- Are these food claims all talk and no game?
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat music)
Good Mythical Morning.
- You don't have to love a catchy jingle
for it to get stuck in your head.
- No.
- As long as it gets stuck,
the damage is done.
♪ Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener. ♪
- The damage has been done.
- See, but it also doesn't have to be true
because sometimes brands promise more
in their jingles and slogans
than they can actually deliver.
So today, we're gonna find out
which slogans you can trust
and which ones you can't.
It's time for Testing Product Claims,
featuring the slogan sergeants.
- That's us, the slogan sergeants.
All right, we've gotten our hands
on some well-known food products
and we're gonna see if their famous slogans
hold up in a court of taste.
- And if the claim proves to be true,
we're gonna officially call it bonafide,
but if it's just a disgusting case
of false advertising, we're gonna call it total lies
and demand they change it.
We're gonna call the number on the package.
- Let's get to work, Sergeant.
(upbeat music)
All right, we're starting off
with a good old cup of Joe, question mark,
with Maxwell House coffee
and their slogan is pretty sure of itself,
"Good to the last drop."
Does that ring a bell?
(bell rings)
- Yeah, apparently does.
- Ring a bell boy's back.
- Okay, Maxwell House has maintained
this claim for decades as you can see
from this commercial. - Yeah, still on there.
- Back in 1979.
♪ Maxwell is coffee you can't count on ♪
- [Link] Oh, yeah, that's right.
♪ Maxwell House, good to the last drop ♪
- [Rhett] Oh, there was very little musicality in that.
- Good every time.
♪ Maxwell House is ♪
- [Link] Is that a fake old lady?
- Good coffee.
- [Rhett] Everybody's happy,
even that guy served by his nurse.
- A nurse.
Good coffee.
I'm a nurse.
- I don't understand, she wasn't a nurse.
She was like, it was, she was like
a food service-
- Oh. - Worker.
- And so I don't now what the context was.
- Ah, the 79s.
- Yeah, yeah, okay.
- We have a nice coffeemaker
and we don't put this stuff in it,
but if we did, I would have to say good coffee
every time I gave it to you.
- Or not. - Or you gave it to me.
- I'll tell you right now,
just you handling that thing,
it smells good.
I mean, like I'm just, just the smell of coffee,
it smells good to me.
- All right, so we're gonna do this
in this fancy schmanciest way possible,
we're gonna do a pour over.
- Now this is not nearly as good of a jingle of Folgers.
"The best part of waking up."
And Folgers has gotten be Maxwell House's
number one competitor, right?
I mean, they're competing against each other
'cause it's instant coffee.
- We have droppers, but you gotta make
a whole cup because it's not good
at the last drop, it's good to the last drop.
- [Rhett] There is a scooper in here.
- Yeah, the way that your fingers,
I usually like to get a scooper to find the scooper.
- Yeah, it's not that day, though.
- Give me a couple.
- You want a couple of tablespoons?
- Yeah, that-
- That's about right.
- I mean, in the age of Starbucks, you know,
since 1892, the fact that this is still around.
- But do you know how much coffee
you can make for yourself with this
and it probably costs less than 10 bucks
for this whole thing probably.
- Whoop.
First of all, I got it hit something.
- Go slow, go slow.
- I'm trying to go slow.
Trevor told me to go slow,
but you didn't tell me how hard
it was to go slow!
I've seen people do this.
- Look at that, he doesn't have anger issues.
(water pours)
They're bringing in- - Here you give it a shot.
- Paper towels for you.
- See if you can go slow.
- I don't think I can.
I think it's a faulty.
(water pours)
- [Link] See, you're going pretty aggressively,
look at that clear liquid that's coming through.
See, you're not even hitting the coffee grounds, man.
- [Rhett] No, you wanna go on the side.
- But your coffee grounds are floating.
It's not gonna be good to the last,
you're making a lot of coffee, too.
- They'll get got.
- I mean it looks darker- - Is this how you-
- [Link] I think on camera as it does in the room.
- Is this how you're supposed to make it?
- Yeah, I mean it's coffee.
This is kind of, you put the beans
and then you put the water
and that's kind of it.
- One tablespoon of coffee,
plus six ounces of water,
but it does say brewing instructions.
- [Link] Okay.
- Yeah, so we are brewing.
- Okay, and then you give it a nice tap.
You made a lot more than me.
I want mine a little bit stronger.
I'm taking this off
and putting it over there.
You're only gonna drink the last drop?
- [Rhett] No, I'm gonna get down
to the last few swallows.
- [Link] I don't like Maxwell House
without the fighting change
of a little half and half.
- Well, it's coffee. - Make it?
