- Whose knowledge of ice
cream is the most extreme? - Let's talk about that. (upbeat electronic music) Good Mythical Morning! - In preparation and celebration of National Ice Cream Day, we're gonna head over to the Shuffle Zone in a second to compete to find out when some of our favorite ice
cream flavors were invented. - Yeah, and today's episode
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comes to ice cream history. It's time for, - [Both] Year Eye With 2 Straight Guys. Ice Cream Edition. - Welcome back to the Shuffle Zone! - Thank you, Rhett. In each round we're gonna
be given an ice cream flavor or some sort of ice cream concoction that we're gonna taste, and
then we're gonna shuffle our ice cream cones down
our illustrious shuffleboard to indicate our guess of the decade that it originated. - The decade, and whoever's
closer to the decade, that is correct, gets
the points for that round and in the end, the loser, Link, is going to have to have, (he
chuckles) not loser, Link, I'm telling you, not that
you're gonna be the loser. - That's right.
- You're not gonna be the loser, man, I'm not saying that. The loser will have to
have ice cold spoons put down his pants. - Oh, goodness, okay. - Look forward to that! (relaxed jazz music)
(electronic beeping) Hmm! - Chocolate mint chip. Or is it mint chocolate chip?
- Yeah. I know because it's one of my
favorite ice cream flavors, mint chocolate chip, was invented in (he mumbles). - You don't know it. - I know that I love it. - That's refreshing, there's
nothing like mouthwash in my ice cream. - That is your problem, you
think that mint is mouthwash. That's what's happening in your mind. (he chuckles) We've gotten
to the bottom of it. - You don't know what's
happening in my mind. - I'm gonna go first because
I won this game last time, so whoever goes first has
a slight disadvantage. - I'm just gonna stay over here and keep eating ice
cream, because I do love even ice cream that I don't love. - First of all, ice cream, period, when was that invented? - In general? - In general, but it feels
like mint chocolate chip, wouldn't've been that far behind that. 'Cause it's not crazy, it's mint. Mint's been around since before people. - What's your answer? - I mean, we've got 1870 on the board, I mean, ice cream couldn't happen until after ice. And when did ice happen? - Earlier than 1870. - I'm going to say that
this is like a 1900. It's right there at the top. - Ooh, that's not far from 1900, you overshot it a little bit. And you also, typically, the red is yours. So let's just make a note that you're not answering for me.
- Inside your head! Getting inside your head. Okay, so for this game, are
we switching it the whole time or just for now? - Just for now. - Okay, alright. - Okay, so I know that
ice cream was invented in the Ming Dynasty. - You making that up? - Yeah, and I know that mint was added at the same time that mint
was added to appliances. All those mint colored
appliances in the 1950s. - This does not seem like sound logic. - So I'm gonna bump you back a little bit and I'm gonna stay close to 1950. - Oh, come on!
- Ooh! Look at that, kiddies! - [Stevie] Okay, originally
called mint royale, mint chocolate chip ice cream was created by English culinary student, Marilyn Ricketts, who
entered it into a competition where the winning ice
cream would be served at Princess Anne's wedding. She won, and the year was 1973. - Dang, that is late!
- 1973! Well, you're closer to 1970. - I get the point, but
we're both horribly wrong. (relaxed jazz music)
(electronic beeping) Ooh, we got a float of some sort. You know why they call it that? - Because the ice cream floats. - No, it's because people, originally, I don't know. - Well, actually this dates back to, the Salem Witch Trials. They put the ice cream in the soda to see if it floats to see
if it was made by a witch. - Okay, since I'm in the lead, I'm gonna go first. - Oh, that's good. - Now, I mean, I immediately picture two people sitting at a diner, they're sharing a float with two straws, it's nice and romantic,
poodle skirts happening. We're talking about the '50s, man! I'm fixated on the '50s until I get right.
- Fixated on the '50s. - Now, that's right at the precipice of the pyramid here, so
I've gotta go gentle. - Don't go too gentle. Oh! (he laughs) - Oh, gosh, oh gosh, stop, stop, stop! God! I couldn't be further away from 1950! - So gentle. But no, you could be a
little bit further away. You could have either not gone in at all, or maybe hit the back.
