Good Mythical Morning

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Good Mythical Morning
GMM Season 18 Titlecard.jpg
Season eighteen title of Good Mythical Morning
Also known asGMM
GenreComedy
Talk show
Variety
Created byRhett McLaughlin
Link Neal
Written byKevin Kostelnik
Matt Carney
Directed byMorgan Locke
Presented byRhett & Link
StarringRhett McLaughlin
Link Neal
Theme music composerRoyalty free music (2012–2014)

Pomplamoose (2014–2017)
Jeff Zeigler and Sarah Schimeneck (2017–2018)

Mark Byers (2019–present)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons20 (regular)
4 (Good Mythical Summer)
No. of episodes2088 (as of Friday, December 17, 2021) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerStevie Wynne Levine
ProducersJosh Scherer
Chase Hilt
Davin Tjen
Chris Fancher
EditorsMatthew Dwyer
Casey Nimmer
Running time9–30 minutes
Production companyMythical Entertainment
DistributorMythical Entertainment
Release
Original networkYouTube
Original releaseJanuary 9, 2012 (2012-01-09) –
present
Chronology
Related showsLet's Talk About That

Ear Biscuits

Good Mythical Evening
External links
Website

Good Mythical Morning (abbreviated as GMM) is an American comedy, talk and variety YouTube series created by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. The show first aired on YouTube on January 9, 2012, and continues to be uploaded every weekday during the seasons. As of September 2021, the show has twenty regular seasons and five summer seasons, one being part of season 11 and four being standalone seasons.[1][2] The YouTube channel has over 17 million subscribers and more than 7 billion total video views.[3]

The show has featured many celebrities and Internet personalities, including Daniel Radcliffe, PewDiePie, Markiplier, Michael Stevens, Hank Green, Kobe Bryant, Joseph Garrett, Gus Johnson, Megan Fox, Zach King, Coyote Peterson, Andrew Rea, Jacksepticeye, Kevin Smith, Smosh's Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, Jack Black, Post Malone, Larry King, Bill Hader, Bella Thorne and Linkin Park.

History and premise[]

On January 3, 2011, Rhett and Link aired the first episode of Good Morning Chia Lincoln, a daily show similar in theme and format.[4] The show was retired on February 28, after 40 episodes.[5]

Rhett and Link aired the first episode of Good Mythical Morning approximately one year later on January 9, 2012, to their YouTube channel of the same name. The series' crew only consisted of one member during the first season,[6] but has since grown to have twenty-eight members, as a part of Mythical Entertainment. Fan reactions to their behind-the-scenes crew led to the creation of the YouTube channel "Mythical", which focuses on the antics of their crew and other skits.[7] The show focuses on Rhett and Link as they tell stories, sing songs, do challenges, and more. On November 6, 2017, Good Mythical Morning became a YouTube Original series. Shortly after, they reverted to their classic format.

Format[]

Rhett and Link at 2014 VidCon

Good Mythical Morning is uploaded to YouTube every weekday morning, at approximately 6:00 AM Eastern Time. Each episode consists of Rhett and Link playing a game with varying formats, often featuring taste tests.[citation needed]

During the twelfth season of GMM, the showed released four episodes per day. The change was met with backlash from longtime viewers of the show.[citation needed] This format persisted until the fourteenth season, when they returned to making one episode of GMM per day, followed by an episode of Good Mythical More.[citation needed]

At the end of every episode, Rhett and Link spin the "Wheel of Mythicality", which can land on categories such as "6 Degrees of Bacon," "Winface," and "Gifticality". The contents of the wheel often change between seasons. The consequences of each wheel spin are determined in Good Mythical More, a more relaxed after-show.[8]

Due to the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning on March 30, 2020, Good Mythical Morning adopted a modified format in which episodes consist of a mix between prerecorded studio episodes and episodes featuring Rhett and Link broadcasting over video call from their own homes. This format continued until June 8, 2020, when the release schedule returned to normal, and the show was once again recorded in the studio.[citation needed]

Let's Talk About That[]

Main article: Let's Talk About That

Let's Talk About That was a Saturday show that aired at 6:00 AM ET hosted by Stevie Wynne Levine. Before LTAT, they had a few other Friday morning shows, including Ear Biscuits (which is still airing), and Good Mythical Crew, continuing.

LTAT was a discussion of the main show's episodes that week (hence the slogan, "the show about the show"). The show began with a "rejected GMM food", which was usually food that was not selected for a video that week for various reasons but was saved for Rhett, Link, and Stevie to try during LTAT. Chef Josh often appeared to describe the food. The show originally began with the "beverage of the week", where they drank an odd beverage and talked about how it tasted and then used a segue to transition to the LTAT's main topic.

