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Underwater adventures! A teenage rock band! Exotic monsters! And best of all, a talking shark! How could Jabberjaw possibly be bad?! Well, there was the fact that the writers at Hanna Barbera have been going to the same "teenage mystery/adventure" well for seven years now and it was starting to dry up. Despite this, Jabberjaw remains one of the company's more memorable characters, and this week we explore the ocean depths of his unintentionally humble start. Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk...

Learn the ropes and brush up on your facts for this new episode of Go Fact Yourself!

Cenk Uygur is the creator of the progressive news network The Young Turks. Before that, he was an on-camera personality for MSNBC. He’ll tell us how his old gig helped him understand why he needed to make a space for news and information. Plus we’ll learn why it took so long for him to finish his first book, and why he’s convinced that the United States is a progressive country. 

Niccole Thurman is known for her roles in comedy. Her latest work includes voicing several characters on the HBO series “Jellystone” and appearing on many episodes of “The Opposition with Jordan Klepper” – but she actually didn’t intentionally pursue comedy. She’ll explain that, plus tell us the odd circumstances that led her dog Izzy to join us on stage.

Our guests will answer trivia about cows and snakes in the oddest of places.

Areas of expertise

Niccole: The musician Hosier, facts about the Kansas City metro area, and predicting the outcome of true crime segments on “Dateline.”

Cenk: 1980s WWF, fantasy football, and happiness.

What’s the difference: Electric Toothbrush

What’s the difference between something that is electric and something that is electrical?

What’s the difference between plaque and tartar?

Appearing in this episode:

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Cenk Uygur

Niccole Thurman

With guests experts

Sly James: Former mayor of Kansas City.

David Cook: Winner of the seventh season of “American Idol.”

Jake “The Snake” Roberts: Former wrestler for the WWF throughout the 1980s, who currently appears on All Elite Wrestling. 

Theme Song by Jonathan Green.

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.

Associate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

Seeing our upcoming live shows in LA by YOU!

In this episode, John reveals his Jabberjaw back tattoo, Bob gets wistful about Wasp, Aaron admits his love for Damian Wayne, Chris necks with vampires, and Steve falls in love at summer camp! This is a comics-heavy episode, folks! Prepare yourselves!

Books: Harley Quinn Animated: Legions of Bats #4, Stargirl & The Lost Children #3, World's Finest #11, Batgirls #14, Strange #10, Wasp #1, Vanish #1, Flawed #1, Strange Academy: Finals #3, Ten Thousand Black Feathers #1-5, Nightwing #100, Nemesis: Reloaded #1, Vampire Husband (Webtoon), Eldritch Darling (Webtoon), Moonrise (Webtoon), Night Owls & Summer Skies (Webtoon), CRUSH3D! (Webtoon), Batman: The Knight #1-10

Other Stuff: Batman/Superman: Battle of the Super Sons

The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com). The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh, Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Aaron Amos, John Burkle, Chris Ceary, and Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh, who discuss everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases weekly. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics, and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

CH Greenblatt presents Jellystone! A perfectly calm, coherent and pedestrian cartoon where nothing ever gets destroyed and nobody does anything remotely insane. Nope... not at all... you're not buying it, are you? Seriously, the Hanna-Barbera characters make their triumphant return in this HBO Max series and our hosts couldn't be happier.