- Today we snap into a Slim Jim, every Slim Jim.
- Let's talk about that.
(warm electronic music)
- "Good Mythical Morning."
- Quick reminder, this is our season finale, y'all!
- What?
- And starting Monday, we're gonna have two weeks
of top five episodes for you.
Where we're gonna take a look back at special moments
from the year from each, or different categories.
- Uh-huh?
- Each episode dropping Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
And then we're gonna see you again on January 10th
for season 21 of "GMM."
- And that's gonna be big.
- Yeah, real big. - I can't wait.
Let's wrap up season 20 by eating way too many Slim Jims.
- Okay.
- Does that sound like a good idea?
- I'm game!
- Yeah, Slim Jim, not a sponsor.
Honestly, I probably wouldn't have anything
to do with these sweaty meat sticks
if it wasn't for a very powerful endorsement,
and TV ad campaign, you know what I'm talking about?
- Ooh, yeah! - Uh-huh?
All right, here it is from back in 1993.
(shelves crashing) - Look right into this,
really awesome. - So!
Are you ready to kick it and take it down?
Snap into it!
(computer booming) (Rhett laughing)
Snap into a Slim Jim!
- [Link] The snaps are so strong!
(papers booming)
It's blowing paperwork everywhere.
(Slim Jim snaps)
Oh, and her wig!
- [Rhett] Oh, good, I don't know what happened there.
- [Link] Her wig and her blouse!
- Snap into a Slim Jim!
- Her blouse didn't come all the way off.
(crew laugh)
- Man, I mean-
- It was just a nude-colored blouse.
- The things that he did for the world.
- Yep.
- Every time I think about it, I'm just,
I'm blown away, and just feel like
I've been snapped right into.
Okay, it turns out-
- How did he see through those glasses?
- He didn't, he didn't-
- I can't see anything!
- He didn't need to.
There are more Slim Jim flavors than
you can shake a processed meat stick at,
which means we're about to get
all Macho Man Randy Savage up in here!
It's time for!
"Gut Check: Slim Jim Edition!"
- All right, today!
I mean, just that little bit of talking-
- Ungh! - Totally messed me up.
- Ungh!
- We're gonna be tasting every single meaty snack
Slim Jim currently has to offer, so that's 18.
- Okay.
- And this ain't just the long boys,
we're trying to Slim Jim products
of all different shapes and sizes,
so that we can sample every single offering.
- We're gonna rank each one on a scale of one to 10,
based on our initial gut reactions.
- One to 100.
- And then, oh, one to 100, you wanna go to 100 this time?
- Let's do that. - Like every other time
we've ever done this? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Yeah, we'll go to a hundred.
And then our scores will be added together
to give us the top four Slim Jim products.
- Then we're gonna take those top four,
and evaluate them closer up to determine
which one is gonna be named the Slim Dunk!
- Now, we saw your feedback on the last "Gut Check" episode,
and it turns out that the collegiate level scoring chart
that Link was given last time, it was a bit tough for him.
- Thank you. - Would you say that?
- Well, thank you for saying that,
'cause it's hard for me to say, but it is true.
I just, it was, it was over my head.
- People said you needed something simpler,
so the Mythical crew made him a scoring chart
with something he could definitely recognize, his own face!
- Yeah.
Thank you guys for going back here.
- [Rhett] Do you understand this?
- I can see that these actual faces
from previous "Gut Checks."
- [Rhett] Your faces.
- And as my face gets more enjoyable,
(crew laugh) it corresponds
to a higher number that, like I said, goes to 100.
- [Rhett] Yeah.
- Here I am correcting you.
- So, but you're ready now. - Using this.
- So, bad to good, you got it?
- Snap into it!
- [Stevie] All right, gentlemen,
should you need a respite from the barrage
of smoky meat sticks headed your way,
we have a palate-cleanser of calming spa water for you.
- Ah.
- [Stevie] Are you ready for your first category?
- Well, before we get started, just maybe a disclaimer here,
like, I'm a huge fan of processed meat products.
I'm a huge fan of Slim Jims.
I think I'm gonna have a wild time,
but I've never seen you eat a processed meat stick,
like, without being forced to,
or being desperate and camping or something.
- It's not my thing.
Those three words together, processed, meat, and stick.
- Those are my three favorite words.
- Just seeing, it's a little off-putting.
- Yeah.
- I prefer pudding.
- Oh yeah, he's a pudding man. (crew laugh)
- So, but as long as I do my scores
relative to my other scores,
even if they all stay in this range,
then it's gonna render an accurate result.
