Fast food prices of the past? Glad you asked. – Let’s talk about that. (lively music) Good Mythical Morning. – The last time we played the game we’re about to play, we learned that back in the day fast food was very, very cheap. And we also learned that Rhett can do complicated math using only a faraway look in his eye, and sometimes a calculator. – That’s true. And we also learned that you prefer to employ a game strategy based on feeling the vibes, rather than any kind of basic logic. – Yeah! – And today, we’re bringing back the game all about the crazy differences between the fast food prices of today and back in the day. It’s time for “Inflation Tastin’: More Inflation, More Tastin’” edition. – Welcome to the inflation taste inflate, er, – Tastin’. – Intation flation station, inflation tastin’ station zone. (crew laughing) – You got it. – [Stevie] Okay, boys, here’s how today’s game’s gonna work. Over a series of rounds, you’ll work together to guess how many fast food items you could buy in a given year for a specific amount of money. – Yes! – And you’ll do so using our trusty scale, aka, the inflation station, manned by Chase the bailiff. – Why are you a bailiff? – I help the. If it’s chaotic, then I, “Order”. – Scales of justice? – Scales of justice. – Scale of justice, – Are you a bailiff – Yeah. – in your second job? – No, I used to lifeguard. – Okay. Alright. – Can you dress – We’ve lost the plot, – as a lifeguard next time. – Stevie. – [Stevie] Each round, you’ll have three attempts to balance the scale if you can answer a trivia question about that year. If not, you’ll only have two attempts. Points decrease with each attempt. You need to finish with at least six points to win the chance to stab and pop that giant inflatable burger you had to blow up as a punishment last time we played and you lost. – Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I spent a lotta time on that. (crew laughing) Like, I did 99% of the work. And now we get to explode it? – Yes! – You do not get to explode it, no matter what happens. – You do not get to decide. (lively music) – [Stevie] Okay, here’s your first question for that extra attempt. Which album did Bruce Springsteen release in 1975? Was it, A, “Born To Run”. – I was gonna say “Born To Run”. That’s what I was gonna say. – [Stevie] B, “Born In The USA”. – Oh, he’s been born twice? – [Stevie] Or C, – Keeps being reborn, man. – [Stevie] “Darkness On The Edge Of Town”. – “Born In The USA” is ’75. – I don’t know The Boss, man. – So “Born In The USA” is, even though people sing it thinking it’s a patriotic song, it’s actually like a little bit of an indictment on US foreign policy as it relates to the Vietnam War, which it would’ve been ending, obviously, like at the end of the ’60s. So “Born In The USA”, ’75. But I think it was late. “Born To Run”. Let’s go with “Born To Run”. That was the first thing that came into my mind. – I’m gonna, we’re gonna go with A, “Born To Run”. – [Stevie] The answer is, A, “Born To Run”. – Yeah! – Yeah, right? – “Born To Ruuuuuuun”! – Look at somebody! – [Stevie] So you get that third attempt. Go ahead and uncover your food for the round. – What do we have? Pizza time. Pizza Hut. – In 2023, a large, thin and crispy Extravaganza Pizza, which is Pizza Hut’s current Supreme, cost $19.99. – Feed me. – But back in 1975, how many could you get for $20? – I didn’t want to eat any of that. – I could tell. Why are you so resistant, man? – Well, it’s a little too early for hot pizza. – It’s not even that hot. Just take a little bite. Come on. Be a team player. – Yeah, you’re under oath. – I can’t do it. It’s a little too early for hot pizza. (crew laughing) – It’s not hot. It’s lukewarm. – “Feed me,” he said feed me, (chuckling) “Feed me.” (chuckling) – Stevie. I, I, I, I didn’t listen. – Twenty dollars. How much– – I had a feeling, – How many pizzas can you get for $20 in 1975? – Yeah, but