Making Bean Fires on Cow Poop Island

Making Bean Fires on Cow Poop Island is the Good Mythical More episode for episode 759 of Good Mythical Morning, 5 Weird Ways To Start A Fire. It aired on September 16, 2015.

Episode
Rhett and Link reflect on how dangerous the fire caused by the brake fluid and chlorine was. They reveal that as well as burning debris landing on Link's chair, it also landed on the tent that the Crew were filming from. Chase had tried the experiment before with significantly smaller quantities of the reactants and couldn't get it to work very well, leading to the larger quantities and surprise at the size of the reaction when filming.

Link links this to an experience they had when they were in high school where they went to Cow Poop Island off the Cape Fear River. They would make large fires on the island. Rhett and Link and their friends Trent and Brandon were there. They got bored and started to throw objects into the fire. Brandon threw a can of beans onto the fire and it exploded, sending burning debris everywhere. It set Trent's new tent on fire, just like what had happened in the episode. Trent got annoyed and started fighting with Brandon.

When Rhett and Link were in college, they went camping with their friends Tim and Greg. They again threw a can of beans on the fire which exploded and embers went on Tim's sleeping bag. He also got angry.

The resolution to the episode was not to mix chemicals together unless you are a professional.