Kirk answers questions about Guns 'n Roses, Mario Kart 64, phasers, and what makes a song sound like it's from a musical.

DISCUSSED/REFERENCED ON THIS EPISODE:

• "Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns n’ Roses from Appetite for Destruction • , 1987 • "Results Theme" from Mario Kart 64 • by Kenta Nagata • A video kirk made in 2014 about the dynamic music of Mount Wario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8TBS75U1p8 • “Dig” by Incubus from Light Grenades • , 2006 • “Waiting On A Miracle” feat Stephanie Beatriz, “What Else Can I Do?" feat Diane Guerrero, and "We Don't Talk About Bruno” by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Encanto • , 2021 • “Tonight” from West Side Story • 2021, performed by Rachel Zeigler and Ansel Elgort, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Leonard Bernstein • “Popular” by Stephen Schwartz performed by Kristin Chenoweth from Wicked • , 2003 • “I Believe” by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez performed by Andrew Rannells from The Book of Mormon • , 2000 • An excerpt from the October 2021 episode of “Backstage Pass with Eric Vitro” • featuring Arianna Grande • Audio excerpts from Brooklyn 99 • and Doom Patrol • “One” by Creed from My Own Prison • , 1997 • “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry as performed in Back To The Future • , 1985

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