Axolotls vs. Flamingos

Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family

American Public Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.6 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today’s ani-melee features an amphibian with frilly gills and a pink bird with a bent bill. It’s axolotls vs. flamingos!

Comedian, puppeteer and podcaster Tim Platt champions axolotls in a wild face-off with writer, comedian and flamingo fan Katie McVay. Which side will take home first prize? Fabulous flamingos or awe-inspiring axolotls? Splash over to smashboom.org to vote for the team YOU think won!

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1:06.3	Brains on. From the Brains behind Brains on, it's Smash Boom Best. The show for people with
1:13.7	big opinions. Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best, the show where we take two things,
1:20.1	Smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best. Today's debate is chock-full
1:26.0	of zoological zingers. This Anna-Melae features a pink bird with a bent bill and an amphibian
1:32.8	with frilly gills, giving up for flamingos versus axolotl. In one corner, we've got comedian and
1:42.3	writer Katie McVeigh defending flamingos. You'll be pink with envy when you hear about this bird.
1:50.4	In the other, we've got stand-up comedian Puppeteer and podcaster Tim Platt ready to fight for
1:56.4	team axolotls. Yeah, this amphibians got all the qualities you could ask for, and I ask for those
2:03.6	qualities a lot. And here to judge it all, we've got Ruby from New York City. She is writing a book,
2:13.0	plays the banjo, and has a sizable suitcase collection. Hi, Ruby. Hi. I would love to know more about
2:20.5	the suitcase collection. How did it start? This is a good story. So I was in an antique store and an
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