(cock crows) (lion roars) (logo smashes) – Welcome to Good Mythical More, let’s assess some cuddling scenes from movies. – But first let’s give a motivational speech to a particular person. That person is someone who called in as caller 98 in a radio contest where the winner has to be caller 99. – That’s very slim. – Hurry call in again! – That’s it, that was it, that was your speech. Call in again quickly. – Why are you listening to us? – And good luck. – You ever called in to a radio show and won anything? – No, have you? – I’m not that type of person. (prize wheel rumbles) – what type of person does that? – Uh. – Like a radio listener. – People who, you know, you gotta be into the art form of radio, which is a dying art form. – I will tell you this, there was a time as a child when I did that and it looked like this, doo, doo, doo, doo, because old-school Gen X, doo, doo, doo, doo. – You’re pushing the buttons. – Hang up, doo, doo, doo, doo, hang up. – Redial, you had – So, I have done it. the redial button. – You had a speaker phone or were you? – It was before then. Doo, doo, doo, doo, boom. – Ugh, okay, pre-redial. – Jean has taught us the ways of cuddling. When we first did this, there were bugs involved. There was each of us involved, the was a pallette, as I would call it. Today, we’re just gonna sit behind this desk and watch other people cuddling. – But just to remind those who may have forgotten, or didn’t see last time, just kinda remind people what Cuddle Sanctuary is and what makes you a certified cuddle expert. – Expert, yeah. We put on events and we offer one-on-one services to help the world be a more compassionate, more affectionate place. And there’s online things. – It’s a beautiful thing. – Free things for people, our website. – What’s online cuddling consist of? – Well, I have something called the cuddle game, so that people, because I’m based in Los Angeles, we’re a small business but people all over the world like to cuddle. – Sure. – So, we have the cuddle game, so people can begin the practice of platonic cuddling wherever they may be. – Right it doesn’t. – So they grab like a pillow? What do you grab to, when you’re on your own. You just grab the nearest person, like, how do you practice cuddling without a person to cuddle. – So, step one, you do need a person. – Okay (laughs). – However, I am gonna put this out there. The studies reveal if you look in the eyes of a dog, you actually can get a boost of oxytocin, which some scientists call the cuddle chemical. So, you can actually feel better and more connected if you have a beloved canine or a creature, animal. – I do that. – So, you can’t do that with a cat? – I do not think if you look into a fishbowl, for example, or your turtle, that your just gonna get a boost. – I don’t think so. I look in Jade’s eyes all the time, that’s my dog. – Okay. – I also look into her anus to see if she needs to poop. – That is wrong. – No, it’s just. – You look at her butt? – Doesn’t she have a way of letting you know that it’s time to go other than you inspecting? – Well I don’t like. – Let me just, what do you do? – I can just tell. When I take her out there and I wanna know if I really should be waiting and insisting before we go back in. – Does it wink at you? – Uh. (laughs) – You’re a weird man. – Let’s look at some videos. – What are you doing? – I’m using my body heat to warm you. If we let the blood from your arms and legs rush back to your heart too quickly, your heart could fail. – [Link] What movie is this? – [Cameraman] “The Day after tomorrow”. – “Day after tomorrow”? – “Day after tomorrow”. Jake Gyllenhaal? – Yes. – [Jean] Aah. – So, all right, so now they’re cuddling. – So, this is like emergency cuddling. – That’s right. – So, this is a different thing. – It also sounds like they’re very cold in this scene. – Yeah, he looks. – But it also sounds very sexy, they’re like, – Yeah, oh yeah. (pants) – So, I just have to say. – Cold and sexy. – Yeah, like it’s both, so it’s very I guess, romantic? – We had a friend– – I don’t know if that’s his younger sister? – We had a friend, it’s not, we had a friend who was uh, hiking one day at a time and he and his buddy got stranded out in the cold when hiking. – This really happened? – This really happened. – Yeah, it really happened. – Oh, okay. – And they got lost, and they had, they were on the side of a cliff and they had to spoon each other on and off. Big spoon, little spoon alternating all night long to stay warm and they were just like. – So, were they beloveds? Or were they platonic friends? – No, they were just like, kinda like had gotten to know each other, like two weeks go, like they were just kinda like have been working together for a little bit and then next thing they’re spooning all night with each other. – So, one word for that, awkward. (laughs) – Right, when it’s a – Right at first. – survival situation, that’s not, did that count as cuddling? – Ah, well, when, you know, the peace that I’m talking about, that feel-good cuddle chemical stuff only happens when people feel safe, comfortable and at ease. And in both of those scenarios we’re talking about emergencies where people are having adrenaline coursing through their system – Yeah. – and fear and discomfort. – And they’re not facing each other, they’re spooning. – Either way, it probably worked, they survived. – Yeah, he lives to this day. – And I bet they, they either never talked to each other again or they’re best friends. – Right, right, or more. – Or more. – Let’s watch another. Can you tell me what movie the next one’s from? (keyboard taps) “E.T.”