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  • - [Producer] Rhett.

  • - Yes.

  • - [Producer] Link.

  • - Yes.

  • - [Producer] We brought you here today

  • to take a lie detector test.

  • One of you will be hooked up the the machine

  • while the other asks questions

  • and then you'll switch.

  • - So who should go first?

  • - I'm closer to it.

  • - All right, you go first.

  • [quiet eerie music]

  • [electricity crackling]

  • - Does any of this have to go in my rectum?

  • [laughing]

  • - Have you ever taken a polygraph before?

  • - Yes.

  • - Really? When?

  • - Another internet video.

  • [laughing]

  • - Okay Rhett, I expect you to answer

  • all of these questions truthfully and completely

  • and if you don't, we're gonna know it.

  • Let's start with a baseline.

  • Is your name Rhett McLaughlin?

  • - Yes.

  • - Truthful.

  • - Are you one of the Try Guys?

  • - No.

  • - Deceptive.

  • - You think in your own mind you're a Try Guy?

  • - I kinda wish I was sometimes.

  • - Are you ready for this lie detector test?

  • - Yeah.

  • - Okay, let's get started.

  • Our families spend a lot of time together.

  • Do you like my kids?

  • - Yes.

  • - [Examiner] Truthful.

  • - Oh.

  • - Do you have a favorite of one of my kids?

  • - No.

  • - Which of my kids is your favorite?

  • - I don't have a favorite.

  • I like them all equally.

  • - He has a favorite.

  • - Who's the favorite?

  • - Lando, man.

  • He's your favorite too, so.

  • - Yeah, that's true.

  • [laughing]

  • Well actually, whichever kid I'm telling is my favorite,

  • that's the one who's my favorite at the time,

  • when the other ones aren't listening.

  • Do you think your family would

  • beat my family-- - Yes.

  • - In a game of.

  • [laughing]

  • I didn't finish the question.

  • In a game of tug of war?

  • - So there are four of us and there are five of you.

  • - Yup.

  • - That's a tough one.

  • Because I'm kinda pitting the individuals together.

  • I think that me versus you, I would win.

  • But my wife versus your wife,

  • I think your wife would win.

  • And so then I think you've got,

  • Loch versus Lily, he would win.

  • But Shepherd versus Lincoln, he would win,

  • and then you've got Lando.

  • You have an extra person, so I think,

  • I might have to give it to the Neals.

  • The Neals would win.

  • - Ha!

  • That's right, he's not lying.

  • I don't even need you for this one, Lou.

  • If you had to give up either beans

  • or your friendship with me, for the rest of your life,

  • which would it be?

  • - Beans are a, I mean, they're a protein,

  • high in protein, they're high in fiber,

  • they taste excellent, they're good

  • for all kinds of dietary things.

  • They give you gas, which I think gas is fun,

  • you know me and my bumper sticker

  • that says gas is fun,

  • which is like a double meaning.

  • - Yeah, not a good look these days.

  • - No, I've been trying to get it off

  • of my electric car for some time.

  • I think I'd give up beans if I had to, Link.

  • Your friendship means that much to me.

  • - Is he lying?

  • - He's into beans.

  • - He says you're lying.

  • - I'm really into beans.

  • [laughing] I mean,

  • I really am into beans.

  • - Whatever, whatever.

  • Now, you studied civil engineering in college.

  • - Yes.

  • - I've read your wiki.

  • I was also your college roommate.

  • - Yes.

  • - Would you say that you excelled at civil engineering?

  • - Excelled?

  • - Yeah.

  • - Yeah, I made good grades.

  • - In a mortar, is the binding material sand?

  • - No.

  • - [Link] What is it?

  • - The binding material is the cement.

  • - Okay, that's right.

  • Thought I'd get you with that one.

  • Do you think you're smarter than me?

  • [laughing]

  • - No, okay, let's say,

  • let me be, let me really think about this.

  • Do I think I'm smarter than you?

  • - Yeah, that's the question.

  • - No.

  • - He's lying.

  • You think you're smarter than me.

  • You think you're smarter than everybody?

  • - No.

  • - He does.

  • - Most people, yes.

  • [laughing]

  • - Yeah, got you, man.

  • You, along with me, attended North Carolina--

  • - [Rhett And Link] State University.

