When Did Things Get So Expensive?

- How much did we used to pay for things? - Let's talk about that. (upbeat music). (singers vocalize). (ball rumbles). "Good Mythical Morning.". - Remember the good old days when things seemed affordable? Unfortunately, I'm talking about like 2016. - And, you know, we were already kind of old then, but at least we could get cheap fast food. and cheaper cars to eat our fast food in. - Yeah. - And every so often. we just want to hit something about it.

So here we go. - It's time for. (graphic thuds) Penny Punchers. (upbeat music). - Hello, price pugulists. - Uh-huh. - [Jenna] Here's a little refresher on how it all works. We'll show you an item and its current retail price. You'll work together to guess how much it used to cost. in a specific year in the past, and then you'll punch the machine. to bank your dollars and cents. You two will each alternate punches. until you've locked in your guesses. Sound good? - Yeah. Sounds good, sounds good, sounds good.

- You remember Mike Tyson's punch-out? Some of the guys would do like a little... Like, before they were doing something, they would do a little song. - Yeah. Then you just punch them in the face. - Yeah, that's when Mac would jump up and punch him. It wasn't even Mike Tyson, it was Mac. - Well, yeah, 'cause you had to get to Mike Tyson. He was at the end. - I wanted to be Mike Tyson! - You never got to the end of the game. He was actually in it. - Can we see our first item? - [Jenna] Okay, your first item, it's one of my favorites. It's a one-day adult pass to Disneyland. - One of your favorites? - Yeah, I love Disneyland. - Okay. - Can't afford it right now.

'cause right now the peak day can be $224, but how much was it in 2006? - Oh. - 2006. - 20 years ago. - It's funny that you're saying. like the price for one person. because think about five people. - Oh, yeah. - That's what I'd be doing. - You got too many kids. That's why I stopped short. - That's why I never went. I mean, I've never paid for one ticket at Disneyland. - [Jenna] Don't forget you have the decimal and comma. that you can move in between every punch.

- Right now we're at tens of dollars. I'm going to stay at tens of dollars, and then I'm going to let you bring it in. How's that? - Well, I think that's fine because tens of dollars-. - It's going to be over $100, obviously. - 20 years ago? No, no, no, no. I don't know. I don't know about that. I don't think it's obviously over 100. I think it might be $90. (machine clicks). I remember, okay, so we moved here in 2011, and I specifically, I feel like-. - It's going to be okay.

- I know going to Universal was less than $100. when we first moved here because it was like-. - So you're thinking. like $85. - 2006? I think 100 is a great target. If we fall a little bit above, a little bit below. - All right. I just presume I'm going to go first 'cause I'm here. - Presume. Presume away. - And then-. - You can hit it as hard as you want to. We're trying to get. to $100-ish. - Right. (punch thuds). (numbers rattle).

Oh, that felt good. - (claps) Wow! - That was one of my more solid hits right there. - Whoa! (machine dings). $55 and 30 cents. You're more than halfway there, friend. - All right. So now-. - So I need to do a $45 punch, maybe 44. - Punch as hard as you can. It'll be a little less force-. - I'm not going to punch as hard as I can. (Link chuckles). - Okay. - Punch as hard as I can, minus a little bit. - I'm just going to do a... Listen, we've got other punches to deal with. We don't need to get greedy in round one.

- You also don't want to injure yourself. just to prove something. - But see, here's the thing. - You're a dad. - If I do a $35 punch, then we'll be at $90-ish. And then it'll come back to you, and you'll have to do a teeny tiny punch, and I don't trust you. (people laugh). So I feel like I need to do a $45 punch. What does that feel like? What does 45 feel like? (exhales) It feels like this. (punch thuds). - Oh, is it? Oh, you almost nailed it! - Oh.

- $48 punch. (hands clap). (machine dings). - Okay, so that puts us at $103.40. I feel pretty good. - I mean, I could just add a couple of cents. - A couple of cents. - I'm moving the decimal here. - A couple of cents? - We're already over though. Let's just hold. - Okay. All right. - Let's just hold. - Agreed. (people chuckle). - We're only round one. Ding. - Yeah. - [Jenna] Okay, and a little reminder. that you'll need to be within 20% of the correct price. to win the round. - Easy. Easy. - [Jenna] Your final accumulated guess.

is $103.40. A one-day adult ticket to Disneyland in 2006. was $59. - What a steal! - [Jenna] The difference was $44.40 that you just did. You're 75% away, (buzzer buzzes) so you do not get this round. - I'm not going to blame this on myself. I'm going to blame this on you. because you said obviously over $100, and then I started even doubting myself. 'cause I wanted to say 75.

