The valiant crews of the Earth Space Force rockets Vanguard and Knausgaard start a Martin-Earth Space War, an event too big for the font we chose for the title of this episode! Since our normal announcer went walkabout out of protest over the sort of kiddie junk-food and exploding-toy marketing that the United Federated International Earth Corporation has been pushing on "Rocket to the Future! Part One," Failed Narration Productions announcers take over in her stead. And in what has to be the most ludicrous narrative device ever for one of these episodes, the "fabula" (order in which the events of the episode take place chronologically) is the reverse of its "sjuzhet" (order in which the events are presented in the episode)! Collect all the Russian narrative theorists' ideas and trade with your friends!
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
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.
