Gungador is having a party at Brains On! HQ, and everyone’s invited! He’s whipping up special dishes for all of his guests: a tater tot hot dish, caramel coated honey gummies, even a cheese board!
But he forgot to call Barbara Toddes from the Philadelphia Zoo before he started prepping meals for his animal friends... and some of his assumptions about what animals eat aren’t exactly right.
Will Gungador pull off his festive feast AND keep his cool?! Grab your Smarty Pass and listen to find out!
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INTERVIEWER: Now entering Brains On headquarters.
[AUDIO LOGO]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh, hey. So glad you're here. Are you going to the Smarty Pass Dinner at Gungador's too? I just got a text from him that says, party fire underpants friends, followed by about 20 question marks. I was going to head over there a little early to make sure everything's OK. You want to tag along?
He's taken over the Labora Kitchen with his dinner prep. Elevator?
[DINGS]
ELEVATOR: Yes, Molly?
MOLLY BLOOM: Labora Kitchen, please.
ELEVATOR: Are you sure?
MOLLY BLOOM: Yes, I'm totally sure.
ELEVATOR: It's-- well, don't say I didn't warn you. Here you are. The Labora Kitchen. Good luck.
[DINGS]
MOLLY BLOOM: Gungador? It's Molly.
GUNGADOR: Molly! Gungador need help.
[YELLS]
MOLLY BLOOM: I'll say. What's going on in here?
GUNGADOR: Gungador hosting Smarty Pass dinner party. But cooking so hard. Pots, pans, stove. So many knobs.
MOLLY BLOOM: Well, we are here to help. How many people are you expecting?
GUNGADOR: Many. And not just people. Gungador invite all sorts of furry friends and scaly friends and slimy friends. But Gungador barely know what people eat, let alone all these other guests.
MOLLY BLOOM: What do you eat, Gungador?
GUNGADOR: Gungador train from birth to fight monsters. Live in video game. Most epic fighting battle realm.
[VIDEO GAME SOUND]
Until Gungador defeated by soundwave.
[SOUNDWAVE]
Then quit game to study dance.
[SHINY EFFECT]
And live at Brains On headquarters.
[SHINY EFFECT]
MOLLY BLOOM: What a helpful recap of your back story. So do you eat?
GUNGADOR: Of course. Gungador eats most extreme meals. Like metal pizza and cream cheese stuffed truck tires. And Frosted Flakes that have gone stale.
MOLLY BLOOM: OK. Well, don't cook any of that stuff. It looks like so far you've got something bubbling away on the stove. Is that a tennis shoe in there? OK. And something's baking in the oven. Maybe it's a cake. It's awfully big for a cake. Maybe it's--
GUNGADOR: It's tater tots hot dish.
MOLLY BLOOM: How is it even in that shape?
GUNGADOR: Gungador have no idea.
MOLLY BLOOM: OK, take a deep breath. We got this. We could always start with this nice cheese board. What was that, Gouda?
GUNGADOR: No.
MOLLY BLOOM: It tastes like Gouda to me.
GUNGADOR: Gungador mean no, stop. Cheese board for Tiny Squeaky.
MOLLY BLOOM: Tiny Squeaky? Oh, a mouse?
GUNGADOR: Yes, mouse. Mouse love cheese.
JOY DOLO: Hi, Molly. Hi, Gungador.
GUNGADOR: Joy Dolo! Host of Forever Ago.
JOY DOLO: Did I overhear you say mice love cheese? I think that's a myth.
GUNGADOR: No. It's in cartoons, so it must be true.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh no, Gungador. I thought you were going to talk to Barbara before you planned your meals.
GUNGADOR: Who?
MOLLY BLOOM: Barbara. Barbara Toddes. She's the nutrition program director at the Philadelphia Zoo. You said you were going to call her before you planned the menu.
GUNGADOR: Oh. Gungador said Gungador call barber for haircut to look fly for party.
JOY DOLO: You do look fly, Gungador.
GUNGADOR: Thank you, Joy Dolo.
