Origin of the “Drawings of Tall Ships” Inside Joke

During the TBTL live show at The American Legion in St. Paul, MN (#2140 in a collector’s series), Luke and Andrew revealed the genesis of the “Drawings of Tall Ships” inside joke and why Andrew has been known for his “drawing of tall ships”.

Luke and Andrew: The Story Behind “Drawing of Tall Ships”

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Andrew had worked on an NHPR show called, “Front Porch,” hosted by John Walters, and there was a story about an artist, John Kendall, who created paintings of tall ships. While the original audio from the story is no longer available on NHPR.org, someone posted the interview on YouTube.

I have pulled the audio from the video for your listening pleasure:

Front Porch: Tall Ships in Detail

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The “tall ships” drop that Luke uses comes from the intro of the segment above

John Walters: “He may be best known for his depictions of the tall ships, capturing their grace and power”

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Clips From TBTL #2140: The Prime Cuts

The following are some of the “best of the best” clips from the TBTL live show from the Legion in St. Paul, Minnesota. One of those clips is Luke telling the backstory of why he started mentioning that Andrew is famous for his “drawing of tall ships”.

Andrew and Luke: First Key to the Show is don’t get fired halfway through the show (or not freak Luke out)

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Andrew and Luke: Sue Nelson starts playing while Andrew is telling his airplane story

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Andrew, Steve Nelson and Luke: Andrew pitching “Welcome to Night Pants”

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Luke and Andrew: Hotel Elevator Story

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Luke and Andrew: The Story Behind “Drawing of Tall Ships”

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Clips From TBTL #2140: “Two Steves and a Sue” Edition

Steve Nelson and Luke: “TBT-What? Possible show title.”

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Steve Nelson and Luke: “Uh, what are you thinking of titling it? We were thinking of calling it ‘All Thongs Considered’.”

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Steve Neuman: “Andrew!”

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Steve Neuman: “I, I need to sharpshoot your joke there, that is from the Little Red Bandwagon podcast.”

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Steve Neuman: “You son-of-a-bitch!”

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Steve Neuman, Luke and Andrew: “I’m glad you asked, Luke. Umm… Because, no.”

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Sue Nelson: Playing and singing “I’m tired and I wanna go to bed. I had a little drink about an hour ago and it went right to my head.”

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Sue Nelson and Luke: “Nobody’s listening to me, you know, you’re not… Andrew knows exactly how what that feels like. Sorry. I’ll leave now. I’m sorry.”

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Clips From TBTL #2140: Luke Burbank Edition

Luke: “Anything, any other As that need to be M’d, or whatever?”

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Luke: “As we like to say, podcasting is a highly visual medium.”

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Luke: “Buckle up, it’s not great.”

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Luke: “Cheese, cream, cheese, cream… insulin.”

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Luke: “Could you please welcome the bass player for Nervous Fingers, our boss, Steve Nelson, to the stage.”

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Luke: “How did you Hodor that?”

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Luke: “I consider my life a live show”

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Luke: “I have a lot to learn about your ways here in the Midwest, I apologize.”

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Luke: “It puts the podcast in the Stitcher, or it gets the hose.”

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Luke: “Nice Oregon Trail t-shirt too! That’s bitchin’.”

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Luke: “Notice me, Haage. Notice Me.”

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Luke: “Oh, that’s also in there.”

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Luke: “She just went from wind beneath to wind on top of your wings. That was a real quick flip there.”

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Luke: “She was already bored. You were bored with the instructions!”

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Luke: “That’s the end of the show, everybody. That was clearly the high point.”

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Luke: “There are, probably, ten to twelve of St. Paul’s finest citizens thinking ‘What the hell is a TBTL? Why do these people come to the hall tonight; and, why are they laughing at a guy playing audio drops?'”

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Luke: “This American Legion”

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Luke: “This is kind of a crazy feeling to look out on all these people and realize what a bad idea this was.”

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Luke: “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I, I, I, I see, I see things.”

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Luke: “You may have hitched your wagon to the wrong pony.”

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Luke and Andrew: “And the stamp says, Daytime Emmy Award Winner Luke Burbank. Do you wanna trade?”

