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Men in Charge Season 10, Episode 22: We Have All Your Old Report Cards!

The Men in Charge surveillance team reaches the nadir of its zenith opportunities as Kevin and Tony read from your old report cards! Pay close attention, Darlene Higgins of Cedar Bluff, Iowa. The listener will also learn about Kevin’s big and small muscles usage and Tony’s failure to get chocolate pudding from the big can at recess. In the new (the 2nd!) segment of “Bruno Calamari, Norwegian Political Operative,” Bruno’s efforts to collect dirty money for his campaign to elect Mall Security Officer 2nd Class Coors the county sheriff runs into trouble when he runs into an implacable receptionist. Next, Mr. Skids returns, this time to “save the fire department.” Once again, Mr. Skids does nothing but sleep off breakfast gin yet still get credit for heroic achievement. Finally, “RV Rapture #3: The Dynamax Angels,” in which Satan works out another deal, this time for RV owners/sinners Fred and Margaret to spend only half their time camped around The Lake of Fire. It’s eternal fire, of course, so their reports smolder—forever…

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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.
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