Shadowing Practice: Craziest Official Brand Collabs - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Should these brand collab snacks even exist?
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Let's talk about that.
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Good Mythical Morning.
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We're about to taste some crazy snack brand collabs It's time for Collab-salute Chaos.
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In each round, we're gonna be trying to figure out if this is a justified collab or if they should go back to the lab.
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Starting off, we have Pop-Tarts and Liquid Death, because Liquid Death has a Pop-Tarts flavor tea.
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Congratulations, Liquid Death, for- Pop-Tarts carnage … becoming s- so popular that you get to branch out and do stuff like this.
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We've been fans of Liquid Death from the very beginning, and it is widely consumed around here.
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Pop-Tarts carnage.
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Even though I have been pulled over at least seven times- That's not true by officers who thought I was drinking a 40.
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Uh- Not true.
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No, not true.
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Uh, but you do have to watch out if you're drinking like a tall- tall boy.
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So this thing's got 43 milligrams of caffeine in it.
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Natural caffeine- Ooh … it says.
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Ooh, it smells nice.
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Do you wanna taste it first?
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Yeah, because- Let's do it … the fact that it exists, I just wanna… Let's taste it and see how accurate it is.
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I mean, it tastes like sweet tea, which tastes good, and then a little bit of strawberry Pop-Tart flavor.
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Like, I … It doesn't have a fakey taste to it, which is pretty strange.
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I di- I dis- I disagree.
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When I breathe out … Taste it and then breathe out through your nose.
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I never do that.
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They captured- Yeah, something's- They No, I … Okay, I'm gonna … This is a hard disagree on this side of the table because- I just don't, I'm saying I don't like it It tastes like the bread of Pop-Tarts and the strawberries.
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It doesn't just taste like strawberry flavored tea.
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Like, they actually got the bread and the icing into the flavor somehow.
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How do they do that?
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I'm not disagreeing with you there.
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It's that next thing, the should they have.
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As somebody who had no expectations going into this, they are more, they are exceeded.
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I, I wanna verify the accuracy, that you, that- I mean, I'm, I'm kinda blown away.
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You are- You're gonna have to really make a strong case for why this shouldn't, this is not a justified collab, 'cause it seems so hair-brained, but yet they've done such a good job of it.
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Y- And you like how it tastes?
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Yeah. It's weird.
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All right. So I'm getting the, the goop outta the middle, 'cause the only way to really test the accuracy is to pour the tea- Into the Pop-Tart, of course … into the Pop-Tart.
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That's what we were all thinking.
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There, there's, there's nothing else that could be done.
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How much you getting in there, hoss?
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I'm filling it up.
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Did you prepare a one for me?
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I'll have the second half of that.
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But I want a fresh one.
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You did such a good job of hollowing out that thing.
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We ain't got time for that.
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Oh. We have other rounds.
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I'm quick. I'm quick.
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I'm quick. See that?
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Look, I made… L- look at that.
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That quick I also want it to be fizzy, but it's not.
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It's, you know, 'cause it's still just tea, so this is just not for me.
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The collab is better than the original.
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I mean- … significantly.
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It, you've made an argument that you love it because not only does it taste like strawberries, but it tastes like bread.
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It tastes like Pop-Tarts.
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It, I can't believe they got a Pop-Tart flavor into a tea.
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I mean, I'm just saying, they sat around for a long time going back and forth, and they came out with this.
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I mean, maybe- I- … my palate's off, but … I would never want this.
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Rhett would want it, and when he got it, he liked it.
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So to me, that's proof positive that this is a Justified Collab.
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Justified Collab.
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Years ago, I went all in on Peeps by becoming one.
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Right. Hostess has now done the same thing with their cupcake.
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They've turned it into a Peepified limited edition frosted golden cake.
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This is crazy.
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There it is.
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This is crazy.
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Look at that thing.
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Now, having become a Peep, did it make you like Peeps?
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Uh- Are you still a Peep hater?
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It didn't. I'ma sit here and I'ma eat one I like both of those things I mean, I don't hate it.
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I just don't need it I don't know that it necess- I'm a big marshmallow fan, so I, I, I like Peeps even though they're, like, marshmallows adjacent in some ways This is so good.
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An original Hostess cupcake The thing that I'm immediately not too excited about is I want the whole thing to be Peep-like on the outside, and it's not.
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So let me just see how the texture is Well, they've maintained one of my favorite parts of a Hostess cupcake, which is the hardness of the top.
