Hello. Hello. Oh, there you are. Hi, Auntie Meryl. Hi. I wanted to call you because I'm

getting ready to record an episode of my podcast that I think I couldn't do it without

talking to you. Oh, this is exciting. What is it? We're doing an episode about Barbie.

Oh, so real. So first of all, like, how old were you when Barbie came out? Okay. Let's see.

Barbie came out in 59. So I was four. I just remember playing with Barbies. That was like,

like, go to entertainment. So fast forward to today, Meryl. Approximately how many Barbie dolls

do you own about 700. But these are newer special Barbies. I have a lot of one of a kind Barbie.

They're really like works of art. What was it about Barbie? Because there were a lot of dolls before

Barbie and there were other dolls around, you know, in the 60s when you were playing with Barbie.

But like what made Barbie special? She was a grown-up lady. You got to play with a lady.

Baby dolls were just boring. But Barbie was a woman. And she wore fancy clothes. And she had

different jobs. And she could be a princess. And she could be a nurse. She was a flight attendant.

She just did everything. She was so special. What was your impression of, like, Barbie and food?

Did you ever think of her as cooking or being in the kitchen? No, not really. She was too busy

working and doing all of her important jobs. I really never thought of Barbie as cooking.

Right. Or in the kitchen or eating. She didn't need food.

This is the Sporkfall. It's not for foodies. It's for eaters. I'm Dan Pashman.

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I'm lucky to have not one, but three Barbie experts in my family. You already heard from my

Aunt Meryl. She was born in exactly the right time to become a Barbie obsessive and she did.

And as she said, she never thought of Barbie cooking or eating. Fast forward to today,

I want her to talk Barbie and food with the other two efficient autos in my family. My daughters,

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