- Kids' games ain't what they used to be.
- Let's talk about that.
(funky electronic music)
(fire crackles)
Good Mythical Morning.
- Today we're doing our first official live video chat
with the Mythical Society for third degree members
so join up now at MythicalSociety.com to be a part of that.
- Yes and believe it or not,
there used to be life before video chats.
In fact, there was even life before the internet.
It was a dark time full of scary things like books,
face-to-face human interaction,
and a noticeable lack of fruit ninjas.
- Yeah without things like Pokemon,
Fortnite and catfishing each other, kids had to get creative
and come up with games to keep themselves entertained
and today we're about to find out
what some of those games were.
It's time for
♪ Won't you play with me ♪
♪ These games are old you see ♪
We're gonna get some information on a game that was played
hundreds of years ago and we're gonna be given two options
on how that game was played and then we're gonna have
to work together to choose which option we think is correct.
- And then after we make our guess,
Mythical team members are going to play the game.
We get less than three right,
we're going to get an old-timey school punishment
in Good Mythical More.
We gonna get hit with a hickory stick.
- Okay.
- [Rhett and Link] Round one.
- Okay we have not heard any of these game descriptions
until right now along with you,
so here's the first one.
It's a game called hot cockles.
Comes in the late 1700s, early 1800s
and was a popular holiday game, especially in France.
It was best played with a group of people
no less than four, okay, we've got four.
- What's the game play?
Is it A, one player wears a blindfold,
hops around on one foot trying to tag the other players.
When they tag someone they sing
♪ You're a cockle ♪
♪ Fall about my wayside ♪
I just made up that tune. - Yeah.
It was great though. - Or B,
one player wears a blindfold, then gets on their knees
and puts their head on someone's lap while the rest
of the players take turns kicking them in the butt.
They have to guess who kicked them.
I like that version better.
- I don't know even know what a cockle is.
- I think it's when you kick somebody in the butt
when they have their head in someone else's lap.
And they're hot, you get hot doing that.
- I thought a hot cockle was something that would fly out
of a fire, like as if you were walking on one foot.
Like oh I stepped on a cockle.
- That may be the case and I don't think
that affects my answer. (chuckles)
- All right fine. - You think it's
you're a cockle, you're a cockle, fall about my wayside?
- I think so, I think it's something that will burn you.
I don't know why though.
- [Stevie] I'm gonna need a single answer, guys.
- We can't agree, Stevie, can you tell us?
Can you just help us answer?
- Let's just go with B because--
- Because that's your answer, sure.
- It's gonna be much more fun to watch.
- All right. - I could be wrong
but I hope I'm right. - We're going with B,
the kicking them in the butt, the head on the lap,
this should be weird game.
- [Stevie] The answer is B.
- Yeah! - Okay.
I'll give it to you, man. - You wanna listen to me?
- [Stevie] So let's play.
- Oh gosh, this is not gonna be awkward.
(Rhett chuckles)
- Is it a mime quality? - Jen!
- Whoa! - Yes?
- Good job.
- Christine. - He's good.
- Rhett.
(all laughing)
- Nope, not a player.
- Nope. - You were right, buddy.
This is hot.
(all laughing)
- [Rhett] Here we go, all right.
- It's somehow more awkward than Twister.
Which is pretty great.
I'll play that-- - Let's move on.
- I'll play that later, okay.
- [Rhett and Link] Round two.
- Okay next game is called are you there, Moriarty?
This game was inspired by the famous villain
from Sherlock Holmes, Professor James Moriarty
and was created by people living in England
during the Victorian era.
- Okay, our two options of how to play this game
are A, two blindfolded players lie down
on their stomachs holding hands.
- Lots of blindfolds. - Okay.
They ask, "Are you there, Moriarty?" and then try
to whack each other in the head with a newspaper.
Option B is all players sit in a circle and balance a book
on a candlestick.
In hopes of conjuring the spirit of Moriarty
to knock over the book, they chant,
"Are you there, Moriarty, are you there?
"A specter, a kelpie, give us a scare."
Okay so is it more of a seance, spooky thing--
- That doesn't sound like-- - Or is it a kinky thing?
- That doesn't sound like a good children's game.
I mean I think that the, the children of the Victorian era
loved to wear blindfolds.
I mean that's just what I know.
- That's our understanding, all right.
- I think it's A.
- A, I'm not gonna cross you when you were right
on the last one.
A is our answer, Stevie. - A.
- [Stevie] The real answer is A.
- Yeah! - So let's play.
- Let's see it! - You got your flu shot
this year? (chuckling)
- [Jordan] Never. (chuckling)
I won't let the government put its bugs into my veins.
- (laughs) Let's do the left hand.
- I don't believe that. - This sounds more fun.
- Okay. - All right, you ready?
- Yeah. - Are you there, Moriarty?
Are you there, Moriarty?
- [Jordan] Yes.
- (laughs) Oh no that's pretty weak.
- [Jordan] Are you there, Moriarty, it's me, Margaret.
(laughs)
- Oh! (Rhett laughs)
- Are you there, Moriarty? - Yes.
(laughing)
- Over the top. - This is kinda fun.
Can we stop? - No go again.
Somebody's gotta get nailed, keep going.
- Okay, go.
(Jordan moans)
- Your line is are you there, Moriarty.
