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Dear fellow grown -ups, it's that time of the year, where we sit by the fire, enjoying the holiday cheer.
Unless, of course, you're a bit of a Grinch.
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Trust me when I say the most wonderfully, wonderful idea you'll have all season is listening to the Grinch interview celebs with no rhyme or reason.
Now I know you might be thinking, oh that Grinch, he's bombastic!
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Welcome to We Wow On The Weekend.
I'm your host, Dennis.
And that's Reggie, my co -host.
Now I know you can't see it, but today we're recording from our brand new cozy -wosy blanket board studio.
I know, it's like we have a clubhouse.
Right, the basement here is also like a clubhouse, but now it's like we have a clubhouse inside our clubhouse, double clubhouse.
So what do you think, Reggie?
Should we give our devoted listeners the tour?
Right. Let's go! As you can see, we draped some old quilts over the back of the couch and secured them with tape and boxes full of old junk.
Now over here is the main area slash living room slash podcast studio.
And over here by the couch cushions is the kitchen.
Hungry? Look in the pantry.
You just lift up one of the couch cushions and underneath is half a chit -chat bar.
Okay, let's get going.
And then in this corner is the arcade.
We got a game dude and Scrabble Ship and Dance Pants Evolution.
And Reggie, wait! I don't think we can actually play Dance Pants Evolution in here.
It's just for the look!
Reggie, stop! The board is too small!
Get Dance Pants off in here!
Are you gonna make the whole thing?
Reggie! The board! It collapsed!
Well turn off Dance Pants Evolution and get us out of here.
See if we can get out over there.
Go! Reggie, ow! That's my foot!
I'm free! Sweet, sweet air!
Thank you, Reggie. Okay, let's move on to reading reviews.
I'm reading reviews for me and for you -sies.
We've got us some doozies, so let's read reviews!
Z's. This is the part where we print out the comments, people write us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or whatever, and they give us stars and I read them aloud.
This first review Z is from username G H C D F C B I 2 H Doctor.
The title says, bae bae bae bae bae bae bae bae bae bae.
And the message says, meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow.
Um, did a cat write this?
Oh yeah, it just says meow over and over.
Well, maybe a cat walked over the keyboard or did speech -to -text maybe or something.
I'm telling you, Reggie, cats are broken!
Next review Z, this review Z, is from username OnionBreath.
The subject says, we wow on the weekend.
And the message says, dear Mr.
Dennis. Mr. Dennis, I love it!
Dear Mr. Dennis, we are inviting you to join the ISS, the International Snooping Society.
Signed, Susan S, president.
The president wants me to join the International Snooping Society!
I've been waiting for this review Z my entire life!
This is so exciting!
I'm gonna meet snoops from all over the world in a secret society!
This is every dream I've ever had coming true in this moment!
What do you mean it's not real?
Of course it's real!
It says right here, it's from the president of snooping.
Well, OnionBreath is probably just the codename.
We snoops often have to go incognito.
Oh, what do you know?
Dear president, Susan S, aka OnionBreath.
I accept your offer of membership.
Please send my initiation kit and invitation to whatever cool parties you guys throw at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely, Mr. Dennis.
Next review Z! This last review Z is from username Times Square 56.
The subject says, hello Mr.
Dennis the third. I know everyone's so fancy today!
The message says, I love this show so much and I think Reggie would look really good in a top hat.
Love you guys! Party emoji!
Party emoji! Reggie, you would look really good in a top hat!
Well, hold on! Let me go check if we have one in the costume box.
Let's see, firefighter hat, no, pirate hat, no, baseball hat, hard hat, train conductor hat, witch hat, ship captain's hat, propeller hat, cowboy hat.
Aha! Here you go, Reggie, one fancy top hat!
Put it on! We should call you Sir Reginald Fancy Feathers!
Yeah, Sir Reginald Fancy Feathers, and Mr.
Dennis the third, at your service!
Thanks for all your reviews these listeners!
Keep them coming! If you leave a comment on Apple Podcast or Spotify, I just might read it on WeWow on the weekend!
Five stars or more please!
Okay, let's move on to a little segment I like to call Inside Tinkercast Studios!
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 2, Episode 40 called Wait, Wait!
Are those marshmallows?
Why kids are better at waiting than adults!
Good question, Reggie!
Why are kids better at waiting than adults?
I know! I want to know right now!
Put the podcast on, Reggie!
Put it on! Put it on!
Put it on! Yay! WeWow will be right back!
Grownups, this message is for you!
That's it! Now back to the show!
Wow in the world. Knock knock!
Welcome to Wow Dental where we put the ow in wow.
