Remember that one time when we did a big live fundraiser and Meme Appétit was in it?
Well, it really did happen, and to prove it here's the segment from the variety show, featuring the entire Test Kitchen and Meme Appétit's Harry Kersh and Will Martin.
- Hi I'm Harry.- And I'm Will.- And together, we run Meme Appétit.You might know us from some of these.[jazz music]Contrary to popular belief,Matt Duckor does not run this account.We're actually just two fans from England.- We are, like everyoneelse watching this video,huge fans of BA.- So we actually gotthe idea for the accountafter discovering ourshared passion for BA.- The first BA videos I watched actuallywere way back in the day, you know 2015.Before even It's Alive existed.But I think the one thatreally got me into itwas actually the firstepisode of It's Alive.- And I really just want,oh God, oh God,Oh cut.Cut, Vin!- [Man] What happened, Brad?- Oh [beep] tragedy over here.- [Man] This your firsttime making kombucha, Brad?- It sure looks like it.- Immediately I was like,this guy should be in memes.He needs to be a memebecause he is hilarious.- The first BA video that I watchedwas actually Alex Eats It All,the cheesesteaks episode.And I was hooked from thereafter.- We're gonna talk to some ofthe test kitchen staff todayand we're gonna go Behind the Meme.[upbeat music]- Ah, Behind the Meme.Hey, what's up guys?- What's up guys?How are you?- Hi guys![laughing]- I don't if this is like a dream,or if this is a nightmare, but [laughs][cymbal crash]- What the freak is a, hold on a second,you guys talkin' about McDonald's.- This is inspired by a John Malaney skit.You're in a car with your children.You see a McDonald's signand the kids are screaming,McDonald's, McDonald's, McDonald's.And then there's three options.You can either say, we'vegot food at home and refuse.You can also get excited andtake the kids to McDonald's.Or you can do the powermove of pulling in,ordering a single blackcoffee and leaving.- And you guys had me atthe bottom being like,oh, all right, let's go get a Happy Meal.- I haven't stepped foot in a McDonald'sin like 20, almost 18 years.- We don't, I don't go to fast food.We just don't do it.- Oh you guys.You guys [beep] that one up.Big time.You guys don't know me.You guys don't know anything!- Oh gosh.No, we're not going to McDonald's.- Well okay, I guess my first question is,who did this?Because they're fired.- I will take [audio cuts out]- [audio glitch] hands of this- this claim.- Oh Harry.- You hurt my feelings, Harry.- I think anyone's who'sfamiliar with my enthusiasmfor anything ClaireSaffitz has ever worked onwill make the pretty obvious deductionthat I am a junk food kid.- It's totally wrong for Brad.Thanks Peg, I filled them in.- He's made that very clear.- Yeah he's at the top of the triangle.We have food at home [beep].- Whoa, whoa, Peg, family show!- Sorry, sorry, sorry.- Delany's got some weirdMcDonald's flex for sure.- I will say McCafé coffeeis kinda underrated.- I think I would be,we have food at home.I think you're accurate.- We made smash burgers athome last night, you know,and it was delightful.We had pretzel bunsand I put kimchi and gochujang on mineand everybody was happy.- The only food that I've eatenthat hasn't been cooked by myselfor one of my two quarantine mates,was when I cavedand went to the McDonald's drive-through.- I wouldn't be here.I would want to make myown McDonald's at home.But I wouldn't be forced.I would volunteer.I did another little bubble near Claire.[laughs]- I'm very excited to talk to Claire.Claire's been quite anillusive figure for us.She's never liked any of our posts.She doesn't follow us on Instagram.- We feel like maybeshe hates us [laughs].So hopefully we'll find out she doesn't.- I sort of take thestance with Meme Appétitthat I do with the videos themselveswhich is sometimes I stayaway for a very long timeand don't really look.And then sometimes I like, in one day,go through everything that I haven't seen.- Is the day three curse real?- The day three curse was invented by Dan.It is a total construct.I really do relate to this,to these photos,of like, I'm a littlerough around the edges.I haven't been gettingenough sleep or whatever.Oh Delany.Delany comes down to the test kitchenmore than any other person.And it's like five times a day.And so like, I'm usually happy to see him.But on a day three episode,I don't feel like explaining to Delanyfor the 15th time thatepisode what's going wrong.- I mean, look.If there's anyway that I can getsome of Claire's frustration outand she can get across the finish line,maybe I'm the unsung hero ofGourmet Makes, in that regard.So many people sent me this.It wasn't like a joke to send me this.They were like, we'reactually worried about this.- He is looking with a deepsort of expression of skepticismand maybe a little bit of fear.- No, no, no, no.You guys totally misinterpreted it.See what's happening is,we only have one pair of safety gogglesin the kitchen, okay?And unless you're theperson wearing the goggles,you hang back, you know what I mean?You get like a little pot lid shield,like whatever it takes.I was actually so delightedshe even listened to me.