1396 – Braggin’ On Big Wagons | All Intros 965 – 968 for Thanksgiving

Episode 1396 – Braggin' On Big Wagons | All Intros 965 – 968 for Thanksgiving

 

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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, roleplayers everywhere…all the world may be a stage or it may be a game, or it might…You say, all the world may be…it may be hard for me to wrap up in one thing with one truism about the world being a stage or a game. We all play our roles. Even the rolemaker plays a role as the rolemaker, and the person whose role is calling roll like roll-call…because it’s time for me to make a roll-call for anybody that wants to be put asleep by some nonsense, because it’s time for Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep.

 

INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? 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 is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake, whether it’s thoughts, things on your mind that you’re thinking about, feelings, so anything emotionally coming up for you or that’s there or that appears. You say, hey…that happens to me a lot. You say, where’d you come from? Oh yeah, we’ve joked about that before, like sliding into DMs. My feelings slide right into bed with me. I say, well, I thought I tucked you away.

 

That’s what my…here’s an idea, free idea for any companies out there; I think only some place like Stark Corp. or whatever could come up with this, but I started using a weighted comforter in December…January of whatever, the two years that were connected to one another. But here’s one; what if you had a comforter lined with something…? I guess you wouldn’t want to keep out feelings. You'd say, well, you could. You could say everybody…all those feel…hey Joy, can you get in here with me? Hey Serenity, can you pop right in here? Oh boy, let’s get cozy. I guess this is…this shows that I’m not fully well-adjusted, ‘cause, you know, there is space to say, hey, come on in, Anger. Don’t worry, Grouch. Are you an actual feeling? Maybe I could get in bed with Oscar the Grouch.

 

I'd say,, can you leave…? I don’t want to know what’s…I guess…are you like some sort of…are you like a hermit crab or something, like whatever’s below the garbage can? No, ‘cause I’ve seen your feet before in that famous…that one Sesame Street…the one Sesame Street movie I wrote that was never released; Oscar Goes for A Walk. It was not a classic film. Oscar’s Long Walk. It was just a movie about Oscar walking, ‘cause that part I saw in some movie. I think that was called…was that called…was that Big Bird’s Movie? Big Bird’s Walking? Big Bird Walks Around Town? I don’t know. Oh, sorry, I’m supposed to be making a sleep podcast.

 

So, if it’s feelings keeping you up, it could be physical sensations, changes in time or temperature, or someone trying to invent something then going on a tangent about Oscar the Grouch, then realizing they needed to get back to their original tangent and hoping they remember to…but whatever’s keeping you awake, I’d like to take your mind off of that. What I’m gonna do is…I have a safe place here. I’m gonna smooth it, I’m gonna pat it, I’m gonna rub it down. While for a second I thought we would have feelings-proof blankets…I realize that’s one of my tendencies. Then I said, well, maybe we don’t want feeling…maybe we want a permeable…a layer…a feeling-permeable layer. But you know, I guess I mistakenly dreamed of…this is where you see the podcast, even in the intro, is gonna actually have some growth.

 

I say, well…and I’m talking to myself, too. I say, Scoots, I realize you want a comforter, kinda like…the whole idea of the weighted comforter is the thing they give you when you’re getting your teeth looked at with the teeth camera. I know you’d want one that would be…we say, can you line that with something that keeps out my feelings? But we know that all your feelings need to be called in and hugged. That’s really the secret, which it is. But in this case, you don’t have to do that. That’s the purpose Sleep With Me does. So, what I’m gonna do is I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night. I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, superfluous tangents. I’m gonna go off-topic, all to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff while you fall asleep.

 

Now, if you’re new…or if you’re a regular listener, man, how many times have I…how much Oscar the Grouch fiction…? I don’t think I’ve ever gotten in bed with Oscar the Grouch on an intro before. But now…we’ve achieved that, finally, and the grouchy part of me. But…oh, so…oh, if you’re new…oh, if you’re new, this podcast is very different. So, I just wanted to tell you that right up front. It can be…it doesn’t necessarily work for everybody, especially right away, so, here’s a couple things to know. One, it’s okay not to like the show or it might not work or it’s okay to be doubtful or skeptical. That’s a really normal way to arrive at this podcast. So, I don’t want to really put your feelings at ease, but much like I was trying to do with myself, if you’re having those feelings or you’re not sure, just give the show a few tries and see how it goes.

 

You don’t even have to be open-minded; you could just be barely curious. You say, well, I don’t know about this podcast and your creaky, dulcet tones. I'd say,, yeah, that’s fine. You don’t have to be open-minded about it. You could just be…but I’m curious that…you’re really never gonna get to the point? I say, well, I barely get to…I get to more of the nubs. I don’t get to any points. But I get to those nubs, ‘cause I have a nub on the back of my head, the famous nub. That’s where the podcast magic comes from. Really, I do. Some people do have a nub. Some would call it a nubbin, but I call it a nub. If I wore a baseball cap a lot, it would keep it on there, ‘cause it would be right where…the plastic part of the baseball cap would go right under my nub. It’s vestigial.

 

I wish…I guess…I don’t know what would be there, ‘cause you would say, well, I really wouldn’t want anything vestigially on the back of my head, but…’cause…yeah, I say, well, what would vestigially be back there? Someone would say, some extra brain cells? I'd say,, well, maybe there was. That was where they connected the interesting…my ability to hold court. I had that…it was vestigial, so it’s not there anymore. Okay, so…oh, this podcast is very different. A couple other things to know; this is a podcast you don’t really listen to. You may have figured that out already. You just kinda barely pay attention. It works best if you just listen almost like you’re listening to rain or fuzz or wind.

 

You say, okay, well, it’s not exactly…that’s…I’m kind of…I’m slightly more interesting than the wind or rain, unless you’re some sort of rain…unless you’re a meteorologist. Then…even then I say, that you probably want some time off. You say, yeah, meteorology is who…that’s who I am during the day. During the night I’m a fan of meteors, believe it or not. I’m into a different kind of meteorology; with actual meteors. I'd say, well, hopefully one day you have a meteoric rise to meteor fame when you…I don’t know. Is that possible? Well, no. My dream is riding a meteor across the sky. I know it’s not realistic, but I do dream of that. Oh, that’s interesting.

 

I gotta get to this…I gotta get back to this sleep podcast; otherwise I have a lot of…how come they…? I guess I could look it up, but yeah, isn’t strange that…is it spelled like…? Meteorologist sounds like meteor…so, would you be an amateur meteorologist? You’re a professional meteorologist during the day, but…I’m sure the study of meteors is called something else. You say, well, I’m a quasitonatrist. Really? Is that someone who works with eye-glasses in the eighth dimension? No, I study meteors. Meteorology was already taken by weather people. I say, really? What was that called, a quasitontologist? ‘Cause I got something I could…you sure…is there anybody who’s an expert at helping me see in more than two…three dimensions? Hello? Okay. So, this is a podcast you don’t really listen to.

