-The older we get, the further we get from the truth,
and the more we search for answers.
If only we could ask the real experts,
life would go a whole lot smoother.
This is "Little Kids. Big Questions."
featuring your host, Ingrid Michaelson
and the Austin Hartley-Leonard Quintet.
-Hello. Hello.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hello, beautiful people.
Today, we are talking about...
[Xylophone plays] ...beauty.
Now, semantically speaking beauty...
[Xylophone plays] ...i-is just, uh, one word.
It can describe about a billion different things.
The beautiful thing about beauty...
[Xylophone plays]
...is that when it comes to beauty,
[Xylophone plays] ...there's no wrong answer.
But how can a concept so universal be so subjective?
We should figure this out.
I want some answers.
And I want 'em now.
So let's welcome tonight's guests,
Marco, Dariana, and Jackson.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Hi, guys.
How are you?
-Good. -Good. -Good.
-Good? Okay. You look a little nervous.
-[ Laughs ] -Not at all.
-You're not at all nervous? Okay. Cool.
So, tonight's episode is about...
[Xylophone plays]
Do you know what that means?
-Beauty! -Yes!
-Like mine. -Like your beauty?
Yeah, you are beautiful. -No, mine!
-No, yours? You're all beautiful.
We're gonna look at some pictures.
And you're gonna tell me "Hot," or "Not."
All right, here we go. Are you ready?
Hot or not? -Yes!
-No. -Oh, sick!
Blah. Sick.
-Is that Lady Liberty or something?
Oh, my -- -That's the Mona Lisa.
-Oh, the Mona Lisa.
So I get two --
-Was I supposed to know that? -So we have two nots
and one hot. Okay.
Mona Lisa, supposedly
the most beautiful woman in the world --
Two nots. Cool.
Hot or not?
-Who? George --
George Clooney.
[ Laughter ]
-Boo. -George Clooney
would not be happy with that. -No! Sort of. Sort of. Sort of.
-You think sort of hot?
-What's he doing? Like...
Nooooo! -And Jackson says,
"No. Not hot."
-No. No. -Marco?
-Definitely not. -Not hot.
And this is George Clooney.
-Elf ears. -What?
-Wait, that's George Clooney? -Elf ears?
-I don't know. That's what she said.
So, George Clooney has elf ears, and he's not hot.
Ladies across the world, George Clooney is not hot.
-One of your guys.
-Okay. All right.
One more. Are you guys ready?
This is the best one ever.
-Is it you? -Hot or not?
-Yes! That's you!
-Yes. -No. No.
-Not hot? -Yes!
-Yes. -No.
-But are you only saying, "Yes," 'cause I'm right here?
-Unfortunately, you two look exactly alike.
-So am I hot or not? -Yes!
-Yeah. -But I -- Are you saying that
just 'cause I'm sitting in front of you?
-No! -No! -No!
-Well, you said, "I'm not hot." -You're not.
-I'm not. I'm ugly?
-My God. -Am I ugly?
-You were better with blond hair.
-Oh! [ Laughs ]
-Wait, when did I have blond hair?
-I don't know. It's a dream.
[ Laughter ] -Really, really?
We just went through all of that --
-Hey, Mom. He's dreamin' about me.
-Just so you could say that? -Okay.
Close your eyes, everybody. Everybody.
Close your eyes and think about something beautiful.
Okay?
What are you thinking of, Marco? What are --
-Me. -You? Okay.
You are very confident.
That's gonna take you far in life.
Jackson, what are you thinkin' about?
-Flowers from a barn.
-That sounds beautiful to me, flowers from a barn.
Marco's doing some tai chi. -I'm thinking about a bunny.
-And you're thinking about a bunny?
-Yeah. -That's awesome.
Who decides what it means to be beautiful?
Who -- Who makes that decision? Like --
-God. -Who -- God decides...
-Yeah. -...what's beautiful?
How do you know if something is beautiful?
-It's sparkly.
-It's sparkly? -It's colorful.
-How do you know if something is beautiful?
I like your face. Is that your thinking face?
How do you -- How do you know? What strikes --
You -- You said, "Flowers."
Why are flowers beautiful to you?
-Because they're really bright.
-Bright. Okay.
-And they smell good. -Oh, I like that.
So if something smells bad, it's not beautiful.
What's the price of beauty?
-I don't know. -This.
-Like, how much do you think it costs to get your hair
done professionally?
How much do you think it costs --
-50 bucks. -Oh, I wish.
-Really, if you wanted to get it, like,
really good, you'd have to have, like, 100 bucks.
-Can boys or men be beautiful?
-Yes. -Yes.
-Yes. -Oh!
Right? I like that. All right.
I feel like we don't even have to go -- Yeah. Cool.
Because sometimes people say, "Only girls can be beautiful."
-Okay. Move to the next question.
-Okay. Okay. You're right. You're right. Okay. Cool.
-The boys get uglier while -- as they grow up.
-No! They get uglier when they get puberty!
-What happens when you get puberty?
I'm intrigued. -You get pimples.
-Okay.
-You start growing mustaches, like my brother.
-What about -- What -- Okay. Yeah. That's true.
What else? -Um...
-You seem to be very knowledgeable beyond your years.
-Yeah. -Tell me.
-You become less...likable.
-Less likable?
[ Laughter ]
-Was it me, or was that funny?
-No, it -- it -- it was funny.
It was true, actually.
I'm, uh, somewhat stumped.
So let's give it up for our little guests,
Marco, Jackson, and Dariana.
-Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Look what I got. You want one?
Why don't you do your robot dance?
You wanna do the robot? -No.
-You'll get a chance -- -I want to do it now.