Chambers of the Occult - Old News Nonsense Vol. 2

Episode Date: July 3, 2024

Welcome back to Volume 2 of Old News Nonsense! We've gathered some of the quirkiest, funniest, and most unusual newspaper clippings for your enjoyment. We all need a breather sometimes and just a good laugh, so sit back and enjoy.In this volume, we'll delve into tales of mummy curses, the delightful word "scrumdiddlyumptious," the celebration of Egg Day, the epic ladybug wars, the adventures of capybaras, and the whimsical story of the American Rabbit.If you want to read these clippings on your own, we have them available on our website. Stay tuned for a journey through the odd and the amusing!Send us a Text Message.

Chambers of the occult may contain content that might not be suitable for all listeners. Listener discretion is advised. Hello. Hi. Welcome to Chambers of the Accords. And this is... Are you into... Yeah. Old news not first. My name's Alexis. Oh my gosh. I'm Jay.

I'm Kai. I'm so impressed right now. I'm glad she got it too. Yeah, let's go. Progress is in me. Maybe she should start with dead hanging first from now on. Actually, yeah, that would be good. Like Alexis, you can start with introductions and then we'll follow from you. What?

Just saying like, yeah. Cool. Yeah. I mean, just saying like, yeah. Cool. Yeah. You like you did right now. Yeah, that was good. It was really smooth. Yeah. So we're professional podcasters. We know what we're doing. Yeah.

We know more than we did 10 episodes ago. That is so true. That is so true that is so true yeah also kind of wild that like we've done so much recording already Yeah Twelve episodes out and then now we're on our second episode of old news nonsense Yeah, I remember when we couldn't record our first episode and how like I remember we were like on the third one Yeah when we recorded our first episode and how like I remember when we were like on the third one yeah so we're glad you're back um I hope you guys wait I have a question yeah yeah two for us or for the listeners um you know what for the both of you off the listeners want to comment whatever blah blah that's fine I'm happy to hear their opinion on this But what's your what's your go-to cereal?

Cinnamon toast crunch I haven't had cereal in like a long time. Oh My goodness, J. I think I'm just going to go with one Oh my goodness, Jay. I think I'm just gonna go with corn flakes. Corn flakes? I like corn flakes. Please tell me, at least it's like frosted flakes. Yeah, frosted flakes. They're great.

Tony the Tiger. They get up on frosted flakes. Yeah, Tony the Tiger. Yeah, aren't the flakes so crazy? Yeah, no, they are great. What about yours? I like honey bunches of oats. With almonds.

I always found that to be fancy as a child. Kind of. Yeah, yeah. I was like, oh, like you have almonds in your cereal? I always thought it was fancy for people to put fruit in their cereal. Ah. You know, have you guys had the like special K cereal where it has like the dried strawberries inside of it already? So when you pour it in, you can like rehydrate the strawberries

and they're good? Yes. That's, I've seen the dogs. I've never had it. You gotta try it. Yeah. Okay, but like honey bunches of oats or like just the like honey nut Cheerios, but like you drizzle some extra honey into it. Oh, it's so good. Oh my god, it goes crazy. Oh, that doesn't look good. And then once you like eat it and mix

it around, it turns into like a honey milk almost and you can drink it and it's good. I don't know. Oh my god. I love cereal with some cold milk. It's a hot as hell day. So it has been. Oh my goodness. Gracious. I'm not. It's like for the listeners who are not from our area, it's like in the hundreds this week, I guess. Oh, it's terrible. I feel bad for Sacramento though. It's going to be 115 up there. Hell no. Insane. Yeah.

It's already like 110 more in like lower California and stuff. Yeah. No. Awful. Let us know when the fires haven't even started. No, yeah. Yes, we have. They're bound to start.

I mean, I guess maybe the fire, fire departments have been doing better jobs at doing like controlled fires and stuff, but. I do think that maybe one started today because I was driving home, I saw like smoke off in the darkness, like off in the in the yeah far off and I was just like okay it is what I have at my house the other day what well I mean that's why your house so like that that doesn't really oh my god. Yeah, okay I was also gonna say I was like, yeah, okay As long as you're good like no news, okay Yeah, I guess my area doesn't count. Yeah

And yours is no news nonsense Yeah, that's fitting yeah All right. Okay, I am going to start off for this bonus episode with old news nonsense. Yeah, sure. I would like to take a number from 123. Three.

Three. Great. Okay. So this headline says Robert says he's immune from spell cast by mummy. What? Robert says he is immune from spell cast by mummy. One who's Robert? Two a mummy. Three mummies and cast spells. me three mummies and castles. Mummies magical. Local so this one is from Tampa Bay Times. And it's from 1923. So local shipbuilder, owner of mummified body of Egyptian princess laughs when friends warn him

after death of Lord Karnarovon. Type it in the chat. I want to type this in the chat. I thought I had the last name ready. What? Type it in the chat. Yeah. There it is. Carnivin? I don't know, something like that.

No, there's no, you're putting an extra M in there. Carnivon. Carnivon. Yeah. Carnivin. What? There's no where to put it. Okay, yeah, Carnivon. Yeah, Carnivon. Okay. So, local shipbuilder, owner, and mummified. An owner of mummified

body, Egyptian princess, laughs when friend warns him after death of Lord Carnivon. So, will George L. Roberts, this is the person that owns the mummy, general manager of the Avery and Robert's Marine Ways to be a victim to the fatal spell cast by the spirits of the Egyptian king over those who desecrated the graves of the former ruler. What the fuck? It starts right off the bat.

It's like, this is what's happening, folks. This is reading like the summary on the back of a novel, like that you read before you buy the book to see what it's about. It really is. Yeah. Okay, so wait for it because there's more. like that you read before you buy the book to see what it's about? It really is. Yeah. Okay, so wait for it because there's more. That also is from the back of a novel, basically.

