- I'm serious. I'm offended.
I will not. I'm sitting out of this round.
Screw you guys.
(upbeat music)
Good mythical morning.
- And happy mythical birthday to my best friend,
my bearded business partner,
and my creative confidant.
Mr. Rhett McLaughlin. - That's me.
- Is that how you say it?
- It's McLaughlin. - McLauchlin?
- McLaughlin. - McLaughlin?
- Yeah. Yeah. - McLaughlin?
- Okay, got it.
- It's actually not today.
It's the 11th Sunday and we don't have a show on Sunday.
We're going to celebrate today.
- We're celebrating right now.
- So what is the ideal way of celebrating your birthday?
In your own mind, I guess.
- It's a reminder that I'm a little bit older than you.
So I was thinking about just pinning you down,
and then like spitting on you,
but not spitting on you,
but just like letting spit come out of my mouth
and then sucking it back in, you know,
like older brothers do to younger brothers.
- I know that your older brother did that to you.
- Yeah, like very recently.
- And you always wanted someone to do it.
It's not going to happen.
But what about being inundated with beans?
- Oh, that's a close second.
- Beanundated? - Yeah I'll take that.
- That's going to happen today and you know what?
Your pride is on the line because
we're going to see if you and me, I guess,
can tell the difference between top shelf legumes,
and bargain basement beans.
It's time for knock-off knockout beans edition.
- We're going to be presented with several rounds
of various sorts of beans.
And one of them will be from a big brand name
that we all know and the other three will be non name brand.
- You look happier.
- Hey it's beans!
- Okay.
- Is that happy enough for you?
I'm 43. I'm not that happy.
- We're going to be competing and trying
to correctly identify which one is the name brand bean.
And the winner gets a three bean hand massage,
whatever that means.
- Bring all the beans.
(bell ringing)
- All right. We're getting started with black beans.
We've got four different black beans in front of us.
Three of which are a store brand basics.
And our job is to identify the Ortega black beans.
- Ortega.
- I've got my Rosarita.
- Is that your, nope that's not you.
- That's not me.
- And then I got Links best beans.
- Is that you?
- Yeah. That's my name.
- Okay. I'm not hedging here,
but I'm little hedging a little bit.
- I'm going to start eating while your hedging.
- They all look exactly the same.
And I, you know me,
I do most of my bean eating with just dried beans
that I make at my house.
So I don't know how good I'm going to be at this.
I don't want to lose a bean contest on my birthday.
I'll be sad forever.
Not a lot going on here.
(Link laughing)
That's like raw bean.
- The last time I ate beans and nothing else..
- Was at my house. - Was at your house.
When you made me eat nothing but beans.
- But I season those.
these are not even seasoned.
This is just straight out the can.
- I mean, I feel like this one's better than that one.
- There's a difference.
- Is it saltier?
I feel like I'm eating bugs.
- If it is, what would that mean to you?
- It's a little disquieting.
- These are supple.
- Those are good too.
- They're getting better.
- Yeah, they are.
- I think that's just what beans do.
The more you eat, the more they get better.
- Until the last one. Those are bad.
- That fell off into a bland place.
- Better. Even better. Worst of all.
Or are these the worst of all?
- These are pretty bad.
- Equally bad. Better. Best.
- Okay.
- [Stevie] You ready to guess?
- Yep.
- [Stevie] Stab the Ortega in three, two, one.
- Its gotta be these.
These are the best, but I don't know if that means--
- I think it's just cause they're saltier.
Do you think they're actually tastier?
- They are saltier.
- What's the deal?
- [Stevie] The Ortega black beans are in bowl number three.
The others are Great Value from Walmart,
Market Pantry from Target,
and 365 from Whole Foods.
(bell ringing)
- You know if you fry beans and they're good,
I can see why someone would think,
"Imma fry them again."
I'll bet you there'll be even a better.
I mean, is that how it actually works, Josh?
- [Voice] Yeah.
- I don't think he was listening.
- Beans aren't ever fried.
- [Stevie] Did you guys even say what you're trying to find?
Or you just started eating beans immediately?