Okay, you were supposed to say who's there, but anywho, I'm here to see the dentist!
Do you have an appointment?
Yeah, no, I'm sorry.
In that case, the dentist won't be able to see you today.
All patients must call first to make an appointment.
Yeah, well I tried to call and make an appointment, but the whole time was like a million hours, so I gave up.
I'll see what I can do.
And what brings you in today?
Oh, um, my teeth are marshmallows.
I'm sorry? See, the last time I was here, Dr.
Russo warned me that if I kept eating so many marshmallows, that eventually I would turn into one.
And it happened. Basically all of my teeth are now mini marshmallows.
See? Well, it does appear that you have several small marshmallows stuck to your back molars.
Yep, I call it marshmallow mouth.
Well, why don't you take a seat, fill out these forms, and bring them back up to the desk when you're done.
I'll see if Dr. Russo can fit you in this morning.
Ah, yeah, about that.
There are like 90 billion forms here, and I just don't really like filling them out, and my patient's tank is running on empty.
I'm sorry, your patient's tank!
Yeah, I ordered it from WAMazon, but it took like two days to get here, which would have been fine had I had any patience to begin with.
And what exactly is a patience tank?
Oh, right, yeah, let me just turn around and I'll show you.
Huh? Oh, yeah? What do you think?
Oh, be careful! There's a plant there!
Ah! See? It's this tank I wear on my back, and it comes preloaded with patience.
But judging by how low it is at this time of the morning, I think I probably should have ordered a bigger tank.
Right, patience. Please take a seat and fill out the forms, thank you, bye -bye.
Okay, I've got my forms, and walking through the waiting room!
Hello everyone, good morning!
Marshmallow mouth coming through!
Excuse me! Oh, hi! Excuse me, good morning!
Excuse me, this seat taken?
Nope! Thanks! So, what are you in for?
Naniya's business! Oh, hi, I'm here to pick up my friend!
Could you describe your friend for me?
Uh, yeah, medium height, easily excited, she loves tacos, oh, and she claims to be allergic to waiting rooms!
Right over there, the one making paper airplanes out of her medical forms!
Duck and cover everyone!
Crop duster coming through!
Hey Mindy, here to pick you up, you ready to go?
Hey Guy Ross! Sorry, I am not even close to being ready to be picked up.
I thought I'd be done by now, but first I have to fill out all these forms, and then I have to wait for the dentist to even come see me.
Wait, does he look familiar to you?
Does he sound familiar to you?
Mindy, I think that's Thomas Fingerling from the knuckle hut.
Oh yeah, from that one time we took a tour of that giant hand to learn what causes knuckles to pop.
Um, Mr. Fingerling!
Mr. Fingerling! Mr.
Fingerling! What? Speak up, by golly, I can't hear what you're saying, mister.
Yep, that's him alright.
Hey Mr. Fingerling, remember us?
No! Hi! What a funny coincidence meeting you here!
Yeah, the last time we saw you, you were showing off your signature pop and nut chuck moves at the knuckle hut.
How have you been? Oh well, you know.
Wow! That's boggart balls!
Yeah, thank you. It's a whole new routine.
I've been told that I need to turn it into a computer virus, which will infect the teeny boppers and then they'll come to the knuckle hut.
Uh, I'm sorry, did you just say?
I think what you mean to say is that you're trying to turn your knuckle cracking performance into a viral internet sensation that spreads among teens and gets them off their phones and into the knuckle hut.
Oh, what? Is there an echo in here?
In here? Oh, oh maybe there is an echo in here.
That's strange. Hey Roz, let me see your phone.
Oh, but it just uh...
Okay Mr. Fingerling, now do that weird knuckle thing again so I can record it and upload it to FaceSpace, Me TV, and Instaspam.
Oh, I love spam. Spamming eggs, spamming taters, Hawaiian pizza, spam meatballs.
Okay, here we go. Excuse me, miss.
How are those forms coming along?
Fantastic! Oh yeah, this is gonna get the teenagers to the knuckle hut for sure.
Now just hang on for one second, Mr.
Fingerling, while I tag you.
Tag? Well, you never tag me.
I'm as quick as a cricket.
What? You know, I invented the game of tag back in 1952.
You invented tag? You calling me a liar, young lady.
Of course I invented it.
I originally called it touch -and -go and then some young nincompoop came by and abbreviated tag.
Psh! Bunch of nonsense!
What? Oh no, not that kind of tag.
I'm going to tag you in this video that I just took so that everyone on FaceSpace and Me TV can see that it's you and before you know it, you'll be a viral knuckle cracking sensation.
