
Welcome to Good Mythical Morning. Let’s build our ideal food courts. But first, let’s check our voicemail! Hello, boys. I wanted to ask you, when was the last time you did a frog? When was the last time you took a shot? When was the last time you did a poo? Where was the last time? Was it stinky too? I took a poo, right when I got the word. I don’t know where that went, but I took a poo when I got to work, so I wouldn’t shart in my britches right here. Oh. And then after that, I let a little toot. Oh, come on. I think you heard it ’cause you responded with one too. I did. I did. We had a toot off in the office. I will say, at first, hello boys! I was like, is this is Jessica Rabbit? Has has she finally called our voicemail after all those messages that I’ve sent over the years? Okay. Look at this. We’ve got this thing that we can draw on. This is a meme-a-fide thing that’s going around where, based on dollar amounts, you can spend like X amount of dollars, $15 in this case, to build your perfect thing. So we have to pick one from each category, and they roughly are kind of associated with like the popularity of the different restaurants, but it’s really just pick one from each layer, build our own food court. You want to start at one? Well, I mean, you could, you just have $15 to spend, so you can start. Oh, you’re saying to go through it? Yeah, sure. Oh. Okay. Yeah, so we have a total of $15. Yeah, you can do anything you want. You could get, you could get all of these for $4 and then you could get it again, and you’ll be at $12. I don’t want to do that. Nope. You’d be at. That’s eight. And then at 12. You get three of all of those and still have some money left over. Now I will say. That’s what I’m gonna do. That Dippin’ Dots. Matt Carney is not here today, so we can, we don’t want you to feel any obligation to satisfy his ego. It’s ’cause he’s fulfilling his obligation to keep his certification with. One day a year he’s gotta go back. Yep. Ironic that he’s there sticking those. He’s sticking the hotdogs. So I’m not gonna pick it. I’m a big fan of the Dippin’ Dots, and for a dollar I’m gonna do that. I’m looking for, I mean, you got Cinnabon up here, and Dairy Queen. Dairy Queen. If you’re starting with dessert. Orange Julius, that ain’t no way we’re gonna. Ah, we might throw it. That’s a little variety, a little snack. Mrs. Fields. That’s fun. Mrs. Fields is a really solid dessert choice. $3! But man, those cookies when they’re hot, I’m going in for Miss, well, hold on. But that’s what I was thinking. I don’t love Cinnabon, unless they’re a sponsor, and then I’m gonna love ’em. My word. I prefer Mrs. Fields over Cinnabon as well, but let me just say, Sbarro’s only a dollar and it’s the only place you can get pizza. I want pizza at my food court. I’m coming in here for a second dollar in Sbarro. Jamba Juice gives you a nice, little pick me up and it’s healthy, but is it? You, you can make. Is Jamb Juice healthy? Well, you can make a healthier choice at Jamba Juice, but for $4, I don’t know if I want to do that. That’s a lot. I definitely don’t want Subway. That’s going out. Chipotle is nice. I got to go with a Chipotle. I know I’m doing that. You gotta have a, you have to have a Chinese place and Panda Express fits the bill for me, and it’s only $2. I can’t have. Hold on! You’ve also got generic teriyaki place. That’s not. You know, every food court has this generic teriyaki place. Here’s the thing, I’m consistently disappointed with generic, teriyaki places and Panda Express has a teriyaki chicken that’s pretty solid, so why would I go when I can also get Mongolian beef, orange chicken, Kung Pao chicken, all that stuff at Panda Express, and I kind of know what I’m getting, you know? $2, that’s a steal! The Cary Towne Center has a Burger King in it, and I’m always tempted to go there. Back in the day, you know, versus, in terms of a burger spot, you got the go-to McDonald’s, but I think I can save some money, and I mean, go with Wendy’s over McDonald’s. Do you have to have a burger place? But I might go with Burger King ’cause of the Cary Towne Center. I feel like you can get your beef fix. Didn’t they close down Cary Towne Center? I’m pretty sure they did, man. I feel like it’s my fault because I stopped going. There was an E on. I moved out of the state. There was an E on “towne” and I knew that would confuse the locals. Yup. Yup. I mean, it took 25 years, but. I think it was because it was one story and they were like, why? Where’s the escalators? There’s not an escalator. There’s a perceived, low-lifeness to a mall with no escalators. It had a, but it was Cary’s. If there’s no outdoor part. No outdoor part. Stevie comes from a place, that Four Seasons in Greensboro, they got like 18. 