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Wee -wow on the weekend Wee -wow on the weekend Wee -wow on the weekend Cause 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 Whatever Wee -wow on the weekend Wee -wow on the weekend Clap, clap, Wee -wow on the weekend, cause this is what we do on the weekend!
Hello and welcome to Wee -wow on the weekend!
I'm your host, Dennis.
And that's Reggie, my co -host. This is the show where we hang out in my mother's basement, chit -chat, and answer questions from our fans, and listen to Tinkercast podcasts.
Hey Reggie, did you have any dreams last night?
You did? Ooh, tell me!
What? You dreamed you were flying?
Reggie, you can already fly.
You don't have to dream it.
You were flying on Mindy instead of her flying on you?
That's so funny. Oh, what did I dream about?
I dreamed that I was in a store or maybe it was a house or maybe it was a parking garage and someone was selling something.
something. Oh, and then something else happened.
I can't remember it.
The more I think about it, the more I'm forgetting.
No, my dream. My dream is gone.
Reggie, it's gone. Oh, you're right.
I could just have another dream tonight, and tomorrow I'm going to remember what what it was.
Reggie, no, I don't want to do a dream journal.
I'm sure I'll remember what my dream is next time.
Okay, let's move on to the Q and A segment.
The Q and A segment.
All right, let's just get the old answering machine pulled up here.
Okay, here we go. Hi, you've reached Dennis, from Wee WoW on the Weekend.
That's me. Do you have a question?
Well, I do too. Lots of them.
And who's going to answer all my questions?
You? Probably not. But I guess I can answer yours.
Leave me a message.
Hi Dennis, my name is Thomas and I have a question for you.
Hi Thomas, what you got?
If there's a country called New Zealand, what happened to the old one?
Wow, great question Thomas.
What happened to the old Zealand?
Reggie, you're right!
And the old York, and the old Jersey!
And old Hampshire, and old Brunswick, and old Orleans!
This is a mystery, Reggie!
Someone, or something out there is stealing old cities and states and countries!
We have to do something.
We should investigate and search the globe for these stolen locations!
Congratulations. Exactly.
Dennis and Reggie, world detectives.
Let's go. Right after we finish the show and take a nap.
Next question. I'm nine years old.
My name is Lorenzo.
Hi, Lorenzo. I don't have a question, but I do have a joke.
Oh, wait. I laughed too early.
What's the joke? Why do jellyfishes not have brains, but they always know where to go?
I don't know, Lorenzo.
Why? I get it. Yeah, of course I get it.
It's like when I go to the water park and float around in the lazy river.
I just get in my tube, lay back, and pretend like I have a nerve net instead of a brain.
Just like a jellyfish.
And then I fall asleep and get sunburned and fall out of my tube and then chase my tube.
But it looks like all the other tubes, and then I'm all like, hey, which tube is my tube?
And no one will help me, so I just float with my life jacket for a while.
And then I try to swim against the current, but I can't because I'm not a strong enough swimmer, just like a jellyfish.
Good joke, Lorenzo.
Next question. Big wanna dance, big wanna dance.
Everyone loves it. I interrupt the song for everybody to sing along.
What is this? They're going to dance, they're going to dance.
Everyone loves it, they're going to dance.
What is happening? I interrupt the song again for...
Stop interrupting the song!
They're going to dance, they're going to dance.
Everybody loves it, they're going to dance.
That was... incredible!
Reggie, someone sent in a brand new song!
Who called that in?
Jake? Bravo, Jake! Bravo!
The iguana dance, the iguana dance Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me Reggie, do you think more of our devoted listeners Have written songs?
Or do other cool creative things?
Reggie. I just had an amazing idea!
What if we get everyone To leave us a voicemail of their Special talent?
Yeah! And then we put their talent On the show, like some kind of Uh...
performance Recital.
Oh yeah, that! A talent show!
That's even better!
Okay, you heard us, listeners.
We're gonna do a talent show.
