Buried Treasure: Cheese Quest/A Diary Of A Corn Snake, feat. David Schwimmer (S2E13)

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In this nostalgic episode of Story Pirates, host Lee celebrates the winners of the Summer Story Challenge, highlighting submissions from kids across 28 countries. The main

Key takeaways

• Creativity knows no borders—over 900 stories were submitted from kids worldwide during the Summer Story Challenge.

Main topics

• Children's creativity and storytelling
• The power of imagination in comedy and music

Notable quotes

"I am a rabbit who's obsessed with cheese. My house is made of cheese. Your dog is made of cheese."

Conclusion

The episode closes with a whimsical and slightly absurd cheese-fueled climax,

Transcript preview

Speaker 4 (0:00) Lemonada Speaker 4 (0:07) Hey, Story Pirates podcast listeners, Lee here. Welcome back to Story Pirates Summer. And it's finally time. Time to announce the winners of the Summer Story Challenge. Truthfully, you're all winners because being creative is its own reward. So if you sent a story to us this summer, even if you only sent in one, you are amazing. And so many kids... did send us stories. We had, get this, 937 kids send us stories during the Summer Story Challenge from 28 Speaker 6 (0:47) different countries around the world Speaker 4 (0:50) for a total of 3,695 stories. Wow! That is incredible. I am blown away. You are the most amazing creative listeners in the world. Thank you, my friends. And now it's time to announce our final leaderboard for the Summer Story Challenge. At number 10 on the individual leaderboard, we have Acadia, a six-year-old in Massachusetts. At number nine, we have a tie between Kishav, age seven in North Carolina, and Ziva. age five in Arizona. At number eight, we have a tie between Rafi, age six in Rhode Island, and Kurt, an 11-year-old in Pennsylvania. At number seven, we've got Adrian, a 10-year-old in Georgia. And at six, Alessandro, an eight-year-old in Spain. At number five, Luisa, age 13 in Washington. And at number four, Gus, age eight in Canada, which brings us to the top three. At three, we've got Brooklyn, a 10-year-old in Pennsylvania. At number two, we've got Tabitha, age 11 in Arizona. And at number one on the individual leaderboard, congratulations to Ethan, a 10-year-old in Washington. Now, let's move over to the group leaderboard. Coming in at number five, we've got Ari and Judah in New York. At number four, Sawyer, Brady, and Landon in New Jersey. At number three, Theo, Richard, and Elliot in Indiana. At number two, Zach, Ben, Vivian, Violet in Canada. And coming in at number one on the group leaderboard, congratulations to Zev and Ruben in Oregon. Speaker 4 (2:53) A big congrats to every single one of you. Incredible work. Leaderboard peeps, we'll be in touch soon about when the pizza party's gonna happen. And everyone else in the Story Summer Challenge, keep your eyes out for your certificates coming soon. Okay, on to today's episode, which is a throwback to season two. After a few more words for the grown-ups. Speaker 6 (3:27) Captain's log. Another foggy day. The fog is so thick I can't even see my hand in front of my face. There's just too much fog. Fog. Is that really the right word for fog? Oh no. I think I said fog too many times and now it sounds funny. Fog. Fog? I guess that's right. Foggy. Fog. Oh no. Fog doesn't sound like a real word anymore. Speaker 2 (3:55) Ah! Speaker 3 (3:56) Hey, uh, Speaker 6 (3:57) Rolo? What's Speaker 3 (3:58) going on? Speaker 6 (3:59) Why are you screaming? Are you okay? Speaker 4 (4:00) No! Something Speaker 3 (4:01) terrible has happened! Speaker 6 (4:03) What? I said fog too many Speaker 3 (4:04) times Speaker 6 (4:05) and now it doesn't sound like a Speaker 3 (4:06) word! Oh, Rolo, that's not a big deal. That's actually the point of vocal warm-ups. Speaker 6 (4:12) Yeah, do you know how many times words haven't made sense to me? Speaker 3 (4:15) Yeah, once I said my own name so many times I was convinced I didn't exist. And I don't, according to the government, so... Rolo, Speaker 4 (4:21) fog is a word and it does accurately describe what the weather is right now. Speaker 6 (4:26) Okay, then we have another problem. What? There's something scary in the fog and it's barreling