Talking Simpsons - Bart Star With Kat Bailey

Oh, that's brilliant. Nice catch!

Everything about that anime is not how I pictured anything in E21

nina matsumoto

Doesn't anybody remember the Goldie Hawn movie?

Himura's Ya-Ha! was not how I pictured it.

There's a quick reference that Bob, Henry, and Kat missed. When Homer is cutting kids from the team, the second name he says is Rudy, a character we've never heard of before or since. It's such a specific name that I have to think this is a reference to the 1993 film "Rudy," which is about a young man (played by Sean Astin) who dreams of playing football for Notre Dame but doesn't have the body for it. More than just a reference for the sake of it, the joke is that at the end of the film, Rudy is allowed to play in the final game of the season and, to the shock and celebration of everyone, sacks the opposing team's quarterback, but in a very classic Simpsons subversion, by cutting Rudy from the team Homer takes away any possibility of having his moment in the sun.

Rin Martens

I kept one of those drinks on a book shelf for years after the product went off the market but finally gave it to a friend who I assume drank it and died.

littleterr0r

My high school teams were called The Wildcats. Like they said in the episode, everyone's was.

littleterr0r

Fun fact, here the Western Australia, the national basketball team is named The Wildcats. That always ticked me with this episode.

pimento

My continuity theory: some events are just common to all the universes, such as Apu getting married and Maude dying. Everything else is unique.

Kevin Bunch

Fair enough! I love natto but only when it's in other things, so I understand.

nina matsumoto

The rice and vinegar makes all the difference! I find that the texture of just sashimi overwhelms the flavor and quickly becomes monotonous.

I really loved Kat's Simpson's Multiverse theory. She's the best!

Neil L

FWIW, I heard the same thing, but about WWII gunners on the flying fortresses. The pilot would ask, "Did you get him?" and the gunner would reply something like, "Yeah, I gave him the whole nine yards."

Bryan Field

Also please don't watch the Eyeshield 21 anime. Read the manga. (The manga made me briefly interested in American football. The anime made me briefly hate anime.)

nina matsumoto

The "stuff in drinks" defender has logged in The '90s pop with the floating bits you're thinking of is Orbitz, a proudly Canadian drink. I liked it a lot (especially the red one -- raspberry citrus) and was sad when it disappeared. Everyone I know who calls it gross has never actually tried drinking it and I stand by my stance that it was fine. The texture of the jelly bits was my favourite part, which is probably why I like bubble tea, as well as kombucha with chia seeds, and refuse to drink orange juice without pulp in it. I've also tried "Skittlebrau" at a friend's Simpsons food-themed party. It was gross, but not as bad as the Nuts & Gum. (p.s. I don't understand liking nigiri sushi but not sashimi. Most nigiri sushi is just sashimi on rice.)

nina matsumoto

Oh man, I have some thoughts even in the pre-episode talk. 1. Having someone come up to me randomly to talk about sports is so foreign to me it boggles my mind. I come from Sweden, where we have that sort of northern "You don't bother me and I don't bother you, ja?" 2. I was much in the same boat as the podcast hosts regarding P.E., as I was a scrawny nerdy kid with no innate talent or interest in it. Looking back now as someone who regularly hikes, jogs and visits the gym and is of the mind that at least some regular exercise is nothing but positive for kids and teenagers, I would think P.E is something that should stay, but Kate's tidbit was interesting. As someone who is an aspiring upper secondary teacher, I'd have to wonder if there is some way to reform P.E education, or what the alternative is. Maybe bring back Arnold?

For what it's worth, I love baseball (and kinda football) and am a giant record nerd. My weekly D&D group watched football during D&D for the whole season.

Aaron Alcott

Henry's observation that the wrestling guy role often overlapping with the sports guy and the anime guy perfectly describes my relationship with my brother. He's the sports fan, I enjoy all things nerd and wrestling is where our interests intersect.

Curtis Bostick

As someone who loves sports but who finds jock-culture intolerable, I find Kat Bailey's content extremely relatable.

Yay! Great episode! Love having Kat on too. The only thing I'm ever going to "well actually" about is beer stuff. Brau in German is just brew, or beer, and brauerei means brewery (not brown or dark beers; darker beers in German usually have dunkel in the name). As for pairings with skittles, I probably wouldn't do a stout for the same reason I wouldn't pair skittles with dark chocolate or coffee; all that roasty bitterness doesn't go well with something sweet and sour like skittles. Belgian wit would be my first recommend (White IPA is a hybrid of a wit and IPA; less bitter and more emphasis on citrus flavours, so that might not be so bad). Lighter sour beers could work well too. A gose, or something with raspberries or apricots, or even a dry-hopped sour using varieties with a more tropical fruit aroma.

Kayoticks

I don’t remember where I heard it, but someone told me the term “give ‘em the whole nine yards” came from machine gunners, because the bullet chain that feeds into a .50 caliber was 9 yards long. But to quote Herman Cain, “I don’t have facts to back this up”

Ian and Alyssa Neitzke