mo I I'm so moist. I'm very  moist. [snorts] I'll blame it on the medication. I'm on medication. [laughter] Anti-crying  medication. That is so Okay, we have a. letter from Jesse to Rhett. Oh, that's a long one.  Rhett. A lot has happened in the almost 24 years.

[laughter]. This is going to take a while. [snorts]. [laughter]. Since I walked down that aisle at Fugquay Baptist  Church to you, [snorts] if someone had told me the.

story of our life together so far, I don't  think I would have believed them. Truth is. not just stranger than fiction. Sometimes it's  better. Our love has changed and grown. [snorts]. from something young and sweet and at times  challenging to something [snorts] deep and sturdy. and as Lionel says, easy like Sunday morning.  I'm sure our love will continue to evolve and.

so will we. In fact, one of my favorite things  about you is your ability to stay open-minded. and embrace change while simultaneously being  the most dependable and loyal human I know. You are motivated by possibilities. You are  kind. You have the softest heart. You forgive. people. You forgive when people are cruel.  And you have somehow unlocked the superhuman. ability to truly forgive. You're interested and  oh so interesting. Sometimes when I look at you, I get a glimpse of little Rhett wanting to  please, dreaming of all the possibilities. in imaginary worlds. Y'all shouldn't have done  this. [laughter] You think this is entertaining?

Are you not entertained? Keep reading. giving us  all a chance to laugh along with you for that for. so that for a moment we can be little again too.  A friend recently told me a story about listening. to a monk speak on marriage. The monk said,  "Some marriages are long and some marriages. are short and you learn different things from  both." In nature, there are certain flowers that. only bloom after many years in the ground. These  are the gifts of a long marriage. Thank you for.

sticking around to experience those flowers  with me. Love you with all my heart, Jesse. Okay, I've cried. Okay,  [laughter] we have one from Lily. Dad, a few sentences to make you  cry. Challenge accepted. [laughter]. You're one of my greatest creative inspirations.

I'm not I'm not going to boohoo. [snorts] I  have learned so much of my self-confidence. from you. And you have pushed me to  reach for my wildest, imaginative, and most hilarious dreams I could ever have. I  break awkward silences with the weirdest jokes. possible. And that's definitely all you. I  [snorts] couldn't ask for a greater father. or a greater best friend. I love you, Lily. PS.  You know how special you are. You're special.

[snorts] and one from law. [laughter]  Oh, why my family write so much? [sighs] Dad, I love you. There's so many things  I can say about how you've provided for us over. the years, showing me what it means to be a  man, sharing fond memories, and all the funny. stories we have together that it's hard to know  where to start. From the moment I can remember,

I knew that you cared about me and always  had me in shepherd's best interest as a. top priority no matter what. As I get older,  I realize that that's actually a pretty rare. thing. I haven't always agreed with the way  you've done things. I still don't. [laughter]. Yeah, this is my son. [snorts] But I realize  now that you do everything for a bigger reason, even if I can't understand it at the time,  the 16-year-old lot cursing you out. Yeah, I remember that. couldn't understand that all you  could ever ask for from a parent is unconditional.

love, which you provided and then some. These  days, I just find myself wishing we could spend. more time together. While you're you'll always  be my dad, I come to you for guidance when I need. it to get my tuition paid. You're also my friend  now. I never thought I'd miss you and the family. as much as I do at college. I look forward  to someday when we won't live so far apart. I'm not good at talking and crying at the  same time or else I would keep going. Makes.

it work. [snorts] Life is so short and it kills  me to think that someday we won't be able to talk. anymore. This is rough. This is rough. Well, I  haven't really watched much of GMM. [laughter]. Yeah, me neither, man. [laughter] I found myself  firing up the newest episodes this semester. just because I miss you. If I can tell you  anything, Dad, it's that you've done a good job.

I can honestly say that 99% of the ways I've  screwed up are my own fault and you really. did everything you could to prevent  them from happening. The older I get, the more I wish I had taken your advice, I could  have avoided a lot of pain. Genuinely, I look up. to you more than anything else in the world. I'm  blown away by your drive, commitment, discipline, and perseverance. Sometimes it feels like a lot  of pressure, but I know you're not putting any. of that on me. I just really want to make you  proud. I love you more than you know. Lock.

Oh my goodness, y'all. What in the crap? We're  really going to have to give them good Christmas. presents. These have lotions. We are not going  to make you read the other letters from your. your family on on camera. So, they're in the  dressing room for you when you're finished so. you can see crying. [laughter] Um but uh we  wanted to leave you something leave you with. something else from your families. So we put  together some videos that have highlighted your.

uh your your growth together.  So Link, let's start with yours. [laughter] Look [music] at those kids. Yep. I don't know which kid that [music] is. He's so.

tired. Look at him. I think it's Land.  Let me cover him up cuz he's cold. Lincoln. [music]. I'm pleased to introduce to you is  Lando James Neil. I guess the first.