Encased in her royal coffin on top of a pile of lumber is the rear of the Avery Roberts Marine Ways is a mummy of an Egyptian woman. Whether this woman was the wife of King Tut has not been fully determined by Roberts, but his close friends have advised him to journey to Egypt and replace the mummy in its tomb in the Valley of Kings and escape the death imposed on Lord Carnivon by the Egyptian spirits for the desecration of the tomb of King Tut." This is a newspaper article. It is a newspaper article. It is a newspaper article. And the way it came across it, I didn't even type in the word mummy. I was just like, oh, I'm going to type in the word curse, see what shows up.

And then this one came up and I'm like, great. A curse and dead mummy. Robert bravely declared Wednesday night, I believe I am immune from the fate which fell Lord Carnivon. Robert confessed that he had taken the mummy from... and it's an old newspaper... the cage of... and they were roommates that Robert confessed that he had taken the mummy from... I'm gonna go with the gage of, oh, the gase, the gase of public after the death of Lord Carnivon. Several flattering offers for the purchase of the mummy have

been received by Roberts. One particular came from the representative from the John Wanamaker store in Philadelphia who wishes to place the mummy on exhibition. Robert plans to build a new plate glass box for the repose of the former Egyptian queen and place her on exhibition on Central Avenue next winter. And that is all. Oh my goodness. If I didn't know that was a newspaper article, I literally would be like, dude, who wrote this book? Yeah. It sounds like this in a, like, yeah, straight out of a book. I'm picturing in my head,'m like I'm walking through like the Dollar Tree and I go to like the book section where they're selling the books for like a dollar, it's a dollar 25 now, and I'm

like searching through the books and I read this it's like Robert's not afraid of mummies, he says he could take one on so that's exactly what he does. Robert sets out on an adventure to whatever. And I'm like, yeah, yeah, I guess I know why this is in the dollar section of the. Yeah, fair, fair. Honestly, as they kept going through newspaper clippings, I'm like people always had a flair for the dramatics. Oh, 100%. Yeah, so that's my first one. Nice. Oh, yeah. Thank you. You're welcome.

Alexis. Oh, it's my turn? Yes, it is. Oh my goodness, gracious. Okay. I'm just going to... So, one of my favorite words right now, and I was husband, is scrum diddly umptious. Jay, can you say that for me?

Could you say it again for me? Yeah, you say it. You say it. What's the country of origin? What was that? Can you use it in a sentence. What's the country of origin? What was that? Can you use it in a sentence? The country of origin? I'm scrumdiddlyumptious. Scrumdiddlyumptious?

Oh my God, you got it right. For those of you that don't know, I struggled with this word a few months back for no reason whatsoever. Struggled so hard, but it's okay because you got it now. Yes. It's like second nature. Hard work and dedication.

Yeah. So I just, I literally just looked at the word scrumdiddlyumptious and one of the first things to come up was just this newspaper clipping of this like Walt Disney movie kind of promotion, I guess. It's kind of a cute little cover though. It just happens to be one of my favorite Disney movies. Lady and the Tramp. I love this movie. Yeah. I love this movie. Yeah, it was published Thursday, October 25th, 1962 by the Fremont Tribune.

And it says Fremont now evening showings at seven o'clock p.m. And then it says Saturday, Sunday at 1 30. So make sure to show up on time. Scrumdiddlyumptious is the word for Walt Disney's happiest two-some lady and the tramp together with Walt Disney's newest motion picture almost angels but only when they're singing. It means fun for everyone. Adults tickets were 85 cents and then children were 35 cents wow inflation for you seriously now movie tickets are like what 16 20 bucks yeah dude it's insane right i don't know Oh man. Anyways, yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna actually send the cover for you guys because I think it's just the cutest little thing on this little earth. And I am sending it now in the squad casker chat. Got it. What?

Fremont now. Grum-thit-a-li-um-chis. Grum-thit-a-li-um-chis. They also spelled it wrong. Did they? Yeah. It's- Can you spell it for us? Yeah. What's the proper spelling? It's S-C-R-U-M-D-I-D-D-L-Y-U-M-P-T-I-O-U-S. Okay, so they changed an I or a Y to an I. Yes. But they spelled it wrong.

Oh, but they spelled it wrong. Bleh. That's... What, what, is there a, is there a definition for the word scrumdiddlyumptious? Let's find out. Let's see. There is. Scrum... is there? Yeah.

I thought it was just like a... let's see. Scrumdiddlyumptious. It's an adjective. Extremely tasty. Delicious. That makes sense. So it is recognized as an actual word, so it is spelled wrong. That's crazy. You could also use it to describe a person. Yes. Yeah, that's why I said I'm scrumdiddlyumptious.

Ah, hell nah, bro. Hell nah, bro. Hell nah, bro. Hmm. Hell nah, bro. Hell nah, bro. Yeah, the example of Gist, it says, you didn't mention that he was scrumptious. You know, I love our words. Scrumptious? The lexicon of words is wild. I love our words. Yeah,diddlyumptious? The lexicon of words is wild. Yeah, I love it. So much.

Anyways, that's my little clipping, my first one anyways. Scrumdiddlyumptious. I hope you guys found it that way. It's cute. It's nice. I like it. Thank you. Thank you so much.

I appreciate it. Yeah, of course Well guys one of the topics to browse on newspapers.com is Winchester Mystery House Is it oh my goodness gracious? I've never heard of that place. Did I want to go to that place? Me too. I Heard it's haunted. Oh My god I heard it's haunted. Oh my god. I don't want to go. I'm scared.

