Tournament of Fripperies (Live with the Cast and Creators of Severance)

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Speaker 1 Hey, everybody, it's Adam. If you hear this theremin version of the Severance main titles playing under my voice, you're not imagining it.

Speaker 1 It's from a live show that Ben and I put on this past weekend, and today we're really excited to share it with you.

Speaker 1 We brought together Dan Erickson, Britt Lauer, John Toturo, Zach Cherry, Tramel Tillman, and Patricia Arquette in front of a live audience to compete in a severance-themed game show.

Speaker 1 We even got the incredible Patton Oswald to host it.

Speaker 1 And before the competition got started, Ben and I talked with everyone about the moments behind some of the photos that someone named Ben Doe took on set.

Speaker 1 We had so much fun, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Speaker 1 Welcome. Hey, everybody.

Speaker 3 Welcome to the first ever live taping of the Severance Podcast with Ben and Adam.

Speaker 1 Yes, welcome. Thank you so much for being here.
Oh, my God.

Speaker 3 It's like a weird, weird dream or something. It is.

Speaker 1 It's very weird. And it's so great to be here.

Speaker 1 We love hosting this podcast. We started

Speaker 1 by just recapping the first season. We recapped the second season and we did it with cast crew, super fans.

Speaker 1 And then eventually we decided to switch it up and we started having people on that influenced us and inspired us while we were making the show and talking about the show with them.

Speaker 3 Yeah, and it's been great to have conversations with filmmakers and comedians and musicians and people who just love the show or who have aspects of the show that they connect with.

Speaker 3 But tonight is going to be a little different because this is a whole different show.

Speaker 2 Sure is. Yeah.

Speaker 3 Take a page out of the Lumen manager manual yeah we are taking kir's early lesson about the importance of play to heart yes which we all we we all know we we sure do ben what is the importance of play to you i mean i would just give you the quote really the quote from the handbook oh sure that we all know yeah that we all know do you guys want to recite it with me yeah okay the act of play can unite humans from varying levels of intelligence and circumstance and aid them in forming lasting

Speaker 2 valued friendshipships yes very good

Speaker 1 thank you for doing that in sync with us and what way to better do that than by competing in a game show absolutely that's right tonight the severance podcast proudly presents what we are calling a tournament of fripperies what exactly is a tournament of fripperies adam we all know what what it means right i know what it means and i'm just but i'm not gonna say it right now yeah you don't need to say it, but I know that

Speaker 3 I know that you know it.

Speaker 1 But the fun thing is, Tournament of Fripperies is a game show to test everyone's severance knowledge. Yeah.

Speaker 3 Which is very exciting. And we have a surprise host who is going to host the game show.
That's right. So that you and I can actually be contestants.

Speaker 1 That's right. We get to play the game.
And it's a... absolute surprise host.
We don't even know who it is.

Speaker 1 But we're not going to keep everything a secret tonight. I think it's time to reveal our judge and our tournament contestants with some behind-the-scenes photos taken by someone named Bendo.

Speaker 2 Right. Bendo.

Speaker 1 Ben, can you explain to the audience who Bendo is?

Speaker 3 Bendo is sort of became our production photographer, a set photographer who would be there when we were shooting the show. I'm not quite sure how he got the job

Speaker 3 or how he just sort of appeared and and yeah and started taking pictures with his camera I feel like he wasn't actually hired he just came to set and started taking photos it's hard to remember because it was like five years ago but

Speaker 3 and I didn't recognize him I think I might have asked what you know where he came from and he looked weirdly familiar to me he looked like a guy you know he had his camera and he had like his little like fanny pack thing and he looked like a very professional set photographer.

Speaker 1 He was using a film camera.

Speaker 3 Using a like a film camera.

Speaker 1 He wouldn't stop talking about I'm shooting real film. Right.

Speaker 3 He was very excited in the fact that he was shooting real film. He didn't have a blimp on the camera, so it made noise.
So if he was shooting during a take, it would ruin the take.

Speaker 1 Always in my eyeline.

Speaker 2 Also in the eye line.

Speaker 5 Always like, oh, sorry, sorry.

Speaker 1 Right. Like performative about saying sorry,

Speaker 1 which made it even more annoying.

Speaker 3 Sort of like it's better to like do first, ask later, apologize later type of thing. Apologize.

Speaker 1 Like it's better to apologize later than to ask permission or something.

Speaker 3 That might be it.

Speaker 2 I think that's

Speaker 2 crazy.

Speaker 3 Basically,

Speaker 3 he has been documenting the show for a few years and uh took some took some admittedly great photos yeah i think it's i think it's sometimes it's worth it anyway we're gonna show some of his photographs and then introduce people based on the photograph okay so we're gonna take a look at first bendo photograph we can oh oh oh there it is there it is so there is

Speaker 3 I think that's that's Dan Erickson, the creator of the show. Let's bring him out.
Dan Erickson.

Speaker 6 How you doing?

Speaker 5 Hello. Welcome.

Speaker 4 Hi, buddy.

Speaker 4 Hello.

Speaker 2 Hi. Oh, wow.

Speaker 2 Dan. Hello.
All right.

Speaker 1 Take a seat, Dan.

Speaker 3 So how are you, Dan?

Speaker 6 Yeah. I'm good.

Speaker 7 I'm excited. I've never been on a game show before.
Really? I don't know exactly what I'm doing.

Speaker 3 Don't worry. We do.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Okay.
You guys are in the same city. We're in complete control.

Speaker 3 So do you remember when that photograph was taken? Do you remember what Bendo said to you or what happened?

Speaker 7 I don't remember because this was like, people have asked me if this was like staged, but no, I was like...

Speaker 7 in a utter panic when this picture was taken because we were like trying to get a rewrite done and it was like pouring down rain. Like this was, you know,

Speaker 6 well, this was this.

Speaker 2 We were out on a golf course.

Speaker 3 Yeah, it was a golf course and it was the mammalians nurturable set.

Speaker 3 And I do remember that there were some other creatures there.

Speaker 3 There they are.

Speaker 7 Oh, those creatures.

Speaker 8 The goats.

Speaker 4 Those creatures.

Speaker 1 It's gorgeous sound, isn't it?

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 3 Did you enjoy working with the goats, Adam?

Speaker 1 I did. You know, they would, when you're in the midst of a scene, there was no way to control the goats.
So they would literally come over and eat our shoelaces

Speaker 1 while we were doing scenes, which was fun because you don't get co-stars eating your shoelaces all that often. Not enough.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 1 Other than John Taturo.

