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What if we turn states into sandwiches?
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Let's talk about that.
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Good Mythical Summer.
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And can you believe it?
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It is the very last day of Good Mythical Summer.
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I know.
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But don't worry, hey, hey, hey, don't worry.
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We still got two marathons and a throwback episode coming your way next week.
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Okay, okay, yes, yes.
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Then we're gonna be heading into season 30, but enough about the future, let's focus on the now now.
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Yes, and now is eating state foods in sandwich form, a weird game of baseball, and a whole lot of fun!
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It's time for State Sandwich Sluggers!
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Hey!
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Swim!
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Thank you.
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Thank you, guys.
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So let's go through real quick.
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The ingredients inside each sandwich that we present to you represents one of the 50 states on the map.
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After you try a sandwich, you'll guess the state.
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The closer you get to the correct state, the further your players move around that baseball diamond.
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Yep.
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And the person with the roast runs.
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Roast!
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Roast munch.
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The person with the roast munch at the end of the
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game wins a spot on the coveted heavy hitter's helmet and gets to add $6,000 to your charity.
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$6,000?
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$6,000.
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That's a lot.
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And this is the last day to play, so batter up.
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Mm-hmm.
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We have our first sandwich.
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Yes.
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This first sandwich is made up of a state staple, a food grown in the state, and a beverage founded in the state.
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A state staple.
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That's meat.
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I have to think that's...
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That's green peppers.
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And this is a soggy, soggy.
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But what's it soggy with?
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I can almost taste it.
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I guess this is a green pepper.
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It's not spicy.
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Boy, that's a good sandwich.
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Oh, I love it.
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Not the bottom.
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Not the soggy bottom.
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That's soggy.
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Now, Rhett, since you didn't score any runs the last game, you have the advantage to go first.
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Thanks for rubbing that in, Jenna, Jenna, Jenna, Jenna.
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Okay, so the staple is the beef.
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The thing grown is the...
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the green pepper, and if you let them grow longer, they change color.
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Hmm.
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Okay. And?
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I don't know what that liquid is, but doesn't make the sandwich better.
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Trying to just drink it off the plate.
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What did you say about the beverage?
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The beverage was founded in the state.
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Well, I think I might know what the beverage is.
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Oh, well, do tell.
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I'm not going to.
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Okay.
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I'm not gonna tell you.
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You got something in your teeth?
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I also don't think this is a green pepper.
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Yeah, it's really long, isn't it?
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And this is beef, but what's it?
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Beef is a staple of Texas.
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Cows, cattle.
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Cattle is a group of cows.
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But I don't think it would just be a burger.
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I think they would have done like a brisket or something like that.
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So I feel like I have an inclination as to what the liquid is,
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And I have an inclination that this is not a green pepper.
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This is not, just so you know, this is not strategic in terms of this game because this state
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that I'm about to pick doesn't have anything bordering on the left side.
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Which means that if I'm wrong, I'm gonna be very wrong, but I'm gonna say California.
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California?
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I think that that juice is like apple juice.
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I thought you were gonna start to hit me to Washington State.
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Okay, he doesn't think it's apple juice.
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I don't think it's apple juice.
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I don't know, but I have a guess as to what it is.
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It's acidic like that.
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This long green pepper that's not a green pepper.
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It seems to be more, I don't know.
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The burger sends me Midwest, because he's saying it's not apple juice?
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Fine.
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I don't know.
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I'm gonna go with Kansas.
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Right in the middle.
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I think it might be Chardonnay, Link.
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It's not alcoholic, though.
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And I think, this is like a, it's not a poblano, maybe it's a poblano.
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Well tell us.
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They grow these in California.
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This sandwich represents Colorado.
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Ha!
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What?
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Rhett, you hit a single.
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Link, you hit a triple.
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Boom, look at that.
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You sucker.
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Run on around there, give him a kiss on first base and keep on going.
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Okay, why is it Colorado?
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The burger is a bison burger.
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The green pepper that you thought it was was actually a Pueblo Chile.
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Yeah, okay.
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And the beverage is Coors.
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Ah, yeah.
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Coors apple juice?
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The Chardonnay of beers.
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Yeah, invented in Colorado.
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Wow, I didn't know that.
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If I had known that was Coors, it wouldn't have changed my answer, to be honest with you.
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This sandwich is made up of a cookie invented in the state, aside from a popular chain, and a popular food from the state.
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Wow, another great sandwich.
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I love it, especially with this weird cookie inside.
