1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind production of My 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hey you welcome to Stuff to Blow your 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: Mind listener Mail. This is Robert Lamb and this is 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Joe McCormick. And it's Monday, the day of the week 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: that we read back some messages you've sent into the 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: show account, which if you ever want to get in 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: touch with a contribution of your own, that account is 8 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: contact at Stuff to Blow your Mind dot com. Contact 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: at Stuff to Blow your Mind dot com. Uh, yeah, 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: get in touch. We need contact. That's true. That that's 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: what our mondays are made out of. Here. So okay, 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: I'm going to start off with this message from Josh 13 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: responding to some previous listener mail. And this one needs 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: a bit of background. So in the in the previous 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: listener mail episode, uh, somebody named Lurch got in touch 16 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: and mentioned the nineteen six H. G. Wells sci fi 17 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: movie Things to Come, which featured a scene of a 18 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: there's a future civilization, uh, traveling to the Moon by 19 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,919 Speaker 1: way of a giant ballistic cannon. They're going to shoot 20 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: somebody into the moon, just like in the It's like 21 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: in the French movie what's it called The Voyage to 22 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: the Moon uh. And our listener pointed out the amusing 23 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: design choice that this giant cannon has an iron sight 24 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: at the end of the barrel, like like somebody's gonna 25 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: be holding it and aiming it. Um so anyway, Josh says, 26 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: Hi Joe Robin Seth the launch gun from Things to 27 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: Come that Lurch mentioned reminded me of an actual company 28 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: that is making something similar. Huh. The concept is they 29 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: put a small rocket in a cent refuge and spin 30 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: it at crazy fast speeds nearly mocked two for their 31 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: SubOrbit tests, and let it go. It rides its inertia 32 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: to a certain altitude, then fires the rocket to get 33 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: the rest of the way to orbit. At least in theory, 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: they are still testing oddly enough, there is no iron 35 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: sight to aim. How will they ever manage? I promise 36 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: I'm not making this up. Here's a video that the 37 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: company released recently showing their progress. It's definitely worth watching 38 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: to the end, if only for the massive bullet hole 39 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,399 Speaker 1: in the ground from the landing. All the best, Josh, 40 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: So yeah, I looked this up. The company is called 41 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: Spin Launch, and the launcher mechanism looks kind of like 42 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: a giant ammunition drum on a Tommy gun. You know. 43 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: It's like this big circular disc like a film canister, 44 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: and inside there is I think it's electrically powered, so 45 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: I think there would be sort of electromagnetic rapid cycling 46 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: through the circle and then eventually the thing gets released 47 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: and it flies up out of a tube, straight up 48 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: into the sky. The version they were testing in the video, 49 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: I saw it did not actually have a rocket stage. 50 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: It was just a dummy, you know, a dummy ballistic 51 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: that it would see how high it could reach. So yeah, 52 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: I guess the idea the end as you do it 53 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: with something that actually has chemical rockets within it, so 54 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: you get it up to a certain altitude and then 55 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: the rockets fire and take over, getting you into orbit 56 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: with less use of chemical fuel. But exactly as Josh says, 57 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 1: when this dummy ballistic test vehicle is thrown up into 58 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: the sky makes a gigantic arc and then it comes 59 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: back down. And there's a part where they in this 60 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: video they go to find it and it's just a 61 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: hole in the ground. It has it has done a 62 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: mighty piercing of the earth, you know, speaking of H. G. 63 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: Wells as things to come there, I have to remind 64 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: everybody that there is a nineteen seventy nine very loose 65 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: adaptation of H. G. Wells is uh work here titled 66 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: The Shape of Things to Come? In fact, it's it's 67 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: sometimes titled H. G. Wells Is The Shape of Things 68 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: to Come. It stars Jack Palance, and it's directed by 69 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: George McAllen, who also directed Two Frogs, which, of course 70 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: we discussed on Weird House Cinema. That's got to be good. 71 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: I think I've seen it, or at least I think 72 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: I watched the riff Tracks version of it. I believe 73 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: this came out shortly before the pandemic. When okay, so, 74 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: when movies decide to put the author of a book 75 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: or author of an idea's name in front of the 76 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: title of the movie, like Bram Stoker's Dracula, you know, 77 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: the Francis Ford Coppola Dracula or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. I 78 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: think that was also in the nineties. Are those a 79 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: result of some kind of I don't know, in the 80 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: contractual or intellectual property issue, hard to be hard to 81 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: believe that's the case with Mary Shelley um or is 82 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: it just like there's something about the title where they 83 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: were like, we we've we've got to have the author's 84 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: name in here. That'll that'll make people know what we're 85 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: talking about, because you just say Frankenstein, they're gonna be like, 86 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what that is? Who wrote that? Yeah? 87 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: I guess in some level it's about trying to indicate 88 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: this is a return to the book to some extent, 89 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: And of course it's never it's not like bron Stoker's 90 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: Dracula the movie. As as fun as it is, it's 91 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: not like it's a like blow for blow faithful adaptation 92 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: of the novel. It's a lot of fun, but it's 93 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: it's not that, And I think it's the I've probably 94 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: I harp on this all the time, but like one 95 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: of the things that always stuck with me is the 96 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: mere fact that they had a movie novelization of brom 97 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: Stoker's Dracula by of course not brom Stoker but some 98 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: modern author. Like that's all you need to know, Like 99 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: if it's is it really brom Stoker's Dracula, if the 100 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,599 Speaker 1: novel adaptation of it is not just the original novel, Yeah, 101 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: but how do you capture on the page? Keian News 102 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: English accent I will return to you, my love. Yeah, 103 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: it was not the not the best performance from Kiana, 104 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: was it. Um? But there's so much Yeah, yeah, he's 105 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: he's great in other things. Um. And but of course, yeah, 106 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: you have Anthony Hopkins, you have Gary Oldman. Uh, you 107 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: have just luscious costumes and sets. It's uh, it more 108 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: than makes up for one performance and picture. And I 109 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: think you could pretty much plot your life by like, 110 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: which Gary Oldman incarnation of Dracula are you today? Are you? Um, 111 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: old man with big hair, old man with long hair? 112 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: Do you feel more like you're the dapper sunglasses brown 113 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: stokers Dracula. Do you feel maybe a little more like 114 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: a wolf beast or a bat beast armored Dracula. There's 115 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: so many to choose from, so many costume changes and 116 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: flesh changes in that one. Yeah, I think I think 117 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,359 Speaker 1: you'd have a lot of it. Like I'm a demon 118 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: bad until I've had my coffee kind of, I think 119 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: I'm the I'm the the old Dracula with the long 120 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: hair towards the end of the film, before I have 121 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: my coffee, um, and then after the first cup, then 122 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: I'm the Dracula with the big hair, and then we 123 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: kind of build up from there until the caffeine starts 124 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: wearing off, and then I began to revert, I guess 125 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: into beast mode at that point. All right, well, if 126 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: anyone else has thoughts on all of this, yes, right in, 127 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: we would love to hear your take. But let's move 128 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: on to another bit of listener mail. This one comes 129 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 1: to us from Carl. Carl says, Dear Rob and Joe, 130 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: just now heard your listener to mail episode about children's 131 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: senses of time periods or lack thereof. When our children 132 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: were little, our friends used Gilligan's to explain when something 133 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: in the near future would happen will be there in 134 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: about three Gilligan's. They had a good feel for the 135 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: elapsed time of a Gilligan's Island episode. Enjoy your podcast, Carl. Weirdly, 136 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: this email triggered a sudden, vivid memory from childhood of 137 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: some adult somewhere expressing a length of time. I guess 138 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: in retrospect this must have been two and a half 139 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: hours as two sesame streets and a Mr Rogers, and 140 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: I wondered, did somebody say that to me when I 141 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: was a kid, or was that in like a movie 142 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: or something? So I googled it and discovered this is 143 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: a quote from an episode of Full House. Bob Saget 144 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: in Full House was hiding that deep in my brain. 