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Luke and Andrew: “Invisibooyah!”

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Luke and Andrew: “Invisibooyah!” (With Audience Reaction)

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Luke and Andrew: “Like, based on all of the evidence, pretty lousy at being married. Like, pretty lousy at being, like… What do you mean? You love it, you keep doing it! Oh, sorry!”

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Luke and Andrew: “Oh, the Little Red Bandwagon kids. Thank you. The podcast about this podcast, which nobody on this podcast listens to; because, we get our feelings hurt. (Right)”

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Luke and Andrew: “Those things stress me out so hard, cuz I feel like if I fart (Yes!) on a Perrier, it’s gonna be seven dollars. Exactly!”

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Luke and Andrew: “We know that you know, as a listener to this show, that sometimes the energy can get a little low, things can kind of drag. Don’t look at me–Why do you always look at me when you say that?”

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Luke and Steve Nelson: “Do we still have jobs? Yes, absolutely. Yes! That’s awesome!”

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Luke and Steve Neuman: “He’s manning the Heggie’s minor, regional, Internet presence tonight, the Stu-bot! (Welcome to the Internet)”

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Luke and Steve Neuman: “How does this all feel to you? Um, again, terrifying.”

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Luke and Steve Neuman: “How is this feeling for you, Stu-bot? I’m terrified.”

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Luke and Sue Nelson: “How did they do? Umm… well… Let’s talk about something else. Okay.”

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Luke and Sue Nelson: “What is that song called? Um… Doot-doot-doot-doot-doot-doo! I’m so glad to hear you don’t know the name of it.”

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Clips From TBTL #2140: Andrew Walsh Edition

Andrew: “I couldn’t not! I couldn’t not. I was hungry.”

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Andrew: “I didn’t even mean it that way!”

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Andrew: “I don’t know, man.”

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Andrew: “I haven’t even gotten to the hot dogs yet!”

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Andrew: “I just want the, the first hot dog to be special.”

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Andrew: “I know that I’m the one who asked you about creepers; but, will you come back to Seattle with us? Because, we could really use this on the show, like, everyday.”

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Andrew: “I think I broke it.”

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Andrew: “I was too shy, I just did not want to be the guy on the airplane… I get it Sue! It’s why we call them Hot Dog Stories!”

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Andrew: “I’m a bit of a Socialist, I wanted to take something that was my problem and share it with everybody!”

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Andrew: “It’s all, just like, get to the point, dazzling details, power out, boom! You know what I mean… like ba-ba-ba!”

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Andrew: “Oh God, come on!”

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Andrew: “Oh, I know! I know! I know!”

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Andrew: “Oh! Can I play with this now?”

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Andrew: “Show me how to stamp.”

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Andrew: “The, the legroom was sweet, sweetness, Luke.”

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Andrew: “This is, uh, this is my worst nightmare! Somebody is legitimately asking me about my dreams, and I honestly can’t remember my, my last one. This is awful.”

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Andrew: “This was the most public radio, New Hampshire show you could possibly, possibly accidentally produce for two years of your career.”

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Andrew: “Uhh, can I get a free hot dog?”

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Andrew: “We do so many shows!”

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Andrew: “You know me, that’s not coo’.”

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Andrew and Luke: “And then, uh, I never thought I could miss a food before, which is one of my favorite Carpenters songs. There’s a lot of, there’s a lot of overtones to that statement. I didn’t even mean it that way! I just, it just sounds like a 70s love song.”

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Andrew and Luke: Andrew Hodor’d the stamper

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Andrew and Luke: “It’s more of a personal goal for me (Okay) and it’s to be funnier than the Stu-bot tonight (Oh, yeah!) Do you think I can pull–I know!”

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Andrew and Luke: Skyways not Skywalks or Skywalkers

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Andrew, Steve Neuman and Luke: Number of listeners listening via Mixlr

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Andrew, Steve Neuman and Luke: “This diet’s gonna kill me. What!?!? Andrew! I’m into that. How did this go sideways?!? That’s not even the right sound effect for that.”

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