Dang it. - We just don't know our own strength is what it is. - (sighs) No, we don't know our own prices. (upbeat music). - [Jenna] Here's one for my favorite two lazy boys, the La-Z-Boy Lancer recliner. - Ooh. - [Jenna] Right now, the suggested retail price. is $1,659. How much was it back in the year 2000? - First of all, if you think about how much you might sit. in one of those over the course of your life,

I think it ends up more than paying for itself. - Oh, yeah. It's quite a coveted piece of furniture. that neither one of our wives. will let us- - Ooh. - Even entertain having in the house. (person laughs). - La-Z-Boy, if you're listening, if you can find a way to make Jesse Lane Interiors. happy with your designs- - Right. - Then we might be in business together. But until then, I can only dream about this. - I want one so bad. - I don't have a chair in my house. that I could fall asleep in. (people laugh).

But I look good in 'em. - And that's not an exaggeration. I've never fallen asleep at your house either. - I don't like people falling asleep in my house. (person chuckles) - Fine. - 16.59. Okay, so this is... Okay, are we going to do the Disney factor on this? Like, has La-Z-Boy been- - Yeah, we're at the same time. - Appreciating. or inflating to the same degree as Disney? Now, this is an additional six years. And that went from 60 to 224. So that's like four times almost.

So if we did four times of this, we'd be talking like $400- - $400. - 400 and something dollars. I bet you it was like 499 in 2000. - I think- - Maybe cheaper than that. - I think we don't need to go over on this one. So you punch first. - Okay. - And I like what you're thinking there. So right now, definitely move that decimal. We're going in increments of 10.

- How many punches do we get total? Five? - You get five punches total. - Oh, wow. - [Jenna] And reminder, you need three out of four rounds to win the fight. - So if we did five punches. of 500, we're still only at like $250. We're going to have to up it. - I think you need to up it at first and then we'll go... You do a biggie and then we'll move to 10s. - Light punches? - Yeah, go for it. - Light punches. Just light punches. Just like, hey, it's not like I'm trying to beat you up.

It's just I'm trying to... This is a warning shot in a fight. I've never been in a real fight. other than the two in middle school. But if this was just as a little warning shot. like, "Hey, manny. Hey, buddy, get your hand off of my wallet.". (punch thuds). (people laugh). - Yeah. Get your hand off of my wallet. (machine dings). - Yeah, it's like I don't know if he's trying to take it, but if he is, I want him to know. Just, hey, buddy, get your hand off my wallet. - See, but now it's $168. - [Rhett] So if you do another one like that-. - I'll do another. I'm going to get- - Hey, buddy.

- Get your hand off my wallet. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. But do you know how- - Hey, buddy. - It was pretty easy. Don't go too hard. - Hey, buddy. Hey, hey, I see that you got your hand on my wallet. Why don't you (punch thuds). get your hand off of my wallet? - Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I knew you would be too aggressive. Okay, so what does that put us at? - Oh, crap. (machine clicks). - That puts you at 424. (machine dings). - Oh. - Okay. - Let's just have some decimal fun then. - We don't need decimal fun. We need to get up to... We need to get- - Oh, yeah, we said $500?

- [Rhett] Yeah. So now we need to do this. - Okay. All right. - So now I can give it everything I got. because I can't... I can't... I don't know. - Don't give it everything you got. You need to have some for later. - But a $60 punch will put us at 484. I don't think I can get to the 600s. You think I could get to the 600s? - Don't hurt yourself. (Rhett exhales). But more importantly, don't hurt me. (punch thuds). (numbers rattle). Oh! 603!

- Okay. (machine dings). That feels good and it feels like a good stop. - That felt good? - It felt great. (machine clicks) - All right. - Hold on, hold on, let's see where that puts us at. - Yeah. - 484. So decimal it up. Decimal it up. - All right. - Yeah, yeah. Give us some dollars. - Hey, get your hand off my. (punch thuds) wallet! (numbers rattle). Look at that. $5. (hands clap). All right, (machine dings). you want to have a little fun? Want to have a little fun with it? - You think I should have a little more fun?

