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Hubba-Wha?! Episode #10 - Muppet Merch · Muppet Fan Podcasts with ToughPigs.com

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Please Kermit. You're my hero.
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You're on my watch. Well, alright.
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Welcome to e.com. It's your favorite quiz show.
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That's not like the others here, Muppet fans, Muppet
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professionals and everyone in between Competes for fabulous
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prizes and to see who's this week's toughest Pig.
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I'm your host. Becca petunia of tough pigs.com.
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Today, on hoo-wah, we're taking a page from a much less popular
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podcast blank check and doing our own merchandise Spotlight.
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That's right today we're talking toys specifically.
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We're going to be looking at some of the most and least
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popular Muppet stuff ever produced.
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It's time for us all to unleash. Our inner junk, ladies and keep
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our Collectibles close to us after all.
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Kermit is our hero and he deserves to be on our watch.
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As always, these questions were written by me with help from
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that amazing Muppet resource Muppet.
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Wiki. And speaking of, let's agree to
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play fair today, please don't, look at Muppet Wiki, or any
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other resource during this game. Anyone who cheats needs to give
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me all of their Funko Pops. Now, let's get into our first
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round, which we call to tell a face contestants.
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You are going to buzz in to answer.
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Three questions about yourself. Whoever buzzes in first will get
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introduced first ready? Go.
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All right. Eric.
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You buzzed and first so you're going to be introduced first.
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Eric, what is your name is? Eric Paul.
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All right. Very good.
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Correct. Eric, what's your history with
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the Muppets? Hmm.
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Well, side kind of a grown up with them.
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They were all sort of around Big Time, viewer of Sesame Street.
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My dad had HBO and Fraggle, Rock came out.
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So I got to see that. I'd seen the movies and
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Labyrinth and Dark Crystal, but never really connected them all
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together. Didn't really think about that.
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And I actually had no idea that there was something called The
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Muppet Show. But I didn't find that out until
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I was a junior in high school Kata airing of it on
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Nickelodeon. That's when I just came it
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became a big fan. Good stuff and Eric what is your
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most prized Muppet possession? Or one of them?
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If you can't think of your most prized, I have a high school
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year book signed by Jimmy Henson.
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Oh, that's very cool. That's very cool.
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All right. Well, you got all of those
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questions. Correct.
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So you've earned 20 points and let's move on to our second
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contestant second contestant. What is Your name, my name is
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Danny horn and Danny. What's your history with the
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Muppets? It's been a minute.
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I guess I'll start 1992. I created Muppet fan fanzine but
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print magazine called Muppet scene.
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Which I produce from 1992 until 1997 and then the internet
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happened and we don't make prints jeans anymore 2001.
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Then I Started tough pigs. As my own personal weird blog
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writing just about, like, Mostly mothers merchandise, to be
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honest with you, but, like, Muppet news and, and then, just
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whatever cranky stuff I want to talk about.
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I have since passed that on to Ryan and Joe, who now are
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running it even better than I did.
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And then 2005, I co-created Muppet Wiki which you happen to
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mention. Yeah.
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And and so I have a very long now, been working on Muppet
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Wiki, especially working on the Muppet merchandise Pages, which
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of the things that I love. Of I read almost all of them to
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prepare. Yeah, you look them up lately,
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awesome. Yeah, it's been, it's been a
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long time since I don't actually remember it.
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All gets. Oh, so that's who I am.
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Hello and Danny, what is your most prized Muppet possession?
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I have an autographed picture of animal that I got, because the
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first episode of The Muppet Show that came on.
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I saw, I love Sesame Street. When I was little obviously and
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then I was five when the Muppet Show started and I watched the
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first episode that they showed in New York, which is where I
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was, was the real Marino show, and it ends with, you know, Rita
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as smashing animal with symbols. And I knew, I wanted to write to
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the Muppets and tell them how much I like their show until
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animal was the person that I wrote to, because he was so
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funny and not the one episode that I'd seen.
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So, I must have been, like, one of the first fan letters that
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like, And in just under the wire of like when they started making
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it and so I have they sent me like an eight-by-ten of animal
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and his drum set and he's got the animal autograph in marker
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over the over the drum. They stop doing that.
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Probably like a week after I wrote and after a while, just
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started sending people pictures of Miss Piggy no matter who they
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wanted to talk to. So yeah, so that's my most
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prized thing. And I've been holding on to it
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very tightly since I was five. That's terrific.
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Yeah, that's that's been a long time then.
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Trills not to make you feel old but yeah, oh no.
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I totally feel old when like, when I heard Eric that, like,
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you started watching The Muppet Show on Nickelodeon killed all
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the time. This is a thing.
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And, you know, once once your old, that comes up, I mean,
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listen, listen. Listen, you started Muppet Zine
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when I was 10, so I'll put it to you, that way.
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You were. Yeah, you weren't a subscriber.
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That's okay. No, no.
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I found tough pigs. Pretty early, but excellent.
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Anyway, Way great. We're so you've also earned 20
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points for getting those questions correctly.
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But now it's time that we move into our second round, which is
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about the most famous Muppet merch line of all.
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That's right. We're going to start by talking
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Palisades in a round that we are calling the Palisades Collector
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Club, right? In this game, I will be asking
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you about the extremely popular, Palisades, Muppet figures.
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For those who don't know about, These, the Palisades Figures
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were extremely high quality Muppet figures released in the
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2000s, until Palisades tragically went out of business
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because they because they created an enormous line of
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Muppets. Yeah.
