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The Spy Who Couldn’t Lie/Dad Jokes Take Over the World
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Peter turns into a goose.
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Lee Overtree
Hey, Story Pirates podcast listeners. Lee here. On today's episode, Peter turns into a goose. Wait, did I read that right? G O O S E. Goose. Yep, it says goose. Peter turns into a goose. I guess. Okay. And we have two brand new stories written by kids, of course, grown ups. Did you know that ads only cover a small portion of what it costs to make this show? That's right. So if you'd like to help us keep making it, consider supporting Story Pirates by becoming a creator Club member. There are so many perks, including the ad free version of the show. Premium members even get to participate in a quarterly video meetup with Lee and Peter where we create a brand new story together for the podcast. But most of all, Creator club members help us support the cost of the show so we can keep bringing it to you every single week. If you're already a Creator Club member, thank you so much. And if you'd like to join, you can do so by visiting storypirates.com creatorclub or subscribing right in Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Two brand new stories and one snack loving goose. Coming up right after a few words for the grown ups. Hey, grown ups. Today's episode is brought to you by DreamWorks Gabby's Dollhouse on Netflix. With a little magic in a daily dollhouse delivery, Gabby's Dollhouse leads kids room to room through a fantastical dollhouse. With mini worlds, irresistible kiddie characters, and delightfully quirky adventures. It's the ultimate in dollhouse wish fulfillment, shrinking down and playing inside your own magical dollhouse world. So grown ups, check out the new season of DreamWorks Gabby's Dollhouse right now on Netflix. And don't miss the new Gabby's Dollhouse playset from Spin Master called the Kitty Care Ear. Perfect Playroom. My daughter loves it. And thanks to DreamWorks for supporting the show. I'm looking for a snack. I'm looking for a snack. I'm opening random doors and I'm looking for a snack. Whoa. What's in here? Hey, Peter. Hey, Nimini. What are all these cool gadgets and gizmos? This is my laboratory. It's where I work on exciting new science, experiments and inventions. Wow, I had no idea that you had a laboratory on the ship. Yep, I work down here all the time, coming up with cool new ideas for things that might help out on our story Pirate Adventures. That is so cool. You know, come to think of it, we don't get to hang out that much one on one, do we, Nimini? I guess we don't we should hang out more and get to know each other better. Absolutely. Hey, what's this thing? Ooh, that's my underwater motorcycle. It's a prototype. Cool. What about this? It's an air distincifying machine. Sometimes when the air is stinky, I use that to distingify it. What's this one making all sorts of cool science sounds? That's my science sound effect machine. It can make over 3,000 different beeps and boops. And up there on that really high shelf, those are all my various liquids and goos. Ooh, what's this over here with the big flashing green button? Wow. This machine is big enough that I can stand inside of it. What does the big green button do? That's something new I'm working on. It's not finished, but it has the power to make a person cool. Prince. What? Peter, you pushed the button. No, you didn't let me finish. Awesome. I mean, sorry, I was saying it has the power to make a person turn into a ghost. Oh. Huh. Yeah. I wish you hadn't pushed that button. Why? What's gonna. Oh my goodness. I'm starting to honk. Like a honk. I guess the machine works. Peter, you're turning into a goose. Honk. I love storypiling. I'm very different from everybody. Confusion is the step before confus. Curiosity. Okay, that's a really funny idea. We have to send that in. Well, our dad makes horrible dad jokes, so that's one thing. I believe all of the things in my story. Human beings are just able to create the story pirates. Welcome back to the Story Pirates podcast, everyone, where we take stories written by kids and honk them into sketch honkity and honk Pier, are you okay? You're supposed to say, and turn them into sketch comedy and songs. And turn hunk into hunk comedy and honk. No, Peter, we don't honk anything into anything. We take stories written by kids and we turn them into sketch comedy and songs. I know, it's just that I'm honking into a honk. Umm, what's happening to Peter? He's turning into a goose. I'm sorry. Okay, that's literally hilarious. I'm gonna go feed Peter some torn up bread. Ooh, yes. That actually sounds amazing right now. But first, let's do a honk. And here to intro Honk it is the honk. I think what Peter is trying to say is, first let's do a story. And here to introduce it is the author. Hi, I'm Ezra. I'm 13 years old and I live in