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    <title>Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Pat”</title>
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  <title>241. Brad Garrett Must Eat!</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Lords: Abby and Pat. We discuss the pear scene, capsule machines vs. claw games, designing UIs for TV, and This be the Verse, by Philip Larkin.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Lords:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Abby

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10813" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10813&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pat

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyperheartcom/gotchacards" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyperheartcom/gotchacards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Topics:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The pear scene&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Capsule machines vs. claw games&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Designing UIs for TV&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This be the Verse, by Philip Larkin

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Microtopics:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My Brother the Car.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A card game that is not totally random.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Deciding to focus on something else in 2020.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rock Paper Scissors vs. Rock Scissors Paper.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Which of the twins to take a kidney from &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Committing to a bit that breaks the rhythm of what people expect you to say.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Making a game where people get crushed by debt but making it fun.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Everybody Loves Raymond.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sitcoms that have plenty of opportunity to disappoint you.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A show that lives and dies in the performance.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nine years to stop trying.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The most profitable sitcom of all time.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adapting Raymond.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ray Romano explaining the concept of having parents to a puzzled audience.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The kind of argument where both people make sense and are both trying to be nice.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trying to be nice but failing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;'Til Death.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The demeanor of a revenant.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Whether Brad Garrett listens to this show.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hitting 100 episodes and going into syndication.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Musicians needing a body that can strike.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Writing an increasingly ludicrous sitcom for an audience of nobody.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A son who is always on the wacky tobacky.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A sitcom husband who notices that his wife has been recast and realizes he's on a sitcom.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Continuing to give Brad Garrett chances to star in sitcoms because he's so tall.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A sitcom that made you feel seen.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The workplace sitcom vs. the domestic sitcom.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Aimlessness in a post-Seinfeld era.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Abed Ghaith's striptease.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Is that Abed Ghaith's penis in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Claw game skill issues.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A billionaire trying to figure out how best to do good in the world and who decides to operate several generous claw machines.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Decorating a desk space with a pocket full of miniature delights.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mona Lisa Breakdancing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The rice cooker that King Piccolo was trapped in.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rubik's Cube but all the faces are Mahjong tiles.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The coolest and most popular racial atrocity.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ramen Man vs. Kikko Man.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A bowl of ramen in the shape of a tube.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Homer Simpson: visual ripoff of Kinnikuman.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Seeing an aquarium fish that looks just slightly too human.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reading a book about bugs and itching like mad.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Worrying that you are ruining eyes for yourself.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Famous JAV title "Reincarnated as a Spider"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Conveying the idea of receiving a DM on social media to a television audience.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;My face in a tube dot com.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Saying "youshmoob" really fast and hoping nobody notices.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wanting to put a Russian Roulette scene in your TV show but being unable to negotiate the rights to Russian Roulette from ELORG so you need to hire Alexey Pajitnov to design a replacement game.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A joke that is very funny when you explain it but impossible to convey in any known medium.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The flag that says "bang!"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Joker not being confident enough in his jokes so he has to use laughing gas.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Silent Comedy Joker has to work a bit harder.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Naming a difficulty level after a pop culture allusion to babies.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The ending of a Clockwork Orange in the UK depicting the protagonist as deciding to renounce violence and become a better person, but in the US they omitted that chapter because it's unrealistic.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The UK edition of A Clockwork Orange depicting the protagonist renouncing violence and becoming a better person so he joins the police force, whereas in the US edition the protagonist decides to remain brutal and violent so he joins the police force.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Where's the bridge, Larkin?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;This be the verse you grave for me.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Poets being jerks to all different kinds of people.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kefka creating a tower of garbage in Final Fantasy while everyone tries to convince him it's worthwhile to have a family.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Which kids inspired Lord of the Flies.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Suggesting that your mom read Chainsaw Man Part 1 so that you can talk to her about grief. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Abby

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10813" rel="nofollow">https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10813</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Pat

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyperheartcom/gotchacards" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyperheartcom/gotchacards</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>The pear scene</li>
<li>Capsule machines vs. claw games</li>
<li>Designing UIs for TV</li>
<li>This be the Verse, by Philip Larkin

