-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 is your host, Ingrid Michaelson
and the Austin Hartley-Leonard Quintet.
-Hi.
-Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
-Whoo! -Oh! Thank you.
What exactly does it mean to be emotional?
Do we choose to be happy or sad?
Or is it in our DNA?
Well, you know what!
Let's ask some experts.
Please welcome to the stage, Sadie, Brianne, and Braxton.
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[ Band playing ]
Hi, guys!
-Hi! -Hi! -Hi!
-How are you doing?
-Good. -Good. -Good.
-Oh! You say everything at the same time?
-Yes. -Yes. -Yes.
-Do you like ice-cream?
-Yes! -Yes! -Yes!
-Do you like spinach?
-Yes! -No! -No!
-Good! -Okay.
Has anyone told you what our,
what out episode is about tonight?
-No. -No. -No.
-It's about -- drum roll please --
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emotions.
[ Light laughter ]
I have in my hands a series of faces, basically.
This game is called, Face Your Emotion.
Here is a set for you.
-Thank you.
-Here is a set for you.
-Thank you. -And pass this down.
Here you go.
-Thank you. -Okay.
So I'm going to say something to you,
either a word or a phrase,
and I want you to look through your faces
and pick out the one that fits the word
or the phrase that I said.
Okay? Ready?
Eggplant. 1, 2, 3.
You two think eggplant is kind of cute
and you like eggplant! Is that true?
-I've never tried it before but I'm open.
-Oh! I like that attitude.
All right, put them down, put them down.
-The next word is Twitter.
1, 2, 3, go.
Happy, sad, love.
Oh! We've got all emotions over here.
Sadie, why does it make you sad?
-Oh! 'Cause my mom never,
ever lets me go on Twitter to see Jack,
but I can go next door to see him.
-To see who? -Jack, my friend
that goes to school with me.
-So, he lives next door to you?
So, isn't it nicer to actually go and see him
than to talk to him over the computer?
-Yeah, but I never get to see him on Wi-Fi. I never --
-But he when he's right next door,
why don't you want to see him in real life?
-Hmm, well I want to see him in Wi-Fi, too.
[ Laughter ]
-This is our generation, isn't it?
Next one, are you ready?
-Yeah. -Candy!
You lo-- Yeah. 1, 2, 3!
Okay. You love it.
It makes you happy. It makes you happy.
Ah, you don't really care about candy.
-Ingrid, this is the -- this is the face
of insulin shock.
-Okay. All right.
So, emotions. Do you guys know what emotions are?
-No. -No. -No.
-Yes, you -- Yes.
-Emotions are like when someone's crying.
-Okay, that's like a sad -- Yeah, yeah.
-Yeah. -You're sad, happy.
-Sad, happy, I just figured it out, too.
-I know. I know you knew. -Sad. -Mad.
It's a pie.
-So -- It's a pie? -Yeah.
-Emotions? -Yeah.
-How? -'Cause you can eat emotions.
-Well, I feel like when I'm emotional I eat,
but I don't know if I can eat emotions.
-I don't think you can. -Okay.
If someone were sad, what would you tell them
to make them feel happy?
So if I was sad Sadie.
[ Sobbing ] I'm so sad.
What would you say to cheer me up?
[ Sobs ] [ Laughter ]
-Be happy! It's beautiful day!
-All right, I like that one.
That's good. That's good.
Brianne, tell me what you do when you get angry?
-Uh, I kick stuff.
[ Laughter ]
-One time like I got so mad that my feet puffed up this big.
[ Laughter ]
-What advice would you give someone
who is frustrated with their life?
-Take them out to dinner. -That's nice.
Take them out to the dinner. What kind of food?
-Chicken nuggets. -Chicken nugget dinner?
Any dipping sauces? -No.
-No. Straight up, just chicken nuggets.
We don't need no sauces. -And French Fries?
-That's awesome. Thanks to you guys so much.
Let's hear it for Sadie, Brianne, and Braxton.
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See you next time. Austin.
Do you all dance?
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