GMMore 1911: We Try Toilet Paper Origami

(animal noises) – Welcome to Good Mythical More. You know you’ve been into fancy schmancy places and seen that they’ve taken their toilet paper and turned it into some sort of origami situation? – One of my favorite things about fancy hotels – We’re gonna do better than that using this best seller, “Toilet Paper Origami.” – But first we got a 10 word story. – I love these. We’re gonna be good at this one. You start. – I will let you finish this one. – All right. – Ducks. – Are. – Always. – Angry. – Because. – The. – Butler. – Steals. – Their. (Link mumbling) – Why would a duck be angry? – Because the Butler always steals their… Quackery. – Ducks are always angry because the butler steals their quackery. – Quackery is what ducks call cutlery. (audience laughs) – Ah, I like that ’cause the butler brings it. These are fancy ducks. These are like the ducks that we kept at the hotel in Memphis. – That’s right. – We were the duck masters. Do you still have your duck master cane? – Sure, sure. No, I don’t know where it is. I lost it. – I’ve got the head of it. – Where? – In my little keepsakes box. (Stevie laughs) – That was a perfect place that would have like, you walk into the room and, oh, look at the bathroom, and they’ve turned this into something. I gotta keep- – All right. – You need to prime this thing. I kind of feel like we shouldn’t show what we want this to look like. But first thing we’re gonna do, is we’re gonna try to make a swan. – Yeah, you don’t wanna show it to them, because ours will suck. Upper swan, tear off one square, fold and unfold in half diagonally to make a crease. – What in the world. – You gotta unroll a little bit to get to a bonafide square. And then you take this, fold and unfold in half. Now, I’m not much of a origamist. – I can’t even get the- – Well, the first thing I’ve noticed is that our squares are not true squares. They’re a little rectangular. – Is that going to be a problem? – And they’re scented. And I’m gonna… (Link sneezes) (Rhett laughs) – Oh gosh. (Link sneezes) Oh, you’re right. (Link sneezes) Oh, that’s pretty close to a square. (Link moans) So you tear off a square? – Someone stole my quackery. And then you put this back. – You gotta put this back in there. – Fold points A and B to the center crease. So it’s kind of like making a… It’s like making a paper airplane, but with a toilet paper square. – I’ve never done origami, period. – All right. Center crease, fold points A and B to the center. What? – Oh, I can’t do the first part. – So then what? Fold points A and B to the center. Yes, I can do this. So that’s this. And then this one here. – Listen, I’m not saying that I’ve stayed at so many fancy hotels that I’ve seen lots of toilet paper origami, really, the thing I’ve seen is I’ve seen- – Towel origami. – The towel origami. – Yeah. – And I always feel bad about using any of it. – Okay. That doesn’t look good, but I’m gonna stay with it. – I’m confused- – Fold in half lengthwise. – [Stevie] After you do this, the ending step is to fold it back on to the roll? – Yeah. We’re going to build some sort of a pocket here and then this thing we’re building here, we’re gonna like perch in it. – Oh, okay. There’s gonna be a pretty little swan in there, Stevie. You just wait, you just wait. – See, this is not good at all. – [Rhett] I feel pretty good- – And I know it’s not my fault. – No, look. See? – And then what? Fold in half lengthwise- – And then this comes over like this, ’cause that’s the head of the swan. – [Stevie] Rhett, will you move your… Yeah. – You’re ahead of me. – And then this comes up like this? – Fold the right side up. – And now I got- – Fold the left tip down. – What? – I’ve got my whole swan, right there. Look at that, I have got my whole swan. – Oh goodness, Rhett. So you’ve made a swan? Hold that up for the people to see. – [Stevie] Wait a second. Can we see? What does the book look like? – First of all, look at my fricking swan before you laugh at it. – [Stevie] I am looking at your swan. – I made a swan too, look at my swan. – [Rhett] All right, now, and the next thing you do- – Does that look like a swan? Yeah. – Is you come out here and you- – Set swan aside, it says. – Yeah, I set it aside. – I had an aunt named Swan. – Fold first square- – Using perforation as your fold line. So that’s the first thing you do, you fold that up. Fold raw edge down. Raw! (Rhett laughs) – Raw edge- – Down at an angle, as shown. So that’s a little bit lower on one side than the other side. Kind of at an angle like this. – Okay and then… – Fold lower end to the back, matching your fold line to the edge of the bottom layer. – Oh