- He shoots.
He scores!
Bargain basement prices.
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat theme music)
- Good Mythical Morning.
- If you're anything like me,
then you're a former kid,
and if you're a former kid,
then you know there are three universal playground rules.
- No peeking when you're "it" during hide and seek.
- Yeah. "He hit me first."
- And "ball don't lie."
- But maybe, ball do lie sometimes.
Today we're combining the game of basketball
with the game of comparing cheap items
against their ridiculously expensive counterparts.
It's time for:
Price-Ketball: Rhett versus Link.
- Welcome to the GMMBA Zone.
- Oh, I like that.
Okay, we've got two handheld vacuums here.
One is cheap, one is expensive.
We don't know which one is cheap
and which one is expensive. - No, we don't.
- But we're gonna be making our guess
as to which one is which
by putting the one we think is the expensive product's balls
in the high hoop over here-
- [Link] Ho-oh!
- And which one we think is the cheap product's balls
in the lower hoop, okay?
And that's the only way that you can earn points.
- [Link] And they're both worth one point,
the high and the low. - Right.
And the winner will be named a GMMBA All-Star
and get to keep the coveted jersey.
There's a jersey!
- What! - Ha ha! Yeah!
- Oh, and then wear it until the next time we do this?
- Yeah, every day, nonstop.
- Unless I'm so good that I blow you out
and you never wanna play again.
- Yeah, that could happen.
- Let's test these vacuums. - Anything could happen.
- Let's start over here.
- [Rhett] Well, this one, it could be a thermos,
but it's not.
- [Link] Look, yeah.
(vacuum humming)
- Well, I mean...
You could suck me, or you could suck this, man.
We got some...
What is this? Shavings.
And, of course, we got some little-
- This is a wild night out.
- Little wieners.
- Ope!
- Oh, it's really doing a good...
Okay, we clogged it.
- "We"?
You clogged it.
- See if it'll suck a wiener.
- Well, gotta get the...
Suck that out.
Don't blow it out.
- You want me suck sawdust?
- We've already broken this one.
- Okay, turn it back on. - We didn't even get a wiener.
- See if it'll grab that wiener.
It won't even grab a wiener. - Nope, nope, nope, nope.
Oh!
Okay.
- It looks expensive.
- Let's try this one.
This one's greener.
- Smaller.
(vacuum humming)
Whoa!
- It's like, it's blowing! - The end...
Well, mine does the same thing.
- You gotta keep that end...
Will it go higher?
Nope, it'll just turn off.
- It's got one speed? - I turned it off.
- Let's start with a wiener on this one.
- Okay.
Oh, there's a light.
- I'm just gonna hold it very loosely.
(vacuum humming)
- Nope. All right, what about this stuff?
- Most people don't suck up their Vienna sausages.
- Now, this right...
Sucking up this stuff...
Ope, yeah, it's clogged. It's clogged now too.
- Neither one of these things is made
to do a job of this size.
I mean, I think we've just...
(vacuum powers down)
- All right. - I'm just gonna get a...
- Do you have a...
Yeah, I...
- I mean, I have a guess, yeah.
- Well, we just broke both of 'em,
so now let's shoot some hoops, shall we?
All right.
- [Stevie] Okay, guys, you have 45 seconds
to score as much as you can,
and remember that if you guess incorrectly,
you don't get any points.
Your time starts when the refs-
- So, uh, uh...
Yeah, that's right.
So we can hedge our bets. - Oh, yeah.
- By throwing at the one we think is wrong to...
Okay, I'm ready.
- No, you can't grab a ball. - Sorry, Stevie.
- You can't grab a ball yet. - You were saying?
- [Stevie] Your time starts when the refs
blow their whistles in three, two, one...
(whistles tweet)
(energetic music)
- Okay, it seems like we're agreeing.
And it seems like neither one of us are making anything.
Yes! Swish!
(Link grunts)
- Gotta do some bet hedging now.
- [Link] I'll do a little hedging.
- [Rhett] Shoot!
- The hedge betting does...
(buzzer honks)
- Aw, man!
So it seems-
- I got one hedge bet.
- It seems like we agreed- - This was the more expensive.
- This one's more expensive.
'Cause it's so much heavier. - It's heavier, it's heavier.
- That's really what it came down to.
- You gotta pay for those parts.
- [Stevie] The vacuum on the red podium
is the Turbotube 2 car vacuum,
which retails for 319,
that's $319,
making it the expensive item. - Yes.
- [Stevie] And the cheap vacuum on the blue podium
is an Amazon cordless handheld vacuum
which retails for 13.92.
- I'd say they worked pretty consistently bad
on our wiener test.
- Yeah, we over-wienered it.
- [Stevie] Yeah, I don't think either one
is a wiener vac or a shop vac.
Refs, how much did these guys score?
- Well, Link, you got four points.
- That's all?
I threw so many.