Alexis, do you remember when, or the other day when I was like the basement doors? When we talked about that? Okay, so, okay, Jade, like, do you know, like, when you're coming out of the basement and you have to close the two big doors back together? Yeah, you have to use both doors. Yeah, is it generally pretty smooth when you close those doors though? Yeah, yeah. There's no issue.

It's a matter of timing. Yeah. So, the other day I was coming out of the basement and I was closing those doors and as I was going to like close them together They like almost kind of like pulled closed a bit and it almost like squished my hand in between them. What? It felt like something like Yeah, and I was like I was like there's something want me out of this basement right now Or they were helping you out. there like, I got you. Yeah, I don't know.

One or the other. Like, you guys know me, I need like something like crazy, but I don't know. I guess that's probably the closest that I've been like, what was that there? I was looking. I don't know. That was good. I didn't read it. Ghost story. Were you on tour? No, I wasn't on, or actually, was I? I'm not sure. I don't even remember. Anyway. No, that's good. Yeah, I'm glad you shared. Yeah, thank you. Well, thank you for the scrubbed-delay umptuous article

Alexa, thank you so much for listening to it. You're welcome. You're welcome hmm, all right, so What the fuck my article was posted but published by the Estreville Daily News from Estreville, Iowa on Wednesday, April 11th, 1962. Same year.

Year. I'm doing the ampshaes. The headline goes, Humpty Dumpty Day is held at school. Awww. By Mrs. John Weisgis. That can be, that can turn into a mess. It definitely could. But this one's a pretty short article, so I'll just read it through.

Sure. Alright. March was egg month. That's how it starts. Is March actually egg month? Let me see. Is March egg month? And that's the egg month in May. Egg month. National egg month May. May is national egg month, a celebration that's been observed since the 1960s.

What? Holy crap, dude! This is 1962, so March is not Egg Month. Okay. Wait, maybe March is Egg Month because of Easter type of thing. That's probably what they're talking about, right? Maybe. Yeah, wait, what?

Easter is in March, right? Yeah. Yeah. Wait, what? Easter isn't much, right? Yeah. It's in April. What? Oh, April 20th. Oh, Easter can fall in March, but yeah, it can fall in April. Yeah. That's so weird, man. Yeah. It's held between March and April, March 22nd and April 25th. That's so weird. Why isn't it just like a set day? Because it's because it needs to be signed.

It's the church making its holidays unpredictable. Just like them. Just like themselves. So March was Egg Month, I guess. Minnesota ranks second in the United States in egg production. The main objective of the National School Lunch Program is betterment of the health of the child and betterment of the farm economy. The egg, a low-cost high protein food is one of the most versatile foods available to the school lunch program. The US Department of Agriculture designated one day in March. Oh, that's why. Okay, but one day in March doesn't equal four months. You know, seriously. U.S. Department of Agriculture designated one day in March to be a special Humpty Dumpty Day to focus attention on eggs. Friday, March 30th was Humpty Dumpty Day at the Petersburg School.

Each child was served a hard-boiled egg along with his noon lunch. I hope, I hope, I imagine those hard-boiled eggs were like, be like, like way overcooked and so the yolk is like hard and crumbly and dry. Yeah. Yeah. Dude, last month I made, last month, I made some like, I made like, like ramen eggs, like soft-boiled eggs, but like marinated in like soy sauce and like, and like, garlic and stuff, and they were super good. Yeah. Anyway. and yeah I liked instead and they were super good yeah anyway um that sounds fine the children of the first and second grades with the help of their teacher Fern Nelson decorated the lunchroom

bulletin board with a large Humpty Dumpty man sitting on the wall telling about the special day coming. I like it. Humpty Dumpty. Well, I learned that there is a celebration for eggs now. Yeah, we have to celebrate Humpty Dumpty Day March. Hummy Dumby. It was that still funny what oh wait say it again say me don't be Well, thank you celebrate homie don't need day You know, uh, yeah, we we have to make it known again. I mean, I'm sure people are aware of it, but just not a large amount of people.

We love Humpty Dumpty. Oh, I was thinking we love eggs. I don't like eggs. But I love Humpty Dumpty. You'll still celebrate the day? Well, yeah. Humum dee dum dee. Cool. So, my stories, because you guys

ended up going with the mummy story first, we're going from East Coast to West Coast. I went with the mummy story? Oh yeah. When you guys picked Korean, I went with the mummy story. That one was from Florida Now we're going to Minnesota. So this story is from the minnesota

This is from the minneapolis star Um, and the title says bug rustling in west This war is somewhat ladylike Okay In West, this war is somewhat ladylike. Okay. It says, Yuba City, California, West Coast ladybugs don't know it, but they're center of a blossoming interstate war. Ladybugs are death on the wing to amphits, mealybugs, fruit scale, bull worms, leaf worms, leafhoppers, flea hoppers, cornear worms, and other bugs that plague farms. In California, they are three ladybug entrepreneurs, one here in Yuba City and one each in nearby Gridley and Auburn.

They catch them and they ship them out of the state. The state of Washington says Californians are catching Washington ladybugs and they want it stopped. Yes, I've said quite a few things. Though you have and it's all catching up to me at this point. Um, and keep going. Wednesday, a ladybug bail passed the state Senate

in Olympia by a vote of 39 to one. The bill would make it a crime to ship ladybugs out of Washington. Said San Dewey, Donna Hugh, cattleman from Olympia, a crime to ship ladybugs out of Washington. Said San Dewey Donahue, cattleman from Olympia, we farmers consider ladybugs real friendly little fellows. If those California operators continue to take our ladybugs, we'll have to start using more chemical pesticides that are expensive and harmful to humans.

Oh, no, don't do that. Damn. Yeah. So there was a bill passed that says you can't ship ladybugs out of Washington. Ship them out of California. Yeah, wait, wait. And in Gridley, Marcella, oh, in gridley, Marcella Nelson of ladybug sales incorporated retorted, that bill doesn't bother us any.

Not one. Oh, except a small time pirate trying to start up in business would ever go to Washington to collect ladybugs. No, definitely not. Yeah, they're like, it's not gonna bother us. to collect ladybugs. No, definitely not. Yeah, they're like, it's not going to bother us. I can guarantee that California ladybugs are the only ones we ship. And I ought to know.

I control the whole ladybug market. The power. The power to control the whole ladybug market. Monopoly here. Literally. Miss Nelson, Harry Mantilla of the California Bug Company, Auburn and St. Louis, oh my gosh, so many names, um, in Yuba City say they range from Oregon border to the, oh, they say that it range, the range from Oregon border to south of Yosemite National Park

Um in search for the little orange-winged beetles They say that they gather and ship 15 000 gallons 15 000 gallons. Yes, and that is 100 000 ladybugs to the gallon Oh my god. Damn dude. Yeah. So that means that, what is this number? Ladybugs.

Like 1.5 billion ladybugs getting shipped. Oh my goodness. Oh my god. Yeah, yeah. For a total of 1.5 billion bugs each year. Oh my goodness 1.5 billion bugs each each year now in case you're interested in 1963

The price is two dollars a pint or eight dollars a gallon Such interesting like plankton gallon. But yeah, yeah, I feel like that's kind of expensive. But but also I guess it is a lot of ladybugs. Yeah. Yeah. And like, where else do you get them? They didn't have like a map either. You can buy ladybugs at Home Depot? What? You can buy ladybugs at Home Depot? Wait, I'm sure you can. Probably. I actually don't know.

This man that owns this monopoly of ladybugs. How am I supposed to know that? I don't know. Well, I mean, I guess it kind of makes sense because ladybugs can help protect your plants. Yeah. Actually, I did some research after this article and there's about, so there's about 5,000 different species of ladybugs. Yeah, dude, it's insane. Throughout the world, there's about 5,000 different species of ladybugs

and they're all beneficial. Like they all eat like other insects that would harm crops. And something really cool that I found out, there's a few types of ladybugs that actually go after fungi. Like the spores. Oh that's kinda cool. Like seal team six but ladybugs. Yeah. Yeah so there's a lot of ladybugs out there. Aren't most ladybugs males? Like aren't most ladybugs females? That's what I heard. I didn't do the actual research on it. Okay. Also, the life expectancy for most ladybugs, it's from one to two years.

Yeah, that makes sense. No, not all ladybugs are female. Ladybugs also known as lady beetles or lady bird beetles can be either male or female However, it can be difficult to tell the difference between the two sexes Yeah, the way that a lot of this ladybugs are identified is by the spots in their backs Yeah, and there's a lot That's crazy they come in all different colors. Shapes are about the same.

Definitely. Ladybugs are cute until they like pee on you. Ladybugs are cute. Yeah. Until they pee on you. Is there a story you want to share with us, Kai? No, it's just like, like, you know, it'll like excrete the, like, whatever it is on you

until like it smells. Oh got it Yeah, yeah, no most like the majority of them are harmless to humans There's like one or two varieties of ladybugs that like will nibble on the skin, but they don't break the skin barrier And that's about it. It's fine. Yeah, it might cause like allergies to some people, but that's about it. Like in severe cases. Ladybugs are cute. Yeah. But yeah, the way to identify them is by counting the spots in their back. There's the seven spot ladybug, the two spot.

Then there's also like, there's a lot like the 14 spot, the 22 spot. There's a lot of different ones. Damn. Yeah. Anyway, that's ladybugs for you now i kind of want to look more into ladybugs to see what i did my research they eat aphids and aphids like suck the juices from from leaves and stuff yeah yeah they're very beneficial. That's sick. I didn't know that. There is only a huge depth of ladybugs that are kind of invasive, but I think that's the Asian one. They can be as invasive as they want. I mean, two other ladybugs, I mean.

And then there's competition between them and the other one ends up dying because, And then there's competition between them and the other one ends up dying because yeah. Yeah. Anyway, let's not Hi, do you have a story for us? I do but I think Alexis has one first. Yeah Why did you have to do that? Yeah, I was really I was free to go. All right Shut up This next one So I was really like I Had to I had to sit to myself and I had to be like what the hell am I gonna look for and I was literally

thinking about like You know lines from a book and stuff like that And then immediately for some reason one of the first things that came to my head was spider monkey What oh Why yeah worth the inspiration strike I was thinking of Twilight. Okay, that's what I thought, but what was it? Yeah, I was literally thinking of Twilight because I thought of New Moon because I was

thinking about the 13 panel room and the New Moon book in there. And then I was like, New Moon, Twilight. And then I was like, oh, Twilight. And then I was like, oh, Siri, like I was I was thinking skin of a killer. And then I was like, oh, wait, no, no, no, no. And then I was like, oh, Spider Monkey. And so I looked it up. I love that. So what did you find about Spider Monkey? So I found this article that was published Monday, October 19 1987 by the

Lansing State Journal in Lansing, Michigan. And that's what you think that what October 19 1987 I think that's my mom's birthday. Oh my gosh. Wait, but oh, that's cute. Okay. Um, so it, the headline is Monkeys Get New Hangout by Corey Williams Lansing State Journal. The loud roars from the old lion house have been quiet for more than a year, The loud roars from the old lion house have been quiet for more than a year, leaving the crunch of dried leaves as the most frequent sound heard during calm autumn days. But despite the stillness, there is a world of change taking place at the Potter Park Zoo.

A $1.5 million dollar feline. That is crazy to me. That's, oh my God. And Primate House is scheduled to open sometime in 1988 and a much needed shelter for the zoo's group of five spider monkeys was completed this week. And that's all I showed up. Thanks. No, I like it. I think. Yeah. And that's all I showed up Thanks

Yeah, I I like spider monkeys Did I didn't even know? Oh my god, I didn't even know that much about them until I read this I didn't even know they're okay. No research. No, seriously they're very support word they're very like I No, seriously. They're very similar. They're very like, I don't know what to call them, very like, skinny looking.

Yeah, they are. They're very slender. Thank you. Maybe that's the word I was looking for. Also, my mom was not born in 1987. She is definitely not 37 years old. No, she was born in 1968. Yeah, 1968.

That's why I was like, wait, I just can move down. It's October 19th, yes. But not in 1987. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not the year, but the day. And the month. Anyways, Spider Monkeys! Let's go! I love Spider Monkeys! I'm gonna get one as a pet and I'm gonna bring it to Winchester

on tour. And you can have it as for tips! Dude! It'll be like Mr. The kids would even- Whoa whoa whoa, hold on though With you are you gonna pay it well and give it breaks because if you don't isabelle's not gonna be happy about that It was an animal activist

She was especially for monkeys man. Yes. Oh, you gotta treat that monkey, right? I Know I will I will That monkey will get all the breaks Mr. He that's his name now. He's gonna be hidden in my hair. Yes there. Oh my god. Yeah, he's gonna be hidden in my hair JD, what's critical role? I Am very tempted. I have not because I know I will be an addiction Yeah, I got Alexis addicted to watching it. Yeah. Yeah. She tells me that like she's like, I was watching Critical Role. And like, I'll talk to her another day.

She'll be like, I was watching Critical Role. I remember like months ago, I think I tried to get her to watch it. And she was just like, yeah. And that's the only thing she watches. Yeah. Yeah. But one of the characters has a monkey and the monkey is named Mr. And the character's hair. It just so happens to be the character that's my inspiration right now to Burn it Calloway Love you girl. What episode are you on now? I'm on episode now Okay

No, and what I'm trying to do I'm trying to like finish watching every like show and anime and every other thing I'm watching I'm trying to like finish watching every like show and anime and every other thing I'm watching because I know once it's her critical role, that will be one of the things that I'm going to like be binge watching. And I need to be binge reading, bro. And I can't stop. Yes, you do. How's Maze Runner going? Yeah, dude, I'm still on like the 20th something page.

Uh huh. Six months later. Yeah. Probably like, probably like almost eight months now, actually. Yeah, I don't think you should go like we should not take you back to Barnes and Nobles until you finish that book. No, we should. No, we should.

No, we should. No, no. Your reward for finishing the book will be Barnes and Nobles. No, we should. No, we should. No, we should. No, no. Your reward for finishing the book will be Barnes and Nobles. Yeah, I agree. That's crazy. I literally just finished the book right now. It's so crazy that you sit back. Good to know that your commitment is to the book right now and not to us. All right, okay, okay. Okay, okay. All right, so my next one is from the Philadelphia Inquirer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, published on Tuesday, April 22nd, 1986. It's always funny there.

The headline is... What? Oh my God, bro. Oh, wait, oh wait. Okay, so the headline says, Film, the adventures of the American rabbit. By Carrie Rickey, inquirer movie critic. So Carrie says, he flies, he skates, he crawls around his hutch like a bunny. As far as superheroes go, American rabbit is nimbler than Rambo and cuddlier than Kermit,

and he deserves a better movie than the animated The Adventures of the American Rabbit, which could use some flexes of Rambo muscle and more than a dash of Muppet's wit. Even barely out of hutch, Rob Rabbit is a 40-carat gem. From his devoted father, he's learned there is more to a game than just winning. From his mother, he's learned there is more to a game than just winning. From his mother, he's learned there is more to playing music than just striking the right notes. That something more is called heart. Rob's the perfect heir to the legacy, which transforms him magically into the star-spangled American rabbit at will. Quote, in parentheses, don't ask, can't explain, but he is to animated animals what Superman is to humans.

Huh? Superman. He's basically animal Superman. Okay. That's cute to think about actually. Dar Spangled American Rabbit, Rob Rabbit. Yeah. All right. His mission, to protect animal kind from San Francisco's Golden Gates to

the Falls of Niagara from the malicious mischief of the Jackals. A motorcycle gang. What kind of motorcycles? Do you know? Probably Harley's. I don't know. Yeah, honestly. The Jackals. a motorcycle gang. A motorcycle gang. Whose mascot and leader is a buzzard. Buzzards?

Like, isn't that one of those birds? Aren't buzzards birds? I think so. Like the ones with like the big like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they kind of look like hawks in a way, I guess. Yeah. Like vultures-ish. I don't know, kind of funny that like a gang called the Jackals is led by a bird. Um. There, there, yeah I see that.

No, wait a way. Maintaining his raw rabbit alter ego, American Rabbit assembles a menagerie of pandas, gorillas, moose, and shapely bunnies who put together a rock and roll band. Okay, yeah! In parentheses, his musical training, thanks to Mom, pays off. Ever moral, ever careful, American Rabbit teaches his followers to judge people by what they do rather than by what they are. Even Jackals, whom he defeats in a clean, wholesome way. Thanks, Dad. He's anything but a silly rabbit, but his tricks are for kids.

