1377 – Muppet*Vision Facade Part 1 | Brick Builder

Episode 1377 – Muppet*Vision Facade Part 1 | Brick Builder

 

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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, pips and squares and circles and cubes, spheres, shapes…all shapes…holy moly, are we gonna be…am I gonna be contemplating how to say a shape. Oh, stud…are they called studs or pips? We're talking bricks, those plastic bricks you use to make things and pass the time, those goes that lay are…those do to the ploes. It’s not…no, those ones are too big, though. We're reuse…are these regulation bricks we're using? I don't know, but welcome to Sleep With Me, the podcast that’s here to put you to sleep and take your mind off of stuff.

 

If you're new to the show, you may be confused because I’m talking about…I think I can say Legos, or I could say it in…'cause it was used in an advertisement for Eggos, right? They were saying a shorter version of ‘let go of my Eggo waffle’. So, you might be confused. Welcome to Sleep With Me. This is a podcast to be your friend in the deep, dark night, keep you company, and take your mind off of stuff. The way it works is kinda passively. You just kinda hang out and barely listen to me and see how it goes. What we got coming up is support, then after that will be a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, and later on I’ll be going through the instructions of a custom brick-building set I got that…I’m excited to contemplate how I’m gonna put it together on another time, another point.

 

So, I’m really glad you're here. I work really hard. I yearn and I strive. If you're new or you're a occasional listener, you're going through a tough time, I’m really glad you're here, and this show is really here to just help you out. If you're a regular listener, you've been listening for months and months and years and years, you listen night after night, really could use you opting in, those of you that get the most out of the podcast. Or if you fall asleep fast and you just heard me, before you do, pay attention to this stuff, 'cause this is how we're able to be here for you when you fall asleep fast or you listen all night long or any of those other regular-listener styles. I could use your support, and here’s the ways you could do it.

 

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. That could be thoughts on your mind about…things you're thinking about, thoughts about the past, the present, the future, thoughts that are just there, or they could be actively participating in your life, which…it seems like that’s the case for me most…I’d say, I prefer…no need to actively participate in my life, thoughts.

 

Then they say, okay, but we’ve actually been participating passively, too. I say, okay. You're kinda like one of those e-mail things or the…those opt-in forms that are confusing, huh? I just did one earlier where I said…yeah, no, only strictly necessary. Then I said, wait a second, that was a little bit too easy, so…I mean, I get that it’s necessary, but what was I talking about? Oh, thoughts; it could be feelings, anything coming up for you emotionally whether they're related to those thoughts or feelings that are just there…I mean, how come they haven't passed a thought…an opt-out form for my thoughts? That’d be handy. I guess it’d be always out of reach. Do I tap it or do…am I supposed to click it or tap it or sign…? Oh no, yeah, it’s…you've gotta sign it, the paper form and triplicate, and submit it to our supervisor.

 

Well, aren't I your supervisor? No, my thoughts were just laughing hysterically. It’s not funny. So, do I fill out the form and submit it to myself? Does it need to be rubber-stamped? Who gets the copies of triplicate? They know if I’m…if I have to do any paper forms, they’ll never…the paper form will never make it to the rubber-stamp phase. So, they got me. So, it could be feelings, it could be physical sensations, it could be changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going through something, in the middle of something, traveling, anticipating, getting over something, maybe you work a different schedule or your work schedule changed, maybe you got something new going on or something that’s been going on for a while.

 

Whatever it is, I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep. I just want to let you know the only reason I run through some of the stuff that might be keeping you awake is so you don’t feel quite as alone if you feel alone or lonely, or just in case you do, but also that you feel like…how you feel about bedtime and sleep is important or at the very least, respected, because I know what it feels like for me, and it’s not great. When people don’t kinda see that or understand it, it kinda feels dismissive to me. But when someone gets it, I don't know, I feel connected or less alone; like, wow, that’s tough. I know what that’s like. So, that’s my message to you. But you might say, yeah, I don't think you can connect with how I feel or the underlying feelings.

 

I’d say, well, there’s even better news, because there’s enough people listening right now around the world that there’s someone out there somewhere that can relate to how you feel, that does get it, that has been through something very similar, and they're rooting for you even though they don’t know you, because they can relate to those feelings. They're really hoping this podcast can help you out or it guides you to something that does, because they're like, yeah, I’ve been there. I’ve been there…something very similar, and I hope the show…I didn’t know the show would help me. It’s kind of different, but I found it and it does. I hope you…I hope this helps you or you find something that helps you out.

 

They enjoy that experience, rooting for you, because you have that connection, and they hope like…hey, if you become a regular listener, then you get this amazing experience. It’s an amazing, subtle, kinda low-level experience, but it’s still a piece of the magic you get to participate in, which is rooting for someone that’s hurting like you have hurt before, and that’s really one of the most important things I’ll say on the show. The other one…the second important thing I’ll say on the show is you deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need. You deserve a bedtime without rigmarole, where you don’t have to dread it. You deserve the rest you need on a regular basis so your life is more manageable, and ideally that you could be out there flourishing.

 

So, yeah, that’s important, those two things, and I hope you can get the rest you need so that you're out there living your life. That makes the world we're in a better place. So, those things are important to me. How does the show work…is I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents, which means my voice is not traditionally soothing. It’s more of a friendly voice. You say, that’s not bad. It’s a forgettable, friendly, not-bad voice. I say, you've…that’s what somebody once…never said to me; oh boy, you've got that forgettable voice that’s not too bad. I could barely…your voice, I could barely listen to it in the best way possible.

 

I say…I said, thanks. I appreciate it. I didn’t know the favor this part of my imagination would do for me. So, my voice is not traditionally soothing but it’s kinda like background noise. It’s also…I go off topic, I get mixed up, and I use a lot of filler words. My brain and my mouth are out of sync a little bit most of the time when I’m making the show, but they're out of sync in the right way, I guess, is the only way to describe it. So, that takes some getting used to. When…most people, when they get to the show, it’s…there’s an adjustment phase, and an adjustment phase of like, is the show even for me or not?

 

I would say give it a few tries to see if that question gets answered, because if you've been having trouble sleeping — and maybe you're like me and a lot of other listeners — you tried a bunch of stuff, you paid for a bunch of stuff, people have given you advice; you've tried that and nothing’s worked for you consistently, or maybe you're just in the middle of something and you're like, man, I gotta find something to help me fall asleep, and then you find this show and you hear me talking about…you say, are you really gonna talk about Lego…? I thought you were gonna talk about Legos. Eventually, or something…bricks, plastic bricks. I don't know. Yeah, I’ll be looking at instructions and kinda going through it. I tried to learn the vocabulary, but then I never…do they have Duolingo for descriptions of Lego bricks? Is that a right angle?

 

I mean, there’s…is that a finial? I don't think that’s a official brick title, but I was just…it just popped in my head. Not even sure I know what a finial is. Is it what goes at the top of a castle or something, or is it on a car? Or is it a sea creature having fun? A funeel. Say, this is the best time I ever had, splashing around with you. You're such a fun eel. Hardy, har, har…friendly and cartoon-like, obviously, for the sleep podcast. But what was I talking about? Oh, most people, when they get to the show, they're skeptical or doubtful. ‘Cause you're like, I thought you were…this was a sleep podcast. I say, yeah, it does take some getting used to. It is an acquired taste, so give it a few tries. That’s just what most regular listeners say.

