Episode 26: Go Practice the Car


 * John driving the Audi on a runway.
 * Lumberjack boots and bespoke suits.
 * John’s mom puts him in his place over an incantation.
 * ~52:00- First mention of John’s pillows turning into owls.
 * With beaks.
 * He has a lot of pillows.
 * He grabbed an owl, nestled up to it and went back to sleep.
 * They didn’t speak to him. "Owls can’t talk. Dummy.” -JR
 * “That many owls aren’t going to turn up somewhere without a reason.” -JR, indignantly.
 * “They had a project. Some sort of owl project. I’m not sure what it was.” -JR
 * “If it happens again, I’m definitely going to ask some serious questions.” -JR
 * “There was some shuffling from side to side.” -JR
 * ~57:45- John is not a white wizard, despite what he thinks. He is a grey wizard.
 * But he was flattered.
 * Another mention of the Tierra del Fuego trip.
 * See episode 9 for reference.
 * $2000 jeep, meeting an heiress.
 * That’s as good as middle school.
 * Merlin has edited two things to this point.
 * He’s editing out his own sniffs.
 * John never noticed Merlin put any work into this thing. 1:06:00.
 * He also edited out 7 hours of arguing about religion.
 * Should be listening to these chronologically.
 * “I relish someone trying to come and breach my perimeter. I relish it. I’m waiting for it.” -JR
 * See episode 176.
 * Colin Meloy
 * The Chimbley Sweep is about John. His life story.
 * 1:20:00- The main way he gets their goat is to drop constant references to how all of their songs are about pirates.
 * "We have no songs that are about pirates." -CM