Is it weird if music makes things feel sexier? Let’s talk about that. ( upbeat music ) Good mythical morning! Happy “Yanksgiving.” We are thankful that you are here. Yes. Today we’re celebrating by trying out Thanksgiving leftover hacks, guessing real or fake Netflix movie descriptions, and getting close with Weird Al Yankovic! First up, we’ve done a lot of research. ( both imitating satellite beeping ) And it turns out that there may have been a scientific reason that Usher wanted to “make love in this club.” – Uh-oh. Yeah. – That’s a lyric. A new study has shown that the sexier you perceive certain types of music, the sexier your perceived touch while listening to said music. Yeah, the study had each participant place their forearm through a curtain where it was touched by a controlled robot movement. – That’s not weird at all. – No. And at the same time, they listened to pieces of music, which they later evaluated on a scale of being not at all sexy to extremely sexy. Which is how I rate my life in general. – Oh, life. – Yeah. The results being music seems to change our perception of touch. So this is what we thought. If sexy music makes robotic touches sexy, what will it do to us as we experience all types of touches? It’s time for… ( accordion plays ) Okay, we are going to be experiencing increasingly sexy levels of music as performed by our musical comedy hero, Weird Al Yankovic! – Hey, Link. – Rhett: Hey, Weird Al. – Hey, Rhett. – ( cheers and applause ) We’re big fans. This is a big moment for us. – Me, too! – ( laughter ) – All right. – Okay. And what’s gonna happen is we’re gonna have some things, we don’t know what they’re gonna be, we’re not gonna see them, they will be touching us, while Al plays different levels of sexy music. And we’ll if as the music gets sexier, the feelings get sexier. ( music playing, heart beating ) Okay, Weird Al, play some un-sexy music. Got it. ( polka music ) ( Rhett laughs ) Nice. Sounds good. Oh. I’m starting to feel a little brushing. Rhett: Yeah, this is… I can’t say I’m enjoying this. Okay. All right. Just getting a light, nice little brush. I have no idea what this is. – Rhett: It’s a little cold. – Link: What is that? It’s a little blunt. – Okay. – ( laughter ) – Well… – Do you have any idea what touched you? It was like a paint brush or something. – Feather? – Mine was little bit cold, a little bit hard. It was nothing pleasant about it at all. The music was pretty pleasant. ( clicks tongue ) Rhett: Yeah, but it wasn’t sexy. Well, you told him not to play sexy and nothing became sexy. Yeah, there was nothing sexy about the music, there was nothing sexy about the touch. I do as I’m told. ( laughter ) There’s nothing sexy about the touches I was receiving either. They were just like normal, being painted by a paint brush kind of vibe. You know, yeah. That non-sexy painting vibe. ( music playing, heart beating ) Okay, Al, give us some semi-sexy music. Like on a scale of ten, like a six? – Five. – Five. – Weird Al: Five? – Right in the middle. Okay, got it, here we go. ( romantic accordion music ) Rhett: Yeah. Oh! – Oh, oh! – I like it. Ooh. – Yeah. Oh, yeah. – Oh. Link: ( chuckles ) Yeah. – Rhett: Oh. Yeah. – Link: Oh. ( laughter ) I don’t know… I don’t know what’s happening over there, but I’m getting a little nervous. Rhett: The touch is more sexy, but the way that I’m being touched is not very sexy. I’m getting, like, slapped with something and smushed with something. – It’s cold! – Rhett: What is this thing? Link: I don’t know what it is, man. Rhett: What is this object? I’m being stamped and rubbed. Rhett: You’re being stamped and rubbed? Link: I’m being stamped and rubbed. I’m being poked and prodded. – Ah! – Are we being touched with the same things? – You’re being stamped and rubbed? – I’m being stamped and rubbed. – What are you being? – I’m being, like, like, poked and, like, inspected, almost. – Oh, yeah? – But in a slightly sexy way. So did that feel sexier than round one for you? The object felt sexier. But the way that the object was touching me felt, like, very surgical, almost. ( laughter ) You know, like, not– like un-sexy surgery, – you know that kind? – Yeah, my favorite kind. – ( Rhett laughs ) – I don’t wanna have sexy surgery. Um, for me, I had a moment very early on that I was freaked out by whatever it is that was touching me, I don’t