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Episode Transcript
Hello, Puzzlers, Welcome to the Puzzler Podcast, the Bunny Hot
Bar Spin in your puzzle BMX routine. I'm your host,
AJ Jacobs, and you might be wondering who is my
favorite composer. I do enjoy Beethoven and Mozart, but I
(00:27):
also want to give some love to James mor You
may not know his name, but you probably know his
greatest piece, his magnum Opus. It's called Deep Note. Jody,
Can you play it for us?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Love that song? That is the theme as you know
of TJX, heard at the beginning of many movies. And
we here at the Puzzler are huge fans of very
short songs like Morris's. Why we have a recurring game
name that very short tune. And today we're playing with
our guest, the awesome, wonderful Jessica Shaw, serious XM host
(01:10):
and my longtime friend. Welcome Jessica. Hello Jessica. Today, in
honor of your pop culture brilliance, we are going to
play a specific type of tune. This is name that
streaming service. So these are all streaming services. What are
(01:30):
you streaming these days?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
By the way, I am streaming poker Face on peacock
which I absolutely love and can't recommend highly enough.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I have enjoyed it as well. Okay, are you ready?
And there might come in handy. I'm just saying, all right,
will you please play streaming service sound logo number one?
Speaker 2 (01:59):
I know that one because I've heard it at the
beginning of so many things. So, yes, this is Netflix.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's it. We had to start with Netflix. It's sort
of the baseline. All right, Let's move on to number two,
Streaming service number two. Oh, that's good. We want a
little bit of struggle.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
The thing is, you know, when you I'm like, I
have heard that eight billion times, so it has to
be something I have. So it is it? I'm going
to guess, am I getting a Handmaid's Tale vibe from this?
I don't know? Is it? Is it? Hulu?
Speaker 1 (02:42):
You got the Handmail's tail vibe? Correct? It is exactly right.
You got your only murderers in the building. Maybe you
watch that m h you.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Want more comedy? I went just leak, sir.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
You really brought the mood down. Okay, how about sound
go number three? Please play that? Hmm?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
That's that feels so that almost has like a Downton
Abby vibe to it. I just I feel like I
should be wearing a corset right now, but but I
feel like I don't. I don't think that public television
has its own streaming service. Sounds so, and yet I
recognize it? Is it Amazon?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Oh my god, you got I was all ready to
give you a hint that it's a marvelous streaming service
and you didn't need it. It is Amazon, home to
marvelous missus maseel uh oh.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I thought you were going marvel and I was like,
that's not okay. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh so it was a terrible hint. So that's good.
I didn't give it. All right, all right, So the
last one, and please play the final logo?
Speaker 2 (04:01):
What is that at the end? It almost sounds like
like like someone fanning themselves, and I like it. I like,
you know, envisioning a whole world of a story with
that song. I honestly I'm gonna say peacock only because
you said it might come in handy that I like pokeron,
I gave it away.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yes, it is peacock. And my theory and I don't
have confirmation, is that that is the rustling of the
peacock's feathers.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yes, yes, the more you know the more you know that.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
What's theirs? Well, thank you, Jessica. I would say you
watch way too much streaming, but it's your job, so absolutely.
And what is your favorite very short song by the way,
aside from those anything bye.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
The beating of my heart when I talk to you.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
You know how to get me. Thank you? All right,
So before we wrap up, as always for all you
puzzlers at home, here is your extra credit puzzle. It's
another one of my favorite very short songs. But it's
not a streaming service, so take a lesson and see
what you think. All right, let me know who recognizes that.
(05:24):
And puzzlers, please don't forget to subscribe to the Puzzler podcast.
I'll meet you here tomorrow for more puzzling puzzles that
will puzzle you puzzlingly. Hi, puzzlers, Greg Pliska here with
the extra credit answer from our previous show. On that show,
(05:47):
we asked you to find the link between these five
items Trout, Fox, Man, Row, and Bay and the answer
to that puzzle is Michael or Mike. Those are all
individuals with that first name. Hope you all got that one.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
See you next time.
Hosts And Creators
Greg Pliska
A.J. Jacobs
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