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Hey, Wowzer fans, Mindy here.
And before we start the show, I gotta let you know that this November, with a special new episode featuring our friends at Circle Round and Terrestrials on Radiolab for Kids,
And don't miss when Elmo from Sesame Street stops by Wow in the World to make us all belly laugh on November 24th.
Oh, but that's not all, Reg.
On December 1st, we are sharing our 250th episode of Wow in the World with all of you.
We think this one is going to be music to your ears.
Literally.
Did I mention it's a musical?
And if you're a member of the World Organization of Wowzers...
Oh boy, do I have a surprise for you.
You can listen to our 250th episode early with me and other members from around the world on Saturday, November 22nd, at 7 pm.
Eastern.
That's right, we are throwing another listening party.
Join us as we dance along to our new songs.
React to the episode with other members in the chat and more.
Grownups.
If you want your wowzer to join this members-only listening party, you can sign up to become a member today at Tinkercastcom.
Slash wow.
Already a member?
Well, you can find the link and password to join the event when you sign in at Tinkercastcom.
Slash wow.
That's it.
It's going to be a November to remember.
But for now, let's get on with the show.
Woo! on the weekend we wow on the weekend because this is what we do on the weekend talking laughing me and reggie singing laughing and then we oh wait no i said laughing twice uh whatever we wow on the weekend yeah we wow on the weekend we wow on the weekend because this is what we do Welcome to WeWow on the Weekend.
I'm your host, Dennis.
And that's my co-host, Reggie the Giant Pigeon.
This is the show where we chit-chat and answer questions from our fans and listen to Tinkercast podcasts.
Hey, Reggie, guess where I went yesterday?
What? how to be quiet for five minutes lecture.
That's not a thing.
I went to the Natural History Museum.
Yeah, I saw giant geodes and fossils and even dinosaur bones.
Isn't that cool?
What do you mean, kind of?
What do you mean?
You and Mindy and Guy Raz went back to the Cretaceous period and saw real-life dinosaurs in real life one time.
Well, did you see their bones?
That's what I thought.
Dinosaur bones are just as cool, if not cooler, than real dinosaurs.
It's like dinosaur Halloween.
Plus, I bet there wasn't even a gift shop in the Cretaceous period or a concession stand where you can get frozen lemonade in a T-Rex cup.
Anyway, it doesn't matter which one of us went on the adventure of a lifetime and which one of us lost their backpack in the food court.
Let's get into the next segment, Reading Reviewsies.
I'm reading reviewsies for me and for you, Zs.
We've got us some doozies, so let's read reviews.
Zs.
Zs.
This is the part where people write us comments on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or whatever and I print a bunch out and I read them aloud.
This first Revuzee comes to us from username BreeEvN.
The title reads, Why does Baby Dennis live in a box?
And the message says, Free Baby Dennis!
Free Baby Dennis!
P.S.
If you do, we will give you the highest Revuzee stars ever!
Veggie!
Oh no!
Baby Dennis doesn't like his box.
Well, we got to get him out of there.
Don't worry, Baby Dennis.
I'll save you from that cramped, dark, cold, cardboard box.
So scared and so lonely and so good.
Baby Dennis, what are you doing?
Hi, Baby Dennis.
Hi, Baby Rosie.
What in the?
Are you eating popcorn and watching TV?
We'll be right back.
Maybe.
Baby Dennis want a little popcorn?
Yes.
Thank you.
Baby Dennis.
Oh, that's good.
Baby Dennis, I came to free you from your cold, dark cardboard box.
What?
Why?
Baby Dennis loves his box.
Baby Dennis turned it into a cool studio apartment box. bachelor pad well i can see that you've got a tv and a stylish couch you've got lamps everywhere giving off cozy lighting so cozy and you've even got art on the walls and a nice plush rug on the floor tying everything together that's right baby dennis knows how to decorate well brie evan was worried that you needed to be free um what if we moved you into something with more natural light like uh this old bird cage Or maybe this clear plastic toe?
