Welcome to “Good Mythical More.” We are going to demonstrate a skill that we haven’t been working on, which is sniffing lunch meats. Oh, I have. And identifying them- I’ve been working lot- while blindfolded my whole life. That’s what we’re gonna do today. If you care to join us, then thanks for caring. Thanks for caring. Link, I’m really glad this one came up, ’cause I wanted to talk to you about 10-word stories. Yeah- I saw a TikTok, I saw a TikTok. What do you want me to do? No, no. I have an idea. I saw a TikTok. Okay. And it was a guy who was making a point about ChatGPT and language models, which basically are just predicting the most probable next word. That’s how language models work. Okay. And in order to make the point, he was showing a clip of guys from like an improv, you know, like UCB, whatever, you know, the improv folk. Okay. And they do this thing where they are talking like we’re doing but, of course, they’re much better at it than we are ’cause they’re improv people. Yeah. And they’re doing it really, really fast, and like basically coming up with a… They’re telling the crowd something. I think the thing that’s been holding us back is… Is me. Obviously, you’re… No, no, no, no. You’re directing this at me. No, no, the thing that’s been holding us back is two things. You- The first thing- and me. is you, and the second thing is me. And the third thing is limiting ourselves to 10 words. Because we’re anticipating that. Right. We gotta land on the 10. 10-word story no longer means 10 words. I think it should be called about 10 words story, so let’s just drop that. Yeah. So don’t think about that. And then the other thing is, we cannot question. You have to say the first word that comes to your mind. Right. And the second thing is- This is what I’ve been telling you. or the fourth or fifth. I don’t know how many things I’ve said yet. Let’s just go with it. Go with it. Don’t try so hard. It’s gotta make sense. It’s gotta make sense. It’s gotta be the most probable next thing- It will make sense. that you would say. You start. But we gotta go, like- And when it ends… so, so fast, and when it ends, it ends. When it ends, it ends and not so, so fast. Just like a good- Just like normal. pace. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like a conversation. We just see what happens. All right, yeah. No need to count. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No need to panic. I’m not panicking. I’m a little nervous. I’m a little nervous because we’ve never tried it- We’ll see. like this before. You’re starting. Donuts. Grab. My. Long. Penis. Because. It’s. So. Big. See? I’m sorry. Look at what you did. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. It’s a nine-word story. We shouldn’t have done this. We should not… Are we done? Let’s start over. Okay, but just to keep track, the first story was- Donut. Donuts grab my penis because it’s so big. My long. That’s horrible. Yeah, it’s horrible. Right, right. That’s horrible. Let me start. Yeah, you do it. You’re the problem. I’m not gonna say anything about penises. Right, right. Nothing will be inappropriate about this. Donuts. Grab. My. Big. Penis. Hey, you have to agree, you have to agree to not be dirty. Don’t be dirty. I’m just being anatomically correct. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now you start. Let’s try a new one. Dandelions. Grab. My. Long. Let me… Ears. Because. Because my… I was picking up a little bit. My. Ears. Love. To. Be. Pulled. On. By. Dandelions. See how… Dandelions grabbed my big old ears because my ears love to be pulled on by dandelions. Yeah, yeah. See? Look at us, UCB. We’re getting better at this. Sign this up. Let’s try it again. Can I start? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Send us to Second City. Yeah. Actors. Love. To. Grab. Straws. Because. When. They. Suck. Okay, okay, okay, okay, all right. Let’s bring it back. Let’s bring it. What? There’s no wrong answer. Let’s bring it back, let’s bring it back. What about yessing? No, let’s bring it. We don’t need a three or four-second gap. You’re thinking too much. We’re both thinking too much. No more than a second, no more than a second pause. We cannot have the three to four… They’re gonna kick us out of the improv. We’re never gonna be invited back. Okay. We’re never coming back. All right, all right, all right. One second gaps only. All right. Spread. My. Cheeks. Because. They are. So. Close. And. Tight. Because. I’m just saying and and because. Why can you… I’m making you do the work. I’m making you… You are the one who sucks, man. I’m helping you. Keep going. Let’s start again. Sorry, okay, okay, okay. This one can’t be dirty. Okay, okay. Trees. I think it’s pretty clear. We don’t wanna smell lunch meat. No, no, no. Hey, we’re gonna get there. Trees. Grow. Maybe we don’t look at each other. Maybe we look at… That’s the problem. Maybe we look at this. Your face is the problem. Yeah, yeah. We don’t need to look at each other. Okay. Mountains. Seem. So. Far. Because. I’m. Love. I’m? That’s it. You said I’m? Mountain seems so far because I’m love. Okay, hey, we’re getting better. And this last one is gonna land on a really good note, with a period. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Okay, you start. Periods. Are. Sometimes. Far. Apart. In. Time. Of. Month. Periods are sometimes far apart in time of month. And that’s okay. Some people aren’t like clockwork. You should get an app. Really, what you should get is an app. Let’s you keep up with it. Let’s sniff some deli meats and see if we can identify it because we need to elevate this content. I think we got… We need to elevate. We got better. I mean, I think we used to… We’ve always failed and I think that time we got a D. Yeah. We got a big old D. As you can see, we can’t. All right, let’s bring the first one in. Baloney. Turkey. It’s baloney. Oh, it was baloney? I know baloney anywhere. Can we look at it? Or are we just moving on to- No, I don’t want to look at it. Okay. Why do you wanna look at it? I just wanna confirm. You don’t know what baloney looks like? Well, something’s different. Baloney. Some has a red… Flex. A red ring around it. Some has a red ring- Next. around it. Okay, here we go. Ooh, that is stinky. Turkey. That’s ham. Turkey. Hey man, what’s wrong with your sniffer? What’s wrong with you, man? My. Sniffer. Is. Broken. When. I. Sniff. Meats. See, you broke it. See, we’re getting better. Okay, next. This one smells good. This one’s ham. Ham. Can you be more specific? Honeyed ham. Oh. Black forest. Ham’s the only one that smelled good to me so far. Is it honeyed ham? It’s honey ham. The turkey stunk. Yeah, turkey stinks when you open it up. Why does the turkey stink? All turkeys, turnkey… It’s a turnkey process. It’s a turnkey turkey. I think it must let off some kind of gas. Turkey gas. We need to Google this. Let’s tell a little story about turkey gas. Turkey gas. Lets. Me. Smell. Its. Foul. Gas. Okay. Yeah, it has- Not fun, not fun. the amino acids, cysteine and methionine- The Sistine chapel. Does cysteine- which contains sulfur, that’s why- Really? it smells. Is the Sistine chapel made of turkey? Mm-hmm. Don’t answer that. Okay. Is that sacrilegious? Let’s sniff it. Roast beef. You’re just working off. This is pastrami. Oh, no, is it corned beef? Nope, nope, nope. It smells like a wet dog. I would’ve guessed roast beef too. Is it a redder meat? It’s a beef. No. It’s not beef? Let me smell again. It’s strong in kind of acidic… It’s not chicken, is it? Mm. It’s chicken? Yeah, more specifically… It’s like oven baked chicken. Breast of the chicken. Breast of the chicken, yes. This one is chicken breast. Chicken breast. Does it smell like turkey? Or you thought- It’s not as bad as the turkey. It has the same cysteine is coming off of it. It’s the second worst smelling one. Interesting. How about this one? Now that one’s palatable. Is that vegan? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tofurky. Faux turkey? This one has a fake liquid smoke in it. Let me smell it. It smells like bread. It’s not good. Well, it’s not bad though. Huh, it doesn’t have a fake liquid smoke. This is probably like the the nicest of all the meats you’re smelling. It’s not roast beef? No. It’s the nicest of the meat? Black forest hams. What’s the nicest of the meats? The nicest meat. This meat is more of like charcuterie. Oh, this is prosciutto. A prosciutto. Yeah, yeah. Fancy meats. Prosciutto is almost smell-less. ‘Cause it’s been so dried. It’s been scentless. Let’s tell a little story about prosciutto, The little prosciutto boy. The little prosciutto boy, it starts with more than one word. That’s a lot of words. Yeah, I’m really getting this