 

It’s also a podcast that doesn’t really put you to sleep. I’m here to keep you company while you fall asleep, not to actually put you to sleep. I’m here to take your mind off of stuff, to keep you company, to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-cuz, your bore-sib, your bore-bestie, your bore-bruh. That’s my job, and that’s why the shows are over an hour, is so you have plenty of time, so you don’t look at the episode and be like, how am I gonna fall asleep in twenty minutes? Or, what am I gonna do then? You say, well, at least Scoots will be here to keep me company whether I’m awake or asleep. So, if you can’t sleep, if you’re going through something or you can’t sleep on a regular basis or you need something to wake up, or you just need something to keep you company while you’re getting ready for bed as part of your wind-down, that’s what I’m here for.

 

I’m not really here to put you to sleep. I’m here to take your mind off of stuff and then you fall asleep whenever. So, that’s different, a podcast you don’t listen to, a podcast that doesn’t put you to sleep even though it’s a sleep podcast. The other thing that can throw new people off is the structure of the show. The show is structured kinda very deliberately, but it’s flexible. That’s the beauty of podcasts and podcast apps; you can listen…you don’t have to listen to them in any order, you could set a sleep timer, you could start it when you want it, you can move it around, you can smooth it, you can pat it, you can rub it down. You can say, podcast in a podcast app.

 

But, oh, so the structure of the show; the show starts off with a greeting, friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and roleplayers everywhere, so hopefully you feel seen and welcome or…you know, that’s what I’m trying to achieve, sometimes unsuccessfully, but that’s the goal I strive for. Then there’s business and listener support, and that’s one of the ways we’re able to be here for you for free twice a week, then there’s an intro. The intro goes from minute six or minute eight-ish to minute twenty or so, and it feels like I go on and on and on for some people. But really, it’s…the idea of the intro is to introduce new people to the show, but also for everybody — new listeners and regular listeners — to give you some wind-down, some distance from the day, and to ease you into bedtime.

 

So, if you’re new, this kinda…say, okay, this…when’s this show get started? I say, well, it’s kinda always started. It never starts at all. You say, is that like a cone? I'd say, I don’t know. You mean with a cone with a K-A-O-A-N or whatever? I’m not sure. That’s a good question. Did you hear earlier when that person was a fan…they were a meteorologist during the day and a meteor fan at night? That’s like…I mean, I wish that person would have stuck around…oh, they’re a figment of my imagine…wow. I have figments of my imagination that are more interesting than me. That’s weird. Somebody put that on needlepoint, because it’s…holy moly. I don’t know if I should feel great about that or I should take a breather. But you say, what’s the name…what would you title your 500th autobiography, the story of your life?

 

Figment…well, I guess I would put that in parentheses; (My Story) Figments of My Imagination That Are More Interesting Than Me. I actually…that one’s fascinating. You say, what time of day…? Tell me about your life as a meteorologist and then tell me about your life as a meteor fan. Are there any…? I’m sure there’s a band called The Meteors. I wonder if you’re into them. So, anyway…oh, so structure…oh, so we’re still on the structure. So, the intro goes on and on and on. So, some listeners skip it; 3% of listeners, currently. A few thousand people listen to story-only episodes on Patreon, but most people either listen as they’re getting ready for bed or as they’re unwinding, and then some people are falling asleep during the intro. So, kinda see what works for you as you become a regular listener.

 

You can always adjust. There’s always online conversations going on. More and more people are just listening as part of the unwinding process or the winding-down process and as part of their bedtime routine doing other stuff versus just strictly falling asleep to the show. But there’s no wrong way to use the podcast. If you fall asleep in thirty seconds, that’s great. If you wake up in the middle of the night and listen, that’s great. Some people listen all night. So, just kinda see how it goes. So, that’s the intro. Then there’s business between the intro and the story, again, to keep the podcast free, and then there’s a story. Tonight it’ll be our episodically modular series Journey Into the World of Tomorrow, where friends play a roleplaying game, and then there’s thank-yous at the end. So, that’s the structure of the show.

 

The reason I make the show is twofold; one, I’ve been there tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, and I know how it feels out there in the deep, dark night, and I know what it can be like to dread bedtime and for it to be something that’s…doesn’t feel good, and if I can keep you comforted or give you some solace or be a friend in the deep, dark night, that gives me big purpose, because I know what it’s like there. While I might not know exactly what you’re going through, I have a general idea of what it feels like. That’s one part of it. The other part of it is you do deserve a good night’s sleep. You do deserve a port in the storm, a place of respite, something you could feel good about and wind-down to.

 

If you get the sleep you need and you are more well-rested, your world’s gonna be a better place, and that means my world’s gonna be a better place, and that’s important to me. It’s important for me to say that over and over again, every single episode; you deserve a good night’s sleep. You really do. I know it’s not easy and I know it doesn’t always feel good when you can’t get…and you can’t get it all the time, I know, and it doesn’t feel fair to any of us that struggle with sleep, but I hope I can provide it. Now, the thing is, this definitely…show does not work for everybody. I’m not everybody’s cup of tea. Some people…this is a very different show. So, it just works for the people that it works for, but give it a few tries.

 

There’s also sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou with a list of other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff that you could check out, but I really hope I can provide something and help you get the rest you need and deserve. That’s why I’m here. I really appreciate you coming by. I work really hard on the show. I yearn and I strive. I really want to help you fall asleep, and here’s a couple ways I’m able to be here for you twice a week.

 

Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? 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 is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake. So, it could be thoughts, things you’re thinking about on your mind, so, thoughts, feelings, so, anything you’re experiencing emotionally that’s coming up for you. So, thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, so it could be, yeah, anything…thinking about anything emotionally coming up for you or physically you’re experiencing, or it could be something else. I don’t know.

 

It could be anything, really. If it’s keeping you awake, then it’s…let’s see, I mean, there are positive things that keep us awake, so I don’t want to put a blanket statement out there that it’s not positive or good, because there is. It’s just natural. I don’t know; what is…it’s not…you could be up from FOMO, fear of missing out, but what would be a thing…? ‘Cause this is a positive reason you can’t sleep, and I don’t want to get too deep into it, but, you know, if we have good feelings about it…what’s…can’t wait to get up to do something, missing out on sleep? I don’t know, I’ll come back to it, hopefully, if I remember. Can’t wait to get up…so, CWT, Country and Western Television…can’t wait to…GU. I don’t know, I don’t have a notebook in front of me.

