Pickpockets identify ML as a mark when he lands in Lyon, France and take his credit cards, but he nevertheless has nothing but good things to say about them when he’s reunited with Marc and Shawn in Red Shovel HQ.
STRAIGHT DOPE: With his backpack, MSU t-shirt and stupid expression, hustlers in Lyon, France immediately identify ML as a ripe for the pickin’ when he hits the train station. In a story that is long – but well-told – ML explains how an attractive Judas Goat sets him up for two petite confederates.
A cheapskate – ML – meets a crook. Each provides a tell about who they really are, but neither picks up on the cue.
Thieves, like magicians, are masters of distraction. ML describes how the leader of the pack directed his attention while her partners did their dirty deed.
Listen and learn how ML found out he’d been robbed – and why he was grateful. Also, find out how you can continue using your credit cards even after bandits have taken them to get cash advances and buy extravagant objects.
Before he hits the road, ML takes his wife to a restaurant in Toronto where the waitstaff looks like they may have another job down the street … at a bawdy house.
Find out how the Toronto airport inspired the name of a Rush song. And how the Canadian rockers honored their favorite Montreal Expos on an album cover.
Shawn, Marc and ML marvel at the crossover between hockey and baseball.
Speaking of Room 7609 – which no one was – Shawn says he and Drew debated whether a Free Press headline was clickbait.
Shawn reminisces about his first trip to Detroit in 1987, prompting Marc and ML to join in the debate over whether Detroit is better than ever. Spoiler alert: ML says downtown is better than it has been in ages, but makes a case that other parts of Detroit looked a lot better 40 years ago.
ML bumps into a U.S. Senate candidate on Mackinac Island who says her daughter found a copy of “The Kwame Sutra.” ML suggests it might not be the most appropriate tome for a 4-year-old.
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GEEK OF THE WEEK: Whoever killed Jonathan Joss, aka Chief Ken Hotate from “Parks and Rec,” is this week’s geek. We honor the late tribal leader with a classic clip from the mockumentary.
ROOM 7609: ML is back from Europe, so OF COURSE he books Thomas Dolby into the New Wave suite to perform “Europa.” Send us your favorite tune or deep cut or track from an obscure band – along with a story about the ditty – by writing to [email protected].
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