What The Folklore?

We're reading part one of "The Goddess of Mercy: a Biography of the Bodhisattva," a long and complicated Chinese story about nuns and transforming hell, and a Tiger who just can't catch a break, and... there's a lot of it.

Suggested talking points: portmanteau mushrooms, a birthday month PSA, trickle down justice, cool prison sentences, Dr. Compromise, Home Depot Tiger, bird cackles, the HyperBuddha, stock in eggs

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Hans Christian Andersen's "Garden of Paradise" is another one of those stories that fundamentally changes our overly tangled web of fairy tale interconnectedness. Hans with the heat again: lots of Immortal Bony/Project Birdfall meat for everyone!

This episode brought to you by executive producer Ida, Aarne-Thompson type 670a, "the Woman Who Understood Animal Languages"

Suggested talking points: overshadowed by crime, Donkey Moon-Moon, sniff some math, d'Aulnoy Giuliani, the physics twinkie, pig head worm body, sitrep from birdtown, stealing from fairy tools, suckered by Cotton-Eye Joe, death trick shot, proto-fairies, Windmom

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Did they ever ban dogs from playing basketball after Air Bud? Apparently that rule patch never went through, because that franchise ends up with dogs with full personhood.

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"The Three Languages" is a Grimm story that needs a lot of fixing up. Sure there's a super weird Pope ceremony at the end, but what happened to the dogs and frogs? It's a story that demands some grasping at straws to fill in the gaps.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Jake, Aarne-Thompson type 766, "the Magic Sleep"

Suggested talking points: them Magic Beauty sleeping curses, curse me up man, twilight zone monkey paw wish, the Count's feeding habits, Big Bird vampire, dog language, bird knowing jobs, it's ribbit jackass!, filled by peanut butter, Three Is Company dog treasure, the dog codex, unkillable animal whisperer, lord Daddy, the bird bounty on David Blaine, Final Fuddruckers

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We were sent a theory about Immortal Bony that we might have missed, and get into casting our own biopic and figuring out which fairy tale we'd actually want to live in.

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"A Tale of Two Brothers" just has too much going on, and not enough of it is focused on the children's card game at the center of the conflict. There's a lot that needs to be cut away from this story, and that leaves a lot of room for other, better stuff to fill it back up.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Roast Rabbit, Aarne-Thompson type 471, "The Bridge to Another World"

Suggested talking points: OzzyBourniest, Yugi Muto's Da Vinci Code, shadow game with Tom Hanks, cows drug habits, five bushel boy, nicklebag, consenting to shame, Highlander baby, music video swaparoo, a line of dilbos, a sword with no name

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What's your proudest moment? We've got a whole range of things we're proud of, from reading stunts pulled as children to mysterious crimes pulled as adults. One of us might be a phantom.

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"The Legend of Tokoyo" is not originally about toilets, but by Golly it will be by the time we're done with it. If you're curious about how bathroom technology ranks, this is your episode.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Bee B., Aarne-Thompson type 812, "The Devil's Riddle"

Suggested talking points: the Breakfast Club, lady's banishment island, optimal bathroom design, girl-tossing, piss trough village, clam women, toilet diving bell, cowardly evil snake, Pissy Tim, the church of the toilet, Lifeguard kissing techniques, Toilet Samurai, cursed toilet museum

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Why do we still sleep on feathers? Seems like there are better options. Would a semi-sentient living bag of organs be better? You decide!

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"People Getting Rich" might be sending the wrong message, but it's subject matter is certainly relevant to us today. In the midst of all this, there's a very good idea for a restaurant that we hope to be opening by 2020.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Kerrima, Aarne-Thompson type 2031, "Strong, Stronger, Strongest"

Suggested talking points: whisper biscuit takeover, the new dream bread religion, the Ur-McRib, Owen Wilson crashing, St. Peter's life hacks, brain collateral, Ye Olde McDonald's, foraging restaurant, chilly zone for penguin meat, that funky Wonkaland, got a golden saddle in my pocket, the Poverty Greg special for kids, village crime, Mean Gregs by Tina Fey, What's the Deal, Poverty Greg?

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