Can we sniff out best friends? – Let’s talk about that. (upbeat music) – Good Mythical Morning. – (imitates radar beeping) Research. A wild study from the Weizmann Institute of Science has found that best friends have notably similar natural body odors. – Hmm. – And to conduct this study, these researchers used a fancy scientific device called an electronic nose. – Huh. – That part doesn’t really matter. I just like the phrase, electronic nose. – Hmm, sounds nice. What’s also wild is the people behind the study were able to use body odors to predict with 71% accuracy, whether strangers would have positive social interactions based on how similar their body odor was. – 71%? – 71%. So there definitely seems to be something real going on here. – Yeah. – Now you think we gravitate towards people who smell similar to us? Do we smell similar to us? – Electronic nose. (crew laughs) – You smell like Link. You actually smell like lotion right now. Did you just put lotion on? – Yeah, I put some Mythical lotion on my hand. – Well, you screwed everything up. If you put lotion on before you go into the electronic nose- – It’s Mythical lotion. – Yeah, but I don’t have it on right now. – I know what he smells like. I don’t need to smell him. That discussion will continue. But obviously we wanted to put this whole experiment to the test. How can we trust science if we can’t do it ourselves? It’s time for, “Is that the smell of Cthulhu’s Anus “Or did my best friend just walk in the room?” The game. – Stevie, do you have an electronic nose? – [Stevie] I do, but I’m gonna be keeping it back here as to not interfere with the very serious experiment that we’re gonna pull off today. – Great. – [Stevie] And here’s how it’s gonna work. – Hold on one sec. – Are you raising your hand? – Yeah. Um, electronic nose. (Stevie laughs) – [Stevie] You will begin each round by greeting and then smelling a control participant. Each round is going to be a little different in terms of what you’re smelling, but we’ll get there. After you get a good sense of their particular body odor, you will smell the natural body scents of three other people. One of these people will be the control participant’s best friend, and you’ll compete to try and guess who that is based solely on their smell. And whoever can guess the best friend correctly in the majority of the rounds will win the title of Mr. Knows-It-All, giving you the power to correct the loser with a loud, “Actually” as much as you want on “Good Mythical Morning.” – Oh, actually, my favorite word. (Link chuckles) – I wasn’t gonna say anything. All right, let’s sniff some people. (upbeat music) – [Stevie] Okay, guys, in front of you are three jars. I’m sure you’ve seen them. – I’ve seen ’em, I’ve seen ’em. – I love jars. – [Stevie] Each contains a t-shirt slept in by an individual for five nights. – Ooh. – [Stevie] They also used unscented soap during this time. – Oh! – Good. – [Stevie] So you will begin the round by smelling the control best friend’s t-shirt and then you may smell each t-shirt in the other jars and compare it with the control’s t-shirt. Then you’re gonna make your guess as to who is their best friend. So Taylor, come on out. Our control for this round. – What’s up, Taylor? – And bring your shirt. – Oh, how’s the editing going? – It’s very good. I’ve been rigorous for the last five days, so. – Oh yeah. – Very rigorous. – And then sleeping in this, which I guess we should, have these been sweaty nights or just, like, normal nights? – It’s been getting hotter in Los Angeles. – Yeah, right, okay. So five sweaty nights. – Uh, yeah. Enjoy. (crew laughs) – No, no, no, no, no, no. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. – You’re gonna make him stick around? – You can watch us sniff your shirt. – Sure. – But I think once we finish smelling his shirt, I think at that point, you know, let him leave. (crew laughing) – I feel like this isn’t scientific. – Not bad. – To make eye contact. – Yeah, but the eye contact’s an interesting twist. – How’s it not scientific? – You smell pretty nice. – Yeah, it is what it is. – Thank you. – I feel like I need more. – Yeah. – I mean, just for science. – It’s kind of fresh. – Wow, you really packed it in there, didn’t you? – Do we need to find the pits? – That’s your natural smell, huh? – That’s fresh. That is fresh, Taylor. – Now I’ve touched it. – Well, I think we’ll go back to that again. – Okay, thank you, Taylor. – You’re welcome. – Okay. – (stammers) Don’t leave entirely. – [Taylor] Okay. – It’s like ice cream cone. – Number one. Totally different person. – Oh my goodness. – This person’s floral. – Do you think this person’s floral? This smells like more like a person, that smells like a backyard. In the best possible way. – Like strung out. – Like on a clothesline. – On a clothesline. – It smells like a clothesline. – Not strung out on anything else. – This smells like a person in bed. Like if I got in bed with a person, I would expect maybe a smell like this. (crew laughing) If I just went into the backyard with somebody, that’s what I’d smell. – But it’s not bad. It’s not bad. I think it’s a fresh clothesline linen. Oh yeah. You ready? – Crab hands is ready. (laughs) I didn’t need to pull it outta that. – Oh, this one’s. – Don’t give anything away, ’cause we’re not working together here. Ooh. – It’s very close to Taylor. – Ooh, wow. That smells like prom night. (crew laughs) – [Link] No, it does. – You don’t think it smells like prom night a little bit? (crew laughing) – It smells lineny. (Rhett grunting) Oh my gosh, this smells exactly like this. – Hold on. Don’t! – So we’re working together now? – No, we’re not working together. – Hold on, hold on. – I just think it’s important that you know what I’m experiencing. That’s more important than I can whatever- – I completely agree with you that this one’s way more like this one than that one. But this is more prom night. This is more backyard. (crew laughs) (tongs clank) – And then should we? – [Rhett] No, no. – Well I don’t wanna smell it. It’s in front of me. – Whoa. – Whoa. – Look how this one got- – Hey. – This is an unorganized person. – Let me do what I do and I’ll let you do what you do, okay? – No, no, I’m saying, but look how nicely this was folded. And look, this was stuffed. Do you see that? Look how wrinkly it is. – Here, there you go. – [Rhett] That one smells. – I’m not even smelling human. – Yeah, it smells like a buffet. (crew laughs) – I don’t know where you’re getting this stuff. A buffet. A prom. – I’m just saying the first thing that comes to my mind. This is like a Burbank buffet. (crew laughing) You don’t smell it? Smell the buffet. – I guess so. – It’s like a lot of different foods. This person eats a lot of different things. – [Stevie] Did I mention that Taylor’s best friend is also a Mythical crew member? I think I forgot to mention that. So the descriptors you’re giving are also for Mythical crew members. – Listen, this one’s easy. We’re both gonna pick the same one because we talked so much about it. This one, this one’s the best friend. – [Stevie] You wanna do 3, 2, 1, just for funsies? – Yeah. – [Stevie] 3, 2, 1. (Stevie gasps) – [Link] I’m picking floral. – Not because it smells like it, just because you’re trying to be cute. (Stevie laughing) – I’m not trying to be cute. Here’s what I’m trying to do. I think that these are compatible smells, but the science says it’s the same scent. And you know, what up yours to science this is my answer. – Great. These two smell the most similar. – [Stevie] Taylor’s best friend’s t-shirt is in jar number two. It belongs to Hitch, Taylor and Hitch. – Dang, Hitch! I mean, it’s strikingly similar. – How’s the editing? – Good. It’s been rigorous. – They’re editing friends. And look at that pose. Good gosh. – Just exchanging scents. – What a coincidence. We also do that pose. (crew laughs) – Yep. Yeah. – Wow. – They sit beside each other. They edit. Sometimes their arms will cross and they’ll edit on each other’s keyboards. Talk about cute. – I just, you know, it’s kind of. – It’s uncanny. – These two- – [Stevie] Well, I gotta tell you who those two belong to, because you said number one is, what did you say? Floral? – Yeah. – I don’t know. I can’t remember. – [Stevie] So number one was KG. – KG? – [Stevie] Oh, you