- Rhett, you got 11 points.
- What?
(crew laughing)
- I've done this before. - What...
(Chase laughs)
- All right, it's the sunglass round.
- Which is why we have headlamps and eye charts.
- Ready to be cool?
- So you need to hold this eye chart.
And I'm gonna read that.
And then, I'm ready to be cool. And now you're gonna-
- [Rhett] Hey, you look super cool, man.
- You're gonna...
Where's the...
Where's my...
Where's my switch? There it is.
- You've never looked cooler.
- Neither have you, man. You look so freakin' cool.
- Here, here's your eye chart. - All right.
- You know, just two buddies hanging out,
shining lights into each other's sunglasses.
Um...
- T Z C O. - P F Z O D T E L.
- [Link] Hold on, what line are you on?
- The bottom line.
- P F...
- Pfodtel.
- Pfodtel. - Pfodtel.
- [Link] And then the one above it.
- [Both] Ldczote.
- All right, let's switch. - Okay.
How do you feel about those?
- These are purple and cool-lookin'.
- Look, these have like miniature glasses
for somebody else inside.
- What is that?
- [Rhett] Just in case you want to put your baby in 'em.
- Baby glasses inside of it?
- Why are there baby glasses inside?
- And they don't come out, either.
That's wild.
- I feel like I can...
- I'm blinded a little more now.
- Yeah, I can see better outta these.
Pfodtel.
- Etodcfo.
- Ptocet.
- Zlpedtc.
- Ldpof.
- All right, so we learned some Swiss, I think.
- That's definitely Swiss.
Okay, closer inspection.
These don't have the baby glasses inside.
- I'ma put these back over here.
But they're both wery...
Very well constructed.
- They're both wery, wery expensive.
- Man, I'm just wary of the basketball shooting part,
'cause my strategy was bad last time.
- It was.
- I was throwing whatever ball I could get my hands on.
And you were concentrating on just one hoop.
- I won't do that this time.
Because I'm also much less certain.
- [Stevie] Your 45 seconds starts in three, two, one...
(whistles tweet)
- Oh, so we...
Are we agreeing again?
(energetic music)
See, 'cause I think this one...
Nope, I think the blue is more expensive.
So we disagree.
- Whoa, really? - Yep.
- Okay. Well, then I'm gonna hedge my bets a little bit.
Whoa, Link!
(buzzer honks)
- Aw!
- Okay. - Man!
- [Rhett] You made a bunch at the end.
(Link groans)
- I really tried. So I thought this one was more expensive.
- I thought this was one was the more expensive,
but during the middle,
I completely just started taking balls
and putting 'em into hoops.
- [Stevie] The sunglasses on the red podium
are the Extremus Matterhorn Polarized Cycling Sunglasses
which retail for $9.99, making them cheaper.
The expensive sunglasses on the blue podium
are SunGod Vulcans, which retail for $230.
- What!
- Wow. - What about the baby glasses?
- $230?
- [Stevie] Yep.
So what's the score this round, refs?
- Rhett, you got five.
- Ha!
- And Link, you got eight.
- Yes! - All right, okay.
- I'm creeping back into it.
- Creeping.
- Oh, so this is the headache round?
- Yeah, I was about to say.
You're at a disadvantage 'cause you're gonna get a headache.
- Well, just spray it on this paper.
And don't spray me.
Get it close.
- You don't wanna get too close.
Haven't you been to the mall, man?
- No, who is the Mall Man?
- Well, it's me on Saturday. (chuckles)
- All right, so that goes there.
- Actually, I hate the mall.
If you see me at a mall, just know that I'm hating life.
- All right, so pick that up. I'm gonna spray it.
- Golly, that smells like fruit.
- No. It doesn't.
It smells like perfume.
And when it's like fruity lotion stuff,
that doesn't give me a headache.
- Yeah, but it has a lot...
I mean, it smells like fruity perfume though.
This one smells like...
Ooh, that smells like maybe I should wear it.
- No, it smells like-
- It's got like some wood notes.
- It's totally different. Yeah, I think-
- I mean, they're not mimicking each other.
- No, this is a cologne.
Colognay. - Colognay.
- Uh, I can tolerate this.
At first I started-
- You want some on your turtleneck?
- No. I thought it stunk, and now I like it better.
And this is the only one that's giving me a headache.
Ugh. - It's giving you a headache.
Okay. Does cheap give you a headache?
What's your experience with that?
- Well...
- Do you think you know which one's more expensive?
- I just think perfume gives me a headache
and lotion doesn't.
- You want some lotion on your turtleneck?
- Lotion is less expensive.
- You want some lotion under your-
- I don't want anything on my turtleneck!
- Okay! I'm just, I'm asking.
- And then, uh...
Shoot.
- Man, I don't know, man.
Let me see if they mist in the air differently.
Let's watch 'em side by side as they fall.
- Well, they're both in generic misters.