- I got excited! 'Cause I knew I was right! - Okay, I mean, I completely
agree with your logic, I was thinking the same thing. I mean, I'm not a jerk, but
I know about soda jerks, and they were doing this in the '50s, but when it happened in the '50s, is it because it came
from an earlier period like the '40s? And does it really matter at all because your answer was so bad, should I just aim for
the middle of the pyramid as a safety shot? - If you wanna be a chump, sure, but if you're confident in
your answer, go for 1950. - I think it's 1950, but there's a chance that it could be 1940.
- That you're wrong? There's a chance, so you're
saying you could be wrong? - I'm going between 1950 and '40. - Just say I could be wrong. You can say it. Oh, that's going a lot
further than you think. No it's not. - Oh!
- See? That's what I wanted to do. - Maybe that's, is that 1950? - That's what I wanted you to do too. - [Stevie] Okay. On one especially hot
day, Robert McKay Green, a pharmacist in
Philadelphia ran out of ice for the sodas he was
selling and improvised by adding ice cream instead, and voila, the first ice cream
float was born, in 1874. - What?!
- 1874, okay. So, unfortunately for me, you're still closer.
- I am closer to the 1870s. - In spite of both of
our efforts, you won. - But 1870? We know
nothing about ice cream! (relaxed jazz music)
(electronic beeping) We've got more green ice cream. - [Link] What is this? - Is it pistachios? - Mhmm.
- It is. - Pistachio nut.
- Ooh, I love it, I never get this. - Call it pistachio nut ice cream? - I just call it pistachio ice cream. I don't ever get it.
- Me neither. - I don't ever order it.
- But it's good. - I get the samples. - Yeah, just to try it. - I'm not gonna get it, but after that, I kinda feel like I need to get it. - Ooh, this is a good one, too. - But when did it get
gotten for the first time? This feels old. Nuts, in general, feel old. You don't ever hear about people
putting new nuts in things. - Did you hear about that new nut? That just came out? - So I think pistachio is an old nut, and I think they figured out they could put it in
ice cream pretty early. So I'm thinking this is, like, 1890, 1900. Which are right next to
each other at the top of the pyramid, so I'm
gonna nestle myselfsles, right in there. - I will point out, that-
- Oh! - That says 1980, 1890 is way down here. - Okay, well, it was upside
down for me, I screwed up. - I mean, I just don't know. I don't know about your logic. - It's good though, isn't it? Not the logic, the ice cream. - Yeah, the ice cream's good.
- I gotta get some more. - Your logic's probably faulty. I think it might be very early. I'm going against my nut instinct. So I'm gonna knock you out. - Why you gotta knock me out, man? - 'Cause that's how this game works. - Well hopefully it's 1930 because that's what you knocked me to. Stevie? Make it interesting. - [Stevie] Even though
98% of all pistachios in the United States come
from right here in California, this ice cream flavor was
actually invented in Philadelphia by chef James Wood-Parkinson in the 1940s. - Oh, yeah!
- Oh, oh, oh. Well, you're getting 1940.
- I nailed it. By accident.
- Yeah. Congratulations. (relaxed jazz music)
(electronic beeping) - I see a brown thing
peeking at me, is this? Could this be? - Oh, chocolate chip
cookie dough ice cream. - Mm, mm, mm. I like to suck down the ice cream, leave the cookie dough in my mouth, and then just chew the cookie dough. - But when is it from? - Wouldn't you like to know? - Huh?
- Oh, what, what? What's happening? Who's supposed to go? - You're going first
'cause you're in the lead. (Link laughs) - It's like you were blocking me. It's like, oh, you think
you're gonna shuffle, huh? - That was the intimidation game. - Okay, now. Putting cookie dough in
something is a wild idea. Like, when wild things were happening, like wild fonts, wild colors,
wild futuristic things that never come to pass
like, '80s I'm talking about. I think this is the most recent invention that we're gonna deal with today. And that is the most recent date. 1980! - Oh, too hard. - [Link] Oh stop, oh, it's so slick! - 1890.