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But then they've sprinkled granular sugar on it- Hmm … which is not part of the orig.
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It's part of the Peep though.
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The Peep has- You're right.
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Hmm. Granulated sugar topping.
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Well… But the only way to really- It's pretty good do a test of this is I… You think I could get this Peep inside that?
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I think if you get a Peep really small.
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Yeah. You want anything to ream it out with?
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You wanna ream out the- I think I'm gonna just stuff.
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You want me to- I'm think I'm gonna just stuff it.
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You want me to put this under your chin?
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Look, look, look at, look, look, look at that.
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Look at that.
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And then you just… Okay.
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Nobody look too closely.
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That's good. That's good.
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You kept saying, "Look at that." Then you said, "Nobody look." Look at that.
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Look at that.
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Nobody look I ate them separate and that was good enough for me.
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Now that's good.
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I mean. A Hostess cupcake pregnant with a Peep.
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Oh yeah, Peep pregnancy is one of my favorite things.
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I didn't even know about it.
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I gotta say.
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This is much better than a Peep.
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Having tasted that, the original, now I'm just thinking there's no reason to get this if you could just do what I did.
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I mean, I had to work on my technique.
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I got a little messy.
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But when you taste the two, you're saying it tastes better than what they did.
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I'm saying what they did is not a combination of the two flavors.
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There's no chocolate, it's just the form factor of the cupcake.
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Which is proven by the fact that I like it.
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Um. I don't really think it's marshmallowy.
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It tastes like a, um, it's just more of a normal cupcake.
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Do they make a cupcake, does Hostess make a cupcake that's not chocolate?
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'Cause that's a question for me.
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I think this is- Because I, this sets an expectation for me.
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They have different flavors.
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That opens it up for me a little bit.
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I'm just saying, I really like the original.
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They do have some other flavors.
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Looks like they've got, like, sugar cookie and- Okay … things like that.
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Don't need this.
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So the fact that the ch- yeah, so I'm not gonna hold this, the fact that this doesn't have a chocolate flavor, I'm not gonna hold it against it.
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I like the texture quite a bit, especially the top.
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In the middle is a, is not a cream, it's a marshmallow.
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Oh, it is? Oh yeah.
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That's, that, that's the heavenly part of this thing.
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That's, it's, it's a marshmallow cream, but it's not the same cream that's inside that.
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Mm-mm, it's not.
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That's a good find, Rhett.
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They've done their work.
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With marshmallow filling.
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Yep. Well, I li- hey, so what are we deciding?
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I like it better than a Peep.
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Well, I think that's good enough.
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All right. Justified collab.
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Justified collab.
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Did you know that there are beer braised steak, but not just any beer, Miller Lite braised steak flavored Pringles?
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This is just deep, man.
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Right here.
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It's happening.
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So- This is a thing that someone thought of and then someone did, and now someone, your boys, are eating it.
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So beer braised, does that just mean m- it doesn't mean marinated in, in beer.
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No, it means cooked in beer.
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It means cooked in beer.
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That, that steak there has been cooked in beer.
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But what, we need to s- try the actual chip and see what we got going on here.
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Let's see what we got in it.
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Definitely steaky And a little bit Miller Lite-y.
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Like, a little bit Miller Lite-y.
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Have you ever described anything as Miller Lite-y?
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No. I'm getting a lot more steak.
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And I mean, I think they've, I think they might have done a really great job.
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Yeah, but is this a job that needed to be done?
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You know what I'm saying?
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Sometimes you- The aftertaste is Miller Lite-y … sometimes you do something, and it doesn't necessarily need to have been done, even though you did a good job of it.
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Right. You know what I mean?
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N- well, I like it, so there's your answer.
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Okay. Why would I, would I ever buy this?
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It's just so weird.
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Yes, I would.
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There's your answer.
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I'm gonna cut a steak-sized, I mean, a chip-sized piece of this meat, and I would like- And y- I mean- … two chips.
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Two real Pringles, please.
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Okay. All right.
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So what you're gonna do is what?
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Put that there.
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Put that, and then this, and then- Put that there, and then you're gonna give that to you, and then you're gonna give a little piece to me.
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Just a little piece to me.
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First of all, that was a good idea.
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The crunch.
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Steak and chip hors d'oeuvres.
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And this might be the new way to eat steak.
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Perched on a Pringle.
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It's so soft and tender.
