Welcome to Good Mythical MORE. Woo! You ready to be fun time? Ready to be fun time. Well, actually this is gonna get real because we’re gonna be presented with an ensemble cast of, it could be a actual cast- A category. Or things. Yeah. And we have to exclude something. We gotta kick something to the curb. We gotta sideline something. Mm-hmm. I’m so ready for that. Everybody can’t be involved. But first, we’re donating $1,000 to the Jed Foundation to aid in their mission to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for teens and young adults. The Jed Foundation partners with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention programs. And they work to equip young people with the skills and knowledge to help themselves and each other. Please join us in giving and being your mythical best at jedfoundation.org. That’s J-E-D foundation.org. Woo! We have to be diplomatic about this. We have to be as nice as possible ’cause we’re cutting people out. We’re cutting things out. I’m gonna be a total- We’re offending fictional characters. butthole. We’re offending… Okay, you can be a butthole and Link and I will be nice. I’m in a butthole mood today. Have you ever been in a group and you’ve been told that you can’t be included? Yeah, Yeah. In fact, one time at Legoland, I was about to get on that ride that puts you out on the thing and whips you all around. I’d been waiting in forever in line, and I get there, and I get up there, and they’re like, “Sir, you’re too tall.” And I did the walk of shame in front of everyone and somebody was like, “It’s Rhett!” Walk of shame. And that turned, you know what? That day I officially turned into a butthole. That’s what did it. I’ve been a butthole ever since. Well, you’ll be happy to know that ride’s not there anymore. What? Somebody got killed? No, it just made too many buttholes. Oh, okay. All right, let’s see the first one. Turning people into buttholes. Oh, cast of “Friends”. Oh, oh, man. Because I don’t know that I’ve ever watched a complete episode of “Friends”. Stop! It’s just not… I’m of an age, I’m a “Seinfeld” guy, and I felt like I had to make a choice. I obviously prefer “Seinfeld”. Wait, you’re of an age where you watched a sitcom that was on at the same time and just had to make a choice. There was slight crossover. There was some crossover. Yeah, but you know, I liked one so much that, like, that was my jam. So this, it wasn’t for me. Man. Which one are you gonna kick to the curb? It’s definitely either Ross or Chandler. Is this a thing? I was having that exact same debate, but I landed on one because one of them’s just slightly more annoying to me. Man, I don’t know. I mean, could he be anymore annoying? I think we met Chandler at Sundance one time and we interviewed him for something. He was not nice to us. He wasn’t excited about being interviewed. I don’t think it had to do with us. He was sort of true to character, I think. But actually, I’m saying Chandler. I’m getting rid of Ross. Why? I’m getting rid of Ross because I think that Chandler is just, he’s dealing with a lot, and sometimes he may come across as a butthole, but you don’t know what happened to him yesterday. Maybe he didn’t get on the ride at Legoland. See, you’re a butthole. See? Yeah, you’re- You’ve taken up for the butthole. You like him because he’s a butthole and you’re a butthole. I am the most Chandler that, you know, I probably track most Chandler, so I can’t kick him off. I don’t think so. I wouldn’t say that about you. Well, who do you think I track most with? Phoebe? Hmm. Maybe a Rachel. A Rachel? He might be a Rachel. I’ll take that. I think Link is Phoebe. Link is more of a Phoebe. What does that mean? She’s in touch with her feelings, right? And out of touch with most everything else. Okay. But Rachel, you know, had the Rachel hairstyle. That’s what you’re working with. Right. Definitely. That’s what we’re trying to do. Yeah, and Phoebe was into smelly things, which as we know, you guys are also into smelly things. Oh, she likes stinks? Yeah. Cats, specifically. Cats? Smelly cat. Hello? Oh, sorry. I forgot that you’ve never watched “Friends” ever before, but she does have an iconic song called “Smelly Cat.” Oh, she’s a singer. How about this next show? I actually am guilty of not seeing a full episode of “Golden Girls,” “Golden Girls.” And it’s not good. Yeah, I think I would watch reruns of this at my babysitter’s house. I’m trying to go back to go back to when I watched this as a kid and think about who I liked the least then versus trying to figure it out now and I- Here’s what I remember, just to kinda profile ’em a little bit. Rose, I don’t remember much about Rose, but I think it was just Betty White. It was Betty White being Betty White and Rose and Sophia, you can’t get rid of them. They’re both incredible. Sophia was Dorothy’s mom and Estelle Getty, and she was hilarious. She was not nearly as old as the character she played. Dorothy was very acerbic. She was the leader in trying to keep everybody in line. But she had this re- She was a smart aleck and very funny, very dry sense of humor. Probably dry in other ways, too. I mean, at a certain age… Blanche was sex-crazed. Everything about Blanche was booty calls, knocking the boots. It made me feel weird watching it as a kid. Yeah. You know, it was like, when she started talking about sex, I was like, she’s a old lady. I don’t know what I- What if my grandma started talking like that? Yeah, she made me uncomfortable. It’s like a grandma that was just talking about- So I think that the young me would get rid of Blanche. Mine, too. My young self. The old me would fully embrace Blanche. But the old me- the younger me- Like, literally? Yeah, I’d hug her. Yeah. Okay. You know that the cast actually wasn’t that, you know, there’s that whole meme going around where they changed their hairstyles because the hair makes them look older than they were. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we gotta go with Blanche ’cause she- Get rid of Blanche here. I kind of feel like it might be- Would it be cool to get into watching reruns of the “Golden Girls” or as soon as I tried it I would be disappointed? That’s an interesting thing. I don’t know. That’s in right now, reruns of “The Golden Girls.” I think you should. I feel so overwhelmed with all the options that we have with what’s being made currently, and I feel like there might be a comfort thing- Great theme song. And, like, just watching a sitcom from that day. Yeah, “Friends.” I’m gonna try it. As a kid, I could watch- How about this sitcom? Oh, “Saved by the Bell.” Lisa Turtle. Slater. Now, we’re not thinking about anything that these folks have done in their real lives, as not- We’re thinking about the characters. The characters, right? And I would say, specifically, the high school years. No, it did not follow them into the college years. Not the specials or the college years, which I watched multiple times, as well. And there’s a clear answer. Were you referring to something? Was there a controversial character here, or? Well, Screech is a little controversial, and Lisa Turtle also is a little controversial. Well, Screech died. Yeah, yeah. But before that. And Jessie. Jessie died, too? No, no. Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah. There’s, yeah. There’s been some things with this crew. Might I remind you that the only celebrity I wrote to as a kid was Tiffani Amber Thiessen, who played Kelly. We’re not getting rid of Kelly. Don’t worry about that. What’d you say to her? What was the point? I probably had a crush on her and I probably was like, “You’re so cool.” But she sent me back a signed, and I think it was just printed, postcard with an image of her on it. What’d you do with that postcard? I don’t know. You didn’t put it on your bulletin board? Well, it’s interesting because in “Best Friends Back, All right!” you know, I did keep certain things. Not that, though? And can reference them. But no, not the postcard, which is frustrating ’cause I wish I did have that postcard. Did you have a bulletin board in your room as a kid? I just taped things to the wall. Taped. Well, like with Scotch tape. You had a bulletin board. Yeah. I definitely had a bulletin board. And everything was perfectly arranged on it. Mine had layers and layers and layers. Oh, you just kept throwing stuff on top of it? Yeah, whatever was the most important was on the top. But you wouldn’t take anything else off? No. Why would you do that? Wow. Then you have history there. Yeah. It was like geological formations. That’s cool. Zack went on to be- It will be excavated one day. In a cop show. We know Slater played Colonel Sanders. Did Kelly Kapowski go on to being something else? She is doing some food work, I believe. ‘Cause she was supposed to be on- But she was in that other teen drama that lasted a long time. “Melrose Place.” “Melrose Place.” Yes. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, I didn’t know that. Oh, wow. Kelly Kapowski. I’m thinking about the characters and the dynamic on the actual show. I actually think that there are two people. I think you gotta get rid of Lisa. Maybe Jessie. I think Lisa- What’d Lisa ever do? No, I think Lisa and Jessie- Nothing. That’s the point. No, I think the three things that you have to have is you have to have Zack and Kelly and Screech, right? Slater, Jessie, and Lisa are on the chopping block. I completely agree with that. Slater was the- Him and Zack were, like, is a love-hate relationship. I’m getting rid of Jessie. Same! That was the right answer! Jessie was a great dancer. Zack would never be the dancer he was if it wasn’t for Jessie stepping in and teaching him how to dance so that he could win Kelly in that one episode against Slater and the dance-off. But then he wised up and said, “You know what, Jessie? We’re just gonna go together and we’re gonna win this dance contest.” And you know what? They didn’t. I think they just tied or something. Yeah. Ended it in a tie. It’s very memorable. And I was wrong. Tiffani Amber Thiessen was “90210,” not “Melrose Place.” Oh, “90210.” Yeah, but still. I mean, hey, “90210.” Okay. Okay, so Link, you’re saying Lisa? Yep. I get what you’re saying. You’re not saying she’s a bad character. You’re just saying she doesn’t bring much. Yeah, the dynamic that she brought to the table. I get that. If you got rid of Jessie or Lisa, the core dynamic of the show stays the same. I agree. Yeah. Now, interestingly enough, in season one, there was no Slater and there was no- I don’t think there was a Kelly, either. What? What are you… I thought that the writers put something up on the screen for you, but what are you do- What do you mean? Are you reading off something? No, Lando was watching “Saved by the Bell,” and I asked him, I was like, “Tell me about the characters. What do you think of the characters?” I was like, “What do you think of Slater?” He was like… I was like, “What? You know, the muscle guy.” He was like, “He’s not- I don’t know who you’re talking about.” Slater came the sixth episode of first season. Oh, okay. I guess Lando wasn’t… He wasn’t in the first five episodes. What about- Kelly was there from the beginning. Kelly? You can’t start the show without Kelly. No, I’m saying she wasn’t in season one, either. Well, then why did people start watching? Well, there was a middle school version of “Saved by the Bell,” too. There was a precursor series to “Saved by the Bell” that I believe Zack and Screech were in. Which episode? Oh, she shows up in the same episode as Slater. Yeah, the first five episodes didn’t have Kelly or Slater. Wow. Yeah, so it’s kind of hard to start back then. A.C. Slater, Kelly Kapowski, and Jessie Spano were nowhere to be seen- Not Jessie. In the pilot. Well, look at the group in the pilot. Scroll back up to that. It’s Lisa Turtle, Screech, Zack, and then three other people that you don’t know who they are. Look how young they are. Who’s the kid next to Zack in that picture? He looks familiar, but. Nobody. Nobody. Okay, well, you learn something new everyday. We’re moving on to movies. All right, let’s do it. And I have no- Oh, we gotta kick a “Lord of the Rings” to the curb? Yeah. Well, “Two Towers” is my favorite. I stand by it strongly. “Return of the King” is my favorite. I love them all. You obviously can’t dispense with the first one. I’m gonna kick “Return of the King” to the curb. Oh, no, I’m kicking “Two Towers” to the curb because I feel like with the book ends, you can complete the story and sort of fill in the blanks in the middle. You can, but “The Two Towers” is the best. Extended edition. I mean, I don’t know. I love ’em all. I think the one that got me the most was the first one because it was this whole new, you know, not whole new world, but the books that I had fallen in love with, and then “The Return of the King,” just the way it all just came together. And I just feel like “The Two Towers,” great movie, but I mean, if you lose it, you don’t lose a key piece of the story. I can’t argue with that, but it is my favorite, so I’m not gonna lose it. I’m just gonna be left hanging. Stevie, do you have enough strong opinion on this? Absolutely not. But I accept each of your opins and we can move on to the next one. Do you feel the way that we feel about “Friends” about “Lord of the Rings”? Do you know the way we feel about “Friends” about “Lord of the Rings”? Do you feel about “Lord of the Rings” the way that we feel about “Friends”? Oh. No, because at least you knew all the characters in “Friends”. Oh! Dang! So you never sat through these many hours? I think I’ve told you in the past, every time I’ve tried to watch “Lord of the Rings,” I’ve fallen asleep about 15, 20 minutes in. Yeah, and you just don’t have taste. Yeah, that’s why I’ve been with you guys for 10 years. Oh! Yeah, I’m not surprised by that. This not your thing. Give us another one. Have you guys checked out “Ear Biscuits”? Oh, what is that? We’re too busy listening to “Best Friends Back, Alright!” Oh, yeah. Well, what I was gonna say about “Ear Biscuits” is that there’s a YouTube channel, actually. So you can actually see you guys and not just listen to you. I don’t know if you knew that that was the case. I didn’t know I was being watched while I was recording that podcast. Yeah. I would’ve done my hair. You can watch us talk to each other. Apparently, the ones where we cry are the ones that you wanna watch the most. That’s what we’ve observed. But they’re all available on our YouTube channel, Ear Biscuits. If we laugh, if we cry, any way we react, you can see it on our YouTube channel. Okay, we’re moving on to social media platforms. Snapchat, Twitter, TikTok, and Metaverse. What’s it called? Insta. No, what is the Facebook called now? Meta. Facebook. Meta. All