(Guest: Peter Sagal) We have something extra magical in the tavern this week, a unicorn named Windsprinkle.

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Windsprinkle: Peter Sagal
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Tricia: Kate James
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Garrett Schultz
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Audio Assistance: Jason Knox
Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz
Episode Art: Ellie Martin

“Gas Wayne Yes My Star” Written and Performed by: Mike Doughty

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You’re probably familiar with Kurt Vonnegut’s required reading, or rather the Kurt Vonnegut books your high school English teacher required you to read. ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ ‘Cat’s Cradle,’ and maybe ‘Breakfast of Champions’ were rays of satirical sunlight in your curriculum between long stretches of Jane Austen and Herman Melville (both great authors, but booooooring). But what about his other 12 novels and the dozens of short stories and other works you’re not familiar with?

The Cracked Podcast is going to mix it up this week with an introduction to our new Vonnegut book club, a brand new podcast with Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the Kurt Vonneguys. Once a month, Alex and Michael will work through the Vonnegut library, dissecting the recurring themes and characters, highlighting some amazing Kurt-isms and providing a general overview of Kurt’s work as the connective tissue to modern sci-fi.

In this week’s episode, Alex and Michael cover Vonnegut’s overlooked first novel, ‘Player Piano,’ a satirical ‘1984’-esque warning about the horrors of automation. When you’re through, you can check out episode two of Kurt Vonneguys here (https://goo.gl/dtD9Qz), where they look at Vonnegut’s masterwork, ‘The Sirens of Titan.’ And if you’re interested in following future episodes of Kurt Vonneguys, be sure to subscribe here (https://goo.gl/yjfNTM).

Recommended Reading:

“The Silver Corridor” and “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said The Ticktockman” — Harlan Ellison : https://goo.gl/7NK9Pu

“Knox” — Harlan Ellison : https://goo.gl/NlwI03

“The Veldt” — Ray Bradbury: https://goo.gl/ihH8r9

” The Caves Of Steel “  — Isaac Asimov : https://goo.gl/8uA6TQ

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) has had his share of Hamilton adventures, including going backstage with Michelle Obama and singing carpool karaoke with Lin-Manuel Miranda. He tells Travon and Mike about getting from Albuquerque to New York City, shedding tears during “Burn” and why he thinks Eliza is the heart of the show. Finally, we want to hear about your Fantasy Hamilton team. Outside of the originals, who’s in your dream Hamilton cast? Give us a call and tell us at 937-9MYSHOT.

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Actor/writer/comedian Carl Tart (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Transparent) returns to join Andrew this week to talk about the mail-order bride comedy being cancelled after Twitter backlash, the current state of the 2016 election, why you shouldn’t change the color of your skin for Halloween costume, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

ITS A SPOOOOOOKY HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR VERY SPECIAL EPISODE! Live at Largo with special GUEST CO-HOST June Diane Raphael doing HER very best to defend Vicki G. Controversial theories are thrown out and controversial statements are made. We pat the puss and find out Danielle is meant to wear a Rinna wig! The Halloween parade will stun despite listeners not being able to see it. See pictures on CaseyRoseWilson’s instagram. 

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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has created intimate portraits of many presidents. Here she and David talk about the state of the 2016 race — and remembers the time she caught LBJ in a lie.

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Welcome back to Passions of the Christos with your hosts Carolina Christos (Heidi Gardner) and  Stefono Christos (Greg Worswick). It’s the personal podcast that explores all kinds of passions from dance to music to art to ice. This week’s passion is food and who better to talk about food than famous chef Helen Poon-Kinney Gallagher. Helen tells us about secret of her Risotto balls, just cooking for the cast of “Who’s the Boss?”, and the inspiration behind her most famous dish. Plus, Traci Reardon stops by to help her Twitter followers with advice on pursuing their passions in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Recorded live from the world famous Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, Robert Kirkman of The Walking Dead and Emily V. Gordon of The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail join Paul and Jason to discuss the 2009 Neveldine/Taylor film Gamer. They’ll cover everything including Gerard Butler’s way to get a car starting, the Michael C. Hall dance sequence, Terry Crews baring all, and the potential Ludacris cross-over with Fast & Furious. Plus, we settle the really important parts of the film during Audience Q&A!

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Katie Halper (The Katie Halper Show) and Christian Finnegan (A&E’s Black and White) join Negin to dive into the dismal final days of the election cycle. They dissect Newt Gingrich and Megyn Kelly’s on-air tiff, Donald Trump’s newest hotel, and Obamacare’s troubles. Plus, Negin heads to South Africa and asks, “How would you describe Americans?”

This episode is brought to you by Totes and Foot Cardigan.

Phenomenal comedic actor Charlie Day of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia finally jaunts his way into the calming shores of Sklarbro Country! Charlie tells us about one of his first TV roles on Law and Order, how he met the Sunny crew, and his early acting days with the Williamstown Theater Festival. After some quick hits, the Sklars call up Charlie Sheen to hear his thoughts on the MLB crushing his dream to throw the first pitch at the World Series.

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This week Bryan saw the original nasty woman Patti Smith over the weekend with a bunch of heterosensuals and lived to tell the tale, while Erin has a surprising conversation with a local silhouette artist. Also, Texas Representative Brian Babin believes women should be told when they are being nasty. Nasty women vote hunny! And the Log Cabin Republicans have sashayed away from Trump and have decided to not endorse him for president.

Handsome Rambler is coming at you from an AirBNB in Portland! Hannibal’s been staying in a lot of AirBNBs lately, and he and Tony Trimm break down some of the harsh feedback he’s received from hosts. Also, Tony is on the keto diet, and Hannibal helps an aspiring artist deal with her racist family.

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Hanging off the edge and dangling with Ritch Shydner.

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The titular Johnny Pemberton of FOX’s Son of Zorn and the titular middle child Eden Sher of ABC’s The Middle join the CBB First Timers Club! They join Scott for some Seinfeld trivia, Disney history, and to do elevator pitches for Eden’s new book “The Emotionary” and Johnny’s He-Man inspired show Son of Zorn. Then, showbiz driver Dicker Troy stops by to tell us what it’s like to work as a driver for big celebs. Later, Reverend T.P. Stain arrives to share the gospel on why juicing is the most important thing you can do to better your life. Plus, it’s the return of Would You Rather!

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Comedy writer and fellow Earwolf podcaster Travon Free (The Room Where It’s Happening, Any Given Wednesday) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about coming up on the 10th anniversary of the last time he cried real hard, Doctor Who, School of Rock the Musical, Air Bud, and Denzel Washington’s speech at the end of The Great Debaters.

This episode is brought to you by Third Love and MVMT Watches.

Jon Gabrus, Brian Huskey, and Mookie Blaiklock join Matt Besser in the improv boat this week for scenes about high-maintenance dog breeding, meeting your nemesis at a memorial service, and a Navy Seal team that trips balls during a mission. Later, a rollerskater uses violent means to pass favorable legislature, and a venom-filled twitter debate goes on-air during Case Closed.

Kevin and Kamau reunite this week to discuss the 1989 thriller “The Mighty Quinn.” Before getting into the movie, they discuss Donald Glover landing Lando and evaluate the hotness of comedic men. Then they take care of Denzel Business and talk goal-setting before diving into an analysis of “The Mighty Quinn.” They address the film’s introduction of Denzel as a sex symbol, explain the high concentration of Denzelisms throughout, and finally, give the film an official Denzel rating.

USE promo code COLUMBO at checkout  to hear the entire series of The Casefiles of Columbo on Howl Premium. In this episode, The very amazing and hilarious Paul F. Tompkins (Bajillion Dollar Properties, Spontaneanation, Superego) joins Aaron Abrams and Kevin Seccia to investigate Season 1, Episode 1 of Columbo – “Murder By The Book”. Together, they discuss Jack Cassidy’s glorious moustache, Peter Falk’s troglodyte voice and Columbo going after Dick Cheney. Plus, Kevin suffers a stroke!

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson (Jacob Wysocki) and Green Party candidate Jill Stein (D’Arcy Carden) join Mark and Pete for a revealing candidates roundtable. Learn about important issues the two major parties won’t talk about, including soldiers, squatches, warp core technology, and the difference between a sea monkey and a sea horse.

On the second of three very special Star Wars trilogy episodes of I Was There Too, Matt is joined by Clive Revill who voices The Emperor in the pre-special edition 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. Clive tells us about how director Irvin Kershner reached out to him for the role, finding the voice for The Emperor, and his thoughts on the final physical representation. Then, expert witnesses Pete the Retailer and Alex Robinson of the Star Wars Minute podcast join Matt to figure out who and actually what played the body of The Emperor during a new segment called Was I There Too? Plus, another classic Star Wars Superego sketch!

