- Which foods get you in the moods?
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat music)
(flames crackle)
- "Good Mythical Morning."
- Since the dawn of time,
humans have been on the lookout for any type of love potion
that might get the motor running,
if you know what I mean.
♪ Get your motor running ♪ - What we're talking about
is aphrodisiacs, which if you didn't already know,
literally means food or drink
that stimulates desire or excitement.
- No actual afro anywhere in that definition.
- Yep.
- I'm a little disappointed. - But lots of disiac.
- But we press on.
The jury is still out scientifically
as to whether or not aphrodisiacs actually work,
if they're effective. - Right.
- And when the jury is out scientifically on things,
that's when we here at "Good Mythical Morning"
step in to do a little boopity boop boop boop boop-
- Save the scientific day. - Research, and some
jammity jam jam jam jam
experimentation. - Uh-oh.
(crew laughs)
- It's time to determine which love potion
puts the emotion in our ocean. (whimsical music)
- Now when a human is feeling the love,
a few things should happen.
First of all, their heart rate should go up.
- Mm-hm. - Their blood pressure
should go up. - Mm-hm.
- And they should also feel a little emotional stirring
right here in this region. - Oh, yeah.
- Or really anywhere, but-
- Now we have designed an experiment
to test the variable of aphrodisiac.
- Yes. - We're gonna sample
each aphrodisiac,
and then we're gonna measure the data points of heart rate,
blood pressure, and our desire level.
- Yeah, so with the heart rate and the blood pressure,
we're not just wearing fancy watches.
Oh, look, We've got
some fancy watches. - What time is it?
- Actually, I will say that these say LotFancy on them.
They are a lot fancy,
(crew laughs) and we're wearing 'em,
but this is gonna measure the,
we're gonna measure the blood pressure
and heart rate with this device.
- (chuckles) And then we're going to measure
our attraction level.
And we each have a picture of the object of our desire,
that we're gonna put right here for our own benefit.
Mine is cereal.
No, it's my wife. - Yeah.
And I have a picture of my wife,
and we're gonna be measuring our attraction level
after each one of these aphrodisiacs.
So we're gonna say that five is middle of the road,
just a normal, healthy level of attraction
that we have towards our wives at all times.
- Yes. - But that could go up
to a ten, and that could go down to a one-
- Ooh, it could.
- Based on the different aphrodisiacs
that we're gonna be trying.
- All right, let's get started.
Since the time of the ancient Greeps...
Greeps.
- Oh, the Greeps.
I've heard of them. - The Greeks.
The Greeks and Romans, people have been eating these
when they need a little pick me up.
I'm talking about pine nuts.
(whimsical music)
- Here they are.
- Mm.
I love me a pine nut.
The theory says that since they are very high in zinc,
that boosts the immune system and makes you feel energized.
Also, it contains B vitamins and vitamin E,
which help your body produce testosterone, which can
♪ Get your motor running ♪
So I'm not gonna go easy on the pine nuts.
- [Rhett] Okay, I'm gonna get one more handful.
- Mm.
So good.
- You can't tell me I didn't try enough pine nuts.
Now, we're gonna take some time
while these enter our system,
we're gonna look at the pictures of our wives
and see if there's any effect.
- Let it sink in.
(whimsical music)
Okay, I feel like the pine nuts have sunk in.
I feel like zinc, and vitamin B and E
is coursing through my enticed veins,
but let's do an official test here.
Bring in the doctor, the doctor of love.
- Hello, Doctor.
- Hello, patients.
(Rhett laughs) - You're gonna turn this on
and it's gonna test our vitals here?
(monitors beep) - Yes, sir.
- Now we took a baseline measurement
of our vitals before this
to know what just the standing heart rate
and blood pressure was. (monitor hums)
(Link imitates monitor)
- It's tightening up.
Now keep looking at your wife.
We gotta come up with, on a scale of one to ten,
how attracted we are. - It's increasing.
It's increasing.
I'm not kidding. She got hotter.
- All right, Link.
You are 114,
and 90 is your pulse.
- Oh.
- Rhett, you are 137.
- Well, mine went way up, dude!
- And a pulse of 88.
- My heart rate went way up.
- It did.
But your blood pressure stayed low.
You're in good health. - I'm feeling good-
- But that's just the first one.
- And what do you give,
on a scale of one to ten,
what do you give- - Oh, yeah.
I gotta do that.
- Your level of attraction here?
- I mean, she's a ten.
She's always a ten,
so I don't wanna get this whole scale of one to ten.
Baby, if you're watching...
I know you don't watch every episode,
but you're probably gonna watch this one.
You're a ten, and you're always a ten,
but on this scale right now, you were a five.
It's very confusing, I know.
Now you're a seven. (crew laughing)
But you're always a ten.
But now you're a seven compared to the five
that you started as.
That's hard...
You know what I mean.
Maybe we should have come up with letter grades.
- What?
I'm sorry, I was lost in my wife's-
- Okay. - Eyes over here.
- So where- - My wife's eyes.
- Where are you at?
- I'm gonna give her a six.
- Oh, okay. - Well I'm gonna give
me a six.
We have a healthy relationship.