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Yeah, what do you call that, Link?
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Is that a Newton of figs?
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A mistake.
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like beans, fig, newtons.
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Mac and cheese.
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Okay.
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I mean, I've got- Maybe it'll get better if it gets- I've got PTSD for not getting a run last time.
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Okay, I have my reasons which I will explain, but I'm gonna say Massachusetts.
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Really?
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Mac and cheese, is it a pasta?
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I don't typically think of it as a pasta.
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That's why with mac and cheese,
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I'm thinking like Midwest, not up there in the New England states where they're older states and they have more pasta. And beans?
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Crap it, crap it, crap it.
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What chain has mac and cheese or beans?
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I just think that Fig Newton's is such a dorky cookie, I'm gonna go for a dorky steak.
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Oh, here we go.
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Prepare to offend someone.
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Mm-hmm.
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I better pick one that not many people are from.
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Uh, Indiana.
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Okay.
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Not dorky, but it's surrounded by dorks.
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I'm gonna tell you.
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See what you think about this reasoning.
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Boston baked beans, Boston market.
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Figs.
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Figs, I don't know.
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All right.
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Yeah, Boston baked beans.
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This sandwich represents Massachusetts.
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Yes!
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Rhett, you got a home run.
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Oh baby.
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And Link, you have struck out.
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Oh yes, there is a baseball god.
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And look at that, you're bringing in your runner, so you've got two big points.
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And Rhett, you really called that shot, because you're correct, those mac and cheese, that was Boston Market.
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Yes.
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Now and Fig Newtons were made in Massachusetts.
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Invented, yep.
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See, that was pulling me west with you.
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Figs are, I thought that figs were the west.
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Figs are the east.
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Before we taste more sandwiches, let me tell you about my charity that I'm playing for.
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I'm playing for Reading is Fundamental, the nation's leading children's literacy nonprofit that focuses on disrupting the US literacy crisis.
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And I'm playing for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.
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They mobilize resources to fight hunger so that one day no one goes hungry in Los Angeles County.
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This sandwich features three foods that were created in this state.
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It's a tall one.
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Created in the state?
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Mm.
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And we got donut.
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Weird ice cream.
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What is that?
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Ugh.
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What is that ice cream?
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They got blue cheese.
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Well there's cheese.
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Yeah but is it blue cheese?
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This isn't blue cheese.
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This isn't blue cheese.
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What's your accent?
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Hey, where are you from?
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What's your accent?
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If I told you, you'd have your answer.
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And then cheese.
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I already know.
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What tastes so bad? Are you saying?
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The cheese tastes good.
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That cheddar cheese was invented here?
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I can't believe that.
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The donut.
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Hmm.
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The donut tastes good.
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Well Link, you're now losing, so you get to go first.
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It is the ice cream that tastes bad.
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Oh God.
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What is wrong with that ice cream?
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I think it might just be bad ice cream.
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Y'all gave us the bad ice cream.
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Is that a hint?
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Where was bad ice cream invented?
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So this donut is not like a cronut, I don't think.
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It's not anything, it doesn't seem that special of a donut.
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So you're saying donuts were invented in this state?
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That's a bold claim.
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Well, oh no, maybe this type of donut was.
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That ice cream has blue cheese in it.
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I don't care if you're laughing, it's true.
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There's like mold.
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I think it was touching cheese.
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There's mold in the ice cream.
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There's just some nastiness all in this ice cream.
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It's horrible.
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I mean, cheddar cheese is gonna take me to Wisconsin,
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but I bet you it's not Wisconsin,
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but I'm gonna try to hedge my bet a little bit and go with Iowa.
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You know anything about the donut?
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Because I believe that you were right when you said it was a Cronut.
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Because it's got a flakiness to it.
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Hmm.
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But that doesn't help me.
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The only thing that helped me is I would have just assumed that cheddar cheese was invented in Wisconsin.
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I think the ice cream is just ice cream.
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Oh yeah.
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And I'm just like, it's soup, dairy, we got dairy upon dairy.
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And maybe at like the Milwaukee State Fair in 1999, they invented the Cronut or something like that. Could be.
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So I'm gonna, I was gonna go to Illinois if you went to Wisconsin, but since you went to Iowa, I'm gonna go to Wisconsin.
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This sandwich represents Oregon.
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What?
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So you've both struck out.
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What, nobody gets to move.
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Nobody gets to move.
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Okay, well tell us about this blue cheese ice cream.
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Yes, that blue cheese ice cream.
