Think to the Brink
By Will Baker and Alex Prescot
Think to the BrinkApr 17, 2021
Exams!
With exam season fast approaching, we give you another Think to the Brink throwback! Stay tuned for summer 2021 though and brand new episodes in the works!
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Doc (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
A productive pub lunch today started plans of a Think to the Brink 2021 summer reboot. Life and the pandemic has got in the way of us being able to record new episodes in the last year or so but we are still very much alive and kicking!
More details of the big revamp to come later but in the meantime here is some classic content for you to enjoy! One of our first ever episodes from 2017: Doc of the Seven Dwarves. Enjoy...
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Bad Things People Do to Sims
Think to the Brink throwback: After a lengthy coronavirus-related hiatus, Think to the Brink is nearing its long-awaited return and to whet your overthinking appetites, here's a bit of classic content for you: the sadistic treatment of the Sims!
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Kermit the Frog vs Crazy Frog
E84: We are back on the airwaves for our first ever frog-off. A famous frog debate that was months in the making., we get down to brass tax and discuss who had it harder from childhood and on into their successful showbiz careers: the green Muppet moneymaking machine or the Swedish escape artist and ringtone sensation. Enjoy...
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You Can Call Me Al
E83: We kick off the new decade with a good old lyrics analysis! Delving into a listener-requested classic, You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon, we find ourselves in the murky world of forgotten cartoons and the witness protection scheme! Possibly the first podcast ever to reference both CatDog and the Sopranos in the same episode! Enjoy!
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Scrooge (Human) vs Scrooge (McDuck)
E82: Our belated Christmas special is another classically rambling debate. Scrooge vs Scrooge, duck vs human, Disney vs Dickens $65 billion of amassed duck fortune vs one meagre 19th century London counting house.... Happy holidays to all and see you in 2020!
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The Triwizard Tournament
E81: After a three month hiatus and busy schedules, Will and Alex are back in a room together and they haven't missed an overthinking beat! It's another Harry Potter episode but instead of a character being dissected and discussed, it's an event. The prestigious and ever-so-dangerous Triwizard Tournament. Topics for discussion: why is Cedric Diggory in Hufflepuff, do Death Eaters celebrate Voldemort day and is this the worst spectator sport in the combined wizard-Muggle worlds? Enjoy...
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Jesus vs. Gepetto: Celebrity Carpenters ft. Sean McLoughlin
E80: The Son of God vs the father of Pinocchio, the Messiah vs the nomadic Italian toymaker, Italy vs Israel... Jesus vs Gepetto! We welcome special guest host, Sean McLoughlin to the show this week: critically acclaimed stand up comedian and support act for the likes of Ricky Gervais and Bill Burr and co-host of the official Holy Bible podcast: Sean and Eliot Read the Bible.
We discuss Gepetto's sex life or lack thereof, whether or not he is related to the old man from the Dolmio ads, how good a carpenter Jesus really was and the vicious conspiracy theories that he was actually a stonemason!
Check out Sean's latest stand-up album here: https://800pgr.lnk.to/SeanTW
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Arthur the Aardvark
E79: Alex is still away on hiatus so this week we enlist the services of Patreon subscriber and friend of the show, Ed Baker, to join Will in our first ever watch along. We commentate you through two back to back episodes of hit children's TV episode, Arthur, discussing all the idiosyncrasies of the main characters, why the eponymous aardvark has several dog friends but also a pet dog à la Mickey Mouse and whether there has ever been a show that is so species confused! If you want to watch along with us, the YouTube link is below as well as our social media! Enjoy...
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Augustus Gloop
E78: Is Augustus Gloop really a great big greedy nincompoop or are the Oompa Loompa's a bunch of fat-shaming hypocrites and Willy Wonka a corrupt businessman who exploits the easily tempted mind of the child?
We go in-depth on Roald Dahl's iconic German schoolboy exploring his back story, his personality, the lyrics to the songs sung about him and a comparison to another famous food-lover from the same author: Bruce Bogtrotter!
Don't forget to guess the cryptic link with last week's episode to win a prize!
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Carry on My Wayward Son (Kansas)
E77: After a week's hiatus, we're back with another twisting and turning lyrics analysis and if anyone can guess the not so subtle link between this week and last week's topics, then a prize will be given!
Two seminal classics but this week we move from Toto's "Africa" to Kansas' "Carry on My Wayward Son" and somehow we end up talking mainly about School of Rock! Enjoy...
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Africa (Toto)
E76: Another rambling Think to the Brink lyrics analysis and as always we discuss a unique cast of characters as possible players in the meaning behind the words of Toto in their seminal classic and sing-along favourite: Africa.
Pippin from Lord of the Rings, Mufasa, Bono, Ringo Starr and Chandler Bing all pop up as we delve deep into what this song is actually about! Enjoy...
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Bruce the Shark (Finding Nemo)
E75: This week on the show we welcome special guest and Finding Nemo conspiracy theorist, Jack Neicho, for an in-depth discussion on Pixar's most famous underwater activist: Bruce the Shark. We delve into the Fish are Friends Not Food club, what its members look for as alternate food sources and where Bruce ranks on the list of all-time celebrity sharks. Enjoy...
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Al vs Zurg (Toy Story Villains)
E74: Another debate this time zeroing in on the world of Toy Story. Fat Toy Barn owner vs evil Emperor, petty thief vs notorious cross-galactical dictator, cowboy-stealing entrepreneur vs spaceman shooting evil genius! Big Al McWhiggin vs Evil Zurg. Enjoy....
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Uncle Ben (Rice) vs Uncle Ben (Spiderman)
Are We Human or Are We Dancer? (The Killers)
Exams!
Lord Farquaad
I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift)
Zazu (Lion King)
Humpty Dumpty
Trojan Horse
Colonel Sanders vs Ronald McDonald
Lent
Respecting your Elders!
Dick Dastardly (Wacky Races)
Payphone (Maroon 5)
The Pencil Case
Fluffy (Hagrid's Dog)
Tom vs Jerry
Roar (Katy Perry)
Tube Etiquette
Max (The Grinch's Dog)
Noo Noo (The Teletubbies)
Whenever, Wherever (Shakira)
Chess
E52: An educational episode this week as chess prodigy, Alex, teaches relative novice, Will, on the ins and outs of the world's most famous board game. We delve into Alex's chequered past on the junior county chess scene, why he gave it up at secondary school, and we learn some little known facts! Enjoy...
Gandalf vs Dumbledore
E51: Two of the most iconic wizards of all time... who's wiser, who's more powerful, who's got the better beard? All this is and more heatedly discussed in our latest debate! Enjoy...
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