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Hm. What, what do, what do you braise- It's like a roast … what do you braise a steak on, Rhett?
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Roast. How much temp- temperature?
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I'm gonna have to get Pringles with all my steaks now.
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I mean- And Miller Lite … even if you don't love this as much, the fact that it is a pretty impressive accurate representation of it, and it's turning you on to something that you've never done that I completely- I'm turned on … agree.
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I am turned on.
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We are both so horny right now for this.
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Uh, it seems that last time we did this, we didn't have as good of a time.
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And, and they didn't have as many that have worked, but I think we're about to be three for three, Link.
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And this one, this one makes me think that the other ones, we were too easy on them.
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Too easy. But here we go again.
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Justified. Collab.
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You should check out the latest episode of A Hot Dog is a Sandwich, where our Mythical Kitcheneers, Josh and Nicole, discuss Diet Coke versus Coke Zero.
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Mm. See which one comes out on top in the latest episode now.
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I bet you'll learn some stuff about both of those beverages.
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When Rhett and I went to Alaska, you remember this?
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I remember.
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We were in a grocery store- Yep … buying stuff for the- He ain't lying … Airbnb, and I happened to see these.
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I said, "Look at that.
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There's a Dr. Pepper Johnsonville smoked sausage." And you thought- I said- … "That looks like something you'd like." "You'd like that." And then we didn't buy it, 'cause I didn't want- I've never had it, because I was waiting for this moment.
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Yes. I wanted y'all to see me pop my sausage cherry right here on this show.
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I didn't wanna just do it- That's- … out in the wild.
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That's not, that's not appetizing.
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I don't like Dr. Pepper.
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Did you already know that about me?
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I eat my sausage by hand.
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Oh, it's in there.
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It is really in there and I'm questioning if it needed to be.
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And I don't like it.
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'Cause I don't like it.
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I don't like this, so why would I like it in there?
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You know what the real good v- good version of this is?
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Cheddar cheese.
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The cheddar cheese stuffed.
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We used to go out and get it going camping.
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Mm-hmm. You'd put it on a s- you'd put it on a stick, and then you'd put it over the fire, and then at some point it would burst and the cheese would come out.
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Good old days, man.
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So how are you gonna get Dr. Pepper into that s- regular sausage?
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Well, we have a, a parfum atomizer.
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Oh. Could you atomize my sausage while I hold it in my hand?
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Sure Don't go easy now Good.
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Good Oh, oh, oh, hold on.
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That's good.
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That's better than that.
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It is? Oh, yeah.
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Try that. I don't- I think you'll actually like it.
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Yeah, I… Why would I like it?
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Take the part I've been holding in my hand.
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But, n- no, why?
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Take your own sausage.
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But why? Why would I like it?
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I don't like this.
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Boy, I just can't get my sausage in my Dr.
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Pepper. Hmm.
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Here's what I'm gonna do.
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I'm gonna take- It's better because I can taste the sausage once the atomized Dr. Pepper goes away.
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Ew. Hold on, hold on.
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You've been saying and doing off-putting things.
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How's that feel?
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Okay. Oh, God Still good Better I can see where they got the idea, but then the execution of this… I can taste the Dr. Pepper in it, but it's not in a good way No.
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Alright. It lost something.
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Mm-mm. This one just doesn't do it for us.
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Oh, and the little sausage inside the Dr. Pepper's nice, too.
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So t- grow'd.
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Grow'd up, man.
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But we're gonna say this one's back to the lab.
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Back to the lab.
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For our last round, we asked the Mythical Kitchen to invent a brand collab that doesn't exist yet.
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We present to you Dunkin' Donuts coffee flavored Toaster Strudel.
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I mean- What?
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Sounds like a good idea, right?
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I mean, we love Toaster Strudels around here.
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We love coffee, too.
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Have we, have we said that?
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Have we told y'all that?
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Love a good Toaster Strudel.
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Now you're gonna ice those up.
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I love to ice the- These ones over here, they got coffee jelly inside, and then we got coffee icing.
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This is just a strawberry because that's popular.
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Check it. I'm more of a apple Toaster Strudel guy, but… Ooh, nice, nice, nice.
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So then if I take this and this, and I'm… Yes, that's how I would've done it I don't know what happened.
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Me neither.
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Can I have that other corner?
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Wow. You know what it did?
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It made the Toaster Strudel taste like a Dunkin' Donut.
