57 - The List

December 1, 2014 - Do you remember that list you were given to memorize? You should have memorized that list exactly. Plus, a finding in the desert, what is opera, and meatless mondays.
Weather: "Upside Down World" by Paisley Rae (soundcloud.com/paisley-rae)
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[@Drace90]

Your couch has hidden teeth. Approach with cushion.

[@justeundonut-moi.7979]

Wow. The level of this joke 😂😂

[@angelofdusk13]

I'm glad Cecil went bowling with Old Woman Josie. I was starting to get worried about him, especially after Homecoming got cancelled. You have to stay social, Cecil, even if you're missing Carlos!

[@magnus2643]

Who else pictured Cecil sprinting away from the tear gas while still talking calmly into the mic?

[@AerCloud]

More jogging in order to have the breath to be calm but yeah

[@nullprimarch]

Hazelnut, Mystify, Cuttlefish, Lark, Lurk, Robert, Anglican, Pheromone, Halter top, Marmalade, Hardware, Laser, Pepper, Release, Kneecap, Falafel, Period, Chaste, Chased, Leggings, Wool, Sweater, Heartbeat, Heartbeat, Heart, Beat, Heart, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat.

[@jerricho11]

Null Primarch Thanks this saved me... sort of.

[@Kittymouth]

+Null Primarch You messed up. It was "Chase, Chaste". You've doomed us all. :(

[@FionnFisher]

+A.M. No it wasn't

[@Kittymouth]

Gryphon Jameson How often have you been re-educated, citizen?

[@sixsalt1406]

upthumb 👍

[@shawnabrown3472]

"But I saw it in the sky, an emu. Clearly not a llama"The weather gets weirder each episode....

[@bliffity2692]

The earlier weathers were hilarious. My favorite being the Masiah one.

[@thatpersonwiththerandomani5166]

+Bliffity that was my favorite X3

[@MayraCma]

what about "waiting for the bus"? i found myself singing that yesterday

[@Kate-uj9rx]

*better

[@commute_crew4874]

These and more than these is undoubtedly the best weather

[@smol_chilli_pepper]

When he started talking about the meatless Mondays initiative I thought "hmm that's a really good idea " but then he continued and I realised that this was night vale and nothing makes sense.

[@adrienne-ukulelecraftsandm559]

I went from “ oh that’s nice “ to “ well, that took a turn “

[@logane_pera]

Janice and Megan are friends and for some reason that makes me happy

[@jerricho11]

I was lying down listening to this. So if the 'man in the tan jacket' was looking over my shoulder, does that mean I was laying on him?

[@xixotlx2708]

jerricho11 Yes.

[@mechanicalsnail4703]

The direction a spider would have to move to get from your feet to your face? He's that direction of you.

[@nikayalohr9707]

He would have to bend his head down really far.

[@izzymarie8987]

I’m laying on my side so does that mean the man in the tan jacket is spooning me?

[@KazmirRunik]

@@izzymarie8987 He is upside down in relation to you, resting the top of his head upon your shoulder. Also, he's facing the opposite direction that you're facing. It's actually a very awkward position, even more awkward than the position that you're suggesting.

[@sidney9796]

we are eternal. we will not last.

[@Ramonerdna]

Anyone else freaking out a little that they didnt memorize the list?

[@reginaldmustardbacon5866]

me too bro.. me too.

[@mechanicalsnail4703]

I think I remember being told to forget said list?

[@kelly-bisson]

Weren't we told to forget the list because it wouldn't keep us safe anyway?

[@data6022]

I don't remember listening it

[@data6022]

Maybe I did, maybe not

[@holamellamoeliot3154]

Cecil: Look over your shoulder. Me: *Looks* My life size cardboard cutout of Matt Smith: *is there* Me: *dies*

[@sknfmsmr]

Well he weared a tan jacket once

[@meydrgon]

HA-

[@eitakou]

Oh no! Matt Smith came to life and murdered amella!

[@mudfirethebengal10]

"Who this morning, is a meadow LARK" "A cluster of hooded figures LURK along the corner" Guys?

