- Can we figure out what's going on with only our ears?
- Let's talk about that.
(bright music)
- Good Mythical Morning.
- You know him from "WandaVision"
and "Fresh Off the Boat,"
and his directorial debut "Shortcomings"
premieres at Sundance this weekend.
- Woohoo! - It's Randall Park.
- Hey, hey, hey. - Give us one of these.
(crew applauds)
- Oh, oh, oh, (laughs) I was like-
- You got it.
- Okay, there we go. - Welcome to the show, man.
- Thank you. - We're the jacket boys!
- Yes, that's right, look at that!
- The jacketeers.
The jacks of all trades.
- It's like the evolution of jackets,
but I don't know who's evolved the most.
- I think it's, I think-
- I think it's you with the Paddington.
- Oh, thank you. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I was hoping you would say that
(rolls tongue) - We're going that way.
- I've been fishing for that reference all day.
Okay, Randall, how's your eavesdropping game?
- Eavesdropping game?
Not very good.
Not very, my hearing is not very good in general.
- Oh, oh.
- So I'm gonna be terrible at whatever you throw at me.
- Well, are you gonna be, like,
on the back row when your movie's premiering at Sundance,
like, listening to the murmurings,
trying to get people's perspective on it, like-
- For sure.
I'll probably be sitting with my back to the screen
right at the front of the theater
just looking at everybody, watching.
- Everybody's gotta look over your head.
- Yeah. - There he is.
- It's like, "Dude, get out of the way!"
All right, we're gonna help you with your eavesdropping.
- Okay, okay.
- So you can be dropping them eaves.
- Yeah.
- It's time for Eavesdropping Theatre with Randall Park.
- [Stevie] Okay, jacket boys, listen up.
In today's game, you'll each take turns acting out
a pre-written scene behind that curtain
alongside a Mythical crew member scene partner.
The two players who are not in the scene will be listening
to try and and deduce what's going on via eavesdropping.
- Via eavesdropping.
- [Stevie] Via eavesdropping.
- Just listening.
- [Stevie] The person who is closest
to the right answer wins the round,
so you'll want to be very specific with your guesses,
because today's winner gets
the esteemed eavesdropper's crown.
- Oh. - Oh, okay.
- You've heard about this, Randall?
- No, no. - The eavesdropper's crown?
- Yeah, yeah, it's pretty exciting.
- It's the buzz around Hollywood.
- Oh my gosh, I'm excited.
(jazzy music)
- [Stevie] We're kicking things off with a performance
from Rhett and Jasmine.
- [Link] Jasmine.
- [Stevie] And action.
- Oh.
- I'm closer, I like this.
- Let's get this started.
I have to get back to my stocks.
- Hey, I've got stocks of my own to tend to,
but go ahead, show me what you're working with.
- I call this one casual Friday.
(chuckles)
(crew laughs)
- Yeah, that's hot.
So hot.
(crew laughs)
- [Rhett] I bet you don't see a lot of that
out in the field. (chuckles)
- Yeah, yeah, hold my hoe.
Probably your first time touching one.
(chuckles) - Okay.
- Hope this isn't too square for ya.
(crew laughs)
- Well, color me impressed.
- Bet you doesn't see a lot of that
in the conference room, eh?
Now, hand me back my dirty hoe.
- Not bad.
We may come from two different worlds,
but at the end of the day, we both can shake it.
And scene.
(crew laughs)
- [Randall] What?
(crew applauds)
- I don't know. - What?
(Link laughs weakly)
- Plenty to go on, huh, boys?
- I mean, stocks? - What?
- At one point did she say, "Hold my hoe"?
- She did say, "Hold my hoe."
- What does that even mean?
- I mean- - It has to be a hint.
- I'm thinking of a literal hoe.
- [Link] Okay.
- Hold my hoe, stocks, and then the hot...
(crew laughs)
- There was a lot of demonstration.
- And then there was, like,
a paper sound that might not mean anything,
or it might mean everything.
I don't know.
- I will let you know,
the paper sound was just the scripts we're holding.
- Oh. (crew laughs)
- Oh, okay.
- You were waving the hell out of that script.
- Don't read anything into that.
- So, wait, clarification.
We just write what we think they were doing.
- [Stevie] Yes, yes, yes.
- I'll be judging who was closer to the reality.
