(rooster crows) (lion roars) (logo bangs) – Welcome to “Good Mythical More.” I love these episodes where we get to know members of the crew. Back when we published the “Book of Mythicality,” there was a section where crew members talked about their first jobs. – That’s right. – Since then, we’ve got other crew members who, as it turns out, they’ve also had first jobs. – Everybody’s got a first job. – Yeah, let’s learn. – But, first, we’re going to donate $1,000 to Color of Change to aid in their mission to help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. Color of Change leads campaigns that build real power for black communities. Their work challenges injustice, holds corporate and political leaders accountable, commissions research on systems of inequality, and advances solutions for racial justice to transform our world. Please join us in giving at colorofchange.org. – Mm-hm, all right. Mat Kearney, you there? – [Mat] Hello, sir. Yes, I am here. – [Link] Hey, hey, Jenna, you there? – [Jenna] Yes, I am. – All right. Chris, you there? – [Chris] Yes, sir. – [Link] And DeVonte, you there? – [DeVonte] I am here. – Good to meet you. (Rhett laughs) You know, the weird thing about- – We haven’t met DeVonte in person yet. It’s only been over video. – Yeah, the whole quarantine of it all is that, like, you know, we’ve added people to the team, including DeVonte, but yeah, we haven’t had the opportunity to meet in person because of safety protocols, but, DeVonte, it’ll be cool to get to know you a little bit. I’m gonna look at your picture while I’m talking to you so I feel like I’m making more of a connection. – It’s kinda like a Zoom call. – Does that work? – It’s like a Zoom call, but his internet is frozen. – DeVonte, do you have a picture of me that you can stare at while we’re talking to each other? – I think he has a live feed of this. – Let him answer. – [DeVonte] Sort of, yeah. – Oh, what? Soylent? – He said, hold on, let me take a sip of my soylent. – [DeVonte] Soylent. – [Link] Greg, you’re also here. (people laugh) – [Greg] I am. – We’ve met. – [Greg] We have. – All right, let’s get to it. – We’ll start with, “I was 13 and sold hotdogs “at a SEC college football stadium. “The first three quarters, “I’d have to walk up and down all the steps, “selling hotdogs, but the last quarter, “we closed up, and I got to stand “and watch the rest of the games. “My dad would have to pick me up and drop me off, “and usually, I had to wait a long time to be picked up “because of the traffic.” – Mm. – Now, the easy, you know, there’s the hotdog connection with one of these people that we’re not even gonna talk about. – Right, you talking about former hotdog on a stick employee Mat Kearney? – Yeah, yeah, but we’re not gonna talk about his natural connection to hotdogs. I don’t think that Kearney was near an SEC college football stadium. – What’s SEC stand for? – The South Eastern Conference. – South Eastern Conference? – So Jenna’s from Tennessee. University of Tennessee is in Knoxville. That is where there is an SEC football stadium, so, and Jenna, from what I know about Jenna, she’s the kind of person that, at 13, would, like, sell hotdogs, you know what I’m saying? – Do we know where DeVonte’s from though? – I don’t know where DeVonte’s… I feel like we need to ask DeVonte that question. That’s only fair, ’cause we know that about most everybody else, right? DeVonte, where are you from? – [DeVonte] I’m from the east coast. – Oh, okay, okay, okay. – Southern east coast? – Don’t narrow it down for us. – Hm. (Rhett laughs) – [DeVonte] Kinda the southern east coast. – The southern east coast? – [DeVonte] In the middle. – Well. – Okay, all right, okay. – That could be what SEC actually stands for. Let’s give it to DeVonte right off the bat. – Okay. – No pun intended, but we can switch these around. All right, next up, we have Pick Up Stix. “When I was a sophomore in high school, “I landed my first job “at the fast fresh Asian cuisine restaurant “called Pick Up Stix. “We all know that Mat Kearney worked “at Hotdog on a Stick,” yes, see, we don’t even have to talk about it, someone else is, “so there’s no way he worked “at another stick-based establishment.” (Rhett sighs) Or is there? (Rhett chuckles) – You know, you gotta start somewhere. – Is this Kearney screwing with us? – Well, maybe, you know, it is weird, when we first interviewed him, he said, “What’s your position on sticks?” And then he was talking about the band, and I was like- – Right, but that was after a three-hour conversation