145 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: Oh nice, I will say as a I think I 146 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: growing up, I think I did think about times sometimes 147 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: like this in that in in thirty minute and an 148 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: hour blocks based on television blocks of time. And I 149 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: know that when my son was younger we used this 150 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: a little bit, and in part because sometimes on long 151 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: car trips he would have the iPad, he would have 152 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: things he could watch, and so that would be a 153 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: direct way of saying like, not only are we one 154 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: viewing of Totoro away, like you can go ahead and 155 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,679 Speaker 1: start Totoro now, and when you were done with Totoro, 156 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: we will be at our destination. That's good system, all right. 157 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,959 Speaker 1: So we also got a couple of messages in response 158 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: to story machines with people cranking out their own AI 159 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: generated narratives. Uh, Rob, I feel like this is kind 160 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: of your territory. Do do you do? You want to 161 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: take the first one of these or both of them. 162 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: I'll take the first one, okay, So he has this 163 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: one also has a reference to two thousand and eighteen 164 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: Fartanomicon episode which I tried to. I usually don't go 165 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: back and listen to old episodes, but we had some 166 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: had two nine year olds in the car, and so 167 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 1: they were talking. One of them in particular, was talking 168 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: about farts a lot. So I was like, well, I'm 169 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 1: gonna hit you guys with the science. I'm gonna load 170 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: up this episode. I found. I found it a very 171 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: hard episode to listen to. I don't think this is 172 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: the episode that that that we would record today. It's 173 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: still good, you know, the science is solid, but it's 174 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: it's it's a little FARTI uh so, anyways, this is 175 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: from Scott. Scott writes in and says greetings and salutations. 176 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: I've been messing around with this great AI creative writing 177 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: tool at story machines dot net at story hyphen machines 178 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: dot net, and it occurred to me to enter the 179 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: title of your superb episode from two thousand eighteen, the Fartonomicon. 180 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: I tried several times, providing no other text than the 181 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: title of the results I got these two are the 182 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: best and also quite different from each other. So here 183 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: we go. The Fartonomicon is the definitive guide to the 184 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: Art of flat Lens. Authored by renowned phartologist Dr Gregory House, 185 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: this illustrated volume is a must have for anyone interested 186 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: in learning all there is to know about the mysteries 187 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: of gas, from the physiology of gas production to the 188 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: history of flash lens. The Fartonomicon covers it all with 189 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: its insightful illustrations and comprehensive information. The farten o Maicon 190 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to improve their 191 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: flash hlen skills. Whether you are a beginner looking to 192 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: learn everything there is to know about gas, or a 193 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: seasoned fart enthusiast looking to expand your knowledge, this book 194 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: is perfect for you. Don't wait any longer. Order your 195 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: copy of The Fartonomicon today and now help, Wait a minute, 196 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: Why was this not a story at all? This is 197 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 1: like a This is like a promo for a book. 198 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: Why did it spit that out? Sometimes it it does this. 199 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: I've noticed toying around with this interface. Sometimes it gives 200 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: you the story. Sometimes it tells you about the story 201 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: or about the book. So sometimes it sort of is 202 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,319 Speaker 1: within the story. Sometimes it stands outside of the story. 203 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: Scott continues here and here's the second one. In the 204 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: world of fartin Amicon, farting is an art form. It 205 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: is a way to communicate with your fellow humans and 206 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: to show your appreciation for the environment. There are many 207 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: different types of farts and each has its own special meaning. 208 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: One day, a farting artist named Gary entered the farten 209 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: a Maicon competition. He was very nervous, but he knew 210 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: that he had to try his best if he wanted 211 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: to win. Gary started by farting in the air to 212 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: show how powerful his fart was. Then he farted in 213 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 1: different directions to show how versatile his farting was. Finally, 214 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: he farted in the shape of a heart to show 215 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: how romantic his fart was. The impressed by Gary's farting skills, 216 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: and he was eventually declared the winner of the farton 217 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: A Maicon competition. Anyways, this may be a bit too 218 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: long or silly for a listener, may know, but it 219 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: made me laugh heartily. Your show is great. Keep it up, Scott, Scott, 220 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: obviously your fears were unfounded. Here we are reading the 221 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: whole thing. Yeah, yeah, Now is Gregory? How Gregory House is? 222 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: Is that the house from the TV show House? I 223 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: think so I've never watched that show, but I think 224 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: that's his name. That's what what's his name, Hugh Laurie, Yeah, 225 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: oh it is Wow, just totally pulled him and decided 226 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna go, um, you know, cross promotional on this. Huh. 227 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: So I wonder why did it pull in that name, Like, 228 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: what does that have to do with the phrase fardon 229 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: omicon that is put in here? I don't know, but 230 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: it is interesting the way that the AI interacts with 231 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: proper nounds like that, if you put a name like 232 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: Santa Claus or like Morbius or whatever in the in 233 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: the title or in the first line, it will it 234 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: obviously knows some pre existing associations with this character, and 235 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,839 Speaker 1: it will shape the narrative accordingly. It doesn't just treat 236 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: it as a as a neutral prop her name. So 237 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: that makes me think also that when it pulls in 238 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: a different proper name on its own, like it just 239 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: decides to retrieve Gregory House, there must be a reason 240 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: for that. It's not like randomly selecting a name. I 241 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I just don't know. Was there an episode 242 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: of House that was about the fart an omicon. I 243 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: don't think that would make any sense. I don't know, 244 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: but I did a search for Dr Gregory House and 245 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: farts just to see because who knows, I had a 246 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: long run. They had to come up. They might have 247 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: come around to it. Eventually. Nothing was turning up from me. 248 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: But maybe listeners out there can shine in. There aren't 249 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: very many fart mystery shows, I guess, like even the 250 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: long running ones that did. Did they ever do a 251 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: fart episode of murder? She wrote? I don't know murder 252 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:50,199 Speaker 1: she farted? Okay, Um, this story machine when when we've 253 00:13:50,240 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: got got the human creativity? Okay? This next message is 254 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: also a story machine submission. It's from Derek. Derek says, Hi, 255 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: Robert and Joe Derek here really love your podcast. Your 256 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: episode on creative writing machines was very interesting and it's 257 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: been helpful to me as an amateur writer, helping me 258 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: complete thoughts and sentences or simply giving me an idea 259 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: or direction on how to put thoughts to words. And 260 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: then Derek attaches something, so he he begins with a 261 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: kind of biblical prompt that goes It wasn't with rolling thunder, 262 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: a crack of lightning, or a big bang that the 263 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: architect came to be. It just was one moment there 264 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: was nothing, and the next it simply was the moment 265 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: after it came into being. It spread its consciousness outwards, 266 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: creating the vast and endless void of space. And then 267 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: I think he signals, this is where the AI takes over. 268 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: And then from that void the Architect began to create. 269 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: The first thing it created was the laws of physics, 270 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: then the molecules that make up the world, followed by 271 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: the doors and planets. It worked tirelessly, creating the blueprints 272 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: of everything I'm gonna read directly here, everything that would 273 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: ever will exist. As it worked, the Architect grew more 274 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: and more tired. It created everything, but it was alone. 275 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: Oh that that's kind of a creepy conclusion there, Rob. 276 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if in all your experiments you've seen 277 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: a few kind of like grammatical nonsense creep in. Most 278 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: of the time, I feel like It's sentences are pretty tight, 279 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: like they actually work syntactically. But occasionally I think you 280 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: get something like this, the blueprints of everything that would 281 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: ever will exist. Yeah, And I would find that sometimes 282 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: if I threw too many things into a sentence to 283 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: like if I were to write something like the son 284 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: of the duck, who was also a frog. Like that 285 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: sort of thing can sort of throw it off a 286 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: little bit, I think. Yeah. Anyway, Derek says he was 287 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: pleasantly surprised by how coherent the output of the Story 288 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: Machines program was, and also ends by recommending for Weird 289 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: House the movie Kung Fu Hustle, which I don't know 290 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: if we do on the on Weird House. It's it's 291 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: pretty recent, but but yeah, I love Kung Fu Hustle. 292 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: I remember discovering that movie when I was in college 293 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: and watching it way too many times. Oh yeah, yeah, 294 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: it's it's a fun one. And I know it's come 295 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: up on Weird House because we've covered some films that, 296 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: Oh I think it's like um uh like Waguan has 297 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: been in some of the films we've talked about, so 298 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: um it's yeah, it has a great cast, and so 299 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: it's one that will probably continue to come up as 300 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: we discuss other um Kung fu movies. All Right. We 301 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: continue to hear from folks about sky Bridges, which has 302 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: been delightful. Uh. This one comes to us from Chelsea. 303 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: Chelsea writes, Hi, Rob Joe and Death. Nicholas Johnson. I 304 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: believe that that was one of our Halloween names for 305 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: for seth Uh. The summer after my freshman year of college, 306 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: I stayed on campus for summer research project and ended 307 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: up staying in Mead Hall at Pitser College. Mead Hall 308 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: was a main building with two towers behind it, all 309 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 1: connected by sky bridges with see through metal railings on 310 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: the second and third floors see attached pick and indeed, 311 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: looking at the pics, looks looks nice, looks nice like 312 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: the garden in the middle. I lived on the third 313 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 1: floor of one of the towers, which meant I had 314 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 1: to use the bridges to get to laundry, the kitchen, 315 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: the main entrance, et cetera. The inside of the towers 316 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: are painted a dirty white covered in school sanctioned student graffiti. 317 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: Right outside my suite was a quote that wasn't abandoned 318 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: all hope who enter here, but it definitely had the 319 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: same pipe. The shipping graffiti and campus being almost completely 320 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: deserted combined to make the whole summer feel pretty post apocalyptic. 321 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: Then I saw the film twenty eight days later and 322 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: developed a sudden paralyzing fear of zombies. My brain took 323 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: the movie The Isolation and Major Depression, and turned that 324 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: into an imagining flying zombies that would attack me from 325 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: over the railings of this on the sky bridges. I 326 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: was fine on the bridges during the day, but at 327 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: night I walked down the exact center and dreaded every 328 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: minute of it. I think the sky bridge was where 329 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: the fear finally hit because I was completely exposed potential 330 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: attacks from almost three hundred sixty degrees around me, but 331 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: I only had a linear escape route. Fortunately, over the 332 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: last decade, the zombie fear has faded somewhat, and I'm 333 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: sure i'd be fine on a skybridge now. Weird House 334 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: Cinema has been a great way for me to experience 335 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: and enjoy horror films without the risk of developing a 336 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: new phobia. Thanks for the constant flow of information and commentary, 337 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: Chelsea Wow. I I don't know. First of all, thanks Chelsea, 338 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 1: but also I don't know if this is a huge 339 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: coincidence or if it says something about the college dorm 340 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: experience in the I'm guessing it was also in the 341 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: two thousands for you, um, but I distinctly remember thinking 342 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: about zombie defense plans in my undergraduate dorm buildings. Uh uh. 343 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 1: And actually they seemed like a pretty good spot, as 344 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: they had kind of solid brick walls, solid metal doors, 345 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 1: balconies with sturdy metal railing. Uh in you know, a 346 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: hundred pack of corn dogs in the freezer. It seemed 347 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: like a defensible position. Oh man, I don't not think 348 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: I would ever get that far with with this line 349 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: of thinking, because I would sort of reach the conclusion 350 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: pretty early that oh well, we'd be dimmed, Like, I 351 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: don't know, that doesn't survival was an option as soon 352 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: as the utilities are cut. It's like, what, I'm gonna 353 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: go to Walmart and fight people for Walmart stuff. I 354 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know. Maybe I can kind of 355 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: deal with the zombies and I can like speak for them. 356 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: I can be like the low Ax of the Dead 357 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: or something. Yeah, I, for one, welcome our new undead overlords. 