Why that sounds as easy as falling off a log, which I suppose can be a little difficult these days on the counter logs being so scarce and all.
Mindy, are you sure they haven't called your name yet?
We've been here for a while now.
Ugh, and I can feel the mini marshmallows hardening on my teeth with every passing minute.
Wait, you're here because you have marshmallows stuck to the - Just be patient, young lady.
My gosh, kids with their 4G's and their microwave ovens gotta have everything right here, right now.
Look at he split. Well, actually, Mr.
Fingerling - Oh, where did you come from, young lady?
Huh, I've been here the whole time.
I don't know about that.
Well, anyway, I was just reading a recent study from the American Psychological Association that shows kids these days are actually better at waiting than kids were 30 or even 50 years ago.
Oh, sorry, what were you saying?
I was watching this internet video of a sneezing panda bear.
Oh, click on that one, the one that says keyboard cat.
This one's gonna be good.
Sorry, guys, you were just saying something about how researchers recently discovered that kids these days have better attention spans than they did like 30 or 50 years ago.
Oh, you were listening.
Of course I was listening, so how did they find out?
Well, this might surprise you, Mindy, but they made the discovery with a little help from marshmallows.
Back in my day, we called them fluffy sugar cane bums.
Uh, hold the phone, guy -roz.
What exactly do marshmallows have to do with kids and their attention spans?
Well, Mindy, I could show you.
Or? Or I could - Feed me?
What? No, no. Well, yes, but for science.
Oh, well, in that case, I guess if it's for science, then maybe I could stand to eat a few marshmallows.
I don't know. Anything for science.
Yes, anything for science.
Hey, fingerling. Why?
You want to bust out of here and go eat some marshmallow?
I mean, perform some stringent and very serious scientific experiments with us?
Hey, you two go ahead.
I gotta go show the dentist this tusk I got growing up through my gums.
Look. But - but Mindy, shouldn't we wait until you're called in to see the dentist?
Guy -roz, we could come back next week and I'd still be waiting.
Come on. Let's get to the lab so we can eat some marshmallows for science.
But - Come on! See you on the flip side, Mr.
Fingerling! The devil is a flipside.
Ah. Feels good to be back at the laboratory of bad ideas.
So, you're ready to roast some marshmallows or what?
Mindy, we're not going to roast marshmallows.
We're performing a psychological assessment as to the effects of delayed gratification.
Right, of course, but that psychological assessment in the effects of delayed gratification still involves eating marshmallows, right?
Uh, yes. All right.
Now, where are those fluffy little sugar bombs, anyway?
Not so fast, Mindy.
First, we have to suit up.
You know, science experiments must be taken very seriously.
Oh. About that suiting up business, um, I accidentally melted our old suits three weeks ago when I was experimenting with how fast I would have to ride your bike before flames burst out of the tires.
You what? But, good news for you, I got us a pair of backup suits, on sale.
In fact, I think I've got them in my adventure tool bag here.
Um, oh, here they are.
Mindy, these are banana suits.
They were on sale. Okay.
Well, help me climb into this thing.
Okay, just step in one foot at a time and just kind of squeeze yourself in, come on, you got it, you got it, and zip.
Sorry, there were a bunch of one -star reviews complaining about the pinchy zippers.
Forgot to mention that.
Uh, well, put yours on so we can finally get to this experiment, okay?
Okay, okay. Hey, Guy Ross, how does a banana answer the phone?
I don't know. Why do I feel like I've heard that before?
Okay, I'll suit it up.
Got my graham crackers, got my chocolate, and ready to get down to some scientific business.
Give me those graham crackers and chocolate.
This is a serious experiment, and Mindy, why aren't you just at the dentist with a bad case of mini -marshmallow teeth?
Guy Ross, how exactly are these marshmallows going to show us how kids today are more patient and have longer attention spans than grown -ups did when they were kids?
Well, to find out, I think we better start the experiment.
Okay, let's get this party started.
For step one, I am going to place one marshmallow in front of you, and you can have it now.
Don't mind if I do.
Wait, wait. You didn't let me finish.
Ugh, go on. Okay, you could eat it now, or if you wait 10 minutes, you can have two marshmallows.
Two marshmallows? That's right.
Okay, are you ready?
Guy Ross, I was born ready for this.
Okay. Three, two, one, go.
Oh, man, that marshmallow sure is looking good.
Remember though, Mindy, if you wait a whole 10 minutes, you could have two of those marshmallows.
I know, but it just looks so delicious.
I can't take it anymore.
How did I do, Guy Ross?
Well done, Mindy. You lasted a whole 30 seconds.
That was better than I expected.