- Do a voice, do a voice. - Are you there, Moriarty?
- Yeah.
(chuckling)
- Okay. - Wow.
- Nobody got their head smacked.
- I've got a new game for my kids.
- Pretty disappointing. - I'm learning a lot.
- [Rhett and Link] Round three.
- Our next game is called squeak, piggy, squeak.
This game is another popular Victorian era parlor game
designed to keep the kids occupied with no screens.
It has been referred to as oink, piggy, oink
and grunt, piggy, grunt.
- Oh I'll take either one. - Piggy is a constant.
What are our options?
- A, players get down on all fours and surround a trough
filled with water and one pig snout.
Whoever can grab the snout first using only their mouth wins
and the losers must squeak like pigs.
It's like bobbing for apples but it's a pig snout
or B, one blindfolded player, the farmer,
stands in the middle of a circle of other players.
The farmer spins around then sits on someone's lap.
Again, laps and blindfolds. - Yeah.
- Yes. - We know what's up.
- [Rhett] Whoever's lap they sit on, that person must squeak
like a piggy and the farmer tries to guess who it is.
B, of course, right? - Yeah it's B.
- It's gotta be B. - It's gotta be B.
- Squeak, blindfolds and laps.
- [Stevie] It's gotta be B.
- Yeah!
- Hey don't be disappointed.
This should be great.
- I'm so excited to be the farmer.
Look at my piggies.
- You know I will say this is what my experience is
going to any improv show.
(chuckling)
- Any suggestions?
- This is nowhere near as embarrassing as improv.
(all laughing)
- All right.
- I like the arms. - Whoa.
- Spinning herself. - You're gonna play,
let's play. - Oh I don't know.
- I didn't see-- - No ball.
- I didn't see that in the rules book.
- Rick Rick Rick Rick brick (laughs).
- Jordan?
- Yes! - Woo!
I win!
- What was the wake, wake, wake?
- I've never heard a pig before, okay?
- Oh okay.
- I don't think they actually oink though, you know.
- Yeah. - I think they make more
of a-- (snorting, squealing)
- But do they sound like an injured duck?
- No. (laughing)
- [Jordan] I know I was wrong.
- We're on a roll.
- [Rhett and Link] Round four.
- Okay the final game is called moosh the pooter.
- Okay.
- I'm interested.
(crew laughs)
It was originally created in the 1800s in Ireland
as a drinking game but quickly became popular
amongst children during the holidays.
- Drinking children. - It requires at least
two teams of two people to each, one boiled potato,
Ireland, hello. - Okay.
- Referred to as a pooter during pre-industrial Ireland.
- Oh, that's what a pooter used to be.
- Right. - Here are our options,
A, one player, the pooter keeper lies down on his back
with a potato on their stomach.
Their teammate, the pooter protector, lies overtop them
as to block the potato.
The other team must lay on top of the Pooter Protector
and attempt to get them to collapse and moosh the pooter.
- Oh okay, squish the potato.
- It's a person, potato-- - Stack.
- Okay whatever.
Option B, two teams stand opposite each other.
They must toss a potato back and forth to each other
in whatever order they choose.
Whichever team drops the potato loses
and must eat the potato slash pooter.
Nothing like eating a good pooter.
- I think this is just an-- (Jordan laughing)
I'm gonna move on. (Jordan laughing)
Leave that to the Irish.
I think this is a hot potato with eating it.
- 'Cause the smooshing, you know.
I don't wanna see them do that.
- Right, well, I just-- - Unless they're blindfolded.
B. - B, we're going with B.
- Queen sweep?
- [Stevie] You were doing so well, but the answer is A.
- Oh it is? - Oh whoa.
You guys are gonna moosh that pooter?
- Moosh it!
Okay so Jordan has volunteered for the bottom.
(Rhett laughs)
- Story of my life.
- Oh man.
- Okay and here comes the pooter.
And who's the moosher, no the protector.
There you go, Jen.
- None of this feels appropriate to be doing at work.
(Rhett, Christine laugh)
- It's just a children's game.
- Now you're planking, okay so Jen is planking
but she's-- - She's a plank.
It's a lot of exercise on her part.
- Moosh the pooter. - My God.
- Come on!
Come on!
(yelling)
Yes!
- Is this CrossFit?
- Oh look-- - Oh, moosh!
- I rejected it. - Christine, moosh it.
Woo!
- It is mooshed. - Spank that thing.
- [Stevie] Hey guys, we completely made this up.
This is not a real game.
(all laughing)
- [Link] Okay so it is a queen sweep.
- [Stevie] Sure, Link.
- Yes! - We'll take it!
- And you guys got to pooter moosh.
(Jordan claps) Everybody won today.
- Feel free to eat that pooter.
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- You know what time it is.
- Hi, I'm Rhett.
- And I'm Link.
- I'm Stevie.
- And it's time--
- [Together] To spin the Wheel of Mythicality!
(Link laughs) - Wow,
that's a spot-on impersonation.
Congratulations. - We're all angry.
- Heh.
Click the top link to watch us play something
called Bullet Pudding in Good Mythical More.
- And to find out where the wheel's gonna land.
- [Rhett] Hey pin freaks.
We've got some Mythical pins for you at Mythical.store.
Also I'm calling for calling you freaks, I went too far.