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00:00Tell me the value of X in the equation seen here.
00:03I have a guess.
00:05I just filled the number five.
00:07No.
00:08Golly!
00:09The show is like the X. I don't know what's going on.
00:16From the Nashville Municipal Auditorium,
00:19it's the only comedy show that also happens to be a game show,
00:23The Greatest Average American!
00:26And now your host,
00:29Mick Ward-Gexey!
00:31Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
00:34Thank you, thank you.
00:36All right.
00:37Thank you very much!
00:41Welcome to our new show where it's not about what you know,
00:44it's about what your fellow average American knows.
00:48Say hello to my buddy and fellow comedian, Joy McCullough,
00:51forming up the audience tonight.
00:53Also say hello to my buddy, Greg Warren.
00:56He's the announcer.
00:59Greg, who do we have playing tonight?
01:02She's a newlywed who's learning to speak French.
01:05From the great state of New York, it's Bree!
01:07There we go. There we go.
01:10The server from Oklahoma, please welcome to the show, Miguel!
01:16Let's go!
01:18Round it up for the serve!
01:19Round it up. There we go.
01:22And an English teacher with a love of dinosaurs from the heart of Dixie,
01:27that's Alabama, it's Nick!
01:29Oh!
01:32There we go.
01:33All right.
01:36Nick, what's your favorite dinosaur?
01:38My favorite is the Iguanodon.
01:40As we all know, we just celebrated National Iguanodon Day.
01:42And how old are you, Nick? Eight?
01:47All right, now let's get to the game.
01:49We're gonna play through two elimination rounds,
01:52with one person going home after each one.
01:54Last player standing moves on to our bonus round,
01:57where you can win the average American salary of $67,920.
02:03Yeah!
02:04I'm taking that home!
02:06In our first round, we asked Americans questions about how they feel, what they like, and how they live.
02:12I'll reveal the questions, and all you have to do is choose the response said by the majority of Americans.
02:17These first two questions are worth one point each.
02:21Here's your first question.
02:24We asked 100 average Americans if these imaginary items were all available for purchase tomorrow.
02:31Which one are you getting?
02:33A, invisibility cloak.
02:35B, lasso of truth.
02:37C, hoverboard.
02:39D, lightsaber.
02:42All right.
02:43Ten seconds.
02:44That's a tough one.
02:45Very serious question.
02:48There's no joking on this.
02:51Greg, you have two of them, or what?
02:53I do.
02:54All right, Greg, that's enough.
02:57Uh...
02:57Bree.
02:59I think the average American would choose A, an invisibility cloak.
03:02You had time to draw a coat.
03:06Would you be able to see the cloak that you draw?
03:09That's true. You would never be able to see it.
03:10Think of all the ways you could spy on people and be incredible.
03:13Oh, yeah.
03:13Mm-hmm.
03:14Learn a lot of things you probably don't want to know.
03:16No, I don't, yeah.
03:17Yeah, maybe you don't want to.
03:18I know, do you want that?
03:19Yeah, I don't know if you...
03:20I think I want to know.
03:21You want it.
03:21I want to know.
03:21I can feel that.
03:22All right.
03:23That's why you learn in France.
03:24There you go.
03:25Yeah, French.
03:27Do they call it France there?
03:28That's why you learn in France.
03:31I speak American.
03:32There you go.
03:33Me too.
03:34All right.
03:35Nick, what did you say?
03:36I said the average American would pick D, lightsaber.
03:40Lightsaber's a solid one.
03:42Everybody loves Star Wars.
03:43We got a lot of Star Wars fans.
03:45We got nothing like a lightsaber.
03:47All day.
03:47I'm taking a lightsaber.
03:48Miguel, I chose A, invisibility cloak.
03:52It is a good one.
03:53Okay, okay, okay.
03:54I'm a big Star Wars fan, but I was like, I'm also more nosy.
03:59So I feel like invisibility cloak, I'm like, yeah.
04:01I like to be nosy and nobody can know.
04:03It's definitely a fun one to have, but it'd be one you have to explain.
04:07You're like, oh, I got one.
04:08And everybody's like, oh, how long have you been having?
04:10No one would be happy to hear you have an invisibility cloak.
04:15That's a big word.
04:17All right.
04:18What did the average American say?
04:24Invisibility cloak.
04:25Yeah.
04:26Good eyes.
04:27Good eyes.
04:27It's a solid answer.
04:29I think it's so, it's just so powerful of a thing.
04:33You know what I mean?
04:34Feels good to be creepy.
04:34Yeah, it does.
04:36Bree, one point.
04:37Miguel, one point.
04:38Nick, you're at zero.
04:39Next question, please.
04:42We asked 100 average American married women.
04:46Which of these would you least like to find in your house after a long day?
04:51Oh, boy.
04:52A, cockroach.
04:54B, a jury duty notice.
04:56See your mother-in-law.
04:58D, a ghost.
05:0010 seconds.
05:03Need that invisibility cloak.
05:12All right.
05:14You're a newlywed, Bree.
05:17What do you think?
05:18I think that see your mother-in-law is what most people would say.
05:23Say.
05:23I love my mother-in-law.
05:26What would you have said then?
05:28I think for me, I would have said a cockroach.
05:30Yeah.
