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Learnin' with Mr. Peanutbutter, Thursday, period 1

"Hello class!" Mr. Peanutbutter greeted as the students walked in. The teacher's desk that was usually at the front of the room had been pushed to one side, and two chairs were arranged next to it in a perfect "cheat out" position, so that folks sitting in the chairs could look at whomever was behind the desk without craning their necks or facing entirely away from the audience of regular desks in the rest of the room. A crude city skyline was drawn on the chalkboard, including little M-shaped birds. "Welcome back! Before we get down to work today, I wanted to tell you that last week's episode went great. If there's one thing audiences love more than uplifting teacher shows, it's -- well, basically anything else, apparently. But including game shows! So I thought we'd keep up our little genre-bending experiment for another week and see what happens.


"This week I thought we'd go with a true television classic, the talk show. Which, as a bonus, will teach us all a little bit about journalism in today's hectic, information-age world! Let's get right to it, shall we? I want you all to pair off and take turns playing the host and the special guest of the week. Hosts, you really want to engage your audience. Crack jokes! Make sly eye contact. Really charm the pants off of them. Or skirts! Whichever they happen to be wearing. Then, introduce your guest! Try to include a nice little anecdote or 'factoid' to let the audience know why they're interesting. Then start asking questions. Really delve. Extra credit if you can make them cry! Ready? Let's go!"