- Release the carbonation! - Let's talk about that! (upbeat music) (upbeat music fades)
(logo crackling) - Good mythical morning.
(snaps) - Okay, here's a scenario. You've just purchased an ice cold soda from the vending machine, but the can took quite a
tumble through that machine and now you've got to
do all the classic moves to avoid the fizzy
explosion while opening it. There's the booty out technique where you scoot your bums
away from your reach. There's the crack and run where
you lightly crack the soda and then run away with a gentle scream. - Ah! - And my personal favorite, the... - No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. - Which does absolutely nothing, it's more of a prayer to the
universe, but it feels good. - I can't believe that
one didn't explode at all. (laughs)
As you may expect, the internet has all kinds of answers on how to avoid this
kind of CO2 catastrophe, but apparently, and you're gonna want
to sit down for this. - I am sitting down. - The internet is full of lies. - No.
- So let's shake things up a little bit to find
out the truth, shall we? It's time for... - [Narrator] "A shaken
soda is such a disgrace. What's the best way to avoid this sticky bidet for your face?" - First things first, why does soda that's been shooketh gotta be messy like that? Well, we did a little, boobidi boop boop boop
boop boop boop boop, research and discovered a thing or two about all that fizz that's
trapped up in these cans. - Yeah, as it turns out that all CO2 wants is to be free and to be a gas. But when it's trapped inside
of a small pressurized space, like a can, it can't be either one of those things.
- Nope. - But carbon dioxide
knows who she really is, and that's why she stays
floating near the surface just waiting to be released
when that can is opened, which by the way is the most
satisfying sound in the world. (soda hisses)
(can crackles) - Ah!
- Did you just open that or was that... - Oh, that was Twinkie Fingers. - Ah. - And when you shake a can of soda and all those little
CO2 bubbles at the top are moved to the sides. - Oh, okay. - So once that can is opened, (tab creaks) (soda hisses)
ah, they come rushing back to the top, creating a sort of traffic
jam of carbonation, which is likely to erupt all over your fancy new
Gucci gloves, and that (thumping)
is not Gucci. - I've never seen you wear those. - That's 'cause I, I
don't, I'm not around you without sodas.
- It's now... - The two don't mix.
- Mix. Many lunchroom urban legends
and internet experts disagree over which tricks and
techniques best prevent this kind of explosion from occurring. And even some legitimate publication seems to have a tough
time coming to a consensus regarding the actual science
behind these alleged hacks. So today our goal is to finally
declare the actual best way to stop these sticky eruptions
from ever happening again. - And by the way, if you want to hear more
about sticky eruptions, join us for "Good Mythical
Evening" on October 28th. - That's quite a plug. (sodas hissing) - Welcome to the explosion! - We are ready for anything
as you can from our apparel. - Yeah.
- Now the first thing we need to do is we want to determine which can of soda makes
the biggest explosion. - Yes, and so the Mythical
Crew actually started with 10 popular brands of soda and they determined through testing that these, Coke, Pepsi,
diet, Pepsi, and Mountain Dew had the most potential. If you want to see that
entire testing process, you should be a member
of the Mythical Society, mythicalsociety.com - Now I'm told that Makayla
has made a video for us to show the most scientifically consistent and controlled way to shake each of these so that we can compare them correctly. - We like science. - One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. (soda hisses then spurts) - All right, so it, yeah, it's
kind of a shake-wait thing and we got to have the same number. So let's both grab a Coke and
let's just go through these and we'll just compare them
relative to one another. (Rhett mumbles in agreement) - One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. (soda hisses then spurts) - Whoa, whoa, whoa. - How did...
- That was pretty good. - How did that happen?
- That was a double. - Ooh, look what, you know what? 'Cause it didn't pop.
- Mine didn't pop either. They were so shaken they
wouldn't even pop open. - Huh, well, that's a good thing. Let's move on to Pepsi. - Go.
(both inhale) - One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. (soda hisses then spurts) - Now those opened all the
way, and that was quite a, I mean, it wasn't as high of an explosion, but it was more, I think
it was more of an explosion because they opened. - This is so strange
than what the Coke is. It's the same, I don't
understand how that happened. I'm so confused about cans, right now. - Maybe we just got scared. Pepsi is our best candidate. Let's keep going. - One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. (soda hisses then spurts) - A little less than the actual Pepsi, when you go diet. (both talking indistinctly) I call Pepsi actual Pepsi. - Actual Pepsi, diet Pepsi. - And Mountain Dew...
