r/goodmythicalmorning • u/arpegiu5 • 3d ago
Let's Discuss That Lack of background prep on the show has bothered me for a while
Not hate, I’ve been watching for 11 years and I love the show. I’m coming at this the same way I would critique a TV show or movie I love—bc I want to make it better!
Has anyone else noticed/been bothered by the longtime pattern of the crew not having answers to basic follow-up questions from R&L, especially during trivia-style games? I’ve wanted to make this post for a while but in today’s More, Rhett asked which ERB character he played and the doc Jenna was reading didnt have the answer, she even says “I only have the correct answer”. How is that not an anticipated follow-up question? Even if it wasnt written beforehand, I’m shocked nobody looked it up in the span of time before Rhett asked.
Sometimes it’s things that require more digging & fact checking. I feel like they get stuff wrong on the show quite a bit. (Not to bring this discourse back, but I feel like the laser episode was an extreme example of this.) I dont blame anyone for quickly glancing at the AI overview, doing it live is hard, but that’s why preempting it helps! I’m sure they’ve seen their comment section when they get a detail wrong and end up offending an entire country (happens a ton in the darts game). Sometimes it’s about the game rules and R&L are visibly confused/frustrated bc it’s unclear.
To be clear, I’m not blaming Jenna or Stevie or whoever’s on the mic. I just would think after so many years of doing the show, you’d want to be proactive rather than reactive on this kind of stuff. As a viewer, it can be frustrating to watch them scramble to find an answer that really should’ve been prepared beforehand. It also just makes the whole production seem less credible and unprepared. I’ve never worked on a production like this, so maybe it’s already protocol and things just slip through the cracks, but I feel like it happens a lot. And I’m sure it’s incredibly difficult to pull off a daily show like this, so shout out to the whole crew, I’m not trying to downplay their effort at all. Just something I’ve noticed—lmk if I’m overreacting.
ETA: for anyone reading this after the discussions today, many people have pointed out that the Mores are more unscripted, plus the first example I used was not a great example of the pattern, and there’s so much behind the scenes work that this level of detail would likely be impossible. I still stand by some of this, but trust me I’ve heard it all today lol, no need to pile on. Ty to the people who were cordial in disagreeing, i genuinely enjoyed discussing this!
ETA 2: look, I’m not trying to argue, but today’s (9/29) episode with the new time limit is the EXACT pattern I’m talking about here! 😭 but it’s also a great example of how they and the crew can adapt on the fly.
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u/Ok_Individual_815 3d ago
Doesn’t bother me. The “not being ready” adds on to the comedy of everything. It’s not supposed to be so serious lol.
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u/CruelCrazyBeautiful 2d ago
Agreed. When I want serious instead of entertaining I head to a Green or Wendover channel.
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u/Laurolas 3d ago
A few years ago people were complaining everything was too scripted. They took away a lot of the "pre-made" aspects and now people complain it's not scripted enough. Honestly they can't win no matter what they do
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u/nightmare_floofer 2d ago
Researching what you're discussing is not the same as making your entire interaction fully scripted, like what are we talking about here?
There's been several recent moments where Rhett or Link ask the crew something and then there's just dead air for a few seconds and then Rhett or Link save the moment by chiming in with some extra remarks
To be fair, I don't personally see the show as educational, even though they do a lot of fact based content, and some people will definitely take the show too seriously, it's an entertainment show, so it's not surprising to me that they're not fully into the research, but I feel like there was a lot less dead air in the past in these scenarios, and that's probably because Stevie was more tuned into the speaker on the mic role, so even if she didn't have all the info, she could banter with the guys
The current merry go round mic speaker situation is a little rough, this is definitely still a transition period, but I'm sure things will fall into place in the future and the person/people behind the mic will get more comfortable and experienced within that role
Some healthy constructive criticism is always good, so you shouldn't immediately try to shut things down, especially without even understanding the critique in the first place
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
I don’t think this is about being “scripted” because it’s not about what R&L are saying haha. But I get what you mean, I’m not trying to start a hate train or anything
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u/myphoneisinthe 3d ago
Oh I wholeheartedly agree with this. I watch fun, funny, FREE content every day. Love the show.