- Okay.
- I'll go first. - You wanna go first? Sure.
- Starting with stocks, I just thought,
I'm going with medieval torturers sharing
(crew laughs)
their, like, torture devices.
'Cause isn't a stock, like, something that you, like...
(crew laughs)
- Okay. Okay. (laughs)
- You didn't hear that?
- I didn't hear that at all.
All I heard was paper.
That's all I heard.
- I also don't know how to spell medieval.
(Randall laughs)
So I take it that your answer's different.
- It's very different.
Well, stocks, there's a hoe.
There's definitely a hoe.
There was a discussion of a hoe.
- Right.
- Stocks, I thought, like, maybe, like,
a bean stalk or something,
like, some kind of plant or something?
I could be very wrong,
but I think they were planting something?
- So, gardeners.
- Gardeners, yeah, yeah.
- Gardeners or torturers? Let's find out.
- [Stevie] All right, you can peel back the curtain.
(curtain creaks)
- Well, she looks like a gardener
and he looks like a stockbroker.
- It was a dance off between a businessman and a farmer.
(crew laughs)
But hey, here's what I'll say.
Neither one of us are medieval torturers.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- But one of us is a farmer,
so, Randall, you're gonna get the point on this one.
- Yes! (bell dings)
(crew claps)
- Wow. - Yes.
- And get it, like, stocks and stalks.
- Yeah, I got the stalks.
- Yeah. - I didn't, no.
- I didn't get the stocks.
- And this is the paper.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- We were dancing.
- Yeah, yeah, I mean, I was, you can maybe see it later,
but, you know, I was doing a little, that was happening.
- Got it, got it, okay.
- See it later.
Well, we don't need to. - Yeah, yeah.
(crew laughs)
(jazzy music)
- [Stevie] Okay, Randall will be joined by Emily
for this scene.
And action.
- What are those?
- Oh, you've never seen these before?
- Never.
What do they feel like?
- Oh, prepare to have your mind blown.
Here, have a feel.
- Oop. - I got it, don't worry.
(both laugh)
Whoa. (laughs)
Wow, these are firm and round,
and hey, one of these is bigger than the other one.
- Oh, yeah.
My nana grew some huge ones.
Go ahead, squeeze them.
But not too hard.
They may squirt.
(crew laughs)
- Wow, where have these been all my life?
- Hey, go ahead.
Give 'em a try.
- Seriously? All right.
(crew laughs)
Yum, yum, yum.
- Oh, yeah.
(laughs)
Hey, you know, I've never seen someone
do it like that before.
(laughs) - I bet you haven't.
- Let me try.
(coughs) - I got a little piece.
Sorry.
Shall I feed it to you, sir?
Uh-oh, there's a chunk.
- Sure. - Okay, go for it.
(crew laughs)
Wow, great job.
- Oh, yum, yum, yum.
- Mmm. (crew laughs)
- And scene.
- Ah. (crew claps)
Very nice. - All right.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- They were reluctantly eating something.
(crew laughs)
I could tell that it was in Randall's mouth at the end.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
(Emily laughs)
I don't know if it was the bigger one or the smaller one.
- Right, yeah.
At first it sorta seemed like it might be boobies,
but then it quickly- - Yeah, got my hopes up.
- It quickly became something else.
It's a...
Okay.
You got one?
- I thought it was tasting and feeling tomatoes.
- Oh, weird, 'cause I said man letting woman sample
his variously sized tomatoes.
- Oh, you think, tomatoes too?
- Yeah, 'cause-
- I don't know what it is about tomatoes,
but I just really sensing tomatoes.
- Well, it was the squirty nature of a tomato.
- Oh, right, that was it.
- That's where- - When you bite into it.
- Different, my nana, you know?
- Yeah. - Nanas grow tomaters.
- My nana does.
- [Stevie] All right, let's peel back the curtain.
(curtain creaks)
- No! - Those aren't tomatoes!
- No.
- Oranges of various sizes.
- Yeah, so in this scene,
Emily had never tried oranges before.
- Never even seen them.
- Yep, and then she took a bite,
and then I took a bite.
- Out of an unpeeled orange?
- That's right. - That's right.
- That's what they wrote for us to do.
- Yeah. (crew laughs)
- Never seen 'em do that before, okay.
- That's what made it funny.
