- I scream, you scream,
we all scream for a surprising hot fudge alternative.
- Let's talk about that.
("Good Mythical Morning" theme music)
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- We are about to find out
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- Okay, so if you're eating your plain old vanilla ice cream
without any chocolatey toppings,
I don't know you and I don't want to know you.
- Sometimes, I'm just a straight vanilla man.
- Okay, straight vanilla man, I take it all back.
(laughing amusingly)
But, what if you don't have the best pairing for ice cream,
which is of course hot fudge, lying around in your pantry?
What are you gonna do, where would you turn?
Well, it's time for
"Next Best Thing: Ice Cream and Hot Fudge Edition."
We're gonna try a bunch of different alternatives today,
but we might find something
that's even better than hot fudge.
- Something that's never been tried
on vanilla ice cream before.
But, let's start with the baseline with the hot fudge,
just to remind ourselves what we're up against.
You know, I'll do a little drizzle drizzle.
- Are we sharing this little ice cream?
- And I'ma go on the side.
- These two big boys are sharing this little ice cream.
- Well, we're just taking a little taste, you know?
- Yeah.
- The great thing about hot fudge
which is not a requirement, is that-
- It's hot.
- On that cold ice cream.
- Mmm, ah.
- Can it be beat
by something that's never been put on it before?
- I don't know.
- Let's fudgin' do this.
(momentous music)
- We're gonna get started with a ubiquitous condiment
that I've never thought about putting on ice cream,
honey mustard.
And of course, this is hot honey mustard.
And I mean the temperature- - Is it real hot?
- It's not spicy, it's just regular honey mustard.
- Nicole, you warmed this.
- [Nicole] I'm not mic'd, but yes!
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
With a microwave!
- I can hear you.
- You didn't have to do such a distance.
I could have brought this to you,
or you could have brought that to me.
Oh, it looks good.
- It was there, now it's here.
Oh, it's going off the side.
And then-
- I wanna get it while it's hot.
- That's the drizzle.
- Get it. Oh.
- This could work, right?
Could it?
I mean, it's alright?
Tangy.
Mmm., it gave me a little mouth spanking.
I like it.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
Now, we have had mustard ice cream before
that was created here on the premises, and we adored it.
And I like this too, man.
- Well, I don't.
- It's creamy, it's mustardy.
I mean, it's not better than chocolate,
but at this point-
- It's the only thing we've got.
Why don't you like it?
- I will just...
Because it's the way the flavors come together
is not something any normal mouth would enjoy.
You want to like it because of the consistency,
but then you taste the mustard.
- I don't hate it.
- And also, there's something about...
I think straight mustard would be better than honey mustard
because having made the mustard sweet
actually makes it feel like it's not contrasting enough.
It's just lots of bad things happening in my mouth here.
- I like it, but no one in their right mind would do it.
- True, yeah.
(momentous music returns)
- Now, they want us to try coconut curry
'cause that is how this works.
- We could just say no.
- They want us to try this.
- We could just say no.
- No!
- When you put it that way.
- No.
- They want us to try this.
- We're not doing this today.
Oh no, I wanna do it.
You like coconut curry?
- Well...
(gentle squeaking sounds)
There it is.
- You make me nervous-
- It's chunky.
- With the way that you're doing everything.
- It's a little clunky.
Clumpy and chunky.
- I'm trying to take myself into a place where...
'Cause I can already smell how strong this is.
- (laughing amusingly) Yeah.
- And I'm not thinking of it like ice cream,
I'm thinking of it like a new dish.
- Vanilla is a good canvas.
Mm-mmm.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
Vanilla's a canvas, just think of that, vanilla's a canvas.
- That actually helped me.
- Thank you.
- Thinking of it like ice cream, not good.
Think of like a cold-
- Like you're eating a canvas?
- Like a cold-
- Like a sail?
- Creamy Indian dish.
(undecided squeaking sounds)
- I like this better.
Like, this is just...
Nothing melds.
And I disagree because I think the honey part of the mustard
is the bridge to it having a chance of working.
- They're both so not good that I'm fine with...
I think this is actually a little bit better,
but you felt strongly about the honey mustard.
- I feel strongly about it.
- I'm fine with keeping it up there.
- I'm gonna keep it up there 'cause I'm a strong feeler.
- That's for sure.
(momentous music returns)
I didn't know it was my birthday today.
- It's not your birthday,
but they did clearly do this for you.
Have you ever been tempted to try this?
- No, and I-
- Late in the midnight hour?
- And I understand that like, okay, it's a very on brand,
I'm the bean guy.
They don't stick very well to the top
which is something we might evaluate if it comes down to-
See, they don't stay on there-
- Yeah, yeah. - They just fall to the side.
- It's not thick enough.
But, it is warm, right?
- They're warm beans, maybe even hot beans.
- I definitely like all of these being warmed up.
I think you made a good choice there, crew,
because I like something
that melts the ice cream a little bit, you know?
