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(alarm bell ringing)
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Welcome back.
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Of course we wish we could all spend hours
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in the kitchen slaving away over a paleo,
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gluten-free, FODMAP-friendly, vegan dish,
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but sometimes you only have five minutes to find dinner.
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You're caught between a rock and a hard place.
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That rock is Burger King,
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and the hard place is McDonald's.
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Hmmm.
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Today we're gonna help you make the best
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five-minute dinner choice by determining
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which is unhealthier, the Big Mac or the Whopper.
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It's time for Fast Food Faceoff,
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Whopper Verses Big Mac Edition.
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OK, right here we have a Big Mac and a Whopper,
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and essentially what we're gonna be doing is
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tasting these, and then making our individual determinations
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as to which one has more calories, more fat,
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and more sodium, and then by whichever majority
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we have chosen, which one is the most unhealthy
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according to our opinion.
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Let's do this.
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First off, let's talk about calories.
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Now, listen.
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This ain't the pretty commercial burger.
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This is just what you get when you just go
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to Burger King and say, "Whopper."
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At least the one close to us.
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That's what you get.
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Oh, and just a note, when you say, "Whopper,"
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you do not get cheese.
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Right.
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It's just Whopper.
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Which is quite a disappointment.
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If you forget to say, "Whopper with cheese."
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But it also influences things.
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It does, it's less calories.
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I mean, that's pretty clear.
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Because when you say, "Big Mac," it does have cheese.
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It comes with two cheeses.
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Two cheeses?
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- [Link] Two slices of cheese.
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- [Rhett] No, it doesn't.
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What?
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The top doesn't have cheese, man.
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You've been missing out.
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You misunderstanding a Big Mac all these years,
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unless they've made a mistake.
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No, they be givin' me extra cheese.
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(laughing)
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Alright, now I'm just thinking, right off the bat,
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that a Whopper's bigger, more calories.
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But a Big Mac's taller.
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Who cares?
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Which one's more volume?
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Tallness has nothin' to do with calories, Rhett.
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Only bigness.
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I can eat more calories, and I'm tall.
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Got a hangy-out pickle, there.
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Now, I've got a sticker with my face on it
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that represents what I'm voting for
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as the unhealthiest.
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Excuse me for talking with my mouth full,
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but we ain't got time to chew. (chuckles)
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Here.
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I'm just going to swallow this whole.
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Let me get a bite of that Whopper.
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(hard swallowing)
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This will be my side of the Whopper.
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My side of the whopper.
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My favorite book growing up was My Side of the Mountain.
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So, I am saying that the Whopper
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has more calories based on bigness alone,
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and I'm giving you the advantage of going second.
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Link, I usually don't trust you, but you're right.
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- [Link] Let's move on to fat.
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- [Rhett] There's a lot of mayonnaise on this.
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I love a Big Mac.
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I'm not gonna hate on the Whopper,
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but when cheese is missing, I'm forlorn.
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Hold on!
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Hold on!
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You compromised--
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Listen, the whole point was to pick a side.
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You just went on the same side.
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Now I've got the either side, too.
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I forgot.
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No more Big Mac for you.
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Now, I don't want the advantage
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of you going second the second time,
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so go ahead and vote.
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What do you think has more fat?
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And I think the secret, to me, as you vote,
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is they like to put a lot of mayonnaise on a Whopper.
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I just said that, and that's why I'm voting Whopper.
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Oh, you said that?
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Yeah.
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Oh, dang it.
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Changing my answer.
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Big Mac has more fat.
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Two words: special sauce.
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Mmm-hmm.
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Now, let's move on to sodium.
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I am having a good time with you.
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We should just hang out and eat burgers more often.
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Yeah, man.
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You don't have to hold my hand.
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I'm not holding your hand.
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I'm giving you a celebratory grip, man.
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But it was kind of weird.
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(laughing)
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It's like, that's not how I want to celebrate with you.
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I mean, a fist bump--
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I didn't even get a bite out of it, man.
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Mmm.
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The charbroiled nature of the Whopper tries
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to fool you into thinking that there's no salt in it,
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because charbroil cancels out sodium.
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I taste more salt in the Big Mac.
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Don't be fooled by the charbroil, Rhett.
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It's got a tanginess to it.
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Boy, they're both good, though.
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Oh, they're both so good.
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I should eat more of this.
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That's what I've learned today,
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that I should just have more of both of these,
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(Link laughing)
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because I'm happy right now.
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Alright, so, in summery, you are saying
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that the Whopper is overall more unhealthy.
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Well, so are you. (laughs)
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And so am I.
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Alright, so let's reveal, category by category.
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First, calories.
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Which one is more unhealthy?
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(timpani ringing)
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Wow. The Whopper.
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The Whopper.
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We were right.
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OK, so we're both correct. (claps)
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Now, fat.
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(timpani ringing)
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Eh, wow. Oh, the Whopper.
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By a whopping margin.
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You're taking the lead.
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And sodium?
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And sodium?
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Whoa!
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It's caught neck and neck.
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It is more unhealthy in every way.
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Twenty grams.
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So, Rhett, I want to congratulate you.
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I want to congratulate you, Link.
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Let's have a burger.
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I want you to have both of 'em.
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You earned it.
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