 

But anyway, so whatever’s keeping you awake, I’m here to take your mind off of that. What I’m gonna do is I’m gonna…I got a nice, safe place here picked out. Oh boy…I don’t know if this safe place is ripe. It depends on what you mean when you say ripe because of what association you have. You say, is it perfectly ready for you to come and rest? Yes. Is it ripe? You say, no, it smells great, if that’s your ripe definition. I don’t know who came up with that term, though, because you say, no, no, no, that’s…you know what I mean? They say, oh, those…I’m trying to think of a neutral way to say it. Those socks are smelling ripe, you know, that are in the hamper. There’s a word that doesn’t get used as much anymore; hamper.

 

I wonder how the word hamper…it probably feels like a…what…? I think this might be the proper use of onerous. What an onerous job if you were a sentient being to be a hamper. That’ll be another…To Be A Hamper. It’s interesting ‘cause I’ve talked about Riveted or Rivet Head, the book by Ben Hamper. It had probably been like twenty or thirty years since I wrote that…read that book. He was in the Michael Moore documentary Where’s Roger…or is it called…? Roger and Me. Where’s Roger Rabbit? So, oh boy, let’s get back to a point, though. Where was I? Oh, I’m gonna create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake, whether it’s thoughts, you know, things on your mind, physical sense…oh no, I talked about all that already. Oh, I got a safe place set aside.

 

Now I’m trying to remember what I was supposed to remember. That happens every intro. Whatever. Maybe I will remember it. I don’t know. But so, what I’m gonna do is…I got a safe place here just like I said. Let’s get back there. Then I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night, I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, which you’ve already witnessed a few, superfluous tangents…one of those may have been a superfluous tangent. But whatever’s keeping you awake, I’m gonna try to take your mind off of that so you could fall asleep and, yeah, I think that’s it. Now, if you’re new, a couple things you probably need to know right up front. If you’re a regular listener, a couple things I want you to know. So glad to see you back. You look terrific.

 

You’re getting ready to get rested there. I can…the thing is, I see you already rested. I see in your future you getting comfortable and cozy, even cozier than you are now. Here’s yet another tangent; there’s a TV channel on the over-the-air thing called Cozi. I think that’s the name of the channel. I don’t know if it…I don’t think it has cozy type…it’s C-O-Z-I. I would pronounce that cozy. But I don’t think it’s strictly cozy subject matter. I don’t know, I’ll try to check it later when I get a chance. But so, where was I? Oh, so…oh, if you’re new. Hey regular listeners, excuse me. Let me get to these great new listeners or potential listeners. Right, you’re just testing the podcast out. That’s the first thing to know; if you’re feeling skeptical or doubtful or confused about creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, that’s natural.

 

The usual piece of advice that most people that become regular listeners say is give it two or three tries. I’m not gonna ask you to be open-minded, because that really feels like…that would get on my nerves if somebody said, just be open-minded, okay? About what, Cozi TV? Well, I just want to see what’s on there. I can’t…that’s open-minded. I say, what the heck they got on Cozi TV? If it’s…I’m guessing…I’m just guessing that it’s reruns of some kind. So, then it would…yeah, I don’t know if I could keep it open-minded if it’s some sort of rerun that I don’t have any interest in even though…but I could try if you’re saying…if you said that, just watch it; I know you don’t want to watch Big Wagons Rolling from 1955 or whatever, but just watch one episode and then maybe…and then after that is, I don’t know, Great Danes Talking to Fire Hydrants or something.

 

Is that a animated show? I don’t know. It could be. But it’s a classic animated show? Wait, Great Danes Talk to Fire Hydrants. What would be the plot of an episode? Well, I don’t know. You’d have to check it out and see. Okay, well, that sounds like appointment TV to me. So, if you’re new, though, just kinda say, hm, well, I’m not so sure about that, Big Wagons Rolling. I’ve never…no offense to wagon-based TV programs or those kinda things. I’ve just never been into them. But yeah, sure, if you want me to watch one, I’ll give it a shot and see how it goes, particularly in this case ‘cause the podcast is more here to put you to sleep, and the reason most people say that — most listeners — is ‘cause this podcast takes some adjusting. ‘Cause you say, well, you don’t really watch it. So, I don’t watch Big Wagons Rolling?

 

No, you just kinda…it’s just kinda there while you’re…it’s great for working. You put it on and…is it like Little House on the Prairie? Well, that’s the best part; without…it’s like Little House on the Prairie but without the distracting parts that make you want to watch. You just kinda…it’s mostly them rolling in wagons, and then they’ll stop, and then they’ll boil some water or do some gathering or mending or chatting. So, it’s perfect for working, too. It’s like a TV show…once upon a time it was designed to be watched. Wow, this Cozi TV’s sounding cozier and cozier the more you make up stuff about it. Yeah. So, that’s the thing about Sleep With Me; you just kinda barely pay attention. During the day you might work the Big Wagons Rolling. At night you could listen to Sleep With Me.

 

So, it’s a podcast you don’t really listen to. It also doesn’t really put you to sleep, believe it or not. It’s more here to keep you company while you drift off, and that’s why the shows are about an hour, is they just give you plenty of time. Then if you can’t sleep, I’ll be here to the end. I’m here to keep you company whether you’re awake or asleep. I guess just like that TV show analogy…say, that wagon’s rolling whether you’re watching it or not. So, those are two important things. The other things that throw new listeners off is…I mean, creaky, dulcet tones, my personality, my sense of mild humor, or just the idea…the whole concept of the podcast can throw people off. So, I just wanted to tell you that if you’re feeling off, that’s normal.

 

Oh, but so, to explain things though…so, structurally, if it throws you off…some common objections are…okay, the show starts off with a greeting. I think everybody agrees that’s nice. It’s nice to be greeted, and I try to greet everybody. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends beyond the binary, and in this case bakers, ‘cause it’s a Great British Bake Off episode. Then after that is business. That’s how…and usually…actually, there’s only one company when I’m recording this, Helix, that runs ads in the beginning, and then there’s usually something for our Patreon. Somewhere in there I’ll talk about resources for you, the listeners. So, that’s usually the business up front. So, whatever, five, six minutes or something. Then there’s…and that’s also full…I ramble even then. Then there’s our intro.

 

Now, the intro, some people think it’s part of the business, and it’s kind of…it’s like slow…like that wagon thing. I can’t say it anymore, but it’s just the beginning of the podcast. It takes twenty minutes, but that’s just because…well, it takes me that long to explain stuff and I get mixed up and I get distracted, but also…so, the whole idea of the intro…this is one of the few intros that serves two purposes. Like, normally an intro would be like in a radio station where they remind you…or the news where they say, well, we’re at the top of the hour, so in case you missed it or in case you don’t know what radio station this is because you just tuned in…or they say, this is the podcast about…this is The Wagon…what was…?

