WeWow on the Weekend (5/3/25)

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Hello and welcome to Wee Wow on the Weekend! I'm your host, Dennis! And that's my co-host, Reggie the Giant Pigeon. This is the show where we hang out and chit-chat and do whatever we feel like doing because it's the weekend. So Reggie, what should we do? We could do anything. What? No! Rajay! Why nothing? You're tired! Last weekend? What happened last weekend? Dizzy Land! Reggie! You went to the amusement park without me! Gee, how could you go to Disneyland?

The dizziest place on earth without me. Alright, I have a lifetime ban from Disneyland for cutting in the line and going down the water slide backwards. And barfing in a no-barf zone and heckling the mascots and filling up one of the teacups in the teacup ride with actual tea. Well you still could have invited me! Now I have fun! Focus on the show and everything's ruined! What? Really? You brought me a present back from Disneyland? Reggie! What is it? What is it? What is it? What is it?

Oh, it's a pin shaped like Dizzy Dingo. So cute. Okay, I forgive you. Yay, present.

Okay, let's get into our first segment of the day. Reading reviees. Zeez! This is the part where I find reviews that people write to us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts or whatever, and print a bunch out, and then You've already printed a bunch out. Well, look at you. What a prepared little pigeon. Sorry. Prepared humongous pigeon. Okay, let's see what we've got here. This first review Z comes to us from username chocolate yellow red Black Forest? Uh

Reggie, these aren't refuses. This is a list of cakes. What? This list of cakes is from the comment section. Oh yeah! A couple months ago I asked my devoted listeners to tell me what cake to make on dishing it up with Dennis, and then I forgot all about it. But here they are! Suggestions. Okay, forget about reading reviews today. We're doing a cooking segment!

Dennis and Reggie. Okay, today we're making a cake. So let's take a look at this list. Our devoted listeners have suggested the following cakes. Chocolate. Black Forest. Red Velvet. There's another vote for chocolate. For cheesecake. Oh wow, triple layer chocolate cake, rainbow cake, triple layer fudge with espresso. Gikes, that's a lot of cash. Which one should we make? Well we can't do the espresso cake because I already had two cups of coffee this morning.

And I'm out of my single origin super special ultra-rare espresso beans. But maybe we can do a few of these other cakes all mixed together. Okay, it looks like a lot of people want the cake. Which is perfect because I have an old mug of hot chocolate right here. No, Reggie, it's not hot, it's old. Which means it's also cold. It's old cold chocolate. Okay, the next ingredient we need is flour. Oh, Reggie, give me your toast! Well, would you rather have toast or cake? That's right.

Okay, just gonna crumble this into the hot chat. Give it a little stir. Cake better. Yeah, it's a little watery. So what? Okay, now let's get to the rainbow cake. How about we add some of these Rainbow sprinkles! Fine. They're not so much sprinkles as they are jelly beans. Now, Reggie, we'll just tear them into tiny bits like this. See? Sprinkle! Let's go into the bath And finally, I think someone wanted a cheesecake.

And I just so happen to keep a slice of American cheese in my pocket at all times. Why? Because it feels smooth and it comforts me. It's my emotional support cheese. Just gotta unwrap it. Yeah, I don't know why you put cheese on a cake, but anything for my devoted listeners. Okay, that is a good looking mug of stuff that should become a cake, right? And now it's time to bake. I have been waiting, just waiting to get- Think back out!

It's from my childhood. Mother bought it for me so I could bake my own birthday cakes. Aha! Here it is! Ready to be impressed, Reggie. It's the cakey bake junior! Yeah, check it out. Let me just turn it on. And now we put our cake batter inside. Then close it up and press this button. Yay, it's working! I love you, Cakey Bake Jr. When our delicious cake is done, Cakey Bake Jr. will go Ding!