 

I mean, I get a e-mail almost every single week from somebody that supports the show on Sleep With Me+, and…'cause I want to get to know them better, and they…at least one person a week will say, yeah, by the way…yeah, at first I didn’t like you or the show the first two or three tries. Some people even take a years’-long break, and then they come back and then the show…they're like, oh, now I get it; the show never made…it was always never making any sense. So, you were seriously trying to be mildly funny when you were talking about finials, and you may not even know what the word is. So, just give it a few tries.

 

Now, if you discover you don’t like me strongly or the show and it’s not for you 100% or you listen…or two or three times you realize the show’s not for you or you've grown out of the show, you've matured and you're like, Scooter, you're not for me anymore, that’s fine. I have a website set up; sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou, and there’s a couple clicks. If it’s a definite ‘no’, you could go…get right to a list of other sleep podcasts and sleepy stuff. Or if you need to let out some strong emotions first, there’s a way to do that and let me know your non-positive feelings or whatever. There’s ways to do that. So…because I just want to help you out. Even if you never listen to the show again, you…everything I said about you and sleep is true and it’s important. But give the show a few tries.

 

Do yourself a favor, 'cause the people that the show works for, they're like, oh, I had no idea this was…I could have missed this 'cause it’s…doesn't make any sense. I didn’t know there’d be something like this and I didn’t know I needed…I didn’t know to search for someone talking for my benefit and that I could listen to…I don't need to. ‘Cause this is a podcast…yeah, you can kinda listen to it. It’s like background noise that you could listen to or you don’t need to, like an out-of-focus picture or a TV on in the other room, a show streaming under your pillow, sand running through your hands. It’s something…yeah, you say, I can kinda listen to it, but I don't need to listen to it. So, that’s one thing; it’s a podcast you don’t really listen to. It’s also a sleep podcast that’s been around since before sleep podcasts were a thing.

 

That’s not…I’m not here to put you to sleep. There’s no pressure to fall asleep with this show. One, because I’m gonna be here over an hour, but you don’t need to worry about falling asleep. There’s people listening that I make the show for that can't sleep at all or who listen during the day 'cause they need a break or they need a mild distraction while they work, and I’m here to the very end whether you're awake or asleep, whether you're listening to me or not. That’s why there’s over 600 episodes that you could pick and choose from. So, there’s no pressure to fall asleep. My job is to be here for you, like your…to be a bore-friend, a bore-bae, a bore-sib, a bore-bud, neigh-bore, a boreman, a bores, a Boris Borlaf…oh, chairman of the boreds, somebody said, which is a nickname also for somebody…anyway.

 

So, if somebody plays the…anyway, a page. Your bore-page. I could be your bore-page. That’s a pretty good…that’s another good one. It’s like I go…I don't know. The only page…right now I can only think of Kenneth the page, but if I was Kenneth, I’d be like, just like this. Kenneth’s interesting, you know? So, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your Boris Borlaf, your best bore-friend f’eva, 'cause I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep, to hang with you until you do fall asleep. So, that’s different. So, the different things about the show; most people don’t like it…definitely don’t like it at first. It’s an acquired taste. You don’t really listen to it. It doesn't put me to sleep. The other thing to know is the structure of the show also is sleepy controversy. It’s not really.

 

We designed the structure of the show over the years to benefit the most amount of people we can, and it’s kind of adjustable. So, if you become a regular listener, you could kind of adjust the show to suit your needs, but this is the way to help the most people we can. So, the show starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, so you feel seen and welcomed in. You say, oh, okay, I could check that show out. I might listen to it. You say, okay, it sounds silly or something, not…it doesn't sound too bad or good. That’s what the greeting’s for. Then there’s support because a lot of people are new to the show or they're just going through something. They don’t listen to the podcast night after night after night.

 

Or, they do, but only for a month or two…so that you could check the show out and see if it works for you without having to pay for it or be part of a service or whatever. If you prefer something without ads or you listen all the time, Sleep With Me+…we’ve got you set up there. But this way it gets out to the maximum amount of people that might need it. Then after the support, totally separate from the support, is an intro…is the intro, which we're like, fifteen, sixteen minutes into, and that is a show within a show meant to ease you into bedtime and inefficiently explain what the podcast is.

 

So, I follow a familiar structure every time, but every intro is different of what I go off topic about, and it’s kinda like a hang time for the show because it introduces what the podcast is, it feels familiar though, but it also gives you a buffer between being awake and asleep, because that’s what works. It works for me personally and what works for…is having a wind-down time. So, while there is a small percentage of people that fall asleep really fast, most people are getting ready for bed, they're in bed getting comfortable, they're doing some chill wind-down activity, 'cause the intro is kinda like that, kinda like a sleepover without any of the hassle of a sleep…just the essence of a sleepover. That could be a scent. If Sleep With Me had a scent…Essence of Sleepover. Nah, that’s…you say, what does it smell like?

 

Like popcorn that’s been sitting around for thirty-six hours? I guess you're right. So, I mean, I don't think that would be…popcorn that’s been sitting around for thirty-six hours, that is the essence of a sleepover. So, yeah, I don't think that’d be a good scent for the show. Okay, you got me. I got distracted there. Oh, most people…oh, so, just see how it goes when you're new. But the intro’s meant to ease you into bedtime. If you become a regular listener and you decide the intros are not for me, we have…or even if you're new, you could check out Bedtime Stories from Sleep With Me in any podcast app. That has just the stories from the show. Or on Sleep With Me+, you get a podcast full of story-only shows and full of ad-free episodes. You get both.

 

But just see how it goes at first, 'cause getting eased into bedtime and having a buffer, it makes a big difference for me, personally. It works most of the time — not all the time — and it makes my bedtime more enjoyable. It gives me something to look forward to, especially if I’m reading a nice book. I hope this podcast can be a part of that for you. So, that’s the intro, then there will be support, then there will be our bedtime story coming right up here after the support where I’ll be looking at instructions from a custom Lego or brick-building kit I got based on…anyway, I’ll talk more about it in the episode. But yeah, that’s it, really. I’m really glad you're here.

 

If you're new or you're a occasional listener, you're going through something, I really hope it can help you out. All those regular listeners that come back night after night after night or listen all night long, year after year, whatever it is, I’m really glad you're here. The show is possible because of those people that benefit the most from it who take action and support the show so that we can be here for you and everybody else. So, if you decide, yeah, this podcast does make my life better, here’s the ways you could make sure we could keep doing that. Thanks.

 

Alright everybody, this is Scoots here. I’m recording another brick-building episode. This is on the day after Muppet Vision closed. We're gonna be doing…I think they're called mini-versions of…so, it’s gonna be the Muppet Vision’s — what is that called? — facade. Yeah, so, let me…first I want to…it’s been a while since I’ve done a brick-building episode. Today we're doing it in the middle of the Orlando ParkStop fundraiser for The Trevor Project. You could support The Trevor Project any time using their link. Alicia Stella does this amazing fundraiser every single summer in June and brings together artists and cool things you can buy in auctions, and usually it raises $30,000 for The Trevor Project. So, take part. I’m gonna take part.

 

This episode is an extended reminder to take part, 'cause I think this will come out in October 2025. But I’m recording it in June 2025. So, hi. Alright, so, first I want to refresh what the bricks are called. Bricks…one, they're called bricks. So, a brick 1×3, 1×4…what are the flatter ones called, though? Oh, that’s a 1×8, a brick modified with studs on side. Plates…okay, the flatter ones are called plates, the 1×2, 1×4…brick 1×2, brick 1×4 plates. Okay, that’s helpful. Okay, plate, plate, plate, tiles…okay, tiles; 1×8…so, 1 is the width and the 8 is the length. Brick, brick, brick modified, studs on side, brick modified…1x2x1 2/3 with studs on side. So, that’s like a double-size, taller…the 1 2/3 means, hey, I’m taller. Brick modified 1×4, studs on side, plate 1×1…okay, what’s…? Oh, a tile…a tile and a plate are different things; yes. Okay.

