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  • - Today we find out which hot dog is the top dog.

  • - Let's talk about that.

  • (upbeat electronic music)

  • (fire crackling)

  • - Good mythical morning.

  • - It's a new season of laughing.

  • - Whoo!

  • - It's a new year, 20 one seven, yeah!

  • (both laugh)

  • - No Link, it's 20-17.

  • - I just, but, it's a 20 and then a one seven.

  • Anyway, here we are, we're doing this

  • and you know how we like to start new things off,

  • eating a lot of hot dogs!

  • - Yeah we do!

  • Now sometime back in ages past,

  • somebody thought it would be a good idea.

  • - When was that?

  • - To just take the intestine of an animal

  • and then take some meat from that animal

  • and put it inside the intestine and then cook it and eat it

  • and somehow here in America, we thought

  • that was a great idea and we basically made it

  • our national dish.

  • - Mmhmm, but the question is, which one of those

  • that you can grab off a shelf pretty much anywhere

  • is the best one to grab.

  • Let's get to it.

  • It's time for Which Hot Dog is

  • the Tipity Tipity Tipity Tipity Top Dog?

  • - Okay, so this is gonna be a tournament style taste test.

  • We will pit two dogs against each other

  • in each round.

  • We will taste both of them, just the dog,

  • no buns, no sauces.

  • This is an unadulterated experience with the wiener.

  • That's all it is.

  • - And we're not gonna know which dog we're tasting

  • at which time, but we do know all of the dogs

  • that we're gonna be tasting over time.

  • So that's Hebrew National, Ball Park franks,

  • Applegate, Vienna Beef or is it vie-ee-nuh,

  • that's how I used to say it--

  • - Whichever one you prefer.

  • - Where I'm from.

  • Oscar Meyer--

  • - Or is it Oscar Mee-er?

  • - Oscar Meyer.

  • Nathan's, Kirkland, and Snake River Farms gourmet wagyu--

  • - Oh, expensive.

  • - That's an expensive one.

  • You know but this is great because one

  • of my New Year's resolutions was eating a whole

  • bunch of hot dogs this year (laughs).

  • - Yeah, more hot dogs!

  • - And I'm kicking it off right.

  • - Now I do wanna say, you know me man,

  • personally, I love hot dogs.

  • I don't eat them a lot because I know they're

  • not good for me, but growing up I would just

  • go to the cupboard, or actually to the frig,

  • and grab a hot dog, put it in the microwave,

  • and just eat it straight just like this.

  • This was a regular occurrence for me.

  • - This is a good smelling dog.

  • - But these weren't microwaved.

  • They were grilled as you can see the grill marks.

  • - This is--

  • - Tastes good man.

  • They're all gonna taste good to me though.

  • That's the problem.

  • - Nice tasting dog.

  • But the beauty is you get to go head to head

  • right against another dog, so you can quickly tell

  • one from the other, even though these look very similar.

  • Hmm, this one is a little redder than this one.

  • - This one tastes cheaper.

  • - Mmhmm, this one tastes much cheaper.

  • - Cut corners on this one.

  • - Mmhmm.

  • - You cut corners on this one, I know what you did.

  • - We have a clear winner for round one.

  • - Clear for round one.

  • - It's this one.

  • - That one.

  • - Okay, I've cleansed my dog palate with some cola,

  • and I'm ready to go in for a new head to head.

  • - I'm just noticing that people can make some memes

  • out of these images here.

  • Don't do that.

  • - Well, you saying that kind of invites it.

  • Okay, let's start over here with the skinnier one, okay.

  • - Oh, full of flavor.

  • That takes me straight to flavor town.

  • Um, but it's starting to taste weird.

  • It took me to flavor town, but then flavor town

  • was compromised real fast.

  • - Flavor town going down hill quick.

  • What kind of flavor is that?

  • - It's like a different animal.

  • - I don't want to eat any more of it.

  • - What did you just do?

  • You're not gonna learn anything doing that.

  • These look a lot like what I would have called

  • the Ball Park frank.

  • - Okay.

  • - It has the flimsiness of a Ball Park frank.

  • - Mmhmm.

  • - I've done this.

  • This is how I test, this is one of the things that I do

  • - [Link] You're outta the park.