right. The Facebook company. But it says Facebook by Meta, right? Or Instagram by Meta. It’s not just Meta Meta. Yeah, still says Instagram. Well, I don’t personally use Snapchat. Now, let me tell you right now, my kids- I mean, this is how they communicate. They don’t text. Right. They snap each other. And Locke will get into a conversation with somebody, and I’ll be driving in the car, he’s in the passenger seat, and just, specifically, like the other night, we’re driving and it’s dark, and every couple minutes, his camera flashes. And I look over and he’s taking a picture of himself. Taking a picture of himself. They text back and forth with each other and make faces at each other. Like, here’s a comment and here’s what I think about what you just said. It’s, like, use your face as an emoji? Yes. To go along with your- It’s fascinating the way that kids are communicating. Interesting. I rented a car and, you know, you have to go through the thing where you check out at the booth and say, “Are you stealing this or are you buying it- renting it?” And I said I’m renting it. And he said, “Oh, I watch you on Snapchat!” I got that. Yup. Yup. Okay, Good Mythical Morning is available on Snapchat. It is on Snapchat. Now, any of the youngest members- It’s a different edit. Do you guys- Check it out. Communicate via Snapchat? Or everybody here is too old for that, right? Not me, but my brother. Sort of. Oh, okay, Amy’s, like, a little bit? A little bit. You sending pictures like… You send emoji faces? And selfies. I guess we’ll kick Snapchat to the curb. Yeah, I think- That makes sense. Yeah, I think in my personal life, yes, I would have to get rid of Snapchat. Okay. We’re gonna move on to chicken. Oh, okay. I’m gonna kick the breast to the curb. I do this all the time. I’m a dark meat man, and then I’ll go to the wing. So I’ll eat a thigh, I’ll eat a leg, I’ll eat another thigh, and then if it’s like, “I wanna little bit something more,” I’ll eat a wing. Well, this is tough because- Agreed. You agree with me? I agree except for- Well, I mean, I do really like a wing because it has more skin to meat ratio. So it’s like a, I don’t know, a wing is great. But a wing does not make a meal. You know, so if you’re having a whole chicken situation, you can’t be the wing guy because that doesn’t make sense. So I’m a thigh and wing situation and not a white meat, not a breast. I will point out that in this particular picture, for thigh, you’re showing a full quarter, which includes the drumstick. I mean, you know, I mean, it’s okay. Everything’s gonna be fine. I’m a whole chicken man, but I do like breasts because you get the most meat in a bite. So what are you kicking to the curb, man? I’m not gonna kick a wing to the curb because of hot wings. Right. So to me, it comes down to the thigh and the drumstick. And I think that a thigh is bringing everything that a drumstick is bringing and a little bit more. I agree with that. I know that you have the hand ability of a drumstick, but I’m getting rid of the drumstick ’cause most of the time you bite into a drumstick, you get something you didn’t want. Yeah. You know what I’m saying? It’s like, “Whoa! A part of a leg.” Now, I’m not grossed out by it, it’s just not- Didn’t it used to be- Like, as a kid, I remember really liking drumsticks and thinking they were the superior piece of chicken. But as an adult, I’m like- Drumsticks are for kids. Like, what happened? Kids are simple. I think drumsticks got worse over time ’cause now they’re not- yeah. You grew up. I think they stopped putting weird stuff in chickens. Peter Pan still eats drumsticks. Okay, and finally, GMM formats. Oh. Okay. Oh, okay. So we got darts, “Will it” “Will it,” “Naked Foods,” or “Gut Check.” Oh! And we have to get rid of one of these. Hmm-mm-mm-mm. Definitely not getting rid of darts. This is tough. I’ll get rid of “Will it.” I could be tired of it. I mean, I’m just saying, it’s the one we’ve done the longest, so it’s like, eh, you know? To me it comes down to “Will it” and “Gut Check” because “Naked Foods,” I personally enjoy making those episodes so much because- Look at today. Most of the time we’re tasting things that, we’re gonna find something that’s super, super good. And there’s nothing that’s gonna be, like, it might be cheap, but it’s not gonna be gross. If I’m playing “Will it,” I’m gonna end up eating something gross. Yeah. That’s right. In “Gut Check,” I’m gonna eat a bunch of the same thing, and sometimes that feels gross. That’s it. We’re killing “Will it.” We’re killing “Will it.” There it is. We did it, right there. Sorry. Wasn’t our idea. Stevie made us do it. We’re not gonna kill any. We’re not killing any of those. And let’s not talk about that in the comments, either. Too late. To get the “Rhett & Link Sing Brooks & Dunn” vinyl record, join third degree monthly by April 30th or third degree quarterly or annual by June 30th. MythicalSociety.com for details.