| 1 | * FanWank: Creator/JohnHodgman's harrowing attempt to rewrite ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', which he later realizes is a deep-seated attempt to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong and stop the TurnOfTheMillennium from happening. |
| 2 | * GeniusBonus: Being aimed at the more intellectual set (who else listens to [[Creator/{{NPR}} public radio]]?), these naturally abound. |
| 3 | ** Episode 109, "Notes on Camp," may have been about [[SummerCampy Summer Camp]], but the title was a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_on_%22Camp%22 a famous essay]] by Susan Sontag, the first known scholarly study of, well, [[{{Camp}} the other kind of camp]]. |
| 4 | * MorePopularSpinOff: ''Podcast/{{Serial}}'' and ''Podcast/STown''. |
| 5 | * SpoiledByTheFormat: In "129 Cars," a Long Island Jeep dealership must meet their quota for October in order to get a bonus from Chrysler, which is crucial to keeping the business in black for the month. After weeks of deal-making, close calls and near misses, car #129 is sold just in time, at 5:00 on October 31st. There are still ten minutes in the episode. [[spoiler:Two hours before closing, one sale is disallowed, and another one falls through. With some hurried negotiation with some borderline buyers, plus a last-minute walk-in sale, they meet their goal.]] |
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