[KNOCKS]
Not ready yet!
MOLLY BLOOM: Barbara. We were just talking about you. Come in.
BARBARA TODDES: Hello.
MOLLY BLOOM: I'm so glad you could make it.
[CLANGS]
BARBARA TODDES: Hi, Gungador.
GUNGADOR: Barbara, no time for pleasantries. Please, tell Joy mice eat cheese.
BARBARA TODDES: Yeah, that's kind of a myth.
JOY DOLO: Don't want to say I told you so, so I'll just say self high five. Way to be smart, Joy Dolo.
GUNGADOR: OK, what do mice eat? Please, say tater tot hot dish.
BARBARA TODDES: You know, a nice seed mix would be good for the mice. I think that would make them pretty happy.
GUNGADOR: Seeds? Seeds? Where can Gungador find seeds?
[KNOCKS]
Gungador not ready. Ever hear of term fashionably late?
MOLLY BLOOM: Come in.
BOB: Hi, Gungador.
MOLLY BLOOM AND JOY DOLO: Bob!
BOB: Sorry I'm a little early. You said it wasn't a potluck and that I shouldn't bring anything. But I couldn't help but bring my current snack obsession, seed mix. You got your pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and some dried millet.
GUNGADOR: Bob save Gungador dinner party. Here come hug.
[STOMPING]
BOB: Quite a hug. Gungador, I didn't know you were such a fiber fan. The Fiber Fan Forum's doing an in-person meeting next month, and it would be great if you could--
[KNOCKS]
GUNGADOR: Party not start for 10 minutes. Go away.
MOLLY BLOOM: That's not very polite, Gungador.
EVERYONE: Come in.
SANDEN TOTTEN: It's me, Sanden, here uncharacteristically early. Ooh, peanuts.
GUNGADOR: Sanden, no. Peanuts not for Sandens. Sandens eat caramel coated honey gummies over in that bowl. Peanuts for Lawrence the elephant.
BARBARA TODDES: No, you shouldn't be offering your elephant peanuts. It's not an appropriate food for an elephant.
GUNGADOR: Why not?
BARBARA TODDES: What elephants really are designed to eat are large amounts of grass or hay.
GUNGADOR: Grass or hay? Have all cartoons lied to Gungador? Let's see. Plenty of hay at Taco Farm. How much does Lawrence eat?
BARBARA TODDES: They eat a lot in a day. It's incredible the amount an elephant will consume. But they do much better if they eat a lot of these low quality foods.
GUNGADOR: Low quality. Taco Farm hay is the highest quality.
[SHINY EFFECT]
BARBARA TODDES: By low quality, I don't mean that they're contaminated or anything like that. I mean they're low in nutrient composition. And so if you feed them something like a peanut, which is an incredibly dense high fat protein little pellet, it doesn't do anything for them as far as satiating them or making them feel full. So no, your elephant will be much, much happier if you give him a great big pile of yellow hay.
GUNGADOR: OK, yellow hay. Gungador just made quick trip to Taco Farm.
[KNOCKS]
No. More knocking.
EVERYONE: Come in.
MARC SANCHEZ: 'Sup, pals?
EVERYONE: Hi, Marc Sanchez.
MARC SANCHEZ: Sorry I'm a few minutes early. I was just coming from my shift at the Taco Farm, and I didn't want to awkwardly hang outside waiting for the party to officially start. Plus, this wheelbarrow full of hay is pretty heavy.
GUNGADOR: Marc. Marc save dinner party.
[SHINY EFFECT]
BOB: I thought I saved the dinner party.
MARC SANCHEZ: It's true. My puns can save any awkward silence. Hey, check out this bowl of bananas. They have such great appeal. Hey-o.
[DRUM SNARE]
Speaking of, I don't mind if I do.
GUNGADOR: No, not for Marc. Marcs eat pickle tacos hanging from ceiling fan. Bananas for Gungador's new friend Maureen. Maureen nice monkey. Wait, Barbara, do monkeys actually eat bananas?