- I think this was still in the middleof the high point of that shoot day,which in Claire's and myepisode of Making Perfectin Season 2, Thanksgiving,which went down in historyas one of the most disastrousshoot days of all time.I wasn't expecting to beasked to join that seasonand it was really cool andvery exciting obviouslybecause the way thatthat show is formattedwe work in pairs,and so obviously I was veryexcited to work with Claire.I sort of forgot howcommandeering she can be.She's like a tough, she's atough group project cookie.- Obviously this is from a Gourmet Make,when you were being justwonderfully supportive to her.We're all really close with her,and so when she is feeling bad,when she is kind of spiraling,it makes everyone feel equally as badand you wanna help her out.- I am seeing one of myfavorites Meme AppétitI love it!I love this one.It brought tears to my eyes when I saw it.It made me feel special.- Some people will DM me being like,should I save my pasta water?Store it in the fridge for other things?And it's like, no,it's really only thereto help your sauces.I think it's got a littleblown out of proportion,just how much I love pasta water.- Braun is a professional wrestler,which perfects you could tell.He was at that timethe largest human we had had,I think still by weight,he's the largest humanwho I've ever done a Back to Back with.This was the first celeb thatthe entire production crewwas freaking out about.Like Kevin was freaking out.Tyre was freaking out.Like everybody behind thescenes knew who he wasand was getting photos afterwards.And of course, you know,I had never heard ofhim before in my life.- I have like a theoryon what this meme meansbut I'm not entirely sure.- That's the cutest little puppy ever.Down in Equador.Toby Goofy was his name.Final answer.- Do you know where Toby Goofy is now?- Eh, a golden eagle swooped downand picked him up.Golden eagle.- That was, I think thatwas my favorite one.It's so spot on.I mean truly, with my actual boyfriend,I was like, if you don'tmake it with my parents,it's not gonna work.Dad, this is Will and Harry.They run an account on Instagram.Look at this one.- Oh![laughing]- This one I've seen.Everyone's showed me this.Because people kept tellingme I look like this chickbut I don't know who she is.I've never seen Scooby Dooso I didn't know if I wassupposed to be offended or not.And then I did a lot ofthorough research on Velmaand I'm like, I guess it's fine.I don't only own an orange turtleneck.But the day that I wore that,we shot like six things.So it just kinda lookedlike all I own is an orange turtleneck.- Oh, I'll tell youwhat was happening here.This is a photo of betrayal,masked by joy and rock and roll.But really what happenedis that he took all thesumac out of my recipe.- Oh [beep] for God's sake.I swear to God,that's gonna be on my [beep] obituary.I don't even get it.First of all, Braddiscovered sumac maybe maxmaxmaybe max eight years ago.I've probably had sumac withinthree months of being born.So let's just set that straight.Plus, between Brad and myself,I've developed hundreds of recipes.And Brad has definitelydeveloped a few recipes,but I think I knew exactlywhat would be the best for bothhimself, myself,for the magazine, for the recipeand for most cooks.- This is an evil betrayalphoto disguised as fun.- And Adam.Adam Rapoport, our Editor in Chief,would not be happy with that decisionif there was sumac in the cranberry sauce.He would nix that right away.So I feel like I kindaprotected Brad, to be honest.But also, this photo has gone aroundand the amount of DMs I've receivedwhere it has to do with,I don't even know ifI'm allowed to say thisor this will get cut,but just the start of a gayporn between me and Brad.It's too many of those.- I actually have one ofthose plates in my house.One of the pie dish.That's basically me working from home.- [man off screen] Another reason.- I miss work so much.- [Andy] This meme is ridiculous.Like you guys.- Well!
[chuckling]Oh, I mean.- How do you feel about becomingsomething of a sex symbol?- I wouldn't, I don't feelentirely comfortable with it.I'll say that much.- I think originally,the way that I was verygenerously reading it was,you know, Andy may be a snack,But Amiel is a whole meal.But I don't think that that's necessarilywhat you were trying to convey here.- But hopefully they're notjust thinking about thatand they're actually looking at the foodand reading the storiesand watching the videosand not just looking at my ass.- Oh my God.This was like the happiest day ever.I love babies.They're so cute.I was also getting secret pleasurefrom knowing that Brad andChris had to do Gourmet Makes.- We actually have aspecial guest with us,if you want to open your Zoom.- Oh my God!Oh my God, it's Mike and Thea!Hi.Hi Thea!- Say hi!You're--- Oh my God.There you go, there you go [laughing]- My wife is holding up a cracker for her.I can't wait for nexttime, whenever that is.- I know, I was saying that before.I was like, I neverthought I would say this,but it was like, I reallyreally miss doing Gourmet Makes.It's like, take me back.- See ya.- All right, cool.Bye guys.- Thank you!- Good to see you.- Bye!- Keep makin' those killer memes.- [Chris] Behind the meme take one.- [Will] Give them a second banana yet?- Nobody gets a second banana.Maybe you weren'tlistening properly, okay?Once you open the Pandora's boxof more than one banana a day,it's just, there's nowhere else to go.Cause then it's like,what are you gonna do?Like a third banana, you know?A fourth banana?It'll be anarchy.