Speaker 1 You know, I just want to say really quick, we thought that it would be great to have the creator of Severance here as our judge tonight. Ah, that's right.
He's going to be the judge.

Speaker 6 I would do it.

Speaker 1 He's going to tally the scores

Speaker 1 and just preside generally over the contest

Speaker 1 because he has a big brain and he can handle it all.

Speaker 7 I've been told I have to do some simple addition, which I think I remember how to do.

Speaker 9 Okay, yeah.

Speaker 2 Okay.

Speaker 3 I think. All right.
Well, then, why don't we bring out our first official contestant?

Speaker 1 Let's see who the contestant is with another Bendo photo.

Speaker 2 Here we go. Wow.

Speaker 3 I do think it might be the incredible Tramel Tillman.

Speaker 1 Trammell Tillman, everybody.

Speaker 1 I feel like I'm dressed like the activities director on a cruise ship.

Speaker 2 I feel like that too.

Speaker 3 It's incredible.

Speaker 3 I was going to wear that. And I'm so glad.

Speaker 2 You pull it off. I've been so embarrassing.

Speaker 3 Adam Scott can pull it off.

Speaker 9 You're kind of giving me Tintin,

Speaker 5 and I know he doesn't literally wear that, but it's just a vibe.

Speaker 1 Tintin on a cruise ship.

Speaker 3 Or like a golfer from 1932 or something.

Speaker 1 A golfer from 1932 whose name is Tintin. And he's on a cruise.

Speaker 3 That's right. And who's wearing tap shoes?

Speaker 3 You actually have taps on those shoes.

Speaker 1 Don't give away how we're going to the big finale for the end of tonight.

Speaker 3 Come on, Ben.

Speaker 2 Trammell, welcome. Thank you.
Yes. Thank you.
Great to be here.

Speaker 9 This is exciting.

Speaker 10 They finally let me out of the bathroom on the severed floor.

Speaker 3 I guess so.

Speaker 1 You've been there this whole time, which is the entirety.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 2 Stuffy in there.

Speaker 3 Yeah. Well, did you get some snacks and stuff? I did.

Speaker 2 I did.

Speaker 10 I have to thank Zach for getting the vending machine in there.

Speaker 2 So I can't.

Speaker 1 Tramel, what comes to mind when you look at this photo that Ben Doe took?

Speaker 10 Oh, it's reminiscent. that's uh that's my best friend yeah

Speaker 3 good old kier how was it acting with kir oh it's fantastic he's not stiff at all yep it's a very generous scene partner well you know we actually had mark geller the actor who portrays kir egan on set doing the voice yes so you guys could actually do it live together yeah which was great mark is fantastic yeah

Speaker 3 he's so funny just out of the blue have you did you have you ever done comedy in your like like stand-up comedy did you you did you ever i I was never paid to do comedy.

Speaker 3 But

Speaker 2 have you done like stand-up?

Speaker 11 No, no, I haven't.

Speaker 10 I haven't. I think stand-up is terrifying.
And my hat is off to people who do it and do it well.

Speaker 5 Well, you were great.

Speaker 1 You did this bit, this monologue with a dummy all day. All day.
And it was so funny.

Speaker 2 Thank you. All day.
Thank you.

Speaker 1 It was great. Appreciate that.

Speaker 3 Yeah. All right.
Well, we should be

Speaker 3 bringing out the next contestant.

Speaker 1 Yeah, I think the next one might be another Bendo photo. Do you want to explain what he was,

Speaker 1 what photo he was taking here?

Speaker 2 Oh, yeah. Okay.

Speaker 3 This is out at Woes Hollow.

Speaker 3 And this is the group.

Speaker 2 John Taturo. Awesome.

Speaker 3 Zach Cherry, Britt Lauer, and you.

Speaker 2 And me. Yeah.

Speaker 1 And we look so cool in those outfits. Yeah.

Speaker 3 Well, let's bring these three people out. Ladies and gentlemen, Zach Cherry, Britt Lauer, and John Taturo.

Speaker 3 Yeah, welcome. Hi, aye, cup.

Speaker 2 Britt Lauer, John Toturo, Zach Jerry.

Speaker 1 As your activities director, I'm just here to say we're going to have a great week. We have all kinds of stuff planned.

Speaker 7 Yeah. How are you guys doing?

Speaker 2 Good. Good.
Yeah. Are you excited for me?

Speaker 8 I thought you were talking to the audience for a second, but I forgot the podcast has already started a while ago.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 3 I'm like the warm-up guy for the podcast.

Speaker 8 How's everybody doing?

Speaker 2 All right.

Speaker 3 What do you guys remember about this photograph and this shooting this moment and that experience

Speaker 2 by that tallest waterfall?

Speaker 1 And we should describe it for the podcast listeners. It's all of us standing in front of the tallest waterfall in the world.

Speaker 12 I look like I'm smiling at a small creature.

Speaker 8 I look like I'm in a great mood.

Speaker 13 I got my Dr. Zhivago thing.

Speaker 2 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 Very Dr. Givago.

Speaker 8 The coats were heavy. I remember the coats were very, very heavy.

Speaker 2 And the hats.

Speaker 6 Did you guys wear the heating packs?

Speaker 3 Because I remember Sarah Edwards, our incredible costume designer, made these heating packs that were built in.

Speaker 1 They were like electric jackets.

Speaker 2 Yeah, right.

Speaker 12 I wore electric socks.

Speaker 2 I had toe warmers.

Speaker 3 Yeah, and then, and Britt, you had to dip your head in the water there. I did.
How was that?

Speaker 12 It was extremely cold because my body was warm, but my whole head was freezing.

Speaker 3 Yeah, because like most of the heat in your body goes out through your head, right?

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 2 That's why you wear a hat when it's cold.

Speaker 1 It's incredible what you learn listening to the Severance podcast.

Speaker 3 This is why people love the podcast.

Speaker 2 Yeah, this is why.

Speaker 1 We should also do a science podcast.

Speaker 11 I just remember Trummel when he had his

Speaker 2 big white furry coat. Yeah.
I was just like, wow. Look at him.
You know,

Speaker 6 it was kind of beautiful. It was just

Speaker 2 part of the the environment.

Speaker 1 We were lugging around these big black jackets with these hats and sweating, and Trammell just appears and just looks unbelievably cool.