said it was, it smelled like someone you’d get in bed with, Rhett? Hmm. – I just said it smelled like if you got in bed with somebody, you’d expect the smell of- – [Stevie] Sure. Same, yeah. – He didn’t say someone you would get in bed with. But I did say that Taylor was strung out. – But who smells like a buffet? (crew laughing) – [Stevie] That’s Chase. (all laughing) – Of course he does. – Yeah, yeah, Chase, you been going to buffet? – Burbank Buffets? – [Chase] I remember the Hometown Buffet in Burbank pretty fondly from my childhood. – You remember it? – May it rest in peace. – We can smell your memory. – [Chase] I think it’s closed now. – Gotta get rid of KG. So smell us, guys, and see if you think we smell the same. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – Okay. – This feels weird. – You’ve been given permission. – Swap. – And then swap. – [Taylor] Okay. – You have the option of editing yourself outta this episode if you don’t like your performance. (Rhett laughs) – I mean, if it’s complimentary. – You guys smell exactly the same. – That’s wild to me. – It is. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – All right. I’m sorry, science, I’m gonna have to un-up you. (upbeat music) – [Stevie] All right, we’re kicking things up a notch here. We have socks in the jar this time. – Yeah. – I see that. – [Stevie] And they’ve been worn for five days just like the t-shirts. We don’t know what’s gonna happen. – While sleeping or while waking? – [Stevie] While sleeping. – Oh. – Okay. – [Stevie] While sleeping. – Sleep socks. – Yeah. – They’re sleep socks. – Then day socks. – Mm. – [Stevie] And our control best friend this round is Aubrey. Aubrey come on out with your socks, please. – All right, let’s see it. – Guys, here’s my sock jar. – Oh, you can have it. Open that. Do you normally sleep in the socks? – No, I don’t. – Is that tough for you? – Yeah. – It recommended to sleep with socks. – Really? – Why? – I don’t know, I read an article one time. (crew laughs) – Oh, okay. – We each get our own socks. – Okay, this has got hair all over it, Aubrey. Do you have a cat? – I have a dog. – You have a dog down there in the bottom of your bed. – She sheds a lot. She’s my sleeping partner. – Wow, this smells like the last, this smells like Taylor’s shirt. – It’s got that fresh linen- – Yeah, it’s not as stinky. – Thank you. – Do you sleep with your feet out the window? – Uh. – Yeah. – In the backyard. – Strung up on a clothesline. – You’ve been putting your feet out in the backyard while you’re sleeping. It’s very fresh. – Nothing negative except for the hair. – If I slept in socks for five nights, you would know someone had been sleeping in those socks and it would not be pleasant. – Thank you, Aubrey. – Thank you. – I would not wanna sleep in socks because I have so many covers on my bed that I don’t use. – I don’t sleep in ’em, I’m just saying I read an article one time. – I take all the covers and I’ll like push them down to the bottom of the bed. – Your feet get hot? – Yeah, my feet get hot. My feet get hot, man. Don’t you feel for me? I want some tongs. Should I tong? – Oh! Whoa. That smell like a pet store. (Link chuckles) (crew laughs) – Somebody’s like me. – [Stevie] Sorry, I forgot to say, Aubrey’s best friend is also a member of the Mythical group. – Well, it smells like a pet store. And I don’t mean that in a negative way. (crew laughs) I mean, like, if you get lost in a pet store, like in the back corner. – Yeah. – Like, you’re not in the reptile section. You’re in the bird section. – I’m just saying I can’t, my eyes won’t open fully anymore. (Rhett laughs) It’s like an involuntary. – It’s not all bad. – “Don’t let this touch your eyes” is what my brain is saying. – It’s really the toe spot. – Yeah, that’s where I was. – It’s concentrated in the toes. – This person’s been- – Your toes are funky. – Putting their toes bird’s nests. (crew laughs) – Put it back. Shove it down! – Which happens to the best of us. (tongs clattering) Hey, if you climb trees, you’ll put your toes in a bird’s nest on an accident sometimes. (tongs clanking) Ooh. Earthy, like mushrooms. It’s kinda like three