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You are correct, it's pear and blue cheese.
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You know, from the brand that's known for unique flavors, Salt N' Straw.
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Oh!
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Created in Oregon.
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Yeah, you know what?
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Maybe the reason I didn't taste it is because I actually like it and I get this.
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I was like, I'm not sensitive to it.
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You didn't even taste it?
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It's the worst ice cream I've ever eaten in my entire life.
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I mean, I applaud their inventiveness, but the results.
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And they invented cheese?
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The cheddar cheese was created by Tillamook in Oregon.
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Is this a donut or a cronut?
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And that donut was made by Voodoo Donut created in Oregon.
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So Voodoo was created in Oregon, not donuts.
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Yes.
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Okay, dag nabbit.
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We could have known that about the donut, but.
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But we didn't.
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We're sitting here both in our dugouts.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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Next time, coach.
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Manager, actually.
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Over on our Mythical Society, we release vlogs where we share aspects of our lives and passions and interactions and adventures.
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I posted a vlog over there, exclusively on the Mythical Society, inviting you into my world of record collecting.
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So if you're into that, my musical taste or the records themselves or just the paper they're printed on.
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and the, I was gonna say the rubber that it's pressed on.
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Yeah, my records are rubber.
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You got rubber records.
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I'm sitting here trolling myself.
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They're not fragile.
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Go to mythicalsociety.com.
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All right.
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This sandwich has a popular meat from the state,
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a sweetener invented, and a cocktail also invented in this state.
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Okay, that's a big steak.
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Doesn't have to be cow.
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That sweetener is nasty.
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All over it.
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Oh, my steak doesn't have enough artificial sweetener.
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I'm sending it back.
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Okay.
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Where's the cocktail?
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In the bottom.
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I think I know what the cocktail is.
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Good God, look at all that sweetener.
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Sweet and low, stevia.
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It was nasty enough.
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It is so nasty.
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Oh, who on earth would try to do that to sugar?
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The steak is sending me into the Midwest, but who doesn't like steak?
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The cocktail is sending me further east.
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Actually all the way to Virginia.
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I don't know why, I'm just thinking that, so I'm gonna split the difference and go with Missouri.
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Well, I think the cocktail's a Bloody Mary.
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I agree.
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It's got the tomato in it.
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But that doesn't do anything for me.
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I mean, meat, again, like you said, it's like...
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Who doesn't love meat, am I right?
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There's a lot of cows in Texas, but there's a lot of cows all there in the middle of the United States, as you pointed out.
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So I'm going for a state that has invented things, because I think it's like Sweet and Low or something.
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I don't wanna nestle up again next to you, but I'm gonna try Illinois again.
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Even though, did I not do that last time?
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I am doing Illinois.
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This sandwich represents New York.
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New York, you're closer, is it close enough?
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You have both struck it out again.
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Dang it!
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One more, if I'd have gone to the dorky state of Indiana, I would have gotten a single.
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What is that heinous, to use the word whiteness, on that steak?
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You both said it, it was sweet and low.
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Sweet and low, yeah.
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Uh-huh, invented in New York.
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The steak was a New York strip steak.
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Oh, of course!
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Oh!
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We've gotta get better at this game, man.
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We've gotta get better at this.
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Cause it's just like, this makes sense, it's a strip!
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We knew that!
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We cut it in half, that was our problem.
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This sandwich includes the state dessert, a popular sweet, and a condiment invented in the state.
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Well, that's barbecue sauce.
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Oh gosh, I was thinking it was chocolate.
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An ice cream cone.
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Is the style of barbecue sauce used strategic?
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Correct.
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All right.
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What is this dessert?
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It's very good.
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The state dessert is an ice cream cone?
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No, the state dessert is that thing you got in your hand taste it and you'll like it, I think.
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Well, it's got too much of that nasty.
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Get the part that doesn't have barbecue sauce on it.
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Mm.
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That's like a butter cake is what I would call that.
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Mm.
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Where does that come from?
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Yeah, like a ooey gooey bar, is what I call that stuff.
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Mm-hmm.
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Ooey gooey bar and an ice cream cone.
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All right, Link, you're still up.
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I think that all ice cream cones, like if anything ice cream cone related, it just feels like, if that's the state dessert,
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then we're talking a hot place.
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But every place gets hot at a certain time of year, so that's a dead end.
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The ooey gooey sweet treat.
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There's gotta be a pun in here.
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There's gotta be something that really gives the state.
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And then who invented barbecue sauce?