about just the slender wood. – Yeah, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. – Known as sticks. – And I’m like, I can’t name a Styx song. Does Styx sing “Dust in the Wind?” – That’s Kansas. “Come Sail Away.” – “Come Sail Away,” okay. – Is that Styx? Styx. – Styx. There’s no way that it would be written like this if it was not Mat Kearney. You gotta go with Kearney on this one. – Yeah, yeah, we gotta go with it, we gotta go with it. – All right, treasure hunter. – Oh, this is interesting. – “It was a very short-lived job, “but when I was a child, “my parents told me that I could keep any spare change, “or treasure, that I found around the house, “but only if everything was neat and tidy “after I was done. “I remember finding around $30 that day, “but now, I realize that this was just their way “of getting me to clean the house “without calling it cleaning.” This is real cute, because, you know. – I mean, this is a really cute picture of Greg. Look, he’s, like, kinda looking up, and off. – This person’s parents made them dream big, and, you know, cleaning up around the house made them a treasure hunter? Wow, they must be disappointed to work at Mythical. – I’m-a go with Fancher on this one. – Really? You think he’s got a big imagination? – I just, I can just see him digging in cushions. – I don’t know how to interpret that. – Chris, how do you interpret that? – [Chris] It’s hard to say. I like to dig in a lot of things. (Rhett laughs) – Right. – Yeah, like a treasure hunter. – Right, so you interpret it as a compliment, as I intended it to be. I could see you shoulder deep in a cushion, just, like, just digging for some coins. – Right, yeah. – But I’m actually starting to think Pick Up Stix is Greg, because I think this is his kinda snarky sense of humor. I’m just gonna say that. You know, talking about hotdog on a stick, throwing Kearney to the wolves. – But would Greg know that Kearney was going to be another member of this game? – Greg. – What’s the level of coordination here? – Would you know that, Greg? – [Greg] I didn’t know that until the cast list was real. – Okay, well, there you go. – Yeah, see? I think that’s the case. – I think it’s still Greg, by the way. – All right. – Paperboy. Did not say paper girl, but that’s ’cause paperboy is just an occupation that applies to anyone. – Okay. – Or does it? I don’t know. “When I was 12, I took my older brother’s newspaper route “with 21 daily deliveries and 42 Sunday deliveries. “My dad had a thing about people having their paper “as early as possible on Sunday mornings, “and I could almost never get up “at 5:30 a.m. to have them all delivered by 6:00, “but he certainly delivered them.” Your dad delivered them? “In two years, I helped him a total of six times. “When I would go around to collect money each week, “some people would give me a dollar tip “and tell me it was for my dad. “I always thought they were joking, but were they?” (Rhett laughs) – Okay. – Yeah, I can see the- – Paper delivery is a little bit of a lost art. – Hm. – So, I mean, nothing against Kearney, but I believe that he is the oldest member of this panel. – And I believe he’s flat out told us he was a paperboy before, but we weren’t hearing it- – And you feel strongly about Greg being Pick Up Stix. – Because there wasn’t a stick involved. Yeah, Kearney, we remember something else about you. You were a paperboy. – Wow, if that’s true, if it’s true, that you were a paperboy, then we’re gonna talk about it as much as hot, well- – He’s testing us. – We’re gonna talk about it half as much as we talk about- – No, he’s told us before, and he’s testing us right now, because he’s like, you’re so fixated on the hotdog on a stick, I didn’t think you’d remember that I did tell you. That would be exactly what he’s going to say. – Okay, all right, okay. – United Postal Service mail carrier. “It was a very monotonous job, “so all the days blend together, “but it was made even more monotonous “by the eerie fact that everybody tells mail carriers “the same jokes every single day, “sometimes the same people on consecutive days. “No matter what route I was on, “I would inevitably hear, “you got my million-dollar check today? (Rhett laughs) “I didn’t. “You can keep the bills.” – Yeah, that’s a good one. – “I’d go to jail if I did.” Oh, see? Man, you know. – Hold on, being a USPS mail carrier is, like, that’s, like, a super adult job, not that anybody here is not an adult, but it’s just like, that means you had, like, a little bit of a career before you came