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Ep 472

TorTR #472 - Maid in Thailand

Episode | 155 min | Aug 13, 2021

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Ares is the new resident angry old man of the show, whose previous angry old man disappeared under mysterious circumstances and is now haunting and terrorizing the hosts. Ares works to uncover the reason behind the former angry old man’s disappearance. On Episode 472 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Thai horror film, The Maid from director Lee Thongkham! We also talk about lots of new media from The Suicide Squad to Masters of the Universe: Revelation, have some 80s toy talk and find out what actually constitutes a sequel! So grab a supernatural onion, take a whiff of your new air freshener, and don’t cry for me, Eternia because we’re about to strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Friday the 13th, Jason Vorhees, SickBad, Aldo Montoya, MZ returns, Vinegar Syndrome care package, Raw Force, EF Contentment’s roast, air fresheners, Suicide Squad, James Gunn, what constitutes a sequel, Sylvester Stallone, John Cena, Godzilla vs. Kong, Kaiju, Starro the Conqueror, too much glowing, Bram Stoking the fire, “I like geists”, what's in Ravenshadow’s brain?, convoluted emojis, The Crazies, George A. Romero, Takashi Miike, Quentin Tarantino, Dario Argento, Oscar Winning film Parasite, name that film, Christopher Reeve, duality of acting, ghost stories, twist endings, the three act film structure, Bone Tomahawk, From Dusk Till Dawn, Wellington Paranormal, Physical, Ted Lasso, Masters of the Universe, He-Man-Man, Voltron, Mark Hamill, Skeletor, Foundation, Schmigadoon!, Key and Peele, Henry Rollins, Ram-Man, Bi-Klops, Kenner gives no f*cks, Tunisian cinema, Dachra, kryptonite bullets, I love lamp and Linus, Demonic, Neill Blomkamp, Uncrustables, and the Voyage of Sickbad.

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Ep 471

TorTR #471 - Two Heads, One Hunted

Episode | 199 min | Aug 6, 2021

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Once upon a frenzied time, Beer meets Man. Beer dances with Man. Man kisses Beer. Man grips Beer. Beer escapes Man. Man chases Beer - nothing new. Or is there? Episode 471 is our latest Patreon Takeover show programmed by long time supporter and friend Dane Under! Dane picks some flicks rife for discussion with the Shudder exclusive flick Hunted, and the Aussie Horror/Comedy Two Heads Creek! We also get some Australian Flash Facts, find out what it's like to mess up the future, and manage to fit in some semblance of intelligent conversation! So grab your red hoodie, a decent knife, and strap on as you journey to the outback with the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Australia, RTO WFH or GTFO?, stepping on a butterfly in the future, Patreon Takeover, Australian Future Flash Facts, Suicide Squad, Vegan Samurai, stylists or barber?, biggest fence in the world, Vegemite, Crocodile Dundee, Mad Max, Mount Disappointment, Nation of Procrastination, Australia is dangerous, journalistic integrity, Clarksucker, Dr. Loomis can park anywhere, Olympics, pro bowling, Olympic sports where you can smoke, boxing glove arrows, Hawkeye, Green Arrow, Y: The Last Man, Superstore, Ravenshadow Loves Dick (Grayson), Wellington Paranormal, What We Do in the Shadows, Hunted, Vincent Paronnaud, Lucie Debay, Nicodemus, pretend girlfriends, huge boars, patriarchal society, feminism, dominance, revenge films, America Online, $86 treatment, the morning catch, Johnny Cochrane, Isle of Dogs, Titans, Two Heads Creek, lost in australia, post-Brexit world, Freddy Nitch, Twin Peaks, Murder She Wrote, non-compassionate vegans, Wolf Creek, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Drive Jacket Mark, Queen of the Ring, Love and Rockets, Star Wars, 4-LOM, Zuckuss, MonsterFest, Digital Cinematopgraphy, nine year anniversary, Fear Street Trilogy, Ares’ weird kinks, Boar, Razorback, Welcome to Woop Woop, Skyhooks, Naivety Scene, and Crisis on Infinite Australia.