 

Big Wagons Rolling Podcast, the podcast where we talk about the greatest TV show from the 1950s and my favorite show, Big Wagons Rolling. Hardy-har-har. Now let’s get to the episode. Through the Crescent Valley: Part 1. Then we’ll say…so, we’ll talk about our rewatch, then we’ll talk about ceramic-ware, and that’ll be it for the episode. We’ll have your calls calling the chuck wagon or whatever we call it at the end of the show. So, get ready for Episode 2014 of Big Wagons Rolling. I guess you can’t call it that, so you’d have to call it Bragging on Big Wagons Rolling Cast. So, that would be a normal podcast intro. I mean, other than the subject matter; just the structure. But our show is to put you to sleep. So, the intro can kinda ease you into bedtime.

 

For a regular listener, ideally it offers you a place to sigh with relief. You say, okay, Scoots is gonna go off-topic again. He’s never talked about Big Wagons Rolling. He’s probably mentioned Cozi TV before and…holy Michael Eisner is that a case of made-up synergy with this imaginary show. You say, is Michael Landon in that? I say, no, but Landon Jeffries was on Big Wagons Rolling. He played Cal. That was the first name that popped in my head. He was on Wagon 47. Whoa, there’s…? No, there wasn’t forty-seven wagons. That’s a whole…you gotta listen to one of the…you gotta listen to that Big Wagon Bragging podcast to find out about that. Okay, so…but so, the intro though if you’re new, I just wanted to tell you that listeners listen to it to wind down.

 

Some people fall asleep during the intro, but a lot of people listen before they get into bed or as they’re in bed easing into bedtime. So, the intro gives you some distance from the day, because at least for most of us that have trouble sleeping, it’s not just something you can turn on or off. So, that’s the purpose the intro kinda serves, just to roll into bedtime slowly, roll you off into dreamland. About 2% of people skip the intro and just listen to the story part, and then another…well, a couple thousand people just listen to story-only stuff on Patreon. So, that’s the intro. Then there’s business. For regular listeners, that’s when your hand hits the fridge tomorrow…or write yourself a note, because if you’re asleep during that part and you miss it, that’s what’s…that’s what keeps the wagon rolling.

 

The reason that’s there is just, that’s how a podcast…that’s where…it’s like…I don’t know, it’s just the podcast structure. Then after that is our episode. Tonight we’ll be talking about the Great British Bake Off and what happened in an episode. You won’t miss anything, so you don’t need to watch the show. Or if you’re a fan of the show, you’ll say…I mean, this…you say, how many different ways can Scooter say Rahul? I'd say, I don’t know; how many different ways can Noel say it? How many different ways can Scooter say Noel? I'd say, Noel or Noel? Two right there. Rahul, Rahul. So…I say, well, it’s my…there’s actually a correct way. I'd say, you believe how many times I’ve…you believe me; I realize. Yeah. I apologize. So, okay, what was my point?

 

Oh, so, we’ll talk about the Great British Bake Off, then we will…oh, then there’s some thank-yous. So, that’s the structure of the show. The reason I make the show is because I care, because I’ve been there. I know how it feels tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, waking up, all those things; getting back to sleep. So, if I can help…while this podcast does not work for everybody, I really hope it can help you, because the other side of it is you deserve a good night’s sleep. You deserve a place where you could rest, where you can get some solace and some relaxation and recover from the day today. If you do do that…and maybe you’re in a position where you start getting more and more rest, whether it’s because of this show or this show kinda spurred you on to have a more structured bedtime routine.

 

When you get more rest, our world is a better place because your world is a better place. So, it gives me honor to be able to do that because you deserve…I prefer that you have a good night’s sleep versus the rigmarole that I go through sometimes. So, that’s…so, those are the reasons I make the show, and yeah, like I said, there could be…sometimes you can’t sleep because the…you say, oh boy, is there a new episode…? Well, one, you could not sleep ‘cause you say, there’s a new episode of Big Wagons Rolling coming out. It’s the holiday premiere. You say, I thought that was from the 1950s. Yeah, it was rediscovered in the archives of Scooter’s mind. It was in a…crystallized in a piece of amber, and they extracted it. Oh, interesting.

 

But maybe the…it’s about a…the kids on Big Wagon Rolling, because they’re going…after the Crescent Valley, they’re going to someplace called the North Pole. It’s not at the North Pole, but it was the first town…it’s called North Pole…I don’t know, North Pole, Wisconsin or something, or…yeah, North Pole, Idaho I think it was. This was back whenever…not the 1950s; in the…whatever. I don’t know what year they were on the…Wagons Rolling, but…and they go there and it’s like…you say, wow, they even had that back then, a fake North Pole. Open all year. Bring the kids where Santa Claus is, there’s reindeer, there’s a slide. I don’t know what other stuff they have, but the kids on the great…on the Big Wagons Rolling, they can’t sleep because they know in the morning they’re gonna be pulling into North Pole, Wisconsin, Idaho.

 

Idaho, Wisconsin. One’s a city, one’s a state, and one’s an imaginary name. So, they’re up all night tossing and whispering…you really think we’re gonna be able…do you think Santa lets you sit on his lap? Is there a set…? Oh, boy. They had this thing called hot cocoa there. Holy cow, I can’t wait. So, do you think they leave milk and cookies out for Santa every night or what? So, you know, we’ve all been there. I mean, we haven’t been in that exact situation, so if I can help you with that, too, that’s a positive when you can’t sleep. There are people that listen to the show ‘cause they’re getting ready to do something or go somewhere or have a visit or a big…something big going on. I’m happy to help wherever I can. I think that’s it. I’m really glad you’re here. I really appreciate your time and you coming by, and I really work hard. I yearn and I strive. I really hope I can help you fall asleep, and here’s a couple of ways I’m able to bring you this podcast on the regular twice a week for free.

 

Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? 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 is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever is keeping you awake, whether it’s thoughts, so things on your mind that are going through your head, physical sensations or feelings, anything emotionally you’re experiencing…whatever’s keeping you awake. It could be some of those things, it could be changes in time or temperature or routine or something situational, anticipation or decompression.