(both inhale) - One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten. - Oh, I did 11, but whatever. (soda hisses then spurts)
(Link grunts) - Oh, nothing. - That was underwhelming. - I've got bad fingernails. You might have to be the opener. As we move forward.
- All right, so we have determined... - We're going with Pepsi as
the official, not a sponsor, but it's the pride of the Carolinas and that's where we're from. - And the most explosive can. (sodas hiss)
(upbeat music) - Now, most people don't
just shake up their sodas before they drink them.
- Ha! - I mean, some people do, but you, - Speak for yourself.
- you don't associate with those people, I don't
associate with those people. So what we want to do is
we want to establish some more real world scenarios for
how you're usually dealing with shaken cans. - Yeah, and there's actually
only three of those. - Three. - Can can roll around in a car. It can tumble down the treacherous path of a vending machine.
- Right. - Or it can be tossed
around the room from buddies at a barbecue or bridesmaid
or bachelorette party. Those are the three ways
that cans are shaken. - Okay, so let's test
the car technique first. - Yeah, just rolling around on the floor. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- All right. I'll roll you first.
- Okay. (can rumbling)
- There it is. - I'll roll you. (can rumbling)
- All right. - And then we'll roll each other? - Yeah, sure.
(cans rumbling) All right, so now it's
rolled around a little bit and you got...
- I'm using a knife technique to save my fingernails. - All right, let's note
how explosive this is. - Three, two, one.
(cans hiss then spurts) Whoa! - I mean, we got a one for two here. Mine was a dud it's completely open and nothing but a little pool of Pepsi. - I think it was my technique. - With you and your knife? Let's try the next one
which is the tumble down the vending machine. - Okay. - I mean maybe about this height. (can clatters)
- Pepsi, please. (can clatters)
(lady laughs) - Okay.
- Okay, and that's all. - 'Cause you hear that
kobida kobida kobida, and then it makes you kind of nervous, nervous, nervous. - Three, two, one.
(soda hisses then spurts) - Whoa! - What?
- That was bigger. - Whoa!
- That was... (Rhett speaking indistinctly) - You just ordered a Pepsi? - I'm telling you, man,
it's the machine's problem. - Hold on, but there's
something about the way they designed those machines
is better than what we... - Clumpity, clumpity, clumpity. No, no, we simulated that exact... - Look at the bottom of my can, man. - Yeah, you hit pretty hard. - Okay, and now the third
scenario, which was what? Buddies at a barbecue.
- Bridesmaid party. - Hey, hey man, I love
this bridesmaid party. - Man, I love being here...
- It was cool to me you and this bridesmaid party. - I'm thirsty, can I have a drink? - Yeah, man.
- Whoo, yeah! - Hey, man, I'm also thirsty. Can I have a drink?
- Yeah, here's one. - Oh, this is exactly what I
just threw you, but different. That's cool, man. I actually think I want mine back. - I actually think I want mine back, too. I mean, when in Rome... - We'll get a little bit further. This is a big bridesmaid party. (lady laughs)
- Here we go. (Rhett groans) Oh.
- Man! - All right...
- Oh, sure, oh, oh! - Did you see that? He's got a little miss... - Man, this is a crazy bridesmaid party. - We need a new can.
- Look! - We need a new can. Okay, all right, forget that. - How did I do, I don't even understand. Man, this is the craziest
party I've ever been to. Point it, that way.
- Ha. - It's like it's peeing on
the other ones, look at that. - Do you wanna do the whole thing again? - Yeah, just we do with the... - Hey man...
(both speaking indistinctly) - And then I want it back. - No, you want it back? - Oh.
- Best you want it back. - Yeah, no, so that's the same. All right, here we go. Three, two, one. (sodas hissing then spurting) See in mine it been delayed. I should have gotten a new one, too. But again, that one wasn't as
much as the second one was. - The dropping is the best. - The dropping is popping.
- The dropping is the best. - That's what we're gonna use. (sodas hissing)
(upbeat music) Quick reminder, if you haven't heard, we're gearing up for the first
ever "Good Mythical Evening". This is a live ticketed event
that will be very mythical, but also for mature audiences only. - Uh-oh. - It's going down on October 28th, tickets are on sale starting today. So go to goodmythicalevening.com. - Or is it going up?
