Once We Sold Dead Snakes | Episode 16

Once We Were Spacemen

Nathan Fillion & Alan Tudyk

Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Performing Arts

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Once, Alan and Nathan were just two kids trying to earn a buck. For Nathan, that meant working at a trophy shop. For Alan, that meant tossing newspapers from his bike (and selling dead snakes in exchange for silver dollars). They’ve come a long way since. Follow Once We Were Spacemen wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to extended episodes a whole week early by joining our Patreon. Once We Were Spacemen is a Collision33 production.

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0:00.0	What was your first job ever?
0:03.7	I found a dead snake and went door to door until I sold it for a silver dollar.
0:09.4	Is there a market for?
0:11.3	I sold that son of a bitch.
0:14.3	Patrick Larkin bought it.
0:16.0	I didn't want a dollar.
0:17.7	I wanted a silver dollar.
0:19.4	And I got a silver dollar.
0:21.8	You're quite the salesman. Yeah, I could sell want a dollar. I wanted a silver dollar. And I got a silver dollar. You're quite the salesman.
0:23.4	Yeah.
0:23.8	I could sell a dead snake for a silver dollar.
0:26.4	That sounds like an old adage from Texas.
0:30.5	He's such a good salesman.
0:31.6	He's so sly.
0:33.1	He could sell a dead snake for a silver dollar.
0:37.0	Bing-de-dun-dun-da-o-dun. Music sell a dead snake for a silver dollar.
0:44.3	Once we were Space Men.
0:56.2	I tend to play weird people, usually aliens and robots and things that don't have romance.
1:02.2	I once didn't get a job where they were looking for a Nathan Philean type.
1:05.1	Once we were spacemen.
1:06.9	Once we were spacemen.
1:10.9	Alan Tudik, do the thing. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to once we were spacemen.
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