How would you describe me to a stranger? (rhythmic theme music) – Let’s talk about that. (yolk glubbing loudly) (UFO whirring rapidly) (flames igniting momentously) “Good Mythical” summer! – Okay Rhett, how well do you think you know my face? – Pretty well. I mean, it looks like you got eight hours of sleep last night, but you also need to use the restroom. (Rhett laughing gently) – You’re right. And? – Mm-hmm, yeah. – You’re right. – That’s right. Well I’m your best friend, I know your face very well. I know everything about your average white guy face. – But yeah, you’re looking at my face right now though. What if you weren’t looking at my face, would you be able to describe it in intimate detail? – Well I wouldn’t get too intimate, but we’re gonna find that out. – It’s time for “Can we Describe Each Other Using Memory Alone or Will Our Sketches Look Like the Handsome Joey Gladstone?” – Welcome to the sketching station zone! – It’s fancy, it’s got layers. Let’s talk about forensic sketch artists for a second though, alright? – Okay. – A forensic sketch artist is somebody whose job it is to create an image of a person going solely off the verbal description that usually another person is making, and they can be very helpful in criminal investigations. – Yes, it’s a fascinating process, it takes a very specific skill set, tons of practice. And we wanted to get one of those on the show to take part in this experiment, but- – We emailed one renowned forensic sketch artist. Yes, we tracked down the renowned one. – Only the best. – Not only did she happen to be retired and also live out of state, but she also told us, and I quote, “I am not available for this, but even if I was, I wouldn’t be interested in participating.” (Rhett and Link laughing amusingly) I don’t know! – Tell us how you really feel. – The demeanor of the forensic sketch artist is you gotta dance around a lotta things. Another artist told us her personal process takes about four hours per sketch. We got places to be! – Yeah, can’t do that. – And then, we found two currently working with the LA County Sheriff’s Department. Okay, this is promising, but apparently they’re busy with important things. – Yeah, doing their actual job? – Yeah. – Okay. – I think crime sketches. – But that was not going to stop us from finding out who between the two of us can describe the other person’s face the best. So we ditched the need for a forensic artist and tracked down a very talented visual artist who has no idea who we are or what we look like. Forensic smorensic! (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Bring in the artist. (marker sketching loosely) – Alissa, are you there? – Yes, hi. – Hey, Alissa. – [Rhett] Hey! – [Link] Thanks for showing up today. – Thanks for having me. – As impossible as it was to find a legitimate forensic artist, I’m kind of discouraged how easy it was to find an artist who doesn’t know who we are. (Rhett laughing amusingly) – Yeah. – You don’t know who we are? – I know who you are from Jordan, I don’t know what you look like. But, I’m familiar based on what she’s told me. – So, you’ve never seen our faces in any capacity on the internet? – No, I don’t think so. – And Jordan has never described our faces in detail to you just on a whim? – Nope. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Have you ever done anything like this? – No, I’ve never done a sketch like this. – This is not a test of your skill, this is really a test of our ability to know and describe our so-called best friend. – Okay. – Yes, and so that’s exactly what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna take turns describing each other to you. And then whoever does a better job in the end, whose picture looks more like the actual person, is gonna be declared the better friend, okay? – Yup. – And entered into a very special drawing. – Alright, do you want to go first? – Sure- – And I don’t even know what that means. – Describing you first? – Sure, yeah. – Okay. He’s white. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Don’t make this about race. – Hey, I mean… – Can you describe the shape of his face? – I’m sure I can. (Rhett and “Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) I’ve never really thought about it. I think… I mean, I would say that he kinda has… I mean, Link’s got a good shaped face. – Oh, thank you. I’ve got a good shape. – It’s good. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Is it short or tall? – Oh it’s pretty tall, especially the forehead part. – [Alissa] Okay. – We’re gonna spend some time on the forehead when you get to it, but just whatever you do, make room for at least an extra inch than what you were planning on. – Okay. (Alissa and “Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – They call that a fivehead. – (Rhett laughing amusingly) Yeah. But he’s got a… I wouldn’t necessarily… He’s not like… He doesn’t have like a super square like bulldog face, but he also doesn’t have like a pointy chin. – Okay. – It’s kinda like, “Huh, that guy’s got a good chin.” (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – I got a good face and a good chin, I like this. – Does he have a cleft chin? – No. – Okay. – But I would say that he’s got more cheek than the average man. – Okay. And what about his nose? – What’s that? – And what about his nose? – “More cheek than your average man.” (Rhett and Alissa laughing amusingly) He’s got pretty pronounced nostril action. – [Alissa] Oh, okay. (Alissa laughing gently) – I think I could get my ring finger into each of his nostrils without touching skin if that makes any sense. – (Alissa laughing amusingly) Okay. – Maybe my pinky. – But, she can’t see your ring finger. – I think I could get my pinky into his nostril without touching any nose. Like I could go in and out, in and out, clean. (Alissa and “Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) So however you think about that, like if there was two pinkies in a nose (everyone laughing amusingly) and then you were to take ’em out and then a nose were to stay the same width, that’s his nose. – The distance between his nose and his mouth, is that a big distance? (“Mythical” Crew and Alissa laughing amusingly) – Are you talking about the mustache area? – Yeah. – It’s about 0.65 inches. (“Mythical” Crew and Alissa laughing amusingly) Which I think is… Yeah, it’s actually a pretty good distance. In fact, the distance is so large that when he grows a mustache, he feels the need to trim part of the mustache ’cause he thinks it’s too much mustache. – Oh, okay. And does he have a mustache right now? – He does not, but he has what I would call some stubble? – Is this helpful in any way? I don’t… You know- – It’s a challenge. (Alissa laughing warmly) – I bet you’re doing great though. – Does he have strong eyebrows? – Yeah. – Okay. – Now I’m gonna give you a little pointer, he’s got glasses. – Oh. – But, I figured you’d draw glasses last. – I will do that. – I don’t wanna tell you how to do your job, but the glasses, the top of the glasses are going to line up directly with the eyebrows. – Oh, okay. – Speaking of the eyebrows, which are pretty pronounced, the best way I would describe like the nature of his brow and his eyes is homo erectus. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – When you say it like that, it feels a little weird. (Rhett laughing amusingly) – I’m not personally aroused, but I will say that he has deep set eyes. – Thank you. – You’re not currently homo erectus? (“Mythical” Crew and Rhett laughing amusingly) – What does his hair look like? That might help me. – Well, it goes straight up. Do you know that cartoon? The guy, he like this blonde dude who had sunglasses and his hair went straight up, like Johnny something. – “Johnny Bravo”? – “Johnny Bravo!” (Alissa laughing amusingly) His hair’s shaped like “Johnny Bravo.” – And you said it’s dark hair. – Dark brown, almost black hair, with a noticeable salting salt and peppering. It’s a good look on him. I mean, I think he definitely- – (Link laughing happily) Thank you. – I think he’s achieved peak Link. – Can we go back to his mouth? – I think his mouth is a little bit bigger than the average mouth. – Okay. – [Rhett] And I would say that- – So, everything on me is bigger than the average man. – (Rhett laughing amusingly) And then I would say that his lips are probably more supple than the average man. – [Alissa] Okay. Does he have a beard? – No. Right now, it’s just all it’s stubble. – Okay. – Are you drawing the neck? – I can. – You should. (everyone laughing amusingly) – Tell her about it, man. – He’s got a longer neck than the average man. (everyone laughing amusingly) So again if we’re doing foreheads, I think his neck is two foreheads. – What? No. (everyone laughing amusingly) – I think his neck might be almost two foreheads, maybe 1.78 foreheads. And let’s spend some time on the goozle. He has a larger goozle than the average man, that’s an Adam’s apple. – Okay, thank you. (Alissa laughing amusingly) – Yeah, did you know what a goozle was? – I was about to ask. – You ever heard the term goozle? – I’ve never heard it. – So I want you to think about it- – What do you call that thing? – I guess just