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I know. I mean, yeah, I'm just, I'm just
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saying there might have been a connection like when, you know,
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they started putting out like Hilda and Mildred.
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Yeah, that's not, that's not a company that's going to deposit
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Deluxe vendor face. Yeah, exactly.
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Um but yeah so people still like these figures though.
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Even if Palisades is out of business and I know a lot of
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people who look for them on eBay and who try to find them at you
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know yard sales and things like that.
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I don't actually have any Palisades figures to award you
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guys mom but I do have one point for each question that you
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answer correctly buzz in when you know the answer but be sure
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to wait until I finish the question.
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So our friends at home can Long to.
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All right, here we go. Number one.
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When did Palisades release the first wave of Muppet action
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figures? Danny.
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I'm gonna say 2002, correct question to other than Kermit
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and piggy who were the first three Muppets released Eric.
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I think that's dr. Teeth, Bunsen and Beaker,
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correct. I'm gonna give you three points
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because not well done. Where you answers you deserve.
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It might be the last one. I get question 3.
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Palisades. Eventually started releasing
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figures of characters in movie specific roles.
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What was the first character released in this way?
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Danny, I'm wrong. Wrong.
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But I'm gonna try anyway, was it?
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Raiders of the Lost Ark Kermit. It was not Raiders of the Lost
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Ark. Tournament Eric.
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I really don't know what I'll say.
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Captain Smollett, so close, so close.
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It was actually Samuel Arrow. Sam.
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Okay. Which I believe was released
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before Saint Joe Sam. Yeah, that was.
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That was bold. That was a bold one.
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Question for, who was the first post Henson character made into
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a Palisades action figure? Danny.
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I'm sorry. Clifford incorrect.
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Always, not post. Henson is E-Tec.
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No, no, he's that's agreed on. Oh, I know who this is Eric, and
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what a steal. Let's try, Johnny Fiamma
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incorrect. It is actually that day.
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It is happening. I'm not going to give you a
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point. I know I get it.
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I get it. I get a ghost point for that,
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and maybe a negative one because I thought that Clifford.
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No, I mean, it's fair. Greenwich was B tonight
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Clifford. That was released.
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But are there you go? Thank you.
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You saved me. But you know, if Anthony strand
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is listening, He's very mad at you.
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For not remembering every moment of the Jim Henson our perfectly.
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He is, he is always mad at me for one reason or another
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surprise. Yes, I know I do nothing but
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infuriated we could just talk about Walt Disney World for a
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little bit. Let's see how it works out.
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Anyway, when he wasn't hitting read for 240 minutes.
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Anyways, Please listen to moving right along, if you don't
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already listeners, it's a great podcast.
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Yes, one of the great tragedies of the universe is that
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Palisades planned a whole line of Sesame Street figures, but
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went out of business before they could make the world's first
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high quality. Mr. Johnson, and Gladys the cow
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figures. Look it up.
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Those were plant, who was the only Sesame Street figure ever
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commercially released? I'm going to say Super Grover.
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Correct question 6, which famous comic book, artist, drew a
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special lithograph that was released with that figure.
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Danny was the Alex Ross, it was Alex Ross.
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Now, Anthony has to be happy with me again.
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So, question seven is also worth potentially 3 points 1 point for
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each. Correct answer.
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That's a part of it. Buzz in, if, you know, any of
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them who were the three named Muppet Show characters, who had
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Palisades figures produced, that were only released at select
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retailers. Buzz in.
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If, you know any of them, Danny was animal one of them incorrect
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burn. It was a special animal but
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those at Toys R Us using the drink I'm ready, but there was
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other animals released in other markets.
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Good call, Eric. Can you steal?
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Probably not. Let's try.
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Uncle deadly. Uncle deadly is one of them.
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Good job. Do you have any others?
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No Danny. You want to try for another
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because they're still too. Can be Gonzo.
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Can it know? It's not God's though.
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I hate. Ya know.
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I don't know. All right, does that mean?
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I don't know? The other two are sweetums.
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Oh was a, you had to order direct for Sweden's?
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And Jim the Jim Henson. Oh yeah.
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Was a, was a specialty figure as well.
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That's they also released Penguins as a at select
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retailer, but they do not have Names.
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Anyway. I realize that like, we're not
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chattering at all like, like between questions or anything.
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I just realize, like, oh my God, we're also like hyper focused
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Eric and I are both like, sighing, loudly were taken
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seriously. Oh my God, it's very tense.
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I hope people can feel the tension home.
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I'm sure they will question. Eight.
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Recently diamond, select obtained, the Muppet license and
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started making high quality. T Muppet Show figures that.
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I believe they're not making any more who were the two Muppets
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who had figures released by diamond select who did not
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receive any Palisades figures. Danny.
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Buzzing for the one. Is it Robin?
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And let's go. See Robin Rizzo?
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I think residue is Robin. One of them.
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Robin is not one of them. There was a frog, Scout Robin
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was one of the Palisades. Eric, Can you steal?
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Man, I'm just not recalling these.
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Now another gonna do another ghost vote that won't get
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points. I'm sure being bunny.
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Being bunny is one of them. See I'm good on the rebound.
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That's Adam tell ya I'll tell you the other one is a Steve
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Whitmire character if you want to just lips it's not lips.
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Lips have them in there was never never Pack in with any
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other Miss Piggy figures. Until yeah.
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Gaffer was Palisade, right? Yeah, gaffer Palace.
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It came with pumps. Again, I just did all the
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reading on. Yeah.
