Before Drake and Josh. Before Ned's Declassified. Before Pete and Pete, there was "Salute Your Shorts" a kid sitcom about the highs and lows of middle school summer camp.

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Welcome to a special episode of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries! Not only is this episode the first of the 2026 Max Fun Drive, but it's also the very first video episode. But don't worry, you can still listen to the episode too. This week, Host Brenda introduces Lunch Meat, the Furby, and talks about whether or not Furbys were ever banned from government buildings!

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It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters.

In this episode, John Moe (Sleeping with Celebrities & Depresh Mode with John Moe) talks about his double life, as a person who speaks in a normal voice, and the host he becomes for Sleeping with Celebrities. And Brenda Snell (Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries) tells us about what she's learned from her listeners, including what actor/basketball star Shaquille O'Neal is like in real life.

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Edited by Jesus Ambrosio and Produced by Laura Swisher for Maximum Fun.

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As requested by our lovely subscriber's as part of 2025's Max Fun Drive, Host Austin and Host Brenda are here to review Joker 2, a movie that wastes everyone's time and has nothing to say.

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Back before there were dozens of different energy drinks to choose from, back before soda game in plastic bottles, there was a humble little juice company called Hanson's Juice, and they made the best juice on the American west coast. Flash forward to 2002, and they're releasing Monster Energy Drink. How did we get here?

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In this episode, Host Brenda delves into the mad world of James Cameron, who seems to have an obsession about filming people in giant tanks of water. Whether it's a 50 foot deep tank inside of an abandoned nuclear power plant for "The Abyss", or the 30 foot deep tank where he staged the sinking of a five foot replica of the Titanic, Jimmy Cameron sure does love filming people struggling for their lives in freezing water.

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Since the dawn of time, mankind has been playing around with guns, and that drive even extended to video games. Right at the very beginning of video game history, light guns allowed players to simulate the real feeling of shooting. However, while the targets were initially simply balloons and pixelated ducks, things shifted until these fake guns were aiming at real people.

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This week Host Brenda dives into the chaotic production history of 1989’s Little Nemo in Slumberland, a Japanese/American animated film based on Windsor McCay’s influential 1905 comic strip. This story involves Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Ray Bradbury, George Lucas, both of the Sherman brothers and more.

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