Scott sings the praises of his deep dental cleaning, and laughing gas has nothing to do with it. Tom and Scott make a groundbreaking plea for a more positive attitude towards dentistry, despite the unattractive, contorted way we look in the chair. And it’s the only branch of medicine, that gives you a free parting gift, no matter how old you are.

Tom revels in the Victorian splendor of a Catskills inn, which Scott speculates was once the home of a railroad magnate. Are there still magnates today, and if so, can anyone claim to be one, without the authorities trying to prove it?

Tom proposes that another monument, plaque or animatronic figure of Scott be erected at Citi Field to honor his commitment to ending hatred and rancor directed at the opposing team’s fans.

We recorded this episode at 11 am ET, the earliest ever, which meant that Scott was still wearing his pajamas. We envision a city of pajamas, where everyone is clad in this not just for nighttime garb. Tom is old school, so he wears a rubberized podcast suit, in the unlikely event of a tsunami in the Flatiron District.

Tom and Scott are both in Manhattan, where they compare Tom’s road trip to the first moon walk. Scott would love to take a road trip too, but he proposes a giant Sidewalk Across America to let the pedestrian share the joy of cross country travel.

Tom’s historic cross country road trip takes him to wondrous Pittsburgh, the last stop before he arrives at his home in New York. Scott hails Tom as the new Ponce deLeon, and we speculate that the famed explorer found the Fountain of Youth, and is alive and well running a bar called Ponce’s Place in Florida.

In a historic first, Tom and Scott are joined by a very special guest. Tom’s sister Betsy, an indispensable part of the show is actually on the show from Libertyville with Tom, and Scott is in San Antonio.

After Tom’s kayaking expedition in Boise, Tom and Scott stress the difference between wearing a puffy life vest versus a heavy, weighted one. The answer won’t surprise you.

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Tom’s in Boise and Scott’s in the Palm Springs area, where they come up with the $3 trillion idea to make customized sounds for electric cars. Even some that make pedestrians and fellow drivers laugh.

The first episode where both Tom and Scott are not at their homes. Tom goes to Mecca, which in this case is a nearly empty diner in Seattle. And Scott is in Los Angle Less, the way it’s pronounced in 1953 travelogues.