days past expiration mushrooms. – Somebody’s been keeping their feet in the blind. (Rhett laughs) – And that doesn’t mean like there’s a fungal infection. – It doesn’t st stink. – That’s not what I’m saying. But it is earthy, you’re right. – It’s earthier. I don’t know if we’ve got a match yet. – It’s like toes in peat moss. (crew laughs) – [Rhett] We don’t have a match. We don’t have a match yet. – No, we don’t, – We don’t have a match yet. And I can’t even tell you which one of those two is more similar to number one. Hoping for the best. – I know which one I would choose if I had to. I know which one I would choose to never smell again if I didn’t have to. (tongs clanking) Okay, let me get the toe down here. Wow, somebody. Somebody has got a little bit of a pungy punch. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. (crew laughing) – It’s kind of a good sour. – Yeah. – Isn’t it? – It’s sort of like after the State Fair leaves town. (Link laughs) – The chips are still on the ground. They haven’t swept up yet. (laughs) – Like, you go to where they had the State Fair. – You’re like a sommelier today. (Rhett laughs) It’s kinda like after the State Fair leaves town. – Like, three days after the State Fair leaves. – It’s still in dirt. – And you just go to the field. – You fill up the dirt. – Oh, there’s, there was fair here. – There’s carney grease. (Rhett laughs) – Carney grease. Man, okay, okay, hold on now. – I’m keeping this one lidded. (tongs clanking) Science! – Okay, I have a guess. – [Stevie] Okay. – Not super confident, but I have a guess. – Yep. – [Stevie] 3, 2, 1. – We agree. – Yeah. It could have been this one. Oh gosh, you didn’t? Sorry, I need to cover that. – [Stevie] Aubrey’s best friend’s socks were in jar number one. – Yes! – Oh, no. – Dang. – Who dat? – Oh, hold on. – Wait, why yes? – This is three, oh. – Yes. – This is one. – Yeah, not yeah. – [Stevie] You both were wrong. – We were both wrong. – Yeah. – [Stevie] And you, wow, you had some stuff to say. Those socks belonged to Caitlin. Aubrey and Caitlin, come on out. – [Rhett] Okay, Caitlin. – Hey, Caitlin. – You guys are dramatic. It is not that bad. I smelled it this morning. And you’re not that wrong, ’cause I sleep with a dog and a cat and- – Any birds? – A Zach. – Any birds in your socks? – Zach can be the bird. – Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. – So, yeah, you have two different types of animals and a man in the bed. – Yes. It is not my fault. – So that tracks. – Yeah. – But I gotta say- – It is not that bad. I smelled it this morning. – This is what I’m gonna say, I, and I don’t want y’all to take it the wrong way, but I’m not sure if you guys should be really good friends. – It’s not that bad. – Are you serious? – Just from science. – You’re blind to it. – I think that, Aubrey, you might need to be better friends with whoever socks are number one. – [Stevie] Number two, the earthy mushroom socks, belong to number two. Why are you touching things that aren’t number two? I’m confused. – I don’t know. – [Stevie] Number two, earthy socks, belong to Nicole. – Oh, Nicole, you got the Earth. You sleep in dirt? – I guess so. No, I think, you know, cooking. – Yeah, yeah. – Mushrooms. – You’re dealing with mushrooms on a daily basis. – [Nicole] Makes sense. – Coming out your feet. – [Stevie] And then, the old State Fair socks are Jenna’s. (all laughing) – Wow, Jenna. I don’t know what to say, but it kind of makes sense, right? – [Jenna] You saying I have a problem? What’s wrong with my feet? (laughs) – No, I think it just means- – We’re not saying you sleep with carneys. – It just means you got a lot of interests. – [Jenna] I do have a lot of interests. – You know, it’s kinda like buffet socks. – [Jenna] Okay. – You know, State Fair, there’s a lot of things that happen there. You never know, you keep people guessing. – [Jenna] Okay, yeah. – Take it as a compliment. – It’s a good thing. It’s a party, it’s a party. – Caitlin. – What? – You know what? Okay, so let’s just say we’re being dramatic. – You are. Go on. – Just a let her off off the hook. You know what? Why don’t you to take those with you? – Actually, they