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Episode 269: A Tess Shrugged

Original air date: October 6, 2025

Episode overview

In character as Bingo Greenplum, Bingo discussed preparations for the Brandywine Festival, his performance plans, and the Hobbit persona taking over the show. Katie submitted a voice memo reviewing snippets from Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, prompting Bingo Greenplum’s confused reactions. Bingo Greenplum advised an anonymous peeping-tom correspondent who worried about his crush’s dangerously wired space heater and their relationship’s spice. Bingo explained his Bingo Greenplum character, costume rules, anxieties, performance material, and practical preparation for the Brandywine Festival. Bingo and chat listened to a submitted strange song through to the end, then awarded Cool Points to viewers who correctly posted ‘we heard it all.’ Bingo reviewed a bleak Garfield strip where Jon silences Garfield’s violent thought and a sweet fan-made strip submitted by Viv about Jon returning from a date. The random-number generator selected whatisyourtimecycle, whom Bingo called Danny, at position 10 from 34 subscribers to receive the Skifidol cards, tobacco card, a Boppy, stickers, and prize extras.

Segments

**Bingo’s Big Life Pupdates** — 0:04:09 · Watch segment - YouTube — In character as Bingo Greenplum, Bingo discussed preparations for the Brandywine Festival, his performance plans, and the Hobbit persona taking over the show.
**Poor Bingo** — 0:12:04 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo Greenplum briefly reviewed Bingo’s troubles, including the cat-food factory shutdown and anxiety about the coming Hobbit event.
**Silly Mail** — 0:13:40 · Watch segment - YouTube — Katie submitted a voice memo reviewing snippets from Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, prompting Bingo Greenplum’s confused reactions.
**Nice Advice** — 0:21:26 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo Greenplum advised an anonymous peeping-tom correspondent who worried about his crush’s dangerously wired space heater and their relationship’s spice.
**Rank’em Up Rodeo** — 0:30:00 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo Greenplum ranked Rapidash and Grookey, drew a curly-haired Hobbit cat holding a pie for Steve, and earned 4.83 stars while Slick Rick and HylianAllTheDogs called.
**Lord of the Bings** — 1:26:04 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo explained his Bingo Greenplum character, costume rules, anxieties, performance material, and practical preparation for the Brandywine Festival.
**Chillin’ Chat** — 1:35:12 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo caught up with chat about Brandywine’s production, Oh My Buttons submissions, fantasy books, his costume, and the oversized vending machine.
**Bad Tunes** — 1:43:52 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo and chat listened to a submitted strange song through to the end, then awarded Cool Points to viewers who correctly posted ‘we heard it all.’
**Garfs** — 1:52:14 · Watch segment - YouTube — Bingo reviewed a bleak Garfield strip where Jon silences Garfield’s violent thought and a sweet fan-made strip submitted by Viv about Jon returning from a date.
**Pack Attack** — 2:04:22 · Watch segment - YouTube — Chat chose Italian Skifidol banknote parody cards over Star Trek cards; Bingo reviewed the oversized counterfeit-money designs and added an antique ‘in Queer Street’ tobacco card to the prize. Name That Name winner: whatisyourtimecycle (Winning moment - YouTube). Prize: Italian Skifidol banknote parody cards, an antique ‘in Queer Street’ tobacco card, a Boppy, stickers, and prize extras.
**Name That Name** — 2:18:52 · Watch segment - YouTube — The random-number generator selected whatisyourtimecycle, whom Bingo called Danny, at position 10 from 34 subscribers to receive the Skifidol cards, tobacco card, a Boppy, stickers, and prize extras.

Verified episode facts

**Scooty introduction**: Bingo introduces Scooty by name and explains that he has been caring for the outdoor cat. (source moment)

Sources

youtube — 2:22:41