Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Herein I retrace my steps along an anthropological journey of personal language(s), as we gather our wit(s) for the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee!

SOURCES CITED:
Tally Hall - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Disc Art)

Stephen Sondheim's Passion (Original Broadway Cast)

Easy Allies Podcast #92 - December 27th 2017
youtube.com/watch?v=1mkTFk7NA9Q

The 6 Key Phrases of Summer Game Fest - Delayed Input with Kyle Bosman
youtube.com/watch?v=D8fIsDmTl3Y

Thank Goodness the PS5 Pro Is Boring - Delayed Input
youtube.com/watch?v=2zB2K4h3eWs

My Top 10 Anticipated Trailers of 2025 - Delayed Input
youtube.com/watch?v=3KFg9hov_s4

Xbox Will Never Win - Delayed Input with Kyle Bosman
youtube.com/watch?v=Bn8QWiZ7aEU

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Is Indie Too - Delayed Input with Kyle Bosman
youtube.com/watch?v=jf4TeKO6UD4

Expedition 33 vs Oblivion Remastered (just talking trailers) - Delayed Input
youtube.com/watch?v=NHZCQO8j1-k

6 Things We'll Remember the Switch 1 For - Delayed Input
youtube.com/watch?v=KO3v3yqQRrs

Baby Kyle's Revenge - Little Nemo: The Dream Master
youtube.com/watch?v=UbvGfL9ANJc

Breaking Through the PlayStation Store - Delayed Input w/ Kyle Bosman
youtube.com/watch?v=-oAETcvYxjs

Fireworks the Musical
youtube.com/watch?v=zP3SRFnhNxc

Current Mood: Gentle Breeze (currently Patreon-exclusive)

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980, currently streaming on Plex for free)

La Vita e Bella / Life is Beautiful (1997)

Spellbound (2003, currently streaming on The Roku Channel for free)

Akeelah and the Bee (2006, currently streaming on The Roku Channel for free)

LMNOP, the muzical. Sizzle Reel from Goodspeed Musicals
youtube.com/watch?v=a2kBgB3gUkc

Ella Minnow Pea (cover art)
amazon.com/Ella-Minnow-Pea-Anniversary-Illustrated/dp/195053961X

LMNOP A New 'Muzical' at TUTS Underground, April 7 - 19
youtube.com/watch?v=5PZYOm5C62k

YouTAGGED!
youtube.com/watch?v=hQUEA1uaHMc
youtube.com/watch?v=GXnjzlRvVQE

Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy (Junie B. Jones, No. 11)
amazon.com/Junie-Jones-Beauty-Shop-Guy/dp/0679889310

Pickle's Book
archive.org/details/pickles-book

Typing Tutor 7
macintoshgarden.org/games/typing-tutor-7

Populaire (2012, currently streaming on Plex for free)

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide - s01e06 - Sick Days & Spelling Bees

Interview with my Kid Self
youtube.com/watch?v=NCYgekk0sm4
youtube.com/watch?v=_A4gg0i9dVU

Bloom County, circa 1983
facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/photos/vintage-strip-of-week-1983/1609151179115629

2025: 100 YEARS OF THE BEE
youtube.com/watch?v=xk2TPqHf87g

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee B Roll (OBC) 2005
youtube.com/watch?v=UJ66n-jcgwA

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Student-Directed Performance
(subtitled: In Front of My Brother)

Standardized Testing - The Musical!!!!
samwillmott.com/standardized-testing---the-musical

Friend Until Tomorrow
youtube.com/watch?v=Fnc0y6UY5jU

La La Land
youtube.com/watch?v=IN1t2y8PHN0

I'm Sitting Next To Estella
youtube.com/watch?v=wAsHGRNVrMQ

Steely Dan - Do It Again

Be Kind Rewind Logo
youtube.com/@bkrewind

Scripps National Spelling Bee YouTube Channel
youtube.com/@ScrippsNationalSpellingBee

90 Years of Champions
youtube.com/watch?v=X_4XNXu-qDM

Photo of Alton Brown
npr.org/2011/09/03/140165889/alton-brown-takes-a-final-bite-of-good-eats

Photo of Thomas Dolby
faroutmagazine.co.uk/thomas-dolby-10-favourite-albums

Photo of Bob Balaban
independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/being-bob-balaban-from-downton-abbey-to-the-monuments-men-is-the-actor-the-bestconnected-person-in-hollywood-9112215.html

Photo of Jacques Bailly, circa 1980
facebook.com/scrippsnationalspellingbee/photos/1980-spelling-bee-champion-jacques-bailly-today-dr-bailly-is-the-pronouncer-for-/360390597333881

Freakazoid! - s02e06 - A Matter of Love

John Oliver from Last Week Tonight Congratulates the Spelling Bee
youtube.com/watch?v=NlKFs3rgfzI

The Bells in Judge Brooks' Life
youtube.com/watch?v=oz_fTlcvnpU

Lemon Demon - Word Disassociation
youtube.com/watch?v=pRisDso99s0

Good Morning America YouTube Channel Outro, circa 2017
youtube.com/watch?v=_9Cag9EQ0xQ