 

Whatever it is, I’d like to take your mind off of that. What I propose to do…and let me know what you think about this or see if you could say, well, I don’t know; let me see how it goes. I’m gonna…I got a safe place here. I’ve smoothed it, I’ve patted it, I’ve rubbed it down, then I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night. I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones. Oh, so creaky are my tones. So, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders — those are where I go off-topic as you’ve already seen a few times — superfluous tangents. I’m gonna get mixed up, I’m gonna go off-topic all to keep you company while you fall asleep. Now if you’re new, a couple things I want you to know. This podcast is very different, so let me give you a couple pieces of, I don’t know, helpful experience from long-term listeners.

 

This is the wisdom of long-term listeners that have passed on to me to pass on to you. That sounds like a joke, but it’s not. One is that this is a podcast you just barely listen to. You almost listen to it passively or not at all, or…but it’s weird; you can kind of actively listen or you can shift your listening modes depending on what your needs are. But you kinda find that out as you become a regular listener. So, when you first start out, it’s kinda the idea that you’re just kinda barely listening. If you’re listening closely and anticipating the show getting started or going somewhere or making sense, that could be a little bit…you say, okay, it’s…here’s the thing; some people sit in a rock…rocking chairs have kind of…have they fallen out of favor or are they just not as popular anymore? I don’t know. I don’t have a rocking chair in my home.

 

There was a glider rocker when my daughter was born, but it ended up that actually the yoga ball worked better, or the couch. That’s not a knock on glider rockers. But a rocking chair is something I guess steeped in nostalgia, but if you were sitting in it, you’d be rocking back and forth, right? Or you’d be…you could be sitting there. I think that’s the problem with rocking chairs, is they don’t have a lot of…they’re not good for just sitting around. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen…and when people try and make plush rocking chairs and they say, well, this is a recliner with some rocking action…well, we’ve gone far-field already ‘cause I could talk about this for hours. But I was just thinking if you sit in a rocking chair, you kinda know what you’re in for. You’re like, this chair ain’t going anywhere except back and forth.

 

That’s kinda like this podcast. It goes a little bit more than back and forth, but as you become a regular listener, your expectations of a rocking chair are limited. No offense, rocking chairs. I mean, I’m no D.H. Lawrence, so I’m not gonna start…I don’t need to go down…that’s a whole different situation, and that’s not even a chair. But…so now my mind’s even more confused. My mind’s like, why’d you bring up…? I say, well, just ‘cause a…you say, what, is D.H. Lawrence responsible for all rocking-based fiction? I'd say, no. I mean, I’m sure there’s rock and roll or rock-based fiction, but when you have a rocking object…then I’m thinking about sitting in it. So, I don’t know, that’s one thing, is just to passively listen or…I tried to create an analogy and it went exactly the way it was supposed to, just like…that was a Sleep With Me analogy.

 

I tried to make a non-Sleep With Me analogy and it became a Sleep With Me analogy, so that’s perfect. So, just barely listen. The other thing is this podcast really doesn’t put you to sleep. It’s here to keep you company while you fall asleep, which is different in the sense that I’m only here to keep your mind off of stuff. The reason the episodes are about an hour is so you have plenty of time to fall asleep. I’m here to be your companion in the deep, dark night, your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-cuz, your bore-sib, your bore-bestie, your bore-bruh. I’m here to be your bore-bud and take your mind off of stuff. So, the episodes are over an hour so you have plenty of time to fall asleep. So, those are two things that throw new people off. It takes two or three tries to get used to.

 

That’s what repetitive people say over and over again. I literally just read a review where someone heard about the podcast a year ago, listened once, said, oh boy, not for me, then came back, listened again and said, hm, still not for me, but I’ll listen to it; pleasant enough. Then the next night said, hm, it’s pleasant enough. Might as well listen again. Then the third night they became a regular listener. That’s a pretty circuitous path to get to it, but I don’t know, is that what it’s like being in a rocking chair? I think it is, because here’s the thing; not everybody…I mean, there are rocking chair stereotypes, right? You got the Hitchcockian use of rocking chairs, which we won’t get into, and then you have older adults, and then that’s it.

 

You say, okay, well, if we broaden our view of who could sit in a rocking chair, anybody who’s into sitting…you would still say…so if we said the whole planet…this would be a logic question on a standardized test. You say, if the whole planet could sit in a rocking chair, then I guess the next question would be, would the whole planet sit in a rocking chair? No. But they…if they could, then we would know who would, right? Right? You say, okay, wow, I’m impressed by this data of the people that like sitting in rocking chairs. There is a percentage of the planet that does like it. I guess what was…I don’t even know where…at what point…I thought I was almost to a point, and then I said…but, give it a few tries, is that what I was saying? Then it’ll grow on you? But just see how it goes. That’s one thing.

 

The other thing that could throw new people off understandably is the structure of the show. It even throws regular listeners off. So, the show starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls so you feel seen and welcome. Then we have business and listener support, resources for you, resources so the show can stay free, and sponsors. Then there’s the intro. The intro goes from minute six or minute eight to around minute twenty. The intro introduces the podcast, obviously. That’s why it’s called an intro. It could be called a show within a show. It could be…I don’t know what we’d call it, though, other than the intro. The extra rambles? But it serves a secondary purpose for regular listeners or even new listeners…is that it slowly gives you some distance from the day.

 

It slowly helps you wind down, and a lot of regular listeners use it as part of their wind-down routine, whether they’re getting ready for bed or they’re in bed getting cozy or they’re doing some sort of other relaxing activity. So, the idea of the intro is that for us that can’t sleep or have issues falling asleep or waking up or stuff, it’s not some quick fix. It’s not a switch that gets…it’s like a dimmer. Yeah, I’m like…I’m a slow dimmer, and yes, I’m dim. My brain just said that. Oh, boy. So, that’s why the intro goes on and on and on, is to help you ease into bedtime. There is 3% of regular listeners that skip ahead to twenty minutes and start the show there and kinda just see where it starts.

 

There’s people that listen all night, there’s people that start the show in the middle of the night, there’s people that listen during the day while they work or they need a break. So, you could kinda see what works for you and go from there. So, that’s the intro. Then after the intro is our sponsors, and that’s just kinda the structure of podcasts. That’s called the middle…it’s the mid-roll even though it’s not the middle of the show. So, those are two more of the sponsors that help keep the show free. Then there will be our story. Tonight it’ll be a new thing we’ve only done in one other style before, and I haven’t recorded it, but I’m thinking I’m gonna look through some old catalogs, and I’ll have to explain what a catalog is. That’s gonna be exciting, sleepy stuff.

