- Today, we're unboxing expensive mysteries.
- Let's talk about that.
(cheerful music)
Good mythical morning.
- Give me some money.
- For what?
- I'm not telling.
- This is all I have.
- Great.
And here's me giving you a thing that could be worth
absolutely nothing.
And scene.
- That dramatization you just watched depicted the dangers
of an internet phenomenon called, "The mystery box craze."
- Yes, the mystery box craze.
You didn't know where we were going with that.
But we're here for it.
It's time for, "Contents confidential.
The mystery box challenge."
- Welcome to the bidding ballroom zone.
Do you guys know why we call it a ballroom zone?
- Because we-
- We're gonna dance.
- I'm setting it up for a dad joke.
- [Link] V said, "because balls."
- Room for your balls.
Your balls, you know.
- Thank you. - That I don't have.
- Thank you for giving me room.
- Rhett, Link, V, welcome.
- Hey, V.
- Hi, guys.
- Ha!
- All right, here's how this works.
The mythical crew has purchased four different mystery boxes
from all over the internet,
which all cost varying amounts of money.
Each round, we're gonna get a small peak inside a box
before auctioneer, Stevie opens the floor for bidding.
- The winning bid gets the box, but we wanna avoid
paying more for the box than it's worth because,
we don't wanna bid too high because one,
that would not be fiscally responsible.
- Fiscally. - And two, who,
how do you say it?
- Fiscally, yes. - Fiscally responsible.
- You said it was a little bit of trepidation.
- Whoever saves the most money on their winning bid
will be named the mystery boxing champion of the world.
- I'm ready.
- All right, I think before we get started,
we need to add a little crew member to that scene.
- Yeah, we're missing somebody.
- So, we all love her, misogynists fear her,
and she can't drive.
It's our reigning mystery boxing champion, Emily!
(applause) (crew cheering)
- [Link] Oh, snap.
- Thank you.
- Welcome.
- She's got the belt.
She's back. - Such swagger.
- And the glasses. - Thank you very much.
- Are those Pit Vipers?
- I don't know, they're from a gas station in Big Bear.
(all laugh)
- All right.
- Okay, guys, are you ready for your first mystery box?
- [Contestants] Yeah.
- So David Hill, please bring out that first box.
And reminder, what we're gonna do is we're gonna
open the box, take a little peek inside and let you guys see
just what's on the top, so let's go ahead and do that.
And then I'll start the bidding,
but let's have a little glimpse.
- [Rhett] Ooh, it's a Harry Potter box.
- [Link] There's a puzzle. - [Emily] Why is there
a clown nose in it?
- [Rhett] I might have to sit this one out. (chuckles)
Sorry.
- What's that black thing?
- Decals, Harry Potter, what does that say, Coffee?
Is that a coffee?
Collectible key chain.
- [Stevie] It's a nice looking box, huh?
- [Link] There's two collectable key chains.
- [Rhett] And this is just the top layer.
Imagine what's deeper.
- So much magic.
- So much magic, yes.
Okay, I'm gonna start the bidding at $25.
- I'll go for that. - [Stevie] Okay, Link.
What about 30?
Do I have 30?
30.
35?
I'm sorry, I forgot I was the one that was supposed to say
the next number.
- You don't want it? - [Stevie] 35, 35.
- I don't want this, man.
- [V] Yeah, I'm not feeling it.
- [Rhett] You know what?
I wanna win this game, so I'll go 35.
- 35, do I have 40?
40, 40, 40, 40, 40.
- I'm gonna have to sit this one out.
- We're at 35 with Rhett.
We're at 35 with Rhett.
Come on, you know how these, okay, I have 40 with Emily.
I mean, Emily's the reigning champion.
She knows what this is about.
- I didn't fully understand the directions last time.
And I was out of the room for them a second time, so.
- Okay, we have 40 with Emily.
Do I hear 45, 45?
I see you itching, I see you itching, sir.
Do I have 45, or are we gonna close with 40?
- 45. - [Stevie] 45, do I have 50?
Do I have 50?
I don't have a gavel, so I'm gonna have to really bang hard.
- You know this is worth something.
- I just know there's- - Oh!
He comes in, he comes in with the 50.
Do I have 55, 55?
Emily.
60, 60, 60?
We're at 55 with Emily and we're. (knocks on table)
Thank you!
- [Link] There we go. (gavel thuds)
- Closing.
What did I say, 55?
- 60, was it 60?
- It's 75, I think.
- No!
- [V] It might have been 65. - What was it?