[@horseenthusiast9903]

Whoa, I read this just as Cecil said that

[@gamingvampireking1704]

Same

[@gamingvampireking1704]

It must be a curse

[@doodlebrain6594]

I love how this episode was YEARS in the making

[@cryptidseeker5034]

The fact that he knows we think it’s fiction is slightly unsettling

[@haSHAH1]

Where did he break the fourth wall?

[@magnus2643]

Happy Cecil is good cecil

[@MidnightSunna]

Anyone else miss carlos?

[@youtubepoop1225]

me

[@kazz.3783]

Me 😥

[@faygo_cupcake]

yyeeessss

[@silentparadoxical]

remember when we missed carlos when he just wasn't mentioned but was there THIS IS 10X WORSE D:

[@data6022]

Carlos, whit his perfect hair .

[@GraceNicholson00]

I feel like this episode is a kind of call back to Street Cleaning Day; especially the bit after the weather. The only difference is that Cecil, instead of acting solely as a narrator, joined the community afterwards.

[@panth753]

I completely forgot about the list Cecil was talking about. Good job for bringing back.

[@TheZeladar]

Good thing it was only a test.

[@TheFearChannel]

I'm beginning to wonder who or what possesses Cecil from time to time. He seems to be a popular target.

[@TheIoPC]

The Fear Channel Likely Station Management... :)

[@UrsaSpecter]

The Inn Or the glow cloud. At least that's my headcanon.

[@xegao6095]

The Fear Channel violet

[@TheIoPC]

Let's try not to have spoilers for those that haven't had the pleasure of listening to the most recent episodes. ;)

[@Kittymouth]

+The Fear Channel Well if you've got to get a message out, the Voice is the best way to do it. Although possessing people is considered really rude.

[@WorldThatNeverWas08]

So the amount of time I spent memorizing the list wasn't pointless! Kind of.

[@jeremyeineichner7271]

+AnxiousKiwi Oh, it's not pointless, just not needed *yet*. It will still be needed at some point in the future

[@arturoreyescortez2476]

This episode is awesome, but I am afraid I forgot to memorize the list. Well, I still have time to memorize it before the real day. Also, there are many things I like about this episode: the life lessons Cecil is giving, how Old Woman Josie is cheating at bowling, and the heartwarming weather.

[@reesemcgeese824]

I love how 22:15 isnt fiction, or metaphor, or exaggeration. Its literally just.. life in america

[@-b-c-mn8jy]

here is a list of things: emotions you don’t understand upon viewing a sunset, lost pets found, lost pets unfound, a secret lost pet city on the moon. Trees that see. Restaurants that hear. A void that thinks. A face half-seen just before falling asleep. Trembling hands reaching for desperately needed items. Sandwiches! Silence when there should be noise. Noise when there should be silence. Nothing when you want something. Something, when you thought there was nothing. Clear plastic binder sheets. Scented dryer sheets. Rain coming down in sheets. Night. Rest. Sleep. End.

[@wintercaptain]

+105-15b/97-27c ((Impressive! But that's the wrong list.))

[@module1095]

+Arthur Kirkland I know

[@VohnExel]

+Arthur Kirkland Is it? Or is it perhaps that the list you thought you were supposed to remember was actually the wrong list, and when the time comes you will find yourself...surprised?

[@SanguiVantasKnightOfSpace]

+105-15b/97-27c I feel like this list actually has some foreshadowing to it. Remember that forest? Trees that see.

[@cerulean22b69]

105-15b/97-27c oh dear Im dead, or I would have been dead cause I was reciting that list instead. welp good thing it was a drill.

[@ClockworkChainsaw]

I wish I wasn't in bed when I listened to this. The man in the tan jacket was quite ineffective when lying down.

[@arcadia_758]

For anyone who didn't remember the list Hazelnut Mystify Cuddlefish Lark Lurk Robert Anglican Pheromone Haltertop Marmalade Hardware Lazer Pepper Release Knee cap Fuloffle Period Chase Chased Leggings Wool Sweater Heart Beat Heart Beat Heart Beat Heart Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat

[@justeundonut-moi.7979]

1:48 This ''would I lie to you ?'' Always gives me chills

[@klltsun_2576]

I trembled, because I did not have the list memorized. But thank god that like Carlos, I'm not actually in Nightvale.

