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Episode Date: August 15, 2025

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August 15th, 1620, the Mayflower set sail from Southampton, England, with 102 pilgrims. And how many made it? I'd rather not say. Is that, hey, is that the right time to do it? Because didn't the trips, how long were the trips?

Weren't they like three months? So if you leave in like mid-August, you're getting there in like, I don't know, I guess, like, you'll be there in time for Halloween. I don't know. I would want to have as much summer, like, spring, summer, fall. I wouldn't want to, like, rain. Are you thinking about what they're missing out on?

I think you're thinking about weather. I don't want to, like, fuck around. Like, look, obviously they thought they were going to India or whatever, because they were stupid. But I wouldn't want to fuck around and get to the new world and it be, like, January, you know. Like, I wouldn't want winter to hit, like, winter to hit, like, like, I wouldn't want winter to hit, like immediately. But you also don't want to hit, is hurricane season a factor? Oh, shit.

You're that far north? I guess like hurricanes hit Massachusetts sometimes, so maybe. The Carolinas. Do hurricanes hit England, though? Did they know about hurricanes at that point? They call them Woozy Wutzitz. Wuzi Watsits. Yeah, a little less severe, but still have an impact.

Yeah, I think the pilgrims knew they were going to America, right? Oh, yeah, because this is the 1600s. So, yeah, they... I do want to see a scene. Great. So the year is 1620. The two of you are... JBC, you are a father.

Aaron, you are JPC's daughter. Great. And it's been like a month on the ship on the voyage over to the United States... Well, to the Americas at the time, I guess. Thank you. To the new land. And the two of you are just kind of pumping each other up about, like, how exciting this new world is going to be. Dad, do you have a second?

Oh, we're on a ship in front of people, so it's sir. Sir, sir, do you have a second, sir? Yes, absolutely. I have a second to spare from my darling daughter. I'm so excited for a new world. Can't wait, can't wait, can wait. I know we're only like a few days away. They just said that's so awesome.

And I promise not to get mad. I promise not. You think I'm, oh, you're going to tell me something that you think might make me mad. Well, anger is a same. Maybe I'm underestimating you. Anger is a sin, and it's not becoming of a man of pilgrimage to engage in such frivolous behavior. So I guarantee I will not get angry. Okay, love that.

Love this. I did forget my retainer. So we might need to go back. You forgot your servant boy? Your retainer? He still had three years left on his indentured servitude. I know, and I know when you told me to leave the house, he said check for everything. I thought I had everything, so I thought I didn't have to check, and then when you told me to double check, I...

I would love to blame you for this, Galissa, but as you know, it is your servant's duty to do the double checking. So the fact that he didn't double check for himself, well, you know, he will probably burn in hell for his sin, and that is not your sin. So all is forgiven. Great. We smash cut back to England. The retainer wakes up. Master? Anyone?

I'm free. I'm free. Cuts his thumb, dies immediately. Back to the boat. I'm glad that went well. I forgot my whole. You forgot your whole? I forgot all of it.

I forgot my whole bag, by everything. I forgot everything. My hole, my everything. You forgot your whole bag. Oh, for a second, I thought that you were without whatever whole women have. Ah, again, maybe you should talk to your mother about this because... She's dead. Rest in peace. I mean pray. I mean, pray to her, obviously.

Huh? I might look stupid, but I'm not Catholic stupid. Sorry, I couldn't help... Right, that's who we hate. Sorry, we're crammed in here pretty tight, and basically on top of each other. I couldn't help but hear that this one's mother is dead. Would you like to borrow me Ouija board? Oh, tell me about her

Oh, this device I'm sorry, I thought you were trying to set me up It's a mystical device where you use this planchette And hope on a wish and a dream That sounds like sin throws overboard Not the board, the woman Not the board, the woman August 15th, 1918

The longest work of animation produced The Sinking of the Lusitania was created by Winsor McKay. A classic animation for children. Kids love that shit. August 15th, 1939, the Wizard of Oz. American Musical Fantasy Film Adaptation of L. Frank Baum's book premieres at Gromond's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, directed by Victor Fleming, and King Vidor.

I didn't know there was a director called King Vidor. Damn, I was so wrong about big movies, coming out because that's like a huge movie and it's coming out mid-August um i want to see a scene go ahead erin um i'd like to see a scene um adle you're the tin man on set for wizard of oz and your uh gpc will have you be the scarecrow but adele you're quickly realizing that you have like the worst makeup by far and you're feeling a little dilton uh erin can i cajole you to be dorothy yeah i'll come in i'll come in what does the scarecrow sound like i haven't seen this movie if i only had a brain.

Okay, because I, in my mind, I'm like, that's the lion. No, but the lion sounds like, hababababah, cowardly, haemba. Give me scarecrow one more time. If I, like, how to brain. That sounds, that sounds like the lion, right? I can't remember. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.

I'm scarecrow. Aaron, would it be okay if I was the lion? I feel like I could do that voice better. Thank you. Thank you. It's a hot day today. Yeah, I bet you're hot with all that fur. Fuck, that looks so.

Cool. Doesn't it? Yeah, turn around? Yeah. Tail and everything. You look so fucking cool. But I was in the makeup chair for 40 minutes. Oh, that's, in today's Hollywood, that's forever.

That's forever. Damn it. You look. You look. Yeah? Yeah. It's good. It's working.

I have like an oil spiggett upside down on my head. Like it felt like they ran. I felt like they ran at a time for character design. No, I don't know. I think it'll read. It'll read on screen. Do you know at some point in the movie, I have a gun? I just have a fucking gun. Look it up. Huh. They just, props was like, here's your gun. I was like, gun? Don't I have a hatchet or an axe? And they're like, no, at some point you're going to just have a gun.

This is going to sound so strange. And I apologize for it. But have we met? I mean... Are you the, you're the new tin man? Yeah. Well, the old one died of lead paint boys. We don't know that. We don't know that it was lead paint poisoning. I do.

I do. You do. Oh, hello. You must be the new tin man. I was wondering if you could help solve a mystery. Oh, hi, lion. Hello, Dorothy. Oh, there's some tension there.

She slept with my brother. I did. But I have a question. I'm noticing silver paint and all sorts of unused. places all over this set. I was wondering if you could help solve that mystery. I see it over a lot of the

mouths and the necks of the people working on this set, and I see it all sorts of other places too, unsavory places. Yeah, Tin Man's gotta eat. Does that make sense? You're like... Make sense to me.

You're like 28, right kid? No, I'm like 17. But you're hopped up on drugs. Yes Okay So Listen Didn't man

You know I hated you into a corner And I appreciate it I appreciate it And can I just say Fucking Christ That costume looks great You got the little

Dress And the dog It only takes a minute to get on Oh my God This took 18 days If you ask my brother It takes Slightly shorter to get off

Come on See My brother's 17 Oh, thank God Oh thank God One, two, three, four Hate Riddle Riddles Glue Crew

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