I don't need to communicate- - All right.
- With her through this show.
- Next one.
The emperor Montezuma used to eat fistfuls of this
when he was looking for a little romance.
I'm talking about chocolate.
(whimsical music)
Okay, chocolate.
In bar form.
- Ooh, yeah.
- What, why'd you massage the whole thing?
You just were like one of those kids
that claims the chocolate bar
by touching the whole thing.
- Sorry, do you want that side?
Here. I'll take this side.
- I'm not gonna eat that much.
Now the science behind this one is actually kind of hazy,
but it has tryptophan,
which is necessary for making serotonin,
which can contribute to pleasure and happiness.
It also contains something called phenylethylamine,
which I probably didn't say correct.
It's a chemical your brain releases when you're in love.
- The darker the chocolate
the more enticing the attraction?
- Yeah, yeah.
- 'Cause this is some dark chocolate.
- It's good. - It is bitter.
- You know, if you changed phenylethylamine
by one hydrogen atom, it becomes meth.
- Really? - And that's in chocolate.
(crew laughs) - Okay.
So let's settle in on the passion of our wives.
(whimsical music)
- Okay, what do you think?
- I'm gonna have to jump up to an eight.
- Really? - I'm liking this picture.
- It's interesting.
The chocolate was incredible.
I love chocolate.
It tastes a lot better than pine nuts.
But I feel that I'm just
at the healthy level of attraction
that I always have towards my wife.
A five.
- Dr. Chase. Dr. Love.
Let's give it another reading.
- Yes, sirs.
Rhett, you are at a 136
with a pulse of 86.
- Mm.
- And Link, you are at a 97.
- Oh my gosh (chuckling).
- Very relaxed. - Your blood pressure
went down to 97! - And your pulse is 76.
- I'm worried that your blood pressure's too low,
like we're gonna have to pump you up somehow.
- I don't know.
Let's keep moving.
Up next, these contain Bromelain.
You've heard of that.
Bro, you're in my lane!
- Who hasn't?
- It's an enzyme that boosts testosterone,
and they are the perfect aphrodisiac for monkeying around.
Bananas.
(whimsical music)
- All right, I've got a banana for each one of us.
- Thank you.
These have potassium and vitamin B,
which boost energy levels,
which is the best guess as to why these can-
- Oh.
- Get you ready to go.
- That was...
(chuckles) Get you ready to go.
Mm-hm. - Mm-hm.
- Mm.
- I don't like bananas.
It's hard for me to eat 'em.
- The key is make banana pudding in your mouth,
because everybody likes banana pudding.
Okay.
Let that banana digest.
(whimsical music)
I feel a slight increase from just my base level excitement
that I always have.
Did I mention that?
I'm always excited about my wife.
- She's not watching, it's fine.
- But she might. - Just be honest.
- She might.
- You can't risk it. (both laugh)
- I went to a six.
- Okay. I'm less excited.
No, I feel like I'm- (crew laughs)
I'm more excited.
- I'm more or less excited right now.
(crew laughs)
- No, I am more excited here in my arm
where this is gonna measure me,
but I'm less excited in my heart.
I don't know.
No offense, baby, but I'm going down to a four.
I just don't feel-
- Really?
Nothing can make me go below five.
(chuckles) I'm just kidding.
I mean, this is science.
I'm committed to being honest.
- So let's take a reading here.
- All right.
- Doctor of love.
- Patients.
- Rhett, you are at 144.
- Golly! - With a pulse of 84.
- My pulse went down, but my blood pressure
went into the red.
Bananas.
That's bananas.
(monitor beeps)
Oh, your blood pressure went up.
- I went up, yeah.
- We've got 113 with a pulse of 79.
- 79 went up slightly too.
- Yeah. - So I felt more excited,
but it's not translating into the feels for me.
- All right, these are probably
the most famous aphrodisiacs on the list,
and legendary lover Casanova
was rumored to eat 50 of 'em for breakfast.
Oysters.
(whimsical music)
So oysters, like pine nuts, also have zinc,
so that can boost the immune system like we talked about,
makes you feel energized,
but these have also recently been discovered
to have a rare amino acid which can boost
the production of the baby-making chemicals, testosterone.
- I have never eaten a oyster out of the shell.
That's gonna slide down my throat, right?
- Yeah.
And you know what, I'll prepare it
for you. - Oh, gosh.
I bet my blood pressure's going up just thinking
about this. - You want a little
sauce on it to make it
easier for you? - Oh, yeah.
Little a lot.
- Let's do that right there.
- And then...
Oh, gosh.
- And then you just slurp it right off of there.
(Link moans)
- Okay. - Come on, do it, man.
- You first. I just wanna see how you do it.
(Rhett slurps)
You like it?
- Tastes like the ocean.
- Oh, it tastes like an ocean?
(crew laughs)
- It tastes like the ocean.
- Cold.
- Well, you want...
It's raw, Link.
- Oh, it's raw? - Yes!
You didn't know it was raw?
(crew laughs) It's cold!
Did y'all cook it and let it sit out?
(crew laughs)
- I really thought it was boiled
and then frigidized. - Dude, we might as well
have just gone down and knocked on the door
to Poseidon's house.
