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From the brains behind Brains On, it's Smash Boom Best.
The show for people with big opinions.
Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best, the show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.
Today we've got two sweet treats that are delights to eat.
On one side we have the colorful fruit that's hydrating to boot, and on the other, the magical confection that's like an edible cloud.
That's right, it's watermelon versus cotton candy.
Here to chomp down for watermelons is the host of Forever Ago, Joy Dolo.
The divine rind is here to dissolve the competition.
Oh, that's so good.
Strong start.
Strong start.
That's all I got.
It's all downhill from there.
And here to spin a winning argument for cotton candy is actor and video maven, Brant Miller.
A dissolvable candy on a stick?
Yes, please!
And here to crown the superlative snack is Julia from Atlanta.
Julia goes to Mandarin immersion school, can recite the alphabet backwards, and does three activities that start with F, fencing, flag football, and French horn.
Hi, Julia.
Hi.
So is there a phrase in Mandarin that doesn't really have a good equivalent in English that is your favorite?
I don't know.
One of my favorite Mandarin words that I learned the other day, it's kaishin go, which is pistachio.
And kaishin means like happy.
And because pistachios kind of look like they're smiling because of the shell, that's why they're called kaishin go.
Love that.
It's like a happy nut, basically.
Yeah, yeah.
I love that.
And they're called happy nuts to me from now on.
So do you have a specific position you play in flag football?
Yeah.
On like defense, I rush.
And then on offense, I play center.
Very cool.
I don't know what that means.
What does the center do?
You pitch the ball to the quarterback in the beginning of the game.
Oh, cool.
So they do a hut-hut-hike and then you pitch it back to them?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Very cool.
And then so for flag football, the difference between tackle football is that instead of tackling...
There's flags?
Can you explain that?
Normally, girls play flag football and then the guys play tackle football.
So you have like a flag around your waist and then whenever you want to tackle someone with the ball, then you pull their flag and then the ball is out of play.
So it's like the equivalent of tackling.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
Is there ever a part of you that just wants to reach over and just take them down?
Yes.
Oh, my gosh.
Just take them down.
Like, don't touch my flag.
Yeah.
Yeah, so how often do, like, tackles accidentally happen?
Oh, my gosh.
If you, like, touch somebody, you get a red card.
It's really bad.
Oh, wow.
Okay, so, like, you got to be careful.
No, it's so annoying.
Like, I'll be running towards the quarterback to try to pull their flag, and then, like, I'll accidentally hit them in, like, immediate red card.
Ooh.
So does a red card mean you're, like, out of the game?
Like, what are the consequences for the red card?
So sometimes they'll, like, push you back.
Like, you have to go—or, no, like, the other team, like, if you're on defense and the other team goes forward, like, a down.
Oh.
Or sometimes they just take you off if it's really bad.
Ooh, okay.
So, like, if you were to tackle someone, they would probably kick you out of the game?
Well, like, only if they got injured, you know.
Oh, okay.
Right.
Otherwise, it's just a penalty.
Like, yeah.
OK.
They just like go back or forward.
I doubt you.
OK.
I want to come cheer for you.
Yeah.
Will Julia choose cotton candy or watermelon?
Let's find out.
But first, the rules of the game.
Every debate consists of four rounds, the declaration of greatness, the micro round, the sneak attack, and the final six.
After each round, our judge Julia will award points to the team that impresses her the most, but she'll keep her decisions top secret until the end of the debate.
Listeners, we want you to judge too.
Mark down your points as you listen.
At the end of the show, head to our website, smashboom.org, and vote for whichever team you think won.
Okay, Brandt, Joy, Julia, are you ready?
Yes, I'm very ready.
Oh, yeah, I'm ready to crush this candy.
Oh, yeah, I'm ready to spit out a ton of seeds.
Just so many seeds.
Thank you for allowing me to grow wherever you spit.
Pew, pew, pew.
Cha, cha, cha.
Then it's time for the Declaration of Greatness.
In this round, our debaters will present a well-crafted, immersive argument in favor of their side.
Then they'll each have 30 seconds to rebut their opponent's statements.
We flip to Coyne.
And Brandt, you are up first.
Show us why you're sure about this sugar snack.
Cotton candy is the greatest food in the history of the universe.
And if you disagree with me, wow.
Now I've heard people say watermelon is refreshing or a summer classic, but let's start with the facts.
It's 92% water.
You are literally eating a puddle.
