- This just in, I'm about to have a meltdown.
- Let's talk about that.
(alarm rings) (playful theme music)
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Good Mythical Morning.
- Some people watch the news to get caught up on politics,
others watch the news to find out what sort of
dangerous behavior their teenagers are engaging in
right underneath their noses,
or if you're like me, you watch the news exclusively
to see randos come up behind reporters in the field
and wave like idiots.
- As for me, I watch the news to see anchors get
fed up, throw out the story of the day
and have a two-year old tantrum-sized meltdown
live and on camera.
It's time for--
♪ Meltdown ♪
♪ Go ahead and show it to me ♪
♪ Meltdown ♪
♪ Honey which answer is right ♪
♪ Meltdown ♪
- Okay Link, I'm going to show you a brief clip
of a newscast and then we're gonna freeze the clip
just before a meltdown occurs.
- I love this. - And then you're gonna guess
from multiple choices what actually happened
in the meltdown. - Oh.
- Okay if you correctly guess.
- So it's not what they're upset about,
it's what happens when they meltdown?
- It's gonna be like what happens,
it's different questions about the nature of the meltdown,
the cause of the meltdown.
Okay, if you caressly, correctly--
- If I caress what? - Caress me.
- No. - If you caress me,
you win no matter what. (chuckles)
But if you correctly guess half of these,
I have to wear two full-length newscasts.
Those are arm casts-- - Oh is that what these are?
- Yes, covered in newspaper.
And if you don't, you have to wear them
for Good Mythical More.
- Oh gosh. - Okay?
That's gonna be fun.
- Okay.
- Here we go, first up we have Isiah Carey
on assignment for KARK Channel 4 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Let's take a look.
- What really happened on that Thursday here
at Augusta High School that led to Chris Woods's death?
- Uh-oh. (chuckles)
- Oh we're talking about a death.
- (laughs) What happens next?
A, a bird poops on Isiah's head,
causing a full-fledged meltdown.
B, a football flies over the fence
and hits Isiah in the head, causing him to freak out
and yell at local children.
C, a bug flies in Isiah's mouth,
leading to an expletive-filled rage.
Or D, he gets an alert that he was outbid
for a vintage Hello Kitty doll on eBay
and breaks down in tears.
- Okay so you're gonna show me one of these.
- Yes, Link (laughs). - So I am guaranteed
to be happy no matter what I choose.
- Right yeah, and then you're gonna caress me.
- Oh goodness.
(chuckles) I think a bug flies in Isiah's mouth,
leading to an expletive-filled rant.
- All right let's find out.
- What really happened on that Thursday here
at Augusta High School that led to Chris Woods's death?
(coughs)
The (bleep) is that?
(bleep)
I'm dying in this (bleep) country-ass (bleep) up town.
(Isiah spits)
(bleep) Flying in my mouth.
(bleep) I can't see, Paula.
You guys get the (bleep) out this country, mother (bleep).
(Rhett and Link laughing)
- Whoa, wow!
- Yeah, you were right, Link.
(chuckles)
- That was a lot.
- The bug had a transformative quality.
- Yeah (chuckles).
That must have been a magical bug.
- Well fun fact, a girl from Augusta High School
actually won that year's miss country ass.
(Link chuckles)
- I couldn't understand what he said though.
- He said country-ass. - Oh he did?
- Yeah.
Our next meltdown comes from famous sports caster
Chris Berman. - Okay.
- It was a Monday night on ABC which meant
some football was a brewin', but so was a meltdown.
Have a look.
- I mean it's not that much to ask!
(Rhett laughs)
- He's already upset.
He asked for something, he didn't think it was a lot,
and he apparently didn't get it.
- What's Chris melting down about, is it A,
there was no coffee available and it was a five hour shoot.
B, people behind the camera were moving around,
distracting him.
C, they added a silly sound effect to a dropped catch.
D, there weren't three exact replicas of him
in his dressing room, one made of cheese,
one made of bread and one made of salami.
I mean it's not asking that much!
(Link chuckles)
Or too much to ask.
- Oh man.
I think it's people moving behind the camera
because that distracts the crap out of me!
You need to stop it!
(scattered crew chuckling)
That's my answer.
- I'm doing TV and I got 18,
God (bleep).
Can't everybody stop for 10 minutes?
I mean everybody seems, that's the only,
everybody, can we, Jesus Christ.
I mean it's not that much to ask.
Is that when everybody has to move,
when I'm trying to concentrate?
I mean it's so rude, I can't believe that that's,
it's so God (bleep) rude.
Just, why does everyone all of a sudden have to move?
We got two (bleep) hours to move around.
Wait 10 minutes.
I actually can't believe what I just saw.
- [Man] Not now.
- It's like no one here has worked on TV before.
(Rhett chuckles) - He just kept going.
I mean at first I thought it was funny
and then I was like, oh I start to feel bad for everybody.
I wanna apologize, guys.
Move around all you want!
Like dance and jigs and all types of stuff, I don't care.
- Here's the thing, if he's that upset about
people moving around, why is he announcing sports?
(crew laughs)
Right, think about it, Chris.
All right, being a weatherman is hard work.
You have to stand in front of a fake map
and be right about what you say at least 20% of the time.
Let's see CNN's Chad Myers in action,
reporting on Hurricane Katrina.
- Filled in with some air.
- All right. - All right.
- Got some air in the equation.
- You don't have a lot to go on here, Link,
but what is Chad about to freak out about?
A, he forgets the name of the hurricane and says
naming hurricanes is stupid!
B, the weather map temporarily disappears
and he calls CNN cheap! - Whoa.
- C, the news anchor interrupts him, causing him to yell,
"Let me talk!"