[@jjd.7177]

I've been checking behind me over and over for the man in the tan jacket with the dearskin suitcase with a racing heart and goosebumps on my skin. I swear to God my shoulder feels weird, like someone is leaning over it. I've got shivers runnjng down my spine. I've been trying to keep my breath under control, too, and I look like I'm crazy, pivoting in place in circles over and over, looking over both shoulders like I expect someone to hurt me. I'm home alone, too, listening to this as I fold clothes and do the dishes. Help me.

[@aloneandalowly]

Even if he was there and he did see him, you wouldn't remember seeing him

[@handinlovablehand]

Just goes to go shoe that no gun in Night Vale goes unfired. Cecil mentioned quite a few episodes ago, before the Strexcorp arc iirc, that he and Old Woman Josie should get the old league back together. I am having trouble thinking of something that wasn't brought up twice, actually.

[@nepetaleijon692]

I heard the man in the tan jackets voice But I can't remember what he sounded like

[@sweetbabyhands7129]

Hazelnut Mystify Cuddlefish Lark Lurk Robert Anglican Pheromone Haltertop Marmalade Hardware Lazer Pepper Release Knee cap Fuloffle Period Chase Chased Leggings Wool Sweater Heart Beat Heart Beat Heart Beat Heart Beat Beat Beat Beat Beat

[@shawnabrown3472]

Skills man, skills

[@isabeltheacegal3384]

in which episode was it again?

[@Partially_Noided]

Not to be a grammar nazi or anything, but it's spelled Cuttlefish

[@sweetbabyhands7129]

Anthony Thompson oops 😅 i

[@Partially_Noided]

Holy shit that was a quick response for a post from 6 months ago

[@mylamei7591]

Does anyone else think the weather voice sounded like the faceless old woman who lives in your house?

[@tidalrose26]

“If you didn’t, well... *Minecraft villager noises* “

[@jeremiahtablet]

15:30 Me cleaning my room feels like me and I'm freaking out a bit bc I can remember a vague idea of a map and story while I can no longer remember the beginning of this segment... I'm scared..

[@rosemarycat5]

This podcast has better continuity than literally anything else

[@chillsahoy2640]

So, uh, stay tuned next for, uh, Jeff Goldblum? Oh, and it was nice that this episode had a callback to one of the older episodes. Good job, everyone!

[@PinkRangerVida]

MASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING FOR THIS EPISODE FOR DELUSIONS\PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS. Skip from 13:38-16:52 if you're prone to delusions from this show. (Honestly, this entire episode is pretty bad for anyone triggered by second-person verbalization, but that part is especially nasty.)

[@nunyab-]

saying some words to boost this a bit higher

[@nunyab-]

saying some words to boost this a bit higher

[@nunyab-]

saying some words to boost this a bit higher

[@eetishmeh]

saying some more words to boost this even higher

[@eetishmeh]

saying even MORE words to boost this higher still bc this could really help people

[@stellinasponza4798]

WHATS THE LIST OH GOD HELP SEND HELP SEND THE LIS--

[@NowInHD]

stellina got finessed

[@johnnyyip9404]

First watch through of this podcast. Anyone else in the same boat?

[@fruitygarlic3601]

I wish my friends would look out for me the same way Erika helps Josie cheat at bowling. Could've fooled me.

[@echothenardier8053]

Wait, does Cecil’s clairvoyance reach into the afterlife as well as the living Night Vale traffic, and do the dead tune in to WTNV?

[@moodikooler]

THE LIST: Hazelnut Mystify Cuttlefish Lark Lurk Robert Angelkin Fearmone Halter Top Marmelade Hardware Laser Pepper Release Knee cap Falafel Period Chase Chased Leggings Wool Sweater Heartbeat Heart Beat Heart Beat Heart Beat Beat Beat Beat ... Beat ...YOUR WELCOME XDDD

[@gamingvampireking1704]

Madi Keller you saved me thanks XD

[@ThePhant0m100]

It's pheromone. You've doomed us all

[@SupersuMC]

Flowers, but a little rotten? That's my laptop burning all the dust inside it.

