What Were We Saying?
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308: The Duke Of Whispering Pines - The Show Rolls On. The Complaints Remain.
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With another strong episode behind them, WWWS settles into its latest instalment with the sort of assurance that comes from having done this often enough to know where the microphones are and, occasionally, what they're supposed to be saying. Season 3 continues to deliver, and the show remains firmly committed to its self-appointed position as The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era. Nobody has asked for proof lately, which is probably for the best.
First up, Would Anyone Miss It? returns, although getting the segment underway proves to be a bit...
307: Forty Tons Of Trouble - Dumb News, Musical Oddities, And The Usual Nonsense.
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With another strong episode under its belt, WWWS continues to make a compelling case for its place among the great institutions of modern broadcasting. Whether this latest instalment quite reaches the heights of 306 remains open to debate, but the show is clearly operating at a level that would have seemed wildly optimistic a few episodes ago. The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era is gathering momentum. Independent verification remains unavailable.
First up, What’s Dumb This Week returns with another news story demonstrating that the world continues to provide material th...
306: Cross and Double Cross - Crime, slang, and grievances. Business as usual.
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Six episodes into Season 3, WWWS continues to operate with the reassuring sense that it knows exactly what it's doing. The early-season rust has largely been shaken off, the new segments are finding their footing, and The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era remains a title we're prepared to defend despite the absence of any formal recognition.
This week, Say What Now? ventures into the world of hobo slang, giving Big Uke another opportunity to decipher the language of a bygone era. The terminology is unfamiliar, the interpretations are questionable, and...
305: Trail Of The Serpent - A Century Of History. A Lifetime Of Bad Judgment.
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With four episodes of Season 3 now under its belt, WWWS continues to build on its recent run of form. The audio is behaving, the rhythm is holding, and The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era is beginning to look less like an idle boast and more like a claim that would benefit from absolutely no independent scrutiny.
This week introduces This Week in 1926, a new journey into the newspapers of a century ago. From peculiar headlines and curious local happenings to the everyday details of a world long gone, the guys...
304: The Resurrection Of Carlini - The Machinery Is Finally Running Smoothly
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With the rust officially shaken off and the audio demons apparently banished back to wherever they came from, WWWS enters Episode 304 feeling like the machinery is finally back where it belongs. The rhythm is returning, the episodes are tightening up, and the completely self-appointed title of The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era once again seems dangerously plausible.
Pick Your Poison returns, putting Tubesox through another series of carefully constructed no-win scenarios courtesy of Big Uke. The choices remain impossible. The cross-examination remains unavoidable.
Then comes the debut of The...
303: Blood Money Is Hard To Wash - The Bounce Back Begins. Please Send Us Money
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After a rusty Season 3 premiere and the unfortunate return of an old audio demon in Episode 302, WWWS finally gets the bounce-back it was looking for. The rhythm is back, the machinery is humming, and - most importantly - the audio is behaving itself.
The Tubesox Top 10 returns with another carefully assembled, and topical ranking, because nothing says the show is back on its feet quite like confidently assigning numbers to things that probably didn't need to be ranked.
Then comes the introduction of Harold Winthrop's Musical Junk Drawer, a new excursion...
302: A Snitch'll Break Your Heart - The Bounce Back Will Have To Wait
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After a Season 3 premiere that was perhaps a little more rusty than anyone would have preferred, WWWS returns determined to deliver the elusive bounce-back episode. Unfortunately, the universe appears to have other plans.
Say What Now? sets things in motion with a trip into the world of old-time sailor and maritime slang, once again asking Big Uke to decipher language that was apparently perfectly understandable to people who spent their lives shouting across wooden ships.
The WWWS Mailbag also returns, opening the floor to listener questions, observations, and contributions from people...
301: The Farnsworth Stratagem - The Legend Returns. The Rust Remains
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Season 3 begins with WWWS returning from its brief and entirely deserved period of rest, presumably refreshed and ready to continue its ongoing campaign to become The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era. Unfortunately, several weeks away from the microphones appears to have had consequences.
The rhythm isn't quite what it was. The timing is a little rusty. The machinery takes a few minutes to remember where the switches are. Clocking in at just over 45 minutes, this is also the shortest episode since 201 - a coincidence that we are choosing not...
217: The Condemned Pt. 2 - The Season 2 Retrospective Finally Comes To An End
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Season 2 may be over, but apparently there was still enough material left behind to warrant a second trip through the evidence locker.
