- What decade did these hot sauces become hot stuff?
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat music)
Good Mythical Morning.
- You know what they say about hot sauces?
- No. - They're like butt holes.
They're red, everybody's got one,
and one deep sniff will make your eyes water.
- You think butt holes are red?
- On the inside.
- (Rhett laughs) Oh gosh.
Okay, I do agree that nowadays it seems like everybody
and their brother is selling a hot sauce,
but today we're gonna look back in time
and conduct a historical analysis
of when notable hot sauces hit the scene.
- Oh and we should also play shuffleboard.
- Hmm. Good idea.
It's time for The Shuffleboard Game: Hot Sauce Edition.
Welcome to The Shuffleboard Game Zone.
- Yep, we're gonna be tasting
some of the most popular hot sauces that you can buy
and then we gotta try and guess what decade
they were first sold by shuffling down to that decade.
- Whoever lands closest to the current decade wins the round
and the point, and the winner in the end
will receive a Taco Bell hot sauce tracksuit.
- We have not seen this, but I wanna see it on me.
- Okay. Well, let's see about that.
(upbeat music)
- What's under this helmet? A hot sauce.
- Ah, Tapatio, yes.
- Good old Tapatio.
Are you gonna give me- - So are we-
- a little finger- - Taste?
- A finger swab? - Tasting these like so?
- Yeah, yeah, you gotta taste the decade or "desade."
(Link coughs)
- A little drop'll do ya, apparently.
- Don't breathe in. - Now I dunno
what decade this is from, but I will tell you,
it expires in 2023. - Okay.
I won last time. - Sure did!
- I remember that. It was donuts.
Which means I'm going first
and I'm going- - That's a good hot sauce.
- [Link] There could be
some interesting bumpage happening here.
- Interesting bumpage.
- Tapatio. Classic label, it looks old.
It looks like that label hasn't changed since the 1940s.
- Okay.
I have no idea. - Who knows.
We're gonna learn a lot here. I'm guessing 1940.
And I'm just going to try to not overshoot it.
(puck sliding)
(Link cheering)
- Safely on 1920. - 1920, that's very early.
But what are you thinking?
Did I block you out of something?
- I've never really thought about this.
About when hot sauces happened
and I feel like I don't have any points of reference
to make informed decisions.
But that's usually the case with this game.
- Tapatio!
- When were patios invented?
I don't believe that they have patios in the Old West.
They just had dirt in the backyard.
And then eventually somebody was like,
we should put some concrete down,
put some chairs on it, call it a patio.
That was probably 1910.
And then 40 years later, somebody was like,
let's make a hot sauce with patio in it.
- 1950 is his guess. - 1950.
But also, I actually feel like 60s is not a bad guess?
But if I go to 50s and hit it,
I'll be closer to all the decades after 50.
So I'm landing on 50, if I can.
(puck sliding)
- Woo, a nice gentle breeze
has blown you into 1970 a little bit.
Stevie, school us.
- [Stevie] Tapatio was invented
when founder, Jose-Luis Saavedra,
couldn't find any other Mexican hot sauces
besides Tabasco in the So Cal markets
so he created Tapatio, originally called Cuervo, in 1971.
- Whoa! I'm all over it!
- You had nailed it by accident!
- But you don't get extra points for that, do ya?
(upbeat music)
- Ah, Frank's RedHot. Original, Rhett.
- Do you wanna keep going with the finger technique,
Because we have spoons now.
- They've given us spoons. Boop, boop.
- It's a little odd to now lick the spoon.
- (Link laughs) That's a milder hot sauce than the Tapatio.
- Hmm. Let me just look at the label a little bit.
I'm not looking for-
It actually says since and they've marked it out.
Just so you know. So don't look at that too closely.
- Wow. Okay.
- Don't look at it too closely!
- Did you look at it too closely?
- Ha ha, I looked at it close enough.
No, I couldn't- - Are you cheating?
- It just look like white tape over a date.
Frank's RedHot.
- Put that (Link vocalizing) on everything.
- This feels more recent. Let's just be honest.
Let's be honest. This feels more recent than patios.
- Is it though?
- Something about the 50s just saying, hello.
- I thought you said later than Tapatio.
- Because the guy in 1970 was like,
all they've got around here is Tabasco.
I don't wanna think about this too much. 50s.
(puck sliding)
- Oh, you've got to overshoot that, right?
1990. - Yeah! It's very recent!
- Oh, that's a fast board this morning.
All right, so you have left me in a position of power
that's all about placement.
I think Frank's is like an Eastern Seaboard hot sauce,
so I actually think this one could be pretty early.
My answer is 1940, but I'm just gonna block you out.
- [Rhett] Okay. 1940.
(puck sliding)
- Oh gosh. That's hard.
Okay, you know what, does that count as a bump?
