(Rhett & Link) "Will it cereal?"

Let's find out about that.

♪ (theme music) ♪

- Good Mythical Morning! - I am fond of cereal.

This has been established. I eat it multiple times a day,

even when no one offers it. I seek it out. Maybe...

That's not unusual, by the way. You're an adult man,

getting the cereal on your own, just so you know.

Just because your mom doesn't ask you if you want any more,

- that's not an unusual thing. - That's not what I meant.

I don't know what I meant, but that wasn't it.

I seek it out! I love it so much.

But what we don't know, though, is all the things

that you typically like to eat are things that are typically sold as cereals.

- (Rhett) When you open up your cabinet, - (Link) Right, in boxes.

- it says cereal on it. - Right.

But there are so many things out there that seem to be so close

to being cereal that it just begs the question,

"Will it cereal?"

So today we not only ask the question, but we answer the question definitively.

We do this so you won't have to,

unless you want to, after seeing what happens when we do.

Let's get started with

(Rhett & Link) Will it cereal?

My kids love Goldfish. I've never been a huge fan, but I've never added milk.

(Rhett & Link) Goldfish! Will It cereal?

This is waiting to be cereal.

- They're Goldfish. They need to swim... - Cerealized.

..and they're crackly and crunchy like cereal should be.

They respond well to the milk...

- ...I kind of see that happening. - Well, they're fish!

- They should be swimming. - I already said that.

- Is that what you said earlier? - Yeah, I did.

- I said they should be swimming, but... - You know what I was doing

- when I wasn't listening to you? - You were thinking about,

- "I gotta open this milk." - I was thinking about

- how good this was gonna be. - "I don't wanna lose my grip on this milk."

- Cheesy, milky. - Join me!

(crunching)

It's not immediately awesome.

It's a little cheesier than cereal typically is.

Boy, this is right down the middle for me.

Yeah, it's difficult to decide, really.

I think because of the way that it looks, and the fact that they look like

they're at home in the water or the milk, I'm gonna say...

- Yes, it cereals. - Yeah, I feel like yes, it does cereal.

(approved ding)

Here's another one: Skittles!

(Rhett & Link) Skittles! Will it cereal?

Now, again, Skittles. They're waiting to be spooned.

(both laughing)

(Rhett) "Skittles: Waiting to Be Spooned."

- I think that was their working-- - Will you volunteer?

That was their slogan for a while.

So lots of cereals are fruit-flavored, but they stop short

because they stay crispy. Why can't they just be chewy candy?

(Skittles rattling as they're stirred)

- (Rhett) It's pretty... - (Link) I'm not tasting the rainbow yet,

- but I'm seeing it float. - Yeah, it's changing.

- (Link) Look at that right there. - (Rhett) It's leaking.

The rainbow is leaking.

- I'm leaking rainbow. - (Rhett) Here we go.

- (crunching) Oh! - (Link) Whoo!

(Rhett) When you bite into cereal, you expect to break through,

but you don't with Skittles.

- Yeah, you really gotta... - Especially when they've been

chilled in cold milk.

...you've gotta bear down on them Skittles.

The only way we can test if this cereals is we have to drink the Skittle milk.

- Skilk... Skittle milk. - I'm all about that.

(slurping)

- Guys... - Oh! Whoa!

It'll cereal!

Skittle milk! Forget Skittle cereal.

(Rhett & Link) Skittle milk!

Call someone right now!

(approved ding)

I have milk every morning with my cereal, but I have milk in my coffee,

but I don't have my coffee in my cereal, until today.

(Rhett & Link) Coffee beans! Will it cereal?

These are roasted coffee beans, Fair Trade, of course.

Oh, it looks so good.

I think this is gonna make good coffee milk, too.

(crunching) Oh yeah.

I think this might milk, but I don't know if it will cereal.

Okay, so here we go.

-It's like I need to go easy with a spoonful.

(crunching) Oh!

(crunching)

I haven't had anything this crunchy since the scorpion.

- (Link whining) - (Rhett) Don't play around, man.

(Rhett) Just (grunts) eat it! Eat that scorpion!

(crunching)

Oh, it's bitter. Oh my.

That is a strong cup of coffee.

Boy.

(Link) I would recommend adding

a handful or less of coffee beans to any cereal you want...

Guh!

...but I would not recommend trying to down a whole bowl of this.

I can't swallow these, man. I gotta spit 'em.

(spitting)

Will it cereal?

- (rejected buzzer) - (Rhett & Link) No.

Okay, lots of cereals are made from corn.

You've got Corn Flakes, you've got Corn Pops.

Why do you gotta process the corn?

Why can't you just make it straight-up corn?

(Rhett & Link) Corn! Will it cereal?

- Cut out the middleman! - Whole kernel corn.

Just gimme... get my corn on!

Just let me get my corn on.

(Link) Corn and milk. It's like I'm in the...

it's like I'm in the breadbasket of America.

(Rhett) Mm. Mm! Oh my goodness, that is good!

- What? - I like creamed corn though.

I'm American.

"I'm American. I like creamed corn."

It's not sitting right in my brain.

You don't like creamed corn though, right?

(Link) Corn: good. Milk: good. As cereal: not good to me.

And I gotta say, I would recommend it as a hot dish...

So you just go with creamed corn. You know what, don't even do this.

I'm gonna say, will it cereal?

(rejected buzzer) (Rhett & Link) No.

I mean, we gotta get into some meat.

And what's the first thing you think of when you think of meat?

- (Rhett in a manly voice) Bacon. - (Link) If you're smart? Bacon.

(Rhett & Link) Bacon bits! Will it cereal?

I will say, you used to come to my house as a child

and the first thing you would do

is go to my cabinet and grab my bacon bits.

And it was as if you were from some place where they didn't have bacon bits.

I've never had this until right now.

- (Rhett) Mm. - Got a little dribble-dribble.

Mm. Very strong bacon flavor.

- (Link) It's like a pig... - (Rhett) A cow and a pig together.

...it's like a pig dove into a swimming pool

full of dairy product.

When you eat a number of bacon bits, the bit part really kind of loses

all meaning and it just becomes bacon again.

Mm-hmm.

A spoonful of bacon bits is just a spoonful of bacon.

Will it cereal?

- Yes. - Yes, definitely.

(approved ding)

All right, when you eat something that's high in cholesterol,

you wanna follow it up with something healthy, like salad.

(Rhett & Link) Salad! Will it cereal?

And you know what? It's hard to get the kids to eat salad these days,

but what if you made it salad cereal?

Or just hide it under milk.

Bobby, it's not salad. It's cereal! (nasally voice) Okay, mom!

Sa... I'm trying to combine the words "salad" and "cereal"...

(silly voice) Salay-alay-arul-ed.

(gibberish sounding like "salad" and "cereal")

Salareal. Salareal.

Salareal, with your favorite baseball player on the package!

- (Rhett) Ugh. - (squishing)

That does not meet any expectation of goodness.

I like milk a lot though.

Once the milk goes away, and you're left with salad,

things get back to normal.

This is like a really creamy ranch.

It's just like somebody watered down the ranch.

- They're stretchin' the ranch tonight. - (both laughing)

Stretchin' the ranch!

(Rhett) I gotta say. I think it does cereal.

It does not cereal. Will it cereal?

- Yes! - No.

- (approved ding) - (rejected buzzer)

Okay, back to beef. Or back to meat.

In loaf form.

(Rhett & Link) Meatloaf! Will it cereal?

So we've taken some meatloaf...

- Well, some people are intimidated... - (Link) ...and we've nuggeted it.

...some people are intimidated by "loafs."

I know that my wife, for instance, does not like anything in a loaf pattern.

Except bread.

Now... I'm not... hungry for this.

"Now, lemme tell ya, I'm not hungry for this."

(Rhett) So if it hits the spot, then it says a lot.

(Link) If it hits the spot, it says a lot.

- (Rhett) Guh! - (Link) Ugh.

(through laughter) I can't get it down.

It is so bad.

Hold on, hold on. Hey, think about it.

It's two parts cow.

Two parts cow, no part anything else.

Yeah! This is all cow!

All cow, all the time. - (both laughing)

Will it cereal?

- Yeah! - No! What?

- (approved ding) - (rejected buzzer)

If you're a college student,

you probably have spent a lot of time eating this.

This is ramen.

(Rhett & Link) Ramen! Will it cereal?

You wanna put the beef flavor in so when you put milk...

Ooh, no.

Oh yes!

Look at that. It's brown powder, and it's got...

- It's beef! - Beef FLAVOR.

(Rhett) And more beef. Well, beef liquid.

(laughing) Liquid of the beef.

- (Rhett laughing) - (Link) Powdered essence of cow

and liquid essence of cow, mixing on hardened essence of noodle.

I think this is gonna be difficult.

- (scraping) - (Rhett) It's still pretty powdery...

Now, I think this is like a "Frosted Maxi-Wheat."

(both laughing)

(Rhett) Oh, gosh. Here we go.

(crunching)

Did you just fall out of your chair?

(muffled) Salty.

Very salty.

Do I have ramen in my hair or something?

Mm. Take yourself back to college for a second.

It's really not bad.

We found something that you like and I don't like.

I've been making this stuff with milk my whole life.

...What?

You don't boil ramen in milk? (laughing)

No, I do what the package says.

- I could be wrong, but... - "I could be wrong."

I like it. Will it cereal?

- No! - Yes! A little bit.

- (rejected buzzer)- (approved ding)

All right, guys. Now it's time to take it up a notch.

We're going to a place that I can pretty much guarantee is not...

You've still got ramen in your hair. It's kinda...

Well, just get it out.

(flicking noise)

I'll eat that later. We're going to a place...

I almost did it with the spoon side, so I'm sorry.

That's fine. We're going to a place that we pretty much know

isn't gonna cereal, but we have to go too far

to know when we need to back up a little bit.

Unless you're a dog, and then you're probably in a good place.

(Rhett & Link) Dog food! Will it cereal?

This isn't any dog food.

Kibbles 'n Bits looks like children's cereal.

But it smells like (sniffs) dog food.

(offscreen laughter)

- It's got... - Maybe we can cover up