- It was 60. - [Stevie] It was 60.
It was 60 definitively.
Everything's fine.
Please deliver Emily her Harry Potter box.
- Wow, V, you did not give a crap about Harry Potter.
- I love Harry Potter, but I like to play it safe.
I'm very big on that, so I never, you know,
go for the first box. - Well, let's see,
we got some socks.
I'm mainly just gonna get this for Jenna Purdy.
I just feel like this is what she wants.
- That is so nice.
- Ooh, this is cute, actually.
Oh, key chains.
Oh, a laptop cover.
- I'm feeling better and better about not winning this.
- We got some enamel pins.
Ooh, there's a wand pen, I like this.
And a notebook.
- [Link] So it's a journal.
I'm starting to think that you've,
you're taking the lead.
- You don't know, you never know.
- I think retail of 100 from this.
- Unlike the last time we played this,
I'm keeping the cost of the boxes until the very end
so that there's suspense.
So you won't know until the very end.
- Oh, look at you.
- I like immediate satisfaction.
- What I will tell you is that this is the Harry Potter
SuperLoot box from Twink Toys that comes with
20 Harry Potter themed collectibles, so,
that's a lot of collectibles.
All right, let's move on to box number two.
David Hill, please.
- [Rhett] That's big, he's going wide. (chuckles)
- Bring out your big box.
- [Contestants] Woo.
- [Link] That's heavy.
- I think that was a Hillism.
I don't know if that was real.
- It's quite a box.
Let's see what's inside.
- [Link] Even the lid was heavy.
- Wow, whoa.
- [Link] A towel.
- [Emily] A towel?
- [Stevie] Taking a look at this.
- [Rhett] You know what?
This is gonna be like a gift, oh, Luxor.
Is that a hotel?
- [Stevie] Yeah.
I mean, I know at least two of you have wives.
Maybe you're being swayed over here.
- There's a throw blanket. - It's Lex Luthor's
long-lost brother. (laughs)
- This is a a trippy one.
- A spa thing.
- Okay, I'm gonna start the bidding at $25.
Do I hear 25?
- 25.
- [Stevie] Ooh, we got some duels here.
Okay, we're gonna move up to 30.
We're gonna move up to 30.
V, 30. - I'll do 30.
Oh, oh, I thought this meant that you were gonna do it.
I didn't mean to pressure you.
Okay, I have 30.
35, 35?
- 50.
- [Contestants] Ooh. (Rhett laughs)
- We got a 50 from Rhett.
Do I hear a 55? - 60.
- Whoa.
- [Stevie] V coming in with the 60.
- 65.
- [Stevie] 65, 70?
70?
- 70.
- Feel like I saw Luxor at TJ Maxx.
- 75.
- If you don't take away the glitter.
- [Stevie] Mind games.
Do I hear 75?
- You do.
- [Stevie] Oh, 75 for Rhett.
80.
- [Link] I wonder what the thread count is on that towel.
- [Stevie] Do I hear 80?
- [Emily] Or the sheath.
- 80. - [Stevie] 80 for V.
85?
85 for Rhett.
90.
90?
- Yeah.
- Oh, come on!
- What about 100?
Do I hear 100?
- Triple digits. - I'm in at 95.
- 100.
- Oh, V!
V likes those fabrics.
- What about a leap to 110?
Do I have a 110?
- You do.
- I have a 110!
- [Emily] Gosh, this is crazy.
- We're going up in tens, 120.
Do I hear more than 110?
It can be anything.
- [V] 111. - 111.
- Oh, no, there's a minimum increment.
- I don't think there is.
- [Rhett] Okay, 112.
- Okay.
- 112. (laughs)
112.95. - We're at 112.
- 112.50! - Plus tax!
(contestants laugh)
- Don't make the graphics department do cents.
- What was the shipping? - Okay, dollars.
We're at 112.
113?
Ooh, she doesn't want the extra 50 cents here.
- 13's unlucky.
- You can go to 114.
- 113. - [Stevie] 113.
- That might be my draw.
- It's a weird auction, isn't it?
- 115.
- [Emily] Wow. - Ooh.
- [Stevie] Rounding it up.
115, do I hear anything from the other two bidders?
We're at 115.
I'm gonna give you a three, two, one, 115?
- I might need a snack, my blood sugar's low.
- 116.
- [Stevie] 116, we're at 116.
- V, what are you sleeping on currently?
- 120. - [V] I like sheets.
- We're at 116, can I get?
