- Are frozen meals ever as pretty as their picture?
- Let's talk about that.
(gentle upbeat music)
Good Mythical Morning!
We're wrapping up our 10 Years of GMM Celebration Week.
- Okay, now the last time we did what we're about to do,
we had frozen meal companies shaking in their snow boots.
I'm looking at you, Hungry Man.
- And he's talking to the brand, not you,
if you happen to be a man who's currently famished.
- Right.
Today, we're gonna fulfill our duty to society
by eviscerating frozen food packaging
that's lying to us all.
- Like my mama always said
every single time she looked at my young, beardless face,
it's what's on the inside that counts.
So if what's on the outside of these frozen dinner boxes
doesn't match up with its innards,
boy, are we gonna go nuts!
It's time for A Picture on a Box
Might Be Worth a Thousand Words, But Come On,
This Meatloaf Looks Like Reindeer Turds!
- We're gonna be presented with a series of frozen foods,
but we will first take a close gander
at the photos on the box and then we'll each get our own
cooked version of that frozen meal, untouched.
We promise that the Mythical Kitchen-eers
have not laid a finger on them to make them look pretty
or ugly. - Yes.
Now, then we're gonna compare the dish
with the photo on the box
and like my mama giving me unsolicited advice
on my appearance every time I see her,
we'll both give each meal a score of one to 10,
based on how well they meet our visual expectations.
If the meal blows our minds, we'll tack on a bonus point!
- Okay.
- But if it doesn't meet our microwavable meals bar,
we're gonna subtract a point because we can and will, maybe.
(gentle upbeat music)
- [Stevie] Okay, first up,
we've got Stouffer's tuna noodle casserole,
a dish Stouffer's describes as, "Freshly made egg noodles,
tuna, mushrooms, celery, and peas in a creamy sauce."
- Look at it. It's piled high on that plate.
Now, we know there's not gonna be a plate.
Let's take a look at what there is gonna be.
Wa-wow!
- [Rhett] Okay.
- It's gonna be just a flat-
- Now, hold on.
- Breadcrumb-y pond.
- I don't think we can compare this to that
because this has clearly been put on a plate
and mixed around.
I think you have to make an effort to mix this a little bit.
- [Link] I agree, I agree.
- Because it's a, oh, gosh.
It kinda come-
(crew laughing)
It's like a pancake altogether.
Okay, all right, we're learning things.
- See, but when you do that, then the breadcrumbs.
I wanna keep the breadcrumbs on top.
The good news is, I'm hungry, so I'm kind of giving it-
- It doesn't smell bad.
- [Link] I'm appetized, even though it's tuna,
which is not the thing that I usually wanna grab
from the freezer.
- Okay, that's about as much work as I would practically do
to one of these meals.
- Well, I've made mine into more of like a noodle fortress.
- Okay, it looks more like what we have on the plate,
but I'm gonna go ahead and tell you, unequivocally,
without a doubt, what you see on the box
was not made from this.
It was completely manufactured with the ingredients
and a professional chef put it together
because you can't do this-
- [Link] No.
- [Rhett] To this to make it look like that.
- On a scale of one to 10.
- I'm gonna say it stacks up to about a four.
- It looks like leftovers.
- I can see all the ingredients.
- Yeah.
- But they're slightly different colors
and it's not presented in a way
that I can actually replicate,
even with lots of time and effort.
- I don't think it's as bad as you say.
I'm gonna give it a six.
- Okay.
- Now, let's eat it to see if the taste blows us away
and makes us wanna add a point.
I like a good garden pea.
- It's not bad.
- [Link] The first bite of anything that's tuna-
- It's not good.
Taste like tuna.
- It takes a little adjustment.
- I'm not giving it a point or taking away a point.
- Yeah, me neither.
- It is what it is.
It's tuna noodle casserole.
You made the decision to buy this.
You should swim in it.
- All right, so Stouffer's tuna noodle casserole.
We're giving you a total score of a 10.
