Welcome to Good Mythical More. Each state has a most popular fast food restaurant. We’re gonna explore that data today. We love data. Yeah! But first, let’s list ’em all. Excuses for canceling Plans. I got a bunion. Um… I’m dead. I’m sucking on Big Deborah’s toes. My mom grounded me. My hamster died. My dad grounded me. My newspaper got ripped. My adopted mom grounded me. A disc fell on me. My adopted mom grounded me. I got sick. Did I say that twice? Yes. I’m lazy, let’s be real. I gotta go get a tattoo. I’m scared. I gotta work with yeast. I gotta work with invertebrates. I gotta work with crustaceans. I got lost on the way here. I’m just… I’m just swimming this afternoon. My elbow bends the wrong way. I don’t like you. Something stinks and I’m pretty sure it’s me. My adopted mom has to spin the wheel of yeast with me. Um… I just feel like we could just, we’re just saying things that could happen. I forgot to put on clothes. I’m just– I was here. Yeah. I have a forehead. I mean, like, I just– No, that’s not an excuse. I mean, it could be. All right, you lose. I think I got adopted by the same person twice. Yeah. Didn’t mean to do that. Hey, listen. I’ve learned recently… Data time. a lot of really important things that we learn about us and our bodies and studies that eventually get done on humans, they start often with yeast. Really? So it’s important. What are you looking at? What do you mean by that? Like, is there more context that you’re gonna give to that? Well, I was listening to a podcast last night, as a matter of fact. Like going to sleep? And uh… What are you doing listening to a podcast last night? Uh… In the car? In the car. Yeah. You like, walked back out to your car and listened to a podcast? No, no, no. Like on the way home. Oh. And it was just like a podcast that was playing. I just pictured it was like, late at night. And it was like it’s… It’s the same guy I was talking about the other day. That Harvard guy. And he was talking about different studies and they were talking about yeast studies and they like, start to see like, because a lot of, ’cause we’re made outta the same stuff that yeast is, man. It’s just cells, dude. So like, working with yeast that guy’s like, saving lives and changing the world. Working with starfish, not so much. But I mean… No, you guys, it’s also very important. I’m joking. They’re both very important. Guessing fast food restaurant popularity by state. William and Mary are both important. That’s most important. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. We’re doing the real work here. Okay. Data. We found an article from a marketing agency called TOP, topagency.com, that compiled data to determine the most popular fast food restaurants in the US as of June 2022 by the amount of times they were visited. So, what state do you think Hardee’s is the most popular in? Obviously, it’s east of the Mississippi. It’s gonna be close to home for us. Carl’s Jr. not counted. My earliest memories are of my pawpaw taking me to Hardee’s. Picking me up from preschool. So, the number of visits the total number of visits? Yes… Like, so the number of times a person in this state goes to a fast food restaurant, Hardee’s would be the number one, like, more than McDonald’s. That’s kind of wild. Like, what the… Like, how many times that place was visited, that place was visited more than any other place. Now, all Rhett’s saying is that there is a state where more… People go to Hardee’s. Hardee’s is more popular than McDonald’s. And is it on average per location because– That’s what we’re saying. That IS what you’re saying. Yeah, that’s what we’re saying. Like, Hardee’s is more visited than any other fast food chain in this state. Hardee’s was so popular for us growing up. The reason why is because Hardee’s, they would build in smaller towns. They’d put a stat through in there too. Like there was a Hardee’s in Lillington when I was in preschool. But there wasn’t a McDonald’s in Lillington until we were in high school. Right. And it was a strategy. But what other states were they doing this small town strategy in? I’m gonna guess North Carolina, actually. I think North Carolina’s the best guess. I was gonna say the same thing. It’s not. It’s not. But, oddly enough, like, Hardee’s is the only fast food place I too can remember going to often. But my– Remember the plastic furniture? I think it was more because they had some kind of like premium burger marketing thing at one point? The big burger that would fall down. They kind