On this podcast, we leave no milestone unturned. Scott gets his booster shot, and despite his mild reaction, walks four miles to attend a screening of George Clooney’s film The Tender Bar, with a q and a with Clooney. Tom suggests that Scott become the first Q and A reviewer. And Scott ponders what question he could have asked that might have led to he and Clooney becoming friends.

Tom invents the expression, “The best parade is the one that’s unexpected.”Scott stumbles upon the Columbus Day parade and watches floats with sash wearing, waving people, and marching bands, as he gawks and walks 20 blocks along the Fifth Avenue parade route.

We salute those who ogle fall foliage, for these leaf peepers are the least dangerous people on earth. We marvel at the teeming throngs in Times Square, observed by Tom upon his arrival from the Catskills, and Scott after seeing his first Broadway show since March 2020.

Sunday in New York. Tom and Scott are On The Town, perusing vintage Playbills at the Broadway Flea. A film screening later that evening, reveals a secret Tom can only now tell the listening public.

Autumn has just begun, but Tom is already dreading winter in the Catskill Mountains. Scott says the upside is that Tom will be able to complain with the other locals about the arrival of the “ski people”. We rejoice and exhale deeply, because we both don’t ski, so all we have to worry about is procuring the proper weather resistant apparel.

Tom and Scott imagine the Broadway musical inspired by Tom’s family reunion last weekend. With so many family members ready to pass judgment on Tom’s handling of the party, Tom sings the showstopper at the end of Act One, “It’s All Up to Me”.

It’s an all new season of the General Assembly at the United Nations, and Scott finds himself in the middle of a security detail for a not famous potentate, on Madison Avenue. Tom and Scott propose that countries in need of money sell the naming rights to their nation.

Tom is about to embark on his first flight since March 2020, and dreads having to wear a mask for that long. Scott puts Tom at ease by reminding him he wore a mask for two and a half hours at our recent Dear Evan Hansen film screening. Tom also hopes he’s seated in the non brawling section.

Tom and Scott start a new movement to destigmatize the “early bird” dinner. They regale us with the tale of their post Dear Evan Hansen screening dinner at a fun and festive Mexican restaurant at 5:30 pm. And they also envision, in a non delusional way, a time when famous actors will go up to fine audience members like them, after screenings.

Tom and Scott see a screening of Dear Evan Hansen, and not only love the film, but also the q and a with the cast! We speculate what it would have been like if Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland did a q and a. Or if a q and a turned bad because of a disgruntled moderator and disenchanted cast.