Or D, he reveals that his ex-wife's name was Katrina
and calls her a real cold front.
- Oh. (chuckles)
Oh gosh, I hope it's C, 'cause I wanna see him
tell the news anchor to let me talk.
- Okay, let's find out.
- Filled in with some air.
- Okay so Chad, Chad-- - But Camille.
- Chad. - Let me talk, Carol!
- Translate that for us.
I don't know what that means, what does that mean?
- Well if you would let me talk.
- Okay.
- Get under a hurricane.
- All right thank you, Chad.
- All right, just having fun with you this morning.
(Rhett laughs)
- No.
No he was not. - Just having fun with ya.
- No. - Does that fix it all?
- (chuckles) You can tell, man.
- Yeah.
- They got some tension.
- Yeah I think Chad might be a category five a-hole.
(both laughing)
All right Link, you're three for three.
You've already won.
I would put those on but it would make the rest
of the game difficult.
- Category five a-hole!
- Here we go, next up we have Thom Dickerson,
AKA Tailgate Jones, out on the streets of Texas
as he reports for ABC 13 in Houston.
Roll that tape.
- As you can see, there's construction underway here.
- Okay.
- Not a lot, again, construction underway.
- Construction underway.
- What causes Thom Dickerson, AKA Tailgate Jones,
to have a meltdown?
A, the fact that he is reporting on heavy traffic
in a town where there's always heavy traffic.
B, the fact that he is reporting on the same construction
that makes his own commute unbearable.
- Ooh. - C, the fact that he is
reporting on a bridge and thinks it is butt ugly.
Or D, that he once auditioned for SNL
but Lorne said that he had a face for traffic.
(Link chuckles)
- So B, that would explain a freakout because
it really hit home for him, his own commute.
- Uh-huh.
- But I think he's actually mad at himself because A,
he mentions heavy traffic but then
there's always heavy traffic.
- Mm.
- Who is out here to do a story, to do a story about what?
As you can see, there's construction underway here.
They dug out a little bit, there's water,
has accumulated, traffic's backed up.
In a city the size of Houston, there's always traffic.
So what's the big (bleep) deal?
What the (bleep) are we doing out here, I ask you.
What in the (bleep) are we doing here?
- Did that air?
The dude went nuts, man.
- Well, you're seeing it.
- He did not like his assignment.
- It is possible-- - I'm right though.
- Yeah, hey, you're on a queen sweep, man.
- Yes! - You are.
I think by doing out here, he means living in Houston.
(Link chuckles)
That's my interpretation of that.
All right for our next great big meltdown,
let's head to the Great White North,
specifically British Columbia.
This is global news meteorologist Kristi Gordon
doing the weather. - Good ol' Kristi.
- It will be a gradual drying trend for them.
Still today though, significant rainfall on the way.
- Significant rainfall on the way.
What else is on the way? - A freakout, man.
- A, a coworker dressed as Jason Voorhees scares her
from behind because it's Halloween.
B, two dogs are set loose in the studio,
which is not good because she's allergic.
C, a giant spider shows up on the green screen
backdrop behind her because technology.
Or D, Nickelback showed up to play their hit song
Because of You.
Can't get enough of that.
- Now, as an aspiring weather woman myself--
- Uh-huh.
- I know how green screens work
and there's nothing back here.
It's over there, or over there.
So there wouldn't be a spider back there.
That wouldn't scare you is what I'm saying.
- Okay.
- Two dogs and an allergy, that's a problem.
But I think it's simple, I think it's Halloween,
there's a producer thought they'd mix it up a little bit,
try to boost the ratings.
Didn't work, but it is A.
- Well Link, you don't know exactly how green screen works.
Let's see.
- Still today though, significant rainfall on the way,
and for our area, so let's, oh my gosh!
That was creepy!
Oh, Chris, you had to be right on my head.
Oh I just don't like that, okay I gotta move. (screams)
(chuckling)
- [Chris] Come on!
- [Kristi] No, I hate it, I can't stand it!
- [Chris] You realize it's not there.
- Come on, it's not there. - You realize it's not there.
- So she was looking over here and it freaked her out,
I guess 'cause she saw the whole thing.
So I do know about green screens and weather men, man.
- Well she made the cameraman take the green screen,
put it in a cup and take it outside.
- Come on!
It's not actually there.
Ha.
- All right Link, the queen sweep is dead.
- Dang it.
- But, you can get this one right, just for pride.
Finally, Jordanian television network 7 Stars
had two journalists on for a lively debate
about the Syrian crisis.
Have a look.
(speaking in foreign language)
Okay, may be difficult for you to decipher
what's going on.
- Did not understand any of that.
- But what happens next?
The debate gets so heated that A,
one of the men storms off set,
knocking over the cheap background behind him.
B, one of the men throws his coffee mug at the other.
Wow.
- C, both men try to lift and throw the table at each other.
Or D, one of their mustaches wiggles itself off
and flies away screaming, "I'm free!"
(Link chuckles)
- C, if both men try to lift the table,
then it's just like a raising table.
- Yeah, right. (chuckles)
- I really wanna see that.
Trying to out lift a table, two guys.
- You really wanna see that?
- I don't think that's my answer,
but that's what I wanna see.
I think it's A, but I want it to be C, so A.
- Okay.
(yelling in foreign language)
(Link laughs)
Well what you wanted to see was correct.
Every time I close my eyes now to go to sleep,
I'm just gonna replay that in my mind.
That was beautiful.
- Well here's the thing, when translated,
it turns out they were just arguing about
the placement of the table. (chuckles)
- And just the top came off. - Very heated.
- Uh, the guy tried to kick at one point.
- Yeah, Link, it doesn't matter.
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