Adam’s apple. – Yeah. – Hmm. – Well, I would like you to think about an actual apple in this case. – Okay. What shape are his glasses? – I would say they’re like a dark color, they’re like brown, and they’re not exactly Wayfarers but they’re like the normal glasses version of that if that makes any sense? Like you know, like a Ray-Ban? – Sure. – I’m not well-versed in glasses terms. – [Alissa] Okay. – I mean I will say, I know I’ve said a lot, but I do think that he is- – You’ve said a lot, but you haven’t said enough. (Alissa laughing amusingly) – He is a good-looking man. So if that hasn’t come across, you’ve made a mistake. Another way you can evaluate if you’ve done a good job is if you looked at it, would you think, “Oh, I’ve drawn Rachel Maddow.” (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) Because if you feel like you’ve drawn Rachel Maddow, you’ve nailed it. (“Mythical” Crew and Alissa laughing amusingly) – Okay, does he have any freckles or anything like that? – I don’t think there’s any defining marks on his face. – Does he have any age lines like around his eyes? – I think he’s aging pretty well for a 44-year-old man. – Okay. – I mean if you get close to him, you might be like, “Oh, he is older.” (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) (Link laughing amusingly) – Yeah. That’s true, that has to be true. – So yeah, I would say that… But I don’t know if I would even, I don’t know if you need to capture that. – Okay. – I don’t think it’s the kinda thing that people really notice unless they get close. – And I guess one last thing, what do his ears look like, are they prominent? – [Rhett] His ears are not prominent. They’re not larger than the average ear, I don’t think. I think he probably has what I would consider average size ears. – [Alissa] Okay. – They are exposed given his current hairstyle. – “Johnny Bravo.” – [Rhett] Yup, mm-hmm. – I think you’re doing horrible, dude. Honestly, you’re not a very descriptive person. – But I’ve described every single feature, man! – Yeah but like, the lack of detail is just discouraging to me. It’s like, you know, I’m gonna email you some pictures of me ’cause I don’t want you looking at me, but I want you to look at me more than you have been. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – To really see him. – I want you to really see me. – I can’t think of anything else I could say. – Are you drawing me nude? – Your face with glasses on. – Okay, just the face in the neck? – And the neck. – And the neck. Do want me to put like the top of his shirt, maybe the color? – If you could just continue the neck to the bottom of the… (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) (Rhett laughing amusingly) – I think that would just capture really the feel of it. So just go neck all the way to the bottom of the page, and then people can draw their own conclusions as to where the shirt would start. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) So basically, draw him like a Pez dispenser. (everyone laughing amusingly) – The best description yet. (Alissa laughing amusingly) – He is the human Pez dispenser in many ways. You never know what’s gonna come out of his mouth. (Link and “Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – I feel like this looks like a person. This looks… (Alissa laughing gently) – Okay, good. It looks like a person, mission accomplished. – Alissa has drawn a human. – Yes. (Rhett laughing amusingly) – He didn’t mention that, that I was a human. – It’s true, I just kind of guessed. – How you doing over there? – I think I’m about done. – Oh yeah? – Yes. – When you look at what you’ve done, what would you call that person, what name would you give him? – Maybe John, it is pretty generic. (“Mythical” Crew and Alissa laughing amusingly) – John, yup, that’s what I thought. – Okay, now it is your turn to describe me. (marker sketching loosely) As you might already know, “Good Mythical Evening” is returning again for this year, and we want to give you a way to get in on the fun while you’re watching at home. – We just dropped a shot glass for sale at mythical.com. We want you to join in on the fun. You can order your own official “Mythical” shot glass. It’s the dink it and sink it, so you can drink responsibly along with us while watching “Good Mythical Evening.” – It says “dink it” on one side, it says “sink it” on the other. Dink it- – And sink it. This is just flat Coke. – Oh, so flat. (Rhett and Link exhaling loudly) – But you know what, it’s gonna be something else for the “Good Mythical Evening.” Get your shot glass now at mythical.com. – Mm-hmm. Alright, Alissa, you ready to start listening to Link talk about me? – I am. – I kinda wish the entire time before I’d been talking like this, so she would think I was someone I wasn’t. – So she would’ve drawn a pirate? – Too late. Okay my good buddy, Rhett, is a large person. – [Alissa] Okay. – Meaning he’s tall, he’s six foot seven. But his eyes and I think his nose are even proportionately large for a man of that height. – [Alissa] Okay. – Just to give you like a general overview, you know like Bert from Bert and Ernie? – (Alissa laughing amusingly) I do. – Okay, picture Bert if he like sequestered himself in a shack in a forest for like years as a hermit. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Okay, a Muppet? – Yeah, but he’s Caucasian, he’s not yellow. (Alissa laughing amusingly) But he is got like this like big scruffy beard, big long hair that’s like definitely down to his shoulders. He’s got freaking hair all over himself. It’s just two big bug eyes, (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) like a long nose, and then just everything else is just hair. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Okay, that’s already pretty descriptive. – He thought he was Scottish, and he even took his entire family to Scotland, and then he found out he was Irish. – Oh no. (Alissa laughing amusingly) – But, he doesn’t have red hair. – Do what you will with that. – [Alissa] Okay. (Alissa laughing amusingly) – It’s more brown hair- – He’s not Scottish, he’s Irish. – Than reddish. And he’s- – Does he have strong cheekbones, or no cheeks? – No, never noticed that. – And his forehead? – [Link] His forehead is pretty short, he has a widow’s peak. – [Alissa] Okay. – So he’s got the golden arches of a forehead. But then his eyebrows are just outta control, it’s like he’s balanced two dookie logs over his eyes. And you should make one of ’em higher than the other one like he’s doing this kinda like sly expression where one eyebrow is higher than the other. And then his eyes are bugging out underneath, they’re like Gollum. (“Mythical” Crew and Alissa laughing amusingly) – Does he have heavy eyelids? – He’s got kinda like tasteful bags under his eyes. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – You criticized me for the way I went about this, and now look what’s happening man. – Alissa, I do feel like I’m giving you a lot more than Rhett gave me. – I feel like you started out very strong with that, and now- – What gaps do you have to fill in? – I think just catching up to the description, yeah, lots of hair. – Yeah. And all the hair I think is kind of squiggly, like… – Curly or straight? – Pubish. – [Alissa] Oh. (Alissa laughing gently) (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Like very squiggly. And his hair is like wavy curls too. It’s like a cascading beautiful waterfall really. – Oh, thank you. – Okay, descriptive. (Alissa laughing amusingly) And how far down you said that beard goes, like all the way down? – It’s more of like just below the goozle. – [Alissa] Okay. – So that, yeah… What else, what else? Just give him a general know-it-all demeanor. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – I have one eyebrow raised sort of- – Yep, that’s good. Have you done eyelashes? – What do his eyelashes look like? I can make them bigger. – I think he has prominent eyelashes. – Okay. And you said glasses or no glasses? – No glasses. – How’s it going over there, Alissa? – I think I’m done. – Oh, really? If you were to look at it, would you describe that person as a Mormon Jesus? (Rhett laughing amusingly) – Actually, yeah. – Oh, good. – (Alissa laughing amusingly) Yeah, I would. – Is that what you would call him, or would you give him another name? – That’s a pretty good name for it. (Alissa laughing amusingly) – Okay well now, let’s show Alissa what we actually look like, and see what she has created. (marker sketching loosely) – [Stevie] Okay, before we reveal the sketches to the guys, we wanna reveal the guys to you, Alissa, are you ready? – Yes, I am. – [Stevie] Okay, Link, come on in. – Hi. – Hey, I’m the guy you’ve been hearing so much about. – Whoa, okay. – Don’t show it yet. – Okay. That’s crazy. – Are you surprised? – Yeah. – What do you mean, “that’s crazy”? – Like the hair and everything, it looks great. – Oh. – I think so. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Alright, well- – Yeah. I felt like I did bad and I think I did better than I- – You’re feelin’ good now? – A little better than expected. – Okay. – Yeah. Well, I like that my presence has made you feel better. I will say you look exactly how I pictured you. – Really? (Alissa and “Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) Without a description? – Yep, just by the voice. You wanna see Rhett? – Sure. – [Stevie] Alright Rhett, come on in. – (Alissa gasping surprisingly) Oh my gosh, Mormon Jesus. – Yeah, (Link laughing amusingly) that’s right. – Yeah. – Hi, how are you? – How you doing? – Good. – Are you surprised? – Well, I feel like you described him really well. – I know. – Yeah. – And you feel like I described him very well. – Yeah. – Yeah! – Alright well, let’s see your rendering of me. (drum rolling momentously) – Okay. – Whoa! (revealing harps singing) (Rhett laughing amusingly) – What? I mean, that’s the criminal version of me? – Right? – Yeah, man! (Alissa laughing amusingly) – [Link] Wow! – You didn’t think I did a good job, man! (Link laughing amusingly) – I knew, I heard everything you said. – It’s better than I expected I guess. – Yeah, like if you stabbed me and then ran away, that’s who I would describe, “This is the man who stabbed me.” – You’re a little scruffier than I made you look. – If I make this face, does that do it? – I think so. – I mean you know, it’s not perfect, but it’s- – My lips are pronounced. – And maybe I went a little too supple with the lips, maybe I emphasized the supple nature of his lips more than I intended. (Alissa and “Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – [Link] Yeah. – [Rhett] Easy mistake. – It’s like the goozle, okay yeah, that works. It’s like a very generic me. I actually, I don’t know, I don’t think I will be arrested with this even though- – Oh, you get away? Okay. (drum rolling momentously) Let’s see what you did over here. (revealing harps singing) – Hairy. – Wow! – It looks like the Shroud of Turin. (Rhett and “Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) Oh my gosh. – That is… Come on now, that’s amazing! – [Rhett] Dude. – That’s uncanny! – When you have a beard and you have long hair like this, it’s like so hard. Like if you just cover up the rest of it, it’s sort of like yeah, that’s the same guy. – Dude, show that to anybody on the street, “Oh, that’s that dude from the internet.” I mean, you show this to anybody on the street, and they’re like, “This is a criminal.” – When you say “dude from the internet,” do you mean Jesus? Because that’s what everyone would think. (Rhett laughing amusingly) No one would think this was was me, they would think it was Jesus man. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – Alright, so you have to decide who gave you the better description because you did amazing with both of these, I just think one of us did better than the other in describing. – Can I? – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – Okay. I think… Okay. I think I’ve gotta say this one looks more like you. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) I think, I mean this is- – Really, do you guys agree with that? – [“Mythical” Crew Member] No. – No? – [Stevie] It’s really close, I mean you did a really great job. – Oh thank you, that’s nice. – But you know what, you get to decide. But I would say there’s not agreement amongst the crew. – Okay. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) – With you. – Well I’m very split, but- – [Stevie] No Alissa, you stand by your decision! – Okay. – [Stevie] Don’t let him sway you. – I just think this looks more like you, I don’t know. – Okay, alright, I respect it. I respectfully disagree, but alright, I will accept it. – I got the forehead wrong I think on this one. – You know what? I think everyone did a great job, but I will gladly accept the victory. – [Stevie] You have been entered, Rhett, into a very special drawing with your victory. – Oh. Oh, wow. (“Mythical” Crew laughing amusingly) Is this convincing? Does this look like me? – [Link] Yeah. – Alright, thank you Alissa. – Congratulations. – And we wanna make sure that you check out Alissa’s work at pivaralstudio.com. – Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. – Now you say, “You know what time it is.” – You know what time it is. – I’m Justin. – And I’m Jake. And I drew Rhett and Link. – And it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality! – Hey, you might have a future as a sketch artist. (Rhett laughing gently) You never know. Click the top link to watch us guess which crew member Alissa is sketching in “Good Mythical More.” – And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality’s gonna land. Dink it and sink it responsibly with the all new dink it and sink it shot glass, available now at mythical.com.