- It should all even out.
- So, we represent two different palates,
and that's a good thing, right?
- [Stevie] All right, we're going to begin
with the classic category,
featuring the savory meat flavors you know and love.
And we're going to begin with the mild Slim Jim snack stick.
- All right.
- Now, are we supposed to snap in all these?
- [Stevie] Yes, please.
- I love the consistency.
- Eh, eh, pull on it! (crew laughing)
- [Rhett] I don't know how they do it.
- Yeah, it did snap.
- I love the texture.
I love the mechanically separated beef feeling in my mouth.
It could be spicier, 75.
- I'm gonna start right in the middle with a 50,
and see where this goes.
- Okay.
- [Stevie] Original.
- Oh yeah. - Oh, original.
- That spice is needed and enhanced.
- Yeah, 55.
- 82, it's very good. - Honey?
- I didn't think it was that much different.
- [Stevie] Honeys, are you ready?
- Yeah, we're ready for this. - Yes, honey.
- [Stevie] Honey barbecue monster stick.
- Monster stick, oh, good lord.
- Monster, oh, it's bigger.
- I didn't think I was gonna
like that honey barbecue flavor,
but I do, and it's got spice!
- And a tang.
- 83, did I just say 83?
- I'mma give it a 68.
- [Stevie] Deli style original.
- Deli style.
- What does that mean?
- Oh.
This is more like the summer sausage.
- Oh, this is starting to taste more expensive.
- I don't like it when it begins
to taste like other sausage I could get other places.
- Oh, really?
- 49, I still like it a little bit.
- Yeah, I'm gonna give it a 59.
I liked it better.
- [Stevie] Pepperoni stick.
- Oh, yeah?
- Oh, just that, huh?
- Huh.
- Okay, so I'm just eating a pizza ingredient now.
I mean, it is what it says it was.
I don't know what that means though.
- Well, that's why we have a chart.
- Crap, I'm looking at it hard.
- Yeah, look at the faces first.
- Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- How you feel, and then go to the right.
- I just, yeah, I don't like the pepperoni.
I'mma give it a, (crew laughing)
I'mma give it a 30.
- See, it works.
I love pepperoni,
I eat pepperoni by itself on a regular basis.
But that's not good pepperoni.
53.
- [Stevie] It's the talking it out for me,
that's what it's, you know, in addition to the chart itself,
I appreciate it.
- Right, yeah, right, yeah, uh-huh.
- [Stevie] Hickory smoked bacon jerky.
- Oh, oh, what?
- You just mean bacon?
- This is bacon.
It's unpleasant bacon.
- Bacon been sitting out for the dogs.
(crew laugh) - That has a very-
- It's a dog's treat. - Dog treat,
dog treat take.
36, I'm sorry, Slim Jim.
- 27. - You've messed up
with that one. (Link coughing)
- [Stevie] Well, it's a good thing we have more bacon
with the maple bacon jerky.
- Maybe maple will make it better?
- Always.
- Oh, oh.
That's some maple syrup really coming in strong.
- It does help it. - Ooh, man!
- That's sweet! - Yeah!
- A sweet dog treat.
Brings it up to a 49 for me.
Like the football players.
- That puts me over the crest of 50 to 51.
- [Stevie] Smokin' mesquite steakhouse beef steak strips.
- Okay, that's too complicated.
- That's a lot of words. (crew laughing)
- Oh, look.
- Oh, that looking like it might develop into a meat stick,
but it ain't one yet. - Mm, my goodness!
You really gotta use your incisors on that.
Get a mouth workout with that.
- Eh! (crew laughs)
- You're a beef jerky guy,
I've been camping with you many times.
We've bought big links-
- That's the only time I eat beef jerky,
I got it in my throat.
- [Rhett] But.
- Gimme, gimme a hit.
Ah!
- But you say you like it when we're there,
do you just like it when we're camping?
- I just like it when we're camping.
That's not bad though.
- That just tasted like beef jerky.
- It kinda makes me feel like I'm camping.
- 62, I mean, I'm not, and you know,
I don't need a chart to know that I'm smiling a little bit.
- 70,
a 74.
- Boom!
So, you really like it?
- Yeah, 'cause it tasted like beef jerky,
and it reminds me of camping.
- Okay, all right.
- [Stevie] Okay, that wraps up the classic flavors category.
If you need a palate cleanser,
you may reach for your spa water,
and then you may consume it.
