and the more we search for answers.

If only we could ask the real experts,

life would go a whole lot smoother.

This is "Little Kids. Big Questions."

featuring your host, Ingrid Michaelson

and the Austin Hartley-Leonard Quintet.

Hello. Hello.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Hello, beautiful people.

Today, we are talking about...

[Xylophone plays] ...beauty.

Now, semantically speaking beauty...

[Xylophone plays] ...i-is just, uh, one word.

It can describe about a billion different things.

The beautiful thing about beauty...

[Xylophone plays]

...is that when it comes to beauty,

[Xylophone plays] ...there's no wrong answer.

But how can a concept so universal be so subjective?

We should figure this out.

I want some answers.

And I want 'em now.

So let's welcome tonight's guests,

Marco, Dariana, and Jackson.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Hi, guys.

How are you?

-Good. -Good. -Good.

-Good? Okay. You look a little nervous.

-[ Laughs ] -Not at all.

-You're not at all nervous? Okay. Cool.

So, tonight's episode is about...

[Xylophone plays]

Do you know what that means?

-Beauty! -Yes!

-Like mine. -Like your beauty?

-Yeah, you are beautiful. -No, mine!

No, yours? You're all beautiful.

We're gonna look at some pictures.

And you're gonna tell me "Hot," or "Not."

All right, here we go. Are you ready?

-Hot or not? -Yes!

-No. -Oh, sick!

Blah. Sick.

Is that Lady Liberty or something?

-Oh, my -That's the Mona Lisa.

Oh, the Mona Lisa.

So I get two...

-Was I supposed to know that? -So we have two nots

and one hot. Okay.

Mona Lisa, supposedly

the most beautiful woman in the world

Two nots. Cool.

Hot or not?

-Who? -George

George Clooney.

[ Laughter ]

-Boo. -George Clooney...

-...would not be happy with that. -No! Sort of. Sort of. Sort of.

You think sort of hot?

What's he doing? Like...

-...Nooooo! -And Jackson says,

"No. Not hot."

-No. No. -Marco?

-Definitely not. -Not hot.

And this is George Clooney.

-Elf ears. -What?

-Wait, that's George Clooney? -Elf ears?

I don't know. That's what she said.

So, George Clooney has elf ears, and he's not hot.

Ladies across the world, George Clooney is not hot.

One of your guys.

Okay. All right.

One more. Are you guys ready?

This is the best one ever.

-Is it you? -Hot or not?

Yes! That's you!

-Yes. -No. No.

-Not hot? -Yes!

-Yes. -No.

But are you only saying, "Yes," 'cause I'm right here?

Unfortunately, you two look exactly alike.

-So am I hot or not? -Yes!

-Yeah. -But I -- Are you saying that

just 'cause I'm sitting in front of you?

-No! -No! -No!

-Well, you said, I'm not hot. -You're not.

-I'm not. I'm ugly?

-My God. -Am I ugly?

You were better with blond hair.

Oh! [ Laughs ]

Wait, when did I have blond hair?

I don't know. It's a dream.

[ Laughter ] -Really, really?

We just went through all of that

Hey, Mom. He's dreamin' about me.

-Just so you could say that? -Okay.

Close your eyes, everybody. Everybody.

Close your eyes and think about something beautiful.

Okay?

What are you thinking of, Marco? What are --

-Me. -You? Okay.

You are very confident.

That's gonna take you far in life.

Jackson, what are you thinkin' about?

Flowers from a barn.

That sounds beautiful to me, flowers from a barn.

-Marco's doing some tai chi. -I'm thinking about a bunny.

And you're thinking about a bunny?

-Yeah. -That's awesome.

Who decides what it means to be beautiful?

Who... Who makes that decision? Like...

-God. -Who - God decides...

-Yeah. -...what's beautiful?

How do you know if something is beautiful?

It's sparkly.

-It's sparkly? -It's colorful.

How do you know if something is beautiful?

I like your face. Is that your thinking face?

How do you... How do you know? What strikes...

You... You said, "Flowers."

Why are flowers beautiful to you?

Because they're really bright.

Bright. Okay.

-And they smell good. -Oh, I like that.

So if something smells bad, it's not beautiful.

What's the price of beauty?

-I don't know. -This.

Like, how much do you think it costs to get your hair done professionally?

How much do you think it costs...

-50 bucks. -Oh, I wish.

Really, if you wanted to get it, like, really good, you'd have to have, like, 100 bucks.

Can boys or men be beautiful?

-Yes. -Yes.

-Yes. -Oh!

Right? I like that. All right.

I feel like we don't even have to go... Yeah. Cool.

Because sometimes people say, "Only girls can be beautiful."

Okay. Move to the next question.

Okay. Okay. You're right. You're right. Okay. Cool.

The boys get uglier while... as they grow up.

No! They get uglier when they get puberty!

What happens when you get puberty?

-I'm intrigued. -You get pimples.

Okay.

You start growing mustaches, like my brother.

What about... What... Okay. Yeah. That's true.

-What else? -Um...

You seem to be very knowledgeable beyond your years.

-Yeah. -Tell me.

You become less... likable.

Less likable?

[ Laughter ]

Was it me, or was that funny?

-No, it... it... it was funny.

It was true, actually.

I'm, uh, somewhat stumped.

So let's give it up for our little guests,

Marco, Jackson, and Dariana.

Yeah.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Look what I got. You want one?

Why don't you do your robot dance?

-You wanna do the robot? -No.

-You'll get a chance... -I want to do it now.