  • - As did this man.

  • - Zach Galifianakis.

  • - That's right.

  • Do you think that we will ever be guests on his show

  • "Between Two Ferns?"

  • Think it's possible?

  • - Yes.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - [Rhett] I believe, Link.

  • Do you not believe?

  • - No.

  • It's not gonna happen.

  • - [Rhett] I believe.

  • - I mean, he did the movie,

  • but I don't even know if he's going back to it.

  • - Has he ever had a duo on there?

  • - Would you say that we're authentic

  • on "Good Mythical Morning?"

  • - Yes.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Next question.

  • - Did you just point at your nose?

  • What does that mean? [laughing]

  • That means you're lying?

  • - I'm giving you signals.

  • - Is there something in my nose?

  • - Did you forget our signaling--

  • - Is there something in my nose?

  • - [Rhett] Did you forget the signaling system

  • we came up with as children. - Is there something

  • on my nose?

  • - You know what this means.

  • - Answer me.

  • - [Rhett] This and this.

  • - Is there something on my nose?

  • - No, it's a.

  • - Do you think you have the best beard on the internet?

  • You think this man [smacks] has a better beard than you?

  • - Jonathan.

  • - That's right.

  • - We meet again.

  • Not in that picture.

  • He has a better mustache for sure,

  • but not a better beard in this picture.

  • - [Lou] It's a fine mustache.

  • - See?

  • - It's much better than his mustache,

  • wouldn't you think?

  • - [Lou] Yeah, yeah.

  • - I mean, I'll admit that.

  • - What about beard?

  • I mean, he's.

  • - [Lou] No, he's got a better beard.

  • - I got a better beard.

  • - [Link] Oh, okay.

  • Is he lying?

  • Is Lou lying about your beard?

  • - Let me see if I can read it back

  • through the machine [tongue clicks].

  • No, he's telling the truth.

  • - Do you think that you're the best

  • Rhett on the internet?

  • - [whistles] Okay, does Thomas Rhett count?

  • - This man [smacks] is Thomas Rhett.

  • He does count.

  • - Thomas Rhett has a lot going for him.

  • First of all, his last name.

  • Second of all, his hair and beard.

  • Third of all, his musical ability

  • and I hear that he's a really

  • authentically nice, genuine guy.

  • - So you think he's the best Rhett on the internet?

  • - No, no, I don't.

  • I think that Rhett Atkins is the best Rhett on the internet.

  • Oh, is it Rhett Akins [laughs]?

  • - He's trying to be self-deprecating,

  • but he's lying, isn't he?

  • - He is.

  • - He thinks he's the best Rhett on the internet.

  • - [Rhett] Yeah.

  • - [Lou] He does.

  • - Well, it's my first name.

  • I mean, you can't really call Thomas Rhett, Rhett.

  • You gotta call him TR, maybe T Rhett, T Dog,

  • maybe some of his friends call him that.

  • - What do you think of my previous haircut?

  • - It's boyish.

  • Little bottom heavy.

  • Significantly less gray.

  • I think what you've got going on now is better.

  • - What do you think of that haircut?

  • You like it or you don't?

  • - I dislike this haircut.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Fine, whatever.

  • What about this haircut?

  • - It's a little top heavy,

  • little Rachel Maddow-ish,

  • and a little more gray.

  • - I'm going with Maddow-ish.

  • - I wasn't asking you what you thought of my hair.

  • I was asking if you thought he was lying or not.

  • - He's being truthful.

  • - Lou's over here telling me what he thinks

  • about my hair and he thinks

  • it looks like Maddow. - It's Maddow-ish.

  • Yeah, well.

  • She's a great anchor.

  • - Let's be more specific.

  • Do you think that my gray streak

  • makes me a silver fox.

  • - [laughs] Oh, God.

  • I don't have an opinion about your silver fox-iveness.

  • - Is he telling the truth?

  • - [Lou] Being truthful.

  • - I don't think he is.

  • Check again.

  • Semi-truthful.

  • - Semi-truthful, see.

  • - Yeah, so there's some lie in that.

  • - Just a little bit.

  • - Just come out and say it, you think I'm a silver fox.

  • - Just a little bit.

  • - Just say it.

  • Just say it.

  • You think I'm a silver fox.

  • - What do you mean by that?

