host
Original introduction wording
- host
NO COMMON DENOMINATOR
Episode ratings.
Original rating systems, exactly as represented in the archive. These scales are not interchangeable.
By way of introduction.
resident upside downer
Original introduction wording
- resident upside downer
our dealer (performed introduction)
Original introduction wording
- our dealer (performed introduction)
special guest; introduced as Ethan’s fiance
Original introduction wording
- special guest; introduced as Ethan’s fiance
Someone brought rules.
The games, the premises, and what everyone brought to the table.
Game / activity
Goth or Goody Two-Shoes ↗
How this one works
Rules
- And then the rest of us are going to vote on whether you are a Niles for Clarity, that is the loser, or a Freddy, and that would be a winner.
Recorded activity context
Each of you is going to share a short anecdote or whatever you want to share, really, about your rebellious period in life.
RESULT STATUS
The recorded result is unresolved.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 3 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 50:44
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Each of you is going to share a short anecdote or whatever you want to share, really, about your rebellious period in life.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 50:53
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Prompt
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- Classification prompt: And then the rest of us are going to vote on whether you are a Niles for Clarity, that is the loser, or a Freddy, and that would be a winner.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 58:05
Context
That is so. That was goth. Too much of a goody two shoes.
Preserved source round labels (4)
These overlapping source containers are not additional rounds or participant answers. Their recorded labels and excerpt links remain available here; their shared exchanges appear above.
Follow the round structure (4)
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
I was introduced to the crispy ganja through a hookah in his treehouse on a couch.
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- Answer qualification: The rest of my high school experience was not nearly this cool, but I would like to do that now.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 51:35
Claim
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- Adjudication verdict: goth
Round context
- Adjudication verdict: goth
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
So I lobbied and fought with my parents to be allowed to stay home while they went on the vacation.
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- Answer qualification: Like, this was a trip to New Orleans, for instance. If by rager, you mean we recently got cable and watched a lot of Comedy Central, then yes, we threw a rager.
- Response context: I'm lanky, yeah. I know.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 53:17
Claim
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- Adjudication verdict: Too much of a goody two-shoes.
- Answer qualification: I'm a Nile.
Round context
- Adjudication verdict: goody two-shoes
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: HannahSource excerpt ↗ 53:29
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Hannah, can you beat it? I want to hear your story.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
I bent a fork.
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- Answer qualification: I have to go back to second grade to talk about my rebellion. A friend showed me how strong he was by bending what I'm sure was just an aluminum fork that I discovered I could also, I was also that strong. I thought my permanent record was going to be marred for life, but I made it out okay.
- Response context: I'm asking my mom for help figuring out what my rebellious act was.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 56:15
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- Classification response: That is a goody two-shoes if I've ever heard from you.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 56:18
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- Classification response: that's goth as fuck.
- Answer qualification: I mean, I think in general you're a goody two-shoes, but that's goth as fuck.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 56:29
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Is she goth or goody two-shoes?
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- Adjudication method: break the tie here.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 56:33
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- Classification response: I think she's a goody two-shoes.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Question
Could I not be a goody goth shoes?
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 56:33
Claim
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- Adjudication verdict: goody two-shoes
- Result qualification: Definitely not if you ask questions like that.
Round context
- Adjudication verdict: goody two-shoes
- Adjudication method: Brad, I think you're going to have to break the tie here.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 56:44
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Brad, what is your story?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Submission
Me and my friends, we broke someone's pool table. So we all got on the pool table and danced. And then the pool table broke. And so we tried to hide it.
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- Answer qualification: Mostly because I don't even think one piece was in the closet.
- Ending or payoff: So our first reaction was just to run out of the house as fast as possible.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 57:35
Claim
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- Adjudication: like you're total Freddy. That's goth as fuck. It wasn't goody two shoes, but it was not goth. Apparently Brad.
- Final adjudication: In the middle of goth and goody two shoes
Round context
- Final adjudication: In the middle of goth and goody two shoes
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Title: Goth or Goody Two-Shoes
- Rules: And then the rest of us are going to vote on whether you are a Niles for Clarity, that is the loser, or a Freddy, and that would be a winner.
- Final adjudication: Brad: In the middle of goth and goody two shoes overallWinner: UNKNOWN; no overall winner announced totalScore: UNKNOWN; no total score announced
Elsewhere in the conversation.
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Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Reverse Psychology
- Title: Reverse Psychology
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Previously cited participant: Hannah
Hannah’s Frasier introduction
Ethan, Curtis's brother, my fiance, introduced me to Frasier I introduced him to Gilmore I just fell in love with it. in love with Niles
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: HannahSource excerpt ↗ 02:38
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
your relationship to the show, Frasier. what it means to you, uh, why you're a fan. the show Frasier? Frontways?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Ethan, Curtis's brother, my fiance, introduced me to Frasier we were swapping our, our favorite shows I just fell in love with it. in love with Niles is what, what happened.
