Episode 020 - Blaine Capatch
Probably Science
Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen
4.8 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2012
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
We've made it to the big 2-0 with the help of writer/comedian extraordinaire Blaine Capatch (@blainecapatch)! Topics discussed include: Roller Darby O'Gill and the Little People! Blaine’s spelling bee prowess! The Yellowstone supervolcano! Messier gigs! Seeing the Smothers Brothers at an insurance convention! Young Blaine’s first onstage appearance with Red Skelton! Revisiting the airborne version of bird flu! Freaky Friday body switches! Tracking writers’ influences based on content-free words! Color-changing artificial muscles! Racist babies! Titan’s conditions: kind of good for creating life! Venus goes in front of the Sun! Lucha VaVOOM!
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| 0:00.0 | Probably Science |
| 0:01.9 | Okay, welcome to Probably Science, our weekly look at the world of science news through the eyes of a group of comedians who don't necessarily know much about the world of science news. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Matt Kirshan and sat next to me on the table is brux wheelin i'm a |
| 0:22.9 | scientist so fuck you i brooks is a proper scientist he's a he works as a technician and a lab |
| 0:26.9 | in a real lab a technician engineer engineer he works as an engineer in a science lab |
| 0:30.7 | and that was the voice of andy wood i've got a degree in engineering i just haven't used it for |
| 0:35.5 | six years so i've got a degree of math and i haven't't used it for six years. Yep. I've got a degree of math, and I haven't used it ever. |
| 0:40.0 | And that's, you know, that's the point of the show. |
| 0:41.9 | It's like, we have, we have more expertise in these matters than the average comedian, less than the average paid engineer. |
| 0:47.8 | Person who knows what they're actually talking about. |
| 0:49.7 | And joining us, this week is our special guest. |
| 0:51.8 | We've got Mr. Blame Capatch. Hello. |
| 0:55.6 | Thank you for joining us, Blaine. |
| 0:56.2 | Thanks for. |
| 0:57.8 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:59.3 | I'm a doctor, by the way. |
| 1:06.5 | We should mention where listeners may know you from programs such as Beat the Geeks, which you hosted. |
| 1:07.0 | I was a big fan of that. |
| 1:08.5 | Yes, they might. |
| 1:11.0 | Or you were a writer for Mad TV. I was. big fan of that. Yes, they might. Or you were a writer for Mad TV. |
| 1:13.4 | I was. |
| 1:14.1 | Part of the comedians of comedy tour, a very funny comedian and host and writer of many funny |
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