of came up with that. But, no, like the five… It was like a $5 like, premium burger that was like, supposed to be just like a sit down restaurant. It rejuvenated– Mississippi. Nope. Alabama. Your choices are: Wyoming, California, Montana, Illinois. What? What? Illinois? Hardee’s goes all the way out there? No, these are just multiple choices. Only one of them is correct. I will say, it goes farther than I thought. Illinois. I’m saying Montana. Wyoming. Wyoming. ‘Cause of the beef. Hmm. Okay. Wyoming. I do wonder where does Hardee’s stop and Carl’s Jr. start? In the center of my heart. It it must be the… What’s the Rocky Mountain line called? And who determines that? And we should take a hike along that line. Let… All right. Rhett and Link are hiking between the Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s divide. Forget Hardee’s. Give me another one. I do wanna know where that is though, ’cause I wanna know what that hike would be like. Burger King? Where is Burger King most popular? Um, I think this is like New Jersey. Mm… Oh, look at the dividing line. This is the dividing line. Wow. That’s interesting. Be one heck of a trip, wouldn’t it? Just all along the way. That’s a funny– We’re making decisions about Carl Jr. Or Hardee’s. All right, let’s not forget about Hardee’s, because this is a good idea, Rhett. You know what? It took me a while to get used to. We take that trip– Now that I’ve seen the line, I do like the idea of us– Traversing it. Like… Well, there’s only one way we’re gonna do it. And that’s if Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s is watching right now and want’s to fund this. If they wanna sponsor that cross country trip– Talk to them directly. Hey, y’all– Listen, my fondest memories are at a Hardee’s. And my most recent memories are at a Carl’s Jr. Somewhere in the middle, there’s a line. We would like to travel it. And let me just say specifically, I’m gonna get a little meta here. Step outside the box of your corporate marketing jargon world. We know how this world works. We’ve been in this world for a long time. And what we have found is 100% of the time, without exception, that an outfit like us, who would actually make a great thing, it would be a great marketing campaign. When you go and you pitch it to a brand, they never understand what you’re trying to do. And they always say no. They wanna do what their ad agency has come up with and they have a system. This is a better idea, okay? Maybe this is a good idea. Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s– This is a decent idea. The money goes to the same place. Sponsor us on a trip across America where we’re going on the dividing line, for the right price, of course. But listen, this is a good idea. Someone contact us. Someone reach out to us. Don’t let this idea just get lost in the muck of ineffective old school marketing! So what are we gonna be doing? Just eating at Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.! No, we’re not. Just make choices. We’re gonna be doing more than that. And other things. But the pitch can’t be just, “This is a good idea!” No, we’re gonna be– It has to– Think of all the stuff you could do. Look at that map. We’re crossing so many states. There’s so many things that we can do in those states. And one of us can be a Hardee’s guy and one of us can be a Carl’s Jr. guy. And we talk to each other about how good the things were that we were eating. But we’re both always on one side of the other. Like, the line’s always between us. Yes. We never touch. There’s a relational tension there. There’s a through line. We never touch Yep. Until the end. I call you Carl. You call me Hardee. Yep. There you go. I was gonna say Junior, but that wouldn’t have made sense. Nope. Anyway, we’ll work– Hard and Carl We’ll work out the kinks. Hard and Carl. I’ll be Hard, you’ll be Carl. We’ll work out the kinks. But prove us wrong. The whole time. Prove us wrong that no one will contact us about this. Every time I’m on camera. Great idea. Okay. That’s a good pitch. Burger King? That was great. You tried really hard. And I think that’s… It won’t work though. That’s the beautiful thing about it. No, no, no. It might work. I believe that you did all you can. They’ve had some good marketing campaigns. Some Gen… Here’s what’s gonna to happen. You’ve done work. Some Gen Z employee, like Ever, is gonna come into the boardroom. Actually, it’s gonna be a Zoom call. And he’s gonna be like, “Uh, there’s a show that I watch and I want to show you