142 - Gerbert (feat. Devon and Trinket)
Added 2024-06-12 06:00:08 +0000 UTCDevon and Trinket (Traditional Scrench) join the lads for some adventures in Christian puppetry as they dive into the rich tapestry of Bible stories and malevolent paint brush gods that is: Gerbert. Topics include UK children’s programming, the militarism of evangelical ideology, and the dangers of giving tuppence to birds.
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Media Referenced in this Episode:
Gerbert
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Commercial: “Binney Brush: The Lost Episode” feat. Matt Cox as “Binney Brush”
Comments
It took me *far* too long to realise that was an interstitial and I was fucking rolling with laughter
Peter Larkin
2024-10-02 22:30:03 +0000 UTCAlso the English dub is fucking hilarious
Zipzapzop
2024-09-18 22:19:25 +0000 UTCSeeing EIT and this podcast come together is basically all I need in life.
Josh James
2024-08-22 19:09:18 +0000 UTCBrian’s never been more relatable for me personally than during the brief rant about respect for clowning, I felt that “I’m not doing a JOKE here” in my SOUL🙌🏻
Maple
2024-07-11 02:50:10 +0000 UTCIf you've seen "I Saw the TV Glow", the look of Binney Brush is giving me big Mr. Melancholy vibes for some reason.... don't like that.
Thom Coté
2024-06-20 17:39:37 +0000 UTCI hope moving swiftly past the relationship between CBN and Tatsunoko represents an intent to do a Superbook/Flying House episode in the future, because the story of that relationship (a successful anime studio obsessed with breaking into the American market, evangelists wanting to spread their ideology to a new nation) endlessly fascinating.
Andrew T. Wilson
2024-06-20 12:12:23 +0000 UTCMuch like Brian Alford, Gerbert should be put to death.
IHateBrianAlflord
2024-06-18 20:40:42 +0000 UTCoh man, puppet ministries. In Grand Rapids, there was a missions organization called MOSES. We did missions trips to mexico and would do puppets with a pre-recorded skit in spanish. I went on SOO many trips with them, and in retrospect, it was pure torture for me.
TalkGibberish
2024-06-17 12:03:36 +0000 UTCI listened to 75% of this before I suddenly realised we had the Christmas episode of Gerbert on video when we were kids. I don't know if any show has ever left less of a lasting impact on me.
Sam Milne
2024-06-16 03:15:47 +0000 UTCfun fact about that: sandi patti has a broadway standards album. her voice is well suited to r&h but she has no idea how to approach sondheim
The Worst of all Possible Worlds
2024-06-15 20:11:05 +0000 UTCI have not thought about the secret life of toys for YEARS how DARE YOU
Ray of F---ing Sunshine
2024-06-15 16:32:47 +0000 UTCgerb your enthusiasm
Ethan Ness
2024-06-15 04:29:02 +0000 UTCGod loves you and we do too
Jimmy McMillan
2024-06-15 00:16:35 +0000 UTCJesus CHRIST Quigleys Village is like a repressed memory.
Grouchiest Marxiest
2024-06-15 00:03:59 +0000 UTCI was NOT ready for the real actual energy of the brush guy.
2007 Christian Rock
2024-06-14 16:12:18 +0000 UTCI knew this fucker was real. I worked at RBC Ministries in Grand Rapids (Our Daily Bread now) as a broadcast intern and have stirring memories of puppeteers and Christian media.
2007 Christian Rock
2024-06-14 16:11:47 +0000 UTCThe Donut Man’s music is on Spotify in the US, listening to those songs awakens me like The Manchurian Candidate (for God)
2007 Christian Rock
2024-06-14 16:10:32 +0000 UTCOh man, I normally know everything evangelical you guys talk about but Gerbert is new to me. Thank you for this 🙏
Nyeaustin
2024-06-14 15:50:09 +0000 UTCI shouted and laughed in the car when AJ said "at double speed the songs sound like Vampire Weekend"
Adam Kelly
2024-06-13 23:14:49 +0000 UTCI've never heard of Gerbert before. Is anyone familiar with the Donut Man or Quigley's Village? Those were my christian puppet shows growing up. I'd love to hear an episode on one of those
Jimmy McMillan
2024-06-13 22:48:41 +0000 UTCAJ, I only know who Sandi Patti is because I have listened to too many podcasts and things about evangelicals. But you genuinely should look her up, she actually has a great voice and in a parallel universe would be excellent in musicals! She is apparently one of Kristin Chenoweth’s inspirations.
Elizabeth Power
2024-06-13 22:08:57 +0000 UTC"Onward Christian Soldiers" is weirdly enough an English song. I think there's a kind of Military Protestant Culture that died with the empire in the UK but lives on in America.
Kill James Bond Highlights
2024-06-13 21:51:22 +0000 UTCAnd by justice i do mean horror.
