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Hi, Flora. This is Megan. I have my son last year in...

Man, kids' toys are weird. I listen to these weird songs and voices and...

I guess what I want to know is, who writes these songs for these toys?

Hello. Hi, Megan. I'm Ian Chilag. I'm filling in for Flora. Hello. Good morning.

So, tell me about your son's talking toys. How many of these things does he have?

Because we have eliminated quite a few toys, we're currently probably around five.

There's something sinister about the way you said eliminated. Just now.

What did you do to these toys?

You know, some of them are just hidden, but the rest have been donated to another unsuspecting family.

Did your son have a favorite talking toy, like one that he'd notice if you snuck it away?

Yes. Steve, the SUV.

Tell me about Steve.

It's a green SUV that looks like a Jeep, so it's a more rugged SUV, not like the mom SUV that I drive.

Okay.

It's got a big grill in the front and then an orange windshield with Steve driving.

Hands on the steering wheel at 10 and 2. Steve is very safe.

And my son just became obsessed with this toy and he wanted it in the car and the house.

And so I'm just hearing him. I head over and over.

S is for SUV, which killed me because S is for sport and sport utility vehicle.

What are some other things, Steve says?

So the big one, I mean, there's a few different variations on this toy, but the one that's always in my head is

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