know. But then I kind of focused in on the performance and it relaxed me a little bit. I wouldn’t say that I was in any way aroused, – ( laughter ) – but I would say I was no longer panicking. And there was a moment early on where something, like, moist was kissing the palm of my hand and, like, spreading my fingers, and like… – What, you got finger spreads? – I got a finger spread. That’s not happening on this side, man. I don’t know what it was. That is not happening on my side. But I might be attracted to it. Can I request a finger spread? ( music playing, heart beating ) Okay, Weird Al, now you’re gonna get super sexy. – You want full-on sexy accordion playing? – Rhett: Full-on. Both: Sexy to the max. – Whoa! – I’m not sure you can handle this. Okay, you asked for it. ( sultry accordion music ) ( laughter ) ( chuckles ) Ooh. Oh. I’m getting a rub-down over here. Whoa, this thing just got a lot hairier. Link: I don’t know. Rhett: It’s so hairy. How hairy is yours? Mine’s like– feels like rubber, man. It’s like, it’s… oh. It’s got a hole in it. Oh, what is that? That’s nice. Pulling the hairs off my arm. ( chuckles ) Oh, yeah. Ah… – Trying to like it, but I’m not really. – Whoa. Al, don’t take it personal. – ( laughter ) – Rhett: Boy, you didn’t… you didn’t find that sexy? No. I’m sorry. I feel like it was the same object, but the object grew hair. ( laughter ) Like, grew sexy hair. You know what I mean? My object was different, man. ( laughter ) My object didn’t have any hair, but it felt like it was pulling the hair off of my arm. What was it? I can’t see. – You can’t see it? – No. Oh. ( laughs ) – Oh, my. – ( laughter ) What? I’ll tell you later. ( accordion playing ) Okay, so to recap, the music got sexier, but my experience just got weirder. I don’t know, man. – I don’t know how it is. – Well, first of all, I didn’t know you had such a range of sexiness, Al. I’ve got huge reservoirs of sexiness untapped! All in that machine right there. Yes, indeed. I, personally, felt… an increase in sexiness. I’m not making this up. I, literally, I don’t know– it felt there was the same thing the first two rounds. The third round, the thing was hairy and sexy, and usually I don’t think of hairy being sexy, but today I did. Well, let’s find out, what was in round one? Show us. ( stammers ) Hello. ( laughter ) Oh, well, hello. – Woman: Hello. – Hello, Alex. – You got Alex. – Yeah, you got Alex. And a mannequin arm. That makes a lot of sense based on what it felt like. I would have said it was something hard and plastic. – And you were petting me with this rose here. – Mm-hmm. – Yes. – Okay. Well… it didn’t feel like a flower. ( laughter ) It didn’t feel that great. I’m so sorry. – I tried. – Okay. And what was round two? What is that? It’s dog poop. So you were raking dog poop… up and down… Yeah. I did squeeze it a little bit and whatnot. Oh, my goodness. And you had no part in that. – No. – Too bad. Okay. Okay, yeah. Another part of a mannequin. ( laughter ) – And what was round three? – Thanks, Alex. Ooh. Who are you? ( laughter ) A silent plumber. – A brooding plumber. – Did it feel sexy? – No. – Did you know it was a plunger? No, but I could tell it was rubber and now it makes total sense, except for, well, you don’t make total sense. A shirtless plumber. That’s the only type of plumber I like. Rhett: Very intense shirtless plumber. And again, yes, hair, I was right. And this is not what I was picturing, but it did feel sexy to me at the time. Alex, you made me feel sexy. ( laughter ) And I think– ugh, I smell something. – Put that away, man. – Okay. – Get it out of here. – Ooh. But you two can stay. – Okay. – Bring it in, bring it in. I think we know who we have to thank for this amazing experience. – Yes, Mr. Weird Al. – Weird Al. Thank you, sir, for coming in here. – Rhett: Thank you so much. – ( cheers and applause ) You can get tickets for the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour at WeirdAl.com and get Al’s box set, “Squeeze Box,” out tomorrow. Look at this thing! This is a freakin’ box set! It’s super cool. Multiple, multiple albums. How many in here, Al? – 15. Count them. – Rhett: 15! 15 albums! Click through for some Thanksgiving leftover hacks. Starting tomorrow through Monday, you get a free sticker pack with every online purchase at mythical.store while supplies last. Stick ’em up.