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  • You think you know about Thanksgiving?

  • - (both laugh) - You have no idea.

  • Let's talk about that.

  • ♪ (theme music) ♪

  • Good Mythical Morning!

  • In just a few days people in the United States of America will be gathering

  • together with their families to eat turkey and watch football! That's why we've

  • added some fall color to our set!

  • And anywhere you are on Earth, it's always a good time to be thankful.

  • Of course, we are thankful for you, mythical beasts for making us a...

  • - ...part of your daily routine. - Oh, very thankful.

  • Autumn blessings. Autumn blessings, look at that. We wish autumn blessings

  • on you all. In banner form, hanging behind us.

  • Speaking of autumn blessings, we're gonna bless your autumn with a game

  • today. How much do you know about Thanksgiving? How much do you know

  • about Thanksgiving, Link? That's the real question.

  • - Let's find out. - I've got a little game that...

  • ...I like to call, Fill In The Blanks-Giving!

  • Get it? It's like Thanksgiving but Blanks-Giving.

  • - I do get it. Alright. - Because Link, it is a fill in...

  • ...the blank game. But it works a little differently then some of our previous

  • fill in the blank games. Here's what we're gonna do. I'm gonna give you a sentence

  • - that has a blank. You fill that blank in. - True.

  • If you get it right, I will take a shot of gravy.

  • - And if I get it wrong -- - You will take a shot of gravy.

  • I will drink a swish cup of gravy. Actual gravy in there.

  • Either way, there's gonna be a lot of gravy consumed.

  • - This is almost a full boat. - 'Bout to pour it on my laptop.

  • - Almost a full boat at stake here. - Alright.

  • - Okay, here we go, Link. - Test my Thanksgiving knowledge.

  • The famous Christmas song, ___, was originally composed

  • for children celebrating Thanksgiving.

  • - Hm, Christmas song. - And when you think about this-

  • When you hear the name of the song, you're like, "You know what?

  • It really isn't about Christmas after all."

  • 'Twas the holiday before Christmas and all through the song.

  • - That's not a song. - Nope. Nope, not a song.

  • O Christmas Tree? Definitely not that one.

  • Hope you like gravy!

  • Um, Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire.

  • - 'Cause chestnuts are very Thanksgiving. - Thanksgiving-ish.

  • - You can see 'em roasting. - Right next to the cranberries.

  • - Right. - Wrong, Link! (buzz) Take a swig!

  • - It's actually Jingle Bells. - Oh, for real?!

  • Originally composed by James Pierpont, 1857.

  • How's that gravy?

  • Mmh. I mean, that's not much of a punishment. Yet.

  • - (laughs) Yeah. - There's a whole line of 'em...

  • - ...over here though. - It'll build.

  • Yeah, originally a Thanksgiving song called, One Horse Open Sleigh!

  • But they kept it around for Christmas. People are like, "Huh, that's a real

  • good Christmas song. And what are we doing writing songs for Thanksgiving anyway?

  • And I'm just realizing that Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire, I think the

  • - official title for that song is- - (both) The Christmas Song. (laughs)

  • - That's a dead giveaway. - Yep. Bad guess.

  • Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year, but it's

  • also the day after massive amounts of turkey are consumed, which makes it

  • the busiest day of the year for ___.

  • Naps? Or plumbers? (laughs) I don't know.

  • - Naps or plumbers? (laughs) - I know you get sleepy

  • with that turkey, but I'm actually gonna go with plumbers.

  • - Really? - Yeah, I think it's a busy day

  • - for plumbers. - Well Link, you're right! (ding)

  • - Yeah! (laughs) Drink up, buddy! - Oh, as I take my gravy shot.

  • - That's good so far. - Oh wow. Mmm.

  • I hope you keep gettin' 'em wrong. Who thought that straight gravy

  • would be good? Stravy.

  • Well that much- I mean. This much gravy I think is gonna get me.

  • Roto Rooter actually reported that. They say that the systems are often

  • overwhelmed 'cause 690 million pounds of turkey are eaten every Thanksgiving

  • which is the equivalent of the whole weight of the country of Singapore.

  • - Ooh! Wow. - The people. Not the Earth. The people.

  • - Goin' through the pipes. - It's like eatin' all the people of...

  • - Singapore. Then callin' Roter Rooter. - Which I don't recommend.

  • Most male turkeys raised to be eaten are so fat that they can't ___ naturally.

  • (chuckles) Okay. Lots of options coming to mind here for this one.

  • - All of them sad. - Oh, really?

  • I can't come up with a happy answer to this one. Like something that if they

  • - can't do it naturally, it's good for them. - True.

  • True. I see where you're going with that.

  • I'm just gonna- I was thinking fly but that's stupid, right?

  • - (chuckles) - (crew laughs)

  • I'm just gonna say, sadly, I think it's walk.

  • They can't walk naturally. (laughs) What?

  • - That's right. They are turkey walkers. - They're very stationary

  • when they're that big. People come through and like, gotta help them

  • - walk a little. - (laughs)

  • Link, take a shot of gravy. (buzz) 'Cause it's actually reproduce.

  • - Oooh. - (laughs)

  • And as you're takin' that shot of gravy I will tell you that

  • - That is sad. - helping fat male turkeys

  • reproduce is the first known use of the turkey baster.