(gentle upbeat music)
- [Stevie] Next up, you've got Jimmy Dean's biscuit
and sausage gravy bowl.
Jimmy Dean's signature sausage over a hot, flaky biscuit.
- [Rhett] Okay.
- I like hanging with Jimmy.
- Now, I'm expecting a bowl with a biscuit and gravy
and clearly visible sausage.
Let's see what we got.
Oh, okay.
- I see that biscuit in the middle.
It is drowning in a sea of gravy, though.
- But there's much more gravy in reality
than there is on the box,
but are you gonna complain about gravy?
But that's not what we're testing.
- [Link] Not if it tastes good.
I will say that the gravy is on top of the biscuit.
- [Rhett] Yeah.
- It's not like they put the gravy pond down
and then floated the pontoon of biscuit on top of it.
The order is correct.
There's even some sausage on top.
- Is it a gravy pouch
or is it altogether in there like this?
- [Josh] It's altogether in there.
- It's altogether. Okay.
Because a gravy pouch, you could maybe replicate
this look right here.
This is pretty good for-
- [Link] This is what it is.
- [Rhett] For all being together.
Yours actually looks a little bit better.
There's more biscuit visibility in yours.
- It may be up for an additional point
because I like the taste of a good Jimmy Dean-
- Yeah, Jimmy Dean is good.
- [Link] I've never had this.
- [Rhett] It's not super appetizing.
- [Link] No.
- I will say that, when you get a look.
I'm gonna give it a five.
It's better than the last one.
- I think it's the same as the last one.
I'm still giving it a little more leniency.
I'm also gonna give this one a six,
but I can't wait to taste it.
- [Rhett] Jimmy Dean had the best commercials.
- What do you remember about the commercial?
- It had him in it.
- Because he was a celebrity.
- He was like, "Jimmy Dean always does it right,"
or something like that.
(crew laughing)
- Very fluffy biscuit.
- Jimmy Dean biscuits have a Jimmy Dean biscuit flavor.
It's not something you get anywhere else.
It's very nostalgic for me.
I think I'm gonna have to tack on a point,
just for the nostalgia.
- It's not that it taste good.
It tastes like Jimmy Dean.
- No, it is pretty good, especially if you get some
of that sausage in there.
Okay.
You tacking on a point?
- I'm gonna tack on a point, too.
- All right, that brings Jimmy Dean's biscuit
and sausage gravy bowl up to a total of 13.
(gentle upbeat music)
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- [Stevie] Okay, so it's been delicious so far.
- I know, it has, right?
I'm actually restoring my faith
in the frozen food community.
- [Stevie] Yeah and I was not about to gag
on the first round.
This next meal is Stouffer's roast turkey.
Tender white meat turkey and stuffing in a homestyle gravy,
with russet mashed potatoes.
- Now, I see that the turkey is nicely sliced.
- This is plated again.
- Yes, plated, but presented in a shuffled card scenario
with a drizzle of gravy.
- But we already know that this is gonna be a tray of meat,
a tray of food, that goes in a box.
So again, I feel like you have to try to make an effort
to see if you could even get close to replicating that.
- [Link] Okay.
- [Rhett] Oh, gosh.
- We've got a lot of work to do.
(Rhett laughing)
- Well, you know what?
- I don't even see the turkey.
- [Rhett] The turkey is sliced.
- [Link] All I see is stuffing pieces.
- Mine's got three very distinguishable.
Well, not distinguishable.
They all look sorta brown.
- [Link] Oh, this is turkey.
Now, that-
- Look how it all kinda comes off as a piece.
It's like peeling off a scab.
- Ew, don't say scab!
God!
- [Rhett] Peeling off a turkey scab. (laughing)
- No, don't put it on a turkey!
I don't wanna eat an injured turkey.
- But look at the vibrant colors on the box
and then look at the medium brown.
If you had a box of crayons, what color would this be?
What's a name for brown?
You were a crayon boy.
- Turkey scab brown.
- [Rhett] Turkey scab brown.
- [Link] I had to do it.
