1366 – Children in a Grayscale World After All | Get Besos in the Sky PI 12

Episode 1366 – Children in a Grayscale World After All | Get Besos in the Sky PI E12

 

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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for the podcaster who’s here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff, to take you on a meandering journey eventually. Eventually I’ll take you on a meandering journey via bedtime story, but believe it or not, it’ll take me forever to even get there. Talk about whatever the opposite of buying time…if you could combine the phrases ‘buying time’ and ‘wasting time’…when both of them are said in a way that’s in the middle of the way those words could be used…not like my nana, the nana which lives within my mind.

 

I don't know…if you're new, you've never heard of…you've probably never heard of the nana which lives in my mind or within me, but maybe you are…maybe you already say, wait a second, I do have a nana which…and hopefully you have some sort of fairy godmother-like nana that lives within you. Alas, my nana that lives within me is not like that, and she kinda sounds…oh, there he goes again, waste…oh boy, you're just wasting all our time there. That sounded a little bit like Ray, but…or I’m here trying to buy time, and you're here wasting it. I guess she'd say something like that; what, are you buying time or waste…? You can't buy time when you're wasting it, and you can't waste time when you're buying it. She lives deep within me, though I’ve learned to soothe her and bring…nana, would you like a blanket?

 

Can I rub your corns later? I don't know what corns are, nana, still. Luckily this is the very beginning of a sleep podcast, so I can say things like that, but happy to do it, especially since you only live within me. It’s a little bit less work. It’s the listening to you that’s…but anyway, I love you, nana. I love the nana…if you have a nana that lives within you or you're just like, I thought this was a sleep podcast that I was tuning in to, checking out…well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me. It is a sleep podcast, believe it or not. It’s a podcast here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff while you fall asleep. So, it is a bit different, but I am really glad you're here. What we got coming up…oh, this is a show to be here…I’ll explain it more later.

 

It’s different. It’s weird. It’s strange, mildly amusing, and it’s for your benefit if it can help you. So, what most people say is just give the show a few tries. See how it goes. What we have coming up is support so that paying for the podcast is optional, then a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, and then later on, our bedtime story, our episodically modular series about a couple of friends wandering the universes. So, I’m really glad you're here. If you're new, welcome. I hope this show can help you out. If you're a regular listener, welcome back, and if you're a super listener…like, if Sleep With Me makes your life so much better that right now you're saying to yourself, man, this podcast has improved my life and I see it improve my life for the next month, the next two months, the next two years, and you say, how can I help the podcast that helps me, these are the ways you could do it. Thank you.

 

INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble staying asleep? Trouble getting to sleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do…oh, you know what I haven't said? I’m gonna attempt to pat it, smooth it, and rub it down, that safe place. A couple listeners love when I say that, 'cause it’s in a eighties style. I’m gonna smooth it, I’m gonna pat it, I’m gonna rub it down, and say ‘safe place’, ‘cause…and you say…in an inviting way, but differently than if someone does that in real life. This one’s at a distance.

 

You know, I’m not…I may be smoothing and patting and rubbing it down, but in…also I’ll be saying, if…in case you need that later, I’m gonna be somewhere else. So, you don’t have to come sit next to me. That’s what my nana would want, and then she’d either want to have me…sorry, this is not nice, but it is…it’s true; have me unwrap her butterscotch candies or root beer barrels. Yes, nana, I know…which I have nothing against. I just…she’s an archetypal nana within me. So, she does the occasional butterscotch candy…she’s also baffled. I’m sorry, nana. I just have to use you for an example right here. It’s okay to be baffled. Time’s passed me by, too, believe me. But when she tries to give out butterscotch candies or root beer barrels on…in the autumnal season, she’s always…I say, yeah, nana, I get it.

 

Believe me, I have so many parallels for my own life, nana. I’m not here to judge, particularly since you're a part of me. So, obviously we're together. What was I talking about? Smoothing it, patting it, rub it down…that means, hey, come check this out. Send my voice across the deep, dark night…lulling…I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night, use lulling, soothing, creaky dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents…oh wait, that’s later in the intro. Tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep? Welcome, this is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest.

 

What I’m going to attempt to do is introduce a safe place and create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake. That could be thoughts, things on your mind about the past, the present, the future, thoughts, thinking thoughts, thoughts that you're thinking about or your mind is thinking about…like nana would say, there he goes again. She might even say that about my thoughts. I say, wait, aren't you one of my thoughts? There he goes again. She calls me the not…if you're new, it’s been a while since she’s made an appearance. She calls me the not-bad boy. She says, don’t pay him any mind. He’s the not-bad boy. Believe me, you…you don’t ever want to be called the not-bad boy. There’s no context. I mean, unless you make a sleep podcast.

 

That’s the only place where you say, huh, it might just work here. ‘Cause she means, oh, you like bad boys? Well, don’t mind him. He’s the not-bad boy. But she doesn't mean it like the opposite of that, like I’m good. She does mean if I tried to dance to the song Bad, it wouldn't work. But she also means…I guess…what does it even mean? I’m not bad. That’s what the whole goal of this podcast is to be. It’s to be not…that show, that…Sleep With Me? Yeah, it’s not bad. So, I guess I won, finally. Nana, you were accurate the whole time. I didn’t even realize how accurate you were. One…you know, they say everything old becomes new again and every trend…I don't know when butterscotch candies or root beer barrels were trending.

 

I have…I did have one recently as a part of a fundraiser. So, someone was like, yeah, these are back in. But if those are truisms, that would mean they should hold true. Then one day you say, what does…what are all those bad boys doing? They just stand around helping people and sucking on butterscotch candies and root beer barrels. It’s all they do. They do that stealth service where they help people and they don’t take credit for it, and they pick up after themselves. Oh boy, is…what happened? I think to myself, what a wonderful world, nana. But I’m supposed to be introducing a sleep podcast. So, it could be thoughts, things on your mind like those.

 

Those are some thoughts that ran through my mind for the last four minutes. It could be feelings coming up for you, emotions related to any of those things or thoughts that are just…or feelings that are just there or anticipation or you're getting over something. It could be changes…it could be physical sensations that are related to the thoughts or feelings that are just there that you're dealing with or that are there for you, it could be changes in time, temperature, routine.

 

Maybe you work a different schedule, maybe your work schedule changed, maybe you're going through something, maybe you're getting over something, maybe you're in the middle of something, or maybe, like me, this thing is a part of your life, having to try to stay malleable around sleep, that it’s always something different but it’s always there, and you just kinda try to learn to adapt and be kind and patient with it, kinda like my relationship with my internal nana, though I did kinda…it’s just true, though, nana. I mean, just don’t…I told you, one day you could give out butterscotch candies when the trick-or-treaters come by, but it’s just not…today’s not that day. One day it’ll come back…it’ll be breaking news.

 

I guess then they’d be…luckily you probably have plenty of them somewhere in one of those many stacks that I imagine you have, 'cause other…they say, breaking news; worldwide shortage on butterscotch candies due to the butterscotch candy fad. Okay, I realize there’s people listening that like butterscotch candies. This isn't about…this is just about archetypes within me. I’m the mistaken one. Also, I think they're pretty good. So, it’s just…the more buttery, the better, as they say in the butterscotch candy biz. Or there’s people that are on…they say, no, no, I’m a scotchy. I’m not a buttery. I want my butterscotch candy scotchy. Say, okay, well, that’s your choice. I prefer butter…I’m on the butter side. Just trying to butter you up, nana, with some butterscotch…do you prefer it butter or scotchy?

