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Live from a suburban campsite, a childhood bedroom and a pre-Fiesta (TX) home base, Bobby, Meredith and Mike (respectively) dodge the heat and tens of thrown phones while recapping a week of TBTL that included an unexpected picnic announcement, bad sports jargon (including Prince getting some *hm-hmm*) and the official launch of what appears to be the 2017 Song of Luke and Andrew’s Summer Contest.

Be sure to listen through to the end for a fresh angle on #buttholegate from Gus and Ellie, the LRB Kids! Let’s just say they took the term … literally.

LA Ten (by way of White Bear Lake, Minn.) Mike Farnan is back, and joins “old” Mike (Frizzell) and the Nice Lady Christy Wise for a listen back to the time Luke thought it was a good idea to eat his weight in green room Boston Market creamed spinach and mashed potatoes before a Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! taping. (Spoiler alert: It wasn’t.) Mike, Mike and Christy also share their own poop stories. (Or, in the case of Christy, the story of a gross friend.)

Plus, we get to know more about Farnan, beyond when he’s on the bus, trying to hide a fresh stain on tan pants. There’s actually a lot of interesting non-crap parts to his life, like making movies, and a love of baseball and Detroiters.   

Alternate titles for this episode included “Burbanking the Poop” and “Wait Wait … Don’t Poop Yet!” But, we wanted to make sure you’d at least download it first.

This episode features a classic clip from TBTL’s Feb. 1, 2010, episode. Special thanks to Linh Pham for helping us source Luke’s WWDTM appearance on 1/30/10, and in general for all his work over at marsupialgurgle.com.

Climb on board, guys – it’s time for another TBTL recap, and Mike, Ann and Meredith are driving the podcast party bus. We’d like to make a stop at the Chicken Window on our way to see the classic Freddie Prinze Jr. movie Summer Catch, but if we see a rat, we’re outta there. Over at LRB Studios, we’re lovingly cradling the shattered remains of our thrown phones as we shed a tear over the apparent disappearance of basic science education. Some doughnuts would make us feel better, but Edith ate them all, so instead you can join us on the porch for some peanuts in the shell washed down with a delicious bacteria frappe. In addition to setting up future guest speakers for the Ex-Con Con, Mike’s seriously running out of patience for airplane talk, and Ann had a mysterious medical issue she wants to talk over with Meredith. Plus, tips on how to beat someone with your junk and a discussion of the wonders of Xanax. You’re more than just a truck friend to us.

Sometimes wet underwear is not your fault. It's not always pee, OK? But sometimes it is. This week Phyllis reports live from Lopez Island, just across from Mike Frizzell's ancestral plot on Mud Bay. Mud Bay would make a serviceable euphemism for a poo pile, and speaking of euphemisms for excretory events, we hear the best TBTL-ism for peeing your pants, first uttered by Jen at Jesus Creek. Plus Luke's poo-reka moment inspires us to recount accidental poo discoveries of our own. Christy "Crap Columbus" Wise, Mike "Magellan of Mud" Frizzell and Phyllis Fletcher, the Fecal de Fuca, on this month's Phyllis Phave edition of Little Red Bandwagon.

Live from our secret hiding spot behind the co-op’s kombucha counter, it’s Little Red Bandwagon! Don’t worry—Bobby, Meredith and Ann aren’t driving, on probation, or negotiating an NFL contract anytime soon. We are, however, intercepting many of your thrown phones as we navigate a recap with more hot takes than a Frank Gehry-inspired metal bowl full of mozzarella and “bee dookie.” Between our resident scientists and a couple of estranged fathers, this week of TBTL was mass good content for some mass good commentary.

In this special Fifth Friday edition of Little Red Bandwagon, Christy, Mike and Bobby peel back the curtain for a wide-ranging round-up of (mostly non-TBTL) topics we’ve been meaning to get to, including but not limited to new LRB merch, the heartfelt (and strategically manipulative) letter Mike wrote to the sellers of the house he and Emily want to buy, why Bobby’s been both busy and emotionally exhausted recently, how we’d like your help in the time-honored tradition of hijacking the Song of the Summer contest, and the final, definitive rules on who should bring what to the LRB Summer Picnic, including why Christy now has to bring Arby’s.  Oh, and did we mention new LRB merch?

Remember, just like Fletch taught us: Flatter first; boo-hoo at the bottom.

Hi, pod friendos! Welcome to LRB HQ – doesn’t the yard look great? Since we’re all a bunch of desk monkeys, we had a couple of buff dudes take care of the landscaping. Pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable as Mike, Meredith, and Ann recap last week’s TBTL. We’ve got a couple of drinks we can offer – would you prefer a $9 glass of sugar, or a shot of whiskey? (If you’re real nice, we might be able to rustle up an old toe to drop in there.) Feel free to use any bathroom you like: to us, you’re a first-class person, no matter what the airlines say. On today’s episode, Mike teaches us about cultural differences in baseball celebrating, Meredith has a very naughty dog, and Ann is literally podcasting in the dark. You may have to raise your voice a little because of the Mariachi band, but we’re confident our walk-up music is the best.

Mike and Bobby are joined by Bonney Lake Ten and Seattle Seahawks 12 Kalena Rogers to talk pets, pineapple on pizza, and the time Luke (in Seattle) and Andrew (in LA) recorded their experiences during Seattle’s (spoiler alert) Super Bowl win in 2014. Never look a gift pizza in the face, and try not to think about how Kalena’s half pitbull / half chihuahua was conceived—it’s a mystery for the ages.

This episode looks back at TBTL #1528: Champagne And Skittles, from Feb. 3 2014.

Bobby and Mike are joined by special guest co-host, historiTen, Wagon Full of Loot™ winner and unabashed rental RV bathroom user Megan Keane, who opens her mystery prize live on the show!

In addition to our TBTL Week in Review (which also includes a cruel Tim Hortons road sign and a dim sum strategy for avoiding execution), be sure to listen through to the end of the show for an LRB  INVESTIGATES EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with the one and only DOUG DANGER by our own intrepid producer Jeremy Holmes. Let’s just say the FAA wouldn’t let him jump two helicopters, but he doesn’t think he’s better than anybody else.

If Megan sounds familiar, it’s because you probably heard her on LRB episode 135 last year, discussing a Luke Big Dog Alert and the origins of Walsh, Walsh & Doormat.

Don your scrufduggers and guard your Four Hole—it’s time to look back on Luke and Andrew’s week on the road with Big Baby Kevin. Mike, Ann and a bedraggled-sounding Bobby break down the guys’ surprising lack of breakdowns, from the check engine “soon” light outside of Boise to the seemingly endless list of idioms courtesy of Texas Monthly magazine. Plus, we get an audio postcard from M&M in the DR.

Lessons learned: Never give Ann numbers. Never leave home without the freshest possible bread. Never leave your gambling slips unclaimed. And never—ever—accept help using the shower at the RV park, unless you’re into that kind of thing. (No judgment.)

Here’s Roman Mars’ vexillology TED Talk. And here’s the cool program Meredith mentioned.

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