Hooray! So leave us a message of you singing a song Or maybe reading a poem Or maybe, uh, what else, Reggie?
Oh yeah, playing an instrument That'd be cool Or anything else, really We'll take all talents Right, right, right, right, right Okay, Wowzers, the number is 1 -888 -7 -WOW -WOW That's 1 -888 -7 -WOW -WOW Call us and leave a recording of your talent.
Okay, that takes care of that.
Next up is 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 three, episode 22, called Scaredy Sharks and the Science of Fear.
Ha ha ha, sharks? Sharks?
Reggie, I'm scared of sharks.
Yeah, every word in that title is scary, except for science.
And actually, I'm a little scared of science, too, if it gets too loud.
Or fast. Or sticky.
I'm nervous, I'm nervous, I'm nervous, I'm nervous, I'm nervous!
Okay, I'll be brave. For my listeners.
Here we go. And play.
We Wow will be right back.
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that's it now back to the show welcome to one take studios home of the bruni soto show a daytime talk show where we explore the issues important issues like what's up with peeing in pools where do birds go in the nighttime And of course, our Flemmi award -winning episode, Cute Aggression.
What is it? And why?
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Oh, Katie, come on right through this door.
Hey, Roz, where are we?
How long do I have to keep this blindfold on for?
It's not a blindfold, Mindy.
It's a silk eye mask.
Can you just tell me where we're going?
Well, I'm sorry for all the secrecy, but we're almost here.
Almost where? Wait.
Stand right there. Okay.
Ready? Three, two, one.
Removing your eye mask and...
Ta -da! One Take Studios?
The Bruni Soto Show?
Guy Raz, did you get us tickets to the season premiere of the Bruni Soto show?
Happy unbirthday, Mindy!
Aww, you remembered!
How could I un -forget?
Guy Raz, this is the best unbirthday present I've ever gotten.
It's also the only unbirthday present I've ever gotten.
Thanks, buddy. You're welcome, Mindy.
And on top of it being your favorite TV show, I also heard that that this season premiere is based on one of my favorite areas of psychology.
Psychology, the science of our minds and why we do the weird things we do.
Behaviors. Right. And so what is the first episode all about?
Our fears. Our fears?
Yeah, that's right.
Like having a fear of heights or a fear of the dark.
Both of which are sometimes referred to as phobias.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, phobias are like those extreme fears, right?
Like the kinds that are sometimes passed down from our ancestors.
Exactly. Like, you know, there's not much reason to be afraid of the dark today.
But 10 ,000 years ago, our ancestors would have had a lot of reasons to be afraid of the dark.
For starters, there might be predators in the dark.
Yikes. And did you know that the word phobia comes from the Greek word phobos, which translates into English as fear.
Interesting. So someone with a fear of heights might have...
Acrophobia. And someone with anadidiphobia might have...
Might have a fear of...
Actually, I don't think I've heard of that one before.
Fear of being watched by a duck, Gairos.
A fear of being watched by a duck?
Is that even a real phobia?
You know it is. Maybe they'll have that one on the show today.
Attention. Today's live taping of The Rooney Soto Show begins in five minutes.
If you've already purchased your tickets, please make your way to security.
Come on, Mindy. That's us.
Right behind you, buddy.
Please empty your pockets and place all belongings on the conveyor belt for screening.
All right. You're clear.
Keep it moving. You there with the elbow patches.
Step forward, please.
Okay, but... And you with the toolbox?
Oh, whatever. Everything on the conveyor belt, please.
Not a problem, Mr. Security Man.
Thank you. There we go.
Mindy, how heavy is your adventure toolkit?
Yeah, I had no idea where you were taking me for the surprise today, so I had to prepare myself for every possible situation.
Oh, man, look at this.
What did you do? Hold on.
The milk detectors are going off.
Milk? Milk is prohibited on the premises.
Bruni is lactose intolerant.
Hmm. Looks to be a lot of milk.
Nearly four gallons.