358 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: All right, I guess we're gonna wrap up by doing 359 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: a couple of responses on weird House. First one, Rob, 360 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: I didn't even know what this was. This must be 361 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: something you you put out into the world. There's something 362 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: about a doodle contest. Somebody sent in draw wings of 363 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: us and I'm screaming two bees. Oh yeah yeah, so 364 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: um uh yeah, I think this will this will be fun. 365 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: It's been fun so far. And we've only uh, you know, 366 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: received a couple of submissions. But as we've mentioned before, 367 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: we do have a store we that has some merch 368 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 1: in it. It's a T Public store. And the other 369 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: day I received an email from our contact, a T 370 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: Public and they're like, hey, why don't you do a 371 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 1: contest and give away a shirt? It can be anything, 372 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 1: don't overthink it. And so I was like, Okay, I 373 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: will not overthink it. How about a doodle contest about 374 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: an action scene from one of our episodes and you 375 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 1: can interpret action scene however you want? And uh and 376 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 1: who will pick a prize? A prize winner or we'll 377 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: have Seth pick one. I don't know, we'll have the 378 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: random person just out in the world picket. I don't know. 379 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: I haven't figured that part out yet. But whoever wins 380 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: the contest gets a free Classic T shirt from the store. 381 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: So we put that out there. I believe it's on 382 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: It's it's been posted in the Stuff to Blow your 383 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: Mind discussion module all which you'll find on Facebook. You 384 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: can just request to be added and the answer a 385 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: question you get in. It's also been put in our discord. 386 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: If you want to access to the discord, email US 387 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: will send to the link. And I may have even 388 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: just thrown up a link on the old Facebook itself, 389 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: which I haven't used in forever. But anyway, those are 390 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: some places where you will find the details. So though 391 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 1: it is not true to reality, I'd like that this 392 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: picture has a sitting side by side sharing a Mike 393 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: and Rob. I don't know if you noticed, but you're 394 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: wearing You're wearing a long sleeve V neck T shirt, 395 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: whereas I am wearing a collar shirt because I obviously, 396 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 1: you know, I dressed for the occasion. Yeah, mine also 397 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: kind of looks like a jumpsuit. I kind of because 398 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: I kind of get a kind of get an M. S. 399 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: T vibe from this, you know, I feel like we're 400 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 1: on a spaceship or something. But but you are yelling 401 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: to be's and I can I can hear your voice 402 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: as I read it, so I think that's pretty accurate. 403 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: All Right, Well, I'm gonna read last thing today. This 404 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: message from Andrew uh in response to some weird house 405 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: male subject Samuel Terry ghoul In a previous episode, we 406 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: talked about local TV horror hosts. One of them was 407 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: this guy from Indiana named Sammy Terry. Sammy Terry, um 408 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: and so, Andrew says, Hi, there it's me again with 409 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: some weird house cinema adjacent Mayle. I grew up and 410 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: live in central Indiana and didn't realize Sammy Terry was 411 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: a regional phenomenon until after your discussion on the show. 412 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: I do not remember him as a movie feature host, 413 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: but he would pop up in random commercials during the 414 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: month of October. Not surprisingly, he would be advertising the 415 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 1: spooky savings said car dealerships and so forth. Furthermore, my 416 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: favorite local brewery pays homage to Sammy Terry, as one 417 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: of their house beers is named for him. I've attached 418 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: photo evidence this time. Rob. You take a look at 419 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,680 Speaker 1: these photos while I'm finishing the email here. Uh. Andrew says, 420 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: this serves as a good segue to hype up the 421 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: weird awesomeness of Scarlet Lane Brewing. In my current place 422 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: of residence, Mccordsville, Indiana, there are TVs typically playing b 423 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: horror films which capture my attention. To my wife's great annoyance. 