 

I’m sure there’s people that are like, what do you mean people don’t know what catalogs are? I say, well, I mean, it’s not…catalogs…and soon, in two generations it’ll…it will be history. I’m not trying to say that in a good or bad way. But I say, there’s still some catalogs that are around, but for the most part, that’s just not a thing anymore. But I said, well, let’s look back at some and just see where it goes, ‘cause we went…one time we looked through old HBO guides, and that was…that turned out pretty well. That was a popular episode. So, we’ll see how that goes. So, that’ll be the story. So, that’s the structure of the show, then there’s some thank-yous at the end, thanking listeners who do stuff to help the show out, and I think that’s it.

 

I mean, the only other things to know is I make this show because I’ve been there and because you deserve a good night’s sleep. You deserve a place you can rest and get some sleep, and that’s important to me because it means our world will be a better place if your world’s a better place, if you’re able to inhabit your world a little bit more. It gives me purpose, so I’m glad you’re here. I work really hard. I yearn and I strive and I really want to help you fall asleep. Thanks again for coming by, and here’s a couple ways I’m able to bring this show free twice a week.

 

Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? 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 is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake, whether it’s thoughts, things on your mind that you’re thinking about, feelings, anything emotionally coming up for you, it could be physical sensations. So, it could be physical sensations, it could be changes in time or temperature or it could just be something…whatever, routine, outside noise. Maybe you don’t even know why.

 

Whatever it is that’s keeping you awake or got you…that’s…whatever’s going on, I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of that. What I propose to do and what I’m going to attempt to do if you’re new is win…I can’t win you over in one episode. That’s just not realistic. But so, for the first episode, I’ll attempt to kinda bring you to neutrality. Then I’m gonna…also at the same time I’m gonna…I got a safe place set aside. I’m gonna smooth the safe place out, I’m gonna pat it, I’m gonna rub it down, I’m gonna say safe place, and I’m gonna say it in honor of BBD and the East Coast family. I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night. BBD…or is there…Bell Biv and DeVoe. That’s what I was…BBDV. There was a…once upon a time there was a men’s company called BVD, I think. I wonder what that stood for.

 

Bell Biv DeVoe; that’s BBD. But BVD, I think that was…well, I don’t know…I don’t mean to make you giggle this early, but they were what is referred to as tighty-whities, which is a form of men’s underwear that’s still…oh boy, we’re talking about men’s underwear so early. This is family-friendly, though. I mean, don’t wear them around the house because that’s…I guess, yeah, that’s not…but it was a form of men’s underwear that’s still very popular, I think. So, I guess I don’t want to comment on it other than that, because I say, wait a second, I’m…not only am I…that’s the underwear I wear, Scoots; I’m wearing BVDs. I say, okay, well, I’m trying to get through a sleep podcast intro, so I gotta get off this topic as soon as I can.

 

I thought I was gonna talk about dice cups and not…that’s another thing that those companies would make; a undergarment that they would…protective wear, too. Oh boy, next thing you know I’m gonna be saying ICUP because…but please don’t. That was just pandering to the tweens in the audience. I mean, think about it; if a tween is out there and they don’t have a parent that wears tighty-whities or a grandparent that stays with them or some sort of relative…we used to be exposed to tighty-whitey marketing. I say, not as much as sugared cereal and fast food back in the 80s, but that was a boom time for basic men’s underwear. I don’t know, that’s…how am I…? I’m supposed to be introducing a sleep podcast.

 

So, okay, so I’m gonna send my…yeah, I’m gonna try to create a safe place, which I may have just…we’ll circle back…and send my voice across the deep, dark night. I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, superfluous tangents. That was definitely a unnecessary…that was a superfluous tangent. I had no idea even in…this is…whatever, this is probably a episode in the high 900s, and I don’t think I’ve talked about that kinda underwear in 900-something…almost 1,000 episodes ‘til today, or dice cups. So, I mean, that’s…there’s something new…that’s why I keep recording these podcast…my brain’s always got something new to make me blush. Okay, so…oh, if you’re new, well, you’re new. Welcome. I try to be as welcoming as I can.

 

Now, the one thing to know is this podcast is not for everybody, clearly. I mean, probably the Hanes family and the people that are entitled to the…Fruit of the Loom stockholders everywhere, they’re saying what in the…can’t…I said, don’t worry, I moved it around. Talk about…what is that called, common time or whatever you’re supposed to do in the news? Yeah, no, don’t worry. If you got a underwear company that sells basic men’s underwear…not underwear for basic men. Don’t worry, I’m not judging. I’m just saying that those are the companies I can think of right now. I can see all you lined up at TJ Maxx, because that’s where I see you the most.  Okay, so don’t worry, don’t worry, there’s other brands that are popping in my head for inclusion, but I say, can I just get to the sleep podcast that I make, please?

 

I don’t need to raise brand awareness for all undergarments at this time. So, okay, oh boy, so, this podcast is very different. Clearly you’ve seen that already. It’s not for everybody, but it might…give it a few tries. That’s what most listeners say, because it is just so…a little bit different and a little bit strange, and you’ve probably heard a ton of different stuff to put you to sleep in the past. That’s why this is different, but then it takes some getting used to, because you don’t really listen to this episode…this podcast. You just kind of barely pay attention to it. So, that’s one thing. The other thing…the other things to know is this is also not a podcast to put you to sleep. My job is to keep you company while you fall asleep.

 

That’s why the shows are over an hour, to give you plenty of time to drift off, so then you can fall asleep at your leisure. Ideally you’re barely listening to me, and then the next thing you know, you’re awake tomorrow. So, those are the other things. The structure of the show is also different, so I want to tell you about that. The show starts off with a greeting; ladies and gentlemen, friends beyond the binary, boys and girls, roleplayers everywhere, that kind of stuff. That’s the greeting, then we go into supporter stuff, so sponsors and support for listeners, then there’s an intro which is around twelve to twenty-two minutes. Lately they’ve been in the high twenty minutes, but I’m trying to get them…I’m trying to rein them in a little bit. But so…oh, and then after the intro is business. That’s the main spot for podcast sponsors.

 

So, the intro sets you up to go to sleep, then we have the sponsors, then we have the bedtime story to put you to sleep. Tonight it’ll be our episodically modular series Journey Into the Land of Tomorrow. So, that’s the structure of the show. Oh, and there’s thank-yous at the end and how we’re able to bring…bring it to you for totally free, which is cool. The other thing I want you to know is I make the show because you deserve a good night’s sleep. I really believe that. I really believe that the world will be a better place if you’re rested and you get the sleep you need. Your world’s gonna be better, my world’s gonna be better, and if you get to the point where you flourish and you’re rested on a regular basis, that’s amazing too. So, that’s important to me.

