Can you tell what someone's doing by looking at an extreme closeup
- of their face? - Let's talk about that.
♪ (theme music) ♪
- Good Mythical Morning! - If eyes are the window to the soul,
then the face is the front of the house. And facial expressions are the paint
on the house that constantly changes color to show you what the house
is feeling.
- I understand. Yeah. - Yeah, are you with me?
- The question is… - Like a house with paint that changes.
You can tell what someone's feeling by looking at their face, but can you tell
what they're doing by only looking at their face?
That is the question we're gonna ask tokay.
I think I'm gonna be pretty good that this, because sometimes I just look
at people's faces and don't look at any other parts of their body, and I
- know what they're doing. - Well, dates like that.
I've devised a game where it's an extreme closeup, and then you decide
- what it is they're doing. - Yep.
Are you read to play… "What the Heck Are They Doing?"
A.K.A. "What's That Face's Body Doing?"
Okay, Rhett, so each round is worth one million points. If you get
seven million points, you get the prize, which is a luxurious spa treatment for
your face: instantaneously, right here on the set.
- Really? - If you don't hit the seven million
mark, you get a much less desirable spa treatment for your face.
- Not excited about that one. - But I've got some back-pocket
- lifelines, if you will, to help you here. - (Rhett offscreen) Yeah.
- The first option is a "zoom out". - Ah.
I'll zoom out and give you more information to work with.
That seems like it will definitely be helpful.
Second one is "show me something else." I'll give you a different part of image.
- Okay, great. - The third one is "let me hear it."
- Let me hear it. - When I make the sound that I think the
person is doing in the wider picture. Are you ready?
The sound that they would be making with their mouth, or the sound that they would
be making with whatever object they're messing with or whatever?
- Yes. Both. - B? Either. Okay.
- All right, go to your first one there. - I'm there.
- Check out this guy. - ♪ (dramatic drums) ♪
(Link) What's that face's body doing?
Is he A: Delivering a groin kick at an indoor soccer match...
- Eugh. - …B: Painting something intricate...
- Ah! - …C: Slamming a ping pong ball...
- Hm. - …or D: Reacting to a public insult
- that really pinpointed his insecurities. - Mm. Ah, okay. The last one is gonna
be a joke every time, huh?
(forced, evil laughter)
- Well… - (Link offscreen) That really pinpointed
- my insecurities when you [did that]. - You know what?
I didn't even need the choices for this one. I was gonna say that he was
- playing regular tennis, because he… - That's not a choice, Rhett.
…he feels like he's got a forearm thing goin'. But now I can see the background.
He's indoors. This guy is definitely playing table tennis, otherwise known as
- ping pong! (correct ding) - That's right, Rhett.
- (Link) Here, I'll let you see. - (Rhett) Woo! Look at that guy.
- (Rhett) Boy, he's into it. - (Link) You're off to a good start.
- Yeah. - (Link) You may have a sixth sense...
- …about this. - Yeah, I do look at people's faces a lot.
- Okay, next picture. Here she is. - ♪ (dramatic drums) ♪
(Link) What the heck is she doing? Is she A: Winning a staring contest,
- B: Performing a barbell squat… - Hm.
- …C: Returning a volleyball serve… - Ha ha!
- …or D: Bracing for a rabid hawk attack. - Ho ho ho ho ho! (inhales)
- (tries to contain a laugh) - (crew laughing offscreen)
- Have you ever been attacked by a hawk? - No, I've thought about it though.
- That's what you look like right before. - Wow, you know...
- Is this one difficult? - (Rhett) She's in the proper posture
for weightlifting, without a doubt. This is a high-res image, though.
Somebody zoomed in on the face. Who zooms in like that?
(stammering) I know it's not a zoom.
That's the whole point. It's a full-body thing.
- It's a cropped image. - But this is a really high-quality camera.
Nobody takes pictures of weightlifters with high-quality cameras.
(laughing)
- Except maybe today they do. - Where are you going with this?
I'm going with weightlifter! Deadlift.
You sure it's not volleyball serve?
This girl has not played volleyball.
I thought she looked like a volleyball player, but you're right! Check it out.