BARBARA TODDES: Monkeys will certainly eat bananas if you give them to them. But it will cause them a lot of problems.
GUNGADOR: What kind problems?
BARBARA TODDES: They'll get cavities. It will upset their stomachs. And it will give them diarrhea. It just really makes them sick.
MARC SANCHEZ: Talk about party poopers. Hey-o.
[DRUM SNARE]
GUNGADOR: Monkeys eat hay, by chance?
BARBARA TODDES: Well, they really do well with fruit, but you have to pick the fruit carefully. And vegetables. They love vegetables. One of the best vegetables for primates is carrots. Carrots are actually very, very similar to the fiber sugar that is found in wild fruit.
GUNGADOR: Hear that? Carrots. Gungador need a Gungador's dozen of carrots. Stat!
MOLLY BLOOM: A Gungador's dozen?
GUNGADOR: 15, Molly 15!
[BEEPING]
Marc, fix smoke detector. Joy, arrange hay in artful pattern. Sanden, get ranch dressing front and running. Bob, alphabetize the bites. Why no one moving?
JOY DOLO: How do you ask nicely, Gungador?
GUNGADOR: Please!
BOB: I'm on it, big buddy.
JOY DOLO: My pleasure.
SANDEN TOTTEN: Well you bet.
MARC SANCHEZ: Happy to help.
GUNGADOR: Thank you.
[FUMBLING]
[SHINY EFFECT]
GUNGADOR: Gungador and friends did it. Dinner party ready.
MOLLY BLOOM: And just in time.
[KNOCKS]
EVERYONE: Come in.
SUBJECT 1: Hey.
SUBJECT 2: Hi.
SUBJECT 3: That looks delicious.
SUBJECT 4: Gungador!
SUBJECT 5: Hey, everybody.
SUBJECT 6: Thanks for having us over.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
ROSE DUPONT: Thank you for stopping by Brains On headquarters today. This episode was made by me, Rose DuPont, Nico Gonzalez Wisler, Shahla Farzan, and [? Otto Moldis Lassy. ?] Many thanks to Vic Creckler and Eric Wringham. This episode was sound design by Rachel Breeze. Our executive producer is Beth Perlman, and the executives in charge of APM Studios are Chandra Kavati, Alex Schaffert, and Joann Griffith. Thanks so much for listening.
[AUDIO LOGO]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh, hey. So glad you're here. Are you going to the Smarty Pass Dinner at Gungador's too? I just got a text from him that says, party fire underpants friends, followed by about 20 question marks. I was going to head over there a little early to make sure everything's OK. You want to tag along?
He's taken over the Labora Kitchen with his dinner prep. Elevator?
[DINGS]
ELEVATOR: Yes, Molly?
MOLLY BLOOM: Labora Kitchen, please.
ELEVATOR: Are you sure?
MOLLY BLOOM: Yes, I'm totally sure.
ELEVATOR: It's-- well, don't say I didn't warn you. Here you are. The Labora Kitchen. Good luck.
[DINGS]
MOLLY BLOOM: Gungador? It's Molly.
GUNGADOR: Molly! Gungador need help.
[YELLS]
MOLLY BLOOM: I'll say. What's going on in here?
GUNGADOR: Gungador hosting Smarty Pass dinner party. But cooking so hard. Pots, pans, stove. So many knobs.
MOLLY BLOOM: Well, we are here to help. How many people are you expecting?
GUNGADOR: Many. And not just people. Gungador invite all sorts of furry friends and scaly friends and slimy friends. But Gungador barely know what people eat, let alone all these other guests.
MOLLY BLOOM: What do you eat, Gungador?
GUNGADOR: Gungador train from birth to fight monsters. Live in video game. Most epic fighting battle realm.
[VIDEO GAME SOUND]
Until Gungador defeated by soundwave.
[SOUNDWAVE]
Then quit game to study dance.
[SHINY EFFECT]
And live at Brains On headquarters.
[SHINY EFFECT]
MOLLY BLOOM: What a helpful recap of your back story. So do you eat?