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Well, probably someone who really is big into barbecue.
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This type of barbecue is, like, I would say Kansas City style.
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I'm gonna go back to Kansas.
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Well, I'm gonna go to Missouri, because that's where Kansas City is.
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Well, hold on, why did they do that?
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I was gonna go to Missouri the whole time, And when you said Kansas City, it was like, oh crap, he's gonna go Missouri.
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And then you said Kansas.
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Kansas City is not in Kansas.
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That's so stupid.
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Well, I think actually, is it some of Kansas City in Kansas?
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See?
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But most of Kansas City is in Missouri.
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So let's see who's closer.
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So I just got less stupid?
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Is that what just happened?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I'm protecting you over here.
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This sandwich represents Missouri.
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Yeah!
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Ray, you hit a home run!
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But Link, you got a triple, you're on the board.
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Okay, so you've got three points now.
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I'm bringing my runner in, so I am not far behind you.
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You're not. With what?
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Well you have one run and a man on third.
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One point, but somebody just waiting to come in there if I get another triple.
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The popular sweet was the butter cake.
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The dessert was the cone.
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And yeah, the barbecue sauce is a Kansas City barbecue sauce.
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It was very Kansas City.
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The steak dessert is just a cone?
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It's just a cone.
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I know, I mean.
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How could that be?
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This type of cone.
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I don't know, someone from Missouri get in the comments and tell us what's up with that.
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You should try ice cream in the cone.
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They're already there, that whole Kansas City thing, they're already there.
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This sandwich contains two popular foods and a staple crop grown in the state.
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Uh oh.
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Mm, uh uh.
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Taffy.
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Oh!
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What, oh what, oh what, oh.
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What did we spit out? That meat?
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That meat, that meat, that meat.
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Ugh.
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How could that be a popular food anywhere?
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I mean, is that liver?
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Let's see.
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It's three to one.
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As long as I get someone on base, I could still win.
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Yep, mm-hmm.
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With a home run in the next one.
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So taffy, lima beans, or what I would call butter beans,
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which I think are the same thing.
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Taffy and like some haggis-tasted nasty, nastiness taste of nasty, nastiness.
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Yeah, go to Scotland.
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Say Scotland.
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Scotland is not an American state, but.
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Not yet.
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The Falkland Islands are, if you ask us.
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Saltwater taffy, I think you gotta be on the coast, but I'm not gonna go too hard with that.
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Liver, who loves liver?
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Or whatever the crab that is.
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It's like a liver pate or something.
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Lima bean crop.
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Crop, crop, crop.
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All right.
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So we're still in the breadbasket of America.
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I'm looking right there in the middle.
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You can grow some butter beans in North Carolina.
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I don't know.
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Maybe it is more Southern.
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I think so.
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You know what?
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I'm thinking...
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It's the South.
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I'm thinking South Carolina.
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Dang, I was hoping you were not gonna go to the south.
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Lima beans, I mean, I grew up, not grew up, I was born in Georgia, and I always thought that lima beans were a Georgia thing because of the way my parents talked about them.
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Liver like this, this fried liver.
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Mm, so bad.
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Very much a southern thing.
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Saltwater taffy, the whole coast of it all.
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I mean, I was thinking Georgia.
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Maybe go with New Mexico before you said South Carolina.
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So I'm gonna say Georgia.
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This sandwich represents Delaware.
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What?
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Delaware, how far away is that?
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Well, it's too far away.
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Delaware's got butter beans?
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Well, the saltwater taffy of it all is more of a Northeast thing, isn't it?
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Yes, yeah, although I see, yeah.
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I was hoping one of y'all would say Virginia or something.
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Well, what kind of liver is this?
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That is not liver, it's called Scrapple, which is a breakfast meat made from pork scraps,
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cornmeal and spices, and then pan-fried crispy.
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Yeah, and those scraps include liver, I'm telling you that right now.
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It just says scraps, it doesn't say what kind of.
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Oh dang it, oh dang it.
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This final sandwich is made up of the state vegetable, a condiment made in the state, and a popular dessert.
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Sweet, hot, tatery.
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That's a hot sauce.
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All right.
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I've just gotta save face to try to, best I can do is tie.
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All right, sweet potato.
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At least it appears to be so.
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What is this, what is this sweet little nut treat here?
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Hmm.
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Hmm.
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Condiment made in a steak.
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Okay.
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Born and raised here, North Carolina.
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I think that North Carolina's- You think that's Texas Pete?
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State vegetable is the sweet potato.
