Professors Tofty and Marchbanks: Character Study

The Real Weird Sisters: A Harry Potter Podcast

Alice Asleson & Martha Krebill

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It's time to break down everyone's favorite dynamic duo of professors! With help from the Wiki, Alice and Martha speculate on whether old Griselda Marchbanks is really a close friend of the Malfoys, how old Professor Tofty really is, and what these two legendary proctors do for the rest of the school year.

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0:00.0	Profess Tofty and March Beggs.
0:03.0	May I have your attention please.
0:06.0	May I have your attention please.
0:08.0	May I have your attention please.
0:13.0	Will the real weird sisters please stand up.
0:17.0	We're going to have a problem here.
0:19.0	Were the real weird sisters all you are the weird, are fine, but not the Vickers.
0:23.4	The Real Weird Sisters, please stand up, please stand up, please stand up.
0:28.0	Hi and welcome to the Real Weird Sisters.
0:32.1	I'm Martha. And I'm Alice and today we're here to talk about everybody's favorite two
0:37.4	professors, professors tofty and March banks. I know everybody who's listening knows exactly who those two people are so I know why I know
0:46.1	Everybody's just been jumping at the bit for this yeah, two real weirdos indeed and we are very excited to talk about them.
0:54.3	Honestly, they do crack me up very greatly so I'm excited to talk about them.
0:58.8	I'm very excited. I have to say this was a bit of a charity Burbage effect. I was
1:05.1	disappointed to find out when I was doing my research in preparation for the
1:08.7	episode there is not a single mention of either of these stars before the fifth book nor is there a mention of either of them after the fifth book so there are a little bit of a you know
1:20.9	anomaly just in the fifth book we don't get to see them before or after the
1:26.0	O. W. L. season but they are still a king and queen in their own rights.
1:31.6	Now picture the emotional impact had one of them been the
1:35.2	death or been tied up at the death eaters party in the beginning of the seventh book.
1:39.4	Oh my God that would have been awful. Well yeah yeah, see, so that's why we,
1:43.6	that's the charity burbage effect in happening.
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