Ep 114 - Mr. Popper's Penguins and The Borrowers (Bonus Episode)

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

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🗓️ 20 May 2015

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This is our first monthly bonus episode, brought to you by our supporters on Patreon! If you want these shows one week earlier than everyone else, visit patreon.com/overduepod for details.

It's Children's Book Week again, and just like last year we're using it as an excuse to read things that Lil' Craig and Lil' Andrew never got around to reading. Craig reads Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, a story of a negligent husband and father who lets penguins into his house. Andrew read The Borrowers, the tale of teeny tiny people who swipe things they don't think you'll miss when you aren't looking. Kids' books can take you to some weird places.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told tale,
0:05.1	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.4	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.4	Do you want a zoo story?
0:34.4	Yeah, I've been to the zoo.
0:38.3	I let up. Do you not get that reference?
0:42.0	No. The zoo story by Edward Helmie.
0:44.6	No, if it's not like a reference to we bought a zoo, then I don't know what it is.
0:50.8	Anyway, I went to the zoo on Saturday.
0:55.6	I don't know when this podcast is going up.
0:58.1	I just didn't really know.
0:59.2	We went to the zoo at some point in time.
1:01.6	At one point in time, I was at a zoo.
1:04.2	The first cool thing I saw was a tortoise going to town on a banana.
1:11.0	Like a tortoise just shoving his face into a banana.
1:14.9	Okay. Last time we went to the zoo, we saw a tortoise's choundown, some leaves,
1:19.2	which is pretty cool.
1:20.5	Yeah, it was like they just emptied a produce truck in the tortoise house.
1:25.0	There were like lettuces and tomatoes all over the...
1:27.5	I thought I was going to watch a tortoise sit on a tomato, which would have been the best.
1:32.1	But I just watched him shove his face full of banana.
1:35.6	Okay, so you watched an animal eat food?
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