Money for Old Rope
By Vamp Nation
Money for Old RopeJul 24, 2018
MythBusters Did It!
Adam and Terence lack a cat…
Idioms:
- A rolling stone gathers no moss
- Bless their little cotton socks
Alternative names:
Super Magic Sparkle Pen
Ideas for other Podcasts
Seductive Paper Dance
The Night Clouds are Forming
Terence Reads Latin
A Jewel of a Podcast
Links:
Final Space (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb
Adventure Time’s Finale is the Beginning of Something New
Deuteronomy 22:11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
YouTube – MythBusters in the rain
White Rabbit Project (TV Series 2016) – IMDb
Parks and Recreation (TV Series 2009–2015) – IMDb
Making It (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb
YouTube – ERB, just including this for how great it is.
American Revolutionary War – Wikipedia
The League of Gentlemen – Wikipedia
No Such Thing as a Fish – Wikipedia
The Wire (TV Series 2002–2008) – IMDb
Ferrite Recording Studio: Ferrite Recording Studio — Wooji Juice
Audacity (audio editor) – Wikipedia
Media and contact:
The ASMR One
Adam and Terence listen to a cat.
Idioms:
- The cat’s pyjamas
- Chance your arm
- Play a blinder (sort of)
Alternative names:
Licking Wendy Houses
Tastless Rubbery Eggs
Interesting Buttery Friend
Yellow Silk PJs
All Bacon Fry-up
Odd But Accurate
Links:
Autonomous sensory meridian response – Wikipedia
Prohibition in the United States – Wikipedia
YouTube – Everybody Wants to be a cat
10 of the Most Dangerous Airports in the World
Yes! We Have No Bananas – Wikipedia
Dancing plague of 1518 – Wikipedia
Final Space (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb
Disenchantment (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb
Arrested Development (TV Series 2003– ) – IMDb
Media and contact:
The Queen’s Glass Eyes
Adam and Terence listen to Deborah’s cough, entirely self-inflicted.
Idioms:
- Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
- Fit as a fiddle
- All the world’s a stage
Alternative names:
Melting from the face
American inner monologue
Socks is great
Shiny Shiny House
Deborah’s cough
Links:
YouTube – Queen’s guard
Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) – Wikipedia
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher – Wikipedia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Wikipedia
Big Brother (UK TV series) – Wikipedia
William Shakespeare – Wikipedia
Media and contact:
Jelly Boat Universe
Adam, Deborah and Terence are together for the first time ever! We mainly talk nonsense…
Idioms:
- Lead someone down the garden path
- Take it with a grain of salt
- Push the boat out
Alternative names:
Scurvy’s the one I wanted
Space Pirate… Ghost
Champagne Jelly Boats
Greasy Idioms
Barely Remembered Degrees
Tez the Cabin Boy
72 Ingredients
Links:
The Office (U.S. TV series) – Wikipedia
List of ancient Egyptian dynasties – Wikipedia
List of ancient Egyptian dynasties – Wikipedia
Garden-path sentence – Wikipedia
North–South divide – Wikipedia
The Railway Children – Wikipedia
David Attenborough – Wikipedia
Richard Attenborough – Wikipedia
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST on acast
skeptic | Origin and meaning of skeptic by Online Etymology Dictionary
Louis XVI of France – Wikipedia
Electorate of Mainz – Wikipedia
Conscientiously Objecting Pigeons
Adam, Terence and Lucy take on underwear… we’re also extremely ignorant about American sports!
Idioms:
- Cut and run
- Mum’s the word
- Don’t get your knickers in a twist
Alternative names:
Drive-by Podcasting
Our bad history
Idiomatic Verb Phrases
Let’s Twist Again
Smokey Ghosts
Knicked my Bocks
Links:
Elizabeth I (bit out on the date… again…)
Brexit (such a horrible word)
And Now for Something Completely Different
New York Knicks (also Knickerbockers, but basketball, a bit dull)
Media and contact:
Super Hairy Leg Time
Adam, Lucy and Deborah talk about the heat, again, and we also get into Terence’s hairy legs!
Idioms:
- That old chestnut
- Don’t cut your nose off to spite your face
- Spinning a yarn
Alternative names:
Elongated Film Chat
Peter Molyneux Sucks
Floating Babies
Links:
Fable (2004 video game) – Wikipedia(great game)
Jack and the Beanstalk – Wikipedia
Bullfrog Productions – Wikipedia
Dungeon Keeper 2 – Wikipedia(one of the best games ever)
Curiosity – What’s Inside the Cube? – Wikipedia
Can Xerox be used as a synonym for photocopy? – Quora
Hoover vs. vacuum – Grammarist
Velcro – Hook-and-loop fastener – Wikipedia
The Great Wave off Kanagawa – Wikipedia
(Pokemon edition)The Great Wave Off Kanto by missypena on DeviantArt
The Birth of Venus – Wikipedia
The Merchant of Venice – Wikipedia
Henry IV of France – Wikipedia (not quite the Henriest Henry)
Red thread of fate – Wikipedia
Minotaur – Wikipedia (Theseus!)
American Horror Story – Wikipedia
Rudderless Gawping
Adam, Sam and Terence try to talk sensibly, despite the heat…
Idioms:
- Never the Twain Shall Meet
- Navel Gazing
- Get off Scot Free
Media and contact:
Arrogant Philosophers
Idioms:
- Make hay while the sun shines
- The full monty
- Hobson’s choice
Sponsored by:
A change in podcast editing workflow.