how much is it now? – $19.99. – Oh. I have an idea. Since you’re not being a team player today, and you wouldn’t bite the pizza, I already had an idea that would be consistent with that. I think you go complete feel, I go complete math, and we see where we meet in the middle. – Okay. – So we don’t work together at all until the end. Okay. – Alright. So, – In fact, I’m turning away from you. – It’s 1975. I got $20 in my pocket, and I wanna get as many pieces as I can. How many do I think off the top of my head, doing no math? ♪ Oh, ohhhh, I would say ♪ – I did the math in my head, ’cause it’s not that hard. And I came up with five. – I’m gonna say four. – Oh. It’s a $5 pizza? Four. You’re right. Four. Yes. ‘Cause $5 pizza is like, you can get– – Little Caesar. – Well, you can get that now. So you’re saying that’s what you, whoa. You’re saying it’s like Little Caesar’s? – Back then, yeah. – We could always add one more pizza. – Yep. Oh, leave it on the tray, – I’ll leave it on the tray. – ’cause they zeroed it with the tray. – It’s gotta be either four or five, right. – Alright, so he’s going with my gut instinct here. Bailiff, you got a lock on that thing so it doesn’t actually move until you pull it? – Yeah, it helps with my scales of justice, ’cause I’m a bailiff. (chuckling) – Okay. Alright. – [Rhett] It’s gonna drop like a rock on our side. (scales thudding) – Ohh! – Justice! (crew laughing) – Hey, we can get this, though. We take one or two pizzas off. – [Link] I think we gotta remove two. – You think they were $10 pizzas? I think you might be right. – Well, I’m just looking at the scale. I mean, so go out there and remove two. We have a third chance. I mean, points are decreasing, but. – So, Chase, I think you need to re-lock it. – Re-locking the justice. There you go. – And I won’t cheat. I’m not gonna like take one off and see how it feels. We have to make a commitment. So I’m taking two off. – Alright. – $10 pizza? – I’m disappointed if they’re $10 pizzas though. – Release the hound. – Court reporter. (scales thudding) – Daggum it! (buzzer sounding) (crew laughing) – I think, I think, I think we need to add one pizza, Rhett. You know what? I, you know, but my gut instinct was, you know, was good and err on the side of that. – If this doesn’t work, then physics don’t exist. – Do physics exist? – The judge says… – Yes! (crew clapping) We, we did get at least a point. – You can’t fool us. – You got a point. In 1975, a large, thin and crispy Supreme Pizza cost just $5.70. – $5.70. That was the problem. The 70. – Ooh, yeah. – Ish. – Wow, 70. (lively music) – [Stevie] In 1965, which eventual US Senator appeared as a contestant on “Jeopardy”. – Oh. – Huh. – US Senator, eventual. – [Stevie] Was it A, Bernie Sanders? – Could have been him. He was definitely around, – [Stevie] B, Mitt Romney. – Mitt Romney. – Or C, – Is he around? – [Stevie] John McCain. – John McCain was definitely around. – Mitt Romney, I don’t believe he would have been old enough – But I could see him on “Jeopardy”. Could I see Bernie Sanders. ‘Cause that’s my Bernie Sanders. – Yeah, yeah. That sounds like– – “What is, er, errr!” That’s how he plays “Jeopardy”. – Like a wrestling– – Bernie Sanders was like, he was known to like do some like subversive things, and like do some things to like draw attention to the, his causes and stuff. I feel… Like, John McCain was too serious. – So you. You think– – Here’s the other thing, though. Don’t you feel like we would’ve seen a bunch of clips of him on “Jeopardy”? We would’ve seen clips of all these people, and I don’t remember any of ’em. – I think we would’ve seen the least number of clips of John McCain on “Jeopardy”. – Bernie Sanders, man. – Alright. We’re gonna feel the Bern on this one. – [Stevie] The answer is, C, John McCain. – Dang it! – C! – Do we have a clip? – [Stevie] No, but that only means you get two attempts this round. – You see? It doesn’t exist. – Was he a hostage at the time? (crew laughing) It’s like, did they, like, did they have a remote feed– – Too soon, Link. – [Stevie] Please, please go ahead and reveal the food item for this round. – Oh, Subway sanniches. And how many dollars are we working with here in 1965? – Well, in 2023, a footlong cold cut combo cost $9.99. – Really? – But in 1965, How many 12-inch mixed cold cut Subs could you get for $10? – Is it too early for a cold sub? – Yeah. Yeah. – You just don’t eat. Is that? Is that it? – I’ve already eaten. – Well, so have I. – (chuckling) Oh, you, don’t use your Muppet voice with me! (crew laughing) – You said how many for $10 in 1965. ♪ Hey, I’m bopping around in 1965, ♪ ♪ And I’m whopping “Jeopardy” with John McCain ♪ ♪ And I have $10 in my pocket ♪ ♪ And actually it’s just a lens wipe. ♪ Ten dollars. I think in 1965, I didn’t know Subway existed. I’m gonna say, I’m gonna say 10. And I accidentally did math, that they’re a dollar apiece. – Okay. – How many did you say? – I said 16. So you wanna take the average? 13. – Okay. Yep. (wraps rustling) So you think– – I thought they were a little bit less than 60 cents apiece. – Sixty cent a piece. Okay. – You just thought you were walking around 1975. – ’65, with 10, a dollar apiece. – This is very heavy. – Yeah, it’s very heavy. – But I don’t know how heavy that box is. Again, I’m not gonna get any clues when I come over here. I’m just gonna let go. – You don’t know what’s happening. You have no idea. (chuckling) – It’s definitely shaking, man. Shaking and a-quaking. – We don’t know which one’s heavier, but I guarantee you ours is. (chuckling) – Ready? – Yep. – Something else about the justice system. – Whoa! Wait, wait. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, I think I may have been right! – [Link] You were definitely right, dude. – [Rhett] Okay. So put it back up. Let’s put three on there. – All right, so we’re just gonna go with your answer. – [Stevie] Okay, this is, this is your last, last thing. – Yeah, that’s right. Kids, math wins today. (Link rapping on table) It’s not about your feelings, children! (crew laughing) – Border? – If you’re gonna talk– – Your feelings are unreliable. Do not trust them. – If you’re gonna do that, you have to use your Muppet voice. – (croaking) Your feelings are unreliable! (crew laughing) Math wins day. – Yay. – D’Ohh, no! (crew laughing) (buzzer sounding) – Math. – Twelve? Eleven? We were only one off? – [Stevie] Yeah, you originally guessed 13. – Oh, it was 14. – The answer is 14. (buzzer sounding) – [Stevie] I don’t, I don’t think math does win– – Math don’t win today. – [Stevie] Win today. – Your feelings are important. (croaking) Your feelings are important, children. – [Stevie] So in 1965, a Subway, or, at the time it was called Pete’s, cold cut Sub cost 69 cents. – Sixty-nine cents. – You didn’t tell us that, Stevie. Pete’s. – Oh yeah, yeah, Pete. Overcharging. – That’s a deal, I think. (lively music) – As you might know, every month we release a limited edition pin of the month. And the one that’s coming out on Monday is the Cotton Candy Mermandy pin. Again, this is gonna be available on Monday for 24 hours only at mythical.com. You can get it while the gettin’s good, and then it’s gone forever. – It’s a collectible. Ha, ha, hah. Quiz us. – [Stevie] In 1959, which iconic live action TV show made its debut? – “Gunsmoke”. – “Captain Kangaroo.” – [Stevie] A, “Batman”. – Oh. – [Stevie] B, “The Twilight Zone”. – Ohhh. – [Stevie] Or C, “Star Trek”. – I think– – It could be any of these. – Ooh, I think of “Batman” and “Star Trek” in the ’60s. But did they start in the ’59s? – “Star Trek” did not have a lot of seasons. – “The Twilight Zone” is older than 1959. Think about, think about what it looks. The old episodes of “The Twilight Zone” are so like– – Grainy. – It’s “Batman”, right? Is that what you’re saying? I think it’s “Batman”. ♪ Da, da, da, da, daa ♪ – “Batman”. – [Stevie] The answer is, B, “The Twilight Zone”. – No, it’s not! I don’t believe you! – For real? – [Stevie] Yeah, for real. – So we didn’t get an extra guess. But we don’t need it, because we– – We’re good. – We have instincts and… – Math. – Math. – [Stevie] Alright, reveal your item. – Sonic corn doggies? Oh ohhh oh. – [Stevie] Today, Sonic’s corn dog costs $1.99. But in 1959, how many corn dogs could you get for $5? – If you’re not gonna bite it, you have to take it all the way in, okay? – {Crew Member] Oh, god. – If you’re gonna, you have to make it disappear. Everything but the stick, if you’re not gonna bite it. That’s your punishment. (both giggling) – Come on, man. Come on, man. – Hey, man, I’m sorry. Five dollars, 1959. Last time, our strategy almost worked. Facts and feelings came together, and we were one off. So if we take that formula forward, (breathing in deeply) facts and feelings, plus one. The average of facts and feelings together, plus one, is our answer. – Okay. ♪ It’s 1959. ♪ ♪ Look at me, bopping down the sidewalk ♪ ♪ In my black and white outfit ♪ I have $5 to my name, and I am spending it at Sonic, which I didn’t know existed back then. Corn Dog. 1959. Five dollars is a lot of money. I’m treating everybody who’s at the Sonic. I’m gonna say 20. – I said 17. Okay, the average between those is Eighteen-and-a-half. – Seventeen-and-a-half. No. – Eighteen-and-a-half. – Eighteen-and-a-half, Plus one. – Plus one, is 19-and-a-half, which is 20, which doesn’t make sense, so we make it 19. We know that… That’ll be 19. That’ll be 19. It only works– – Nineteen. – We can’t round up to one of the guesses, because then that doesn’t let the other guess have any influence. – Right. – Okay, so 19. – You just count. I’ll count 10. – Five. – Four, five. Seventeen, 18. What did we say? Nineteen? – Nineteen. ‘Cause you said 20, right? – I said 20. – Oh. (yelling incoherently) – Order. – Yeah, order! (crew laughing) Did you come to a unanimous jury thing? – [Rhett] No, we used a formula. – We used our jurisprudence. – Yes. – Come on. Even out, baby. (buzzer sounding) Even out. Give it a little, give it a little nudge up. – That’s not how the system works. – Just nudge it up. – Hold on. I think maybe we should have just gone with the formula and rounded up to 20. I think you were right. Unless that, unless it, is that? – I don’t know the answers. I just say like, “Order,” and “Appellate Court”. – Come on, now. Just throw one on there. – Lock it up. – We’re throwing one on there. – Let the record show that, technically, feelings won, but in some weird world, our formula also technically won. I don’t really understand how that works, if this works. – [Chase] Alright. (Rhett laughing) (Link clapping) – Feelings win! – Trust your feelings, kids. (croaking) Trust your feelings, kids. – [Stevie] The answer is 20, because in 1959 a corn dog on a stick cost 25 cents. – Twenty-five cents. – And I did no math to figure that out. I want you to know that. I did only feelings. – Right. – I expended only my feeling powers. (lively music) – We can’t win, which makes me feel bad. (crew laughing) – Again, the winner is feelings. I love how he turned a game about inflation to a game about math versus feelings. – But we feel bad. And I feel like we’re doing well, but I still feel bad because we’re losing. Why are we losing? – Let’s just see what we’ve learned and see if we can apply that as losers, because that’s what makes us winners. – [Stevie] Yeah. If you get this trivia question wrong, you’re gonna feel worse, to be clear. – Gosh darn. – [Stevie] Which iconic office supply item was invented in 1956? A, The stapler? – I was thinking stapler, but– – You were? – B– – Just ’cause it’s iconic. – Yeah. – Wite-Out. – White-Out. – Or– – Oh, there’s no H in Wite-Out. – C– – Wite-Out. – Post-its. – Stapler feels