 

She just shrugged and looked at me, 'cause she’s like, those don’t exist. Okay, so, where were we? Oh, whatever’s keeping you awake, I’m here to take your mind off of it and keep you company so you could fall asleep. So, this show is very different. The way it works…I said it earlier when I got mixed up; I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones and pointless meanders to distract you almost or to keep you company or to soothe you or to comfort you or to barely engage you. There is some light humor at the beginning of the…humor-like. Even if you're not paying me any mind, it’s humor-like stuff. But what do you call it? So, the reason I make the show is I’ve had trouble sleeping my entire life, on and off, and I’ve tried a ton of different things.

 

So, I don't know if you're anything like that. I’ve gone through phases where I’ve dreaded bedtime, and then I go through phases even now where just this week it’s been a different thing. But I have my bedtime routine which is mostly reliable, and this show could be a part of your bedtime routine. It could be temporarily part of your bedtime routine or a long-term part of your bedtime routine or introduce you to a bedtime routine, and then you no longer need the show. There’s plenty of other ways, too. But I make the show because you deserve a good…a bedtime you don’t have to dread, a bedtime without rigmarole, and the rest you need so your life is more manageable, an ideally you get the rest you need on a regular basis so you could flourish.

 

The other reason I make the show is that I’ve been there, right, like I just talked about, and a lot of other people listening have been there, too, in a bunch of different ways. A lot of us, even if we can't relate to exactly how you feel, we feel for you, because I know how it feels for me when I can't sleep, and I feel for you and however it feels for you or whatever it looks like or however it plays out. I talk about this 'cause it’s…when it was the toughest…but it’s when you start dreading bedtime on Friday evening for Sunday night, right? Or right now I’m in a little bit of it and I’m honestly not looking forward to going to bed tonight even though I’m tired, because that part of me is…but I still know for me…I say, okay, well, I’ll still try to do all my things. So, that’s the thing.

 

People get it here, and some people really get it because some people are listening somewhere else in the world from where you are that really understand how you feel, and they really are rooting for you. That is as rebellious and as countercultural as you can get nowadays. They're rooting for you just 'cause they say, man, I’ve felt like that, too, and I hope this podcast can help you like it helped me. So, just see how it goes, and maybe one day you're that welcoming person, too. But this show is different, right? You got here; you're tired, you're skeptical, you're doubtful. Those are natural reactions. What is this? When are you gonna put me to sleep? That’s a natural way to feel, and I get it, right, because that’s how most people get here. You wouldn't be at your best if you’re looking for a sleep podcast.

 

But the thing is I’m gonna try to help in the only way…or the way I’ve learned how to do it over the years, in a way that I happen to be…not everybody is equipped with an internal nana they can converse with, and one that’s so generously forgiving that she even gets over the fact that I was giving her a hard time about butterscotch candies and root beer barrels, and she’s grateful that I didn’t mention the pennies wrapped in…what is that…what is that…? Masking tape. So…oh, she said ‘dimes’, though. Yeah, sorry, nana. Yeah, to be sure. Sorry, nana. I’m sorry. But you are within me, so you're not…you're real, but you're not really in the world. So, it’s a little bit different. This is an internal dialogue. So, not everybody has that, right? I get to use it to help you out, but it does take some getting used to, and I’m not everybody’s cup of tea.

 

The not-bad boy is a very niche thing. To be the not-bad boy is not…there’s not a whole lot of use to it except helping people fall asleep that it helps. So, the thing is, if you decide we're not a fit…like, I’m getting a feeling that the next time I try to get…knock on nana’s door, she’s gonna be like, not interested. If that’s you, I have a website set up, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. So, you could check it out, and there’s other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff on there 'cause everything I said is still true even if you strongly dislike me. Which, by the way, is a common reaction. I set up that website so you don’t need to spend any time letting me know that. Plenty…hundreds of thousands of people have.

 

So, I set up a website to say, hey, this is a win-win, 'cause maybe you do…and a lot of people, hundreds of thousands of people, have found things that have helped them. So, check that out. But first give the show a few tries just 'cause it does take some getting used to. That’s what most regular listeners who pay for the podcast — including a e-mail I got this morning — said. Man, yeah, at first I couldn't stand the show or I just didn’t get it or I was waiting for it to start, and then on the third try I realized, oh, I fell asleep at some point during his rambling. So, just see how it goes, 'cause it’s a podcast you just barely listen to, which does take some getting…adjustment. It’s also a podcast that doesn't put you to sleep.

 

It’s…I’m here…there’s no pressure to fall asleep. I’m gonna be here over an hour so you don’t have to think about when you're gonna fall asleep. There’s over 600 episodes in this free podcast feed for you to check out so that you don’t have to think about it, because my job is to be a voice of comfort and distraction, to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your neigh-bore, your bore-bestie, your Boris Borlaf, your boreman, your bores, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your bore-bruh, your best bore-friend f’eva. I thought of another one yesterday during an intro, but now I already forgot what it was.

 

But really, I’m here whether you're awake or asleep 'cause there’s people listening who can't sleep at all or who need a break during the day who listen, and I’m here to keep them company and distract them just like I’m here to keep you company and distract you, but that does take some getting used to, right? You say, what is…what? Yeah. So, just see how it goes. But yeah, it’s kinda like having a TV on in the other room or a friend or a show on under the pillow, something that kind of engages you in a friendly way. That’s what my job is. So, yeah…or if you wake up during the night and you say, I need something to take my mind off of stuff for a little while. So, that’s what I’m here to do. The only other thing I want to tell you about is the structure of the show.

 

This show is structured in a very specific way to benefit the maximum amount of people it can, but it is adjustible. So, depending on if you become a regular listener, how you want to listen, you have some choices. But there is a reason we do this stuff the way we do it, so let me try to explain it just so I can meet you where you are. ‘Cause usually when people wonder about it, you wonder about it strongly, and I want to put that at ease so you could get the rest you need. So, all our shows start off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. I say something mildly silly so you feel seen and welcomed in and you say, okay, I could check that podcast out. The only portion of the podcast we lost is the butterscotch candy portion, but only a portion of them, 'cause most people get it.

 

You say, well, if you have an internal nana, you're gonna have butterscotch candy and pennies or dimes wrapped in whatever that stuff is; masking tape. It’s just a normal thing. So, it’s okay. But so…oh, so, I have no idea what I was talking about. Oh, structure of the show. Okay, so that’s the very beginning of the show. Then there’s support so that paying for the show is optional. The majority of people that listen to this version of the podcast prefer something…because they're only here temporarily or they're not in a position…they prefer something ad-supported they can listen to linearly as they unwind and then later on fall asleep. But that doesn't mean there’s not more ways to listen to the show. That’s just how the majority of people listen.

