News: Filming for Potter Complete

Micah: All right. Well, speaking of the series continuing on, the films are finally finished as far as all of the production side of things is concerned. I'm sure there will be post-production and all that technical crap, but as far as principal filming, it's all done. And that was sort of the other big news that came out the last couple of weeks since we did Episode 200, literally right before the theme park opened. It was back on June 12th that we got word that that was the final day of shooting for Deathly Hallows. And Rupert brought his ice cream truck for everybody to get - I don't know what he serves on the truck. But I thought that was kind of cool. We got some tweets from different actors who were there on the final day. I know an interview recently both Dan and Matt Lewis said that they were headed back for two more days, but it was very small stuff, a lot of tech related things that they were working on. But I guess June 12th cut was called for the final time.

Andrew: Yeah. Pretty surprising and there's a lot of - well, not surprising, but a bit sad. And as many of the cast pointed out at the Wizarding World it was kind of good timing how filming was ending at the same time the theme park was opening. So it's kind of bittersweet.

Micah: Right.

Eric: All the actors kind of freed up, yeah.

Andrew: So it's pretty nice and it's a perfect way - the theme park is a perfect way for fans to really experience the films in person. But back to Deathly Hallows...

Micah: Yeah, that was part of it, too. They said that for Hogwarts to finally be real for them...

Andrew: Right.

Micah: ...because it was never created...

Andrew: Right.

Micah: ...it was always a green screen or those little sculptures that they made into something real. The rooms, obviously, they were able to walk through, but the actual castle itself - to see it, to experience it, they thought that was really cool.

Eric: I love that picture of the Phelps twins riding the Hippogriff, is it? With the kids.

Andrew: Yeah, with Dan Radcliffe, too. It's a really cute photo.

Micah: Michael Gambon was there for as much...

[Eric laughs]

Micah: ...you know what we have given him on this show for many, many episodes.

Andrew: You know what though, in the press conference he was really into it, it was a great interview, he was very funny. I think he was excited.

Micah: Well, he was the one who said that he wanted to go to Ollivanders and get a wand, and I think he actually did...

Andrew: He did get a wand and Warwick Davis commented that he saw Michael get his little wand, and it was so cute. He called it cute.

[Eric and Matt laugh]

Micah: Did you go to Ollivander's...

Andrew: You know what, I didn't go to Ollivander's...

Micah: ...Andrew, did you go?

Andrew: ...I wanted to wait to do something with you all because that's how much I love you...

Micah: Oh, well that's very nice of you...

Matt: Aw, we'll all go in, and we'll see who gets chosen.

Andrew: That and when we were supposed to go on in our little tour, I was having a sugar overload, and I was ready to collapse, and I needed some protein so I went to the Three Broomsticks and got fish and chips.

Micah: Oh, so the real truth comes out.

Andrew: I mean...

Eric: Still, it's still sweet. He's still a saint.

Andrew: Butterbeer prevented it. All right, so is that all?

Micah: That is all for this week.

Eric: I just wanted to comment. Andrew, I forget to tell you. On your footage of everybody - John Williams conducting - there's this moment when Warwick Davis, who's conducting the frog choir, turns around after they've just finished. And he's got this smile on his face, this huge grin, and it is literally the best moment I think I've ever seen on film is him grinning...

[Andrew laughs]

Eric: ...so watch it there. And you caught that. I just want to say when I was watching that - and I didn't catch the live feed - gasp shock - but I caught that video afterwards. And honestly, his grin is just otherworldly...

Andrew: Yeah.

Eric: ...and he is so happy to be there and it's...

Andrew: Well he said at the press conference the next day that he really did enjoy doing that, and he also particularly enjoyed being up onstage with John Williams when the fireworks were going off. And in my pictures you can see him standing there watching the fireworks. It's really nice. So anyway, that does it for news. We are going to hold off on starting Goblet of Fire chapter-by-chapter for a couple more weeks because Episode 202 will be our big Deathly Hallows trailer discussion episode. We're expecting the trailer at the end of June and at that time - I heard a rumor that it's going to be June 28th. Not so sure how legit that rumor is, but we do believe it will be out by the end of the month and we will be doing a trailer episode. Then after that it will be our episode from Infinitus, and then after that we will have our...