Never!
Now close the door!
Big Dennis' big stinky basement air is getting in here.
What?
My basement air is not big and stinky.
Okay.
Um, baby Dennis is just gonna close this back up thing.
How dare you?
Thanks for stopping by.
Uh, whatever.
Next question.
This next reviewzy comes to us from username RowTheBoat221.
The title says, Dennis.
And the message says, Dear Dennis, do you have a crush?
Do I have a crush?
Like, do I like, like anyone?
Huh.
Well, I can't think of anyone I have a crush on.
But I bet a lot of people have a crush on me.
Yes, they do, Reggie.
I have so many crushable qualities.
Like in Rollerblade.
I have a podcast and a cool mustache.
And mother says, I'm very, very handsome.
Oh, be quiet, Reggie.
I'm a total catch.
Next question.
This next Reviewsy comes to us from username GreekMythologyKing94.
The title says, love the vibe.
And the message says, please read mine.
I'm loving the vibe.
Also, Dennis says, I write you infinity stars.
Infinity emoji.
And Reggie, infinity stars too.
Another infinity emoji.
Wow!
Thank you, Greek Mythology King 94.
This is the review that keeps on giving.
Also, thank you for complimenting our vibe.
We here at WeWow on the weekend do our best to cultivate only the chillest of vibes.
Reggie!
Yes, I am so chill!
Ahem.
I mean, chillax, brah.
Okay, I think that's enough reviewsies for now.
Thanks for all your reviewsies, listeners.
Keep them coming.
If you leave a comment on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, I just might read it on WeWow on the weekend.
Five stars or more, please.
Because, Reggie, if we get enough stars for a whole constellation, we can name it after ourselves.
Okay, next up is a little segment I like to call...
Inside Tinkercast Studios!
Ahem!
Inside Tinkercast Studios!
This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite Tinkercast shows.
And today we're listening to Wow in the World, Season 3, Episode 2, called The Karate-Kicking Cockroach.
Ooh!
I love karate!
And I'm really good at it, too!
Yes, I am!
I have a black belt, Reggie!
Okay, fine.
It's a brown belt.
Fine, it's a blue belt.
A green belt?
An orange belt.
Okay, you caught me.
It's a yellow belt.
Okay, I've never done karate in my life.
Can we just play the episode, please?
Okay, here we go.
And play.
Wee Wow will be right back.
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Hey, grown-ups.
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Now back to the show.
Wow in the world.
La cucaracha, la cucaracha.
Blah, blah, bleep, bloop, blah, blah, blah.
Oh, Tyrax.
Mindy, come on.
We're going to be late for our karate class.
Hang on.
I just got to put on my karate suit.
Where did I put my karate suit?
Oh, here it is.
Okay, let me see here.
Thorax.
Abdomen.
And head.
Walk into my full length mirror.
Oh, yeah.
How you like me now?
What is taking you so long?
If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times.
Being early is on time.
Being on time is late.
Good morning, Guy Raz.
Ready for our karate lesson?
Mindy, is that you?
Oh, sorry.
I guess I should take off my head.
What?
No, I was...
I was starting to get sweaty in there.
Uh, Mindy, why are you dressed up in a giant cockroach suit?
Guy Raz, why would I not be dressed up in a giant cockroach suit?
Uh, I don't know how I'm supposed to answer that question.
Well, good news for you, I made two.
Come on in and we'll get you all suited up.
No, I'm... Come on, it'll only hurt a bit.
Mindy, did you forget about our karate class today?
Um, did you forget about our karate class today?
Looks to me like you're still in your bathrobe.
Mindy, I'm wearing my karate gi.
This is the traditional karate uniform that I had imported from Japan.
Do you know how difficult it is to find one of these things with elbow patches?
Oh.
What?
Well, I didn't sign this up for that kind of karate class.
Oh, no.
I have your email right here.
Look, let me read it to you.
It says...
What's kicking little chicken?
We are, surprise, I've signed us up for karate lessons.
