The Dumb Zone 5-23-24
The Dumb Zone FREE
No Puppet Productions
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
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Get ready for an episode of The Dumb Zone that hits all the right notes—literally. The team kicks things off with a live performance of their original song "Round Ball Rock," a catchy tune that’s bound to be stuck in your head. From there, Dan, Jake, and Blake dive into a whirlwind of topics that range from the hilarious to the heartfelt.
First up, they explore the quirks of North Richland Hills, Texas, from its local high schools to the nostalgia of water parks like NRH2O and Hawaiian Falls. The guys share personal anecdotes, including Dan's harrowing vet switch and Jake's eye exam adventures, complete with the charmingly upbeat receptionist who brightened his day with an "okie dokie, artichokey."
Special guest Chris joins the crew for a birthday celebration, complete with a custom Dumb Zone cake and some heartfelt (and hilarious) closing remarks. Chris shares his thoughts on everything from drone deliveries to the joy of neighborhood camaraderie.
In the news segment, the team covers a lightning-struck electrician, the latest polls on marijuana legalization and casino gambling in Texas, and the curious case of balloons terrorizing deer at Crawford Ranch. Plus, they discuss the bizarre Twitter feud between Trevor Bauer and Pitching Ninja, and the unfortunate incident involving LaMelo Ball and an 11-year-old fan.
Blake wraps things up with a review of "None of This Is True" by Lisa Jewell, sparking a lively discussion on the trope of the unreliable narrator in modern fiction.
It’s an episode packed with laughs, insights, and the kind of offbeat charm that makes The Dumb Zone a must-listen.
- (00:00) - Open
- (40:38) - Mavs win game 1
- (01:17:48) - Today in Twitter: drove delivery reaction, Bauer vs. Pitching Ninja
- (01:32:17) - Viewer Mail
- (01:53:09) - News
- (02:13:52) - Today in History
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Dan McDowell, long-time professional broadcaster. Why subscribe to our Patreon podcast? |
| 0:06.8 | Well, perhaps you support our struggle to get out from under the oppressive thumb of the man. |
| 0:11.3 | Or objectively, if you sign up at patreon.com slash the dumb zone, you'll get the two episodes per week |
| 0:19.2 | that are available on all podcast platforms, like this |
| 0:22.1 | one, plus an additional two episodes each week that are exclusive to Patreon. So, subscribing |
| 0:29.4 | on Patreon gets you four episodes per week. Oh my, what a bargain. Now, on to today's program. |
| 0:37.3 | The dunza, don't know. Okay, well, let's see what we got for you. We've written a song that we like to call Round Ball Rock. Now, it started as one of David's poems here, but then it just grew into something bigger than both of us could ever imagine. It's me on Keys and Dave singing. Can you believe this is our job? |
| 0:55.0 | All right, fire away. |
| 0:56.0 | All right, ready to do this? |
| 0:57.0 | Yes I am. |
| 0:58.0 | All right, two, three, four. |
| 0:59.0 | B'ba, blah, blah, blah, basketball, give me, give me, give me the ball, because I'm gonna duck get! Buh, B'BBB Basketball! Give me, give me, give me, give me the ball because I'm gonna talk it! Buh, Bha, BASCIPOL Give me, give me the ball because I'm gonna do it! Bha-B-B-B-Bassquetball Come on, guys, please stop! Woo! Alright, now that's how you do it, David! That was just getting hot! You are in such good voice today, buddy. |
| 1:29.3 | Thank you, brother. |
| 1:30.3 | Wow. |
| 1:31.3 | All right, all right, all right, all right. |
| 1:34.3 | All right, all right, all right. |
| 1:37.3 | I never listen. |
| 1:39.3 | I'm gonna listen. |
| 1:41.3 | I want to listen to the drums room. Hey, everybody. |
| 1:49.6 | I'm Dan McDowell. |
| 1:50.9 | I'm Jay Kemp. |
| 1:53.9 | Blake Jones. |
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