were comfy, so, yeah. – Yeah. – Yeah, I will. Thank you. – And you wanna smell us? See if we smell the same? – I’ll have some stuff to say. Sure. Yeah. (Rhett laughs) – Oh, yeah, yeah. – I’m not gonna lift the arms. – We’ll give you the opportunity here. – It’s bad. – Okay. (laughs) – Better. – Better! Oh dang, I’m better. – What? – State Fair. – Sorry. – Do you think we smell the same in any way? – No. – I don’t think we do either. I definitely know your smell. Your whole family had a scent and it was kind of strong. – Oh, do you want me to talk about your smell? – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – There’s always been a Neal smell, but I just don’t talk about it. – Your smell is- – I think you should get into it right now. – Yeah. – I didn’t say it was bad, I said it was strong. I said it was strong. – Strong. (upbeat music) – Welcome to the Nose Knows Zone. – We wanna ask for your help and input on something. It’s time again for the Mythical Census. – Yeah, it’s a short survey designed to gain insight into what you are most interested in. So your input is very valuable to us. Survey opens Monday, June 12th and runs through June 24th. That’s a Friday. So use that slot of time to fill it out. Won’t take too long. And you know what? To sweeten the deal, we’ll give you 15% off at mythical.com for participating. All right? Go to mythicalcensus.com to let your voice be heard. – Okay. Stevie, what’s about to happen? – [Stevie] Well, this final round is a little different because instead of clothes and jars, we have actual people. And instead of Mythical crew members, we have complete strangers and you’re gonna be smelling their armpits – Okay. – [Stevie] To guess the best friend. – But I’m not supposed to talk to strangers. – [Stevie] You can smell strangers. – Okay, I’ll talk to em, man. – I like this because like, we proved the science with the shirts in round one, with the socks, eh, but now we’re like going all the way to the source. – Right, yeah. – Yeah, yeah exactly. – For science. – [Stevie] And, of course, to make sure that you get everyone’s truest scent possible, we’ve asked our participants to use only unscented soap for the last five days, and to refrain from showering this morning. This morning, not the whole time period. – Okay. – So don’t worry. – All right, good. – [Stevie] So let’s go ahead and meet our control. Anna, come on out. – Anna. – Hello. – Thanks for subjecting yourself to this. – Thank you. – Okay, so we are to smell you. – Yeah. – You cool with that? – Maybe just sort of. – Yeah. Oh. Right up. – Make a big Y. – Well, nice to meet you guys. I usually like to meet strangers before I let him sniff my pits. – I’m Link. – I’m Rhett. – Nice to meet you. All right, straight up. – Yep. – There you go. – Okay. I’m getting a little bit of the arm too. – You work with engines? – With engines? – You know somebody with a motorcycle? – No. Do I smell like gasoline? – No, no, no. – Not on this side. Little more lawn clipping maybe. You work with lawns? – Lawns and motorcycles simultaneously. – It’s actually quite nice, Anna. – Yeah, you’re fine. – Thank you. – You’re good. You’re good. – I’m profusely sweating. – I couldn’t tell, you’re good. – If I didn’t shower this morning, I would smell much worse than you. – Very neutral. It’s very neutral. So let’s bring out your potential best friend. – [Stevie] Do you feel like you’ve gotten the smells that you need in order to? – I think so. – I mean, we might have to return a couple of times. We’ll see. – [Stevie] So let’s have the other participants come out, our three other contestants. – All right. – Hey, Rocket. – What’s up? – Bianca. – What’s up? – And Jordyn giving the ole pit a fan. – Already fanning. – Uh-huh, the same. – Okay. – So maybe, I guess just kind of assume the position and walk over here and we’ll go for it. – Do you want to go on the other side? Oh, okay. Well, the tricep is fresh. – Oh. Oh. – Well, I mean, like, you smell like nothing. – That’s what everyone says. (crew laughing) (all speaking) – Like, I imagine that if I were to be on the International Space Station and stick my face out into