- I think you should have a little fun with it. We haven't broken 500. I think we need less than $10. and then we'll lock in. (punch thuds). (numbers rattle). Okay. All right. $5.36. (machine dings). - [Jenna] All right, you all are locked in. - We're going to lock in. - [Jenna] So you have now made a guess of $495.21. (hands clap) - Yes. - [Jenna] The past retail price for the La-Z-Boy is.

$399, you are 24% away. - Oh! (buzzer buzzes). - So you have lost- - No way. - [Jenna] You had a little too much fun, guys. - That would have been an investment. Think about it. (people laugh). Year 2000, $399, you're probably still in the same one. It's broken in. (Link groans). - What are we doing? - I should've gotten. a La-Z-Boy in the year 2000. That's the thing I've learned today.

(upbeat music). - Jenna. - We have an idea, Jenna. (people laugh). - Yes. - So we can't get three right. because we've gotten two out of four wrong. But maybe you could adjust the leeway of the percentage. Like what if we got the next two within 15%? - What do you think about that, Jenna? - [Rhett] Can we still be winners? - [Jenna] I would love to make you all winners. So yes, I am happy to adjust the rules. if you can get them within 15%,

these last two. - Yes, yes, yes. - And we got to be less... (person laughs). We got to be less greedy. We were so greedy on that last-. - We said 400 and then we started going for 500. - We got greedy! - All right. What's the nextie? - [Jenna] Next up is Taco Bell's beloved. Crunchwrap Supreme. - Uh-oh. - [Jenna] The price today at Taco Bells. in our area is 7.29. - 7.29 in LA. - [Jenna] What was the price in 2016?

- All right, so-. - I'm going to tell you right now, it wasn't more than $4. I bet you it was $3.99. It could have been $2.99. Like fast food has gone up so hard. Do you think that $2.99 feels too low? And that's probably because... Well, it's only 10 years. It's not. 20 years. - Well, right now we're in the $1 spot. Should I go to cents and just hit a bunch of... - Hit a bunch of cents. Let's make sense.

- 'Cause what we're saying is not more than. 2.99. - Not more than $3.99. for sure. - But then let... We're overestimating. So let's say 2.99. - We've been overestimating, so we're saying 2.99. - $3. - $3.00 is our guess. - I'm going to put it there at the $1. I'm going to go pretty light. - Wait, hold up. (machine clicks). - Okay, $1. Got it, got it, got it. - We're just going to go very light. - But if you hit it too hard, you'll be in the two... If you go $3.00, you're... (people laugh). - All right. So I'm going back to this.

- Pennies. Pennies. - Going back to the pennies. (machine clicks). - But don't hit it super... Hold on. I'm confused. (people laugh). - Now I can hit it really hard. - No, no, because if you hit it really hard, that's 500... No, it's 0.500. - The most I can get is 99 cents. - Correct, right? Yes. - [Jenna] That is correct. That is correct. - So you ain't got. nothing to worry about. - Y'all got this. Y'all got this. - Yeah, it's okay. I'm just making sure. - I'm basically going for like 30 cents.

(punch thuds). (number rattle). Yeah, okay. 37 cents. (machine dings). - Okay. All right. But we got to... I mean, if we did five of those-. - Yeah, yeah. - We'd only be at like $1.50. We got to go harder than that. - [Link] Just go harder. (machine clicks). - I don't know what we're doing to ourselves here. - We need to not overshoot for once. - Right. You're right about that. (punch thuds). - We got too much we're trying to prove here. (numbers rattle).

Add 44 cents. (machine dings). - Okay, hold on. Okay. - 45 cents. (machine dings). - [Jenna] We'll get 45 cents, yes. - [Rhett] Link, you got to go harder than... You got to go as hard as you can. - I'm leaving the decimal. - [Rhett] I prepared some things for you-. to make you- - Yes, a little motivation. - A little bit upset. - All right, great. - You're on a plane and we got feet. We got feet on the plane. - Oh, somebody else's feet. - [Rhett] We got socks in the aisle. and we got barefoot on the plane. I know that upsets you.