 

Anything else I need to know? Tiles, plates, bricks…modified. I think that’s probably pretty good lingo. I’m just double…running through this short list of things I have. Panel; okay, a panel’s like a window. Panel 1x2x2, side supports, hollow studs. I’ve never been called a hollow stud before, unfortunately. Plate round…what…? One day I’d like to be called that. Tile 1×1 with a groove; maybe that. I’d be a 1×1 tile with a groove, then maybe one day I’ll be a 1×2 tile with a groove, or tile 1×4. So, the groove tiles…I don't know. They're groovy, man. Plates, plates, and more plates. Plates…plate 16×16. Anything else I need a refresher on? No. Okay. Any…? Oh, wait, here we go; plate…a slope, 1x1x2/3. Tiles with grooves; I think we covered those ones before. Okay, let’s get to it, then.

 

Okay, and I’ll have the link to the Orlando ParkStop fundraiser for The Trevor Project or directly…how to directly support The Trevor Project in the show notes, as well as where I got this Lego brick kit. It has ninety-three steps. So, this may be a two-parter. I don't know, man. I don't know if we could get through ninety-three steps. That’d be like, every thirty seconds or something. Alright, so it’s Muppet Vision 3D. It’s a smaller version of it, I think. I’ve actually…I don't think we’ve built this one. Or maybe we did. I think we built Pizzerizzo, me and my daughter, I mean. I’m sorry. Yeah, I don't know. Is this the full size? We’ll find out. Okay, so, we're starting with some math here, unfortunately. So, we're starting with some plates, right?

 

This plate’s a 4×4, then a 4x…one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine…it’s a 4×12 or 12×4. I already…but, you know, long plates, and then two, four, six…two, four, six, eight…I think that’s twelve as well, though. Better count it, though. Two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen. So, 6×16. We're gonna need two of those 6x16s and one of the other…one of each of the other ones, and that’s gonna form our base layer. This is all in black because I think Muppet Vision may be on asphalt. Okay, yeah, then we're gonna do some bordering or…so, for the time being, you're just kinda moving them together on a flat surface, ideally. Then we're gonna get some tiles. How long are these tiles? I guess they're a half-sixteen? Hm, good question. So, sixteen…so, eight…so, 1x8s and then a 1×4.

 

So, we need one 1×4 and two 1x8s. We're gonna put those…oh, how are we arranging the base layers? So, we're gonna have those two 8x6x18s on the left and the right side, and in the middle we're gonna use the four…oh yeah, four plus…four plus two is sixteen. So, then we're gonna take the 4×4 and the 4×12 and put that in the middle with…if you're using your left and right hand, the 4×4 will be on the left-middle and the 4×12 will be on the right-middle. That should form some sort of square-like structure. Not a cube. Okay, so then when we're doing those tiles in step two, we're gonna be working on the…okay, so, if we're looking at the left side of a square where the center-middle…middle-center-left is that 4×4, whatever, plate…okay, we're gonna move up. We're gonna go to the left side.

 

We're gonna put our finger on the pips on the left side, or the studs. You can refer to them as pips or studs, or you could refer to Pip as a stud. I’m sure Pip would appreciate it. You could say, holy Havisham whenever you want, even though this is not a Dickensian brick-building podcast. Okay, so, we're gonna have our hands on those. We're gonna move up to the left corner of our square, our top-left. So, our finger’s gonna be in the top-left pip of the…our big square there. Then we're gonna move…we're gonna stay on the left side and we're gonna move down one, and we're gonna put our 4×1 tile there moving downward so it’ll cover four pips, I think, or three. Four, six…two, four, six…yeah, that was a 6x…yeah. Oh no, maybe it’s only a 1×3. I don't know. I don't have the exact statistics on this.

 

Let’s just say it’s a 1×3, 'cause that’s how I think the math works out. But there’s gonna be one pip still open on our top-left corner, right? Now, moving across the top border of our larger square and across the entire top border of that square, we're gonna put our next two 1x8s or…I believe, tiles. So, it kinda looks like we're developing a curb, you know? Okay, and then we're gonna repeat the same thing on the bottom. So, on the opposite. So, we're gonna take our hand and we're gonna…I feel like this is a class. This is kinda fun. It’s naptime, class, but I’ll be doing Legos while you nap. So, on the bottom-left corner, we're gonna put our finger on that pip, and then we're gonna move up one on the bottom-left corner, move up one, and then place another 1×3 tile. Yeah, I think it’s a 1×3. It makes sense. Maybe a 1×4.

 

I don't know. I’ll give you the instructions if you need them. Okay, and then along the bottom line of pips we're gonna do another of those…two sets of 1×8 tiles. Okay, then we're gonna seal the middle of the left side with another 1×8, I assume. Does that mean there’s…? Two, four, six, eight…eight plus six is twelve…thirteen, fourteen…so, I don't know. But yeah, we're gonna do that so that there’s eight left on our left border of our square. So, we're gonna put a 1×8 there. Now, on the right side, we're not gonna do that. What we're gonna do is on the bottom-right side we're gonna take a 1×2 or 2×1…one wide, two length, and we're gonna put that on the second…which is now the first open pip on the bottom-right side.

 

Technically, if all pips were exposed or all studs were exposed, it’d be the bottom…second from the bottom-right. I cannot real…I can't believe how good building blocks is for a sleep podcast. Okay, so we're gonna cover two pips with that, and then we're gonna do the same on the top-right side. So, we're forming a little opening, maybe. Oh yeah, okay. Okay, now these things, I don't know exactly what they're called. They're a tile with a stud on the top, is what I guess I call them. It’s a 2×2. These are maroon. Those other ones…everything so far has been black before this. These are maroon. We're gonna need ten of these that are 2×2 tiles with a stud on top. So, they're squares, they're maroon, they're smooth like a tile but with a single stud in the middle.

 

What we're gonna do is we're gonna work on something for the right side of this square. So, we're gonna take five of those, and basically we're gonna arrange these in a rectangle all the way up to the border and in-between those two pieces we just placed. So, five blocks down, right up to the border, and then five more behind that. So, you'll have a rectangle, basically a rectangle border on that side. It’s more in than the other…so, that’s a thinner border which is kinda like a curb or a foundation. So, we’ll have five blocks in a row going down the right-side border, and then five more right behind them going down, forming essentially a rectangle with studs in the middle.

 

So, you'd see five studs going down and then five studs going down behind them. Alright, then we're gonna do some counting. We're gonna get one…another maroon piece. This is a plate. It’s a 2x…two, four, six, eight. A 2×8 plate. So, that’s kind of a flat plate. We're gonna place that behind our rectangle of stud plates, the old plate studs. But that’s ten long. This is eight long. So, we're gonna put it behind that…like, moving inward in our square…but so, that there’s a pip on either side. So, instead…so, it’ll be one pip in from the other rectangle, but it’ll be parallel with those, right up flush against it. We're gonna put that plate there.

 

Then we're gonna get four 1×2 tan tiles and three 1×2 light-brown tiles, and we're gonna take those and we're gonna go down the left side of our square right along our first foundation and basically make a checker-board pattern with the light-tan…the tan on top, then the light-brown, then a tan on top, then a light-brown, then a tan on…then a tan, then a light-brown, then a tan, so that we're essentially forming yet another part of the foundation parallel with the original foundation going down the left side of our square on the furthest open pips on that left side. Oh boy, we're gonna keep up this checkerboard work. It’s…I feel like I’m lay…I feel like we're laying tile here, because we are. Okay, so, we're gonna need six more 1×2 tan and six more 1×2 light-browns. This is a little more complicated work.

