Episode 106: Funeral For A Computer

Original air date: July 4, 2019

Episode overview

Morning Announcements contains a nested Right Off the Bat installment announcing Giovanni Ribisi Day and teasing an associated Halfway Okay store item. Nested inside Morning Announcements, the produced bit announces Giovanni Ribisi Day and an upcoming related store design before its explicit close. The hosts discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Bingo's Super Mario Maker 2 level Oh My Goomba, publish player and level codes, and close with the feature sound effect; the official RSS alias is GAME GORNER. HMSS compares two mysterious Alabama recordings, traces the apparent payphone number, and jokingly concludes that Viv fabricated the case before celebrating and soliciting more mysteries. Vivian introduces Hartley Hare, who tells a horror story about glove puppet Michael eating Pig and taking Hartley's tail; the hosts stop, restart, pause, and resume the same submitted file. The hosts watch a 1966 film of British children predicting the year 2000 and a 1991 real-estate industry film imagining a broker's office in 2000.

Segments

• **Morning Announcements** — 0:16:54 · citation pending — Morning Announcements contains a nested Right Off the Bat installment announcing Giovanni Ribisi Day and teasing an associated Halfway Okay store item.
• **Right Off the Bat** — 0:16:57 · citation pending — Nested inside Morning Announcements, the produced bit announces Giovanni Ribisi Day and an upcoming related store design before its explicit close.
• **Game Corner** — 0:30:00 · citation pending — The hosts discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Bingo's Super Mario Maker 2 level Oh My Goomba, publish player and level codes, and close with the feature sound effect; the official RSS alias is GAME GORNER.
• **Halfway Okay Mystery Solving Society** — 0:36:45 · citation pending — HMSS compares two mysterious Alabama recordings, traces the apparent payphone number, and jokingly concludes that Viv fabricated the case before celebrating and soliciting more mysteries.
• **Scary Stories to Tell in the Pod** — 0:51:24 · citation pending — Vivian introduces Hartley Hare, who tells a horror story about glove puppet Michael eating Pig and taking Hartley's tail; the hosts stop, restart, pause, and resume the same submitted file.
• **Video Showcase** — 1:01:30 · citation pending — The hosts watch a 1966 film of British children predicting the year 2000 and a 1991 real-estate industry film imagining a broker's office in 2000.

Verified episode facts

• **Oh my goomba current high score**: Bingo reported Eric Dittmer as the current high-score holder on his Super Mario Maker 2 level Oh My Goomba. This was transient third-party game status, not a show contest winner, and no prize was involved.
• **Halfway okay mystery solving society case result**: The hosts declared their first mystery solved and inferred that Viv staged the two Alabama recordings. This was a comic host inference: Viv did not confess in Episode 106, the attribution was not independently verified, and there was no winner or prize.