too, oh, it’s gotta be Before ’56. People have been stapling things. – Yeah. – But how, when would they have figured? Post-it notes – Post-it notes – feels like – Little later. – Feels like a ’60s, like, after the space race. – Right. We are going with B. – Wite-Out. – Wite-Out. – [Stevie] The answer is, B, Wite-Out. – Yeeeees! – Yeeeees! – I feel good! – That’s right, math. – How much money do we have to spend? – [Stevie] Reveal your item. – [Link] Some Burger King fries. – [Stevie] Yup, a small side of Burger King fries costs $3.99 today. But in 1956, how many orders of fries could you get for $2? – 1956. That’s not a lotta money. I don’t think I’d need to do math on this. – Oh, I don’t think I need to feel. – No, no, keep feeling. – Okay, ’cause that’s what– – Actually, hold on. There’s a different way here. ♪ It’s 1956 and I’m walking on the sidewalk with my $2 ♪ ♪ And I’m gonna buy some fries for everybody ♪ ♪ Or as far as it will stretch ♪ ♪ I’m gonna stretch my money in 1956. ♪ – This is gonna be tough, and I’ll tell you why once I hear your felt answer. Oh, man. – Six. – What? – Good number. – Okay, Link, let’s think about this for a second. – I didn’t think at all. I just felt. – Yeah. So just a moment ago, we were pricing out 1959 corn dogs. – Yeah, and they were 25 cents. – And they were 25 cents apiece. – So that would be eight. – So you just said that these were 33 cents apiece for a thing of fries. I think the fries were 15 cents apiece, which would be, there was 13. – Alright, 10. – So you, so you, so now we’re basically saying that we think they were 20 cents apiece, which sounds kind of reasonable. So 13 and six together is 19. We’re gonna take the half and we’re gonna round up. You’re right, 10. Okay. – Eight, nine. Ten. – So we’re saying that they cost 20 cents, so five cents less than a corn dog. That feels reasonable. – But you don’t need to be doing the feeling. That’s, that’s for me. Release it! – Oh, damn, it’s stuck a little bit. (crew laughing) – Is that a good sign or a bad sign? – (laughing) I don’t know. – You can’t even get it, you can’t even release it. That probably means it’s not balanced. (scales clattering) – [Link] Oh, my goodness. (crew laughing) – Justice! – Well, alright, – Hold on. I was feeling. Here’s the thing. I think feelings are right, because before I did the math, I was feeling, “10 cent fries,” “10 cent fries,” “10 cent fries,” which would be 20. – Oh. – I was feeling it but I didn’t wanna say it, ’cause I wanted to do math. – So I’m gonna get… – I got, I have five. If you would bring five as well. – Alright. – Release the kraken! – Quicker. – Yeah! – Yeah! – Ten cent fries, 10 cent fries. – Ten cent fries. And I actually don’t know how to feel right now. – Yeah, – ‘Cause we lost. – I don’t either, man. – ‘Cause I didn’t even rely on math. – Then I lost my feeling, and you started feeling. And we needed to get in touch with our feelings. – Our feeling and our facts are all mixed up. – [Stevie] Well, okay, so you didn’t win. But here’s the giant burger inflatable thing. – I remember. – [Stevie] And I feel like you can have this in “Good Mythical More”, and whatever you feel in “Good Mythical More” you can do today. – I don’t like we deserve it. – We’re not gonna pop it. – [Stevie] Okay, if that’s your feeling. Chase, take it away. Please don’t let them touch it, and don’t let them see it. – Order. – It makes me feel bad just — – Close Your eyes. – seeing you hold it. – Blind justice. Goodbye. – Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. – You know what time it is. – Hi, I’m Dr Janice, and this is my sociology class. And I promised them that I would give them extra credit on their final exam if they said, – [All] It’s time to spend the Wheel of Mythicality. – Bye. – (laughing) Extra credit. Yeah! – Best professor ever. – Y’all deserve all the credit. 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