  • - You just do that.

  • - Well I should've done that for the first round.

  • This is soft on the outside.

  • - This is a relatively cheap dog as well.

  • - It's pretty good tasting, though.

  • - It does taste good, I like it.

  • - Mmhmmm (laughs), makes me happy.

  • - Hold on.

  • (audience laughs)

  • I don't know man.

  • - That other one, I'm not going back.

  • Flavor, taste-- you just ate half the dog in one bite!

  • For something you didn't even like.

  • It's not good, man.

  • - Go back to it now.

  • Go back to it now, I dare ya.

  • - It's trying too hard.

  • They've injected some flavor that's unnatural.

  • - This is the much more traditional dog.

  • I'm a little bit split on this one,

  • - We gotta go--

  • - But if you feel that strongly, I'll go with this one.

  • - I feel strongly that we gotta go with that one.

  • - Alright.

  • - Now judging by the size of your wieners over there,

  • uh, I need to slow my roll a little bit.

  • I've been eating way too much of these.

  • - Yeah, you will. - I mean, look at that!

  • - Now, once they start getting the twisty little thing

  • at the top there that makes me think about how it was made,

  • I don't love that as much.

  • - Well, I do.

  • - But, I'm just gonna go on and taste.

  • - Come on.

  • - Dink it.

  • - Oh, we're gonna dink this one, huh?

  • That's a quality dog, don't make that face, man.

  • - (laughs) I don't like a dog this big around.

  • - But the taste is exquisite!

  • - I can't get over the presentation.

  • - You mean you're telling me if you can choose

  • a thicker dog, you don't want it?

  • - Yeah, uh, yep.

  • I like a nice efficient package of a dog

  • that hides itself in a bun.

  • And welcomes ingredients.

  • - Oh, oh, oh.

  • (audience laughing)

  • That's the worst hot dog I've ever had

  • in my entire life.

  • (audience laughing)

  • I don't know what this is.

  • I don't know who we're getting in trouble right now.

  • This is the worst tasting hot dog I have ever had.

  • Not a sponsor, ever.

  • - You think this is like Costco?

  • - Costco?

  • - Costco.

  • - I don't know if it's Costco, but that's not

  • one of our choices, man.

  • - Costco is where you buy Kirkland dogs.

  • Is this a Kirkland?

  • - Uh, it's a bad one.

  • I mean, I hope it's cheap.

  • - Man.

  • - Biggie dad.

  • (laughs)

  • - Now my wife will not eat a hot dog.

  • - She's never eaten a hot dog.

  • - And she's never eaten a hot dog.

  • - Which just strikes me as weird.

  • - Like, the first time as a child she was told

  • tales of hot dogs she was like,

  • "Uh uh, I never wanna see one.

  • "I never wanna taste one."

  • She would eat mustard sandwiches

  • when everyone else was eating hot dogs

  • - I will watch the show, the reality show--

  • - Bread and mustard.

  • - I'll watch the show of how hot dogs are made

  • and then immediately go eat a hot dog.

  • - (laughs) Yeah, you're sick man.

  • - I mean, it doesn't bother me, sorry.

  • - See, this is as big of a dog that I will welcome

  • into my home and by home, I mean my mouth.

  • - This is a classic dog.

  • - Very mushy.

  • - There's no integrity in this.

  • - Like moral integrity?

  • - No, it was not made with any conviction,

  • you know what I mean?

  • It was made in just a we gotta get these things

  • out the door man, they're buying 'em up like hot dogs.

  • - But it tastes okay.

  • - You gonna put yours back?

  • - Well, I might take another bite.

  • - You're gonna get mixed up.

  • - I don't--

  • - I gotta lot of wieners on my plate.

  • - I don't like ones that turn like that,

  • so I'm going for this one.

  • When they turn at the end--

  • - Yeah

  • I don't go for that. (chuckles)

  • - Oh.

  • - This is interesting.

  • - This is like a veggie dog.

  • - I don't think we're tasting a veggie dog.

  • - I know, but it tastes like a veggie dog.

  • - Mm, I don't know what this could be.

  • - Boy, I'm really confused.

  • - That's not a bad dog at all.

  • - That one tastes better.

  • This one has a better consistency.