LTAT was discontinued on December 21, 2019, having completed 54 episodes across two seasons. As a replacement, Rhett & Link began recording vlogs on their original main channel.

The phrase LTAT came from Good Mythical Morning when they would say or ask a question in the intro, then follow it with "Lets talk about that!"

Good Mythical Evening[]

On October 28, 2021, McLaughlin and Neal hosted a one-night-only special show titled Good Mythical Evening which was live-streamed to the Looped video-sharing platform behind a pay-wall. The special was described as "an evening of LIVE R-rated Mythicality as they take classic Good Mythical Morning favorites and add a little cursing, alcohol, sex, and whatever else is on YouTube’s list of “don’ts."[9][10][11]

Episodes[]

Main article: List of Good Mythical Morning episodes

The third season of Good Mythical Morning introduced the "Taste Test" series which include episodes where the hosts guess the food in blindfolds, challenge themselves to eat something often spicy and disgusting, and compare a particular type of food across different brands. Some of the most popular videos from this series are the "Bug War Challenge", the "Ghost Pepper Challenge", the "Carolina Reaper Challenge" and the "Sriracha Challenge". The fifth season brought the "Will It" series, in which the hosts try and invent different varieties of a famous type of food with unusual and increasingly disgusting ingredients. The first episode of "Will It" was aired on May 5, 2014, on Cinco De Mayo titled "Will it Taco" where Rhett and Link tried tacos made of pine needles, baby shampoo, and congealed pork blood. The most viewed video on their channel is “Amazing Game Show Cheaters” with 30 million views. It was episode 62 of season 9.

Reception[]

The show has become very popular on YouTube, with the Good Mythical Morning channel having more than 17 million subscribers and over 7 billion video views as of May 2021. Each episode generally gains over 1 million views.[12] The show has also won Best Variety Series at the International Academy of Web Television Awards, Best Web Series at the Shorty Awards, Best Comedy Series and Best Non-Fiction Channel, Series or Show at the Streamy Awards, among many others.[13][14][15] The series was also featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with episodes of "Will It Tea,"[16] "Will It S'more,"[17] "Will It Hot Dog,"[18] and "Will It Hummus?"[19]

While the fan response to the series has been mostly positive, the relaunched format starting November 6, 2017, was met with a negative reaction from many fans. Several viewers criticized the new format, targeting the show for losing its charm, focusing on guest stars, and feeling forced and rushed. Many fans also reacted negatively to the decision to split each episode into four parts. While the show addressed these complaints in a video response,[20] the number of views for newer episodes steadily declined in the following weeks, with only a handful of episodes surpassing one million views.[citation needed] Despite this, the show currently has retained over fifteen million subscribers to their YouTube channel. In July 2018, the show reverted to the older format, and complaints by fans became much less pronounced. The show once again regularly surpasses a million views per episode.[citation needed]

In December 2019, Good Mythical Morning won "Show of the Year" at the 9th Streamy Awards.[21]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Good Mythical Morning". YouTube. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Good Mythical Morning: Series Info". thetvdb.com. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "Good Mythical Morning – About". www.youtube.com. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Chemtrails Kill Birds? – Good Morning Chia Lincoln Ep #1, retrieved December 31, 2019
  5. ^ THE END OF CHIA LINCOLN, retrieved December 31, 2019
  6. ^ Good Mythical Morning (January 9, 2012), Extremely OCD Morning Routine, retrieved August 30, 2017
  7. ^ "This Is Mythical". YouTube. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  8. ^ "Good Mythical MORE". YouTube. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  9. ^ "Good Mythical Evening LIVE on Looped". Looped Events. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  10. ^ "Rhett & Link Are Going R-Rated For One-Night-Only Live Event". Tubefilter. September 22, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  11. ^ "https://twitter.com/mythical/status/1443727790134599681". Twitter. Retrieved October 29, 2021. External link in |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Good Mythical Morning – Videos". YouTube. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  13. ^ Good Mythical Morning, retrieved August 30, 2017
  14. ^ Spangler, Todd (October 5, 2016). "Streamy Awards 2016: Full Winners List". Variety. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  15. ^ "Good Mythical Morning – The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  16. ^ "'Tonight Show': Will It Tea? With Jimmy Fallon, Rhett & Link".
  17. ^ "'Tonight Show': 'Will It S'more' With Rhett and Link".
  18. ^ "'Tonight': Fallon, Rhett and Link Eat Dog Food Hot Dogs".
  19. ^ "Will It Hummus? with Jimmy Fallon, Rhett & Link (Good Mythical Morning)" – via www.youtube.com.
  20. ^ ["A Candid Response to Your Comments" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZxjSNp8rM]
  21. ^ Haring, Bruce (December 14, 2019). "9th Annual Streamy Awards Honors 'Good Mythical Morning' As Show Of The Year". Deadline. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

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