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Two people claim to know everything about something, but only one knows anything.
As they get Roosevelt or an anti-gravity bell, dinosaurs had to bring.
Lucky kids live on Mars and go to school and fly in cars, or at least they will one day.
Believe me, I'm a historian, an astronaut or driver's allorian.
Can you ask me why?
Can you trust the answer?
From Waksa, North Carolina, this is The Big Fib.
And now, here's your host.
She's really here.
Debra Goldstein.
I am.
Welcome to The Big Fib, the game show where kids choose between the non-toxic and vibrant primary colors of truth.
And the unsharpened and caustic stubs of lies.
I'm your host, Deborah Goldstein.
And in this studio today is our sound effects to about Lisa, whose name is an acronym that stands for live in studio audience.
The third.
Pardon me.
I'm referring to my name, which would be live in studio audience.
The third.
Oh, you're a third.
I didn't realize you come from a line of live in studio audiences.
Oh, no, I don't.
I just think adding the third to my name makes me sound more distinguished.
Okay, but it also implies that maybe, like your grandparent and parent also had the same names.
You know because you're the third live in studio audience.
Well, that's not true, Deborah.
My grandpa's name was Weldon McRivitt.
Oh, but let's not stand on ceremony here, Deborah.
If I feel like a third, then by Jove, I'll be a third.
And next week, I'm thinking of adding Lord as in Lord, live in studio audience, the third.
Okay, but can I call you Lisa for short?
Hmm, Lisa for short.
Yeah, I guess that's got a nice ring to it.
But even better, Lisa for short, the third.
OK, right.
I think we should just continue to workshop these options.
Sure.
I'm down for some workshopping.
Deborah, the host, Esquire.
But I do need to answer a listener question.
So if you'll excuse me, by all means, Lisa for short.
Nicely done.
OK, here we go.
Hello Lisa, do you wear clothes or any other garments that are similar to clothes?
If so, do you have a washing machine that's built inside you?
Hmm, I do wear outer layers of sheet metals hammered and molded into stylish shapes.
Many of these pieces are accessorized with a fine array of bolts and studs and wires.
And sometimes yes, I try on human clothes just for fun, but most of them are pretty uncomfortable and not very flattering.
At least the clothes I find in Deborah's closet.
My closet?
Anyway, I do enjoy refreshing my robot wardrobe every now and then, but I always upcycle.
I've had fantastic luck at the scrapyard off I-95.
Oh, so I guess there would be no need for you to have a built-in washing machine.
Pasha, definitely not.
I just give everything a good old polishing and they're good to go.
Now, as I said, I do occasionally wear human clothing, but when I've worn the same item seven or 18 times, I throw it in your laundry basket, Deborah.
What?
That would explain why my clothes keep vanishing and reappearing.
Maybe you could just let me know the next time you want to borrow something, OK?
Sure.
And anytime you want to borrow anything like my rivet bedazzled aluminum tank top or my copper spring neck scarf, you just say the word.
Thanks, Lisa.
And now I'll thank you to get us started here and let everyone know how our game works.
Sure, but just so you know, I can't let you wear my bought Martin boots, Deborah.
I think you'll stretch them out.
Okay.
Now then, every week we bring on two grown-ups.
One is an expert, the other is a liar.
And it's the job of a human child to help us figure out who was who.
Because no one can spot a liar better than a kid.
At least we hope.
What are we lying about today, Deborah?
We are lying about crayons, colored wax used for writing, drawing and other forms of arts and crafts.
And we're going to learn all about crayons along with our contestant today.
We might that be Lisa.
Our human child contestant is an 11 year old who has his own business.
Sheamus, Stoddard!
Hi, Sheamus.
How are you?
I'm doing good.
Excellent.
Tell me you have your own business.
What is it that you do or sell?
Oh, I have two.
The main one is like, we sell like little concrete things.
Concrete things?
Like, are they sculptures or are they useful things that people can use around the house?
They're both.
Oh, I see.
And how do you create them?
So we make what concrete, which is easier than you think.
And then we put it into some molds.
And then we wait overnight, go out there and peel them out of the molds.
We're all ready to go.
Nice.
Well done and good luck in your entrepreneurial ventures.