- Well, that was Link's job.
The job is to identify the Rosarita brand.
These are better than just straight up black beans.
Aren't they? - Those first ones were good.
Yeah. This is, this is nice.
- Those are good too.
- Those are more bean forward.
- Bean forward.
- It seems like there's another flavor in there.
Like something's mixed in. These are dry.
- THere's definitely something mixed into those.
I think it might be saw dust.
(voices laughing)
What's that after taste in those?
- Boy, that's not good.
I'm not used to eating even this amount
of beans without anything else.
- I am. - That was not bad.
That one's was just neutral.
It really comes down to these first two.
Now Rhett, you better be enjoying yourself because--
- I am.
- Nobody clicked on this video.
This is just for you.
- Yeah. I know.
- We're eating beans.
- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
You got some hair right there.
- Oh yeah? Make a wish.
- That's not your hair is it?
Your hair's that white?
(Rhett laughs)
- How old are you?
All your gray's just associated right there.
- I'm growing a little patch right there.
It's going to eventually take over everything.
But you know what? I'm buying my time.
- Which one do you think is the best?
Cause I think the first one is pretty tasty.
- Well, that's what I was going to pick.
- [Stevie] That's why there's a three two one, usually.
- I think that these two are the best,
but I'm going to go with the first one.
- I just want you to be happy.
Like I said, no one's watching.
- [Stevie] Are you locked in? - Yeah.
- [Stevie] The Rosarita re fried beans
are in bowl number one.
The others are, guess it?
- Gas it?
- [Stevie] No, guess that one you liked the best, and it's.
- Kroger. - [Stevie] Yep.
- Kroger. That's a good bean.
- [Stevie] First Street from Smart and Final,
and Target's Market Pantry.
- Smart and final that they put saw dust in there.
They stretch it out.
- It is not nice.
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- Okay. Is this some kind of joke?
- This is green beans.
- I asked, I asked for one thing,
I said my birthday, you know I love beans.
Let's do a bean taste thing.
and you give me these mother flipping green beans.
That's not a bean.
This is like a green tube of disgrace.
Just because the word beans is in it,
does not mean that it's a bean in the traditional sense.
And people like me, we care about this kind of thing.
I'm serious. I'm offended.
I will not. I'm sitting out of this round.
Screw you guys.
- We have to find the Green Giant green beans.
So, jolly green giant. Here I come.
- I've calmed down a little.
I meditated.
- You meditated.
- I'm 43. I can get through this kind of thing.
I can handle a lot. I've been through a lot of life.
- A lot of life.
- A lot of life. More then you.
- Don't forget it. Okay.
So you're using your fingers, man.
- I refuse to touch my spoon to these tubes of disgrace.
- Now the first one tasted decent.
The second one tasted just like an unadulterated bean.
It almost had a raw taste to it.
Oh God, what happened here?
This one was like, this is even a different color.
It's not, it's hardly green.
- Hmm huh. - Alright. It's not good.
- Yeah.
- These and these have a very green beanie taste.
This has, this has been sitting around a lot.
I think these are the tastiest ones.
- They got a lot of salt for sure.
- Yeah. Yeah.
I really do think a lot of this comes down to the salt.
I'm going to defer to you on your birthday.
- [Stevie] Oh, Rhett, please.
- You agree this one's the tastiest,
or you think that was the tastiest?
- I think this one's the tastiest,
but I think that this is not the brand that we're after.
- Ho ho, ho.
- That's just my guess.
- [Stevie] The Green giant green beans
are in bowl number four.
(Rhett laughing)
- I still have the gift.
- [Stevie] The others contained Signature Select.
- How does the gift apply to a green bean
If you don't even think it.
- I don't know man, the universe just speaks to me.
- [Stevie} From Vons, Walmart's Great Value,
and Dollar General's own Clover Valley.
- DG. - Dollar General.
They not even worth a dollar. In General.
- According to my sources,
Hannibal Lecter once said,
"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
- Yeah. - I wouldn't know.
And while we are not cannibals, we will be eating kidneys.
No fava beans involved.
