(girl screaming)
- It's a fish with an eye and a mouth!
(kids screaming)
(quirky music)
- [Kids] Hello!
- [Host] What's going on, you guys?
- Um, wait, what'd you ask?
- [Host] Do you know why I brought you all here today?
- Chinese New Year!
- [Host] Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
- Knew it!
I'm a rabbit.
- [Host] What does that mean?
- Oh, uh, I think it has something to do
with, like, the month that, like,
each month that you were born.
- [Host] Okay, so Ethan's talking about
something called the Chinese Zodiac.
- I have no idea what I am.
- I'm the water dragon.
- [Host] So, do you guys know what Chinese New Year is?
- It's like a new year, but for Chinese?
- Well, I guess, like, there's no fireworks,
but you do have bigger dinners.
Obviously there's, like, the best Chinese food,
and you just get together with friends and family, so, yeah.
- [Host] Do you celebrate Chinese New Year, Ethan?
- Yeah, I do.
- [Host] It's all about removing the old
and welcoming the new.
- That's sad.
- [Host] Why is that sad?
- Because, like, everything, all it goes bye-bye
and into the dust, and you're like, "See ya!"
- Can we get to the food already?
- Yeah! - Ooh, I'd love to.
- [Host] Does anybody know how to say
close your eyes in Mandarin?
- (speaking Chinese)
- (attempting to copy what Ethan said in Chinese)
(kids laugh)
- [Host] That sounded close to me!
Close your eyes!
- Smells good! - It smells so good.
- Mmm. - I wanna open my eyes.
(kids cry out)
- I love, I love that.
- [Host] The first dish I'm going to introduce
are the dumplings.
- [Clara] Yum!
- [Host] Grab a dumpling, put it on your plate.
- Yaa.
- A dumpling.
- Mmm, I like this stuff.
- They should, like, make a chocolate outside layer
and then put chocolate, like, pudding in it and stuff.
- [Host] Okay, I gotta steal one dumpling.
Sorry, you guys.
- No!
- No, you can't!
- Our territory! - No, you can't!
- [Host] We're gonna move on to this next dish,
which I want you guys to try,
which are the Longevity Noodles.
Also known as Chang Shou Mian.
Ethan, am I pronouncing that right?
Or not at all?
- Mmm, well, for the accent, not at all.
Um, no offense, but, um,
I've never heard of them, so.
- I swallowed it whole.
- [Host] GG, what are you doing?
- Ahhh.
(Clara laughs)
- [Host] You know how we were talking about
the Chinese Zodiac earlier?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [Host] So, this year is the gonna be the Year of the Rat.
- I saw a red raccoon once.
Not the same.
- [Host] In honor of the Year of the Rat,
we are going to release 10 rats into the studio.
- What?!
(kids screaming)
No, no, no, no!
- Do it, do it, do it!
- [Host] Okay, okay, I'm not gonna do that.
Chill, chill.
I wouldn't do that (laughs).
- I wanna do it.
- [Host] Let's move on to the next dish,
which is the steamed fish.
(kids screaming)
(GG screaming)
- Ow!
- [Host] Okay.
- But it's a fish with an eye and a mouth!
We're not gonna eat--
- [Host] Oh, you're gonna eat it, all right.
- No, no, we are not.
- So, at the same time.
- Okay.
- Everyone!
- Okay, I'm in.
(kids screaming)
- [Host] One,
two,
three. - Three.
(kids screaming)
- It's disgusting.
- It's bitter.
- But, hey, we shouldn't say, like,
really, really disgusting,
because people eat this.
- I know.
I said no offense, it's kinda disgusting.
- [Host] All right, we're gonna move on
to the next dish,
which is in those little cups.
It's called Nian Gao.
- [Ethan] Oh, I know what that is.
- [Host] Ethan, am I saying that right?
- Yeah.
Except for the accent.
Nian Gao.
- Nao Gao.
- How do you dig into this?
- It's, like, a little sweet, not sour.
- Like really sticky Jell-O. - Yeah, yeah.
- Like the stickiest Jell-O you ever had.
- How do I get this off?
Get off.
Get off!
- [Host] We're gonna move on
to the last thing on the table.
- Now let's all take an orange from the bottom.
(kids laugh)
- Timber!
- [Host] I have one last thing to give you guys.
- I'm gonna guess, um, ice cream?
- [Host] And open your eyes.
- (gasps) Oh, I know what these are.
In Chinese, we call them Hong Bao.
- [Host] This is Hong Bao, like Ethan said.
Or known as Red Pockets, sometimes.
And they're full of lucky money to give to kids.
- It's a one-dollar bill.
- [Host] Okay, is that not enough for you, Clara?
(GG laughs)
- It's one dollar!
- You put it together, it's only, like, four dollars.
- Take my little money (laughs).
- [Host] What was your favorite part
of Chinese New Year, you guys?
- Eating food!
- [Host] But which food?
- [GG] Definitely not that.
- Dumplings! - Dumplings!
- [Host] Do you wanna teach everybody
how to say good-bye in Mandarin?
- Um, (speaks Chinese).
- (speaks Chinese)
- (speaks Chinese) - (speaks Chinese)
- (mumbles with mouth full)
(Ethan laughs)
- [Kids] (speaking Chinese).
- That's five in Chinese.
(host laughs)
If you didn't know.