 

The other thing is I’ve been there tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, all those things. Believe me, I’ll be thinking about that BVD thing for hours. I’m trying to think of what initials I would do to have…I mean, it must be someone’s name or something, because what else would…how would it have to do with BVD…what does it have to do with undergarments? Then somebody would say, that was not a underwear company, Scoots. I'd say, oh, really? Well, I guess I just imagined it, then. But so, what was I saying? Oh, I’ve been there, so if I can help you…not only do you deserve a good night’s sleep; I know how it feels to dread bedtime or to wonder about it, so that’s why I make the show.

 

I just realized I didn’t do a good job explaining the intro, because one of the parts of the intro as you become a regular listener is that it becomes ideally part of your wind-down routine or your getting-ready-for-bed routine to help ease you into bedtime. That’s why the intro is somewhere between twelve and twenty-five minutes, because I’ve just seen over the seven plus years I’ve been making the show that gives you some distance between the day, and then the story ideally would be when you fall asleep. People use the show tons of different ways. So if you’re new, just kinda see how it goes. Give the show a few tries. It might not even work for you. I’ll list other podcasts at sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. So yeah, that’s everything.

 

I mean, I didn’t think I would really…I’m trying to think of a way to get out of this…I don’t think I’ll be able to talk about dice cups, but those are the things…I guess they’re popular with Backgammon, but the ones with the Backgammons are an oval so they can fit in a closed Backgammon case. I think Scrabble probably had them. I have a game…can’t remember what it’s called. It doesn’t…it’s not called Quasar, but that’s the word that popped in my head. I think it’s some game…it’s some dice game. That came in a cup. I don’t know if it’s a velvet-lined cup. Great question, imagination. That was the next question my brain just asked; do you think…? And I say, no, I think that’s just a rubber plastic cup. But you’re right, the dice must love being cloaked in velvet. I mean, who wouldn’t?

 

You say, if I became…if I was a dice, I would want to be a dice cloaked in velvet. Well, not…I guess if I was cloaked in velvet, that’d be different, ‘cause you say, well, I can’t see the dice ‘cause it’s cloaked in velvet, or it doesn’t roll. It always rolls on one of three numbers because it’s cloaked in…I say, no, no. Ensconced…remember when I was talking about being ensconced in velvet or ensconced in something? Is there a town in Wisconsin called Ensconce…Ensconced in…? How about a movie, coming-of-age story; Ensconced in Wisconsin? Are there any takers out there? I really…Ensconced in Wisconsin. You could even hear…this is A.O. Scott. I’m talking about…oh, I guess not. Ensconced…it would be in print anyway. Gotta go see it. What’s the name of the movie? Ensconced in Wisconsin. Ensconced? Yeah, like ensconced.

 

It rolls off the tongue. Surprisingly, 98% of the time, ensconced in Wisconsin. Talk about two words that feel perfectly weighted with one another. I thought…oh boy, I gotta wrap this up though ‘cause…so, I’m glad you’re here. I really hope I can help you fall asleep. I really appreciate you checking the show out. I work really hard. I yearn and I strive. I really want to help you fall asleep or just keep you company whether you’re awake or asleep, so thanks so much, and here’s a couple of ways I’m able to be here for you free twice a week.

 

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All Intros

 

Lightning Rods

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/the-thunderstorm-whisperers/538605/

https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/lightning-rod-not-so-shocking-invention

https://thecraftsmanblog.com/the-history-of-the-lightning-rod/

 

Michael Moore / Rivethead

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/a31488/roger-and-me-michael-moore/

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/10/04/roger-michael-moore-blu-ray-th-anniverwary/16673457/

https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/2021/06/12/profile-30-years-later-ben-hamper-remembers-the-rivethead-his-legacy-of-that-one-story-that-one-guy/

 

Glider Rockers

https://www.antiquetrader.com/furniture/even-when-called-by-another-name-its-still-a-chair

https://troutmanchairs.com/the-history-of-rocking-chairs/

https://www.southernliving.com/culture/rocking-chair

 

New Jack Swing / BVD

https://timeline.carnegiehall.org/genres/new-jack-swing

https://kottke.org/18/01/the-history-of-new-jack-swing

https://www.popmatters.com/new-jack-swing-1991-2495947856.html

 

DOWN TO BUSINESS

All the world may be a stage, but, uh…

We all play our roles, even the rolemaker

 

PLUGS

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

 

SPONSORS

Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Kindred; Odoo; Uncommon Goods; Everyday Dose

 

INTRO

965

Sliding into DMs

My feeling slide right into bed with me

A Weighted Comforter

A Comforter lined with Feelings

Maybe I’d get in bed with Oscar the Grouch

Is Oscar the Grouch a Hermit Crab?

Oscar’s Long Walk

A Feeling-Permeable Layer

This is where you see growth in the podcast

How many times have I mentioned Oscar the Grouch here?

You can just be barely curious

The Famous Nub from Which Podcast Magic Issues

The Vestigial Nub

I’m slightly more interesting than the wind

A Different Kind of Meteorology

The Dreaming Meteorologist

The Quasitonotologist

Explaining the Intro

Is that a koan?

The Show that is starting all the time and has already started

Figments of imagination that are more interesting than Scooter

My Story: Figments of Imagination that are More Interesting Than Me

Is there a band called The Meteors?

You deserve a port in the storm

 

STORY

966

Positive Things That Keep Us Awake

CWTGU (Can’t Wait To Get Up)

This podcast is ripe in the good way

Hamper

Onerous

Rivethead by Ben Hamper

Welcome back, regular listeners

The Cozi Channel

Being Open-Minded

I’m guessing there’s reruns on Cozi

Great Danes Talk to Fire Hydrants, a classic cartoon

No offense to Wagon-Based TV Programs

Big Wagons Rolling

You just listen and keep it on in the background

A less engaging Little House on the Prairie

Cozy TV

Great British Bake Off

Two Purposes for the Intro

Get ready for episode 2014 of the Braggin’ On Big Wagons Podcast 

How many ways can Scooter say “Rahul” and “Noel”?

You deserve some rest and solace

Rediscovered in the Archives of Scooter’s Mind

A TV episode crystallized in a piece of amber

A Deep Dive into Big Wagons Rolling

North Pole, Idaho

Wow, they even had a fake North Pole in the Wild West

967

Anticipation and Decompression

Helpful experience from long-term listeners

Shifting Modes In Listening

What ever happened to rocking chairs?

I had a Glider Rockers when my daughter was born

Rocking chairs aren’t great for just sitting around

A Recliner with some Rocking Action

Limited Rocking Chair Expectations

Is DH Lawrence responsible for all Rocking-Based Fiction?

A circuitous path to SWM listening

Rocking Chair Stereotypes

Rocking Chair Logic Questions

The Extra Rambles

A Show Within a Show

A Slow Dimmer

A new experiment

Explaining what a catalog is

The Transformation into Recent History

968

Whatever’s keeping you awake, I got you

I can’t win you over in one episode

Bell Biv Devoe

BVD?

