Episode #6: Shorts Friends

In this very special episode of Just The Tip, Amy and Paul discuss Philadelphia, AKA the “Steel City”.

Direct MP3 Download

• This episode featured our very first listener-submitted theme courtesy of friend-of-the-show Theme Song Todd.

• A notable incongruity in “Parents Just Don’t Understand”.

• The location of the three tall towers and one grody frat house at the University of Pennsylvania:

• La Bamba doing his vastly superior “In The Year 2000”.

• C-SPAN’s coverage of the 2000 Shadow Convention, which was revived in 2012.

• Stephen Colbert’s wonky ear (with bonus pointing):

  Image via J. Allen.

• Since 1996, the ultra-compact Canon ELPH.

• The official Twitter account for Freedom Taxi.

• The Instagram account for one Jonas Gruber.

• Arrivederci, Fior d’Italia, former oldest Italian restaurant in the country!

• Ralph’s restaurant history.

• Start salivating, footsie people, over Amy Jane’s Podcast Heels:

  Photograph courtesy A. Gruber.

• The full version of the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” theme, including the missing verses required for a logical trip across the continent.

• Updated (August 7th, 2013): The Gruber household’s Terrible Pineapple Lumps Rat Problem.

• Philadelphia’s own Mayor Michael “Da Nutta” Nutter. And look, Jazzy Jeff is staying busy too!

Just The Tip: It’s the hilarious new podcast from Amy Jane Gruber and Paul Kafasis. Follow @JustTheTip on Twitter, subscribe to the show in iTunes or via direct RSS, and talk about it incessantly on Twitter, Facebook, and amongst your friends. If you like the show, please leave a review on iTunes!