What’s that alluring flute music and what does it have to do with Molly Bloom’s biting new game? Well, there’s only one way to find out. Grab your Smarty Pass to hear Anna and Rosie play Molly’s latest game: Tooth or Dare!
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SPEAKER: Now entering Brains On headquarters.
[MACHINE BEEPING]
[FLUTE MELODY]
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh. Hey, Smarty pal. I'm sure you heard that majestic music of my flute. Playing the flute is great for two things. One, getting invited to parties. And two, luring people to my game room for more awesome mini games.
[FLUTE MELODY]
[KNOCKING]
Oh, it's working. Here comes Anna G and Rosie.
ANNA G: Where is that beautiful flouting coming from? It is totally luring me.
ROSIE: Me too. I was on my way to meet my long, lost twin sister, Daisy Dupont. But then I heard that gorgeous music and I decided to come here instead.
ANNA G: And I was headed to the Poop Deck to listen to Dookie Malone's lecture on clean living. But the power of this music just pulled me away.
MOLLY BLOOM: It was me. I was playing the flute.
ANNA G: Molly, I'll do whatever you want, if you played that flute some more. Also, I feel compelled to invite you to this party I'm hosting. Do you want to go to this party I'm hosting?
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh, I couldn't possibly play any more, unless--
ROSIE: --unless what?
ANNA G: Oh yes, tell us.
MOLLY BLOOM: --unless you play my new game. It's got fun improvised rounds. And it involves teeth and all this other cool stuff.
ANNA G: Oh, of course, we'll play, you Woodwind Siren.
ROSIE: I'll do anything for the music.
MOLLY BLOOM: Great. Then let's play Tooth or Dare. For this game, I'll ask you questions about teeth. I've got so much tooth knowledge, thanks to the Brains On episode, Why Do We Get Cavities? Go check it out. You either answer the question I give, or do a random dare.
ANNA G: What kind of dare?
MOLLY BLOOM: Anything I want. Maybe you'll do a silly dance, or impersonate an animal.
ROSIE: Anything from my favorite flutist. My preferred Piper, if you will.
ANNA G: Same.
MOLLY BLOOM: Perfect. Anna, you're up first. Tooth or Dare?
ANNA G: Tooth.
MOLLY BLOOM: What series of teeth are sometimes referred to as eye teeth?
ANNA G: Oh, that's your canines.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh, wonderful work. The sharp pointy teeth in the corners of your mouth are sometimes also referred to as eye teeth because they sit directly under your eyes.
ROSIE: Oh. And Anna knew that answer because she has studied Neanderthal skulls. That is my hypothesis.
ANNA G: Your hypothesis is partially correct. My training is in fact, in identifying animal bones and that includes teeth.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh. So wonderful. All right. Rosie--
ROSIE: OK.
MOLLY BLOOM: --it's your turn. Tooth or Dare?
ROSIE: Dare.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh. She's daring. OK. Using your mouth, perform a rendition of hot cross buns with fart sounds.
ROSIE: Oh! OK. Here we go.
[BLOWING RASPBERRIES]
So I just want to say, my farts really evolved. They started out more musical and became much less so by the end.
ANNA G: That's what happens with me when I fart, you know.
ROSIE: You start out strong.
ANNA G: Start out musical, slowly devolve.
ROSIE: They deteriorate. Mhm.
MOLLY BLOOM: Wonderful work, Rosie. Excellent. OK. Anna, it's your turn again. Tooth or Dare?
ANNA G: I'm going to do a dare this time.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh, yeah. All right. Show us your incredible peacock impression by pretending to be a peacock playing tennis.
ANNA G: [LAUGHS] OK. OK. Well, here's the serve. [POP]
[PEACOCK SCREAM]
[POP]
[PEACOCK SCREAM]
[POP]
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh my God.
ROSIE: Anna, you're so good.
MOLLY BLOOM: Excellent peacock impression.
ROSIE: So good. I'm being put to shame.
MOLLY BLOOM: I just want to know, in your imagination as you were doing that impersonation, what was the peacock wearing?
ANNA G: Oh, absolutely a skort. Which is--
MOLLY BLOOM: I hope a sweatband as well because that's what I was picturing.
ANNA G: Yeah. Tiny sweatband and then a maybe itty bitty sneakers.
ROSIE: You know it's-- I think peacock claws would provide-- I guess it depends on whether you're playing on a clay court, or a grass court, or the imaginary court that exists in the theater of the mind.
MOLLY BLOOM: Excellent. Excellent work OK. Rosie, this is the last round. So please pick Tooth or Dare?
ROSIE: I feel I must pick Tooth.
MOLLY BLOOM: All right.
ROSIE: All the tooth and nothing, but the tooth. OK. Here we go.
MOLLY BLOOM: Here is the question for you. How many more teeth does an adult have than a child?