(Emily and Randall laugh)
- And, but did you, you actually bite it, where...
- Oh yeah, we got a spit bucket.
- Yeah. - Right over there.
- Okay. - Look at that.
- I know. - Yep, yep.
- Okay, well-
- All right, can I see your answers?
- Yes.
- I mean, we both said tomatoes.
- Man letting woman sample
his variously sized tomatoes.
Tasting and feeling tomatoes.
- I mean, I am a woman.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. (crew laughs)
- Nailed it. (laughs)
- I'm gonna have to give it to Rhett because,
(bell dings) (crew claps)
because he used more words.
- Yeah, I was very- - He always does that.
- No, specific, you gotta be specific.
- I got a broken shoulder.
I'm sitting here trying to write, Randall.
- Sorry, hey, hey.
- Oh, he's pulling out the broken shoulder.
- What, I'm so pitiful.
(crew laughs)
Come on, man.
At least let me try one of your large oranges.
(laughs) - There it is.
- There you go. - There you go.
- Take a bite. - Take a bite.
- Yeah. (crew laughs)
- Hey. - No, it's just-
- Yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- No. - Oh, he chickened out.
(crew laughs) (jazzy music)
- [Stevie] Up next we have Link and Lucas.
And action.
- Okay.
(grunting dramatically)
Hey, can you give me a hand?
I'm so bad at third wheeling.
(crew laughs)
- Wow, what's all this for?
- Well, (grunts) thanks for giving me a hand, by the way.
(crew laughs)
- Right, got you.
You're good. Oh, you got it there.
- Well, this is for you
in celebration of another trip around the sun.
- All for me?
Is this 50 shades of gray?
- You bet.
I figured it'd help you stay cool on the job.
Go ahead, give 'em a spin.
- I'll have to remove my protection.
(crew laughs)
- That's okay.
I mean, you're no longer outta this world.
- Good point.
I'm pretty down to earth.
(sunglasses clatter) (crew laughs)
- Go ahead, give it a spin.
This is one of my brightest ideas.
I just wanna make people happy before I die.
- Wow, things just got really dark.
And scene.
(crew laughs and claps)
- Wow, there was a lot to process there.
- Yeah.
(crew laughs)
(crew claps)
I don't even remember what they said.
It was, that was so confusing.
- Okay.
- They're thinking.
They're stumped.
- I can't hear anything.
- Scribble, scribble, scribble.
- Oh.
(laughs)
- All right, I don't know.
I don't- - Go ahead, you go first.
- Okay, so my guess is that it's two men talking nonsense
(crew laughs)
and then it got dark for some reason.
(Rhett laughs) (crew laughs and claps)
- Okay.
That's, I mean, that's an accurate description
of what happened. - Yeah.
- I went with man gives other man gray bicycle
for his birthday.
(crew laughs)
Because celebrating another trip around the sun.
So it was, like, a birthday present.
And it was gray 'cause it was 50 shades of gray.
And he said third wheel.
- Yes, yes, yes.
That's pretty good.
- I, well, maybe it's not.
(crew laughs)
- [Stevie] All right, let's pull back the curtain.
(curtain creaks)
- Third wheel! (sunglasses clatter)
- Oh, wheelbarrow. - 50 shades of gray.
- 50 shades of gray.
- I'm an astronaut.
- He's an astronaut. - Guys!
- He's down to earth.
- Yeah. - But he was-
- And everything is so dark now.
- I can't see, it's dark.
I can't hear, either, but...
- I mean, this is Sundance material.
(laughs) - Yeah.
- I think mine is closer.
(everyone laughs)
- Link, you be the judge.
- You know what, Randall,
I would love for you to make an argument for yourself
before I give this point to Rhett.
- Well, I know what you're thinking.
Mine lacks specificity or even an attempt for specificity.
- Right. - Right?
But if you think about it's actually pretty specific.
- Right. - 'Cause there's two.
There's two. (crew laughs)
There's two men.
- Right.
- I could've said any number, but I went with two.
And then- - Good point.
- That was complete nonsense.
- Yeah, it was. (crew laughs)
- It was very nonsense. - Yeah, it was.
- Didn't make any sense to me.
- I mean-
- And then it got dark and for some reason and-
- For some reason
- I'm not saying, like, it could be any reason.
I'm saying there was a reason.