 

Basically, we're gonna break these into…one, two, three, four, five, six…okay, we're gonna break them in three and threes. So, we're gonna combine two piles of…a pile with three tan and three brown together, and a pile with three tan and three brown together. Okay, and then we're still working on the left side of our square. What we're gonna do is we're gonna take a brown and we're gonna continue this checkerboard pattern in the upper-left corner, still going down, but we're gonna do something a little different. So, we're gonna take…we're doing a checkerboard. So, right next to that first row or first line of tan, brown, tan, brown, tan, brown, tan, we're gonna place a brown one parallel with the first tan one. Then we're gonna place the tan one below that parallel with the brown one, then we're gonna stop.

 

Then we're gonna go back to the top, again, to the top-left open, exposed pips, and we're gonna place a tan one, then we’ll place another brown one behind that, parallel with that, and then we’ll repeat that below with a tan and a brown. Then we're not gonna do anything in the middle-left side. We're gonna go back down to the bottom-right side and we're gonna build that same checkerboard pattern up from the bottom-left so that when we're completed, we basically have kind of a U-type shape heading inwards towards our square of a checkerboard tile pattern. But don't worry, I guess it’s not gonna be there long, because now step eight we're on. We're gonna need two tan, five brown, the same ones we’ve been working with, and then a maroon 2×2 plate.

 

What we're gonna do is starting…so, we're gonna start in the top-left corner. We're gonna go down to the middle-left side and we're gonna use three bricks starting below…we're gonna continue that pattern for one more set of tiles. So, we're gonna go brown, tan, brown. Okay, that’s right. That makes sense, right? Brown, tan, brown. Oh no…oh yeah, because we already had a tan one there. So, brown, tan, brown, right? Then we're gonna place below that, flush against that first row, our maroon 1…2×2 plate. So, it’ll go…if you were looking at it, you'd say, okay, there’s a brown tile, then the maroon square, and then we're gonna put another brown tile behind that. So, so far it’s kinda like we're doing the same checkerboard pattern.

 

Then we're just gonna finish that checkerboard with the rest of our pieces, right, the tile work we're doing, though there will be a longer brown stripe. Like, basically the parallel line behind the maroon 1…2×2 plate, we’ll have three brown tiles. Okay, then we're gonna continue some brown and maroon tilework. So, we're gonna need four of those 2×2 tiles with the stud on top, maroon, and six brown 1×1…1×2…what are those called? Tiles. Okay, so then we're gonna again continue our upper-left work. On the first set of four exposed pips we're gonna put a 2×2 maroon square with a stud on top. Then below that, running top to bottom, we’ll put two brown 1×2 tiles.

 

Then we’ll repeat that with another 2×2 maroon plate with a stud on top, then two more brown tiles, then another 2×2 plate with a stud on top, maroon, then two more brown tiles, 1x2s, and then one more plate…maroon plate with a stud on top. So, again, it’s kinda like we're building out the floor, the base level, continuing, and we're locking in our foundation below that. Okay, now we're gonna go with…I guess these are the same color. They might be a little bit more sandy or mud-colored, but we're gonna go with 2×2 plates. We're gonna need four 2×2 plates, and basically, this one’s kinda simple. We're gonna…so, those are squares, and we're gonna place each one of those squares…but they're plates with four pips on top instead of one stud, and we're gonna place those behind the maroon squares.

 

So, we're almost…we're pretty much right in the middle, I think, of our entire square. So, we’ll go square…what, 2×2 plate, 2×2 plate behind those maroon plates, okay? Then we’re gonna continue some sort of work. I don't even know what work we're doing, but I’m enjoying it. We're gonna need some bricks now. Oh, this is our first brick action. Now, don’t get excited; these are lean…these are…so, we're gonna need two 1×2 tan bricks and two 1×4 brown or light-brown, mud-colored bricks. Okay, and we're gonna essentially start in the top-right…top-right. Now, we’ve been working top to bottom. Now we're gonna work right to left, which I guess is because that’s just the way my brain’s wired. So, we're gonna take one of our two 2x…1×2 light…or tan bricks, and we're gonna put that running along parallel with our top border.

 

So, instead of going top to bottom now, we're going right to left. Then behind that running right to left, we’ll put our 1×4…light-brown, mud-colored 1×4. Then we're gonna do…repeat that same thing at the very bottom running right from left. Okay, now we're doing some upward construction and…okay, so what do we need? We need…huh, interesting. I’m a bit confused. Okay, so this is some advanced-level stuff. That’s why I’m confused, which is totally fine, right? It’s okay to be confused. It’s a sleep podcast. Okay, so we're gonna need…the non-confusing part is that we're gonna need one 1×2 light-brown tile that we’ve been using for part of our parquet floor or whatever you want to call it. Then we're gonna use a brick that I honestly don’t know…so, these are taller bricks.

 

Obviously if you're buying this as a kit, you'd be able to find them pretty easily. So, they're black. They’re black. They're…three of them. They are 1x2s, but they're taller. They're taller bricks. I don't know if they're double or triple. They look like…let’s just say they're triple-size bricks so we can just agree. Okay, and then how are we gonna place these bricks, Scoots? Well, I believe what we're gonna do or what I’m gonna need you to do is just trust me that this is…so, we're gonna go…so, down the middle…right? We’ve agreed that the middle of our square here is covered by four square 2×2 plates moving downward. So, there’s one, two, three openings between those four square, light-brown square plates.

 

What I want you to do is put two fingers from top to bottom on the open…the first set of open pips, and then you're gonna place one of those three…the 1×2, the tall, black bricks top to bottom on the next two exposed…running top to bottom. So, it’s kinda like…if you imagine it, we're putting in these monolith skyscrapers or something or…I don't…no, monoliths, right? Just for the time being, okay? Then if…so, you'd have…on the left side you'd have two pips open and then you have this monolith, right? Then if you move your fingers down, you'd be on the right-two pips on a light-brown plate. Now, below that you're gonna put your 1×2 plate that we put. So, you say, wait a second, this is interesting. I say, yeah, you're right. It is.

 

So, to the left of that light-brown plate, you'd have a opening; we're not gonna put anything there, but behind that, flush against that maroon piece, we're gonna put one more of the monoliths. So, I don't know…but I don't know what we're doing. So, it’s interesting. It’s kinda like some sort of supporting layer or maybe this is a journey into the…we're learning about some sort of Muppet belief system or where they came from. Okay, so the next monolith, though, is gonna go in the same place on the bottom-middle as the one in the top-middle did. So, I think you could figure that out without me over-explaining it. So, we got the three monoliths. If you're looking at them at a distance, you'd think they were running along the same line, but they're…the middle one is offset.

 

Okay, so then next up we're gonna need three 1×2 tiles that are light…that are tan, and four 1×2 bricks that are tan. What we're gonna do here…let me just see what we're doing here. Okay, so the first thing we're gonna do is take those three tiles and we're gonna complete the flooring behind the monoliths. So, to the left of the first monolith on those open two pips we're gonna put a tan tile. Then to the next monolith — it’ll be a little bit further to the left — we're gonna put a tan tile. Then below the last monolith we're gonna put a tan tile. Then we're gonna be working on our…we're still working kind of our center of our square, and we're gonna be working on those four square, light-brown plates, 1x…2×2 plates, okay?

