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Classic Frasier · Season 10 · Episode 23
Analyzed Kiss Part 1
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RyanBrad(ley)CurtisNO COMMON DENOMINATOR
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Welcome to Reverse Psychology, the Frasier Rewatch podcast where we go backwards through every episode of the show. Tonight, we're covering Season 10, Episode 23, Analyzed Kiss, Part 1, which originally aired on May 13, 2003. Is this going to resolve our multi-episode arc, or are we stuck in this storyline? We'll find out. I'm your host, Curtis Schack, joining me as always, our resident upside-downer, Shrine Sinzone. Curtis, I'm ready for a real Analyzed Miss tonight, and I'm excited to be here. Also with us today is our gun nut, Bradley Kirkston. What up, hoobies? This is gun Bradley Kirkston, and I'm ready to give you a great nut. Did you call us a hoobie? What are you talking about? Why did you make it Canadian when it was like Philly before? What's happening with your accent? Well, we'll see throughout the night how the accent evolves. This is the regular Bradley accent. Which one? Wait, do regular Brad? This is regular Brad. Do gun nut Brad? This is gun nut Brad. Do Canadian gun nut Brad. That's a new voice. This is Canadian gun nut Brad. Are you all talking about? That was, again, the Swedish shot from the Muppets. You really climbed the scale when you realized you weren't doing Canadian. I don't know what you're talking about, but I like the intro. Thank you for calling me a gun nut. That's something that I get caught often. Can you not yawn in the middle of your own sentence? I did not. It was more embarrassing. I burped. I was going to say it was definitely a burp, but it was kind of you to call it a yawn. Yeah, that was really nice of you, actually, Ryan. That was less embarrassing. So, Brad, you've said before you're not a gun nut. So why are you thanking Curtis for this? Okay, first off, no Brad's on the show. Second off, I'm pretty confident. I don't 100% know. I'm pretty sure I've shot guns more times than both of you, but I'm not 100% sure. I don't know. I got away from the country. True. That's why I wasn't sure. I've shot a gun four times. I think I've... I don't know. I actually think I've only shot a gun twice. Winner, winner, chicken, dinner. Are we talking about different guns? Yeah. Are we talking about sessions? No, four different times. The first time I was actually eight years old, I shot a rifle. That's a mystery. You're probably more responsible as an eight-year-old than you are now. Way more responsible. Yeah. Yeah. He had respect for authority, man. Still, yeah, and yet I said. Yeah. Did you have respect for authority? Um, I wouldn't say that. Expand? I mean, you know, you know me. Like, I... I don't know eight-year-old Brad. Well, yeah, I mean, I think eight-year-old Brad, I think I questioned a lot of things and that annoyed people, but I just have a lot of questions and I talk a lot. Yeah, but, like, you're not... You don't mean, like, you asked why a lot. You mean you asked non-sequitur questions that had nothing to do with the conversation? No, no, no, no, no. It just drove people crazy? Who is the boss? Officer? No, I didn't ask why questions. I'm more obnoxious than that. I asked how questions. How questions. Like, how are you in power? Oh. Yeah. How did you get that badge? Exactly. Yeah. That is obnoxious. Yeah. You know me, I go from zero to 60 in 10 seconds. I could be the nicest person or the rudest asshole you've ever met very quickly. Can you be the nicest person? Can we? Sorry, sorry, sorry. I could be the fakest person you've ever met. Yeah, I'll give you that one. Thank you. Thank you for that credit. All right, can you do the Swedish chef disrespecting authority? Smurgen, burgen, fork and zorgon. Burgen, burgen, rug and zorgon. Actually what? That was actually pretty good. That was the best impressions of all time. Mostly because he was just doing it himself. Wait, did you actually try to say anything or were you just doing your Swedish... I said this is my impression of the Swedish chef. No, I wanted you to like question authority as the Swedish chef. Oh, okay. Smurgen, burgen, fork and lorgen. Burgen, burgen, smurgen, lorgen. All right. You know what? What did you say that time? Don't tell me how to do my job. I'll tell you how to do your job. Curtis, I think we're going to talk Frasers tonight, but how about instead we just work on this pilot? Spoiler alert, this is not the only pilot we're here to discuss tonight. But yeah, I don't know what this... I've lost the thread on this one. So the Swedish chef gets a job in Baltimore City. No, wait. No, he doesn't. He's a rebel rouser in Baltimore City. And then the cops go to arrest him for rebel rousing. And instead he's Swedish chef's way out of it. Because he's a loser. What if we do a frame by frame, scene by scene, like complete recreation of the wire? But the only change we make at all is we replace Stringer Bell with Brad as the Swedish chef. I don't want to be Stringer Bell. It was your Swedish chef. Omar? I would be a great Omar. Give me a walk through the garden. This here, it's about something else. A girl by the name of Tasha got her head blown off in a firefight. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. If you're not here to cooperate, then why are you here? Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Okay, I could just pull up that other girl from your squad. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Ain't no thing. Because I already got me an eyeball wit. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Bullshit, boy. No victim. I just came from Tasha's people, remember? All this death. You don't think that ripple's out? You don't even know what the fuck I'm talking about. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Rough as that neighborhood could be. We had us a community. And now all we got is bodies and predatory motherfuckers like you. And out where that girl fell, I saw kids acting like Bradley Kirkston. Calling you by name, glorifying your ass. Makes me sick, motherfucker. How far we done fell. Yeah, I mean, he whistles a lot. So you'd be okay. I don't know how to whistle. Whoa. Really? This is the first time I've ever heard this. Yeah, is this a joke? Are you the Swedish chef who can't whistle? Or are you Brad K who can't whistle at the ripe old age of 34? I'm Bradley Joaquin Kirkston. 34 is just a number. A number that determines how old you are. We don't usually use that phrase to explain why you haven't learned how to whistle. We're usually like, oh, that means you're in your golden years, but you can still go out and have fun. I don't think 34 is your golden years, but maybe for me it is. Let's hope for the world's sake. Curtis, new plan. We're going to clear the board. We're going to teach Brad to whistle over the phone. You just purse your lips together and blow, right? Isn't that the thing? No, purse your lips tighter, Brad. Spit less. It sounds like my duck off. Make an O with your really small O, and then I don't know how to slide your bottom lip back, and then blow. Put through the top of your mouth. Stop spitting. I'm hearing a perfect whistle. Don't put your tongue forward. Just keep it back. Keep it pinched back. It's not going anywhere. When we hear this episode, Curtis will make it sound like I'm whistling perfectly. So it's all good. Curtis, why don't we start the podcast? Yeah, let's do this.