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I don't know for that for sure, but Texas Pete's made in North Carolina, not in Texas.
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Well.
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And this, so I'm gonna block you out from North Carolina.
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Were you thinking that?
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Because I think that's Texas Pete.
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Yeah.
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I was thinking Georgia because I think that the sweet potato is the vegetable of Georgia, but it might be also the vegetable of North Carolina.
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This is that pecan, it's not pecan brittle, but it's pecan.
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It's good, whatever it is.
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We'll find out.
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I'm gonna say Georgia.
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This sandwich represents Louisiana.
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What?
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Well.
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What about our state?
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So you both have hit singles though.
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Oh, it's Crystal Hot Sauce.
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You were incorrect on that as well.
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It's Louisiana Hot Sauce.
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It's just Louisiana Hot Sauce.
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Louisiana Hot Sauce.
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So good on fried chicken.
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And it was Pralines.
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The probably what it is.
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Pralines, that's the name we were looking for that we could not find.
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I love them.
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And that makes the final score.
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Rhett with three runs and Link with one.
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Woohoo!
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So Rhett, you are today's winner, so go ahead and plant that face on the coveted heavy hitter's helmet.
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Oh yeah, I will.
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Yep, right there.
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Right there.
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More to come.
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And with that, Rhett, you get 6,000 for your charity as a prize, and that brings the Good Mythical Summer charity competition to an end.
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Yay!
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Here are your final totals.
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Rhett, you earned $31,900 for Reading is Fundamental,
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And Link, you earned $34,700 for the LA Regional Food Bank.
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Congratulations!
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Link wins Good Mythical Summer!
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How did that happen?
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I would like to thank everyone who believed in me, and now I'm done.
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Hey, reminder that we've still got some marathons and throwback episodes coming your way next week.
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And then September 7th will be the premiere of season 30 of Good Mythical Morning, and we're back to our regular schedule of Monday through Friday episodes.
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Thanks for being your mythical best.
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You know what time it is.
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Hi, my name is Jack, and this is my little brother Lincoln, boy called Nick.
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It is currently summer vacation in New York.
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It's time to spin the wheel of the county.
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Really?
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Jack and Lincoln.
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Summer vacation.
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You boys are gonna grow up, you're gonna watch that back, and you're gonna be like, man, remember that show?
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And be like, yeah, we still watch it, cause we're still doing it.
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And right now we're gonna give some unsolicited advice to Anna May, okay?
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You were wondering if you should join the Coast Guard.
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Uh, learn to swim first.
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Join us in Good Mythical More to see if we can actually, finally beat the impossible quiz.
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Yes!
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Unlock access to our new vlogs at mythicalsociety.com.
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Hey, you want me to tell you about some records?
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It's ladies night, not just because my ladies over there listening to me,
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but I just appreciate women singers tonight.
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Why This Video Is Great for IELTS Speaking Practice
The casual, conversational tone of the video makes it ideal for honing real-world speaking skills—critical for IELTS success. The dialogue flows naturally, with interruptions, humor, and quick thinking, mirroring the spontaneous interactions you’ll face in the speaking test. Plus, the focus on describing food and guessing states introduces descriptive vocabulary and logical reasoning, both key for Part 2 and 3 of the exam.
Breaking Down Natural Speech Patterns
Let’s look at 3 lines that sound authentic and why: 1. “But don't worry. Hey, hey, hey, don't worry.” Repetition and filler words like “hey” make speech sound human, not scripted. Practice using these to sound more conversational. 2. “I guess this is a green pepper. It's not... Spicy.” The pause (“it's not...”) shows thinking, a natural part of speaking. Don’t fear pauses—they make you sound thoughtful. 3. “What did you say about the beverage?” This question is direct and context-driven, typical of how we clarify information in real talks. Mastering such follow-ups improves fluency. These examples highlight how native speakers balance structure with spontaneity—something the shadowing technique can help you mimic.
A Simple Shadow Speak Routine for This Video
Use the shadowing technique to improve English pronunciation and fluency with this clip:
- Watch and listen to 10-15 seconds of the video. Focus on intonation and rhythm.
- Repeat immediately (shadowing), copying the speed, pauses, and stress. Record yourself.
- Compare your recording to the video. Note differences in pronunciation (e.g., “soggy” vs. “soggy”) and tone.
- Repeat 3x until your version matches the original.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is made · was founded · were made |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have struck · I've ever eaten · has invented |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | someone who really · Scrapple, which is · everyone who believed |
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.