It's the SEASON FINALE of Roll The Balls Out, which means that Cope and VK add an additional 20 minutes to the episode even though Producer Marc is supposed to be sitting in on Junior speech class exams in the auditorium! Fortunately, the Highly Skilled Auditorium Student Staff was able to cover for Producer Marc so EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS WERE MAINTAINED. (Shoutout to Reuben, the senior Co-captain of the tech booth, for stepping in.)

It's that time of year when we say goodbye to another class of Seniors; very few tears are shed in the PE department, although there are a few hugs. Also, the hosts do probably the worst job yet of keeping the secret identity of the Mystery Guest a secret given that the Mystery Guest actually has a line in the sponsor ad. Mystery guest also has a sweet beard.

Stay tuned through the summer because maybe we'll do some best-of or novelty episodes to make sure you don't forget about us, and STAY TUNED for SEASON TWO of THE WORLD'S GREATEST HIGH SCHOOL PE TEACHER CENTRIC INTERVIEW BASED PODCAST PRODUCT.

Editorial note: Despite claims to the contrary, Cope and VK do indeed need Producer Marc.

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RTBO HIGHLY PAID, DEEPLY SKILLED & COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL CREW

Hosts: Curt Copeland & Joel VandeKoppel

Honorary Executive Producer & Show Founder: Mark Van Stee

Strikingly Handsome Executive Editor, Managing Producer, SFX Coordinator, Staff Writer, Poet Laureate, Music Director & Host of Award-Winning Producer Notes Segment: Marc Vander Maas

Executive Producer, Official Show Disciplinarian, and Crisis Communications Manager for When The Show Gets Too Embarrassing for the School: Aaron Meckes

Instagram Coordinator and Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology: Dr. Gabby Miller (M.S. in Sauce Integration & Chicken Strip Dynamics, Baylor University)

Director, RTBO Foundation: Sandy Dobbs

Bieber Stylist, Fashion Coordinator, Swag Manager, and Guy Who Gets Blamed For The Coupon Codes Even Though It’s Not Really His Fault: Taylor Johnson

Art Director and Image Coordination: Morgan Ball

Official Hunting Guide and Guy We’d Trust To Protect Us From The Predator, and Bringer of Juice: Bruce Huttenga

Bald but Still Respected: David Kool

Washington Correspondent: Teresa VanderSchaff

Finance Director Frantically Trying to Cover the Immense Cost of All The Coupon Codes: Maelia Post

GET TO DA CHOPPA: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Official Totally Awesome Mid-80s BMX Bike-based Sports Drama: Rad

Director of Transportation and Facilities Manager: “Big Hands” Mike Wolthuis

Gotta be over 7’ tall: Todd Schrotenboer

Drama Coordinator: Reba Ezell

Professional Elephant: Malachi VandeStreek

Secretary of Luxurious Facial Hair: John Hendrikse

Leader of Chicken Tender Rebel Alliance: Rachel Westra

Probably Loves You: Josh Sterenberg

Surf Dudette and Indiana Travel Consultant: Kelsie Schweir

Show Chaplain and Cincinnati Reds Washout: Chuck Swanson

Prom Date Consultant: Chuck Pothoven

24/7 On Call Home Repair Specialist: Josh Klomp

Whoo this one's a doozy. We welcome mystery guest number fourteen, who shares an epic prom date story that will echo through eternity as a horrifying cringy experience; VK accuses Producer Marc of ruining the traditional Junior/Senior Banquet for some reason; Producer Marc also gets roasted by a student that he used to like a lot and had always been nice to but now is probably in trouble and might not graduate because of it.

Plus: IRAQI DOWNLOADS.

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RTBO HIGHLY PAID, DEEPLY SKILLED & COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL CREW

Hosts: Curt Copeland & Joel VandeKoppel

Honorary Executive Producer & Show Founder: Mark Van Stee

Strikingly Handsome Executive Editor, Managing Producer, SFX Coordinator, Staff Writer, Poet Laureate, Music Director & Host of Award-Winning Producer Notes Segment: Marc Vander Maas

Executive Producer, Official Show Disciplinarian, and Crisis Communications Manager for When The Show Gets Too Embarrassing for the School: Aaron Meckes

Instagram Coordinator and Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology: Dr. Gabby Miller (M.S. in Sauce Integration & Chicken Strip Dynamics, Baylor University)

