Episode 2

The second episode of Lecture Hall. Uploaded on September 22, 2020.
recapped by Kevin on 9/21/21

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* Dylan is excited to be wrong about her estimate of how many guys would get off to the podcast
* Broti’s inspirational nursing coffee mug makes its first and only appearance
* Dylan introduces her swindling by an obese russian instagram raccoon
	+ Dylan first mentions Micro-pig Pinky
	+ Broti gives Micro-pig Pinky credit for inventing the wheel
	+ Broti’s birthday is right around Christmas, no big deal
	+ Dylan received a special offer from Tema to purchase Broti’s gift via some shady internet marketing practices
	+ Dylan had significant parcel tracking problems with a non-native english speaker
	+ Big calendar never arrived in time for Broti’s birthday on December 28
	+ Broti has received more joy from Dylan’s feud with the Bernie Madoff of fat instagram raccoons than the big calendar would have provided
	+ Broti reveals that she largely does not believe in animals
	+ Broti also reveals that Pumpkin died, sadly on the same day as RBG, causing an earthquake
	+ “The only thing sadder than like, begging a raccoon for 25 dollars back is giving up” - Dylan Gelula, 2020
* B&D begin what can only be described as “teenage years website hall”
	+ Broti mentions Geocities but calls it “Geocites”
	+ Dylan reveals her past as a bad web designer
	+ Broti mentions her older sister and how having an older sibling introduces you to trends too early
	+ Broti reveals she once claimed a Xanga site was “her own website” and that she has a love of Comic Sans, while Dylan loves Curlz MT
	+ B&D show their appreciation for the song Bad Day by Daniel Powter
	+ B&D realize they both have “got your period early” energy, why they maxed out at 15 in terms of looks
	+ Dylan reveals that she was seeing “Memoirs of a Geisha” in theaters when she got her period for the first time, Broti notes there is something very “welcome to womanhood” about this
	+ B&D again reflect on how they cannot edit anything out after having a very personal discussion of Dylan’s first period
* Dylan asks who should go first this week
* Dylan has been texting Broti all week to tell her that her topic is incredible, Broti’s thing is described as “fine” so she decides to go first

### Broti’s segment

* Broti describes her topic as “a fun one”
* B&D ponder the fate of The World’s Fair
* Dylan admits that when it starts to break down is when they have questions
* Dylan says Broti is begging people to take her location
* Broti does want people to track her
* Dylan does think that adult identical twins should be in the circus, perhaps 20 pairs doing a dance
* B&D reveal their love for dogs that enter marathons, or just in general when they “kind of do medium at something”
* Broti mentions this Washington Post headline, a middling review for an animal
* Dylan appreciates middling reviews for animals and kids being really good at singing, especially Defying Gravity
* B&D realize the transitory nature of being a mailman
* Dylan thinks that most male listeners are not familiar with whowhatwear.com
* Broti gives a shout out to Gatlinburg’s finest place, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum
* Broti kills William Garcia of California before revealing that he in fact, did not die, again revealing that they do not know how to edit
* Broti ends her topic unceremoniously so Dylan recalls an awkward interaction between Alex Trebek and a Jeopardy! contestant about marathons
* Broti does a great job of recapping her entire topic, a first for the podcast
* Dlyan reveals there is a thematic connection between their topics

### Dylan’s segment

* B&D decide today is “Athens Day” on the pod
* B&D reflect on how much they learned about Ancient Greece as opposed to any other culture or historical period
* B&D shout out to the two of their listeners who are familiar with improv comedy (including Broti’s boyfriend Greg who receives his first shout out)
* Dylan reveals that she dropped out of school when she was 17, explaining her pronunciation issues with many names during her segment
* B&D promise to not saying anything about the entertainment industry on the pod or else will need to edit it out, a promise they have broken countless times since this episode
* Dylan notices the provenance of the Meet the Parents franchise
* B&D note their fear of Judd Apatow’s powers of ridicule
* B&D discuss Statler and Waldorf - the muppets that hate The Muppets
* Dylan asks how 10,000 people could hear a play, with a bunch of question marks, and Broti starts an aborted conversation about acoustics
* Dylan says that everyone hates Broti’s yearly list of “Biggest Cowards in the Army”
* B&D decide that the funniest people in the world are 12-14 years old, because they make observations about people’s appearance that are really mean and specific
* Broti creates high art - a back-to-back experience of “Saving Private Ryan” and the same cast performing in “Saturday Night Live”
* Dylan gives some timely King Lear spoilers
* Broti tells a very dark story starting with a very dark sentence about a sketch class she took at 19, causing Dylan’s soul to leave her body
* Broti resumes rocking back and forth, the result of drinking coffee
* B&D discuss their thoughts on sons beating their fathers after hearing Dylan’s account of Artistophane’s “The Clouds” which is mostly just a burn on Socrates, and not the inspiration for “Meet the Fockers”
* Dylan admits that when she sees someone with a chin, she thinks of Jay Leno
* B&D agree that women are sleepy, arguably the most important takeaway from the episode

### Ending Segment

* Broti ends by emphasizing that they did a really good job
* Dylan claims they spoke to Patreon on the phone, with an Al Green
	+ The call was reported to have big Throuple energy
* Discussion of the podcast (musical) theme resumes, with Broti suggesting “La Vie en Rose”, which she can play on the piano
* As usual the podcast ends with the lowest energy of the entire episode

## Topics

### Dylan's topic

* Comedy in Ancient Greece
	+ Mostly focused on Old Comedy
	+ specifically, The Clouds by Aristophanes