  • - This one's better.

  • - I think I gotta go with the one on the left.

  • - The softy?

  • - Yeah.

  • - The one without integrity?

  • - Gotta go with the one without conviction.

  • There's no conviction, but you know what--

  • - We're bringing conviction to it.

  • - The flavor's pretty good.

  • - Again, these are--

  • - So, this is a repeat now.

  • So we've already declared these each a winner

  • in a previous round.

  • - Look at that, I think this is the integrity coming back.

  • - No.

  • - No, we haven't gotten around to that.

  • - I don't, hey, don't--

  • - Look how much longer--

  • - You just compromised that by touching

  • it to another wiener.

  • - Well, I'm not gonna eat this wiener,

  • but I'm just telling ya,

  • look at how much more wiener there is.

  • - You're gonna get so mixed up, man.

  • - Look, that's a--

  • - Don't mix me up man--

  • - That's a factor is all I'm saying.

  • There's 1/4 inch of a wiener more on that wiener.

  • - It's still, this one's still good.

  • But just the flavor.

  • - Mmhmm.

  • - The outside is the same as the rest of the dog.

  • It's so consistent, which I assume you like.

  • - I do.

  • - But it doesn't have any pop to it

  • and I'm not gonna let the people who actually

  • know and care about hot dogs.

  • I'm not gonna disappoint.

  • I'm not gonna let Link influence this.

  • - I do understand that a good hot dog is supposed

  • to have a pop.

  • - As a hot dog lover, I'm gonna, I will

  • make sure that happens.

  • - (chuckles) Oh.

  • Here we go.

  • This one's getting cold.

  • - Man, boy.

  • - It's got a good taste.

  • And to your point, it's got a hint of pop.

  • This one here is just soft.

  • - I think you gotta go with this one.

  • - With this one?

  • - I think you gotta go with the long dog.

  • 'Cause it tastes pretty similar.

  • - This is a really good dog.

  • - I don't know, the flavor on that one's pretty good.

  • - It's better.

  • This is a world of flavor.

  • This is like a town of flavor.

  • Like a county.

  • This is a country.

  • - That's better, it's better.

  • - Country.

  • - Having gone back and forth a couple of times,

  • that is the better dog.

  • - Country of flavor in the soft packaging, moves on.

  • - This, the taste really, really brings it.

  • Okay, we've got the one that's too big for your mouth,

  • according to you and then what I guess is the Ball Park.

  • - It's not too big for my mouth.

  • It's just too big for my preference.

  • - Okay.

  • - But again, with this thing on it--

  • - But that's the best part.

  • - That's like a dunce cap.

  • - It's the best part!

  • - It's like a, it's like a sleeping cap.

  • - It just lets you know it was made with care

  • and it's not gonna accidentally spill out

  • all over the place.

  • (Link chuckles)

  • It's something I'm worried about every time

  • I'm eating a hot dog.

  • - (chuckles) I hope this doesn't spill out everywhere.

  • - I mean, just smell it a little.

  • - Gosh.

  • - Just get a good smell.

  • That's a, that is a high-freaking-quality dog, man.

  • Just the smell of it.

  • - Yeah, I bet this has gotta be the Snake River.

  • - That is a good dog and that is beef.

  • That's a good hot dog.

  • Imagine if it was surrounded with a bun

  • and some relish and some mustard and some onions,

  • little bit of chili maybe if it's a cold day.

  • Heh, heh, heh.

  • - I need toppings for a dog like this.

  • - You just don't wanna hang out with me,

  • eating wieners like this? (laughs)

  • - No.

  • - Okay, good.

  • - But, this right, I mean, I'm looking for a,

  • I'm looking for a classic to go all the way.

  • - [Rhett] Well--

  • - Not some specially designed but

  • not quite restaurant quality--

  • - Not quite restaurant quality.

  • What do you think they do at the restaurants, man?

  • This is a Ball Park--

  • - I've never ordered a hot dog at a restaurant.

  • - My mama used to get Ball Park franks

  • when she was splurging.

  • I know a Ball Park frank when I see one.

  • - It's got America just injected into it.

  • - It tastes like pudding.

  • (audience and Link laughing)

  • It tastes like hot dog pudding, like--

  • - Yeah.