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
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Activity request: And you wanted to get in on the action and have written your own summary of a Frasier spinoff series. Care to tell us about it? Adjudication method: Can we punch it up real quick? We're working on it right now. Reviewed full source context: Brad, last week we read a summary of a spinoff series about Ra's written by the mysterious internet fan…
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Activity request: And you wanted to get in on the action and have written your own summary of a Frasier spinoff series. Care to tell us about it? Adjudication method: Can we punch it up real quick? We're working on it right now. Reviewed full source context: Brad, last week we read a summary of a spinoff series about Ra's written by the mysterious internet fan Paul B. And you wanted to get in on the action and have written your own summary of a Frasier spinoff series. Care to tell us about it? Before he talks, I am so excited. This is easily the thing I've been looking forward to the most since finding out Frasier is going to get punched in the face. Thank you. I actually went one step farther and wrote out episodes. We asked you to write one show and you're like, I wrote eight. So I wrote an eight episode. It's going to be a limited series. Okay. It is a prequel series about this character. It's a prequel series. For tonight, I'm going to go over the overarching themes. And then I'm going to go talk through the first two episodes that I've written. And for those of you listening at home who are wondering, wow, Bradley seems like such an interesting, busy guy. How did he have time to do this? I did it in the middle of a boring meeting. You know, we're, you know, we're never coming back to the segment, right? We're not going to hear the other six. You know that, right? Oh, we will. We will. You're going to be inspired. My favorite part is that he's announcing that in a work meeting, he was working on this. And the only people that listen to the show are his coworkers that he insists and like forces them to listen. He's directly insulting one of our listeners. Correct. I was really inspired by one character who was in, I think about 45 seconds of this up and really just all of his performances, station manager, Kenny. Oh, good. Okay. So the name of this series, because my colleagues on the show continue to call him Kenny Powers, even though it's not his name. For right now, the name of the show is going to be called Powered by Kenny. That's actually like, yeah, that's so middle of the pack. Like you have to make it better or worse. It's not, it's not your usual brand name. I've a paragraph. Yeah. Which those are funny. Or you can do a better pun even, but what was it? Powered by Kenny. Really bad. Really bad. Can we punch it up real quick? I'm trying right now in my head to punch it up and I just don't have anything. Well, let me tell you about the show and then you can get punchy, buddy. Okay. The Call to Powers? Possibly. This is going to be an eight episode prequel series. Okay. It is basically going to take this adventure of this young Kenny from his life through different parts of his life until he becomes station manager KAC. He will be really the only main character. There's going to be episodes that come in and out based on the different parts of his life that are taking place in that episode. Okay. So far, horrible plot. And really, it's so bad. The whole point of the show is he has no skills. He has no, he's not good at anything, but he just kind of like falls into things. Like they kind of talked about how he's not cut out to be the station man, but he just, you know, is. Do you want to hear about episode one? Yeah. Yeah. Your description was so bad. I swear to God, I fell asleep. I'm standing up, but I fell asleep listening to you explain what the show is. Let me tell you about episode one. Were you, when you were writing this, were you channeling the boredom you were feeling in that meeting? Just, just wait till you hear episode one. That totally, totally belonged in a boardroom and just no one is, everyone's writing their own pilots about Kenny Powers. I don't know. What the fuck was that? Kenny is a teenager in Clearwater, Florida. He's a large kid. He doesn't really have a lot of friends. He doesn't really have a lot of interest, but he also does not shut the fuck up. And he talks about everything. He happens to be a big fan of the band Fleetwood Mac, but he can't seem to get tickets because they're so expensive. And like, he has no friends. So he starts doing like odd jobs. I don't, I'm sorry. Pause. I don't buy that Kenny's doing any jobs. Well, he's doing like really. I don't even know how he's gainfully employed in this show. How odd are these jobs? You'll see him in one episode just shucking an old lady's corn and he gets paid a hundred dollars for shucking her corn. A hundred dollars? Yeah. And what was it set in like 1985 or something? Yeah. How many corns did he shuck? Was it like two? No, it was like a hundred corns. Oh, he's doing like a buck a corn. Yeah, a buck a corn. And then like in another scene, you'll see him. He's just shaving an old lady's armpits. Is he only working for old shawings? We're in Clearwater, Florida. It's Clearwater, Florida. Yeah. Is it the same old lady though? It's definitely the same old lady. No, it's her sister. Who's the old lady played by? No, it's her sister and it's the same actor. Yes, perfect. So he gets all this money. He's about to buy the tickets and he gets robbed. He gets robbed. He gets beat up. This is ep one? Yeah. And he's really sad. Okay. Can we call it the Fleetwood attack? But then he trips and falls into mud. I don't know why that word was so hard for me. Did you say that was hard to say? And as he's getting up. What does he fall in? I just don't know. And as he's getting up, he looks to the side and sees tickets to Fleetwood Maca. What? What? So he's able to go. In the mud? In the mud. In the mud. Is this a mirage? Are these mirage tickets? He just got really lucky. Are 100% mirage tickets? Um, so that's episode one. He's got a concussion. You ready for episode? If you liked episode one, wait till you hear episode two. He wakes up in the hospital. No, no, no. And there's zombies everywhere. No, this is transitioning to different parts. So now he's a freshman in college. Florida State University. I'll just say, before you continue, the format is very annoying. I know. I know. Um, and he's a freshman at Florida State University. So you got, you have a different actor playing Kenny every episode. No, it's, it's the same. It's a prequel, but it's played by the same actor who played Kenny in Frasier. Absolutely. He's 15, but he's played by that guy. And he keeps, he keeps. How are you signifying that he's younger? Tell me both, both episodes. He's just in college and he's in high school. What do you mean he's just in college and just in high school? Most of the episode he's working for old ladies. Yeah. It will be obvious when you see it on film. How will, how will it be obvious? Paint me a picture. He's going to be wearing a backpack. And then how are you doing college? How are you distinguishing them? Oh, be in a dorm. Carrying a keg. Yeah, exactly. So, well, he's, he's a freshman. He's really not doing well with the ladies. He's like in math class and he's carrying a keg. The ladies are really just not into him. And again, he's creeping