242: Chewing Gum Shoe Polish
Description
Subtitle: There are no Tuddies in Ohio.
Merlin demands an opportunity to defend his honor, and John encourages him to get more adult supervision.
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Links and Show Notes:
Things kick off with Merlin demanding an opportunity to defend his honor and John encouraging him to get more adult supervision.
Next up, there's so much good Follow-Up on new Things It Took Me Too Long to Realize, the judge from a Jonathan Coulton song, which dwarf didn't get the tattoo, plus further insight on whose notes live in the margins of John's The Power Broker.
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(Recorded on Tuesday, August 20, 2024)
Credits
- Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
- Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
- Music: Merlin Mann
- The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis is a Jonathan Coulton song
Gimli didn’t get the tattoo
Lord of the Rings cast members showing off their matching tattoos
Lord of the Rings cast reunion Zoom call in 2020
Location details for the Lord of the Rings cast tattoos
The margin note in John's copy of The Power Broker
The back cover of John's copy of The Power Broker
Chimp Crazy
Sherman's March documentary
Thomasin McKenzie
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Sir Ian McKellen's acting process - YouTube
Siracusa and the meta-meta-bit
In general, I love any meta-meta-bit where Siracusa refuses to participate in the meta-bit.
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Merlin's toddler learned how to work a stereo receiver pretty early on.