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Technically diamond. Select also is the first
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articulated figure of Mahna Mahna, but they had a Manama as
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part of the mini Muppets line. Yeah, I would say it's which no
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one cares about. I like those.
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Yeah, I mean II. I have I have found right here.
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I got fog on my bookcase in the bedroom.
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Two more questions about the Palisades figures with Steve
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Austin 9. Which TV show uses the Palisades
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figures for parody sketches. Eric chicken, it is Robot
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Chicken and question 10. According to a 2011 interview,
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Walter owns, every Palisades figure except for a variant of
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which member of the Electric Mayhem.
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Oh, Eric you busting? That's the Wizard World variant
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of dr. Teeth.
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Correct. Dang, I wasn't even expecting
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you to know. It was weird but he still needs
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one. He can he can get in touch with
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me, Walter. If you're listening, he probably
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is. All right.
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Nice work on those questions. Now, let's move into our
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head-to-head round beat. Time.
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In 1999, Sesame Street, celebrated its 30th anniversary
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with a bunch of stuff, including classic merchandise.
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Specifically, they released a line of Sesame Street beans.
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These little beanbag toys came in multiple sizes, were sold in
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stores and were also found in boxes of Kellogg's, cereal, and
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were ushered in with a TV commercial where Elmo informed
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us that despite what we might. Believe Elmo.
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New beans. There were 24 Sesame, Street
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characters, produced, as part of the mini beans collection, I
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will now ask 24 questions starting.
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Well sorry, excellent. Starting with Danny.
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All right. You are going to each take turns
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naming. One of the Sesame Street
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characters that were made into a Sesame Street beam.
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All right, if you can't name anything or you, get it wrong,
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your chance passes to your opponent for what it's worth.
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Because someone at home cares, we are using the list of the
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Kellogg's mini beans, which was the most complete list without
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any duplicates or variance. So, here we go.
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Do you know beans as well as Elmo does?
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Excellent. Danny name a mini being Ernie,
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Bernie correct. Eric, I don't know if it was the
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one you were just showing on screen but Sherlock in luck
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Sherlock, Hemlock. That was technically a different
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release for Sherlock Hemlock toy.
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But uh, I'll count it. You Daddy.
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I'll save the Earth correct. Eric.
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Oscar correct. Danny.
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Oh, Cookie Monster. Correct.
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Eric Loom. Hmm.
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Betty. Lou Betty Lou.
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Correct. We have different strategies
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I'll go with the Big Bird. Big Bird was one of them.
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Eric amazing Mumford. The amazing Mumford was one of
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them Danny Elmo. Correct.
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Yeah, I can see your you guys? Yeah, I'm just I'm doing.
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Yeah, different. We're going to be in the middle.
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Hey, Eric, it was her else with Prairie done.
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No, there was only Betty Lou so sorry.
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Eric Danny Grover. Correct.
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But when I'm going to forget, which ones were already
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mentioned, I guess that's the problem.
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Eric about Harry Harry was one of them.
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I'll say Natasha Natasha was one of them as well because it was
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the 90s Eric baby bear. It was the 90s baby bear was
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also one of them Danny Benny rabbit correct?
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Because again, it was nine days. Yes, Eric How about the count
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the count? Correct.
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Daddy Guy? Smiley Guy.
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Smiley was one of them. Eric Snuffleupagus.
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Snuffleupagus was one of them. Yes.
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One of the ones I had rubber ducky rubber ducky.
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I thought that would be the hardest one because he's not
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really a character. But hey, there are still one,
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two, three, four, five, six remaining.
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Eric pass. Yeah, Danny, he was the 90s.
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It sure was so therefore they didn't. doing great in etosha,
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they like I bet they're see, this is the thing.
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This is like with we thought, when we started Muppet Wiki, you
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know, we're making like all of the basic Pages we would start
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getting into, like, all the like crazy random ones and it was my
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joke that, like, at some point, like, six months.
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And we're going to go like the Swedish Chef, totally forgot
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something. So, I feel like, I feel like
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this is the same thing. Like, I went through like Bert
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and Ernie cookie, most over the gun down like that.
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There's, there's a crazy easy one.
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There's the six remaining. Three should be obvious.
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We or maybe a little weirder. How did this not?
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How did this happen to us? Three of them are like, no, you
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know, these characters. Like, of course I do.
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I know all, you know, all of. Yes.
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I mean, but like, of course, they made merchandise of these
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characters type thing. Great dumb.
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It's not Prairie Dawn do we did that one?
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I know that? Yeah.
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Okay yeah I think we both got stumped at exactly the same
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time. All right I'm gonna try one
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more. Yes.
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Grunge Etta and jet engine. That's a good guess.
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So what we really do is there. Yep Zoe is one.
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I'll give you I'll give you I forgot all the good that I
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forgot all the character. You want to go back and have to
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think a little more. Rosita, Rosita, Rosita was
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another. People are going to hate me.
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I forgot. I forgot all the women.
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That's really tragic. So is there now like four?
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Laughter four remaining? Now, are there other like real
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gimmes? There's one slimy.
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Slimy is not an answer again, the 90s.
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He was big space. I rewatch that on HBO Max the
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other day. Fantastic.
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Just put it on in the background while I was doing chores.
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Well, now, they have the new telescope so you can you can
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actually just watch it live. Yes, he's like through NASA's
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telescope. Yeah, Marik, anything else.
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Nothing's coming to mind. Okay, I'm calling it.
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Yeah, so you guys got 20 of them.
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Total Berkeley. Oh, good combat was one but I
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already called it burns. Yeah hold on.