Speaker 2 Stunning.

Speaker 3 So, when you guys were on the podcast last, Britain, Zach, you guys were talking about this podcast that you guys were starting. That's right.
What was it called? Soup and Smoothies?

Speaker 12 Yeah. That's right.
I mean, not just starting. It already exists.

Speaker 2 Oh, it exists. Oh, it does.

Speaker 12 There's hundreds of episodes.

Speaker 3 And where can you find that podcast?

Speaker 8 That information will be released when the time is right.

Speaker 1 So on the podcast, you guys talk about soup and smoothies. Is it a soup versus smoothies, or is it just how much you enjoy both? Yes.
Yeah, I see.

Speaker 2 I get it.

Speaker 3 Does like one person advocate for soup and it's like a point counterpoint sort of thing?

Speaker 5 Yes.

Speaker 2 Okay.

Speaker 1 It's like Frost Nixon.

Speaker 1 John, what do you prefer, soup or smoothies?

Speaker 8 Well, hold on. You're kind of encroaching on our turf here.

Speaker 2 This is RIP.

Speaker 13 Well, you know, if Chris Walken was here, he would just say, ah,

Speaker 2 soup. Yeah.
Oh, yeah, soup, soup.

Speaker 2 Okay.

Speaker 1 So you and Chris Walken both prefer soup to smoothies.

Speaker 11 And banana bread. We like banana bread, too.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 10 That's a great answer.

Speaker 2 Good answer.

Speaker 1 That's a spin-off podcast, the banana bread podcast.

Speaker 2 Oh, yeah.

Speaker 13 Chris is a great cook, actually.

Speaker 1 Okay, it is time for our final photo from Benjo.

Speaker 3 Okay what's the shot? What do we got?

Speaker 2 Ah

Speaker 2 interesting.

Speaker 3 So let's bring her out the incredible Patricia Arquette. It's a shout out.

Speaker 6 Patricia!

Speaker 3 Patricia, you're perfectly dressed for this set.

Speaker 2 It was a plan.

Speaker 3 How's it going?

Speaker 2 It's fine.

Speaker 12 This photograph.

Speaker 3 This photograph, it's interesting, right?

Speaker 1 I don't think anyone's ever seen it before, right?

Speaker 3 Yeah, this is the one. I was there too, I think, when Bendo came and took the shot of you.
What was happening here? Because it was outside of our stages in the Bronx, York stages in the South Bronx.

Speaker 12 Exactly. And

Speaker 12 this was a test for a Zell Vig outfit. But I heard a loud noise outside and I pushed open that big door behind.

Speaker 2 Behind.

Speaker 2 And there was a whole fight happening outside. Oh, really? Oh, yeah.
So my concern in my face.

Speaker 12 I started crying. My mascara started.

Speaker 2 What was happening? And Bendo.

Speaker 12 Bendo, who is always at the right place at the right time. He just caught it.
Happened to be there and captured.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Wow.
You could really

Speaker 2 rescued you.

Speaker 3 Yeah. But that actually is the outside of our stage.
Like, if you went through that door, that is MDR right through that.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Why don't you go?

Speaker 12 I kept saying like, can I try a babushka?

Speaker 2 Can I try a babushka?

Speaker 3 Yeah, no, the babushka looks, yeah, you, but it's like, it's more like a, like, more, it's more than a babushka. You got like a hat.

Speaker 3 You got a hat, like something over the hat.

Speaker 2 Yeah, this was ideas.

Speaker 1 This is for Selvic.

Speaker 3 This was ideas for episode 208 when, oh, oh, yeah, yeah. You know, when Cobel kind of drives up,

Speaker 3 you know, and she has been in the car and she's sort of like, you know, a little bit frazzled and brushing her teeth.

Speaker 12 I've got all the stuff in the back of my car. Right.

Speaker 2 And I'm cold.

Speaker 2 You know, I mean,

Speaker 3 well, you look like you're bundled up.

Speaker 12 I have to rummage through the back of the car.

Speaker 3 All right. Well, we've got everybody here.

Speaker 1 Yeah. It's time for this podcast to get competitive.
It's time for the tournament of fripperies, everybody.

Speaker 6 All right.

Speaker 3 So we're going to do some musical chairs. You're going to move some stuff around because Adam and I are going to play.
And we're going to do that.

Speaker 3 And then we're going to bring out the host of the show.

Speaker 8 And I would like everyone to note, Adam and Ben are competing against us. They are the hosts of the podcast.
They also both have earpieces in.

Speaker 2 Zach? Thank you, Zach. I'm just not sure that it's a fair fight.
Yeah.

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Speaker 1 Okay, give me a second. It takes me 10 minutes to close my eyes.

Speaker 2 Oh, wait, I did it right away.

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Speaker 3 Now it's time to bring out the host of the game show. He's, what's his recent thing? Ghostbusters, Frozen Empire, and Manhunt on Apple TV Plus, which is what we're on to.

Speaker 3 And his upcoming audio special is Black Coffee and Ice Water, coming out November 20th. He's been in a lot of movies.
He's a brilliant stand-up comedian and hopefully an incredible host.

Speaker 3 Ladies and gentlemen, Patton Oswald.

Speaker 3 Yeah.

Speaker 5 Thank you so much for letting me host this. I'm Patton Oswald.
You may

Speaker 5 know me from other streaming-centric game shows like Sopranos Family Feud and Emily in Jeopardy.

Speaker 2 But tonight, we are playing

Speaker 5 the tournament of ripperies.

Speaker 2 So welcome all.

Speaker 6 Thank you for coming out. Here we go.

Speaker 5 We are going to test these panelists' knowledge of severance and each other.

Speaker 5 So here's how this is going to work. After I ask a question, you're going to write down your answer on the iPad in front of you.
When the music ends, your time is up.

Speaker 5 I will then call on you for your answers. Please show the audience your answer on the iPad and also make sure to say it out loud.
That's for the podcast listeners doing laundry at home right now.

Speaker 5 Okay, this tournament has three very short rounds. We'll be playing the first round as individuals and then the last two.
I'm going to break you guys up into teams.

Speaker 2 Very, very round. Yes.

Speaker 5 At the end of the three rounds, however, many points you receive as a team will be added to your individual scores from the beginning. Judge Dan E

Speaker 5 will be keeping score of your points and judging throughout the game. So, top row, no, don't peek down at the bottom.
Let's all be cool. Let's follow match game etiquette here.

