MBMBaM 569: Planet of Valjeans

Live, ten minutes from Disneyland at the Grove Theater, we're bringing class and superhero merch to answer California's most pressing questions about friends and nemeses, good neighbors, and drawing photorealistic pictures. Why do you need to know what we look like? Suggested talking points: Scoop of Papa, The Enthusiastic Yelp of a Power Washer, OGG Farts, Pirate Radio Snack Wraps, Scareacter, Next Iteration of Mess Immigrant Defenders Law Center: https://www.immdef.org/

We’ve gotten chosen to participate in some extreme versions of children’s playground games. But not the stuff you’re used to, like licking wafers. We’re talking games like zoo jogging, wing sauce mixology, and sneaking into Baskin Robbins after dark. Suggested talking points: Squid Game Den Mom, Deadly Cornhole, Five Nights at Louvries, Sydney Sweeney Todd, Gesticulatory Excitement Immigrant Defenders Law Center: https://www.immdef.org/

Set your calendar back three to five minutes for a show about giving advice . . . to ourselves? We're learning how to eat lollipops non-seductively, order pizza for adults, and how to do a stealth Stamps advertisement. Suggested talking points: What if a Buttcheek Comes Out, Pluck Out the Energy, One Bigger Ladder, MOPS: Mushroom, Onion, Pepperoni, Sausage Immigrant Defenders Law Center: https://www.immdef.org/

We crawled out of the Other Worlds to bring you this show LIVE from Columbus, OH. It's a weird and wonderful show full of colorful mascots, colorful gyms, mysterious flesh wounds, and Travis giving actually very good advice that fixes everything. Suggested taking points: Alien Shit for Big Boys to Swing On, Late-Stage Beatle, Blood-Emitting Sections of the Body, Incognito Gnome, Scuber Mascot Madness slides: https://www.themcelroy.family/content/uploads/2025/06/Mascot-Madness_-University-Edition.pdf Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/

A sign has come from above in the form of mysterious lawn scooters, so we got the ZOOMIES! We’re running around to Ghostbust some bugs, spin some spin-offs, and lift some dads, all fueled by taco chicken nuggets. Suggested talking points: Raspberry City, Sneaky Grinders, Maximum Frasier, Their Muscles are Dough, Absence is Noted and Suspicious Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/