Rejected titles:
Photoshopping yawns
All Philosophers are Arrogant
We Philosopher Kings
Debs’ Old English
The Suneth Shineth
I’m not mad!
Links:
Sophie’s Choice (it was also a book…)
First past the post (again, feels like I’ve linked this before.)
Stargate Universe (boo)
The Full Monty – Film
Montezuma (specifically the second one)
Civilization – Game series (so good)
Monte card game
How 2 (I’d completely forgot it was Carol Vorderman…)
Media and contact:
Forming a Guild
Idioms:
- Tin foil hat
- Got their comeuppance
- At sixes and sevens
Sponsored by:
Bank holidays.
Links:
Brave New World (fantastic book!)
12 Angry Men (first watched this in school, didn’t appreciate it)
City of London Livery Companies
Guild Wars (never played)
World of Warcraft (played this too much)
Extra Bitter Beer
Idioms:
- Turn on a sixpence
- Cut someone some slack
- Full tilt
Sponsored by:
Injured limbs.
Links:
Lightbikes (Light cycle!)
MOBA (Feel like we were a bit far off)
Tilting in esports (an art?)
Warcraft III (such a great game, Ben’s great at it)
Rejected titles:
We’re all injured
We’re not mechanics
Dimes, Daims, and Dames
Wanging with Sticks
The Podcast Almanac
Media and contact:
Ancient Custard Races
Idioms:
- Through thick and thin
- Every cloud has a silver lining
- Fly off the handle
Sponsored by:
No one, but we got the attention of a celebrity on Twitter.
Links:
More chickens than people (I didn’t actually believe this one, that’ll teach me…)
Nandos (cheeky)
Feeding the multitude (5000, woop)
300 (60%… it deserves much more than that…)
Battle of Thermopylae (boom, got that one right)
Triceratops (not one of those dinosaurs that textbooks got wrong!)
Doomsday Book (got this one right too!)
Bird’s Custard (and this one, good podcast for vague history!)
Smash (the very phrase ‘instant mashed potato’ inspires dread)
The Lord of the Rings (boring)
Voynich Manuscript (didn’t recall this one though…)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Jason Momoa (will forever be Ronon from Stargate to me)
Bleeding Gums’ voice actors (not JEL)
Bulking Out Hufflepuff
Idioms:
- Don’t poke the bear
- Wet your whistle
- Flash in the pan
Sponsored by:
Links:
South Park Episode 300 (got it wrong, it’s actually 200 I was thinking of…)
Jesus vs. Frosty (1992)
Jesus vs. Santa (1995)
South Park Pilot (1997)
New Top Gear viewership (sad times)
Pan the Satyr (playing the pan flute!)
Mayor of Canterbridge (or more appropriately ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’)
Signs (yup, was M. Night)
The Village (also M. Night)
International Panic Symbol (A real thing!)
Panic signal… (another great Matt and Trey production)
Aggressively Levelling Pokémon
Idioms:
- Fighting fire with fire
- Starter for ten
- Chew the rag/fat
Sponsored by:
That guy
Links:
Pokémon Release Date (1996!)
Water Arson (inundationist!)
King John (Shakespeare)
Carry On Wayward Son (disappointed I couldn’t remember this…)
Original firefighters (alternatively titled, being a Roman entrepreneur)
Mutually Assured Destruction (Adam has opinions on this.)
North Korea Talks (Trump, you’re up, be good.)
South Korea turns off propaganda
Starter for 10 (movie)
Lord North (classic example of being remembered for one thing)
Aftershow Links:
Rejected titles:
Nintendo take us down
Aggressively Levelling Pokemon
Life is Unfair
We Stop Forrest Fires
Machines Guns are Disruptive
Classic Shotgun Approach
Ben Rigs Auctions
Remember Eating Meat
Gamon
Introducing Structured Anarchy
Idioms:
- On yer bike
- Tie the knot
- Pass the buck
Sponsored by:
Links:
First Past the Post (not PR)
Alternative Vote (not PR)
MMP – AMS (my mistake)
CGP Grey’s Video on FPTP (Worth the watch, as are the others, I promise.)
Yes Minister (never seen this, might have to watch it.)
The Amazing Race – Camels vs. Bikes
Swegway (Silly devices)
Gordian Knot (Alexander, dammit)
Odysseus and the axe-handles (embarrassed for forgetting this one)
Chastity Belt (Debatably Not Safe for Work, depends where you work I suppose…)
Sam Demands Feedback
Idioms:
- Under the weather
- Not enough room to swing a cat
- No rest for the wicked
Sponsored by:
Keys!
Links:
Wizard of Oz (1939 Film)
Paper Planes – Street Sweeper Social Club
Socially Awkward Magicians
Idioms:
- The lion’s share
- It’s not rocket science
- On the cards
Links:
The Wizard of Oz – Film (There are many)
Common sense isn’t common (Apparently)
Speedy Pasta Bolognese (Apology from Adam, Sam never sent me the recipe.)
Frothy at the Mouthy
Idioms:
- Not to rain on your parade
- Thrown under the bus
- To keep tabs on
Links:
The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
Beyonce’s Photo (dubious claims)
House – TV
Arctic Monkeys (Don’t believe the hype!)
Digimon (also known as ‘the better Pokemon’)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Rejected titles:
I got a James Right
Filofax Vibes
The age of the Filofax
Montague and Tabulates
Watch those Plosives
Plinky Plonky Score
Media and contact: