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Devin, Andy, and guest Jared Selsberg head to a Brooklyn Cyclones game in Coney Island and report on the experience. What is the meaning behind the more whimsical minor league team names? Is a bobblehead or a baseball cap the ideal promotional item? How about jewelry or a spirit towel? Do we miss the stadium parking lot ticket reseller? How about roving food vendors, whose numbers seem to be dwindling? Will minor league food concessions catch up with the majors in quality? Have they already caught up in price? Should Maimonides Park hand out souvenir copies of Rambam’s Guide for the Perplexed? Do some heckles echo throughout eternity? Is anyone still keeping score??

Cpl. Klinger of M*A*S*H*  in Mudhens gear

History of Kenosha’s Simmons Field (former home of Kenosha Comets & Kenosha Twins, current home of the Kingfish)

Sugar Land Space Cowboys shop

The Athletic on new ballpark concessions

NYT on PawSox leaving Rhode Island 

NYT on Seinfeld night at the Cyclones

Cyclones Hot Dog Hats and Hot Dog Tees

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin and Andy visit The Locavore Variety Store in the West Village, Manhattan: a shop where nearly everything for sale is made within 100 miles. Is the artist as pencil sharpener present? Is the pencil the last honest object? Is there room for a nut company that doesn't use suggestive nut puns? What weird things do people want to do with/to a barrel of pickles? Do we need a movement to bring back the community bulletin board? Who is using the tester lip balm??

The Locavore Variety Store site

NYPost story about The Locavore Variety Store

Pizza Suds dish soap

Joray Fruit Rolls 

Wiffle

Spaghetti Dust

Court Street Grocers

Tube Wringer

The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure by The Magnetic Fields

Beautiful Bazzini Pistachios

Big League Chew

General Pencil Company

Nail clippers: No-Mes (NY), EDJY (Detroit), Green Bell (Japan)

Schaller & Weber

The Matzo Project

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin and Andy visit and revisit classic infomercials and Home Shopping sales pitches. But wait, there’s more! Is the infomercial dead, or has it simply been struck down and gone on to become more powerful than we can possibly imagine? Will a new Ron Popeil or ShamWoW Vince rise to sell us on gadget bliss? Is something a true scam if (almost) everyone knows it’s a scam? Probably! Does the rich satirical culture bequeathed by the infomercial make its flaws worthwhile? Are we doomed to forever search for devices that make food preparation slightly more convenient? Are operators still standing by??

Broomshakalaka (Adult Swim)

Fartcopter (Adult Swim)

Ronco In-Shell Egg Scrambler

Slap Chop

Slap Chop (remix)

Eddie (Adam Goldberg) is a dehydrating maniac on Friends

BBC One by Ming Tea

Ginsu commercial

Mr. Microphone by Ronco ad

Simpsons Superstar Celebrity Microphone ad

Simsons Juice Loosener infomercial

Help Me, Mr Popeil by “Weird Al” Yankovic

Sobakawa Pillow infomercial

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin, Andy and guest Leslie Price (co-founder of Gloria) discuss Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo after a cold, cold open. Is Uniqlo’s Lifewear catalog a pretty decent magazine? Does the Uniqlo checkout, whether conscientiously handing back a credit card, or utilizing RFD tags, indicate a considered peak of customer service? Is a flagship a different store, essentially? Can an app’s sizing tech ever approach an actual changing room? Has Uniqlo digested Prep values—from Take Ivy to The Official Preppy Handbook to J. Crew—and created a superlative version of the style? Is their website confusing, or is any problem likely with the user? What is the right way to pronounce Uniqlo??

Kingdom of Prep excerpt in Vanity Fair, by Maggie Bullock

NYPost on NYC pronunciations

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin and Andy go to the Lower East Side and visit the new gift/souvenir/smoking paraphernalia store from Nashville, A Shop of Things. Is it broadly true that Millenials and X-ers like charms, and Gen-Zers like stuffies? Where do you stand on seasonal soda varietals? Has ACME solved the express lane sign conundrum? Is there a Betty Boopissance happening? If you were to wear a cap with a food written on it, what would it be? Would you sign a petition for a store to carry Sonny Angel? What are cigarette themed goods pointing towards? Is that a kitschy lighter in your pocket??