- 120! - [Stevie] 120.
125? - [Emily] That might be
a cashmere blanket under there.
- [V] I know!
- [Stevie] 125?
We're at 120.
Three, two, one.
- 125.
(all screaming)
- [Rhett] Okay, V, you can have it.
- Look, Stevie's doing the Muppet thing.
- What are we at?
125. - 125.
- You lost, you're done?
- [Rhett] I'm out.
- Rhett lost. (gavel thuds)
- [V] Woo.
- All right.
- Vianai Austin.
- You said my name right.
(crew chuckles)
- Of course.
Of course, I'm good with names.
- Thank you, thank you.
I love it.
Oh my God, it's towels.
- [Stevie] This is the silver mystery box from Luxor linens.
- [Rhett] Ooh, it's a king, it's king sheets.
- [V] It's king though.
- [Link] You got a king bed?
You're gonna have to-
- I do have a king bed.
- [Emily] You just tuck it under.
- You got a king bed?
- I do.
- Dang, girl.
- It was gifted to me.
- I didn't get a king bed until like three years ago.
Me and Christie slept on a double for like the first
15 years of our marriage.
- Like a couple of high schoolers.
- Blanket's cute.
- You've got a hand towel.
- Yeah.
See, you guys gotta see, house stuff is expensive, okay?
- You call this a wash rag, or a-
- Not if you get your shopportunity at Marshalls.
- But if you want the good stuff for your king bed.
- There's your- - Fair enough.
- What do you got here?
- Is this a blanket?
- Oh, and then you got-
- I think that's a blanket, that's nice.
- You got a bath mat. - Throw blanket.
- Go to the beach with that.
- That's all of it.
Hold on, what is that?
- I mean, it's interesting that it,
I mean, I guess it all kind of goes together.
(Rhett laughs)
- Yeah, sure, you know what?
- Nothing matches.
- I mean, no.
- Who picked these colors? - It kind of does.
Don't put it all in the same room, but.
(Rhett and Emily laugh)
- Okay, guys, we're not only moving on to our third box,
we're moving on our third and fourth box.
- But first, we wanna remind you to check out
Trevor's podcast.
Trevor from the Mythical Kitchen.
He's got his own podcast, It's called Trevor Talks Too Much.
- You know what?
It turns out, it's true.
He's been talking too much for a month now,
and he's been talking to us less.
Have you noticed that?
- That's why I actually enjoy listening to him talk
on the podcast.
- Right, it's the only way we can connect with Trevor now.
Get it every Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
- I highly recommend it.
- Okay, the moment you've been waiting for
for that entire promo, the third and fourth box.
David Hill, please bring out these two boxes.
Now, this is how this works.
- Ooh. - Look at that.
- A red one.
- Whoever bids the highest wins the third box,
just like normal.
But the other player's bid is applied automatically
to the fourth box.
So-
- If you lose, you're stuck with it,
and we don't get to see it ahead of time.
- You do not get to see it ahead of time.
The fourth box is a mystery box.
- You only get to see the third box.
- [Stevie] Exactly, which we are going to do right now.
David Hill, please open the third box
and show them what is inside.
- [Emily] I don't get it.
- Okay.
- What the world?
- [V] It looks like candy.
- [Emily] What the world? (laughs)
- [Link] So there's, there's some sort of ceramic,
some sort of like, tea kettle.
No, that's a tea cup?
- Are these chocolates?
Are those chocolates?
- [Link] What does that say?
- [Rhett] And then there's something completely mystery box
inside the mystery box.
What does that say? - [Link] Set in office-
- [Rhett] Romance.
- [Link] Set in an office.
A job reading work emails.
- [Rhett] Rom-com.
- [Link] What? - [Rhett] It's a script.
- Yeah, look at that magic.
- [Link] Thank you, David Hill.
- [Rhett] I don't even know.
I don't even know how to interpret this.
- Is this an Emily In Paris box?
- But there's a candle and there's chocolates.
My wife is into romance novels lately,
so maybe I just bring this red box home.
- All right, I think we've seen enough of the, the box.
I'm gonna start the bidding where I always do, at 25.
Do I hear 25?
- Sure.
- Link, 30.
30, 30?
- You're not even going for 30?
(Rhett laughs)
Yes, I'll go 30.
- Okay, 35.
Do I hear 35?
- Yeah, 35. - 40, 40?
40, 40? (crew chuckles)
- Dang, you got- - 40.
- 45, do I hear 45?
45, 45?