Peace, love, and pogo sticks.
Your B-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F, Mindy.
P.S.
What do you call a pig that knows karate?
Wait for it.
A pork chop.
Yeah, keep reading.
That's...
That's the end.
You didn't read the fine print.
The fine... Here, put these glasses on your glasses so you can see it.
Stay still, I'll help you.
I got it, I got it.
They look a little crooked.
Okay, let's see here.
P.S.S.
The sensei of this class will be the karate kickin' cockroach.
Mindy, the karate kicking cockroach?
Now I just need you to squeeze yourself into this thorax and then put on this abdomen like a pair of pants.
Mindy.
Mindy, the last time you put me into an abdomen and thorax, I became the victim of an exploding ant.
Well, I can assure you there will be no exploding ants this time, Guy Raz.
Only a bunch of ferocious wasps.
What?
Not your run-of-the-mill karate class?
Why can't we ever just do a run-of-the-mill anything?
And the final addition to your cockroach costume the head stand still.
I just need to adjust your antennas.
Ow, just stop wiggling.
I'm trying to fix it.
Oh, there we go.
This cockroach suit is pinching me.
Okay, I can fix that.
Just gonna give you a little shake here.
Shake him up, shake him up, shake him up, shake him up, shake him up, shake him up, shake him up, shake him up, shake him.
There, that should be all better.
You know, I'm feeling surprisingly comfortable now.
Almost cozy.
Ah, cozy as a cockroach in a cupcake.
Well, You ready to kick it?
Like a karate kicking cockroach?
Actually, on second thought.
No time for second thoughts, Guy Raz.
A wise old owl once told me that being early is on time and that being on time is late.
Again, that wise old owl was me.
After you.
Waddle, waddle, waddle, waddle, waddle, waddle.
Opening the door.
Really hope we don't run into any neighbors dressed like this.
Morning, Guy.
Morning, Mindy.
Oh, no.
What are you wearing?
You can't go around like that.
What will the neighbors think?
I mean, what will I think?
I'll tell you what I think.
Look at you, Dennis.
Just keep walking.
Just keep walking.
Mindy, did you tell Reggie when we needed him to pick us up?
Oh, Reggie's in New York City's Central Park at a family reunion.
Man, with all the pigeons there, that must be a giant family reunion.
Let's walk and talk, Guy Raz.
Well, Mindy, we can't walk down the street dressed like giant cockroaches.
Sure we can.
Look out, world.
Here we come.
Well, looks like we're cleared for takeoff.
How do I let her rope me into these things?
Waddle, waddle, waddle, waddle, waddle.
OK.
We've been walking a while now.
I thought we'd be there.
This place was only like 2 and 1 half centimeters from us on the map.
Mindy, when are we going to get to this karate studio?
Hey, Guy Raz, did you know that a cockroach can live for a whole week without its head?
Huh? because they don't need their heads or mouths to breathe.
Instead, they breathe through these tiny little holes in their bodies.
Huh, so then what causes them to eventually die?
Thirst.
They die of thirst.
You see, cockroaches need their mouths to drink water, and bodies without mouth holes can't get any.
Ooh, yeah.
Hey Guy Ross.
Did you know that a one-day-old baby cockroach, the size of a speck of dust, can run as fast as its parents, which is three miles an hour?
Really?
On those tiny legs?
Speaking of legs, did you know that cockroaches have eight legs?
18 knees.
Huh, six legs, three joints on each leg.
Hey, Ross, did you know that a cockroach can hold its breath for 40 minutes?
Did you know that ancient cockroaches were living at the same time as dinosaurs?
Did you know that in some parts of the world you can buy deep-fried cockroaches on a stick and eat them as a snack?
What?
Did you know that the human head weighs eight pounds?
Mindy, where's this all going?
We're here!
I will not take one more step in this hot and steamy cockroach suit.
Wait, did you say we're here?
Well, if standing in front of a storefront with a sign that says Kickin' Cockroach Karate means we're here, then I'm pretty sure this is the place.
