Episode 18: Monday, February 27, 2006
posted on Feb 27, 2006 | Comments (3)

In this episode:
- Paunch in Time (the American Revolutionary War),
- George Washington’s retreat through Belleville, NJ,
- cherry blossoms,
- insane elementary school memories (razzmatazz, the fake stock market war, the paper war, caged dodgeball, the big splash, the lead apple, and Mr. F’s aerodynamic baseball bat),
- incorrectly scored standardized tests,
- the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS),
- the Early Warning Test (EWT),
- the High School Proficiency Test (HSPT),
- and the listener annoying word of the episode by GT in Brooklyn.
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[...] moons ago…..episode 18 to be exact, we recounted a tale of elementary school, where we kept saying the word [...]
i really enjoy your episodes where you reminisce about the strange things that actually happened to you. listening to you both actually registering each memory and laughing is particularly infectious. and yes, i’m now convinced belleville is built on comedic toxic waste / ventriloquist dummy burial ground / et cetera; there must be an explanation for all the strange behaviour – it’s like ‘eerie, indiana’!
Joe Pesci baby!