We do want to learn some more about you Sheamus, but we're going to do it while we play our game.
Two Truths and a Lie.
So Sheamus is going to tell us two truths and one lie.
Of course, we won't know which is which.
So we'll have to use a bit of logic and maybe some guesswork, and figure out which is a lie in the three things he's about to tell us.
So Seamus, in no particular order, please tell us your two truths and one lie.
I practice fencing and drumming one day apart every week.
I adopted a stray cat named Bernard, and I like to go camping.
Oh, those are very interesting.
I love the name Bernard.
I hope that's true.
What do you think, Lisa?
All right.
He says he practices fencing and drumming one day apart every week.
Boy, that is specific.
It is.
Okay, I like to go.
He likes to go camping and he has a stray cat and he named it Bernard.
Well, I do know a cat named Bernard, but he's not a stray cat.
He is a house cat who's a lion.
So I'm gonna go.
I think the lie is that he likes to go camping because nobody likes to go camping, because it's real dirty and you get mud on your feet and then you can't move anymore because there's all the mud in your ogle port and then Deborah leaves you in the woods and you yell Deborah, Deborah.
And she says don't worry, the coyotes will take care of you.
So I'm pretty sure that's a lot.
That did not happen at all, but I can understand why you don't care for it.
But I did not leave you alone in the woods.
I did not do that.
Very good.
Of course, camping could be very nice, close to nature and all, but okay, I take your point.
All right.
Let's see.
Sheamus, which one of those things is actually a lie?
The cat named Bernard.
I did not have a cat.
You don't have a cat.
Do you have any pets named Bernard?
No.
That tells me that you're going to be really good at identifying the liars, because you're so good at telling a lie.
But it also means that you practice fencing and drumming a lot and you like to go camping.
That is true.
I go camping with my dad.
Very cool.
Well, we have learned a lot about you.
And one thing is that you're a very good liar.
So we're rooting for you here.
We practice listening to the fibs.
We're ready to identify some fibs about crayons.
Sheamus, have you used crayons a lot in your life?
Who used crayons before?
Yeah, okay.
Excellent.
So you might know a thing or two.
Very good.
Well, let's hear what our experts have to say about crayons.
Let us welcome our crayon experts with some music, please, Lisa.
Draw a picture of you walking into the room.
And then use a magic spell to make it real.
If you don't have a magic spell, You can just walk into the room With a box full of crayons.
Beautiful, soulful.
I loved it.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Our first expert is Oliver Kamahort.
Oliver, please introduce yourself to Sheamus.
Hello, I'm Oliver of Kamahort.
I'm an acoustic painter out of my studio in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Interesting.
Thank you very much.
And our second expert is Nicole Lewis.
Nicole, please introduce yourself to Sheamus.
Hi, Sheamus.
I'm Nicole Lewis and I'm a Korean designer and former elementary art teacher from Noblesville, Indiana.
Pretty!
Tell us about the color wheels of sound you're spinning, Lisa.
I'm reeling in the colors of hot sea time.
Yes, it is hot sea time.
And that's when we put our experts on the hot seat while they answer shameless questions.
Lisa, whom should we put on the hot seat first?
Nicole Lewis, because it's easier for me to pronounce her name.
OK, fair.
All right.
What is your first question for Nicole?
What does a person with your job do?
It really depends on what I'm doing for that day.
So I could be creating different designs, printing, casting molds for my custom crayon designs.
I could be sorting.
I could be de-labeling and melting down old crayons.
I also like to fill orders for custom crayon gifts that people have placed online, or I work with other artists and companies to design crayon products for special events or for them to sell in their own store.
So it's a little bit of designing and talking with other artists and designers to figure out what exactly they would like to have created into a crayon.
All of the same question, please explain what you do.
I'm an artist and I specialize in caustic painting, and that's where you paint with a combination of pigments and hot wax instead of your typical paint.
I go into my studio and I sort of turn on my little hot plate and I melt my wax and I get my canvas or wood blocks ready and I use my special brushes or little wood chippers and I paint with hot wax on canvas and then I use a hair dryer to dry it and place it into place and then, after i have a whole bunch of paintings, i have a gallery or i sell them, or i have individual artists who pay me to do specialty pieces, or i have donors who want to buy things, And that is how I make my living out of my studio.