Director, RTBO Foundation: Sandy Dobbs

Bieber Stylist, Fashion Coordinator, Swag Manager, and Guy Who Gets Blamed For The Coupon Codes Even Though It’s Not Really His Fault: Taylor Johnson

Art Director and Image Coordination: Morgan Ball

Official Hunting Guide and Guy We’d Trust To Protect Us From The Predator, and Bringer of Juice: Bruce Huttenga

Bald but Still Respected: David Kool

Washington Correspondent: Teresa VanderSchaff

Finance Director Frantically Trying to Cover the Immense Cost of All The Coupon Codes: Maelia Post

GET TO DA CHOPPA: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Official Totally Awesome Mid-80s BMX Bike-based Sports Drama: Rad

Director of Transportation and Facilities Manager: “Big Hands” Mike Wolthuis

Gotta be over 7’ tall: Todd Schrotenboer

Drama Coordinator: Reba Ezell

Professional Elephant: Malachi VandeStreek

Secretary of Luxurious Facial Hair: John Hendrikse

Leader of Chicken Tender Rebel Alliance: Rachel Westra

Probably Loves You: Josh Sterenberg

Surf Dudette and Indiana Travel Consultant: Kelsie Schweir

Show Chaplain and Cincinnati Reds Washout: Chuck Swanson

Prom Date Consultant: Chuck Pothoven

Join us this week as our Mystery Guest reacts in wonder to the news that Cope and VK can read! Also, the mystery guest was invited to try out for the Cincinatti Reds, which is an achievement, but also no one really likes the Cincinatti Reds, which is something that no reasonable person can dispute.

Be aware that there is a surprisingly in-depth discussion of the Star Wars Universe led by VK, which is the least surprising part of the surprising discussion. I need to check just how far in the male direction our audience demographics skew and maybe get a good discussion of Gilmore Girls going or something to try to bend the demographic curve back toward something like normal.

PRODUCER NOTE: This is actually the first episode where we legitimately used the language beep and there is one instance where a - as Stee would say - barnyard swear pops up, but given the context, I thought it was worth leaving (mostly) in. Just be forewarned.

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RTBO HIGHLY PAID, DEEPLY SKILLED & COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL CREW

Hosts: Curt Copeland & Joel VandeKoppel

Honorary Executive Producer & Show Founder: Mark Van Stee

Strikingly Handsome Executive Editor, Managing Producer, SFX Coordinator, Staff Writer, Poet Laureate, Music Director & Host of Award-Winning Producer Notes Segment: Marc Vander Maas

Executive Producer, Official Show Disciplinarian, and Crisis Communications Manager for When The Show Gets Too Embarrassing for the School: Aaron Meckes

Instagram Coordinator and Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology: Dr. Gabby Miller (M.S. in Sauce Integration & Chicken Strip Dynamics, Baylor University)

Director, RTBO Foundation: Sandy Dobbs

Bieber Stylist, Fashion Coordinator, Swag Manager, and Guy Who Gets Blamed For The Coupon Codes Even Though It’s Not Really His Fault: Taylor Johnson

Art Director and Image Coordination: Morgan Ball

Official Hunting Guide and Guy We’d Trust To Protect Us From The Predator, and Bringer of Juice: Bruce Huttenga

Bald but Still Respected: David Kool

Washington Correspondent: Teresa VanderSchaff

Finance Director Frantically Trying to Cover the Immense Cost of All The Coupon Codes: Maelia Post

GET TO DA CHOPPA: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Official Totally Awesome Mid-80s BMX Bike-based Sports Drama: Rad

Director of Transportation and Facilities Manager: “Big Hands” Mike Wolthuis

He might be tall enough to require supplemental oxygen: Todd Schrotenboer

Drama Coordinator: Reba Ezell

Professional Elephant: Malachi VandeStreek

Secretary of Luxurious Facial Hair: John Hendrikse

Leader of Chicken Tender Rebel Alliance: Rachel Westra

Probably Loves You: Josh Sterenberg

Surf Dudette and Indiana Travel Consultant: Kelsie Schweir

Show Chaplain and Cincinnati Reds Washout: Chuck Swanson

In this weeks BIG COMEBACK episode after SPRING BREAK, Cope and VK actually did some basic show prep to make sure they don't say anything that is wildly incorrect about our mystery guest's youth and young adulthood, which is laudable and to be encouraged. We may actually get this podcast moved from "amateurish" to legit "amateur" yet!

This week's mystery guest is an adult human who is gainfully employed at South Christian! There may be math involved, so, trigger warning. Also, Tom Izzo catches some strays, and Chick-fil-a notches another win in the great fast food chicken war.

