TOMMY: If we're not careful, this game may spoil.
[swoosh] [music plays]
Let's play another game of Blind vs. Blindfolded. We have a special guest with us today.
Andrea Lausell. Andrea, tell everybody about yourself.
ANDREA: I'm 24 years old. I have Spina Bifida and I
do videos on YouTube about disability activism.
TOMMY: Perfect. Well, I'm glad you're here. Now, one of the biggest challenges about being
blind is having food around the house and trying to figure out
exactly what it is without opening it or tasting it. So today
we're going to see who's better at guessing food without sight. Is it going to be
somebody whose been sighted their entire life and just has a blindfold on.
Or somebody whose been blind their entire life like myself.
Andrea, how do you think you're going to do? ANDREA: I'm pretty bad at guessing food
in general looking at it so probably horrible.
TOMMY: Well, I'm looking forward to this.
Don't forget after you watch this video to check out
Andrea's channel and see the collab we did over there. Before we get started
let's go over the rules really quickly, okay? You may use your sense of
smell, touch and hearing to determine what the food is
however if it is sealed, you may not open it.
Sound good? ANDREA: Perfect. TOMMY: Alright, let's see who's better at
being blind. Andrea, it's time to put on your blindfold
ANDREA: Okay. Wait... how does this work? Okay.
I can't see. TOMMY: Welcome to the club.
TOMMY: Alright, here we go, Andrea. Let's see what we've got in front of us. Are you ready?
ANDREA: Yeah. TOMMY: Ooh, this is giant. What the heck is this?
ANDREA: Oh oh oh! Well...
Thank god I'm Puerto Rican.
I think I know what this is. TOMMY: Do you know what it is already?
ANDREA: Yeah, wait... just by squeezing it. TOMMY: I don't know if I do
but I'm going to take a guess. On the count of three. Ready?
1... 2... 3. BOTH: Mango. TOMMY: Ben Churchill
what's the answer? BEN: That's correct! BOTH: Hurray!
ANDREA: I'd like to thank the island of Puerto Rico for this one.
TOMMY: Puerto Rica! ANDREA: Hey!
TOMMY: Okay, let's see what we've go this time. Ooh.
ANDREA: Ooh, god. Does it fizz?
TOMMY: I think I have a guess. ANDREA: Okay, I think I know. I don't know.
TOMMY: Alright, on the count of three we'll tell each other what we think it is.
1.. 2... 3... TOMMY: A&W Root Beer ANDREA: Root Beer
BEN: Correct. BOTH: Yeah! Nice!
TOMMY: Look at us go!
TOMMY: Look at us go! ANDREA: I don't know how I knew.
I just knew it was some kind of soda. Something about when I shook
it. It didn't fizz as much as like Mountain Dew.
So I was like maybe it's root beer. TOMMY: One of the things that gave it away
for me was the neck of the bottle. And then of course
the logo here on the side. Here we go.
Let's see what we got this time. Ohhh.
ANDREA: Oh, this is tricky. TOMMY: I think I know this one
but I'm not sure. Let's sit and think for a second.
ANDREA: I think it can be two things. TOMMY: I think it can be
too but I think I've got it down to one. I just got to
remember what it's called. Alright, I think I've got it.
1... 2... 3... Tangerine. ANDREA: A lime.
BEN: The correct answer is lime.
ANDREA: Yes! I smelled it and it didn't smell like
a lemon but it also just didn't have a smell.
TOMMY: Alright, here we go. Let's see what we got this time.
Oh boy. ANDREA: Oh wait.
TOMMY: Ah!
I have a guess. ANDREA: I know it's
candy. TOMMY: Well, you'd think.
ANDREA: Oh, no. I think I know. I don't think. I don't
play around with thinking. I know.
TOMMY: On the count of three. 1... 2... 3... BOTH: Skittles.
BEN: That is correct. BOTH: Yeah!
ANDREA: M&M packs. My sister eats a lot of M&Ms
and the pack itself smells like chocolate when you smell it
but this didn't have it. Also, I squeezed them.
And M&Ms break easily but Skittles are like rocks.
TOMMY: The fact that they're little spheres rather than
flat circles. Right? The M&Ms are little flat things and these are
more little balls so that's how I came up with Skittles. Very cool.
TOMMY: Oh, I think I'm in trouble.
ANDREA: What is that smell? TOMMY: I don't know. I'm trying to figure that as well.