Thank you very much.
Both Nicole and Oliver, what is your favorite part of your job?
The favorite part of my job is actually the smell.
One of my favorite things in my studio is the smell of hot wax.
I don't know if you've ever had the smell of hot glue gun or even if you know the smell of crayons.
That very specific smell of wax is just sort of a thing that I've always noticed and I've always liked.
And it's kind of a peaceful moment then, like feeling of my job, honestly believe it helps keep my headaches away.
So it's really nice.
Oh, it's medicinal.
One of the favorite parts of my job is all the smells that Deborah makes, which are delightful sense of spring and summer days in a meadow.
Okay, very good.
Nicole?
I absolutely love the design process.
So I love creating fun and functional crayons with different shapes and sizes and designs, and I love sketching them out and creating it in a 3D pattern or device so I can create a mold from it.
I love the design process so much.
Cool.
Thank you very much.
Back to you, Seamus.
Oh, this one is for Nicole.
What is your favorite fact about crayons?
Well, I think one of my favorite facts about crayons that a lot of people don't know is that there are so many uses for crayons, but once you throw a crayon away, It enters a landfill and it never, ever decomposes.
So once you throw away a crayon, it's there forever and ever and ever.
So I love being able to find uses for crayons.
I did not know that.
Back to you, Seamus.
And this one is for Oliver.
How are the unique crayon colors names made up?
I think the crayon colors are created by using the main Panton book of colors, also talking to different artists to find out specific names that they use.
But also they have contests and questionnaires with the fan customers, like kids and parents who buy the crayons.
Oh, very cool.
Thank you very much.
I think we have one more question, right, Sheamus?
Who should answer it?
And what is that question?
It's for both, what is your favorite color of crayon and why?
Oh, fun one.
Okay.
Who wants to take that first?
I'll go first.
Okay.
My favorite color of crayon is dandelion because they no longer make it anymore.
And it's a beautiful kind of dark, goldish, yellow color.
Nice.
What's cool about the dandelion crayons is they start as the dark yellow and then they turn white and then they fly away.
But they grant you a wish.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Clearly not the crayon expert, but thank you for participating.
Okay.
And Oliver, my favorite color is the crayon orange.
And that's because my favorite color is orange due to the Starburst candy.
It's my favorite candy.
And because it's my favorite candy, it's influenced my favorite colors.
And it is the closest Pantone color to the orange color candy.
Very good.
Thank you for that.
I loved them.
Good questions.
Interesting answers.
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It's time for the shorts on fire round when our experts have to answer as many questions as they can before time runs out.
Lisa will set a timer for the first expert, and then Seamus will ask questions until Lisa's timer sounds.
Then Lisa resets the timer for our next expert to do the same.
Experts, this is no time to wax on.
Sheamus, let's start with Oliver.
You can ask Oliver your shorts on fire questions now.
When did the first crayola in 1903?
It would bin in and see Harold Smith.
What is the melting point temperature of wax paintings?
300 degrees.
What is the most popular crayon color?
That's red.
The word in pasta comes from the Greek term meaning what?
To interact.
Who was the wax artist who opened the first wax art museum in New Mexico?
Anna Marie Tussaud.
Named two ingredients in hot wax paint.
Hot beeswax and pigment powder.
They have a benefit of using wax and crayon as an oil.
It's less sticky.
Which famous painter used paint in crayons' painting called The Scream?
Norwegian painter Wes Craven in 1893.
Fact or fib.
The first 40 years workers at Crayola had to hand roll the labels.
I don't know that one I'll pass.
What is another term for crayons stubs?
Shorties Which paint bristles are best for wax painting Synthetic bristles And that is time.
That's all the time.
Very good.
Okay.
Lisa, can you please reset the timer?
Oh, fine.
Timer.
Wow.
Oh, it's not supposed to hurt Lisa.
Yeah, we got to oil that.
Yeah, I'm going to do that.
Okay.
All right.
You can now ask Nicole your shorts on fire questions now.
The first crown was made from what ingredients?
Charcoal and oil.
The name Crayola comes from two French words mean what?
So the first part of it is Cray, which is French for like chalk or chalk stick.