Matt: It's anyone's guess.

Andrew: ...we will - No. We will resume Chapter-by-Chapter. So for this week we're just going to go through a few e-mails. We got some great ones that are worth discussing, ranging from book analysis to some other stuff as well. So Eric, can you read the first one from Erin.

Eric: Sure. This is the Mailbag Segment of MuggleCast. I don't know if I'm supposed to...

Andrew: MuggleCast. Mailbag!

Muggle Mail: Felix Felicis

Eric: [laughs] All right. This one comes from Erin, age 17 from Canada. She says:

"Hey guys! Last night I was reading 'Half-Blood Prince' when Ron asked Hermione and Harry if they could just make a vat of Felix Felicis as it would be pretty handy. Harry looked up the instructions in his potions book and discovered that it needs to brew for six months. I was wondering how Slughorn managed to have a cauldron of it to present to their potions class when he only had accepted the position of Potions Master a month or two before school started up. Did he have a vat of Felix Felicis already? And if so, why would he have it? I only just started listening to MuggleCast. You guys are great. Keep up the good work, Erin."

Andrew: Do you guys think Slughorn would have possible just had - would have been able to get into a stash at Hogwarts?

Eric: Did he have a vat of Felix Felicis? I thought the vat was of Amortentia, and he only had a vial of Felix Felicis because he was only giving away a vial of Felix Felicis. The vat was of the Love Potion. And I'm going strictly by movie here, but the Love Potion is what's in the cauldron and Hermione...

Micah: Well, it still needs to brew for six months according to what Erin is saying here, so regardless of whether it's a vat or a vial...

Eric: I think it's a big difference. You can probably buy vials of Felix.

Micah: Well, yeah. That's one of the answers we could give to this question. He could have just gone out and bought it. I don't know if it explicitly states in the book if he had created it himself.

Eric: Right.

Micah: Have to look that up, but one of the reasons why maybe he had some of this stuff is he was on the run from Death Eaters. He didn't feel completely comfortable with what was going on.

Matt: Yeah.

Micah: So perhaps he had a little Felix around. Just in case.

Eric: And now that he was safe at Hogwarts he could give it up.

Andrew: Yeah maybe.

Eric: But I do think - I mean it is stated in the book that too much luck is bad. You just start laughing uncontrollably or something when you have too much Felix Felicis.

Andrew: Yeah. I don't know if I would want too much. After seeing Harry in the movie especially. How happy do I want to get? I would just be depressed after all that happiness. How could I ever be happy again?

Eric: After a while, I think it'd be - it says in the book. After a while, it just begins to mess with you.

Matt: You start to get addicted.

Andrew: Micah, could you read the next e-mail?

Muggle Mail: Hermione in Ravenclaw

Micah: Yeah. Next e-mail comes from Miranda, 13 of Texas. She says:

"Dear MuggleCasters, I was listening to some earlier episodes since I'm a very new listener, and saw that y'all had pointed out that Hermione was in Gryffindor when she is obviously extremely smart, and it seemed like she belonged in Ravenclaw. Do you think that her being put in Gryffindor is foreshadowing? In most of the books, Hermione is using her brain more than her bravery. For example, she was probably the only student, let alone first year, in school who could have figured out Snape's protection on the Sorcerer's Stone. In 'Deathly Hallows' however, she helps Harry with the journey with looking for the Hallows and Horcruxes and really shows her bravery and what she'll do to help a friend. She even skips a whole year of school, which any new reader reading the first few books wouldn't believe if you told them. So do you think J. K. Rowling putting her in Gryffindor for bravery instead of Ravenclaw for brains was foreshadowing to the latter books where Hermione - or later books - where Hermione shows her bravery on top of her brain-power to her friends with defeating Voldemort. Sorry this is a tad lengthy, but it just came to mind while I was listening. Love the show, Miranda."

Andrew: I think it could have possible been that the Sorting Hat just saw what could become of Hermione when she matured.