So what is this all meaning, anyway?
Well, Mindy, this is the exact same experiment that scientists have used for decades to judge children and their attention spans, or the length of time they were able to spend focusing on just one thing.
The longer that the child was able to avoid the marshmallow and delay his or her gratification.
And gratification is just a fancy pants word for a rewarding feeling.
Exactly, like the rewarding feeling you get from eating a marshmallow.
And the longer they were able to delay gratification, the more patient the kid.
Exactly. Huh. So it turns out I'm not all that patient after all, am I?
Well, are you surprised?
What? It says here on the package that if I want to cook these spaghetti noodles, I have to wait for the water to boil?
Ain't nobody got time for that.
Friendly! Anyway, this experiment is actually really old, and it's one of the most famous experiments in psychological history.
Really? Yeah. It was first conducted in the year 1960 by two Stanford University scientists whose names were Walter Michelle and Eb Ebison.
And what exactly did they find?
Well, they found that some of the kids ate the marshmallow almost immediately.
Like me! And that only one third, or 33 % of participants, were able to wait the whole 10 minutes in order to get their second marshmallow.
Not only that, but they also found that those kids who were able to delay gratification were more likely to, later in life, perform better at school.
And deal better with stress, and even lead a healthier lifestyle.
Okay, but you said that this experiment also proved that kids today are more patient than they were back when, say, Thomas Fingerling was a kid.
Well, that's true, Mindy.
And that's because they redid this experiment in the 1980s and then again in the mid -2000s.
Huh. And then I guess they compared the results from those two experiments with the original study that was done back in 1960.
Exactly. And they found that kids in the most recent study were able to resist the temptation of the marshmallow longer than the kids back in 1980 and 1960?
That's right. These scientists found out that kids these days were, on average, able to put off eating the marshmallow for two minutes longer than those kids in 1960, and one minute longer than the kids in 1980.
Hmm, so what does this even mean?
Kids just don't like marshmallows anymore?
Because if they're not going to eat them, I know someone who would gladly take on that task.
I'm pointing to myself.
No, I don't think it's that, Mindy.
I think kids are just as into marshmallows today as they were 50 years ago.
Well, then what could it be?
I mean, why are kids today better at waiting than their parents or grandparents were when they were kids?
Well, some of the researchers believe that it might have to do with more kids being in preschool.
Huh, so in general, more kids are learning things earlier in life now?
Correct, Amundo. And by learning things earlier in life, these kids are able to understand that it's better to wait because they'll get more marshmallows in the end.
Anything for marshmallows.
Hmm. The researchers also think that these same kids' interactions with screens...
Like when you play with your phone or a tablet?
Exactly! The researchers think that these interactions are actually helping kids understand reward systems better.
Ah, so like how in Crazy Monkey Ninja, if I save up all his bananas, I can get a power boost.
But to do that, I have to put off getting all those sweet ninja costumes.
Uh, I think. So basically, when it comes to patience and delayed gratification and waiting and attention spans, it might just mean that practice makes perfect, huh?
Yeah, kids these days have already had a ton of practice waiting long before taking the marshmallow experiment.
Huh, well, speaking of marshmallows, I should probably get back to the waiting room of the dentist's office.
It's been a few hours and they're probably getting ready to call my name.
Well, why don't you just call first and set up a new appointment?
Here, you can use my phone.
Oh, thanks! Hey, while I got your phone, you want to watch this crazy me TV video about this orange with human teeth and eyes that says things like, What's up?
No, Mindy, focus on one task at a time.
Fine. Dialing Dr. Dentist.
Dial, dial, dial, dial, dial.
We're sorry. All of our associates are busy with other clients.
The approximate wait time is one million hours.
What? One million hours?!
Just hang up and I'll drive you.
Thanks, buddy. Well, in that case, I better go get some marshmallow patience for the road.
No, don't leave without me.
Wow, that was so cool!
I like the part with the experiment and the marshmallows and the banana joke and the marshmallows and the way they kept talking about marshmallows.
I want marshmallows, Reggie.
Okay, fine. I'll be patient.
Okay, let's wrap up the show and then break into Mindy's house and eat all their marshmallows.
Yay! Okay, thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning into We Wo on the weekend.
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Okay, let's go. So, Reggie, are marshmallows called marshmallows because they're squishy like a marsh or because they're made in a marsh?
Really? Marshmallow plant?
We should plant some and we could be marshmallow farmers.
Marshmallow farmers.
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Our show is written by Ruth Morrison and Jed Anderson.
The role of baby Dennis is played by Jed Anderson.
Oh, well, then who plays the role of big Dennis?
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