ROSIE: You know what's really troubling about this question is I know that my colleagues here at Brains On have talked about this many times, and I have not retained the information. Ask it-- ask it one more time, Molly. Ask it--
MOLLY BLOOM: OK. How many more teeth does an adult have compared to a child?
ROSIE: Oh my goodness. You know, what? Here's what I'm going to say, I'm going to guess that we have-- us adults, us toothy adults have 10-- 10? That doesn't make any sense. 12-- six more teeth than wee children.
MOLLY BLOOM: Is that your final answer?
ROSIE: Oh, it feels very wrong, but it's my final answer.
MOLLY BLOOM: The answer-- you know, you're halfway there because the answer is 12.
ROSIE: I was going to say 12. And then I modified myself because I was just like, how is that possible that adult mouths are so horrifyingly huge compared--
ANNA G: Can submit something on Rosie's behalf?
MOLLY BLOOM: Please do.
ANNA G: I mean six still isn't exactly right. But not all adults get their third molars, which are their wisdom teeth. So if you subtract 4 wisdom teeth from 12.
ROSIE: 8.
ANNA G: It's-- yeah. Because of our very, very flat Homo sapiens faces, we sometimes just don't have room for that third molar, or it comes in and it has to be removed, like mine.
ROSIE: And can I just offer up that I am challenged in the tooth department, and actually was born missing two teeth that are suppose to sit right next to my front teeth.
ANNA G: Really?
ROSIE: I think, I was just inspired by the fact that I am toothily deficient. And that's why I came up with the number six.
MOLLY BLOOM: Well, that is the final round. So how did you two feel about Tooth or Dare?
ANNA G: I feel pretty good about it. I really liked it. I had a great time.
ROSIE: Yeah, me too. I loved it.
ANNA G: So much fun and bitingly educational. But Molly, now that the game is over, it's time to pay up.
ROSIE: Yeah. We played your game. So chop, chop with the toot, toot of your flute flute.
MOLLY BLOOM: Rosie, you're so pushy.
ROSIE: I just really love music. Can we please hear you play, now?
MOLLY BLOOM: Well, OK. You did play my game.
[FLUTE MELODY]
ROSIE AND ANNA G: Ah!
ANNA G: This is nice.
MOLLY BLOOM: That's it for this Smarty Pass episode. It was made by Aron Woldeslassie and Anna Goldfield. Our executive producer is Beth Pearlman. And the executives in charge of APM Studios are Chandra Kavati, Joanne Griffith, and Alex Schaffert. Brains On is a non-profit public radio program.
ROSIE: Thanks Smarty Pass friends.
ANNA G: We appreciate you. Bye.
ROSIE: Ciao.
MOLLY BLOOM: See you later.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[MACHINE BEEPING]
[FLUTE MELODY]
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh. Hey, Smarty pal. I'm sure you heard that majestic music of my flute. Playing the flute is great for two things. One, getting invited to parties. And two, luring people to my game room for more awesome mini games.
[FLUTE MELODY]
[KNOCKING]
Oh, it's working. Here comes Anna G and Rosie.
ANNA G: Where is that beautiful flouting coming from? It is totally luring me.
ROSIE: Me too. I was on my way to meet my long, lost twin sister, Daisy Dupont. But then I heard that gorgeous music and I decided to come here instead.
ANNA G: And I was headed to the Poop Deck to listen to Dookie Malone's lecture on clean living. But the power of this music just pulled me away.
MOLLY BLOOM: It was me. I was playing the flute.
ANNA G: Molly, I'll do whatever you want, if you played that flute some more. Also, I feel compelled to invite you to this party I'm hosting. Do you want to go to this party I'm hosting?
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh, I couldn't possibly play any more, unless--
ROSIE: --unless what?
ANNA G: Oh yes, tell us.
MOLLY BLOOM: --unless you play my new game. It's got fun improvised rounds. And it involves teeth and all this other cool stuff.
ANNA G: Oh, of course, we'll play, you Woodwind Siren.
ROSIE: I'll do anything for the music.
MOLLY BLOOM: Great. Then let's play Tooth or Dare. For this game, I'll ask you questions about teeth. I've got so much tooth knowledge, thanks to the Brains On episode, Why Do We Get Cavities? Go check it out. You either answer the question I give, or do a random dare.
ANNA G: What kind of dare?
MOLLY BLOOM: Anything I want. Maybe you'll do a silly dance, or impersonate an animal.
ROSIE: Anything from my favorite flutist. My preferred Piper, if you will.
ANNA G: Same.
MOLLY BLOOM: Perfect. Anna, you're up first. Tooth or Dare?
ANNA G: Tooth.
MOLLY BLOOM: What series of teeth are sometimes referred to as eye teeth?
ANNA G: Oh, that's your canines.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh, wonderful work. The sharp pointy teeth in the corners of your mouth are sometimes also referred to as eye teeth because they sit directly under your eyes.
ROSIE: Oh. And Anna knew that answer because she has studied Neanderthal skulls. That is my hypothesis.
