ELDERS REACT TO HOWTOBASIC

♪ (ragtime music) ♪ - "How to make salsa nachos?" - I love food. - How did you know I was hungry? - Looks like cheese? - What is that? - Cranberries. (smash!) - Huh? (wheezing laughter) (smash!) - Holy god! (smash!) - Oh, there you go. (cracking up) - "Crack open an egg." Okay. - What? (smash!) (laughing) (smash!) (laughing) - That's something my husband would do. - Mmm, pizza. I love pizza. - (curiously) Okay. (sauce splatters) That seems reasonable so far. (sauce splatters) (water runs in sink

) - What's going on? (sauce splatters loudly) (titters) - Where's the dough? (loud thud) - You are not going to my kitchen. Oh, the egg. Another egg. (laughing) - I don't think I want to eat that pizza. (smash!) - (chuckling) Oh god. (smash!) - Oh, I sure hope they don't deliver. - Somebody is alert because those are all brown eggs. Organic eggs. - "Delicious chocolate milkshake." Okay. (milk splatters) - That makes me thirsty. (beater whirs) - Awww. - What are you pouring it out for? (wheezy l

aughter) - Oh, here's the chocolate sauce. - (laughing) Oh my god! (boisterous laughter) (smash!) (slaps leg) The egg is always there. - Someone has an egg fetish. - Well, making messes, it is fun. No matter your age. - "Correctly make French toast." Oh dear. - This is a real channel? - Do people think this is real? - Oh my goodness! On one piece of toast? - Oh no. Oh no. - He's going for it this time. (eggs roll) - Oops. Oops. (smashes egg) - (laughing) - Yeah, that's French toast all right. Th

e eggs are running away. (chuckles) (milk jug thuds) (smash!) (laughing) - Kind of a hands on operation, huh? (laughing) - (laughing) He got it on the camera. - (scoffing) Gotta garnish the plate after all. - That's it? - (laughing breathlessly) - (Finebros) Crying a little bit. - That was great! (laughing) I love silly slapstick humor. I love that. (movie reel clicks) - (Finebros) So, in general, what were those videos trying to do? - They were trying to teach you... Uh... I'm just lost. - H

e claimed to be making food. - With proper ingredients, but not proper technique. - Pretend to "how to," but it looks more like fun destruction. - (Finebros) Well, did they do a good job of teaching you how to cook? - No, not at all. - Of course not! - Comedically, yes. - He didn't cook it, he didn't eat it, he didn't... (snickers) prepare it properly. - What a stupid question. (chuckling) I mean, come on! That's the stupidest question I've ever heard. Who wrote that up? Rafi? - (Finebros snic

kers) - God! - (Finebros) What was something that, in each one of these videos, kept happening? - (slams table) - Eggs got smashed. - Eggs, eggs, eggs. - (Finebros) Did you find the egg to be funny? - It was funny. - Yeah, it was definitely funny. - Yes! For once, I did think what you showed me was funny. - Not really. - Not particularly. - Uh, I thought it was sad. - (Finebros) Why? - Well, eggs are good food. You don't wanna just waste 'em. - (Finebros) And why do you think there's always

an egg? - Because eggs are pretty dramatic when you smash 'em. - That's his trademark. - Gallagher likes to, you know, smash watermelons. These people do eggs. - I don't know why egg jokes are funny, but they are. - Maybe that's from our cartoon heritage. Having something go everywhere is right out of a Looney Tune of some sort. - (Finebros) Why is he so aggressive? Like, it's not just smashing. It's like complete destruction. - I think he's a little crazy. - It's an attention getter. - It's f

unnier. A small rock hitting a cartoon character is not nearly as funny as a boulder. - You know, in children, there are stages of development, right? And the stage of development when you're smashing things, it's about age one, age two, you know, where you take your stools and you smear them-- that's what this makes me think about. - (Finebros) How many views do you think each of these videos have on average? - Oh, gee. None. - 200. - It deserves a few views. - More than I probably think.

- (Finebros) Each of the videos we showed you have been seen over a million times each. - Oh my god! (cracking up) - (taken aback) Oh my god! That's amazing. - Some people will watch anything. - (Finebros) And they're all from a channel on YouTube that only puts out videos like this. - Uh! I can do that! - (Finebros) Does that surprise you? - Yes. After one or two, you just get bored. - It's not exactly directorally challenging. It doesn't have a story. - I don't know why people would even be l

ooking up something like this. - (Finebros) Why do you think a lot of people would want to watch this? Why is this popular? - Why is this popular? Because it's stupid. Stupid is funny. - I guess it's art, right? Uh, a kitchen Picasso. - If you're not permitted to make a mess in your own kitchen, it's fun to watch someone else make a mess in theirs. - If you're a regular subscriber, you're probably used to seeing, "Oh, what's he gonna smash next?" - (Finebros) What do you think the name of the

channel is? - Bust My Eggs? (buzzer) - Nutty People? (buzzer) - How to Make a Mess. No, How to Something. How to... Basics. (ding!) - (Finebros) Have you ever gone onto YouTube and looked up a "How To" video? - Gone on what? On TV? - Mmm, no. - No. - I've used Google for that, but not YouTube. - (Finebros) I'm gonna show you now, how when you search for each of these videos on YouTube, how these videos would then show up in the search results. (laughing) Well, that'll get you some hits. (boist

erous laughter) - Very deceiving. - They're lying. That's very good. - No wonder people go there, 'cause they think they're really getting what they need. - (Finebros) You search for it, it looks like it's the thing you're looking for, and then it's not. Is that okay? - I think it's false advertising. - Oh, I think it's great. - Yeah, I love it. "Lift the gift," I get. Like, it's a laugh. - I think there's a certain amount of fun in the surprise. - I can just imagine somebody really seriously

wanting to find something like this, and he's like, "Gee, that looks interesting." - I mean, if you can't have fun and if you can't mess with people, what's the point of life? ♪ (guitar riff) ♪ - (Finebros) And finally, we have something to offer to you. - (laughing) An egg? - Oh! (laughs) Oh, do I dare? - (Finebros) What do you wanna do with that egg? - Oh, I wanna smash it. - Well, I could throw it at one of you. - Oh boy. Clear the room. - (Finebros) Aah! (smash!) - Oh, I'm so disappointed.

- You ready? - (Finebros) Yeah. (smash!) - It's a hard boiled egg. Aah! (smash!) - Oh, it's a hard boiled-- aww. - (Finebros) Do whatever you want. (egg spins) - Oh, it's hard boiled. (egg spins) - It's already been hard boiled. - This is not a jumbo or even an extra large. You guys went really petite on your eggs. - (Finebros) What are you trying to say? (all laugh) - Size is everything. (all laugh) - Thanks for watching another episode of Elders React. - Let us know what we should watch next.

- We'll be back soon, so make sure you subscribe. - Goodbye now. Have a great day! - Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go smash some eggs. ♪ (ragtime music) ♪