Guest cohost Andrew Valdes jumps in the third chair this week to talk about the Machop, Bellsprout, and Tenatcool families. Veering from NBC Comedies to NBC Drama: we trade chops for slaps and talk about the cultural phenomenon that was NBC's The Slap, as well as Diedrich Bader, begging for sensei's forgiveness, Pokemon you can step on and those you'd need to wallop, as well as how capable each of today's mons are at subduing Darling (answer: super effective). Including some surprise Yoshi's Island derived parenting advice for our listeners, it's another episode of Mon Men!

From the show:

Uri Geller's Brexit Promise: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-uri-geller/uri-geller-urges-mass-telepathy-against-brexit-idUSKCN1R50MF

Machop's viral twin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkxvlq25Kqw

Machop's real world inspiration, the Moschop:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschops#/media/File:Moschops_capensis.jpg

Machamp's Original Red/Green sprite: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Spr_1g_068.png