  • - I'm a good looking guy.

  • Slightly better looking than you.

  • [laughing]

  • - A little more silver, yeah.

  • - So he thinks I'm a silver fox?

  • Did you lie at any point

  • during this lie detector test

  • and we didn't catch you?

  • - Yes.

  • - Now's your chance to come clean.

  • - I pass.

  • - You pass what?

  • - I pass coming clean.

  • Can I pass?

  • - What are you lying about?

  • - I pass.

  • I get one pass, right?

  • I just took it.

  • - You're not gonna tell us what you were lying about?

  • - My favorite child of yours is your dog.

  • Sorry.

  • - Nah, I get it.

  • We're done here.

  • [slamming]

  • [mumbling]

  • I've nothing to hide.

  • - They all say that.

  • - You ready--

  • - Ow!

  • It shocked me, just kidding.

  • [laughing]

  • Did I get you?

  • I know you need to get a baseline,

  • so I'm gonna make it like really frantic.

  • - That's cheating, you can't do that.

  • - [Link] Okay.

  • - Is your name Link Neal?

  • - Yeah.

  • You don't think I know my own name?

  • - Are you 41 years old?

  • Wow.

  • - Yes.

  • - Are you nervous?

  • - Yeah.

  • - He's anxious.

  • - We met in first grade.

  • - What is this, a biography?

  • - When we met that first time in first grade,

  • did you think that we were soulmates?

  • - Not that I can recall.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Has there ever been a point

  • in our creative partnership and friendship

  • where you thought you picked the wrong partner?

  • - Yeah.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Remember that time when I found out

  • that you had applied to be on "The Real World?"

  • You didn't tell me.

  • Like, what's up with that?

  • Hey man, I applied to be on "The Real World."

  • I was like, what about me?

  • You don't want me to be in "The Real World?"

  • - Well, duos can't apply.

  • - You didn't make it either.

  • - I didn't make it

  • and I figured, I'll just tell you when I make it.

  • I didn't make it.

  • Do you think that you would be more successful

  • if this man was your creative partner?

  • - David Dobrik.

  • Absolutely, have you seen how popular he is?

  • - [laughs] Yeah.

  • You definitely would be.

  • I think that he's probably better off without you.

  • He's so out of your league.

  • - I'd just be in the crew.

  • - Yeah, right.

  • You'd just be with Jason Nash.

  • - I'd be in the background.

  • But I'll do it, yeah [smacks].

  • I'll do it.

  • - Okay.

  • You gag in a lot of our videos.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Do you do it for attention?

  • - No.

  • - Deceptive.

  • - Yeah, clearly.

  • - What kind of attention does that get?

  • - I think you know.

  • - The internet does love it when I gag.

  • - Right.

  • - But every time I gag, it's cause it's something nasty.

  • - Okay, all right.

  • Could you gag right now thinking about the Carolina Reaper?

  • - If I smelled it.

  • But no I cannot gag on command.

  • - If I had one in my pocket would you eat it for views?

  • - No.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Right, you're scared, I know you're scared.

  • I see the fear in your eyes.

  • - Would you do it?

  • If I had one in my pocket?

  • - This is not my interrogation.

  • I've already gone.

  • Would you do almost anything for views?

  • - But I wouldn't do that.

  • [laughing]

  • - Is that a Meatloaf reference?

  • - Yeah.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Yeah.

  • David Dobrik's highest viewed video

  • is his and Liza Koshy's breakup video.

  • Would you consider-- - Yes.

  • - Breaking up with me to become more popular?

  • - Definitely.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Wow, that hurts man.

  • - We can always get back together.

  • - Oh, it's just temporary?

  • It's a stunt?

  • - Well, I mean, we'll take our time.

  • Let's not put a time limit on it.

  • - If it's true love, we'll come back together?

  • - If I can't get as many views on my own,

  • we'll get back together.

  • - Are you threatened by other funny YouTubers?

  • - Yeah.

  • But not you.

  • - Okay.

  • Is that because you're not threatened

  • or I'm not funny?

  • - Both.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Do you think that this YouTuber

  • will surpass us in success because she's half our age?

  • - Emma Chamberlain.

  • I like her, I think she's a great person,

  • but I think

  • we will stand the test of time

  • in a way that maybe she will, maybe she won't.

