Return of the Calzoniverse Part 4

## Overview

Double Heads Variety Hour presents “Return of the Calzoniverse Part 4," where DJs Dillon Minacci and Matt Fox present a playlist combining The Terminal soundtrack and music about air travel. They talk to fellow passengers, play carnival games and become smugglers. Listen to the episode.

## Episode Summary

Dillon Minacci and Matt Fox wake up in an airport after sleeping for the past two weeks. Neither of them are sure how they got there or where exactly they are, although it seems similar to Nashville International Airport in the Stromboliverse. They both have plane tickets from Southwest for a flight back to Austin in the Stromboliverse, and it turns out they're at the Nashville Interdimensional Airport, which Matt can't seem to ever say correctly.

They meet fellow passenger Caterina Blockbuster, who is a tourist visiting from the Rental Universe. She is spending her entire life savings on a vacation to Austin to visit We Luv Video, a new rental store that is set to open soon at an unspecified date. In her universe everyone rents everything, and she is excited to share some of her insights with this nascent rental store.

Another passenger then interrupts their conversation asking for beer. The passenger's name is Booger and he claims to be from a universe where you throw quarters into milk jugs. At first the DJs think he might be from a carnival universe, but the more they speak to him, the more they realize he is likely just a carnie in the Calzoniverse.

They then get a call from Karalyne Rubin, who is the sister of famed astronaut Kathleen Rubin. Karalyne is a fan of Double Heads Variety Hour and discusses her job as an enamel pin manufacturer, where she creates "astronaut merch," which is just NASA-themed pins that barely avoid copyright infringement issues. She is not a fan of Brian Eno and calls him Brian Emo.

Brian Uno calls in quickly following to clarify that he actually wrote *Music for Airports*, and that Brian Eno stole the album from him and released it under his own name. Uno has created numerous ambient records about factories, and most recently created an album called *The Rock*, which he co-wrote with Dwayne Johnson.

As the DJs chat further with Caterina, it turns out the Rental Universe's entire economy is based on renting, which includes licenses to fly planes. Consequently, the entire universe is riddled with plane crashes. They also learn that Booger doesn't actually have a plane ticket and is likely trying to sneak on the plane. He challenges Dillon to a carnival game to try to win his ticket in a bet, but Dillon wins the game and keeps his ticket.

The DJs then decide to hide Booger in a body bag and sneak him on the flight. After packing him up, they get a call from Jesper of the CSA (Calzoniverse Safety Administration), who asks them a number of questions about their body bag. The DJs successfully hide the fact they're sneaking Booger on board and then learn that Jesper saw them get dropped off at the airport by a tiny car of 30 clowns.

They decide the genres complement.

## Characters

Matt Fox

Dillon Minacci

Caterina Blockbuster

Booger

Karalyne Rubin

Brian Uno

Jesper

## Featured Music

Brian Eno - "2/1"

John Williams - "Jazz Autographs"

Flight Attendant - "Cotton Candy"

Sugar Ray - "Fly"