Today we eat Thanksgiving dinner in a cake. – Let’s talk about that. – ♪ (theme music) ♪ – Good Mythical Morning. – Mythical beasts, a question is like a raw thirteen-pound turkey. Once asked, it just sits there in the grocery store until we come along and throw it in our cart. We take it home, rip its question plastic off and shove our hand into its question cavity, and remove its inquisi-giblets. (laughs) Then we brine it, and baste it, and bake it in the oven for 3 1/2 hours at 350 degrees. Finally we remove it, hot from the oven, and we take our sharpest knife and we carve out an answer breast. That’s right mythical beasts, you’ll always get the first plate of our answer meat. Okay, today our first question related to what? Thanksgiving, comes from Caitlin Goodfellow who says, “Rhett and Link I really need some advice real bad!!! Please I love you guys so much and it would mean the world to me!! But anyways my question is: How am I supposed to spend Thanksgiving if I’m – in the Army and I can’t fly home? – Ahh. It’s my first Thanksgiving without being with my family?? Please you guys are my – inspirations my role models.” Wow. – Wow thanks (inaudible) And you know what? Thanks Caitlyn for your service; incredibly grateful for that. – Yeah. – And we’re sorry that you can’t be – with your family during Thanksgiving. – We cannot be with our extended families – either, so we feel for you. – Right. we think we’ve got something that might be able to help you feel closer to your family during this time. Yes, this idea is kinda like in a long- distance relationship when it’s like, – Yeah. – “Hey honey bunny, why don’t you look up – at the moon and I’ll also look up – I’ve never called anybody that. at the moon at the same time and we’ll be looking at the same moon – and we can connect.” – Yeah I’ve heard about that. We want to do a version of that here, so we want all family members who are separated in space to come to the screen and touch my face. Just come up to the screen, touch my face, and there’ll be a connection. Well you do have more of a moonlight face than me. I will say that right off the bat – (laughs) – but I think that’s a little weird. Can we just do something — First of all, I’d like to be involved. – Oh yeah. – I mean… – You can touch my face. – No! – (laughs) – I mean like, let’s do something a little – bit more…yeah. – Hands. Yeah yeah. – Like a hand out. – I was thinking hands and I said face. – I should have said hands. So… – Like right in there. You just place – your hands on our hands. – So Caitlyn, you can do that now – and all of Caitlyn’s relatives, – Yeah. – you touch the hands too. – Uncle Randy, put the scotch down. Stand up, come and touch whichever hand you want. It doesn’t matter. – And the weird cousin, Sammy, – Just keep it clean. – Yep. – you’ve been outside smoking – and come back in and touch the hands. – Mhmm. That’s right. – (exhales) You know how Sammy — – Yeah. We can all smell you. We know you’re a smoker. Don’t mean nothing. I mean, you should — – Why you gotta like, hold in the smoke — – You should stop but it’s not about that. then come back in the house and be like, (exhales) Why don’t you do the last – (exhale) outside? – And Grandma? We would ask you, take the laptop over to Grandma. Don’t make Grandma get up. – She doesn’t wanna get up. Look at her. – And if it’s a television, – you’re watching this on a television, – She just needs to — everybody get up, grab the television, take it over to grandma, – get it within her reach. – So you’re all touching the hands now. Grandma, everybody touching who’s watching. Every family who’s watching right now, it’s happening. – It’s a Mythical Thanksgiving connection. – Don’t make it weird. Just touch. How’s that feel? Now let’s just take it in. – (laughs) – Just a couple moments of silence. – Right. This is the moment. Yep. Yep. – Just a little silence. – Total silence. – Just a silent night. – We don’t have to say anything. – But we’ll just get quiet for a second. – At this point we’ll just be quiet. – And you guys can just touch. – And we’ll let you guys experience — – We won’t say anything. – how thankful it is to be silent – Just take a moment to be thankful – and just reflect on it. – for everything. – Just a moment of silence right now. – Don’t fell the need to fill the air – with words. – Yeah you don’t have to say anything – at this point. It can just be — – Mhmm. – quiet. – (laughs) – Wow, that’s nice. Real nice. – And it’s over. (laughs) And it’s over. – I got another question. This one is from – (laughs) – QueenAllyson – The mythical beasts connecting, – it was great. I felt electricity. – Queenallysonxo. – Inquisigiblets. – XO, that’s a hug and a kiss. – (both kiss) – From Sammy. You don’t want to get a kiss – from Sammy, it’s like (exhales). – What’s a good alternative to turkey? – He’s your cousin anyways though… – What’s a good alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving day. Well we have actually found not necessarily an alternative to – turkey but kind of alternative turkey. – Yeah yeah yeah yeah. You may have seen pictures floating around the internet of a cake that has within it everything that would be in a Thanksgiving meal. – (both) And WE HAVE ONE! – Mhmm! Let’s bring it in. We are gonna experience this thing. I’ll