Gold Star Classroom

Your humble professor is excited to have back Jeopardy champion Arthur Chu.  With such an accomplished Master in class, it means the teacher has to work hard to make it as challenging as possible.  We wrestled with history with the true origin of the American flag and we tackled the now, with a review of the most recent words added to the dictionary.  Is it a foregone conclusion Arthur will win the coveted classroom prize The Golden Banana, or with the new Nerd Prize in play is there hope for of the other students to excel???

This episode brings back three of our most popular past students for a head-to-head you will never forget!  We all know of course that the word Aryan refers to some bad bad people, but where does the world originally come from?  And, this episode was recorded in Toledo, Oh, but do my students at home know which presidents are from Ohio?  How about these students??  Will any of these giants be intellectual enough to win the coveted classroom prize, The Golden Banana?

This episode brings back three of our most popular past students for a head-to-head you will never forget!  We all know of course that the word Aryan refers to some bad bad people, but where does the world originally come from?  And, this episode was recorded in Toledo, Oh, but do my students at home know which presidents are from Ohio?  How about these students??  Will any of these giants be intellectual enough to win the coveted classroom prize, The Golden Banana?

Classroom!  My producing partner

Steve and I began this podcast in the summer of 2013 we had no idea we’d still

be making these!!  After a short hiatus

we are ready to go!  This season

includes a new feature called “the nerd prize” and some expanded features to

our website.  We begin with a class

that includes topics such as “Who was the first man in space?” and “Was that

man really the first man in space?” and also an old chestnut:  “Why are barns red?” (The real answer

to which requires an understanding of astrophysics!).  One of these students will win the coveted classroom prize,

THE GOLDEN BANANA.

Welcome to our season 2 finale, with group of celebrated and very naughty students.  They all have a lot to say, but do they actually know the history of quicksand??  None of my students know the name of the first film with a quicksand scene, but that’s why I am here!  Also, we all know what angel’s hair pasta is, but is there any truth in the folk superstition known as “angel’s hair”?  Will any of these students earn the final honor of the year, the coveted Golden Banana?  And, will any of them be sent to the principal’s office?  See you with Season 3, in September 2015!

Welcome to our season 2 finale, with group of celebrated and very naughty students.  They all have a lot to say, but do they actually know the history of quicksand??  None of my students know the name of the first film with a quicksand scene, but that’s why I am here!  Also, we all know what angel’s hair pasta is, but is there any truth in the folk superstition known as “angel’s hair”?  Will any of these students earn the final honor of the year, the coveted Golden Banana?  And, will any of them be sent to the principal’s office?  See you with Season 3, in September 2015!

This episode was recorded at the Stone Tavern in Kent, and features four of the best minds Kent comedy has to offer.  Will these keen wags know the famous historical site where Groucho Marx danced the charleston? (Hint: it is in Germany!).  Everyone knows who sung the song “Addicted to love” (your humble professor assumes so) but do you know if “love addiction” is really a real thing?  If any of the students know, perhaps one of them will win the coveted classroom prize, The Golden Banana!

This episode was recorded at the Stone Tavern in Kent, and features four of the best minds Kent comedy has to offer.  Will these keen wags know the famous historical site where Groucho Marx danced the charleston? (Hint: it is in Germany!).  Everyone knows who sung the song “Addicted to love” (your humble professor assumes so) but do you know if “love addiction” is really a real thing?  If any of the students know, perhaps one of them will win the coveted classroom prize, The Golden Banana!

wonders if being a Kamikaze pilot was in any way like experiencing groundhog

day.  Going to school sometimes

feels like groundhog day, too, but what do these students know about groundhog

day or Kamikaze’ pilots?  Also,

what is David Bowie’s real name? 

If any of these students know the answers to any of these questions,

then maybe one of them will win the coveted classroom prize, the Golden Banana.

wonders if being a Kamikaze pilot was in any way like experiencing groundhog

day.  Going to school sometimes

feels like groundhog day, too, but what do these students know about groundhog

day or Kamikaze’ pilots?  Also,

what is David Bowie’s real name? 

If any of these students know the answers to any of these questions,

then maybe one of them will win the coveted classroom prize, the Golden Banana.