- Yeah. - That's a nestle.
- You wanna change the rules all the time.
- What is a bump?
- That's a bump.
It doesn't matter if you change the answers,
you just used your bump.
It's cool. It's fine.
- Allow me to define the bump. - No!
Okay, you hit me and it moved it twice.
- It did not move it and change your answer.
- It doesn't matter if it changes the answer.
A bump is a bump is a bump!
- It's not a bump, it was a tap!
- It's a bump. That was a bump.
- Fine. It's a bump.
I'll beat you. I'll beat you with the accidental bump.
I obviously won this round.
- [Stevie] Though the Frank's RedHot recipe
dates back to 1896 from the Frank Tea
and Spice Company in Cincinnati, Ohio,
the sauce that we all know and love today
was not invented until 1918.
- [Rhett] Oh whoa. Wow!
- Wow, so we're in 1910s.
- You were closer. - Dang it.
- Link wins the point.
- I could have not touched you.
- But he bumped.
(upbeat music)
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Check them out. - Beautiful arrangement.
- Fine. I'll let you.
(Rhett gasps) - Whoa!
- Look! It's Taco Bell hot sauce.
- But they're all Fire sauce.
- Fire sauce to be exact.
So we are dating the Fire sauce.
- I like Fire sauce. I'd really do.
They all say different things on them.
Taking requests!
- Got a good taste to it. - Prove it!
So what if I did?
- This one says, you won the last round,
so you shuffle first.
- You won the last round, so you shuffle first.
(Rhett laughs) - You didn't fall for it.
I won, but I didn't win in the way I wanted to,
which made me feel like a loser.
- You wasted a bump.
- Little known fact, we visited the Taco Bell headquarters
and we walked down a hallway
where they showed the history of Taco Bell.
- Do you remember this particular date on the timeline?
- Yes. It was 1960.
- Ah, yeah, you might be right!
- It could be earlier than 1960.
- Fire has been around since.
I mean, it was like one of the things
that enabled civilization.
- I'm going for this side of 1960, a little bit in 1950.
(puck sliding)
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
I've done what you did in the last round.
- But what you have done unintentionally, Link,
is you have landed on what I would guess
is almost assuredly the correct answer.
- You think it's 1980?
- I think it was 1990.
- Really? - Taco Bell hot sauce
is something that came out a long time ago.
- You're right. - I remember Fire sauce
coming out while I was in college
or at least that's when it came into my world.
So it may be earlier. It could be 1980.
So I need a rules clarification.
Now, if I landed in 1990 and I was completely in 1990
and you were mostly in 1990-
- You have to be more in it. - More in 1990?
- Yeah. - You know what?
I'm gonna just bump you a little bit
and then settle in 1990 a little bit more than you are.
(puck sliding)
- [Link] He's going aggressive!
And you have succeeded.
I'm hoping it's 1980. Stevie.
- [Stevie] In 2019, an Oregon man was trapped
in his snow covered car for five days
and he survived only on Taco Bell Fire sauce packets.
Lucky for him, the hot sauce was available
and it's been available since Taco Bell created it in 1995.
(Rhett and Link cheer)
- Woo! My memory served me correctly!
- 1960, my butt.
(upbeat music)
- I present to us the Sriracha.
- You want it in your spoon
or your mouth? - The rooster sauce.
I want it on the finger.
I gotta tell you, when I drink that straight,
I don't like it.
It's not for me. It's got a- (Link exclaims)
- It's got layers, man. It's got layers.
Okay. I'm going first.
- All right. Spill your beans, man.
Tell me what you're thinking about the Sriracha.
- I know something about the history of Sriracha
because I pay attention when Josh speaks
and he has talked about Sriracha
and how it was somebody in the United States
taking something that was done in another country.
I can't remember what country that is,
somewhere in the South East Asia region.
That feels like something that would happen
in the 70s or the 80s.
That was when people were like taking things
from other places and bringing them here.
I don't know what a better guess is, 70s or 80s,
but I don't know.
The 80s is what feels right,
so that's what I'm gonna go for.
80s is what feels right. - He's going for the 80s.
(puck sliding)
An aggressive bump sends him square...
Oop, nope. - So I made it-
- You're teetering between 60s and 80s.
I thought 70s was already an answer.
- You're right. It was.
- So I was hoping you would go for that.
I wasn't gonna tell you.
Oh man, you're definitely gonna be in the driver's seat
if I don't do something about this.
I cannot touch you. - Correct.
But I can be more in 1980 than you.
- [Rhett] You can get more in the 80s.
- [Link] Without touching you.
- But if you touch me, what does that mean?
'Cause you've already done your bump.
- You get to place mine wherever you want.
- And I get to place mine where mine was.
What you're trying to do is you're trying to slip right here
and get more in the 80s?
- Yes. - Okay. This is exciting.
