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Wanna know the BEST way to say hello to a famous person? The secrets behind filming Young Sheldon? Or how The Big Bang Theory's extended universe is inextricably tied to Disney?! …Well, then you're gonna LOVE this week's episode!  We are joined by entertainment journalist, red carpet reporter and two-time author Jessica Radloff to discuss her newest book — Young Sheldon: The (Jucier-Than-Meemaw's-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy — and everything else about her career alongside celebrities! Her first book, The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series, is one of my all-time faves (more on that in the episode, obviously), but her second crack at world's-best-oral-history is a slam dunk too. Fresh off the release of her newest book (out this week!!!!), we're talking about EVERYTHING. Red carpets, Retro Epcot, George Clooney, and even one very shocking reveal about how our worlds overlap! If you were ever looking for a Big Bang Theory / Young Sheldon / Disney crossover episode, this is it! ENJOYYYYY! Relevant Links: Buy Jessica’s Big Bang Theory book! Buy Jessica’s Young Sheldon book! Follow Jessica on Instagram! Subscribe to Jessica on Substack! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, we are diving DEEP into the wackiest, wildest, COOLEST trip I've ever been a part of: the Disney Believe reveal! We spent a few days aboard the Disney Wish uncovering clues about Disney Cruise Line's newest ship (launching 2027) and even though you've likely seen my posts and the reveal itself, there is SO much you do not know about what happened on board!! (And...I may or may not have some unheard details about the spaces on board DCL's new ship! justice for the Frozen restaurant!!) I still can't believe this whirlwind of a trip even happened, and I am so excited to TAKE Y'ALL ALONG WITH ME!!! ——— THINKING ABOUT BOOKING A DISNEY CRUISE? Reach out to Mouse Fan Travel! They'll help you pick the *best*cabin, price your entire Disney vacation out, and plan your trip for FREE! I trust them because I use them for all my trips, and we are so grateful for their support of Very Amusing! https://mousefantravel.com/?apid=crly Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

WARNING: week’s episode will make you laugh out loud at work!!!  My colleagues Julie Tremaine and Carly Caramanna came by Very Amusing to discuss their new Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook and how they created the perfect vintage recipes and stories for any nostalgia-obsessed Disney fan!  We’re getting into ALL of it, including: The scientific swing Disney took to make their BBQ sauce! A late-night deep-dive vintage relic that inspired the whole book!  The Disney food trend that drives us all up a wall! …and how Julie’s baking may have gotten Bob Gurr to write an intro for the book!  Press play, check out the book, and brace yourself to yearn for the ABC Soap Opera Bistro as much as we now do!!! Relevant Links: Buy The Unofficial Disney Parks Retro Cookbook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Follow Carly and Julie on Instagram! Follow Julie and Carly on Twitter! Julie’s work at SFGATE! Carly’s website! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Come join me on a wildly deeply reported tour of the most confounding museum on planet earth. And yet — for all its quirks, pitfalls, Star Wars props and shocking reveals, I walked away beyond excited to go back to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Why? Well, because there's never been a museum to spark this much conversation — which, in a way, is the ultimate narrative art, ain't it? (Just press play i am trying so hard to avoid spoiling any of this SPECTACULAR episode for you!!!) Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Relevant Links (bibliography, baby!) Digital Guide to Lucas Museum LA Times: What To See, How Lucas Museum Ended Up In LA, Skywalker Grill Review NY Times: Lucas Museum Opening AFAR: Lucas Museum Overview SF Chronicle: Lucas Museum Overview Artforum: IYKYK lol Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In today's fully reported episode, we are diving deep into Universal's new behemoth of a ride— my official review, my advice for when you visit, and what makes this coaster special — while also expanding upon the debate you may have seen online of nearby homeowners' extensive noise complaints.  Because...on Tuesday, I had so much fun riding Universal Studios Hollywood's new Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift coaster that I just kept going on, likely giving myself a mild concussion. On Wednesday, I drove to a stranger's house to interview a half-dozen nearby residents about how the coaster — namely its passengers' screams — has significantly impacted their lives. Consider this a 360 degree view (like the rotating vehicles!) of Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift and how one coaster can be so game-changing for this park, so mind-blowing for guests...and so infuriating for locals. Who's right? Who's wrong? And who is this coaster for? All of that…will be answered in this week's episode of Very Amusing. Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Relevant Links: Drew Taylor's story for The Wrap Todd Martens' story for Los Angeles Times Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chef, Author, Writer, TikTokker and all-around human delight Shay Spence is here this week to discuss, well, EVERYTHING! His new book, Meals You Can't Mess Up, is such a genius concept that i WILL be cooking from it when it drops September 22 (buy it now!!), but even more thrilling is that we got to chat about his career, his Disney World faves and make him super uncomfortable as I yell at him to his face about how talented he is ◡̈ (Who else is a professional chef, magazine food editor, social media king, recipe whiz and theme park expert?! NOBODY BUT SHAY!!) From the inside scoop on his Dollywood-inspired cinnamon bread recipe to the Disney World restaurant we BOTH dread dining at (you'll never guess which), this one is an absolute joy that i cannot wait to share with you all! Relevant Links: Follow Shay Spence on Instagram!  and Tiktok!  Buy Shay’s new book!!!!!!!!!! My pack and Play!  (My stroller hook caribeaner is no longer for sale I’m sorry!) Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Buckle up, because we’ve got a bunch of VERY honest chit-chat ahead! From tummy issue updates and the products I’m loving right now to the very real consequences of critiquing something you love — can’t believe I’m saying as much as I did on this week’s episode — this gab sesh has a little of everything! ! ! ! ENJOYYYYY! Relevant Links: Dollywood Story for the LA Times! Hanni Water Balm lotion!  Hanni in-shower lotion! Hanni shower scarf! Wellness Formula!  Seed probiotics!  Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What’s that you say? A bunch of very fun things at Walt Disney World that I desperately want to do and think you would too?! That’s what we’re getting into on this week’s WDW Bucket List episode! From freebies I can never remember to my genius idea for high tea to my long-kept secret about the thing I still haven’t done (ACK!!!), this one has all the Disney vacation inspiration you’re craving (and more!) Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, we welcome my dear friend and colleague Zach Laks on the show to school us about EUROPA PARK! Did you know that random German theme park with the fake Spaceship Earth has a PHANTOM OF THE OPERA COASTER INSIDE!? Or that they have even more country pavilions than Epcot?! This one is a theme park doozy and I can't wait to share it all with you! RELEVANT LINKS: Zach’s website! Zach’s recent coaster story for Travel + Leisure! Our Very Amusing episode on Eatrenalin at Europa Park! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any theme park questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

I am OBSESSED with The Mouselets — the hilarious sister-duo who do such extensive and entertaining coverage of Disney Parks -- that we all thought, hey, why don't we gab about the D23 news together?! So! Prepare yourself for a MEGA episode this week, giving our full, unfiltered takes on all the new theme park lands, rides and experiences coming to Disney World and Disneyland! (And, while we're at it, learn the ONE thing The Mouselets and I will never, ever agree on...!) Enjoy! Follow The Mouselets! Listen to Sisters, Sisters! Look at the huge gigantic Indiana Jones snake! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Is it some Reputation: Taylor's Version clownery for theme park news? Or just one journalist's very grounded predictions that have actually business and financial reasoning for coming true? ONLY TIME WILL TELL! Tune in for my very fair, balanced, accurate and truly kind of revolutionary D23 predictions. Nothing crazy kooky here, truly — just a couple dozen things I GENUINELY believe will be announced on stage at D23's Horizons: A Carousel of Progress Experiences Panel Presentation this Saturday, August 15! RELEVANT LINKS: Airport Luggage Transfer (it’s already happening!!) WSJ story on WDI Disney Believe video  Earnings Call Infographic Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Too scared to experience Halloween Horror Nights? Never fear!! Lora Sauls (Assistant Director of Creative Development and Show Direction for Art and Design, Entertainment at Universal Orlando Resort) is on Very Amusing this week to share EXACTLY what you need to know if you fear HHN fog. Lora's been working on Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort for almost THIRTY YEARS, which means she knows the event inside and out. (The Queen of Halloween creating the scares and then telling us how to survive them?! ICONIC!!) The thing is, even if you're not a horror fan, Universal's Halloween Horror Nights is basically a temporary theme park with state-of-the-art experiences that you kinda sorta need to see. And if you're too scared, I get it!! But Lora's about to drop some serious knowledge on why it's worth a shot, even if you're a fraidy cat…because she was once one too!! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Universal's surprise coaster opening, the wildest Broadway production in NYC, popcorn price hikes at Disneyland, a laughable bucket list trip and the return of an old favorite television fixation?! All this and more, in our July Gab Sesh episode! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Relevant Links: Todd’s Fast and Furious story: https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2026-07-24/toluca-lake-noise-universal-studios-fast-furious-roller-coaster Simone Biles bag: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbRTfmNOBud/ Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We had to bring our sportiest friend of the pod on the horn to do a *mini episode* on WHAT THE HECK THE MUPPETS WERE DOING AT THE WORLD CUP!!!! Enter: Madeline Hill, co-host of The Sports Gossip Show, genius behind the Impersonal Foul newsletter, and truly of the coolest smartest people in the world who *just happens* to know as much about pop culture as she does sports. The Venn Diagrams of our interests have never overlapped this much, so this week's minisode is a convo about how we think The Muppets may have gotten there, and what it all means! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THE STREETS OF OLD MILWAUKEE ARE MARKED SAFE FROM ME NOT SEEING THEM BEFORE DEMOLITION!!!! I zipped my lips since the second I visited this BRILLIANT soon-to-be-closed-and-moved museum on my trip back home to the Midwest and now I'm ready to proclaim that IT WAS A DANG DREAM!!!! LIKE...IF EPCOT WAS A MUSEUM...IT WAS THIS!!!!! and I can't wait to tell you about it!! Support our silly little podcast by booking your next Disney trip with Mouse Fan Travel! They will book your entire trip and answer any Disney questions for free! (We thank you in advance!) www.mousefantravel.com/amusing Relevant Links.. Indian Country Powwow Spend more time with @CarlyeWisel on... Instagram!  Twitter!  TikTok!  Facebook!  Website!  Give us a CALL at 747-CHURROS! We’ll be waiting by the phone 3  Very Amusing is your go-to theme park and travel podcast for having fun on vacation, whether it's with theme parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Universal, Shrek, roller coasters, amusement parks, rides, attractions or other shenanigans! Our Sponsors: * Quince! Use my code AMUSING for a great deal (and mention me at checkout if you can!): https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy