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What If World - Stories for Kids

293. Willow asks: What if it rained anvils? (w/ Michael Brown)

What If World - Stories for Kids

Eric O'Keeffe / What If World LLC

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Comedy Fiction, Fiction

4.56.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Petey the Pirate starts working for Mr. Smith (Michael Brown), a struggling blacksmith with a tiny anvil. When King Customer asks them to fix his crown, their white lies lead to anvil-related mishaps and a new fashion trend. Lessons include: Exaggeration is often harmless, but little lies can stack up quickly; repairing and reusing possessions keeps them from becoming forever trash! This episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh, America’s #1 Meal Kit. Go to: hellofresh.com/50whatif and use code 50whatif for 50% off plus free shipping! Special guest Michael Brown and host Mr. Eric train at “World’s Greatest Improv School.” Learn about their online classes for grownups at: www.wgimprovschool.com Join our Patreon for ad-free stories, monthly bonus episodes, a shout-out on the show, bi-annual mailings, and more! patreon.com/whatifworld Subscribe to What If World wherever you listen: link.chtbl.com/whatifworld. What If World is made by Eric and Karen O'Keeffe. Our character art is by Ana Stretcu, and our episode art is by Lynn Hickernell. A big thanks to our producer Miss Lynn. Our podcast art is by Jason O’Keefe, and our theme song is by Craig Martinson.

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What if kittens played the glockage beer?

0:09.0

What if unicorns were real?

0:12.0

What if you could fly? The Corns were real.

0:13.0

What if you could fly or travel back in time?

0:17.0

We welcome you to what if world.

0:20.0

What if world?

0:22.0

What if world?

0:23.0

World, this is where your questions and

0:37.5

ideas inspire off-the-cuff stories. I'm Mr. Eric your, and today I am absolutely tickled.

0:44.7

I am deeply excited to be joined by my friend, Michael Brown!

0:48.9

Hello, glad to be here, Errik.

0:50.9

So Michael, would you mind telling the listeners how we know each other?

0:55.0

Yeah, we do improv together.

0:58.0

We're on an improv team called Light Bulb.

1:00.0

We do improv for the improv school, the world's greatest improv school.

1:05.1

Yep, yep. So we jis or world's greatest improv school. It's an improv school for

1:10.3

grown-ups but it's online and this is our little plug for them neither of us work

1:15.4

for we just we just like practice doing what we do a thing that we love but

1:21.0

rarely do I get a full-fledged improviser to join me on the show.

1:26.8

So we have never heard this question before.

1:30.3

Our producer, Miss Lynn, found this question. She told us that it is from a listener named Willow who lives in Manchester, England.

1:38.0

And Willow has actually sent in a lot of questions before, so I'm so happy that we got this one.

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