This episode is brought to you by Stamps.com.

THE ORIGINAL FOOTAGE: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtciRCVpFE

EXHIBIT 1:

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Star-Wars-Empire-Strikes/dp/0345509617

EXHIBIT 2:

http://x3rxe5.tumblr.com/post/148866162957/all-hail-the-chimperor-prior-to-beginning-return

EXHIBIT 3:

http://boards.theforce.net/threads/marjorie-eaton-the-original-emperor.50033425/

EXHIBIT 4:

See the pics posted on this page.

In honor of our 100th episode, producer Abigail Keel talks to some centenarians about the good and the bad of 100. To join the conversation, go to www.longestshortesttime.com!

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Actress Mandell Maughan of “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$” returns to join Howard and Kulap in investigating this week’s charts. They discuss Mandell’s work on the show and what makes eating during a scene so difficult before listing Stereogum’s Top 5 Songs of the Week. We hear tales about buying an old new phone and childhood grocery stores, and Howard gives an update on his family fantasy football league during the Movie Chart. Finally, they gang checks out Kevin’s Hot Picks during Two Charted, where we hear an idea for an on-demand coin service and check up on SNL predictions.

Just in time for Halloween, Chris and this spirited artist trade spooky stories…until they are rudely interrupted by the ghost of an angry biker. But the corporeal beings prevail, if only for the caller to give Chris his least favorite nickname ever: Chris Giraffe-Herd.

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Chris Cantrell and Rick Ernst of Riot Games joins Jensen and Matty to talk about Mechs vs. Minions, Mike D’s remix of Warpaint’s “New Song,” Atlas Reactor, artist Lorraine Loots, how we were late on Issa Rae, High Maintenance, and many more things you should know about.

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Delightful actress Eden Sher of The Middle joins Deanna and Emily this week to talk about her childhood journey to learn to embrace her name, being cloaked in Miley Cyrus, and some of the new words she made up in her new book “The Emotionary: A Dictionary of Words That Don’t Exist for Feelings That Do.” Plus, Eden does her best to guess the meanings of words we should have in the English language.

Actress Kate Flannery joins Randy and Jason this week for Sklarbro County! She regales the Bros with tales of her origins with Second City and Daniel Van Kirk explains his take on the value of sports as well as how he nearly ended up working for the Cubs. Then they dive into Stories, hearing about a man who brought corn cobs to a potato gun fight and Canada’s bear spray epidemic. Finally, former linebacker Doug Buffone pays an otherwordly visit to weigh in on the Cubs making the World Series.

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In the second episode of ROCK BOTTOM, Matt welcomes the pioneers of Finding Prince Charming-related comedy: Actor/Writer/Vulture Recapper Jeffery Self and Actors/Comedians Tom Lenk and Jimmy Fowlie. The guys discuss their real life run-ins with the cast, and Hollywood Correspondent Stephen Guarino calls in to “read” the guests. Plus, Matt interviews Darryl Stephens about the perils of online dating when you’re a gaymous superstar.

Multi-platinum recording artist “Weird Al” Yankovic joins Scott and contest winner Claudia O’Doherty to talk about his achievement of completing his most recent tour, getting texts from Jesus, and the final 10 episodes of CBBTV. Later, a little 8-year-old girl by the name of Beth returns riding into the studio on her power wheels to ask everyone about their ideal Halloween costume.

This episode is brought to you by Black Tux and Stamps.com.

We’re still testing out new co-hosts, so I invited the Memory Gremlin to join us and help us remember an old friend.

Credits:
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Memory Gremlin: Sarah Maher
A Memory: Matt Young
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Audio Assistance: Jason Knox
Production Assistant: Garrett Schultz

Episode Sponsors:
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Craig-Cast Theme Music: Loping Sting Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Journalist David Gregory (The David Gregory Show, CNN) joins Travon and Mike to talk about his favorite 1980s hip hop artists, listening to the Hamilton soundtrack with his 10-year-old son, and why he’d like to see President Obama and Ted Cruz in a rap battle. And we want to know: if you could be cast in Hamilton, what character would you want to play and why? Call us and tell us at 937-9MYSHOT.