Ep 158: Constantly on the Moon like a Shark
Improvised Star Trek
USS Sisyphus
4.9 • 573 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Responding to a distress call on a distant moon, the crew finds themselves treading water in the salty space ocean of their deepest fears. They'd probably all drown too but their cultural insensitivity to Rayvek and Tricorder 7Plus's keep them buoyed with self-importance. SHARK!!!
Recorded on April 17th 2016 from a suggestion by Joel Svenson via facebook
Featuring
Matt Young as Captain Baxter, Lt. Greg, Distress Caller, Martha
Mary Cait Walthall as Zarlene Zonalzon, Distress Caller and Moon Person
Eleanor Hollingsworth as Counselor Rayvek, R'Vella and Distress Caller
Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch'arles Lorem, David Carlile
Eli Mandel as Acting Security Guard Rip Stiply, Jeremy Swanson and Distress Caller
Edited by Hannah Parsons
Music from the Jaws soundtrack composed by John Williams
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the Improvised Star Trek is sponsored by Cards Against Humanity, a member of the Chicago Podcast Co-op. |
| 0:07.0 | They asked us not to read an ad. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:11.0 | So it's just those two notes over and over and over, and it's ominous? |
| 0:20.0 | Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I understand. Isn't that, aren't you scared when I do that? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Wait, wait, I mean, it's gonna get more intense. Mhmhmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, |
| 0:39.3 | but do-do... |
| 0:41.3 | Should I be indulging fear right now? |
| 0:44.3 | Okay. |
| 0:45.3 | Can you imagine that you are... |
| 0:47.3 | So, okay, we're floating in space, right? |
| 0:48.3 | We're floating in space. |
| 0:49.3 | But there might be a giant creature with big teeth |
| 0:53.3 | that you can't see because you can't open your eyes under space |
| 0:58.0 | because it's too salty because space is too salty and you can't open your eyes under the space and then something |
| 1:05.2 | or maybe you're on you're on top of space so we're floating I can't explain it I think I understand what |
| 1:10.5 | you're saying. |
| 1:11.0 | It's fear of the unknown but imminent danger. It just sounds rather un-involved. |
| 1:15.9 | Yeah, I guess that's the point, right? Is it's getting right in your gut, you know? |
| 1:20.6 | And this is some sort of release? |
| 1:22.6 | Yes, exactly. Like screaming, throwing popcorn around, being like, ah, no, no! And you get scared and you know that you're personally safe, but then for the rest of your life, you're always scared when you're in situations that remind you of... |
| 1:35.3 | Where there's salty space. Yeah. Space, the final frontier. |
| 2:03.6 | These are the voyages of the Starship Sisyphus. |
| 2:06.6 | Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds, |
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