- [Rhett] This isn't holding up very well.
I'm gonna give this one a three.
- And the turkey is sliced.
- Yeah, the turkey is sliced.
- [Link] So it is sliced, but it's like little-
- [Rhett] They didn't put a whole turkey in there.
- It's like little shards of it.
I am not happy and scabs are on the brain.
I'm giving this a two.
- Oh, okay.
Now, let's taste it.
- How could it taste good?
- Well, brown things are often very tasty.
- I'm even gonna get a bit of that celery in there.
The only green thing.
- It's not bad.
It really isn't bad.
- It's what come to expect from turkey out of a microwave,
but that is, my friend, bad.
I'm not gonna take away a point, though.
- I'm definitely not taking away a point.
- You wanna add a point?
- No, I'm not saying I'm gonna add a point.
I said it wasn't bad.
- [Link] And yet, I'm gonna take another bite.
- But compared to turkey dressing and mashed potatoes
that you could make for yourself,
definitely doesn't compare.
Okay, I'm just gonna call it even.
- Stouffer's roast turkey got a total score of five.
(gentle upbeat music)
- [Stevie] Okay, this last meal
is DiGiorno's chicken parm stromboli,
which is premium chicken, parmesan and mozzerella cheeses,
and zesty signature sauce in a crispy seasoned crust.
- That looks good, man!
Makes me hungry.
- Well, let's see how good it does look.
- Okay.
Trevor has already cut it for us
and when I take a look at this, is it actually cooked?
- [Trevor] Yeah.
- It's warm, but.
Where's the melty?
- Well, the funny thing is, is that the color, again.
- Just totally-
- This isn't even the same thing.
- It's like a vampire drained it of its life.
- I feel like maybe this is just a Photoshop exercise
at this point.
They're taking those reds and bringing them up.
- Yeah, you know how they do with the reds.
- [Rhett] This is nothing like that.
- Boosting them.
- The stromboli that I used to have in Greg's dorm room.
You know Greg's mom would send him a frozen stromboli
and you'd put it in the fridge.
- I didn't know that.
- We played video games together.
Yeah because you were studying in college.
I was playing video games.
Playing video games and then we'd stop
and I'd be like, "Can I get a little bit of that stromboli?"
- You mooched so hard off of Greg, man.
- [Rhett] Yeah.
- He was feeding you his mama's stromboli.
- Yeah.
- I bet you made him put it in your mouth.
- No, I didn't.
(crew laughing)
- You put it in your own mouth?
- It didn't get weird.
It was just me eating a man's stromboli.
If all I saw was the back of this stromboli,
I'd be like, you've almost done it.
- [Link] I don't know.
It looks like a really dried out cracker.
There's no buttery-ness to it.
- [Rhett] That's true.
- I really had my hopes up and they're dashed big time.
- Look at that gap.
I can get a full tongue into this stromboli
without even touching it.
I think I can get a full tongue in there.
- I think I won't watch.
- I made no contact with this stromboli.
- This is disappointing.
- I didn't even taste anything.
- Because they set our expectations so high with this.
- But it's still the same form, though.
I'm gonna give it a five.
- I'm gonna give it a three because I am disappointed.
The only thing that's gonna rectify this un-rectified thing-
- Okay. Get it out.
- [Link] Is to eat it. - Okay.
Is this the one I tongued or not?
- That bread on the outside is hard to get through.
- It's so dry.
- I'm deducting another point.
I'm sorry.
- [Rhett] I'm deducting a point, as well.
- Man!
We started off so strong.
I thought, you know what?
Maybe frozen food's not as bad as we thought they were.
Maybe we're too hard on them last time
or we went with some really nasty-nasty.
- But then they show their true colors
or their lack of colors.
- They have dashed my expectations.
- So, DiGiorno's chicken parm stromboli
ends up with a total score of six.
But that's still better than the total of five
for Stouffer's roast turkey,
our absolutely lowest scoring dish.
- You have lost the meal.