  • - You take a bite out of it and just becomes pudding

  • in your mouth.

  • - I love it.

  • - I'm not saying it's not good,

  • but there's no way you can think that tastes better

  • than that dog.

  • Not in a million years, man.

  • - This is tough man, I--

  • - I gotta give you credit, Ball Park wins

  • when it comes to cheap hot dogs.

  • That should be their slogan.

  • If you need one, that's it.

  • "We win when it comes to cheap hot dogs."

  • But this right here.

  • - It's so much beefiness, it doesn't taste like a hot dog.

  • - I love it so much.

  • - But it doesn't taste like what you'd expect from like,

  • I'm going to get the hot dog.

  • - But you can't let that beat this.

  • This is an achievement in hot dog making.

  • That's what this is.

  • - Well, I'm not gonna argue with that.

  • If you feel that strongly, then I'm with you.

  • - Do you not think it tastes great.

  • - I think it tastes really good.

  • - Yeah!

  • - But I think this tastes a little better.

  • - Alright, well listen, I'll let you make the decision

  • and you know how I feel.

  • - I'll go with the biggie daddy.

  • (all laugh)

  • Alright Rhett, now it's time to make hot dog history,

  • at least as far as we're concerned.

  • I know it's a uphill battle with the biggie dad over here.

  • - The biggie dad is strong.

  • - But, you know, I'm gonna be leaning towards

  • this striped devil over here.

  • - Again, this is just a classic dog.

  • - I've never eaten so many just dogs with nothing else.

  • (audience member chuckles)

  • - Again, it just falls apart in your mouth.

  • That can't be a positive.

  • - A pudding.

  • Just to clarify, it doesn't, you're not saying

  • it tastes like pudding, you're saying

  • it behaves like pudding.

  • - It becomes a pudding.

  • It's almost like magic is what's keeping it together

  • in the form of a cylinder right now

  • and as soon as it goes in your mouth it just

  • becomes a liquid.

  • - To its credit--

  • - How is that a good thing?

  • - Magic is always a good thing!

  • - There's no way that you can say that this is,

  • I mean, I will admit that the taste is at last passable.

  • - Even if an evil person does magic, you're like,

  • "Oooooh, ooooh, I know he's bad, but I'm impressed."

  • - But I actually feel like the one that got second place

  • in the last round is better than this.

  • - Yes, it's the winner!

  • - It's not the winner overall though,

  • because we already determined that this one's better.

  • I mean, I wanna keep--

  • - Well you pressured me.

  • - I wanna keep tasting it.

  • - And I just, you know, it's like, aaaaah.

  • - You have a problem with this little squirrelly thing

  • on top, but you know, you gotta get rid of that.

  • - I'm gonna act like that part doesn't exist

  • and I'm gonna start here.

  • I'm gonna give it the best I can give it.

  • It's got a pop.

  • - It's got a pop.

  • It's got an incredible flavor.

  • - It's too pure of a flavor.

  • I like that--

  • - It's too pure of a flavor!

  • - I like that--

  • (audience laughing)

  • I like a mechanically-separated meat-part flavor.

  • That's what a hot dog is.

  • - I guarantee this is mechanically separated

  • or as I used to read off of the package,

  • me-chan-ically separated.

  • - So you're voting for this.

  • - Yeah.

  • - [Woman] Okay guys, why don't we have a Rhett dog

  • and a Link dog?

  • - Well it's pretty clear.

  • So this is Rhett's winner.

  • - [Woman] So Rhett, what do you think that is

  • that you picked?

  • - I mean, I like to think that it's the wagyu beef,

  • but I also feel like it could be

  • an Applegate organic dog.

  • - [Woman] You were correct with your first guess.

  • - Okay.

  • - [Woman] It is the most expensive, though.

  • - It is the most expensive dog, but my winner

  • from the previous round, not this one, is what, Ball Park?

  • - [Woman] Yep, it's Ball Park.

  • - You were right and I agree.

  • Alright, so Ball Park is, you know we're just

  • in different ball parks.

  • - It's the best cheap dog, but for people who have class

  • like me, you can get a wagyu beef hot dog

  • from Snake River Farms.

  • - Hmmm, or join me in the ball park.

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