move my laptop here… – The turkey cake, ladies and gentlemen. – Bring it in Lizzie. – Look at that thing. – Alright and — – Slice it open Link. – Uh, I’mma let you do that, ’cause if it messes up, it’s gonna be your fault. – Okay, alright. Ooh nice. – Alright so is it solid? – (Rhett) Yeah it feels real nice. – (laughs) – (Link) It sounds… – (Rhett) We should’ve gotten people to – touch this. – (laughs) – Alright so… – I’m gonna cut a nice big section out. Yeah and then we’ll let you see the cross section, and then we will eat it and you can touch this. If the family wants to come back up again. But this is like — now this is the moon, and we are eating the moon, and you’re all finding out what the moon tastes like through us, unless you’ve made – one of these too. Which is cool. – Now I’m gonna try to get this big slice. – You might need a spatula. – I feel like it’s gonna come apart. You know what? Let me do this. Slice it right in the middle of these pieces here. (Link) It sounds like a package opening when you cut through it. – (laughs) – (Rhett) It sounds hearty. – It’s like (crinkles). – It sounds very hearty. It feels hearty. See if you can get that off. Oh yeah. You might want to touch the top with your other hand. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. – Oh there’s some foil on there. – That’s what was happening. – We were cutting that foil. – And then here’s your plate. – Well you take that plate. – I’ll just take this one. And I’ll take this one. And then… Ooh it smells so turkeylicious. Get, yeah. That front part’s coming off. There ya go. Yep. Yeah. – Okay now we’ll just — – Yeah I’m gonna clean this out here. – Clean it up. – And we’re gonna show this to you. – Check that out. – Okay. Now let’s tell ’em the layers here. So we’ve got ground turkey, then we’ve got mashed potatoes, then we’ve got cranberry and dressing, then we’ve got more ground – turkey, and then we’ve got more – Woo! potatoes, then we’ve got yams on the top with a marshmallow topping. And then to cakeify it totally, we have mashed potatoes around the side. It’s like the Grand Thanksgiving Canyon up in here. – So let’s dig in. – Oh and before you do that Link, – I got a gravy boat. – Oh! Oh this is — – (Rhett) Oh. – (Link) That is a slow avalanche – of goodness. – It’s a thick gravy. – Bring it over here brother! Thank you! – You want me to apply — – for a job as your gravy pourer? – (laughs) – What? Okay. – I thought that was funnier than you did. – Don’t laugh maniacally that close to me. – (laughs) – Alright…I love mixing stuff, – Oh. – and I love getting an optimal mouthful. – I don’t like to talk about it. – I like to eat it. – So I’m highly anticipatory. – Oh my goodness, man! – This is some good stuff. This is something you can do with your leftovers, is what I’m thinking. ‘Cause all you guys are out there, you’re eating your turkey dinner today, – Oh my goodness. – and you’re like, “Ooh we should’ve – done that.” You still can! – You can do it tomorrow. Link in the description to a recipe of how you can throw this thing together. – I’m very thankful for this. – Oh. I gotta say, I’m incredibly thankful for this. This has made my Thanksgiving. Well Rhett, speaking of thankfulness, I got something I wanna run by you – and the mythical beasts. – Run it by ’em. Of course every year a tradition in my house is that when we’re eating our meal, we go around the table and we each say something we’re thankful for. So me being the dad, you know, picture me sitting at the head of the table. I institute the round robin, and then I gotta say something I’m thankful for. So I’m trying to narrow it down, because you don’t want to take forever. You just want to have one thing that you’re thankful for. And this is important because this is going to be my thing I’m thankful for – this year. – The one thing. – In front of my whole family. – Everybody’s got one thing, – you gotta make it count. I get it. – Yeah. I’m thankful that gravity pulls down. You know? – Hmm. Yeah. – Think about that. It would be a problem if it didn’t. If it pulled up. But it’s a little esoteric. – But it’s not. – It’s a little — what else you got? Alright. I’m thankful for people named names of seasons because it’s a helpful – reminder. – Reminder of what? – That seasons are coming up. – What if you meet a Summer? – That’s gonna come around. – But what if you meet her in wintertime? But it’s a reminder that it’s gonna happen. – (laughs) – Okay. Alright, it’s not — Alright fine. I’m thankful that I can make this sound. – (whirring whistle) – Well I can make that sound. – (copies Link) – Alright fine. I’m thankful. I think a lot of people — the average person could make that noise. Well I’m thankful that I can make this sound. (low squeak) – (Rhett tries to copy Link) – You can’t make it. Okay, that’s a good one. ‘Cause that’s a unique sound. – ‘Cause you can’t do it. Right right. – Right. – Yeah. I have other ones though. – Oh you’ve got more? Yeah. I’m thankful for my Peculiarly Perfect Peanut Butter Peppermint Lip Balm. Coming in packs of two at only RhettandLink.com/store can you get them. That’s a little tacky to do an advertisement right now – and definitely to your family. – (laugh) I don’t think you should do an ad for your family. I think that’s in poor taste, so what