Superfluous
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDan and Sam think they're amazing at bar trivia....but they never seem to win. Join them as they take a question they got wrong and learn all they can about it. Histories, interesting facts, and any related subjects are fair game! You'll maybe even learn something to impress your group at your next trivia night.
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Lucy and Large Floats
March 08, 2021 06:00 - 36 minutes - 54.2 MBEpisode 20 of The Superfluous Podcast is up and ready! Full disclosure: This should have gone online months ago. After a brief summary of our Thanksgiving time with family, Dan start the show by detailing the importance of the tv show I Love Lucy. He also forgets the phrase 'in concert'. 2020 will do that to you. Sam talks about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the cutting-edge float technology it uses. We end the show in the usual way, by mentioning our current Netflix binges, and ...
The Snap-Perfluous Holiday Special
December 18, 2020 06:00 - 29 minutes - 42.8 MBThe Superfluous Podcast makes it's glorious return for it's 19th episode! We can't wait to go back to bars for our regular trivia, but in the meantime, we're getting our topics from other sources, like trivia via Zoom. Apparently Disney Plus is making a LEGO Star Wars holiday special this year. Dan talks about the first holiday special from way back in 1978 and how insanely weird it is before finishing up with Apple's first computer ever. Sam uses Snapple bottle caps for his topics, and goe...
Harry Hope and the Hypnic Jerk(s)
December 21, 2019 06:00 - 41 minutes - 60.6 MBWe're back with the last Superfluous episode of 2019! We went to our normal haunt, Little Woodrows, and did not do so hot this time, but at least we got an episode title that would make for a great '50s pop cover band name. Dan talks for a bit about the play The Iceman Cometh, as well as the terrible movie The Snowman. Sam talks about the hypnic jerk, a sleep phenomenon that actually happens pretty often. We also open a box of goodies that we received from Geeks Who Drink, and we close out ...
Stephen King goes to Space
November 26, 2019 06:00 - 45 minutes - 67.5 MBAfter a summer vacation, we're back with episode 15 of @superfluous! After a quick foray into humorous baseball names, Dan talks about the novel IT and IT's appearances in other Stephen King novels. Sam talks about all the achievements in space travel that have happened so far this year. We close out by talking about Derry Girls, a new Netflix show. We also mention the Ted Cruz/Andrew Yang basketball game that hopefully happens soon. Thanks again for listening!
Science Fiction Sandwiches!
November 26, 2019 06:00 - 33 minutes - 49.7 MBAfter a nice long podcast siesta, Sam and Dan are back with episode 16 of The Superfluous Podcast. We went to the only Sunday trivia spot in Houston, Houston Cider Company. While Dan details Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, Sam details the history of the Denver Omelette as well as other named sandwiches. Dan talks briefly about Fleabag, and Sam plugs season 2 of The Kominsky Method and our new favorite restaurant in the Heights, Neo Baguette! Look for episode 17 most likely in Decembe...
Philadelphia and the Freemasons
August 16, 2019 05:00 - 41 minutes - 61 MBSam and Dan are back for episode 14 of Superfluous. After close game for episode 13, we pulled out the W for episode 14! This makes our 3rd win at Darwins. Dan starts off by describing his trip to Pennsylvania, and their multitude of trivia formats, such as Showtime Trivia (the Geeks Who Drink format isn't so popular up in that neck of the woods). Sam mentions a few notable freemasons, and we talk about what we know about these famous masons. To close it out, Dan talks about his next big p...
Ketchup and Q Gadgets
August 02, 2019 05:00 - 44 minutes - 36.6 MBThe Superfluous Podcast is back for episode 13, this time with a different intro song! We went to our normal trivia haunt, Darwin's Pub, and ended in our normal place, second. Dan talks about the mid-2000s song 'The Ketchup Song' and its tenuous relationship to Satanism and Rapper's Delight. Sam talks about Aston Martin, James Bond's favorite car brand, and the gadgets that the cars have in the movies. To close out the show, Sam talks about a Reel Big Fish concert he went to, and Dan talks...
Crawdads, Quarks, and Cuffing Season
July 04, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 49.2 MBSam and Dan are back for Episode 12, and the winning streak continues! This week, we went to Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina's International Smoke. We wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Spoiler alert: the food was decidedly food; burger was decent but overpriced, and it's a bit of a schlep to get to from our part of town. Dan starts his topic by talking about a tiny subatomic particle called quarks, but there's not a lot of trivia there unless you have a huge amount of physics kn...
Arcades and The Arctic
June 06, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes - 26.1 MBSam and Dan are back for Episode 11. We went to trivia at our normal Little Woodrows, and we had some trouble finding topics for this episode. That is because we finally won! Dan starts off by talking about the group Buckner and Garcia, who sang Pac-Man Fever...and nothing else. We go into detail about how popular arcade games were in the early 80s, as well as their massive decline in the mid-80s. Sam talks about the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (yes it is really called that) and th...