people out. The old ladies are as they're younger ladies in Clearwater, Florida at this point. He's a, no, he's at Florida State. He's a freshman at Florida State. And he's just not doing well with the other girls. They're just not, they're not into him. But one day, this episode is not as thought out. One day, he's at a party. Just listen, listen to this joke. It'll all make sense. No, no, I'm sorry. That's too great. That's too funny. This one isn't as thought out. He, he, he, this girl is like really drunk and really into him because she's so, she misses her parents and she misses being back home. And she thinks, she feels that Kenny reminds her of Barney. What? Because she seems like him because. What? She reminds him of Barney. Do you know what jokes are? Can I, can I do my Barney voice? Is that what this is all about? Is that why you wanted to do this? No, but now I'll take credit for it. Hey, boys and girls, it's Barney. You have to explain why he reminded her of Barney. Why college, college Kenny, who's carrying around a keg. And she just sees him and is like, oh, there's the big purple dinosaur. Yeah. He's wearing a purple shirt and he doesn't stop talking. That sounds more like Grimace than Barney. That's definitely not the plot of Barney. That he just never shuts up. Curtis, we can do Grimace when we do the Canadian. You still have to explain why, why you think he's, how she at all got Barney other than purple shirt. That doesn't do it. Well, you know, we'll work on that and we'll get back to it. No, we will not work out. We're working on it right now. Maybe, maybe his introduction to her. He said, I love you. You love me. But that's a joke. That's a joke. You have to do stuff like that. You said he reminds her of Barney and as hard as it is to believe why she would feel that way. But I want to know how you convey to the audience that is what she was feeling. Does she say that? She is so drunk. All she's doing is talking about late 80s, early 90s cartoon characters and mascots from various shows. So like, she's like, man, I think the guy from Frosted Flakes commercial is so hot. Tony the Tiger. Tony the Tiger. So hot. Wait a minute. What? Thank you. And the next thing she knows is, wow, let me look up. And I see. Is that Barney? Wait. Does she narrate to herself? Let me look up. And then looks up. No, she's like talking to her friends and she's like, man, I wonder if there's anybody here that looks like you. Guys, I just think Tony the Tiger was so hot. I just love this Frosted Flakes. Yeah. She's like, I really would love a mascot or a cartoon character. This woman does not have friends. I'm sorry. Absolutely. She's definitely talking to the wall. Well, she's drunk. But she's drunk, so it's very hard to tell if these are actually her friends or just two other drunk girls she's talking to. Yeah. You know what? If a drunk girl is talking about how hot she thinks Tony the Tiger is, you're listening. You're joining into that conversation. My point is not that nobody's listening. My point is that she doesn't have friends. Yeah. These are not her friends. Let me change that. I said two people. And actually, she's going to be talking to three people. Sorry. Oh, that's a really important clarification. Thank you. Good update. And then she's like looking around. She's like, man, is that Artie? Is that our playful dinosaur? Let me go. Do you know how many times I've actually thought about Barney? Yeah. What a great day. Yeah. And if I didn't say it already, this show will be on Logo. Logo has picked us up. No, no, they haven't. I don't know what that is, but there's no chance that they're picking this one up. I'm not even sure if Logo still exists. I definitely didn't pick this up. Yeah, I wasn't sure if it still existed either, but. Your best case, Skin and Max, it's probably not happening. That's only episodes one and two. You have six more episodes. You get to hear about it from me. Boy, I doubt it. I doubt they're going to hear about those. I'm not sure they're going to hear about these two. But here's a little teaser. He's a senior. He's a senior in college in the next episode. Just a little teaser. What a tease. That's what they call me, Bradley Kirkston. The tease. Wow. That really teetered out, huh? Real little finale on that one, huh? No. Not a strong start. Definitely not a finale. That's the end. Doesn't have to be a whole big thing every single time. Sometimes things just sort of end.
- Respondent: Brad
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pitch round
Activity description: For tonight, I'm going to go over the overarching themes. And then I'm going to go talk through the first two episodes that I've written. Result qualification: That's only episodes one and two.
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
And you wanted to get in on the action and have written your own summary of a Frasier spinoff series. Care to tell us about it?
Prompt: And you wanted to get in on the action and have written your own summary of a Frasier spinoff series. Care to tell us about it?
- Respondent: Brad
- Facilitator: Curtis
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Submission type: eight episode prequel series Pitch title: Powered by Kenny Answer qualification: For right now, the name of the show is going to be called Powered by Kenny. Central premise: It is basically going to take this adventure of this young Kenny from his life through different parts of his life until he becomes station manager KAC. He will be really…
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Submission type: eight episode prequel series Pitch title: Powered by Kenny Answer qualification: For right now, the name of the show is going to be called Powered by Kenny. Central premise: It is basically going to take this adventure of this young Kenny from his life through different parts of his life until he becomes station manager KAC. He will be really the only main character. The whole point of the show is he has no skills. He has no, he's not good at anything, but he just kind of like falls into things. Important beats episode one: Kenny is a teenager in Clearwater, Florida. He's a large kid. He doesn't really have a lot of friends. He happens to be a big fan of the band Fleetwood Mac, but he can't seem to get tickets because they're so expensive. So he starts doing like odd jobs. You'll see him in one episode just shucking an old lady's corn and he gets paid a hundred dollars for shucking her corn. He's just shaving an old lady's armpits. He's about to buy the tickets and he gets robbed. He gets beat up. But then he trips and falls into mud. Ending or payoff episode one: And as he's getting up, he looks to the side and sees tickets to Fleetwood Maca. So he's able to go. He just got really lucky. Important beats episode two: Um, and he's a freshman at Florida State University. He's really not doing well with the ladies. And again, he's creeping people out. One day, he's at a party. He, he, he, this girl is like really drunk and really into him because she's so, she misses her parents and she misses being back home. And she thinks, she feels that Kenny reminds her of Barney. Choice casting across ages: It's a prequel, but it's played by the same actor who played Kenny in Frasier. Notable events joking distribution claim and rebuttal: And if I didn't say it already, this show will be on Logo. Logo has picked us up. No, no, they haven't. Important beats future episode teaser: He's a senior in college in the next episode.