 

So, that’s why the support is there, so that paying for the show is optional. If you want something ad-free, you could get that at Sleep With Me+. Then there’s a long, meandering intro separate from the support. It’s a show within a show. It’s been going for about twenty minutes now where I attempt to explain what the podcast is and I go off topic and get mixed up, but I’m following the same structure every time. It’s basically like I kind of have directions of where to get. I just don’t know how I’m gonna get there. The reason for that is…it’s really important. One, it gives everybody time to hang out and wind down in their own way.

 

So, you could be getting ready for bed, you could be doing a chill activity, you could be just barely…just getting comfortable, but the intro is part of a wind-down routine, and that’s what works for me and is shown to work for most people most of the time. It doesn't work for me all the time, but having a wind down is a important part of this. Now, if you prefer no wind down, we have a story-only version of this podcast that comes out twice a week in all your podcast apps, Bedtime Stories from Sleep With Me. So, that’s another way to listen. Also, you get all that on Sleep With Me+, too. So, that’s if you don’t want the intros. But the intro is meant to ease you into bedtime, and maybe a couple percentage of people fall asleep during the intros, but…yeah.

 

So, that’s the intro, then there’s support, then there will be our bedtime story. All told, we’ll be here over an hour to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff. So, I’m really glad you're here. Myself and a team of people work really hard on this show, which…ideally the content makes you wonder how that’s even possible, but it is true because we really believe in the purpose of the show, which is to bring you comfort and distraction in the deep, dark night so you could falling asleep, whether you're just going through something right now and you're only gonna be here temporarily or you're a regular listener and you're here night after night after night.

 

We want to be here for you, and that’s been the goal of the show the whole eleven years. Or, maybe the first couple years I was like, can I keep making this or whatever. But yeah, our goal is to be here. So, it’s important. If the show is important to you, like you're important to the show and you are a regular listener, think about…these are the ways…you say, how can I help? These are the ways you could do that. Thanks.

 

Alright everybody, it’s Scoots here. This is our episodically modular series, Get Besos. It’s the tale of two friends, Richard Warren and James Cash, who spent some time…so, they're post…this is our fourth season of this show, I think. They lived in a post-earthly realm known as the Beige World, limbo, purgatory, and they were titans…they were former titans of retail industry, and they decided they were following…they're not supposed to get the news up there, but they were following it — Richard Warren was — and he said, hey, there’s other people upsetting our former retail…the retail industries. This is how you build a sleep podcast. You might be like, I’m sorry, what? But yeah, this is…these are the makings of a sleep podcast.

 

So, they said to themselves or discussed, 'cause they're friends…hey, there’s this guy Jiff who’s really upsetting our…the retail industries down there. What do you say we go down there, get him in a figurative sense…maybe not a figurative sense; maybe not. They said, you know, explain to him, hey, are you sure you want to…don’t you believe in anchor tenant…anchor stores and those kind of things? So, they left their post-earthly realm, and over the course of the first three seasons, what they found out was, one, you're not…if you're assigned to a post-earthly realm, you're not supposed to leave there. That did not necessarily get recorded with them, but they also found out — which I guess is the other side of it — is that, oh, the universe is so resilient, including the post-earthly realms.

 

So, during the first three seasons, they did do quite a bit of disruption, but it all worked out, I guess, apparently, according to them. Okay, not…this is not coming from me. So, this is their fourth time where they were back in the Beige World, and Richard Warren had been keeping a list of people he was fantasizing needed to be…needed some assistance in other post-earthly realms. The most famous one would be somebody like Sisyphus. He said, why…? He remembers Sisyphus differently. But now that it’s just us discussing it, can I even remember which…who Sisyphus is? But he said, hey, let’s go…this Sisyphus could use some help. Let’s go get Sisyphus outta there and say, hey, what’s up with this post-earthly realm? Let’s take him to another one.

 

Now, a lot of the people he decided to save…I think the first person they saved was Javert, Inspector Javert from Les Mis. Now, another thing that at least James became aware of was that when you do that, when you believe in something fictional like Inspector Javert in a post-earthly realm…again, I’m not trying to rock any boats here. I’m only translating the information I have, which is written in terrible handwriting. He said, oh, as soon as you imagine Javert in a post-earthly realm, he actually ends…that energy…whatever; he actually is there. So, now we actually gotta go find Javert…or not. I guess you could say, oh well. Now Javert lives in a non-positive post-earthly realm. So, whatever. But actually, in this one, Javert’s mother said, can you go get my kid? More or less…and they did. But he had a list of other people.

 

He was also still fixated on having Jiff learn some lessons. So, apparently…this happens in-between the episodes, so this is information I don't fully have. Richard Warren had given his list to Jiff in their post-earthly realm. I think Jiff is still a earthbound human, and Jiff is somehow going in-between these post-earthly realms independent of Richard Warren and James. Maybe he has his own agenda. We're not following that story currently, but Richard Warren only had one copy of the list other than the one in his mind, so they're trying to figure out where on the list Jiff might be and intersect him, and they haven't been successful at that, either.

 

They also hired the Big Farm in the Sky PI, which…that’s the most sensible thing I’ve ever heard, and he has not been able to assist them thus far in finding Jiff, either, though it does seem like Jiff is involved in some sort of reorganization of post-earthly realms, but I can't be…well, no, I’m pretty certain about that. Yeah, reorganization, refurbishments. It’s almost like post-earthly realms are entering an industrial age. We should make…that does not…I mean, to Jiff it might make perfect sense. So, where are we at? Well, Richard and James are trying to find Jiff still. They're gonna do…probably gonna do a little brainstorming, and we’ll just follow their adventures, listen in on them for some time.

 

There’s no better time than right now to have our Hollywood announcer, Hollywood…Greater Los Angeles…the greatest…he puts the ‘great’ in the ‘er’…like, when I see him, I go er…hubba, hubba. He puts it all…he’s from the Greater Los Angeles…Greater Metropolitan…? He actually put the metro…if I could name a cookie after a human being and then rename it…so, if there was a cookie whose…I’ll say his name in a second even though…and it was…originally named a cookie after you and then you said…or a suit, but either one…but like a mint Milano…I think it would be fancier than that, so don't worry. I’m not saying…I don't have any…that’s from Pepperidge Farms. This would be super high end, maybe just at independent shops or whatever.

 

But we…if we originally called it your name but then you said, my friend, I don't need any cookies named after me, then I would call it the Metropolian, maybe. I think this is je ne sais quoi. Saying the Metropolian is…in my mind, at least, captures…calling a cookie…it would have to live up to its name, obviously. But if I called…is that je ne sais quoi? I’d say, this cookie’s called the Metropolian, obviously. It used to be called the same name as our Hollywood announcer, Mr. Antonio Banderas. Ah, the friends beyond the binary, the ladies, the gentlemen, the boys, the girls, it’s time to cook, cook, cookie crunch, and get Besos. Yeah. Whoosh. Holy…talk about a pro. How did you even do that? That was not written. I know he was holding up a script like he’s gonna read it. He just made all that up.

 

He worked…'cause in his heart…I don't think there’s anyone that wouldn't like to be…have a cookie named after them, right? Maybe the Keebler elves. They’d say, just leave us alone. Ever since we got cookies named…that’s actually a company, though, I think. But they'd say…oh, I guess maybe Keebler took over the elves. They started…he branded the elves. I didn’t think about this; Keebler’s elves. But they would say, we would prefer to have never been…we’d just prefer to be living in our tree doing our thing. We don’t want the attention.