The second part is ole genius.
And that means oily.
How many crayons is Crayola make every year?
They make over 300 million crayons.
What color is the crayon that Harold uses in the book about a boy who creates worlds by drawing them?
That would be a purple crayon.
Each box of crayons has three languages on them.
What are they?
English, French, and Spanish.
How much did the world's largest crayon weigh?
The world's largest crayon weighed 1,502 pounds.
What is the standard size of a crayon?
3.5 inches.
127 feet.
Name two colors created in 2003.
Um, pass.
What is national crayon day every year?
March 31st.
And that is time.
That's all the time.
Excellent.
Well done.
Great asking, Seamus.
Interesting answers, experts.
And now it's decision time.
Sheamus, it is time to have a crayon-versation about your assessment.
Who is our crayon-fibber?
I think it's Nicole.
Why do you think Nicole is our fibber?
I think I know some of those questions if you got some wrong but she did get some right, which might have been like a dead giveaway, which one's gonna be the liar, and then she'd get those ones right.
But some of those which are like less noticeable.
I think you got those wrong, so I think it's the call.
Okay, leaning on facts here, we love facts.
Let's see if your assessment is correct.
Will the actual crayon expert please say, I am the crayons expert.
I am the crayon expert.
Oh, James, I'm sorry.
Nicole Lewis is a crayon designer who specializes in customized and personalized crayon design.
She's a founder of art to number two, art to the extreme.
A handmade crayon company for gifting, retail and corporate crayon design needs.
Check out wwwart number two the extreme for Nicole's custom crayon designs, which have been a part of special events from the White House to the red carpet, to the burnt ombre carpet.
Oh, very nice.
Okay, let's do some fact checking here, because obviously all of us have some questions about what was fact and what was not.
So Nicole, in what ways did Oliver reveal that, as far as his crayon knowledge, He may not be the brightest crayon in the box?
Well, so the most popular crayon color is actually blue, followed by red.
Oh.
And I like the question about the painter because since I am a former elementary art teacher, I actually knew that Edward Monk was the painter of the scream.
Yes, who did use crayons in his painting.
And there's actually a term for the crayon nubs and stubs, and they're called left olas.
Really, is that true?
It is true.
Left Ola's, I love it.
Any others that stood out or should we ask Oliver?
There's the question about Crayola creating their labels.
They are actually hand rolled.
And he was not sure if it was true or false.
They were all rolled by hand.
Wow, can you imagine?
That must be a tough job to do all day long.
Very interesting.
All right.
Well, let's ask Oliver now.
Oliver, what information did you share that was clearly cray on demand?
You asked who the artist was.
You opened the first wax museum in North Mexico.
And I said, on a Maria to so?
That was a fit.
That was Douglas Marin's.
Yeah, another fit I had the word in caustic. comes from the Greek term and I said to interact.
I was lying.
Oh, but that is incorrect.
It means burning in that.
So you're burning in all those waxes together.
Very interesting.
Very good.
Any others?
I lied a lot.
One of them I said was the melting point temperature of wax paintings was 300 degrees.
Oh, but yet it's actually 150 degrees.
So be careful where you put those paintings made with wax for sure.
Let's see what else do we have here.
We also had.
You mentioned Oliver, that synthetic paint bristles were best for in caustic painting, but in fact it's natural bristles, because the synthetic will not stand up to heat.
We have to keep that in mind.
That's right.
And of course, everything that Nicole said was correct.
Though, she did pass on the two colors created in 2003.
I will give you two of their names, Inchworm.
And Jazzberry Jam are two examples, always making new colors which are really cool and fun.
Next year should be Lisa Lime.
I agree.
Let's all write into crayon companies and ask Lisa Lime.
Lisa Lime, I like it.
Very good.
Well, very well done anyway though, Seamus.
I have to say I thought that was really tough, but try not to cray on my shoulders.
But we've come to the pair of finish of the show.
We've got to chalk it up to Seamus for a job well done.
And thank you to our expert Anne Lyre, Nicole, and Oliver.
And I can't forget to pig mention Lisa for the colorful sounds.
And, of course, many thanks to our listeners tuning into the Big Fib, where we sharpen our fact-finding skills, because lies are nobody's beeswax.
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