rant · moment 14 of 15
The Willy Wonka Slugworth/Frick Tangent
from Twinks in a Cage · #41
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minA rambling detour comparing the show to the Willy Wonka ride, trying to remember who Slugworth was and confusing him with industrialist Henry Clay Frick, then linking Slugworth's espionage plot to FBI informant recruitment and 9/11 hijacker theories.
- 50:55Tim suggests Muhammad Ali flew planes into the towers, then pivots to joking about people claiming dead celebrities were still alive.
- 51:28He riffs on the idea of just giving them 19 people to work with, like a simple solution to a security problem.
- 51:54The musical will be about an hour long but also 15 minutes long—a contradiction he doesn't resolve.
- 52:16Tim warns against sending unsolicited audition tapes of people singing 'A Whole New World' in their rooms.
- 52:30Asking anyone with printing connections to provide free programs for the show.
- 52:42Raiseman has asked three times about programs; Tim points out it's just a record of what they've done.
- 52:54They have one guy doing music but he might not be able to handle backing tracks.
- 53:17Tim said 15 people were needed for the band, then corrects someone who heard six, listing drums, piano, guitar, and 'something else.'
- 53:52Tim quotes Kennedy's 'Ask not what your country can do for you,' then pivots to joking about seeing possibilities and calling himself a pragmatist.
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