 

On each of those on the right side…so, the top-right pip and the bottom-right pip we're gonna put one of those 1×2 tan bricks. So, kinda like running…basically they're like smaller buildings, almost, next to the monoliths, hugging the monoliths, or they're wings of the monoliths painted in a different color, and for the main…the middle monolith, offset. So, basically those are running right down the middle of our square, and there’s just one gap in the middle where the middle monolith’s offset. Okay, next up we're gonna get four tan 1×2 bricks, just like the ones we just used, and then four 1×2 tan bricks that have brick facings, or the grooved…brick-grooved bricks so that they look like light-tan bricks, right? Okay? I realize that is quite confusing, but it’s…we're building this out.

 

So, what we're gonna do…we're still working in the center on those 4x4s that are slowly disappearing, right, down the center of our board. We're gonna go down first on the open pips on the…on our base…what we could call our base level currently, and we're gonna put the 1x2s with the brick facing so the brick is facing out towards the left side, and we're gonna place all four of those just straight down. Obviously there will be a gap in the middle with the tiles. Then on the other…then on the…behind those; not on top of those but to the right of those we're gonna do another layer of those 1×2 bricks kinda hugging the monoliths. So, it’s kinda like we're building up…it’s almost like it faces the hotels and you're looking at them at a distance, right, or wings of a hotel or wings of some sort of building.

 

So, you're getting some sort of layering going right now. Just right now, though, 'cause now…so, there should be, moving down our middle, a lower level that’s brick-facing bricks, then parallel with them, a higher level that’s tan bricks, and then along that also the…poking up are the monoliths. Okay, now we're at step fifteen and we're gonna do some capping off here. I don't know if they celebrate that in…so, we're gonna need four 2×2 plates that are the kinda lighter-brown color we’ve been using, and then we're gonna need four more of the 1×2 bricks with brick facing. What we're gonna do is we're gonna top all of our brick-facing bricks off with brick-facing bricks. Then we're gonna cap those along with the bricks behind them with the 2×2 plates. You'll see that the 2×2 plates, they're still a little bit off.

 

The monoliths still poke slightly above those…I’m assuming one plate level, but I don't even know. So, then we're getting some sort of brick facing. I don't know, maybe we're working on a facade? I have no idea, but we're getting some superstructure here for sure. Okay, next up is step sixteen, and…okay, we're still…we're building upwards. I’ll tell you that much. So, for step sixteen, we're gonna need three black 1×2 plates and two tan 1×2 bricks. What we're gonna do is we're gonna take those three black 1×2 plates and top each of the monoliths off so they're growing by one plate level. Then we're gonna take the two 1x2s and…so, now we have…we're…kinda similar; we’re…still have that four…those four 2×2 brown plates, right?

 

We're gonna be starting in our middle…top of the middle of…now it kinda looks like we're building columns or buildings or something. We're gonna take that first 1×2 tan brick and we're gonna go on the right…top-right and bottom-right pips. We're gonna put that on that. So, it’s on the top…it’s kinda flush but taller now than the monolith. Then we're gonna repeat that at the very bottom, flush…coming up from the bottom and touching the bottom monolith. Okay, now we're gonna get…we're getting fancy. We're getting some of these arch or…yeah, arch bricks. So, these are maroon. They're 1x4s with a arch below…so, three 1×4 bricks that have a arch below it. Basically what we're gonna do…huh, I’m not sure I understand here. Oh, okay, so since that one’s offset…oh, very cool. So, this is cool.

 

Okay, what we're gonna do is…so, we're still working with our columns, right, that are topped currently with our 2×2 plates, though there are those tan things on the bottom and the top ones. So, if we go to the center…we're still working on our center of our square, the top-center of our square. We have a 2×2 light-brown plate. On the right side of it, it has a tan 1×2 brick. So, we're gonna put our finger on the top-left pip there, and below our finger is where we're gonna start with our first 1×4 maroon. So, that’s going downwards and arching over and getting the top-left pip of the next column. Okay? Then we're…so, basically we got an arch between those two columns, like our doorway or something, entrance to Muppet Vision. Then we're gonna…what we should have below that is one pip on our bottom-left corner.

 

Put your finger on that one. Don’t put a brick there, okay? Then to the right of that…so, the bottom-right pip of that square, you're gonna put…so, it’s kinda flush against the…oh, so it gives the…oh, cool, the illusion of darkness, I think. So, you're gonna put that one moving downwards so it’s kinda flush against that other monolith as an arch. Then we're gonna repeat that same thing on the bottom column so that the center…the middle arch is kinda offset just like the monolith is. So, then we got these three doorways. I mean, maybe…looking-things. Okay, then…okay, what is happening? Okay, so here’s what we need next; we need…we're working in maroon. We're gonna need a 1×1 brick with a stud on its face. I think they're called modified bricks.

 

So, a 1×1 that has one stud on the face of it that you can hang a light post or whatever…so, we need two of those and then we need one more of the arches, the maroon arches, 1×4 arches. So, the easy thing is that we're gonna take that other arch and we're gonna put it in front of the…our middle arch. So, that one will be a double arch so that now we have three flush arches. Then basically what we're gonna see is that the arches are unbroken except at the very top and very bottom, our columns are more or less topped off. So, we're gonna use…we're gonna take those two modified 1×1 maroon bricks and we're gonna place them so the studs are facing outwards. I’m assuming they're for light fixtures. I think that’s a safe assumption. I was wrong already.

 

But that’s fine because it’s for some decorative purpose, right? So, we're on step nineteen. Okay, so step nineteen…I’m gonna tell you the names of the bricks I know and then I’ll try to explain the brick I don't know. So, the first thing we're gonna need is the most brick we all grew up playing with, but it’s maroon, the 2×4 brick, your standard…or 4×2, that standard brick that you seem to have the most of. We're gonna need two of those. 2×4, right? I think so. Then we're gonna need one that’s…two, four, six…a 2×6, just one of those. Basically we're gonna run along the top of our column and those…we're gonna kinda…we're still topping off. So, we're gonna place the 2×4 first running downward, then the 2×6, and then the 2×4 again, because we have also those tan bricks to place.

 

So, it should be sturdy, but it is kind of…there’s not 100% coverage underneath, but it’ll be sturdy. Okay, then we have these two plate…I guess these would be fancy plates. So, they're pine green and they're a plate and they kinda have…I don't know how to describe it. Kinda like a street sign-type plate. It has two grooves in it and it’s also beveled. Yeah, I guess it’s beveled. It’s a beveled, green plate with two grooves. We're gonna put those as facings on…now, again, only one…it’s only gonna go one stud to one receiver, right? But it’s basically gonna be still flush above…so, on the top and the bottom of those 1×1 maroon modified bricks with a stud on front, we're gonna put them almost like you were putting street…like if this was a house and you were putting two sets of house numbers, I guess. It’ll make sense.

 

Don't worry, one day it’ll all make sense. Okay, now I want you to take a breath, right? Don't worry, 'cause we're still working on this and…cool. We’ll be working on this…so, this’ll take us two times. Also, we’ll work on this separately and put it out. The reason I want to take a break here is that we're gonna rotate everything. So, we're basically gonna take our square and we're gonna rotate it counterclockwise once, just like we were flipping a picture once to the left counterclockwise, 'cause I’m left-handed, I guess. So, we're not flipping it; we're rotating it. I don't know what degrees that is; 45 or 90 or whatever. Then we're gonna rotate it again. So, it’s basically turned around. So, our left is our right and our right is our left, or maybe we're mirrored. But we're looking kinda now at the…we're in backstage, man.