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse" rel="nofollow">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>My Brother the Car.</li>
<li>A card game that is not totally random.</li>
<li>Deciding to focus on something else in 2020.</li>
<li>Rock Paper Scissors vs. Rock Scissors Paper.</li>
<li>Which of the twins to take a kidney from </li>
<li>Committing to a bit that breaks the rhythm of what people expect you to say.</li>
<li>Making a game where people get crushed by debt but making it fun.</li>
<li>Everybody Loves Raymond.</li>
<li>Sitcoms that have plenty of opportunity to disappoint you.</li>
<li>A show that lives and dies in the performance.</li>
<li>Nine years to stop trying.</li>
<li>The most profitable sitcom of all time.</li>
<li>Adapting Raymond.</li>
<li>Ray Romano explaining the concept of having parents to a puzzled audience.</li>
<li>The kind of argument where both people make sense and are both trying to be nice.</li>
<li>Trying to be nice but failing.</li>
<li>&#39;Til Death.</li>
<li>The demeanor of a revenant.</li>
<li>Whether Brad Garrett listens to this show.</li>
<li>Hitting 100 episodes and going into syndication.</li>
<li>Musicians needing a body that can strike.</li>
<li>Writing an increasingly ludicrous sitcom for an audience of nobody.</li>
<li>A son who is always on the wacky tobacky.</li>
<li>A sitcom husband who notices that his wife has been recast and realizes he&#39;s on a sitcom.</li>
<li>Continuing to give Brad Garrett chances to star in sitcoms because he&#39;s so tall.</li>
<li>A sitcom that made you feel seen.</li>
<li>The workplace sitcom vs. the domestic sitcom.</li>
<li>Aimlessness in a post-Seinfeld era.</li>
<li>Abed Ghaith&#39;s striptease.</li>
<li>Is that Abed Ghaith&#39;s penis in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?</li>
<li>Claw game skill issues.</li>
<li>A billionaire trying to figure out how best to do good in the world and who decides to operate several generous claw machines.</li>
<li>Decorating a desk space with a pocket full of miniature delights.</li>
<li>Mona Lisa Breakdancing.</li>
<li>The rice cooker that King Piccolo was trapped in.</li>
<li>Rubik&#39;s Cube but all the faces are Mahjong tiles.</li>
<li>The coolest and most popular racial atrocity.</li>
<li>Ramen Man vs. Kikko Man.</li>
<li>A bowl of ramen in the shape of a tube.</li>
<li>Homer Simpson: visual ripoff of Kinnikuman.</li>
<li>Seeing an aquarium fish that looks just slightly too human.</li>
<li>Reading a book about bugs and itching like mad.</li>
<li>Worrying that you are ruining eyes for yourself.</li>
<li>Famous JAV title &quot;Reincarnated as a Spider&quot;</li>
<li>Conveying the idea of receiving a DM on social media to a television audience.</li>
<li>My face in a tube dot com.</li>
<li>Saying &quot;youshmoob&quot; really fast and hoping nobody notices.</li>
<li>Wanting to put a Russian Roulette scene in your TV show but being unable to negotiate the rights to Russian Roulette from ELORG so you need to hire Alexey Pajitnov to design a replacement game.</li>
<li>A joke that is very funny when you explain it but impossible to convey in any known medium.</li>
<li>The flag that says &quot;bang!&quot;</li>
<li>The Joker not being confident enough in his jokes so he has to use laughing gas.</li>
<li>Silent Comedy Joker has to work a bit harder.</li>
<li>Naming a difficulty level after a pop culture allusion to babies.</li>
<li>The ending of a Clockwork Orange in the UK depicting the protagonist as deciding to renounce violence and become a better person, but in the US they omitted that chapter because it&#39;s unrealistic.</li>
<li>The UK edition of A Clockwork Orange depicting the protagonist renouncing violence and becoming a better person so he joins the police force, whereas in the US edition the protagonist decides to remain brutal and violent so he joins the police force.</li>
<li>Where&#39;s the bridge, Larkin?</li>
<li>This be the verse you grave for me.</li>
<li>Poets being jerks to all different kinds of people.</li>
<li>Kefka creating a tower of garbage in Final Fantasy while everyone tries to convince him it&#39;s worthwhile to have a family.</li>
<li>Which kids inspired Lord of the Flies.</li>
<li>Suggesting that your mom read Chainsaw Man Part 1 so that you can talk to her about grief.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Abby

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10813" rel="nofollow">https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/10813</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Pat

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyperheartcom/gotchacards" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyperheartcom/gotchacards</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>The pear scene</li>
<li>Capsule machines vs. claw games</li>
<li>Designing UIs for TV</li>
<li>This be the Verse, by Philip Larkin

