Team Mythical Beast! (Supernote 2012)

- It's time to make some mythical supernotes. - Let's talk about that. - Hi, I'm Dasha from Russia. Good Mythical Morning. (happy music). (fire blowing and crackling). - Good Mythical Morning. - Today's episode is brought to you. by Supernote, the YouTube-wide competition. to figure out who can hold the longest continual vocal note. - That's right, today on our main channel, we released the Supernote 2012 launch video.

You can get all the details over there, on our main channel. We'll link to it at the end of this, but you might wanna go ahead and watch it now. because we're gonna be talking about it. the rest of this episode. It, you know, as Rhett said, it's the competition who can hold the longest note. It's every other year, and it is October 1st, it goes through this whole month. - This is the third ever. Started in 2008, did it in 2010, now we're doing it again. in 2012. - All right, this is what it all boils down to. This involves you representing your mythical best.

and joining our team by making your own Supernote video. And then, once you make it, you have to make it a response to this video, not the video on our main channel, not the Supernote launch orientation video. To join our team, you have to respond to this video. - Now, you could also join, I mean, I don't know, I mean, you may be more of a fan. of someone else who's a captain in this thing. Hey, no hard feelings. You're cheating on us, whatever. But you can join any team, and the way you join a team, and you can join one team--. - Don't even tell 'em how to do that.

- Is just make a response to their video, their Supernote announcement. - But they would never do that. - Of course they would that, but--. - No one would do it. - I'm just letting 'em know you can do it if you want. - Plus, we're gonna bribe you with prizes, which we'll talk about in a little bit. But, you know, the main piece of business here. is us doing our Supernote first. We have to lead the way, as the leaders of Team Mythical Beast, we have to do a Supernote. And because there's two of us, as you can read in the rules, if there's a group of you, it's only the longest note amongst your group that counts.

So for us--. - And I will say, Link, I mean--. - We're gonna start at the same time. - 2008 and 2010, I beat you, I went longer than you. - Well, you have a past in swimming. - Whoa, that's what it is? - You have a history in swimming. - But listen, I'm giving you the opportunity. You have your mythical, your Good Mythical Morning T-shirt on, there's fire in your belly. (Link laughs). I mean, you can dig deep, you can beat me. - My lungs are on fire. - Listen, I'm going to make it even, I'm only gonna take in air in my left lung. - Okay, all right, so whoever goes the longest, that is the is the Rhett and Link official--. - Do you know how you do that?

- Supernote. - You just breathe in with your left nostril. Only the left one. That's how the anatomy works. - Okay, so here we go, let's get ready. (Rhett breathes in and out deeply). - Yeah, I'm gonna time it here. (Link breathes out deeply). - Jason, (breathes deeply). you're just gonna say, in about 10 seconds, I want you to say, "Three, two, one, go." (breathes in deeply). (breathes out deeply). (breathes in deeply). (breathes out deeply). - [Jason] Three. two. one, go.

(both holding note continuously). (both continue holding note). (Link's note intensifies).

(laughs). - Exact, same time! (hands clapping). - Whoa, this time did exact, I didn't even... Dude, that was the weakest Supernote. in the history of Supernotes. You only got like 30 seconds. - What in the world, Rhett? - Well, no, so listen, I don't, into my left lung. - You only did one lung. - (laughs) You know what happened? I breathed in, and then when I started, you know how sometimes when you're holding your breath. and you realize you did, like something about your swallower mechanism. is screwed up? The whole time I was doing it, I was like, I have to swallow, I have to swallow, I have to swallow. - So what you're saying is, I didn't do great, you did horrible. - I did by far the worst I've ever done.

But you know what? Congratulations. The funny thing is is we--. - Is your hand got sweaty, too. - We stopped in almost a magical way. at exactly the same time. - And it was less than 34 'cause you forgot to hit the--. - It was like 30 seconds. - Okay, here's the deal. It doesn't matter how good you are at Supernote. Whenever you make your Supernote, even if it's two seconds, it contributes to the cumulative note of our team. So as long as you do some measurable Supernote, it contributes to the team.

You need to do it, even if you think, "Oh, I can't hold a long note.". Guys, listen, just be your mythical best and contribute. And if you've never made a YouTube video, talk to the people. who've never made a YouTube video, Rhett. Tell 'em what they need to do. - Well, before I say that--. - Get, pep talk, man. - I cheated a little bit. - What? - Like, three seconds in, I went to a hum. I just realized that now. I went... (throaty humming). You can't, that's against the rules. So you win. Congratulations, you win 2012 Supernote. for me and you, between the two. (all laugh). - Are you kid, you cheated? Why? - I haven't been thinking about this.

- After we're talking about... - I haven't been prepping few years back--. - I've been thinking about this years. - I've been prep, I didn't, I forgot about it, man. - You hummed? - I went... (throaty humming). I went into a hum. I realized it was just coming through my nose. - I didn't do that. - You win, man. But it was the same time, so... - Okay. - Anyway... - Okay, so it clear, you know, you can read all the notes, but you can't hum and you can't gurgle it. (gasping note). - But one of the--. - You can't do that. - One of the good things that Link. was hinting at a second ago, and I believe. this is important, is that if the previous two times. that we've done this, people have come out of the woodwork. and they've said, "You know what? "My first ever YouTube video was my Super note video.