You get sticky, you get wet, you have to spit out the seeds.
And don't get me started on the rind, that pale, weird, bitter strip of bark that weighs 10 pounds and fills up your compost.
It's honestly such a burden.
Meanwhile, cotton candy dissolves in your mouth like a tiny delicious cloud visiting from another dimension.
Ahem.
Brant?
Oh, hi.
Wait, are you a candy scientist?
Oh, goody-gooies, you've heard of me.
Well, no.
Your shirt says, hi, I am a candy scientist.
But what's up?
That feeling of cotton candy dissolving is referred to by scientists as dissolution.
You see, cotton candy is made of ultra thin sugar fibers.
Your spit, or saliva, covers those fibers almost instantly.
Making them melt away before you even have to chew.
Your mouth basically takes a nap while the cotton candy does all the work.
Wow, so cotton candy is just very thin sugar?
Oh, Tiki Tofi, I'm so glad you asked.
Yes, cotton candy is made of sugar, but it's spun by a machine to make it thin and fluffy.
It works like this.
A machine heats sugar until it melts into a liquid.
Then that liquid is pushed out through tiny holes about the size of a human hair.
All this happens while the sugar is being spun rounded.
And round super fast.
The sugar shoots out, hits the cool air, and hardens into ultra-thin threads.
Those threads pile up into that iconic fluffy shape.
So what looks like a giant cloud is actually just a tiny bit of sugar stretched into hundreds of thousands of wispy strands.
Cool.
But wait, should I worry I'm eating pure sugar?
Oh, tiki chocolate, that's poppycock.
A full serving of cotton candy has about the same amount of sugar as a regular cookie.
Now, excuse me, I have to go.
I have a candy emergency.
What is it?
Oh, well, I ran out of candy, and I'm starting to get sad.
Understandable, thanks.
Okay, ready for some history?
Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by a dentist.
Did you hear me?
A dentist.
He was named William Morrison, along with candy maker John C. Wharton.
They introduced it at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
They called it fairy floss and sold over 68,000 boxes.
It's been a hit ever since.
Usually it's pink, but it can also be blue, purple, yellow, green, swirled rainbow.
It's not locked into one look.
It's creative and expressive like you.
And if you are eating cotton candy, you are somewhere amazing.
You're at a county fair with ride wristbands on your arm.
You're at a beach or a carnival or a baseball game.
Cotton candy shows up when life is at its best.
It is the official food of the greatest moments of your childhood.
Watermelon, on the other hand, is at literally any grocery store, any day, any time.
It's just sitting there in a bin, being mostly water and seeds.
So the next time someone hands you a stick with a pink cloud on it, remember you are holding pure sponge sugar stretched into thousands of magical strands invented at a world's fair shaped like a cloud available in every color of the rainbow.
Good news!
I'm not sad anymore!
I've got cotton candy!
Sticky sweet declaration of greatness there for cotton candy.
Julia, what stood out to you about Brant's arguments?
I really liked all his scientific facts and stuff.
I think that was really cool, like learning how it was made and, you know, how it melts in your mouth.
And I think 68,000 bucks, that's a lot, especially like the olden times, I guess.
Very true.
Joy, you get 30 seconds to spin an argument to make cotton candy dizzy.
And that 30 seconds starts right now.
Best food in the history of the universe.
Isn't pizza really good?
I mean, come on, Brant, you hate pizza.
You know what you don't want in a desert?
Cotton candy.
You want some water.
Cotton candy's burden comes later with the dentist appointment when you have to go in for cavities.
And also a dentist created it.
Doesn't it sound like they're trying to get new clients?
I mean, come on.
That is a snake oil salesman if I've ever heard of it.
And your mouth takes a nap while your spit dissolves.
That sounds like a huge choking hazard.
Are you trying to make Julia choke?
Oh my God.
Do you want her to choke?
Time.
Those are all wonderful points.
I think you should get a red flag, actually.
I feel tackled.
Come on, Raph.
I feel tackled.
Come on, Raph.
But no seeds.
I'm sticking to it.
No seeds.
Oh, I'm coming for you.
I'm coming for you with the seeds.
Okay.
You'll see.
You'll all see.
Well, we will see in just a minute.
But first, a quick break.
Okay, Cotton Candy tried to sweeten the deal, but now it's Watermelon's time to show us what this fruit has to offer.
Joy, tell us why Watermelon makes you go, wow.
Picture this.
It's summer.
The sky is blue.