Monchichi Ad

Corduroy by Pearl Jam

Betty Boop/Cab Calloway/Minnie the Moocher cartoon

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Devin and Andy check out vintage clothing resellers 2nd STREET and Buffalo Exchange. Should people approach the attempt to sell their beloved things to a secondhand store as a kind of therapy, wherein the ego is stripped bare? Do we care about getting top $, or do we mostly want to be told our stuff is special? What should we do with all the negative-star reviews we write in our heads? Shouldn't Depop have been discussed? Is wearing the clothing of others a form of connection? Should Andy get that satin Pepsi jacket??

[Note: This episode, with a discussion of Norm Peterson from Cheers, was recorded just before news broke that George Wendt died. We raise our mugs: “Norm!”]

Nobody Beats the Wiz Seinfeld

Enough Said

Two of Hearts by Stacy Q (Or: Two of Carts?)

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin, Andy, and Claire Hamilton visit the new Printemps store on Wall Street. What and who is a department store for, now? Is this really a supersized boutique? Is the best department store the one with the most seating? Will this place foment a revolution, or be a cool place to meet someone for snacks and people watching? What does it take for a store to set you dreaming??

Novel excerpt: Playworld by Adam Ross

Department store classic: Corduroy by Don Freeman

About Charging Bull sculpture

About the Red Room mosaic in Printemps

Food and Drink options at Printemps

NYPost article about food at Printemps (good photos)

Some brands at Printemps: Jacquemus, Marni, The Falls

Some history on the original 1653 wall that stood where Wall Street is (New York Almanack)

Flash Gordon and the Wood Beast

KaDeWe Berlin, Hands Tokyo (stores)

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow

Goodbye to Lord & Taylor by Sarah M. Seltzer (NYTimes)

Ode to Le Train Bleu the lost Bloomingdale’s restaurant, by Luke J. Spencer (Messy Nessy)

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin and Andy check out CVS, one of two big drugstore chains standing. Do Mini Melts and Dippin' Dots need their own Twizzlers vs Red Vines style debate? How important is the condition of the actual floor in a chain drugstore experience? Would you be up for some throwback Consumer Value Stores merch? Would people be buying Fubbles Bubble Blasters if they were 25 dollars? How about $100? Does Rewind It need better photos for their packages? What’s your theory about cereal sales? Did the PooPourri woman and the Squatty Potty guy ever get together??

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin, Andy, and guest Claire Hamilton visit Art of Play: a puzzle- and game-forward toy shop with a secret theater for close-up magic. Will Andy learn how to pronounce Printemps before they get there? Can magic be new? What do magicians mean now, culturally? How far back did Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium set the cause of irl wonder emporia? Is it a puzzle? A fidget? A toy? An executive desk sculpture? What is the ideal length of time for a top to spin??

David Blaine levitating on St. Marks Place

Tangrams

Tangle

Cracker Barrel Peg Game

Switchpen at Vat19

Wavelinks and Wavelength

Illusion Bowls

Red Wine Supernova

Doug Henning’s World of Magic/SNL Doug Henning

Mystery Date: Game, Ad, Meme, Meme Source

Shopkeeping book by Peter Miller

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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Devin and Andy drop in and visit Zumiez. Is it a shoe store, a clothing store, or a skate store? What is the meaning of “mallthentic”? How does this place triangulate with Spencer’s and Hot Topic? What clothing or accessories did your school forbid? How is Lord Nermal related to Garfield’s Nermal, if at all? Is Nirvana pure merch now? Was everyone at least skater-adjacent in the 90s?

Keep A Breast bracelets

Free Stuff for Kids book (1979)

Zumiez free stickers guide

Killer Acid sweater

Rap Snacks Lil Baby Chips

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Theme music by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Jed Becker⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, cover art by⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Margaret Flatley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, music insertion by Skye MacLeod

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