  • - (laughs) - (crew laughs)

  • I made that up. It's not a fun fact. But you can probably use one,

  • - I don't know. - There was nothing fun about that either.

  • Okay, ___s were invented when a company didn't know what to do with 260 tons of

  • leftover frozen turkeys. Lots of leftover turkeys.

  • - Frozen turkey. - What we gotta do with this turkey?

  • And this was a company. Alright, I think they made turk-loos.

  • Which is like igloos made out of frozen turkey.

  • - (both laugh) - No.

  • That would be fun. Put the kids in there.

  • No. I'm gonna say- What do you do with leftover turkey? Turkey loaf? No.

  • Ground turkey. I think they make ground turkey.

  • It's like hamburger but it's turkey.

  • That's right. Ground turkey were invented when a company- No. (laughs)

  • - (buzz) Ground turkeys! - (both laugh)

  • Ground turkeys were invented!

  • - It's TV dinners, Link. - Oh!!

  • A man named Gerry, or Jerry spelled with a G, Thomas at Swanson --

  • I shoulda' known that.

  • - ordered five thousand aluminum trays, lined people up, and they put them into

  • TV dinners. It was turkey, sweet potatoes, peas, and cornbread dressing. TV dinner.

  • - How's that? How is it on the third one? - Gettin' a little harder to get it down.

  • I can feel it joining its friends down there. It's a gravy party.

  • - George H. W. Bush was the first... - Herbert Walker!

  • ...president to institute an annual turkey ___.

  • First president to institute an annual turkey ___.

  • Impersonation contest. Which now if you look at the debates, they're all doin' it.

  • - (snaps) Oh! Hey! (forced laugher) - Political humor!

  • I know this one. Turkey pardon.

  • Oh! (ding) I'll take a swig. You're right Link.

  • Pardon. Is that right? See I was right.

  • And actually, it's happened every year since then. There's been a turkey pardon

  • but sadly those fat turkeys that are made to be eaten usually die within a year

  • because they're just made to be eaten at the sacrifice of long life.

  • - (crew laughs) - Let's drink to that.

  • You're full of sad. And they can't reproduce.

  • - That's a sad life. - It's a sad life.

  • That turkey baster.

  • - Alright! - Bring it on.

  • Two shots of gravy on the line here, Link.

  • Ooh.

  • Native Americans originally used ___s to treat ___ wounds.

  • - Cranberry sauce, U.T.I. - (crew laughs)

  • - I don't know what a U.T.I. wound is. - (crew laughs)

  • - That's if you don't treat it. - When you get a really bad U.T.I. --

  • (both laugh)

  • You don't treat it, it might turn into a wound.

  • I have no clue what this is. But cranberry- I'm right about that.

  • - Maybe. - So, (laughs) that's my answer:

  • cranberry sauce and urinary tract infection wounds.

  • Alright, we each get to take a shot because you're right.

  • - It's cranberries to treat arrow wounds. - (ding and buzz) Oh-rrow!

  • - Let's drink to that. - Alright, here we go.

  • And here's a fun fact. They actually used arrows to treat cranberry wounds.

  • - (laughs) - Here's another fun fact,

  • - I have a U.T.I. right now. - Hope it's not contagious.

  • (both) Mmh.

  • We're on a good pace here. Alright, I got another one for ya Link.

  • - Also, two gravy swigs on the line. - (laughs) Alright!

  • I'm still enjoying it. Just between you and me.

  • It isn't that bad.

  • Only male turkeys ___ and therefore are called ___.

  • Only male turkeys ___ and are called ___.

  • - Yep. - And therefore are called ___.

  • Yes.

  • Only male turkeys gobble! And are called, gobblers!

  • - You sure about that? - Yeah.

  • - You really sure? - I'm totally guessing,

  • but it seems so right. Am I totally right?

  • Drink it down! (ding) Gobble the gobblers!

  • Yeah! Look at me. I know lots of stuff about Thanksgiving.

  • And I know lots of stuff about you guys too. Like you're bragging in the comments

  • now about other stuff you know about Thanksgiving. So leave those comments!

  • But are you drinking gravy?

  • Leave those likes and leave those subscriptions.

  • That's the real question.

  • Also, share this knowledge with your family members this week.

  • Share this video and the knowledge therein.

  • Thanks for liking, commenting, all that stuff.

  • And you know what time it is.

  • Hi, It's Aaron from Disney World,

  • and it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality.

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  • charities, Action Against Hunger.

  • Click through to Good Mythical More. Rhett's got some more blanks that

  • I need to fill in. Blanks-giving! Play along by clicking through

  • to Good Mythical More!

  • Beat boxing owls!

  • - (both) Hoo, hoo!

  • - ♪ (both beat boxing) ♪ - ♪ (both making owl sounds) ♪

  • - (bird call) - Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!

  • Peace.

  • ♪ (Outro music) ♪

  • Stevie's jaw drops when I'm -- 'cause I'm getting things right,

  • - (both) She's like, - "He's actually knowing stuff!"

  • - He's read. - What?

  • [Captioned by Sammy: GMM Captioning Team]

You think you know about Thanksgiving?

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