#SpritzLife at the Chicago World's Fair
May 15, 2019 05:00 - 40 minutes - 31.9 MBSam and Dan are back for episode 10 of Superfluous. Normally we would have some banter before our topics, but we skipped that since each of us had a lot to talk about. Dan starts by talking about the Paper Plane, a whiskey cocktail with aperol, then goes on to talk about The Great Aperol Spritz Debate of 2019. Not knowing anything about it beforehand. we mostly talk about the popularity of spritzes in general, the customary time to drink spritzes, and the exact formula if you want to experi...
Oil, Whiskey, and DOOMSDAY
April 28, 2019 05:00 - 33 minutes - 27.3 MBSam and Dan are back for episode 9! We went to our usual spot, Darwins, and this time around, we met Joseph from Old Humble Distillery, a distillery in Humble, TX. We came in second place, and lost out to first by only one point. Shocker, I know. Dan's topic starts off with oil; the back of Old Humble Distillery's bottle mentioned Wildcat drillers, so I discuss their importance in the oil industry. I also go on a quick tangent about the movie Bernie. Sam talks about the Domesday Book, which...
Drinks and Dean Corrll
March 21, 2019 05:00 - 48 minutes - 37.9 MBSam and Dan are back for Episode 8. This time around, the format is a little different. We have a quick intro, then we go to trivia and get a topic there instead of coming with a topic prepared. Yet again, we come in second place at Darwins. The idea of this episode came from the Comedy Central show Drunk History, so Sam talks about the Marine Mammals Exemption, which is an very narrow law limiting the sale of beer in Texas. Dan decided to have some good Galveston beer or two before talking...
Gold Records and Gold Doubloons
February 23, 2019 06:00 - 46 minutes - 47.8 MBSam and Dan are back for Episode 7 of Superfluous! Yet again, we come up short; this time, by only one point. This was a special trivia benefiting Undies for Everyone, a local Houston charity. After talking about a DC movie that we refuse to acknowledge, I talk about Dionne Warwick, a 60s soul singer that released a huge single for AIDS research. She also worked on the Psychic Friends Network, one of the 90s most popular party lines that ran into some legal trouble in 2002. Sam has two topic...
Christmas, Costner, and Carol Channing
January 15, 2019 06:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBIt's been awhile, but we're back from the holiday break for episode 6! After a brief update discussing our holiday plans and trivia xperience, Dan starts by describing A Muppet Christmas Carol and how much of a jerk Charles Dickens was. Sam then goes over some trivia from the aquatic boondoggle known as Waterworld, Kevin Costner's pet project. Dan closes out his trivia with some interesting tidbits about Broadway star Carol Channing. Sam and Dan close the show out by describing the latest ...
Cats, Cops, and Country Music
November 25, 2018 06:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBDan and Sam return for Episode 5 of Superfluous! This time, WE FINALLY WON! Dan goes to Platypus Brewing with our normal group, but Sam and the gang went back to Darwin's. Dan starts off by talking about Puss in Boots, and the important lessons from the original fairytale. He also talk about Garth Brooks' rock alter ego, and Sam talks about the tv show Cops and its lengthy history as the longest running reality show. We close out the show by talking about Platypus Brewing and Osaka, my go-to...
The Music Special
November 05, 2018 06:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBAfter a few weeks off, we are back for a very musical 4th episode of The Superfluous Podcast! We mention Town In City Brewing, where we got oh so close to actually winning at trivia! Sam talks about the Starman himself, David Bowie, and his acting career. He also talks about Francis Drake, and pirate that was also knighted. I did trivia at Little Woodrows while Sam was off working, and I talk about the fleeting popularity and Limp Bizkit and Fred Durst's activities in Russia. At the end, I ...
Pringles, prison slang, and that band Kurt Cobain's wife was in
September 27, 2018 05:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBIn this episode of The Superfluous Podcast, Sam and Dan start off by talking about new and questionable Pringles and Oreo flavors. After going over the most recent trivia game, Dan talks about Courtney Love, her band Hole, and the important lyrical content of their songs. After that, Sam quizzes Dan about various examples of prison slang. What is a trazer? your peels? being 3-knee deep? Listen as Dan attempts to guess what these slang terms are...and even gets one or two right!
Deep Throat, Peking Opera, and the Chrysanthemum Throne
September 14, 2018 05:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBDan and Sam are back with a packed 2nd episode of The Superfluous Podcast. This time they cover three subjects as opposed to the normal two. After briefly discussing their favorite things (Texas, food, beer, etc), Sam starts by discussing the 1970s adult film Deep Throat and how it created a seminal horror film. After that, Dan expounds on Peking Opera and horribly mispronounces all over the place. Sam ends the episode by talking about the Chrysanthemum tradition and its importance in the Ja...
Cal Ripken Jr and Fancy French Trains!
August 10, 2018 05:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBWho managed Cal Ripken Jr and Billy Ripken at the same time? What on Earth is a TGV? We'll answer those questions with way more than you ever wanted to know about these two topics. Also, we drink beer.