Speaker 2 All right.

Speaker 2 Don't

Speaker 2 we're not looking at that?

Speaker 3 Yeah, we were never going to do that.

Speaker 2 Oh, really?

Speaker 5 Okay, nicely done. Good cover.
If we catch you doing that, Dan is going to insult you with big words like Mr. Milchik.
Isn't that right, Dan?

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 7 Yeah, you feculent thespians.

Speaker 1 That's actually a compliment.

Speaker 7 With your ivory pantaloons.

Speaker 2 Sort of another compliment. Yeah.

Speaker 2 Well, that's all I got.

Speaker 15 That's all I got.

Speaker 5 Dan can do as far as insulting.

Speaker 2 All right. Yeah.

Speaker 5 Whoever has the most points at the end of the tournament wins the greatest perk of all, being a true child of Kier.

Speaker 2 And being crowned.

Speaker 5 The frippery.

Speaker 5 I'm going to troll the R every time I say frippery, by the way, so get ready.

Speaker 5 the frippery champion are you guys ready to play yes

Speaker 2 yes

Speaker 8 wow so we're not teams yet huh we're not teams yes everyone right now it's all individuals okay you are each your own little sovereign nation he's still pretending he doesn't know all the answers adam's like we're not teams yet right and he's already writing down everything yeah

Speaker 5 For our first game, I'm going to state a fact, and you're going to write down who, from your fellow contestants and judge you think it's about. So here's your first fact.

Speaker 5 This Audi's favorite high school theater role was, quote, sad man on train, unquote. Who is that about?

Speaker 12 The Audi's favorite what?

Speaker 6 This Audi's favorite high school theater role.

Speaker 2 Oh, theater role.

Speaker 5 Quote, sad man on train, unquote.

Speaker 7 Who is that about?

Speaker 10 And it's the people that are in this room.

Speaker 5 The people

Speaker 2 that are in this room.

Speaker 5 Way to phrase that like a murder mystery. I love that.

Speaker 5 One of the people in this room.

Speaker 8 So it could be someone from the audience.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 9 Could it be someone from the audience?

Speaker 5 That's for the final round.

Speaker 2 Oh, okay.

Speaker 6 Right now we're just keeping it to the stage.

Speaker 2 So how long do we have to?

Speaker 3 Is it like a ding?

Speaker 5 I'm assuming when the music ends, we're done.

Speaker 2 That's the time you have. Is there music?

Speaker 12 Did I miss it?

Speaker 6 You have to believe to hear the music.

Speaker 2 Okay, here we go.

Speaker 5 Adam, what was your answer?

Speaker 1 John Toturo.

Speaker 2 John Toturo.

Speaker 12 You wrote it so small.

Speaker 5 Yeah, that is very tiny. Rit, who did you think was Sadman on Train?

Speaker 12 Dan.

Speaker 5 Dan.

Speaker 5 John, who did you think Sadman on Train was?

Speaker 4 Zach.

Speaker 5 Zach.

Speaker 5 Zach, who did you think Sadman on Train was?

Speaker 8 I wrote Zach me.

Speaker 2 Oh!

Speaker 6 Hang on, this could be a strategy.

Speaker 2 We'll see. This could be strategy.
This could be a strategy.

Speaker 5 Patricia.

Speaker 2 Irving.

Speaker 2 Oh,

Speaker 5 Irving. Delightful.

Speaker 4 Ben?

Speaker 2 Irving.

Speaker 5 Are we writing character names or cast names?

Speaker 12 We don't know.

Speaker 2 I thought it was an Audi. It's an Audi from the show.

Speaker 3 No?

Speaker 5 We are already in the ditch on fire.

Speaker 2 I love it.

Speaker 4 And Trammell.

Speaker 2 I said, Zach. Zach.

Speaker 3 I don't think I understand the game.

Speaker 2 What was our practice round?

Speaker 1 So it's.

Speaker 8 Ben, put the earpeed back.

Speaker 1 It's the people, not the characters.

Speaker 5 It's the people, not the character. All right.

Speaker 2 See, I get the game.

Speaker 5 Okay, well, everyone has given their answer, kind of.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 5 Let's see what the answer was.

Speaker 5 Oh, man.

Speaker 5 Zach played the infamous set.

Speaker 2 Zach, why was that role so important to you?

Speaker 8 It was a musical and I couldn't sing, so they told me to sit there quietly and

Speaker 8 I developed a whole character for myself. And it really was the beginning of my love of acting.

Speaker 4 Wow.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 5 Were you so into the character that you did a Meisner where you pulled focus from the other actors on stage? Like

Speaker 8 you're so deep deep in your sadness yes 100% that's fantastic and I would I told my family to look out for that scene and said at a certain moment I will look directly at you during the scene and then I did do that

Speaker 2 all right

Speaker 2 who who got it raise your hand because I'm supposed to be keeping track of that okay okay all right all right Tramel and John doesn't get it no I'm giving it to Zach I'm giving it to Zach bonus point because I was the answer now now I feel like I understand the game didn't even even look at him Ben I think we need to start cheating

Speaker 5 I'm on the board. That's all I care.

Speaker 2 Yeah, we got three people on the board. I scored.
That's it.

Speaker 5 Okay, time for our next

Speaker 2 fact.

Speaker 5 As a kid, this Audi wanted to be on the New York Knicks when they grew up.

Speaker 7 It's a basketball team?

Speaker 2 Yes. Okay.

Speaker 5 That is a basketball team.

Speaker 2 Cool. Wow.

Speaker 5 Gonna just leave that one alone.

Speaker 6 Okay,

Speaker 5 let's quickly go through our contestants. Adam, who do you think it is?

Speaker 2 Ben. Ben.

Speaker 12 This is ridiculous.

Speaker 2 Can everybody see that?

Speaker 5 Could you write that bigger for the podcast listeners at home?

Speaker 14 Yeah.

Speaker 3 My God.

Speaker 5 It's an eye test all of a sudden.

Speaker 2 All right.

Speaker 5 Britt, what was your answer?

Speaker 12 Because I'm considerate visually.

Speaker 2 Ben.

Speaker 5 Ben. There we go.

Speaker 2 Two for Ben.

Speaker 5 John Toturo.

Speaker 11 I voted for myself.

Speaker 2 Oh,

Speaker 5 voted for himself.