What? Honk? It's supposed to go dang! What's a honk mean? Reggie, a honk does not mean it's a bad cake. Well, let's find out. Come here, my son. Okay, time to taste. Let me just get in there with the spoon. Hmm, sound delicious. Yeah, that's really good. I'm just gonna spit it out real quick though. Wow, thanks for all your cake. listeners and thank you Kakey Bake Jr.

Okay, let's move on to a little segment I like to call Inside Tinkercast Studios. Uh inside Tinker. This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite Tinkercast shows. And today we're listening to Wow in the World Season 2 episode. 37 called The Dinosaur with Dandruff. Oh no! Damn! Reggie, I have a test. Secret. I have Dandra! No, I know it's not a big deal, but my scalp gets all itchy and flaky, see?

Oh, got it all over the cake. Well, I hope there's an answer to my dandruff problems in this episode. I need to get rid of it. Okay, here we go. We Wow will be right back. Grown-ups, this message is for you. That's it! Now back to the show!

World. Okay, a little chew. Few sardines on the Yeah. Hmm, what else do I need? Ooh, maybe a little jelly to keep it all together. Where did I put the sprinkles? Oh hey guy Roz. You what? Mindy, what is going on here? Smells like a f- Oh, I'm just about to go feed my Rex. Your Rex? Yeah, my T-Rex. T-Rex? Mindy, what are you talking about? My T-Rex, Sky Roz, as in Tyrannosaurus. Looks like somebody needs to brush up on their dinosaurs. I know what a T Rex is, Mindy.

Then why are you pretending like you don't? What? Anywho, what's going on? much really. I I just wanted to See what you were up to. What I'm up to is wondering what you're doing scratching your narrow. Cut it off before you've got nothing left. Oh, sorry about that, Mindy. I don't know what's gotten into me. Ever since I started using this new hair wax last week, my head has been. Well your hair does look slick than usual. Even if you do mess it up every five seconds.

Okay, I got an idea. Um, here, why don't you just put on this awesome hat? It says cheeseburgers in paradise. Forget all about that itchy little nog of yours and come out and help me feed the big guy. Feed who? Rex! My T Rex Guy Ross? T Rexes have very serious appetites. Uh sure. Let me just put this hat on. Ah, it's it's a little scary. All for me. Mindy, is this hat made for a one of those stuffa bears? Uh-huh. Okay, I need you to hold this bag of food. Okay. I'll follow behind you with

Uh wait a minute, what's in this bag, Mindy? Uh organic corn? Yep, a T-Rex's favorite meal. Wait. If this is for your pet T-Rex Mindy, then what's with this big old bucket of fish? Oh yeah. I just got a little hungry. Come on, Garrett! Whoa Mindy, these walls must be like twenty feet tall. Well yeah, they're supposed to hold in T Rexes. Yeah. Stand back while I open the coup, okay? Um are you sure this is a good idea? How else are we supposed to feed him? Well vocal identification required.

It's raining tacos from out of the sky. Tacos. Don't even know why. Just open your mouth and close your Oh, hey, look, it worked. India I'm not sure. Come on, Guy Roz, it's just a T Rex. Yeah Rexy Rexy Rexy. 남 남 남 Call for it, Mindy. She is not an ick. And second of all, who's that? Probably him. We're hungry. Here it comes, Guy Rod! Ooh, chicken? Hey there, Rexy! Who's a good little dinosaur? You are? Yes, you are! You want some food? You got a hungry little This is Rexy Where's your

Rex you were talking about. Oh, well, this is him. Aren't you, Bonnie? The little teeny tiny tea rex. Oh cute little baby tea rex. I hate to burst your bubble here, but uh that is Clearly ate chicken. Technically speaking, he's a chicken, but he comes from a proud dinosaur dynasty, Gyroz. Dinosaur Dynasty? What do you mean? What I mean is that even though Rexy here might not Technically be a Tyrannosaurus rack? Rexy's great, great, great, great, great, great. Great great great great great great

Great-great-great-great grandparents very well could have been. Ah, of course. So what you're saying is that chickens like Rexy here evolved from dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Exact Doritos, Skyrock. And in the same way that we humans began to evolve from other primates millions and millions of years ago. Well, I can understand how humans are related to

other primates, I mean, we kinda look similar. We have similar facial structures, similar hands, and a pretty similar sense of humor. Hey, hey, it's so great to be here tonight. in this morning and boy are my arms tired. Ah So, why do monkeys like bananas? Because they're so appealing.