Eric: Well, she does talk about it. She does say that the Sorting Hat almost put her into Ravenclaw. I forget if she says why it didn't, but at the same time I think that it's - I think that this is very possible. Also though, I did forget about that Snape's challenger for the Sorcerer's Stone, about his logic puzzle, which didn't make it into the movie, but was in the book. And that's true, she is smart, and I think her being in Gryffindor - obviously Gryffindor is is the setting of the book and in order to be apart of the trio I think she had to be in the same house as them, but I think it does show her underlying bravery that is called upon in Book 7.

Muggle Mail: Songs in Memory

Andrew: Next e-mail is from Matt, 15, of Colorado:

"Hey guys, I've been recently going through your old episodes where you go through "Deathly Hallows." In your analysis of 'Deathly Hallows' you played a song in memory of each death in the book, and I was wondering if you could do the same in 'Goblet of Fire.' I know there aren't many deaths, but I thought it would be a good idea."

You know, I had forgotten that we did that.

Micah: Yeah.

Andrew: That was a great idea.

Eric: It has to be that one that Robert Pattinson wrote for the first Twilight movie. Where he's playing the piano. That's got to be Cedric's death song.

Andrew: Well in all seriousness, what - Micah Tannenbaum, if you could assign a song to Cedric Diggory to recognize his death...

Micah: Well, he's not the only that dies in the book. I mean - come on.

Eric: Barty Crouch Sr. gets like transformed into a bone. Who...

Micah: Frank Bryce.

Eric: Who was it who was...

Andrew: Oh yeah...

Eric: Frank Bryce the house keeper, grounds keeper rather.

Andrew: A song about Frank feeling lonely perhaps.

Eric: [singing] I'm so lonely. Don't have nobody to call my own. Woo!

Andrew: But yeah we should work on that we should do that for maybe the rest of the characters that died in other books as well because...

Eric: That's a good one.

Andrew: Yeah.

Eric: That's a good idea.

Andrew: Maybe we can do it at the end of the Chapter-by-Chapter. Or maybe while we do Chapter-by-Chapter, Goblet of Fire if somebody dies in a chapter we can play a song.

Matt: That's what we did.

Micah: But yeah that's what we did.

Andrew: Oh.

Matt: That's exactly what we did.

Andrew: Well, we were brilliant.

[Eric laughs]

Andrew: I thought we had did them all at once.

Eric: No.

Andrew: No, no, no, no. Yeah so.

Matt: I forget did we really play a different song...

Micah: Yes.

Matt: ...every time a different person died? Wow we did. Well he have one coming up don't we. Frank Bryce dies in chapter 1 doesn't he?

Andrew: Yeah so...

Matt: We better get cracking.

No MuggleCast Mix

Andrew: Well we'll pick out a good song for him. Okay, so, Matt can you read the next e-mail from Bianca.

Matt: Okay Bianca writes:

"I would just like to say that I am feeling very hurt right now. Eric made me want to cry when he didn't show his MuggleCast mix on the 200th episode. I waited and waited and now I don't get to hear it. I am very hurt and will stop subscribing to MuggleCast if Eric doesn't show us the mix. Okay no, I don't think anything in the world could stop me from listening to your show I just wanted to let you know how very disappointed I was with this episode, though the interview with Heyman was great. Love the show, and Andrew's my fave, Bianca."

Andrew: So Eric...

Eric: Wow.

Andrew: ...do you have an update about the MuggleCast mix?

Eric: I'm sorry that the announcement was noticeably absent for some people from 200. I did, I'm still working on the MuggleCast mix. Okay, it's still in production. I'm just going to say that, it was created, and I did announce on MuggleCast, it was being created for the celebration of 200 episodes of MuggleCast, but I did not say that it would be released on Episode 200 and that's a small distinction but at the same time I already knew that 200 was going to be a really long episode so - basically the MuggleCast mix, the Remix II is still on it's way, we will find a time between the other episodes that we have coming up, obviously we have a few very high-profile episodes coming up of MuggleCast and the MuggleCast mix will be slipped in there somewhere...

Andrew: Okay.

Eric: It is still up and coming.

Micah: Bianca somehow I think you'll manage till it's released.

Matt: Oh she can't hear you she already unsubscribed.