- Sink it. Sink it.
Now don't drink that last drop
or you're gonna have to start all over.
- Well, in order to be good to the last drop,
does it have to be good at the first taste?
- It's not good before the last drop.
- [Rhett] Right.
- [Link] So could it get better closer
to the last drop.
- You know I don't drink a lot of coffee now.
So this is probably much worse
for you than it is for me because-
- It's horrible.
- Just the coffee suggestion
is something that I get excited about.
So, this isn't horrible.
Let me get down to the very end, though.
- I wouldn't say it tastes like something
that's not even coffee,
it just tastes like bland, boring,
bottom of the barrel coffee.
- Okay, I've got some drops here.
I'll let you get to that point.
That's about how much I've left.
It's very precise.
This is very precise.
You got an eyedropper here.
- I think I've got like,
I don't know, I think I've got like seven drops in there.
- Well, that's not all the drops.
- All right, so, all right.
- Oh that's it-
- [Link] I've sucked up everything.
- That's the full last drop right there.
Two drops.
- Not great. - No.
(crew laughs)
- Kind of like the same as everything else
except not quite as hot as the first drops.
- What I will say is when you have it
in that small of an amount,
you kind of forget how bad it is.
- Well, you know every morning how I eat my smoothies.
With a spoonful at a time.
- Right, but what I'm saying is-
- If I did this at a drop at a time-
- If you're gonna enjoy Maxwell House coffee
and you don't wanna understand how bad it tastes,
then what you can do is you just get a dropper
and do one drop at a time
and you're probably be inoculated.
- So, you're saying it might be bonafide
if it's good to the last drop
if you've only been drinking it one drop at a time.
- Yeah.
- But that's not what they're saying,
so I say, total lies!
(drums beating)
- Since the 1940s, M&M's have been claiming
to be the candy that melts in your mouth-
(bell rings)
Not in your hands.
- Oh, that rung a bell.
- Yeah.
- Quite early, actually.
- Yeah, I mean right before we even-
- The slogan wasn't even finished
and the bell was already rung.
- Because the mouth starts getting-
- Oh, I know what you're gonna say.
- The bell's already getting rung.
- Not you, you thought it was melt in your hand.
- I thought it was not in your hands.
- But it's hands.
- I usually put 'em in just a hand.
- Oh, we're gonna, okay, we gotta keep that in mind
for our test.
- Now founder Forrest Mars got the idea
for these after seeing soldiers eat chocolates coated
in hard candy shells
that could easily be transported
and wouldn't melt in the process.
- Oh, so this is really functional.
No more poking.
That's like the Pillsbury thing.
We may have to test that.
- When I say process, I have to poke you,
don't you remember?
- Let's take a look at an M&M commercial from the 1950s.
- [Announcer] Question.
- [Link] Yes.
- [Announcer] What's the best chocolate candy
when you're all dressed up.
- [Link] Hint.
- [Rhett] Is that a kid's birthday party?
- [Announcer] There's no chocolate mess.
- [Link] There's no chocolate mess.
- Best chocolate candy - This is a game.
- [Announcer] When you're on the go.
- [Link] Ah, kid's driving a car.
- [Announcer] Best chocolate candy
to be found anywhere around.
- [Link] Under a basketball goal.
- [Announcer] There's no chocolate mess.
Answer? M&M's chocolate candies.
- [Link] Okay. I knew that was coming.
- [Announcer] The milk chocolate melts in your mouth,
not in your hands.
- [Link] Ah!
- [Announcer] So there's no chocolate mess.
Remember, no chocolate mess at home.
- [Link] They said hand.
- [Announcer] Or away.
At work
or at play.
Because the milk chocolate melts-
- [Together] In your mouth, not in your hand.
- [Announcer] Get M&M's, plain and peanut chocolate candies.
- So it was hand?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
All right, Mikayla and Chase, come on in
and bring in your situation.
Give 'em a little room, Rhett.
- Now what I will say, first of all
I can't open them, but-
- I've always wanted to figure this out.
- Can I get some scissors
because I ripped them on both sides
and it did not open.
- What, you know, you ever see Chase open an apple?
I know your hands are cold.
- Do we have any knives, do we have any scissors?
- Just rip that open like an apple, you can do it.
- Okay.
- I'm ready for when that doesn't work.
(Chase yells)
- That's not gonna work.
- Yeah, I mean-
- M&M's are not, let me just say quickly
while we break these open,
it is not on the bag
and the slogan is nowhere to be found
on the website,
so the argument could be made
that they realized this was false
and they have abandoned it.
But we're about to find out
or maybe there's just like it's time
to come up with something new.