Wow. They [snorts] get so old they move out and  then apparently I die and you play this this. slideshow. [laughter] It's like who's dead?  Somebody where it be emotional. Somebody needs.

to have died. Somebody needs to die today.  [laughter] Somebody needs to die today. Oh, man. They've gotten so old and I don't remember. I  don't remember a lot of it. It makes me feel What. have I done with myself? [laughter] No, I'm good.  I'm [snorts] good. I'm good. Sweet. Sweet. Sweet. family. Right. Sweet. [laughter] They're the sweet  family. It's good. I'm so glad to know. might as.

well as that's [laughter] a way to sum it up.  Rhett, it's uh it's time for your sweet family. Here he comes. He's a walker. Well, whoa. Whoa. Here he comes. Here  he comes. Here he comes. He's got a. funny little step. Here he comes.  Here he comes. Here he comes. Whoa.

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Yay. Yay.  Step. Stop. That is a cute. Oh my gosh. [laughter].

[snorts]. [clears throat]. [music]. [music]. [music].

You want like that? No. Okay. [sighs]. Whose idea was this? [laughter] You got a hairy  family. Are you getting what you wanted? Are you. satisfied? I think so. Yeah. There's a scoreboard  over here. Why? Why you got a score? The score.

Hold on. The score is How do I win this?  It's zero to zero. Well, well, you know, the whole point the whole point was to see who  could cry the most. And the tierer uh I think. goes to Rhett. Red's [snorts] a crier. Yeah. So,  there there's there always has to be a winner. Oh. my gosh. [laughter] And um those crew predictions,  we'll see if people were were right in Good Myth.

Gilmore. Why is it so hard? [laughter] What's the  main thing? Do you feel you feel old? You feel. like our kids are old. That's the thing. I feel  like my kids are old. I don't look at pictures of. my family. I don't like to look back at pictures  cuz sometimes I see Jesse doing it. I'm like, I can't do that. I don't have the emotional  capacity. So, just tell me what the pictures. are. [laughter] You did it. You're the king  of crying. You cry more than me. I got it. But I'm surprised y'all got a lot more out of me  than I thought you would. Thanks for subscribing.

and clinging that bell. You know what time it is.  That was rough, man. What? So many emotions. Now, we watch these every episode that we that we serve  up to you as a part of this marathon. We watch it. along with you in real time. Yep. Except for this  one. We decided not to do it. This is the one that. we didn't watch. This is the one we didn't watch  cuz we couldn't watch We couldn't We couldn't cry. again. Well, I see. And I'm still medicated. I see  enough of these pop up on people's social media,

they will take these moments of us crying and it's  super sweet. We should have watched this. Of all. the ones we should have watched, it should have  been I don't want to wa I'm just saying I can I. can only take so much of this, man. I I don't like  y'all can't do this to us again. You know what I. what No. Yeah. Yeah. We can't. One of the things  I did recently that kind of reminds me of this. was for my birthday. Um, my kids wrote me cards or  at least two out of three of them did. [laughter].

That's good. It's okay. Um, and then we went on  a trip and I was on the next day and I was like, you know what? When I read the You read the card  in front of people like in front of everybody out. loud? Uh, no. No. I read it to myself. Good. I  read it to myself and then I kind of looked at. the person who wrote it. I was like, "Thank you  so much." And then I would like mention something. from it. But then I, you know, move on with your  life. I keep them in a stack. Um, so I can go.

back and read them. But just like watching this  episode, it's really hard to decide. I'm going. to go back and do that. Um, maybe if I'm dying.  Maybe if I get that. When you're dying, you'll. go back to the cards. I'll go back to the cards.  But I did something good. I made a a decision that. was different than that. and I took a picture  of the cards. And then when I was on the plane, I sat there and I opened my my photos because  sometimes when I get bored on a plane, I just. go through my photos. Okay. And then I had these  photos of the notes that they wrote in my birthday.

cards. That's beautiful. And I almost cried on  the plane, but I medicated, so I didn't. Then. I took a nap and then I kind of jerked awake and  then I read him again. I said that was nice. That. was nice. Yeah. I'm glad you shared that. Thank  you for listening. Thanks for sticking with us. to the end of this marathon. You know, if we made  you feel even a little bit less lonely. Honestly, that's pretty surprising. [laughter] We'll see you  on Monday for the first episode of Good Mythical.

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