So, we just wanna give some advice to Stouffer's
to make your roast turkey better
so you can have more truth in advertising.
Really, all you just need
is a fresh coast of paint, so to speak.
Or maybe literally.
There you go.
I think this is gonna help you guys out nicely.
- [Rhett] I'm about to rectify this.
- Now, if I saw that, I think my expectations
would be in the exact right location
and then if I opened the box and saw that,
I'd be like, oh, well, different color.
- Yeah. Doesn't that look appetizing?
Problem solved!
All right, so.
- You're welcome, Stouffer's.
We're here for you.
- It is the final day of our week of celebrating 10 years
of Good Mythical Morning and we've been told
that the crew has put together something very special for us
that, "showcase one of the most emotionally important parts
of the show."
- Emotionally important.
- We don't know what that means, but we are prepared.
Let's take a look.
What exactly is a testicle?
(Link clears throat)
- [Stevie] So now, we're gonna go to Link.
(Rhett laughing)
- What the crap?
- He hit himself right in the balls.
Shepherd, tell the people at home what you're about to do.
- I'm gonna kick you in the balls.
(Rhett grunting)
- That looked like a good one!
Oh, there it is!
(Rhett laughing)
I've all right done it today.
I don't need to re-iron my balls.
That's, talk about squishy.
I don't know what it is, but I'm afraid that it's nuts.
I'm gonna say I trust his aim.
- [Stevie] Here we go.
In three, two, one, go.
(Link yelling) (Rhett laughing)
(buzzer ringing)
- Hey, it was the gun!
I know this is weird, Link.
- What, the stroking of one's hair
or the watching of one's vasectomy?
Which is weirder?
- I don't know if you realize it,
but that whole time, you were eating a cow testicle.
(crew laughing)
We're gonna be plucking individual hairs
from various parts of our own body.
Oh, snazzy!
Oh, that was a eight.
- Okay, here we go.
Three, two.
(Rhett yelling)
You can taste reproductive power
and reproductive power tastes horrible.
(Rhett grunting and yelling)
(Link yelling)
- Dink it.
- Dink.
- Oh, man! Wow.
- My balls dropped.
- Oh, did you hear that the testicle
is the last thing to remain in your mouth.
I will say that.
- Yeah.
- I've had a bag of peas on my nuts.
- On my peas.
(Link yelling)
(Rhett laughing)
Hey, that was good one, son.
That was a good one.
(Rhett laughing)
That was good one, son.
- Yeah, our balls have been through a lot with y'all.
- Yeah, we've had a lot of fun with nuts.
- And we wouldn't have traded a minute of it for the world,
except a couple of those impacts.
- And as we demonstrated in the fact
that you saw our vascetemies, we actually don't need.
Well, we kinda need our nuts,
but not in their full capacity anymore, so it's okay.
Don't worry about us.
- You know, I guess I'll put it in these terms.
Thanks for hanging with us.
- Yeah, it's like-
- All these years.
- It's like, between the two of us, there's four nuts,
but when you include everyone else in the world.
No, that's a bad analogy.
- And it's exclusionary and we don't wanna do that.
- Yeah, just thank you all for being a part
of this community, nuts or not.
(crew laughing)
10 years of nuts, 10 years of no nuts.
I've just had hell of a time.
- Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell.
- You know what time it is.
- [Group] Hi!
This is the Mythical crew on a set of GMM
in Burbank, California.
We just celebrated 10 years of Good Mythical Morning
and now, it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality.
(group cheering)
- What a wonderful family.
- It's all you guys!
You didn't have to, but I'm glad you did, though.
Click the top link to watch us discover
which of our crew members are lying
and which are telling the truth
about their crazy cool talents in Good Mythical More.
- And to find out where
the Wheel of Mythicality is gonna land.
- So I would ride my bicycle to Rhett's house
every single morning, park it in his yard.
Link would come pick us both up.
We would go to the studio
and then we would carpool back home to Rhett's house.
I'd get on my bike and go home
and this happened for like, months.