- And we wanna be thorough,
so we're gonna represent your hands
as a sample hand, my hand as a sample hand.
- A mildly sweaty hand.
- And Chase's gonna represent extremely cold hands.
- Yes.
- Maybe some Antarctic hands
and then Mikayla here is gonna represent
some extremely hot hands.
- Really, really, really hot.
- 'Cause you've got mitten warmers inside of here, right?
- Yes.
I'm kind of sweating actually.
- [Link] So your hands are super hot.
- Okay, but we also want you to put M&M's
in your mouth as the control mouth.
- Right. - So that's gonna happen.
- So I'm gonna, you know, I'm gonna give some
in your hand.
You can do whatever ratio you want.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Do an amount that you can still close
your hand it.
- [Rhett] Yeah, feel free to-
- [Link] Oh, that's a hot hand.
- [Mikayla] It's hot.
- Feel free to just-
- Go to Vegas.
- Those are some-
- Big money, big money.
- They have some cold hands.
- All right, so take some into your mouth.
As the soldiers would and now close your hand
and let's start a timer.
We'll determine how long
that timer needs to go, I guess now.
So you're closed up.
- It's so hard for me to put things
in my mouth and not immediately eat them.
- I should not be eating these things.
- I know, don't chew.
- I chewed.
- No, that's what I did.
You put something in my mouth, I'm gonna start-
- You need, you need more?
- I need more, I need more.
I chewed.
- How, listen, I understand.
I almost bit down on these suckers.
- I was like omp and then I stopped.
- My whole cheeked up M&M's right now
have completely dissolved
and the candy is like-
- Let me see.
- A little bit of candy's still left.
- Oh, you only have one in there?
- No, I got at least seven.
I just pulled one out.
- Mine are starting to melt.
- I'm pulling, oh, but why is it shaking so much.
Who holds candy for more than five minutes
for any reason?
- Using your bare hands?
- Yeah. - Right.
- A child.
- Why would a child hold candy for longer-
- I used to be a nanny
and they just used to hold stuff.
(all laughing)
For no reason.
- We're already at three minutes now.
- They used to hold things.
- All right, let's go to five minutes,
nice round number.
It works, it works, it's a lower limit
for the nannies, it's an upper limit
for soldiers and everybody else.
- Do you feel like they're melting?
- Yeah.
- Well, my mouth, they're totally melted.
- I'm just gonna start swallowing.
- I started swallowing, so they pretty much-
- You don't like M&M's, man?
- I like 'em when I don't chew 'em.
As long as there's no chocolate residue
on our skin, then we're saying
this is a bonafide claim
and I am very hopeful to this point.
I'm not moving around too much,
but I feel like.
- You should shake it a little bit.
- I feel like this is gonna,
this is gonna hold up.
All right, we're at five minutes.
- All right.
- Okay, Chase, reveal.
- Oh. - Ooh.
- So you gotta-
- Move 'em around.
- Very colorful hand. - Is there any chocolate?
- [Chase] I see a little hint of chocolate
on that yellow one that's broken through,
but not in my hand.
- [Rhett] But I think that was broken through
before you started.
- [Link] Scrape it on the table.
- What about that one?
- And let's see your hand.
Any chocolate on your hand? - No chocolate.
- That's a cool looking hand.
- No chocolate.
Rhett, let's go to you.
- [Rhett] That was a cold hand.
- So now we're testing super sweaty hands,
which is Mr. McLaughlin.
- Yeah, yeah.
I think I've got pretty hot hands.
- [Link] All right.
- [Rhett] Now, that's not chocolate.
That's just brown M&M.
- Oh. - Yeah.
- I got some brown.
- So far, so good.
All right, I'm a go for it.
I was squeezing hard
because I have anxiety.
(all laughing)
I mean, I hardly have any,
I guess I was squeezing hardest
with the fingertips.
I had two brown ones that were right there.
That's not chocolate.
This is bonafide.
- Okay, Mikayla, hot hands.
- Oh.
- Wow, even in the hot hands.
- Yeah.
No chocolate.
- Strategically.
- [Mikayla] That's pretty.
- This is freakin' impressive.
I mean, somebody come in
and ring a freakin' bell.
This is amazing.
(bell rings)
But this thing's bonafide.
- So not only is it bonafide,
but you gotta put it back on the bag, I mean,
'cause this is transformative.
- I thought out ring a bell boy
was holding some in his hand?
- So, I was holding these M&M's the whole time.
- [Chase] That's all red in your hand.
- Since the beginning of the show?
- Since the beginning.
- Why are they all red?
'Cause you're the bell boy, I guess.
- It matches my-
- Slough those off.
I mean, look at that, look at that.