 

So, I don't know what…maybe they were…before that, we were just elves. Cookie…elves in the cookie…have we done a episode about that? It seems like we have. Yeah, no, we're just cookie elves, but…no, no, not elves made of cookies. Anyway, you humans, it’s…with words…we wish we were never…no cookies are actually named after us, unfortunately. Teddy Grahams; that’s a little general. I’m sorry. But welcome…it’s time for our series, Get Besos. Thanks, Antonio, and here you go, everybody.

 

Buddy, buddy, buddy, what’s with the frown, James? Well, I’m just…I don't know. Well, James, I got good news for you. What, we're gonna go…we're stopping everything we’re doing? No, no. I was just wondering, if you could pick anyone for us to go…I’m just trying to come…yeah, I just want to help with your frown. So, I was saying, if you could pick anyone for us to go help next, who would you pick? Well, I guess…did we ever help Sisyphus? Because isn't Sisyphus the whole…the original person…the archetype for this whole situation? James, I’m pretty sure we rescued Sisyphus. I don't…well, man, I’m actually very distractable, too, Richie, but I don't know that we did. I thought we were gonna do it, and then we got distracted. Okay, James, I’m not talking about who you should want to rescue.

 

I’m talking about in your heart, James. I mean, not your sweaty-back heart. I’m talking about your heart…your filio heart? I don't know, James. When you think about…you say, hey, they got…everybody has it wrong about this person, or oh, I really feel…this is so unfair, so tough. Wow, you're really asking me that? No, I just did ask you that. Well, there’s a lot of options, I think. I mean, are you talking about real people or gods and goddesses? James, please, stop humoring me, because I know you have an answer but you're just not…I thought we were friends. You have an answer that popped in your head. You're just not…you're delay…you're just not comfortable sharing it. Wait a second…yeah, what do you mean? I don't know what you're talking about.

 

When I said…even before I said…when I said…so, you said…before you said Sisyphus, a name popped in your head. James, come on, am I right or what? James, give me the name. Yeah, no, it’s kinda…it’s silly. I mean, yeah, a name popped in my head, but I know why the name popped in my head. It didn’t have to do with the question. Okay, James, this isn't about pitter-pattering of hearts or sweaty backs as it’s…'cause I don't want to continue this…no, no, no, definitely not. But it’s just silly. It’s like kid stuff or something. But it was a name, right? Yeah, it was a name, but it was just a name that popped in my head. It wasn’t like…it doesn't…it wasn’t…is it someone you feel is misunderstood? Yeah. Okay, but it just…it doesn't mean that…is it someone that could use some help?

 

Yeah, but Richie, listen, in order to pass the time…and I know you…I’ve been reading these comics. So, it’s just 'cause I was reading the comics and passing the time. I also know that I don't want to bring it up because I know at some point there’s gonna be a movie, and it’ll be…it’ll have…related to this but different, probably. Well, when is the movie, James? Well, time is fluid, so let’s just imagine…well, I know we were reading the comics or I was reading the comics in the first few months of 2025, when we stopped there, but I know we're moving around in time, and at some point there will be a movie with it in there. Okay, James, let me just ask you a question; do you trust your gut? Have you…has your gut ever brought you anything in your life? Yeah, but my gut doesn't have anything to do with this.

 

It’s just the comic books I was reading, and they're in my head because I’m enjoying them, and we gotta stop talking about it. Why? Just because you don’t trust your gut anymore? No, because it’s fiction and I would prefer in this particular circumstance it definitely remains fiction. James, we could be doing something, and you're really wasting my time. I mean, that’d be fine if we were in the Beige Room, but this is…give me a name now. I’m not…James, I’m gonna have to change my behavior, you know, if you don’t give me a name. Yeah, no. Okay, well, I’ll start going through your stuff and then I’ll find the comics, and then I’ll just figure out which…who it was. Okay, James, which comic? You don’t have to tell me the character, but which comic?

 

Okay, well, I just started reading them. So, the Silver Surfer is the comic. Oh, the Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer…and tell me more about…what does the Silver Surfer need help with? Well…so, we're just discussing the comic book now, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, well, it’s kinda repetitive, but I’m not…well, I kinda bounced around a little bit, but he gets stuck a lot, actually. Oh, James, interesting. Can you give me some examples? Okay, well, at first…the first time he was stuck, kind of, was…he got stuck with Galactus, helping Galactus. Don’t want to get too into it, but he basically was working for Galactus permanently in a job he didn’t really want to do. Okay, so, stuck with Galactus; so, he could use some help with that? Well, it kinda depends. Some…but he’s also…then he got stuck on Earth and he wanted to get home.

 

He’s not from Earth. Okay, that’s interesting, James. Then there was another time…I’m in the middle of it. He’s stuck in another…a non-positive post-earthly realm. James, this is interesting stuff. Who’s this Galactus? So, he had a boss named Galactus? Yes, yeah. His boss…Galactus eats…he snacks on planetoids and he dines on planets. Wow. James, that’s…what do you mean? Well, he…that’s what he…it’s hard to describe, but he’s kinda like a space…he’s a large, large being. Well, obviously, James, or he’s…maybe he has a big mouth, just a big mouth. He constantly has to do that 'cause he gets hungry for energy, just like everybody else, I guess. Okay, James, interesting. Do you think he likes doing that? It’s a question…it’s a good question. I mean, he has to, and he needs someone to find food for him, basically.

 

So, that’s what that Silver Surfer’s job was. Called a herald, I think. But again, I just started reading from the beginning, so I’m not positive on any of this. So, the Silver Surfer, huh? Yeah, it’s from…I think it was from the silver age of comics, too. Huh, silver…well, I’m glad…you've given us our next mission, James. No, no, no, I don't want to be involve…I just wanted…we were just talking about comic books. Oh no, no, no, I’m not talking about the Silver Surfer, James, or Galactus or whatever. So, we're not gonna try to rescue Galactus? No, James…from what? Interrupt his lunch? James, I’ll let you have your comic books. No, silver is what I was talking about. Well, I was just afraid…that’s why I didn’t want to bring it up, 'cause of Galactus.

 

Okay, James, I’m trying to move on and you're trying to distract me with your comic books. I was trying…I was trying to make small talk 'cause you were frowning. We don’t need to de-fictionalize your comic book friends. They could stay in the comics. It’s fine. Yeah, I mean, 'cause his ego and your ego…I don't know if there’s room…and then it’s just not…James, I’m not interested in Galactus. I’m not playing a game here. I mean, what kind of name is Galactus anyway? It’s made up. It’s a comic book name. I mean, does he run any businesses? Can we just…? Not that I know of, no. James, does…do you know if he likes…prefers one flavor, like a Milky Way versus a nebula or something? No, I don't know that. I’m only on…I think I’m only…four issues, and then I jumped around a couple of them. Okay, James.

