Can You Guess Our Top 5? | Smosh Mouth 149
On episode 149 of Smosh Mouth, Shane, Amanda, and guest Damian play a guessing game where they read lists of five items and try to identify the category. Topics range from types of fevers and cash denominations to textures underfoot and bird species, with plenty of tangential conversations about massages, ice cream preferences, and personal anecdotes.
Summary
The episode opens with promotion for Smosh's live shows and bundles available on live.smosh.com, featuring reactions to various Smosh content and Reddit shows from Netflix is a Joke. Damian is introduced as a guest and revealed to be on Amanda's top five cast members list, though the exact ranking is left ambiguous. The main segment involves playing a top five guessing game where each person presents five items and the others must deduce the category. Selena's list of "lap, crop, mountain, muffin, carrot" is revealed to be clothing and people items ending with "top" (laptop, crop top, raindrop, mountain top, muffin top, carrot top). Amanda guesses Damian's fever-themed list (scarlet, gold, yellow, one you can't sweat out, Saturday night) correctly as types of fevers. Throughout the episode, numerous tangential conversations emerge including discussion of massage therapy and intense massage experiences, Amanda's anxiety about her son mimicking a creepy expression from watching horror movies, the fascinating phenomenon that bookstores and libraries make people need to use the bathroom, experiences at specialized restaurants like the single-stall ramen place Ichiron in Japan, and extensive discussion of ice cream preferences including horchata, ube brownie, and mint chocolate chip flavors. Other top five categories guessed include things that feel good underfoot (sand, ocean, furry carpet, cool tile, clay balls), cash denominations ($20, $100, $5, $1, $50), favorite places to be (Smosh office, home, a nice hotel, Barnes & Noble, airport lounge), and favorite tools (saw, jigsaw, circular saw, blade, machete). The hosts discuss various personal preferences including why the $20 bill is superior despite Andrew Jackson's problematic history, the peculiarity of dogs burrowing into pocket-kept dollar bills, international restroom experiences, cold brew coffee addiction, and childhood experiences at Barnes & Noble. The episode concludes with discussion of favorite movie trilogies where number two films are typically superior.
Key Insights
- Amanda reveals she experienced her first moment of genuine fear from her young son when he mimicked a creepy grimace expression, which she discovered her husband had taught him by making the same expression to him
- There is a documented phenomenon where people experience an increased need to use the bathroom when in bookstores and libraries, which the hosts attribute to the relaxing and cozy atmosphere rather than airborne glue particles from book spines
- Amanda's father keeps dollar bills in his pockets despite owning a dachshund that actively burrows and destroys the currency, and he has not changed this behavior despite repeated losses
- Shane microwaves ice cream for exactly 5 seconds before eating it directly from the container while standing in the kitchen with no pants on, consuming only a few bites before returning it to the freezer
- The number two film in a trilogy is statistically superior to the first and third entries, with examples including The Two Towers, Empire Strikes Back, and Shrek 2
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Transcript
[0:00] Hey guys, right now if you head to live.smos.com, we have a bunch of our live shows available. And uh if you buy a ticket to one of these shows, uh you get $10 off a bundle which has a lot of great stuff. >> Yep. Shane and I are reacting to Smosh Hospital which is in the bundle. And Courtney and Anthony are reacting to Anony's funeral which we did a couple years ago and it's so good. Also in the bundle. And if you're going to do that, make sure to sign into the account that you use to buy a ticket, and that's how you'll get $10 off on the bundle. [0:31] >> Part of the…
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