Hey, Story Pirates podcast listeners.
Lee here. Have you ever wondered how you could improve communication around your kingdom?
How do you let your subjects know about upcoming events?
Shouldn't there be a better way for rulers like you?
Oh, I'm sorry. You're not a princess?
You don't have a kingdom.
OK, never mind, but do mind today's brand new about a princess who learns to like ads.
Coming up after a few words for the grownups.
Yeah! I'm very different from everybody.
Confusion is the step for curiosity.
OK, that's a really funny idea.
We have to send that in.
I just get some joy when I hear other people giggling.
I believe all of the things in my story.
Human beings are just able to create.
The Story Pirates. Welcome back to the Story Pirates!
podcast. Today's brand -new story asks the eternal question, who in their right mind actually likes ads.
Maybe someone who is so sheltered and cut off from the rest of the world that they've never really encountered them before.
That's who. Like, say, a princess.
Here's the author to introduce their story.
Hi, I'm Grace, I live in Ontario, and I'm 12 years old.
This is my story, the Princess That Liked Ads.
Ah, another wonderful day being a princess with nothing to do but run in a field of daisies, jump and play in the pool with my friends, and ride horses.
All of which I already did today!
No more responsibilities!
Excuse me, princess!
Harold! Don't you know this is my alone time?
Apologies, but you do have one more event today.
It's the… Boring! I'm going to push you out the door now and watch TV, but princess goodbye Now no one can bother me TV on so the Wildcat family finds its way to its winter den My favorite show about wildcat.
We'll be right back with more wish upon a whisker after a quick commercial break a Commercial what I thought this was a premium subscription I suppose I've never actually seen a commercial before.
Let's see what all the fuss is about.
Do you need a vacuum?
Well if you do, you can buy this vacuum.
This was an ad about vacuums. Vacuum is available worldwide.
No return, refunds, exchanges, switcharoos, or hot -up -a -loop!
That commercial was the most...
amazing thing I've ever seen!
It was like a little movie about a vacuum!
How are people not going nuts for these all the time?
Oh another commercial is starting.
Hi there, do you want your own advertisement?
Well then come climb this super tall mountain and make one with me, the Ad Guy.
Advertisements can be about anything you wish.
You can climb the mountain as many times as you'd like, down to your own rates of pi.
That's it! Solution to my boredom.
I'm going to make a TV advertisement.
All. About. ME. I did it.
I climbed to the top of the mountain.
That was probably the hardest thing that anyone's ever done in the history of the universe!
Excuse me, I'm trying to watch my favorite television program.
Oh my goodness, it's Princess Greg!
You're welcome! You must be the ad guy!
Well, actually, my name is...
Ad guy! I saw your advertisement and I had to run up here as fast as I possibly could.
You see, I'm in love!
Oh, wow, sorry, this is awkward, but I'm not really looking for anything.
Oh my gosh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm in love with advertising.
I want to make commercials.
Oh. Don't worry, I would never be in love with you.
Okay, well that feels like overkill.
Wait, were you just watching the show about wild cats?
Wish Upon a Whisker?
Of course, that's my favorite show.
Mine, too! I've already seen every episode five times!
Okay, did we just become best friends?
Is the royal pool aquamarine?
Is it? It is. Aaah!
A new best friend. Okay, ad guy, let's make the most amazing ad together.
Where do we start? Well, right here in my house on top of the mountain, I got a whole crew.
Green screen. There was a writers strike for a while that affected production, but we reached an agreement, so, uh – I don't need to know all that.
Let's make that ad!
And this marks the end of my commercial and cut okay princess, not bad But oh wow, I'm worried about our commercial, and how much people are going to love it when they see it um Yeah, put the commercial on all of the channels.
I really think we should take a nose I don't know how I do it either.
Now, I'm off back to the castle Harold!
Princess! I'm back!
Thank goodness you're here!
Just in time to help you… To help you not be bored any more?
That's right! Check this out!
TV on! We interrupt this program for a commercial break.
Hi, there! I'm the princess.
Princess? It's you!
Sorry. Are you living in a royal kingdom?
Does that kingdom have an awesome princess?
Yes, you do, and yes, it does!
I am the princess! And I am awesome.
Lucky you, and even luckier me!
Okay, and this marks the end of my commercial.
Princess, right, it's the princess!
And that's pretty much it.
It turned out even better than I imagined!
What do you think? Well, uh, it certainly was a commercial.
Okay, I'm confused by your reaction.
I think what you meant was a standing ovation right?
What's with you today?
It's just that well today is the car donation charity event that you were supposed to host But since you were off making the commercial, no one showed up So we've received no car donations to give to our neediest citizens.
Oh Wow Okay, I gotta go princess.
Where are you going to make another commercial?
of course what back to the top of the mountain I love it on top of this mountain so nice and peaceful you do not sneak up on me like that princess I'm incredibly scarab oh fire up all the cameras boost on the lights tell the writers will give them everything they want within reason okay well we already reached an agreement make another ad really even after our last one which was so, uh.
Amazing? Yes. Let's make an ad!
A beautiful princess just like me.
And cut. All right, Princess.
I think we got it. Amazing!
I want you to air the commercial in exactly 15 minutes on all the TV channels.
Your highness, you don't even want to watch it back first?
There's no time! The Cardo Nation charity event is almost over.