- [Emily] Burned. (laughs)
- No, I'm out.
- [Stevie] Okay, all right.
- That box looks crappy. (gavel thuds)
- [Rhett] I was gonna stop on the next one.
- [Stevie] Wins the box for 40.
- [Link] Congratulations, Rhett.
- Let's bring that over to him.
And then we'll come back and get the fourth box?
Sure, yeah, we'll do that.
Rhett, this box is the blind date with a book box
from Etsy seller, Dropsofsunshine3.
- [Rhett] Is there something else under it?
- [Link] Blind date with the seller?
- Blind date with a book.
- Okay, there's a candle, there's a book.
- I guess that you don't know what the book is.
- Oh, it's a mystery book that's a romance novel
set in an office.
You got a job reading work emails.
It's a cute and cheesy rom-com.
- I just got some tea, a candle and a book
that I'm not gonna read for $40?
- Who takes a book to a blind date?
- Yes, you did.
- No, you're having a blind date with the book.
- I was totally about to back, I wanted to back out.
Oh, I shouldn't have gone over one more.
Okay, let's- - [Link] This is crappy, man.
Open the book, see what it is.
- Okay, yeah.
- Anybody know?
Any guesses? - He Pray Love.
- Oh, it's Attachments.
- [V] Wow.
Who picked that book?
- [Link] I want that blue box
'cause I'm getting the blue balls.
- Let's see what's in mystery box number four.
Let's go ahead and, I think we can go ahead
and bring it over.
Yeah, let's bring it over.
- Yeah, baby.
- You are so fast.
- Oh, you got fruit there.
- You got a fruit box.
You just got a fruit box, man.
- Ew!
- Is this a bad fruit box?
- This is the fresh, exotic fruits mystery box
from Etsy seller, Exoticfoodsworld.
- [Emily] I'll trade you a tail for a dragon fruit.
- [V] I wanna play with it.
- [Rhett] Looks like we're both losers, bro.
(laughs)
- [Emily] It's very cold.
- I mean it's not mushy.
I think they're just supposed to be brown bananas.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- You can taste one.
- I can't.
- Oh, you know what?
It's not even ripe.
- I can't even get into it.
- It's not ripe, dude.
You should let them ripen.
- That's like a natural laxative.
Or eat it if you want.
- You should let it ripen.
- Rhett's my natural laxative.
Thanks, buddy.
- [V] You could bite this one.
- I don't even know how to interpret that.
- I don't either. (laughs)
Okay, so now comes the reveal of how much things cost
and how much you paid for them,
which I will look down at this iPad and tell you.
We paid $37 for box number three.
Rhett, you paid 45, meaning you lost $8.
- Yeah, I'm in the hole.
- We paid $160 for box number four.
- Whoa.
- [Stevie] Link, you paid 40, meaning you gained $120.
- Holy crap!
- This stuff is exotic!
- [Stevie] Yeah.
For the box number one, we paid $180, you paid $60
so that's a tie of $120 between the two of you.
But guys, the real winner today, box number two,
we paid $465 for, and you paid 125,
meaning you gained $340.
Those are expensive sheets.
- Dang, V!
- Where's the belt, Emily?
Stand up and receive your belt.
- Yeah!
Thank you, madam. - Bow to you.
- Do you wanna? - oh, wait, am I sitting?
Sorry.
- No, I'm saying just-
- Does it look good on me?
(Rhett and Emily laugh)
- You're keeping the glasses though.
- [Rhett] You crushed us.
- That's amazing.
- I told you guys, house stuff expensive.
- And you do have a king bed, so you can actually use these.
You better use these.
(V laughs)
- I'm gonna sell them on Etsy.
- All right. (all laugh)
Congratulations, V, and thanks for describing
and clicking that bell.
- Now, you guys say, "You know what time it is."
- [Contestants] You know what time it is.
- I'm Anna.
- I'm Tahir.
- I'm Sanna.
- I'm Tzar, and we're from Alabama.
- As you can see, I can't.
we're about to do a blind orange taste test, and-
- It's time to spin the wheel of mythicality.
- It looks like she's about to do a blind taste test.
I don't know what the, "We" Is.
- Pass it around.
- All right, click the top link to watch us uncover
the mystery behind mystery flavored snacks
in Good Mythical Morning.
- And to find out where the wheel of mythicality
is gonna land.
- [Rhett] Hey, we wanna let you know about
a brand new podcast hosted by our very own
Mythical kitcheneer, Trevor, called Trevor Talks Too Much.
Check it out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.