Bonus episode preview - Riddle Guy

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Two bees, or is that two wasps?

That is the question.

Welcome to Nightvale.

You all know I love riddles.

I'm a riddle guy.

It's one of my things.

As I've mentioned constantly over the last several years.

Oh, the number of broadcasts I've spent just talking about riddles.

You're probably all tired of it.

Cecil is doing an entire show about riddles again.

Ugh, wake me up when he's doing one of his rare broadcasts that documents something weird happening in town.

But listen, a riddle is a great way to keep the mind active.

It's a playful way to engage with the world.

And it's also just Darn fun.

That's the word for it.

Darn fun.

So, here are some some riddles for you and I'll give the answers in a bit when you mull them over.

A father and a boy get into a car accident.

They are rushed to the hospital.

The surgeon enters the room, sees the boy and says, I can't operate on this boy.

He is me.

How is this possible?

Next one.

Mary's parents have four children.

Their names are April, May, June, and July.

If those are all the children that they have, then who is Mary?

I think today will just be riddles.

I'm the Riddle Guy.

That's my nickname around town.

Hey, Riddle Guy, people yell at me.

Sometimes in cruel tones.

Sometimes in cruel tones that hurt my feelings.

Sometimes making me cry.

Sometimes I cry at home and say into the mirror, yeah, yeah, I am the riddle guy, and that's okay.

And the mirror says that it's okay, too.

The mirror almost always agrees with me.

Ooh, what happens next?

What riddles are told?

Well, you'll have to sign up for our Patreon to find out, but doing so also helps this show get made.

Go to welcometonightfail.com and click on Patreon to sign up, or just go to Patreon and search for Welcome to Nightfail.

Thank you so much.

See you in February.

I'm Amy Nicholson, the film critic for the LA Times.

And I'm Paul Scheer, an actor, writer, and director.

You might know me from the League Veep or my non-eligible for Academy Award role in Twisters.

We love movies, and we come at them from different perspectives.

Yeah, like Amy thinks that, you know, Joe Pesci was miscast in Goodfellas, and I don't.

He's too old.

Let's not forget that Paul thinks that Dune 2 is overrated.

It is.

Anyway, despite this, we come together to host Unspooled, a podcast where we talk about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-sees, and in case you missed them.

We're talking Parasite the Home Alone, From Grease to the Dark Knight.

We've done deep dives on popcorn flicks, we've talked about why Independence Day deserves a second look, and we've talked about horror movies, some that you've never even heard of, like Kanja and Hess.

So, if you love movies like we do, come along on our cinematic adventure.

Listen to Unspooled wherever you get your podcasts.

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Are you squeamish about horror movies, but kind of want to know what happens?

Or are you a horror lover who likes thoughtful conversation about your favorite genre?

Join me, Jeffrey Kraner, and my friend from Welcome to Nightvale, Cecil Baldwin, for our weekly podcast, Random Number Generator, Horror Podcast Number 9, where we watch and discuss horror movies in a random order.

Find, here's the short version, Random Horror 9, wherever you get your podcasts.

Boo.