here, right? I mean, a mail carrier is like, that’s not, like, my first job, you know, cleaning up under houses or something like that, like I did. I mean, this is, like, a career. Someone had a career before Mythical. (Link sighs) – Well then Mat Kearney would’ve have to have had three careers, because I know he’s a paperboy, and of course, let’s not forget, he’s a former employee of Hotdog on a Stick. – I think you got to switch. I think DeVonte’s a mystery man, and he was a USPS mail carrier. That’s what I think happened, and I think that- – DeVonte, you are the wild card today. – And I think that Jenna is the one who was selling hotdogs at that University of Tennessee stadium in Knoxville when she was 13 years old. – Mm. – How you feel about this breakdown here? – I feel pretty good about it. Okay, Kearney, come clean. Hold on, before you do, would you mind if I promoted our Mythical Society? – I wouldn’t mind. – I was asking Kearney. – [Mat] I thought you were gonna say, do you mind if we promoted you? (Rhett laughs) Yeah, Mythical Society is fine, too. – Could you handle the Mythical Society promotion for us right now? – [Mat] Yeah, I’d love to. – Okay. – [Mat] Reminder, we have even more great content over on the Mythical Society. The March episode of our Carpool Vlog series drops today. Join second or third degree to check it out. You can also join for free as an initiate to get sneak peaks at Mythical Society exclusives like “Behind the Mythicality.” – Ooh. – “Rhett and Link React.” – Ooh. – And quarterly live streams. – Nice. – Wow, that was really good. I thought I was gonna stump you, but you’ve, like, just got, you’ve got a document opened. – You sound like a paperboy. – So you’re ready for anything. – All right, tell us, tell us that you were a paperboy. – It’s so funny that you remember me telling you that, because I’ve never told you that, ’cause I’ve never… The only thing I ever delivered was a Mythical Society promo. (Link laughs) – I could’ve sworn it. – Yeah, I was like, I don’t remember what you’re talking about. It must’ve been… Okay. – Okay, crap, what are you? Is it Pick Up Stix? – [Mat] Come sail away with me all the way to the fast Asian cuisine of Pick Up Stix. – Dang, you were a Stix man. – You tricked us. – Yeah, a Stix man. – I’m sorry. All right, so we giving paperboy to Greg now? Okay, sure. – Yeah, I don’t know what to think. Okay, Jenna, are we right about the hotdogs? – [Jenna] You are right. – Yes. – Had you told us this? – [Jenna] I don’t think I told you this, no, but yeah, I sold hotdogs at University of Tennessee football games. – There we go, wow. – [Jenna] Yeah. – Were you successful? – [Jenna] I was. I made about 30 bucks a game, which, early 2000s, was good money. (Rhett laughs) – What was your call? Like, what would you yell? – [Jenna] Hotdogs, get your hotdogs. Pretty basic, you know. I mean, I didn’t put too much effort into it. – It doesn’t sound like it. – [Jenna] Walking took so much effort. So many stairs, oh boy. – So, you only made $30? – I know. – I mean, for a 13-year-old girl, I mean, that’s… In early 2000s, yeah, that’s good money. – Okay. I mean, I got, like, 35 or $40 to mow a lawn. That only took an hour and 15 minutes. – Well, quit bragging. – All right, Fancher, we’re saying you were the treasure hunter. – [Chris] Extra, extra, read all about it. – Oh, man, you were the paperboy? – But paperboys don’t say that, do they? (people laugh) No, I mean, they do in, like, the ’40s. – They used to. – They used to. – Did you say that when you- – [Chris] I did, I’m also one of the oldest crew. – [Mat] Chris wouldn’t know because his dad did all the paperboy things. – That’s right. (Rhett laughs) So your dad, he was a perfectionist, huh? – [Chris] He absolutely was, yes. – Okay, yeah, ask any of my kids, it’s tough to live in the home of a father perfectionist. I feel for you, Chris. – [Chris] He was good at everything he did, and does. – And he demanded it of you, and when you couldn’t deliver, literally, he would do it for you. – [Chris] 100%. – Now, are you a newspaper reader to this day? – I didn’t mean to make this heavy. – [Chris] Oh, yes, yep, I have paid subscriptions to things, so I get the highest quality news I can. (people laugh) – Wow, okay, so, like, when you stay at one of those hotels where they put a newspaper out in front of your room, you actually take it and read it. – [Chris] Yes, but mostly for, like, the crossword. – Okay, well, thanks for being honest. – You know what, Chris, I have to say this to myself all the