Tricks are not for kids. And then there's like a, there's like a, a like a different another section of it right above it sort of shows like the analytics of the movie or whatever and it says review the adventures of the American rabbit produced by all these names that I'm not going to say honestly. Yeah. Running time an hour 25 minutes. Okay, this is a long movie. And a parent's guide is G for good, I guess. I don't know. General audience. General. Yeah, that's a lot smarter. I was trying

to think what the G stood for as like general. Yeah, I think that's what it is. Yeah, that actually makes a lot of sense, like a general audience. You're like, for good. Good, good movie. Why is one of the topics to browse liberation of Rome? Because, you know, Roman Empire. Yeah, yeah. This article was clipped by the profile. This article was clipped by their name is it Yoshi man 6464. Yes. Also, now that you said that it was clipped by a person. Remember

how like last episode I gave you like a follow up to the missing cat. Yeah, yeah, it was clipped by the same person. So the same person gave us a follow up. So whoever you were out there, thank you for the follow-up on that. Thank you. All right, well, that's the Adventures of the American Rabbit. Thank you so much. Thank you. You're very welcome. I see him as a colorful rabbit.

Yeah, I mean, it says star-spangled rabbit, so he's probably wearing like red, white, and blue. Yeah, or red and blue, and he's like a white rabbit Yeah, he's like a white rabbit with red stars on him and then he's got blue stripes Please No What happened? I just looked up the years of the American rabbit to see him. Let me just. You can actually buy the DVD on Amazon.

I'm going to get it right now. No, no. Let me send the thing. And then it's so funny looking at this rabbit. Did you send it on the squad cast or on the other? Yeah, right here. Okay. Oh. Adventures of American Rabbit.

Hey, he is a white rabbit with red stripes and blue ears with stars. Oh, my goodness gracious. He's here to save the day. Marka. This is so sick. I love this little fellow. I'm sending another one. Yeah. By another one you mean that there's multiple movies? I'm not joking. Um, okay, one, one. 1986, what about this one? Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what this one is. I'm gonna get him tattooed on me.

The rabbit? Yeah. I think they might just be the same. I think so, just a different cover. Different cover. Yeah, this one's like probably newer. Like reimagined a bit. Yeah. OK. G does stand for general audience. OK. Yeah, you're smart. Yeah.

Because I thought of like I've seen it in other things. So I'm like, I think it's just for general. Oh, but then. But we said the exact same one. no we didn't oh my gosh but he's not he's wait what is this a suit that he wears or what because I think he's like is he just a gray rabbit when he's not inest hair. Oh my god guys, I found the movie on YouTube. No way! Wait, really? The Adventures.

The Adventures. The Adventures. Oh, okay. It is so down to watch this after. Yeah. Okay, I think he's just literally just a gray rabbit. Like when he's Rob rabbit, but he turns into red, white and blue star spangled American rabbit in his superhero form. That is so sick. That is so sick. I was reading some of the Amazon reviews,

and they're all five stars. But then I see one single one star and it says, my students hated it. No. Yeah. And it says, I have thought, first of all, ma'am, if you were a teacher, fix your English. I have thought it would be funny for my students not attending the dance to watch, but it was not. The movie was very boring and moved too slow. Not very adventurous for fifth graders anyway. But everyone else gave it a five stars. There's a four star, but that's fine.

I think we should watch it. I would be so down to watch it. And it's not too long either. It's an hour 25, so Yeah. When when troubles afoot. No one stamps out evil like the fastest, strongest and the most nimble bunny of all time. Rob the rabbit. Join, join Rob on a special journey where he discovers the value of teamwork and the belief that there is a hero waiting to be born in all of us. Rob is not your average bunny. He is the legendary American Rabbit, a star-spangled superhero who fights for justice. When Rob learns about the city being taken over by a gang of nasty jackals, he wastes no time in trying to stop them. But soon, but he soon discovers something far more sinister is going on,

and he'll need more than just his superhero strength to save the day. Why do I love that so much? I do as well. That's so good. Oh. Well, we know what we're watching. Walk party or something like that.

Wow. Cool. Well, there's Rob rabbit and thank you very much. Yeah. Cool. Next round. Yes, I have my last story for y'all. Um and last week I gave Alexis a story for gremlins because she likes gremlins. I do, I do. I love them. This time, I kind of by accident and also I'm really glad I bumped into it.

I have a story for Kai. Oh, okay. Cool. So this is from 1976 and it's from the Bakersfield, California. Sick. Okay. And it's from the Bakersfield, California. Sick, okay. And that's not where like coincidence stops because now this is the title. Giant rodent hunted by marine sharpshooters.

Any idea what this giant rodent might be? I've got a good idea. Okay. So it says, Cam Peddleton, for the past three months, a search has been underway on and near the sprawling Marine Corps base for a capybara. The capybara, it's a hundred pound rodent from South America. But to the Marines, an animal specialist hunting him and the farmers and the farm workers terrified at the sight of him. He has become known as simply the big rats. The giant rodent, which is not deemed dangerous to humans and munches only on plant life or its food, was first seen eating cauliflower on Tobi Suma's ranch in nearby Vista. Mexican farm workers feared that they might be attacked by the capybara, which is a nocturnal animal.

They thought it might be ferocious like a mountain lion, Susan said. That's so stupid. Existence of the search was disclosed Friday by Gerald Hilde of the San Diego County Agricultural Department and George McCleary, game warden at the Camp Petalton Marine Base. The capybara has been wandering on and off base since it was first spotted, McCleary said. So far, no one seems to know where this capybara came from. No zoo has reported one missing. In fact, the San Diego Zoo hasn't had one since 1972. Hale, however,

has a theory that might explain how the huge South American swamp rat turned up in the dry coast hills of Southern California. Somebody probably thought it was a cute, fuzzy little pet to bring back from South America, Hill said. Then it grew up. Marines and workers on Summa's ranch have seen the capybara feeding at night, but the rodent flees before anyone can get near it, Zuma said. Six-foot traps of chain-link fence are getting set in hopes of catching the animal alive. At Hill's suggestions, apples and carrots are being used for bait.

