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- (FBE) Today we have something new and different for you.
- Something different?
- I don't like not knowing what I'm doing.
- (FBE) We've gone through to find some of the cringiest videos
the internet has to offer. - No. No, I don't want to watch this.
- Cringe compilations on the internet
I've not really had much exposure to.
- Yes!
Dude, I love cringe videos so much. This is gonna be amazing.
- (FBE) And at the end of each one,
we're gonna ask you to give it a rating
on a 1 to 5 cringe scale. - That sounds horrible.
- Okay, we've done this with YouTubers.
- They're probably nasty videos of people throwing up
or farting and making weird noises.
- I love this, but I hate this already.
- (Bear Grylls) In hot climates,
if you try to walk in the heat of the day with no water,
you may last no more than four hours.
But if it's a choice between life and death...
- Is he gonna drink pee?
He's absolutely gonna drink pee.
- (Grylls) One thing you can do if you're stuck out here
with no water source at all is actually drink the fluid
from a fresh elephant dung. - No.
- (Grylls) ...from a fresh elephant dung.
- Oh. No.
- (Grylls) Pretty disgusting. - What?
- (Grylls) But it could save your life.
- I've seen these videos. My kid watches-- oh my god.
- Nope.
- Whoa.
- Ugh, it squishes.
- There's a chunk that fell and hit his lip.
- Ugh. - (Grylls) It's a real last resort.
There can be harmful bacteria in that water.
- This is where we're starting?
- (Grylls) ...it could buy you extra time.
Not one of the better drinks I've ever had.
- (shocked) Oh, Jesus Christ.
- Wasn't too cringy. I think it was just more disgusting.
- (FBE) All right. So on a scale from 1 to 5,
what would you rate this video? - I think that was like a 3.
- Like a 1 maybe. It wasn't that bad.
- I'll give it a 2.
- It's at least a 4.
- Probably a 2.
- I would probably give that a 4.
- A 4.
- There are worse things on the internet.
But it was pretty gross, so I'm gonna say 3.
- I think you're gonna have worse for me.
So I think I'm gonna put a 2 on it.
- Bear Grylls is known for drinking bodily fluids.
So this isn't too far out of his range.
I'll give it a 3.
- I think I'd rate that as a 4.
Poop jokes are one thing.
But when you're actually drinking poop, that's another thing.
That's, like, no.
- Let's go. What are we making?
- (Sam Zien) Kathie's giving me the "okay, Sam."
So we're making tuna-- (overlapping speech)
We're making a tuna-- - (Hoda Kotb) Tuna's the second thing
we have in our house. - (Sam) Please, can I talk?
I watch this show every day.
Everybody has issues with a lot of chatter back here.
Pay attention one minute. - Oh my goodness. Me-ow.
- (Sam) That seemed to work. - (Hoda) I hope you enjoy your--
- Wow.
- (Sam) Hoda, I hope you enjoyed your last time
on the Today Show. I'm only kidding. - What is happening?
- (Sam) ...complimented you on how pretty your dress is.
- (Kathie Lee Gifford) I was lying about your eyebrows.
I think they're shabby.
(laughter) - Dang.
- (Sam) All right. - (Hoda) All right.
- This is just painful.
- (Sam) Uh, I don't even know what I got.
We're basically making-- - This is why I don't watch daytime TV.
- (Sam) Greek salad, right?
- (Hoda) Uh-huh. - (Kathie Lee) Right.
- (Sam) We take some feta cheese.
I love to buy the block feta cheese.
I can hear the crew back there going,
"This guy, it's his last day here, for sure."
- Oh, don't keep talking about it.
- (Kathie Lee) They've been around a long time,
'cause they don't talk to us like that.
- Damn.
- (FBE) And what will your rating be for this one?
- Oh, it was pretty bad. It was a 4 or 5, yeah.
Totally been there. Oh my god, that's pretty funny.
- I guess I'd give it a 3.
- I would give that a 3.
- Put that at a 1. That was lame.
- That was a 1.
That's every day. I've seen that happen everywhere.
- Maybe a 1.
- Like a 2.
- 2.
It happens so often.
- 1. That wasn't really cringy to me. It was just, ehh.
- 2. I think that's less cringy than the
elephant poo.
- 4.
I would not want to be in that situation.
- (tune of "What We Came For") ♪ Math is what you came for ♪
♪ It's hard ♪
♪ With time, you will improve ♪ - Yes.
♪ Give math... ♪ - Oh no.
- ♪ Yes, I'm talking to you-u-u ♪ - Oh my god.