18 stories. I don’t think you wanna go there. The Four Seasons in Greensboro? Yeah. Winter, summer, fall, spring. There’s a floor for every season. Well, I know you did your nose hairs. Bob and Randall. Yeah. Cary Towne Center closed in January of this year after 40 years of business. Yep. 40 Years. Because of that E in towne. They put and RE on the end of center? ‘Cause that would have been another mistake. No. They didn’t do that. It’s kinda like us, you got to choose your battles here. I feel like, have you been to a Charlie’s Philly Cheese? I’m sorry, the second most asked question is, “Why did Cary Towne Center closing?” Yeah. See, there you go. Oh, I thought, Oh, Charlies. Why it closing? Now, I’m gonna go with Charlie’s. Do we have an answer? ‘Cause it was one story. Something about Ikea. Honestly, it’s an interesting answer. They built an Ikea on top of it, had to close. I think, are they turning it into an Ikea? The whole mall because of an Ikea. Oh, wait. No, the Ikea was going there in May 20th, 2018. It reversed its plans and publicly announced the retailer was no longer coming to Cary because of the retail apocalypse, and so they did not go there. Okay. Oh, and then they defaulted on the mall’s mortgage. Whoops! Ikea did? And had to sell the mall. No, the owners of Cary Towne Center. Yeah, you can’t have a one story mall sitting there and do nothing. I’m tempted by Charlie’s, but I’m going with Popeye’s ’cause I got to represent a chicken sandwich somewhere at the mall. I have philosophy about food courts and that’s I only want restaurants that feel like they only belong at a food court. I know I’m going against that rule with Panda Express, but I’m only doing that because I need a Chinese place. I’m not gonna select McDonald’s, Popeye’s, Wendy’s, Burger King because there are everywhere else outside of town. I don’t need one when I’m at the mall. I’m in a mall kind of mood. Which brings me back to Mrs. Fields. What was I thinking? I got to go with you. Yeah. I don’t know why I was thinking I could not have Sbarro, because as we’ve determined, it’s been surprised by. It’s good, man. It’s great. So what am I gonna add? And it’s only a dollar. This is a steal, man. Four, seven, five. I’m at 12. I’ve only got $3 left. I can’t even do anything from this row. I have $3 left too, but I have Mrs. Fields. Stevie, I’m gonna let you weigh in here. Is there something, if you want to lobby for something, do you know what yours would be? Hmm. Anything. ‘Cause right now, this is where I’m at. And I’m done with this because nine. I feel like you would have strong opinions about this, Stevie. 15. Yeah, I do. I think that my go-to, if I was eating at the mall, food court, was always the Chinese food place, so I think that my like, number one would probably be Panda Express. I never went for the fast food at the mall. It was always like a Sbarro, Yeah. Chinese food situation. But, and you know, part of it is because they don’t do free samples. Like even McDonald’s. I’ve tried, They won’t give you a free. Panda Express. Little piece of a McRib. They won’t do it. They’ll give you a sample. If you’re in line at Wendy’s, they’ll come up and give you a sample. Try to lure you over. They will? They’ll try to pull you into the Panda. Oh, you said Wendy’s. Also. Oh, well yeah. Okay. When you’re in, okay, got it. The Wendy’s line. Four Seasons had a DQ-Orange Julius combo situation. Well, we should get a discount for tying those together. That’s what I’m saying. This is what you’re doing, so you’re doing, you got $2 plus 3, you’re at $9. You remember that place that was a standalone coffee place at Cary Towne Center. When you were going to the food court, you’re walking into the food court on the right side. It was in its own like, section of the mall, and it was called like. It looked fancy. A woman’s name and I always thought it was super fancy and I didn’t want to go into it. What kind