05:30Under no circumstance am I dealing with an insect of that type.
05:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:33Not at all.
05:34Yeah.
05:34Yeah.
05:34Nick.
05:35I said the average American married woman would pick a cockroach.
05:40Yes.
05:40You nailed it.
05:41Yes.
05:42They don't want to see it.
05:44Nobody wants a cockroach in their house, especially if you've got little ones.
05:47That's bad news.
05:48Yeah.
05:48Nobody wants cockroaches in their house.
05:50All right.
05:50Miguel.
05:51I said see your mother-in-law.
05:54All right.
05:54Oh.
05:55Yeah.
05:56I'm not married.
05:57Yeah.
05:58I'm not a woman.
05:58But I've met a few of them, and they're not always fond of their mother-in-laws.
06:03An in-law is tough.
06:04When it's unannounced, it's tough.
06:08And look at her arms.
06:08She doesn't even look happy.
06:09Yeah.
06:10Oh, no.
06:11You can love them all day, but...
06:13Oh, my God.
06:14All right.
06:14What did the average American say?
06:19Cockroach!
06:22Good job.
06:23Good job.
06:24Woo!
06:24Nick, one point.
06:26Good boy.
06:26We got a tie ball game.
06:28All right.
06:29Just two questions left.
06:30This one, I'm gonna raise the stakes a little, so this next one is worth two points.
06:34You're guessing the percentage of people from zero to 100.
06:40We asked 100 average Americans which state is this landmark located in.
06:45What percent got it right?
06:48Oh, my gosh.
06:49You have 10 seconds.
06:50You know the landmark.
06:52Greg, I know you know the landmark.
06:54I do.
06:55I believe you worked on it.
06:56I'm not 80 now.
06:57All right.
06:58It's in Missouri.
07:00I've been up it.
07:01I have been up it.
07:03All right.
07:03Do y'all know what this landmark is?
07:05No.
07:05No?
07:06No.
07:06Really?
07:06What?
07:07I think you would know.
07:08Is it the arch?
07:09It's the arch.
07:10Ooh!
07:10I know that.
07:11Oklahoma, Alabama, you knew the arch.
07:12New York, I could see not.
07:13You haven't really, you know, made it down to.
07:16They never taught me about that.
07:17I don't know.
07:18It's fair.
07:19It's a big deal to us.
07:20It's our Empire State Building in the south.
07:22Uh, no.
07:24It's, we would go there for vacation.
07:26That's about as far as we could get.
07:28Yeah.
07:29It's Missouri.
07:30Uh, let's start with Miguel.
07:32Okay.
07:32Let's see what you said.
07:33I said 67%.
07:35Knew it.
07:36Yes.
07:37The arch.
07:38I feel good about it.
07:38The average American.
07:39I feel like it's a good landmark.
07:4110, Missouri.
07:4167.
07:43Nick, I said 45%.
07:46All right, yeah.
07:47Well, you know, it depends.
07:48A little lower.
07:49A little lower.
07:49But it's fair.
07:51Bree?
07:51I said 12%.
07:5312%.
07:54I don't think people know that.
07:55Well, I mean, if you're from New York, it's, it's what we think y'all think of us.
08:01So it's not, uh, we assume you don't know anything about us.
08:05I think that's very cute for y'all.
08:06I just don't know.
08:07Yes, it is.
08:07It is.
08:08Y'all had the Empire State Building.
08:09That's great.
08:10Yeah.
08:11Yeah.
08:1212%.
08:12Totally understandable.
08:14All right.
08:15This is a big one.
08:16It's worth two points.
08:19What percent got it right?
08:2440%.
08:25Nick, 45%.
08:27He gets two points.
08:29Good job, baby.
08:31Oh, my...
08:31Good job.
08:33Good job.
08:33Good job.
08:33Good job, baby.
08:34Nick's at three points.
08:35Bree and Miguel both at one point.
08:37Final question.
08:38This one is worth a whopping three points.
08:42Anybody's a game.
08:45We asked 100 average Americans, what's the best month?
08:49A, March.
08:50B, July.
08:52C, October.
08:54D, December.
08:55You got 10 seconds.
09:01It's a tough one.
09:05Greg, you a February man?
09:07Yeah, I like elite month.
09:10Uh, all right.
09:12Do y'all have a favorite month?
09:13I have a favorite month.
09:14You do?
09:15The month of August.
09:16August is your favorite month.
09:17August is your favorite month.
09:18That is a good month.
09:19What?
09:19Look at the...
09:19This is the best month.
09:21It's slowly...
09:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:23All right.
09:24We're adding claps later on.
09:26Okay.
09:28Great.
09:29All right.
09:29What did you say?
09:30I did say that I think that people would choose July.
09:34Yeah.
09:34Fourth of July.
09:36Summer.
09:37Firework, sunshine, beaches, water.
09:40Yeah.
09:40I agree.
09:41Uh, Miguel.
09:42I said October.
09:44October.
09:45I feel like no matter the time of year,
09:47everybody's ready for spooky season,
09:49and October lands in that,
09:50and I was like, October is the one right there.
09:53Yeah, yeah.
09:53Exactly.
09:54Nick?
09:55I said, see you October.
09:57October as well.
09:58What?
09:59October.
10:00Uh, we got football.