- ♪ You-u-u ♪
- Why would you subject yourself to that?
- Nobody wants to be there.
- I don't know how anyone can keep a straight face.
- ♪ Work, work, work, work, work, work ♪ - Oh god.
- ♪ ...work, work, work, work, work, work ♪
- I get what she's going for.
She's just trying to make it cool, but it's just not working out.
- (tune of "Work from Home") ♪ I know you have... ♪
- No, no, I can't do that.
- Be nice to your teachers. They're working hard.
- ♪ (singing indistinctly) ♪
- I know you're trying, but it's gone too far.
- ♪ ...home ♪
♪ You gotta bring your work, work, work, work, work ♪
- Don't... oh my god.
- ♪ Work, work, work ♪ - (straining) I don't like this at all.
- Does this just keep going until I beg it to stop?
Please make it stop.
- ♪ Work, work, work, work, work ♪ - (laughs)
Poor kids.
- Complaining about them not doing their homework.
How long was that video? That felt like a 45-minute-long video.
- 5. Definitely up there.
She's awkward. Like, don't do that. Just teach normally.
- 4. That was pretty cringy.
- That took a long time to happen. I'm gonna give that a 4.
- 2.
- I'd give it a 4.
- I'd give that about a 3.
- It's a solid 4.
- Talk about a 4.
- 2.5.
- I wanted it to stop at some point.
- 5. That's about as cringy a situation as you're likely to find.
- If it was really short, just be like, "Oh, that's like a 1."
But because it never ends, it's like a 4.
- (Alex Trebek) Her favorite type of music is something...
- Oh, I love this video.
- (Trebek) Doesn't sound like fun.
- (contestant) I think it's very fun.
It's called nerdcore hip hop.
- (Trebek) Nerdcore hip hop? - (contestant) Hip hop. Yeah.
Um, it's people who identify as nerdy
rapping about the things they love--
video games, science fiction... - Oh boy, here we go.
- (contestant) ...science fiction...
- I've definitely been exposed to this genre.
- (contestant) ...having a hard time meeting romantic partners.
You know. (audience laughs)
It's really catching on.
- (Trebek) Loser's another word. - (contestant) Well...
- Oh my god.
- (Trebek) Loser's another word. - (snickering)
- (Trebek) Loser's another word.
- (contestant) Well... - D'oh, man!
- (contestant) Sure. - That's just mean.
- Screw you, Trebek!
- She takes it pretty well, so I would give that a 3.
- 5.
'Cause she's getting embarrassed.
- Like a 2.
- A 1.
- A 2.
- A 1.
- It's a 1.
- Maybe more of a 2.5.
- It just made me sad.
I'd still give that one a 2.
- I would give it a 2.
'Cause it was national television.
- Leading up to it, it was probably a 3.
And then Trebek made it a 5.
♪ (trumpet playing emotional tune) ♪
- (snickering) Someone's trying very hard to play a trumpet.
- What is that sound?
♪ (trumpet sputtering) ♪
- That's why you never get your eight-year-old son
to play trumpet at your freaking wedding.
♪ (trumpet trilling) ♪
- I'm sorry. Again, you're trying.
- It is not an eight-year-old boy. I'm surprised by this.
- (giggles)
- I mean, that sounds like my sixth-grade band class.
But this is an adult at a wedding.
♪ (off-key notes) ♪ - Oh, and he tripped.
(cracking up) Oh, this is a disaster.
♪ (prolonged note) ♪
- (giggling)
And he's like, "Yeah, I did good."
- That was just a ball of disaster.
It was what that was.
- That's like a 3.
- A 1.
- 3 on that one.
- I'm gonna give it a 5.
- 3.
- It was more funny than cringy. I'd give it a 2.
- A 3, because that one was like, unh.
- He gave it all he had. So I give it more of a 3.
- It was her wedding day.
It was like the most important day of her life,
and that guy just ruined her entrance.
I'll give it a 4.
- A 3, because that's your wedding.
Never gonna forget that moment.
- (FBE) So overall, what do you think about the cringe challenge?
- I love it. I love it. I'm into this.
- I would love to do some more of these.
- I freaking love cringe challenges. Like, this is my jam.
It runs the gamut of all emotions, and you never really know
what you're gonna get and what you're gonna feel
and what you're gonna see, which is the beauty of the internet.
- Thanks for watching the first Staff Cringe Challenge
on the React channel.
- Have an ultimate cringe video you want us to face?
Let us know in the comments.
- See you next time, everyone. Bye!
- Hey, everybody. Derek here, one of the React channel producers
and the React channel grand master at staring contests. Go!
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