The Man Who Never Stopped Growing

The Man Who Never Stopped Growing
Number	71
Broadcast Date	August 20, 2012
Episode Length	1:16:30
Hosts	Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood, Justin Robert Young

Andrew tells us about a man who realizes he is the lone survivor of a violent legacy, or is he? The boys line up to defend poor Thomas Edison from a brigade of internet meanies. An Austrian man was tiny at 21, what happened from there was extraordinary. Would you grow a quarter inch ever month for the rest of your life or shrink? An inventor is found dead… it’s up to Brian and Justin to deduce what killed him what killed him?

Contents

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Guessing Game

Andrew decided to play a little guessing game with Brian and Justin to figure out this scenario.

A man who's initials are J. K. is the last of something. He was an engineer, but that has nothing to do with this story. He signed on for a research project to find out more about what he was, but he found out during the project that he was the last one.

After a bunch of guesses like "Jedi Knight" and "Japanese Koreanman", Brian finally found the correct answer when he guessed that the man was the last ninja. He is the last in the line of ninjas that can be traced back 500 years.

Growers and Shrinkers

Back in the early 1900s there was a man named Adam in Austria that was very special. No matter what Brian says, he did not perform in a "butt fountain" act. One interesting thing about him was that he was a "dwarf", standing at just 3'10" at 21 years old. But then for the next decade or so he started growing again and at 31 years old he stood 7'2" tall. Because he was growing so fast, he was bedridden for the rest of his life and he died at 7'8" tall.

Inspired by Adam's story, Brian asked if Justin and Andrew would rather grow ¼" per month until you die, or shrink ¼" per month until you die. Brian, being fairly short in stature, would rather grow. Even though Andrew is already fairly tall at 6'2", he would rather grow because he gets mad that other people are taller than him. Justin would rather shrink because he can be just as funny as a little person.

The Suffocator 10000

A man was found dead in a New Zealand forest and it appears to have been an accident. He was a pretty normal dude and he was a bit of a tinkerer. On his head was a helmet of his own creation that appears to have suffocated him. For once, Brian and Justin were right on top of this one and guessed what happened very quickly.

Picks

Brian

• The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat

Justin

• True Romance

Andrew

• ohn Calvert

Great Quotes

• "Yeah? Well guess who said the N-word? Me for a change and not you!" -Brian

Fun Facts

• Brian spilled diet coke on his sound mixer and had to quickly end the episode. Then to make matters worse, all of Justin.tv went down a few minutes later. Clearly this is Brian's greatest scam yet.

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Preceded by: "Welcome to Terror World"

The Man Who Never Stopped Growing

Followed by: "Resssscue Rangers"