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I just need to do some math just to lessen the mocking from the
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listeners. Okay.
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Calm. Yeah.
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The goats points that goes points are the second day they
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count vacay? Yeah, hold on reputation.
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Management. At least I Believe we all can
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this involve math. I okay, we're gonna call it
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that. There's three more.
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I wasn't tallying it. That you're killing us.
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So I had to tally retroactively. Um, so the remaining figures or
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excuse me beans. As Eric said, one was Berkeley,
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which was the other one that I owned and I submitted it to the
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tough pigs. Ugly toy.
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Pageant. Back in, like they're 2009
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there. Yeah.
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Um, it's somewhere on there. Yeah.
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Um, better twiddle bug, the all twiddle bug, was another nap.
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That was one of the ones that I thought was a harder.
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One Honker was another, and the last one, the one that should
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have been a 90s. Give me, I think, Telly monster.
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Oh, all right. Yep, you guys got baby.
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Bear. Feel like a monster.
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I still feel. A proud of some of them.
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But yeah, maybe not as not as proud as I could be some of
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those like, rubber ducky and Benny rabbit and Natasha.
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And even Betty Lou, I was like, it's like, those are the ones.
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Those are the ones that you love the best.
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Well, true, because you don't get merchandise.
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Never ever. Never had another Penny rails.
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Yeah. You just had to get downtown.
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Why did I did I did they make that a character just had to get
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down such a funny character design?
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Oh no, I love to miss it because again I was a kid that was when
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I was a kid. I was eight.
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When these came out. Really, with the Netherlands,
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the Netherlands Hotel job. That was my era.
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Unfortunately, Joey, Joey and Davey those are the ones that
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they didn't make. Joey.
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They never made anything of doing day because they were So
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unbelievably obnoxious loved him.
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Loved it at 25 year old naturally, he would.
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So let's move on though to our next regular.
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This is getting very deeply. Okay.
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Listen I edited we're going. We're going on.
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We're gonna know. Don't edit out any of my
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amazing. No, we're gonna edit it.
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I'm gonna make you guys all sound, wonder how we're gonna
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sound really smart? Yeah yeah there's going to be no
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dead air. It's going to be beautiful joke
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after joke after joke. That's going to be going to be
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like a Muppet, Show, sex and violence pilot.
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No, except not as good as that. But anyway, our next round is
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called things that go and it's all about Muppets on Wheels
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unsurprisingly. There have been a lot of toys of
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Muppets, driving Vehicles. These Muppets have driven
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everything from police cars, 2, cucumbers, and we've been buying
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Muppets on wheels for decades now.
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I am going to name a vehicle. Your job is to name the media
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film, who drove this vehicle in a piece of merchandise.
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Some of these might be easy, some are going to be harder.
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So here's how I'm going to help you out.
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Each of these questions is worth 3 points.
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If neither of, you can guess the Muppet, you can request.
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Either a clue about the TV show. This toy was associated with, or
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the performer. The Muppet is Usually performed
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by you'll lose one potential point for each clue that you
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need them. So if you ask me for a clue, the
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question is now only worth two points.
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All right, so here are the vehicles in question.
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Number one, the gym mobile Danny that hairy monster.
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It is hairy monster. I love, I love those little, the
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little metal band Easton, so in the end to make toys out of
27:04
metal. Yeah, those are beautiful.
27:06
They're really great. I that's actually what inspired
27:09
this round this. How much they like most.
27:11
Yeah. Question to the swamp mobile.
27:20
Danny. Is it is it young Kermit?
27:27
I'm Kermit swamp years. Did I totally miss that?
27:31
Okay. I'm trying to figure out, is it
27:34
like is this, is it Kermit and it's nice.
27:37
Got to it's just regular Kermit. Ok?
27:41
I'll give you two points. You you want betting on it?
27:48
It's yeah. I'm getting I'm getting to like
27:49
you're right. Yeah these are the easy ones at
27:51
the beginning I might Shake okay but I know that the vehicles
27:55
that goggles and Croaker were on.
27:57
So, okay, great, I'm ready. Yeah, yeah.
28:00
You got those question 3. The Prairie wagon.
28:08
Eric, this better be right. Prairie Dawn incorrect, trick
28:14
question. I figured Daddy can steal.
28:17
That's Grover. It is Grover with a little
28:19
cowboy hat on. Yeah, it's Marshal Grover
28:24
question for and eggplants with wheels.
28:31
Eric, That Smoky, that is mochi. I was not even thinking
28:38
fraggles. I mean, they're Jim Henson's
28:42
Muppet. They actually are.
28:43
No, don't you? All right.
28:44
That was my mistake. You ain't rode with the
28:46
Cucumber. So yeah, that's true.
28:48
That was a clue. Coming question.
28:51
Five a dinghy. I know that it's from the like
28:55
Matchbox. You, if you guys don't really
28:59
could say, yeah, I really guys, don't you can request a clue, so
29:02
it's do. I lose a point if I say look, it
29:04
is Sesame Street. It is from the Well, you don't
29:07
lose a like, if you want me to say that.
29:10
Yeah. I feel like I feel like I know
29:14
that you want to give us the performer.
29:18
Yeah. Jerry Nelson.
29:23
Oh, Snuffy is, it's nothing, it's nothing.
29:26
So I will give you two points. I think at the time it was Jerry
29:32
Nelson, even if it's been Marty Robinson for years.
29:36
Question 6, a tow truck. Danny.
29:44
I believe that that's Bert. It is Bert.
29:47
I'm impressed. All right, I love this is this
29:50
is the line that actually really crushed questions.
29:54
Question 7, a Ford Model T Eric Ozzy.
30:03
It is Fozzie. Oh, from the Corgi question 8,
30:09
the pepper Roadster Danny. This is Rizzo, it is Rizzo from
30:17
the little Burger. The line that I wish I had, but
30:20
they were all, they were only in the UK and I had never can never
30:24
even find them on eBay. Yeah, I was just again, looking
30:28
at Muppet we had their merch page.
30:30
Is there a beautiful and weird? And I wish I had all of them I
30:33
just got a kick out of that. It was specifically labeled like
30:36
on the packaging as the pepper Roadster as if you knew what
30:39
that was right on me. Please yeah yeah resist a sure
30:44
question nine. An egg powered car, which was
30:47
literally an egg carton with wheels.
30:54
Danny say, Oscar incorrect. I was Erica.
31:00
Nope, don't know. Okay, I can I can give out guys.
31:04
Can I do? Is it big bird?
31:06
It's not really. It is Big Bird.
31:09
I'm so good on the rebound. I'll give you, I'll give you one
31:13
Danny. Yeah, that's good.
31:14
Cool. And last question in this round
31:18
a skateboard. Eric about baby Kermit.
31:26
That is baby curb. And this time I do want you to
31:30
tell me his age. I say nothing's, I don't think
31:36
the, you know, unfortunately, the Muppet kids which would have
31:38
been in the yeah, in the middle there.
31:40
I think they were made me merchandise.
31:42
No, they weren't. Thank God because they were
31:43
terrible. But there was no mention of the
31:46
Muppet kids, but of the Muppet, the thing that was like, it
31:49
never Actually existed, but they thought it would that was like,
31:53
Muppet Archie and they William of the hi-yah sighs.
31:57
That was what it was called. I was I was there for that.
32:00
Yeah, I had I had all of you in the poodle skirt and I've had it
32:04
as the Green Machine, all of those as a kid.
32:06
And we we didn't know what they were.
32:10
You know what? Let's just like I guess.
32:12
Rolf has a football and right. You know.
32:15
And yeah. And why are these like at the
32:17
show at the ice cream shop? Yeah, maybe I.
32:20
One where role plays football. But if she doesn't know any of
32:22
the ones I'd see, he was very weird that like they made.
32:27
And it wasn't even just like one company is like three different
32:30
companies. Each made like tie-ins for a TV
32:33
show. That absolutely never came close
32:35
to existing. All right, and we are going to
32:40
move into our final regular round which Harvey fierstein and
32:45
I both call, everything's coming up noses.
32:50
Now most people are aware of the usual Muppet merchandise,
32:54
figures t-shirts, plush toys books, but one of the weirdest
33:00
pieces of Henson memorabilia are the various perfumes and
33:04
fragrances that have been released over the years.
33:08
Recently, Black Phoenix, Alchemy lab has been making sense
33:14
associated with characters from different Henson projects,
33:18
specifically Fraggle, Rock Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal
33:24
in this round. Are there multiple questions on
33:26
this? On this case in which is I'll
33:29
just, I'll just see myself. I do know, this is gonna be fun,
33:33
it's great, it's great if you love it, you love.
33:35
Okay, in this round, I am going. To read you, an excerpt of the
33:39
description of a black Phoenix, Alchemy lab fragrance.
33:44
Your job is to buzz in and Name the character that that
33:48
fragrance is supposed to represent.
33:51
Let me see. What does auger a smell like?
33:54
That's the questions you're gonna be okay.
33:57
Yeah, some of these questions is worth two points.
33:59
Same as last round. If neither of you get it, I can
34:03
tell you which TV show or movie. This character is a Oh, ciated
34:08
with then the question will be worth one point but you guys can
34:12
try again, all right? As always, please wait until I
34:17
finished. Describing the smell to buzz in.
34:21
Oh, don't worry. I don't and I don't, no I can't,
34:25
I can't speak for her but I know nothing.
34:27
Bang. It's mokey's, Patchouli, I've no
34:30
idea. Okay, well I'm gonna need all
34:32
the I'm gonna need all the time. I can get.
34:34
Here we go. Number one, freshly washed
34:37
laundry. Re Linden Blossom, soap suds at
34:40
a Sprinkle of vanilla. Eric Uber, that is Bluebird.
34:49
Once again, question to radishes freshly turned soil and soft
34:56
herbs. Danny is a Mochi incorrect.
35:05
Eric Can you steal? I would just be guessing the
35:09
Doozers incorrect, it is a fraggle sense, if any of you
35:14
want to try again for one point is it red incorrect.
35:18
Wait, say it again, it's radishes.
35:20
It's radishes freshly turned soil and soft herbs, Junior
35:25
gorg, that's cheap. I mean you guess like any of
35:28
this? I know we get 70.
35:30
Each of those, was it actually, it is.
35:32
I'm not gonna give you the points is the gorks,
35:35
specifically gorgs, Garden. Okay, I know you jr.
35:39
I would have given you Junior but I didn't deserve it.
35:41
No, no, no. I can probably figure.
35:43
That was like, yeah, that was like a guest.
35:44
No, no, I know, I know amphibia and I know why.
35:47
Like, when you brought this up, I was like, okay, I know to, ya
35:50
know these are neither of those. Now you just all you have to do
35:53
is think about what the characters smell like.