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Ep 470

TorTR #470 - Nine Years of Sheer Raw Force

Episode | 232 min | Jul 30, 2021

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A group of friends are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of podcasters who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running an illegal VHS duplication operation on the island as well. Soon, the two groups meet and all sorts of crazy things happen which include cannibal monks, piranhas, zombies, and complex pager codes! We celebrate our nine year anniversary with old friends Dynamo Marz and Bill By Force and we talk about the crazy ass 80s action flick, Raw Force. We also get roasted, connect up with some old friends, and reminisce a bit! So grab your finest jammies, order some mozzarella sticks and milk duds, and strap on for the world’s most dangerous nine year old podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Stealing other gimmicks, milestones, Nine Year Anniversary Show!, Bill By Force, Outside the Cinema, Vinegar Syndrome, The Archive, New Bomb Turk, 316 Pager Code, Ravenshadow’s new parents, post-it notes, Safer Spaces, Shawna Shea Film Festival, Tubi, Survival of the Film Freaks, War on Women, Shawna Potter, Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio, Don’t Forget to Leave, Nichi the Killer, Czarface, Soundtracks, Septic, Brian Paulin, Femicide, Skip Shea, Seeds, Pantaphobe, The Deadites, Fear is the Key, GGTMC Flick Pick of the Month, Dean Cundy, Bill By Divorce, Blinks the Best Wedding Videographer of All Time, posing for cosmopolitan, Destroy the Brain, Talk Without Rhythm, Cinema Diabolica, Gentleman's Guide to Midnite Cinema, Adventures of VHS, Steven Spielberg, booth to booth, Reverend Scott, MZ’s horrible memory, F13, DZ, frustration with moving studios, thank you to Marion, wardrobe changes, Camille Keaton, Raw Force, Kung Fu Cannibals, Night Train to Terror, Edward D. Murphy, Rock and Shock, the progression captain, Mortal Kombat meets Andy Sidaris, Projection Booth, macho movies, Hands of Steel, Hard Ticket to Hawaii, action exploitation films, Oreos, Bark Wahlberg, Fake Hitler, Big Bird Cage, Women in Prison, Philipino Sleaze, Dangerous Men, Miami Connection, Neon Maniacs, purveyor of sleaze, looking like a milk dud, Sluri Amos, Safe Word: Bananafingaz, reviewing new movies, This American Life as a palette cleanser, sexual grimlock, Southern Revenger Returns!, VHS Nightmares, mozzarella stick kisses, “wear some outfits”, Raiders of the Lost and Found, and The Evolution Will Continue.

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Ep 469

TorTR #469 - Djinn and Juice

Episode | 173 min | Jul 23, 2021

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Three childhood friends hear the legend of Ravenshadow, a vengeful creature of podcast legend. The game turns into a nightmare when they accidentally summon him by saying his name six times, leaving out four quid, and a pack of smokes. On Episode 469 we discuss the Shudder Exclusive Kandisha from Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, directors of Inside (2007) the French Horror Classic! We also talk about getting accepted into Fantasia Film Fest, French Extremity films, and penis-sized spaceships?! So grab your pet bunny, hold it tight, don’t podcast and text, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Halloween 3, Living Dead Dolls, the Ravenshadow show, Jordan Peele, Nope, Dune, I Like Big Jaws and I Cannot Lie, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Patrick Stewart, David Lynch, an Alan Smithee film, Y the Last Man, Vertigo Comics, Denis Villeneuve, Jackass Forever, Johnny Knoxville, reverse Reed Richards, Loki, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Purple Clad Bowman, Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVision, Superstore, Fantasia Film Festival, the pause button, Fear Street trilogy, 90s fashion, Leigh Janiak, Scream: The TV Series, Carpool Karaoke, Ramones, Black Dynamite, Patreon Takeover, Australian Flash Facts, Penis-Sized Spaceships, Krull, Tendies or Nuggs?, tortures of the damned, Pahp Will Eat Itself, Inside, Martyrs, French Extremity, Leatherface, Among the Living, Candyman, the vegan shocker, Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury, ABCs of Death, Kandisha, bath house scenes, she’s into Moroccans, cloven-hooves, gratuitous violence, The Shining, Santa Sangre, Stargirl, the Sheriff in the Fargo, The 4 Quid Man, band shirts as a style, Pet Sematary, Scorpions, Words and Pictures Museum, Les Beans, Marvel Knights, Christopher Golden, H.R. Pufnstuf, You Can’t Do That on Television, Attack the Block, international folklore, Werewolves Within, Vicious Fun, Pig, Nicolas Cage, anti-Mandy, John Wick, Anthony Bourdain, Silk Cut, C.H.I.P.S, hail hydrofoils, too tired to flex, and Sexy Demons with Cloven-Hooves.