[@proxymodel742]

This weather was so beautiful it distracted me from reciting the list!! Pray to the Glow Cloud that I make it!!

[@Hecksy]

ALL HAIL THE GLOW CLOUD

[@gamingvampireking1704]

Proxy Model ALL HAIL THE GLOW CLOUD

[@linusgo507]

the end is like street cleaning day... except the teargas.

[@MSCookiesx]

16- The Phone Call for the full list

[@pichirobi]

I wrote down the list a while back... hopefully I won't be imprisoned for owning pen and paper...

[@Netherdan]

You should have written it using a makeshift non-pen, didn't you learn how to make one in your scouting times?

[@Boleniana]

"Gifted and bare Greeks"? Sounds hot.

[@pollyrg97]

Cecil, get off the fourth wall!

[@pollyrg97]

I've had an issue at work regarding a task list (the word 'Kafkaesque' sums my feelings up nicely), and THIS is the episode that's playing today? No no, I'm fine. I'm *fine*.

[@bananajam2208]

9:39 Cecil sounds really drunk right now, and I love it so much.

[@aviewer6411]

When I heard the man with the deer skin suitcase, I was looking in a mirror.

[@fluffystraightjacket733]

I'm listening to this and the sun is hidden in the clouds and I don't know the list

[@loading7496]

The parallels between the list and my homework are astonishing

[@abbya.4043]

Cecil: "A growl. Some sort of shape descends from the sunless clouds clouds" *rock organ starts playing* Me: James Brown????? Cecil: "-and, a voice!" Me: _J a m e s B r o w n??????_

[@aquila4460]

The whole "The man in the tan jacket is standing behind you." is a lot funnier when you listen to the podcast while swimming. Hope he didn't get his tan jacket too wet.

[@mutemeimscared1632]

I couldn't help but grin hard cause I was leaning against a 3rd story balcony. Like??? Is he just hanging there or did he get a really really long ladder?

[@AhegaoMachine666]

Its so trippy listening to this show when you live in the southwestern desrrt

[@thealmightybipper3381]

Same! I tried to convince my mom that we lived in Night Vale. She had no idea what I was talking about...

[@Danixo02]

Dude I can’t even remember what I study before a tests and you expect me to memorize this list? lol

[@admiraloverdone]

when wtnv suddenly became a vsauce video

[@kazz.3783]

Does the man in the tan jacket remind anyone else of the silence?

[@temi19]

The man in a tan jacket is just a simple fly salesman and mayor of King City. Just read the book, Welcome to Night Vale.

[@wolfmoon256]

Meatless Monday is not what I expected it to be and traffic made me cry.

[@ace1diots]

I still have the list !!!!! I still have the list!!! This is so cool, i found it in my phones notes !!

[@johnniallen502]

Joseph Fink reminds me of Tyler Joseph for some reason

[@arunistrying]

Omg sort of yes

[@kld9992]

Johnni MCRX yea, the tone of his voice is kinda similar to tyler's voice

[@rainphee]

Oh, this episode made me smile.

[@maxonmesser985]

Every episode fucks me up but this one takes the cake so far

[@nashbyrd4020]

OK, when joseph was talking about the smell i did actually start to smell rotting flowers omfg

[@marcom5575]

The update on you gave me a funny feeling on the back of my neck. The feeling of being... watched?

[@EayuProuxm]

I heard from a friend of an enemy of a pet of a voice in the desert that speaks only in rhyming riddles that the next laws of physics laws update will allow us to become pure information. Me personally, was hoping to become stone.

[@lilaboxx]

Is it just me or is the background music more intense in this episode? Good job, disparition

[@angelicriver]

THE SPONSERS ACTAULLY MADE ME SAD BECAUSE MY CAT ALMOST GOT OUT ONE NIGHT ; -;

[@teyaoianimechick]

Today's weather was seriously awesome.

[@katharinefitzgerald7667]

It was an eclipse. Nothing was wrong it was just a lunar eclipse and the SSP figured that out they saved face by saying it was a drill.