 

So, let’s get to the point. Your silver reminded me of what we need to do next. Small…it’s a small world, the silver discussion, James. It’s like, in Galactus’ case, it’d be a amuse-bouche small world. James, we're moving on. Okay, so what about a small world? No, no, like a silver small world is what we're talking about now. That’s funny; Galactus’ ship in some of the comics is like a silver small world. James, you're very…what are you going on and on about? I’m talking about children right now, James, the children of the small…a small world of children, not about…I mean, they would like comic books, I’m sure, but…okay, but you asked me who I wanted to save. Right, because you were feeling down, and then by osmosis or whatever you want to call it, you helped me connect the dots of what we need to do next.

 

So, well done, James. Okay, how did I help you connect the dots? Well, I remembered a task on the list I gave to Jiff. So, you and your comics are use…and your frown. This is what a leader does, James; take your frown, turn it around, and your…yeah. I make something into…something into something great. Okay, so you remembered something on the list you gave to Jiff. Yes, the children of small worlds. I’m sorry, what? The children of small worlds. You mean the ride? James, it’s an attraction, not a ride. You mean the animatronic children in the attraction or the children riding the ride? I mean attraction. No, the children in the silver world, James. Okay, are we talking about the same thing?

 

Yeah, we need to recover those children from the silver non-positive post-earthly realm that they're in, the silver world in the small…the children of the small world’s silver world is on my list. Okay, can you…? I gotta back up, Richie. I need you to explain this to me like I’m a small children that reads too many comic books and I don't…I’m gonna help you, but I don't understand how to help you. James, sometimes I forget about you, buddy. Buddy, buddy, buddy. Okay, so, remember all the times we snuck out of purgatory to go to theme parks? Yeah. Okay, right, and remember I started…? There was another list I made. Remember what it was called? Well, I remember you making a lot of lists, some of which…they were spread…yeah, I don't…which list? Notes…well, I called it politely Notes for Walt Disney.

 

Okay. Hey, do we know…have any idea where he is? James, I need you to focus here. So, when we would go to the theme parks, I would point out a lot of improvements that had to be made and things I could do to help Walt Disney, and things like that, suggest…strong suggest…I mean, it could have been notes on Walt Disney’s mistakes. You know, things I could…he couldn't see that I could have helped him with. Okay, can you tell me some of the stuff that’s on the list just to refresh my memory? Oh, of course, James. I mean, actually, some of them…I’ve heard they're following some of my advice. They got the…you put it out there in the universe, they get it. Charge more, less things to do, more walking around or…if you're walking around, you're probably gonna spend money.

 

Either wait in line or walk around and spend money. Or, James, how about this; pay? Okay, great. Some of the things are probably gonna…like charging for soap. That one they haven't done yet…and one I can't remember. I could see it in my head; sawdust. Sawdust? What do you think it meant, Richie? James, I don't know, but sawdust. I think I put sawdust, sawdust, sawdust. Okay. I mean…so, those are the things on your…? Those were notes for Disney, and there was something else on that list that then made it to the list for Jiff, is what you're saying. James, nice job. What was that? Okay, it looked like this; what’s up with these kids in the silver world at the end of the ride? Then, how could…? I was very upset, so I…it may have been only really scribbles, James, because I was so…I said, what is this?

 

Like, how could you do this? Okay, how could they do what? Disney; how could they do that to the small children of the world? Okay, can you go through…? Again, remember, I’m not that great…can you go through it really slow? Like, explain it to me from the beginning of the ride, maybe, like I’m Walt’s…I’m your assistant to talk to Walt’s assistant or something, or I’m your assistant that’s gonna talk to Walt’s assistant. You know what I mean? James, I don't think you could get that job without my recommendation. Maybe you could do popcorn. Okay, just pretend. You know what I mean? Like, I have no understanding of any of this, so please just help me. Like, can you attraction-splain me? Oh, James, okay. So…yeah, and just tell me where it went…where it goes wrong. So, tell me about…it’s a small world, right?

 

No, no, no, it’s a world of small children, right? Okay, so there’s a boat ride where you go through the world of small children, and…I mean, there’s…I’ll just go through…so, first of all, you say, what’s his name? It’s a world of small children. There’s nothing…so, let’s just assume that change was made. There’s a lot of other stuff, but let’s just stick with the big stuff, okay? So…or the big one at the end. But basically, you get on this ride, right, and you go across the world, and the children…the small children of the world are there to entertain you as you go through on your boat. Basically, if you're on the ride, you're just on the ride, and the small children of the world are there somewhat to be amusing and sing to you.

 

But it’s a little bit too realistic because the children, they're not very good at doing shows, and alls they want…so, they only sing this one repetitive song that clearly they wrote. It’s not simple enough, but…so, they sing…I don't…they sing the song…I guess…and it seems like they want to be the people riding the ride or whatever. They're just not visionary. They're children, I guess. Aren't they…? But they're animatronics, right, Richie? Okay, so, the children are singing. Let me just think. I don't know. It’d just be like…just entertain us already. Okay, I’m not…can you tell me about the song, what you don’t like about the song? James, it’s the same song over and over again, like where they're asking for…once for all, once for all…what does that even mean, once for all, once for all?

 

We’re a small world of children, all in all, or something like that. Then, we want a world…tinsel…a world with toys, stuff like that. I say, why are you…? You're supposed to be entertaining me, not asking from me things. This is why I was taking these notes. There’s just something with the kids. Well, 'cause they're animatronics? Okay, I haven't even gotten to the part that’s upsetting to me, so I’m gonna need you to really use your imagination, James, and put yourself in the shoes of these children. Okay, I’m gonna try. Okay, so imagine you're one of the children of the small world, and you live in your world, right, like, wherever, different parts of the world in each part of the ride. Yeah, I’ve gone on the ride with you. Were your eyes closed or what?

 

Whatever, you're on this ride, right, and you gotta sing this song to entertain people. They obviously are…got…you have feelings about them 'cause they're just going through. It’s like your job. But at some point, James, at the end of the day, job over, right? You're done entertaining these people, and you got a place to go back to. You got other kids to hang out with. There’s other, whatever, beings that aren't kids. You might even have a penguin for a best friend, and you're in your own world. So, you get…I don't know all the details, James, 'cause they wouldn't let me out of the boat. Okay, but they…at the end of the day, they all go home. Right. So, their work day ends, the ride ends; they all go home to their houses or whatever. Right, for the night, ‘til the next work day.

 

Maybe they get…they have…I don't know, maybe they have two days off. Okay, so they…their shift…their work day ends, they go home, and this is what’s bothering you? Oh, no, no, except for the last part of the ride, James, the silver small world. Okay. Okay, so use your imagination, because obviously you don’t remember. In the…James, it’s so wrong. So, the last part of the ride, you enter another world, a small world, and…but you notice the colors are gone. Everything is silver or pale or gray…almost grayscale. I’ve just learned that word, but…and there’s kids in there. You say, hey, those…you're the…you're also the children of the world, small children of the world, and you're all in one room together. You might think, oh, that’s pretty nice. I could see it on your face, James. But there’s one big difference, James.

 

Why is the room in silver and gray and pale colors, and do these children even know it, James, or do they even understand what’s happening? I don't know, Richie, because I don't know if I understand. Okay, James, they're all even…so, in the other rooms, the kids were dressed in clothes, you know, their work clothes. Okay. But in this room they're all dressed in grays and silvers and pale colors. I mean, no colors, no colors, James. The whole room is like that; silver, some white, some gray. Okay, like wintertime. Is this like the North Pole and the South Pole? No, James, those are other rooms. This is like H-E-A-V-A-N or whatever. Wait, what? So, the kids are…this is like the most positive post-earthly realm on the ride of the small world? Yeah, James.