But a chicken and a T-Rex Mindy? I can't think of two animals more different. What makes you think these two animals are actually? I feel it in my bones. Huh? Or maybe I should say that Rexy here feels it in his bones. Hmm what do you mean? His great great great great great great grandmother. was a T-Rex. It's all in his bones. In Rexy's bones?

So a group of paleontologists Which are the people who do study dinosaurs and other prehistoric life? That's right. A group of paleontologists from North Carolina State University Very special. What? Wait for it? Collagen. Collagen? You mean the stuff that's Bones the stuff that makes our bones slightly flexible? The very slight.

Okay, so what's so special about collagen? Well, they were able to take this little bit of and run it through a database where they could compare it to a whole bunch of other living animals. And they found... I'm back! The modern date chicken. Winner winner chicken. They discovered that the collagen found in this prehistoric dinosaur was almost Exactly like the collagen found in modern-day chickens, like Rexy here. Wow. But

It's not just chickens and T-Rexes that share something in common. It isn't? Nope. Scientists now think that all modern day birds are in some way related to prehistoric dinosaurs. Huh. You know, now that I think about it, Mindy, there are a lot more similarities between birds and dinosaurs than Yeah, so what do you think? Well, for one, they both have a ferocious appetite. And for two, they're both covered in feathers. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold the phone, Guy Roz. Dinosaurs with

Feathers? That's right, Mindy. I thought the dinosaurs were all scaly and thick skinned like Grandma G Force's pet alligator Ripples. Come on now, Ripple. Get in the tub and show mama that bear. I'm gonna wake What? You are a wrestler? Well, there definitely were dinosaurs that were scaly, Mindy, but more and more feathered dinosaurs are being discovered every day. Really? Yeah.

Over the past twenty years or so, thirty species of non-avian or non-flying dinosaurs have been found with feathers. Just like birds? Some of them But there are other dinosaurs who have very fine, very small feathers called protofeathers. Loco sweaters? Protofeathers. Huh. Scientists believe that these sorts of feathers would have looked Brightly colored fo DINO FUD! Hey, why don't you have any dino fuzz, Rexy? Hmm Yeah, it's a good point. My itchy head it's driving. That's

Oh! You know what, Guy Roz? That just reminded me of something. What? I think I know what's got your noggin in need of a scratchin'. Come here, let me see that little coconut cabeza of yours. Okay, Mindy, fine. Let me just take my glasses off here. There you go. Whoa, you only have two eyes? Huh? Okay, let me just inspect here. Yes Yep, just as I suspected. What is it, Mindy? Well It's this. Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.

CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK Mindy, why were you shaking my head like that? I'm not a Whoa, what is that? It it looks like a small pile of snow. Uh that's not snow, my friend. It's dandruff. Dandruff? Ah, gross. Shh, the dandruff can cure you, guy, Ross. It's not gross, it's just

skin in your hair. What was all that dandruff doing in my hair, Mindy? Well it's probably got something to do with that new hair wax you've been putting through those luscious locks of yours. My hair wax? Well it just keeps my hair neat and tidy. Yeah, but have you checked the label? It says right here. May cause radical mohawks and wicked dandruff.

Pff Mindy, where did you get a canister of my hair wax from? Oh no, this isn't yours, this is Rexy's. You guys just use the same kind. You put hair wax on your chicken? Of course I put hair wax on my chicken, Guy Roz. How else do you think he'd be able to maintain that slick and dapper look of his? Wait a minute. Do chickens get dandruff too? Not only do chickens get dandruff too.