Speaker 1 Yes.

Speaker 5 I'm seeing a strategy here.

Speaker 8 Zach, I wrote Ben, but I also put also me.

Speaker 1 Zach, you can't vote for yourself every time.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 8 I did want to be on the New York Knicks.

Speaker 2 All right, Patricia.

Speaker 5 She wrote John with some amazing penmanship.

Speaker 6 That is calligraphy, Patricia.

Speaker 5 I wish the listeners at home home could see the artistry that's happening right now. Ben, you put.

Speaker 3 I put John Toturo. Mr.

Speaker 5 John Toturo.

Speaker 5 And finally, Trammell. I put Ben.
He put Ben.

Speaker 5 Okay, well,

Speaker 5 let's find out what the answer was.

Speaker 2 John Toturo!

Speaker 5 John, do you think that the Knicks would have made it to the championship with you on the team? No.

Speaker 11 I could have been the 12th man.

Speaker 2 Really? Yeah.

Speaker 5 Would you still have worked with Spike Lee with him yelling at you from the sidelines?

Speaker 2 Yeah, sure. I was telling him to sit down.

Speaker 5 By the way, John, Britt, Zach, Adam, and Ben have been to Knicks and Liberty games together, and Britt was on her high school basketball team.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 2 And you were a good basketball player, right?

Speaker 12 Well, do you want to play later and see?

Speaker 3 I would like to do that. We should do that.
We've never done that.

Speaker 2 I guarantee you're better than I am.

Speaker 11 Me, Ben, you.

Speaker 12 We could form a team. Well, that wanted to be also.

Speaker 2 So I can't be the umpire.

Speaker 3 You don't want me on your team. I'm horrible.

Speaker 2 We'll do that game for you. I'll be the umpire.

Speaker 5 Okay.

Speaker 2 That game will be for the Patreon subscribers later. You're in the leap.

Speaker 5 Final question in the first round.

Speaker 5 If this Audi were a door,

Speaker 5 they would be

Speaker 5 a screen door. Who is this? If this Audi were a door,

Speaker 5 they'd be a screen door.

Speaker 5 For the listeners at home, they are all staring at each other.

Speaker 5 Very Agatha Christie, and then there were none energy going on right now.

Speaker 2 A lot of weirdness.

Speaker 3 That's a weird question.

Speaker 5 It's a very weird question and a very weird answer.

Speaker 8 And this one could be someone in the audience or no?

Speaker 5 No, no, this, no, Zach, no.

Speaker 4 It's one of you, seven.

Speaker 5 All right, music's done, and here we go.

Speaker 5 Adam, who do you think it would be?

Speaker 2 Britt. Britt.

Speaker 2 All right.

Speaker 2 Britt,

Speaker 5 who did you say it would be? Well, look how big he wrote it.

Speaker 5 Helvetica, 64 points.

Speaker 2 That's right.

Speaker 2 Britt, your answer.

Speaker 2 Yay!

Speaker 5 I saw what you wrote.

Speaker 11 But, Helena,

Speaker 12 I refuse to answer.

Speaker 2 Oh,

Speaker 2 I can tell you what I saw.

Speaker 2 It said M.E.

Speaker 2 And I am confirming that right now.

Speaker 2 All right.

Speaker 2 Zach. I also wrote Brit.

Speaker 5 Okay.

Speaker 5 Patricia.

Speaker 2 Britt. Brit.

Speaker 12 I think Britt should have answered a circus tent flap.

Speaker 5 If you've seen her movie A Circus Person, it is a fantastic short film.

Speaker 5 You can see it online. It's amazing.

Speaker 5 Give you a little shout out. Thank you.
Trying to help a little boost.

Speaker 5 Giving you the old apt severance podcast boost.

Speaker 4 Ben, who did you pick?

Speaker 3 I completely didn't understand the question,

Speaker 3 and I still don't understand the game.

Speaker 2 I just panicked, and I said Adam.

Speaker 3 I have no reasoning behind it.

Speaker 1 Is that a picture of me?

Speaker 3 That was a picture of, yeah, you smiling.

Speaker 12 I like it. Well, I was between those two.

Speaker 11 I knew that Trammel wasn't lying.

Speaker 5 And Trammell,

Speaker 5 what your answer is.

Speaker 10 Well, I was Ben's plus one, so I went with Adam.

Speaker 2 Oh, okay. Well,

Speaker 5 we got five for Britt, two for Adam. Let's see the correct answer.

Speaker 6 You said Britt?

Speaker 7 Britt. You said Britt.
Okay.

Speaker 6 She's the correct answer.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Britt? Yeah.

Speaker 5 Britt Lauer.

Speaker 8 John is three for three. John is undefeated.

Speaker 5 By the way, I want to read her full answer.

Speaker 5 She would be a screen door to a screened-in porch.

Speaker 2 So there is some

Speaker 5 inception stuff going on. Why that answer?

Speaker 2 Why not?

Speaker 2 Yeah. But

Speaker 2 when were you asked that?

Speaker 2 Yesterday.

Speaker 12 I just also thought, there's not going to be any mosquitoes in there.

Speaker 2 You've got to move.

Speaker 12 I don't like mosquitoes.

Speaker 5 Well, then that's a very practical answer. Now, well, Patricia must really not like mosquitoes because she put sliding glass door.

Speaker 12 That tucks away into a hidden pocket.

Speaker 2 Oh,

Speaker 2 nice.

Speaker 5 Dan put beaded curtain.

Speaker 2 Oh, damn.

Speaker 7 I like mosquitoes. I like them to get in.

Speaker 2 Wow. Okay.

Speaker 5 So, well, Dan, as our scorekeeper, how are our contestants doing?

Speaker 4 Okay, so

Speaker 7 in

Speaker 7 last place, we have a four-way tie

Speaker 7 between Ben, Trummel, Britt, and Adam,

Speaker 7 each with one. In middle place, we have Patricia and Zach.
And then our current reigning champion is Mr.

Speaker 5 John Toturo.

Speaker 2 Oh,

Speaker 2 with three.

Speaker 5 Future New York Nick.

Speaker 12 I actually have zero because I refused to answer that last one.

Speaker 2 Oh, that's true. You're going to take a look at the sensors of honor.

Speaker 2 Yeah, take it away, ma'am.

Speaker 2 You should have one.

Speaker 12 No, take it away.

Speaker 2 Okay, okay, okay.