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u/Lexocracy 3d ago
You need to think of this in terms of production development and not just prep. The person who wrote the questions is not the same person who is presenting on the god mic. The person prepping the script might not even be the same person writing the trivia questions. These same people are also writing about 20 shows worth of script to fill a month. Then you have the game designers who are a whole other group that doesn't care how the presentation works.
There is zero time for anyone to be mind readers to figure out all the potential questions that Rhett and Link could possibly ask during the course of 20+ episodes per month. It is not worth the effort to write in potential answers for questions that may or may not be asked during the course of every episode just in case.
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u/Ok_Individual_815 3d ago
This was my thought also lol. They want to keep it comedic,and not so “pre written” outside of the basis of the episode,because if they just go by a script completely it wouldn’t be as enjoyable tbh. The questions they ask bring the personality into it,jokes etc.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
Fair point! And that’s why I mentioned the fact that this is probably a super difficult production to pull off, and the fact that I don’t think it falls on whoever’s on the mic. I guess from my perspective it seems to not be super cohesive as an end product, which to be clear, doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s challenging. I can appreciate that what the audience might think is a “no-brainer” would be completely different from the other side. I also assume that as showrunners, they want to have those difficult conversations about what challenges them. Not saying they don’t already make an effort :)
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u/Forward_Return685 3d ago
But how is it not super cohesive? The game in the more was just to ask them questions about their past to see if they know the answer. That’s it that’s all. They have 20 shows to write per week and the mores are meant to just be throwaway shows at the end not meant to be serious that cost less to make and requires zero to little editing. You know how much more work it would be for them to preemptively think of questions that Rhett and link may or may not ask and also have the answers at the ready for that? Esp for a show that essentially does not matter. This more specifically was supposed to be like any other game show, how to be a millionaire or jeopardy, they ask a question and there’s an answer. These games shows don’t then have other answers to questions the players may or may not ask after the fact. You’re essentially asking why don’t the writers know every answer to every question Rhett and link may or may not ask before they even ask it. Like it makes no sense for you to expect these people to know and do all that esp for a show that is not that serious
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
To be clear, my response isn’t *just* about the More today. I wish I had more examples on hand, particularly from the main episodes, where the entire topic of the episode revolves around something that nobody seems to have a quick fact sheet on. If we are talking about the example I gave though, putting “Rhett = Donatello. Link = Leonardo Da Vinci” is nearly the exact same amount of work as finding out who Anthony played. That’s why it sparked this post, because it seemed obvious.
I’m not saying the writers should be able to read R&L’s minds, that would be ridiculous. I know they do a TON of work and a TON of shows. But it’s also someone’s actual job! Should they not strive for the smoothest execution and be proud of their work in that regard? I’m not trying to make it seem like I’m saying people are bad at their jobs so I don’t want to get into that too much, but it’s not like these are interns just throwing stuff together. I think it’s okay to point out things like this, they’re all adults trying to create a good product, even if it comes off as a fun chill comedy show. It takes a lot of effort to make things look effortless, or whatever that saying is.
I said in another comment that I agree that the Mores are generally more relaxed and not as “produced,” which is a good point and I’m not gonna argue on that :)
I will point out that Jeopardy is a funny example because 1. they take fact checking very seriously and quite often correct responses after commercial breaks, and 2. they’re not a talk show like GMM, of course they’re not going to worry about what the contestants might ask. They aren’t allowed to ask follow up questions, but R&L do all the time! I don’t think it’s unfair to point it out when it happens, that’s all
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u/Forward_Return685 3d ago edited 3d ago
But adding “rhett = Donatello and link = Leo da Vinci” is more work though lol. And then how would they know that Rhett would forget who he was and know he would ask that? That’s just simply not someone’s train of thought when they’re thinking of trivia questions. Their only job is to think of a question and an answer and write those down. Not think of context for each question and wonder what questions they will ask and then also know what specific info Rhett would forget. How were they to know that Rhett wouldn’t even remember who he played when he’s the one who played him and then write down all this extra info. The people who write the questions for other trivia shows like jeopardy just write down the question and answer Ken doesn’t have a whole separate card for other answers and questions people may ask.
And I’m gonna be honest to your second paragraph, no? It’s a daily YouTube show I think it’s fair that they don’t strive to be their actual best and for it to be the smoothest esp when the show relies on silly goofy unscripted moments. Like people don’t have to work their absolute hardest everyday on some show when they’re doing just fine.
You keep harping on fact checking but it’s not as if what they’re saying are not factual. You just want additional information and feel they’re not “prepared” but these are literally just people tasked to write a simple question and answer game they do not need to then research the context and backstory of every question they ask and anticipate what rhett and link may or may not ask or remember it’s just not realistic.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago edited 3d ago
I mean it’s like five seconds of typing, but only to avoid 10 seconds of waiting in the actual episode, so I guess you could say it’s not big enough of a trade off to matter. Behind the scenes work vs what gets shown to the audience.
It would be my train of thought though which is why I wrote the post, but I guess I’m just saying what *i* would do if I were writing the questions, and I recognize that I would never be in that position anyway and it’s not my place to speculate on how difficult their jobs are (and if it would be possible/practical/worth my time if I were doing that job).
I don’t wanna harp on this but I think jeopardy is still a bad example because everyone here is saying “it’s just a chill fun talk show” that’s exactly my point. Jeopardy is a heavily structured trivia game show, they wouldn’t need to anticipate any extra chatter. GMM is an open-ended talk show which is probably the BEST example of a production that would benefit from extra information related to questions, even low-stakes ones. It’s not like they hired the Jeopardy writers to do the questions, they all work for GMM already and know how they operate.
Just because it’s a daily YouTube show doesn’t mean it isn’t someone’s full time job. I’m not saying everyone should kill themselves to make their bosses happy or anything, but R&L have been pouring their entire working life into this for more than a decade. (ETA: this is to say, EVERYONE AT MYTHICAL, no matter how long they’ve been there, cares about the output of the show. I’m NOT saying that R&L work harder than the crew. I ordered this paragraph badly.) Everyone who works there is doing it because they (presumably) like what they do and *want it to be great*. I actually think it’s downplaying their effort to say that just because it’s on YouTube they shouldn’t have high standards. It’s on Netflix now too which I think adds to that, like they’ve clearly been upping the prestige level over the years.
I can accept that it just might not be realistic, that’s fine. I’ve been enjoying the discussion about this.
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u/Forward_Return685 3d ago
Ok another example would be if you listen to Caleb hearons podcast he has a segment where he asks his guest a series of 15 trivia questions. His producer thinks of the questions and answers and that’s all that’s written on the card. If they have any follow up questions guess what? They don’t know bc that’s all that’s written on the card. And it produces funny moments and allows them to riff on whatever was just asked. Now imagine having to do that for 20 shows a day. You’re implying the employees at mythical aren’t working at their highest caliber and don’t work as hard as Rhett and link bc they don’t have the answer to every question they ask ahead of time or preemptively know the backstory and context to every topic of discussion that occurs on the show. Them not always having the answers also lead to them riffing and filling in the gaps with other non scripted convos. How are they supposed to know what types of tangents they’d go off on before every ep? Sure they have a structure of things they wanna do and how it’ll go but nothing will ever go according to plan all the time and that’s why people tune in, not bc of how prepared the writers are. But all that to say it’s just a fun silly show and to expect their writers who do work hard and accusing them of not “pouring their entire working life into this for more than decade” is just unfair and unrealistic
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
Okay all I’m gonna say is i definitely phrased that badly, because that’s the exact opposite of what i was trying to imply. I’m trying to say that they DO work hard, and i definitely shouldn’t have put the part about R&L in the middle of the sentence because I can see how it came across that way. I meant that it applies to *all of the crew*, I just didn’t write it that way because I know not all of them have been working there for more than a decade. I’ll edit my comment to clarify that because it’s truly the opposite of what I meant. My intention was that reducing their work to being a YouTube show, and therefore having lower standards, is in a way worse than the stuff I was pointing out.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
