Sunday, September 14, 2025

Flopcast 697: Dragon Con Review Part 1 - Potatoes

Here we go with the first of three (yikes, let's hope it's just three) episodes reviewing everything we did at Dragon Con, the ultimate gathering of geeks over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta. Including: A visit to the Center for Puppetry Arts, where we found members of Emmet Otter's Jug Band and the Riverbottom Nightmare Band! Turtles and Muscovy ducks at Piedmont Park! All our weird friends from the American Sci-Fi Classics Track! Our guided tour for new Dragon Con attendees, during which we were secretly recorded for nefarious purposes! Dangerous fake Oreos! Classic arcade games and Geek Singalongs with Kate from Strange Animals Podcast! And some Molly Ringwald-style antics at the 80s Prom and the 120 Minutes dance party! Okay, that sounds exhausting enough, and we're just getting started. Come back next week as the silliness continues...

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Show Notes

If you get the chance to visit Atlanta, the Center for Puppetry Arts is a must-see!

The title characters from The Muppet Musicians of Bremen:

Howard Snake and Alice Otter from Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas:

Jen and Fizzgig from The Dark Crystal:

A Vietnamese water puppet:

Muscovy ducks (not puppets) with an adorable tiny baby!

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