(correct ding) (Link) She's hoistin' it up there.
(Rhett) That's… what in the world? She's a model. She's not a weightlifter.
- Oh, she's a model, huh? - Yep. She's sellin' weights.
Let's move right along. You're doing great. You have two million points already.
What the heck is he doing? Is this guy A: Tacking a bull, B: Riding a bucking
bronco, C: Getting a brand seared on his butt, or D: Scrambling for positon
in the corn dog stand line. Looks like a corn dog lover.
(Rhett clicking his mouth) Uh, I'm gonna use a lifeline here,
'cause I feel like he could be riding, and he also could be, like, wrangling a bull.
So I want to have a zoom out so I can see what he's actually doing.
Okay, and that is available on your screen there.
- ♪ (twinlke) ♪ - (Link) It's a 1% zoom out.
- I did zoom out. - I probably should have asked what
the asterisk was for. The asterisk would have said
(both Rhett & Link) A 1% zoom out.
So use that additional information and make a decision.
He's got quite a gap between his teeth, and what do you call that? A diastema?
- Yep. - People with diastemas are more likely
to ride bulls, so I'm gonna go with bull riding.
That's not a choice. Tacking a bull, riding a bucking bronco.
Riding a bucking bronco.
I'm sorry, Rhett. He is tacking a bull. (incorrect buzzer)
- (Rhett) Agh! - ♪ (descending chromatic scale) ♪
See? You have two lifelines left, and you have two million points.
(Link) What the heck is she doing? Is she A: Having her toes licked by a dog,
- Mm. - …B: Getting a full arm sleeve tattoo,
- C: Aiming a Nerf blaster… - Ugh.
…or D: Responding to her right eye falling out for the fifth time today.
(exhales)
Glass eye, huh? Boy.
Keeps falling out, that why she's making that face.
She doesn't look like she's being licked by dogs.
I would know that face. Uh...
- I'm not gonna ask why. - She is either getting a tattoo,
or she's aiming a gun. She doesn't look like a Nerf girl, though.
Oh, man. (stammering) Psh. Nerf. She's aiming a Nerf gun.
Hm, I got you with this one. She's gettin' a full sleeve tattoo.
- (Rhett) Dang! - (Link) Ugh.
(Rhett) I knew she was gettin' a tattoo, man.
I gotta get all of 'em right now.
Just keep going. Don't give up. You've got some handy dandy helping hands, here,
you can use. What the heck is this guy doing?
Is he A: Performing the "snatch" portion of a power clean,
- B: Chunking a shot put... - Ah.
…C: Celebrating an MMA victory, or D: Spotting an ice-cold Gatorade
after surviving three days without water.
Looks thirsty, doesn't he? You ever been that thirsty?
- Nope. Never been that thirsty. - (everyone on and offscreen laughing)
- I'm gonna need, uh… - You ever seen anyone that thirsty?
I want you to show me something else.
- Okay, pull that up right over there. - ♪ (twinkle) ♪
(Link) There you go. That's a little somethin' else for ya.
- Okay. This is a shoulder strap… - Ooh!
...of a uniform. Not a uniform that someone would wear in weightlifting,
but this is a uniform that someone would wear if they were throwing a shot put.
- (Link) Ding ding ding-a-ling! - (Rhett) Yeah!
(Rhett) Yeah, that's right! That helped me.
(Link) You're up to three million, Rhett. Let's press on.
(Link) What the heck is this dude doing? Is he A: Falling off the edge of a roof,
B: Admiring a a cute baby skunk, C: Flying in the air with a cat on
his back or D: Feeling embarrassed over how pixelated this image is.
He doesn't look like he's admiring a skunk.
- I think he does. - I think the pixelation comes from...
…the motion. I think there's motion in the ocean here.
He's not outside 'cause there's a shadow behind his left ear.
If he was outside… If he was on a roof, he would be outside. There's like a
wall shadow behind him.
This man is flying through the air with a cat on his back, ladies and gentlemen.
- I bet my life on it. - Pff. You're right.
(Rhett) Ha, see look! Look at the shadow!
(Rhett) See, I didn't even have to zoom out and there's a little shadow
next to his… I told y'all I was good at this.
