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Men in Charge Season 10, Episode 19: Rocket to the Future! Part One, Chapter 11

In today's thrilling episode, it's the space year 1992 and the crews of the Earth Space Force rockets Vanguard and Knausgaard confront "Administrative Evil"! Pieces of the puzzle all begin to fall into place as the native Martian's resistance plan and the colonizing scheme of the United Federated International Earth Corporation begin to congeal, like leftover gravy on the table from a St. Perkins' Pancakes Day celebration.

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Tony Flinn, known around the model railroad track in his basement as “Professor of English, Emeritus,” recently retired from Eastern Washington University to age in place, like an old car up on blocks in the barn, convenient for climbing behind the wheel and saying “Vroom! Vroom!” He and his co-host and co-producer, Kevin Decker, have been writing and performing in “Men in Charge” since probably 2014, or even earlier, depending on whether you’re using the Julian or Gregorian calendar.
Kevin Decker, Professor of Philosophy, was left holding the bag when Tony Flinn recently retired from Eastern Washington University. That bag was full of cats. At first, he thought they were cute, but then they woke up and started mauling him. It turned out that the cats were mountain lion cubs, often referred to incorrectly as “cougars.” One had rabies. From his now-permanent hospital bed, Kevin writes for and co-produces “Men in Charge,” the title of which may or may not be ironic
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