Sad Boys & Sad Girls Part 3

## Overview

Double Heads Variety Hour presents "Sad Boys and Sad Girls Part 3," where DJ Matt Fox presents a playlist combining sad boy and sad girl songs. He interviews a banana salesperson, discusses business with a local promoter, and works through parent issues with an independent child. Listen to the episode.

## Episode Summary

Matt Fox begins the episode without Dillon Minacci, who he has not seen In six days and considers him lost. Matt opens up about being sad due to the short days and year coming to a close, so he has curated a show entirely of sad boy songs. Before he can begin, he is interrupted by a woman named Laney Peel, who is trying to sell him bananas. She runs a small business called Happy Banana Do, where she employs stay-at-home mothers to grow bananas on their properties. Laney believes everyone should be eating more bananas to deal with Seasonal Affective Disorder and claims Matt should eat at least six a day.

They get a call from Garrett, who is in Long Beach, California enjoying his holiday. Laney quickly interjects and says that Garrett could afford to eat three more bananas per day to help improve the register of his voice. She also provides a playlist of sad girl songs, which helps flesh out the two-genre need of the show's format.

They receive a visit from Jessup Tornado, owner and operator of Tornado Enterprises, which provides promotion services for area businesses. Jessup is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents still reside as professors of social studies at an area university. He rebelled against his family's academia focus and now lives in Austin.

Matt later gets a call from Shadden Vondenen, another business owner who operates Coats of Arms, a boutique coat company that specializes in shoulder, pant, and hat coats. He is very interested in figuring out why Matt is so sad, but no one can really understand what he is saying due to his Scottish/German accent so they can't dig in much further. Shadden does inform the group that his wife has a company called Totes of Arms, that makes totes.

A final visitor arrives named Big Tow, Jr., a local child whose father is Big Tow, Sr., a notable towing business owner. Jessup confirms that Big Tow, Sr.'s company is a sham and that he gave them a one-star rating online. Big Tow, Jr. claims he's not allowed to enter the family business and that his mother has been missing since Christmas day. After further investigation, Laney admits to hiring Big Tow's mother to grow bananas for Happy Banana Do, and his mother is currently held up in a customs issue overseas. Despite further questionable details surrounding Happy Banana Do including fake currencies, unfair commissions, and possible kidnapping, Big Tow, Jr. decides to work with Laney.

They get a final call from a man named Jack who has been stuck in a box for a long time and comes from somewhere in Appalachia. Matt tries to get him to vote on whether the genres complement or contradict, but he doesn't give a correct answer.

They decide the genres complement.

## Characters

Matt Fox

Dillon Minacci

Laney Peel

Garrett

Jessup Tornado

Shadden Vondenen

Big Tow, Jr.

Jack

## Featured Music

Scott Walker - "Big Louise"

Sharon Van Etten - "Anything"

Waxahatchee - "Can't Do Much"

Tom Waits - "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You"

Angel Olsen - "(New Love) Cassette"