- But it could be 1960.
So you're a little bit more in 60 than 80 right now.
- Correct. It's definitely- - I believe it's 1980s.
- It's either the 60s or the 80s for sure.
Don't hit mine now.
Even if your little pepper hits my pepper.
- I'm putting my pepper over here (indistinct).
- [Rhett] You gonna keep your pepper from swinging?
(puck sliding)
- No! - Okay, if the 60s-
- That was so close to not touching.
Did it touch? - It did touch.
- Did it touch? - It did touch,
but you know what, I am electing to say,
because only your pepper hit my pepper
and I'm actually more in the 80s than you are,
so if it's 80s, I'm right anyway.
- But if it's 60s, I get the point
and you're willing to take that risk.
- If it's 60s, I'm gonna give you the point
'cause we'll go into the last round tied.
But here's the deal, I get to make a decision
of who goes first in the last round.
- I gotta take it. I gotta take it.
- All right. What is it, Stevie?
- The creator of Sriracha, David Tran,
was born in the Chinese year of the rooster, hence the logo.
He must have perfected the recipe right out of the gate
because it hasn't changed since it was invented in 1980.
(Rhett laughs) - Oh dang!
I thought you were going to say 60.
- I did too. (Rhett laughs)
Woo!
(upbeat music)
- Lift.
- Oh! Good ol' Texas Pete.
- Yep, bottled in-
- [Both] Winston-Salem, North Carolina!
- Which makes no sense!
- Stevie, you ever been to the Texas Pete factory?
- Let's taste it. - I have not.
I didn't know that.
- You didn't know that it was right down the road
from where you grew up?
- [Stevie] No, I was busy in Old Salem.
- Oh, Winston, stay away from the Winston part of Salem.
- That is a vinegary, mild, hot goodness.
Okay. I can't win.
- You can win, because again,
the rule that we usually play by
is the guy who is in a position to not win-
- Me! - Which is you.
Can win if- - Yeah,
let's make it interesting. - He can bounce off the back
of the board and then land completely circumscribed...
Is that the right word? Inside.
- But you get to choose who's going first.
- And I'm gonna go first.
- Okay. Fine. I like that.
- That makes your task more difficult
because it blocks you out of a potential guess.
Okay, so the decades left are 1920, 30, 40, 50,
and 60, right? - Yep.
- This feels like the 40s or the 50s to me.
- It's hard to say. Classic design.
- I don't know. Something about the 40s is calling my name.
So I'm gonna try to land in the 40s.
And again, in order to win,
you're gonna have to bounce off the back
and land completely in the correct decade so...
This is a tall order,
but I'm just gonna try to get into the 40s.
That feels right to me.
(puck sliding)
- [Link] That is a nice shuffle man.
- Woo! - Oh shoot. Okay.
See, I don't even know how this chili's gonna bounce
but I have to hope.
- What are you going for?
'Cause you also have to say what you're going for.
You have to guess it correctly.
- I'm going for 1950. Bank shot.
Completely nestled in that decade.
- Wow. I almost want to see this happen,
but I kinda don't because I really want that tracksuit.
- Okay, here we go.
I don't know how much bounce this is gonna take
and I'm gonna give it some gusto.
(puck sliding)
Oh god. - Oh!
- I think that was a little more-
- You know what? I'll give you a second try.
- Let me see. - A second try.
This counts. I'm letting this count.
- Just edit that other one out.
- No, don't edit it out. Keep it in.
(puck sliding)
Oh, you know what? This wasn't bad, but-
- All right. It seems that you get the tracksuit.
But let's get the right answer.
- [Stevie] Texas Pete was invented by the Garner family
who chose the image of a cowboy to be put on every bottle
because they believed it represented rugged independence
and self-reliance.
This was the perfect image for a family business
trying to survive tough times
when they invented Texas Pete in 1929.
- Wow, 1929! - That goes way back!
- All right. Bring that tracksuit out.
I'm not gonna put it on. I don't want to humiliate you.
I don't wanna put it on out here in front of you.
- [Link] Congratulations.
- I'll leave and put it on and come back.
- Mmkay. Thank you for subscribing and clicking that bell.
- You know what time it is.
- Hi, I'm Brooke.
And I'm Joseph.
- We're from Peterborough, Ontario.
- We just finished a hot sauce taste test challenge.
- And now-
- [Both] It's time to spin The Wheel of Mythicality.
- Well, it must not have been too hot
'cause you seem too happy.
Click the top link to watch us try and rank
the craziest foods to put hot sauce on.
According to you, the Mythical Beast,
and Good Mythical Morning.
- And to find out where The Wheel of Mythicality
is gonna land.
- Josh, it's so hot! Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!
- I love the way this is looking right now.
Some of the oil is seeping out,
but this is absolutely gorgeous.