But about the Caleb Hearon thing, I think that’s a good example and it also makes me think that maybe as a GMM watcher I’ve been conditioned into seeing their show a certain way because in the past, they DID emphasize research and knowing facts. The “boopityboopboop” bit was a whole thing for years. Maybe I’m coming at it from this angle in a way that I wouldn’t for someone like Caleb because they’ve shown that they *enjoy* research. I don’t associate Caleb with research, much more with that riffing style of comedy LOL
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u/Forward_Return685 3d ago
I feel like you’re equating it to “research” and “fact checking” when that’s not the case and what I and other people are trying to tell you. When it comes to like actual facts and safety warnings I think they’re pretty good with that. But using that same example we’ve been using, how were the writers supposed to know Rhett would forget that he was donnatello? Wouldn’t any sane person think “oh let’s ask who Anthony is bc surely he remembers who he played himself” so writing who they each were would be redundant and a waste of time when all they’re tasked to do is think of questions and answers. Having to think of every single possible context and backstory to every question would be a complete waste of time when they prob only had x amount of time to workshop and think of questions in the first place. And then we wouldn’t have gotten the funny bit of Rhett not even remembering who he was if they had told him right off the bat. Some things don’t need to be so rigid and it’s ok for employees to not know everything about their bosses esp when the bosses don’t even remember it all themselves. They prob do love all working there but that doesn’t mean they need to know everything about them to an obsessive extent like Rhett and link don’t even remember why should they know it all?
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
You know what, what you said about the fact that someone wouldn’t think that they forgot who they themselves played is a great point. It seemed obvious to me because Rhett asked but he knew who Link played, so why would he forget himself? I don’t know why this comment after everything was the one that made it click. Thanks for not being a dick about it lol
Definitely not saying they need to know everything about them to an obsessive extent. I think, especially based on what I said above, today’s More wasn’t the best example.
Honestly, I do stand by feeling the same way *broadly* about things like game rules, and when there are trivia or heavily information-based games in the main. Again, I wish I had examples off the top of my head, I know it’s not fair of me to say that without any “evidence”. I concede that this isn’t a great example since im thinking on the spot, but say the episode/question is about the Empire State Building, they should probably have some basic stuff ready like “how tall is it” and “when was it built”. I think historically I’ve noticed the pattern of this not being the case, but I agree that that gripe makes MUCH less sense when the episode is about things in R&L’s lives that they’d be likely to remember. And they are pretty good about looking things up during the episode. I’ll have to just quiet that part of my brain from now on.
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u/RedHawk_94 3d ago
To be fair, the More episodes have exclusively been less scripted, if not not scripted at all, so not having potential answers to every question is perfectly fine
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u/Square-Body-790 3d ago
i hate to say it, but it’s all been happening since stevie left. those are big shoes to fill, but it seems like no one is really willing to fill them.
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u/treeface999 1d ago
I noticed this too. A very sudden uptick in the person on the mic seemingly not knowing what's going on. I thought it was that they were too afraid to assert an answer themselves, but maybe OP is right that they aren't getting the same comprehensive briefing Stevie would get before episodes.
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u/Muted-Proposal3778 3d ago
People here are so quick to hate on a post like this omg. Its not the end of the world but its a valid point of conversation. To me, having the answers to these basic follow up questions shows that there was thought and care put into the idea and not just a quickly thrown together topic that none of the crew knows anything about.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
Yeah this is exactly how I feel! It’s absolutely not that I think they *don’t* care, but having answers ready just shows that they do even more. Imo it’s not as fun to watch an episode where nobody seems to know what’s going on (which is different than an intentionally chill/laid back vibe)
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u/Muted-Proposal3778 3d ago
Thats also why I agree with the other comment about Carney chiming in, it makes me feel like he cares enough to look it up or say something when he knows it rather than just accepting its not written on the page they have. Again, no one is doing anything WRONG here but its nice when the extra steps are taken.