space, this is what I would smell right before my whole face burned off. – Rocket, you smell like space. – Or froze. – All right, let’s switch out. Let ’em come to us. You know, we’re doing all the sniffing work. They can do the walking work. – How are you, guys? – We’re great. – Great. – We’re great. – Are you cool with this? – Yeah, absolutely. – Okay. – I’m ready. – All right. – All right. – Okay, the tricep, again. Okay, there’s definitely some sort of, there’s some freshness. – You do any mountain climbing? – Every Saturday. – Mountain breeze, I think, is what I’m getting. – Every Saturday. – I didn’t mean to actually stroke your tricep with my nose. (Bianca laughs) I just don’t know how close I’m getting. – No, it’s okay. – Like, I’m not trying to be weird. (Bianca laughs) – Are you, like, into crystals? – No. But maybe I should be. – You mess with pottery or anything? – No. (laughs) – Mess with pottery. What would that be, mess with pottery? – I don’t know, it’s like, it just feels a little ceramic, like in a good way. – Okay. – I can’t, it’s hard to, wow. But it’s not strong at all. – It’s the breath on the bicep for me. – Okay, all right, sorry. (Bianca laughs) Sorry, sorry. And now, Jordyn, come on in. Jordyn with a Y. – Yeah, Jordyn’s ready. – Are you cool with this? – I’m so cool with this. – Okay, I’m gonna start here. Tricep. – Wow, y’all don’t smell like anything. – You guys are liars. – You don’t stink. You think you stink? – Yeah. – I mean a little bit. Okay, now I got it that time. I got it that time. You been on, like, a road trip lately? – No. – Okay, all right. You been outta state recently? – Yeah. – Okay, East Coast? – No. – Okay, just north? – No. – Just south. – No. – You’re cracking me up, man. – Hold on, you went to Hawaii? – Yes, sir. – Whoa! Did you see how easily we figured that out? – Are you serious? Dude. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, man. Well, you’re in California, you got four different ways. – Yeah, you went to Hawaii. – What island? Hold on. – Is that macadamia that I’m smelling? – Mm-hmm. – Oh, hold on. Oahu? – Yeah. – Hey! And the hits keep on coming. – How can I win? – Hey, listen, I don’t think I need any more smelling. I have a confident answer. – [Stevie] Okay, so so grab your whiteboards and you can each write down who you think Anna’s best friend is. – You might have a gift. – This might be my backup job. People sniffer. – Smelling. – Hope not. – Okay, so we’ve got space. We’ve got, what was she, like, ceramics? – [Rhett] Yeah, yeah, pottery. – Pottery, space, pottery, or Oahu. – Oahu, yes, yes, yes, yes. – I love this. – With motorcycle, lawn clippings. (Rhett laughs) – Yeah, actually, I mean, thematically, I feel like my answer is kind of in sync with something that I picked up on. Feel pretty confident. – Well, I’ll go first ’cause I don’t feel that confident. But in giving another sniffy sniff of you, I’m feeling Jacqueline. Oahu. – Jordyn. – You picked someone who’s not here. You picked someone who’s not here. Okay, that counts. First guess counts. – Jordyn. – Jacqueline. I also picked Jacqueline. – Oh you did? – Yeah, yeah, Jordyn. It’s Jordyn. – Right. – Okay. Would the real best friend please step forward? – No! – No! – Dang! – What? – Motorcyclist and clay, it goes together. – We did become good friends in- – That’s what I was smelling. I was smelling the instant bonding. – There was one. – Okay, so what did we learn here? I guess that science works one out of three times. – [Stevie] Well, it worked in the same, you know, they used t-shirts, we used t-shirts. It worked that time. And I guess you can’t go beyond t-shirts with science. – Right, you gotta recreate the exact same experiment. If you change too many of the variables, things just get a little bit wacky. – [Stevie] Yeah, I mean, you both didn’t do well these last two rounds, but Rhett, you got the first one, which means that you are, Mr. Knows-It- All and you get to use those “Actuallys” in “Good Mythical Morning.” – Oh, I got a lot saved up. – And one of us gets to go to Oahu and the other one gets to go to space. 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