Podcast Summary: Spitballers Comedy Podcast – “Dragon Diarrhea & Children's Book Character Battle Royale”

Episode 324 | February 26, 2026
Hosts: Andy, Mike, Jason

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This episode, true to the Spitballers' signature blend of PG-friendly absurdity and quick wit, revolves around the hosts exploring far-fetched “Would You Rather” scenarios, untangling the subtle (and not so subtle) differences between similar words, and ultimately drafting a team of children’s book characters for a hilarious “battle royale.” The result is a rollicking hour of playful debate, family-safe banter, and memorable one-liners, with recurring allusions to dragons, poop jokes, and the limits of sarcasm.

Key Discussion Points & Timestamps

1. Would You Rather: Cheetah Speed or Gorilla Strength?

[02:48 – 09:54]

• Prompt: “Would you rather have the speed of a cheetah, but only when barefoot, or the strength of a gorilla, but only when holding a balloon (inflated)?”

• Debate Over Cheetah Speed

  • Concerns about injury: “If I could run that fast barefoot, how do I not injure myself?” – Josh [03:12]
  • Realizations about practicality (grass, beach): “Pretty much you get to run fast in grass.” – Andy [03:49]
  • Fun applications (racing, errands): “I’d race people once … like the end of Incredibles with Dash.” – Andy [05:26]

• Gorilla Strength & Balloon Logistics

  • Strength facts: “A silverback can lift over £4,000 on a bench press.” – Mike [07:02]
  • Strategies for holding the balloon: loopholing with deflated balloons until it’s clarified must be inflated.

• Hosts’ Picks:

  • Andy: Gorilla strength (“I’ll use strength far more often than I would sprint anywhere.”) [08:13]
  • Mike: Swayed to gorilla after discussion [09:10]
  • Josh: Values escape speed; imagines outrunning a bear [08:25]

2. Would You Rather: Flawless Writing or Speak Any Accent?

[09:54 – 12:18]

• “Would you rather be able to write flawlessly in any font, or speak in any accent (but not language)?”

  • Writing ability dismissed as mostly a novelty (“It’s the stupidest thing ever… it looks like I typed this up.” – Andy [10:48])
  • Accents seen as more useful/funny (“You sound smarter. People take you more seriously… If I was a judge, I’d believe whatever he says.” – Josh [10:19 & 10:41])
  • Mike teases Andy: “You kind of look like a Comic Sans guy.” [11:24]

• Demo time: Josh attempts Scottish & Schwarzenegger accents to the delight of the group. [12:13–12:36]

3. Would You Rather: “Always Lying” vs. “Always Sarcastic”

[12:37 – 16:43]

• “Would you rather people think you are always lying or always being sarcastic (even when you’re not)?”
  • Both are social nightmares, but lying is worse.
  • Mike: “It is a massive problem at my house right now… All three of my kids… have to stop and say, guys, not everything has to be a sarcastic remark.” [12:56–13:19]
  • Discussion of “embellishing” vs “lying” [14:01–15:05]
  • They agree: perpetual sarcasm is better; at least some people might still enjoy your company.

4. Being a Dragon … or Having Two!

[16:49 – 24:30]

• “Would you rather have the ability to become a dragon at will, or summon two dragons under your control?”
  • Extended, hilarious debate over logistics (dragon sizes, types, feeding needs).
  • Andy wants to become a dragon for flight (“I want to feel the wind beneath my wings!”) [21:43]
  • Josh chooses summoning: “You get two dragon friends. You get companionship, you get a friend.” [18:45]
  • Pros/cons involve cost of feeding, public reaction, team-up opportunities, and—of course—poop: “If I am the dragon, I can aim that thing.” – Andy [22:39]
  • Laughter over “dragon diarrhea” and whether dragons incinerate their own waste or spray it from the sky [23:00]
  • Verdict: Andy and Mike would rather BE the dragon, Josh wants to summon two.

5. What’s the Difference? (Word Distinctions Segment)

[27:09 – 40:55]

Short, punchy segments with rapid-fire (and silly) distinctions between:

• Craving vs. Wanting vs. Needing [27:11]
  • Cravings = privilege, wanting = desire, needing = requirement for survival
• Robot vs. Android vs. Cyborg [28:51]
  • Android = humanoid robot; Cyborg = organic & mechanical hybrid; “All androids are robots, not all robots are androids.” – Andy [29:31]
• Sanitizing vs. Disinfecting vs. Decontaminating [31:14]
  • Disinfect: kill infections; sanitize: get rid of germs before infection; decontaminate: handle “gross” or hazardous stuff (poop, pee, throw-up, etc.)
• Catchphrase vs. Motto vs. Slogan [35:29]
  • Catchphrase: individual, Motto: guiding principle, Slogan: commercial/organizational tagline
• Remembering vs. Recalling vs. Reminiscing [37:54]
  • Reminiscing is always positive/nostalgic, “good old days”; recalling is more effortful or pointed; remembering is more general.

6. Draft: Children’s Book Character Battle Royale

[42:09 – 1:01:36]

Setup: Each host drafts a team composed of famous children’s book characters to “battle” each other.

• Selection Order and Notable Picks:
  • Mike: Big Bad Wolf, Grinch, Matilda, Charlotte the Spider
    • Big, bad, and mischievous. Matilda brings telekinesis; Charlotte brings stealth and webs.
  • Andy (Jason): Cat in the Hat, Lorax, Big Friendly Giant (BFG), Little Engine That Could
    • Chaos, magic, environmental power, brute force, plus a possibly trackless locomotive.
  • Josh: Clifford the Big Red Dog, a Wild Thing (from “Where the Wild Things Are”), Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Tigger
    • Clifford for raw size, Wild Thing for monster toughness, the Old Lady for her insatiable consumption (“She swallowed a wolf and a Grinch and she’ll swallow a Lorax for sure!” [54:17]), and Tigger for energetic chaos.

- Hilarious arguments about the usefulness or effectiveness of:

• The Cat in the Hat’s magic (“Is it the cat or the hat?”)
• Whether the Little Engine can function without tracks
• Ferdinand the Bull being pacifist by definition (“He’s just going to lay down, I can’t take it!” [53:06])
• Summoning accidental chaos (Tigger and Clifford running amok)
• Charlotte’s standby plan of unleashing thousands of baby spiders

Notable Quotes & Moments

• “If you could transform into an eagle or summon one dragon, which would you choose?” – Josh [21:52]
• “Now, if I am the dragon, I can aim that thing. I can go right over Andy's house … your pool's gonna get destroyed.” – Andy [22:39]
• “Saying words funny is really underrated and we need to do it more.” – Mike [13:00]
• “A craving is something you have the privilege to crave. A man without food or water does not crave.” – Josh [27:57]
• “If you recall something, is it infallible? … You cannot recall something wrong.” – Andy & Josh [39:43–39:45]
• “I will be taking Matilda.” – Mike [50:40] (telekinesis as her secret weapon)
• “Bricks is not a character in a children’s book, Mike!” – Josh (on blocking the Wolf) [53:41]
• “I’m gonna go so small your giant dog won’t be an issue … I’m taking Charlotte.” – Mike [57:58]
• On the Old Lady: “She swallowed a wolf and a Grinch and she’ll swallow a Lorax for sure.” – Josh [54:17]
• “I think you did the right thing with a train.” – Josh (blessingly sarcastic) [60:33]

Memorable, Laugh-Out-Loud Moments

• The extended tangent about dragon poop, including creative use of “dragon diarrhea,” and attempting to aim as a tactical weapon [22:39–23:23]
• Scottish, Australian, and Schwarzenegger accent attempts [12:08–12:36]
• The group’s struggle to cleanly separate “recall” from “remember,” culminating in Andy and Mike building a theory that “if you recall, it’s infallible” [39:43–39:45]
• The playful rivalry over the Eurocentric idea of “dragon” vs. Chinese dragon departure [19:59–21:41]

Overall Tone & Style

The episode is exuberant, fast-paced, self-aware, and packed with the trio’s signature tone: friendly, mischievous, dad-humor-infused but intelligent. They delight in overanalyzing silly hypotheticals, wordplay, and invoking vivid, ridiculous mental images (dragon poop, battle-royale children’s heroes). Occasional self-roasting and running gags (Mike’s questions, Andy’s font snobbery, Josh’s “lying” skills) keep the energy high.

Final Takeaways

If you love clean, quick-witted banter where zero topic is too silly for deep analysis, Spitballers never disappoints.
This episode offers a perfect blend of playful argument, random life “advice,” and just enough surreal imagery (dragons, balloons, and battling book characters) to leave you grinning all week.

Quick Segment Reference

| Segment | Time | |-----------------------------------------------|----------| | Would You Rather: Cheetah vs. Gorilla | 02:48 | | Would You Rather: Fonts vs. Accents | 09:54 | | Lying vs. Sarcasm | 12:37 | | Dragon vs. Summon Dragons | 16:49 | | What’s the Difference? Words | 27:09 | | Children’s Book Character Battle Royale Draft | 42:09 |

Hosts’ Final Reflections:

• Andy claims the episode’s lesson is that Papa Josh is the “best liar,” but can’t play deception games with friends.
• Mike jokes about “Eurocentric dragon thought.”
• Josh (in a triumphant Schwarzenegger accent): “My Schwarzenegger impression is just as good as it always was. Goodbye, everybody!” [61:57]