This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, soothe your brain by saying a load of words that don’t really mean very much, to give you an emotional break by temporarily supplanting your interior monologue with something you can benignly ignore. Note: this is NOT a normal episode of the Allusionist, where you might learn something about language and your brain might be energised. The Tranquillusionist's purpose is to rest your brain and for you to learn nothing. If you like it, there's a collection of tranquillusionists at theallusionist.org/tranquillusionist, on themes including champion dogs, Australia's big things, gay animals and more. Today: a list of the characters who don't have names in film credits. Find out more, and read the transcript, at theallusionist.org/person-in-scene. Content note: this episode contains some terminology from the original film credits that I do not endorse, plus one Category B swear and four Category A swears (which I endorse just fine). Enormous thanks to Jez Burrows for letting me use some 2,700 of these that he had collected for his book And Introducing. Find it and his other work - including his book Dictionary Stories, short stories composed of the example sentences from dictionaries - at jezburrows.com. The music is by Martin Austwick. Hear his songs at palebirdmusic.com, and his podcasts Neutrino Watch and Song By Song in the usual podplaces. Help keep this independent podcast alive by becoming a member of the Allusioverse at theallusionist.org/donate; your additional perks include regular livestreams with readings from my dictionaries, inside scoop of the making of every episode, and watchalong parties (lately, weekly gatherings to watch Great Pottery Throwdown) - AND to hang out with your fellow Allusionauts in our delightful Discord community, where I am posting all my best/worst portmanteaus and portmantNOs. The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch via facebook.com/allusionistshow, instagram.com/allusionistshow, youtube.com/allusionistshow, twitter.com/allusionistshow etc. Our ad partner is Multitude. If you want me to talk lovingly and winningly about your product or thing on the show in 2024, sponsor an episode: contact Multitude at multitude.productions/ads. This episode is sponsored by: • Bombas, whose mission is to make the comfiest clothes ever, and match every item sold with an equal item donated. Go to bombas.com/allusionist to get 20% off your first purchase. • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for building and running your online empire. Go to squarespace.com/allusionist for a free 2-week trial, and get 10 percent off your first purchase of a website or domain with the code allusionist. Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is the tranquillusionist, in which I.
Helen Zaltzman, soothe your brain by saying.
A load of words that don't really mean very much, to give you an emotional break by temporarily supplanting your interior monologue with something that you can benignly ignore.
This isn't like the usual episodes of the illusionist.
There'll be no learning, no journey.
You don't have to feel or think anything, and you'll find previous editions of the Tranquillusionist@theillusionist.org.
tranquillusionist they feature champion dogs, gay animals, punchlines with no setups, and more.
Todays theme was requested by Lachlan so long ago that Lachlan will perhaps have forgotten, but at some point in the past they wanted a tranquillusionist featuring the characters from films that dont have names.
So in the credits theyre listed as things like man in shop, lady with Pram, angry customer number two, etcetera.
Well, you remember alumnus Jez Burroughs, who appeared on the Ulapo episode of the show, talking about his book Dictionary stories, which was short stories, all composed from the example sentences from dictionaries.
After making that book, Jez spent years collecting thousands of this kind of film credit and turned them into a book called and introducing and he's very kindly let me read to you from his book today with music from Martin Austwick.
Content note some of the words used in the credits are not descriptors I would choose.
Also, there are some swears.
There's one category b swear and four category a swears on with the tranquillusionist.
A spaniard above it all journalist, abused stewardess, abused woman, accomplice.
Acid kid.
Acrobat thug one.
Actor playing man with nosebleed, additional ducks, additional football player.
Additional knight additional posse girl additional shape adjacent mechanic, adorable boy, adorable old man, advocate Bob, afghan ambassador.
Afghan bureaucrat.