Karate.
Karate.
Karate.
Mindy, I know Webster's Dictionary, but I'm pretty sure that karate is not spelled carrot...
C-A-R-R-O-T-T-A-Y.
Karate.
Hmm.
Well, that just must mean that this is an unaccredited karate school.
Well, it is taught by a cockroach.
You know it.
Come on, let's go inside.
Deep breaths.
Deep breaths.
Um, hello?
Mindy, where is everyone?
Greetings.
Wow.
Greetings, my cockroach friends.
I see we have our first students.
We're just a couple of real cockroaches hoping to learn some karate.
Well, you've come to the right place.
In this class, you will be instructed by an unlicensed and unprofessional cockroach.
Oh, wait.
Did she just say shh?
And it all happens in our state of the art facility.
Sounds good to me.
Before we start the class, I'll just need you to sign a few forms.
Let me see these forms.
This class may result in wasp stings, zombification, diarrhea.
Well, sign me up.
Mindy!
Or do you want my autograph?
Right here, and here, and over here, and here, and here, and here.
I'm sorry, I just can't use a pen to sign these forms, when all I got are these cockroach feet for hands.
Allow me to sign for you.
Mindy, do you think this is a good idea?
Yes, of course.
I don't think this is a good idea, Guy Raz.
There we go.
All signed.
Now, before I introduce you to your sensei, I'm going to have you watch a brief video.
Ooh, a brief video.
Ooh la la.
Are you a cockroach?
No.
Yes.
Are you a cockroach sick and tired of being stung by jewel wasps, zombified, and then fed to little wasp babies?
What?
Yes it, one more jewel wasp tries to turn me into a zombie.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna.
I'm probably not gonna do anything because I will be baby wasp food at that point.
Then you've come to the right place.
Here at Kickin' Cockroach Karate, we make a sandwich out of the latest scientific research and awesome moves.
Moves that'll help you break your brains free. from the clutches of the evil jewel wasp.
Mindy, are you sure this is a karate class?
I mean, zombies, wasps, scientific research?
Oh, yeah.
So when a jewel wasp finds a cockroach, it'll swoop in and sting the cockroach in two places.
One sting in its lower abdomen to paralyze or basically freeze its front legs, and one sting...
What?
And with that sting, Guy Raz, comes an injection of poisonous venom.
A venomous sting that turns that cockroach into a zombie!
Basically.
And once that happens, the wasp is able to control the cockroach.
Oh, yeah.
And at that point...
The wasp grabs the zombie cockroach by the antennas, drags it into a hole like a dog on a leash, and there the wasp lays an egg on the cockroach.
When that egg hatches, the larvae burrows its way down into the cockroach and when it's done, it pops back out of the cockroach as a full-grown wasp.
Ta-da!
But scientific research has shown us cockroaches that there is a better way.
And that's what we're going to learn today in Kicking Cockroach Karate.
Scientific research?
Oh, yeah.
So I was just reading this amazing new study conducted by a scientist named Dr. Kenneth Catania.
He's a biologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
And what was the study?
Well, Dr Catania wanted to see up close what, if anything, cockroaches do when faced with a zombifying jewel wasp.
And how did he do the experiment?
Well, he took some jewel wasps and some cockroaches and he put them together in this fancy, clear scientific shoebox, basically.
And then he took a bunch of high-speed video.
Once he captured all the video...
He watched it played back in slow-mo.
And what did he discover?
He discovered that... The Kicking Karate Cockroach is in the house!
Mindy, something tells me he's not a real cockroach.
What?
Just because he can talk and wear gym socks and has a price tag stuck to his head?
Is that a costume?
Among other things, yes.
In this class, we are going to learn the fine art Of karate kicking.
Hi-yah!
Our way to freedom.
Can I get an oh yeah?
Oh no.
Oh yeah.
Nice.
Step one.
Stilt standing.
As the wasp approaches.
As the wasp approaches.
Sharon, I mean, come on.
The wasp approaches.
