"You took one quick look at me, and decided that you could deduce my entire life. Never would it have occurred to you that a person of my height could have possibly obtained a degree in hotel management."
"I’m sorry. I meant no offense."
"Well then, why should I take offense? Just because it’s human nature to make instant judgments of others based solely on their physical appearances? Why, I have done the same thing to you, for example. I have taken in your all-American features, your dour demeanor, your unimaginative necktie design and concluded that you work for the government. An FBI agent. But do you see the tragedy here? I have mistakenly reduced you to a stereotype, a caricature, instead of regarding you as a specific, unique individual."
"But I am an FBI agent."
-- Mr. Nutt and Fox Mulder, The X-Files: "Humbug"
In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like our parents not knowing how to hook up their streaming TV and internet, Columbus TV weatherman Mike Davis getting busted for child porn, writer Darin Morgan's offbeat X-Files scripts, profilic X-Files director Kim Manners, Maximum Overdrive and bad Stephen King movies, Vincent Schiavelli in Tomorrow Never Dies and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The X-Files casting real-life sideshow performers Jim Rose and The Enigma as Dr. Blockhead and The Conundrum, Darin Morgan playing the Flukeman in "The Host" and Eddie Van Blundht in "Small Potatoes", Gillian Anderson chewing an insect, the Tod Browning film Freaks, "The Elephant Man" Joseph Merrick's diagnosis of Proteus Syndrome, needing to be vigilant of genetic manipulation, Lobster Boy being boiled and dipped in butter, the Alligator Man's heated backyard swimming pool, Mulder being the annoying know-it-all sideshow tourist, Scully's sleight-of-hand skills, P.T. Barnum's "This Way to the Egress" con, Mr. Nutt calling out Mulder for judging him based solely on his physical appearance, Mulder assuming Mr. Nutt is creeping on Scully in her trailer, Darin Morgan embracing the comedic potential of The X-Files, Lanny's conjoined twin Leonard, the Conundrum eating Leonard, Xan seeing Jim Rose and The Enigma at Lollapalooza, Dr. Blockhead calling out Mulder's for his good looks, Ghostwood Mail from Holly Mac, Jesse Jackson and DJ Nik, Windom Earle on The X-Files, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 085, as Xan and I discuss "Revelations", the twentieth episode of The X-Files Season Two, featuring Twin Peaks actor Kenneth Welsh as Simon Gates, Kevin Zegers as Kevin Kryder, and R. Lee Ermey as Reverend Patrick Findley!
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