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Ep 468

TorTR #468 - Swearwolves Within

Episode | 180 min | Jul 16, 2021

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A snowstorm traps town residents together inside the local inn, where a newly arrived forest ranger and podcaster must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious competitive shaving contest that has begun terrorizing the community. On Episode 468 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Werewolves Within, an adaptation of the video game of the same name from director Josh Ruben! We also discuss other video game to film adaptations, our favorite whodunits, and other lycanthropic hijinks! So grab the candlestick, meet Professor Plum in the Conservatory, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: The Incredible Shrinking Man, Criterion Collection, KISS cover bands, mowing the lawn, Sisyphus, Manscaped, Jabbar Style, Miami Connection Film Commentary, John Jarrat, Talking Raw on a Sunday, walk like an Egyptian, Suicide Squad, James Gunn, Super, Freddy Krueger, Killer Bunny, renewing body lotion, Art Bradish’s 3 Feet of Weenie, 3 liters of soda, Clue The Movie, Lee Ving, Lesley Ann Warren, Police Academy II, Howard Hesseman, more Awakenings than a Bobby DeNiro picture, The Thing, Bobby McFerrin, Anthrax’s 40th Anniversary, Gun Woman, 2G1P, Kurando Mitsutake, cutting the cord, social deduction games, Werewolf, Werewolves Within, The Mafia, virtual reality, CD-Rom games, Ubisoft, Josh Ruben, pulling an MZ, Darkman, Ford Fairlane, AT&T Girl, Milana Vayntrub, Newhart, 30 Days of Night, Northern Exposure, Twin Peaks, Redneck Ravenshadow, Axe Hole, Sam Richardson, LOL out loud, Uncut Gems, Adam Sandler, Dog Soldiers, Mr. Rogers, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, movies based on video games, “he’s been from down south”, Presidents of the United States of America, Bavarian Cheese Whistle, Super Mario Bros The Movie, House of the Dead, Uwe Boll, getting Vegan-y about things, Humanoid from the Dead, Papillon, Delta Variant, War of the Bounty Hunters, Doctor Aphra, Jabba the Hutt, The Riddle of Steel, Crom, Among Us, Vicious Fun, Skull: The Mask, the Halloween debate continues, Dr. Loomis is an inconsiderate bastard, competitive ball shaving, Harvey Two-Balls, Powder, MZs tuck video, and lycanthropic hijinks.

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Ep 467

TorTR #467 - Serial Killer Support Group

Episode | 159 min | Jul 9, 2021

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A caustic 1980s radio host for a fledgling horror podcast finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for horrible frozen pizza chefs. With no other choice, he attempts to blend in or risk burning his deep dish pie. On Episode 467 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Vicious Fun from director Cody Calahan! We also discuss the loss of Richard Donner, 80s slasher and serial killer stereotypes, and rigatoni?! So grab a quarter to toss in the jukebox, grab your favorite slasher weapon, and get ready to strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Grady Hendrix, Adrian King, The Final Girl Support Group, Ravenshadow’s slow ass computer, MZ’s caterpillar caper, rigatoni.com, RIP Richard Donner, Sylvester Stallone, Superman I & II, Canon, Sidney J. Furie, The Taking of Beverly Hills, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Mark Pillow, Jon Cryer, Nuclear Man, Superman IV apologist, Mariel Hemingway, Karen Allen, Superman Returns, Jackie Cooper, Little Rascals, Lane Smith, Michael McKean, kneel before VOD, Terence Stamp, fantasy baseball, snake tattoos, Vicious Fun, Cody Calahan, Krypton sh*t, Julian Richings, Robert Maillet, David Koechner, Shazam, Evan Marsh, Amber Goldfarb, Zachary Levi, 80s aesthetic, Smokey and the Bandit, Fangoria, renting a closet, The Ares Killer, American Psycho, Patrick Bateman, John Wayne Gacy, masked killers, Charlize Theron, cops with mustaches, lovable 80s goofball, Ari Millen, Eddie Izzard, Nosferatu, silent film era acting, Drab Majesty, Genesis, practical fx, Skull: The Mask, Werewolves Within, Shakma’s Holiday Shack, Red Baron, Severin’s release of Raiders of Atlantis, One Crazy Summer, Warner Archive, Talk Without Rhythm, Double Deep Dish, paper plates, and Splashy 80s Gory Fun.

