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The Monte Cristo list for Chapter 40: Romney for America

Nothing really to add, except that I continue to be astonished and delighted that Joe & Finlay are willing to substantially increase the length of each episode -- just over 20% this time -- to read a list of silly (and not so silly) names.

[whisperdandraws]

onward! to season 4

[kiss-my-thighs-darling]

EAT.

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The Monte Cristo graph updated for Chapter 42: Speedrun. 22:07 this time.

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LEIF Caspar. You’re pretty drunk right now. CASPAR That’s actually you. LEIF I’m projecting. CASPAR Okay. LEIF I’m sorry I was an asshole earlier. CASPAR I’m sorry I was an asshole earlier. LEIF I used to live in space! CASPAR I know. LEIF I hate it here! CASPAR I know. LEIF I used to live in space. CASPAR Yes. LEIF And now I live in Pasadena. CASPAR I’m sorry. LEIF Pasadena is not space. CASPAR It is not. LEIF I’m really sorry. CASPAR Me too.

— Midnight Burger, Chapter 33, “Everybody Down"

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The supporters' name segment from Midnight Burger Chapter 41: The Malthusian Trap. 19:56 this time.

(I posted a version of the following on the MB Discord last month)

So, here's a thing. I started doing the graph as just a bit, because what the heck. But the serious side of it is that the list of names is evidence that there are a lot of people who love this show and want it to continue. And while the incentives like Shift Notes and HwHw are definitely worth it, I think there's something else there too. My wife and I both use the show to help with our mental health, and I imagine that a lot of others do as well. Not just patrons, but also people who aren't in a position to support the show financially.

All this is to say, I think the world is a better place with MB in it, and I'm proud of everyone who supports the show for keeping it that way.

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Beginning with Chapter 11 (“Arkansas Traveler”), Joe Fisher reads the full list of everyone supporting Midnight Burger at the $10/month level (“Monte Cristo”). Over time, it’s become a truly monstrous list, and, for some reason I don’t completely understand, I’ve decided to start tracking its length.

I timed the segment from when Joe introduces it, usually with “Midnight Burger is brought to you in part by …” and ended with the last name, which is, after the “Ted in Exile” interlude, Existentially Exhausted Bean. I’m not sure why I decided to include Joe’s intro, since it would have been just as easy to start with the first name. But that only occurred to me when I was halfway through season 3, and I didn’t feel like going back and redoing them.

This is a graph of the length of the name segment. A graph of the number of names would be more scientific, but that would require me to sit there with a clicker or something, and that would be silly.

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The last graph for Season 4 (sorry I missed the one for WttH ch. 11): 26:29. As Finlay Stevenson pointed out on Shift Notes, this is longer that many other shows' full episodes.