god. – What? – You’ve lost us. – I don’t understand. Oh. Oh. – I think you fold it- – Like this, like this. – No. – No? – No, you don’t fold anything behind. How does he get so pretty? – Oh, it makes it a little- – It makes it like a pocket. – A little pocket. – Go back. – How do you get the pocket? – So fold the first square up using your perforation… Fold raw edge down. – Just like I did, like this. – Did I do it right? Look. I folded this up- – and then I fold it down. – Then you fold that down. – You fold it down. – And then- – Fold lower end to the back, matching your fold line to the edge of the bottom layer. Even if I say it more emphatically, it still doesn’t- – You say it like you figured it out. – Hey, read that like you to understand it. – Fold lower end to the back- – Like you an epiphany in the middle. – Matching your fold line- – [Both] To the edge of the bottom layer! – Does it help? – No. – Yeah. Fake it till you make it. Fake it till you make it doesn’t always work, But here’s what I think that means. – Hold on, listen to what I’m saying, because I don’t understand it. Fold lower end to the back. – I got it. It’s happening. Just fold it back and match the bottom layer. See what I did? Fold it back and match the bottom layer. – Oh, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You folded this back to match the bottom layer. – Fold right and left sides under, adjusting the fold to make a- – [Both] Centered vessel. (audience laughs) – Yeah, see, I’m making a centered vessel. – I’m making a centered vessel, as well. – Mine looks nothing like- – Oh yeah. – The picture. – Oh yeah, look at that. Rewind the roll by grasping in between your finger… And middle finger and your index finger, while applying gentle tension with your other hand. – And then stick your swan in there, man. Stick your swan in the pouch. – Oh yeah. – Hell, yeah. Look at that. Welcome to the Fontainebleau! (Rhett laughs) Look at that. – [Link] Look at what I did, too. – Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express. (Rhett laughs) Hey, I think we did good buddy. – I think we did good. Welcome to the Red Roof basement. – It’s like you get to this place and you’re like, I don’t know, I think it’s supposed to be a swan. – [Stevie] Wait, can we see the photo? – No. (Rhett laughs) Yeah. Can you see it? Can you get a good look at that? Can you see that? – It looks no different. – [Rhett] Can you see how good that looks? – [Stevie] I mean, honestly, (nose blowing) you didn’t do a bad job. Given that that’s what it’s supposed to look like. – I’d stay at that hotel. I’m not turning around and walking out. You know what I mean. – I was allergic, so I had to kind of… – You know what- – Let’s do another one. – While we’re getting to the next one, we wanna remind you, if you join the Mythical Society 3rd Degree Quarterly or Annual by March 31st, you can get the Mythical Snackiverse Lunch Box and Thermos Set that’s been over here. (Rhett spitting) Only available to 3rd Degree Mythical Society Members, okay? – We’re gonna make a celebration- – Mythicalsociety.com. – I think this is some crappy toilet paper. Is this what we get y’all to wipe y’all’s butts with around here, because… I didn’t think it was bad until I started trying to do origami with it. – It’s two-ply. It’s good. – Oh shoot. Look, it’s actually not great. – All right, but it starts the same way as the other one did. Just take in one of these. – Tear off one square, fold it over. – We’re good at this step. It is hard to get a good- – You fold this over. – You’re right, they’re not exactly squares. I bet you the people in the toilet paper origami business, they know exactly which brands to get. They’re like, oh, no, no, no, don’t get Charmin. – Fold point A and B to point C. – I don’t think we got Charmin. So then that goes there, so you’re making a box. Making a box and then you’re unfolding it. Push and pucker the paper along the dotted line with your fingertips until the endpoints meet. Twist the lower half tightly. – [Rhett] Like that. – Yeah. I’m on this one. – Yeah. I’m there. – Push and pucker the paper along the dotted line with your fingertips until the endpoints meet. – Kind of like this. Oh, oh yes. Look. And then you take… We’re making a birthday cake and this is the candle. – Yeah. I understand that. – And then you twist that, see? – But I have to unfolded to get to that point? – Yeah, ’cause it was basically… Look at that. See that is… – Hold on. – [Link] That’s a candle, y’all. – [Rhett] But look, hold on. – I’m not holding for you because I figured it out. – But this part right here is what I have right here, so why do I have to unfold it? It doesn’t say