And now we should be excited.
- Uh. I have to eat another one?
- How excited do you wanna get?
- I wanna get excited now.
- [Rhett] I wanna get excited now, don't get me wrong.
- Now nothing...
I don't see why anyone would wanna go to a restaurant
and yuck this up in public.
- 'Cause they're good.
You're over-chewing it too, first of all.
I mean, you could just swallow it.
(Link shudders)
- Let's let that settle in
and gaze upon the sweetness.
(Rhett laughs) (crew laughs)
- The sweetness.
It's so horrible.
(whimsical music)
- You feeling something over there?
- Definitely. I'm not joking.
- I'm feeling lightheaded.
I'm feeling like I'm swimming in an ocean of emotion.
- Mm-hm.
What are you gonna give it?
- I'm legitimately giving this a nine.
This feeling I'm feeling right now
is approaching the top of the scale.
- I definitely am feeling something,
and I am feeling more than I felt this entire time.
I don't think it's a nine, but I do think it's an eight.
- Mm.
- I'm feeling an eight, let's bring in
the doctor of love. - Chase, level up.
- Sirs. (monitor beeps)
Rhett, you are at 124
with a pulse of 89.
- Huh.
- Link, 109, and a pulse of 83.
- Well, all this is going into our fancy algorithm.
- All right, next up.
These are guaranteed to get your blood pumping
and palms sweating.
Hot chilies.
(whimsical music)
All right, here we have two hot chilies.
These are habanero?
- Habanero. - Habanero.
Capsaicin is said to boost circulation
to all parts of the body.
It also stimulates the nerve endings
and your brain releases endorphins.
- Oh, I love those.
- And my wife is really attracted to me when I hiccup.
- Mm.
- No, she's not. - Okay.
- So let's see if that happens.
I don't wanna touch this with my finger,
because I'm then gonna turn around and-
- Now are you gonna take a whole pepper,
or are you gonna just bite like halfway through the pepper?
- We should do the whole thing.
You know I don't want to. (Rhett sighs)
- Let's do it, man.
- I'm doing this for you, baby.
Are you watching?
- We're gonna be hiccuping and drooling.
It's gonna be so sexy.
(both laugh)
All right, here we go. - Here we go.
- Three, two, one, eat.
(Link coughs)
- I just swallowed it (hiccups).
And now come the hiccups.
- Oh, here they come.
- Now, we have- (both hiccup)
(crew laughs)
We have milk. (Link hiccups)
(Rhett hiccups)
Should we drink the milk?
- We should wait and let it sink in.
- Let it sink in.
Now look at your beautiful wife, Link.
(Link hiccups)
Hey, baby.
It's so good to see you again.
- I'm crying because you're so beautiful.
- I would have a difficult time
focusing on anything other than the fact that my mouth is
burning right now. (Link hiccups)
- Yeah.
Hey baby, I had big plans for us tonight,
but I'm sure I'm just gonna be in the kitchen
drinking (hiccups) milk.
- That's sexy.
- Okay, Chase. Take a reading, brother.
Doctor.
- (chuckling) Okay.
- Now on a scale of one to ten,
we should give our readings.
One.
- What?
You went to a one?
- I feel like I'm about to die.
Like I can't be attracted to anything.
- I honestly feel like
my attraction level has just remained constant.
My mouth has gotten hotter,
but she's stayed just as hot as she already was.
Five.
- I'll put mine at a three.
- All right.
Rhett, you are at a 131
with a pulse of 97. - 97.
- And Link, you are at 145 with a pulse of 101.
- Oh my goodness!
But you went down to one in your level of attraction?
- It doesn't mean I'm attracted to anything,
It means that I feel like I'm about to die.
- 145 and 101?!
Whoa, Link!
- That's not good, man. - Those peppers affected you.
- I know, dude. I'm telling you.
- Okay.
We're gonna take a second to plug these numbers
into our algorithm and see whose aphrodisiac works best
for them individually.
(computer beeping)
- [Link] So the results dictate that habanero
is the aphrodisiac of choice for both of us.
- Yeah, so make sure you pick up some habanero peppers
from your local grocery store before Valentines Day.
- Thanks to habaneros for sponsoring this episode.
- (chuckling) Yes.
- Thanks to you for liking, commenting, and subscribing.
- You know what time it is.
- Hey, guys.
My name is Mubsy, and I'm from Tripoli, Lebanon,
and it's time to spin The Wheel of Mythicality.
- The Good Mythical Mug is the perfect container
for your favorite love potion,
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Not the love potion, the mug.
- Click through to Good Mythical More,
or for mobile users, click the eye for convenience
for us to make an ultimate love smoothie.
That's right, we're gonna do it.
- Rhett is a telephone. Link tries to use him.
- What's that, what's that ringing sound?
(Rhett mimics telephone)
Huh, I had a premonition of the ringing.
(Rhett mimics telephone)
Hello?
(Rhett makes beeping sound)
It's the beeper.
Stop calling me, beeper!
Wow. - Whoa!
- Guys, I've just blown habanero out the water
with this amazing concoction of enticedness.
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