Season 9, Episode 12: Actual Turkey Necks

This episode is the only one bold enough to address the overly casual use of modifiers (ie: “Actual”) and their power to corrupt the very concept of a “category” and thus the mind’s ability to form patterns. Tony and Kevin had better not be the only ones pissed off about this.  But tempers are tempered by the episodes’ segments. First, the call-in show “Ask Your Weasel Trainer!” ruins a promising NPR career because of too much clawing and biting.  Next, “Octadextromethylcyclotetradiazepam” tells the cruel story of a drug that is far too successful at changing your life at the expense of others’. Thirdly, in “Bad Nancy Drew,” two teenage girls try to undo Nancy Drew’s legacy by building criminal cases against the innocent. Finally, “Existentialists on a Hovercraft 3!” finds our hovercraft-wrecked protagonists all damp from the surrounding water as they wait for rescue from either the Coast Guard, the Salvation Army, or an exciting new hybrid!