Potato Salad Marmalade

Mexican wrestling masks and shirtless dads? Check. Gassy best buddies? Check. Fudgy the Whale? Yup, check.

Honestly, we couldn't think of a better way to come back than with this one.

Good to see you, friends. 

We've missed you.

Where DID Dad's hair go? Prior to last week, Shawn was big on communicating well with his hairdressers. Never once did a professional mess up his hair so badly that he wanted to cry. Well, he finally found the barber to take his good haircut streak and throw it all out the window.

He's bald.

(Actually, he has a buzzcut, which Carter finds hilarious.)

Also, they've gone to the beach a bunch this month, so we're going to talk about Carter's favorite (if he has one).

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

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On this week's show, Shawn and Carter get a break from the ordinary and take the Smith family down to Florida via Dad's car. Everyone's packed in for the trip and it makes for a lot of fun. Car games were played on the way down from Maryland and, of course, Carter crushed it at I, Spy.

In the spirit of competition or debate, the guys decided that they should carry this spirited conversation over to the show, talking about what they'd choose among several top options. Having spent more time in a pool, will floats finally get some love, or are they "not his thing?" Where does each state that the family drove through rank on a scale of 1-5? Let's hear it on this week's show!

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

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All it takes is one trip, just ONE trip, to the ocean and Carter seems hooked. Hours were spent trying to body surf the waves and it was great to watch. Will this boy be forever hooked on saltwater or is the fresh water of a nice pool still something he loves? Does he even have to choose which is best? (Actually, that was his idea.) Now that he's been in the water that long, what will he say is his favorite kind of body of water: oceans or pools?

Also, the school year is ending today. What nice things does Carterman have to say about the year and to his friends and teachers? This kid is a well of kindness.

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

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Carter wanted to go. Dad didn't want to go at all, but he's never one to say no to the kid...or to a challenge. This week, Shawn and the little guy go head-to-head at the Howard County-Patapsco Valley Hot Dog Eating Contest and someone is going to be filled with regret. No spoilers. Also, the boys talk about their favorite non-ice cream Summer treats. Yummy to the max!

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

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With Dad away at the accountant, Carter needed something fun to do. Leave it to S.Hawn and Jeffrey the Astronaut to make the child's afternoon with sandwiches on the moon! There's nothing better than good conversation and food on a large celestial body -- the moon is a great place to get to the bottom of some of the biggest mysteries in our universe.

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

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Listeners, friends, lend us your ears! In this week's episode, Carter and I talk about the great holiday of Mother's Day and why we love our Moms so much. Also, we get into a discussion of what other kinds of holidays we think that the world could use and how it would improve things dramatically. Would we want something more fun? More adventurous? You'll have to tune in to find out!

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

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We didn't even make it through the opening of the show before things were thrown into disarray. Carter had no interest in what we had to offer. No salamander talk for him! Instead...he offered better. What if we had our own cartoon show? What would it be and what would it look like? Also, what if we had a secret pet? Our French bulldog, Savanah, is stubborn in her love, and won't share her humans, so we'd need to hide a new pet from her. What would we get? Where would we keep them? (During this segment, Shawn incorrectly identifies the capuchin monkey as the rhesus monkey. There's a big difference. Sorry for the error.)

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

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It started at dinner. Carter was pushing vegetables around his plate and I got to thinking, "What if we saw our own Mortal Kombat right now on the plate, like, what if Super Smash Bros. broke out right now, but involving the veggies?" It's street-fighting food...STREET FOODER! Let's see what vegetable we feel would be the baddest veggie on the planet!

Also, eat your veggies!

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

Potato Salad Marmalade is a proud member of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network.

This week, Carter needs headphones for school and we get a tip from Nice Guy Guy that the best place to get them is a place called The Temple of Boom. Sure, the name sounds a little ominous, but it won't be TOO scary, will it? Let's dive into the Three Trials of the Headless Tiger and earn a new pair!

Mixing Engineer: Jonathan Melcher

Potato Salad Marmalade is a proud member of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network