of place? A coffee place? A coffee shop. And the first time I went was when, it was like, Jessie took me. Angelina’s. This girl’s fancy. She went into this coffee shop. I’ve only ever walked past. Angelina’s or something like that. Man, what was the name of that? Mall coffee. It was back before coffee took over. It was like, what? It was pre-Starbucks. How could there be a shop that’s just selling coffee? It’s like, we didn’t understand. And when we smelled it, we were like, gross. Anybody got any clues? And then Starbucks came along and said, everybody deserves to be. You said it was in Cary Towne Center? Cary Towne Center. Coffee. Oh, I can not get there because of the connection. Probably Angelica’s or something. My wife would know, man. Stevie, you still got $6 to spend. Fresca? Nope. I got $3. And, honestly? You want to, what about Charlie’s or Cinnabon? You like a Cinnabon? I’m okay with a Cinnabon. I’ve never seen a Popeye’s in a food court and I do feel like Popeye’s, yeah. I feel like I might be on the Popeye’s train. Yeah, you don’t need any more. No. Sweetness, Yeah. So this is you. So now you’ve got $1. You’re just down here. You might as well add something. You want to throw a bone? Definitely Dippin’ Dots for sure. Oh, okay. Yep. I mean, have you had Dippin’ Dots? It’s the ice cream of the future. All right. I feel like I’m down to a choice between. We bought some at the grocery store. We’ve had it in our home for the past week. I’m down to. Was it, Jasmine Cafe? Crazy. No. I’m down to Auntie Anne’s, ’cause that could be a $3, just blow the whole thing right there, and we know pretzels. She earned it. But, for $3, I can also do, hit a hot dog on a stick, which gives you a corn dog option at the mall, which is a great walking food. Oh yeah and teriyaki. And I’ll throw the teriyaki place in as well, because it’s always good to have two of those options just so you can feel like you’ve made a choice that feels empowered because you could sample from both places. That’s what I’m doing. You, the sample, the sample is really at play here. Did you guys notice that Auntie Anne’s is on there and not Wetzel’s? Gloria Jeans! That’s it. Gloria Jeans. Gloria Jeans. We never went to Gloria Jeans. Gloria! Gloria! I was super fancy. Because the Mythical Crew made two different versions of these, depending on which pretzel was going to win the main episode. Isn’t that cool? You got the details. Yeah! You know what? They think of it all. Where’s the other one? For you! Where’s the other one? Can I look at it? No, don’t get. He said I got to get it out of the trash. You got to get it out of the trash. Lucas had already eaten it. It’s just a piece of paper, guys. No, he said, “I got to get it out of the trashcan.” Oh. See? Just so you know, the way that they Mythical Crew works around here, I mean, listen. That exists, guys. And, I can’t erase it. Because it’s just paper. ‘Cause it’s just paper. Why don’t you sign that? And we’ll send that to somebody in the Mythical Society. We do that kind of thing. Look at that. You wanna sign it? Rhett and singing. There you go. I signed. Now that’s gonna go to a special member of the, you know, we’ll do another one. This is what we do. If you’re a third degree member of the Mythical Society, we just randomly send you things. I’m gonna spell my name right this time. Okay. I’m gonna do that. I’ll circle. I’ll circle., I’m gonna circle. I’m gonna circle Sbarro. Maybe we’ll resend them in a new Sharpie. All right. Fished that out of the trash can, send it to a Mythical Society member. There you go. Oh, speaking of Mythical Society, we got to get it to that wedding. Crap! All right. Do you want, oh, before I go,. I should talk I should talk about the fact, the reason I’ve got on a shirt from 2019. It’s not just because I liked this shirt, and kept it, and I wear it, it’s actually for Cyber Monday, we’re bringing back some old stuff from the Mythical Vault. Basically opening up, reselling some shirts and reissues of shirts and things that were popular in the past that people. Missed. Bring them back by popular demand. So go over to mythical.com because they’re gonna move very quickly because things are selling real fast over there. Some of our most popular items are back for one day only this Cyber Monday. Go to mythical.com to check out what’s in the vault.