- To gobble that up. (claps then rubs hands) - Okay, now this is what
we've been waiting on, okay? Everything so far is
leading to this moment of figuring out which technique... - Can diminish the explosions. - And everything that we're doing is based on the stuff that
we've found on the internet. You know, people have all
these theories about what will cause a drink to stop being carbonated so you can open it up. So we're gonna go through all the ones that we could find. - Let's start with the tapping. You've heard about this. You're fumbling with your can, and, you know, just a little tap - Just a little tap.
- right on top's gonna take care of it.
- Now there's two different, I just did three, but there's two different
techniques for this. One is a little tap on the drinking hole, just like three taps on the drinking hole. - Don't go... - Well, I'll pick another can. And then the other one
is tapping all around. And so I'm gonna do the around tap. - [Link] I'm gonna do the whole tap, three, just three.
(Rhett laughs) - And I'm gonna grab one from the back. So as to not have influence at all. - So we're gonna drop it
down the vending machine and then, taking the least
amount of time possible, drop it, pick it up, and
three, two, one, to well... (lady laughs)
We'll be, it is tap, tap.
- And I got to use my knife. I'm like the crazy uncle who just... - Drop it, pick it up,
tap, tap, tap, open. - Tap, tap, tap.
- I'm gonna say that. - Yeah, okay. - All right, here we go, and drop it. (cans clatter)
Whoops! Pick it up and tap, tap, tap. - Uh, oh, hold on.
- What? - My, look, my whole bottom,
look, my whole bottom is busted so I can't set it down. (beeps)
- Three, two, one. (cans clatter)
Whoops, and tap, tap, tap, open. (soda hisses then spurts)
That's not great. - Whoa! - That was not great.
- Okay, all right, that didn't work at all.
(beeps) - All right, the next one we
try is not tapping the top in any formation, gentle or
hard, it's tapping the side. - Which makes more sense because again, the whole thing we're trying to do is we're trying to get
these bubbles dislodged and back to the top so they come out instead of the actual beverage. - And don't raise it this high. Let's start it from here,
that's more of a vending machine simulation height, I think. - Okay.
- Three, two, one. (cans clatter)
- Whoops, all right. And then tap, tap, tap, tap,
tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, and open, ah.
(soda hisses then spurts) (beeps)
We're all tapped out. So let's move on to the next technique, which is the old waiters technique. If you've ever been
talking to the old waiters, they're like, "Well, you
know, what you would do is you would take it and
you would go upside down and then go back right side
up, and you're gently coaxing - Wait, what old waiter
- bubbles - did you talk to?
- back to the top." - Did you go to like Musso
and Franks and like talked to the oldest waiter you could find? - I got him on speed dial.
- Speed dial. Okay, here we go, three, two, one. - Whoops.
(cans clattering then hissing) - Got to pick that up then
- Pick it up and then - just turn it and then
- just turn, turn, - turn it again,
- back, I come - and then...
in here and... (sodas hiss and spurt)
(both groan) - Okay, old waiters don't know Jack. - I mean...
- Old waiters don't know Jack. We just made it worse, man.
(laughs) - We gotta go back to, it
sprayed all over my face. - I'm very excited about this one because this next technique is
called "Lady and the Tramp". And believe it or not, this is an actual award-winning technique from a Seventh Grade Maine
Science Fair, which by the way, is the only kind of science
fair that we're interested in. - Ha.
- We have to take this thing and we have to put it
in between our mouths. We both put our mouth on it. - Should we practice? - I'm gonna admit, no,
I think we should do it in the moment.
- I don't know if my mouth goes around that.
- No, not yet, no, you don't have to do your
whole mouth around it, just put your mouth on it. - Well, that's why I want to practice. - Okay, well, see if you can put the whole thing in your mouth. I am interested now just
for my own entertainment. - But I would like to hold
it if I'm gonna do that. - Okay, you see if you can get
your whole mouth around it. I don't think this is...
- Oh, I've got a cramp. (Rhett laughs)
Oh, oh God. - I can't imagine
- Oh, God! - what some seventh grade Maine student... - Oh, I got, oh! - You need to rub it? - I got muscles here, oh! - You don't have to put your
whole mouth on it, around it. - So just...
- You put your mouth on it like... (both whimpering) And then I'm gonna do a low
note, you do at a high note. (both humming in different notes) - For how long?
- For how I've seconds? - Okay. - And the reason you do
this is because it's, some kid in Maine figured it out. I don't know how he won an award. How hard is it to win an award in Maine? Not too hard, apparently. - Let's do it up here, okay? - Okay, we got to do it fast. We got to get in there,
we got to whoopsh, fast. - And count to five?
