Falling Cow Productions Presents
Anybody's Guess
Hosted by Shambles (also known as Arthur Jaz)

Anybody's Guess #10: Ghosts Appear and Fade Away (9-1-11) (30:43)
Double digits, preparing for Annie's birthday, rolling down a hill, James Van Praagh, ghosts, haunted shoes, screaming seven-year-old girl ghost, can always find a reason to discredit someone's story, Day People vs. Night People, benevolent ghosts, earthbound ghosts, comforting thought, ghosts don't hang out in graveyards, belief in something deeper than what we see.

Anybody’s Guess #11: Not the Crappy Marky Mark Remake (9-3-11) (33:09)
Planet of the Apes (1968), spoiler warning, TBS broadcast, extraterrestrial life, apes have cameras and guns, build-up in first half hour, Taylor the cynic, silent presence, Stewart, the look of the apes, 1960s, Dr. Zaius, doll, kiss between Taylor and Zira, Saturday Night Live parody, sequels, reboot.

Anybody’s Guess #12: Charm Bracelet (9-5-11) (31:04)
Birthday card shopping, one cheap thing, Jackie wrote on her leg, rummaging through charm bracelets, Factory Card Party outlet, Halloween costumes already in store, baby Yodas and baby Darth Vaders, Clerks cartoon, save gas mileage, fifty cents, the spelling of Meijer, American flags, X-Men First Class, Mad Men, Milos Forman, singing Hair, go to sleep.

Anybody’s Guess #13: Major Wipeout (9-6-11) (39:34)
Guest host Skeeter: unused skit for The Friday Maze, Anybody's Guess episode #13, Little League coach, the world in the year 2061, The Truman Show, 1991, Tonight Tonight Tonight skit, wrapping up the show.

Anybody’s Guess #14: Big Shambles on Campus (9-6-11) (29:04)
Collegiate (Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, 1925), recording on campus, my college days, creative writing class, early recording experiences, work anniversary, business history class that met on Thursday nights, the party I didn’t attend, exploring the student center, courtyard garden, psychology class, schizophrenic woman at Dairy Queen.

Anybody’s Guess #15: Design a Lemonade Stand (9-8-11) (35:11)
No solid topic for today’s show, who’s your favorite Bugs Bunny friend, Megamind, Deathly Hallows Part 2, great idea, Jackie draws a picture, Star Wars T-shirt, Neville Longbottom, 40-year-old Hermione looks too young, a perfect lemonade stand, Borders closing, upcoming old-time radio showcase on the show, crayons, The Three Little Pigs, release of The Great Spaceship Race of 8735, two more minutes.

Anybody’s Guess #16: The Rainmaker’s Tangled Web of Adelaide Winters (9-10-11) (3:07:54)
Old-time radio compilation episode: The Rainmaker (The Great Gildersleeve, 9-10-44), World News Today (9-10-44), Metropolis Football Team Poisoned, Part 5 (The Adventures of Superman, 9-10-41), The Evil of Adelaide Winters (Suspense, 9-10-51), Remembering Names (Father Knows Best, 9-10-53), The Tangled Web (The Whistler, 9-10-43).

Anybody’s Guess #17: Elevensept (9-11-11) (28:42)
Clip from The Great Dictator, ten years ago today, hearing the news of the planes hitting the Twin Towers, Elevensept, journal entries written 9-11-01, tragedy bringing out real essence of people, Palestinian children throwing candy, journal entries written 9-12-01.

Anybody’s Guess #18: You’re Listening to Dr. Sarah (9-13-11) (28:24)
A plethora of random sound clips.

Anybody’s Guess #19: Periodontal Maintenance (9-14-11) (27:55)
On my way to the dentist, headache, fall festival, four hours and 44 minutes, karaoke, list of Beatles songs ranked from best to worst, parade sounds, leaving dentist’s office, the time I had my wisdom teeth removed, Old Time Radio Researchers Group, mixing episode #18.

Anybody’s Guess #20: Yoshimi and Shannara (9-15-11) (37:43)
Driving to work, found old case of CDs, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Annie’s earworm theory, Cliff Robertson died, Flowers for Algernon, Charly, Hollywood blacklisting, The Elfstones of Shannara, Replacing You (Post Human Era -- Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0), Spitting Image, Land of Confusion music video, Down and Out in the White House, The Ronnie and Nancy Show, catch phrase.

Anybody’s Guess #21: Room Line Hot Service (9-17-11) (1:05:45)
Spitting Image on YouTube, British humor vs. American humor, OTR RCA Victor 45rpm commercial, Here (The Dwelling Among -- Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States), nostalgia for the Eighties, seeing The Empire Strikes Back when I was five, the E.T. novelization, Family Ties, Michael J. Fox on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark was lousy, horror cliches, What Makes a Good Party (1950), not restricting length of episodes to a half hour, creative freedom.

Anybody’s Guess #22: No Kindling, No Nooky (9-23-11) (43:38)
Systems down at work, Jackie too busy, Anton Kreitzer, Seventies sitcoms, visit to library, searching for fliers, book clubs, community theater, The Elfstones of Shannara, reading so-called classics in college, weather, length of episodes, preference of physical books over e-reader devices, Two and a Half Men season premiere, Ashton Kutcher, celebrity roast of Charlie Sheen.

Anybody’s Guess #23: Antideprexification (9-23-11) (25:28)
Crossing the Parkway, Citalopram, generalized anxiety disorder, appointment with my shrink, increase in dosage, process of trying out antidepressants, meditation workshop, still undecided about existence of ghosts, positive vs. negative energy, transmitting positive energy to someone, laid.

Anybody’s Guess #24: Book Drop (9-25-11) (1:13:13)
Distributing books around Bloomington, Battle Rages (The Blvd. -- Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0), distributing more books around Bloomington, Clam Song (Fewn -- Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States), distributing still more books around Bloomington, Baile del Kiosco (Armoniacida -- Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0), distributing the last few books around Bloomington, four hours later.

Anybody’s Guess #25: Luke Skywalker’s in Tenth Grade (9-28-11) (44:39)
My five-year-old daughter Jackie watches Star Wars for the first time. I’m not even going to try to describe it; you’ll just have to listen.

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