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Chuck Bryant
I didn’t know that.
Josh Clark
No?
Chuck Bryant
I’ve seen it before, but Emily thinks it’s funny.
Josh Clark
Does she?
Chuck Bryant
Sure.
Josh Clark
It is funny.
Chuck Bryant
She knows I’m not going anywhere.
Josh Clark
If only people could see our stomachs. So much hair and lint.
Chuck Bryant
Laura, how many emails do you get per podcast? We get about 300 a week, Laura. Allen, who put the bomp in the bomp-sha-bomp-sha-bomp? The only reason I read that is because he’s dressed as Millhouse in his picture.
Josh Clark
Nice.
Chuck Bryant
And who was your most surprising celebrity fan? We’ve only got a few that we know of, and they’re all surprising.
Josh Clark
Each one is more surprising than the last. I’ve got one. I can’t remember her name. There’s a girl who stars in The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Chuck Bryant
She’s a fan of the show?
Josh Clark
She tweeted that she was onset in between shooting, and listening to Stuff You Should Know.
Chuck Bryant
John Hodgeman, I was pretty knocked out by that.
Josh Clark
That’s pretty cool.
Chuck Bryant
Bradley Cooper, Will Wheaton.
Josh Clark
Rene Zellweger.
Chuck Bryant
Aisha Tyler. A couple of the Daily Show guys, Wyatt Cenac -
Josh Clark
Yeah, Joe Randazzo, the Editor and Chief of The Onion.
Chuck Bryant
If you are a celebrity that we did not mention, we would love to know that you listen to us because we’re nobody’s, so -
Josh Clark
We’re just shlubs.
Chuck Bryant
So when we hear that, we think it’s cool. I got one more. Shelley says pirates or ninjas? Ninjas, clearly.
Josh Clark
Definitely. That’s it, okay. Chuck’s giving the – he’s out. What’s that called in Vegas?
Chuck Bryant
Yeah, it’s like when the dealer finishes their round or whatever.
Josh Clark
There’s gotta be a name for it. If you know the name for that, we want to know. Send it in an email to Stuffpodcast@howstuffworks.com.
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