- Respondent: Brad
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Can we punch it up real quick?
Prompt: Can we punch it up real quick? Answer qualification: Well, let me tell you about the show and then you can get punchy, buddy.
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
title option
Choice: The Call to Powers? Adjudication: Possibly.
- Claimant: Ryan
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How odd are these jobs?
Question: How odd are these jobs? You'll see him in one episode just shucking an old lady's corn and he gets paid a hundred dollars for shucking her corn.
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A hundred dollars?
Question: A hundred dollars? Yeah.
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And what was it set in like 1985 or something?
Question: And what was it set in like 1985 or something? Yeah.
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
How many corns did he shuck? Was it like two?
Question: How many corns did he shuck? Was it like two? No, it was like a hundred corns. Yeah, a buck a corn.
- Facilitator: Ryan
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Is it the same old lady though?
Question: Is it the same old lady though?
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Who's the old lady played by?
Question: Who's the old lady played by?
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
old lady choice
Choice: No, it's her sister and it's the same actor. Answer qualification: It's definitely the same old lady. Response status: same woman proposal superseded by sister played by same actor
- Claimant: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
fleetwood title
Choice: Can we call it the Fleetwood attack?
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zombie option
Choice: He wakes up in the hospital. And there's zombies everywhere. Adjudication: No, no, no. No, this is transitioning to different parts. So now he's a freshman in college.
- Claimant: Ryan
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So you got, you have a different actor playing Kenny every episode.
Question: So you got, you have a different actor playing Kenny every episode. No, it's, it's the same. It's a prequel, but it's played by the same actor who played Kenny in Frasier. Absolutely. He's 15, but he's played by that guy.
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
How are you signifying that he's younger? Tell me both, both episodes. Paint me a picture. And then how are you doing college? How are you distinguishing them?
Prompt: How are you signifying that he's younger? Tell me both, both episodes. Paint me a picture. And then how are you doing college? How are you distinguishing them?
- Facilitator: Ryan
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age depiction
He's going to be wearing a backpack. Oh, be in a dorm. Answer qualification: It will be obvious when you see it on film.
- Respondent: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Curtis
keg suggestion
Choice: Carrying a keg. Adjudication: Yeah, exactly.
- Claimant: Curtis
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
barney voice
Action: Hey, boys and girls, it's Barney. Activity request: Can I, can I do my Barney voice?
- Participant: Brad
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You have to explain why he reminded her of Barney.
Prompt: You have to explain why he reminded her of Barney. Rules: You still have to explain why, why you think he's, how she at all got Barney other than purple shirt. That doesn't do it.
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
barney rationale
He's wearing a purple shirt and he doesn't stop talking. Adjudication verdict: That doesn't do it. Answer qualification: Well, you know, we'll work on that and we'll get back to it.
- Respondent: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Curtis
barney song
Choice: Maybe, maybe his introduction to her. He said, I love you. You love me. Adjudication: But that's a joke. That's a joke. You have to do stuff like that.
- Claimant: Curtis
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Previously cited participant: Curtis
But I want to know how you convey to the audience that is what she was feeling. Does she say that?
Prompt: But I want to know how you convey to the audience that is what she was feeling. Does she say that? Question: Does she narrate to herself?
- Facilitator: Curtis
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barney staging
She is so drunk. All she's doing is talking about late 80s, early 90s cartoon characters and mascots from various shows. So like, she's like, man, I think the guy from Frosted Flakes commercial is so hot. No, she's like talking to her friends and she's like, man, I wonder if there's anybody here that looks like you. She's like, I really would love a mascot or a…
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She is so drunk. All she's doing is talking about late 80s, early 90s cartoon characters and mascots from various shows. So like, she's like, man, I think the guy from Frosted Flakes commercial is so hot. No, she's like talking to her friends and she's like, man, I wonder if there's anybody here that looks like you. She's like, I really would love a mascot or a cartoon character. Choice: Let me change that. I said two people. And actually, she's going to be talking to three people. Answer qualification: But she's drunk, so it's very hard to tell if these are actually her friends or just two other drunk girls she's talking to. Ending or payoff: And then she's like looking around. She's like, man, is that Artie? Is that our playful dinosaur?
- Respondent: Brad
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pitch wrap
Adjudication: That really teetered out, huh? Not a strong start. That's the end.
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
Episode 22, Fathers and Sons.
Prompt item: Episode 22, Fathers and Sons. Reviewed full source context: Ryan, why do you tell us what we can expect to come to an end next week when we watch the previous episode of season 10? Episode 22, Fathers and Sons. Berger's kid who definitely has a name gets marooned on an island. Oh. You think Freddy's coming back for this one? Well, it has to be,…
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Prompt item: Episode 22, Fathers and Sons. Reviewed full source context: Ryan, why do you tell us what we can expect to come to an end next week when we watch the previous episode of season 10? Episode 22, Fathers and Sons. Berger's kid who definitely has a name gets marooned on an island. Oh. You think Freddy's coming back for this one? Well, it has to be, right? Fathers and sons. At this point, we only know of someone who's both a father and a son. Yeah. But you think a deserted island? Yeah. So I think Marty's going to take Freddy. Sorry. I know I should be super familiar. We've seen him exactly one time. True. But I think Marty's going to take him out fishing because Frey, she never does anything with him. The implausible part of this guess is that this show would both remember and include Freddy in episode 22. It was hard for me to write it because I forgot about him. It's like, who possibly? We don't know of multiple fathers. It was like, oh, we know of exactly two at this point.
- Respondent: Ryan
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
Ryan, why do you tell us what we can expect to come to an end next week when we watch the previous episode of season 10?
Prompt: Ryan, why do you tell us what we can expect to come to an end next week when we watch the previous episode of season 10? Prompt item: Episode 22, Fathers and Sons.
- Respondent: Ryan
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
a prediction
Berger's kid who definitely has a name gets marooned on an island. Answer qualification: So I think Marty's going to take Freddy. But I think Marty's going to take him out fishing because Frey, she never does anything with him. Adjudication: The implausible part of this guess is that this show would both remember and include Freddy in episode 22.
- Respondent: Ryan
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assessments
Activity request: Well, Brad, did you think this was a good episode of Frasier? Reviewed full source context: Well, Brad, did you think this was a good episode of Frasier? Thanks for asking, buddy. Even though I actually liked the future episode, the next episode, not a fan of this one. There's a lot of sitcom tropes. There was a lot of jokes you just could not…
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Activity request: Well, Brad, did you think this was a good episode of Frasier? Reviewed full source context: Well, Brad, did you think this was a good episode of Frasier? Thanks for asking, buddy. Even though I actually liked the future episode, the next episode, not a fan of this one. There's a lot of sitcom tropes. There was a lot of jokes you just could not do in today's world. Can you handle with the tropes that they went through? I'm not sure I agree that there's this trope-y. Yeah. It was weird. I mean, the whole kiss out of nowhere thing is very sitcom-y. For someone who is single, that does not happen in normal life. Maybe not to me. There's that. No one's ever just randomly kissed me when I've been breaking into someone else's place of work. What the hell? The whole doing something one time and becoming obsessed with it, like him shooting the gun, very sitcom-y, very trope-y. I believe you have never been to a shooting range and would take to it immediately. I have been to a shooting range, and it's way too much money, and it's much slower paced. It costs $350. Could you believe that? Insane. Those prices. You have to wait your turn. You can't actually just randomly shoot a gun multiple times like he did. That's not how that works. Brad, what's your letter, Grace? Sorry. I was answering Mr. Sansone's question. Let's go on the logistics. Yes. God. I give this a... Now I'm just angry. I give this a C-minus, okay? One of my lowest grades. Everyone understands my grading system, so they'll get it. It's a C-minus. It's really funny because usually we're pulling teeth at this point, trying to get you to say anything about why you liked or didn't like the episode. I'm like, shut the fuck up. I like that. Wait, I like that dejective Brad was giving his letter grade. I will just give a C-minus. And next, to give his report on this episode, and to really inspire us with his words, I go to my colleague, my host, my leader, Curtis Schiff. Brad, that was really nice. Thank you, buddy. I have to say, I'm excited that I completely disagree with Brad, but I'm also really annoyed that I found his reasons compelling. I think he made really coherent points about why it's tropey and a little sitcom-y and all that. But I just thought it was funny. I forgave all that because I just thought it was a funny episode, and I think this is the best one of the arc. So, yeah, 7 out of 26. This is not as good as the Guns and Neurosis episode. Also a gun episode. [inaudible] 10 out of 26. Wow. And better than a placeholder. Better than the last Anne episode we saw. Ryan, just wait what Curtis is saying. This is 142nd out of 260. Yeah, you've really set yourself up for disaster. Ryan, what about you? Yeah, I think I'm a little bit in between. I'm sorry. Let me try that again. My great colleague, Ryan, I would like you to indulge us in telling you what you thought of this episode, please. Are you doing a bit? That's how you should do that part. Yes, that was good. I'm definitely splitting the difference on you guys. It's clearly not top seven episode. Oh. It's another one where I'm having a really hard time separating this episode from the Julia arc. It's just bringing it down a little bit because I'm so disappointed with it and at this point how inconsistent it's been, how long it's going. At no point is anyone buying that Julia and Frasier are going to last forever in any phase of this arc, so I don't get it. I don't get why we're doing it forever. But also like the episode, yeah, it wasn't that good. I'm actually leaning closer to you, Brad. I liked the weird pair. This is an episode of weird pairings. You had Marty and Daphne. You had Daphne and Frasier interactions. I guess really we're just seeing Daphne do stuff, so I guess that's unique for me. I don't know. Having a hard time reconciling that, I guess. But no Eddie, so that's a plus. I guess we'll give it a 5.8. I think that's fair. I think I like this in large part because I think it is uplifted by a strong B plot. The Niles plot I thought was great. The Frasier-Julius stuff, the Ra stuff, it's fine. It doesn't drag it down for me, but the thing that made me like it so much was definitely the Niles plot. Niles is a much, much more tolerable character so far in season 10. And he's equally funny without being as horrible as he is in the next season. Which, as you know, he's about to become a father, so it makes sense that he's transitioning into a monster. Yeah. It is. It's weird.
- Participants: Brad Curtis Ryan
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assessment round
Interaction mode: And next, to give his report on this episode, and to really inspire us with his words, I go to my colleague, my host, my leader, Curtis Schiff. I'm definitely splitting the difference on you guys.
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
Well, Brad, did you think this was a good episode of Frasier?
Prompt: Well, Brad, did you think this was a good episode of Frasier?
- Respondent: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a brad opinion
Even though I actually liked the future episode, the next episode, not a fan of this one. Answer qualification: There's a lot of sitcom tropes. There was a lot of jokes you just could not do in today's world. Response status: elaborated after clarification request
- Respondent: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
Can you handle with the tropes that they went through? I'm not sure I agree that there's this trope-y.
Prompt: Can you handle with the tropes that they went through? I'm not sure I agree that there's this trope-y.
- Facilitator: Ryan
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a tropes
I mean, the whole kiss out of nowhere thing is very sitcom-y. The whole doing something one time and becoming obsessed with it, like him shooting the gun, very sitcom-y, very trope-y. Answer qualification: I was answering Mr. Sansone's question.
- Respondent: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
p brad grade
Raw prompt: Brad, what's your letter, Grace?
- Respondent: Brad
- Facilitator: Curtis
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a brad grade
C-minus Scores: C-minus Answer qualification: One of my lowest grades.
- Respondent: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
grade imitation
Action: I will just give a C-minus. Response context: Wait, I like that dejective Brad was giving his letter grade.