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse" rel="nofollow">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>My Brother the Car.</li>
<li>A card game that is not totally random.</li>
<li>Deciding to focus on something else in 2020.</li>
<li>Rock Paper Scissors vs. Rock Scissors Paper.</li>
<li>Which of the twins to take a kidney from </li>
<li>Committing to a bit that breaks the rhythm of what people expect you to say.</li>
<li>Making a game where people get crushed by debt but making it fun.</li>
<li>Everybody Loves Raymond.</li>
<li>Sitcoms that have plenty of opportunity to disappoint you.</li>
<li>A show that lives and dies in the performance.</li>
<li>Nine years to stop trying.</li>
<li>The most profitable sitcom of all time.</li>
<li>Adapting Raymond.</li>
<li>Ray Romano explaining the concept of having parents to a puzzled audience.</li>
<li>The kind of argument where both people make sense and are both trying to be nice.</li>
<li>Trying to be nice but failing.</li>
<li>&#39;Til Death.</li>
<li>The demeanor of a revenant.</li>
<li>Whether Brad Garrett listens to this show.</li>
<li>Hitting 100 episodes and going into syndication.</li>
<li>Musicians needing a body that can strike.</li>
<li>Writing an increasingly ludicrous sitcom for an audience of nobody.</li>
<li>A son who is always on the wacky tobacky.</li>
<li>A sitcom husband who notices that his wife has been recast and realizes he&#39;s on a sitcom.</li>
<li>Continuing to give Brad Garrett chances to star in sitcoms because he&#39;s so tall.</li>
<li>A sitcom that made you feel seen.</li>
<li>The workplace sitcom vs. the domestic sitcom.</li>
<li>Aimlessness in a post-Seinfeld era.</li>
<li>Abed Ghaith&#39;s striptease.</li>
<li>Is that Abed Ghaith&#39;s penis in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?</li>
<li>Claw game skill issues.</li>
<li>A billionaire trying to figure out how best to do good in the world and who decides to operate several generous claw machines.</li>
<li>Decorating a desk space with a pocket full of miniature delights.</li>
<li>Mona Lisa Breakdancing.</li>
<li>The rice cooker that King Piccolo was trapped in.</li>
<li>Rubik&#39;s Cube but all the faces are Mahjong tiles.</li>
<li>The coolest and most popular racial atrocity.</li>
<li>Ramen Man vs. Kikko Man.</li>
<li>A bowl of ramen in the shape of a tube.</li>
<li>Homer Simpson: visual ripoff of Kinnikuman.</li>
<li>Seeing an aquarium fish that looks just slightly too human.</li>
<li>Reading a book about bugs and itching like mad.</li>
<li>Worrying that you are ruining eyes for yourself.</li>
<li>Famous JAV title &quot;Reincarnated as a Spider&quot;</li>
<li>Conveying the idea of receiving a DM on social media to a television audience.</li>
<li>My face in a tube dot com.</li>
<li>Saying &quot;youshmoob&quot; really fast and hoping nobody notices.</li>
<li>Wanting to put a Russian Roulette scene in your TV show but being unable to negotiate the rights to Russian Roulette from ELORG so you need to hire Alexey Pajitnov to design a replacement game.</li>
<li>A joke that is very funny when you explain it but impossible to convey in any known medium.</li>
<li>The flag that says &quot;bang!&quot;</li>
<li>The Joker not being confident enough in his jokes so he has to use laughing gas.</li>
<li>Silent Comedy Joker has to work a bit harder.</li>
<li>Naming a difficulty level after a pop culture allusion to babies.</li>
<li>The ending of a Clockwork Orange in the UK depicting the protagonist as deciding to renounce violence and become a better person, but in the US they omitted that chapter because it&#39;s unrealistic.</li>
<li>The UK edition of A Clockwork Orange depicting the protagonist renouncing violence and becoming a better person so he joins the police force, whereas in the US edition the protagonist decides to remain brutal and violent so he joins the police force.</li>
<li>Where&#39;s the bridge, Larkin?</li>
<li>This be the verse you grave for me.</li>
<li>Poets being jerks to all different kinds of people.</li>
<li>Kefka creating a tower of garbage in Final Fantasy while everyone tries to convince him it&#39;s worthwhile to have a family.</li>
<li>Which kids inspired Lord of the Flies.</li>
<li>Suggesting that your mom read Chainsaw Man Part 1 so that you can talk to her about grief.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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