35:58
Question, 3, lilac. The blossoms Violet sugar Orris
36:03
root Stephen Otis and has monstrous naming stuff that
36:09
doesn't even exist. Danny Kira from The Dark Crystal
36:13
incorrect, Eric, Jairus incorrect.
36:19
This is a fraggle again if it's a fraggle lilac blossoms.
36:25
Violet sugar Orris root Stephen Otis and osmanthus.
36:31
Anyone want a buzz in for a fraggle Eric?
36:34
Okay, it is smoking. I was going.
36:38
I was thinking large. Marvin.
36:39
It's I got another guess that would be.
36:40
Yeah, there we go. Question for fermented pumpkin,
36:45
brown leather dust tobacco, leaf, and dark woods.
36:55
Danny Hoggle that is Hoggle. I don't know how you're lying.
36:59
So easily. Purely, psychic power.
37:04
Here you go. No, that's what house smells
37:05
like up snowmobile? Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah.
37:07
Which everyone had a night like that, right.
37:15
By the end of the day. Well, you could it over Fred
37:19
hat. It was the 90s.
37:22
I don't know. Just one question, five, white
37:25
musk, banana, orange blossom, honey, pineapple and mint.
37:35
Eric, let me it is Wembley. Good call.
37:39
He's got his banana-tree shirt bananas.
37:44
Okay, so this one, I apologize. If I mispronounced any of this,
37:48
I had to look up the pronunciation of some of these
37:51
fragrances Charter, don't know. Yeah, question 6, ethereal lilac
37:57
Fuji are and gleaming leather with Tea, Leaf, Tonka, absolute
38:03
white musk and ow loud. Danny, this is Kira from The
38:11
Dark, Crystal incorrect. That's always going to be.
38:14
My luck is coming up. Somebody's going to be here at
38:17
some point. Everybody, I'm going to go back
38:19
to jareth again, that is Jared. The, the gleaming leather.
38:24
I feel like is the is the clue because I don't know what the
38:27
other things are at all. Well, I have no idea.
38:30
What's the sense of gleaming weather though?
38:35
Listen, unfortunately unfortunately, I've never gotten
38:40
to smell David Bowie and he was taken from us too soon.
38:43
Look, he's I get the Leathers the gleaming question. 7 sweet
38:50
red currant, Tangy cranberry, pink musk, and spicy Pink
38:55
Pepper. Danny, let's say red fraggle
39:02
that one is rent. Question nine ten?
39:07
We're almost there. You guys have been getting these
39:10
are using actually yeah nine metal and stone beams of dark
39:18
light. Hyssop blackcurrant black Viola
39:23
passion flower and myrrh. Eric.
39:33
Just stick this, it is a sexist, and you know what?
39:37
I am going to give you both points.
39:40
Yeah, whatever. However, now as actually are
39:44
like, it does specify, does that actually mean Dorothy obvious
40:02
one, the Chamberlain. It is not Chamberlain.
40:05
Is it an executioner? No, it is, of course, that that
40:09
sense of metal just always takes them back to skeptic the
40:14
scientist from for pizza crumb, don't read the sequel, whatever
40:19
you want to call it, the the TV show.
40:23
It's just these characters, just a little bit, a little bit of
40:26
stone, beams of dark light to make a think of Mark Hamill's
40:30
voice. And that's amazing.
40:35
No be great is if we had a party and each of us, if there were
40:38
ten of us, we each War 10. There are more.
40:42
There are no more than ten of these are just.
40:45
These were the ones that I felt like, we're Gaza below.
40:48
The other ones were like, cause, um, I don't have that.
40:53
Front of me right now, but I hope they cost like $900 each
40:56
because there's to link one person.
40:58
Not that much, but it's more than I've been willing to spend.
41:01
I mean, how much are you gonna spend to smell?
41:03
Like, well, like red fraggle. Yeah, this is my favorite round.
41:08
Oh, I apologize. I'm learning.
41:10
I am learning. I actually missed a question.
41:12
So we're gonna have to go back. Tangerine, lemon, peel, sugared
41:18
pink, grapefruit and vanilla cream.
41:25
Danny Sarah from Labyrinth incorrect.
41:30
Erica guess and then I'll tell you the show when you guys can
41:32
try again remaining fraggle bit doesn't sound like a gobo.
41:38
It is Gobo. Oh yeah I think they assume
41:43
because it's got orange and pink and those are his orders.
41:47
My second guest is going to be from dog City.
41:50
Oh I website. That's where I was gonna go.
41:52
Just Monster Maker. Yeah.
41:55
Smell like the Boise them Lighthouse Island, and it smells
41:59
like the polar bear from Lighthouse Island.
42:02
Last question. All right.
42:04
Dark chocolate. Figgy vanilla pair and quince
42:13
Eric. Jen.
42:16
It's not Jim. I'm sorry the Storyteller dog
42:24
incorrect. This is also from Fraggle Rock.
42:28
Oh, see I was gonna go. I was going to wait.
42:30
I'm gonna just let me Pitch this to you.
42:32
Hmm. Stinky and Jake.
42:37
It finally, you know you mentioned smelling like a polar
42:40
bear is my answer is better than your answer.
42:42
I think. I think I get enough.
42:46
Everybody's okay. Can you think of a fraggle
42:48
Fraggle Rock Character. You read it again.
42:51
Yeah it's dark chocolate. Figgy vanilla pair and Quince
42:56
not easy. Well I know that after a long
42:59
day of exploring, I smell like quits because this is This is
43:07
another worst. Your uncle traveling Matt and
43:10
I'm those basically the only one left to guess but sure didn't
43:13
sound like about. There was a doozer.
