The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds 144 - The Past Times with Carmen Lagala
Sep 26, 2025
Carmen Lagala, a talented comedian known for her engaging stand-up and specials, joins the hosts to delve into a 1906 newspaper. They discuss a dramatic editorial on Sundays and a bizarre account of a dance-hall woman's tragic end, critiquing the sensationalism of the times. Laughter ensues over a boy's explosive mishap and the absurd ban on tamales for co-ed students. The conversation takes a humorous turn with topics like fasting fads, waltzing etiquette, and even a prediction of 1982 earthquakes, blending history and comedy seamlessly.
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Tamale Ban Spurs Campus Drama
- A college matron banned tamales after discovering students ate them at night, provoking the tamale vendor to threaten a boycott.
- Hosts riff on the absurdity, imagining tamale-related scandals and poetry-like reporting.
Fasting As Social Control In 1906
- The paper treated dieting and fasting as fashionable and socially enforced at women's colleges.
- Hosts highlight how the fasting trend reflects male-driven beauty standards and social control.
Dancing Rule Bans Hugging During Waltz
- A dancing association prohibited hugging while waltzing and required entrants to promise compliance to join classes.
- Hosts mock the strictness and imagine enforcement at awkward social dances.