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- Answer qualification: I introduced him to Gilmore Girls and chose my, my favorite episodes of each season. and that became 51 episodes, 11 seasons.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: HannahSource excerpt ↗ 05:07
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Do you think, do you think you won the trade or do you think Ethan won the trade?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
I won. I was the victor
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- Answer qualification: not only did I get to rewatch Gilmore Girls, but then I was introduced to Niles and Martin Crane.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 05:24
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Prompt
Question / challenge
After you finished your 51 episodes, your obligatory 51 episodes. Did you go back or did you, did you, did you watch all the ones he recommended first or at some point were you just like, you know what, I'll get into the show?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 05:45
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Wait, so you watched them in show order, but it was his 51 favorite episodes.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Yeah, we watched, we watched all of those episodes together in order. So we were skipping throughout a season, but we went through all 11.
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- Answer qualification: Yes. Was I not clear about front ways?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 06:02
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Prompt
Question / challenge
So did you ever, or do you think you will ever go back and watch the episodes he did not deem top 51? Or are you satisfied with, I've seen the best of the best and there's no reason to watch the others?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
And so I would go back and watch episodes that we hadn't watched.
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- Answer qualification: And for the most part, I feel like a lot of my favorites are still within the 51 that he had introduced me to.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 06:54
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Prompt
Question / challenge
How did he, do you know how he landed on his 51 favorite?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
In my memory, he had gone through, you know, on Paramount Plus, searched through the episodes and remembered the ones that were his favorites.
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- Answer qualification: You'll have to check with him. I can't.
- Response context: Or what I've done for Buffy the Vampire Slayer I found, you know, a Vulture article or whatever that ranks every episode in order. Not in order, but they rank every episode.
- Activity request: your relationship to the show, Frasier.
- Answer qualification: You'll have to check with him.
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Context
start to talk about this episode.
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Jelly or Jello?
Brad, can you break the tie?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 13:10
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Brad, can you break the tie?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
No, I 100% am on Team Curtis on this one, which is weird because I'm never on Team Curtis.
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- Answer qualification: But I'm on Team Seabags for this one.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: HannahSource excerpt ↗ 13:28
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Prompt
Question / challenge
No, Hannah. Hannah, you didn't think it was actually jelly. You thought it was jello, right?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
I think when Frazier mentioned slurping a bowl full of jelly, I was picturing jello. Whether that was a literal bowl of jelly or just a joke he was making, I was still picturing jello. So
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- Answer qualification: I think I-
- Result qualification: I think it was two against one and you brought in a four. We had a three-way tie. Fred had to break it.
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Trying the phrases
Can you try the other six phrases for us?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 30:08
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Which one would you like me to say?
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- Rules: You choose one, and then I'll say it.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 30:11
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Mary Jane
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Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 30:11
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Mary Jane, please.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 30:12
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Action
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- Answer or action: Yeah, I got to smoke that, Mary Jane.
- Adjudication: See, I sounded cool.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 30:17
Claim
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- Adjudication: You sounded like a narc.
- Method: You choose one, and then I'll say it.
- Result qualification: You sounded like a narc.
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Previously cited participant: Curtis
Pudding and chips
I bought a bag of barbecue potato chips and I bought a snack pack.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Design choice
I'm going to dip and then if it's that good, then I'll pour.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 32:43
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Action
Lay's regular barbecue flavor chips. Just regular pudding.
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- Action: Here we go.
- Answer or action: This is really good.
- Answer qualification: So you get that salty sweet thing, which is always good.
- Final state summary: I'm not going to like do this regularly, but I am happy with this choice to indulge in this today.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 37:47
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Pour the pudding into the chips.
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- Response context: You said you would.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
I don't mix the food together. So, but today's a special day.
- Method: I'm going to dip and then if it's that good, then I'll pour.
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Episode assessments
I want to know, did you think this was a good episode?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: HannahSource excerpt ↗ 47:06
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
I want to know, did you think this was a good episode?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 47:57
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Brad, what about you?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 48:52
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
But Ryan, tell me your thoughts.
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Previously cited participant: Ryan
Action
tell us what to expect next week when we cover the previous episode.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 58:11
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Well, Ryan, why don't you tell us what to expect next week when we cover the previous episode.
- Prompt item: It's season 11, episode 10.
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Context
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Context
Recorded conversation and follow-up discussion.
Powder Room Alert
- Title: Powder Room Alert
By way of goodbye.
Happy Christmas in July, y'all.
Source excerpt ↗ 59:03–59:07Original sign-off transcript
For myself, for Ryan, Brad, and Hannah, happy Christmas in July, y'all.
Previously, next week.
Predictions as made on the podcast—not claims about what actually happens.
Looking ahead
Next episode predictions
Predictions made on the podcast.
What was recorded
Their next-episode predictions · 1 recorded contribution
PREDICTION
The entire gang is out to sea, except Daphne. Frasier is very brave and definitely not afraid of water. Niles very much is. Ronnie is nowhere to be found.
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- Source supported preview details: Frasier: Tries to prove he is not afraid Roz and Marty: Like two old sailors on the fishing excursion Frasier booked timing: Awkward time between Thanksgiving and Christmas
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