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Ep 466

TorTR #466 - Heroes in a Half Shirt

Episode | 164 min | Jul 2, 2021

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An ancient microphone possesses the human form to commit visceral sacrifices of auditory vengeance for the incarnation of its Podcasting God. On Episode 466 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Shudder exclusive film Skull: The Mask from directors Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman! We also have an impromptu debate about the Halloween franchise, we discuss the finer points of killers utilizing power wrestling moves, and Ravenshadow wears what to mow his lawn?! So grab your favorite ancient artifact, check yourself and your pet for ticks, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Black Summer, Last Night in Soho, Edgar Wright, Anya Taylor-Joy, Trick or Treat Radio’s Nine Year Anniversary Show!, Golden Girls, MZ is too old to watch TV on his phone, John Hyams, Halloween Kills, Season of the Witch, Silver Shamrock, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Rudd, John Carpenter, MZ is not a Master Debater, Manborg on VHS, Father’s Day, Astron-6, wiping your dog, Ollie-Man, ticky twister, Dependence Day, controlling your substances, Loki, “Dishes are Done man”, narcolepsy, The Bad Batch, Werewolves Within, Near Dark, 9 Level of Hell, skunk took my baby!, The Thing, Friday the 13th, Alien, Skull: The Mask, Microwave Massacre, Armando Fonseca, Kapel Furman, practical vs CGI, My Name is Lukey, Raven Banner, Shudder, Father John Wick, Rurik Jr, Brazilian Wrestling Federation, wrestling moves in horror movies, tampon in the bullet wound, Skull vs. The Mask, the Gordon Ramsey of podcasting, a bad girl out for justice, Spine Buster, The Enforcer Arn Anderson, Gun Woman, Kurando Mitsutake, Vicious Fun, Larry Sanders, saving ladybugs, Kane Hodder era Jason, grass cuts, mowing the lawn with jeans and boots, and Catcher in the Eye by Dick de la Creme.

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Ep 465

TorTR #465 - Who Censors the Censors?

Episode | 172 min | Jun 25, 2021

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After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Monsterzero, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of his mind’s disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality. On Episode 465 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Censor from director Prano Bailey-Bond! We also have a deep discussion about censorship in the 80s as it relates to Video Nasties, The Filthy 15, the PMRC, and we discuss how fit censors are to be deciding who can consume what! Of course there is the typical skulduggery you’d expect-- what god-like powers Ravenshadow would want, why would MZ consume a hot jelly bean, and learn all about our Dependence Day Celebration! So grab your favorite forbidden VHS tape, try out your newfound stretching powers, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Joe Bob Briggs, Ares: handyman extraordinaire, God-like abilities, what god would you want to be?, Lucky Bamboo, Saskatchewan Seal Skin Shirts, X-Rated Vision, duck boats, Excalibur, Micromax, Purple Clad Bowman, Elongated Man, Ralph Dibney, George Burns, 18 Again, Made for TV’s Michael Dudikoff, body swap movies, Cad Bane, Dream a Little Dream, the velvet shirt, Bean Boozled, Carolina Reaper Jelly Beans, Uncrustables, Mara Jade, Timothy Zahn, Grand Admiral Thrawn, MZ’s 50th Birthday Roast, B-Hole talk, Dependence Day Celebration Blackout Tapes, Prime Day, artful nudes, Censor, Video Nasties, Prano Bailey-Bond, Mary Whitehouse, BBFC, Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Unhinged, Eyeball, video rental stores, Adrian Schiller, Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide, Bloody Moon, The Beyond, Shock! Horror!, Man of Violence, Mardi Gras Massacre, Jack Valenti, MPAA, blood flowing like water, Last House on the Left, Straw Dogs, Clockwork Orange, Dee Snider, John Denver, Frank Zappa, Tipper Gore, Filthy 15, wearing a codpiece, 2 Live Crew, censorship in the 80s, Faces of Death, Cannibal Holocaust, IMDB plot keywords, self-censoring, Used Cars, Benny Hill, nudity on TV, Blues Brothers, 80 VHS recreations, Berberian Sound Studio, Joe Versus the Volcano, Camille Keaton, I Spit on Your Grave, Heroes Shed No Tears, Dead or Alive Trilogy, Takashi Miike, Darth Vader, IG-88, Shakma, Caveat, Skull: The Mask, Shudder, Spare Parts, unrealistic bar fights, Halloween Kills, Evilspeak, Clint Howard, Dan Cortes, Demolition Man, MTV Sports, Two Guys One Crypt, Gun Woman, Kurando Mitsutake, the middle coast, Highway to the Time Zone, and Saskatchewan Seal Skin Shirts.