. Okay, I’ve seen this one. – Aww. – [Link] Okay, this is Elliot coming in for a hug. – Crying I could feel the tear. – Yeah. – Oh, look at him. – [Link] He’s tellin’ him bye. – [Jean] And look at him. – [Link] And like see the head’s going. – [Jean] Oh. – [Link] There’s kind of a nuzzle. – [Jean] Oh my gosh and the fingers are like gently feeling the back. So much love there! – This raises an interesting existential question, do you think that cuddling is a universal quality. So, like if we came in contact with another alien species, they would wanna cuddle us and they wouldn’t just wanna kill us? – Well, I’ll tell you it’s not even just an existential question, it’s a extra-terrestrial question. – Yes, it is. – You’ve made a good point Jean. – And from what I understand in the science about this is it’s mammals like to cuddle. You don’t see lizards cuddling, you don’t see snakes cuddling. So, if these creatures from out of space are mammalian? First of all that’d be amazing because they might be furry and cute. – Right. – And they might get boosts of oxytocin and we might love cuddling with each other. – So, you gotta have teats to cuddle. – What about love birds? – Do they cuddle? – I don’t think birds. – I don’t know enough about them. – Birds are not really cuddling though, they might be making some sort of fleeting feather-on-feather contact. – I don’t think they. – Are they like, have you ever seen like two ducks like really go at it? – You know, just ’cause they’re called love birds, it’s humans that call them that. Humans are like, oh they’re rubbing up against each other, they must love each other, when really they might be doing some kind of battle. – Point taken. “Edward Scissorhands”. – [Jean] Oh. – [Link] See, this is gonna be a hard guy to cuddle with. – [Jean] Johnny Depp. – [Link] Oh, okay. – [Jean] Be careful, be careful! – [Link] She’s getting in there. – [Rhett] Ah, this is a good movie. (hisses) It’s such a good movie and it’s a Christmas movie, you forget that. – I see the Christmas lights. Yeah, there’s Christmas lights. – Look at that gentle look on his lonely, lonely face. I think that was a great hug and a very brave thing for her to do. – Yeah, would you cuddle with Johnny Depp if he had knives on his fingers? – No. – All right. (laughs) – No? – I’m just gonna sorta live that way. – What if he didn’t have the knives on his fingers? – Double no. (laughs) – Sorry Johnny. – Okay but we got. – Before we. – But we got a Lord of the Rings clip, I wanna see it. – Before we see it. Speaking of movies that Link hasn’t seen. – I have not seen, – I was running out – “Edward Scissor Hands”. – For you to get your ’80s Movies Link Hasn’t Seen stereoscopic viewer if you’re in the 3rd Degree Quarterly or 3rd Degree Annual Plan of the Mythical Society. You’re eligible to receive this exclusive gift. Gotta redeem it by three, 31 March 31st. It’s over there. – What is going on? – I was doing like a cuddle point. – That was awkward. – No, I haven’t “Edward Scissor Hands”, I have seen E.T., I have not seen “The Day After Tomorrow”, I have seen “Lord of the Rings”. – Okay. – Except “Return of the King”. – Okay. – Aww. – [Rhett] Man I cried like a baby. – [Jean] That’s Frodo right? – [Rhett] I can’t watch this, I’ll start crying. – [Link] Sam’s givin’ him a cuddle here. – [Jean] There’s a holding. You see, what saddens me is that the message here is the only time we really love people up is like when they’re about to perish. – Right, yeah that’s a good point. – Then why can’t we just love each other up ’cause we love each other? – Yeah, why couldn’t Sam and Frodo just be cuddling like throughout the entire movie. – Holding hands as they hike. – Right. – Stuff like that. – Right. – I’m into that. – Yeah, yeah, all right. – But that is a legit cuddle though? – Yeah, it’s gentle. – Frodo was not doing too much cuddling back. – That’s right. – You know. – There’s a one-person, doing most of the work. – What do you call a one-way cuddle like that? Sometimes if somebody’s just being a dead fish. – Um, you know, I think that it’s really possible to, we could call it dead fish, it’s kinda judgy. – Okay. – I mean he doesn’t have much energy. – Don’t wanna judge the fish. – He’s been sapped by the ring, you jerk! – But isn’t it nice to sometimes just surrender into the arms of another and let them like caress your hair, your face, and not have to work. – Especially, yes. – Not have to give but just receive. – Especially as a big, big man like I am, sometimes I wanna be like a baby. – Yes. (laughs) – Sometimes, I need somebody who’s so