 

I’m not detecting your outrage, though, because this is a fake version of that, the most positive post-earthly realm. Obviously; it’s an attraction. It’s not real. Okay, so it’s just for the ride. Right, James. Okay, so, the rest of the ride, the children of the small…the small children of the world are just working there, but in this part of the ride, it’s post-earthly, so they're not…so, it’s not a show about a post-earthly realm. They're in a post-earthly realm in a show, but it’s the most positive post-earthly realm. James, it’s a manufactured version of it. Okay, how do you know…? What if…how do you know that? Because of the music, James. They're still singing that song. If it was really the most positive post-earthly realm, maybe they'd be reading comic books, but they wouldn't be singing that song over and over again.

 

That doesn't make any…we want tinsel, we want some toys, we want to go and say…blah…noise, make some fun noise, 'cause, whatever, we're trying…whatever the other words…I forgot, James, 'cause they don’t make any sense. They have to sing it over and over, James, forever. I know, James. It’s…everything I can not to break out in tears for these poor children of the world, and they can't go home. Right, they can't go home like all the other animatronic kids go home every night. No, James, this is forever for them, unlike the rest of the ride. Right, exactly. This is Disney’s fake most positive post-earthly realm. Okay, so, let me just make sure…let me just review everything so I understand it. So, most of the ride there’s real children. Well, James, they're robot children or whatever.

 

Okay, but at this point it doesn't make a difference. They're children. Right; they're children. Remember Vicky or Megan, the robotic children that were real. Like Clara. Okay, so they're real children in all the ride, living their lives, working on the attraction. Right, correct, James. They live there. It’s like a work, live, life thing. Okay, so that’s most of the ride, and it’s real, and they live in the real world as well as in the ride world. I mean, close, James, but close enough. Okay, and then at the end of the ride, though, they're in a post-earthly realm forever, and they just have to stay there and sing forever because of the way it was made. I always thought it was a party, like the kids were having fun. Like, they wanted to sing. James, no one wants to do their…it’s called work for a reason.

 

I don't know, I always thought it was the North Pole or the South Pole. Right, James, those already happened in the ride, though. It’s a post-earthly realm. Okay, well, we're…we’ve gotten to the point where we’ve talked about it enough, and you believe it, that we have to deal with it now. James, aren't you concerned about the small children of the world? I guess the way you put it now, now I both…now we both believe it. So, yes, I am concerned about these children now, these animatronic children of the world. So, it is real. So, what should we do? Set them free, James, obviously. Okay, but they're still…so, where…? So, if this is…in the ride, this is the most positive post-earthly realm that they're already in. Where would we take them to? James, I’m just saying, do you think these children want to be there?

 

I mean, we could go and ask them. James, they're children. They're not gonna…they're gonna want to please us. They won't give us an honest answer. We need to…we’ll just take them someplace, and then they don’t have to sing…James, come on, you believe in what I’m saying. Yeah, that’s the problem; I believe what you're saying, which puts us in a pickle. But also, I gotta figure out where we're gonna go with the small children of the world. Do we take the whole ride? No, James. The other kids are just working. They have their whole lives ahead of them. Oh man, okay. Well, I guess they're not stuck, so maybe that’s a part of this thing. Okay, so, what do we do? Could we leave them and take their essence? Like, leave their robots behind?

 

James, put them in the drive with Moriarty; that’s a great…no, no, we're not putting them in the drive with Moriarty. That’s not a good idea. We could just put them in a section and say, Moriarty, these are the small children of the world. If you go there, they’ll sing. We could do that. Okay, let’s put that one on the side. What about, James, the movie, Dustbust…what if we Dustbuster the kids? No, I don't think that would work, either. I mean, 'cause then we’d have to figure…that’s really complicated. Okay, James, what about…? I got an idea with that spiritual essence thing. What about Galactus? What do you mean? So, we have Galactus come and take their spiritual essences or the whole…them as a whole. Okay, but he’s consuming their energy. No, James, come on, you read comic books.

 

Have you seen a comic or a cartoon or a mythology, James? Alls we need is some pepper or a feather or some castor stuff, and then Galactus lets the children out…once we tickle Galactus’ nose or whatever and he sneezes and the children come out. Normally that sleep podcaster had so many episodes that took place inside of whales. So, having something…the children will be find inside Galactus, just like the Greeks and the Romans and stuff. Okay…no, I just don’t…what if we just have the kids go into the other room? What do you mean, James? I think they're bolted to the floor, though. But what if we just have them go…we redistribute them to the rest of the small world? Wait a second, like the Pie Piper, right, James, you're saying? I’m sorry, the what? The Pie Piper, the piper of pies. The Pied Piper?

 

What, James? No, no, no, I want to help these children. I like your idea; I just need to improve it. So, we’d be the Pie Piper. Okay, pretend I don't know who the Pie Piper is. Okay, James, the Pie Piper who leads children…you’ve never heard of this before? For truancy…pies stop truancy. You've never heard any of this? No. I didn’t know pies stop truancy, Richie. That’s…I can…can you explain to me how? With the Pie Piper, James. This is in England. I guess you haven't traveled very much, but very famous. So, when children don’t want to go to school, the Pie Piper comes to town, the Pie Piper and his pony. That’s a lot…very alliterative, too. He goes through the town and his pony’s pulling a cart, and he’s on it, and there’s all these pipes. I think this is where Willy Wonka even came from. He has this container with pies in it.

 

They're baking. So, it’s like a big pie-maker, and there’s all these pipes and probably fans. I don't know. He wafts the sound…smells of pies. I’m sure it makes noise, too. Maybe he sings. It doesn't matter. He’s piping pies, or pie smell. Then he heads towards school, but the pony’s faster than the children. First the pony goes slow, then he says, pony, pick it up. So, they get to the school…so the children can't quite keep up. So, they're following the smell of pies. Pie Piper. Then he gets in the school and it’s very interesting. Then the hallways smell like pies leading to the classrooms. Then the children go into class and there’s no more pie smell there. But that’s why they have school dessert, like Paul Hollywood talks about, is because the Pie Piper and the pony. The children still get dessert.

 

Then after they eat the dessert…it’s only large enough to tempt them to go back to class, with the smell of pies through the town. The Pie Piper, James. It makes perfect sense. It does. It’s almost…I’m just like, probably somebody’s already thought of it already, but…okay, so, we pipe the pies in, but these children are not…I don't think these children actually eat dessert. Not yet, James, because of Disney. But they’ll have a life with dessert when we free them. Well, no, because they're…I mean, they're real now, but they're still real animatronics. So…Richie, I’m getting a call from Nafel on this cloud communicator, so excuse me one second. Oh, James, interruptus machina or whatever. It’s deus interruptus, but hey, Nafel, go ahead. Oh, really? Well, that sounds like you have your hands full. Where are you?