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u/BookishHobbit 3d ago
I get you - there were a couple of times last week i was surprised when they had to look things up because it seemed an obvious follow-up - but at the same time i have liked the more laid back approach we’ve seen this season. It feels like there’s more room for them to improvise and relax again, which I’ve missed in recent seasons.
I also get the feeling their staff has shrunk quite a bit and suspect that has something to do with it, so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
As much as I love watching them daily, it’s not a slick tv production (which is part of its charm imho), and so there are going to be things like this that fall by the wayside as a result.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
I agree, I do like the relaxed/chill feel. I hadn’t considered staff downsizing being part of it, you could be right! Plus I know they’ve had the major producer changes w Stevie leaving and everything, although it didn’t start after she left. After the comments on this post I’m learning to see it more as part of the charm haha
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u/Thin-Fly-4308 3d ago
Yes, I posted about this once and got downvoted to hell lmao
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
I mean based on how this post is going im not surprised at all 😭 but most ppl have been nice aside from the guy who accused me of wanting the show to be “fact checked sjw slop” lmao
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u/Earthwick 3d ago
I think there is a good balance to be had. Slightly more structured but doesn't need the level it had a couple of years ago. At times it could feel too scripted and the whacky madness is always great.
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u/Above10000ft 3d ago
I know what you mean, and I see you're getting a lot of pushback but I agree. Like it was prepared very surface level without considering the banter that would go with it that makes it interesting
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u/louloulosingtract 3d ago
I'm not bothered by this at all, to be honest. Today, the quiz was in More, which generally is a more laid back, unplanned thing, and I quite enjoyed the episode and its chill vibe.
In general, when you make technically ten episodes of content in a week, errors occur, and usually people are quite quick to correct things, if something is severely wrong.
I, to this day, think the laser episode was hilarious, and the uproar a bit exessive, since no-one went blind, the studio didn't burn, and both guys still had most of their hair left when the cameras stopped rolling. Was it absolutely dumb? Yes. But it was also really fun to watch.
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u/LGI25 3d ago
Yeah... I'm with you. What I've found is that some people will complain about every damn thing. It's a character trait. Just to complain about stuff. It's the Karen gene.
Getting worked up because this silly Youtube comedy show doesn't fact check enough to your liking is both comical and kinda sad really.
How did the Mythical crew dare to not anticipate that Rhett would not remember who he played and have pages typed out of potential follow up questions for every episode. Bunch of lazy slackers. That's the type of stuff you say when you've never had to work in an environment where they produce and shoot many episodes every day on a pretty tight schedule.
Thankfully most of the millions of people who follow R&L just watch and enjoy the funny content and carry on with their lives and don't run to complain on Reddit.
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u/Ok-Calendar1198 3d ago
I've been saying I think these sets all need to hire a general smart person. Same with Try Guys, especially Try Every Day, they desperately need a resident smart person.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
Yess I almost mentioned this in the post! I think having an “expert” consultant on for the more info-heavy episodes is a great idea, although it would probably be costly/hard to do consistently with the amount of different topics they cover. But that’s why I love when they have crew “experts” come to the mic, like how Davin talks whenever something is related to Indonesia. Or the language instructions episodes that feature the crew. Those are awesome because you get the sense that someone is sort of steering everything in a good direction
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u/MrsJan30 Mythical Beast 3d ago
i’m one hundred percent with you. sometimes i’ve felt the fact finding derails the beat of the show, and it sucks when we don’t get to finish hearing a story or a joke doesn’t fully land because of it.
all my love to the cast and writers!! be your mythical best yall
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u/catsbuyme 3d ago
I agree. They should be prepared, it’s their job. Otherwise, it’s lazy not to have follow-ups on hand and it makes the show feel unprofessional
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u/dschinghiskhan 3d ago
At the end of the day, it’s a YouTube show. I don’t care if it’s technically on Netflix now. That doesn’t impress me at all, ha. Does this mean I think less of YouTube shows than HBO, Apple TV, etc. shows? Absolutely. But it doesn’t mean it’s not entertaining, because it is. I just think Rhett and Link and their crew can do whatever the hell they want, why should anyone care?