Majestic Affect
2024-06-13 21:37:06 +0000 UTCYessss other people know The Christmas Toy! In addition to just being great, because it was sponsored by Kraft, where you'd normally have commercial breaks, they instead aired unhinged Kraft recipes for "festive" dishes (a.k.a. crushed potato chips mixed with margarine)
Jonathan V. Cann
2024-06-13 21:19:55 +0000 UTCI am convinced that this episode is just a two hour AJ sketch and that Gerbert never existed.
Max
2024-06-13 18:50:44 +0000 UTCWhen I was a kid PBS was still playing reruns of the 70s show The Letter People. I found it fascinatingly unsettling. Just look up Mr. T and his Tall Teeth
Dergon
2024-06-13 18:37:14 +0000 UTCThis made me rewatch one of the Brutalmoose gerbert vids and in it gerbert does sadly say he's adopted, which crushes the theories about the implied puppet human romance. However, it does shine a light on the struggles of a human parent raising a puppet child, which is a common but overlooked element of American culture.
Curtis F.
2024-06-13 16:58:14 +0000 UTCI can't wait for next week's episode covering Greg the Bunny.
Korax
2024-06-13 15:07:33 +0000 UTCI had to go watch a Binney Brush compilation... The audio alone does not do it justice.
Majestic Affect
2024-06-13 11:39:06 +0000 UTCAny of the Boys' Bible Study hosts would make excellent TWOAPW guests. Just putting it out there.
FamiCommie
2024-06-13 00:57:44 +0000 UTCthe vile puppet
Cassandra Banner
2024-06-12 22:38:56 +0000 UTCGerbert the pervert
murt pie
2024-06-12 21:18:29 +0000 UTCI have dim memories of Gerbert that my mind was trying desperately to suppress.
Marty Shambles
2024-06-12 21:18:22 +0000 UTCFascinated also by this world where “special needs” meant poor. Like I’m about the same age as the hosts (I think) and it was firmly entrenched as an ableist slur for my whole childhood, if I remember correctly.
Heather
2024-06-12 21:09:32 +0000 UTCThe psychic toll this episode has taken on me and I'm only 30 mins in
Radio Free Tote Bag
2024-06-12 20:54:33 +0000 UTCI got asked once to help with the singing puppets as a kid. I had an old man puppet with his arms sewn together so he could hold something, found a root beer bottle with the labels removed. Placed bottle in puppet arms and made him take a few swigs during the songs. I was not asked to help again...
Dergon
2024-06-12 20:45:34 +0000 UTCI really don't like that gerbert is the episode that finally made me subscribe.
zetsubunn
2024-06-12 19:51:46 +0000 UTCi was in a youth puppet ministry for most of my time growing up. we went to an international puppet ministry convention called I-Fest. still got some old puppets at my parents' house
Bruce
2024-06-12 19:49:50 +0000 UTCGerbert was gonna be the basis for the new season of Channel Zero but it was too scary and orange, so they canceled the show.
Dergon
2024-06-12 18:57:16 +0000 UTCSo we are getting the “Gerbert’s Ceaseless Patriotism Celebration” series right? Two episodes a month dedicated to evangelicals christian children entertainment.
Ben Gialenios
2024-06-12 16:44:17 +0000 UTCOh perfect I was just looking for something to listen to today while I take the bar off of a chainsaw
Elah
2024-06-12 14:59:00 +0000 UTChis family came over from Germany in 1919
Nemo
2024-06-12 14:04:09 +0000 UTCAs Mr. Kaiser's appearance was never mentioned I'll continue to imagine him wearing a pickelhaube and a huge mustace
Kapjak
2024-06-12 13:23:14 +0000 UTCSo the Gerbert puppet has the same origin story as the Henry’s baby puppet from Eraserhead, just laying that one out there.
Amy Godliman
2024-06-12 13:17:10 +0000 UTCChristmas Toy is so good though, no lie.
Ember
2024-06-12 13:07:13 +0000 UTCOh... oh no. I had forgotten about this orange creature. Why must you remind me? :-D
Ember
2024-06-12 13:06:52 +0000 UTCit’s honestly despicable, I should’ve known that this would happen when they decided to cover this topic without a single FP voice represented on the show
Max Johansson
2024-06-12 11:53:35 +0000 UTCI can't believe the anti-fabricated persons attitudes that they brought to this week's episode. Why don't they go full masks-off and call them socks? On a lighter note, watch Jim Henson's A Christmas Toy. Frozen toys can come back.
MuppetImp
2024-06-12 11:01:31 +0000 UTCI lost it at "Gerbert wasn't created ... he was found"
Nemo
2024-06-12 10:16:04 +0000 UTCThe skit voice for the paintbrush was so close it took me a while to realize it was a bit
John Her
2024-06-12 07:57:23 +0000 UTCThe Eschaton has Immanentized. Womp
chris
2024-06-12 06:06:08 +0000 UTC