10:01Yep.
10:02Uh, we've got nice temperatures in most areas.
10:04It's a great...
10:05Yeah, it's a great month.
10:05It's a great time, yeah.
10:06These are all great months.
10:07It all comes down to this.
10:09This is the last question.
10:10It's worth three points.
10:12What did the average American say?
10:18October!
10:19Yeah!
10:20Congratulations, Nick and Miguel.
10:22You're moving on!
10:23Good job, Bree.
10:24Good job, Bree.
10:25Sorry, Bree.
10:26You are the most below average American tonight.
10:29Thank you, though, for playing.
10:31When we come back,
10:32the quest to crown the greatest average American continues.
10:36Do not go anywhere.
10:49Welcome back to the greatest average American.
10:51Nick and Miguel are one step closer to playing for the average American salary of $67,920.
10:59Whoo!
11:03All right.
11:04This next round is all about getting into the mind and body of the original greatest average American himself.
11:09That's...
11:11That's me.
11:12Uh...
11:13And tonight, we will be testing my knowledge on...
11:17Restaurant chains!
11:19All right.
11:20This is...
11:22All right.
11:23I will have 60 seconds to name as many of America's top 50 restaurant chains as I can.
11:30And to figure out who's going to the bonus round, you two are predicting how well I'm going to do.
11:36One of you will start off by guessing exactly how many of the top restaurant chains I can name in
11:4160 seconds.
11:42The other will then write over if you think I will name more than that or under if you think
11:48I'll name less.
11:49If they're right, they're headed to the bonus round.
11:52If not, the other player moves on.
11:54Nick, you scored the highest in the first round.
11:58Would you like to guess the number I will get right or the over-under?
12:02I am going to take the over-under.
12:05Okay.
12:05All right.
12:06There we go.
12:08Miguel, how many of the top 50 restaurant chains in America do you think I can name in 60 seconds?
12:15Write down your guess and show Nick.
12:18I do not want to see it.
12:24All right.
12:25Eyes are open.
12:26Nick, you saw how many they said I would get in 60 seconds.
12:29Do you think I will go over that number or under it?
12:32Write down your guess.
12:33Don't show anyone.
12:34Don't tell anyone.
12:35All right.
12:36Answers are in.
12:38It's my time to shine.
12:39Greg, a little help.
12:41Good luck, Nate.
12:42Can we put 60 seconds on the clock?
12:45On your mark.
12:47Get set.
12:49Nate.
12:51Applebee's.
12:52Wendy's.
12:53McDonald's.
12:54Arby's.
12:57Chick-fil-A.
13:00Chipotle.
13:01Uh.
13:02Uh.
13:04Fridays.
13:0545 seconds, Nate.
13:06You have seven.
13:07Uh.
13:08Uh.
13:09The, uh.
13:11Chipotle.
13:12Keep going the same ones.
13:13Oh, man.
13:15Uh.
13:16Uh.
13:1630 seconds, Nate.
13:17You have seven.
13:18Uh.
13:20Oh, my gosh.
13:21Dairy Queen.
13:23Uh.
13:24Uh.
13:24Taco Bell.
13:25Uh.
13:26Starbucks.
13:27Uh.
13:2815 seconds, Nate.
13:29Uh.
13:30You have ten.
13:30All right.
13:31Uh.
13:31Starbucks.
13:32Uh.
13:33Uh.
13:34Uh.
13:35I go to all of them.
13:39McDonald's.
13:39Wendy's.
13:41Hardee's.
13:41Carl's Jr.
13:43Uh.
13:44All right.
13:45I don't.
13:45Yeah.
13:46I'm sorry.
13:47I don't.
13:47I mean.
13:48I should have done better.
13:51Uh.
13:52All right.
13:53Whew.
13:54How many did I get?
13:55You got 12.
13:56I got 12.
13:57That's something.
13:58What did I forget?
13:59A lot of pizza places.
14:01A lot of pizza places I forgot.
14:02Red Lobster.
14:03That's a good one.
14:05Olive Garden would have been there.
14:07Cracker Barrel.
14:07All right.
14:08You've made your point.
14:09I should have got more.
14:11Miguel.
14:12How many did you think I could do?
14:15I went with 27.
14:1827.
14:20I'm sorry.
14:21That's a lot.
14:22You should be sorry.
14:24Nick.
14:24If you guessed under, you win.
14:26But if it's over, then you're going home.
14:28What did you say?
14:29I took the under.
14:33All right.
14:35That means Nick is moving on.
14:37Congratulations.
14:39You are the Greatest Average American.
14:41And with that, from $10,000...
14:44Whoo!
14:45McKinney turning it to $67,920.
14:49Find out in the bonus round when we return to the Greatest Average American.
14:54Whoo!
14:54Yeah!
14:57Come on!
15:05Whoo!
15:07Welcome back.
15:08I'm here with our winner, Nick.
15:10Hey!
15:13He has earned the coveted title of the Greatest Average American, and with that comes $10,000.
15:19Wow!
15:19Which is very solid.
15:20Let's go!
15:21Whoa!
15:21That's yours to keep no matter what, but now you have a chance to increase your winnings
15:25to the average American salary of $67,920.
15:31That's a big number.
15:32And you're going to put a little extra in there to help cover all your taxes.