The Condemned Pt. 2 continues the Season 2 highlight deep dive, revisiting some of the segments, moments, and questionable decisions that helped shape the season. This time, the focus turns toward What's Dumb This Week?, Greenlit?, and Pick Your Poison, along with a special look at the dumbest news story of the entire season - a category that featured an unusually strong field of contenders.
And because apparently 21 grievances...
216: The Condemned Pt. 1 - The Best Of Season 2. Allegedly.
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Season 2 may be over, but there was apparently still enough material left behind to justify two more episodes.
The Condemned Pt. 1 takes a closer look at some of the moments and segments that helped define Season 2, revisiting a few of the show’s more memorable experiments, discoveries, and questionable decisions along the way.
We revisit Lieutenant Eric taking the WWWS Quizzer, putting our first-ever guest through an examination that was never formally recognized by any educational institution. Would Anyone Miss It? asks the important questions about the things we ta...
215: Elegy In An Asphalt Graveyard - One Last Episode Before Greatness Takes A Short Break
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WWWS arrives at the Season 2 Finale with the sort of swagger normally associated with a show that has already decided its legacy is secure. After a season of new segments, questionable developments, a first-ever guest, increasingly ambitious movie discussions, and a steadily expanding belief that this may be The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era, there is now only one thing left to do: make a finale and try not to ruin it.
This week, The Tubesox Top 10 returns with one more carefully assembled ranking before the season closes, because...
214: In Case Of Madness, Break Glass - The Legend Continues To Grow. Allegedly
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WWWS continues its march toward the completely self-appointed title of The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era, a designation that remains technically disputed but increasingly difficult to discuss without someone bringing up lawyers.
This week, Say What Now? heads into the world of beatnik and hipster slang, once again putting Big Uke on the spot to decipher expressions from another era. The terminology is obscure. The guesses are delivered with authority. Historical accuracy remains a secondary concern.
The WWWS Mailbag opens for another round of listener questions, observations...
213: A Good Smack In The Mouth - The Title Is Now Under Legal Review
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WWWS continues its march toward the completely self-appointed title of The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era, although the designation remains somewhat complicated by the possibility that someone else may be making a similar claim. Legal action remains under consideration. Big Uke has been asked to handle it.
The Future That Wasn’t gets things underway, revisiting bold predictions from the past that failed spectacularly to account for the actual future. The confidence of yesterday continues to provide reliable entertainment today.
From there, Tu...
212: Tomorrow Ends At Noon - Best episode ever? We're asking questions
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WWWS continues its steady climb toward the completely self-appointed title of The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era, while quietly finding itself back in territory normally reserved for discussions of "best episode ever." Whether that's justified is, as always, left to the listener.
This week marks the Season 2 return of Pick Your Poison, where Big Uke presents Tubesox with a series of carefully constructed no-win scenarios. The choices are impossible. The cross-examination is unavoidable.
Greenlit? also makes another appearance, with Big Uke once...
211: Somebody Killed Cock Robin - Confidence continues to outpace the available evidence
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WWWS presses onward with the quiet assurance of a show that has long since accepted its place as The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era. Independent verification remains unnecessary when morale is this high.
This week, Tubesox Top 10 returns with another carefully assembled list, proving once again that ranking things with absolute conviction is far easier than defending the rankings afterward.
Would Anyone Miss It? also makes another appearance, inviting Big Uke and Tubesox to determine whether one everyday object would actually be mourned if it disappeared forever...
210: 60 Miles To Hell - Greatness remains entirely self-appointed.
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WWWS continues its steady ascent toward the completely self-appointed title of The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era. No formal announcement has been made, but the confidence level suggests the paperwork is already being drafted.
This week, Say What Now? ventures into the world of carnival slang, once again asking Big Uke to decipher expressions from a bygone era with a level of certainty that history rarely rewards. The language is obscure. The guesses are anything but.
The WWWS Mailbag swings open once again, bringing another collection of...
209: When The Shouting Dies - Confidence is building. Oversight is not.
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Fresh off the introduction of two brand-new segments, momentum continues to build as WWWS settles comfortably into the completely unverified belief that it may, in fact, be The Last Great Podcast Of The Modern Era. Confidence has never been the problem.
The Future That Wasn't gets things underway once again revisiting ambitious predictions from decades past that collapsed under the weight of reality. The optimism of yesterday continues to provide reliable entertainment today.
Big Uke's Bunch O' Stuff also returns, delivering another collection of observations, declarations, and confidently held...
208: House Of Prayer, Den Of Thieves - New Segments. Same Poor Judgement.
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The fellas take another step forward this week by doing what every well-adjusted show eventually does: introducing even more recurring segments.
What's Dumb This Week opens the proceedings with a peculiar news story that once again proves reality continues to outpace satire. The facts are verified. The decision-making behind them remains a mystery.
This episode also marks the debut of Would Anyone Miss It?, where Big Uke & Tubesox tackle an important societal question: if something quietly disappeared tomorrow, would anyone actually notice - or care? Some answers come surprisingly...
207: A Mouthful Of Dust - Classic Noir. Modern Complaints
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Season 2 continues its steady march forward, proving once again that consistency is less about discipline and more about showing up often enough for it to become a habit.
This week, Tubesox unveils another Top 10 - meticulously compiled, confidently defended, and immediately opened to the usual levels of skepticism. The rankings are fixed. Public opinion is not.
Edgar's Fun Facts also returns, steadfastly continuing his mission to provide information that is occasionally fascinating, occasionally baffling, and almost always delivered with complete confidence.
Meanwhile, Big Uke reports back on h...
206: Requiem For A Barfly - Old Slang, Fresh Mail, & Forced Homework
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With the excitement of special guests, bonus content, and temporary deviations now firmly behind them, WWWS settles comfortably back into its natural state: a collection of recurring segments held together by momentum and habit.
This week, Say What Now? returns, once again challenging Big Uke to decipher old-timey slang with a level of confidence that remains largely disconnected from historical accuracy. Some guesses come surprisingly close. Others create entirely new meanings that historians will now have to contend with.
The WWWS Mailbag also reopens, bringing with it another round...
205: The Two Million Clams Of Cap’n Jack - An Epilogue To A Milestone, & A Return To Routine
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Fresh off the show’s first-ever guest appearance, WWWS returns with unfinished business.
This week features bonus content from the Lieutenant Eric conversation, as he takes on the WWWS Quizzer - a challenge designed to reveal character, test judgment, and occasionally produce answers that raise entirely new questions. As always, the questions are simple. The consequences are not.
Elsewhere, Big Uke assigns Tubesox a new movie, continuing the show’s increasingly formalized process of turning free time into mandatory home...
204: A Bullet for El Diablo - A First Guest. A Different Format. A Show Milestone.
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For the first time in show history, WWWS welcomes a guest - a development many had begun to suspect was purely theoretical.
In this Very Special Episode, Big Uke & Tubesox sit down with Lieutenant Eric from Edmonton Sports Talk for a conversation that quickly outgrows the show's usual boundaries. What started as a guest appearance turned into the longest episode in WWWS history, which seemed like a better idea than stopping a perfectly good conversation just because the clock (or Edgar) said so.<...
203: Deadlock In Parma - A Classic Movie, Fresh Facts, and Familiar Complaints
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Season 2 rolls on with the confidence of a show that has firmly established its routine and no longer feels obligated to explain any of it.
This week, Tubesox unveils another Top 10, carefully assembled, confidently presented, and immediately subjected to the usual scrutiny, debate, and procedural challenges. The rankings are set. Their legitimacy remains under review.
Edgar's Fun Facts also returns, continuing its long-running mission to educate, confuse, and occasionally accomplish both at the same time. As always, the term "fun" remains open to interpretation.
<...202: Coffee, Tea, Or Cyanide - The mail returns. So do the grievances.
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Season 2 continues with the confidence of a show that survived its premiere and has chosen to interpret that as validation.
This week marks the season’s first trip into the WWWS Mailbag, where listener submissions once again range from thoughtful observations to questions that raise entirely new concerns. As always, every message is treated with the appropriate level of consideration, which is to say: inconsistently.
Say What Now? also returns, placing Big Uke back in the linguistic danger zone as he attempts to decipher the me...
201: The Italian Bird Fiasco - The Energy Is Renewed, The Issues Are Unchanged
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Season 2 begins the only way WWWS knows how: with renewed confidence, questionable preparedness, and the firm belief that time away has somehow improved everyone involved.
After a brief hiatus spent allegedly resting, regrouping, and avoiding microphones, Big Uke & Tubesox are back refreshed, recharged, and immediately in rhythm - or at least back in the room pretending rhythm was ever the goal.
Big Uke’s Bunch O’ Stuff kicks things off once again, arriving with the usual mixture of conviction, observational drift, and conclusions reached well ahead of supporting evidence. The...
117: Snake Eyes Pt. 2 - A Cleaner Recap Of A Show Still Drifting Off Course
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The archive reopens for a second installment of the WWWS Clip Show Spectacular - this time pulling from Episodes 8 through 15, otherwise known as the period where the show stopped “finding itself” and started settling into whatever this has become.
Snake Eyes Pt. 2 revisits the era of growing confidence, expanding segments, increasingly specific grievances, and the now historically significant “Episode 13 peak.” From failed predictions and old-timey slang to movie assignments, mailbags, rankings, and the slow realization that the episodes were getting noticeably longer, the second half of Season 1...
116: Snake Eyes Pt. 1 - The Early Warning Signs Were All There
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The tapes have been pulled. The evidence has been reviewed. And against all better judgment, WWWS presents its first-ever Clip Show Spectacular - a carefully assembled collection of moments, side quests, breakdowns, grievances, and conversational detours gathered from Episodes 1 through 7.
Snake Eyes Pt. 1 revisits the early days of the show: back when the structure was still theoretical, the confidence was completely unearned, and nobody fully understood what this thing was becoming. From the first mailbags to old grudges, strange facts, collapsing logic, and the beginnings of several recurring problems, i...
115: 3000 Crooked Miles - Confidence Over Distance
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Against a backdrop of absolutely no external validation - but an overwhelming internal sense of achievement - What Were We Saying? barrels into its season finale with the confidence of a show that assumes it stuck the landing three episodes ago.
This week, the Tubesox Top 10 returns, now carrying the quiet authority of a segment that has never once missed, been questioned, or required revision. Meanwhile, The Future That Wasn’t digs confidently into the past to explain why everything went wrong, despite offering no actionable solutions.
Big Uke de...
114: Marker To A Dead Bookie - Momentum builds. So does the length…and the indulgence
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Coming off what is now being described - carefully, and without inviting further scrutiny - as the “Episode 13 peak”, WWWS returns still riding a wave of questionable momentum. Nothing has been confirmed to have changed, but the energy is allegedly different.
This week also marks their longest episode yet, a development that suggests confidence, poor time management, or most likely, a slow drift into self-indulgence.
This week features the return of “Say What Now?”, where Big Uke is once again put on the spot to guess...
113: Fear In A Desert City - A triumphant return - by their own estimation
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Episode 13 of What Were We Saying? may be the best one yet (firmly top four) - a triumphant return to form… allegedly.
After the problematic - and frankly disappointing - events of Episode 12, the show lurches back with something resembling control. Big Uke rolls in with his Bunch O’ Stuff, firing off takes that range from oddly sharp to completely uncalled for. Edgar’s Fun Facts also slips back in, as he begins the quiet, fragile rebuild of trust following last week’s… audio debacle.
And yes, 3 Things That Can Kick R...
112: Silent Vendetta - Technical issues. Confident delivery.
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Episode 12 of What Were We Saying? keeps things moving—despite some… glitchy audio
Tubesox steps up for a “How Was the Movie?” follow-up, giving his take on Meet the Parents (2000)—a review that’s equal parts observation, interpretation, and whatever notes managed to survive the watch. The guys also debut a brand-new segment, “Pick Your Poison,” where the choices are bad, the debates are worse, and no answer feels correct.
They crack open the WWWS Mailbag once again, with listener submissions that range from helpful to...
111: Nest Of Scorpions - Bold predictions collapse. The opinions do not.
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Episode 11 of What Were We Saying? takes on the past, the future, and a movie that refuses to sit quietly in either.
Big Uke checks back in with “How Was the Movie?”, giving his take on Point Blank (1967) - a review that raises just as many questions as it answers. Tubesox rolls out another Top 10, built with confidence and quickly picked apart.
A brand-new segment, “The Future That Wasn’t,” makes its debut, digging into bold predictions from the 1950s that didn’t exactly pan...
110: Judgement At San Belito - New segments. Ongoing confusion.
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Episode 10 of What Were We Saying? hits double digits and responds accordingly - with concern.