Staff members from the San Diego Zoo are taking part in the search. The Zoo has expressed interest in making the capybara a part of its regular exhibits. Edmund clearly says the Zoo is welcome to the beast. As soon as we've got him, we're going to call up the Zoo and tell them we're on our way down there with an overgrown rat that's so sick yeah so a hundred pound calf bar just wandering around eating cauliflower that's so sick okay Okay, so... Go ahead. That's too sick.

I love how they saw it and they were like, big ass rodent. And they were like, actually, let's put it in our zoo. Let's make it part of our exhibit. Yeah. Okay, so, remember how before the episode I was like, oh my god, I just found

something amazing? Yes. This was the article wait Was it I hadn't read it yet though, like I literally saw the title and I was like, I'm not reading that so okay You I actually this So this is great actually Well, I'm glad that you know, like it ended up working out. Yeah I'm glad I didn't read it like it ended up working out. Yeah. I'm glad I didn't read it. Cause I was like, I want to be surprised by this later on.

And I was sure enough you were, no, cause I saw Baker showed California and I saw giant rodent and I was like, yep. I know what this is. Small. Thank you for sharing. That was a welcome. Thank you very much. Yeah. And I really thought it was fun when I was reading that and I'm like, you guys are going to enjoy this. Yeah, I did. We both did. Yeah. Yeah. I wonder if they actually ended up catching the cuppa bar.

Like, I'm just curious if they caught it. I mean, I don't feel like it would have been that hard to catch it. No. I don't know how they were trying. I mean, we know how hard they were trying at the end. Yeah. Yeah.

So, I just, like, shoot hard they were trying it at the end. Yeah. Yeah. Just like shoot it to be honest. Knowing knowing people down there. Yeah. Yeah. Talking from experience. Yep. Don't mess with someone's cauliflower. Yeah.

Oh no. Yeah. What do we do? What do you have for us? Yeah. Oh no. Yeah, wait a minute. What do you have for us? I don't know. Have you guys ever witnessed a blue moon? No. I think so.

But it doesn't look like it, right? No, I mean like a blue, a like a like a moon that is blue. No, I've seen Smurf. I did. I loved the Smurf movies growing up. Oh, my goodness gracious. I love them so much. Um, well, I I haven so much. Um, well, I, I haven't either.

You know why? Cause it's, it's a once in a blue moon type of thing when they show up. Fuck up. Leave, leave. There's the door. And that's the name of this article. Once in a blue moon, Percival Mercury sales. It was published by the Leader Post in Canada, Saskatchewan. Saskatoon? Saskatoon. Saskatoon.

Saskatoon. Sounding like a broken record here. Made this sad. Saskatoon. Saskatoon. Bro. Did you ever watch this show Forget About It? No.

Okay, it takes place in Canada. It's this mafia guy that gets relocated to Saskatchewan. Yeah. That's stupid. Anyway, keep going Alexis. Tell us about this blue moon. Dude, this word is breaking me down. Oh my goodness. Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan. Calm down and say it. I think this is Alexis scrumptious. Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan. Very good. Saskatchewan. Very good. Yeah. Yes. There we go. What was I saying?

Yeah. Tuesday, September 5th. Come on, Saskatchewan. Yes. There we go. What was I saying? Yeah, Tuesday, September 5th, 1967. Um. And. I mainly like the cover of it. I'm going to send it to you guys.

Because it's literally just a blue moon. And he looks so sad. He's like slumped over with, he's like resting his head or his moon on his hand and he's just so sad. This is not what I expected. Bro is slumped. No, yeah. The whole little newspaper article is not what I expect. Oh yeah with the cars? Oh yeah yeah yeah not at all. You're sprailing it! Well then get on with it. Yeah why did you why did you show us? You get mama? Okay so it isn't very often in fact it's only once in a blue moon.

In fact, it's only once and a blue moon. Get out! We're ending this episode. We're cutting out your part. That Percival Mercury is overstocked with brand new 1967 cars and trucks. You can save two ways at Percival Mercury. Number one, the price of your 1968 models is going to be up considerably. Number two, huge model year and discounts will save you 1200 bucks. Now, um, save up to 1200 bucks now, 1967 Mercury 40 what what does that say 4000 is that 40 that is that 46 48 nor 4188 your price still lower and it basically it just shows these

I I think they're kind of nice cars they are nice cars yeah I'm not much of a mercury girl but these are kind of nice cars. Yeah yeah we've got so many cars we're stacking them on the roof come see and then it just says, I don't know why this is so funny to me, but 460 Albert Street. What? Albert Street. Albert Street? Albert Street. I don't know why that's so funny to me.

And then it says the number five six eight six four four one Mercury sales personals anyways, that is that's a story that only comes up Sensor that's what we're gonna bleep out this episode Josh edgerson That's what we're gonna bleep out this episode. Josh Hutchinson. Can't bleep out your teeth. Leave that in. Just get rid of the blue moon. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Get rid of the blue moon. Keep the Josh Hutchinson in.

We're gonna bleep both of them out. I only mention Josh Hutchinson once out of blue moon nowadays, so. That's what you think Moon nowadays, so. That's what you think. All right, so for mine. Yes, Kai, take it away. Well, I did have, one sec, my dog is barking. That's fine.

Yeah, I mean, I hope it's yeah I mean yeah they're barkers so I didn't have another article ready but funnily enough this one you know what I let me just read it let me just read it yeah yeah just read it. Yeah, just read it. Sweetie, grab this. So this one is from The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware. It was published on Sunday, July 20th, 1980. Now this is a long article, so I'm not sure if I'm going to read the entire thing, but what I am going to read, well, it starts with the headline. Want to see a mighty mouse? Go to the zoo. Go to the zoo? Go to the zoo. Yeah. So any guesses what this article is about? Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Is that an I? Yes. No. It's Mickey us clubhouse.