Speaker 7 Brits in last with zero.

Speaker 6 Congrats, everyone, especially John.

Speaker 5 But John, remember, one of Keir's nine core principles is humility.

Speaker 2 Yes. So let's not get too confident.

Speaker 2 I'm exhausted, actually. Okay, okay, good.

Speaker 5 I'm going to play the following rounds in teams.

Speaker 5 Your team points will be added to your individual points at the end to determine the winner. Here are your teams.
Are we ready?

Speaker 2 Yes.

Speaker 5 Ben, Trammell, and Patricia, team one.

Speaker 1 There you go.

Speaker 5 Do you have a team name?

Speaker 2 Wonder triplets.

Speaker 12 Wonder triplets?

Speaker 2 Wonder triplets. Wonder siblings.
Oh, wonder triplets. Okay, that's really icebergs.

Speaker 5 Our second team is Adam and

Speaker 2 I want to talk about icebergs.

Speaker 3 Wait, can we change to icebergs?

Speaker 2 Yeah, we want to be icebergs now.

Speaker 5 So the team won is the icebergs. Do you guys have a name?

Speaker 1 We do. We do.

Speaker 2 What is it? Go ahead, Britt.

Speaker 12 We're going to lose.

Speaker 2 Wow.

Speaker 2 Mind me dying.

Speaker 5 How death metal of you.

Speaker 2 That's right.

Speaker 5 And finally, the adorable, lovely pair, America's sweethearts, Zach and John.

Speaker 2 Oh.

Speaker 5 And do you guys have a team name?

Speaker 6 Yes, we do.

Speaker 5 What is it? Z-PAC.

Speaker 2 Z-PAC?

Speaker 2 That's right.

Speaker 6 You always have them on a set.

Speaker 2 Have those Z-PACs ready, okay?

Speaker 2 Just in case we get sick. Now

Speaker 5 it is time for

Speaker 2 Real Horror Rickin.

Speaker 2 All right.

Speaker 5 I'm going to read passages, and you have to decide whether they're from Keir's best-selling author, Rickin Hales, the you are, are

Speaker 5 or from an actual best-selling author in real life.

Speaker 5 So here we go. Let's play.

Speaker 8 In this first quote,

Speaker 5 is this first quote real or Rickin'?

Speaker 2 Ready? Here's the quote:

Speaker 5 Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit.

Speaker 4 Sow a habit, reap a character.

Speaker 5 Sow a character, reap a destiny.

Speaker 5 Is it real?

Speaker 5 Is Is it Rickin?

Speaker 5 Yeah, I think so, too.

Speaker 3 I think so? Yeah.

Speaker 5 All right.

Speaker 5 Time is up.

Speaker 5 Let's see the team's answers. Let's go first to the icebergs.
Icebergs. What did you say, real or Rickin'?

Speaker 2 Oh.

Speaker 2 Real. Real.

Speaker 2 Real. Real.
Okay.

Speaker 5 They're saying real.

Speaker 5 We're going to lose has picked

Speaker 1 real, not ricken.

Speaker 5 Yeah, okay, and finally, the Z PAC chimes in with real, real.

Speaker 5 The answer is

Speaker 3 it is real, real,

Speaker 5 it is real.

Speaker 5 Next one: so, how do we suck poison from our veins when that poison is made of words? Medically, we cannot

Speaker 5 real

Speaker 2 or ricken.

Speaker 5 All right, this time let's start with the Z-Pack. What did you put down?

Speaker 2 Rickin'.

Speaker 5 Yeah, Rickin', okay. And we're going to lose has put down?

Speaker 5 Rickin'. Rickin'.
And finally, the icebergs are saying Rickin'. Rickin'.

Speaker 5 And let's see who is right.

Speaker 6 That's Rickin.

Speaker 5 Oh, that's Rickin'.

Speaker 6 A quote from our very own Rick and Hale.

Speaker 5 And now it is time for the final round. Is this quote real or Rickin'? Get ready.

Speaker 5 If you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong.

Speaker 2 Real or Rickin.

Speaker 9 Can we get language of origin?

Speaker 2 We don't know.

Speaker 6 I'm sorry, we do not have that information, Zach.

Speaker 5 Well, the uh are all the answers in?

Speaker 2 No, we need a second. No,

Speaker 2 let's get into the music one more time.

Speaker 9 Can we do that with an English accent?

Speaker 5 Oh, yes, absolutely.

Speaker 5 If you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong.

Speaker 1 Well, now we need to change our answer.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 5 Do you need any other accent work?

Speaker 6 Yeah. Check this Lavaki.

Speaker 5 Well, I'm just saying pilot season's coming up. That could help me.

Speaker 8 We're ready. All right.

Speaker 5 Here we go. Let's go first to we're going to lose.

Speaker 1 Real.

Speaker 5 Real.

Speaker 5 Then let's go to icebergs.

Speaker 7 Real. Real.

Speaker 5 Oh, I wish you could see Patricia's handwriting at home. Gorgeous.
Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 Gorgeous.

Speaker 2 How do you have time to do that?

Speaker 6 And finally, the Z-PAC.

Speaker 2 Real.

Speaker 5 Real.

Speaker 5 Well, let's see the answer.

Speaker 1 Real.

Speaker 2 Real.

Speaker 2 Now,

Speaker 2 we changed ours because of your accent.

Speaker 5 Now, hang on. There's a bonus point situation about to happen.
Okay.

Speaker 5 First team to raise their hands.

Speaker 5 And our judge is joining in.

Speaker 2 Zach.

Speaker 2 Judge, what you stand first.

Speaker 8 First team to raise their hands.

Speaker 2 Z PAC, one point.

Speaker 1 I mean, you kind of have to give it to them, right?

Speaker 5 For the bonus point,

Speaker 2 who wrote that final real quote?

Speaker 2 Hands up? Anyone? Yes, of course.

Speaker 5 Whoever gets their hands up first and gets it right gets it.

Speaker 9 Can you give it an initial?

Speaker 13 Huh? Can you give it a first initial?

Speaker 5 If you need to. Well, no, you got to give the name.

Speaker 2 Who wrote it?

Speaker 8 Well, if we weren't allowed to say who who wrote the previous one for legal reasons, I'm going to guess it's someone here. And I'm going to say, you, Pat?

Speaker 14 No, that is wrong.

Speaker 5 Anyone else? Yes.