"It was the thing that said, you know what? "Maybe I will do this, "maybe I'll just quit hiding behind the veil. "of my computer monitor and just commenting. "and I'll turn the camera on myself, "introspective and make myself a public spectacle.". Well, you don't have to do that, but just make a video of yourself. Enter the world of YouTube. You know you're not gonna get hurt, no matter what your parents say. Oh, should I not have said that? Talk to your parents first. - Parents say that YouTube Supernote--. - And then argue with them.

and tell the that you should have a YouTube channel. - Okay, so, as if that wasn't enough of a pep talk, we are prepared to give you guys prizes. - Yes we are. - At least the winners. So the top three longest individual Supernotes. on Team Mythical Beast are gonna get a prize. Third place (Rhett exclaims). is going to get... - I think you should start with first place. - Okay, first place is going to get a pair. of Mythical shoes. (Rhett claps). That's right, you know these, you love these. - In your size of color and, in your choice of color and size. (laughs).

- Killed a lot of brain cells. holding out a hum note. - Yeah, trying to swallow, that was messed up. - All right, but yeah, black, blue, or cream. - And you also get a T-shirt. - Vanilla. - Like the one Link is wearing, the Good Mythical Morning T-shirt. And you get your choice of either, 'cause we've actually held on to these items, the toast from Good Mythical Morning season one. that showed up in every intro. We still have it. - Hold up that one right here. - We've kept it in the fridge. You either get the choice of the toast. or you get one of the Nilla wafer top hats,

which we have also held on into the fridge. Now listen, I realize we're gonna be shipping you. a perishable good, but there's so many preservatives. in these things--. - It smells really good still. - I mean, I could eat it right now. It's got glue on it. - I could rub it on my underarms. as if it were deodorant. - So that's what first place gets. And then, second place gets a t-shirt. and the choice of the next thing, whatever's left, if it's toast or--. - The toast or the other Nilla wafer top hat. - And then, third place gets a T-shirt. and then the choice of the last thing, whatever, you know, you don't have a choice, whatever the first and second didn't want.

- And you know, if part of being your mythical best. is being creative, be creative just for the fun of it, you know? Express yourself, but don't cheat. - And I will say, I will say--. - I can't believe you cheated. - You need to train better than I did. The good news is, is that you're gonna. be, you know--. - Something just fell off our board back there. - You're gonna be like, you can do multiple takes. I mean, we just do, we do this show on one take. and so I had a horrible Supernote. But that's okay 'cause if you did that, you can just be like, "You know what? "I'm going to dig deeper the next time. "I'm gonna practice. "I'm gonna"--.

- Yeah, train. - "I'm gonna train.". - Many of you train. and are in the top 10 of--. - What we wanna do, before we close out today's episode, we wanted to talk about--. - And, but I will, but I just wanna clarify, they can train, but they can only upload and respond. with one video. Once they do that, even if they delete it. and start over, it won't count. Once your channel has submitted a video, even if you delete it, you cannot submit another video. So make as many videos as you want, but don't upload your practice videos. - Yeah, don't do it as like a live cam or whatever. - So what are we gonna? We're gonna take the last few minutes of reminiscing--.

- The story of how this happened, because we're going way back. and there's probably a few of you mythical beasts. that actually before we even referred to anything. as a mythical beast, just somebody who watched our videos, we used to watch something. called "The Rhett and Link Cast Live.". And this was a live show. that we did every Thursday night. What year was that? 2007? - 2007, 2008. - And we did it on Ustream. So we would actually every Thursday night, we did it, and we, I think we probably had a couple of hundred people. who were just faithful watchers.

of "The Rhett and Link Cast Live.". - Comment if you were one of those people. I know you're out there. - And we would start every, single episode. by saying, Link you would say... - Ladies and gentleman, coming to you. from an undisclosed location in our basement studio. in Lillington, North Carolina, this is the the... - Rhett and Link... (holds note continuously). - And he would hold out Link. - Oh did I? Is that how I'd say "Rhett and Link" and then "Cast Live?". - Yeah, yeah. - Really? Rhett and Link...(holds note). - And you wouldn't say "live," you would just say "cast.".

(continues holding note). - This doesn't count, you've already, you blew it, man. You hummed your Supernote. (continues holding note). You're trying to redeem yourself. (continues holding note). (voice wavering).

(voice turns raspy). - Cast! (breathes deeply). - And then, we would go on with the show, and then for how long you did that, that's how much less of a live show. we'd have to come up with. - (laughs) Yeah. - And I remember one day, we were just working, this was way back in Lillington, Rhett goes to the bathroom. - I do a lot of thinking in the bathroom. - And I never go to the bathroom with him, I just keep working. And then, ultimately, he emerges from the restroom--. - It's better that way. - And he comes around the corner and he says, "We're out of toilet paper.". No. (laughs). He said,

"I got an idea.". And it was, I don't remember exactly what you said, but it's what turned into Supernote. "Let's do a competition... "You know how I hold out the note. "at the beginning of the bla bla bla? "What if we did a competition. "where people try to do that? "All you gotta do is have a webcam. "and a mic, and there you go.". - And the first year we did it, we had a couple of thousand people participate. Last time, 2010, there were over 15,000 Supernotes. - So let's see what happens this time, you know? I think, I think we can win it.

- You think we can win it? - Only if you join, you have to contribute, people. - I think it would be kind of awkward if we won it. - Don't just, don't sit on the sidelines. Get in there. - That's a weak spin. - Get dirty. - (laughs) Yeah, I know. I expended all of my energy otherwise. Link vanishes. I don't know how I would go about doing that, but... - You know, I could've swore. that Link was right here a second ago. But he seems to have just completely disappeared. And the weird thing about it.

is that this is such a small room, I feel like I would see him if he was still here. (happy music).