Micah: Oh that's right, she unsubscribed.

Eric: Yeah. [laughs]

Andrew: All right Micah can you read the final e-mail today in our MuggleCast mailbag.

Muggle Mail: Potter in the Future

Micah: The last e-mail comes from Helena Sheffield, 17 of Cambridgeshire and she says:

"Hi MuggleCast, you were discussing in Episode 199 how the world of 'Harry Potter' will continue after all the films have been released. Obviously, I can't answer that for definite, but I have a Saturday job in my local library in which I naturally take special care over the 'Harry Potter' books. We have at least 4 copies of each one - including 'Beedle the Bard' - and I have never seen even one of each of those books all together. I think this is a testament to J.K. Rowling's phenomenal ability to capture young children's imaginations and could suggest that it will be a very long time before 'Potter' dies out. I know I'll never get tired of it, and I'm pretty sure that they will last for years and years to come. Anyway, I think you guys are so funny and I look forward to each episode every week. Keep up the outstanding work! Love, Helena."

Andrew: Thank you Helena, that's very nice and I thought that was a great way to sort of get an idea of new readers, new Harry Potter readers.

Matt: Mhm.

Andrew: I think that is a perfect way to see who is still reading them.

Micah: Or who is just steals them and never returns them to the library.

Eric: Yeah I was going to say you have an habitual Harry Potter book thief. But that is - like you said, it is great insight into - to know how many copies they have exactly and how she has never seen them - even one copy of that all together. That is very well worded. It gives us a great idea.

Andrew: Helena should put a little sign next to the Harry Potter books and say, "If you want some analysis of these books, listen to MuggleCast." Only in a British...

Micah: Yep.

Debate: Did Ron and Hermione Have a Happy Marriage?

Andrew: ...accent because she is - or in an English accent because she is in the U.K. Okay, so that does it for the mailbag. We're now going to do a fun segment we haven't done in a while, and this is our debate segment. And...

Matt: Awww.

Andrew: ...I was browsing...

Matt: There is no Ben.

Andrew: ...CoSForums.com the other day, and - first of all, CoSForums.com is an amazing resource for Harry Potter discussion. There is always some great discussion going on over there. It is MuggleNet's sister site. Definitely check it out if you want to join in on some discussion: CoSForums.com. But anyway, they were debating a topic that I thought we should debate: Did Ron and Hermione have a happy marriage?

Micah: Of course they did.

Andrew: Now...

Micah: What kind of nonsense is that?

Andrew: ...how - wait one second, Micah. Wait one second. So here is how we're going to do this: Micah and Matt are arguing yes, they did have a happy marriage, and Andrew and Eric are arguing no. We're going to start with a 90 second opening argument from each side, and then we will have - let's do 60 second rebuttals. And then we'll put a poll up on MuggleCast.com, and you guys can decide who wins the debate. So, since Micah could hardly contain himself, Micah, why don't you and Matt start? You have 90 seconds to tell us why Ron and Hermione had a happy marriage. Go ahead.

Micah: Well - I mean, of course they had a happy marriage. They are the centerpiece couple of the series, right? I mean, how could they not go on and live happily ever after? They have two great kids, Hugo and Rose. They don't seem like they are much trouble. They are both gainfully employed. They don't have to worry about Voldemort ever coming back. I think they are financially well-off, which is something that may have been a little bit of a problem for the Weasleys and more specifically Ron growing up. And they get to experience both the magical world and the Muggle world because Hermione has her parents - I'm sure want to see the grandkids from time to time. So there is no reason to think that things are anything less than perfect.

Matt: Right. And they grew up together. I mean, they definitely have chemistry. They didn't become in a relationship before they knew each other. And they were obviously compatible since they were ten years old and it didn't seem to change because they had kids together, which shows they enjoy their company together if you know what I mean. So, I - so like Micah said, they were completely compatible, and they are the centerpiece of the series.

Andrew: Anything else to add? Twenty seconds.

Micah: No.

Matt: They love each other! That's what - the series is about love and love your fellow lover.

Micah: Just give us the trophy now.

