A chaotic show filled with genuinely unsettling American gun-rental adverts, an extended debate about what Brazilians are actually named after (with surprising geographical analysis), and multiple callers confessing to creating MySpace pages for their cats — written entirely from the cats’ perspective.
Scott opens with what he describes as “the scariest advert ever” — a real American commercial for a gun-rental shop where an enthusiastic proprietor named Dodd cheerfully encourages customers to rent weapons. The ad genuinely disturbs him, and he plays it multiple times throughout the show for effect.
The episode takes a bizarre turn when a caller reveals his girlfriend doesn’t just own cats — she’s created a full MySpace page for them, writing posts in first-person as if the cats themselves are speaking. She refers to herself as “mummy” and has even uploaded photos. Worse, other people pretend to be cats and comment on these posts. A second caller, identified as Craig’s girlfriend, then rings in to defend the MySpace cats, insisting it’s just harmless fun and that Craig is actually jealous because the cats have more friends than he does.
This sparks a wider text-message discussion about whether other listeners have done similar things with their pets. Scott also receives a call from George, a self-described “serious news journalist” with a cat named Cassius who apparently speaks French and makes demands about breakfast portions.
The show then pivots to CSS (a Brazilian band) and somehow becomes a genuine educational segment about what “Brazilians” (the beauty treatment) are actually called and where the name originated. Scott and the team debate whether they’re named after Brazil, Poland, or the shape of Chile, eventually concluding that Chile is the most accurate comparison. Dave, who visits Brazil annually, confirms that Brazilians definitely exist there. Throughout, listeners text in as cats, creating a strange subcultural moment.
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