 

Oh, you're in Florida at G and DK’s? Kind of. Wait, so the horse lords and horse ladies are your kids? In a goddess-like sense. Wow, that sounds like you got a lot on your hands. We actually have a problem in Florida, too. Yeah, I don't know what we could do to…I mean, we could use some help…you could use some help with a bunch of horse lords and horse ladies. Excuse me one second, Nafel. Richie, you got any idea…any post-earthly realms good for horse lords and horse ladies? James, I’m not happy about being interrupted by somebody you have a crush on when we're almost about to solve…think about the small children of the world, please. Okay, but…hey, Nafel, we got this thing in Florida, too. It’s weird. Wait a second, could you…?

 

Could the horse lords and horse ladies carry…could someone ride on their back if they needed to? Uh-huh. Well, we could actually use their help. Is there any way you could make…can you change them into ponies, like little ponies, like little ponies of the…my little ponies…not My Little Ponies, but little ponies of mine? Little lord…pony lords and porny…no, pony lords and pony ladies of the world. Yeah, Nafel. Yeah. Okay, one second, Nafel. I’ll be right back. Richie, we can have Nafel send the horse lords and horse ladies as pony lords and pony ladies. She said she knows exactly what I’m talking about 'cause she could…and they’ll be brightly colored. They’ll go to the…to this part of the ride. Nafel, are you listening? Only the last part of the ride, the silver grayscale part.

 

No, no, it’s not the North Pole and the South Pole. No, it’s like a post-Earth…it’s the msot positive post-earthly realm, but it’s only made up. But now the children are…those children are…they're still kinda anima…yeah, you get it. Okay, great. ‘Cause she’s a goddess, so she gets this kinda stuff, Richie. Okay, can you just send them there like if I…? You know what I’m talking about? Then afterwards? Oh boy, maybe they…if they could take the children to the rest of the attraction, out of that room…oh, even if it’s their essences, yeah. But I think Richie would prefer it if it takes the actual kids outta there. I know they're…we know they're animatronics, but they're also real. Yeah. I mean, are they strong? ‘Cause if they're…okay, great. So, alright, thanks, Nafel. Yeah, let me know and then we’ll figure it out from there. 

 

Alright, Richie, great news; Nafel’s gonna send the pony lords and pony ladies…the ponies to help the…well, they're…yeah, yeah. James, I was hoping we would solve this together, but I guess this is solved. What about Jiff? I don't know, but we still have to figure out where…we gotta check in with our PI, who Nafel was…so, we’ll figure it out. But Nafel said we could go there and ride a pony and…ride some ponies and rest on some ponies and…oh no, I don't want to go, James. Now I’m thinking about it, the children will be singing still. So, yeah, let’s just rest here and then we don’t have to do anything at all. I guess I solve things just by…James, this is progress.

 

I’ve solved things by listening to you. Huh, technically…well, technically you're right. I don't know if this would have been a problem if we didn’t create it, but technically you're right. If you didn’t listen to me and think of the small children of the world and then we didn’t discuss it…yeah, you're right. We wouldn't have solved it. So, yeah, let’s get some rest now and then we could get back to work soon. Goodnight, everybody.

 

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Butterscotch Candy

https://www.tastingtable.com/1146235/the-mysterious-origins-of-the-word-butterscotch/

https://www.southernliving.com/what-is-butterscotch-8678751

https://essfeed.com/the-history-and-evolution-of-butterscotch-from-19th-century-to-today-the-history-and-evolution-of-butterscotch-from-19th-century-to-today/

 

Cookies named after people

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/heres-lorna-doone-cookies-got-161509160.html

https://www.thebiscuitbaron.co.uk/the-history-of-the-garibaldi-biscuit/

https://www.history.com/articles/wally-amos-cookies-rise-fall

 

The Silver Surfer

https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-fantastic-history-of-the-silver-surfer

https://www.cbr.com/silver-surfer-powers-abilities-explained/

http://marvelite.prohosting.com/surfer/history/index.html

 

Comics Silver Age

https://screenrant.com/comics-history-golden-silver-bronze-age-explained/

https://bookriot.com/what-is-the-silver-age/

https://cosmiccomics.vegas/the-history-of-silver-age-comic-books/

 

DOWN TO BUSINESS

Eventually I’ll take you on a meandering journey

Both buying and wasting time

Meet the Nana in my Mind

I’ve learned to soothe her

 

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INTRO

An attempt to pat it, smooth it, and rub it down (the safe place)

The archetypal Nana within me

She loves a butterscotch candy or a root beer barrel

There I go again

The Not Bad Boy

I certainly couldn’t dance to the song “Bad”

It finally makes sense to me

All trends become new again

When were butterscotch candies and root beer barrels first trendy?

Reformed bad boys

Staying malleable around sleep

One day, the trends will return to you, Nana

Butterscotch Candy Fad

The more buttery the better

Do you like your candies more buttery or more scotchy?

Humor-Like Stuff (HLS)

My bedtime routine is mostly reliable

Someone else is rooting for you

And that’s true rebellious counterculture

I’m not everybody’s cup of tea

sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou

It’s normal to not stand me at first

Your Borefriend

Explaining the show structure

Pennies and Dimes wrapped in masking tape

 

STORY

Get Besos

I think this is our 4th season of the show

Former Titans of Retail Industry

They heard about Jiff in the beige world

You shouldn’t leave your assigned post-Earthly realm

The universe is resilient

RW had a list of people to “assist”

He wanted to help Sisyphus

I think Javert was the first person they saved

When you imagine Javert hard enough, you make him real

He also wanted to teach Jiff some lessons

I think Jiff is still earthbound

Jiff absconded with RW’s list

They also hired the Big Farm in the Sky PI (an incredibly sensible choice)

Post-Earthly Realms are entering an industrial age

RW and JC are brainstorming

Antonio’s introduction

He puts the Great in Greater Los Angeles

I’d name a cookie after Antonio and then rename it “The Metropolitan”

Is that je ne sais quoi?

Wow, talk about a pro

Did Keebler buy out the elves? Or are the elves named Keebler?

RW and JC talk

Did they actually help Sisyphus?

What name popped into your head JC?

JC was reading a comic book

RW encourages JC to trust his gut

JC wants to keep the fictional character fiction

The Silver Surfer

Okay, now we’re just discussing a comic book

He got stuck helping Galactus

But then he got stuck on Earth

Who is this boss Galactus?

He snacks on planetoids

He gets hungry and needs energy

And the Silver Surfer finds food for him

Silver Surfer from the Silver Age of comics

RW has a plan!

Silver!

JC doesn’t know a lot about Galactus yet

An amuse bouche small world

Silver Small World

The Small World of Children

We need to save small world children from the silver world

Can RW re-explain this, please?

Remember all the times we snuck out of purgatory to go to theme park?

RW made notes for Walt Disney

Who knows where Walt is right now

Notes on Walt Disney’s Mistakes

RW’s suggestions: Wait more, charge more, more walking around

They’re not charging for soap…yet

“Sawdust”…whatever that means

What’s up with these kids in the silver world at the end of the ride?

Jiff somehow got this list?

Explain it again…again, please

Attraction-splain me

The ride is called The World of Small Children

The children entertain you

They’re not visionaries, they’re children

Imagine you have to sing constantly to entertain people

What do you do at the end of the day?