guys. I’ve edited down their pitch, cause it was kind of long. But like, what do you guys think about this?” And they’re gonna be like, “Next. Bad idea”. I’m just saying, that’s probably what’s gonna happen. I don’t know. Prove us wrong. We’re really trying to work with brands today, aren’t we? Um, Burger King. Let’s come up with an idea for them. I said New Jersey is my blind guess for Burger King. I’m gonna be down in Arizona. Options are: Kansas… As I say some of these states, I always am reminded that they exist. Forgot about Kansas. Don’t tell them that. Well, there’s 50 of them! For a moment, I’m like, is Kansas…? Kansas? Yes. That’s how you say it. Is Kansas a state or a city? Kan-ZAS. Kansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, or Maine. So you’re going with Connecticut, now? Connecticut, ’cause I was pretty close to it. Not Hawaii. I’m gonna go with Maine. It’s Maine. Yeah! I wonder why. It does seem odd, but we are saying that they go there more than any other fast food place. I don’t know why in, my mind, people of Maine don’t eat fast food. Well, did y’all realize… Okay, we had that Ch’King sandwich on the show. We said it was the best chicken sandwich, I think. One of us did. We said we loved it. Yeah. Yes, we did. It actually made all these waves in like internet food places about how good it was. They discontinued it in less than a year. We killed it. I went to the Burger King, and I said, and I looked when I got into the drive through, I don’t do this often, but I went to the drive through, I saw the sandwich and it was like, “Royal Crispiness” or something like that. I was like, “Uh, yeah. Did you guys change the name of the Ch’King to the Royal Crispy sandwich?” And the woman was like, “Yeah”. She lied to me! I ordered it. It’s totally different. It’s not nearly as good. Like, what happened? Why can’t we have nice things? So they have another fried chicken sandwich? That’s not as good. So I don’t wanna do anything for Burger King now. I’ll do something for y’all later after the Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s thing. But I don’t have a pitch for Burger King. Unless it’s like, bring back the Ch’King with Rhett and Ling. Yeah, I’ll be Rhett. You be Ling. We’ll work out the kinks. I’m still Hard though. Next. Uh, Church’s Chicken. Oh man. Church’s Chicken is some good stuff. I don’t think I’ve ever been to Church’s Chicken. I’m going with, uh… Church’s Chicken– You’re going there and you’re like, planning on it? Oh, I’m going there tonight. I’m gonna go with… I’m going with South Carolina. I’m gonna go with Tennessee. I… I… Yeah. Tennessee. I would have gone South as well. But the options are Arizona, Utah, New York, and South Dakota. Okay, you’re telling me more people in South Dakota– South Dakota! are going to Church’s than anything else? Well, some state. It’s gotta be South Dakota, ’cause the population’s so small that weird things happen when you have that few people. You know, like the numbers are all off. It’s also an actual church there. Yep. South Dakota. I just like… Sometimes I just like, can hear murmuring behind these things. Yeah, ’cause I… I’m… The answer is New York and it’s– Okay. So now… Okay. Now we’re beginning to understand there’s something wrong with this system. That’s why like… More people eat Church’s Chicken every single day in New York than any other fast food? It’s very confusing. I’m willing die on that hill that that’s not true. But I will do a campaign for Church’s Chicken and say that more people in New York eat at Church’s Chicken than any other fast food, for the right price. Uh, Carl and Hard? I have a little… This is kind of like an indictment of Internet as itself. ‘Cause there’s, if you Google “most popular fast food by state”, like, all these articles come up and they’re reputable places and they all link back to this one thing. And this one thing has like, the “top five restaurants, fast food by state”. And McDonald’s shows up in a few, but it’s the number one in zero of them. So… It doesn’t make any sense. So, you know, McDonald’s is there, but apparently more people in New York go to, what did we just say? Church’s Chicken! Church’s. Which doesn’t seem to make sense. But it’s the internet, so… It has to be right. Yeah. Okay. And if we start doubting that, then we gotta get rid of Good Mythical More altogether. Right. We can’t cast aspersions on this whole operation. Yeah, right. Right. Like we’re in this together at this point. Listen, I believe it a 100%. Church’s Chicken, most popular fast food in New York. You know what else is true? Turn out the lights, the party’s over. Look at this. You can get your very own Good Mythical Morning night light to light up your life. Make your night a Good Mythical Morning. The GMM Night Light is available at Walmart and walmart.com. See that? Take that, Target. I’m making it dark and it comes on. I’m making it light, it’s not. Dark, light. Dark, light. Dark, light. Dark, light. Dark, light. Dark, light. Dark, light. Dark, light. Dark, light. Dark, light. Okay. Oh, good morning. Let’s have another one of these… I think you could do– Unquestionably accurate. You could do a “Take me to Church’s” campaign. Are we still pitching? Yeah. No. And it’s like, are we gonna go? And every day it’s like, every episode, are they going to a church or are they going to Church’s Chicken? Yeah. Yeah. And it’s an internet campaign and either way, someone’s getting baptized. Oh yeah. Some people are getting baptized in chicken grease. Hot chicken grease. A&W is the most popular in three states. That’s just… No, it’s not! No, it’s not! Yes, it is. Yes, it is. We know that this is true. Yes, it is. A&W. The source of this study, They do have 206 Twitter followers. Harvard. How many followers? 206. 206? Okay, well… 206 people are willing to go along with this so we are. Uh… A&W? Their burgers are bad. I don’t think I’ve ever had a good A&W restaurant experience. What are you supposed to get at A&W? I think it’s hot dogs, right? Root beer floats? Is that what you supposed to get, a hotdog? Yeah, I would… Yeah. Root beer floats are like the… I’ve never been to an A&W and that’s why when I see North Carolina on the list of the three… I know. Well, there’s an A&W in the RDU Airport. Yeah, there is. Well, what are the other choices? Well, a lot of people eat at the airport. Vermont. New York. I bet it’s also the number one in New York. Well, I gave you one out of the three. One out of the three is North Carolina, which I don’t believe in. Me neither. So there’s two more. Yeah, let’s hear ’em. What they actually are? Or you wanna guess? No, I want the choices. I’m just… I really I said Vermont. can’t tell if you’re saying you want the choices or you don’t. Vermont was my guess. Vermont’s incorrect. The other states are Alabama and Oklahoma, which I kind of believe. Oklahoma. I’m going with North Carolina because of the airport. Guys, I said in what three states? Oh. Oh. So those three: North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Alabama. Yeah. Those three. Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Man, we’re from North Carolina and we didn’t know this. The pall of dispersion has descended upon us. Yeah, right. This is like… Hold on. But we can exhibit cognitive dissonance or we can just go keep believing, you know, we can just keep believing this stuff. You know, for our own benefit. The human mind has an incredible ability to rationalize in order to maintain comfort and community. And so therefore, I choose to believe that A&W is the most popular fast food restaurant in my home state of North Carolina, even though I’ve only eaten there once. And it was because everything else in the airport was closed. And it’s also the only one I’ve ever seen in North Carolina. But I stand by the fact that despite all the evidence to the contrary, A&W is the most popular fast food restaurant in my home state of North Carolina. Right. You heard it here. And I will do an ad defending that. I will do a commercial again for the right price. Carl and Hard, or Rat and Ling, whoever you want, will show up and we will say false things for money. I mean, we, you could be A and I could be W. I mean, it’s that simple. I mean, it kinda writes itself. “A and W”. So hold on, you do a W impersonation and what do I do? Oh, I’m like, maybe I’m Lincoln. I’m Lincoln, hey, hey! Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on me. Fool me four times, shame on me. That’s a pretty good W. Hold on, I know we were about to end. But we have breaking news. According to the A&W website, there are no locations in North Carolina. So now you’re even a liar! But that’s also not true, because there are A&Ws in North Carolina. So, also the A&W website’s lying about locations? What internet are we using? Geez. We got on the wrong Google today, man. We got on the wrong Google. There’s one in Durham now. Now we’re out! We are out! This is over! Get your glow on with our custom GMM nightlight available at Walmart and walmart.com.