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Ep 464

TorTR #464 - Anal Flaps and Buttpugs: A Half Century of MZ

Episode | 182 min | Jun 18, 2021

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A podcaster suffering from partial memory loss due to old age accepts a job to look after his psychologically troubled co-host who has planned a birthday roast for him in an abandoned house on an isolated island. On Episode 464 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the Shudder exclusive film, Caveat from Director Damian Mc Carthy! We also host a roast for our compatriot, MZ, to celebrate turning 50! We have long time friends, new friends, and some luminaries from the film world call in to tell their favorite stories and to roast the birthday boy! So grab a seat, a piece of cake, help us celebrate fifty god damn years, and definitely strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: MZ turning 50!, reaching out and reaching around, Ravenshadow actually did something, the Hot  Dog trick, Psycho Patrick’s eating challenge, Chiller, Mike Baronas, Morbid Vision Films, Brian Paulin, plenty of noodles, Kurando Mitsutake, Maniac Driver, Fetus, Jarret Blinkhorn, Signal to Noise, MZ going into business for himself, Buttpug, Corny’s generosity, Chow Daddy, San Diego Chicken, Rufus and Ronaldo, Tuxedo Steel Cage Match, Denny’s Sampler, the cost of wood these days, Son of War, DC-10 theme song, Caveat, Damian Mc Carthy, creepy bunnies, unsettling imagery, Monkey Shines, George A. Romero, The Amusement Park, Hippiemania, Ben Caplan, Jonathan French, what does caveat mean?, medical problems, not remembering the films, magic bamboo, double secret probation, Censor, Prano Bailey-Bond, Ben Wheatley, Michael Smiley, Right to Censor, bouquet of boobs, TSLs, Babadook, Blackout Tapes, Transformers, Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom, Gates of Hell, euro-cult films, stump porn, River Phoenix, Kurt Cobain, River’s Edge, Buttcrack, Art Bradish, Blue Oyster, Caterpillar bites, how many nuts does it take to make a pile, #1 Maniac Slasher, Dr. Joey Tron trying to kill MZ, Swoops and Squirrels, Vodka Penicillin & Red Bull, piping hot podcasts, Caramel Clutch, Nougat, Chocolate Sheik, Zack Carlson, Miami Connection, and Monster Five Zero!

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Ep 463

TorTR #463 - Rub a Tug Tug in the Bathtub

Episode | 140 min | Jun 11, 2021

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While travelling on their first American tour, a group of mediocre podcast hosts are drugged and kidnapped. They awaken to find their limbs removed and replaced with crude microphones, and are forced to do a motivational podcast for a sadistic network. On Episode 463 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the grindhouse flick Spare Parts from director Andrew Thomas Hunt! We also give our scorching hot take on Rob Zombie’s Munsters revival, tell you everything you ever wanted to know about cicadas, and hear the filibuster to end all filibusters! So grab your favorite weapon-arm attachment, suck on some sap for 17 years, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Rob Zombie, The Munsters, Sweet Tooth, Kevin Smith’s He-Man, Bonnie Tyler, I love Tea-Man, homo-erotic cartoons, Castlevania, Warren Ellis, Kid Rock, “Ares’ boy with the scissors”, Tim Burton, lowering expectations, Mockingbird Lane, Guy Ritchie, Aladdin, El Goro schooling Ravenshadow, hobbits, Jeff Daniel Phillips, 31, Devil’s Rejects, Broad Street Bullies, Cicadas, sucking on sap for 17 years, Night of the Living Dead, Caveman, The Beast Within, Fear and Loathing in Baltimore, eating cicadas, Spare Parts, Andrew Thomas Hunt, all girl punk bands, The Midnight Drive In, Grindhouse cinema, Ms. 45, Abel Ferrera, Exploitation, punk horror, Planet Terror, Machine Girl, bar fights, getting naked on stage, Face/Off, Rub-A-Tug-Tug in the Bathtub, Julian Richings, Supernatural, dutch rudders, kill or be killed, bad choreography, Out for Justice, Stephen Seagal, verisimilitude, jerking the curtain, Stendahl Syndrome, Star Wars: A New Hope, best lightsaber duels, Jedi flippy ninja bullshit, Raze, cortisone, living in a post-Raid world, “I’m Off the Rails Without You”, Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars filibuster, Caveat, Shudder, Sandman, driving to Wisconsin, “I like your bamboo”, Ares’ beard squirrel, Wolfie’s Birthday, MZ’s big birthday milestone!, baby did a boom boom, DC-30, Duke Nukem, and that’s an excellent bamboo you have.

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