15:37Wow!
15:40That is awesome.
15:41All right.
15:43What will you do if you win it?
15:45Well, I am lucky enough to have my beautiful fiancée in the crowd right there.
15:49All right.
15:50Wait, Caitlin.
15:50Hi!
15:51That's Caitlin.
15:52Her parents immigrated here from Australia in the 80s.
15:56I would love to be able to get that money, take us over there, and live there at least
16:00for a couple years, let her have a true, you know, like, big family Christmas.
16:04That's awesome.
16:04Have everybody there.
16:05I love that.
16:06That's awesome.
16:07Man, that's great.
16:08That's wonderful.
16:10All right.
16:10You showed you can think like the average American, but there's one more group of average Americans
16:15you need to face, and that's our audience.
16:17You look at them.
16:18Oh, okay.
16:20Before the show, we asked all these people seven questions.
16:25You'll have 30 seconds to correctly predict how the majority of them answered.
16:30Get five right, and you'll go home with $67,920.
16:34Wow!
16:37But beware, because it's three strikes and you're out.
16:40Audience, if Nick wins, you're all going home with one of my favorite things.
16:44Julian, what are they getting?
16:45If Nick wins tonight, everyone is going home with Uncrustable!
16:49Uncrustable!
16:51That's a big one.
16:53That's a big one.
16:54Wow.
16:55This is the night you wanted to be here.
16:59All right.
17:0230 seconds.
17:0230 seconds on the clock.
17:04You still ready?
17:05I'm still ready.
17:05All right.
17:07Here.
17:07We.
17:08Go.
17:09Does this audience currently pay for a gym membership?
17:13Uh, no.
17:15Sorry.
17:15Do they usually stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve?
17:18Yes.
17:20Which do they prefer, roller coasters, water slides?
17:23Uh, roller coasters.
17:25How do they like their peanut butter, creamy or chunky?
17:28Chunky.
17:30Have they ever sent a text in a theater during a movie?
17:33Yes.
17:34Do they think going skydiving sounds...
17:37Insane.
17:38Insane.
17:38You read it for me.
17:39Do they think it's better to give or to receive?
17:42Uh, receive.
17:43Seven questions.
17:44There we go.
17:45All right.
17:46Thanks.
17:47You think they like to receive?
17:49It's a receiving crowd.
17:50Uh, let's go ahead.
17:52I'm gonna mix it up.
17:54I want to start with the receive.
17:55That's the one you were...
17:56That's an interesting question.
17:57It's an interesting question.
17:58Let's see what type of audience this is.
17:59Okay.
18:00Let's find out.
18:01Do they think it's better to give or to receive?
18:04You said receive.
18:06Audience, did you say receive?
18:10Oh, no.
18:12Ninety-one percent said, uh, give.
18:16Maybe I'm not as average of American as I thought.
18:18Well, here we go.
18:19Uh, does the audience currently pay for a gym membership?
18:23You said no.
18:24Did the audience say no?
18:26There we go.
18:27All right.
18:28We got one.
18:29I'll take it.
18:29We got one right here away.
18:31One strike.
18:33Do they usually stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve?
18:37You said yes.
18:38I said yes.
18:39Do you stay up?
18:39I do.
18:40You're young.
18:41I feel like most people do.
18:42Audience, do you stay up until midnight?
18:46Yes, they do.
18:47Yes, they do.
18:48You might as well.
18:49Yeah, yeah.
18:50It's New Year's Eve.
18:52Which do they prefer, roller coasters or water slides?
18:56Well, let's see what the audience said.
18:58You said roller coaster.
18:59Audience, did you say roller coasters?
19:01Okay.
19:02Yes, they did.
19:03Three.
19:04Look at that.
19:05All right.
19:06Looking good.
19:06Three questions left.
19:08You got one strike.
19:09How do they like their peanut butter?
19:13Creamy or chunky?
19:14This is controversial.
19:15I like creamy.
19:17You like creamy, yes.
19:18But I feel like everybody, every, I'm going to be honest with you.
19:20I eat a lot of peanut butter right out of the jar.
19:22I bet you do.
19:23An insane amount.
19:24I would have guessed it.
19:25It grosses my students out.
19:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:27And they are most grossed out that I'm eating creamy.
19:29You do it in school.
19:31Yeah.
19:31In class.
19:32All right.
19:33Is that okay?
19:33I'm glad you got a hold of it.
19:36You said chunky.
19:37Audience, did you say chunky?
19:41Oh.
19:41Wow.
19:42Two strikes.
19:43Oh, wow.
19:44Got to be perfect now.
19:45I've got to be perfect.
19:47All right.
19:47It can't be wrong.
19:48Neither can be a strike.
19:50All right.
19:51Okay.
19:52Have they ever sent a text in a theater doing a movie?
19:58I think if the audience is being honest.
20:00Yeah.
20:01If they're going to say yes.
20:03Yes.
20:03Maybe it wasn't to be rude.
20:05Maybe there's an emergency.
20:06There's an emergency.
20:06Yes.
20:07Maybe your girlfriend's mad at you.
20:08Exactly.
20:09You know, you're not responding in a while.
20:10Yeah.
20:11To stay alive.
20:14You said yes, audience.
20:16Did you say yes?