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Like It, it just tastes like I'm eating a, a donut and coffee.
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Sorry about my mouth.
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That's fine.
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Sorry. You could be for the Got Strudel campaign.
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Got Strudel.
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Mm. All right.
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Let's get to the good stuff, hopefully, over here.
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That's good.
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That's a beautiful looking strudel.
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The strudels are always a treat at my house.
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Handmade. For some reason, Jessie always got them for the boys' birthdays.
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Like, that's what the boys got on their birthdays.
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Nothing else, just Toaster Strudels.
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You knew it was gonna be a good day.
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Whoa. You like?
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Mm-hmm. It makes me think- Good … that I'm not- … in a Du- a, a Dunkin' Donuts necessarily, but it doesn't make me think- Oh, man that I'm in a Dunkin' Donuts.
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But I really like the taste of it.
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Wow. It's an improvement over this.
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And the coffee flavored, um, icing.
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I mean, it, it packs a caffeinated punch.
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Totally, yeah.
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Lots of caffeine in there.
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Caffeinated Toaster Strudel is Energy Strudel.
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That's another way we could market this.
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That should exist, and Dunkin' and Toaster Strudel, y'all gotta get in business together.
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Get in that- I mean, we're- … that bed together … we're not just biased 'cause it was, like, our idea or anything.
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No, you know what?
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But this is- They would pay us … absolutely a justified collab.
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Justified collab.
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So we only had one miss today, only one.
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And it was that Dr. Pepper sausage that I thought I was gonna love.
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I know. Who woulda thought?
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Who woulda thought the one thing I thought I woulda loved is the one thing that I didn't?
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What does that teach you about life?
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I don't know.
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Something, we'll figure it out.
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Don't think about the things that you love.
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Just love them.
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Yes, Rod Stewart said that.
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Thanks for commenting and sharing this video.
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You know what time it is.
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Hi, Rhett and Link.
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My name is Paige.
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I’m Lydia. Yo.
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And we're kayaking in Juneau, Alaska with the glaciers right now.
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And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality.
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You seem way too happy- To be doing- … to be doing what you're doing right there … yeah, for going through that.
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Congratulations on the positive attitude.
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Little warning we wanna issue, very serious warning today, and that is under no circumstances should you Google the Omegaverse.
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Click the top link to watch us try weirdly shaped ice cream in Good Mythical More.
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Check out the latest episodes of A Hot Dog Is A Sandwich, out now.
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Context & Background
The video discusses the world of unusual brand collaborations, particularly focusing on two distinct snack items – Pop-Tarts and Liquid Death. The hosts engage in a playful and humorous tasting session, evaluating whether such unique combinations should exist. The lively conversation highlights their reactions to the flavors and textures, emphasizing the surprising elements that make this fusion intriguing. This context sets the stage for an engaging learning experience where viewers can enhance their English speaking skills while having fun with snack culture.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "Should they even exist?" - A phrase to express doubt about the validity of an idea or item.
- "Taste it and see how accurate it is." - Encouraging experimentation and sharing feedback.
- "I just want to..." - A common way to express a desire or intention, useful in making requests.
- "That's not true." - A phrase to challenge or dispute a statement, which can be helpful in discussions.
- "How do they do that?" - An expression of curiosity that can lead to deeper conversation.
Step-by-step Shadowing Guide
To improve your English speaking practice using this video, follow these steps:
- Watch and Listen: Begin by watching the video without subtitles. Focus on how the speakers express their opinions and reactions to the flavors.
- Identify Key Phrases: Note down the top phrases mentioned above. Try to understand their meaning and context within the dialogue.
- Shadow the Speakers: Play the video again and mimic the speakers’ intonation and pronunciation. This technique, often referred to as shadowspeak, helps improve pronunciation and fluency.
- Practice Speaking: Pause the video frequently and repeat the phrases out loud. Consider creating original sentences using these phrases to enhance your vocabulary.
- Engage in Discussions: Find a language partner or use a shadowing site to practice these phrases in conversation. Discuss your thoughts on brand collaborations or the specific snacks mentioned in the video.
By integrating these steps into your learning routine, you can enhance your English speaking practice effectively. Embrace the shadow speaks technique as a tool for achieving better fluency and confidence in your conversations.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been holding · You've been saying |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | We've been · have been pulled · they've done |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | have been pulled · are exceeded · could be done |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | somebody who had · cupcake, which is |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.