It starts to make it more more dippable and swarthy.
Hmm.
- Something about this... (laughing happily)
Something about it works, man.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
- And I think it's that there's that sweetness bridge.
- Well, I completely agree with you,
but the bridge is a sweet bridge to beans, not mustard.
And here's the thing-
- That's true.
- In a lot of Asian desserts, beans are very prominent.
Like-
- That's true.
- You have some mochi with some red bean stuff in there.
- That's true.
- I feel like this is like sort of like the American version
of red bean mochi.
- Or would it be the British version
of an ice cream breakfast?
Either way-
- It's really good.
- Let's get rid of this.
- Like, I'm not just saying that
because I'm trying to like keep the brand alive, you know,
and be consistent over here on the internet.
- Baked beans have taken the stop squat!
- I might just have a little-
- Top of the morning to you.
- Just by itself.
- That's not British.
- That's Irish, and they're probably offended.
(momentous music returns)
- Thanksgiving's coming up.
You're stocking up on the cranberry sauce,
you wanna get your ice cream on.
- And it's hot, right?
We made it all hot.
- It is hot.
It's a little warm, it's a little hot.
You wanna do a little rakey rakey?
- Yeah, I'd just like you to use a spoon
instead of pour it like that.
- So, it's cranberries-
- Oh, good gracious, look what happened.
- Jellied.
- Now, if you saw this, you might just think
it was a cherry topping or some sort of berry topping,
which is, you know, that's not unexpected.
- I wanna do a mixing action.
- Well, but that feels like a personal thing.
Just mix your side, man.
- Don't take it personally.
Alright, I'll just do that.
It's not quite soft enough yet,
but the hotness should get it to a point
where I could stir it if I wanted to.
- I feel like this is gonna work.
- I want a little bit more of this.
Have you ever had cranberry ice cream?
I'm sure that's a thing somewhere.
- In some country.
- In like Thanksgivingland.
- Listen, I know I'm the bean guy,
but I'm gonna tell ya right now, this is better than beans.
- So good.
- And this is something
that you can break out during Thanksgiving,
and everybody will think you're the hero.
But, you gotta heat it up.
- You're right, Rhett.
Yeah, you gotta heat it up, that's the little twist.
- Wow!
- And it's really-
- There's nothing off about it at all!
- Really good.
The vanilla just props it up to sing,
♪ It's singing Thanksgiving ♪
I'm so grateful we did this.
- I'm sorry, beans.
- I'm so grateful that we have done this for...
You know, and just think about
how we're eradicating urinary tract infection.
- Yes, I knew you were gonna say that!
- Left and right, you know?
This is a beautiful, beautiful thing.
(momentous music returns)
- Can you over-dairy dairy?
Can you put dairy over dairy?
- I dare me.
- (laughing amusingly) Okay.
- Do you dare you?
I dare me.
Yeah, just kinda put it on there.
- It's queso.
- Queso is...
- So it's, I mean-
- It's a specific type of runny cheese that is spicy.
- It's not just cheese,
it's got cheese and peppers in it and salsa.
- Is it hot, is it real hot?
- It feels nice and warm.
- Is it spicy hot?
I don't think... I'm having trouble here.
I don't think I've ever done...
- I thought you said,
"I don't think I'm having trouble here."
- Oh, I know I'm having trouble.
Done cheese on ice cream, any type of cheese?
- I mean, it's cream on cream, man.
- Mm-mmm.
It's like somebody's taco fell into my ice cream jug.
- You got a jug?
- Full of ice cream.
- It's not as off-putting as honey mustard or curry.
- I feel like this is the worst one I've tasted all day.
- Well if you hate, insult it.
- Hey, I hate you!
I hate you, you suck.
Like, I've compared you to everything and you're worse.
Keep comparing yourself to stuff and just realize you suck.
How's that?
- You probably weren't a good bully.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
Nope, I wasn't.
- I wasn't either.
(momentous music returns)
- You butternut squash this idea before you try it.
- I won't.
- Butternut squash soup.
- Why, you know, like what's my motivation here
in this scene, you know?
It's like I don't... Discovery.
- Just to be a guy trying things, and you know.
You just seem interested, seem curious, seem open-minded.
- I think I could be Guy Trying Things Three in the script.
- Alright.
But, I don't think I'm Guy Trying Things One or Two,
you know?
- Okay.
- I'm having trouble believing in this.
I can't believe...
Let me see if I can believe your performance.
Based on your performance, I'm gonna try this.
- I'm just trying this.
- Guy Trying Things Number Two.
- Hmm, and I look very curious.
Just just so you know-
- Screen direction.
- I typically wouldn't say this out loud.
- Looks curious.
- But, one of the ways this seemed curious
is a little head tilt, like a dog.
- Yeah, that's acting 101.
- Oh, I did some stock photography before for these.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
- You gotta sell me with your performance
if you want me to try this.
- Right before you taste it,
you gotta have a second thought like...
Just slow it down a little bit.
- Mm-hmm.
