Show notes
TMNT Shellcast returns with a rundown of "The Maltese Hamster" from season 3 episode 4 of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. In the episode, the turtles are on the hunt for mobsters using advanced weaponry to rob banks and armored cars. They eventually discover a hamster statue that contains a powerful super fuel formula that Shredder and Krang plan to use to power the Technodrome. The turtles manage to retrieve the statue and foil Shredder's plans while capturing the mobsters.Jon kicks things off with his review of sashimi pizza during Pizza Time! (00:01:45). Andrew recaps the announcement of NECA's Ultimate April O'Neil (00:14:55) and Playmates Mutant Mayhem (00:20:25) action figures while Chris surprises everyone with a reissue of Mirage Studios' TMNT volume 1 #1 (00:24:13) during Channel 6 Breaking News (00:14:15). Jon tests Chris and Andrew's inflation knowledge during Player Select: Fair Market Value (00:38:24) before asking them to describe 1930s 'things' during Player Select: Spoiler Alert (01:21:43). Andrew recites the episode's Turtlisms (01:59:36) while Jon updates listeners on the Shellcast Sportsbook (02:16:42). The Vivaldi Crime Syndicate debuts in the top 5 during the Villain Power Ranking (02:05:04). Jon reveals the TikTok poll results (02:28:16), which sends Andrew to the Pizza Time! punishment wheel (02:32:18). This episode concludes with Chris and Jon answering this week's TikTok Poll Question: What is the most texturally pleasurable food to eat? (02:40:00).Also featured in this episode are head nods (00:00:38), Elio's pizza pro tip (00:03:32), a face full of 'za (00:04:30), soy sauce psycho moves (00:04:41), BAM! (00:10:00), Andrew's apologies (00:11:06) and (02:34:52), owning both side of the Mississippi (00:13:50), hair cut vs lowering ears (00:28:03), no 'p' (00:30:05), meow (00:31:45), purple drank (00:34:51), Seinfeld was wrong (00:41:53), Wonder Bread (00:43:25), do not pass go (00:44:22), eggflation (00:45:55), the metric system (00:46:57), third-wave coffee (00:48:37), fleecing international postage (00:50:54), 20,000 loaves of bread (00:54:48), government subsidies (00:56:11), riding the bus (00:57:57), not about winning (01:00:11), stamp equity (01:00:43), exact change boss moves (01:07:46), a glitch in the matrix (01:16:13), climbing up Shredder's ass (01:18:38), being fooled (01:48:48), friends or brothers? (01:51:20), The Fast and The Shittiest (01:51:40), Ghetto Gumby (02:00:23), ChatGPTurtles (02:17:21), zero fucks about Andrew's French (02:54:18), sitting on grapes instead of eating them (02:54:59), and Jon's deep freeze (02:56:43). Links mentioned during the episode: The Right Way to Eat Sushi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ruLbM4X8qc Previous releases of NECA April O'Neil action figures: https://i2.wp.com/thefwoosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The-Catwoman-from-Channel-6-59.jpg Ghetto Gumby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZBLAwbjWG0Cowabunga!🐢 Leave a Turtlecom Voicemail.🐢 Stream TMNT Shellcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, and YouTube.🐢 Follow @tmntshellcast on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram.🐢 Visit tmntshellcast.com.