- Mm. - Okay.
- [Stevie] Up next, we have the spicy category.
Beginning with Tabasco.
- Oh, I like Tabasco.
- Oh really?
I do like that snap.
- Yeah, I see the way you're putting your neck into it.
- But there's some sort of skin that makes the snap.
- I like Tabasco, and I've actually started
to like Tabasco more and more.
- 60.
- But it, there's something-
- It wakes you up a little bit.
- It's competing with something else.
76.
- [Stevie] Hot AA monster stick.
- Oh, whoa, oh. - They got AF in the title?
- I like the size of that monster, oh man.
- And that spice. - Hoo!
- Wow.
- That's doing so many things for me that I enjoy!
- My eyes are propping way up here at a hundred,
but there's no I'm giving this a hundred.
- Whoa!
But you gotta, you can't be driving,
and do that at the same time. (crew laugh)
You gotta pull over for that one.
'Cause I like to eat these while driving,
but I'm gonna pull over to a ditch for this one.
88! - 71.
- [Stevie] Habanero.
- Oh, okay.
Is it habanero AF? (crew laugh)
- My scalp is really sweating from the AF.
- 85, I'm having a good time.
Pull over! (Link coughing)
- I'm hurting.
- I'll have too good of a time while driving.
Pull over, and have a good time.
And then get back on the road.
- 75.
Like it better, 'cause it's not as spicy.
- [Stevie] Spicy snack stick.
- Spicy snack stick, okay, a little boring.
That's more the classic experience.
Now that I've had big girth and hot AF,
(crew laughing) it's, you know,
I'm disappointed, like- - Yeah, I don't like it.
- Once you go big girth, it's tough to go back.
That's just something that you need to think about.
- 50, I'm not interested.
- 69. (crew laughing)
- [Stevie] And that concludes the spicy category.
- The hot AF, I would say, is marketed appropriately.
- Yeah, I'm still feeling it, man.
In all the right ways.
- [Stevie] And we're gonna move on
to the wildcard category now,
full of fun, unique flavors.
First up, nacho. - Nose running?
Nacho? (crew laughing)
- So, should we be getting cheese?
- There's taco seasoning is what I taste.
It's not bad, maybe like on Thursdays.
- (coughs) 60.
- You know, like once a week.
Ah, 63.
- [Stevie] Teriyaki.
- Oh, yeah. - Here we go.
Okay, okay.
- 32, don't like it, sorry.
- 62, I like it, kinda.
I like it relative to most everything else, I think.
- [Stevie] Dill pickle.
- This exists?
- You can't, ooh! (Rhett laughs)
That is, it really hits with the dill, oh.
- I love dill.
- It's like eating a meat pickle.
That's just strange.
- I've never pulled over for a pickle,
but I might pull over for this.
- 33.
- 66.
- [Stevie] Pineapple pork.
- Pineapple pork? (Link mmhmms)
Huh.
- We're going to a luau.
- It's got some girth on it.
- Very sweet.
- That's getting back into that summer sausage place for me.
47.
- No, I like this, man.
I'mma give this a 70.
- [Stevie] Sonic chili cheese Coney monster stick.
- Sonic's getting in on this? - Is it a collab?
Look at that, that's almost square.
- A hot dog, wait, watch out for that girth.
- Oh man, it takes just like a chili cheese dog!
- That's crazy!
- How did they do that?
- They've nailed it.
I just don't-
- 56. - Want a chili dog.
That's crazy though, if you'd like chili dogs,
that's the stick for you.
- Just eat that instead of a chili dog.
- Mm.
62.
- [Stevie] Teriyaki beef steak strip.
- This is dog treat. - Oh, look it!
Turn it sideways, show them.
(crew laughing) Okay.
- It's like that soft jerky.
- Processed fake jerky, which I-
- I'm not a huge teriyaki guy.
- I liked the other one better than that one.
I'mma put this one at 57.
- 49.
- [Stevie] And that completes the wildcard category.
You have now tasted all of these Slim Jim flavors.
- Really? - Really?
- [Stevie] But before we toss to your top four,
one of the sticks you just consumed
was different from the other Slim Jim products,
and that's because it was a Flavor Invader!
(alarm blaring) (Rhett laughing)
- What, what is happening?
What is a Flavor Invader?
- Wow, Stevie, that was awesome.
(Stevie and crew laugh)
- What the crap?
- [Stevie] The pineapple pork meat stick
is actually made by a brand called Western Smokehouse,
it's not Slim Jim at all.