Andrew: All right. Now Eric and I will take 90 seconds to tell you all why they do not have a happy marriage. Eric - oh, you want me to start? Okay. Here we go. So there is something that - when I read this thread on CoS Forums, it really struck me because I couldn't believe that I had never thought about it before. When you consider throughout the Harry Potter book series, when you see how poorly Ron is treated by Hermione, she is just nothing but brutal towards him because quite often she does not agree with Ron's way of thinking, his way of life, etc. I mean, this poor guy has to deal with Hermione breathing down his throat, his every little move throughout the seven books that we read. I cannot believe that once they got married, things were all suddenly patched up. And Ron suddenly did everything right and Hermione didn't bother him? Yeah, right! There are problems left and right in this relationship. I am not surprised we haven't seen them on Dr. Phil or some equivalent in the wizarding world, some television show equivalent. It's nonsense! Go ahead, Eric.

Eric: Yeah, they named their kid "Hugo". I mean, there has got to be some kind of pain, unhappiness in that marriage just begging to get out. [laughs] I mean, that's not...

Andrew: Yeah, how can you mutually agree on Hugo? Ridiculous!

Eric: I think it was a long fight. I think it was a really long fight, and out of spite one of the two of them was, like, "Well, why not Hugo?" And she was, like, "Fine!" And he was, like, "Fine!" And she was, like, "Fine!" Then he was, like, "Fine!" And then they named their kid "Hugo". And Hugo has to grow up knowing that he was just one of Mommy and Daddy's spite-fests.

Andrew: All right, time's up. Micah and Eric, go ahead. Do a little rebuttal. You have 60 seconds. Go ahead. Micah and Matt, sorry.

Micah: Matt, do you want to start or do you want me to?

Matt: You can start. I have nothing to say...

Micah: Yeah.

Matt: ...because none of that made sense, what they said.

Micah: Well - I mean, whether they had a happy marriage, I don't think you can determine that from their kids' names. I mean, that...

Eric: Well, no - I mean...

Micah: ...seems...

Eric: ...Andrew said...

Micah: ...a little bit...

Eric: ...that she was - I'm sorry, I'm not supposed to interrupt this. But...

Micah: No, no, you can. We can open the floor here, why not?

Eric: He said that Hermione is really controlling, and she wasn't really happy with Ron very often before they were married. So why should we assume that even after Lord Voldemort, that their personalities were still meshing?

Micah: Well, the whole reason why she was treating him like that is because she wanted him to realize that he actually liked her. And she wanted it, that was the bottom line. I mean, let's face it. That's why she was acting that way.

Matt: Well - and also, Ron and Hermione, they both complete each other with their certain characteristics. She - I mean, she is a little controlling because Ron needs some controlling in his life. He definitely needs some person behind his back to tell him, "Look, this is dangerous what you're doing," or, "This is reckless." She is a mother, she is nurturing, and she loves Ron because she cares about him. That's why she is so protective.

Andrew: All right. Well, to rebut that, I just think that is a very poisonous relationship. When...

[Matt laughs]

Andrew: ...Hermione is constantly telling Ron what to do and what not to do, she is a very know-it-all, I am perfect, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah attitude. And back to the name, yes, a name can be very reflective about the - on the relationship of the couple. I mean, a very happy couple could not possibly ever pick a name like "Hugo".

Eric: [laughs] We are going to get so...

Andrew: If you are a happy...

Eric: ...many e-mails. "My name..."

[Micah laughs]

Eric: "...is Hugo."

Andrew: If you are a happy...

Eric: "I used to listen to the show, but now I am unsubscribing."

[Micah laughs]

Andrew: If you are a happy couple and you cuddle in bed at night, and you are, like, "Let's name him 'Hugo'." Another person is, like, "Yeah, let's name him 'Hugo'."

Eric: Yeah.

Andrew: That is bullocks!

Eric: Yeah.

Andrew: There was a fight.

Eric: There... [laughs]

Andrew: But other...

Micah: Yeah.

Andrew: ...than that, in all seriousness...

[Micah laughs]

Andrew: ...I do think that - the whole name thing aside, I do think their relationship throughout the book series was a bit reflective of what you could expect later on. I don't think...