20:23All right.
20:24Okay.
20:24We're still alive.
20:25We're still alive.
20:26We're still alive.
20:27All right.
20:28All right.
20:29Oh, man.
20:30It comes down to this.
20:31It comes down to this.
20:33This is for $67,920.
20:36A lot of money.
20:37A lot of money, man.
20:38A lot of money.
20:38A lot of money.
20:39A lot of money.
20:39A lot of money.
20:41Oh, man.
20:43Woo!
20:44Do they think going skydiving sounds fun or insane?
20:50You said insane.
20:50You said insane.
20:52I said insane.
20:53I would like to skydive.
20:54Yeah.
20:55I know you would.
20:55But it's still insane.
20:56Yeah.
20:56What would you say, though?
20:57I would say it's probably insane.
20:59Yeah.
20:59But I figured you would love it.
21:01Why?
21:02Why you say that?
21:02Just the dinosaurs, the peanut butter, the whole thing.
21:05I bought into the whole thing.
21:06I don't live on the wild side.
21:09All right.
21:10It all comes down to this.
21:12For $67,920, you said insane.
21:17Audience, did you say insane?
21:27Yeah!
21:29Yeah!
21:31Yeah!
21:31Yeah!
21:33Here we go, Miss.
21:34You're going to go to Australia.
21:37Looking back, congrats money.
21:39Congratulations.
21:40You won $67,920.
21:44Audience, you know what that means.
21:46Everyone in the audience is going insane.
21:47We're going home with Uncrustable.
21:49Uncrustable!
21:49Everybody get home!
21:51When we come back, three new players will battle out to see who's the most average.
21:57Don't go anywhere.
21:58The greatest average American.
22:00We'll be right back!
22:03Uncrustable!
22:07Uncrustable!
22:09There you go.
22:10Uncrustable!
22:15Uncrustable!
22:16There you go.
22:24Uncrustable!
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22:44Uncrustable!
22:45of Nevada, say hello to Yvonne!
22:48Oh, yeah.
22:51There we go.
22:52I'm Americans!
22:55This is gonna be a fun one.
22:58Good luck to you guys.
22:59Very excited.
23:00Let's get to the game.
23:02Let's do it.
23:02Let's do it. All right.
23:04These first two questions are worth one point each.
23:07And here's your first question.
23:09All right, Americans!
23:11Let's do it.
23:11We asked 100 Average American Girl Dads,
23:15which of your daughter's playtime activities
23:18do you secretly enjoy the most?
23:20Okay!
23:22A, painting nails.
23:23B, dress-up.
23:25C, playing with dolls.
23:28D, throwing a tea party.
23:30You have 10 seconds.
23:41Woo!
23:43Treat me good, y'all!
23:44Treat me good!
23:45Yvonne, you feel passionate.
23:47What did you say?
23:48All right, Nate.
23:49I said, B, dress up.
23:51Dress up.
23:52Yeah.
23:53I could see that.
23:54Good answer.
23:55Good answer.
23:56It's fun.
23:57I have a daughter.
23:58You let her dress you up and all the princess stuff.
24:02The costumes.
24:02The costume, it's a good time, it's a good time.
24:05Danielle?
24:07Nate, I said C, dolls, playing with dolls.
24:10Playing with dolls.
24:11When it's time to play dolls,
24:12you can make all kinds of crazy stories happen,
24:15and it's a chance to just let the creativity flow.
24:17Guys have what you call fun in them.
24:20Yeah, they do have fun in them.
24:22They have that.
24:22That's a good one to have.
24:23Gonna let it out.
24:24Ryan?
24:25So my brother is actually a girl dad,
24:26so I was trying to think of, like, what would he do?
24:29And so I went with D, throwing a tea party.
24:31Yeah.
24:33I like it.
24:34All right.
24:36Let's see.
24:36What did the average American girl dad say?
24:41Throwing a tea party.
24:43All right.
24:44One point for Ryan.
24:46All right, this one's a little different.
24:47You're guessing the percentage of people from 0 to 100.
24:51Okay.
24:53We asked 100 average Americans,
24:55think back to algebra class,
24:58and tell me the value of X in the equation seen here.
25:02What percent got it correct?
25:05Ten seconds.
25:08This is the level I got held up at.
25:11No!
25:16I don't know.
25:17I know.
25:18I don't know.
25:19I'm an eighth-grade math teacher, so yes, this is...
25:21Oh, so you write up.
25:22Yeah.
25:23I have a guess, but I think X...
25:25I just filled the number five.
25:28No.
25:29Golly!
25:29No, no!
25:31Why would X be in there?
25:33What's the point of that?
25:34Ryan, what is the answer?
25:36It's three.
25:36It's three!
25:38Oh!
25:40So it's seven times three, or there's the X, please.
25:43Seven times three is 21.
25:4421 times 12 is nine, right?
25:45Oh, that's what the X. See, I didn't realize you can move stuff around like that.
25:51Uh...
25:51What percent did they get?
25:54Oh, I'm sorry.
25:55I go to the X or the opposite.
25:57I got to hear your percent.
25:58Oh, yeah.
25:59I'm doing the show my own way.
26:01The show is like the X. I don't know what's going on.
26:05Here you go.
26:07Sorry.
26:10Ryan, you have one point.
