Comedy
Oh settle in, children old and young, for the airing of grievances against ancient authors--I mean, for some charming and not at all disturbing children’s rhymes and stories! OOPS, when I said “not at all” I meant “VERY.” A goodly half-hour of this episode is essentially an abridged audiobook retelling of the most translated [*NON-RELIGIOUS] book in the world! Can you even fathom what that book might be? And once we tell you, can you understand at all why? (We can’t!) Also, we had wine again this week, so by all means listen at your own discretion. On a plus note, we only mention Humpty Dumpty, like, twice! PROGRESS! Takeaway quote: “What was a sausage forging letters for?!” Highlights: + Location change! And drunken (acting) toddlers + NOT Capybara poop/pee + Esther ruins a teenage worker’s job, probably + Some Gerard DeparDIEU-LING (GET IT?!) + 1st contestant: One of these things is not like the other, and nothing behaves as it should + 2nd contestant: don’t lie OR throw hammers; Mescaline (possibly??) is a hell of a drug; deus ex cricket-a + A Surprise Ranking of Our Childhood Animated Crushes (most of them are animals, it’s fine, question mark??) Did you think we would miss a chance to mention our forever love and podcast mascot Robin Hood the foxy fox? Of course we would not! + A Surprise Book Review! + A Surprise Discussion of Esther’s Writing Style! + We pioneer a whole new outcome of a duel! Did Aaron Burr realize there was this option? + “I’m just gonna write down ‘Hulk hands adjacent’”