Matt: Mhm.

Andrew: ...Ron grew up...

Matt: Well...

Andrew: ...too much. Those kind of - his way of life was sort of - it's not something you grow out of.

Micah: Yeah, but you could say the way that she treated him could have changed once they entered that relationship.

Andrew: True.

Micah: You never know. I mean, that is teenagers acting towards each other, as opposed to how they would be as adults. You don't really know.

Eric: Well, at what point did they become adults?

Micah: Aside from King's Cross.

Eric: I mean, after Voldemort? During Voldemort?

Micah: Well, they are married, right? I mean...

Eric: Oh.

Micah: ...they have kids, they are in their thirties, as far as we know. And so that makes them adults, hopefully.

Andrew: All right. Well, that concludes our debate. Feel free to e-mail in and let us know what you think, and we'll read...

Micah: Yeah, who won?

What if you had Polyjuice Potion?

Andrew: ...some of your e-mails on Episode 202. All right, another fun segment this week: What if... you had Polyjuice Potion? Who would you become in the wizarding world and who would you become in the Muggle world?

Eric: Ooh.

Andrew: Eric Scull, tell us who would you become in the wizarding world and Muggle world if you had Polyjuice Potion?

Eric: Oh geez, I would become Bill Weasley.

Andrew: [laughs] Why is that?

Eric: To have Fleur as my wife for an hour...

Andrew: Ahhh!

Eric: For an hour, that is just...

Andrew: [laughs] For an...

Eric: That is just enough time, man. To have Fleur...

Andrew: Oh my.

Eric: ...as my wife, that is awesome. That would be awesome, so Bill Weasley.

Andrew: And what...

[Micah laughs]

Andrew: ...woman in the - or what man would you become in the Muggle world so you can get an attractive woman?

Eric: I don't know. The Muggle world is - it is less easy. I don't know, man. That is - I didn't even see that you had thrown in this little addition here. I need to think. I need to think. Who would I become in the Muggle world? I would be the - I just don't - I would be the guy - no, no, I wouldn't. I don't know. I just don't know.

Andrew: Oh, well, that is a bit...

Matt: Oh, okay.

Andrew: ...of a disappointment. Go ahead, Matt. How about you?

Matt: In the Harry Potter world - or the wizarding world of Harry Potter, I would probably choose to be McGonagall. At least for a day. I would just love to have that epic-ness in my body for at...

[Micah laughs]

Matt: ...least a short time.

Eric: Wait a minute. Whose epic-ness would be in your McGonagall body?

Matt: McGonagall's epic-ness. I would have to steal some of her essence.

Eric: Yeah. Oh, that is true. Yeah, you don't want to screw with McGonagall.

Matt: No. I mean, she would definitely - I mean, I would - she would have to give it to me willingly because she would kill me if I got anywhere near her.

Eric: You would have to woo...

Matt: She would transfigure me into...

Eric: You would have...

Matt: ...into a piece of hair.

Eric: ...to woo McGonagall into giving up her essence to you. You can...

Matt: I can...

Eric: ...do that.

Matt: ...do that.

Andrew: And...

Eric: You definitely can do that.

Andrew: And how about in the Muggle world?

Matt: Oh, Lady Gaga.

Andrew: So in both situations, you would turn into a woman.

Matt: That's right. I am a feminist.

Eric: Who is...

Matt: What can I say?

Eric: ...Lady Gaga...

[Micah laughs]

Eric: ...dating? I think I would probably - yeah, that in the...

[Andrew laughs]

Eric: ...Muggle world.

Matt: I don't know. Lady - she doesn't need...

[Eric sighs]

Matt: ...to date anybody. She is...

Eric: I would be...

Matt: ...Lady Gaga.

Eric: Okay, I would be one of the background males who has to fawn over her in the video because then I...

Andrew: The tour.

Eric: I fawn over her now, but at least then I would be ten feet from her. So...

Andrew: Now, Micah, how about you?

Micah: Well, I think there are some obvious choices here that people are going to go for. One would probably be Aberforth.

[Andrew laughs]

Micah: Two would probably be Rodolphus Lestrange, giving - seeing how much time I pay talking about Bellatrix. But I would go with Arthur Weasley.