time, and maybe it’ll be helpful for you, but perfection is an illusion. – Mm. – Don’t deliver the papers. – I feel like, in the early ’90s, there were a couple of movies. – I’m projecting, Chris, I’m sorry. – [Stevie] That depicted paperboys, like, on their bikes. – “Newsies.” – [Stevie] Not “Newsies.” Like, it seemed like, when I was a kid, that was a cool job. Like, it seemed like the cool kids were paperboys. – It’s a cool job for sure. – Well, it was a cool video game. (Rhett sneezes) – [Chris] Yeah, the NES, one of the most popular games was “Paperboy.” – Yeah, you had to really time that paper throw. – Could break windows. – That was pretty much the only point of the game. – Could you run over a dog with your bike? I can’t remember. – Yeah. – I think more the dog would kinda run over you. All right. – But that was a bad thing. – So we’ve got our mystery man, DeVonte. Treasure Hunter or mail carrier? – I still feel good about where we’re at right now. DeVonte, were you a mail carrier? – [DeVonte] Yes, I was. – Oh. – Ah-ha. – Yeah. – How long did you do that? – [DeVonte] For just about a year. – I mean, you kinda highlighted all the negative aspects of it. Was there anything positive to say about it. – I’m pretty introverted, so it was nice to just be out there by myself. – Yeah, you could, like, but then, it seems like you had to have the same interactions with people every day. Did you do anything to minimize those interactions? Like, try to sneak up when you knew they weren’t gonna be there? – [DeVonte] No, not really, I just tried to get through it every day. – What was your technique for larger packages? Was it, like, get, like- – Shove it and wedge it? – Yeah, was it, like, place? – Or toss it and leave it? – Was it drop from six inches above the ground? Was it like, I’m gonna put it on the bottom step, I’m gonna go all the way to the top step? Because there’s no consistency amongst delivery people. Let me just say that, in my experience. So what was your philosophy? – [DeVonte] It’d kinda depend on how I felt. – Okay, there you go, you just explained it. It depends on how you feel? – Right. – Okay. – [DeVonte] It’s physically arduous, so it was like, if I was too tired, maybe I’ll chuck it from a few feet. (Rhett laughs) – I mean, you got me in my own head about my mail carrier now. When I have an opportunity to have an exchange with my mail carrier. – Don’t make mail jokes. – What is the best thing to do? – [DeVonte] Just give them, like, a water or a Gatorade. – Oh, really? – Oh, give them a water. – Like, a water, Gatorade? – They won’t think you’re trying to poison them? – I mean, no, because- – [Stevie] Cassie plays basketball with our mail guy, and he’s had many a Liquid Death, let me tell you. – Which is just water. – [Stevie] It’s just water, it’s just water. – It’s just a brand of water. – He’s drowned multiple times. (Rhett laughs) Right, DeVonte. – [DeVonte] Do you guys think Karl Malone ever played basketball with his mailman? – Oh, that would’ve been, mm, yes, yeah, right. You know, Scottie Pippen, one time, in a playoff game. – He also had a rig. – On Sunday, when Scottie Pippen scored on Malone he said, “The mailman don’t deliver on Sunday.” (Rhett laughs) One of the best lines in basketball history. – In a very deep voice. – Yeah, right. – All right, Greg, that leaves you hunting for treasure, right? – [Greg] Yeah, now you’re right. – Yes, yes, yes. – So, have you, like, reframed what you have done at different points in your life to make it seem more adventurous? Like, how do you describe what you do now? – [Greg] I mean, now, I just make silly videos for the internet, but back then, I was a very gullible child, and needed to be tricked into doing things. – Oh. – Oh, so you’re saying that you are willingly working for us. – [Greg] Yes. – Okay, good. – Great. – All right. – [Greg] Yes. – All right, so you don’t need a title like Mr. Fun Times. (people laugh) – [Greg] I mean, if you wanna do, like, a colon at the end of my title, I’ll take it. – Okay, colon Mr. Fun Times, but not Mr. Fun Times. – Like a colon emoji? Like, what does that even look like? Ew. – Mr. Fun Colon Times. (Rhett laughs) – Fun colon times. (lively electronic music) – Okay, guys, thanks for participating. – Good to get to know you. See you later. – The reason I like the breast is ’cause I can take this giant piece of meat, this uniform meat, and just rip it out, and just eat it. – That’s the chicken tender. – It was a tender, and it was dripping with juice as I pulled it out, like.