The grill is hot.
The pool is chill.
The birds can talk, and they're the helpful kind like in Cinderella.
Here's a ribbon for your hair, Joy.
Here's some blush for your cheeks, Joy.
Here's your quarterly taxes ready to file, Joy.
Why, thank you.
Everything is perfect, except something is missing.
I'm feeling parched.
Wait, where's the watermelon?
No!
No!
Oh, psych.
Just kidding.
I would never forget the most essential food of the summer.
Every delicious, juicy red bite of watermelon tastes like memories of freshly mowed lawns, candy flavored chapstick, a warm breeze and no homework for three months.
Plus, it's perfect to share at picnics and barbecues.
In fact, it's so big, it forces you to share.
Are you going to fit that big boy back in your fridge?
No, you're going to slice it up and offer it to all your friends and family and those talking birds.
Thanks, Joy.
We love watermelon.
Eating it brings a smile to your face, literally.
Because the slices are so big, you have to smile to wedge it all into your mouth.
Is cotton candy shareable?
Maybe.
But what a mess that would make.
Can I have a taste of your cotton candy?
Sure.
Just tear off a chunk.
Ew, it's stuck to my fingers.
Just wipe it on your pants.
Ew, now my fingers are stuck to my pants.
Cotton candy is just spider webs made out of sugar.
It has no vitamins, no minerals, no fiber, and no reason to exist other than to keep dentists in business.
Yes.
Keep eating that cotton candy, little Timmy.
Your root canals will pay for my next vacation.
Mwahaha!
But watermelon is good for you.
It's full of water, which keeps you hydrated on a hot day.
It's also got vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber.
It's the taste of candy with the health profile of not candy.
Now, I have a confession to make.
When I was a kid, I hated eating watermelon.
And the reason is kind of a bummer.
So I'm black and there are a lot of old racist stereotypes about black people and watermelons.
In old cartoons and songs, black people were shown as simple and lazy and uneducated who loved eating these fruits whenever they could.
I know not everyone thinks this, but I didn't want to be seen that way, so I avoided it because I was afraid of what other people would think.
But it turns out, watermelon was also once a symbol of Black freedom.
After the Civil War, when enslaved Black people across America were finally free, many became farmers and many grew watermelons.
It was how they supported themselves.
Some white Americans didn't like this, so they tried to use watermelons to make fun of Black people, to make them seem less than.
These hurtful stereotypes stuck around.
But today, I don't let them define me.
Now I'm happy to eat watermelon.
In fact, I grow it in my garden.
And when the fruit is ready, like I said, you basically have to share it.
So you're forced to have a barbecue on a perfect summer day by the pool with all your friends and talking birds.
Yippee!
Let's party, Joy!
Woohoo!
I brought a worm salad!
Oh, thanks.
So if you love cavities, go with cotton candy.
But if you love being healthy, hydrated, and happy, come to my party and grab a slice of watermelon.
Okay, I am RSVPing, yes, for that party.
Sounds fun.
Okay, Julia, what stood out to you about Joy's declaration of greatness?
I think it was really funny, and I think it was really cool, like, the facts about, you know, watermelon being a symbol for something, like, bigger than itself.
Like, I think that was really cool.
Very cool indeed.
Okay, Brandt, it is time for your rebuttal.
You've got 30 seconds to chop up Joy's arguments, and your time starts right now.
Okay, let's talk about excess.
They're huge.
When my daughter was born, people brought over two watermelons and we chopped them up and our fridge was so full we had to get a second fridge.
Also, let's talk about how irritating it is to eat watermelon.
It's so irritating they invented a seedless watermelon because original watermelons were just too many seeds.
Also, let's talk about spiderwebs.
Spider webs are good.
They kill flies.
I love spider webs.
I see a spider web.
I'm like, yeah, hang out.
Take care of those flies for me.
Thank you.
Also, like, are we are we chewing or are we drinking?
What's going on?
So much liquid.
Just had to get that out there.
Do you need some watermelon after all of that?
No, I'll take some cotton candy, though.
Oh, good.
You're going to be parched.
Julia, it is time to award some points.
Please give one point to the declaration of greatness that you liked best and one point to the rebuttal that won you over.
You get to decide what makes a winning argument.
Did one team have cooler facts?
Did another team make you see something in a new light?
Award your points, but don't tell us who they're going to.
Have you made your decision?
Yes.
Excellent.
Joy and Brant, how are you two feeling so far?
