We still technically have not really
decided the controversy
of whether s'mores are overrated or...
Oh, I think... They are, they're good.
They're delicious.
Well, see, we have... No, no, no
Eduardo. You say it.
I'm not a fan.
(Sona groans) Exactly.
Eduardo kind of... We took a poll.
I know, but Eduardo kind of tipped it.
But it wasn't
a hundred percent clear. No, guess what.
Can I, quite honestly, all riffing aside,
with that assembled group of crew,
people that were there,
most people were underwhelmed
by the concept of a s'more.
Seriously.
That's true. I just edited that episode
and it was pretty much 50-50
until Eduardo weighed in and kind of skewed it to
that they are overrated.
But it was close. Well..
Most of the people who liked it, though,
connect it with a nice, happy experience.
So maybe you just haven't had
any happy experiences. (Matt laughs)
No, I think, again, I'll go back to it.
S'mores are all about, given that we're here
around a campfire and no one brought a decent treat,
this will do.
I think s'mores survive in the national consciousness
because people are grading on a curve.
They're saying,
"Given that all we have are some old crackers
and some, not terrific, chocolate
and some marshmallows, a very inferior treat,
and some sticks,
this isn't bad."
I have to agree.
Yes.
That is what we're talking about with s'mores.
I highly disagree.
I just think you can make it exactly the way you want it.
You wanna char the marshmallow, cool.
If you don't wanna char it
and you just wanna gradually melt it, cool.
If you want whatever kind of chocolate,
that's cool too. Yeah,
but even if you do it all perfectly,
you end up with a C-minus dessert.
(Sona scoffs) You just do, you know?
It's like a pirate saying
has a peg leg made of wood.
He didn't even know that one day
there'd be these amazing prosthetics.
No, he's just like, "Argh.
Hey, when your only other choice be no leg at all,
I'll take the peg." (Sona laughs)
This is the dumbest analogy.
I know that... That is the s'more.
That analogy is rough. No, the s'more
is the peg leg of treats.
[Sona Laughs] Argh.
Okay. Well I'm on s'more side now,
suddenly.
(Conan sighs) What?
Yeah.
That's a terrible analogy. If I can't be having
aluminum, fiberglass,
and carbon prosthetic (Sona laughs)
made with the latest technology,
I guess I'll take a piece of wood.
Cause it's either that or tipping over.
(Matt laughs)
(Conan screeches) "I agree."
See, even the parrot agrees.
(Conan screeches) "S'mores suck."
Argh.
Aye, if a s'more is all we have,
then that's what we'll have.
But if someone had a better treat,
like a Baked Alaska,
well I'd be first in line.
What other treats have you had
around a campfire that are better?
Baked Alaska.
Oh, how 'bout the chocolate covered honeycomb
and bourbon?
That was actually really good.
No, but that's prepared. Right.
What I'm saying is what do you make with the fire?
I know, you're grading on a curve.
You keep saying my point. But no one's ever
come up with anything better
cause it's perfect as it is. It is not perfect.
Amanda made something called banana boats,
where you split a banana down the middle,
put Nutella in, wrap it in foil,
and put that on a stick. I would eat that.
That sounds really good.
Cause I just love Nutella.
I would eat that.
That sounds fantastic.
I would eat that.
Next year we'll try that, maybe.
In the hot tub. Yeah, but I mean,
just remember that
s'mores only live on the consciousness
because no one had a better idea
at the time. I disagree.
I think if they were really as bad
as you say they were,
then not many people would just have complete adoration.
They do it cause they don't have adoration for it.
It's a false memory.
They think they're supposed to love it.
That's the point.
They think they're supposed to like a s'more
because it's supposed to connect them
to this pure American experience out in the woods.
And it's bullshit. That's what we're dealing
with here is progression versus tradition.
And this is the new culture war.
Yeah. The war on Christmas.
This is s'mores is now the new culture war.
No, it's not the same.
You just elevated this whole conversation.
You two have terrible analogies.
Your peg leg one,
your war on Christmas.
No, it doesn't work.
I'm sorry. You try an analogy, then.
You big guy.
I don't know.
I'm not even gonna think of an analogy
cause I already know I'm not- Nice analogy.
good at them.
Yeah, yeah. (Matt laughs)
You win.
I'm not even gonna try,
cause I know I'm no good.
Well I knew even if I did try, it would be better
than s'mores is like the peg legs of desserts.
All I can think of now
is a pirate who doesn't have a peg leg
but instead he's assembled a bunch of s'mores,
(Conan laughs)
stacked them and he's trying to support his body
on the s'mores.
And then he just puts his foot in the fire.
(Conan laughs) Yeah.
He's standing too close to a fire
and he's like, "Avast, ye swabs,"
(Conan yells) and he falls over.
I'm delicious.
(Conan laughs)
I am delicious.
I just ate me leg and it's underwhelming.
(Group laughs)