towards us. Huh? Speaker 6 (4:35) You're right, and it's getting closer! What is it? Some kind of blurry bird? It does look like a bird. I think it's saying something. What was that? What did it say? It's almost here! Speaker 6 (4:51) Ow! Oh no! It's here! But Speaker 4 (4:54) it's not moving. Speaker 6 (4:55) Should we get closer? Hello, blurry bird? Can you hear us? Speaker 4 (4:59) Wait Speaker 6 (4:59) a Speaker 5 (4:59) second. Speaker 6 (5:00) This blurry bird looks familiar. Speaker 5 (5:02) Poochie? Oh! What a landing! Boy, are my wings tired. Say, what's a bird gotta do to get a glass of water around here? Huh? Speaker 6 (5:12) Poochie! Yeah, Speaker 5 (5:14) that's my name. Poo- Rolo? Oh, Speaker 6 (5:16) it's so good to see you! Rolo! Old pal! Speaker 4 (5:19) Rolo. Who is Poochie? Speaker 6 (5:21) Poochie's my old parrot. He used to sit right here on my shoulder and everything. Oh, that's me. That Speaker 4 (5:27) is Speaker 5 (5:27) me. Oh, it's really nice to meet you. Hello. Okay, now that we got these pleasantries out of the way, I urgently need to talk to all y'all. What Speaker 6 (5:35) is it, Poochie? Speaker 5 (5:35) I have a bit of a business proposition for yous. Ooh! What does that mean? It means we're all about to be rich. Um, Speaker 1 (6:00) are you sure you want to know that? Speaker 2 (6:05) I swear to thee. that you can never think of. I put Speaker 1 (6:10) some jokes in there. Hope you like it. The Sully Pirates. Speaker 4 (6:18) Back to the Story Speaker 6 (6:19) Pirates Podcast. Where we take stories written by kids. And turn Speaker 3 (6:23) them into sketch comedy and songs. Speaker 6 (6:26) Poochie, I have so much to tell you. I became a story pirate. And I lost my mustache. And met a seagull. And... Hey, Rolo. Yes, Speaker 4 (6:35) Lay? Can we do a story first? Oh, Speaker 6 (6:37) yes. Poochie, wait until you hear this great story. You're going to love it. Hey, listeners. Do you have a favorite food? A food that you would do anything for? If so, I think you'll relate to Speaker 4 (6:51) the main character of this first story. Here's the author to introduce it. Speaker 1 (6:56) Hi, my name is Miley. I'm 11 years old and I live in Utah. My story is called Cheese Quest. Speaker 6 (7:12) I am a rabbit who's obsessed with cheese. My house is made of cheese. Your dog is made of cheese. I am a rabbit who's obsessed with cheese. I got an air freshener that's also made of cheese. That's blue. So tell me what can you do when you're cheese crazy? So crazy. So crazy. When you're cheese so much, I'll ask. I know the journey's long and tough, but I Speaker 4 (8:13) And so, after many weeks of journeying across the vast cheese plains of Cheezissippi, the rocky cheese cliffs of Cheezylvania, and of course, beautiful downtown Colby, Wisconsin, the Speaker 6 (8:22) rabbit finally reached the plateau of Speaker 4 (8:23) Cheese Mountain and Speaker 6 (8:24) approached the Temple of the Cheese Gods. I am a rabbit who's obsessed with cheese, so gods, I'm begging please, tell me why do I love cheese? Why do I always seem to want it all, like even at the mall? You'll find me... Speaker 6 (8:49) Wait, wait, wait, back up. Speaker 4 (8:50) I just want to clarify something. There is cheese at the mall? Yeah. Well, that is none of your concern. A rabbit like you should like Speaker 6 (8:59) these instead. Oh. That Speaker 4 (10:12) was a Speaker 3 (10:13) good Speaker 4 (10:13) one. That Speaker 3 (10:14) story was amazing. Speaker 6 (10:17) Poochie, it's so good to see you again! Oh, you too, Rollo. Speaker 3 (10:21) So, how do you two know each other? Speaker 6 (10:23) Oh, Poochie and I used to be the best of friends. We went to pirate school together. We used to get into all kinds of trouble. We were always pranking people, goofing on each other, and running long, elaborate cons. Sorry, what was the last thing you just... Nothing! The point is, we were friends who were always up to no good. Isn't that right, Poochie? Mm-hmm, yep. That's pirate school and the... Pranking? Goofing? Ah, Speaker 5 (10:47) yeah, yeah. Anyway, listen, Rollo, you know what? I'm starting a business with a couple of my buds, you see, and I'm going to give you the opportunity of a lifetime to get in on the ground floor. Speaker 6 (11:00) I don't know. I kind of