Gold Star Classroom

Episodes

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   Episode 3.12

   Copy Episode 3.12 This is our season 3 finale, and what a special episode it is. Recorded live, backstage at the world famous Bay Street Theatre, home club of Lady Chablis as well as the Savannah Comedy Revue. This episode was recorded in a short break after a comedy show and before a wonderful...

   Aug 19, 2016

   12m
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   Episode 3.11

   Copy Episode 3.11 Record atthe Barnes & Nobles in Mentor (thanks Chad!). It is comic book expert Chris Lambert versus actor andcomputer engineer Eric Jaffe (no relation!). One of them may actually be a living fossil, if either ofthem can figure out what a living fossil is! And when Mel Brooks...

   Aug 12, 2016

   28m
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   Gold Star Classroom 3.10

   Copy Episode 3.10 A greatgroup of students gathered during the blizzard of ’15 to answer questions aboutanimal science, celebrity gossip, and Viking lore. Are any of my students listening at home diurnal, and if so,are you diurnal enough to win the coveted classroom prize, the Golden Banana? Dr....

   Aug 9, 2016

   28m
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   Season 3 Episode 9

   Recorded at the famous Mojo’s Comedy Cellar in Youngstown, Ohio. These students have to deal with solar weather and movie villains. Do you know who the American Film Institute voted the number 1 villain in American film history? If you do, maybe YOU could win the coveted classroom prize, the…

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   Jul 19, 2016

   31m
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   Season 3 Episode 8

   These student’s are a classroom full of asterisks! “What is with the number two?” has a very different meaning in this context. And if anyone knows what an “ampersand” is they may win today’s Nerd Prize! As astronomy nerds, we all love Mars and Venus, but what do you know about them? And if…

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   Jun 29, 2016

   28m
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   Season 3 Episode 7

   A special episode recorded at the famous Beachwood Ballroom in Cleveland, OH. These are some top-notch learned (ie nerdy) students, and the Nerd Prize will definitely be up for grab! We have fun testing this class on topics like world population statistics, space utilization, and truly true...

   May 23, 2016

   36m
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   Season 3 Episode 6

   For students who come here for the nerd trivia and stay for the comedy, this class turned out to be spectacularly satisfying. Who climbed to the top of what mountain? If Ouija boards were real, maybe Ouija could tell, but since they are NOT real what can these students tell their teacher about...

   May 12, 2016

   30m
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   Season 3, Episode 5

   This class includes three high-powered panelists: world-renowned Superman expert Chris Lambert, Batman aficionado Dan Brown, and Lethargic Zen Master TM Francis. Recorded at the Barnes & Nobles in Mentor, these three wits battle over topics such as science fiction trivia, Native American...

   Apr 1, 2016

   39m
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   Season 3, Episode 4

   This episode is a very special episode! It is the first of two recorded at the MidWest Comedy Festival shows held at the Comedy Caravan in Louisville, Ky in Summer of 2015. All of our guest students were stand out performers at the Festival and happily entered the Gold Star Classroom, even though...

   Feb 23, 2016

   34m
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    Season 3, Episode 3

    Your humble professor is excited to have back Jeopardy champion Arthur Chu. With such an accomplished Master in class, it means the teacher has to work hard to make it as challenging as possible. We wrestled with history with the true origin of the American flag and we tackled the now, with a...

    Feb 8, 2016

    32m
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    Season 3, Episode 2

    This episode brings back three of our most popular past students for a head-to-head you will never forget! We all know of course that the word Aryan refers to some bad bad people, but where does the world originally come from? And, this episode was recorded in Toledo, Oh, but do my students at…

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    Jan 22, 2016

    35m
12. 9

    Season 3, Episode 1

    Welcome to the launch of Season 3 of Goldstar Classroom! My producing partner Steve and I began this podcast in the summer of 2013 we had no idea we’d still be making these!! After a short hiatus we are ready to go! This season includes a new feature called “the nerd prize” and some expanded...

    Dec 17, 2015

    25m
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    Season 2, Episode 18

    Welcome to our season 2 finale, with group of celebrated and very naughty students. They all have a lot to say, but do they actually know the history of quicksand?? None of my students know the name of the first film with a quicksand scene, but that’s why I am here! Also, we all know what angel’s...

    Jul 24, 2015

    25m
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    Season 2, Episode 17

    This episode was recorded at the Stone Tavern in Kent, and features four of the best minds Kent comedy has to offer. Will these keen wags know the famous historical site where Groucho Marx danced the charleston? (Hint: it is in Germany!). Everyone knows who sung the song “Addicted to love” (your...

    Jun 20, 2015

    29m
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    Season 2, Episode 16

    One wonders if being a Kamikaze pilot was in any way like experiencing groundhog day. Going to school sometimes feels like groundhog day, too, but what do these students know about groundhog day or Kamikaze’ pilots? Also, what is David Bowie’s real name? If any of these students know the answers…

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    Jun 1, 2015

    34m
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    Season 2, Episode 15

    What is the real history of the number of the beast? Heck, what s the REAL number of the beast (bet you don’t know!)? Besides confronting old superstitions, these students also confront the modern problem of whether or not playing poker can actually make you ill? You may never touch cards again!...

    May 16, 2015

    27m
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    Season 2, Episode 14

    Although no student has ever had the gall to call your humble Professor and host a gargoyle to his face, one can’t help but wonder what they say behind the teacher’s back! But, do these students know, actually, what a gargoyle is and what it does?? And, do any of my students at home know what...

    May 2, 2015

    30m
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    Season 2, Episode 13

    This lively class includes an inquiry into Christmas Carols, trust me, if it weren’t for your humble professor no one would know these eccentric tidbits! Plus, all my students were children at one time, but what do they know about childhood. And after all, who will win this class’s Golden Banana?...

    Apr 9, 2015

    30m
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    Season 2, Episode 12

    What well-known actor, even though he never won any significant acting prizes, has a grandfather who invented baking soda? Who has an art history degree from Yale? Who was this modern day Renaissance Man? And, what is the Festival of Lights. If anyone in the class knows what this is, they could…

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    Mar 25, 2015

    20m
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    Season 2, Episode 11

    Do mosquitoes bother you? Maybe there’s something about YOU they find attractive! And watch for too much attraction…after all, do you know the rates of STDs in the USA? Can you name all 6 Pythonians, and ALL 5 of their movies?? More importantly, can today’s students?? If one of them can they may...

    Mar 8, 2015

    25m