I'm a wasp.
And I want to sting your brains.
Oh.
Sharon, you're an amazing wasp.
Wait, isn't that wasp the same person who... She's a real wasp.
Just go with it.
As the wasp approaches, you rise up, turn your body away from the wasp, but your antennae towards the wasp.
Lift up one of your hind legs and let the wasp know that you mean business.
Mindy, there are no wasps in this class.
There are no other students.
Mindy, how much did you pay for this lesson?
This is the best part.
Step two.
With your body positioned away from the wasp, wait for the wasp to approach.
Sharon, approach.
And just as it gets ready to attack, use your speed barbed wire-like back leg to deliver a hearty kick to the wasp's head.
Keep on kicking for at least three minutes.
Please don't kick that wasp.
That wasp is a person in a wasp suit.
I can tell by her shoes.
Of course I'm not going to kick this wasp.
We here at Kicking Cockroach Karate practice peaceful alternatives to working on our differences.
Namaste.
Okay, okay, so why are we here again?
I got this, Guy Raz.
Ahem.
Excuse me, excuse me, Mr. Sensei.
Sup, my young Padawan.
Um, why would the wasp just hang around while you kicked it in the head for three minutes?
I mean, I would just get up and fly away, but, you know, that's just me, so... Oh, my young protege.
After this class, your cockroach kicks will be so fast, so ferocious, so fast that a wasp wouldn't be able to escape it if it tried.
Well, I mean, at least 63% of the time, according to this new scientific research.
Okay, well then, step three?
Step three.
At this point, of course, you're going to have wasp guts stuck all to the spines of your roachy little legs.
Now, what you're going to do is you're going to use the spines of your other legs, the ones that don't have guts on them, to rake them free of wasp debris.
Do you get it?
I'm making it rhyme so it helps your brain.
I'm raking up these wasp guts off of me.
Mindy!
What?
Step four.
Once you've finished raking that wasp off your legs, you're going to hold the wasp away from you in a stiff arm stance and take a big bite out of its abdomen.
What?
Which we're not going to do in this class, as we are uninsured and peace-loving citizens of the insect community.
Seriously.
Wouldn't hurt a fly.
You can ask Sharon.
She will attest.
Sharon, right?
But never bite.
Phew.
Okay, so what's step five, the fifth and final step?
Step five?
Step five?
You make it out alive.
Class dismissed.
That'll be 75 bucks per cockroach plus tax.
75?
I got this, Skyroz.
Let's see here.
75 plus 75.
Here's $150 in cold hard certified and licensed counterfeit cash.
Awesome.
Counterfeit.
Fit for a counter.
See you at the next intrusion.
The what?
An intrusion is what you call a group of cockroaches.
Oh, right.
So I'm confused.
Did we earn a black belt or what?
Hey, stop those cockroaches.
Counterfeit means fake.
I didn't know that.
I bet you're not even real cockroaches.
We gotta run.
Cockroach style.
Scurry, scurry, scurry, scurry, scurry, scurry, scurry, scurry.
Ew!
That was so gross!
Yeah, the bugs, but also those cockroach suits Guy and Mindy were wearing.
Yeah, talk about fashion don'ts.
No, I don't think they could have fixed them with a festive hat or a statement necklace.
No, Reggie, fashion scarves aren't in anymore.
Okay, clearly you and I need to go over the rules of fashion.
Rule number one, wear whatever you want.
Right, as long as it's not a roach suit.
Ouch! should go upstairs and have a fashion show in the living room.
Let's go!
Alright, we gotta wrap up the show first.
Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to Wee Wow on the Weekend!
If you have a question for me, call and leave me a message at 1-888-7-WOW-WOW.
That's 1-888-7-WOW-WOW.
I just might answer your question on Wee Wow on the Weekend!
Okay, should we do the goodbye song?
Here we go.
That's the end of the show.
I need to go and try to put on all my clothes at the same time and then strut around the living room.
But I'll do another show tomorrow.
But for now, it's the end of the show.
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