going. Embarked. On. A. Journey. Because. His. Mother. Asked. Why. Hims. So. He. What? Him, so he? What? See, you are the problem, dude. I totally admit that I’m the problem. The little meat boy embarked on- A journey because his mother asked him, not hims. Why. The. Heck. He. Does. That. Stupid. Little. Saying. Saying? Saying. Saying? Saying, like a… Saying, comma, quote. Oh. Quote. I. Love. You. Mom. So. Very. Don’t. Ever. Send. Me. Away. To. Get. Castrated. You’re so dumb, man. Oh, gosh. I did. You’re so dumb. So, gosh. See, you tried too hard. I’m sorry. Nobody laughed at that. It was just- It wasn’t funny. No one should have laughed. Yeah, exactly. You have every right not to laugh. I’m trying to be… You need to relax more. I’m trying to just be spontaneous. You need to relax more. And the only thing I could come up with is castrated. I’m ashamed to myself. Seeds. Are you still going? Yes. Seeds. In. The. Wind. Travel. Very. Far. When. Weather. Sends. Them. On. Your. Face. I don’t know. Emily liked it. Yeah, yeah. Okay, give us another one to sniff. Roast beef. This has got to be the beef. You’ve been waiting. Corned beef. It’s roast beef. Roast beef has a good smell. Ah, it’s okay. Do we have another? You have one last one. I’m trying just by matter of elimination. It’s not a matter. Can we just do an apology? A back and forth apology? I think the problem is that, yes. I. Want. To. Apologize. For. Being. Such. A. Stupid. Loser. And. I. Want. To. Set. The. Record. Straight. And. Let. You. Know. That. 10. Years. Ago. I. Fell. On. Some. Weeds. And. Learned. That. They. Were. Very. Smart. Which. Made. Me. Feel. Sad. Because. Aw. Weeds. Shouldn’t. Be. Smarter. Than. Me. But. They. Are. Mm-hmm. That’s how we feel right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we’re sorry. Yeah, yeah. Hey, we are getting better. We’re almost like ChatGPD. We’re ChatGPD. Tomorrow, if you wanna see something that’s actually funny. The “Stand-Up Special” exclusive to the Mythical Society launches tomorrow. And let me tell you, we hosted this thing. We had a number of Mythical Crew Members who do stand up in this environment, and it was highly entertaining. We got some talented folks. If you stayed this long in this “More,” you’re gonna love that a lot more than this. Do we really just… Yeah, we’re just- It’s available for first, second, and third members. We’re setting the bar, we’re setting the bar so they can jump right over it. Mythical Society. Let’s just keep going. Oh, you can put your mask back on now. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I will. All right. Please. Oh. I was doing another story. We thought you want the last meat. Oh, this is a salami. Salami. Yep. Please. Don’t. Judge. Us. When. We. Think. About. Smart. Weeds. Okay, that was a good one. It’s not good. No, no, but… What is it we’re missing? But it’s not good, but it’s faster. You gotta get fast Yeah, and it’s… before you get good. Just say we or I. You keep dragging all at me. I didn’t say you, I said we. You said you. I said we. “You gotta get faster.” I said, “We gotta get faster.” All right, you start. Ah, bunnies. Don’t. Lick. Your. Face. When. You. Ask. Them. Because. Bunnies. Don’t. Lick. Faces. When. You. Ask. We do a lot of it, just like it goes back on itself. You have to start somewhere. But then we always end there. You have to crawl before you walk. Oh. What makes a good story? What are we missing? Why is it… Plot, plot, plot. We’re missing plot? No. Okay, we- Setting. Let’s do setting. Okay. And then something happens in the setting. Picture this. A. Land. Scape. Of. Sand. And. Deer. Some. Deer. Are. Dying. Therefore. Ben. Was. To. Rescue. Them. By. Administering. Antiviral. Medications. But. Deer. Are. So. Dumb. That. They. Will. Attack. Ben. When. He. Administers. Medication. I.e. His. Drugs. Will. Repel. Some. Deer. Ticks. Are we done? Let’s try it one more time. We gotta end on a good note. Oh. Okay, this is gonna be solid. This is gonna be so solid. This is gonna be the funniest thing we’ve ever done. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ll start. Set the standard, set the bar. Solid. Gold. Poops. Will. Earn. Me. A ticket. To. Ride. Yeah. Yeah, we suck, man. We suck, dude. Yeah, we got to take that off the wheel. Watch the “Mythical Society Stand-Up Special,” available for first, second, and third degree at mythicalsociety.com.