But so did their ancestors. You mean? Yep. I'm talking about Dino Dandruff. Okay, so I can guess how you found out that Rexy had Dandruff, I'm guessing you just picked him up and gently shook him out, yeah. But how do you know that his ancestors had dandruff? Oh Espera um minuto! Do you use the time machine to go back in time and ruffle up some dinosaurs? Hey Roz, do I look like the type of person who would go back in time and ruffle up dinosaurs? Uh don't answer that. How'd you find out?

And the answer lies in this uh Piece of gum, a gumdrop button, and three triple A batteries? What? Sorry, wrong pocket. Uh take two this. What is that? This Skyroz is a fun sized dinosaur feather. Oh cool. And just so we're clear. Fossilization is what happens when a living organism, like a plant or an animal, gets frozen or encased in something like tar or quicksand when it dies.

Yeah, and that process protects it from the elements and stops the body from decaying or rotting. Right, so where did you get a fossilized dino feather from, Mindy? Oh, it came free in my box of dandruflakes. Huh? Cereal? Really? No, not really. My friend Maria McNamara from the University of College Cork loaned it to me. Ah, huh. And where did she get it from? She got it from China. Ah and you'll never guess what she found on this fossilized dino. Feather. Dandruff.

Yeah, how did you know? Well, it just kinda seemed like where the story was heading. Hmm. Well, look at you with your deductive reasoning skills. Well You're right. Fossilized feather belong to a teeny tiny little crow sized raptor. China one hundred and Twenty-five million years ago. Whoa. A hundred and twenty-five million years? That's like, well, that's a really long time ago. It sure is, and you know what that means? What? Dandrip un Oldest case of itchy head in existence.

Whoa. But this little fleck of dino dandruff is way more than just another case of forgetting to use your shampoo. What do you mean? Well, dandruff is made up of dried up. Skin cells on your scalp. Our body sheds our skin. Yeah, and so scientists thought for the longest time The dinosaurs shed all of their skin at once. Ha, like a snake or a lizard. But what this little piece of dandruff proves is that

But at least some dinosaurs, particularly the ones with feathers, shed their skin in teeny tiny little bits. In the form of dandruff. Exact Doritos, and ever since my friend Dr. McNamara found this fossil on the floor. Other researchers have found two more cases of dinodandruff. Which means it wasn't a one-off fluke. And when they compared this ancient dandruff to modern day birds, They found that they were only Identical. Wow. Except

For one thing. What was it, Mindy? Corneocyte. Corneocyte? Yep. Let me see here in my handy dandy reference guide Corneocytes, corneocyt. Corneocytes are a type of fat that birds sweat out to Try and cool down after flying. Yeah, and when a bird sweats that stuff out, it usually gets collected in the dandruff. But no corneocytes were found in the dinodandruff. Which means that although these dinosaurs had feathers,

They probably didn't fly. Again with the deductive reasoning! That's exactly right, Gyroz! Ha! Well, I'm glad to know I'm not alone when it comes to my uh itchy head!

And you say that if I stop using that hair wax, then the itching should stop. Well, it did work for Rexy, didn't it, buddy? Rexy? Rexy? Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Whaoo what's going on, Mindy? T Rex! Well someone should save that chicken! Ow, I get it now! No, not the thing about fossils, Reggie. The thing about hair wax! If I stop using Gyras's hair wax, I won't have dandruff anymore! I just need to ditch Gyras's tin of hair wax!

And use something else waxy to style my hair. Oh, I know. What about earwax? Because it's free, and I already have a bunch. Of course earwax will work just as good as hair wax, Reggie! They both have wax in the name! How different can they be? Okay, let's wrap this up so I can go style my hair. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to Wee Wow on the Weekend. If you have a question for me, call and leave me a message at 1-888-7WOW. That's 1-888-7WOW.

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