 

Muppets backstage magic. That’s where we have our maroon flooring or something, right? But we're still working on…we're still gonna be working on our column roofing or whatever, our facade. But we’ve been told to rotate it, so I just follow…I just try to follow what I’ve been told. So, this time we're gonna need two wedges. Is that what they call them? 1×2 wedges…I think that’s what they call them. Like doorstopper-type things. These ones are kind of like a gray color. Then we're gonna need some plates. We're gonna need a 2×4 plate, so the stand…just like the standard brick, this is your standard plate. It’s tan. Then we're gonna need a…two, four, six, eight, ten…is that correct? Two, four, six, eight, ten…a tan 2×10 plate.

 

Now we're gonna start our work on the bottom just 'cause I think it’s maybe easier, and what we're gonna do is we're working on kind of fancying…fancifying this facade. So, we're gonna take our first doorstopper and we're gonna run down the center of our column, basically. On the bottom two pips we're gonna put that wedge there so that it’s like if you were sliding down it, you'd slide down and outside of your square, okay? Then behind it, running upwards, we're gonna put our 2×10 plate, right? Okay, then it gets fancy. At a right angle to that, we're gonna put our 2×4 plate. So, basically kinda like a diving board into the inside of our structure. So, to the…so, the diving-board part is coming to the left. So, basically…I think you know what I mean.

 

You're running up your 2×10 and then your 2×6 is coming at it as if we had flooring, but we don’t. There’s nothing underneath it right now. Then we're gonna put our same wedge-type doorstopper after that to complete the pattern. Okay, then…interesting stuff here. So, okay, I just want to make sure I’m reviewing everything before I start, 'cause we can always undo stuff, right? But, okay, we're gonna need some plates. So, we're gonna need three 1×4 tan plates and we're gonna need two 2×4 light-brown plates. We're gonna start at the…oh boy. Let’s start at the bottom. So, we're gonna go to the edge of the wedge, right, and we're take one of the three…one of the tan 1x4s and we're gonna make a little diving board with that up against the wedge.

 

So, two pips will get covered by the diving board, and then it’ll be going onto the inside of our structure. Make sure you get it in there…get that one in there good. Then we're gonna skip two pips. So, we’ll have a square of four open pips, and then we're gonna put another tan diving board going inwards. Then…and again, I guess this is where we gotta be delicate here. So, then what we're gonna do is…we're building some sort of overhang. So, just to be aware, yeah, we're building some kind of overhang. It doesn't have a lot…it’s not gonna have as much supports as we need, at least right now. So, we're gonna take our 1x…our 2×4 plate, and what we're gonna do is…hm, how do I explain this? Okay, let’s go to the top. So, let’s hold off on our…so, we have one 1×4 tan plate left, right?

 

Now, we're not…this one’s not gonna become a diving board. This one is gonna go…if we go to our top doorstopper and we put our finger on the right…top-right pip, so the first…the pip that’s exposed below the doorstopper on the right and we proceed downward four pips, we're gonna cover those four pips with our 1×4 tan plate. It’s a pretty standard application, right? Okay, then to the left of it, moving downwards in the same way but also on top of the diving board, we're gonna do our 2×4. So, you gotta be careful there 'cause it’s not…it doesn't really have a lot of support, you know? Then below that we're gonna do another 2×4, and that doesn't even have a diving board to go on, right? So, it’s just hanging free. So, yeah, some kind of…we're doing something. I don't know. So, just be careful in that application.

 

Okay, then we're gonna put a piece…I have no idea where it goes. Holy mackerel, this is the first time I’ve ever done something like this. Okay, twenty-two…this is interesting. Okay, so, twenty-two; we're gonna need a tan plate. It’s a 2x…two, four, six, eight, ten…okay, so it’s a plate, 2×10. It’s tan. This one, it’s…we're gonna put it underneath. Okay, so I got disconnected there. Sorry about that. But…okay, so basically for this one, what we're gonna do is we're gonna put it underneath…we're continuing the underneath pattern of the diving boards. So, basically it’s gonna go flush…it’s gonna run from top to bottom and it’s gonna be flush with that diving board underneath the other overhangs. So, we're putting it from…instead of putting it on top, we're putting it…pushing it up. So, you do have to be careful.

 

So, it’ll be…basically be…we’ll start it at the bottom, let’s just say. So, the bottom diving-board piece will secure the bottom-two pieces of this 2×10. It’ll run upward, then it’ll connect to the diving board, the next diving board. It’ll have two connections on that diving board, and then those lighter-brown pieces…we’ll have one connection to those. So, again, we're building some sort of overhang. Okay, then we're gonna…huh, rotate back around our whole thing again. So, we're gonna, again, return to the original square as we had it when we began. So, it’ll be two rotations clockwise? No, we could just keep going counterclockwise twice, okay? Yeah, this is…it’s almost bedtime. Don't worry, it’s almost bedtime.

 

What we're gonna do is rotate that twice, and basically we’ll have…we're gonna need one 1×2 plate that’s tan, and then the…a 1×2 modified brick. So, it has four studs on the face that’s light…whatever that light color is. Maybe I didn’t even mention it, but some of the stuff was a light-tan color. Sorry about that, but…yeah. So, that one, we're gonna put it in the center…that 1×2 modified brick with the four things on its face, we're gonna basically put that basically above…on the roof above the middle doorway — maybe a clock’s gonna go there? I don't know — so that those four pips are kinda looking out like, hey, let’s keep an eye on this world, right? Then…so, then to the top-left of that or top of that should be one open pip, and then a closed pip because of that diving board.

 

So…oh yeah, I’m kinda boggled 'cause we moved it around. So, then above that, there will be two open pips. Moving upwards, we're gonna put the 1×2 on top of that. It kind of creates a U shape with the other tan plates. Okay, now we're working on…I’m pretty sure a fountain. So, we're gonna take a…these are circle plates, circular plates. One is a donut circular plate. It’s tan and it has…it’s a tan plate. It has one, two, three, four, five, six studs on it. It’s a donut with a hole in the middle. Then we have a gray plate that’s…no hole in the middle. That one…total number of pips…or pips around…is six around, a six-circumference pip. Okay, and then we're gonna put the donut on top of that, and then we're gonna put it on the center-four bricks, and we're gonna put that in the center of the center-four bricks.

 

So, kinda laying down something, right? Okay, then we're gonna work on some mailbox-type things. So, we're gonna need two…these are green, and they're matching green on those street sign things I said. So, we're gonna need two pine-green 1×1 bricks and then two pine-green one-half-circle bricks, and we're gonna put those on top so it kinda looks like a balustrade or a mailbox. So, we’ll have two mailbox-type things, and we're gonna put those…so, we have four squares with one stud, right? We're gonna put that on the top square…maroon square with an exposed stud and one on the bottom square with the exposed stud. Yeah, we're doing some fancy work here. Then we're gonna take two…so, these…we're making lights with this next stage just so you have context.

 

We're gonna take two white one…what are those called? Circles? Whatever. I don't know what they're called. It’s like a plate but it has balls on top. So, it looks like the top of a light fixture. It could be a ice cream cone. It could ba balloons. Then we're gonna use light-blue or steel-gray telescope-type pieces. That’s the best way I can describe them. They're 1x…they're ones. I think you could figure out how to assemble these. Basically the pip goes into the ice cream light structure, and then those go on the last two exposed studs. So, they're kinda like light fixtures. Then we're gonna keep working on this…this is twenty-seven, so we’ll get to thirty. So, then we're gonna work on the fountain again. We have eight somewhat-transparent tan circle plates or whatever they're called.