Speaker 3 For your theory, you couldn't say it. It means maybe it's somebody who's like dead and public, like Benjamin Franklin.

Speaker 5 Benjamin Franklin.

Speaker 2 Weirdly close, but wrong.

Speaker 1 Thomas Jefferson.

Speaker 5 Oh, that's right. I'm sorry.
That was supposed to be the sound for when you get it wrong.

Speaker 2 I rushed too quickly.

Speaker 2 I thought that was Zach.

Speaker 5 The answer is, and this is why

Speaker 12 can't we get the initials?

Speaker 2 You said that. Was he in the government?

Speaker 5 You want the initials?

Speaker 2 Yeah, and then we'll go in. Wait in the government.
Fast as I can.

Speaker 5 I will give the initials, and then you guys can raise your hands.

Speaker 2 You ready? Yeah.

Speaker 8 And was he in the government?

Speaker 2 B.S.

Speaker 2 B.S.

Speaker 6 Ben Stiller? It was Ben Stiller.

Speaker 2 Go and feel this book.

Speaker 5 That last quote is from

Speaker 5 Janine Garoffolo and Ben Stiller's self-help book.

Speaker 2 Feel this book, an essential guide to self-empowerment, spiritual supremacy, and sexual status.

Speaker 2 We wrote that. Mr.
Benjamin,

Speaker 2 we wrote that. You did wrong.

Speaker 2 We did write that. Wow.
Can I ask Team Iceberg how they feel about the fact that

Speaker 2 you didn't give you that question, right?

Speaker 3 It was like 25 years ago we wrote that book.

Speaker 2 That was a very long time ago. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
Well, I thought I remember Janine's true. I got half right.
Yeah, you did. You said Benjamin.
Benjamin.

Speaker 2 I did say Book back then. Yeah.

Speaker 11 It was in there somewhere. Yes.

Speaker 2 You were the one.

Speaker 7 So I'm giving ZPAC a point for that.

Speaker 2 Yes. Yeah.

Speaker 8 And then the point for raising my hand as well.

Speaker 2 You can't lose.

Speaker 12 I support that.

Speaker 2 Wow.

Speaker 2 I love it. All right.

Speaker 5 Dan, how are the teams doing?

Speaker 2 Where are we right now?

Speaker 7 Well, tied for last is we are going to lose

Speaker 7 and iceberg.

Speaker 2 Yeah. True to that.

Speaker 9 And then

Speaker 7 way, way out in first is Z-PAC. Yay!

Speaker 2 Yay! Four points.

Speaker 1 We're never going to hear the end of this from these guys.

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Speaker 5 This next round are the chairman of fripperies in honor of all the big words used in severance, expounding polysyllabically.

Speaker 5 I'm going to give you a word, and your team needs to give your best definition. Judge Dan will decide which of your definitions is the most correct.

Speaker 5 Dan, how fair or how much leeway will you give them?

Speaker 7 I mean, they have all paid me differing amounts of money backstage. Oh.

Speaker 7 And it's going to be a factor.

Speaker 2 All right.

Speaker 5 Well, with that spirit of corruption moving forward,

Speaker 5 here's our first question. In season one,

Speaker 5 James Egan calls Helena a fetid Muppet.

Speaker 5 What

Speaker 5 does fetid mean?

Speaker 5 Like, it's a bad thing, but

Speaker 5 like

Speaker 5 spoiled. Nice.

Speaker 5 Alright.

Speaker 2 Uh-oh, I lost my ability to write.

Speaker 2 You want me to fix it?

Speaker 2 Okay.

Speaker 2 Yeah. I have no idea.

Speaker 5 Team Iceberg, what did you think fetid means?

Speaker 3 We said rotten

Speaker 2 slash spoiled. Rotten and soiled.
Okay. Spoiled.
Oh my god. Not soiled.
Spoiled. Spoiled.
Spoiled. Spoiled.
Rotten and spoiled. Okay.
Rotten slash spoiled. Excuse me.
Are you reading our thing? No.

Speaker 2 No. No.

Speaker 5 Okay, well, we're going to lose.

Speaker 6 What did you write?

Speaker 1 Something spoiled and rotten, like an old banana.

Speaker 2 Yeah. Oh,

Speaker 2 wow.

Speaker 5 And finally, cookie pack.

Speaker 2 Well, we have a discrepancy here.

Speaker 13 We did not like how you you pronounced fetid.

Speaker 2 Oh?

Speaker 2 It was a little confusing.

Speaker 2 So

Speaker 8 we wrote a brainwashed mouthpiece like had been fetid, chosen, brainwashed.

Speaker 2 We thought it was F-E-T-T-E-D-D-D.

Speaker 2 That's still brainwashed mouthpiece.

Speaker 6 Is that wrong or not?

Speaker 2 Fetid.

Speaker 8 We just needed the British pronunciation.

Speaker 2 We needed

Speaker 2 training, training, training.

Speaker 2 That's all.

Speaker 1 These guys are so cocky. cocky.

Speaker 2 They're winning.

Speaker 5 Dan, did anyone get that right?

Speaker 7 Well, so the actual definition of fetid

Speaker 7 is

Speaker 7 smelling extremely unpleasant.

Speaker 7 And I mean, of those two, I mean, you guys both had it pretty close, but I liked your use of an example.

Speaker 7 And I really liked the $500 that Britt gave me.

Speaker 2 Oh, nice.

Speaker 7 So I am going to go with

Speaker 7 We're Going to Lose.

Speaker 2 Wow. There you go.
Okay.

Speaker 2 Titan word.

Speaker 8 Dan, did you consider how bad a brainwashed mouthpiece would smell when you gave out those points?

Speaker 9 It smelled really bad.

Speaker 6 I want to sit next to him and click on it.

Speaker 3 What is a brainwashed mouthpiece?

Speaker 2 Well, Ben, I'm glad you have this.

Speaker 1 We're challenging that.

Speaker 5 Okay, I'm glad that ZPAC is turning this into Model UN.

Speaker 2 We're on the set for it.

Speaker 5 For our final round of expounding polysyllabically, we're going to learn from Mr. Milchik's performance review and begin simplifying our language.

Speaker 10 We've got to simplify that language.

Speaker 5 Tell us, in your own words, what is the simplest way to say the following phrase? Felicitations, commemorating the occurrence of one's emergence into corporate reality.

Speaker 5 I do my abs to this song.

Speaker 1 Yeah, copycatters.