26:12What did you say?
26:13I went with 52%.
26:14I kind of split it down the middle.
26:15I figured some people know what's going on, and some people just need a little refresher class.
26:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:20Did I make you nervous?
26:22Not until you answered, and then, yeah.
26:23Yeah, when I answered, you were like, ah, boy.
26:25I was like, I'm gonna change it.
26:26We saw you started trying to erase it with your elbow.
26:29Danielle?
26:30I put 30%, because I think if people had a little bit of time, they would get there.
26:35They're not on TV.
26:37Yeah, yeah.
26:37They're not being brushed.
26:38No pressure.
26:39Yvonne?
26:40I have no clue, because I'm more like an average American for real, and if you don't know math,
26:45so I just went with 26%.
26:48Yeah.
26:49That's a solid number.
26:51Now, we can ask what percent got it right?
26:5965%.
26:59Oh, my God.
27:001.3.
27:02I have renewed faith.
27:04Yeah.
27:05Look at math teachers.
27:05That's crazy.
27:07Seven percent thought it was nine.
27:09Another seven percent did not even try.
27:13Nobody else but Nate guessed five.
27:17Yeah, that's a tough one.
27:18We got two questions left.
27:20I'm gonna raise the stakes a little, so this next one is worth two points.
27:23Okay.
27:23Okay.
27:24Next question.
27:25Let's do it.
27:26Let's do it.
27:27We asked 100 average Americans who love Las Vegas, which of these Vegas-y things would
27:33be the most fun to have in your own home?
27:35A, all-you-can-eat buffet.
27:37B, slot machines.
27:39C, swim up bar.
27:42D, blue man group.
27:44Oh!
27:45You have 10 seconds.
27:51Man.
27:52It's a tough one.
27:53This is so hard.
27:55Yeah.
27:57Ryan, you already got two, so I just want to start with your answer.
28:01I ended up going with C, swim up bar.
28:04Yeah.
28:05A lot of people.
28:06A lot of people like that.
28:07You know, blue man group was great.
28:09I've played with them once, but I think that would get a little freaky after having three
28:13bald dudes in your house for a little bit, so.
28:15Well, none of us know what that means that you played with them, but...
28:18That's fair.
28:19That's fair.
28:20What did you do?
28:21I got pulled up on stage and got to go play percussion with them during one of their shows.
28:24Oh, yeah.
28:25You play drums?
28:26No.
28:28I read into it too deep.
28:30Uh, Danielle?
28:32I put C, swim up bar.
28:34Swim up bar as well.
28:36Awesome.
28:36That's everyone's favorite part of vacation, I would say, so.
28:40Yeah.
28:40Yeah, it's nice.
28:41Yvonne?
28:42I wrote B, slot machines.
28:45That's...
28:46I think that's one people aren't thinking about.
28:48You got a chance.
28:49If you got your own slot machine at home, you can give your money and keep it.
28:52That's true.
28:52You can just put it in and just keep it.
28:53Put it in and keep it, you know?
28:55Yeah.
28:55It's hard to get your knees broke at your house.
28:57Yeah.
28:58Yeah.
28:59All right.
29:00Let's see.
29:01What did the average American say?
29:04All you can eat buff things.
29:07They do not have good buff things.
29:08That's fair.
29:09Wow.
29:10They don't want to cook.
29:11That was surprising.
29:12All right.
29:13Last question.
29:14This one is worth a whopping three points.
29:17Danielle?
29:18Yes.
29:18Yvonne, you both need this.
29:20I know.
29:21Last question.
29:22Last question.
29:23We asked 100 average Americans which of these kings is the best king.
29:28A, Lion King.
29:29B, Burger King.
29:31C, Stephen King.
29:34D, King-sized bed.
29:36Oh, my God.
29:37Oh, my God.
29:3810 seconds.
29:39Oh, my God.
29:39Wow.
29:40America!
29:41Oh, my God.
29:42Greg, you have a favorite king?
29:44It would be chicken a la King.
29:46Chicken a la King.
29:48Chicken a la King.
29:49All right.
29:51We're gonna start over here.
29:53Yvonne?
29:54I went with Stephen King.
29:55Stephen King.
29:56Yeah.
29:57He is.
29:58He's a real person.
30:00Yeah.
30:00Lion King is awesome, too, so I could make my mind up.
30:03So, I just, I love Stephen King, though.
30:05He's awesome.
30:05I love that.
30:06Danielle, what'd you say?
30:07I put D, King-sized bed.
30:09That's good.
30:10There's nothing better than sprawling out in a king-sized bed.
30:14It's something you worked towards your whole life.
30:16Exactly.
30:17When you finally get there, it's hard to go back.
30:19You made it.
30:19You made it, yeah.
30:20Yeah.
30:20I agree.
30:22Ryan?
30:22I went with A, Lion King.
30:24Wow.
30:25Lion King.
30:26Yeah.
30:26That's a good king.
30:28It's the king of the jungle.
30:29I mean, given classic here, Lion King.
30:31Something is gonna happen here.
30:33Yeah.
30:33Y'all got different answers.
30:34Y'all need points.
30:36Yeah.
30:36What did the average American say?
30:40Woo!
30:41Lion King!
30:42Yeah!
30:42All right, Lion at five points.