Alabama. This is my story. The spy who couldn't fly. Ah, another day here at the spy headquarters of the world. Assistant Bob. Yes, Lead Spymaster Colonel Supreme Lord of Awesomeness, sir. I told you before, Bob, spymaster's just fine. And less awkward. Now, hand me my spy mission briefings. Here you are, sir. Okay, let's see. Oh my. Bob, this new mission here may be the biggest mission ever. I've got word that there's cheese out there that turns people evil. And we think we found the location of the evil cheese factory. Now, Bob, did you alert our top spies? Yes, sir, but they're all on missions. We have 84 spies. Are they all gone? Well, not quite all of them. All we have left are Joe and Mikayla, our second and third best spies. And our 84th best spy. Ernie. Ernie. The spy who can't lie. Whoa. You called spymaster Ernie? Were you just listening to our briefing outside the door? Wha. Me? Pfft. No. See? Can't even tell a simple lie. Please, sir, I can do this. Oh, really? Remember what happened during the Scotland mission. Hello. Welcome to the Bad Guys lair. Are you the new recruit? Uh, yeah, sure. Um, I mean, I'm definitely not a spy. Hey. Get out. You got it. Yeah. That was bad. Not as bad as the Iceland snafu. Hello. Welcome to the Bad Guys Private dinner party. Are you on the guest list? I. Yeah. Private dinner is exactly what I'm here for and nothing else. Especially not spy stuff. Leave. Right. Our department was the laughingstock of the government. Yeah, but at least it wasn't as bad as the Montreal mission. Wait, what am I doing? Welcome to I'm a Spy Anyway. Sir, I'm confident I can lie this time. You gotta trust me. Fine, but we're sending Joe and Mikayla to meet you. You are to infiltrate the cheese factory and stop the production of evil cheese. Follow their lead. But if it comes down to it, I need you to lie. Ernie. Now can you do it? Of course I can't. I be Ken. I can't. I can. We're doomed. To the factory. Come in. Hq, I've made it to the sewers near the factory. And I'm meeting up with Joe and Mikayla now. Psst. Ernie, over here. Hey, Joe. Mikayla, why are we meeting in the sewers? Well, according to the blueprints, we obtained the bad guys underground cheese factory is right below us. Okay, hq, we are go for flush. I repeat, go for flush. I'm sorry. Oh, yeah. Flushing ourselves down this giant toilet pipe is the only way to go down without their cameras seeing us. All right, here we are in the cheese factory. How are you both okay with being flush? Whoa. It is huge down here. And smelly. Hey, do you see that? There's a bad guy with a cow in a fake library. What's going on? All right, Bessie, look at these books here. In this here library, you can check out as many as you want and then never return them. Not returning library books on purpose. That is evil. So that is how they are doing it. Hq, we figured out how they've been making evil cheese. First they make the cows evil. Then the evil cows make evil milk, which makes evil cheese. They're not getting away with this. You got that right. Oh, no. The bad guy is coming this way. Stay quiet, Ernie. We'll handle this. Now, remember our cover story. Mikaela. Hey, you three. What are you doing here? We're pirates. We're scientists. What? Sounded like you said two different things. What's going on here? I'm gonna leave it to this third guy to clear things up. Tell me, who are you three, really? Oh, no, Not Ernie. Well, we are. Give us a good lie. We're pirate scientists. Yeah. Sent here to see if you're also teaching these cows to steal gold for research. Huh. Sounds legit to me. Carry on. Oh, no. That alarm only means one thing. What? It means a piece of evil cheese has mutated into a cheese monster. We're in big trouble if we don't stop it. Leave it to us. We're spies, Ernie. Oh, right. Sorry. But I thought you were pirate scientists. Whoa. That cheese monster just broke through the wall. It's huge. Don't worry. I'll use my martial arts to stop it. Hey, cheese monster. Take this. Yah. Hyap. Yah. Oh, no. All his moves are going right through the Swiss cheese holes. Oh, man, those were my best moves. Stand back. I'll freeze it. Freeze ray. It's not working. Oh, man, that was my best freeze raying. Ah, it's coming right for me. Quick, use your heat ray. Oh, no, it's not. Charged up, monster. Wait. Before you eat me, there's something I have to tell you. Ernie, what are you doing? Why aren't you running? I can't run away, Joe. Not without telling the truth. And the truth is that this monster is my father. Is that true? Nope. But it was enough to distract the monster while I charged up my melting ray. That's what us spies call a lie. Oh, my goodness, Ernie, that was an epic lie. I really did it. And look. The monster is just a pile of melted cheese now. And just in time for lunch. I need something to dip my nachos in. Hey. Something's happening to me. I don't feel evil anymore. What have I been doing? He's cured. Now we know how to cure. Everyone