The silver small world at the end of the ride

It’s all silver and pale and grayscale

But why is this world like this? Do these kids know what’s going on?

It’s like H-E-A-V-E-N

A fake version of the most positive post-earthly realm

If it was really that place, they wouldn’t be singing that song still!

They can’t go home!

Real robotic children

JC always just thought it was a fun party at the North Pole

We’ve talked about it enough that we’ve now made it real

And now we have to help

We’ll … set them free?

Could we leave their robots and take their essence behind

We’re not putting them in the drive with Moriarty!

What if we Dustbuster the kids?

What if we have Galactus come to take their spiritual essences?

And then we get like a feather or pepper so Galactus sneezes them out later

What if we just redistribute them to the other areas of the ride

We’d be the Pie Piper

The Pie Piper and his Pony

Baked pies for truant children

And the pies bring them back to class

That’s why they have dessert at school

Neffel is on the pone

Interrupt this Machina it’s Deus on the phone

Neffel fills them in on the Horse Lords and Horse Ladies

Where can we put these horse people?

We could use their help!

Can we change them into ponies?

Pony Lords and Pony Ladies of the World

They’ll go to the grayscale part

JC tells Nefell the plan

Can they take the children to the rest of the world? Yep

Great, the plan is in place!

RW wishes they could’ve solved it themselves

They have to check in with their PI

They’ll rest here and maybe find Jiff one day

I’m glad we could solve this problem we created ourselves

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1366

Title: Children in a Greyscale World After All | Get Besos in the Sky PI 12

Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline

Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Quince; Odoo

Notable Language:

• The archetypal Nana within me
• The Not Bad Boy
• Butterscotch Candy Fad
• Humor-Like Stuff (HLS)
• Former Titans of Retail Industry
• Post-Earthly Realms
• The Metropoloitan
• Is that je ne sais quoi?
• Snacking on Planetoids
• Herald
• Silver Small World
• Notes on Walt Disney’s Mistakes
• Sawdust
• Attraction-splain me
• H-E-A-V-E-N
• the most positive post-earthly realm

 

Notable Culture:

• Get Besos

• Big Farm in the Sky PI

• • “Bad” – Michael Jackson
  • sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
  • Sears
  • JC Penney
  • Sisyphus

• Les Miserables

• • Antonio Banderas
  • Pepperidee Farms
  • Keebler Elves
  • Teddy Grahams
  • The Silver Surfer

• Fantastic Four

• • Walt Disney
  • It’s a Small World

• M3gan

• Ghostbusters

• • The Pied Piper
  • Paul Hollywood

• My Little Pony

 

Notable Talking Points:

• An attempt to pat it, smooth it, and rub it down (the safe place)
• The archetypal Nana within me
• She loves a butterscotch candy or a root beer barrel
• There I go again
• The Not Bad Boy
• I certainly couldn’t dance to the song “Bad”
• It finally makes sense to me
• All trends become new again
• When were butterscotch candies and root beer barrels first trendy?
• Reformed bad boys
• Staying malleable around sleep
• One day, the trends will return to you, Nana
• Butterscotch Candy Fad
• The more buttery the better
• Do you like your candies more buttery or more scotchy?
• Humor-Like Stuff (HLS)
• My bedtime routine is mostly reliable
• Someone else is rooting for you
• And that’s true rebellious counterculture
• I’m not everybody’s cup of tea
• sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
• It’s normal to not stand me at first
• Your Borefriend
• Explaining the show structure
• Pennies and Dimes wrapped in masking tape
• Get Besos
• I think this is our 4th season of the show
• Former Titans of Retail Industry
• They heard about Jiff in the beige world
• You shouldn’t leave your assigned post-Earthly realm
• The universe is resilient
• RW had a list of people to “assist”
• He wanted to help Sisyphus
• I think Javert was the first person they saved
• When you imagine Javert hard enough, you make him real
• He also wanted to teach Jiff some lessons
• I think Jiff is still earthbound
• Jiff absconded with RW’s list
• They also hired the Big Farm in the Sky PI (an incredibly sensible choice)
• Post-Earthly Realms are entering an industrial age
• RW and JC are brainstorming
• Antonio’s introduction
• He puts the Great in Greater Los Angeles
• I’d name a cookie after Antonio and then rename it “The Metropolitan”
• Is that je ne sais quoi?
• Wow, talk about a pro
• Did Keebler buy out the elves? Or are the elves named Keebler?
• RW and JC talk
• Did they actually help Sisyphus?
• What name popped into your head JC?
• JC was reading a comic book
• RW encourages JC to trust his gut
• JC wants to keep the fictional character fiction
• The Silver Surfer
• Okay, now we’re just discussing a comic book
• He got stuck helping Galactus
• But then he got stuck on Earth
• Who is this boss Galactus?
• He snacks on planetoids
• He gets hungry and needs energy
• And the Silver Surfer finds food for him
• Silver Surfer from the Silver Age of comics
• RW has a plan!
• Silver!
• JC doesn’t know a lot about Galactus yet
• An amuse bouche small world
• Silver Small World
• The Small World of Children
• We need to save small world children from the silver world
• Can RW re-explain this, please?
• Remember all the times we snuck out of purgatory to go to theme park?
• RW made notes for Walt Disney
• Who knows where Walt is right now
• Notes on Walt Disney’s Mistakes
• RW’s suggestions: Wait more, charge more, more walking around
• They’re not charging for soap…yet
• “Sawdust”…whatever that means
• What’s up with these kids in the silver world at the end of the ride?
• Jiff somehow got this list?
• Explain it again…again, please
• Attraction-splain me
• The ride is called The World of Small Children
• The children entertain you
• They’re not visionaries, they’re children
• Imagine you have to sing constantly to entertain people
• What do you do at the end of the day?
• The silver small world at the end of the ride
• It’s all silver and pale and grayscale
• But why is this world like this? Do these kids know what’s going on?
• It’s like H-E-A-V-E-N
• A fake version of the most positive post-earthly realm
• If it was really that place, they wouldn’t be singing that song still!
• They can’t go home!
• Real robotic children
• JC always just thought it was a fun party at the North Pole
• We’ve talked about it enough that we’ve now made it real
• And now we have to help
• We’ll … set them free?
• Could we leave their robots and take their essence behind
• We’re not putting them in the drive with Moriarty!
• What if we Dustbuster the kids?
• What if we have Galactus come to take their spiritual essences?
• And then we get like a feather or pepper so Galactus sneezes them out later
• What if we just redistribute them to the other areas of the ride
• We’d be the Pie Piper
• The Pie Piper and his Pony
• Baked pies for truant children
• And the pies bring them back to class
• That’s why they have dessert at school
• Neffel is on the pone
• Interrupt this Machina it’s Deus on the phone
• Neffel fills them in on the Horse Lords and Horse Ladies
• Where can we put these horse people?
• We could use their help!
• Can we change them into ponies?
• Pony Lords and Pony Ladies of the World
• They’ll go to the grayscale part
• JC tells Nefell the plan
• Can they take the children to the rest of the world? Yep
• Great, the plan is in place!
• RW wishes they could’ve solved it themselves
• They have to check in with their PI
• They’ll rest here and maybe find Jiff one day
• I’m glad we could solve this problem we created ourselves