WeWow on the Weekend: Baby Dennis, Reviewsies, and Flamingoes! (Encore)

Wow in the World - Tinkercast

In this encore episode of 'WeWow on the Weekend,' hosts Dennis and Baby Dennis return to Mother's Basement for a fun-filled mix of games, playful banter, and a nostalgic deep dive into a classic 'Wow in the World' episode

Key takeaways

• Flamingos can stand on one leg for hours with minimal energy, offering potential inspiration for robotic design and human prosthetics.

Main topics

• Flamingo biology and balance mechanics
• Podcast fan engagement via 'reviewsies'

Notable quotes

"Static Man is Mr. Dennis!"

Conclusion

The episode wraps with laughter and lighthearted fun, celebrating curi

Transcript preview

Speaker 3 (0:00) Hey, Wowzer fams. Mindy here. And before we start the show... Oh, hey, Reg. What's that? A new pigeon dropping? Isn't that the postcard you send out to members of the World Organization of Wowzers every quarter? Can I see it? You need to see if I'm a member of the W-O-W first? But Reg, come on, it's me, Mindy! Huh? You're not seeing a Mindy on the list? Okay, uh, try Mandy. I think Thomas Fingerling signed me up. Speaker 1 (0:37) Yes! Can Speaker 3 (0:38) I get my pigeon dropping now? What? Speaker 3 (0:52) What? Speaker 3 (1:10) you get to help support all the work that goes into powering the wow at Tinkercast. Grownups, visit Tinkercast.com slash membership to sign up today. That's Tinkercast.com slash membership. And now for a quick ad break and then back to the show. Speaker 2 (1:28) We wow on the weekend. We wow on the weekend. We wow on the weekend. Because this is what we do on the weekend. Talking, laying, ready. Speaker 1 (1:50) Oh wait, no, I said laughing twice. Speaker 2 (1:52) Uh, Speaker 1 (1:53) whatever. Speaker 2 (1:54) We wow on the weekend. We wow on the week. We wow on the weekend. Cause this is what we do on the week. Speaker 2 (2:07) And welcome to Wee Wow on the Weekend. I'm your host, Dennis. And Reggie is my co-host, which I guess also makes him your co-host, I think. This is the show where we hang out in Mother's Basement on the weekend and chit-chat and play games and listen to episodes of Tinkercast Podcasts and do all kinds of other stuff. I don't Speaker 1 (2:29) know, Reggie. All kinds. Speaker 2 (2:32) Hmm. Well, what do you want to do first? No, I don't want to do that. Let's play what's in the box again. What do you mean that bit is played out? Well, I think it's still funky fresh. Let's do it. I found a box down here in the basement. And now I'm going to find out what's in the box. Okay, you stay here. I'm going to go into the crawl space. Reggie, quiet. I'm Speaker 1 (2:57) not going to get stuck again. Speaker 2 (2:59) I Speaker 1 (2:59) just got to... Speaker 2 (3:00) Duck under this one beam. Ow. Okay, I'm in. I'm just gonna grab a box here. Okay, I got one. Okay, got a box. Now let's open it and find out what's in it. Ready? What's in this box? Speaker 2 (3:32) Baby Dennis! Baby Dennis is back, baby! Baby Dennis, my favorite ventriloquist dummy who looks just like me. Speaker 1 (3:43) Dennis looks just like baby Speaker 2 (3:44) Dennis. What were you doing in the box, baby Dennis? The giant pigeon put baby Dennis in here. Reggie, how could you? Speaker 1 (3:54) Oh, yeah, I guess I did leave him sitting out. Thanks Speaker 2 (3:57) for putting him away. But now we need to start the show over. Because we have another co-host. Yay! Ahem. Hello and welcome to Wee Wow on the Weekend. Speaker 1 (4:10) I'm your host. Dennis. And Speaker 2 (4:12) I'm Baby Dennis. Reggie, Baby Dennis is not weird Speaker 1 (4:17) and creepy. Speaker 2 (4:18) Yeah, I'm adorable. Speaker 1 (4:20) Hey, Baby Dennis, what do you want to do on the show today? Speaker 2 (4:24) Baby Dennis Speaker 1 (4:25) wants to review reviewsies. Great Speaker 2 (4:28) idea, Baby Dennis. Reggie, Speaker 1 (4:31) you Speaker 2 (4:31) know what Speaker 1 (4:32) reviewsies are. Yeah, Reggie, reviewsies Speaker 2 (4:35) are the comments people write on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. or whatever and they give us stars and we print them out and read them out loud! That's right! Very good, baby Dennis! Hee hee! Okay, here we go! Ahem! I'm reading rib-boozies for me and my doozies! We got us some doozies! Rib-boozies! Speaker 2 (5:04) Right, let's get the first reviewsy here. This one's from username... Uh-oh. I can't read that. Speaker 1 (5:13) Oh, is it something naughty? No, Speaker 2 (5:17) it's not naughty. I just don't know what all these symbols are. Uh, underscore, six, circumflex, open bracket, close bracket, circumflex again. I'm Speaker 1 (5:29) not Speaker 2 (5:29) reading all these symbols. Ahem. The title says... Questions for Dennis. The message says, Mr. Dennis. Ooh, I like being called Mr. Dennis. Mr. Dennis, I have five questions for you. Speaker 1 (5:46) Five? Speaker 2 (5:48) Question one. Who do you think is Static Man? And then, um, that's Speaker 1 (5:55) it. Speaker 2 (5:56) Where are the rest of the questions? Mr. Dennis, me... Mr. Dennis! Yes? Baby Dennis knows who Static Man is! Well, that's just a... Static Man is Mr. Dennis! Okay, Speaker 1 (6:15) that's all right if you don't know Baby Dennis. Speaker 2 (6:18) We're all the way... that Static Man is probably someone really strong and Speaker 1 (6:23) really capable and really Speaker 2 (6:25) mysterious and really good at Speaker 1 (6:27) gardening. Next question. Static Man is me. No, no, Speaker 2 (6:31) no, no, no. Next question. Okay, this one is from username TTGBBJNK. The title says chicken. And the message says chicken, chicken, chicken emoji. Huh. Speaker 1 (6:48) Well, my response to you is, uh, Speaker 2 (6:52) I don't know. Baby Dennis, how do we respond? Pigeon, pigeon, pigeon, pigeon emoji. Next pigeon. I mean, next reviewsy. All right, this last reviewsy. I know, I know. My printer ran out of ink. Sorry. Speaker 1 (7:12) This Speaker 2 (7:13)