Episode 257: Babies Go Extra

Original air date: July 16, 2025

Episode overview

Bingo recapped a Chicago trip with Kurt and Trace to see Built to Spill and Yo La Tengo, showed an Arale Statue of Liberty collectible, and praised the new Superman movie. Bingo complained that the Yo La Tengo merch table had no XXL shirts and recounted other Chicago indignities and a front-facing design mistake. Bingo reviewed dating advice, played absurd Brandywine Festival survey voicemails, called Richard back about height, abstinence, and health requirements, and heard Katie’s baby-shower voicemail. Bingo ranked Shiinotic at #113, drew a brown Doggy Kong with a red necktie against a magenta geometric background, took Jimmy Olsen’s second crisis call, and earned 4.55 stars before ranking Amoonguss and Pidgey. Bingo opened the floor to chat, estimated his lifetime bowel-movement count, and reviewed Josh Seybert’s library copy of the Cloud Puppy graphic novel. Chat chose VR Troopers over Yu-Gi-Oh! cards; Bingo opened a five-card puzzle pack and discovered that its incomplete assortment could not form the puzzle. The random-number generator selected Merkin Socks at position 22 from 24 subscribers to receive the VR Troopers cards and prize extras.

Segments

• **Bingo’s Big Life Pupdates** — 0:06:13 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo recapped a Chicago trip with Kurt and Trace to see Built to Spill and Yo La Tengo, showed an Arale Statue of Liberty collectible, and praised the new Superman movie.
• **Bingo’s Treasure Trove** — 0:09:05 · Watch segment - YouTube — Nested inside Pupdates, Bingo showed an Arale collectible styled as the Statue of Liberty that he and Trace found in a Chicago anime shop.
• **Poor Bingo** — 0:14:59 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo complained that the Yo La Tengo merch table had no XXL shirts and recounted other Chicago indignities and a front-facing design mistake.
• **Silly Mail** — 0:32:12 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo reviewed dating advice, played absurd Brandywine Festival survey voicemails, called Richard back about height, abstinence, and health requirements, and heard Katie’s baby-shower voicemail.
• **Rank’em Up Rodeo** — 1:11:24 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo ranked Shiinotic at #113, drew a brown Doggy Kong with a red necktie against a magenta geometric background, took Jimmy Olsen’s second crisis call, and earned 4.55 stars before ranking Amoonguss and Pidgey.
• **I Like That** — 1:44:07 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo praised a Pokémon fan getting Pope Leo to sign a Popplio card, defended Popplio’s evolutions, and celebrated Eric Ditmer completing a gamer grid.
• **Chillin’ Chat** — 1:50:36 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo opened the floor to chat, estimated his lifetime bowel-movement count, and reviewed Josh Seybert’s library copy of the Cloud Puppy graphic novel.
• **Shirt Alert** — 1:58:26 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo reviewed Dwibbins’ shirt showing dogs mocking human chores and a Chicago shirt whose back simply read ‘PISS.’
• **Pack Attack** — 2:03:15 · Watch segment - YouTube — Chat chose VR Troopers over Yu-Gi-Oh! cards; Bingo opened a five-card puzzle pack and discovered that its incomplete assortment could not form the puzzle. Name That Name winner: merkinsocks (Winning moment - YouTube). Prize: VR Troopers five-card puzzle pack, Boppy items, stickers, and other prize-bundle extras.
• **Name That Name** — 2:09:52 · Watch segment - YouTube — The random-number generator selected Merkin Socks at position 22 from 24 subscribers to receive the VR Troopers cards and prize extras.

Verified episode facts

• **Labubu discussion**: Bingo and chat discuss Labubu and bootleg figures. (source moment)

Sources

• youtube — 2:13:51