- Well, let's just watch 'em as they fall.
(bottles hiss)
- Same. - There's no difference.
- [Stevie] Your 45 seconds starts in three, two, one...
(whistles tweet) - Oh! Okay, okay!
(Link grunts)
- [Link] Oh!
(energetic music)
Come on now.
- [Rhett] I don't know...
- [Link] Come on now!
- [Rhett] What in the world?
- [Link] Ope! I knocked yours in!
Yes!
(energetic music)
(Rhett laughs)
(buzzer honks)
See? (laughs boisterously)
I had to play a little defense there.
And did you see that one of the times I knocked you out,
and then mine went up and went in.
- And then went in. Yeah, that was pretty awesome.
- That's called a two-point swing.
- So you thought this one was more expensive.
- Yes.
But at a certain point very early, I said,
"Who am I kidding? I don't know."
Whatever ball I had, I threw in the little one,
until I started blocking you.
- Okay. - Man, I'm outta breath.
Why am I out of breath?
- [Stevie] The perfume on the red podium
is Bath & Body Works' A Thousand Wishes,
which retails for $8.50, making it the cheaper perfume,
and the expensive perfume on the blue podium
is Le Labo Santal 33-
- Oh, Number 33. - Which retails for $215.
- Whoa, we spent some money in the air a second ago.
- I mean, is it...
It's crazy to spend that much more money
on just like a mist that goes on your body for a few hours.
- I mean, just watch. Look.
This is like- - Don't do that anymore!
- This is like a three-cent spray.
And this is like 50-cent.
That's 50 cent in the air right there.
- [Stevie] Refs, how did they do?
- Link, you got four points.
- Nice.
- Rhett, you got five.
- Okay, look at us. - We both sucked.
- Look at us. Look at us.
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Stevie? - Okay, for your final round,
we have commissioned custom digital portraits of you both.
One cost a whole lot more than the other.
So go ahead and reveal the red podium.
- [Link] Okay.
- [Rhett] That's us after we got vasectomies and we cuddled.
You remember that?
- No, but I don't remember any of it.
We got the peas.
I can't see though all of your hair.
And, of course...
It's a digital thing, right?
We just like printed it ourselves, or...
- A digital portrait. - Quality is not part of it.
That is really good.
- [Rhett] I mean, this is well done,
and it's signed by someone.
- See, and if you look at the signature, it's very ornate.
All right, let's take a look a this one.
- I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed.
- What do we have here?
- Okay, so this is like a Rick and Morty version of us.
- That's pretty cool.
I like this one a whole lot more, just being honest.
But is it easier to do?
Is it less expensive?
Where's the signature on this one?
- Uh...
- There's not even a signature.
- Okay, signature-less.
Do you think you'd know which one is more expensive
by looking at it? - See, but if-
- I don't know how this Etsy stuff works.
- I think this artist had to pay a license fee
to Rick and Morty.
And then he passed that...
Or she, or they, passed this cost along to us.
- I'm sure that's exactly how it worked, Link.
- So that could make this one more expensive.
It's also...
It's pop-culturally popular,
so this artist may be in a position to charge more
because there's more demand
for turning normal people into pop culture icons.
- But look at the shadowing on this.
- But look at the shadowing.
The quality is arguably equal,
because this nails a style.
- This is tough. It makes it very difficult.
Other than the first round,
I wasn't shooting with a lot of confidence thus far.
- [Stevie] Your time starts in three, two, one...
(whistles tweet)
(energetic music)
- See, we're fighting for the same balls.
- Really though? - Kinda like a vasectomy.
- Why are you reaching over for balls
when you've got a bunch of balls right in front of you?
- [Link] 'Cause I want the red ball.
Come on, come on.
Come on!
(energetic music)
Dang it!
(buzzer honks) Yes!
- Okay. - All right.
- [Rhett] Who knows, man?
- I completely committed to this one being more expensive.
- I committed to that for a little bit,
and then I committed to that for a little bit.
- I couldn't make anything though.
- [Stevie] The portrait on the red podium
is from the AlysonRecordart shop on Etsy
and cost us $130.
The portrait on the blue podium
is from ToonStudioShop on Etsy
and cost us $32.
- Okay. - So you were right.
- [Stevie] So the one on the red is more expensive.
Refs, how'd they do?
- Rhett, you got seven.
- Link, you got eight.
- But...
So I won this round, but overall,
I didn't do it, did I?
- Why am I out of breath?
I mean, I don't feel like I did anything.
- So Rhett won, right?
- Correct. - All right.
You get the jersey.
- Oh, look. Oh, this is...
Oh, and look at this. Look at this.
Will you look at that?
Look at that. - GMMBA?
- GMMBA. We should sell one of these.
- And put it on. - But for now I'll put it on.
- Now, your arms go though those little holes.
And now turn around, let's see the back.
What's your number?
"I Know Prices Good."
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