Vampires vs Werewolves (3)
Kate: I know.
Molly: Kate, what do you think, good roommate?
Kate: Pretty cool. I don't think it would be that bad to move to Transylvania. 50-50 split sounds pretty fair.
Molly: Good deal. Kate, it is time to award a point. Don't tell us who you're giving it to. Think it over. Werewolf roommate? Vampire roommate? Have you decided?
Kate: I have decided. (bell rings)
Molly: Okay, then it's time for our third round the super stealthy-
Announcer: Sneak Attack.
Molly: Our Sneak Attack today is Food Fight. If your side was a contestant on a cutthroat cooking show, what type of food would they make? Present the dish that your side would make on a cutthroat cooking show. Okay, we'll give you a few minutes to brainstorm while you work. Let's listen to some soothing hold music.
Singer: Fang and coffin,
Looks like a bat,
Creep at night,
Ah, what's that?
"I'm a vampire, here to drink your blood."
(howling)
I'm getting hairy,
Eating sheep,
My teeth are scary,
Howling at the monster moon.
(howling)
Molly: All right, Anna and Tracy are you ready?
Anna: Yes.
Tracy: Yes.
Molly: Anna, you're up. Let's hear about team vampires' award-winning dish.
Anna: We are going to make Gazpacho. It's a Spanish cold soup made of raw blended vegetables. It's super healthy. It's versatile and for this special recipe, we're going to hold the vegetables and instead use a red broth made of a secret red substance that I keep stocked in my refrigerator and it's totally legal and not at all a danger to anyone to collect. Gazpacho!
(laughter)
Molly: Delicious. All right, Tracy, let's hear team werewolves' cooking extravaganza.
Tracy: My dish is called the whole refrigerator. I got really hungry, I forgot how to open the door, so it starts with some of the door and then literally everything inside the refrigerator. That would be some raw hamburger, some cheese sticks in their wrappers, a little bit of pudding, the cream cheese, half a carrot, the thermometer, all in there. It will win because it is extremely untraditional and avant-garde, but it is for everybody. You don't need any special ingredients, you can make it at home, right now yourself, if you have a refrigerator. Just eat your whole refrigerator.
Molly: Wow. Both very experimental groundbreaking dishes. Kate, think about which one wowed you, but don't tell us who you're choosing.
Kate: All right I have my point.
(bell rings)
Molly: Excellent. It's time for our very last round.
Announcer: The Final Six.
Molly: Tracy, you're up. Let's hear your Final Six.
Tracy: Powerful werewolves still enjoy the sun.
Molly: Lovely. All right, Anna?
Anna: I know where you live, Kate.
(laughter)
Molly: A slightly threatening end to this round. We've taken a monstrous journey today. Both teams have put up a terrifyingly impressive fight, but it's time to award our final point and crown one of these fearsome and fascinating creatures the smash boom best. Kate?
Kate: I have awarded the final point.
(bell rings)
Molly: Today's winner is--
(drumroll)
Kate: Werewolves.
(applause)
Kate: This was a really hard one I will say.
Anna: Tracy, I just want to say you did a really great job today and don't worry because I don't just think you won because it's your birthday.
(laughter)
Don't even think that for one second that that's the only reason you won today.
Molly: Birthday magic is very powerful.
Kate: It is.
Tracy: I'll take what I can get.
(laughter)
Tracy: I'm not going to lie the gazpacho does sound delicious. If it was in the fridge, I would eat it. Dracula sounds like a real pal. I feel like we could have some nocturnal party time together. It's a bummer, he can't stick around during the day.
(music)
Molly: Both sides did an amazing job today and that's it for today's debate battle. Kate crowned werewolves the Smash Boom Best, but what about you?
Kate: Head to smashboomfest.org and vote to tell us who you think should win.
Molly: Smash Boom Best is brought to you by Brains On! and American Public Media.
Tracy: It's produced by Rosie DuPont, Sanden Totten, and Molly Bloom.
Anna: We had engineering help from Corey Schreppel.
Tracy: We had production help from Elyssa Dudley, Kristina Lopez, Marc Sanchez, and Menaka Wilhelm.
Announcer: Anna Weggel is the voice of our hold music and our announcer is Marley Feuerwerker-Otto. We want to give special thanks to Austin Cross, Taylor Coffman, and Jennifer Lai. Tracy, is there anyone you want to thank today?
Tracy: Yes. I want to thank my experts Dr. Colleen Lucey and Benjamin Percy for helping me prove that werewolves truly are the best.
Molly: How about you Anna? Any special shout outs today?
Anna: Yes. I want to thank our Dracula, my husband Brant Miller. He really let me boss him around a lot during the recording session.
(laughter)
Molly: What about you Kate? Any special thanks?
Kate: I'll thank my mother, Shanan Custer, and also my cat Kitty Pants because me and mom and Kitty Pants have watched many werewolf and vampire movies. I mean squad.
(laughter)
Molly: Awesome. Before we go, let's hear who Joseph thinks should win in his humans, versus robots debate.
Joseph: I think humans would win because they made the robots.
Molly: That is a really good point. Do you have an idea for a knock-down-drag-out debate? Head to smashboom.org and tell us about it. We'll be back with a new debate battle next week.
Kate: Ciao.
Molly: See you later.
Anna: Bye.
Tracy: (howls)
(music)
Tracy: I'm sorry, vampires are super wealthy. What's up with the 50/50 chintz out?
(laughter)
You're eternal lifeforms who own castles and you're like, "Can someone foot half the electric?" I don't know.
(laughter)
Anna: Is this a rebuttal? I did not know there was a rebuttal here.
(laughter)
Tracy: Just saying red flag for me.