Speaker 2 We're looking. I thought he was cheating.

Speaker 2 I thought Adam was cheating too.

Speaker 2 Oh my god. Okay.

Speaker 5 Well, we're now, the music's done, the time is up. Let's start with the Z-Pack.

Speaker 13 Happy birthday.

Speaker 2 Happy birthday.

Speaker 5 All right.

Speaker 5 And icebergs, what did you guys come up with?

Speaker 2 Happy birthday. Happy birthday, but

Speaker 10 Stevie Wonder style.

Speaker 2 Oh,

Speaker 2 smart.

Speaker 5 That's going to save us some money. And

Speaker 5 finally, we're going to lose.

Speaker 2 Happy birthday. Oh, my goodness.

Speaker 5 Dan, what was the simplest way to say that phrase?

Speaker 6 The answer is happy birthday.

Speaker 2 That's right, happy birthday.

Speaker 5 How are you going to score this one?

Speaker 7 Well, I mean, they all technically got it right.

Speaker 7 Patricia, have you been drawing eyeballs back there for each?

Speaker 7 Because I like that.

Speaker 2 Thank you. I did a little cake.

Speaker 7 You did a little cake?

Speaker 2 I said Stevie Wonder.

Speaker 2 All right.

Speaker 7 I was going to give it to Iceberg, but they're kind of thirsty right now.

Speaker 2 It's not fair. Oh, my God.
It's not fair.

Speaker 7 I'm still going to give it to Iceberg. It's Iceberg.

Speaker 2 Iceberg got challenged.

Speaker 5 All right. Well, Dan,

Speaker 2 what are the team scores right now?

Speaker 7 The teams are currently all tied at first and last place with four.

Speaker 2 Wow.

Speaker 1 Is it a tie?

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 2 Well, you know what?

Speaker 5 Funny you should mention that because we have a tiebreaker round ready just in case that happens. So here for the tiebreaker round, two Egan's and a lie.

Speaker 5 It all comes down to this. It's our final game and it's our truest test.
Let's play two Egans and a lie. One multiple choice question lies between you and the crown.
Are you guys all ready?

Speaker 2 Yes, yes. Okay.

Speaker 5 Really, really focus on this. According to Keir's fourth appendix, which body part of Dader Egan's did not change at Woes Hollow?

Speaker 5 Was it A, his mouth, which disappeared, leaving him no choice but to listen as he spilt his lineage upon the soil? B, his hair, which turned into moss that tore easily from his bleeding scalp?

Speaker 5 Or C, his eye, which popped from its socket, driven by a sudden torrent of pus from his skull?

Speaker 1 But wait, the question is, which did not change?

Speaker 4 Which did not change?

Speaker 5 His mouth disappeared, his hair turned into moss, or his eye popped out of his skull.

Speaker 5 One of those things didn't happen. One of those things didn't change.

Speaker 5 Okay, time is up.

Speaker 5 Let's go first to We're Going to Lose. You picked?

Speaker 2 Mouth.

Speaker 3 I feel like you were listening.

Speaker 2 They overheard us. Did you guys overheard us?

Speaker 2 No. Did you overheard us? I didn't overhear anything.

Speaker 1 So paranoid.

Speaker 5 All right. Now let's go to the icebergs.

Speaker 2 Jesus.

Speaker 3 A mouth.

Speaker 14 A mouth.

Speaker 2 And finally, the C-Pack.

Speaker 2 We can't even be married to each other.

Speaker 8 I was under the impression that we had a greasy.

Speaker 5 Did I pronounce mouth incorrectly?

Speaker 2 What happened?

Speaker 2 Okay, what I wrote was Heron DeMoss.

Speaker 8 And I also added the word stinky. But

Speaker 8 John thinks that we had agreed on mouth.

Speaker 4 So

Speaker 8 I don't even know how to.

Speaker 2 I don't know. Just so you know,

Speaker 1 mouth is the same in American or British dialect.

Speaker 5 Yeah, Dan, what's the correct answer?

Speaker 7 The correct answer is A mouth.

Speaker 6 The answer was A.

Speaker 5 Dieter Egan's mouth did not disappear.

Speaker 2 So who is our winner?

Speaker 7 So

Speaker 7 did you guys draw a picture on yours?

Speaker 1 Yeah.

Speaker 2 Yeah.

Speaker 10 Is it still there? Can I see it?

Speaker 2 No.

Speaker 1 Yep.

Speaker 2 No, you didn't. No, you did.

Speaker 4 Iceberg did do a picture.

Speaker 2 And it's really nice.

Speaker 7 And they also agreed between them.

Speaker 2 Oh.

Speaker 5 So I'm going to award the game winning point to Iceberg. Oh, my God.

Speaker 2 What an exciting game.

Speaker 6 Team Iceberg,

Speaker 2 you are the true children of Keir and the Frippling Championship.

Speaker 2 We don't accept that decision.

Speaker 5 We're going to lose in Z-PAC. Thank you for playing.
I'm so sorry.

Speaker 2 Okay, thank you.

Speaker 2 Thank you guys so much. Pat and Oswald.

Speaker 2 Thank you, Pat.

Speaker 2 We'll get him next Pat.

Speaker 6 We'll get him next. Thank you guys for letting me do this so much.
Thank you.

Speaker 2 Thank you.

Speaker 2 Thank you. All right.
That's it. I think that's it.

Speaker 3 Patton, thank you. We have to thank

Speaker 3 everybody and our contestants and our guests here.

Speaker 2 Zach, John, Britt, Trummel, Patricia.

Speaker 6 And our judge, Dan Erickson.

Speaker 2 Yes, Dan.

Speaker 1 And Randy George for performing our theme song on Theremin.

Speaker 2 Yes. Thank you, Randy.

Speaker 3 And for Teddy Shapira, who's here for writing the theme song and the music.

Speaker 1 And thank you to Noya House for letting us use this incredible space. Thank you so much.
Yes.

Speaker 3 And thanks to Barry Finkel and everybody who made this possible, who produced this live podcast for us.

Speaker 3 This was

Speaker 1 it for the episode. It's a Severance podcast with Ben and Adam.
We'll be back again next week.

Speaker 3 Yes, and you can stream every episode of Severance on Apple TV Plus and follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts. I'm Ben Stiller.

Speaker 1 And I'm Adam Scott.

Speaker 6 Thank you for listening.

Speaker 3 And thanks for coming.