We wanted to see how another brand stacked against Slim Jim,
and it turns out- - You stinker!
- [Stevie] You know, you kinda, Rhett didn't really like it,
and Link, you liked it, but-
- It has no nitrates, it also has no nitrates.
- I could tell it too healthy-
- It says it was healthy.
- I could tell it was too healthy.
- Oh, nitrites.
- Yeah, I need those carcinogens
just to keep going sometimes.
- This is, I like this.
I like this, a luau.
- [Stevie] You can have it, you can have that very-
- Take that and put it in your lunchbox.
- [Stevie] Yep, that's yours, that's what you win.
(crew laughing)
- Put it in your lunchbox right next to to your pudding.
- [Stevie] All right, your scores will now be tabulated,
so you can closely review the top four Slim Jims
to determine which is the best of the best.
- Flavor Invader.
(funky music sting)
- [Stevie] Okay, according to you,
the top four flavors of Slim Jim products,
in no particular order, are original.
- The classic!
- [Stevie] Habanero.
- A little hotter.
- [Stevie] Honey barbecue monster stick.
- Bigger and honey-er.
- [Stevie] Hot AF monster stick.
- Hot AF made it, man.
- Big and hot, man.
- Now, we definitely wanna retaste this one last,
'cause it was so hot AF. - It was so hot.
And maybe the habanero is next to last.
So let's just start again with the original, the baseline.
- Yeah, I already opened this one, you wanna?
No, you wanna break it?
Break it.
- And when you put, I mean,
when you put a meat stick in my mouth,
I automatically, it's just like-
- I'd rather for you to break it off.
- It's a reflex, I-
- Snap it with your hand.
- I can't do it, I have to.
Oh.
They achieved something with the original flavor.
Just, as a meat stick lover, it's rarely been duplicated.
- Okay, which one of these is open here?
Got a little-
- I was thinking we might move
on to the honey barbecue next, because it's less hot.
- Oh yeah, you're right, I'mma leave that there.
- And I wasn't expecting to like this,
'cause I typically don't like barbecue flavored things, but-
- It's so much bigger, it's like three times the size.
Almost like you're eating a,
like a really soft, meaty tree limb.
- It had some spice to it!
It's not too sweet, that's the thing I like about it.
(Link mmhmms) Is it's still spicy.
- I like it. - It has the same spice
as the original!
- I like it better than the original.
- I agree.
- Okay, so we're good there.
- I like it better than the original,
and I didn't think I was going to.
- Now, let's move up to the habaner.
I'm missing the girth now.
- Oh yeah, it's hard to go back, I'm telling you, I didn't.
- You are right, I'm missing the well-rounded
honeyness of the barbecue.
- I think the spice without anything else
makes it not as good as just the original for me.
- I agree.
- Okay, so we know that, okay,
this is probably gonna move away.
- Oh.
- Move away, to a new town, mm, gosh!
- I'm a little afraid of this,
of going back into this, but.
- [Rhett] I had such a good time with this one earlier.
- It's so much heat.
So much girth.
I'mma go easy.
They are not playing.
- But it might be too hot for the average user.
- Yeah, I'm going back to the honey barbecue.
Mm.
So, to me, we wanna say-
- We take this various seriously, I gotta taste it one more.
- I just, for me, it's about, it's between the original,
and I think the hot AF now. (crew laugh)
I think this goes away.
I think this goes to the top.
- All right, I think that.
- I'm leaning on you,
meat stick man.
- I think that we gotta go here.
- And then here. - That will go here.
- Ladies and gentlemen, we are crowning
the unexpectedly spicy and pleasant honey barbecue flavored
monster size Slim Jim gets the-
- Slim Dunk! - Slim Dunk!
You see that?
We just slammed it right in there.
- I mean, these were all great-
- Boom, oh! (poppers popping)
(crew laughing)
I thought I triggered that.
- It always surprises me,
no matter how many times they do it.
- I'm laughing, I said, boom, and it still surprised me.
- All right, that does it for season 20, y'all,
we'll see you back on Monday for our first
look at the best "GMM" moments of the year.
- But listen, I mean, yeah,
we'll be doing that for the next two weeks,
but then also in between, there's plenty of other
stuff you can watch, classic episodes of "GMM,"
also lots of "Mythical Kitchen" content,
good stuff to discover.
So don't underestimate that "Mythical Kitchen,"
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- Yeah, in Prague, everything goes the other way.
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