Clubhouse. M-I-C-K-E-Y. M-O-U-S-E. This is written by Betty Burroughs, a staff reporter. Now, start saying, Alice in Wonderland, look to your laurels. The Brandywine Zoo is gaining on you. For instance, imagine a mouse magnified a million times well make that half a million. in any case what you'll see is a capybara.

a native of south america and the largest rodent in the world. some weigh more than a hundred pounds. That's a mighty mouse indeed. And one you don't monkey around with. The Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington has four Cappy Bar as well. The two mightiest are a 90 pound three-year-old male and an adult female weighing about 70 pounds. Both loom large alongside the 45 pound nine-month-month-old male, and dainty, a 15-pound baby female. The four capybars dominating the new South American rodent exhibit in the revamped Children's Zoo are unrelated. Both adults are from the Salisbury, Maryland Zoo. The little female is from Jacksonville, Florida, and the middle mouse, or juvenile male, is from the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. It is a gift of Brandywine Zoo

director Tom Skelton's father, Philip, who has operated the Toledo Zoo in Ohio for 30 years. Imagine getting a capybara as a gift. That would be so sick. That would be so sick. I would love that. That would be so sick. The capybaras' ratty companions in their low-walled enclosure are a couple of packas, which are smaller natives of South and Central America. Tail-less, burrowing vegetarian rodents with hoof-like toes and spotted brown coats. The capybara's fur is mousy gray, but the tail is missing from its rat-like anatomy,

and its feet are partially webbed because its natural habitat is grassland near water. Capybara means one who eats grass. I actually didn't know that. I didn't know that. Yeah. So now this does go on actually a lot more about all of these capybaras. But right in the center of the newspaper article, there's like a really cool picture of just the capybara taken from the zoo, one of them like eating or something. And then it's captioned, this little fella as a capybara and weighs 45 pounds. It's a member of the rodent family from South America and will nibble its way to well over 100 pounds. Okay.

Yeah. I like it. Capybara. Capybara. I like Capybara. Capybara. Capybara. Oh, so the... That's so fun. I don't know.

I love Capybaras. Yeah, they're cute. Anytime I see anything on Instagram with a Capybara, I'm like, I'll send it to Kai. And then I'll see that you like it. And I'm like, he's seen it already. Yeah, I know, same. I know all Capybaras. You do.

I love them. Even the one from Bakersfield. see that you like it and I'm like he's seeing it already. I know all Cappie Baras. You do. I love them. Even though I'm from Bakersfield. Yeah I wish I could have seen them. Before our time. Literally. We're going to Happy Hollow and like I just stared at the Cappie Baras like 30 minutes, right? Like, like, yeah, wait, what? Happy Hollow Zoo and like, I just stared at the Cappy Bar as for like 30 minutes. Yeah, yeah, it's fun. Anyway, I was on Gappy and the Anteater. Oh, I love Anteaters to eat. I had

never seen an Anteaterater before and I was like They're like most you're saying that like they're common around. I get the common thing to see. Yeah, okay That's one there. Come on, brother But I saw them. I don't know I saw them in Florida. You saw a lot of things there Yeah, you're gonna see like random shit walking around in Florida, dude My first was about a mummy in Florida if I saw an ant either walking around in Florida I would not bat an eye like that's like the normalest thing I probably see in that exactly I'm telling you my first article about the mummy at least in Florida so there's things there that shouldn't be there Yeah, true I shouldn't be there

There Where you just wait wait, where did you say kind okay, I said Florida is a lawless land It feels like it. Yeah No, what God it does it feels like it. Yeah. Oh my god. It does. Have you ever looked up Florida man followed by birthday? Yes. I've never done that. Look it up. We should do that for one of our episodes just for the fun of it. Okay. Yeah, I'm done. Oh, so okay. Okay. Okay. I won't, I won't, I won't say it then. I'm gonna look it up now. I mean, that way we have some content for the listeners.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like for our next old news nonsense, we can just share them. Like, we can put it in there maybe. They're probably not gonna be long, so. Yeah, that's true. This ones are not long, which is nice. Well, listeners, thank you for tuning in again. Thank you for listening and stuff. If you want to read the articles, go to our website chambers of your cult. Yeah,

and they will be there for you to take a gander at. Yeah, and then give us money. No, I mean, you know how you would do that. There was this lady on my. Yeah, she we were at the end of EMT like on the little like porch area, the North porch and pulls out like a 20 to give to me as a tip, but it like falls over the railing. And so it falls on like the floor. And she's like, Oh, well, like I was going to give you it, but it fell. And I was like, Oh, that's fine. She's like, yeah,

you can grab it. Like, you just know how to get it. And then she hands me another 20. So this lady was waiting for bucks. Yeah. was going to say you got double tipped. Yeah, but I was like, but I looked back at her and I looked at the money on the floor and I was like, no, like I'm not going to, I was like, no, like I won't take this from you. It's easy for me to grab that. I was like, thank you. And so I handed her back the other 20, but like she was so ready to just give me 40 bucks

as a tip. And I was like, what the hell? How do you get that money to just like drop? Like I don't know. No, seriously. Like you've've spent was she with what their people or she apart party to others Yeah, party three. Yeah, okay Actually spend anything Pretty much yeah Yeah

Yeah, that's so true You'll find it. We'll see you guys next week. Thank you everybody. We'll hear you, we'll talk to you, we'll be in your ear next week. That's kind of weird. What? What? Be in your ear next week. Be prepared.

Right here in your ear. Clean that ear wax out. Let's end this. Bye everybody. Thank you. Thanks for watching!