- Participant: Ryan
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Previously cited participant: Curtis
And next, to give his report on this episode, and to really inspire us with his words, I go to my colleague, my host, my leader, Curtis Schiff.
Prompt: And next, to give his report on this episode, and to really inspire us with his words, I go to my colleague, my host, my leader, Curtis Schiff.
- Respondent: Curtis
- Facilitator: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Curtis
a curtis
So, yeah, 7 out of 26. Scores stated ranking: 7 out of 26 Answer qualification: But I just thought it was funny. I forgave all that because I just thought it was a funny episode, and I think this is the best one of the arc. This is not as good as the Guns and Neurosis episode. Better than the last Anne episode we saw.
- Respondent: Curtis
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ranking exchange
[inaudible] 10 out of 26. Wow. Ryan, just wait what Curtis is saying. This is 142nd out of 260. Result qualification overall placement: Brad's joke about Curtis, not an actual additional rating or revision Overall placement speaker: Brad Overall placement status: Brad joking not an actual answer
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
Ryan, what about you? My great colleague, Ryan, I would like you to indulge us in telling you what you thought of this episode, please.
Prompt: Ryan, what about you? My great colleague, Ryan, I would like you to indulge us in telling you what you thought of this episode, please.
- Respondent: Ryan
- Facilitator: Curtis
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
a ryan
I guess we'll give it a 5.8. Scores: 5.8 Answer qualification: I'm definitely splitting the difference on you guys. I'm actually leaning closer to you, Brad. This is an episode of weird pairings. But no Eddie, so that's a plus.
- Respondent: Ryan
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assessment wrap
I think I like this in large part because I think it is uplifted by a strong B plot. The Niles plot I thought was great.
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Previously cited participant: Curtis
intro
Reviewed full source context: Welcome to Reverse Psychology, the Frasier Rewatch podcast where we go backwards through every episode of the show. Tonight, we're covering Season 10, Episode 23, Analyzed Kiss, Part 1, which originally aired on May 13, 2003. Is this going to resolve our multi-episode arc, or are we stuck in this storyline? We'll find out. I'm your…
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Reviewed full source context: Welcome to Reverse Psychology, the Frasier Rewatch podcast where we go backwards through every episode of the show. Tonight, we're covering Season 10, Episode 23, Analyzed Kiss, Part 1, which originally aired on May 13, 2003. Is this going to resolve our multi-episode arc, or are we stuck in this storyline? We'll find out. I'm your host, Curtis Schack, joining me as always, our resident upside-downer, Shrine Sinzone. Curtis, I'm ready for a real Analyzed Miss tonight, and I'm excited to be here. Also with us today is our gun nut, Bradley Kirkston. What up, hoobies? This is gun Bradley Kirkston, and I'm ready to give you a great nut. Did you call us a hoobie? What are you talking about? Why did you make it Canadian when it was like Philly before? What's happening with your accent? Well, we'll see throughout the night how the accent evolves. This is the regular Bradley accent. Which one? Wait, do regular Brad? This is regular Brad. Do gun nut Brad? This is gun nut Brad. Do Canadian gun nut Brad. That's a new voice. This is Canadian gun nut Brad. Are you all talking about? That was, again, the Swedish shot from the Muppets. You really climbed the scale when you realized you weren't doing Canadian. I don't know what you're talking about, but I like the intro. Thank you for calling me a gun nut. That's something that I get caught often. Can you not yawn in the middle of your own sentence? I did not. It was more embarrassing. I burped. I was going to say it was definitely a burp, but it was kind of you to call it a yawn. Yeah, that was really nice of you, actually, Ryan. That was less embarrassing. So, Brad, you've said before you're not a gun nut. So why are you thanking Curtis for this? Okay, first off, no Brad's on the show. Second off, I'm pretty confident. I don't 100% know. I'm pretty sure I've shot guns more times than both of you, but I'm not 100% sure. I don't know. I got away from the country. True. That's why I wasn't sure. I've shot a gun four times. I think I've... I don't know. I actually think I've only shot a gun twice. Winner, winner, chicken, dinner. Are we talking about different guns? Yeah. Are we talking about sessions? No, four different times. The first time I was actually eight years old, I shot a rifle. That's a mystery. You're probably more responsible as an eight-year-old than you are now. Way more responsible. Yeah. Yeah. He had respect for authority, man. Still, yeah, and yet I said. Yeah. Did you have respect for authority? Um, I wouldn't say that. Expand? I mean, you know, you know me. Like, I... I don't know eight-year-old Brad. Well, yeah, I mean, I think eight-year-old Brad, I think I questioned a lot of things and that annoyed people, but I just have a lot of questions and I talk a lot. Yeah, but, like, you're not... You don't mean, like, you asked why a lot. You mean you asked non-sequitur questions that had nothing to do with the conversation? No, no, no, no, no. It just drove people crazy? Who is the boss? Officer? No, I didn't ask why questions. I'm more obnoxious than that. I asked how questions. How questions. Like, how are you in power? Oh. Yeah. How did you get that badge? Exactly. Yeah. That is obnoxious. Yeah. You know me, I go from zero to 60 in 10 seconds. I could be the nicest person or the rudest asshole you've ever met very quickly. Can you be the nicest person? Can we? Sorry, sorry, sorry. I could be the fakest person you've ever met. Yeah, I'll give you that one. Thank you. Thank you for that credit. All right, can you do the Swedish chef disrespecting authority? Smurgen, burgen, fork and zorgon. Burgen, burgen, rug and zorgon. Actually what? That was actually pretty good. That was the best impressions of all time. Mostly because he was just doing it himself. Wait, did you actually try to say anything or were you just doing your Swedish... I said this is my impression of the Swedish chef. No, I wanted you to like question authority as the Swedish chef. Oh, okay. Smurgen, burgen, fork and lorgen. Burgen, burgen, smurgen, lorgen. All right. You know what? What did you say that time? Don't tell me how to do my job. I'll tell you how to do your job. Curtis, I think we're going to talk Frasers tonight, but how about instead we just work on this pilot? Spoiler alert, this is not the only pilot we're here to discuss tonight. But yeah, I don't know what this... I've lost the thread on this one. So the Swedish chef gets a job in Baltimore City. No, wait. No, he doesn't. He's a rebel rouser in Baltimore City. And then the cops go to arrest him for rebel rousing. And instead he's Swedish chef's way out of it. Because he's a loser. What if we do a frame by frame, scene by scene, like complete recreation of the wire? But the only change we make at all is we replace Stringer Bell with Brad as the Swedish chef. I don't want to be Stringer Bell. It was your Swedish chef. Omar? I would be a great Omar. Give me a walk through the garden. This here, it's about something else. A girl by the name of Tasha got her head blown off in a firefight. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. If you're not here to cooperate, then why are you here? Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Okay, I could just pull up that other girl from your squad. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Ain't no thing. Because I already got me an eyeball wit. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Bullshit, boy. No victim. I just came from Tasha's people, remember? All this death. You don't think that ripple's out? You don't even know what the fuck I'm talking about. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. Rough as that neighborhood could be. We had us a community. And now all we got is bodies and predatory motherfuckers like you. And out where that girl fell, I saw kids acting like Bradley Kirkston. Calling you by name, glorifying your ass. Makes me sick, motherfucker. How far we done fell. Yeah, I mean, he whistles a lot. So you'd be okay. I don't know how to whistle. Whoa. Really? This is the first time I've ever heard this. Yeah, is this a joke? Are you the Swedish chef who can't whistle? Or are you Brad K who can't whistle at the ripe old age of 34? I'm Bradley Joaquin Kirkston. 34 is just a number. A number that determines how old you are. We don't usually use that phrase to explain why you haven't learned how to whistle. We're usually like, oh, that means you're in your golden years, but you can still go out and have fun. I don't think 34 is your golden years, but maybe for me it is. Let's hope for the world's sake. Curtis, new plan. We're going to clear the board. We're going to teach Brad to whistle over the phone. You just purse your lips together and blow, right? Isn't that the thing? No, purse your lips tighter, Brad. Spit less. It sounds like my duck off. Make an O with your really small O, and then I don't know how to slide your bottom lip back, and then blow. Put through the top of your mouth. Stop spitting. I'm hearing a perfect whistle. Don't put your tongue forward. Just keep it back. Keep it pinched back. It's not going anywhere. When we hear this episode, Curtis will make it sound like I'm whistling perfectly. So it's all good. Curtis, why don't we start the podcast? Yeah, let's do this.
- Facilitator: Curtis Schack
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voices
Activity request: Wait, do regular Brad? Do gun nut Brad? Do Canadian gun nut Brad. Adjudication: That was, again, the Swedish shot from the Muppets.
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Wait, do regular Brad?
Prompt: Wait, do regular Brad?
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a regular
This is regular Brad.
- Respondent: Brad
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Do gun nut Brad?
Prompt: Do gun nut Brad?
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a gun
This is gun nut Brad.
- Respondent: Brad
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Do Canadian gun nut Brad.
Prompt: Do Canadian gun nut Brad.
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a canadian
This is Canadian gun nut Brad. Are you all talking about? Adjudication: You really climbed the scale when you realized you weren't doing Canadian.
- Respondent: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
chef
Activity request: All right, can you do the Swedish chef disrespecting authority? Adjudication method: What did you say that time? Don't tell me how to do my job.
- Respondent: Brad
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Previously cited participant: Ryan
All right, can you do the Swedish chef disrespecting authority?
Prompt: All right, can you do the Swedish chef disrespecting authority? Rules: No, I wanted you to like question authority as the Swedish chef.
- Facilitator: Ryan
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a chef
Answer initial attempt: Smurgen, burgen, fork and zorgon. Burgen, burgen, rug and zorgon. Answer revised attempt: Smurgen, burgen, fork and lorgen. Burgen, burgen, smurgen, lorgen. Answer qualification: I said this is my impression of the Swedish chef. Don't tell me how to do my job. Response status: revised and completed
- Respondent: Brad
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Wait, did you actually try to say anything or were you just doing your Swedish...
Question: Wait, did you actually try to say anything or were you just doing your Swedish... I said this is my impression of the Swedish chef.
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What did you say that time?
Question: What did you say that time? Don't tell me how to do my job.
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
wire
Activity request: Curtis, I think we're going to talk Frasers tonight, but how about instead we just work on this pilot? Premise: What if we do a frame by frame, scene by scene, like complete recreation of the wire? But the only change we make at all is we replace Stringer Bell with Brad as the Swedish chef. Choice: I don't want to be Stringer Bell. Omar? I would be a great Omar.
- Participant: Brad
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Give me a walk through the garden.
Prompt: Give me a walk through the garden.
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a wire
Action: This here, it's about something else. Morgan, Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. And out where that girl fell, I saw kids acting like Bradley Kirkston. How far we done fell. Interaction mode: Inserted audio with Brad doing Swedish chef impressions injected in the middle
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
whistle
Activity request: We're going to teach Brad to whistle over the phone. Final state summary: It's not going anywhere. When we hear this episode, Curtis will make it sound like I'm whistling perfectly. Result qualification: I'm hearing a perfect whistle. Adjudication: Joked about, no actual whistle
- Respondent: Brad
- Facilitator: Ryan
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We're going to teach Brad to whistle over the phone.
Prompt: We're going to teach Brad to whistle over the phone. Method: No, purse your lips tighter, Brad. Make an O with your really small O, and then I don't know how to slide your bottom lip back, and then blow. Don't put your tongue forward. Just keep it back. Keep it pinched back.
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a whistle
Response status: attempted then withdrawn
- Respondent: Brad
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episode discussion
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
Can you do that again?
Prompt: Can you do that again? Response context: I'm sorry, is that your Niles impression today? I think that was California, Niles.
- Respondent: Brad
- Facilitator: Ryan
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Previously cited participant: Brad(ley)
a reprise
I don't even know what I said, bro. Adjudication: That was kind of California again, though.
- Respondent: Brad
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chef callback
What was your line earlier about how do you have authority? Oh, Shorgen, Bergen, Forgen, Lurgen. Oh, how are you at authority?
