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Episode 231: The Cursemas Show Part 1
Original air date: December 25, 2024
Episode overview
During the first Cursemas installment, Bingo explained the marathon’s every-segment premise, shared updates, and took a call from his purported great-grandpappy. The pair reviewed the old segment list and staged a sprawling Scorn or Reborn matchup centered on Sharni versus Night Elves and Edward’s Birthday. In Part 4, the random-number generator selected morrigan_mercy at position 14 from 30 subscribers to receive a Yu-Gi-Oh dog card and prize extras. Bingo and Danny interpreted a series of increasingly grotesque AI-generated Christmas rebus images. Danny briefly advised viewers to hold doors for other people. Bingo confessed his guilt about no longer forcing cash tips on Kroger pickup workers and Danny absolved him. Bingo ranted about ethical non-monogamy in a bit introduced as both Bingo's Biggest Boners and Get With the Program during Part 3.
Segments
- **Bingo’s Big Life Pupdates** — 0:00:08 · Watch segment - YouTube — During the first Cursemas installment, Bingo explained the marathon’s every-segment premise, shared updates, and took a call from his purported great-grandpappy.
- **Morning Announcements** — 0:10:37 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo and Danny revived Morning Announcements during Cursemas Part 2, though Bingo admitted he had no actual announcements.
- **Bumper Grumbles** — 0:20:09 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo and Danny revived Bumper Grumbles and worked through a long set of audience and archive grievances.
- **Poor Bingo** — 0:37:24 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo tried to find something to complain about but admitted the Christmas audience and gifts left him little reason to be miserable.
- **Scorn or Reborn** — 0:38:17 · Watch segment - YouTube — The pair reviewed the old segment list and staged a sprawling Scorn or Reborn matchup centered on Sharni versus Night Elves and Edward’s Birthday.
- **Silly Mail** — 1:28:40 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo reviewed Silly Mail and played a voicemail submission before moving to presents.
- **Rank’em Up Rodeo** — 1:29:28 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo ranked Tapu Fini, drew a Nativity scene with Mary and baby Jesus as cats plus an abominable snowman and Callum Drift while Mickey Mouse and Dwibbins called, earned 4.25 stars, and then ranked Doublade.
- **Seven Minutes in Terrible Heaven** — 1:36:26 · Watch segment - YouTube — Danny stayed silent while Bingo filled the revived seven-minute challenge alone.
- **Name That Name** — 1:52:34 · Watch segment - YouTube — In Part 4, the random-number generator selected morrigan_mercy at position 14 from 30 subscribers to receive a Yu-Gi-Oh dog card and prize extras.
- **Scary Stories to Tell in the Pod** — 1:56:03 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo and Danny presented and discussed Gary Sudbrink’s recordings of uncanny telephone calls from an unknown source.
- **Pack Attack** — 2:07:29 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo debuted Pack Attack and opened a pack of Nintendo scratch-off and activity cards from his assortment. Name That Name winner: morrigan_mercy (Winning moment - YouTube). Prize: A Yu-Gi-Oh dog card and regular halfwayokay prize-bundle extras.
- **Danny Fastball’s Fast Pick of the Week** — 2:33:25 · Watch segment - YouTube — Danny recommended Christmas nachos as his fast pick of the week.
- **Name the James** — 2:40:35 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo and Danny interpreted a series of increasingly grotesque AI-generated Christmas rebus images.
- **Every Album Ever** — 2:59:50 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo and Danny revisited the obscure musician Maskell, watched newly found performance footage, and discussed a podcast investigation into him.
- **Bingo Voyage** — 3:01:37 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo aired a Bingo Voyage travel segment about a trip to Cincinnati to see Ryan Singer perform standup comedy at the Go Bananas Comedy Club.
- **Hey Watch It** — 3:06:48 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo recommended What We Do in the Shadows' final season as his Hey Watch It pick during Part 3.
- **Celebrity Tisk List** — 3:12:16 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo used Celebrity Tisk List to call out Justine Bateman over recent comments during Part 3.
- **Polite O’Clock** — 3:12:39 · Watch segment - YouTube — Danny briefly advised viewers to hold doors for other people.
- **Mutant Roundup** — 3:13:07 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo briefly updated Danny on Rich Life’s recent social-media activity and new van.
- **Sarah Movie Reviewer** — 3:14:06 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo and Danny watched Sarah Movie Reviewer unbox Frasier and warn viewers against paranormal games.
- **Truth or Daria** — 3:20:32 · Watch segment - YouTube — Danny guessed whether a short statement was true or a quotation from Daria.
- **Confession Session** — 3:21:59 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo confessed his guilt about no longer forcing cash tips on Kroger pickup workers and Danny absolved him.
- **The Poem Zone** — 3:23:20 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo read Clement C. Moore's 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' aloud for The Poem Zone during Part 3.
- **Tech Talk** — 3:24:40 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo explained the USB hardware needed to operate the third camera during Cursemas.
- **Sexual Bingo** — 4:08:31 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo revisited Sexual Bingo late in Part 3 as the Cursemas marathon continued.
- **Get With the Program** — 4:25:27 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo ranted about ethical non-monogamy in a bit introduced as both Bingo's Biggest Boners and Get With the Program during Part 3.