I feel good.
I think we're still friends at this point, right?
I think so.
So we haven't really gone down the alley where we cannot come back from.
Okay, good.
So we're okay.
We don't want Smashing Best to do that to anybody.
No, no, no.
We're going to be friends after this.
Okay, good.
Well, I'm sure we're going to do this again, and I'm sure you're going to keep beating me for years and years to come.
Our futures are locked.
It is time for a quick break.
Spit out those seeds and then brush your teeth.
And we'll be right back with more Smash Boom Best.
You're listening to State of Debate, home to rage and rhetoric and awe-inspiring argumentation.
Hey there, debate-a-nistas.
Taylor Lincoln here.
I'm back from Paris Fashion Week, and I'm trey excited to be here with the cashmere to my sweater, Todd Douglas.
Welcome back, Taylor.
So great to see you.
Have you done something new to your hair?
It's called a side mullet, and it was all the rage on the runway.
I did it myself at the plane trip home.
Hmm.
Shaved on one side and a full head of hair on the other.
Very fashion forward.
Merci.
Any fallacy-related incidents happen while I was away?
Oh, and how?
Have I got an appeal-to-emotion fallacy for you?
Ooh, appeal-to-emotion is when someone tries to win an argument by playing on your emotions, like fear or envy or pity, instead of using facts.
Exactly.
And this one might just appeal to your sense of style and debate.
Hey, Sim.
Hey, Brave.
Looking good as always.
Check out my new necklace bling.
Wow, that's so shiny.
Nice.
It's by the designer Le Marnier.
They're so hot right now.
You know, you could really up your fashion game if you started wearing a Le Marnier necklace yourself.
Necklaces are cool, but I'm more of a sneaker head.
You do you, though.
But you have to agree, necklaces are better.
Le Marnier would be so sad if they heard you talking about their chosen art form like that.
And a sad Le Marnier is a pitiful thing to see.
So just admit, necklaces are better, okay?
Woo, woo, woo!
Someone call the fallacy and fashion police.
Touche, Taylor.
It sounds like Braith is trying to play on Sims' emotions to get them to agree to their point.
That argument makes about as much sense as stripes and plaids.
No way.
Speaking of style, have you thought about giving your hairdresser a call?
You know, just for a touch-up.
No.
We'll see you next time on State of Debate.
Smash.
Boom.
You're listening to Smash Boom Best.
I'm your host, Molly Bloom.
And I'm your judge, Julia.
And we love getting debate suggestions from our listeners like this one.
Hi, I'm Emily from Knoxville, Tennessee.
And my debate idea is dance versus gymnastics.
That is a body and brain bending debate for real.
We'll hear who Emily thinks should win at the end of the show.
And now it's back to our debate, watermelon versus cotton candy.
And it's time for round two, the micro round.
It's time for a Fact Off.
Joy and Brant will each get three chances to make a micro-argument backed by a cool fact or idea.
Brant went first last round, so Joy, please start us off.
Oh, yeah.
Here we are.
So I love that I get to start us off because what we've been talking about a lot is seeds today.
And so in the olden times, back a long time ago, watermelons had big black seeds that were hard to chew.
You're absolutely right.
But today, most are seedless thanks to chromosomes and crossbreeding.
So seedless watermelons, which have few seeds or immature seeds, you can just swallow it.
They're made of manually crossbreeding melons with certain chromosomes.
It's a lot of work for farmers, but worth it because sometimes you just have the need.
The need for no seeds.
To make cotton candy, sugar gets heated to nearly 200 degrees Celsius.
That's almost twice as hot as boiling water.
Whoa.
Well, that sounds interesting and dangerous.
And technically, watermelons are berries.
So they grow on vines and have all their seeds in the flesh, like a blueberry.
And even more fun, they are a type of fruit called a peepo.
Yeah.
It's just fun to say peepo.
So next time you're at the grocery store, you can ask where they keep the red seedless peepo berries, not pee poop.
That's very different.
Just wait for every employee to be like, what?
The bathroom's over there, ma'am.
All right.
Scientists are using cotton candy machines to build fake blood vessels to save lives.
A doctor at Vanderbilt University bought a $40 cotton candy machine at a store and used it to spin sugar into tiny tubes the same size as the blood vessels in your body.
The goal is to use those tubes to build working artificial organs.
Wow, that's nice.
I'm glad we're finally on the science topic because if you are obsessed with technology or Minecraft or you want a watermelon that won't roll off the table, let me tell you about the very real, very cool square watermelon.