- I feel like Brittany Broski. (laughing amusingly)
I feel like this is like a knockoff of kombucha girl.
Butternut squash ice cream guy.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
- Why is Guy Trying Things Two ad-libbing?
He's just supposed to be in the background trying things.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
- I don't know how she did it, she did it so well.
- I can't say you sold me,
but I have to do my job as Guy Trying Things Three.
- You know, the part I don't like is the squash part.
- Can we say it's good for you though?
- Well, I mean, look at the ingredients.
- Mm-mmm.
- I just don't like butternut squash soup anyway.
I mean, it's like...
Christy keeps trying to put me onto the butternut.
She'll get a butternut squash and stuff it with stuff,
she'll soup it with stuff.
- My wife will try to make it into noodles.
- I know, make it into noodles.
Like, what are they doing?
It's just like, just let it go.
- That's not a noodle.
- Nobody wants butternut squash in their lives.
(momentous music returns)
- Now, we've been a lot of boys,
have we been the barbecue boys?
- Let's be the barbecue boys.
- Hey, barbecue boy.
- Oh, you know us barbecue boys
had to throw some barbecue sauce on some vanilla ice cream.
I guess that's what they were thinking.
This is the sweet, syrupy, Kansas City style.
- Yeah.
- Which I think gives it a fightin' chance.
- Is the most popular barbecue sauce.
I mean, it's not the best,
but it is the most popular barbecue sauce
when people think barbecue sauce.
- This is our last chance to dethrown cranberry sauce,
which Stevie pointed out in between rounds
that she thought that cranberry sauce was...
What did you call it?
- [Stevie] Cop-out adjacent.
- Cop-out adjacent.
- So now, I feel self-conscious.
- We're right next to copping out.
But, nobody's done this, especially heated.
- [Stevie] Yeah.
And I mean, it's really hard to feel self-conscious
in a bright green cardigan.
- Yeah,
I was kinda letting my sweater do the heavy lifting today.
I was kinda just going-
- Yeah, you are.
- I'm going like 65% today.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
So...
- Cop-out adjacent.
- My wife found this at the store
and texted me a picture of it and she said,
"What do you think about this?"
And I was like, "I don't think so."
And she was like, "Well, why not?"
And I said, "Okay."
And then, I looked at it hanging in there today,
and I said, "Rhett, should you wear this?"
And Rhett said, "I don't think so."
And then, the other Rhett who said, "Why not," to the text
said, "Why not," to this.
And here I am now, feeling self-conscious.
- Now, I will say I'm more of the cardigan guy,
I kinda thought,
but I'll give you some feedback on that one.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
- Are you telling me to I can't wear cardigans
'cause you wear cardigans?
- Well, now that I've seen you in that one, yeah.
(laughing amusingly)
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
No, I think it could look good on you,
but I think you should unbutton it.
Like, I don't think it should be buttoned.
It's not...
Well, sitting down here,
this part right here is not flattering.
- Well, I told Jesse-
- It looks like you've got love handles
that I know you don't actually have.
- I told Jesse, I just thought it was too boxy,
and she said, "Well, but boxy is in right now."
- Yeah, open it up.
- And so I was like- - Show more of the pink.
- "Okay, I'll try it," and now, here I am.
- [Stevie] I think it's cool because people can, you know,
use it as a green screen and-
- Well, that was the other thing I was thinking.
- [Nicole] Make their own pattern after this airs.
- Yeah,
can you guys green screen me wearing a cardigan all over?
- Do you want me to also unbutton this?
- No.
No, don't, that's dumb.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
- Okay, well this is what you were asking for I think.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
- Good God, that's horrible.
- What's that little cotton ball in between your breasts?
It's a microphone.
This one does work!
If you're new here, these work,
but just in case, this one also works. (tickling mic)
- Stop tickling it though.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
Alright, what's been lost in the mix here
is that this absolutely is horrible.
- Yeah.
- There's nothing redemptive about this,
not even a color combination.
- [Rhett] Yeah.
- I'm just very unhappy.
Everywhere I look, I'm just unhappy,
especially when I look here.
- Morgan, could you green screen something on this,
just to make this part really interesting?
- He doesn't really want to.
He doesn't really want to.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
So, here we are, we're at the end of this episode.
- How about this? Put watches in here.
- This is what-
(laughing amusingly)
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
This is what he's doing now.
This is where we're at.
("Mythical" Crew laughing amusingly)
I'm sorry, I just made things difficult for post.
- Yeah, you did.
So, we're in this like cop-out adjacent place,
and with you doing that-
- I think there's a very, very good number two choice
if you want to be adventurous,
and the interesting thing is
I think you can also do it at Thanksgiving, the baked beans.
- Yeah, yeah.
- The baked beans on ice cream,
some people in your family are gonna like it.
Most people in your family are gonna like cranberry,
but it's gotta be warm, everything's gotta be warm.
Don't be doing it cold, you need that contrast.
- Try it out, alright?
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