back to hq. So you're saying all we had to do was get a cheese monster, try some failed martial arts, freeze it, then melt and eat the cheese to cure the evilness? That's right, sir. And we were able to succeed because Ernie was finally able to tell a lie. Well, that's fantastic news. Now it's time for me to enjoy my special post mission cookie Bob Cookie Me. I'm sorry sir. I can't find it. What? Ernie, are you eating my post mission cookie? Uh. Oh no. Ernie. The end. Wow. Wow. I thought that story was Honk. My favorite part was Honk. The kid who wrote it must have really. Honk. Honk honk. Wait just a second. Why is Peter turning into a goose? And more importantly, how? But also what I can explain. I was showing Peter around my lab and he pressed a button on my goose to person transformation machine. You have a goose to person transformation machine? What could you possibly need that for? You never know. What if we get into trouble on the ship and the only way to solve our problem is to turn a person into a goof? Can't argue with that. By my calculations, Peter is currently 43% goose. And that number is going up rapidly. Wow. My arms turned into. I mean my just turned into wings. I mean. Honk honk. Honk honk. Make that 56% honk. Hongh. Mmm. Yum. Delicious. Ooh yum. This is good. Peter, are you eating leaves and sticks and worms? Of course. I'm turning into a goose. Lee. So I'm enjoying one last round of my favorite human snacks before the transformation is complete. Peter, those are goose foods. Really? Wow. That's awesome. I'm gonna be fine. Apologies if this is a silly question, Nimini, but is there any way to turn Peter back into a person? Unfortunately, no. Turning him back would require some kind of person to goose reversifying machine. And that technology just doesn't exist yet. Peter's honks are getting louder and closer together. He's becoming more goose every second. It's astonishing. Peter. I can relate. I once transformed into a seagull. Really? For my award deserving performance in a play called the Seagull. I was so dropped in that many theatergoers didn't realize I was not an actual seagull. Huh. Last I checked, the seagull was not an actual character with lines in that play. In my production, the seagull had lots of lines. What kind of goose do you think I'm gonna be? I hope it's the silly kind being a is gonna be. So hold on a second. I don't know about you guys, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea for Peter to become a goose forever. Yeah, sometimes we need Peter to do human things around the ship. Like one small example, Peter edits all the podcast episodes. Well, I'm afraid it's too late to do anything about that. He's already 67% goose. This is fun, but what's gonna happen to my legs? What's gonna happen to my feet? They're turning into goose legs and goose feet. He's 81% goose now. I've never seen anyone turn into a goose this quickly. Have you ever seen anyone turn into a goose at all? Good point. This is the first time the machine has ever been tested. What's going to my face? My mouth is turning into a beak. 92% goose. 93. 96. Peter is 100% goose. We'll be right back after a few words from the grown ups. Hey, grown ups. Today's episode is brought to you by DreamWorks Gabby's Dollhouse on Netflix. With a little magic in a daily dollhouse delivery, Gabby's Dollhouse leads kids room to room through a fantastical dollhouse. With mini worlds, irresistible kiddie characters, and delightfully quirky adventures. It's the ultimate in dollhouse wish fulfillment. Shrinking down and playing inside your own magical dollhouse world. I love Gabby's Dollhouse because having a growth mindset is at the core of episodes and encourages children to have flexible thinking so they can learn from mistakes and solve problems. 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It's from the Switzerland Panel of Science. They're going to give me the prestigious Gromler's Award for scientific breakthrough of the year. Of course, we can go there together to accept the award. I couldn't have done this without you. I know. We have come a long way in the last 15 minutes. At first, I wasn't sure if it was a good idea for you to turn into a goose. But we're making the best of it, aren't we? And it's pretty cool that I'm learning to understand your honks. Sure. Here's some torn up bread. Enjoy. But then we need to start packing. Hey, Nimini. Hey, goose. Peter, did I hear you say packing? Where are you going? I've won some prestigious science awards. I'm sorry. You're right. We've won some prestigious awards and we're going to travel the world and accept them. Wow. That's so fun. Do you mind if I sing a song about your travels to show that time is passing? That sounds amazing. Peter and Nimone. Nimone and Peter. Nimone's a scientist. Peter is a goose and they travel in the world. He's flying because he's a goose and she's holding onto his goose feet. They're accepting awards and having an amazing time. Peter is a goose and there's no way to turn him. But he's happy because he's traveling the world with his friends and in and he is winning all sorts of awards. They're stopping to do all sorts of fun tourist things like landing on the Eiffel Tower and going to the talking list again. And oh, look, they are flying back to the ship now. Wow, Peter, I had a great time traveling the world with you for the last two minutes, But I'm glad we're back on the story. Pirate ship with all of our friends. Yeah, totally. You know, Peter, even though you're a ghost, I feel like I got to know you a little bit better the last few days. This has been really fun. Wow, you feel like you got to know me better too. That's great. Hey, come on, let's put all these awards and trophies we got in my lap. Oh no, Peter, be careful. You could knock something over. You've knocked into my sound effect machine. Oh no. Those are my various liquids and goo's. Uh oh. You broke the glasses on the highest self. Now the goofy who is spilling into the person to goose transformation machine. Peter, I know you're just trying to help, but you need to be careful. The machine is malfunctioning. Wait, what are you. Are you pressing the button again? Hello. Ah. Oh my goodness, Peter, you've transformed back from goose to person. This is remarkable. Huh? I guess all that goo fell into the machine and somehow turned it into a goose to person reversifying machine. Incredible. We've made another groundbreaking discovery. And we did it together. This has been an eye opening experience for me, Nimini. I enjoyed being a goose. I had a great time. But I'm happy to be a person again. And I learned an important lesson. What's that? You shouldn't go around pressing random buttons until you hear the whole sentence about what they do. That's a good lesson to learn. I also learned a lesson. I learned that scientific breakthroughs can come from anywhere when you least expect. That's beautiful. I'm gonna go eat some leaves and worms. Should we do another story? Yeah. And here to introduce it is the author. Oh look, a button. Hi, my name's Noah and I'm 13. Hi, I'm Amir and I'm 10 and we live in Ontario, Canada. And this is our story. Dad jokes take over the world. Oh wow. It's way past lunchtime and I haven't eaten anything at all. Oh, dad, hold on. I'm just in the middle of reading the biggest book I could find about World War II. Let me just put it down. Ow. Yes, I'm hungry. You're hungry, you say? Yes. Well, hi, hungry. I'm dad. Very funny. Can you make me a sandwich? Sure thing. Poof. You're a sandwich. Ugh. Dad? Yes? Hungry. Are you gonna keep doing that? Doing what? Telling dad jokes. Oh, I'm not telling dad jokes. I'm telling you jokes. My dad's not even here. Ugh. Stop. I'm not sure I can stop. Forget it. I'm gonna go watch TV where no one makes cheap, easy jokes. Oh, I wonder who that could be. I have a package here for a dad. Oh, that's me. Oh, goody. My khakis and assorted drill bits are here. Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be on my way. Hey, Mr. Mailman. Yeah? What's the key to telling a mailman joke? I don't know. What? Good delivery. Was that a dad joke? Yep, it was. Ha. I didn't like it, but I suddenly have an intense urge to tell someone else a dad joke. Hey, you the person jogging? Yes. Why are envelopes terrible? Runners? I don't know. Why? Because they're stationary. That's why I took out my headphones so you could tell me, a complete stranger, a dad joke. Oh, that is so strange. And something that I also feel the need to do right now. Hey, everybody. Who won the neck decorating contest? It was a tie. Wow. Seems like everyone wants to make dad jokes now. Oh, well, what's the worst that could happen? Everyone, welcome to the very serious business meeting here at Very Serious Business Company. As you know, the company is in big trouble, so I need to hear some ideas right now. Why is the printer a party animal? Anderson, what are you talking about? I'm sorry, I. Never mind. Please continue. Okay, now, if we could just. I said, why is the printer a party animal? Um, why? Because it's always jamming. I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me. Someone told me a dad joke earlier, and ever since, I've been itching to tell one myself. Well, that was a waste of our valuable time, people. We're losing lots of money fast, especially the last quarter. Quarter? Well, that's not very much money at all. I would like to apologize. That was very inappropriate. Enough of these dad jokes. The fact is, if we don't get serious right here and now, we'll all be unemployed. Then we'll all have to get jobs at a bakery. A bakery? Why because we need dough. What have I done? Boss, you can't make jokes about unemployment. Why not? Because it doesn't work. What is happening? Ma'am, thank you for coming to the very serious delivery room. There's no better place for you to have this baby today. Doctor, is it safe? You know, with all