ANNA G: Your hypothesis is partially correct. My training is in fact, in identifying animal bones and that includes teeth.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh. So wonderful. All right. Rosie--
ROSIE: OK.
MOLLY BLOOM: --it's your turn. Tooth or Dare?
ROSIE: Dare.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh. She's daring. OK. Using your mouth, perform a rendition of hot cross buns with fart sounds.
ROSIE: Oh! OK. Here we go.
[BLOWING RASPBERRIES]
So I just want to say, my farts really evolved. They started out more musical and became much less so by the end.
ANNA G: That's what happens with me when I fart, you know.
ROSIE: You start out strong.
ANNA G: Start out musical, slowly devolve.
ROSIE: They deteriorate. Mhm.
MOLLY BLOOM: Wonderful work, Rosie. Excellent. OK. Anna, it's your turn again. Tooth or Dare?
ANNA G: I'm going to do a dare this time.
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh, yeah. All right. Show us your incredible peacock impression by pretending to be a peacock playing tennis.
ANNA G: [LAUGHS] OK. OK. Well, here's the serve. [POP]
[PEACOCK SCREAM]
[POP]
[PEACOCK SCREAM]
[POP]
MOLLY BLOOM: Oh my God.
ROSIE: Anna, you're so good.
MOLLY BLOOM: Excellent peacock impression.
ROSIE: So good. I'm being put to shame.
MOLLY BLOOM: I just want to know, in your imagination as you were doing that impersonation, what was the peacock wearing?
ANNA G: Oh, absolutely a skort. Which is--
MOLLY BLOOM: I hope a sweatband as well because that's what I was picturing.
ANNA G: Yeah. Tiny sweatband and then a maybe itty bitty sneakers.
ROSIE: You know it's-- I think peacock claws would provide-- I guess it depends on whether you're playing on a clay court, or a grass court, or the imaginary court that exists in the theater of the mind.
MOLLY BLOOM: Excellent. Excellent work OK. Rosie, this is the last round. So please pick Tooth or Dare?
ROSIE: I feel I must pick Tooth.
MOLLY BLOOM: All right.
ROSIE: All the tooth and nothing, but the tooth. OK. Here we go.
MOLLY BLOOM: Here is the question for you. How many more teeth does an adult have than a child?
ROSIE: You know what's really troubling about this question is I know that my colleagues here at Brains On have talked about this many times, and I have not retained the information. Ask it-- ask it one more time, Molly. Ask it--
MOLLY BLOOM: OK. How many more teeth does an adult have compared to a child?
ROSIE: Oh my goodness. You know, what? Here's what I'm going to say, I'm going to guess that we have-- us adults, us toothy adults have 10-- 10? That doesn't make any sense. 12-- six more teeth than wee children.
MOLLY BLOOM: Is that your final answer?
ROSIE: Oh, it feels very wrong, but it's my final answer.
MOLLY BLOOM: The answer-- you know, you're halfway there because the answer is 12.
ROSIE: I was going to say 12. And then I modified myself because I was just like, how is that possible that adult mouths are so horrifyingly huge compared--
ANNA G: Can submit something on Rosie's behalf?
MOLLY BLOOM: Please do.
ANNA G: I mean six still isn't exactly right. But not all adults get their third molars, which are their wisdom teeth. So if you subtract 4 wisdom teeth from 12.
ROSIE: 8.
ANNA G: It's-- yeah. Because of our very, very flat Homo sapiens faces, we sometimes just don't have room for that third molar, or it comes in and it has to be removed, like mine.
ROSIE: And can I just offer up that I am challenged in the tooth department, and actually was born missing two teeth that are suppose to sit right next to my front teeth.
ANNA G: Really?
ROSIE: I think, I was just inspired by the fact that I am toothily deficient. And that's why I came up with the number six.
MOLLY BLOOM: Well, that is the final round. So how did you two feel about Tooth or Dare?
ANNA G: I feel pretty good about it. I really liked it. I had a great time.
ROSIE: Yeah, me too. I loved it.
ANNA G: So much fun and bitingly educational. But Molly, now that the game is over, it's time to pay up.
ROSIE: Yeah. We played your game. So chop, chop with the toot, toot of your flute flute.
MOLLY BLOOM: Rosie, you're so pushy.
ROSIE: I just really love music. Can we please hear you play, now?
MOLLY BLOOM: Well, OK. You did play my game.
[FLUTE MELODY]
ROSIE AND ANNA G: Ah!
ANNA G: This is nice.
MOLLY BLOOM: That's it for this Smarty Pass episode. It was made by Aron Woldeslassie and Anna Goldfield. Our executive producer is Beth Pearlman. And the executives in charge of APM Studios are Chandra Kavati, Joanne Griffith, and Alex Schaffert. Brains On is a non-profit public radio program.
ROSIE: Thanks Smarty Pass friends.
ANNA G: We appreciate you. Bye.
ROSIE: Ciao.
MOLLY BLOOM: See you later.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
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