Idea Factory Giveaway

"Nightmares are dreams, too, friend." This episode absolutely bursts with quotable moments and candidates for titles, but then what else was even possible with Amy's third appearance.

It's possible this was down to Lily's particular skillset, but we discovered depths to one particular idea that I absolutely did not know were in there. Also, our cookie slogans are the best cookie slogans.

This episode poses an intriguing question that we definitely invite you, the listener, to weigh in on; leave a review with your answer, I guess?

The title of this one will make sense once you listen to the episode, I promise. I feel like I say that a lot, but that's because it's true.

For some reason, this episode was also full of great candidates for new taglines for the podcast itself, which I'm not mad at. Also, I might as well offer a correction here, in that the guy in the M.O.P. video was wearing a shirt, not a hat (I swear it'll make sense when you listen to the episode).

I wanted to do something special to commemorate the release of Star Trek: Picard, and I felt comfortable borrowing the format of another show because I'm positive they'd never get around to this particular draft (seriously, though, if you haven't already, give All Fantasy Everything a shot). Also, this was an INSANE amount of fun to do. If you're not a Star Trek fan, though, you can probably safely give this one a miss, which is why it's a bonus episode!

I really think I would get a good workout at the gym idea we found in here; I also have to say the dummy customization business we cooked up on the spot seems like it should be investigated. I'm just sayin'.

Not gonna lie: Ken's idea file continues to be absolutely fantastic in this one,

This episode also contains another amazing bad date story from Kelly, and that's really all I can tell you about it -- you'll just have to listen.

Another guest with their own (utterly goddamn delightful) idea file! Hell yeah!! Also, something that only occurred to me in the editing is that when we were trying to figure out the country's five dominant fandoms, we completely forgot about Harry Potter. Surely that's gotta be up there, right?

Let's be clear that even though I didn't address it at the time, I am 1000% in favor of more Justin Lin involvement in future Star Trek projects, especially the one(s) we touched upon in the episode.

I'll be honest with you: this one is bursting at the seams with juicy ideas ripe -- ripe! -- for the plucking. Take them and run! Run, I say!

I hope episodes like these become the norm, where I get to rummage through other peoples' mental junk drawers just like they do mine; they're fascinating as fuck.

Nick is also (to put it lightly) a very strong idea person, which made the episodes we recorded with him a goddamn delight. You'll see! YOU'LL ALL SEE!

Steve's personal idea files were a thrill to peruse -- I now truly understand why our guests seem to have so much damn fun! Also, now armed with two (2) data points, we felt confident enough to take a stab at calculating the average number of ideas/year a person might have; the result may surprise(?) you.

Molly gave us an idea at the end of this episode that will send you into a momentary trance as you imagine how much better public transit would be if it could be put into practice.

This is the first episode we've ever done that seemed to warrant a self-generated disclaimer, so I think we did some excellent work here.

There's a nonzero chance that I may actually investigate the first party idea Molly brought up, because it hasn't really left my head since we recorded this episode!

Ben: "What did mayo do to you, Jon?" (crosstalk) Jon: "It's gross and I hate it." / Besha: "It's a long story." [pause] Jon: "Well, it's only six words."

It turns out Pumpkin Spice Life Cereal is a thing that existed, but for some reason I didn't see any of it last year. It's possible it might've been a Walmart exclusive?? It still seems like pumpkin spice anything should be more readily available year-round, dammit.