 

So, there’s…and we're gonna put each one of those…two, four, six, eight…so, I guess the circumference was eight and not six when I said that earlier. We're gonna put those around the donut on the exposed studs. Yeah, then I think we’ll take a break now, because the next piece is more superstructure, and it’s confusing enough, right? So, yeah, thanks so much for listening, and don’t forget to support The Trevor Project, and we’ll keep continuing. I didn’t know this would be a multi-part episode, but…yeah, we got a lot more to do. This is exciting. So…and some of it maybe will go faster. I don't know, or maybe it’ll take us three episodes. But people like these brick-building episodes, and I like making whatever you like to fall asleep to and keeping a variety of stuff coming. So, thanks so much, and goodnight.

 

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Brick Builder

 

Cookies

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/history-of-internet-terms/

https://baltimoretimes-online.com/living-well/2024/11/08/about-those-cookies-part-1-their-history-and-origin/

https://medium.com/@saraoamarpal/internet-cookies-brief-history-and-where-we-go-from-here-704463ec74bf

 

Lego Microscale Sets

https://www.brickfanatics.com/the-rise-microscale-lego-sets-minifigures/

https://brickset.com/article/52504/an-introduction-to-micro-scale

https://www.brickfanatics.com/microscale-lego-harry-potter-better-or-worse/

 

Muppet*Vision 3D

https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/muppet-vision-3d

https://samsdisneydiary.com/2025/02/muppet-vision-3ds-legacy-a-full-show-tribute-what-could-have-been/

https://www.vulture.com/article/muppet-vision-3d-national-heritage-site.html

 

Cantilevers

https://misfitsarchitecture.com/2014/01/31/architectural-myths-10-the-daring-cantilever/

https://schwarzlewisdesign.com/understanding-cantilevers-in-architecture/

https://www.archdaily.com/963574/the-architecture-of-cantilevers

 

DOWN TO BUSINESS

Pips and squares and circles and cubes

Contemplating how to say a shape

Talkin’ bricks

Those Gos that Lay

Are these regulation bricks we’re using?

I think I can say Lego

At least Eggo got away with saying it

 

PLUGS

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

 

SPONSORS

Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Quince; Odoo; Kindred

 

INTRO

Thoughts that are actively participating in your life

Active and Passive Participation

My thoughts are like a confusing email opt-in form

An opt-out form for my thoughts

Navigating the bureaucracy of my brain in triplicate

I want you to feel respected and heard, at the very least

I might not connect with how you feel, but someone listening right now can and does

An amazing, subtle low level experience

You deserve a restful bedtime without rigamarole

I’ll get to plastic bricks eventually, I promise

Do they have Duolingo for Lego brick description?

Is that a finial? Do I know what “finial” means?

It’s normal to not like me at first

Explaining the show structure

Your Borefriend, eta l

Chairman of the Bored

Heck, I could be your Bore Page

Sleepy Controversy

Inefficiently explaining the show

The Winddown Buffer

Essence of Sleepover, a SWM scent

What does it smell like, popcorn that’s been sitting around for 36 hours?

Instructions from a custom brick building kit

 

STORY

Muppetvisions Facade

A little mini

Shout out to Alicia Stella and the Orlando Park Stop fundraiser and the Trevor Project!

Refreshing on my brick names

Plates are the flat ones

Modified with studs on side

1 by 2 by ⅓ or ⅔

Okay, a panel is like a window

I’ve never been called a hollow stud, unfortunately

Groove Tiles are groovy, man

Okay, let’s get to it

Uh oh, 93 steps

This might be a 2 parter

Muppetvision 3D – a smaller version

Starting with math unfortunately

6 by 16 – 2 of those

That’s the base layer – all in black for asphalt

Time for tiles

2 1x8s and 2 1×4

Put the 4×4 and 4×12

Forming a square-like structure that’s not a cube

Move up to the left side

Pips and Studs

Holy Havisham, Pip is a stud

Dickensian Brick Building Podcast

Cover 4 pips

I don’t have exact statistics on this

One uncovered pip

Moving across the larger top square border

Put your 1×8 tiles to develop a curve

Repeat the same thing on the bottom

Seal the middle with another 1×8

I cannot believe how good building blocks is for a sleep podcast

Forming a little opening

A tile with a stud on top? IDK what to call this

Maroon square tiles (with a single stud in the middle)

Arrange them in a rectangle

2×8 Plate

Place that behind the plate studs

One pip on either side of the plate rectangle

4 1×2 Tan Tiles and 3 1×3 Light Brown Tiles

Make a checkerboard tan / light brown pattern

I feel like I’m laying tile here because I am

Continue the checkerboard pattern in the upper left corner

Shades of Tan and Brown

A U-Type Shape, heading inwards towards our square

2 tan, 5 brown, and a maroon 2×2 plate

Continue that pattern for one more set of bricks

Now some brown and maroon tile work

What are those called? Oh, tiles right

It’s kind of like we’re building out the floor and foundation

This next color is more sandy or mud-colored

Pretty much right in the middle of the square

I don’t know what kind of work we’re doing but I like it

Our first brick sighting!

We’ve been working top to bottom, now we’re going right to left

Run those bricks parallel to the top border

Light Mud Brown Colored 1×4

Confused by some advance level stuff

Some taller bricks

Triple-Sized Bricks

Put 2 fingers on the next set of open pips

Put the tall black bricks on those next 2 exposed pips

It’s like we’re putting in monolith skyscrapers

Wait a second, this is getitng interesting

Some sort of supporting layer

It’s like we’re learning about some sort of Muppet Belief System

The middle monolith is slightly offset

Tan tiles and bricks

Complete the flooring behind the monoliths

Hugging the wings of the monoliths

Tan Grooved Bricks

Brick facing out towards the left side

Behind those is another layer of 1×2 bricks hugging the monolith

Like the wings of some hotel

Brick Facing Brick

Time for some capping off

4 2×2 plates

4 1×2 bricks

Topping off our brick facing bricks with more brick facing bricks

We’re getting a superstructure for sure

Step 16 – definitely building upwards

3 black 1×2 plates and 2 tan 1×2 bricks

Top the monoliths off by one plate level

Now we’re getting fancy

Maroon Arch Bricks

Going downwards, arching over the pip of the next column

Entrance to Muppetvision

Put your finger on that next pip!

Oh wow, the illusion of darkness!

1×1 modified brick

3 flush arches

I assume these are for light fixtures

Well, whoops, I’m wrong

The classic 2×4 brick

Running along the top of the columns

Still Topping Off

Street Sign Type Plate

I guess it’s beveled

Don’t worry, one day this will all make sense

Okay, this will definitely require 2 episodes

We’re gonna rotate everything

Rotate it counterclockwise once

Then again, so we’ve done 180 degrees

Muppet Backstage Magic

We’re still working on our facade

I just do what I’m told

1×2 wedges

Doorstopper Type Things

We’ll start on the bottom this time

Fancifying This Facade

2×4 plates like a diving board into our structure

Tan and light brown plates

Go to the edge of the wedge

Skip 2 pips

Then put another tan diving board in

Building some kind of overhang

Okay, how do I explain this?

Go to your top doorstopper

Cover those pips in a  normal way

Be careful, there isn’t a lot of support on these diving boards

Holy mackerel, I’ve never done this kind of thing before

A 2×10 plate underneath??!