Tighty Whities

Oh boy we’re talking about men’s underwear very early in the show

ICUP

Pandering to Tweens in the Audience

Tween Exposure to a Parent’s Tighty Whities

A boom time for basic mens’ underwear

Dice Cups

Shoutout to Fruit of the Loom Investors worldwide

Common Time

Basic Men’s Underwear or Men’s Basic Underwear?

I don’t need to raise awareness for all underwear brands all the time

Trying to rein in the intro a bit

Journey Into the Land of Tomorrow

I’ll be thinking about BVD for hours now

I don’t think I’ll have time to talk about dice cups in this intro

Quasar

A Velvet Lined Cup

Who wouldn’t love being cloaked in velvet?

Ensconced in velvet

Ensconced in Wisconsin

This surprisingly rolls off the tongue

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1396

Title: Braggin’ On Big Wagons | All Intros 965 – 968 for Thanksgiving

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

Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Kindred; Odoo; Uncommon Goods; Everyday Dose

Notable Language:

• 965
• A Feeling-Permeable Layer
• Barely Curious
• My Vestigial Nub
• The Dreaming Meteorologist
• The Quasitonotologist
• K-O-A-N
• 966
• CWTGU (Can’t Wait To Get Up)
• Onerous
• Wagon-Based TV Programs
• Ripe
• Hamper
• Cozi
• Braggin’ On Big Wagons
• Rahul
• 967
• Shifting Modes In Listening

• Rocking Chair Logic Questions
• Rocking-Based Fiction (RBF)
• 968
• BBD
• Tighty Whities
• BVD’s
• ICUP
• Quasar
• Velvet-Lined Cup (VLC)
• Ensconced in Velvet
• Ensconced in Wisconsin

 

Notable Culture:

• • 965
  • StarkCorp / Marvel
  • Oscar the Grouch / Sesame Street
  • Oscar’s Long Walk
  • Meteorology

• Journey Into the Land of Tomorrow

• My Story: Figments of Imagination that are More Interesting Than Me

• • The Meteors (Band)
  • 966

• Rivethead by Ben Hamper

• • Great Danes Talk to Fire Hydrants

• Braggin’ On Big Wagons Podcast

• • Michael Moore / Roger & Me
  • The Cozi Channel

• Big Wagons Rolling

• Little House on the Prairie

• Great British Bake Off

• • Michael Eisner
  • Michael Landon
  • 967
  • D.H. Lawrence
  • HBO
  • Radioshack
  • 968
  • Bell Biv Devoe
  • BVD Menswear Company
  • Hanes
  • Fruit of the Loom
  • TJ Maxx
  • Journey Into the Land of Tomorrow

• Ensconced in Wisconsin

• A.O. Scott

 

Notable Talking Points:

• • 965
  • Sliding into DMs
  • My feeling slide right into bed with me
  • A Weighted Comforter
  • A Comforter lined with Feelings
  • Maybe I’d get in bed with Oscar the Grouch
  • Is Oscar the Grouch a Hermit Crab?
  • Oscar’s Long Walk
  • A Feeling-Permeable Layer
  • This is where you see growth in the podcast
  • How many times have I mentioned Oscar the Grouch here?
  • You can just be barely curious
  • The Famous Nub from Which Podcast Magic Issues
  • The Vestigial Nub
  • I’m slightly more interesting than the wind
  • A Different Kind of Meteorology
  • The Dreaming Meteorologist
  • The Quasitonotologist
  • Explaining the Intro
  • Is that a koan?
  • The Show that is starting all the time and has already started
  • Figments of imagination that are more interesting than Scooter
  • My Story: Figments of Imagination that are More Interesting Than Me
  • Is there a band called The Meteors?
  • You deserve a port in the storm
  • 966
  • Positive Things That Keep Us Awake
  • CWTGU (Can’t Wait To Get Up)
  • This podcast is ripe in the good way
  • Hamper
  • Onerous
  • Rivethead by Ben Hamper
  • Welcome back, regular listeners
  • The Cozi Channel
  • Being Open-Minded
  • I’m guessing there’s reruns on Cozi
  • Great Danes Talk to Fire Hydrants, a classic cartoon
  • No offense to Wagon-Based TV Programs
  • Big Wagons Rolling
  • You just listen and keep it on in the background
  • A less engaging Little House on the Prairie
  • Cozy TV
  • Great British Bake Off
  • Two Purposes for the Intro
  • Get ready for episode 2014 of the Braggin’ On Big Wagons Podcast 
  • How many ways can Scooter say “Rahul” and “Noel”?
  • You deserve some rest and solace
  • Rediscovered in the Archives of Scooter’s Mind
  • A TV episode crystallized in a piece of amber
  • A Deep Dive into Big Wagons Rolling
  • North Pole, Idaho
  • Wow, they even had a fake North Pole in the Wild West
  • 967
  • Anticipation and Decompression
  • Helpful experience from long-term listeners
  • Shifting Modes In Listening
  • What ever happened to rocking chairs?
  • I had a Glider Rockers when my daughter was born
  • Rocking chairs aren’t great for just sitting around
  • A Recliner with some Rocking Action
  • Limited Rocking Chair Expectations
  • Is DH Lawrence responsible for all Rocking-Based Fiction?
  • A circuitous path to SWM listening
  • Rocking Chair Stereotypes
  • Rocking Chair Logic Questions
  • The Extra Rambles
  • A Show Within a Show
  • A Slow Dimmer
  • A new experiment
  • Explaining what a catalog is
  • The Transformation into Recent History
  • 968
  • Whatever’s keeping you awake, I got you
  • I can’t win you over in one episode
  • Bell Biv Devoe
  • BVD?
  • Tighty Whities
  • Oh boy we’re talking about men’s underwear very early in the show
  • ICUP
  • Pandering to Tweens in the Audience
  • Tween Exposure to a Parent’s Tighty Whities
  • A boom time for basic mens’ underwear
  • Dice Cups
  • Shoutout to Fruit of the Loom Investors worldwide
  • Common Time
  • Basic Men’s Underwear or Men’s Basic Underwear?
  • I don’t need to raise awareness for all underwear brands all the time
  • Trying to rein in the intro a bit

• Journey Into the Land of Tomorrow

• I’ll be thinking about BVD for hours now

• I don’t think I’ll have time to talk about dice cups in this intro
• Quasar
• A Velvet Lined Cup
• Who wouldn’t love being cloaked in velvet?
• Ensconced in velvet
• Ensconced in Wisconsin
• This surprisingly rolls off the tongue