- I can't believe you got that one, but... - (ding)
(Link) Movin' right along, what the heck is this guy doing?
Is he A: Coughing up a guitar pick, B: Shredding a guitar solo,
C: Slapping the bass... (laughs) Or "bass" (rhymes with mass)
D: Reacting to the news that his wife just burned his entire Pokémon collection
in order to roast the kids some s'mores.
- Well, he definitely… - (Link) Happens a lot.
…he definitely has a guitar pick. I doubt he's coughing it up.
It looks like spittle is coming out of his mouth.
That looks like a bass guitar pick. It looks thick. It looks the the kind of
pick you put in your mouth when you're rippin' it up with your fingers on
the bass. (laughs) I don't know. This guy looks like a bass-slapper to me.
- (Link) All right. You're right. - (Both Rhett & Link) Look at that!
(Rhett) Look at him; he's just slappin' it.
- (Link) He's really into that, isn't he? - (Rhett) Yeah, he's got the pick in his
- mouth and everything. - All right, so you've got five million.
(Link) You've gotta get two more million to seal the deal.
(Link) What the heck is this guy doing? Is he A: Dodging a rogue firework,
B: Sneaking up on a toucan, C: Walking two dogs wearing saddles
with cowboy monkeys riding on top, or D: His taxes.
Is he doing his taxes.
He doesn't look panicked enough to be dodging a firework. He looks like the kind
of guy that would be into birds.
You know, he's got, like, a hat on of some kind, he's at a place that's got
toucans on display. Can I hear it? Lemme hear it.
- You wanna hear this one? - (Rhett) You told me you'd let me hear it.
If there's a toucan there, I'd appreciate that sound.
(low growling)
(whispering) That was my sound.
Those are dogs with monkeys on their back.
You know when to ask the right question.
I'm gonna go with dogs with monkeys on their back.
(Link) I gave that one to you, man. I could've just made any sound.
- (Link) I made it easy for ya. - (Rhett) Well, I mean, you did!
(Link) All right, it comes down to this last million to get the instant,
awesome spa treatment. What the heck is this guy doing?
Is he A: Experiencing an atomic wedgie, B: Racing bareback on a cow,
- C: Watching a gazelle give birth… - (exhales)
…or D: Publicly berating his sweet dog, Sparky, while his neighbors helplessly
watch, because he is a bad person.
Gazelles giving birth… They do it very peacefully. I've watched it many times.
- Really? - it's not anything to get worked up about.
- (both laughing) - What if something's going wrong?
The kind of outfit that this guy has on
doesn't allow the underwear to be exposed. (stammering)
- It's like a folk dress of some kind. - Folk dress?
But I am gonna go with -- against my instinct -- I am gonna say that he
- is getting a wedgie. Final answer. - (inhaling)
No, he's riding bareback on a cow at a race. He's wearing lederhosen,
- or something, dude. - Yeah, he's probably gettin' a wedgie!
I tried to help you out, Rhett. I made all the sounds you needed,
and there you go. With six million points, you didn't quite get it.
- I gotta look at people's faces better. - Yep, you know. There's an art to this.
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(female) Hi, I'm Harmony, and this is Molly. We're from Savannah, Georgia.
And it's time (snap) to spin The Wheel of Mythicality.
(growling)
For those of you who think video is just too much data to take in,
well, we started a Twitter account: twitter.com/rhettandlink.
We started it years ago. But that's okay.
We started it for the people who think video is too much data.
(laughing) Click through to Good Mythical more, where you get the less than
desirable spa treatment on your face.
- "Shout out to Bees!" - Shout out to you, bees.
- (Rhett) To make one pound of honey, - ♪ (solemn trumpet) ♪
you travel over 55,000 miles.
(Link) You are the only insect that produces food for humans,
that's not yourself. Because humans sometimes eat insects.
(Rhett) And according to the New York Times, you recognize faces the same way
we do. you take parts like eyebrows, lips, and ears and cobble them together
to make out the whole face. It's called configural processing, and it just
might help computer scientists improve facial recognition technology.
(Both Rhett & Link) Bees.
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