Continue the underneath pattern of the diving boards

Connect to all the diving boards (carefully)

Hmm, okay

Let’s rotate it back around again

Don’t worry, it’s almost bedtime

A plate and modified brick

Oh btw, there’s 2 shades of tan

On the roof above the middle doorway

Okay, I’m pretty sure we’re making a fountain now

Donut with a hole in the middle

6 circumference pip

In the center of the center 4 bricks

Mailbox-Type Things

2 pine green 1×1 bricks

This looks like a balustrade or a mailbox

Some real fancy work

Light blue telescope type pieces

They look like light fixtures

We’ll get to step 30

8 somewhat transparent tan circle plates

Okay, we’ll take a break there actually

Don’t forget to support the Trevor Project

We’ll be back soon

Goodnight

 

SUMMARY:

Episode: 1377

Title: Muppet*Vision Facade Part 1 | Brick Builder

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

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

Notable Language:

• Thought Opt-Out Form
• Triplicate
• Finial
• Duolingo for Lego brick description
• Chairman of the Bored
• Your Bore Page
• Sleepy Controversy
• Modified with studs on side
• Hollow Stud
• Square-Like Structure
• Dickensian Brick Building Podcast
• Holy Havisham
• U-Type Shape
• Light Mud Brown Colored 1×4
• Advance Level Stuff
• Triple-Sized Bricks
• Monolith Skyscrapers
• Muppet Belief System
• Middle Monolith
• The Illusion of Darkness
• Street Sign Type Plate
• Doorstopper Type Things
• Fancifying This Facade
• Mailbox-Type Things
• Somewhat transparent tan circle plates
•  

 

Notable Culture:

• LEGO
• Duolingo
• Kenneth the Page / 30 Rock
• Essence of Sleepover, a SWM scent
•  

 

Notable Talking Points:

• Thoughts that are actively participating in your life
• Active and Passive Participation
• My thoughts are like a confusing email opt-in form
• An opt-out form for my thoughts
• Navigating the bureaucracy of my brain in triplicate
• I want you to feel respected and heard, at the very least
• I might not connect with how you feel, but someone listening right now can and does
• An amazing, subtle low level experience
• You deserve a restful bedtime without rigamarole
• I’ll get to plastic bricks eventually, I promise
• Do they have Duolingo for Lego brick description?
• Is that a finial? Do I know what “finial” means?
• It’s normal to not like me at first
• Explaining the show structure
• Your Borefriend, eta l
• Chairman of the Bored
• Heck, I could be your Bore Page
• Sleepy Controversy
• Inefficiently explaining the show
• The Winddown Buffer
• Essence of Sleepover, a SWM scent
• What does it smell like, popcorn that’s been sitting around for 36 hours?
• Instructions from a custom brick building kit
• Muppetvisions Facade
• A little mini
• Shout out to Alicia Stella and the Orlando Park Stop fundraiser and the Trevor Project!
• Refreshing on my brick names
• Plates are the flat ones
• Modified with studs on side
• 1 by 2 by ⅓ or ⅔
• Okay, a panel is like a window
• I’ve never been called a hollow stud, unfortunately
• Groove Tiles are groovy, man
• Okay, let’s get to it
• Uh oh, 93 steps
• This might be a 2 parter
• Muppetvision 3D – a smaller version
• Starting with math unfortunately
• 6 by 16 – 2 of those
• That’s the base layer – all in black for asphalt
• Time for tiles
• 2 1x8s and 2 1×4
• Put the 4×4 and 4×12
• Forming a square-like structure that’s not a cube
• Move up to the left side
• Pips and Studs
• Holy Havisham, Pip is a stud
• Dickensian Brick Building Podcast
• Cover 4 pips
• I don’t have exact statistics on this
• One uncovered pip
• Moving across the larger top square border
• Put your 1×8 tiles to develop a curve
• Repeat the same thing on the bottom
• Seal the middle with another 1×8
• I cannot believe how good building blocks is for a sleep podcast
• Forming a little opening
• A tile with a stud on top? IDK what to call this
• Maroon square tiles (with a single stud in the middle)
• Arrange them in a rectangle
• 2×8 Plate
• Place that behind the plate studs
• One pip on either side of the plate rectangle
• 4 1×2 Tan Tiles and 3 1×3 Light Brown Tiles
• Make a checkerboard tan / light brown pattern
• I feel like I’m laying tile here because I am
• Continue the checkerboard pattern in the upper left corner
• Shades of Tan and Brown
• A U-Type Shape, heading inwards towards our square
• 2 tan, 5 brown, and a maroon 2×2 plate
• Continue that pattern for one more set of bricks
• Now some brown and maroon tile work
• What are those called? Oh, tiles right
• It’s kind of like we’re building out the floor and foundation
• This next color is more sandy or mud-colored
• Pretty much right in the middle of the square
• I don’t know what kind of work we’re doing but I like it
• Our first brick sighting!
• We’ve been working top to bottom, now we’re going right to left
• Run those bricks parallel to the top border
• Light Mud Brown Colored 1×4
• Confused by some advance level stuff
• Some taller bricks
• Triple-Sized Bricks
• Put 2 fingers on the next set of open pips
• Put the tall black bricks on those next 2 exposed pips
• It’s like we’re putting in monolith skyscrapers
• Wait a second, this is getitng interesting
• Some sort of supporting layer
• It’s like we’re learning about some sort of Muppet Belief System
• The middle monolith is slightly offset
• Tan tiles and bricks
• Complete the flooring behind the monoliths
• Hugging the wings of the monoliths
• Tan Grooved Bricks
• Brick facing out towards the left side
• Behind those is another layer of 1×2 bricks hugging the monolith
• Like the wings of some hotel
• Brick Facing Brick
• Time for some capping off
• 4 2×2 plates
• 4 1×2 bricks
• Topping off our brick facing bricks with more brick facing bricks
• We’re getting a superstructure for sure
• Step 16 – definitely building upwards
• 3 black 1×2 plates and 2 tan 1×2 bricks
• Top the monoliths off by one plate level
• Now we’re getting fancy
• Maroon Arch Bricks
• Going downwards, arching over the pip of the next column
• Entrance to Muppetvision
• Put your finger on that next pip!
• Oh wow, the illusion of darkness!
• 1×1 modified brick
• 3 flush arches
• I assume these are for light fixtures
• Well, whoops, I’m wrong
• The classic 2×4 brick
• Running along the top of the columns
• Still Topping Off
• Street Sign Type Plate
• I guess it’s beveled
• Don’t worry, one day this will all make sense
• Okay, this will definitely require 2 episodes
• We’re gonna rotate everything
• Rotate it counterclockwise once
• Then again, so we’ve done 180 degrees
• Muppet Backstage Magic
• We’re still working on our facade
• I just do what I’m told
• 1×2 wedges
• Doorstopper Type Things
• We’ll start on the bottom this time
• Fancifying This Facade
• 2×4 plates like a diving board into our structure
• Tan and light brown plates
• Go to the edge of the wedge
• Skip 2 pips
• Then put another tan diving board in
• Building some kind of overhang
• Okay, how do I explain this?
• Go to your top doorstopper
• Cover those pips in a  normal way
• Be careful, there isn’t a lot of support on these diving boards
• Holy mackerel, I’ve never done this kind of thing before
• A 2×10 plate underneath??!
• Continue the underneath pattern of the diving boards
• Connect to all the diving boards (carefully)
• Hmm, okay
• Let’s rotate it back around again
• Don’t worry, it’s almost bedtime
• A plate and modified brick
• Oh btw, there’s 2 shades of tan
• On the roof above the middle doorway
• Okay, I’m pretty sure we’re making a fountain now
• Donut with a hole in the middle
• 6 circumference pip
• In the center of the center 4 bricks
• Mailbox-Type Things
• 2 pine green 1×1 bricks
• This looks like a balustrade or a mailbox
• Some real fancy work
• Light blue telescope type pieces
• They look like light fixtures
• We’ll get to step 30
• 8 somewhat transparent tan circle plates
• Okay, we’ll take a break there actually
• Don’t forget to support the Trevor Project
• We’ll be back soon
• Goodnight