Do you trust me? Is the Royal Pool Little turquoise?
No, it's aqua marine.
Sorry, us common folk don't know these things.
Just do as I say! To the castle!
I'm sorry everyone, but unfortunately, no cars were donated this year.
I hate to say it, but the car charity event is officially cancelled!
Not so fast! Turn on all the TVs!
The people at this conference need to see this!
Thank you for watching TV.
We interrupt this program for a commercial break.
Hi there, I'm Princess Gray.
Wow, princess, it's you!
I live an awesome life, but this ad isn't about me.
It's about cars. Won't you consider donating a car to someone in need?
If you do, well, you'd make someone feel like a beautiful princess, just like me.
Wow, what a great commercial.
I'll donate a car! Well, I'd like to donate three!
So many cars! Your highness, that commercial was magnificent.
Oh, please, it's no big deal.
You really are the best. Let me stop you right there.
I learned that life isn't all about me.
It's about commercials!
Princess, where on earth did you learn all of that?
On the top of a super tall mountain with a guy who makes ads.
Okay. Not really sure what to do with that information.
The end. We'll be right back after a few words for the grown up.
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And now it's time for story pirates roll call.
Wait, before we get into today's roll call, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who checked out our live roll call video last week on YouTube, where Peter and I read stories live and talked about them.
We had so much fun doing it.
If you haven't seen it yet, grownups go to YouTube to the Story Pirates channel.
Check it out. It's really fun, and we're gonna do another one next week.
But for now, on to roll call like normal.
Theme Song, take it away.
First up from an eight year old in Arizona named Emilia, we have Worms Dream.
Now there is a grand tradition in literature for authors to explore dreams, especially dreams of characters that are interesting or magical or different from us in some way.
And Emilia has an incredible take on this tradition with Worms Dream because that's right, it's a worms dream.
And what kind of things would a worm dream about you ask?
Well, dirt pizza, which I'm pretty sure that DJ Squirmala can corroborate and same kinds of things that I dream about too.
Like flying and going to the store and forgetting your wallet.
Emilia, this story is so funny and sweet and hilarious.
Thank you so much for sending it in, my friend.
Okay, this next story is written by a three -year -old.
That's right, you heard correctly.
A three -year -old named Zion from Tennessee, and Zion story is called Turning Spiderwebs.
And Turning Spiderwebs is an incredible poem.
I especially love the very end.
Here it is. Ahem. There once was a spider who had a web.
That web had a spider and a fly, And then they chased.
And the spider was chasing the fly because the fly wasn't good.
And then the fly was chasing the spider.
And then it was the end flower.
Zion! That flower at the end just throws me for a loop.
I love it so much. Thank you for sending us your beautiful poem.
And finally from a 12 year old in Romania named Nora, we have an incredible story called I am late.
and this story is chock full of incredible irony and humor.
It's about a girl who's late for a meeting as you know from the title, I am late, and she jumps in a cab and says, drive faster.
Well, little does she know that driving faster means driving at the speed of light, which takes her to an alien planet where she has to help the aliens build a teleportation machine, so that she can get back home.
And you'd think that with a teleportation machine that travels at the speed of light, that's basically like a time machine, right?
because you're traveling so fast, blah, blah, blah.
I don't understand it, but I think that's true.
So theoretically she could arrive home at any point and not be late anymore for her meeting, but she arrives back in the cab and is still late.
How frustrating is that?
Incredible structure, bookending.
I just love it so much Nora, thank you so much for sending it in.
To read all of today's roll call stories, head to storypirates .com slash podcast And don't forget to see our live roll call with me and Peter on YouTube and next week We'll have another one a brand new live roll call Make sure you tune in and now it's time for you to write us a story Grownups can submit stories that story pirates calm and remember we respond to every single story we receive That's it for today's episode!
Thanks for listening!
And a big thanks to today's author Grace!
We'll be back next week with part one of our big season seven finale!
That's right, we're reaching the end of season seven!
Until then, Stay creative and stay kind.
BYE! The Story Pirates podcast is a production of Story Pirates Studios, executive produced by Lee Overtree & Benjamin Salka.
This episode was produced by Sam Baer, McKenna Cox, Peter McNerney, Andrew Miller and Lee Overtree.
Recording, sound design and mixing by Sam Baer at The Relic Room in New York City.
Theme song by Bobby Lord. Roll call theme by Andrew Barbetta.
Musical scoring by Eric Gerson and Jack Mitchell.
Our head writers are Rachel Wienitski and David Sidoroff.
The Princess Who Liked Ads was adapted by Justin Kuhn.
Production coordination by Denise Wartonbee.
Episode artwork by Camila Franklir.
This episode features performances by Colin Batten, Nicole Beckwith, Ali Haas, Peter McNerney, Joshua Tool, Megan O 'Neil and Jazmin Romero.
Welcome back to Wish Upon A Whisker, where we now return to the Wildcats' winter den to see how they're adjusting to the coming snow.
Ah, as you can see, the wildcat is making itself a quesadilla on the stove.
But alas, it seems like more than one member of the wildcat family wants in on this delicious cheese and tortilla concoction.
Luckily for these frisky kitties, daddy wildcat has made enough quesadilla for everyone.
Excuse me, Daddy cat, do you happen to have any extra quesadilla for a nice, un -intrusive TV narrator?
Okay, cool, no worries.