Mindy, what were you doing with four gallons of milk in your bag?
Guy Ross, that could be anybody's milk who set off the scanner.
Jerry, the scanner says the milk is in that case.
The one that says Mindy's Adventure Toolkit and has the sticker on it that says, Warning, contains milk.
That's the one. Open it up and get rid of the milk.
Mindy, are those cats jumping out of your toolkit?
We talked about this Now you know who the milk was for Come on, cats Okay, okay Stanner says you're clear now You can go through Thank you very much Come on, Mindy, let's go find our seats We're live in two minutes Two minutes to air Hi, welcome to the Bruni Soto Show.
Oh, yeah. Hi, we're just trying to find our seats.
Oh, sure. Let me just take a look at your tickets.
Ooh, front row. You two are seated right down here.
And here are your ponchos.
Ponchos? Ooh, ponchos.
Uh, why do we need ponchos?
First three rows require ponchos.
That doesn't really answer my question.
Yeah, but it does kind of rhyme.
Sorry, sir, we're in a bit of a rush.
Just please take your seats.
Okay. But... I'm Guy Raz.
Put your poncho on.
We're going to miss the beginning of the show.
It's like love. Ah, luxury.
It's starting! Going live in three, two, one.
Hello, friends, and welcome to The Bruine Soto Show!
Today we are exploring fears and the feelings that keep us awake at night.
We meet an anglerfish who is afraid of the dark, a flea who is afraid of heights, and a shark who is absolutely terrified of orcas.
A shark who's afraid of orcas?
I know, right? What do sharks have to be afraid of?
They're like the lions of the sea.
Wait, no, Mindy. I think I've heard about this before.
Really? Yeah, there was a study done at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Oh, I've been there.
The one in Northern California?
Yeah. What did they find?
The scientists found that the great white sharks that swim off the coast of California would get out of town as fast as they could any time orcas showed up.
Orcas? A .K .A. killer whales?
That's right. Right, and the part that really got the researchers curious was that these great white sharks would avoid these areas where the orcas swam for almost a year after they first saw the orcas.
Sharks scared of whales?
Yeah, it seems like there's a pretty good reason they're on this episode all about fears.
I'll say. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to bring out our first guest. Please welcome to the stage our first fearful friend And from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Hilton the Anglerfish.
This is how the whole thing starts.
As always, we have our expert animal translator, Terry, with us today.
Say hello, Terry. Hi, Brody.
But I want to talk to you, Anglerfish.
Tell me, Hilton, a fear of the dark must be pretty tough for a fish that lives 5 ,000 feet under the sea.
That's right. When you get that deep, you can't see anything.
Light rarely reaches any deeper than 700 feet past the surface.
So how exactly do you keep yourself from being overcome with fear down there?
Well, I have this neat little flashlight with me at all times.
It's actually attached to my head.
I sometimes use it to catch linner.
I'm sorry. Did you say linner?
Oops, sorry, Brody.
Bad translation. Dinner.
I sometimes use it to catch dinner.
Well, Hilton, that sounds like something our audience would love to see.
Audience, would you like to see Hilton's little flashlight?
Steve, cut the light.
Oh, no! Not the dark.
Unbelievable! Unbelievable!
Well, Hilton, the anglerfish, I can see your light, and you are shining bright!
You know what? You're right.
If it wasn't for the darkness, you wouldn't be able to see this little light of mine at all.
I also wouldn't be able to catch litter.
I mean, dinner. Thanks, Bruni.
Thanks for helping me face my fears.
Thank you, Hilton. Thank you for your bravery.
After the break, a flea that just can't stand heights And later, a shark whose crippling fear of orcas Pushed him out of his hunting grounds for almost a year And we're clear Oh, and I love this show The drama, the rolling blackouts It really is fascinating live TV, Mindy I can't wait to hear what that shark has to say about his fear of orcas.
Oh, yeah. Weren't you just saying that there was a scientific study about that?
That's right. The study was conducted in the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of San Francisco in California.