30:45Ryan, you're going for the next round.
30:49And we have a tie.
30:51To break this tie, I'm gonna ask you one last question.
30:55It's a percentage question.
30:57Whichever player gets closest to the correct answer,
31:01we'll be moving on.
31:02Here we go.
31:03I gotta pull my braids back.
31:04We asked 100 average American grandparents
31:07if your grandkid said,
31:09this key lime pie slaps.
31:13Is that a positive or negative way of describing
31:17the key lime pie?
31:19What percent said positive?
31:22Ten seconds.
31:23Talk about your grandparents.
31:24What grandparents said it was positive?
31:29Greg, do you know what slaps mean?
31:31Yeah, I know the lingo, Nate.
31:32They're saying this is the bee's knees.
31:33It's the bee's knees.
31:36Yvonne, what did you say?
31:37How many grandparents do you think know what slap means?
31:40This day and age, grandparents are really hip.
31:43Yeah.
31:44So I went with 56%.
31:46Danielle.
31:47I went with 67%.
31:49Yeah.
31:49Oh, wow.
31:50I also think grandparents are hip
31:52and can get with, like, the lingo, you know, of the kids.
31:55It all comes down to this.
31:57Whoever gets closest is moving on.
31:59What percent said positive?
32:02Come on, come on.
32:0789%.
32:08Danielle is closest.
32:10And that means she's moving on to the next round.
32:15Unfortunately, Yvonne, you are the most below average American tonight
32:18and have been eliminated.
32:19Thank you for playing.
32:21When the greatest average American returns,
32:24I'm smacking some baseballs.
32:27So don't go anywhere.
32:35Welcome back to The Greatest Average American.
32:38Ryan and Danielle are one step closer
32:40to playing for the average American salary of $67,920.
32:47This next round is all about getting into the mind and body
32:51of the original Greatest Average American himself, me.
32:56Right.
32:58Tonight, I am playing...
33:02Home Run Derby.
33:04All right.
33:07I will be standing here,
33:10and Julian will be tossing wiffle balls to me.
33:13I will have 60 seconds to drill as many as I can
33:16out into the audience, so look out, please.
33:20I get one point for hitting it into the lower deck
33:22and two points if I can get it into the upper deck.
33:27All right.
33:29Ryan.
33:30You scored the highest in the first round.
33:33Would you like to guess the number of points I'll make
33:36or guess the over-under?
33:37Nate, I'm gonna go with the over-under.
33:40Danielle, how many points do you think I will get in 60 seconds?
33:44Write down your guess.
33:45Show it to Ryan.
33:46The crowd can see it.
33:47I do not want to see it.
33:48I can't see it.
33:50Danielle, Nate got a triple off of a walk when he was 12.
33:53Okay.
33:54He also struck out in a celebrity softball game.
33:57I look away.
34:00Once everybody sees it.
34:03All right.
34:04Ryan, do you think I'll go over that number or under it?
34:06Write it down.
34:07Only you know, though.
34:08Don't show it to anyone.
34:11Answers are in.
34:13Go back and y'all can stand with Greg.
34:15Come on up, guys.
34:16Julian coming out.
34:24He chose to wear that.
34:26They didn't make him.
34:27Greg, start us off.
34:29Good luck, Nate.
34:30Remember, lower deck homers are worth one point
34:33and upper deck's worth two.
34:35On your mark, get set, Nate!
34:42Upper deck!
34:52Oh my God.
34:5445 seconds.
34:55Upper deck!
34:57Oh.
34:59Oh.
35:01Oh.
35:02Oh.
35:03Oh, my God.
35:0645 seconds.
35:07Upper deck.
35:08Oh.
35:09Oh.
35:0940 seconds, Nate.
35:10You're halfway there.
35:12Oh, boy.
35:13Don't get cocked!
35:15Hey!
35:16I burned it!
35:24Fifteen seconds, Nate!
35:25You got eight?
35:26One more!
35:30Nine seconds!
35:32I burned it!
35:33Oh, wow!
35:34Five seconds!
35:35Four!
35:37Two!
35:38One more!
35:39Yes!
35:41Yes!
35:45One more!
35:47A fast flip!
35:49All right.
35:50Great.
35:51What did I get?
35:53Nate, you got 14.
35:54I'm proud of you.
35:56This is it.
35:57He's out of breath again.
35:59I'm not out of breath.
36:00I have allergies.
36:03Moment of truth.
36:05Danielle, how many did you think I can do?
36:09I thought you were gonna get nine.
36:10Oh!
36:12All right.
36:13Sorry.
36:14That's okay.
36:15Ryan, if you guessed over, you win.
36:17But if it's under, then you're going home for a chance to play for $67,920.
36:24What did you say?
36:27Uh, Nate, I got faith in you, baby.
36:32I went over.
36:32I went over.
36:33You're over!
36:34Whoo!
36:35Yeah!
36:36That means Ryan is moving on.
36:39Congratulations.
36:39You are the greatest average American.
36:42Whoo!
36:43You deserve a little something, so how about $10,000?
36:45That sounds great.
36:46That sounds good.
36:48Buck Candy turned it into $67,920.
36:51All right!
36:52Let's do it!
36:53Find out in the bonus round when we return to the greatest average American.