Yes.
They come from Japan and are grown by putting a young watermelon in a box so it grows into a cube shape.
And it makes them easier to pack and ship and better suited to fitting in a fridge.
Remember you had that problem with the fridge?
You can put a bunch of them in the fridge if they're square shaped.
And just cool to look at, too.
Plus, imagine getting a present thinking it's a box and when you unwrap it, it's actually a square watermelon.
I mean, that's so fun.
It's so much better than getting like a box of a cloud of spiderweb cotton candy that might dissolve before you even get to open it if it rains.
What if it dissolves, Brant?
What will I have for my birthday?
Nothing?
You can just make more.
Empty box of sugar.
According to National Geographic, the spinning head inside a cotton candy machine whips around at 3,400 revolutions per minute, faster by three times than your washing machine
When it does that super fast spin cycle at the end.
That's what flings the sugar through those tiny holes.
That was amazing.
Excellent facts, both of you.
Fast, furious, hot, seedless.
Okay, Julia, which facts stood out to you from this micro round?
Oh, my gosh.
I like the fact about swallowing the seeds because, like, I thought if you swallowed a normal seed, like, it would grow in your stomach.
Like, have you heard about that?
Yes, yes, that's a myth.
And then making blood vessels, like, out of a Klein candy machine, like a whole organ, that would be crazy.
I know.
And then I would be very happy if I got a square watermelon.
Like, I would be very happy.
So many good facts, Julia, but I'm sorry to say only one of these wonderful debaters can get a point for this micro round.
The criteria are totally subjective and totally up to you.
Have you made your decision?
Yes.
Perfect.
Keep it secret and we'll be right back.
We're back and we're jumping right in because it's time for Sneak Attack.
This is our improvised round where debaters have to respond to a challenge on the spot.
Today's challenge is Oscar winning moment.
Pretend your side is the star of a fantastic dramatic movie.
Deliver the award winning monologue from that movie.
And please give us a little setup the name of the movie and when this monologue takes place.
Does this make sense, Joy and Brandt?
Yes.
All right, Brant, you are up first.
Let's hear your award-winning monologue.
This scene is from the movie County Fair.
I was sitting there on the bench waiting for Papa to return.
He said he was going to bring me a special treat.
And when he did return, it was but watermelon, something that we have at home all the time.
And I'm looking over there and I see cotton candy, caramel corn, but more importantly, cotton candy.
That would make this day feel special.
I just really wish he'd gotten me cotton candy and not just a fruit that is, you know, healthy.
Today's a fun day.
I want to have fun at the fair.
Oh, well, I feel like this memory is going to haunt me for a long time.
And I'll be talking about it with my therapist for years to come.
If only he had bought me cotton candy.
Oh, wow.
Wow.
Award-worthy indeed.
Dramatic movie, County Fair, starring Bram Miller.
Okay, Joy, let's hear your award-winning monologue.
Thank you.
This monologue is from the film Fruit Isle.
Starring Angela Bassett.
Just another day, sigh.
I go through the double doors of our local grocery store, and I look around.
Something isn't right.
My tongue is dry, the air conditioner is on full blast, and my throat aches.
My allergies have been acting up, you see, and I just needed something to quench my inner thirst.
As I roamed through the grocery store, I looked to my left by the candy aisle and I see all kinds of things.
Cotton candy, cotton candy on a stick, cotton candy in a bag.
And I said, this can't be.
My teeth already hurt looking at it.
I take a hard right towards the fruit aisle and although everything there is screaming, eat me, I have vitamin C, I look towards a giant bushel, not a bucket, a bushel.
A bushel of beautiful, green-rinded, striped fruit.
I walk towards it, and as I walk towards it, I can smell the H2O wafting off of it.
A single tear falls from mine eye.
I lift the watermelon up in the air.
I notice that it's seedless, so it's much lighter than usual.
As I bring the rind to my nostrils, I give a big sniff.
Sniff.
This, this is what I've wanted all along.
More than a new car, more than a million dollars, more than some disgusting candy that my dentist wants me to eat so he can make more money.
This, oh, this, oh, you seedless melon of future days.
Dynasties the dolo dynasty shall reign with you as its monarch all hail watermelon
And then the drums come in.
And Angela Bassett walks off into the sunset.
Wow, Angela.
She's such a good actress.
She's great.
I feel like she was here with us.
Totally.