- But the person who's just wearing the socks. is the one taking the picture. - But we don't know that. We don't know that. (people laugh). - I know I've done this before, but then everybody made fun of me and I learned my lesson! And now I'm on Team Don't Show Me your Dogs at the Airport. (punch thuds). (numbers rattle). - At the airport. (machine dings) - I think. that's the hardest punch I've ever done. - No, you've gotten over 500. - Okay. - Okay. - 50 cents.

- All right, I think I'm going to have to get really precise here. Oh, gosh. - So we're at $1.32? - [Jenna] $1.32, you got two more punches. - [Link] I don't want you to get too mad. I'm going to take this down. - Yeah, I don't want to get too mad. But here's the thing. Two more punches. Even if we got two $500 punches, 500 cent punch, 50 cent punches, we'd only be at 2.32. We're trying to get at 2.99. So I got to move the decimal. - But you got to be real controlled. - I got to do like- - A dinky.

- A $1.50 punch. When I told the guy to get rid of my-. - Very dinky. - When I said, "Take your hand off my wallet-". - That was more than that. - How much... No, no. It was in the hundreds. You went harder. - Well, just go easy, man, please. (shoe squeaks) Oh. - This isn't somebody- - Your shoe just squeaked. - This isn't somebody with their hand on my wallet. This is somebody, "Hey, I see you looking at my wallet. I don't know. I don't know if you like the idea of having the wallet, just because you're like, 'What is that wallet? Where's that wallet from?'. Or if you want what's inside the wallet.

But just in case, just in case.". (punch thuds). (laughs) Okay. (people laugh). (machine dings). - Where does that bring us? - That's 250. Now we move the decimal back. (machine clicks). - All right. - And we let Link-. - [Link] 'Cause I'm trying to get to $3. - We let Link go ham on... Do your 40... 430, 430 punch. - I can't do that. - Yeah, you can. - My wrist was hurting too much from last time. - Hold on. You just did almost a 600, 500.

- That hurt. - So do like an 85% punch. - Okay. - Okay? 85% punch. - What if it's with the other hand? - Don't screw us, man. No. - Like this? - No, no, no. We need you to go hard. This is important. It's important. - All right, fine. - It's important. (punch thuds). (numbers rattle). Yes. - Are you happy? - Yes. - 560. (machine dings).

- It was actually a little too hard. But it's okay because- - 56 cents. - So that's going to put us at 313. - All right. We got to hold. - Oh, we're definitely holding. Yeah. - [Jenna] You have to hold because you're out of punches, so this is what we're doing. - Yeah. Yeah, all right. (Jenna chuckles). - [Jenna] So you have locked in $3.13. - Yes. - The past retail price. for the Crunchwrap Supreme. was 2.99. You are 5% away. - Yes! - You win this round. (machine dings). - And might I say- - We're learning.

- We were 100% right on the guess. - [Jenna] Absolutely you were. - If my boy had gone 85%, we would have been right on it. But- - Listen, how could I be wrong if we just won? - But hey, we got it. (people laugh). We got it, we got it. We got it. We're doing our very first ever live holiday special. A Very Mythical Holiday Special. It has so much goodness in it. Original songs, music video, sketches, special guests, and more. Yes, we dug very deep into our creative pockets to make a very,

very special night that we are incredibly excited to share with you. November 20th, 10:00 PM Eastern, 7:00 PM Pacific. Get your tickets now at mythical.com/live. (upbeat music). - [Jenna] This is our last round. Per the new rules, you just need within 15%. - Yes, new rule. - [Jenna] Or if you lose, you get a sock in the jaw. So as we did last time, there's a twist to this round.

It's blind boxing. You cannot watch the other guy punch. You can only listen. - Okay. - All right. These days. - We did last time with this though. - A premium Callaway driver. has an MSRP of $699. How much did their signature Big Bertha Driver. cost in 2007? - I know nothing about golf, but for some reason I know about the Big Bertha. Why do I know about the Big Bertha?

