• Promo for Bart Merrick and Crystal Van as realtors
• Melissa shares positive experience buying a home
• Friday Free Show recorded a day early
• Tom going to New York City to see Ricky Gervais
• Ross joins and jokes about cereal commercials disappearing
• Discussion about kids’ cereal and Dan feeding his kids eggs
• Talk about NYC homeless and rare types like “bird homeless”
• Dan recalls Seattle man eating a bird head
• Listeners send NYC tips and critiques
• Debate over real NY-style pizza and the “it’s the water” myth
• Mario Batali’s machine-made NY water and related jokes
• Argument that NY pizza can be replicated outside the city
• Plans to report back on NYC trip on Tuesday BDM show
• Airline “skip lagging” loophole explained
• Debate over ethics of skipping final flight legs
• Mention of Delta engine fire in Orlando seen by BDM Suzette
• Idea to use inflatable airline slides for a BDM event
• Real slides cost $20k; joke about duct-taping dollar store rafts
• Tangent on shooting ranges and pressure training
• Ross jokes about underwear defense from intruders
• Song break: “Marked Different” by local band Virginity
• Promo for Pinball Dudes and their rotating pinball machines
• Discussion on pinball as mechanical art
• Mention of King Kong and Foo Fighters machines in studio
• Talk about Kanye West’s odd public confessions
• Tom’s son requests Oculus as reward, gets older version
• Concerns over Roblox, VR content, and kids interacting with strangers
• Discussion about limits on VR usage and past exposure to horror
• Tom quietly dismantles a cardboard city; kids never notice
• Debate on kids remembering promises and being disappointed
• Talk about VR zombie games and their age ratings
• Crystal questions VR's impact on a child’s brain
• Reference to Columbine-era video game panic
• Joke about being trapped in VR like old sci-fi plots
• Maisie described as a sensitive rule-follower
• Dan regrets joke that made Maisie cry
• Promotion for Orange County Library’s Book Fest with Brad Meltzer
• History Center’s “Collected” exhibit and free third Thursdays
• Science of Wine event at Science Center promoted
• Praise for educational partnerships
• Jelly Roll NPR parody and discussion of his fading fame
• Mention of Burt Kreischer’s 5K event and pricing debate
• Introduction of fictional overnight host “Scarves Toboggan”
• Scarves plays random YouTube songs and complains about no audience
• Debate about ethics of unpaid radio interns
• Skit with fake SafeTouch rival “Vault Field” and parody burglars
• Dan and Tom discuss expensive ad branding and mascots
• Bug-based characters like “Silverfish Man” and “The Exterminator”
• Creepy bug designs, mohawk caterpillars, and punk rock stings
• “Old Man” character reminisces about grunge and Surge soda
• Nostalgia for the OJ Simpson trial and Ed Tyll losing ads
• Story of sabotaging tapes to avoid lawsuits
• Listeners remember clear pagers and see-through electronics
• References to Beavis and Butthead, Star Trek: TNG, and N64
• Ross promotes comedy shows at Bull & Bush and Framework Coffee
• Tom plans to visit NYC spots like the 9/11 Memorial and Planetarium
• Andrea mentions Times Square’s screen show and Ireland portal
• Ram Davesey warns of a water-based apocalypse and gold-filled boats
• Fantasy of escaping floods with helium balloons
• Final reminders for new merch and $10 leftover BDM shirts
• Contact Eric via TomandDan.com for merch issues
• Episode ends with legal disclaimer and “mediocre” sendoff
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