| Mothman (w/ Hank Green) | |
| Hello from the Magic Tavern episode | |
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| Air date | February 3, 2019 |
| Episode no. | S02E94 |
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| Cast | |
| Hosts | Arnie, Chunt, Usidore |
| Guests | Hans Hoffman, Science Mothman |
| Production | |
| Producers | Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi |
| Associate Producer | {$associateproducer} |
| Editor | Tim Joyce |
| Logo | Allard Laban |
| Theme music | Andy Poland |
| Audio assistance | Jason Knox |
| Production assistance | Garrett Schultz |
| Sponsor | |
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"Mothman" is the ninety-fourth episode of season two of Hello from the Magic Tavern. It was originally released on February 3, 2019.
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Description
A mothman flies into the tavern with a challenge for Usidore. Chunt sells some old stuff. Arnie has a striking memory from Earth.
Summary
Chunt has set up a yard sale to get rid of various bits clothing he acquired as different animals.
The interview guest is Hans Hoffman the Science Mothman. Hans is strong proponent of Science, which he believes provides a more convincing explanation for the natural world than magic. Usidore disagrees, and two give competing explanations for natural phenomena.
Han also speaks of Mothmen in general, including their life-cycle, and antagonism to bridges.
While they don't come to a consensus, they agree that the other has useful ideas. Usidore asks Hans if he'll help defeat the Dark Lord. Hans believes the best way to defeat the Dark Lord is to deny him attention, leading the trio to resolve to call him the DL instead. Hans also agrees to continue his research and share anything useful he discovers. Usidore funds his research with 1000 chickens, as Mothmen do not use gold and only barter.
Foon sponsor
- Joe Jeff Finknore of Finknore's Spider Emporium
Emails
- Zach in Denmark is binge listening the podcast, repeatedly, and asks if that is healthy. Usidore thinks not, the other think yes.
Earth references
- The Mothman Prophecies, collapse of The Silver Bridge
- Magic Kingdom
- Criss Angel Mindfreak
- Mr Clean Magic Eraser
- Confucius
- baking soda and vinegar volcano experiment
- geometry
- Maker Faire
- moth balls
- dropping the mic
- Tinker Bell
- Smurfs
- Mr. Wizard
- on the DL
- Chillicothe, Ohio
Magic
- Usidore summoned a small amount of electricity to charge arnie’s PC: miniscule lightning
- Usidore conjured light in the tavern: gelliv lichtn kamer
- Hans created an exploding liquid mixture to be like a volcano with a certain liquid. Referenced excretions from his body that could be scraped off. He also referenced exploding excretions from other creatures like fart/gas/methane from Chunt.
- Usidore conjured a small volcano that exploded: yeroth rom ye-am ye-ah biath explode
- Usidore summoned a large bag of gold: one thousand gold pieces
- Usidore transformed gold into chickens: I shall transform this bag of one thousand gold pieces into one thousand chickens
Notes
Usidore uses his Miniscule Lightning spell to charge Arnie's electronics on air for the first time.
Behind the scenes
| Mothman (w/ Hank Green) |
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| Chunt, Usidore, Arnie, Mothman |