the dad jokes out there? I assure you that we've taken all the proper precautions. No one in this room has smiled since 1987. And personally, I've never told a joke in my life. Okay, good. It's amazing how calm you are with all those dad jokes out there. I'm always calm. You see, as a doctor, I have patience. Was that a dad joke? No, it couldn't be. I don't know any. I mean, I once heard a joke about amnesia, but I forgot it. Oh, my goodness. Doctor, how did they cure the invisible man? What? They took him to the icu. Now I'm telling dad jokes. And the baby's coming. Push. Oh, congratulations. It's a healthy baby boy. Thank goodness. That was quick. And here you go. Wrap him up in this blanket, and I present to you your healthy baby boy. Did you know that dogs can't work an MRI machine? Huh? But CAT scan. Did my baby just make a dad joke? I'm so sorry. Welcome to the serious news. Our top story. Dad jokes have taken over the world. But that won't stop me, a serious news reporter, from bringing you our next story. A monk who's been under a vow of silence for the last 50 years is finally breaking it. It seems that he has discovered the true meaning of life and is ready to share. Mr. Monk, welcome to the show. Hello. I am ready to share what I have discovered in these dark dad joke times. We could all use a little hope. Please. Knock, knock. Who's there? Banana. Banana who? Knock, knock. Who's there? Banana. Banana who? Knock, knock. Who's there? Orange. Orange who? Who? Orange you glad I didn't say banana? That's it. The meaning of life is a bad dad joke. No, it's all pointless. I'm sorry. Let me try again. Pete and repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was left? Repeat. Okay, I'll repeat it. We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a televised address from the president. Good evening, my fellow Americans. There comes a time in all our lives when we must be brave and stand up to a threat. I'm talking, of course, about dad jokes. We've all heard them, and it seems we can't help ourselves. Now, telling an ordinary joke is good. Why, it's downright American. But when does a joke become a dad joke? Well, I'll tell you when the joke is apparent. Oh. Oh no. Cut the broadcast. I can't stop making dad jokes. What's Obama's favorite vegetable? Broccoli. Now even the TV is making dad jokes. Dad. Everyone is making dad jokes because of you. Sorry. Hungry. Well, there's only one person who can fix a problem this big. Yes, sweetie. What did dad do this time? He's being annoying again. And he made everyone in the world tell dad jokes. And also, I never got lunch. Alright, I'll take care of this. Hey you, drummer. Who keeps following everyone around Drummer? Who? Me? Yes. Stop it. Oh, come on. I just want to make everyone. I was just. I just want to do one more. Stop it. I'm just going to do it one more time. Just one more, please. Are you listening to me? Stop it. No. I said no. Sorry. The end. And now Lee speaks with the author. Hi, Amira and Noah. Hi. Hi. So how did you guys come up with the idea for this story? Well, our dad makes horrible dad jokes. So that's one thing. We were kind of just on the way back from dinner and so my dad. Really bad joke. Yeah, Rick's a bad joke. So it was. That was one of the main things that inspired it. Is it like a constant thing or are there certain it's a constant thing? Yes, it's a constant. Really constant. Can you think of anyone in particular that was like really bad? There's a lot. There's a lot. He says meow a lot. Yes, he does. For no reason. He says meow. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For no reason. A lot of the time. Like I'll just be like sitting on the couch and I'll see him like peeking through the door. He does that a lot. Like with a smile. Yeah, it's really weird and creepy. There's this one where she says a cutesy little. What? So in Hebrew the word dad is abba. So I used to say little abba. So it's a long running bit. Leave it up to a dad to just like keep that going forever. Like it was probably a long time ago that you said that. Yeah, like when I was like five or something. These aren't just like verbal jokes. He's like being weird all the time. Yeah, yeah, a lot. A lot. And what does your mom think about this? My mom loves the jokes. No, she doesn't. She's laughing right now in real life. Does your mom, does she have that kind of power in your own household? To stop the jokes. Yeah, yeah, definitely. She kind of likes them, sadly, but yeah, we hope to someday bring her onto the good side. Okay, do you want to hear a dad joke that I've been working on that I really love? Yeah, let it out. Do you guys know the name of the person who has been impersonating an owl lately? I don't know. Who? Oh, who? We got him. Got it. I'm very proud of myself. Do you think that's funny or was that just annoying? That was the bad joke. That was a dad joke. I'm sorry that I inflicted that on you. It's okay. Don't tell your dad that