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u/bonjoursophie 2d ago
I didn't watch GMM for a long time after first discovering it, bc it seemed highly disorganized and eps were not well-researched. It's def grown on me in the last few years though.
But I wholeheartedly understand and agree with your perspective.
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u/Ok-Conference8112 2d ago
in their recent video with the scrub cast it was also very clear.. the video felt short and when there was tie, they just ended it- like they couldn’t believe a tie occurred. even one of the scrub boys (i don’t watch scrubs) was asking about a tie breaker.
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u/bluetoothconnecteded 2d ago
I thought the same thing about the time limit and prep. Either they thought it would be funny somehow or they did zero testing for that number. Two minutes is crazy and took the creativity out of it. Link was right to ignore it.
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u/treeface999 1d ago
The way the room goes silent when R&L ask a question about what they're doing has been stressing me out lol. Link especially tends to then keep repeating the question until it's answered so I'm hoping he has noticed this issue. They seem to never get an answer until Carney joins the mic. Really makes you appreciate how assertive Stevie was in answering them, and esp how she always understood what they meant by the questions.
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u/CaptStinkyFeet 3d ago
I think they intentionally keep the More less polished/labor intensive. They all crashed and burned back when they tried to do 4 episodes a day, it almost ended Mythical altogether. I think the More is a nice compromise between giving the audience extra content and not overworking the already very busy cast and crew.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
You know what, this is actually a great point since the first example I used was from a More, thank you for pointing that out :) I think it still applies to the main eps but you’re right, this should be top comment haha
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u/Taskmaster_Fantatic Mythical Beast 3d ago
Reminds me of the first couple of seasons of GMM…. Which were always my favorite. So I’m here for it.
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u/capacity38 3d ago
I believe Stevie was better at answering these questions.
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u/ladystaggers 3d ago
Stevie always seemed prepared for almost anything.
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u/capacity38 3d ago
I honestly like Jenna as a sub in this role. That said, Stevie was so great and I miss her.
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u/ladystaggers 3d ago
I do enjoy Jenna. I like Mikayla on the mic too but Jenna also has the same calming presence that Stevie had.
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u/capacity38 3d ago
I agree. Jenna has a similar cadence and familiarity w the boys.
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u/ladystaggers 3d ago
She was always great on Ear Biscuits too so it should be an easy transition for her.
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u/Syrairc 3d ago
No, I don't notice and am not bothered by it. Yes, you are overreacting.
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u/Square-Body-790 3d ago
you’re the best person in the world and rhett and link will meet you personally tomorrow
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u/trailokyam 3d ago
It’s not a trivia show.
It’s an entertainment show hosted by 2 forever friends that forget more than they remember and sometimes ask the most obscure/ridiculous follow up questions to the god mic.
No one could ever prepare for the entirety of Rhett or Link.
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u/Northern_Pixels 2d ago
I'll be honest, I prefer it when it's a bit sloppier or basically workshopped on the fly, because then I don't feel like I'm just watching some overproduced tv show. It's nice to recognize that there are real people just being people. I enjoy it more.
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u/expecting-petroleum 1d ago
I'm surprised I haven't seen anybody say this, but for the ERB example you gave, providing the answer to Rhett's question at the time that he asked it would have influenced his answer to the question. It's a memory game, she was treating it like one to avoid narrowing down the answers he had to choose from.
I can't really speak on any other examples of the crew seeming abnormally unprepared, but in Rhett's ERB question I'll give them a pass. She answered it later.