- Yeah, a specific reason.
- Yeah. - Very specific.
Right, there's a tone of critique in what you've done
that I feel like has helped both of us.
- Yeah. I learned.
- When we do this again and again and again afterwards.
- I was a little upset when I wrote this.
(laughs) - Can you tell?
- So I think it's clear I have to give Randall the point.
- Yes, yes, thank you. - Okay.
(bell dings) Okay.
(crew claps)
- Thank you. - I'll be all right.
(jazzy music)
- [Stevie] For this last round,
only our top two players will be competing,
which means Link is performing with Jordan.
And to make this competitive,
this round is worth two points,
meaning this is anyone's game.
- All right. - Okay, okay.
- [Stevie] And action.
- Psst, psst!
Hey, over here!
- Me?
- Yeah, you.
- I was on my way to fetch the paper.
(crew laughs)
- Well, you're gonna wanna see this.
Haka-patow!
(crew laughs)
Give it a little, give it a little boost.
You see?
- Oh, wow.
- You ever seen one of these before?
- Yeah, I'm not allowed.
Daddy says they're a choking hazard.
Is that legit?
- Oh, you bet.
Only the finest.
But hurry up and decide.
I've been working these streets all day and I'm dog tired.
Arf! (crew laughs)
- Okay, I'll take it,
Arf, arf, arf! (crew laughs)
But I'm gonna have to bury it immediately.
How much?
- Well, you know, we're talking about
a high-quality piece here,
so whatever scratch you got, I'll take it.
- Okay, fine.
Here you go.
(babbling)
(crew laughs)
- Oh, yeah.
- And scene.
- Actually, no, it's not scene yet.
(crew claps)
Keep it going.
(Jordan babbles) (Link laughs)
(crew laughs)
- What in the world?
- Scene. - Scene.
And now scene, okay, now scene.
(crew claps)
We're gonna EGOT, I can feel it.
- I do feel it. (crew laughs)
- Covered a lot of detail.
Looks like we both did.
- I wrote a novel.
- Okay, I'll go first on this one.
I said it was a shady bone dealer
selling bone to dog
who then experiments with it
while making suggestive sounds.
(crew laughs)
- Okay, mine is kinda dark.
(laughs)
A dog gives a boy a dead bird.
(crew laughs)
Then they play with it.
- Yeah, yeah, they did something with it.
They did something with that, whatever it was.
- [Stevie] Okay, let's pull back the curtain.
(curtain creaks)
(Link pants)
(crew laughs)
- I'm a-
- Are you a crime-fighting dog?
- I'm a dog bone dealer.
I'm actually a crime-ridden dog dealing a bone
to a younger dog who then paid me in scritches.
- Oh, paid you in scritches.
- Oh!
- I think it's weird that they let us just do a scene
from the new episode of "Bridgerton."
(everyone laughs)
- Right. - Weird season
- The lawyers are gonna have to-
- So where did you get a bird from, Randall?
- I don't know.
- I mean, birds have bones.
- Yeah, they do have bones, yeah.
- Yeah, I'm trying to help you out here, man.
(both laugh)
- I love the fact that you're here and that we, you know,
we've just emotionally defeated you with this game.
It's like you need a hug, man.
So, Rhett, you said bone dealers.
- I did say bone dealers.
- So that, I mean,
and you both went off the rails with the second half,
but I guess it sounds-
- But let me make an argument.
- Okay. - Please do.
(crew laughs) - I would love to hear it.
- You see, the bone, right?
Is from a dead animal.
- Yes. - Right?
So I said dead, right?
(crew laughs) I said dead.
- Yeah, that's true.
- [Rhett] You think it's an ostrich?
- I think from an animal that possibly,
I mean, we're all one species, really.
I mean, we're all living beings.
- Trace it back. - So, like, you know.
So that's my argument.
You win, you win. (Rhett laughs)
- Rhett gets the point.
- All right, I get the point!
(crew claps)
I get this incredible crown.
Oh, there's the astronaut.
- Oh my gosh, wow.
- Oh, what a crown this is.
- That's really- - What a crown this is.
- Ugh, that's beautiful. - How do I look?
- All right, big thanks again to Randall
for being so much fun lending us his ears today.
"Shortcomings" premieres at Sundance this weekend,
so stay tuned for updates on how to catch it after that.
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