I tried an experiment. Inspired by the Global Warming or None Like it Hot segment in An Inconvenient Truth, I schlepped a giant ice cube upstairs to my bath tub.

With the bathtub full of warm water – to simulate rising temperatures – I gingerly lay the ice cube in the tub and waited. 1…2…2 and a half. 3 minutes in, my large block of ice was sweating cold water, sliding down the sides, entering the tub, one drop at a time. As the water level rose, I grinned, for the power I experienced at that moment was unlike anything I’d ever experienced.

Control. A controlled experiment.

Until the bathtube overflowed, covering the bathroom floor with enough water to submerge my darling feet (full disclosure – I was wearing galoshes), I experienced the experience of losing control.

Anticipating the flood, I had also placed my daughter’s stuffed animal, a polar bear, on the bathroom floor. It didn’t swim as well as I had hoped.

Postscript: Inspired by the classic rubber duck, in a follow-up ‘controlled’ experiment the stuffed polar bear was substituted with a plastic one, since plastic floats beautifully in water.

Now, the Yeppo Talks Podcast.

Show Notes for How to Conduct a Controlled Experiment:

00:11 Intro
00:22 Form a Hypothesis
00:28 Test the Hypothesis
00:34 Evaluate the Hypothesis
00:42 Wrap-Up

In a week that reported Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man because he gave away a huge chunk of his fortune (Philanthropist) and Charlie Sheen lost his job on Two and Half Men because he gave away a huge chunk of his brain (Pisseditallawayatist), Yeppo Talks gives you a very busy podcast. Busy, busy, bee-zee. Full of comedy, timely and timeless (yet to be determined), Yeppo Talks is here for you because time zips by and then we wonder, “What the hell was that all about?” So let’s be thankful for the one important thing we can hold on to: lunacy.

Show Notes for Smurple:

00:16 Word of the day
00:30 Joke of the day
00:44 Editorial – What to Do About Climate Change
01:08 New Music with Keith – Charlie Sheen’s Dad
02:06 Traffic Report with Margaret’s Boyfriend
02:40 Weather Report with Margaret
02:52 Wrap-Up
03:12 Yeppo Talks Theme and Credits

You can watch the Charlie Sheen’s Dad video here. And check out Smurple Talks here. And this week’s show is here:

This sketch is special, a blend of my childhood faves, Eddie Murphy & Richard Pryor. Sketch Bitch would not be out of place on Saturday Night Live.

Show notes for Sketch Bitch:

00:11 Introduction
00:24 Sketch Bitch samples
00:38 Special requests
00:55 Collectable Sketch Bitch Products

This episode focuses on relationships.  How they work, how they break down and a way to fix them. Fix them, that is, the Yeppo Talks way. On today’s episode, two new characters are introduced: Margaret and her guy. Lovers in a dangerous place. On with the show.

Show notes for Margaret’s Boyfriend Part 1:

00:11 Margaret’s boyfriend and Margaret
00:45 Eleven O’Clock News
00:51 Lovers in Space

On today’s podcast, meet Evil Dum Dum. In the unaired prequel to this episodic adventure, Evil Dum Dum had kidnapped his archenemy, Beulah, cycling on the French Riviera, and brought him back to his dungeon.

Show notes for Evil Dum Dum:

00:11 Baritoned narrator
00:23 Sinister monologue and character exposition
00:47 Showdown

Second sketch of the season includes a snippet of Shakespeare’s Richard III before morphing into the plight of the polar bear. Feel free to check back every Wednesday for a new episode.

Show notes for Lament of the Polar Bear Part 2:

00:11 Richard the III
00:21 Richard the Texan
00:31 Richard the Standup

So begins the first season of Yeppo Talks. The following is a public domain joke. I don’t take credit in the writing, just the performance. Part 2 is next week.

Show Notes for Lament of the Polar Bear Part 1:
00:11 Introduction
00:18 Enter Mummy Bear
00:19 Enter Malcolm
00:29 Punchline