- Dang it! - Well, here's what I
thought was gonna happen. I thought that you were
gonna land on 1980, because I believe that that is
the most appropriate answer. And I thought I was gonna have
to knock you out of the way, but now I'm just gonna try to land on it. I would've thought this
was even more recent than 1980, because I
don't remember seeing it until I was a teenager. - We lived through the '80s. Think on that. - Alright, I'm just gonna
try to land on 1980. Okay. (he laughs) Well, I'm feeling it
today, it's the ice cream! - [Stevie] Chocolate chip
cookie dough ice cream was actually created after
an anonymous fan suggestion by Ben & Jerry's in one of
the most tubular decades of all time, the 1980s. - Yeah! Woo, woo, woo! - I gotta hand it to you, Rhett. I was right. - You were. (relaxed jazz music)
(electronic beeping) Woo! Banana, - [Both] Split. - [Link] You know why they
call it a banana split? - Because they split the banana. - Oh, and this has chocolate ice cream. That's a twist! - No, you can get it that way, see it's got vanilla on one side? - Got some pineapples in there. - Man, I love a banana split. - Now, we are tied up. So I think that means
you're going first again 'cause we're alternating it that way. - Well, because I won last time, so if we have a tie, I have to go first. - Now-
- But! Gentlemen's agreement! - Yep, no bumping. - No bumping, no grinding, no touching each others'
pucks in the final round. - Alright. - Again, if I could just let my belly do the thinking for me, which I do most of the time, 1950 is what comes to belly. 'Cause I see those same two people that you were seeing earlier, they're sitting together, they just finished their floats, and now they've moved on
to their banana splits. - They're splitting a banana split. - And they're going to the
hock sop, what do they call it? - Sock hop.
- Sock hop tonight. And then somebody's getting pregnant! - We are, once again,
talking about the '50s. - But things that are in the '50s, could be from before the '50s. And in fact, they could be from 1890 or whatever that was, 1870. (he sighs) Don't think
so much, Rhett, just be. I believe that it's 1950. I believe 1940 is not a bad guess. So I'm gonna try to land on
1980 to split the difference. - Okay. Oh, that's, he went with the gusto, dang! You got some good aim, man! - Yeah, I got the aim today. - What's the secret? - You know, again, you have to
let your arm do the thinking. If your brain tries to take over your arm, it screws you up. - I'm going for the gusto here. I think the answer's 1930, people. I just feel like there was a
big banana craze in the '30s. - I don't remember that. - Once they came to the
mainland, it's like, let's put bananas on everything! Upside down cake. - Split 'em, eat 'em, squeeze 'em. - Mash 'em, put 'em in a stew. Here we go! - Banana stew of the 1930s. - [Link] I don't wanna hit you 'cause that would disqualify me. - Right, no contact.
- The gentleman. - No contact. - Come on, 1930! Bounce back, bounce back, bounce back! - Okay, alright. - Now, I shoulda gone on the other side, but I tried to bounce back to 1970. Just didn't work for me. Stevie? - [Stevie] As you may
recall from earlier rounds, pharmacies used to have soda
fountains and ice cream. And the pharmacists
were really competitive with their concoctions. David Strickler, a 23 year old apprentice at Tassel Pharmacy in
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, out-scooped them all
when he split a banana from stem to stern, placed
three scoops of ice cream between the halves, and topped it with marshmallow, pineapple,
nuts, cherries, and syrup and called it a banana
split sundae in, 1904. - Whoa.
- 1904? - [Rhett] Which would be the 1900s. - So, in spite of all of our best guesses, you backed into a win. I'm gonna open up my pants, and you're gonna throw... - Where are the cold spoons? - They're hidden in the cold drawer! - Ah. - Alright, y'all, I tried my best. - We going over the underwear? - Do you really wanna see
down into that love canal? - I'm not gonna look. - Alright, there it is. - Okay. (spoons clattering) (Link screams) - That's in the underwear! - Woo, how's that feel? Thanks to Sensodyne for
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Mint Chocolate Chip is my favorite flavor!
I couldn't tear my eyes away from the man-bun. Good lord.
Funnily enough ice cream was invented in China well before the Ming Dynasty.