So how do you even measure how scared a great white shark is?
Well, you get them to fill out a questionnaire.
No way. Of course not, Mindy.
I was just joking. You were joking?
What the researchers did was to observe or watch very closely how the great white sharks and the orcas interacted when both of them were hunting for food in this national marine sanctuary.
Uh -huh. And the researchers were able to observe these interactions in two different ways.
So the first way was when great white sharks would actually bump into an orca out in the wild.
Like when I bump into Dennis in the grocery store.
Exactly. And what was the other way?
Well, the other way was using a bit of math.
I love math! So the researchers looked at the data, or the information, from 165 great white sharks that were tagged.
Tagged? Like, stuck in the mud?
Well, not exactly. The researchers put these little devices called acoustic tags on the sharks to learn more about them and their behavior.
Oh, so like what they eat and their migration patterns or where they swim.
Exactly. So what did they learn from these 165 tagged sharks?
Well, they compared the migratory patterns of these sharks.
Migratory patterns as in where they had been?
That's right. And they compared where the sharks had been with orca sightings.
Huh, and then what?
When the researchers compared how the sharks migrated to where they saw the orcas, they found that every time the orcas showed up, the sharks would just high -tail it out and go further up the coast to do their hunting somewhere else.
With their tail between their legs, I bet.
Or fins. Fins between their legs.
Anywho, sounds like they were scared.
Well, that's basically it, Mindy.
Going live in 3, 2, 1.
And welcome back to the Bruni Soto Show!
Today, we're delving into the deep blue sea of fear and insecurity.
Our next guest is a flea with the local circus whose entire act depends on her soaring to great heights.
And yet, this little parasite can't stand being more than 30 centimeters off the ground.
Please welcome to the stage, Patricia the flea.
I can't see anything.
You know what? Me neither.
Camera three. Can we push in a little?
Closer. That's it. Closer.
Ah, there she is. So, Patricia, you have a fear of heights.
Thanks. That must be difficult for a species of insect that can jump the way you can.
I'm sorry, Terry, the translator.
Is Patricia speaking?
I think so, Bruni. It's a strange dialect, but I believe I can translate.
Okay, I think I've got it.
Patricia says, that's right.
If I try my hardest, I can leap nearly 30 centimeters into the air.
If I were the same height as a human, that would be the equivalent of jumping over the Empire State Building.
Wow, that is impressive.
It would be if not for my fear of heights.
See, whenever I jump over 10, 12 centimeters, I freak out.
It's cussed me everything.
Just last month I lost my job at the circus.
That is awful. And all because of a phobia you never ask for.
I'd do anything to get right of it.
Excuse me? Sorry, I'd do anything to get rid of it.
Ah, well, Patricia, do we have a surprise for you.
We contacted your old circus and explained your phobia faux pas, and they have agreed to take you back on.
Not as a high -flying trapezist, but as a contortionist. Huzzah!
Oh, happy day. Ha ha ha ha!
Better get stretching that thorax.
Coming up after the break, our final guest, a shark with a crippling fear of orcas.
Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back.
And we are clear. Man, I always thought that sharks were the biggest, baddest predators in the ocean.
But I guess there was a bigger, badder predator out there all along.
Well, Mindy, both great white sharks and orcas are what's known as apex predators.
Meaning that they are at the top of their food chains.
That's right. Meaning that they aren't usually eaten by any other animal in that environment.
Ah, so the orcas are not going into the great white shark's territory to hunt them.
They're just looking for the same food as them.
Exactly. Elephant seals are actually on the menu, and both species want to take a bite.
But when they come face to face...
The great white sharks turn and run, because they would rather hunt in a different area where the orcas don't go.
Wow, I guess everyone really is scared of something.
Even a big, scary, great white shark.
And we're live in three, two, one.
If you're just joining us on the Broody Soto Show, we're talking today about fears and phobias.
Our last guest today is known as the lion of deceit.