GUNGADOR: Of course. Gungador eats most extreme meals. Like metal pizza and cream cheese stuffed truck tires. And Frosted Flakes that have gone stale.
MOLLY BLOOM: OK. Well, don't cook any of that stuff. It looks like so far you've got something bubbling away on the stove. Is that a tennis shoe in there? OK. And something's baking in the oven. Maybe it's a cake. It's awfully big for a cake. Maybe it's--
GUNGADOR: It's tater tots hot dish.
MOLLY BLOOM: How is it even in that shape?
GUNGADOR: Gungador have no idea.
MOLLY BLOOM: OK, take a deep breath. We got this. We could always start with this nice cheese board. What was that, Gouda?
GUNGADOR: No.
MOLLY BLOOM: It tastes like Gouda to me.
GUNGADOR: Gungador mean no, stop. Cheese board for Tiny Squeaky.
MOLLY BLOOM: Tiny Squeaky? Oh, a mouse?
GUNGADOR: Yes, mouse. Mouse love cheese.
JOY DOLO: Hi, Molly. Hi, Gungador.
GUNGADOR: Joy Dolo! Host of Forever Ago.
JOY DOLO: Did I overhear you say mice love cheese? I think that's a myth.
GUNGADOR: No. It's in cartoons, so it must be true.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh no, Gungador. I thought you were going to talk to Barbara before you planned your meals.
GUNGADOR: Who?
MOLLY BLOOM: Barbara. Barbara Toddes. She's the nutrition program director at the Philadelphia Zoo. You said you were going to call her before you planned the menu.
GUNGADOR: Oh. Gungador said Gungador call barber for haircut to look fly for party.
JOY DOLO: You do look fly, Gungador.
GUNGADOR: Thank you, Joy Dolo.
[KNOCKS]
Not ready yet!
MOLLY BLOOM: Barbara. We were just talking about you. Come in.
BARBARA TODDES: Hello.
MOLLY BLOOM: I'm so glad you could make it.
[CLANGS]
BARBARA TODDES: Hi, Gungador.
GUNGADOR: Barbara, no time for pleasantries. Please, tell Joy mice eat cheese.
BARBARA TODDES: Yeah, that's kind of a myth.
JOY DOLO: Don't want to say I told you so, so I'll just say self high five. Way to be smart, Joy Dolo.
GUNGADOR: OK, what do mice eat? Please, say tater tot hot dish.
BARBARA TODDES: You know, a nice seed mix would be good for the mice. I think that would make them pretty happy.
GUNGADOR: Seeds? Seeds? Where can Gungador find seeds?
[KNOCKS]
Gungador not ready. Ever hear of term fashionably late?
MOLLY BLOOM: Come in.
BOB: Hi, Gungador.
MOLLY BLOOM AND JOY DOLO: Bob!
BOB: Sorry I'm a little early. You said it wasn't a potluck and that I shouldn't bring anything. But I couldn't help but bring my current snack obsession, seed mix. You got your pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and some dried millet.
GUNGADOR: Bob save Gungador dinner party. Here come hug.
[STOMPING]
BOB: Quite a hug. Gungador, I didn't know you were such a fiber fan. The Fiber Fan Forum's doing an in-person meeting next month, and it would be great if you could--
[KNOCKS]
GUNGADOR: Party not start for 10 minutes. Go away.
MOLLY BLOOM: That's not very polite, Gungador.
EVERYONE: Come in.
SANDEN TOTTEN: It's me, Sanden, here uncharacteristically early. Ooh, peanuts.
GUNGADOR: Sanden, no. Peanuts not for Sandens. Sandens eat caramel coated honey gummies over in that bowl. Peanuts for Lawrence the elephant.
BARBARA TODDES: No, you shouldn't be offering your elephant peanuts. It's not an appropriate food for an elephant.
GUNGADOR: Why not?
BARBARA TODDES: What elephants really are designed to eat are large amounts of grass or hay.
GUNGADOR: Grass or hay? Have all cartoons lied to Gungador? Let's see. Plenty of hay at Taco Farm. How much does Lawrence eat?