424 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 1: I even recently caught the beautiful train wreck that is 425 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: Jason Takes Manhattan. The decor stays in line with the 426 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: viewing options, and I recently spotted a low key Halloween 427 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: three item this past weekend. Photo evidence of this is 428 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: also attached, and so uh Andrew has a couple of 429 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: photos here. One is I guess these are both of 430 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: the brewery. One is of a TV screen that's showing 431 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: the Silver Shamrock uh flashing pumpkin commercial, and the other 432 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: is some It's like a mannequin wearing I think a 433 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: lab coat, but then on its head it has the 434 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: pumpkin mask from Silver Shamrock. And then the other thing 435 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,239 Speaker 1: is just a sort of life size sticker on the 436 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: wall of Sammy Terry advertising a beer that I think 437 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: is called the Semi Terry Colch. Yeah, I'm, I'm. I 438 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 1: looked up the website for this place, and I was 439 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: looking at some other photos and it looks pretty cool. 440 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: They got quite a little horror vibe going on here. 441 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: If I ever make it to Central Indiana, I will 442 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: I will go out of my way to find this. Yeah, 443 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 1: four locations, Joe, you don't have to go that out 444 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: of your way. All right? Does that do it for today? 445 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: I suppose so, I suppose that will be a good 446 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: place to close it out there. But yeah, I can't 447 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: help but think about spooky savings. Someone should should explore 448 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: that concept in a like a haunted car dealership movie. 449 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: Figure out like, what what are spooky savings? Can savings 450 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: truly be so spooky? Uh that that the humans cannot 451 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: even speak of it? They just turns your hair white. 452 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: Deal so unbelievable, they will send you straight to hell. 453 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: I like it. Somebody do it. This is why we 454 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: have the story machine. You can just turn to the 455 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: story machine to do it. Um. Yeah, I've actually found 456 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: myself using the story machine for um dungeons and dragon stuff. 457 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: Here and there we had in our groups there was 458 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: somebody was creating a new character, and they're like, I'm 459 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: creating an autonome. I need some ideas for an autognown backstory. 460 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: And I was like, well, I don't have time to 461 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: think about that, but I do have this website. So 462 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: I went there and I started putting in just a 463 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,199 Speaker 1: few things to get it going about an autonome, and 464 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: he busted out some pretty good ideas and uh and 465 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: they weren't the final ideas that my friend ended up using, 466 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: but he ended up taking some of those ideas, tweaking 467 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: him a little bit. And now he's off to gen 468 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: Con with his autognome to tear it up. Okay, this 469 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: is actually the last thing today. I just did a 470 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: story machine title Spooky Savings. First line deal so unbelievable 471 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: they will send you straight to hell, Rob, Do you 472 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: want to hear what comes next? The tale it tells 473 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: goes as follows. Once upon a time, a devilish bank 474 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: decided to offer its customers some of the most outrageous 475 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: deals ever. Just by opening an account with them, customers 476 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: could earn insane interest rates on their deposits, and even 477 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: earn bonus cash if they managed to save a certain 478 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: amount each month. Naturally, many people signed up for these deals, 479 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 1: and soon the bank was flush with cash. However, as 480 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: the deals continued to get better and better, some customers 481 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: started to regret their decision. They found themselves struggling to 482 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: make ends meet and had to sell their souls in 483 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: order to pay their bills. Finally, the devilish bank ran 484 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: out of juicy deals, and all of its customers were 485 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: left penniless and stranded in hell. There you go. That's perfect. Wow. 486 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: All right, well, well we'll go ahead and close it 487 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: out there. We'll leave you with that horrific scene. But 488 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,479 Speaker 1: we'd love to hear from everyone out there regarding past, present, 489 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,640 Speaker 1: and future episodes of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind, 490 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: the core episodes, Weird How, Cinema, Artifact, Monster Fact, other 491 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: listener mail episodes. It's all fair games. So you know 492 00:26:58,280 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: how to get in touch with us. Joe will drop 493 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: at email in just a second and uh yeah, we'll 494 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: catch you next week. Huge thanks as always to our 495 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: excellent audio producer Seth Nicholas Johnson. 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