Amusement Parks Episodes

This week, Melanie doesn't know what she's wishing for, Dakota Johnson isn't having it, Ohio meets somebody's standards, baboons get fired, and carefree beaver thoughts end abruptly. Content warnings: mono, crushing death, loss of teenage daughter, animal attacks, death of penguin at 41:00, death of owl, death of beaver, death of wife/mother, inadequate medical care, boogers/kids getting things stuck up their noses. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Sings#Death_of_Deborah_Gail_Stone...

This week, Melanie isn't marked safe, we find the limits of Brianne's love, the Disney songs bracket comes to a close and the Petty Pop Culture Moments bracket begins, a LEGOLAND pirate is not the job to have, and Melanie discovers the seedy underbelly of Pokemon. Content warnings: death by rollercoaster collision, murder of women/teenager/pregnant woman, gymnastics/stuntman injury, head trauma, paralysis, detailed description of physical trauma resulting from fall, ableism, depression Links: ...

This week, the Disney bracket comes to a close, Brianne is THE villain, Melanie is wrong about Scar, Brianne wants to be a cult leader, cats should not make out, we rethink our futures as brakemen, and Melanie is attacked by a kangaroo. Content warnings: cults, riots, police violence, derailed rollercoaster, death of children 44:30-49:43, graphic description of accident scene/blood, animal testing, animal mauling, serious injury to neck, dead bodies of animals. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/...

This week, Melanie is a tour guide on the River Styx, we identify our gas station item love languages, we are old-timey brakemen, Melanie gets rammed, rollercoaster ghosts live on in original flooring, , the mayor and only the mayor cares, Walt Disney has a bad day, we get new nicknames, and Brianne has seen enough. Content warnings: death of a parent, hospice, cancer, rollercoaster derailment, injuries, brief and non-specific mention of suicide, brief graphic description of scalp injury, death...

This week, we learn how to be good citizens, an alligator is thrown through a fast food window, we cave to a year and a half of requests, pot gets framed for asshole genius behavior, and we cover the worst amusement park disaster yet. Content warnings: mentions of drugs, domestic violence 18:15-19:00, horrific death of a child which is the topic of the episode but discussed specifically from 39:00 on, decapitation, vague mention of suicidal ideation Links: Behind the Thrills How a Freak Accide...

This week, Brianne offers a charcuterie board of amusement park accidents, a wholesome dad saves the day, we clarify that water is wet, teenage lifeguards have too much work ethic, Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class gets out of control, redneck dads lose their hog wild budgets, Melanie loves sandblasters, and we try to buy a rollercoaster on eBay. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Heights/falling, vague mention of drowning, non-fatal electrocution in water, bees, life-threatening language barr...

This week, a security guard deserves a raise, Busch Gardens leans into some horrifying PR, Brianne ventures into the underbelly of the internet for research, the phrase "funny hop" ruins our lives forever, a group of roller-coaster riders has the most terrifying few minutes imaginable, a New York school fails in every way possible, Brianne gets 7 year old street cred from the Brownie Girl Scouts, a fake Hasselhoff peaces out, The Mind Eraser makes good on its name, and a teenager says "Not today...