Our job is to identify which of these is Bush's best.
- Which of these is bushes best?
- I didn't say that.
Which of these is Bush's best? - Bush's best.
- Not which of these bushes is best.
Cause the only one is Bush's.
- That's for your birthday.
- I'm cool with that.
- Which bush is best. I'll be there for that.
- Okay, here we go.
Kidney bean.
This is a tough one to eat. You like this.
- I like this and it's a hardy bean
to put into a lot of things.
I love kidney beans in chili.
- The bigger the bean, the hardier it is for me to eat.
- It's kind of a nutty, it's got a nuttiness to it.
Whoops, dropped a bean. Don't worry about it.
Ow.
- Was that your knee, your elbow, or nothing?
I heard a noise but I didn't see anything hit anything.
- It was my elbow.
I usually don't say ow when I get hurt either.
But, you know what? I'm getting older.
I just want to start using more traditional terms.
- It took me 43 years to it to feel pain
- Ow, that hurt.
- Number two wasn't bad.
Did you say that was nutty, or woody?
or this one?
- The last one is awful.
- Oh, is it? Let me have some. Wow.
- Yeah.
- That is tasteless.
These two are the best. - Yeah.
- I'm ready to vote.
- [Stevie] Was Rhett going first this time? Link?
- Alright, I'll take a risk.
You're the only one really taking a risk.
- That's right.
- [Stevie] Bush's Best kidney beans are in bowl Number two.
- Dang son.
- Hey, I mean four for four. I mean listen.
- Did they give you the answers?
- No they didn't.
- Did they give you the answers?
- I know what's your thinking.
It's his birthday, they gave him the answers.
They didn't give me the freaking answers.
- [Stevie] The others are Kroger.
- I got the answers right here.
Let me finish this thought, Stevie.
- [Stevie] Target's Market Pantry,
and Whole Foods 365.
- Hmm.
- Wow.
I have an opportunity for a queen sweep on my birthday.
I don't want to screw this up.
- You need it. You need to do it.
- Don't screw it up.
Well it all comes down to this pinto beans.
The bean of beans. When you think of beans,
you're probably thinking of a pinto bean.
We've got to find the Bush's pinto beans.
- When you think of beans.
- Bush's Best.
- I call them peento beans.
- Yeah, well that's wrong.
- No it's not. Thick skin on that peento.
- You call it a peento? You don't call it a peento.
I know you did say pench for a long time.
- Not as good as number one.
- That's sort of a popcorn consistency to it.
- This one right here.
Two guys eating beans.
Watch away. Watch away.
- Okay. - That's decent.
It's definitely not this one. Right?
You know that.
I'm pulling for you man.
- [Stevie] I am too. There's so much on the line here.
- I want you to queen sweep it on your birthday.
- Man, hold on.
- With just throngs of people watching, cheering you on,
Rhett, I can, I can, I can feel the energy.
He thinks he has it. He has made his vote.
It's number three.
And I am going to go with number one.
- It was either one or three. I think.
- [Stevie] The Bush's Best pinto beans
are in bowl number three.
(Rhett and Link cheering)
- Yes. - He did it.
- Oh man. - He hasn't lost it.
- Wow. Oh my gosh. That was the best birthday ever had.
- Yes.
- It's all down hill from here.
- No it's not, because you win a three bean hand massage.
- From who? - From who?
- From him? - Me truly?
- From him. - Okay.
- That makes it seem different.
- Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell.
- You know what time it is?
- Hey, I'm Kimble.
I'm from Orem, Utah. And Link, you're wrong.
Rhett's beans are astronomical.
And it's time to spin the wheel of mythicality.
- Listen. He had to get under a trampoline to tell you that.
- He's hiding.
- But it's still true. It's still true.
Click the top link to watch us do some
mystery birthday shotskis in Good Mythical More.
- And to find out where the wheel of mythicality
is gonna land.
- Link was calling Jade to come into the office.
He was like,
" Jade, come here."
Christie and I both thought he said Chase,
in that manner and Christie like grabbed me,
and she was like,
"If he ever talks to you that way, you come get me."