- Branding. For sure. - $700 club. Good gosh. - So having recently gotten back into golf, I will say that I have not bought a new driver. because it's insane to pay $700 for a club. My 2018 driver is just fine for me right now. So $700. Going back to 2007, I'm going a little bit less off of. inflation rates to begin with.

and more just what I remember about golf at that time. I remember- - It was a big time club. Even I heard about it. - Like 19 years ago, I think people were like, "You might have to pay $200 for that driver.". Maybe a really nice driver, I think he may have gotten up to 250, but I kind of feel like... I feel like trying to get around $200. is probably going to be our best bet. - I feel like I should go first. - Okay. - And you'll not be able.

to see the number, you'll just have to listen to what I'm saying. - But can I know where you put the decimal? - Yeah. I mean, if I put it at 100-. - [Jenna] Yes, yes. Survey says yes. - That's going to be... - That's dicey. - [Link] I can't do that. I can't do that. (machine clicks). - Okay. So we're trying to get to 200. So I'm just going to listen to what you do. to try to ascertain your strategy. - [Link] Mm-hmm. (punch thuds). (numbers rattle) - Okay.

What did you hear? - [Rhett] You hit it. pretty dagdam hard. (machine dings). - You got that? All right, you can turn around now. - And I would say that that was around a $50 punch. And in my book, if I were to do that again, and then you were to do that again, then I were to do that again, and then we were to stop, that would be close to $200. But that's just me. (person chuckles). That's just me. - I can't hear him. I'm in a hood. - Okay, here we go.

(punch thuds) (numbers rattle). - Okay. (machine dings). I'm going to let you hit the button before I look now. (machine clicks). Okay. He didn't say anything afterwards. Had a long bit of silence. - Well, 'cause I don't want to cheat. - So to me, that feels like he was a little disappointed. I'm just going to stick with my guns here and try to... We got to move closer.

Get your hand off. of my wallet. (punch thuds). (numbers rattle). (people chuckle). - Now, I don't know if it's the fact. that you said wallet at the same time, but it sounded not as strong as it maybe needed to be. But that's just me. - All right. - That's just me. - This is a no judgment zone. - But I feel like I got to go as hard as I possibly can. And then we're going to stop and hope that we're within 15%.

(punch thuds). - [Link] Oh, he went hard. That was hard. (machine dings) - Got that? (machine clicks). I think we should stop. - All right. Now he's whispering to me to stop. - [Jenna] You have one more punch. You maybe... You have one more punch. - Yeah. So I'm going to go with the... I'm going to go with just... I'm going to add a few dollars.

- Okay. - Look away. - Hold on, Jenna's trying to give us hints. She's trying to help us. - I mean, I might need to... I might need to put tens of dollars. This thing might be... You know golf equipment's always been expensive. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think you might need to go back to... Yeah. I think you might need to... Yeah, be right there. - [Link] Yeah, I feel like I need to just give it-. - Hit it as hard as you can. - [Jenna] Yeah, this one is watchable. since it's the last one. - [Rhett] Okay. All right, hit it as hard as you can, Neil.

- Hit as hard as I can? - Yeah. (punch thuds). (numbers rattle). - It wasn't as hard as I could, but... - Hey. - Yeah. - Hey, hey, hey. - Add $55 to that. (machine dings). - Yeah. - You know what. I'm saying? - Yeah. - [Jenna] Okay. You all have locked in your guess. at $274.10. The past retail price is. $299, you are 8% away,

so you win. (machine dings) - Ha, ha, yes. - [Jenna] You do not have to be socked in the jaw. - And we got no help at all. - No. (people laugh). Well, we got a little bit of help, but along the way, we want to thank those who helped us along the way. - Wow. So golf equipment was already that expensive. - Oh, yeah, it was. - That's crazy. Okay. I feel good about us. - Prices be rising, y'all. - Yeah, and our confidence levels be rising as well. - (laughs) Thanks for being your mythical best. - You know what time it is. - I'm Amanda. - And I'm Patrick.

- And we are in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. to smack Mothman's butt cheeks. - [Both] And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. - He's there. He's real. I've seen him. - I mean, the statue's definitely cool-looking. I mean, I didn't get to see the butt cheeks. - Well, listen, unsolicited advice. You know who's going to get it? No one. (chuckles) - Oh. - Here's what you need to do. Don't have a television in your bedroom.

- That's right. This advice is for everybody. (people chuckle). - Don't have a television in your bedroom. - Don't do it. - A bedroom is for bedroom things. - You know what? Make things in your bedroom that should go on TV. (person chuckles). - What? - Sleep. Join us in Good Mythical More. to watch us test weird neck pain products. Wake up. We've been buried alive. What? Oh, no. Look. This November 20th, hosts of Good Mythical Morning, Rhett and Link,

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