to unfold it. – Look, see how it starts there? You’ve just made… – Yeah, so how do you get to this? – Like this, look. – But look. What I’m saying is, I’m right here. – See what I did? See what I did? – So now I just do this? – Tear off one square, fold- – Before you move on- – I answered your question the best I could do. – I’m asking you a very pointed question. Do I unfold this- – Yes! – Before I do that? – Yes. All the way? – Yes. – Okay. – And then you gather it together. Don’t worry about the other part. – Yeah. I’m pushing you together like this. – You just gotta kind of gather it together. Yes. There you go. – And then you pucker one side. – Yeah. And then twist the other side. Candlestick tear off one square- – The fold was unnecessary is what I’m pointing out. – Yeah. Fold the upper edge down about a quarter of an inch. Okay. Folding that down like that. Place twisted end of flame at point A. Oh snap. – Somebody’s having a birthday party at your hotel and you’re like, when she gets to the room, she is gonna be so- – And we’re making this. – It’s like when they ask you like, any special celebration? When you’re making a reservation at a hotel. Well, back when you used to call to make reservations at a hotel. Now you just do it all online. Any special occasion? – That is a flame right there. I’m gonna set that aside, probably. – Hold on. Don’t go over yet. – Now all you gotta do is take this and wrap it around that, see? Roll it up. Don’t need these. – What are all these folds for? I don’t understand these folds. – Oh and then you take another one. Place candle… What? Now what are you doing? Tear off one square, fold in half. Okay. – Okay. There we go. – I’ve never worked so hard with toilet paper in my life. – I’m too busy checking my email to do this. – I take that back. I’ve worked pretty hard with toilet paper but more of in a wiping fashion. Sometimes too hard, yeah. – Okay, so now I’m gonna put my candle in here. – And then you just fold this over like this. – [Link] Just fold that over. And then you fold this over. What? – So it’s not too tight here. – I thought that the robot not working frustrated me, but now, boy, I’m getting more frustrated because I feel like a failure. Folding that under, unwind short length of paper from roll, fold the first square under. First entire square? Put that under. Fold the end up about an inch and a half. Fold the corners under, adjusting folds to make a centered tear for your cake. – A centered tier from my cake? Ugh, this is tough. – I know. I’m getting- – You fold it up? Fold the corners under, under, under. – Under, under, under, under, under. There you go. And then- – And then eventually it runs out? – Rewind roll by grasping the end between your fingers. Blah, blah, blah. Insert upper tier into, oh, so then you- – You have to go a little bit. – You roll this back. You roll this up, and then you roll that back, and then we’ve got a pocket there. This is good. And then you take and you shove this in there. – This comes back up? Folds like this? You’re covering up all the literature here. – The literature. You’re covering up the literature. All right. See, there it is. I’ve done it. I’ve done it. I’ve nailed it. Happy birthday. – Insert the lower tier into the upper tier. Explain that. Okay, I’m right here. Where do I go? Where do I go? I don’t understand. – I don’t remember what I did. – I’m right here. I just did that. – You fold those under, yeah. – Rewind. – Now and then- – Grasping the end- – You didn’t do this right. Fold the end up. You folded it under, you gotta fold it up first. Yeah. And fold that up. Nope. Too far. Yep. Well, what have you done? Let’s just start over here. You’re gonna fold this under and then you’re going to fold this this way- – And then roll it. – And then you’re gonna do that and this. – Okay. I got it now. – And then take it back and put your candle in there. This is a three layer cake with a candle sticking out of it. – Oh, this is actually looking really- – Yeah, we did good. – Look at that! – That’s very good, Rhett. It’s very good. – [Rhett] Look at that. – If you went into your hotel room and you saw that- – I’d be like- – What would you think? You’d be like, there’s a serial killer. – I’d be like, I’m glad I paid $29.99 a night for this. I bet you they got color TV. (Rhett laughs) – Do they have- – [Both] HBO! (Rhett laughs) HBO and color TV. No vacancies at this place. Blow out your candle. – Low speed internet. – [Rhett] Get the Mythical Snackiverse Lunch Box and Thermos Set by joining 3rd Degree Quarterly or Annual by March 31st. Visit mythicalsociety.com for details.

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