This week's sponsor is Rozema Homes, where Josh Rozema will build you a tesseract home that will allow you to manipulate items in the past like Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar. But only if you build on a cul-de-sac, I think.

Drop us a line at rtbo@schs.org if you want to share any Stee stories, complement Producer Marc, of offer constructive (or even deconstructive) criticisms of our hosts.

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RTBO HIGHLY PAID, DEEPLY SKILLED & COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL CREW

Hosts: Curt Copeland & Joel VandeKoppel

Honorary Executive Producer & Show Founder: Mark Van Stee

Strikingly Handsome Executive Editor, Managing Producer, SFX Coordinator, Staff Writer, Poet Laureate, Music Director & Host of Award-Winning Producer Notes Segment: Marc Vander Maas

Executive Producer, Official Show Disciplinarian, and Crisis Communications Manager for When The Show Gets Too Embarrassing for the School: Aaron Meckes

Instagram Coordinator and Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology: Dr. Gabby Miller (M.S. in Sauce Integration & Chicken Strip Dynamics, Baylor University)

Director, RTBO Foundation: Sandy Dobbs

Bieber Stylist, Fashion Coordinator, Swag Manager, and Guy Who Gets Blamed For The Coupon Codes Even Though It’s Not Really His Fault: Taylor Johnson

Art Director and Image Coordination: Morgan Ball

Official Hunting Guide and Guy We’d Trust To Protect Us From The Predator, and Bringer of Juice: Bruce Huttenga

Bald but Still Respected: David Kool

Washington Correspondent: Teresa VanderSchaff

Finance Director Frantically Trying to Cover the Immense Cost of All The Coupon Codes: Maelia Post

GET TO DA CHOPPA: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Official Totally Awesome Mid-80s BMX Bike-based Sports Drama: Rad

Director of Transportation and Facilities Manager: “Big Hands” Mike Wolthuis

But seriously, dude is like a tree: Todd Schrotenboer

Drama Coordinator: Reba Ezell

Professional Elephant: Malachi VandeStreek

Secretary of Luxurious Facial Hair: John Hendrikse

Leader of Chicken Tender Rebel Alliance: Rachel Westra

Probably Loves You: Josh Sterenberg

Surf Dudette and Indiana Travel Consultant: Kelsie Schweir

In this episode of Roll The Balls Out, Producer Marc gets a nice email and then gets absolutely obliterated when VK reads some of his... unfortunate student poetry from the 90s. In other news, Mrs. Wierenga just jeopardized her position as Producer Marc's favorite teacher from his time at South. It should also be noted that whatever the poem lacked in lyricism and balance, it made up for in factual accuracy.

Also we might go to an every-other-week schedule because it's soccer season and VK needs the extra time to complete his pregame beauty regimen. Look good, play good, right coach?

This week's Mystery Guest actually did grow up in Kalamazoo, which is different from Mrs. Westra, who we learned a few weeks ago definitely did NOT do that. We also learn that there's an elephant elevator at Madison Square Garden in New York City, that our guest once helped to outfit Justin Bieber for a night on the town in NYC, and we come as close as we've ever come to having a guest storm off the podcast in a rage.

(And of course, we offer our congratulations to the SCHS Women's Varsity Basketball team on a fantastic season!)

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RTBO HIGHLY PAID, DEEPLY SKILLED & COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL CREW

Hosts: Curt Copeland & Joel VandeKoppel

Honorary Executive Producer & Show Founder: Mark Van Stee

Strikingly Handsome Executive Editor, Managing Producer, SFX Coordinator, Staff Writer, Poet Laureate, Music Director & Host of Award-Winning Producer Notes Segment: Marc Vander Maas

Executive Producer, Official Show Disciplinarian, and Crisis Communications Manager for When The Show Gets Too Embarrassing for the School: Aaron Meckes

Instagram Coordinator and Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology: Dr. Gabby Miller (M.S. in Sauce Integration & Chicken Strip Dynamics, Baylor University)

Director, RTBO Foundation: Sandy Dobbs

Bieber Stylist, Fashion Coordinator, Swag Manager, and Guy Who Gets Blamed For The Coupon Codes Even Though It’s Not Really His Fault: Taylor Johnson

Art Director and Image Coordination: Morgan Ball

Official Hunting Guide and Guy We’d Trust To Protect Us From The Predator, and Bringer of Juice: Bruce Huttenga