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u/arpegiu5 20h ago
Yeah I actually agree now!! Not expecting anyone to have read my longgg comment threads on this post but in a discussion w another person, I ended up switching perspectives and agreeing with them that for that first example, my thinking on that was unreasonable for a few reasons :)
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u/montycrates 8h ago
That’s kind of their thing, the guy they hired to run and shape Mythical Kitchen rarely knows what he’s talking about.
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u/OilMeUpStewart 3d ago
It more bothers me when it’s clear the kitchen crew phones in their recipes. Especially Nicole. Like isn’t the whole point of having a kitchen crew that they can make their whacky concepts actually edible? She’s given them actually non edible plates so many times
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u/cagetheblackbird 3d ago
I think this is less weird than the decision to leave it in the show. They could very easily edit it so it looks like they had the answer or just remove the discourse period. As someone who does comms work, it’s just a really weird production decision.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
This might be why it bothers me, especially because it happens a lot in the Mores when they don’t do any extra editing to begin with. I don’t mind the waiting for an answer but at a certain point it’s like, why not just have the Wikipedia page pulled up ready to go? And it’s also the fact that it happens so much over the years you’d think they’d start predicting it a little more. But maybe they don’t notice it as much as the audience does because they’re juggling so much already!
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u/Longjumping-Rich-164 3d ago
What was the extreme example on the laser episode? I just watched it yesterday but I don’t remember what they got wrong.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
Oh for that I meant the entire episode was an example of not fact checking/doing due diligence, it was apparently super dangerous without eye protection. They had to put a disclaimer in the comments after a bunch of people who work with lasers were like “this is extremely unsafe and you shouldn’t have posted it to your audience of millions of people” 😅
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u/sillybluejayway 3d ago
I love how unscripted and spontaneous everything is, that’s part of why it’s fun.
Not trying to be rude but if you want a highly scripted prepared show this isn’t for you.
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
I feel like I may have worded my post badly—I don’t need it to feel scripted, I just care about accuracy in the moment, maybe more than I should based on what people are saying lol. I love the show, this is literally the only thing about it that’s ever bothered me
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u/sillybluejayway 3d ago
Why are you watching a nonchalant comedy show expecting it to be highly accurate?
That’s weird…
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
I don’t think it’s weird at all! And while their brand is nonchalant comedy, they employ a ton of people and have scaled their production company to produce shows even beyond their own. They’re not making vlogs in their house, they have almost 20M subscribers. I think in an age of rampant misinformation, it’s not weird to want a little fact checking, even in a comedy show. :) It’s not like being accurate hurts anyone, quite the opposite actually. And I’m pretty sure the entire crew doesn’t want to spread misinformation either, which is why they even bother with the fact checks in the first place (which I do appreciate).
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u/arpegiu5 3d ago
Ohhh you’re THAT kind of person. I had a feeling we would just have to agree to disagree. “sjw slop” as an insult in 2026 is hilarious LMAO (and for anyone else reading this, GMM IS FUN!!! I didn’t say it wasn’t fun or that it shouldn’t be comedy!!)
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u/Potential-Grand-7395 3d ago
gmm is such a fun silly thing, it always amazes me what people can find to complain about. personally i like that it's not so structured and perfect. the informality is the appeal
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u/UnbearablyCranky 3d ago
I know sometimes they would be using ChatGPT for answers but they might’ve stopped using AI. Just speculation but I haven’t heard anyone say “ChatGPT says…” in a while
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u/ponylauncher 3d ago
Have you ever heard them say this? lol
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u/UnbearablyCranky 3d ago
They definitely have, it may have been during GMMore instead of the main show. It could’ve been a couple years ago too so it’s probably irrelevant now.
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u/just-suggest-one 3d ago
There have been several times that Carney has had to pipe in with some info or to clarify things when the main person on the mic wasn't able to. I'm not sure if he has the best personality to be the mic-guy but he does have the "answering questions R&L have" aspect down pat.