Oh, my gosh.
There's no chocolate.
Now, but, you're talking 30 minutes.
- [David] Yes, 30 minutes.
- David Hill been holding these
in his hands for 30 minutes.
- Here's the thing, though, Link.
That's not a cool hand, though.
I mean, having this candy all over your hand
is not something that you want,
but the chocolate is still intact, so-
- Amazing.
I think we gotta say melt in your mouth,
not in your hand.
- [Together] Bonafide.
(drums beating)
- You know, this mug, this season's mug celebrates
10 years of Mythicality with the OG logo
on one side and a commemorative logo
on the other.
- [Link] Ooh.
- Now it's got that throwback orange
and black color scheme
that y'all love.
- Uh-huh.
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- Drink nostalgia.
That's our slogan now.
All right.
But, of course, Subway's slogan,
do you know it, "Eat Fresh."
(bell rings)
Definitely rings a bell.
Caught you red handed.
- He's so aggressive with the bell sometimes
that the thing is spinning
around inside the bell.
- Okay, so what we did was we ordered
this oven-roasted turkey sandwich
within the hour from Subway
and according to their website,
it's full of flavor and made to order
with your choice of crisp veggies,
served on our freshly baked hearty multigrain bread.
- And, of course, what we're gonna be testing
the sandwich against is some fresh ingredients.
Everything that's represented here
is also on the sandwich, including that bread.
So these were sourced from a farmer's market very recently
and then a deli we got the cheese and the meat.
- [Link] Hold on, Trevor, you didn't go
into the fields for this?
- [Trevor] No, sir.
- Okay, close enough, though.
Farmer's market, fresh enough, looks pretty good.
It says "eat fresh" here,
but it also says, "mayo"
and then right here it says "baller."
- Oh, yeah.
That's how they should really be pushing it.
- They're working on hedging their bets
with baller as their new slogan apparently.
I see that they've done me a solid.
- [Rhett] Yeah, you take, I'll take
the tomato side.
- [Link] The one with the tomato-less side.
- It comes down to the tomatoes,
then Link is just gonna be left out in the cold.
- You wanna start with the what?
- Let's just go through the layers
that are on the sandwich itself.
- Okay, you wanna start in with the bread.
- Yeah, so let's start with the bread.
- Just take it in a little pinch.
- Hand me that baguette.
- Got that Subway spongie.
Oh, it's hard to pinch it.
I think-
- I don't, I like this bread better
but I don't think that Subway's bread is not fresh.
- No, there's nothing hardened about it.
It's softer than the baguette-
- Yeah, 'cause it's more of a-
- Which implies more freshness.
I think it has met or exceeded the freshhold.
- That passes the test.
- [Link] What's next?
- [Rhett] Turkey is what I got on top here.
- [Link] Yep, I got some turkey, turkey, turkey.
I mean, that's a good looking turkey.
I mean, Subway not a sponsor, so.
- Again, there's a slightly different flavor profile
to these turkeys.
- But like-
- But one is not more fresh than the other.
- The floppiness, the, I don't know
what makes turkey fresh.
I think it's floppiness.
You don't want it to have rigor mortis.
- [Rhett] I think it's gonna come down
to the vegetables,
which they claimed were crisp.
How about just grab a piece of lettuce.
- Spinach or lettuce?
- We're gonna have to get to both.
Okay, now we do have a slight floppiness here.
You're going spinach, okay.
- Yeah.
- I'm going lettuce.
- You're going lettuce.
- Okay, the lettuce is-
- I got a nice crunch from the Subway.
- The lettuce is not hitting it
as hard as the fresh lettuce.
- The spinach is crunchier on the Subway
than from the farmer's market.
- Now there's a floppiness to the Subway cucumber
as you can see, but I believe that it is simply-
- Oh, yeah.
- Cut thickness. - Look at that.
- It might just be cut thickness.
- No, it looks to be the same thickness,
so the floppiness to me,
you don't have the taut, the taut cumber there.
- Yeah, okay.
The cucumbers could be crisper.
- That's the only thing so far.
And then red onions.
Again, we got a lot more flop,
but there's a lot more length, too.
- Equal to me.
- [Link] Equal to me.
- But we also have tomatoes,
which I know you're not gonna be a part of this part.
- And I will go on to the thinly sliced green pepper,
which I think flop doesn't matter there.
But taste?
- That took more time than it needed to,
but after testing every single ingredient
from a Subway sandwich,
we gotta say Subway "eat fresh"-
- [Together] Is bonafide.
- Oh, good work.
So M&M's and Subway were true to their word
and Maxwell House is a bunch of liars.
Don't listen to those Maxwell House nurses, y'all.
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