  • That's for her to decide.

  • We're already old, we're doing all right.

  • - If you had to be stuck on an island

  • with either Logan or Jake Paul

  • or just be alone, would you choose to be alone?

  • - [groans] They seem to only talk.

  • They don't seem like good listeners,

  • amongst other things.

  • So I would say be alone.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Oh, okay.

  • - I'd talk to like a volleyball or something,

  • I've seen that done before. - Right.

  • Yeah.

  • Have we ever done anything together that might

  • be considered illegal?

  • - Yeah.

  • Well the throwing the rocks

  • off of the top of the administration building, at cars.

  • I don't think that was legal.

  • - [Lou] That was not legal.

  • - That was not legal, even the polygraph.

  • - We didn't hit anybody.

  • He came closer.

  • - [Lou] But you attempted to?

  • - Yeah, it's like attempted murder though,

  • it's like, it's nothing, right?

  • - [Lou] Yeah, last I checked, that's illegal.

  • - Are you a cop?

  • - I'm retired.

  • - You should've told me that earlier.

  • When we were roommates in college,

  • was I easy to live with?

  • - Yes.

  • - [Lou] Deceptive.

  • - [Rhett] What was it?

  • - It's just the cumulative effect of everything.

  • [laughs]

  • No, it was all right.

  • It was all right.

  • I mean, it could've been worse.

  • - You ever get jealous of my beard?

  • - No.

  • - He gets jealous.

  • - Yeah, I could tell because he was nodding as he said no.

  • I didn't even need Lou for that one.

  • - I mean, I could grow a beard.

  • I just think you'd be mad if I grew a beard.

  • - If I got glasses would you get mad?

  • - I mean, what, I want you to be blind?

  • That's not a fair question.

  • - So I can get glasses?

  • - Can I get a beard?

  • - You might not need a beard.

  • - But what if my face gets cold?

  • - You can have a beard.

  • - You're fine with me getting a beard?

  • - You're fine with my getting glasses?

  • - Again, I can't tell you not to get glasses.

  • Can you get contact?

  • - I don't want contacts.

  • I got really sensitive eyes.

  • - I know that.

  • Can they be minimalist glasses like wire frame?

  • What about that guy from--

  • - Why you gotta tell me what kind of glasses?

  • I'm not gonna tell you what kind of beard to grow.

  • - Like the bad guy from "Indiana Jones"?

  • You know, the Nazi.

  • - You want me to get Nazi glasses.

  • - Well, they're just glasses that a Nazi wore.

  • - I'm not gonna get Nazi glasses.

  • - Well they're minimalist.

  • That's all I'm saying.

  • - I'm not getting them.

  • - I'm kinda known for my glasses and my beard.

  • - We'll talk about this later.

  • - Is this you?

  • - No!

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - Are you sure?

  • - Yes.

  • - [Lou] Some resemblance.

  • - Thank you, Lou.

  • - Nothing wrong with looking like Rachel Maddow.

  • - Do you Google yourself every day?

  • - No.

  • - Have you googled yourself

  • in the past month?

  • - No.

  • - Does it ever bother you that my name comes first?

  • - Yeah.

  • - [Lou] It's killing him.

  • [laughing]

  • - It's killing him.

  • You wanna change it?

  • - No.

  • Because that's gonna mess up our whole company.

  • There's a whole branding thing.

  • I even think we trademarked it, Rhett and Link.

  • - Yeah, you're right.

  • - Save the best for last, that's what I say.

  • - Okay, you ever get scared about us becoming irrelevant?

  • - Definitely.

  • - [Lou] Truthful.

  • - And I'm gonna blame you when it happens.

  • - Why?

  • - I'm gonna have glasses by then.

  • You're gonna have a beard.

  • - Us becoming one person visually is gonna be what does it.

  • - That's sad to think about.

  • Did you lie at any point during this polygraph test?

  • - No.

  • - [Lou] Deceptive.

  • - I don't want you to get glasses,

  • I'd rather for you to be blind,

  • and I'm willing to not grow a beard if that's what it takes.

  • - To stay relevant?

  • - To stay relevant.

  • - For now, that's okay.

  • - How many fingers am I holding up?

  • - Four.

  • - Oh gosh.

  • [slamming]

- [Producer] Rhett.

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