#143: Pyrotechnic Snowfall

The Shallow End

John Elliott and Lindsay Schnebly

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.9 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Defying all laws of common decency and good taste, Jethro and Lindsay have finished another episode of The Shallow End! J.G. kicks things off with a story of a man no longer content with the standard methods of removing snow from his backyard. Anyone can shovel it – but where’s the inventive spirit of adventure in that?! There are times when a man needs to harness creativity – and a big tank of flammable propane – to achieve his dreams! Lindsay follows up with a primer on why it’s important to keep your license plates up to date. His story from Oklahoma (OK!) involves a most usual traffic stop for some expired tags. How would that lead to the discovery of a caged rattlesnake, an open bottle of bourbon, a loaded firearm and – wait for it – a bottle of uranium? So glad you asked, gentle listener. The answer is waiting for you in this week’s episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It began long ago, two young boys in an American town riding their bikes to school and Little League practice.
0:09.0	Over the years, the boys became fast friends, united in their love for stories where things would go horribly wrong.
0:18.0	Pour yourself a strong beverage and buckle up. You're in the shallow end with
0:23.5	Schnebly and Toff. Boy, oh boy, the number of times that I wish we would have started recording
0:28.7	before we did because Jethro and I just covered so much ground from cat taking baths to do research.
0:36.6	I'm wondering if we could take baths while doing...
0:39.8	Doing the show without getting electrocuted.
0:42.6	Right.
0:43.4	We determined that it was possible, but risky.
0:46.8	But risky.
0:47.3	And then we started talking about getting bad reviews for appearing in stage plays and rather than being demoralized by it,
0:57.0	turning it around and kind of making fun of it, lampooning oneself as it were, to lessen the sting.
1:06.0	And I guess in hindsight, to kind of take the bite out of the negative review.
1:15.1	Yeah.
1:15.4	Do you want to share the story about Nan or is that?
1:18.1	I'd be happy to.
1:18.9	I was telling Jethro that one of the first things that made me fall head over heels in
1:23.5	love with my now wife is touring her house for the first time after our first date,
1:30.1	a lunch date. And she had a wall in one of her rooms that was sort of a theater room. And it
1:36.9	was photos of her on stage and behind the scenes and old headshots and things like that. She had
1:43.5	taken a review of her work that a reviewer
1:47.7	had not liked her performance at all. And she had, Nancy had just cut out and pasted the line.
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