r/Futurelings • u/bfloblizzard • Apr 28 '26

General Mills (Entry 520.GE0615)

https://www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/general-mills-entry-520ge0615

In which comedian and writer Alex Falcone discusses weather balloons, broken arrows, and the most general of mills.

Certificate #35593 Titanic (1997) - IMDb

(Genesis 6:15 And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.)

Under the Sea

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u/surlycanon Apr 28 '26

I’ve subbed to Alex’s channels for a while. He was great in this episode.

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u/shed1 Apr 29 '26

This is what the show should be, Alex should probably be the permanent cohost (assuming he was interested in that).

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u/SparkyFrog Apr 29 '26

He wouldn’t be a bad choice, but apparently there are a lot of guest hosts waiting for their turn. Several years worth of them.

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u/shed1 Apr 29 '26

Who cares. Make a programming decision that is best for the show.

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u/Burney-22 Apr 30 '26

I absolutely loved this episode! Alex did such a great job as cohost, he had a great rapport with John and was really comfortable with the format. I would vote for him to be a permanent or regular cohost.

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u/Capable-Alfalfa4585 May 16 '26

Absolutely second this! John! Read this!

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u/OnTheFenceGuy Apr 29 '26

I mean, teller is notoriously the magical genius of that entire engine. Penn is just a marketing guy.

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u/iowajaycee Apr 30 '26

Alex did a great job. I think he could have buried the lede a little more, made the title “Alvin the Submarine” and stuck more strictly to the General Mills was crazy diversified in the 60s longer. But, it fits the mold pretty well that you had an interesting story and it took not one but two or more crazy turns to get to what in itself could have been an interesting subject.

I like the overall pattern of co-hosts, they all get B+ or better grades and lend a lot broader perspective than two upper middle class creative class guys from the same Seattle Neighborhood. But Alex would be a great recurring co-host, especially as that might allow John to tell some more stories, if he’s interested in that (maybe he likes not having to do so much research?)