I don't think I know but I'll take a guess. I think it's going to be
a ridiculous guess but nonetheless. 1... 2... 3...
BOTH: Potato. BEN: That's correct!
BOTH: Wow! TOMMY: How did you get
potato? I'm just curious. ANDREA: Well, the shape was weird.
Mine has two little stem parts.
But when you hold a potato it has that weird
dusty feeling on your hand. TOMMY: Yes it does.
ANDREA: That's what I was getting. This didn't smell like anything.
And I could have sworn potatoes had a smell.
TOMMY: Only when you "french fry" them.
Let's see what we got this time. Oh good grief.
Wow. ANDREA: What the heck is this?
[tapping sound on eggplant]
TOMMY: Oh, jeez. ANDREA: I think I know.
TOMMY: I think it's something but I'm know I'm wrong
but we'll go for it. Ready? On 1... 2... 3...
TOMMY: Zucchini. ANDREA: Squash.
BEN: Well, techincally, zucchini is a squash.
BOTH: Okay. BEN: But both of you are wrong.
ANDREA: What is this?
ANDREA: What is this? TOMMY: What is it then? BEN: That's a Chinese Eggplant.
TOMMY: That's a Chinese eggplant?! ANDREA: Ohhhh!
ANDREA: I've only eaten them. I've never
felt one up. So...
TOMMY: Lucky eggplant. ANDREA: Right?
TOMMY: Let's see what we got here.
TOMMY: Oh...
Okay... this is a little tough
to try and figure out what's inside here.
You have a guess? ANDREA: I have it in two languages but ---
TOMMY: Let's do it in English, okay? On the count of three. 1... 2... 3...
TOMMY: Pretzels. ANDREA: Pork rinds.
BEN: The correct answer is pretzels. TOMMY: Yeah!
TOMMY: What gave it away for me was I tried
to see if I could grab one inside the bag. And I
felt the hole in the pretzel... the eye glass shape ones.
So I felt the little hole and was like, "oh, that's a pretzel."
TOMMY: [gasps]
I know exactly what this is. I really think I do.
ANDREA: Yeah, I think I know.
TOMMY: I think I know too. On the count of three then? 1... 2... 3...
BOTH: Ginger. BEN: That's correct. BOTH: Yeah!
TOMMY: What gave it away for you?
ANDREA: The feel of it. I generally
don't use ginger but I remember how it looks
but the smell gave it away.
BEN: For the last one, I need a specific answer.
Here we go. ANDREA: Let's do it.
TOMMY: Uh oh.
Oh boy. ANDREA: A specific answer...
I have...
I have a faint idea. TOMMY: Do you?
I think I do too but I'm...
ANDREA: But I don't think my answer is specific enough.
TOMMY: Well, we've got to be specific so let's give it a shot here. You ready?
On three. 1... 2... 3... Zucchini. ANDREA: Yellow squash.
BEN: The correct answer is zucchini.
TOMMY: Yes!
BEN: It is not a yellow squash. TOMMY: I'm sorry.
BEN: They are from the same family. TOMMY: They are from the same family, yep.
ANDREA: oh yeah, you know you're right. Okay.
BEN: Right. Because it's called zucchini squash or yellow squash.
TOMMY: Alright, that wraps up the games and our final score is 7 to 6.
Andrea, fantastic. Do you want to take off your blindfold now?
ANDREA: And the lord said, "Let there be light."
TOMMY: Oh, is that how easy it is. Hey, don't forget to check out
the collab over on Andrea's channel too. We tell some stories about
funny memorable things about our disabilities so you got to go
and check that one out as well. What did you think of the blind experience?
How do you think you did? What was it like for you?
ANDREA: I did way better I think than I thought I was going to do.
I'm surprised how much memory my
hands have on food because I do like cooking.
And so a lot of the foods were like fresh produce so it was nice
that my brain didn't trip me up too bad
in adapting. But I would be concerned if it was
canned foods. TOMMY: Listen, that's the next game we'll play.
We'll just put a ton of cans in front of us and we'll have to guess without being able to open them.
ANDREA: It's going to be dog food. TOMMY: It might be cat food.
ANDREA: Oh, yeah. Let's be open to all
kinds of pet food.
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TOMMY: I hope you enjoyed today's game and if you have any ideas for some other blind
vs. blindfolded challenges please let me know about them in the comments below.
TOMMY: And now I'm supposed to say something funny.