joke. He'll be using it forever. Yeah, probably. Noah and Amira, I love your story so much. Thank you guys for letting us perform it. Okay. Thank you so much. This is like actually been such a dream of mine. Like. Yeah. And mine. Oh, you're so welcome. Take care. Bye. Bye. And now it's time for Story Pirates Roll call. Send us your story. We read them all. We read them all. First up, from a 10 year old in Illinois named Reagan, we have the day my fish grew wings. And yup, you guessed it. This story is about a fish who grows wings and flies around. But what you didn't guess is that Uncle Pete is a wizard and sings one song before he solves this fish flying problem. Reagan, incredibly creative story. Thank you so much for sending it in. Next up, From Oliver, a 5 year old in Alaska, we have the paintbrush who's never been used. And you can probably imagine that a paintbrush who who's never been used is pretty Sad. But luckily Mr. Tippi, that's the paintbrush here, found a friend in a magical baby star that Mr. Tippy, the paintbrush walks up rainbow steps to meet. And the baby star gives Mr. Tippy magic and a drop of all the colors of the rainbow. And Oliver writes, the paint went inside him and there was a button on him. Then when a person pressed a button, paint went to his tip. And then he painted 188 pictures and Mr. Tippy got his happiness back. Excellent work, Oliver. Thanks for sending it in. And finally we have a story from Annika, an eight year old in Colorado called tiny tricky Turtle. Here it is. Once there was a tiny turtle with a top hat and his name was Fred. Underneath his previously mentioned top hat was a smaller top hat. Under that was a smaller top hat and under that was a peanut. Because Fred stole peanuts in the dead of night. But somehow he never got caught. The end. Annika I did not see that coming. But I guess no one did because this turtle was smart enough to hide the stolen peanuts under multiple top hats. Incredible work, my friend. To read all of today's Roll Call stories, just head to storypirates.com that was roll Call. Now it's time for you to write us a story. And if you don't know where to start, here's an idea. Take a picture of something normal and then make up a story of what you imagine could be happening in the picture. Kind of like this one from Ezra, the author of the Spy who Couldn't Lie. Okay, Ezra, can you describe this photo to me? Well, it's just me holding a plate of scrambled egg tacos. Okay. Yep, that's what it looks like. And what's your idea for what could be happening in the picture? My story idea based on the picture is that they're not actually eggs or tacos. They're actually pancakes disguised with holograms because all the other foods are jealous of them. You see, listeners, sometimes writing a story is about finding an image that inspires you. Grown ups can submit stories@storypirates.com and remember, we respond to every single story we receive. That's it for today's episode. Thanks for listening. And a big thanks to today's authors, Ezra, Noah and Amira. We'll be back next week with another new episode. Until then, stay creative and stay kind. Bye. The Story Pirates podcast is a production of Story Pirates Studios. Executive produced by Lee Overtree and Benjamin Salka. This episode was produced by Sam Baer, Peter McNerney, Andrew Miller and Lee Overtree. Recording sound design and mixing by Sam Baer at the Relic Room in New York City. Theme song by Bobby Lord. Roll call theme by Andrew Barbada. Musical scoring by Eric Erson and Jack Mitchell. Our head writers are Rachel Winitsky and David Sidorov. Contributing writers are Jonathan Appel, Eric Austin, Peter McNerney, Lee Overtree and Alexis Simpson. Production coordination by Denisa Wortinby. Episode artwork by Camilla Frank. This episode features performances by Eric Austin, Andrew Barbato, Colin batten, Nicole Beckwith, JD Defore, Holly Haas, Katie Hammond, Lee Overtree, Peter McNerney, Josh Nassar, Claire Newman, Megan O'Neill, Jasmine Romero, Billy Soko, Rachel Winitski and Nimini Ware. The goose song was written by Rachel Winitsky, David Sidorov and Jack Mitchell and produced by Jack Mitchell. Okay, Peter, I have a confession. What is it, Lee? I. I really liked it when you were a goose. You did? Uh huh. I don't understand. Didn't you miss me? Well, sure, but I don't think these things are mutually exclusive. I missed you, Peter. But I also really liked it when you, Peter, were a goose. I think I understand, but Nemene's machine is now designed to turn a goose back into a person. I don't think it could turn me into a goose anymore. I guess you're right. But I suppose that I could pretend to be a goose for you, Lee. Really? You do that for me? Sure. Just, you know, every once in a while. Peter, I would really, really love it if you did that. Well, maybe I will if you promise to feed me some torn up pieces of bread. You bet I will. Then it's a deal. Here I go. Honk. Yes, yes. Here, have some bread.