Bald but Still Respected: David Kool

Washington Correspondent: Teresa VanderSchaff

Finance Director Frantically Trying to Cover the Immense Cost of All The Coupon Codes: Maelia Post

GET TO DA CHOPPA: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Official Totally Awesome Mid-80s BMX Bike-based Sports Drama: Rad

Director of Transportation and Facilities Manager: “Big Hands” Mike Wolthuis

But seriously, dude is like a tree: Todd Schrotenboer

Drama Coordinator: Reba Ezell

Professional Elephant: Malachi VandeStreek

Secretary of Luxurious Facial Hair: John Hendrikse

Leader of Chicken Tender Rebel Alliance: Rachel Westra

Probably Loves You: Josh Sterenberg

IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Lee Van Cleef was actually "The Ugly" in the classic spaghetti Western "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly." We aplologize for the error.

This week's episode of Roll The Balls Out brings us a slight lull in the chicken strip war because the mystery guest hasn't been to Raising Cane's, but they promise to try it so there's hope for more fireworks in the future. VK namechecks Lee Van Cleef, the great Dutch ninja, who probably at some point worked with Chuck Norris in his career, which leads to the inevitable RIP for Chuck, who I kind of feel would have liked this podcast. Mystery guest also tells a pretty horrifying first date story which - considering the first date track record at SCHS - surprisingly doesn't involve some sort of digestive tract disorder. Also: Cope makes an important career announcement, but the announcement itself is overshadowed by all the flak he catches for for how he made the announcement.

This week's episode brought to you by Meengs Auto Detailing, where you can have an expert in advanced math finally get all of those old french fries out from under your driver's seat. The good news is that your car will be immaculately clean; the bad news is it might be returned to you as a dodecahedron that exists in a parallel dimension that you can't even comprehend. Sound like a service you could use? Drop Jeff a line at jmeengs@schs.org.

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RTBO HIGHLY PAID, DEEPLY SKILLED & COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL CREW

Hosts: Curt Copeland & Joel VandeKoppel

Honorary Executive Producer & Show Founder: Mark Van Stee

Strikingly Handsome Executive Editor, Managing Producer, SFX Coordinator, Staff Writer, Music Director & Host of Award-Winning Producer Notes Segment: Marc Vander Maas

Executive Producer, Official Show Disciplinarian, and Crisis Communications Manager for When The Show Gets Too Embarrassing for the School: Aaron Meckes

Instagram Coordinator and Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology: Dr. Gabby Miller (M.S. in Sauce Integration & Chicken Strip Dynamics, Baylor University)

Director, RTBO Foundation: Sandy Dobbs

Stylist, Fashion Coordinator, Swag Manager, and Guy Who Gets Blamed For The Coupon Codes Even Though It’s Not Really His Fault: Taylor Johnson

Art Director and Image Coordination: Morgan Ball

Official Hunting Guide and Guy We’d Trust To Protect Us From The Predator, and Bringer of Juice: Bruce Huttenga

Bald but Still Respected: David Kool

Washington Correspondent: Teresa VanderSchaff

Finance Director Frantically Trying to Cover the Immense Cost of All The Coupon Codes: Maelia Post

GET TO DA CHOPPA: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Official Totally Awesome Mid-80s BMX Bike-based Sports Drama: Rad

Director of Transportation and Facilities Manager: “Big Hands” Mike Wolthuis

But seriously, dude is like a tree: Todd Schrotenboer

Drama Coordinator: Reba Ezell

Professional Elephant: Malachi VandeStreek

Secretary of Luxurious Facial Hair: John Hendrikse

Leader of Chicken Tender Rebel Alliance: Rachel Westra

Probably Loves You: Josh Sterenberg

In this week's episode of Roll The Balls Out, we continue our ongoing coverage of Chickengate with our mystery guest absolutely throwing down the chicken wing gauntlet, directly challenging Dr. Gabby Miller (Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology) and her assertion that Raising Cane's chicken strips are "life changing," and raising high the standard of Chick-Fil-A. This thing might be getting out of hand.

Also, we have the triumphant return of the Award-Winning PRODUCER NOTES segment with a deep dive into the VIEWER MAILBAG. We've got hoodies going out the door to contest winners, we've identified our listener from Fiji, and having taken the coast of north Africa with our Tunisian listener, we're now moving to the top of the charts along the Pacific Rim. The plan for world podcast domination continues...

Additionally: What's a Maroon?