- Count to five. - Can you guys count to five? - [Lady] Yes.
(other staff agreeing) - But do it in a Maine accent. - Everybody doesn't have to. All right, here we go. I'd like to order a Pepsi
from this machine, whoops. (can clattering then hissing) (both humming in different notes) (can pops)
(both groaning) - Now let me tell you what just happened. - Oh my gosh, it popped out. This is to, did it take a tooth out? - Uh, did it, did it? - It popped so hard. - It smushed,
- It popped so hard. (laughs)
- It smushed my lip against my tooth.
(beeps) I'm afraid to go again. - Okay, I think I hit the
resident frequency of the can and that was the mistake.
(staff laughing) I hit a G, I'll hit a C this time. - I mean, see that thing right there, throw it back, Makayla. - I felt it. (can clattering)
(can hisses) - Oh, no!
- Ah! - I'm back at the bridal party. - Oh.
(beeps) - Okay, okay! - See that right there?
- Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop it.
- What? - Stop it, stop it, man. (beeps) - I'd like to drink this
Pepsi from a vending machine. - This is my last dollar. - Whoops.
(can clatters) Oh, that... (both humming in different notes) - [Staff] Two, three, four, five. - Pop it, pop it, pop it, pop
it, pop it, pop it, cheese. (soda hisses) (soda spurts) - You didn't pop it right.
- I didn't pop it right. - We gotta do it again. (staff laugh) - I didn't pop it right, I'm sorry. - I would like a beverage
Pepsi, preferably, from this vending machine, whoops.
(can clatters) - Found another dollar. (humming in different notes) - Alright, here you go, oh that's... - Oh, man, that's all over the place. (soda hissing)
(both groaning) - Wow.
- Sorry man. That was a fountain situation. It was because it was bulbous. We need another one. - That technique did not... - Well, hold on, we gotta do the... - [Lady] Guys, I, so we,
this is the weird thing, this is the weird thing. You've been doing this show
for over 2,000 episodes, almost 10 years at this point. We put something on here that
says the "Lady and the Tramp", where you got to hum
and we made up a thing about a freaking science fair. You did the whole thing,
you did it multiple times. It was all a lie made up by the writers. At what point, at like do
you think at maybe 20 years that's when, that's when
it's gonna click that... - Come on CD, I believe
in the children of Maine! - I coulda lost a tooth over this! - Yeah, that's true, he's hurt. - Look at my lip! - He's hurt.
(staff laughing) - Let's do it again. - So you're saying that won't work? - I'd like to have this Pepsi
- We will prove to you that this will work. - I'm gonna share this with
all the seventh graders from the middle school, whoops. - Yup, here we go. (both humming in different notes) - This one's the one, this one's the one. (Rhett groans)
(soda hisses) - Yay!
(Rhett laughs) (beeps)
- Last technique. - Rhett talking about how much he loves science projects.
(staff laugh) - Simply waiting 30 seconds. You don't have to go to
Maine to figure that one out. - All right, so we got us a Pepsi here. - So you got a 30-second timer for us? - Here we go, I'ma, I'm gonna
order this Pepsi, whoops. (can clatters then hisses) - Oh, uh, that one, that
one just, that one's open. (beeps)
I'd like a Pepsi from this vending machine, whoops. (can clattering) - [Lady] And time starts now. (can thunks)
(can crackling) (Rhett and Link whispering) - Kinda need to pee. (can continues to crackle) - [Lady] 10 Seconds. Five, four, three, two, one. (can hisses then spurts)
- Ha, it worked. (staff laughing) Thanks for subscribing
and clicking that bell. - Well, hold on now.
(staff continue laughing) Hold on now. I didn't think it worked though. I mean, it basically didn't spray, I didn't quite get it all open, but it didn't spray anywhere, so... (can thunks then drips) You know what time it is? - Hey, y'all, I'm Ben.
- And I'm Christine. - And we just got married
and are on a honeymoon here in against, Tennessee. - And it's time to spin
the Wheel of Mythicality. - At least they're not lost. You know, you never know when
you see people in a hammock next to a river. - Well, maybe they are lost, but at least they have a hammock. - Do you know what, I
think they made it back. They made it to an internet connection. Click the top link to watch us judge which vintage Coca-Cola bottle is the coolest in history
in "Good Mythical More". - And to find out where
the Wheel of Mythicality is gonna land. - [Narrator] Join us on October 28th for the big one night only
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