[@sweetbabyhands7129]

Is it bad that I DID memorize the list?

[@maxguen4211]

nah now you are prepared for..uh.. well, whatever it is! :D

[@gamingvampireking1704]

Nikkis Wings nope

[@Netherdan]

Well I don't know what impact having hyperthymesia does have in the human brain, maybe your memory would some day start taking over your other less useful brain functions like unconscious breathing/heartbeats but maybe that would only happen if you live long enough

[@rainbowzebra361]

Wrote the list in a comment, but I did not memorize it. Thankfully, other people wrote it down for me. Also, I am very scared of the man in the tan jacket. Have a great day :)

[@scarypoppins1331]

I thought no one remembered... and they were all dead.... Oh Night Vale....

[@SunnyTheOpossum]

There was a fender bender in Night Vale? I’m just imaging dying from a car crash in a place like Night Vale, that must suck.

[@katerinaki2001]

Holy shit from 26:40 to 27:08 is it a reference to House MD cause if it is I'm not ok

[@JartinVartinJlackwood]

At least in this time of isolation cecil still has Janice and old woman Josie

[@logane_pera]

Wilson and Amber have been cute since Cleaning Day

[@thealmightybipper3381]

Welp, apparently the man in the tan jacket must live in my mirror, since I was leaning against it during the "update on you."

[@allison3088]

mourning the loss of my beloved cat earlier this year, this episodes traffic was somewhat comforting- that she is still with me because my love for her is still Now and that is at least one tiny piece of her i still have. but then. sponsors offered unbridled despair and heart crushing anguish.

[@emileerainey2412]

"KING CITY!"

[@temi19]

You have a slip too?

[@emileerainey2412]

+Temmie S I do. We should team up to figure out what this is all about

[@temi19]

I agree! We must find out what this is all about.

[@emileerainey2412]

+Temmie S Our first stop should be to see Carlos The Scientist. He'll know what to do

[@temi19]

I thought we should go to the library! Then we could research more about King City,

[@TheLilacButterfly]

So, the threat of the list brought everyone together?

[@saturnsaliens]

I'M NOW COMPLETELY ALONE AND I'M LOOKING AROUND AND I STILL FEEL LIKE I'M BEING WATCHED JFC HELP ME.

[@supershinigami1]

Please do not go into crowded places today. Stay at home and wash your hands.

[@heavenm0nst3r]

Yay mah boi is feeling better!! But I'm still sad cause we didn't here about Carlos for...many episodes now :(. Did he even called?

[@GloomyFish]

Petco - where did the pets go? No, I'm serious, the lets disappeared from their logo!

[@wyrmeleon2002]

Okay this is my favorite traffic segment

[@RedCanaryAboveGround]

so this whole time cecil didnt even know if his mic was plugged in?

[@GenesisSDG]

They mentioned Wilson and Amber and I got House MD flashbacks

[@margheritaparacini7729]

It's comforting to know I will trickle down

[@snautslovering7270]

These hit different at 2:00AM

[@skedizzle]

I love how Old woman josie and the angels get to cheat because nobody is allowed to acknowledge that the angels are there

[@gamingvampireking1704]

Dam the update on you made me like this so much

[@Prizzlesticks]

Not my favourite kind of weather.

[@rachelemberlee2621]

+Pearl Carol Yeah. I liked the beat, though, just not the actual 'song'.

[@gregfisher4147]

Meatless Monday - in that we don't eat meat on Mondays - really should become a thing.

[@carter6456]

Well this hit a bit hard in America's current political situation

[@HyacinthMedium]

Yepp

[@j-static8196]

Looking over my shoulder- boi my back is against a wall How that possible

[@Alex_Packer]

Hazelnut, mystify, cuttle fish, lark, lurk, Robert, Angelican, pheromone, halter top, marmalade, hard ware, laser, release, knee cap, falafel, period, chase, chaste, leggings, wool, sweater, heartbeat, heart beat, heart... beat... heart... beat.... beat........ beat...........beat...............beat............................beat

[@punk3375]

Damnit, I literally have the list in my car. Unfortunately, I don't have it memorized.