302: Bad Guy

Summary

Good Job, Brain! – Episode 302: Bad Guy

Date: November 21, 2025
Hosts: Karen, Colin, Dana (not present in this episode), Chris

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on bad guys—villains from pop culture, literature, etymology, and more. The hosts dive into all things “bad,” from classic movie antagonists to the history behind villainous words, with their always-playful banter and trivia games. Expect laughs, puns, and quizzes galore as Karen, Colin, and Chris challenge each other with offbeat facts and memorable moments, always keeping score (and a soft spot) for the world’s best baddies.

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Key Discussion Points & Segments

1. General Pop Culture and Trivia Warm-Up ([02:47]–[11:13])

• Trivial Pursuit Pop Quiz (“Pop Quiz, Hotshot”):
  • Quick-fire pop culture questions on TV, music, movies, and sports.
  • Notable trivia included:
    • Band of Brothers named for the Saint Crispin’s Day speech ([03:15]).
    • Nokia as the world’s top cell phone manufacturer in 2006 ([03:32]).
    • Sinbad (comedian David Atkins) reading of his (incorrect) death on Wikipedia ([04:01]).
    • Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy”—first British #1 via downloads ([04:34]).
    • Champion surfer Jack Johnson did Curious George soundtrack ([06:43]).
    • Margaret Hamilton as Wicked Witch on Mr. Rogers ([13:09]).
  • Fun banter about Halloween costumes, children’s obsessions (K-pop demon hunters), and family participation ([00:49]–[02:47]).

“I was stumbling through these names...I was like, I don’t know! How do I pronounce all that?” – Karen ([09:52])

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2. Wicked Witch & Villain Spotlight Quiz ([11:44]–[22:57])

• Wicked Witch of the West Superquiz led by Chris:
  • Covers the Broadway musical, the film, and various pop-culture cameos of the Wicked Witch.
  • Notable topics:
    • Margaret Hamilton’s appearances calming children about “not really being a witch” ([13:09]).
    • The lost Sesame Street episode with the Wicked Witch ([14:35]).
    • Book vs. movie slippers: silver shoes (not ruby) in Baum’s novel ([15:49]).
    • Manolo Blahnik namedropped in The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz ([16:43]).
    • Trick question about Elphaba actresses: Anna Gasteyer, not Idina Menzel ([18:00]).
    • Theodora as a mirror to Dorothy in Oz the Great and Powerful ([20:09]).
    • Wicked’s book subtitle: “The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” ([22:12]).

“[Margaret Hamilton] appeared on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood to explain to children that she was a real and very nice lady and not actually the Wicked Witch of the West.” – Chris ([13:09])

“The episode of Sesame Street was considered so scary it was immediately pulled from the air and never officially shown again.” – Chris ([14:38])

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3. Animal “Bad Guy” Trivia: Bearded Vulture Deep Dive ([22:57]–[27:40])

• Bearded Vulture as the “Most Metal Thing of the Year”:
  • Bearded vultures eat mostly bone (70–90% of diet).
  • Return to same nesting sites for generations; nests can preserve human artifacts for centuries.
  • Recent study found items up to 675 years old in nests in Spain (leather, sandals, pieces of crossbows).
  • These nests provide insight into both bird life and ancient human activity.
  • Discussion on the unfair “bad guy” image of vultures.

“The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of 70% to 90% bone… their stomach acid can literally dissolve bones in just a matter of hours.” – Colin ([24:03])

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4. “Bad Guy” Word Origins: Etymology Quiz ([27:40]–[36:41])

Karen hosts a multiple-choice etymology game on villainous words.

• Origins for villain, nemesis, heel, rapscallion, enemy, rival.
• Fun red herrings and actual histories revealed:
  • Villain from “villa” (farmhouse/peasant), not “venal” ([29:13]).
  • Nemesis: a Greek goddess (of revenge), not the Nemean lion ([30:54]).
  • Heel from “heel of a foot”—the lowest part ([32:12]).
  • Rapscallion from “rabble,” not bad onions ([33:06]).
  • Enemy from “in ami” (not-friend), not from “enema” ([34:43]).
  • Rival from “river”—neighbors pursuing the same resource ([35:56]).

“These days when we say villa, we’re like, ‘oh, vacation in the villa,’ but in Italian it means country house, farm house...and so villain came from there.” – Karen ([29:11])

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5. Movie Villains Backward Quiz ([38:15]–[47:35])

• Colin’s Quiz: Top-Grossing Movie Villains (Back Through the Years)
  • Trivia about the highest-grossing movies from 2025 to 1995, focusing on villains.
  • Highlights:
    • 2025: Minecraft (porcine villains) ([40:50])
    • 2020: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Emperor Palpatine) ([41:53])
    • 2015: Spectre (Bond’s nemesis) ([42:54])
    • 2010: Despicable Me (Gru, minions) ([43:57])
    • 2005: War of the Worlds (aliens) ([45:26])
    • 2000: How the Grinch Stole Christmas ([46:11])
    • 1995: Waterworld (Dennis Hopper’s villain) ([47:04])

“Nobody could have predicted the lasting success of this film, which featured a villain front and center and spawned multiple sequels. Super villain, if you will.” – Colin on Despicable Me ([43:26])

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6. Game Show Word Quiz: Spoonerized Video Game Titles ([49:16]–[59:20])

• Chris’s “Tark Shank”/Shark Tank-style quiz:
  • Classic wordplay on video game titles using spoonerisms.
  • Creative examples:
    • Room Tater (Tomb Raider) ([52:55])
    • Douse of the Head (House of the Dead) ([54:15])
    • Barrio Mothers (Mario Brothers) ([54:38])
    • Bach Rand (Rock Band) ([55:15])
    • Far Fry (Far Cry) ([56:31])
    • Bar Stocks (Star Fox) ([57:11])
    • Cordal Mombat (Mortal Kombat) ([57:44])
    • Prue Blitz (Blueprints) ([58:56])
    • Marvel vs. MapCom (Marvel vs. Capcom) ([60:25])
  • Light-hearted frustration and laughter as the hosts work out the puzzles.