43:15
This one as well that I did not include it on here.
43:17
But yeah, he's the only thing they didn't have a trash Heap
43:20
sent. No.
43:22
That would have been great rotten banana rat dropping.
43:25
Yeah. Did they have auger told me?
43:28
They have auger. See now, what do they have hot
43:30
making? They have Hoggle.
43:32
I feel like they need to have a. Yeah.
43:33
Okay, so several the several Full like huge, like so and to
43:38
have water just to just to read through.
43:41
I just searched Henson on their website and to read through real
43:44
quick. Jareth Hoggle goblins, cider
43:48
fairy, B 13 hours, gorgs Garden Doozers perfume.
43:55
Uncle, Matt Wembley mokey red, boober, Gobo skeptic, the
44:01
scientists suspect, NE the slave master smell like ass.
44:05
Slave master skeptic, the ritual Master scare cone the garthim
44:11
master. Remember him from the end, the
44:14
end of the TV show and that's it.
44:19
It doesn't look like aughra or Margaret didn't or the or
44:23
jamming gear has, that's sort of isn't that the obvious like pod
44:28
people and knowing stuff? Do you want to smell like the
44:30
slave masters? I want to enslave the people.
44:35
For all my God. Like the twelve-year-old, huge
44:39
Muppet fan who has like shelves on his bedroom wall with, like
44:44
each of these just lay these never know, like use them bees.
44:47
Just got them, he looks at them everyday because the yes anyway,
44:50
aren't the master Black Phoenix. If you do want to send me any
44:54
sample, so I will review them for the website but anyway,
45:00
there we go. Our first ever podcast about
45:03
smells. We're coming to the end.
45:05
End of the show. But for now, the points are even
45:08
bigger this round, is the one we call the anything in the world,
45:14
prize game because you two are now able to ask me anything in
45:19
the world or at least anything in the world of the Muppets.
45:23
If you stumped me, you'll earn 10 points.
45:27
So let's start with Eric. Eric do you have a question for
45:30
me? I do.
45:33
What are the scores right now? Oh, Have to do the arithmetic.
45:37
So hold on. Okay, it's actually really
45:39
close. If my math is correct Danny,
45:42
you've got 57 and Eric you have 56.
45:46
Oh man. All right, Eric, I'm ready with
45:48
you for your question. All right, well, this is bad
45:50
strategy then because I won't be surprised if you know this, but
45:56
in 2003, Danny and smig created a comic strip about collectors
46:01
of Muppet merchandise. What was the title of that comic
46:05
strip? Oh my goodness.
46:06
Okay so I can picture it. There was like an evil Elmo and
46:10
you follow modal. See her knows how to make me
46:13
like him. Yeah.
46:15
The other bands. I should know this again.
46:18
I was I was letter an early reader of tough pigs.
46:23
I mean, I can picture the comic. Was it called.
46:25
Doll wiggling. Pretty close.
46:30
Yeah. Playing with dolls playing with
46:31
dolls. All right, Eric.
46:33
That's that's 10 more points for you.
46:35
I'm not going to give me credit for that because I should have
46:38
known better. I've read that comic, fantastic,
46:44
Danny. All of all of the questions are
46:46
going to be about the now. Now, you know quick quick.
46:49
Write a question about that. All right, Hallmark cards.
46:56
They started thinking about the greeting cards in 1978 with
47:00
photos that were taken specifically for the greeting
47:02
cards and they were beautiful. There's a logo on the back.
47:07
That had a specific unusual phrase.
47:09
It didn't say the Muppet Show and it didn't say, Jim Henson's
47:12
Muppets, although some of those words were included.
47:15
What was the logo on the back of the Hallmark cards, the gym
47:19
show. I used some of the words but
47:23
yeah he's really do absolutely good.
47:26
No idea. You call it.
47:27
Yeah it said a Jim Henson's Muppet puppet card.
47:31
Hmm. A thing.
47:34
That fascinated me at the time. You know, we have the one with
47:37
Gonzo on it. Yeah.
47:38
At my parents house but I guess I never looked at the back.
47:42
Yes. All right, and now for our final
47:45
round, it's time to make things even harder.
47:48
We're entering our final high-stakes competition, say the
47:52
word, or in this case words, In this round, you can wager any
47:59
amount of points. The winner gets those points,
48:03
the loser loses them. You will get to hear the
48:07
question before you wager. So checking the scores, Eric you
48:12
have 66 points Danny, you have 67 points.
48:17
Assuming my math is Right, which, you know what, I think it
48:21
is, I believe it is. Anyone at home counting along?
48:25
I assume not. So, your question.
48:29
Now, oddly enough, Ryan row of tough pigs wrote about this
48:34
object a few months ago. However, I had already written
48:39
this question down so I'm using it anyway as you may know there
48:45
was only ever one piece of Jim Henson.
48:48
Our merchandise ever produced what was that merchandise and
48:55
which five Muppets were On it. There are six correct answers
49:01
here, whoever gets more of those six answers.
49:06
Correct what it was and which five Muppets.
49:10
So six, whoever gets more of those correct will earn the
49:15
points will be the winner of this round so you can send your
49:20
responses and your bets to me. What was it?
49:23
And which were the five Muppets on it?
49:35
I texted Ryan. As soon as he posted that
49:37
article and I was like, I can't believe you scooped me.
49:40
I did not, I did not need that article.
49:44
I own this thing. Eric just waiting on your guess.
49:55
Yeah yeah take your time that doesn't bode well.