BARBARA TODDES: They eat a lot in a day. It's incredible the amount an elephant will consume. But they do much better if they eat a lot of these low quality foods.
GUNGADOR: Low quality. Taco Farm hay is the highest quality.
[SHINY EFFECT]
BARBARA TODDES: By low quality, I don't mean that they're contaminated or anything like that. I mean they're low in nutrient composition. And so if you feed them something like a peanut, which is an incredibly dense high fat protein little pellet, it doesn't do anything for them as far as satiating them or making them feel full. So no, your elephant will be much, much happier if you give him a great big pile of yellow hay.
GUNGADOR: OK, yellow hay. Gungador just made quick trip to Taco Farm.
[KNOCKS]
No. More knocking.
EVERYONE: Come in.
MARC SANCHEZ: 'Sup, pals?
EVERYONE: Hi, Marc Sanchez.
MARC SANCHEZ: Sorry I'm a few minutes early. I was just coming from my shift at the Taco Farm, and I didn't want to awkwardly hang outside waiting for the party to officially start. Plus, this wheelbarrow full of hay is pretty heavy.
GUNGADOR: Marc. Marc save dinner party.
[SHINY EFFECT]
BOB: I thought I saved the dinner party.
MARC SANCHEZ: It's true. My puns can save any awkward silence. Hey, check out this bowl of bananas. They have such great appeal. Hey-o.
[DRUM SNARE]
Speaking of, I don't mind if I do.
GUNGADOR: No, not for Marc. Marcs eat pickle tacos hanging from ceiling fan. Bananas for Gungador's new friend Maureen. Maureen nice monkey. Wait, Barbara, do monkeys actually eat bananas?
BARBARA TODDES: Monkeys will certainly eat bananas if you give them to them. But it will cause them a lot of problems.
GUNGADOR: What kind problems?
BARBARA TODDES: They'll get cavities. It will upset their stomachs. And it will give them diarrhea. It just really makes them sick.
MARC SANCHEZ: Talk about party poopers. Hey-o.
[DRUM SNARE]
GUNGADOR: Monkeys eat hay, by chance?
BARBARA TODDES: Well, they really do well with fruit, but you have to pick the fruit carefully. And vegetables. They love vegetables. One of the best vegetables for primates is carrots. Carrots are actually very, very similar to the fiber sugar that is found in wild fruit.
GUNGADOR: Hear that? Carrots. Gungador need a Gungador's dozen of carrots. Stat!
MOLLY BLOOM: A Gungador's dozen?
GUNGADOR: 15, Molly 15!
[BEEPING]
Marc, fix smoke detector. Joy, arrange hay in artful pattern. Sanden, get ranch dressing front and running. Bob, alphabetize the bites. Why no one moving?
JOY DOLO: How do you ask nicely, Gungador?
GUNGADOR: Please!
BOB: I'm on it, big buddy.
JOY DOLO: My pleasure.
SANDEN TOTTEN: Well you bet.
MARC SANCHEZ: Happy to help.
GUNGADOR: Thank you.
[FUMBLING]
[SHINY EFFECT]
GUNGADOR: Gungador and friends did it. Dinner party ready.
MOLLY BLOOM: And just in time.
[KNOCKS]
EVERYONE: Come in.
SUBJECT 1: Hey.
SUBJECT 2: Hi.
SUBJECT 3: That looks delicious.
SUBJECT 4: Gungador!
SUBJECT 5: Hey, everybody.
SUBJECT 6: Thanks for having us over.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
ROSE DUPONT: Thank you for stopping by Brains On headquarters today. This episode was made by me, Rose DuPont, Nico Gonzalez Wisler, Shahla Farzan, and [? Otto Moldis Lassy. ?] Many thanks to Vic Creckler and Eric Wringham. This episode was sound design by Rachel Breeze. Our executive producer is Beth Perlman, and the executives in charge of APM Studios are Chandra Kavati, Alex Schaffert, and Joann Griffith. Thanks so much for listening.
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