I told you. Measuring in at more than 15 feet with more than 15 rows of razor sharp teeth.
What could this terrifying apex predator possibly be afraid of?
One word. Horkoff. Is that it?
Please welcome our next guest, Bruce the Great White Shark.
Whoa, look at the size of him.
And look at the size of that tank.
Whoa, mama. Huh, well, why did they bring out two tanks?
Well, there's only one way to find out, Guy Raz.
What's that? Button up your poncho, sit back, and enjoy the show.
Oh, right. Now, Bruce, tell me a little bit about where you're from.
My family is found all over the world, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic to the Pacific.
But my immediate family, we tend to live and hunt just off of the coast of Northern California.
Go, Warriors! Yeah, sports!
From Northern California?
But that is not the case anymore, is it?
Do you want to tell me what happened?
Well, every September through December, me and my family migrate to the Farallon Islands off the coast of Northern California to hunt elephant seals for a couple of months.
It's an old family tradition.
We've been doing it for Sears.
Um, Sears? Sorry, years.
We've been doing it for years.
But last year was different?
That's right. There we were, minding our own business, when suddenly, out of nowhere, this pod of orcas show up.
And you ran away? Well, yeah.
Have you ever seen an orca before?
They're terrifying.
Me and my family, we hightailed it out of there to go eat somewhere else.
And how long ago was this?
One seers ago. I mean, one year ago.
It's been one year and you still haven't returned to your hunting ground?
That's right. And I don't know if I'll ever go back.
That's no way to live, Bruce.
It sounds like somebody has to face their fears.
What do we say, studio audience?
Is it time for Bruce to face his fears?
Bruce, it's time for you to face your fears right in front of all these good people.
Studio audience, are you wearing your ponchos?
Oh, yeah. Yes. Release the orca!
Oh my, wow, did you just see that?
Mindy, Mindy, did they just drop that orca into that big empty tank?
Yes, we finally found out what that tank was for.
We also found out what these ponchos were for.
I'm soaked. I need you to look that orca in the eye and realize that it is a marine apex predator just like you, with a family just like you, and that there is enough food to go around.
Do you see? Looks like we have a breakthrough And that's all the time we have folks Tomorrow on the Bruny Soto Show A hippo and a deer Trade diets for a week Thanks for watching And we'll see you next time And we're clear That's a wrap What a show And what a finish Finish?
The way she was able to make those two predators make up?
Whatever did happen with that research?
Well, it proved that food chains aren't always as straightforward as we thought.
And that sometimes a single environment can have more than one apex predator.
And knowing that can help us to monitor and to research marine ecosystems in the future.
Correctamundo. Hey guys, we're going to have to ask you to move out of here.
Here we got the National Pie Eating Competition starting in about 20 minutes.
So, unless you want to hang around and watch that.
Can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we.
Well, it is your own birthday.
Yes. All right, have fun guys.
Hold on to those ponchos.
You're going to need them.
Wait, wait, what? Wow, that was so, oh, that wasn't scary at all.
Yeah, and you know what I realized?
No, not that I need a shower, Reggie.
Although, yeah, maybe I do.
No, what I realized is that Denises are apex predators too.
Yeah, I'm at the top of my food chain.
I eat oranges and bagels and shrimp fried rice.
And nothing eats me.
What? Nuh -uh. Giant pigeons do not eat Denises.
Oh, you were just kidding.
No, I knew that. But I'm going to wrap up the show just in case.
Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to Wee Wow on the Weekend.
If you have a question for me or want to share your talent for the talent show, call and leave me a message at 1 -888 -7 -WOW -WOW.
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Okay, should we do the goodbye song?
Right, here we go. That's the end of the show.
I need to go before Reggie makes me into a Dennis Pot Pie and then eats me while he sits on the couch watching the Bruni Soto show and then he...
Wait! That was my dream, Reggie!
Yeah, pretty sure. Oh, I'm so glad I remembered.
But I'll do another show tomorrow.
But for now, that's the end of the show.
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