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prior pitch context
Brad, last week we read a summary of a spinoff series about Ra's written by the mysterious internet fan Paul B.
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outro
Reviewed full source context: Well, that's going to do it for us. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for our theme music. Thank you for listening. Probably best, probably genuinely for the best if you just don't engage with this show anywhere on the internet. But if you want to, it's Reverse Psych Pod. Reverse Psych Pod at gmail.com. If you want to email us directly and…
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Reviewed full source context: Well, that's going to do it for us. Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for our theme music. Thank you for listening. Probably best, probably genuinely for the best if you just don't engage with this show anywhere on the internet. But if you want to, it's Reverse Psych Pod. Reverse Psych Pod at gmail.com. If you want to email us directly and tell us about a bad job we're doing. For myself, for Ryan, for Brad, Brad just walked in. I'm just over here eating mug cake. You got to knock it off, buddy. You got to knock that off. How much mug cake are you getting tonight? It's a big mug. What is a big, what's a big mug? 14 ounces? What are we talking about? It's not measured. I don't know. Like, picture a standard mug. Now make it a little fatter. Are you talking 10 ounces of standard or 12 ounce? 12 fluid ounce. Exactly. That's actually my standard, though. If you're throwing a 10 ounce my way, get out of here. I'm trying to drink coffee, not splash around in the mud. You know it's going to be a good episode of the podcast when we're talking about sizes of coffee mugs. I think they do that a lot on the show. Well, why did they get, like, why are you fucking eating again? Yeah. No, I'm not. Jesus Christ. Get a hold of yourself. You have a problem. What are you, Bradley Jr.? Like, this is crazy. How is there so much fucking cake? I don't understand. And why can't you fucking wait till the end of the show? Well, like, for me, I really love, for instance, microwave cake. Oh, my God. I love microwave cake. And I, but I'm not going to eat every day and blow up. I have it, you know, once or twice a year. Mostly during recordings. Yeah, but here's the difference, Curtis. You're not a retired microwave cake guy. He's a retired cop. You should be a fucking retired microwave cake guy. Please retire that activity. I'm not saying what he should be. I'm saying what he is, Ryan. What? Why'd you hit that note so hard? I wasn't mad. I was, I was, I wasn't mad at you, Brad. I was saying Curtis should retire that activity. And I was defending my friend. What? Oh, God, the cake man is back. You have to stop eating cake on the show, dude. It's really hard. It's so good. Why is there so much in it? If I get you out, I forgot. God, you put the cake, put the fucking cake. Put the fucking cake down. I'm the only person. I'm the only mature one. The only person on the show. We're not going forward till you finish this stupid ass cake, Curtis. God. You are so out of it. It's fucking crazy. Ryan, is this what it's like to deal with me? It's exactly what it's like to deal with you. It's fucking exhausting. Yeah, now I get it. This is terrible. It's very frustrating. It's like three hours into this record. It's still warm. Fucking leave the room with it. Put it in another room. I genuinely don't know if it will come off as funny or just straight up annoying. So I just keep doing it in the hopes that it's funny. I got good news. It's annoying as piss. Okay. Good. We can't have two brads on the show. What brads enough? A group of friendly, salt-of-the-earth, target practice, and... I was going to target practice. This is why you don't eat cake. I don't know if... There will be a lot of bonus content. I don’t know if there will be a lot of regular content
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Brad pitches Powered by Kenny
Curtis invites Brad to present an eight-episode Kenny prequel. Brad describes the premise and the first two episodes while the others ask questions and suggest changes. Kenny is played by the original actor at different ages. This is a noncompetitive writing workshop, not a points game.
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What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 4 recorded contributions
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
The premise
Kenny moves through different stages of life toward becoming station manager. He has no particular skills and keeps stumbling into success. Brad’s working title is Powered by Kenny; Ryan suggests The Call to Powers.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Episode one: Fleetwood Mac tickets
Teenage Kenny lives in Clearwater, Florida and wants expensive Fleetwood Mac tickets. He earns money through odd jobs, including shucking an old woman’s corn and shaving her armpits. He is robbed before buying the tickets, then falls in mud and happens to find tickets. The two old-woman roles are sisters played by the same actor, as Brad clarifies.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Episode two: college and Barney
Kenny is a Florida State freshman. A drunk, homesick woman is drawn to him because he reminds her of Barney. The group asks how viewers will understand that connection. Brad initially cites a purple shirt and nonstop talking, then proposes dialogue about childhood characters and mascots. The staging remains under discussion.
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RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Suggestions and revisions
Ryan suggests The Fleetwood Attack and a zombie opening; the zombie idea is rejected. The original Kenny actor plays the younger ages, distinguished with a backpack or dorm setting. Curtis suggests a keg and a Barney-song introduction. Brad performs Barney. A claim that Logo picked up the show is immediately retracted; the next teased episode would show Kenny as a college senior.
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Brad’s character voices ↗
Brad performs regular Brad, gun-nut Brad, and Canadian gun-nut Brad. The others react to the changing accent. These are impression variants, not separate competitive activities.
Comic episode moment
The Swedish Chef and the Wire excerpt ↗
Ryan asks Brad to perform the Swedish Chef disrespecting authority. Brad gives an initial version and a revised attempt. The later Wire sequence is inserted audio with Brad’s Swedish Chef impressions injected into it, as confirmed in the recording. The imitation’s syllables are not ordinary factual answers.
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Trying to teach Brad to whistle ↗
Ryan coaches Brad to purse his lips. Remarks about a perfect whistle are jokes: the final audio review confirms no actual whistle is heard. The attempt is abandoned, with a joke about editing in a successful whistle.
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A Niles-impression reprise ↗
Ryan asks for the Niles impression again during the episode discussion. The prompt belongs with the requested performance rather than being listed as its own activity.
By way of goodbye.
Brad just walked in.
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For myself, for Ryan, for Brad, Brad just walked in.
Previously, next week.
Predictions as made on the podcast—not claims about what actually happens.
Looking ahead
Ryan predicts Fathers and Sons
Ryan predicts that Freddy will be marooned on an island after Marty takes him fishing. The others question whether the show will remember to include Freddy. The prediction is untested here.
This one is about the conversation.
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