much bigger than me. Like you would have to be like Andre the Giant and he’s dead. – Oh. I have, ’cause I work one-on-one with clients. I have cuddled giant men like a baby. – Oh you know guys really big, bigger than me? – Yes, yes, yes! – All right, can I get their number? (laughs) – No me! – Yeah you, yeah. – The number of what? – The big men. – How do you go about, I mean. What position would he assume for you to cuddle him. – So, there’s a position called the lap of luxury. – Yes. – Where you’d be lying down in the cuddler’s leg and you could caress the person’s voluminous hair. – Oh wow. – And they can just relax an feel cherished. – I don’t wanna put either one of you on the spot. – I’m into that. – But if, I mean, I’d be fine being the odd man out. – No, no. – There’s a couch back there. – Here’s the deal. – I’m just sayin’. – I’m just saying for future reference, if Jean wants to get a real big man and who wants to cuddle me like a baby, then. – Because what I would say about your. – I’m just saying Jean. – I would do it, I would do it. – Jean would cuddle you. – I would need to know his relationship agreements with his spouse. – Right, yeah. – Right. – Yeah. – I think she’d be fine with it. If you’re asking me. – Really, are you like, signing on, you’re signing on to it? – No, I’m pretty sure she’d be fine with it. – Okay, all right. – He’s a no. And this is a really important point, is that what I teach. – You gotta listen to this. – Is about concent, and though, even though it’s funny or whatever, my job is to pay very close attention to body language. He is such a no, arms are crossed. – Yeah, arms are crossed. If you were a big man though. – No! You’d be in? – I’d jump into your arms, like a little child. – I do not qualify. I do have colleagues who are fantastic professional cuddlers and they are men. – Okay. – So, this happens, this exists, we can all research it. It’s all out there in the world, my colleagues will be so happy to have you look them up. (laughs) – Sorry, I tried “Twilight: Eclipse”. – Okay. – [Link] Oh, now this is making out, this is kissing. – [Jean] Yeah and– – [Rhett] But there is cuddling involved. – [Jean] Nah, their lips are cuddling. – [Link] So, now he’s about to, oh! – [Rhett] But think about how cold he is. – [Jean] Right, because he’s not human right? – [Rhett] Yeah, he has no body heat at all, that can’t be good. – [Jean] Unless she had a fever or in my case, hot flashes. (laughs) – Uh-huh, right, right. – But that’s a good cuddle at the end there? – Yeah, so what I think we can talk about there. – It deescalated. – Right, it started like it looked it was gonna heat up and instead it actually turned into something lovingly platonic, – Sweet – and sweet. Both, all of those are wonderful. At Cuddle Sanctuary we only do the platonic and sweet, the nurturing and compassionate. – If people start kissing what happens. – We just actually. – You throw a sheet over them? What happens? – We actually, people don’t because they know that’s not how we do. – Yeah. – At Cuddle Sanctuary. – There are rules. – Sometimes you go into a situation thinking that it’s like that and then you. – You get confused, right? – Right, yeah. – So, me as the event leader would have to have a one-on-one conversation, I’d be like “Excuse me, hi, oh hi guys, “I noticed that you were kissing”. You know, I’d just have to, here’s what I’m observing. – I think you need a long stick with a hook on it. (silly singing) – How about just a T-shirt, you could march it up, kissing is not cuddling. – But sometimes. – But sometimes it is, it’s just not at our events. – But sometimes it is. – This is a long T-shirt. – This is a long T-shirt. There you go! – That no-one will buy. – Okay, and now this is one of the best, if this is what I’m thinking about, this is one of the best cuddling scenes. – Okay. – In movie history. – Haven’t seen it. – Link probably hasn’t seen it. – [Jean] All right flannels, already it’s great. – [Rhett] Oh yeah, yes. – [Jean] Oh! – You know this. – Steve Martin. – [Link] “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”? I’m reading? – Steve. – [Link] Trains, Planes and (laughs). – [Jean] I love him so much. Okay, the kissing on the ear we don’t do at Cuddle Sanctuary but it’s so tender. Is he gonna wake, I haven’t seen this. Is he gonna wake up and be shocked? – Oh, yes he’s gonna wake up. – Five, four, three, two. – And I’ll tell you what. – I think he’s smelling him first. – Basically what they’re saying here is he’s like, “But my hand is “so warm in between those two pillows”, and then Steve Martin says, “Those aren’t two pillows”. – Ah. Is that really what happens? – Yeah (laughs). – Oh that’s hilarious! – That’s a good T-shirt, those aren’t two pillows. – And that means you’re straight. – I don’t know if it’s those aren’t two pillows but that’s essentially. – And that’s what your dog says when you’re out taking a walk. (laughs) – You got me. (laughs) – Sign up for the 3rd Degree Quarterly or Annual Plan at mythicalsociety.com by March 31st to get your ’80s Movies Link Hasn’t Seen stereoscopic viewer.