Don't forget to shoot us your questions, comments, and hot takes on the great chicken tender war at rtbo@schs.org!

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RTBO HIGHLY PAID, DEEPLY SKILLED & COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL CREW

Hosts: Curt Copeland & Joel VandeKoppel

Honorary Executive Producer & Show Founder: Mark Van Stee

Strikingly Handsome Executive Editor, Managing Producer, SFX Coordinator, Staff Writer, Music Director & Host of Award-Winning Producer Notes Segment: Marc Vander Maas

Executive Producer, Official Show Disciplinarian, and Crisis Communications Manager for When The Show Gets Too Embarrassing for the School: Aaron Meckes

Instagram Coordinator and Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology: Dr. Gabby Miller (M.S. in Sauce Integration & Chicken Strip Dynamics, Baylor University)

Director, RTBO Foundation: Sandy Dobbs

Stylist, Fashion Coordinator, Swag Manager, and Guy Who Gets Blamed For The Coupon Codes Even Though It’s Not Really His Fault: Taylor Johnson

Art Director and Image Coordination: Morgan Ball

Official Hunting Guide and Guy We’d Trust To Protect Us From The Predator, and Bringer of Juice: Bruce Huttenga

Bald but Still Respected: David Kool

Washington Correspondent: Teresa VanderSchaff

Finance Director Frantically Trying to Cover the Immense Cost of All The Coupon Codes: Maelia Post

GET TO DA CHOPPA: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Official Totally Awesome Mid-80s BMX Bike-based Sports Drama: Rad

Director of Transportation and Facilities Manager: “Big Hands” Mike Wolthuis

I mean, he comes from a pretty tall family: Todd Schrotenboer

Drama Coordinator: Reba Ezell

Professional Elephant: Malachi VandeStreek

Secretary of Luxurious Facial Hair: John Hendrikse

Leader of Chicken Tender Rebel Alliance: Rachel Westra

It's episode 8 of Roll The Balls Out, in which we find out which current South Christian teacher has been onstage with an Australian rock band. Hint: it was neither AC/DC nor INXS. Other Australian rock bands: Crowded House, Cut Copy, Men At Work, Jet, Midnight Oil, Tame Impala, and... Regurgitator? Wow. Seems like a great band if you're a gastroenterologist. Don't worry though. There's a lot more in the episode besides gastroenterology.

OK, I have to come clean. There's no gastroenterology in this episode. Not even a mention of it. I made that up totally. But it is a solid career if you're a student and looking to go into a particular medical field. You can learn more about gastroenterology here.

This episode brought to you by Kerstetter Painting, run by arguably the most handsome man at South Christian and the front man for hot new band Kerstetter and the Fresh Coats.

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RTBO HIGHLY PAID, DEEPLY SKILLED & COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL CREW

Hosts: Curt Copeland & Joel VandeKoppel

Honorary Executive Producer & Show Founder: Mark Van Stee

Strikingly Handsome Executive Editor, Managing Producer, SFX Coordinator, Staff Writer, Music Director & Host of Award-Winning Producer Notes Segment: Marc Vander Maas

Executive Producer, Official Show Disciplinarian, and Crisis Communications Manager for When The Show Gets Too Embarrassing for the School: Aaron Meckes

Instagram Coordinator and Director of the RTBO Institute for the Advancement of Poultry Science and Technology: Dr. Gabby Miller (M.S. in Sauce Integration & Chicken Strip Dynamics, Baylor University)

Director, RTBO Foundation: Sandy Dobbs

Stylist, Fashion Coordinator, Swag Manager, and Guy Who Gets Blamed For The Coupon Codes Even Though It’s Not Really His Fault: Taylor Johnson

Art Director and Image Coordination: Morgan Ball

Official Hunting Guide and Guy We’d Trust To Protect Us From The Predator, and Bringer of Juice: Bruce Huttenga

Bald but Still Respected: David Kool

Washington Correspondent: Teresa VanderSchaff

Finance Director Frantically Trying to Cover the Immense Cost of All The Coupon Codes: Maelia Post

GET TO DA CHOPPA: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Official Totally Awesome Mid-80s BMX Bike-based Sports Drama: Rad

Director of Transportation and Facilities Manager: “Big Hands” Mike Wolthuis

I mean I've seen tall guys before but get a load of this guy: Todd Schrotenboer

Drama Coordinator: Reba Ezell

Professional Elephant: Malachi VandeStreek

Secretary of Luxurious Facial Hair: John Hendrikse