50:01
Alright my next question is about Sigma ceramics.
50:06
I don't have any Ceramics questions.
50:08
I'll know. I spent too much time.
50:11
Looking up different fragrances. I'm so glad.
50:15
Yeah, but definitely weren't my best subject again.
50:17
Okay, it wasn't anyone's now Jack.
50:22
Oh man. I know the fifth one, but I am
50:25
not recalling it. So there you go.
50:28
Okay, so you guys, this is both both correctly identified.
50:38
What the object was it was of course a Jim Henson our Lunch
50:44
Box by the time school was in session.
50:49
The Jim Henson, our had been cancelled months before didn't
50:54
last however you each guest a different assortment of me.
51:01
B. Hmm, Danny would you like to
51:03
read who you guessed? Yes, it was permit.
51:07
And then in the TV, there was digit, Lindbergh Leon.
51:12
And then the punk, girl, whose name I cannot recall our right.
51:19
And Eric, you guessed. I also had digit Lindbergh and
51:24
Leon and Zandra which is the name of the Pug.
51:28
Girl Kermit was just in like Like promo photos, right?
51:33
So it gives them. Here's the thing.
51:35
Here's the thing. Eric, you are correct.
51:39
Kermit was not on The Lunchbox. Seriously, 100%.
51:46
The fifth Muppet was, of course, Ubu the gorilla favorite crushed
51:57
so neither of you got all of them but Eric because you
52:02
correctly named. You got honk girl.
52:05
Yeah. And did not name any incorrect
52:08
Muppets you obviously scored higher.
52:11
So Danny you bet infinity points which means that you have lost
52:16
infinity points. He's I'm cast into the outer
52:20
Darkness. It says is true.
52:22
You know, that's how I wanted to go.
52:23
I either wanted complete complete, Eternal Victory or
52:28
outer Darkness. The outer Darkness.
52:30
Probably smells like Stone, beams of light but also it's
52:37
nice out here are going to be fair.
52:39
I did read the article and I did email Ryan about it.
52:42
No, I mean, listen your, please read our article, we like it,
52:47
when, and I would lose to Danny and any other subject Oh, but
52:51
you did bet 65 points of your 66 points, which brings you to a
52:58
total of 131 points, to Danny's negative infinity negative
53:04
Infinity, which makes you today's winner and today's
53:08
toughest Pig. So congratulations.
53:11
Eric, and you win your choice of Kellogg's cereal from 1999 or if
53:19
you want this That I made of red fraggle in a radish car.
53:25
What kind of cereal? Oh, what kind of cereal?
53:29
It's mostly mold this point. I didn't say it was a sealed
53:32
box. I see, how do you actually have
53:34
crunchy Stars? Man, my outro was about crunchy
53:38
Stars. You guys are guys.
53:40
Keep keeps us today. This is true then I've been all
53:45
be clever and you will ya. So that brings us to the End of
53:50
another one so guests. Where can people find you if you
53:54
wish to be found, let's start with Dani.
53:57
All right, I definitely do. I am my new project is called
54:03
superheroes every day. It's a comedy blog about the
54:06
history of superhero movies where I'm writing about each
54:10
movie, it's as they go along and in history.
54:13
So it really Superman and Superman to currently Swamp
54:16
Thing, which is amazing. And so, please come and read
54:20
essays. The things about something every
54:21
day and coming up later on more Superman and how its duck.
54:27
So it is called Super Heroes. Every day you can go to
54:30
superheroes everyday.com and you can also find it on Twitter and
54:34
Facebook. Danny quick question, are you
54:38
familiar? You probably are with the Swamp
54:40
Thing. Animated TV show.
54:42
I am very familiar with it. Also from the 90s.
54:44
Yes, that theme song is my favorite thing ever.
54:48
Because it is so bad. It is so bad.
54:50
And animal saying it. No kidding.
54:53
And another I mean on you know he's saying it for my
54:54
Petersburg. Oh yeah yeah.
54:57
You mean khirbet unpicked? I do not.
55:05
I know you do. I'm gonna have to take away even
55:09
more points. No, don't do that.
55:11
No, it's not on one thing. Is it?
55:12
Oh, it is, it is yeah. Eric, where can people find you?
55:17
If you'd wish to be found basically nowhere.
55:21
But okay, listen. I started contributing to the
55:24
Muppet collection page on Facebook so you can check that
55:26
out. Good stuff, right?
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And of course, you can find tough pigs at tough, pigs.com,
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or at tough pigs on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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And hey, if you like our work consider donating to the tough
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pigs patreon where you could get even more exclusive free stuff.
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We also, you know, I gotta always be plugging, we also have
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tough pigs t-shirts. Available for sale on our
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website, which do now include a shirt, featuring the logo of
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hubba-wha. So you can let everybody know
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about your very normal taste in podcasts.
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Also, I'd like to thank some other people for helping out, of
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course our guests. But also thanks to Stacy Rosen
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for writing the theme music to our show.
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Thanks to Richard, Gomez for doing some new artwork for the
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show. Thanks to Johannes the tough
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pigs. Muppet fan podcast executive
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producer and no thanks to toy. Collectors of the 2000s who
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didn't buy enough toys of fills and neuter and push Palisades
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out of business before they could make me a high-quality
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Prairie, Dawn toy and lastly thanks to all of you at home for
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being with us on hubba-wha come up at quiz show and as always
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it's about time they brought back crunchy stars stars, I
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wrote it down. But mostly, I'm not here to make
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friends. I'm here to play the game, I
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should have saved that. I'm going to say that.