We Know You Hate It When We Talk About the Toys

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Date

June 26th, 2017

Summary

With Dan Telfer, Paul Rust, and Tony and the Thaxtones.

Recorded live at NerdMelt

Guests

Paul Rust, Dan Telfer, with a special appearance by Tony Thaxton, and the Thaxtones.

Notes

  • The guys recorded a huge backlog of shows while they were in L.A.
  • Origin of the "People hate toy talk" running joke.
    • Back in season 1, Pete's wife pointed out that she didn't have the toys growing up, and would zone out when the guys would talk about them, and maybe other people felt the same.
    • When Pete mentioned this on Twitter, people came out strongly in favor of the toys, but by then it had become a running gag.
  • Both our guests brought up the toys on their past appearances.
  • Dan would've liked to have been able to swear, but there was a kid right there in the front row.

The Jek Porkins Memorial Sexology

Star Wars video games

  • There are a lot of them, but not a lot of good ones.
  • The only one Alex has played is the Star Wars Lego game.
  • Knights of the Old Republic.
  • Original X-wing game.
  • The original Star Wars arcade game.
    • Pete can never beat levels where you have to rope AT-ATs from your snowspeeder.
  • The Star Wars pod game.
  • Battlefront.

More Toy Talk

  • What was the last Star Wars toy you bought?
    • Dan: Jedi toys from The Phantom Menace. His girlfriend asked if he even liked the movie and why he would buy the toys.
      • In January, Disney Infinity Boba Fett for himself.
    • Paul: A Gamorrean guard, for a friend.
    • Alex: He retold his story of hanging out with Tony Consiglio and going to buy AOTC toys, and then at the last minute coming to his senses and deciding not to buy any more toys.
    • Tony: bought two Rogue One figures with Matt Belknap.
    • Pete: bought one The Force Awakens figures: PZ-4CO (she's a teal robot).
  • Pete worked at Forbidden Planet when they started making Star Wars toys again. Employees weren't allowed to buy the toys due to fears over limited supply, so he gave a friend money to buy the toys for him.
  • Least favorite toys?
    • Alex: Ric Olié.
    • Dan: Every toy you can actually find on a shelf, since 1999.
      • Nerd collectors are ruining it for everyone.
    • Dan again: Phantom Menace Yoda.
    • Todd: Y-wing (Sorry, Pete). He couldn't remember the Y-wing being in the movie, but now that he knows what it is, he realized it was a cool toy.
  • Live closing theme.

Meta Notes

  • 1:10:35 podcast episode length.
  • The name of this episode is a Running joke
  • The Opening theme was played live by Tony Thaxton and the Thaxtones.
  • With a lag time of 196 days, this is the longest period between when an episode was recorded and when it was released.
  • The first mention of possibly doing a toys-only episode was raised in the Summer Update just prior to the L.A. live show back in April 2014.
  • Green berets were worn by many different armed forces around the world, but originated with British commando forces during WWII[1].
  • The Dagobah playset was also mentioned during ESB Minute.
  • Tony told his shark tooth Sarlacc pit story before, Alex told his shoebox Walker story before as well.
  • Paul mentioned "Christian hell" during his appearance on Return of the Jedi Minute.
  • "Stormtroopers" were specialist German shock troops during WWI, but paramilitaries that served the Nazi party up to and during WWII were also sometimes known as stormtroopers[2].
  • "A Long Vest" is the name of an episode from the original Star Wars Minute.

Quotes

  • Alex: Like so many Palpatines, we played everyone like puppets.
  • Dan: ...there's nothing more terrifying than other people's parents.
  • Pete: (in response to Paul's question "what's your favorite beret?") Raspberry is number one. Alex: Green, because we're patriots.
  • Paul: Just wind me up and I'll get started.
  • Dan: <bellowing> THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC IS A TRANDOSHAN, MOM! Pete: He has a name, mom. Dan: You're not the Bossk of me. *Actual rim shot from the band*.
  • Dan: Don't tell fictional Star Wars characters how to become better terrorists.
  • Paul: Usually some time at summer camp or your freshman year at college...you wear a snow skirt.
  • Pete: <quickly> Here's a hundred bucks, get whatever you want. Pretend I don't know you.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2017/06/26/we-know-you-hate-it-when-we-talk-about-the-toys


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