From the brains behind brains on it's Smash Boom Best.

The show for people with big opinions.

Hi, I'm Molly Bloom and this is Smash Boom Best.

The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which

one is best. Today's debate will get you from here to there. It's an uplifting showdown of two Transit Titans.

It's the ultimate battle of cables versus steps.

Give it up for elevators versus escalators.

We've got comedian, musician, writer, and activist Dave on Bland ready to up the ante for team elevators

What's up elevators?

Elevators would be elevating escalators just escalate ugh

And singer writer. just escalate. Ugh. Ugh.

And singer, writer, actor, and comedian Andrew Barbado is here to step it up for team escalators.

Escalator riders of the world rise up because today we're taking elevators all the way down.

That escalated quickly.

And here to judge it all is Claire from Plano, Texas.

Claire loves dogs, enjoys music and theater, and has written books.

Hi Claire.

Hello Molly. So Claire, I understand you've written a whole series of books.

What is the series about?

It's called the Delta Dog series and it's about the school where dogs go and they get special powers and so they

live in a dog world where the dogs can talk and they take a portal to the human

world where it's all you know regular dogs who bark in

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