“I would play Barrio Mothers. That actually might be a good idea!” – Chris ([54:44])

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “[Margaret Hamilton]’s face is also green. Yeah.” – Chris ([14:00])
• “This type of bird, like other birds, also incorporates human artifacts into their nests…they studied 12 nests here over the course of about six years.” – Colin ([25:07])
• “Karen, this is a game you’ll hate to play because you hate escape rooms. Prue Blitz—fantastic game.” – Chris ([59:08])
• “One hour of Karen’s time is like eight hours of normal people’s time. That is the nicest thing, the best compliment I’ve ever received in my entire life.” – Karen ([49:12])

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• Opening banter/Halloween costumes: [00:49]–[02:47]
• General Trivial Pursuit quiz: [02:47]–[11:13]
• Wicked Witch quiz: [11:44]–[22:57]
• Bearded vulture deep-dive: [22:57]–[27:40]
• “Bad guy” word origins quiz: [27:40]–[36:41]
• Movie villains quiz: [38:15]–[47:35]
• Spoonerism video game quiz: [49:16]–[59:20]

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Summary

This “Bad Guy” episode packs trivia nuggets, etymology surprises, pop culture villain spotlights, and some of the most delightfully geeky wordplay you’ll hear this side of Oz. From the genuine chills of unwelcome witches on Sesame Street to the unexpectedly metal life of the bearded vulture, plus timely questions about movie villains and etymological origins, the GJB crew delivers educational entertainment for any trivia nut. Whether you want to show off new facts at your next quiz night or just enjoy some wildly creative spoonerisms (Room Tater, anyone?), this episode will leave you villainously well-informed.

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Transcript

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You're listening to an Airwave media podcast.

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Good weather worthy whirly birds and werewolves weathering whirlpools of Werther's. Welcome to Good Job Brain, your weekly quiz show and offbeat trivia podcast. This is episode 302. And of course, our. I'm your humble host, Karen. And we are your baddest baddies with badonkadonks badgering Sinbad in the badlands.

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I am Colin.

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And I'm Chris.

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Nice Sinbad reference there, Karen. We were just talking about Sinbad the other. The other show. Yeah.

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So we're all back. Everybody's back.

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Everybody's back. And guess where I came back from? I attended my first elementary school school wide Halloween bash.

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Oh, boy.

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It was overwhelming. And I think among the, I don't know, 30 roomies, 20 baby sages.

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Right, right, right. I was gonna ask you, on a scale of 90 to 100, what was the percentage of K pop demon hunters attire?

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A lot. A lot. And it's not. It's not just the kids. It's the parents. Right. It's the kid want as one thing makes their entire family be another thing. I saw your idol saja boys, who are all adults. I saw a lot of baby sages. Just a lot.

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Well, I have to confess that my family indeed is going to be doing.

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Are you a sa Boy?

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I'm not a saja boy. One of the other dads. We've got a multiple. So we've got, you know, the kids are going to be hunt tricks. And then we've got, you know, parents are sort of filling out, sort of the rest of the sort of traveling group. Yeah. My wife is going to be mystery. I'm going to be the guy in the crowd who's wearing the Guima T shirt. You know, and people are kind of like, where did he. Yeah, who is this guy? Where did he get a Guima T shirt?

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Yes. And my daughter is going to be roomie and my wife is going to be one of the demon flight attendant.

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That's a good one.

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Coffee into the plant. That's going be good. And then I'm gonna be Bobby because I. I wasn't even gonna do it. But then I'm like, oh, you know what? This would actually be pretty easy. Just bought a Huntrix T shirt. And I can. You know what? And then I can just wear the Huntrick T shirt until this whole thing is just run completely dead into the ground, which should be about November 1st.

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Look at us, guys. Well, without further ado, let's jump into our first general trivia segment. Pop quiz, hotshot. And when I say general, it's not general. Two cards here. Trivial Pursuit. We have Pop two Culture and entertainment Singles. All right, so let's do pop. I keep saying pop. Sorry. It's pop culture, too.

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Pop culture. 22 pop 2 culture 2 pop 2 culture.

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Here we go. TV Blue Wedge. What 10 part war series drew its name from the Saint Crispin's Day speech in Shakespeare's Henry 5th. Chris.

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Band of Brothers. Yes.

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Yes.

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Pink wedge fad. What manufacturer was building one out of every three cell phones sold around the world by 2006? Whoa.

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Colin, is that Nokia?

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Nokia. Nokia. Nokia. Yellow Edge for Buzz. What comedian born David Atkins was alarmed to read on Wikipedia that he died of a heart attack in 2007?

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Okay, David Atkins was a comedian who goes. So he must go by some pseudonym.

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Yes, right, right. Maybe even a mononymous.

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Oh, interesting, interesting. A comedian who goes by a mono.

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Colin, is. Is it Sinbad? Yes. Slumdog Millionaire, y'.

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All. Wow.

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That'S crazy. Oh, speaking of crazy, what Gnarls Barkley hit was the first single to top British charts on the strength of downloads alone.

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It's. Is it Chris? Is it crazy?

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It's crazy.

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Oh, okay.

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I was overthinking it. I'm like, she wouldn't just tip us the answer. Wouldn't she?

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I'm like.

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I'm trying to think. Another hit.

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Yeah. 40 chess over here.

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Green Watch for movies. What movie concerns the adoption of the Picardi shepherd young opal discovers in a grocery store? I'm sorry, how am I reading this question?

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Okay, no, sorry. The adoption of the what? Picardi shepherd young opal discovers in a grocery store. I believe it is because of Winn Dixie.

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Yes.

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The syntax of the sentence is.

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It's very hard. It's very hard to read. This adoption of the Picardy shepherd young opal discovers.

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Yes, yes, yes, yes.

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All right, sports and games. What nation settled for bronze and basketball at the Athens Olympics after losses to Puerto Rico, Lithuania and Argentina?

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Colin, is that the United States of America?

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The United States.

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Like, who else? What other nation would settle?

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Right. And why would it be interesting?

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Right, right, right, right.

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Last card here. This is entertainment. Singles Blue Edge for tv. What Saint Elsewhere doctor was also the voice of Kit in Knight Rider. Oh, Colin, you're so sure.

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All right, well, the actor is William Daniels. Or is that what they're looking for? Or are they looking for the doctor? Yeah, yeah. Okay.

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Mr. Mr. Feeny.

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Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets world.

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Wasn't he just on, like, Dancing the Stars?

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He was just on Dancing with the stars.

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90S something, I think.

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Yeah. Whoa. He did not dance, just to be clear. Oh.

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Because Topanga's on dancing.

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It was dedication night. And Daniel Fischl, who played Topanga, dedicated her dance to William Daniels, who played Mr. Feeny, as well as the voice of Kit from Night Raider.

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Yes.

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Now you know Pink Wed for music. What champion surfer from Hawaii produced and sang the music for the children's film Curious George.

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Oh, my buzzer's not working.

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Colin.

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Is it Jack Johnson.

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Jack Johnson.

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I did not know he was a champion.

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Champion surfer.

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Right.

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But it makes. It makes sense. It really fits.

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It's very chill. Very chill. All right. Yellow Edge for movies. What 1964 movie starring Audrey Hepburn was adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play Chameleon Chris?

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Thanks. My Fair Lady. My Fair lady, as most famously performed by my high school class in junior year. He played her dad, I played her dad. Take a bunch of white kids from suburban Connecticut and have them do cockney accents. Absolutely importantly, no vocal coaching whatsoever. Just let him rip.