Oh, my gosh.
Wow.
Julia, you are the main Academy voter today.
You're going to vote for which monologue you liked best.
Again, it's very, very, very subjective.
And totally up to you.
You can judge based on humor, descriptive power, whatever.
Just pick a winner and don't tell us who it is.
Have you made up your mind?
Yes.
Wonderful.
Then it's time for our final round.
The final six.
In this round, each team will have just six words to sum up the glory of their side.
Joy, please, you'll go first.
Tell us why watermelon wins hearts.
No cavities for me.
Peepo, please.
Oh, yes.
Okay, Brant, it's your last chance to help Cotton Candy conquer.
Seeds?
Rinds?
I don't think so.
I mean, that's six.
You really occupied a character for that.
I know.
I really wanted to live in it.
Yeah.
Wow.
Angela Bassett?
Yeah, a little bit.
Were you here?
Yeah.
She inspired me.
Okay, Julia, it is time to award a final point for this final six.
Have you made your decision?
Yes.
Okay.
Tally up those points, Julia.
Are you ready to crown one side the smash boom best?
Yes.
All right.
Drum roll, please.
And the winner is... Watermelon.
Oh!
Oh, no.
Our legacy continues.
Oh, man.
History repeats itself again and again.
I could have done a better job.
I should have done a better job.
Oh, my goodness.
This is the county fair monologue right here.
I could have done a better job.
Oh, my goodness.
OK, so, Julia, was there a moment that really tipped it over the edge for Watermelon?
Yes, actually.
The declaration of greatness in the beginning.
Oh, yeah.
Really sealed the deal.
Really sealed the deal.
Yeah.
Grant, not only are you a father and a friend to many, but also.
Father to two, just two.
You're a friend to many, but also like the facts about like cotton candy, the new technologies they're using for the machines to help people is just really out of this world.
And I thought you did a very good job.
It's not easy using candy against fruit.
So you did a great job.
It should be.
You put both of those in front of my kids, they're going to eat the cotton candy.
Joy, we could do dental work versus going to Disney World and you would crush me.
Every time.
Your DOG was so good.
And I loved how personal it was.
And I was like, oh my gosh, this is a really good DOG.
I'm definitely not going to win this.
Great job.
Joy, you're a delight.
It's always fun to go up against you.
And I lose with grace and dignity every time.
You're the best loser.
I like it.
I must like it.
I must like it because I keep coming back.
If I won, I'd be like, oh, shoot.
I don't even know what to do.
This is a weird feeling.
Let's do it again.
Yeah, let's redo, redo, redo.
Well, that is it for today's debate battle.
Julia crowned Watermelon the Smash Boom best, but what about you?
Head to smashboom.org and vote to tell us who you think won.
This episode was produced by me, Molly Bloom, and Mark Sanchez.
It was sound designed by Rachel Breeze, and Mark Sanchez wrote our theme song.
We had engineering help from Luke Campolietta and Jackson Vee.
Our announcer is Marley for Worker Auto, and we want to give a special thanks to Austin Cross and Taylor Kaufman.
Joy, is there anyone you'd like to give a shout out to today?
I'd love to give a shout out to Brant, who's sitting right across from me, and to you, Molly, and also to my neighbor, Sai, who grows like the most beautiful garden, and she grows really nice watermelons.
Aw, very nice.
Okay, how about you, Brant?
Any special shout outs?
I'm going to give a special shout out to Anna Wagle, who you all know, who helped a ton on this.
And she's amazing.
And she is the one who's always cutting up the watermelon.
And this week, last weekend, she gave me all the rinds and it filled up my entire compost.
Julia, do you want to give any special thanks or shout outs?
Yes, my brother Dean, who suggested I should be on the show and watches every episode.
Thanks, Dean.
Thanks, Dean.
Dino.
Before we go, let's check in and see who Emily thinks should win the dancing versus gymnastics debate.
I think dance would win because I do dance and it's a lot more expressive than gymnastics.
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The Cat in the Hat.
Bye.
See ya.
Goodbye.
Until next time.
Z-Y-X-W-V-U-T-S-R-Q-P-O-N-M-O-K-J-I-H-G-F-E-D-C-B-A.
Wow.
That was very impressive.
And that was so fast.
I was trying to do it in my head, and I couldn't do it.
I got lost around, like, J and K. I was like, what comes next?
That's pretty far.
We've got to get our training in.
I'm still stuck on Z.
Thank you.