36:57Whoo!
36:58Congratulations.
37:06Welcome back.
37:07I'm here with our renter, Ryan.
37:10What?
37:11He has earned the coveted title of the greatest average American, and with that comes $10,000.
37:16Love it.
37:17I love it.
37:17That's yours to keep no matter what.
37:20But you now have a chance to increase your winnings to the average American salary of $67,920.
37:28And I'm going to give a little bit extra to help cover all your taxes.
37:33All right.
37:33All right.
37:34Great.
37:35Thank you, Nate.
37:36What will you do with it if you win?
37:38Family night.
37:38I want to do up the basement.
37:40The basement flooded over the spring, so I want to build out my whole new home theater for
37:44like movie night.
37:45Leather recliners.
37:46Get some red vines and some sour patch kids going on there.
37:49It's round sound and 80-inch screen, whatever.
37:51Yeah.
37:52Whatever I can fit in the basement.
37:53Yeah, yeah.
37:53I love it.
37:54Perfect theater.
37:55Yeah.
37:56Yeah.
37:56There you go.
37:58All right.
37:59You showed you can think like the average American, but there's one more group of average
38:02Americans you need to face, and that is our audience.
38:07Before the show, we asked them seven questions.
38:10All right.
38:10All right.
38:11You will have 30 seconds to correctly predict how the majority of them answered.
38:15Get five right, and you'll go home with $67,920.
38:19Great.
38:20That's good.
38:22But beware, because it's three strikes and you're out.
38:25All right.
38:26Okay.
38:26Audience, it's your answers that are helping win us money, so you should have some skin
38:30in the game.
38:31If Ryan wins, you're all going home with one of my favorite things.
38:33Julian, what are they going home with?
38:35Uh, they are going home with Stouffer's Meals.
38:38All right.
38:39Yeah.
38:40It's easy.
38:42I can cook that.
38:43There you go.
38:44Yeah.
38:45Feel good?
38:46I feel great.
38:47Let's rock and roll.
38:48Let's do this.
38:4830 seconds on the clock, please.
38:51Here.
38:51We.
38:52Go.
38:54Has this audience ever binged an entire season of a TV show in one day?
38:59Yes.
39:01Have they ever tried stand-up comedy?
39:03No.
39:05Do they like pineapple on their pizza?
39:07Yes.
39:08Have they ever ridden a horse?
39:11Yes.
39:13Have they ordered something from Amazon in the past week?
39:16Yes.
39:17Do they have a case on their cell phone?
39:19Yes.
39:21Which of these words do they think is harder to spell?
39:24Colonel or Lieutenant?
39:26Lieutenant.
39:28Seven questions.
39:29There we go.
39:30We did it.
39:30All right.
39:31All right.
39:32You need five of them to win.
39:35That started off.
39:36Number one.
39:37Has this audience ever binged an entire season of a TV show in one day?
39:41You said yes.
39:42Did the audience say yes?
39:45Yes.
39:45All right.
39:46That should be a given.
39:47We got one.
39:48We got one down.
39:49Four more to go.
39:50That's all you need for the money.
39:52Have they ever tried doing stand-up comedy?
39:54You said no.
39:57Have you tried stand-up comedy?
39:58No.
39:59I feel like you could.
40:00Thanks.
40:01I appreciate it.
40:01All right.
40:02Maybe I will.
40:06All right.
40:07Audience, did you say no as well?
40:10Yes.
40:10All right.
40:12All right.
40:13All right.
40:16Do they like pineapple on their pizza?
40:23Yeah.
40:26You said yes.
40:27Audience, did they say yes?
40:31Yes.
40:32Wow.
40:33All right.
40:34Come on.
40:34Wow.
40:34They like pineapple.
40:36All right.
40:36All right.
40:39Have they ever ridden a horse?
40:42You said yes.
40:44Yeah.
40:44It's a horse.
40:45It's Nashville.
40:46It's Nashville.
40:47We have horses.
40:48It could be a mechanical.
40:49Yeah.
40:49Yeah.
40:49You said yes.
40:51Audience, have you ridden a horse?
40:56Yes.
40:56Oh, my God.
40:57One, two, three, four.
40:58Wow.
41:01Wow.
41:02All right.
41:04This is a good place to be.
41:05Yeah.
41:06You got four right.
41:08You just need to get one of these last three,
41:10and you're going home with $67,940.
41:15All right.
41:17Whoo!
41:18Yeah.
41:19I got the vapors.
41:19All right.
41:20All right.
41:21Which one would you want me to ask you?
41:23Let's just rip the Band-Aid off.
41:24Let's do a case on the cell phone.
41:25All right.
41:26Do they have a case on their cell phone for $67,920?
41:33You said yes.
41:35Audience, what did you say?
41:41Oh, my God!
41:44Congratulations, Ryan!
41:46Oh, my God!
41:46You earned $67,920.
41:51And, audience, you know what that means.
41:53Everyone in the audience is going home to Stoker's Mill.
41:57Join us next time to watch another Average American Rise to Greatness right here on The Greatest Average America.
42:05Show us the last two.
42:07Did he get them right?
42:08He got them all right!
42:11It was never a question!
42:21Appreciate it.
42:22Crazy.
42:23Thanks for coming.
42:24Appreciate it.
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