else ya got? That’s true. Okay. Alright let me round these out. I’m thankful for binoculars because telescopes make one of my eyes feel left out. – (laughs) – That’s the best candidate so far – ’cause I understand that. – Or I’m thankful for semicolons – because they make commas look STUPID! – …I don’t — I thought you were gonna like that one. I saved that one for last. – I don’t understand. – Just picture a semicolon and picture a colon. It makes it look STUPID! – What about the comma? – Huh? Oh. – You said colon. – It makes a colon look stupid too! (laughs) I think you should probably just say “I’m thankful for you guys.” – Okay. Alright. – Or the binoculars. One of those two. I’m thankful for my family. I’ll just go with that one. I think I’m just gonna move on and ask another question here. – Ask another question! – From HaiDianne, she asks, “What are some ‘outside the box’ sides you can make?” – Hmm. – Outside the box sides. Now this makes me think — Your neighbors recently sent us another – video from their unboxing series. – Oh yeah! Yeah Brax and Miri have been – very active on YouTube. – Didn’t they unbox — I mean, I didn’t watch it. I just write back and say, “It’s great!” Yeah they have a new episode all about Thanksgiving sides, so we should probably show that to you. It’s time for another episode of “Thinking Outside the Unbox”. Hiya. This is Brax. Welcome to another episode of “Thinking Outside the Unbox”. Today is Thanksgiving and I’m very thankful for my life partner and my – business partner, Miri. Welcome babe. – Hello. Hey everybo — Let go! My nails. (Brax) Now we’re usually 100% freegan. Of course last year you went to Devin’s – for Thanksgiving and you had some meat. – So what? Forget about it. Let’s just — Well I value your independence. That’s one of the things that I’m thankful for. So this is a nice can of cranberry sauce. Jellied, as you can see, with a purple tint. Now one thing I want to point out to everybody is that there’s a slight dent in here, which can sometimes lead to botulism. Okay…I don’t — (Miri) I’ll do it! I’ll do it! Just turn it. I’ll hold it. You turn it! – I hold and you turn! Turn! – Okay. And then you’re just gonna – (pops) – (Miri) There ya go. Ooh! – (Brax) Look at that. – Here we have some mashed potatoes. – (Brax) As you can see, the box says, “filled with possibilities”. – (Miri.) Yeah. – That’s exciting. Oh, just like my life before I met you, Brax. (Brax) And there you go. There’s mashed potatoes inside, and… (Miri) Oh okay. Nope that’s a lot. Finally, a turkey! (Brax) Yeah now this is what we’ve been waiting for. This is a turkey that’s not actually turkey. Now as you can see, this serves 10-16 people. There’s only two – of us right now, but when we have – Mhmm. children and a big family, we’ll have lots of vegan turkey to go around. (Miri) Um, we’re not having any of those. There we go. – Okay nice. – And then you (crinkles) mush it – all together. – You distribute a little bit. – Alright, now here now taste it. – You know — you know I’ll — – Taste it. Taste it! – Look at this babe. – Oh my goodness. – Look at — (Miri) It looks like gingerbread! It looks like sourdough that has like growths on it. It looks like an organ from like a cadaver. What’s that? (Brax) Oh you know babe, I think the hole here is where the vegan giblets are. – Ew! – Yeah if I could just get my hand – up in there. Yeah. – Don’t worry about it! Let’s just carve the thing! We just gotta get to it. – (buzz) – (Brax screams) – (Miri) Ew! Ew Brax, you lost a finger! – (Brax screams) – Gross, stop spraying me Brax! – The bleeding has slowed down, I’ve located both of my fingers. I’m gonna use the artisinal sewing kit to put these back on. Babe, would you like to help with that? Um, no. This has been “Unboxing with Miri!” Now I’mma be checking all my meals for fingers! – Yeah, I hope Brax recovers. – (laughs) Thanks for liking, commenting, and subscribing. And happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful to all of you mythical beasts. – You know what time it is. – Hi, I’m Bailey. – And I’m Emma. – We’re at Hogwarts. (both) And it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality! – ♪ (theme music) ♪ – Get the “Oh My Flavors” T-shirt at RhettandLink.com/store. 100% of the proceeds go to Action Against Hunger. And look for some special Black Friday deals starting tomorrow. Click through to Good Mythical More. We are gonna play Thanksgiving Mad Libs with Jen while opening mail and eating some of this. – Wow! – But this is what I’m gonna eat. I’mma make Jen eat some of this. It’s gonna be amazing! – Wow! – Click through! Interpretive dance. I ate too much. Why don’t you dance? – ♪ (inspirational piano music) ♪ – Link. The father. Sits down at his table surrounded by his many children and his one wife. And thinks to himself, “What should I be thankful for? Well, I could be thankful for my horse that I don’t have. And that horse racing career that I gave up on because I’m too big to be a jockey. I could also be thankful for the sun rising and setting another day is here.” Now I’m interpreting your dance instead of you — – Ah, I’m a skier trying to get through — – (laughs) I’m trying to — Oh, I’m throwing up onto my friend. Happy Thanksgiving, friends. [Captioned by Annalyn: GMM Captioning Team]