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Season 3, Episode 15: "Tight Space Spaces!"

Lt. Schicklegruber makes his way through the ship's ventilation system, Gretchen Munch tosses Sparky McClean's fragrant space blouses and space toiletries into the corridor for Ensign Zinn to collect, and Dr. Dankmeme puts herself on an anxiety-reducing drug trial.

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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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  • The corridors are narrow and winding on the Rocketship Vanguard, so there are a lot of opportunities for space secrets to be inadvertently shared. Meanwhile, embedded space journalist has been expelled from her cabin, and Lt. Schicklegruber remains trapped in the ventilation tube.