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Did you have a cockney accent?

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Well, yes, I did, ma'.

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Am.

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I'm getting married in the morning. You know, just incredible. I mean, just transporting you to.

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The streets of London.

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Streets of London.

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Oh, I'm crying. Oh, Purple witch. What are skeet targets also called Colin?

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Pigeons.

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It says birds.

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Birds.

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Oh, really?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Clay pigeon.

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I was gonna say clay pigeon. Yeah. This is birds.

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I've heard birds. Yeah, I've heard. I've heard birds.

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We all get it.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Have you guys ever gone skeet shooting? Have you ever done it?

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No.

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Is it hard?

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It is very hard. Yes. I did it. I did it. I did it one time. I was a teenager. It was when I was at a camp in Colorado. And so they took us out. It was one counselor. It's all very safe, you know, under lock and key and all that. What I remember is in addition to it being hard is they. They gave us no ear protection. No, no, no protection. What? I mean, we were shooting in a safe direction. The counselor had a hand powered clay pigeon tosser. Yeah, yeah. So you got to kind of like cock it back. It's spring loaded. You put the clay pigeon in and then like just like on TV movies, like pull and, you know, he like, he just wing it up there as high as he could and he'd try and follow it.

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Did anybody get one out of, like.

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The five or six of us kids who were There I. I think. I think we had maybe two hits, you know, over a good 20, 30 minutes of shooting.

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It was tough.

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It was tough, and the thing was scary. I'd never, like, held a shotgun. It was exhilarating and I was terrible at it.

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Yeah.

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I don't know if I need to do it again.

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All right, next question. Green wedge. What Robert Cormier novel told the story of high school renegade Jerry Renault and his fight against conformity? Chris.

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The Chocolate War.

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Yes. You're so literary.

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Yes.

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I'm like stumbling through these names. I was like, I don't know any of the. How do I pronounce all of that stuff?

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I'm reading multiple books right now as we record this podcast. One hand, one on the other.

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You're double fisted. Yeah.

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Yeah. We believe you're literate. It's.

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It's.

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Yeah.

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Last question for pop quiz, hotshot. Wild card. What happened to 24 year old Sharon Tabern in 1993 after she participated in a live hypnosis show?

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Oh, what's the category?

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Wild card.

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That does not help at all.

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She participated in a live hypnosis show.

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Okay.

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What happened to the 24 year old Sharon Tabernacle.

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Yeah.

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In 1993 after she participated in a live hypnosis show.

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All right. It's either something really funny, really embarrassing, or really tragic. Or really like she farted.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. Or she died. I mean, I don't know, Chris.

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She instantly became able to speak fluent French.

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Oh, that's not bad. That's not bad.

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She died.

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Oh, okay. Should have just. Should have just hit that buzzer. Don't press on others. Okay, Way to end that card. Okay.

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Good job, brain. Well, this week, speaking of Guima Saja boys, by the time you hear this episode, it's probably after Halloween, but we're in the Halloween frenzy. Lots of spooky stuff, lots of costumes of villains, and I was like, ooh, we should do an episode about bad guys. So this week it's all about the bad gu.

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Well, right around the time this episode comes out, maybe there's gonna be a film about a famous villain. Like, maybe the famous villain is gonna be in theaters. Wicked for Good, the second installment in the film series based on the musical, based on the. No, movie based on the book, all about.

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Say that again. Say that again. I just want to hear. Okay.

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Yes. Wicked for Good, the second installment in the film series based on the musical, based on the novel, based on the movie, based on the book, all about the Wicked Witch of the West. She's called Elphaba in the musical. That's not always her name, but I do have a quiz about this enduring, beguiling 125 year old villain.

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She's got legs.

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Is she the Wicked Witch of the West? I will say the wicked witch has come by and inserted one trick question into this quiz, or I consider it a trick question. I don't know. So be on your guard for any trick questions.

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I like to. I do like to be warned ahead of time if there's a trick question.

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Just. Just the one. Just the one. We'll see. We'll see how you guys handle this buzz in quiz about the Wicked Witch of the West. So here we go.

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All right.

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All right. In the year 1975, this actress, then age 72, appeared on an episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood to explain to children that she was a real and very nice lady and not actually the Wicked Witch of the West.

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What was her name? I know.

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All right, so let's, let's tag team here. What do you got?

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Margaret.

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Margaret. Margaret.

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Oh, not Margaret Williams. Margaret.

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I don't know if it's in my punch, Harrison.

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It's the last name of a founding father.

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Hamilton.

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Hamilton. Margaret Hamilton. All right. Hamilton is on the $10 bill. She'. Also. Her face is also green. Yeah.

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Okay.

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Yes. Margaret Hamilton, who played the wicked witch in the 1939 motion picture the Wizard. Wild. Wow. Yes, yes, yes, yes. In 1976, one year later, Hamilton appeared again on a children's television program. This time she appeared as the Wicked Witch of the West. And this show was considered to be so scary that it was immediately pulled from the air and never officially shown again. What was the children's show show?

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This episode got pulled.

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Episode got pulled. She appeared on a Children's Show, 1976. The episode of this show was in which she appeared as the Wicked Witch of the west, was considered so scary and traumatized so many children that it was pulled from air and. And never officially shown again. Colin.

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Sesame Street.

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It was Sesame Street. Oh, they put her on Sesame Street. It's the Wicked Witch of the west, you know, interacting with the characters and using witch powers and stuff. And kids did not like it. The episode eventually leaked to the Internet in 2022, so it was really lost for a long time. We're not shown. They had the episode right.

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They just hold it.

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Somebody kind of got. It's not aired as part of reruns or anything like that. Yep.

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I'm gonna have to chase this one down.

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I know. Me too.

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All right, question number three. In L. Frank Baum's 1900 book, the wonderful wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the west is desperate to get her hands on what magical item, Karen.

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The silver slippers.

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Silver shoes.

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Yes.

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Silver shoes.

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All right, now I'm thinking. Look at the trick. Yeah.

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Nope, that was not the trick. That's not the trick yet. It is tricky. Yes. The ruby slippers, an invention for the movie. Yeah. In the book, it was the silver shoes that the Wicked Witch was trying to get her hands on. And of course, they were on Dorothy's feet of time. In the 2005 made for TV film, the Muppets wizard of Oz, the coveted silver shoes are said to have been made by what, Spanish footwear designer?

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Huh? Is it like.

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Oh, no, no, it's Italian. No, it's Italian Spanish.

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Or is it like a funny.

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Oh, like, is it a. Like a Muppet. Muppety pun?

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Real life.

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Yeah.

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Oh, real life. Okay. Oh, man, it's. No, it's. It's. It's. It's in there. Oh, it's. Come on, Karen, you know this. It's like a Sex in the City name.

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Manolo Blahnik.

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It is Manolo Blahnik.

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Yes.

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So in the Muppets wizard of Oz film, the character playing Dorothy does not want the shoes, but the good witch, played by Miss Piggy, who in fact plays all the witches, tries to get her to these shoes and fails until she finally says they're Manolos. She does take them, so.

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Yes. Nice. All right. I knew we could push to get there together.

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You got it. You got it. You knew. Yeah, exactly. It's. That was a classic, classic pub trivia team stuff like, you knew who it was, you just didn't know the name. Whereas Karen knew the name. All right. In 2024, the actress Katherine Hahn said this about an actress who played Elphaba on Broadway. Quote, I'm always confused, and flatteringly so, with blank. We always are confused with each other. Of whom was she speaking?

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Karen Dina Menzel. No.

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You have fallen into the witch's trap. She has gotten you with her. Trick question.

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Oh. Did someone else play Elphaba on Broadway?

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Yes.

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Okay.

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Whoa. Whether or not you think this person looks like Katherine Hunt, this is another well known person who played Elphaba on Broadway.

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Wow.

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It is. It is. I'm going to just tell you.

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Sara Bareilles.

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It is not Sara Bareilles.

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Who is it?

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It is Anna Gasteyer.

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Oh, I can see that.

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Yes.

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I can see that. I did not know that she. Oh, good. That's a good one.

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All right. Yes. The role of Elphaba was originated on Broadway by Idina Mentel. The third actress to play the role on Broadway was Eden Espinosa, who then went on to play this role in the play Rent on Broadway. This role had also been originated on Broadway by Idina Menzel. Karen.

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Maureen.

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Maureen.

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Maureen.

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Maureen.

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Sorry, Colin.

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No, no, no worries, Rent Heads. Yeah, rent it up.

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There you go. And when Eden Espinosa left Wicked on Broadway, she was replaced by Ana Gasteyer, fourth. Fourth person to play.

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I did not know that Anna Gasteyer had so much exposure and experience.

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In Sam Raimi's 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful. The Wicked Witch. I hope you remember it. The Wicked Witch of the west, played by Mila Kunis, had this clever name. Clever because it was an inversion of the name of the original book's protagonist.

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Okay.

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Original book protagonist, yes. Is it not Dorothy?

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Yes. So Dorothy was the protagonist of the original book. In Sam Raimi's 2013 film Oz the Great and the Wicked Witch of the west, her name was. It's sort of like a spoonerism, if you will.

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Uh huh.

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Her name was Theodora. Theodora, which is Theodora, which is actually Dorothy is from Dorothea, which means Gift of the gods. Then Theodora is literally just those same two words.

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Oh, my God.

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Flipped. Yes. The Wicked Witch of the west runs a sweatshop underneath Yankee stadium in this 1978 film, Karen the Wiz. It's the Wiz in which. And her name in the Wiz, Karen is.

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Does this start with an e?

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It does.

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Oh, it's escaping me.

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It's Evelyn.

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Man.

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Couple more questions for you. Donning a witch costume in a 1989 episode of her sitcom Roseanne, titular character Roseanne Connor proclaims herself the Wicked Witch of. What.

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Would it be?

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Wicked Witch of the what?

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It can't be like Ohio.

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Could it be like Wicked Witch of the Midwest?

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Correct. It is Wicked Witch of the Midwest. There you go. Not the Wicked Witch of Ohio, Wicked Witch of the Midwest. But yeah, yeah, you closed in on it. Wicked Witch of the Wicked Witch of the Loose Meats. And finally, it's not used for the film and it's not even used for the musical. But what is the subtitle of Gregory Maguire's 1995 book Wicked?

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Come on, Taron.

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Crazy. Because Chris is the one who let me borrow the copy of the paperback book.

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I believe in you.

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Trying to picture the book. What is it?

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It's a. It's a classic phrase. You'd see on the COVID of a biography if this were her biography, the Untold Story. No, it could be good. Could be good. Could be good. No, I'm gonna save you all. It is. The full title of the book with title and subtitle is Wicked the Life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Yes. Yep. Well, good job, everybody. Good job. All right. Your witch trivia.

[A]

Well, I have a somewhat villain of sorts here for you guys. Play along with me here. In pop culture, movies, TV shows, comics, what bird, what type of bird would you associate as the most evil bird is. You know what I mean, Like a villain bird?

[C]

The crow, the raven.

[A]

I was. I was looking for, like a vulture. Don't you guys? Yeah, it just has like, even. Just like the name the vulture, you know, it just has a real negative connotation. Really not fair to this bird. The bird's just like, hey, man, I'm just doing what I was, you know, I just like, evolved to do. I sometimes like to eat. Carry on, you know, and it's like they.

[B]

They symbolize death. Yes. You have like the vultures circling.

[A]

Yeah. The opportunism. Yeah.

[B]

Waiting for you to die.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Reaper.

[A]

The grim reaper of birds, if you will. Well, I. I came across a news article involving some vultures of a certain type that I found very interesting and needed to share with you guys.

[B]

Villainous.

[A]

I read a great article from Smithsonian magazine. It was by correspondent Sarah Kut. In her article was summarizing some interesting results from a study published last month in the journal Ecology. And this study was focused on the bearded vulture, which is a pretty cool name. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of 70% to 90% bone.

[B]

They.

[A]

They actually eat so metal. They literally eat bone. They even will pick big bones up, fly up with them, and drop them so that they shatter on the rocks and they can eat them in smaller pieces. It's so cool. Their stomach acid can literally dissolve bones in just a matter of hours. They're really. They're eating the. The marrow, I guess, which makes a lot of sense. I'm like, okay, bone. How much nutrition is in bone? And the answer is not a whole lot compared to what's in the marrow. All right, that. That is not what this article is about.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Among the. The cool things about bearded vultures. Yes. They eat bones. They also return to the same nesting site over generations. They have nesting sites for bearded vultures that may go back hundreds of years. You know, no, 20, 30 generations.

[B]

How do they Know, I guess they're born into it.

[A]

How do they know? Great. You're really setting me up here. So because people who study these birds are aware that they have re nesting, you can study the nest and basically look back in time a little bit because some of the materials in the nest will be generations. That's right. It is, it is a little bit. This type of bird, like other birds, also incorporates human artifacts into their nests. Okay, so this study in ecology was about bearded vultures in southern Spain. And they've been largely extinct there, depending on the region, for several generations, more than 100 years in places. But their nests are still there. And because of the environment, they build them like high up and protected spaces. They're, they're nice and good, good moisture, not too moist, not too dry. The nest can be preserved for hundreds of years. And so they can go and find these nests. They studied 12 nests here over the course of about six years. They found a lot of bones, as you might imagine, but they found more than 70 pieces of leather, like human made leather and shoes and pieces of crossbows and leather that had been crafted into things that were clearly human use.

[B]

Like how long ago?

[A]

Yeah, like what's as as far back as 675 years. In particular, found a sandal that is 650 years old, made of like the woven grass to the region is clearly, you know, a human made sandal. So these nests are, are not just valuable studying the birds and their history, but they're a very interesting insight into the human populations living around where the bearded vultures lived, finding these artifacts from their daily lives that have been preserved because the birds picked them up and took them into their nests. And then subsequent generations are like, well, I don't need to leave. This is a pretty sweet nest up and it's protected. So this just blew my mind. Just like, just what a, what a good job brain. You know, intersection of science and history and human and animal study.

[B]

10 out of 10 bearded vulture. You win our good job brain. Most metal thing of the year. Okay, I have a word quiz. I haven't done a wordy etymology ish quiz in a while. So there are a lot of cool, colorful words for villain, a lot of words in the English language to describe a bad guy. So I've rounded up some and here is the game. So I'm gonna give you a bad guy word and I'm give you two potential origins of the bad guy word. And you have to choose which one do you think is the answer. Actual etymology, origin of this word.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Okay. All right. That's the name of the game. Here we go. The first word is villain. Our episode's topic. Villain. Does the word villain come from villa, like an Italian house, or does it come from venal? V E, N A L, like someone who is bribable. Which one do you think?

[A]

Think.

[B]

Does the word villain come from villa, like an Italian house, or venal, which means bribeable, or there's a price. Sellable.

[C]

Right.

[B]

All right, Colin, what do you think I'm gonna say?

[A]

Villa.

[C]

Yeah, I'll go. I'll go with villa.

[B]

Go with villa. Incorrect. You're both correct. It is villa. Italian house. These days when we say villa, we're like, oh, like vacation in the villa. But, like, villa, you know, in Italian means country house. Out in the rural area, farmhouse. And so villa does used to mean something that's like lower class, like farmer, peasant. And that's where the origin of villain came from.

[A]

A bumpkin or something.

[B]

And it had that kind of vibe to it. Yeah. So villa. All right, next word. I'm trying to trick you, so hopefully fall into one of my tracks.

[C]

Yeah, no, I. I could tell. I could tell.

[B]

Okay. All right, next bad guy word. A Nemesis. Nemesis. Comic book heroes have their arch nemesis. Nemesis. Does the word nemesis come from name of a Greek God or named after the Nemean lion? To clarify, the Nemean lion was the first task of Hercules.

[A]

Hercules.

[B]

Hercules, Hercules, Hercules, Nemesis. Is it a name of a Greek God, or did it come from the Nemean lion?

[C]

It's not any Greek God I've ever heard of, so I'm gonna go with the lion.

[A]

I'm gonna go on the theory that there's so many gods, there's so many of them, just because they're not, you know, household names, I'm gonna go with the. The Greek God name.

[B]

Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing. The answer is, is the name of a Greek goddess. Nemesis. That her name is Nemesis. And what is she the goddess of. Goddess of revenge.

[A]

Oh, so good.

[B]

Yeah. Goddess of revenge. Probably the. The most famous is the story of Narcissus, the guy who fell in love with his own image, his own reflection. Who led him there? It was Nemesis. Nemesis was the one who kind of set him up. All right, next bad guy word. Wrestling fans rejoice. It is heal. Oh, heal. H E E L. Does the word heel, as, you know, a bad guy come from the heel of a foot, or does it come from origins of hell?

[C]

Hell. Oh, all right.

[B]

Helium, Helion. Heel of a foot.

[C]

Right, right, right. Or hell, I'll go heel of a foot.

[A]

Yeah, I'm gonna go heel of the foot as well. And I mean, I know the phrase heel turn as well and think that, I don't know, maybe that's connected, like, to a literal heel of a shoe or a foot or something. I don't know.

[B]

Listeners, what do you think the correct answer is? Heel of a foot.

[A]

Huh?

[B]

Why? Why?

[A]

Yeah, why?

[B]

Why is a heel bad?

[A]

Just because it's low. It's on the ground.

[B]

It's because it's. It's low. It's because it's like the most bottom of the bottom of your body. The lowest of the low. You're the heel of the foot. Next word. Rapscallion.

[A]

Oh, that's such a fun word. Rap.

[B]

Scallion. Does the word come from rotten scallions?

[C]

Oh, yeah, Give me a bunch of rapscallions.

[B]

Or animals.

[A]

Ooh.

[B]

It's an old timey word for a weird animal.

[C]

Right?

[B]

Or is the old timey word for rotten scale?

[C]

Bad onions.

[B]

Bad onions.

[A]

I like the animal. I like the animal theory.

[C]

I can't imagine if it's. If it really does mean bad onions, then.

[B]

Yeah, you guys did not fall into my trap. It is animals.

[C]

Okay, all right.

[B]

Pack of animals. A rabble. Okay, so rapscallion stems from rabble, which is like a mob or a pack of animals. Pack of people. Not bad scallions. Man, I was hoping that.

[A]

That, that is. It's one of those where it's silly enough to be plausible, though.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And then you're just like, oh, maybe rap is an old arcade, you know, like, you know.

[C]

Yeah, Bad apples and the bear. And then.

[B]

Yeah, no, I think of like a cart, you know, like a cart full of spoiled vegetables.

[A]

Gross onions, bad apples and wrapped stallions.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

All right, next word. We have enemy. Enemy. Where does enemy come from? Does it come from the Latin in ami, which means non friend? Or does it come from enema, which means injection? Injecting what?

[A]

Injecting what?

[C]

Fear.

[A]

Hate. Ooh.

[B]

Does it come from in ami, which is a not friend? So if you're a not friend, you're a enemy. Enemy or enema?

[A]

Huh?

[C]

Gotta go with enema.

[A]

I really want it to be enema, therefore, I'm gonna go with enema as well.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Fell into my trap. I was like, wow, it sounds a lot like enema. What if those two things are related? Totally not related. Totally. Like, I was like, maybe they even share the same origin. No, no, two different things. Enemies in Injection just means injection. Enemy comes from in a me. In a me. In a me.

[A]

Right.

[B]

I n a m I. And it just became enemy.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

That's good. I like that. Yeah.

[A]

Doesn't. Didn't we also learn way, way back, I think, maybe from Dana, that infant comes from, like, cannot speak, like, not speak infant. Something like that.

[B]

Oh. All right, last one. Rival. You're my rival. We're rivals. Rival. Does the word rival come from river or revolution? Rival.

[A]

My rival. Your river. Like, revelation. Metaphor. Yeah, I'm trying to, like.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Something of the river.

[C]

Right, right, right. Yeah. I'll go with. I'll go with. With revolution.

[A]

I'll. I'm gonna mix it up here. I'm gonna break. I'm gonna go with river.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Revolt. Revolution, Chris. Revolution. Colin, you think it's the river? Yeah, it is the river. Rival. Like, the real definition is someone who is in pursuit of the same goal as you.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Like, you guys are both chasing after the same thing, and so it's like your neighbor down by the river. You're of the same river, and you guys both, you know, two houses down the river are. Are looking for the same thing.

[A]

Oh, that's a good one.

[B]

Is that. That's so crazy.

[A]

Never looked into that one. That's a really good one.

[B]

Yep, yep, yep, yep. Cool.

[A]

That was great. I love these kinds of quizzes. That was really good.

[B]

No rapscallions here. No rotten onions here. All right, we're gonna take a quick break, and we'll be right back.

[D]

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[A]

Una silla de masajes puede pares.

[C]

Er, Extravagante. Ocho configuraciones differentes Intensidada justable. Com los aceros con mables solo parese extravagante. You're listening to Good job, Brain. Smooth puzzles, Smart trivia. Good job, Brain.

[B]

This week, we're talking about bad guys.

[A]

I have a quiz for you guys as well. This is a quiz about movie villains. Does not include any wizard of Oz, any Wicked. Not. Not in this quiz at all. No overlap. Specifically, these are movies from the tops of the box office charts. And I'm going to use a format I've given you guys before where we will start in the present day. And we're going to move back in time a bit with each question. The. This will be a buzz quiz. The answer to each question is the name of a movie. Okay. And it's going to be keyed around the villains, antagonists of, of many high grossing movies.

[B]

Are you going to give us the villain name?

[A]

I will, I. In some cases I will tell you the name of the villain. In some cases, I will clue you to it. In some cases, the name of the villain is directly tied to the name of the movie.

[B]

Got it.

[A]

I believe in you guys. Get your buzzers ready.

[B]

All right, let's rock this.

[A]

We'll be going back in five year increments starting today, this very day and ending all the way back in 1995. All of these. It doesn't sound that long ago, Karen, but that was, need I remind you, 30 years longer than some of our listeners have been alive. I'm sure. Now, as you might expect going back 30 years, top grossing movies in those, you know, top 10 or 15. So. Well, let me just say there's a lot of Star wars is, there's a lot of Avengers is and Harry Potter Z. And you know, I can't, I can't promise that, that, that we won't have one of those in here, but I've tried my best to avoid those. All right, I'm going to try and clue you in. We're starting in 2025. Hopefully, hopefully you guys can, can tackle this one. Get off on a good foot. All right, get your buzzers ready. The highest grossing movie so far of 2025. And this is very, very close. I was looking at the charts right before we recorded this episode. You know, we're, we're toward the end of the year. We got a couple more months.

[B]

The.

[A]

Time this episode airs. But as of right now, as we are recording, the highest grossing movie of 2025 in the United States pits its heroes against gruff porcine villains. What is this film?

[B]

Gruff?

[A]

Poor sign. They are distinctly pig like. Highest grossing. They just announced a sequel for this movie. Karen, what do you got?

[B]

Minecraft.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Oh, oh, Minecraft.

[A]

Of course, yes. With the villains, the, the piglins in, in the movie specifically. It is a Minecraft movie. We won't, we won't nitpick too much here.

[B]

Oh, okay. Sorry.

[A]

Yes, a Minecraft movie.

[B]

It's called a Minecraft.

[A]

It is Called a Minecraft movie. And yeah, as of today, it is the highest grossing movie of the year. However, a hotel hot on its heels is Lilo and Stitch. The, the live action Lilo and Stitch. So, yeah, we'll see, we'll see where that ends up when, when all is said and done here at the end of the year. Okay, jumping back to 2020, like a lifetime ago here. Pandemic era, guys. The fifth highest grossing film of 2020 featured the unexpected, some would say improbable return of a major villain who was seemingly killed more than 30 years prior. Oh, Chris, what do you got?

[C]

Star Wars. The Rise of Skywalker.

[A]

Yes, you have it. Star Wars. Star Wars Episode ix. Oh, oh. Or nine. I hope I'm not spoiling this movie for you. The Resurrected Emperor Sheev. Palpatine.

[B]

I don't even really remember what happened.

[A]

You know, it's, you know, walking out of the movie, you're like, so he was a. A clone, I guess, or resurrected, you know, something somewhere in there. Yes, that's right. You got it.

[C]

Yep. Chewie got a medal.

[A]

Finally.

[C]

Finally.

[A]

Moving to 2015, this entry in a long running franchise has a one word title is also conveniently the name of the sinister criminal organization featured in the story. Chris Skyfall. You are. You're on the right track. You're on the right track. You want to pick it up.

[C]

Criminal organization.

[B]

But is it, Is it Specter?

[A]

It is Specter. You got it. That's right. Spectre.

[B]

The name of his.

[A]

That's right, his estate. That's right. Spectre. Moving back another five years in 2010, nobody could have predicted the lasting success of this film which featured a villain front and center and spawned multiple, and I mean multiple sequels. Super villain, if you will.

[C]

Oh, a super villain.

[A]

Supervillain. The main character. Main character. And.

[B]

And let's list out.

[A]

Oh, Karen.

[B]

Joker.

[A]

No, yeah, a little. A little further back. 2010. The main. The main character is a super villain. And I would say the main character's assistants also proved to be quite popular. Oh, Chris.

[C]

Despicable Me.

[A]

It is despicable Me.

[B]

Yes. Oh, my God.

[A]

Just. I mean, what a runaway train. No, I don't think anybody knew. Steve Carell could not have known. I don't think anybody knew. Do you know how many I had to look up? How many sequels in the expanded Despicable Me universe are okay? Yeah, I mean, I think it's like.

[C]

There'S three movies and then I think there's like the Rise of Gru also. And then I think there's like, two minions. Yeah.

[A]

All right, 2010, we had Despicable Me 2013, Despicable Me 2, Despicable Me 3, 2017, Despicable Me for 2024. Then we get into the prequel slash parallel Minions series. We had minions 2015, which is at. Which was, at one point, I believe, the highest grossing animated film of all time. I don't know if it still is or not. Then we had Minions, the Rise of GRU in 2022.

[C]

Oh, right. Okay.

[A]

And on the horizon, guys, for next year is Minions 3. So that'll. That'll bring us to seven. Seven total feature films. And that's not counting, you know, the. The shorts and all the. Exactly. All that stuff. Big checks for Mr. Steve Carell. Aliens were the villains, if you will, of this film from 2005, directed by a Hollywood legend and based on a book from more than 100 years prior.

[B]

Oh, I was gonna. I was gonna say Prometheus.

[A]

Chris, what do you got?

[C]

War of the Worlds.

[A]

That is War of the Worlds. Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, of course, based on the H.G. wells book. Older than. Older than wizard of Oz, even.

[B]

You are in sync with Colin, apparently.

[A]

All right, I know, I know. You can get this one, Karen.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

The number one highest grossing movie in the US for the year 2000 was not Russell Crowe's Gladiator. It was not Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible 2. It was this holiday movie with a notable villain's name right in the title. Oh, Karen.

[B]

The Grinch.

[A]

Elaborate.

[B]

The Grinch who Stole Christmas.

[A]

Chris, you wanna. You wanna clean it up here? What do you got?

[C]

I believe it's how the Grinch Stole Christmas.

[A]

Yes, it is. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Thank you. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Thanks for being a stickler.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You want to get on Jeopardy, Karen, so you're going to have to.

[B]

Yeah, that's the Jim Carrey one.

[A]

Yes, that's right. I was surprised to see that this was, in fact, the number one highest grossing movie in the US for that year. I would have picked Gladiator.

[B]

Holiday Kid.

[A]

It makes sense.

[C]

Jim Carrey at the height of his popularity.

[A]

Right. Okay, last question. Thirty years in the past, we're looking at 1995. In this movie, Dennis Hopper portrayed the lead villain heading a band of post apocalyptic pirates. Karen. Authoritatively Water World. You have it. It is Waterworld.

[B]

I really like Waterworld. I don't know why everybody hates it.

[A]

It was widely considered a flop at the time just because it was so expensive to make. It was very expensive to make and you know, I mean, speaking of height of their powers, Kev was, you know, at or near the height of his powers at the time and, you know, could sort of command, you know, getting this movie made. It was considered a flop at the time even though it was the number 10 highest grossing film of the year.

[B]

It's like Mad Max on water, you know. Yeah, it's pretty cool.

[A]

Yeah. All right, good job, guys. You know your high profile movie villains.

[B]

You mean more like bad job bad guys.

[C]

The who's down and who Newville were.

[A]

Making their list, but some didn't know Walmart has the best brands for their gifts. What about toys? Do they have brands kids have been wanting all year? Yup.

[C]

Barbie, Tonys and Lego gifts that will.

[B]

Make them all cheer.

[A]

Do you mean they have all the brands I adore?

[C]

They have Nintendo, Nespresso, Apple and more.

[A]

What about. So the who answered questions from friends till they were blue? Each one listened and shouted from Walmart. Who knew? Shop gifts from top brands for everyone.

[C]

On your list in the Walmart app. So sadly I was not able to be on the game show episode, the previous episode that was game show themed. How'd that go, Karen? Was it fun?

[B]

Oh my gosh, Yeah. I wish you were there. I wish you could play the impossible Quiz. That was really, really great. And I wish, Chris, you could play Wheel of Fate.

[C]

I'm sorry, I wish I could have.

[A]

Been tour de force.

[B]

Yeah. Actually, I have to say I thought about this a lot. After we recorded, Colin said something on the show that I think is the best compliment I've ever received in my entire life. Because I was like, oh, you know, hey, I spent an hour coding this dumb Wheel of fish spinner. Colin said one hour of Karen's time is like eight hours of normal people's time. And I was like, that is the nicest thing, the best compliment I've ever.

[A]

Received in my entire life. I'm very proud to hear that.

[B]

So sorry we missed you, Chris.

[C]

Yeah, sorry I missed it. Sorry I missed it. And I, I really thought I was gonna be actually on that episode to the point that I actually put together my whole segment, a game show styled word quiz for everybody. So I'm gonna inflict it on you now. It's over. So thank. Great job on the villain episode, everybody. Here's their off topic, off topic word game. It's a little game I call tark shank. For this word game, I would like you to imagine I referenced him earlier in the show. If the Reverend William Archibald Spooner former don of the University of Oxford, was an entrepreneur pitching products to would be investors on the television game show Shark Tank. Now, Spooner, as you may or may not know, was famous for spoonerisms accidentally transposing the initial consonant sounds of words or phrases. So when he was lecturing at the University of Oxford, instead of discussing the Conquering Kings, he once told his students about the Kinkering Kong. Many, many such spoonerisms attributed to Spoo may have been made up after the fact by his students at Oxford, such as once when he apparently told a student, you have hissed all my mystery lectures. But, you know, that's. That's it. He's. He's become very well known for that. Now, Shel Silverstein, the children's writer poet, did a book of spoonerisms titled Runny Babbitt.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Bunny instead of bunny Rabbit. Yeah. So on today's episode of Shark Tank, the reverend is here to try to drum up some investment in video games.

[A]

Okay?

[C]

So as an example, if he were to pitch the Sharks a puzzle game for the NES made up of folders of documents owned by Hercules actor Donovan, you would of course say the files of Tate, which would be a spoonerism of the video game title Tiles of Fate.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Now you might say, chris, I've never heard of Tiles of Fate. That is why it was the example.

[A]

Didn't want to burn a good one on the example.

[C]

The rest of the. Exactly. Now, the rest of the. Well, not if you have a first floor of your house that's full of shelves full of video games, and you can go down and just look at every video game title and spoonerize it in your head and see if something good pops up. Which ones stick, which ones are good? Yes. So, I mean, so again, the whole thing was a puzzle game. Tiles of Fate is a puzzle game, but made up of folders of documents owned by Hercules actor Donovan. Folders of documents or files. Tate Donovan played Hercules. So that's kind of where we're going here. Let's see how this goes. Here you go, Sharks. What I've got for you today.

[A]

The commitment framing devices.

[B]

Yeah, that weird, awkward cringe with one.

[C]

Fist and then a hand over the fist shark. What I have for you today is an adventure game starring Carol Loft, who steals potatoes out of sections of people's homes.

[A]

Instead of Colin Room Tater, it's Room Tater.

[C]

Exactly.

[A]

Oh, my goodness.

[C]

It's not Tomb Raider, it's Room Tater stealing potatoes out of the Divided Sex people's homes. You know, What? Karen, that actually might be. That might be a good idea. This was a buzz in quiz, but if you guys do want to grab a pencil paper and jot down some notes, you know what I mean? My extra challenge to you is to not. Not say the actual title of the game, but only say the. The spoonerized title that I'm describing. It's more difficult that way.

[A]

Indeed.

[C]

All right. Okay. All right, I'll give you the next one. All right, well, if that product is not working for you guys, how about an arcade zombie shooter made by Sega in which you defeat the zombies by pouring water on their skulls. Typing.

[A]

Typing of the Dead Zombies.

[C]

Karen, it's the. It's the series that. It's the series that gave birth to Typing of the Dead. The non typing version where you use a light gun.

[B]

It's something of the. Ed.

[C]

Uh huh. Yes. Yes.

[B]

Oh.

[C]

Huh. Huh. God.

[B]

My brain doesn't. Is not wired this way. Which means D has to be. It must be a ding of the head.

[C]

Douse of the head.

[B]

Douse of the head.

[C]

House of the Dead is the game. We'll move on. We'll move on. Yes, yes, yes. Okay. I think you're gonna love this Nintendo platform action game. And it features moms who live in Latin American neighborhoods.

[A]

Colin, is this Barrio Mothers?

[C]

It is. It is. Mario Mother. Great work. I can't wait to play this game.

[A]

Sounds. Sounds great.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I would play that game. Now we're on a roll.

[B]

Now we're on a roll.

[C]

Wonderful moms who live in Latin American neighborhoods. But it's a great game. All right, well, okay, so for my. Okay, you like that game. How about a music game with plastic instruments where you play songs about strong, dark German beer and South African currency?

[A]

That is Bach Rand.

[C]

That is Bachrand. Wonderful game. Not a very long song list on that one. All right, look, maybe some of these pitches aren't working for you. Would you like to invest in my Sega cd? Full motion video horror game about an unoriginal brief slumber?

[A]

Unoriginal brief. Okay. Okay. So it's not.

[B]

Seventh guest.

[C]

It's not seventh guest. Oh, like this one was controversial. It starred play today. Know.

[A]

Nap app.

[B]

App.

[A]

New trite.

[C]

Uh huh. Is it trite Nap trait now.

[A]

Oh, man. Not night trap.

[B]

Night trap.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

With Dana again.

[C]

Maybe. Maybe a little bit. Maybe a little bit too obscure. Yeah, with Dana Plato. All right, all right. Sharks. Haven't you ever said I want to cook sunny side up eggs inside my automobile? Well, you can in this open world shooter published By Ubisoft.

[B]

Oh, Far Car Fry. Oh, my gosh.

[A]

Far Fry.

[C]

Oh, you got that one. Faster. Okay, great, great, great. Just 10 more of these.

[A]

Sharks.

[C]

I think I speak for all of us when I say every one of us in this room. We all love animals. Don't we love animals?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Well, this shooter game from Nintendo stars a squadron of furry creatures who purchase shares of companies from a great distance.

[A]

Furry creatures. Okay, they're in. They're in shared stocks. Investing.

[B]

Far Stocks.

[C]

Bar Stocks.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Stocks. Not Star Fox. Very good. Well, listen, I know you're gonna love this one. I know you're gonna love this one if that animal game didn't grab you. How about this? This is an ultraviolet martial arts game starring a maternal flying rodent who can sing multiple notes at once.

[A]

Oh, my goodness.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

Is this cordal mombat?

[C]

That is a cordal mombat. It's a chordal.

[A]

Right, right, right. Multiple notes with the chords and the mom.

[C]

She's a mom bat. Remember, sometimes when you're spoonerizing things, something doesn't seem to make sense.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

But then it turns out that it very much does if you look at it in the right way. So just one more of everybody's favorite. I'm gonna do this again because this was so funny. I'm gonna definitely do another one of these one of these days, but threaten you with it. Here is the final product that I want to pitch you guys on. Well, on the studio next door, they're doing the Great British Bake off, and one of the judges just made me a Jewish filled pancake, but I can't find it because the rooms in my house change every time I open a door. One of the judges on the Great British Bake off just made me a Jewish filled pancake, but I can't find it because the rooms in my house change every time I open a door. Karen.

[B]

Prue Blitz.

[C]

It's a Prue Blitz. I had my Prue Blitz. I can't find it anywhere.

[B]

Maybe it's in the Secret garden where the lever is.

[A]

Amazing.

[B]

Yes, Colin, that. By the way, Colin, this is. This is a game that you'll hate to play because you hate escape rooms. Oh, my God. Blueprints. It's fantastic game.

[C]

Yep. Well, thank you all. This. This. This game was not QA'd in any way. Shaker.

[B]

How do you even QA?

[C]

I will never QA a game I will never learn. I. I promise you that I will never learn. I will. I will leave you before we close out with one that's so bad, I didn't even put it in sharks. I'm looking for $10 million to fund 1% of my crossover fighting game about an Iraqi engineering consultancy and the makers of Fudgy the Wind.

[A]

All right, okay, let's. Let's break this down.

[B]

Angle.

[A]

Fudgy. Fudgy. Was. Was that a Carvel creation?

[B]

Marvel. Oh, Marvel.

[A]

Like. Oh, what, like Marvel versus Capcom? So. Right. So Carvel verse Map.

[C]

Well, versus Map. Com, which of course everyone knows is.

[B]

The.

[C]

Most popular engineering consultancy in all of our.

[A]

That's the check. That's. That's how you know you got the answer right. Chris. He's like, okay, well, I know what the Iraqi. Oh, well, obviously it's mapcom, so.

[C]

Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

I can see how this could be. This could be a great theme for, like, a crossword.

[A]

Oh, sure, yeah.

[B]

Like, all the long answers are spoonerisms.

[C]

Yes, yes, yes. Well, very often, you see, that's. Spoonerisms is. It's like, you know how in encrypted crosswords, there's like, oh, well, there's these seven different types of clues. Then every now and again, there's something a little weirder. Every now and again, you'll get a spoonerism that's. That's thrown in there, and it's like, you know. You know, Reverend Spooners, right? Blah, blah, blah, whatever. And then you got to figure out what barrio mothers how and got that.

[B]

My brain is just not wired that like, you know, it's like people.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Speak like Pig Latin. It's so hard for my brain to.

[A]

Do that, to swap the silver because.

[B]

I can see letters in my head, but I don't see the, like. It's sounds.

[A]

Right.

[B]

It's like sounds exchanging.

[C]

Yeah, it's not letters.

[B]

Yeah. It's not. It's.

[A]

It's syllables.

[C]

Phonemes. Yeah, right, right. Yeah. It's initial.

[B]

It's like, what's our. What's our spoonerism names? Oh, Chris.

[C]

Chris Kohler.

[B]

Fallen.

[A]

Fall.

[C]

Fallen Kelton. And. Oh, Sharon Ku. Is good.

[A]

Yeah. That's a good Star wars name.

[B]

It is, it is. Oh, my gosh. And that's our show. Thank you all for joining me, and thank you listeners for listening in. Hope you learned stuff today about spoonerisms, about movie villains, about etymology, and about wicked.

[C]

Ah.

[B]

You can find us on all major podcast apps, caps and on her. Why does mine. Why does my Alpha bus scream sound.

[A]

Like the Lead Zeppelin? You're thinking of the Immigrant Song.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Why does it sound like that? You can find us on all major podcast apps and on our website, kajabrain.com this podcast is part of Airwave Media podcast network. Visit airwave media.com to listen and subscribe to other shows like like Spycast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum Queens Podcast. And what should I read next? And we'll see you next week.

[A]

Bye.

[C]

Bye.