This week’s “What’s Dumb This Week?” features a headline that feels made up but unfortunately isn’t. “How Was the Movie?” returns with Big Uke now on the hook for a fresh assignment, setting the stage for future disagreements. The guys also debut a brand-new segment, “Say What Now?”, digging into old-timey slang that sounds fake but somehow isn’t.
They dive into the WWWS Mailbag, fielding messages that range from helpful to deeply questionab...
109: The Twenty-Five Calibre Plague - The show grows. The issues remain unchanged.
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Episode 9 of What Were We Saying? keeps things moving - whether it should or not.
Big Uke returns with another edition of Big Uke’s Bunch O’ Stuff, while the fellas take aim at the world around them in “What’s Dumb This Week.” Edgar’s Fun Facts makes an appearance with knowledge of varying usefulness, and Tubesox checks in with a recap of his latest “How Was the Movie?” assignment - graded on a curve, at best.
They also roll out a brand-new segment sponsor (credibility pending), and, of course, revis...
108: No Pockets In A Shroud - Old threads return. Nothing improves.
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Episode 8 of What Were We Saying? circles back to a few unfinished business items.
The guys provide an update on the mysterious Vervet Monkeys first mentioned back in Episode 1, before Tubesox unveils another carefully ranked Tubesox Top 10 - which is immediately subjected to scrutiny. Edgar’s Fun Facts returns with a pair of facts that may be genuinely interesting or completely unnecessary.
They also take a brief dive into the WWWS Mailbag, check in with “How Was the Movie?”, and, of course, deliver another edition of “3 Things That Can Kick Roc...
107: Shootout At The Golden Pagoda - Vacation ends. The confidence lingers.
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Episode 7 of What Were We Saying? begins with Big Uke returning from his tropical getaway—rested, recharged, and armed with a brand-new Big Uke’s Bunch O’ Stuff, inspired by his time away and the observations that only vacation brain can produce.
The guys also dive back into the WWWS Mailbag, where listener messages continue to raise new questions and occasionally make things worse. Along the way, there’s the usual banter, a few conversational detours, and the return of “3 Things That Can Kick Rocks,” where patien...
106: Slow Boat To Madness - They slow down. The stories do not.
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Episode 6 of What Were We Saying? slows things down*—*slightly.
In this very special Storytime Episode, Big Uke & Tubesox trade tales that may or may not have improved with age. Expect dramatic pauses, questionable memory recall, unnecessary detail, and at least one moment where the other host says, “wrap it up.”
Of course, the usual banter is alive and well, and “3 Things That Can Kick Rocks” returns—because even heartfelt storytelling can’t stop the weekly list of petty grievances.
It’s reflective. It’s revealing.
It’s still wildly...
105: Hot Ice, Cold Hearts - More segments. Less restraint.
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Episode 5 of What Were We Saying? widens the net—and lowers the bar.
This week, the guys discuss “What’s Dumb This Week,”, & Big Uke brings his “Big Uke’s Bunch O’ Stuff,” list
They also crack open the WWWS Mailbag once again—because the listeners have thoughts—and, naturally, return to “3 Things That Can Kick Rocks,”.
More structure. More chaos.
Five episodes in, and they’re still not done talking.
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104: Two Sides Of The Truth - They claim structure. The show disagrees.
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Big Uke & Tubesox follow up on a “How Was the Movie?” assignment, and Tubesox unveils a fresh Top 10 list. The guys also dive back into the WWWS Mailbag, where listener feedback ranges from supportive to suspiciously specific.
Of course, there’s the usual banter, conversational detours that feel planned but absolutely aren’t, and the return of “3 Things That Can Kick Rocks”—because some grievances simply refuse to stay quiet.
Four episodes in. Still not sure what the show is about.
But they’re committed now.
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103: Epitaph For A Swinger - The show expands. Control does not.
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Big Uke & Tubesox tackle “How Was the Movie?”, breaking down a recently assigned watch with wildly different levels of attention and commitment. The conversation then drifts into the Olympics, examining the spectacle, the absurdity, and the parts everyone pretends not to question. Add in the usual banter, conversational detours, and the return of “3 Things That Can Kick Rocks,” where patience wears thin and the list grows… emotionally.
More segments, more opinions, and absolutely no guarantee anything stays on topic.
 Same show. Same confusion.
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