Eric: Yeah.

Andrew: Arthur Weasley.

Eric: You would be a...

Micah: I like...

Andrew: Okay.

Micah: Just a cool guy.

Eric: Cool guy.

Andrew: And how about in the Muggle world?

Micah: Craig Ferguson.

[Eric laughs]

Andrew: Oh.

[Eric and Micah laugh]

Andrew: Yeah, you like him, I know.

Micah: Who also...

Andrew: Well...

Micah: ...has a very attractive wife.

[Andrew laughs]

Micah: But yeah...

Andrew: Well...

Micah: No, he is very funny.

Andrew: ...for me...

Micah: What about you, Andrew?

Andrew: Well, in the wizarding world I would have to say - I would like to be someone in the Ministry because I am very fascinated by how the Ministry works. So I think it would be fun to be Minister for Magic for a day, especially during the crazy time. So I wouldn't mind being Fudge for a day, I would say. And I would like to see how effed up things were, and the little tricks he were pulling behind the scenes, and what his mind set was like around his tenure. And as for the Muggle world, I wish I could be a rock star. I wish I could be Bruce Springsteen, I guess. So - but hopefully I wouldn't transform mid-concert or something, transform back mid-concert.

[Eric laughs]

Andrew: Because that would be bad.

Micah: You just want to look at yourself in the mirror if you turned into Bruce Springsteen...

Andrew: And say...

Micah: ...all day long.

Chicken Soup for the MuggleCast Soul

Andrew: ..."I was born to run." Okay, so - well, that is how we play "What If?" And we have done that before in different styles, but that was sort of a different one where it involves us.

Now it is time for Chicken Soup and I'll read - this one is from "Komali." It is from Kamalie, 19, of Lakeland, Florida:

"Hey guys, it's been a hectic week with the 'Wizarding World of Harry Potter' grand opening going on but I wanted to let you know about my Chicken Soup moment between it all. On Wednesday, June 16th, me and my friend Tabitha knew the celebrity grand opening of the park was going on, and we decided to go and maybe catch a glimpse of the stars. We arrived at the gates of the Islands of Adventure at 8:30 PM and we're told we could go no further. We decided to wait because to leave the park, the guests had to go by the entrance. Around 12 PM, we saw someone come out and he seemed so familiar, but we were shy to say - 12 AM, she means - but we were so shy to say anything to him. We made eye contact and then he kept on walking. We later discovered that it was Chris Columbus and we could not believe that we didn't stop him when we had the chance. Morale was low but we decided to keep waiting for a bit longer and we were glad we did. We saw someone else come out and again he seemed familiar, but we were hesitant to bother him. I decided to take one for the team and shouted, 'Excuse me sir! What is your name?' When he turned around and said, 'Andrew,' we were in shock!"

[Eric laughs]

Andrew: [continues]

"I have been a listener of MuggleCast for a while and I recognized his voice immediately. It was you, Andrew Sims! I just wanted to say thank you for stopping and taking a picture with us because you definitely made all our waiting worthwhile."

So, yeah. I met - there was a bunch of girls out there. Not just these two, but many. And we talked and I told them how cool the grand opening was and showed them my Forbidden Journey picture and took a couple of pictures. It was a lot of fun, so shout-out to Tabitha and Kamalie. Sorry, hopefully I am pronouncing your names right. And to everyone else who was there. It was very cool meeting you all. So that was a little Wizarding World Chicken Soup. And I can't wait for Infinitus too to be with the MuggleCast listeners inside the theme park. It's going to be insane.

Matt: It's going to be great. Just the whole feeling of everybody who is a fanatic of Harry Potter is all together in the World of Harry Potter.

Announcement: Infinitus 2010

Andrew: Right. And also, birthday shout-out to Amy. Her birthday is on July 1st, and her friend Ashley - they are both in Knoxville - wanted us to shout-out. So, happy birthday to Amy. And a couple of announcements before we wrap up the show today. Don't forget we're going to be at Infinitus2010.org. It's going to be at that theme park we've been talking about practically this entire episode.

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Andrew: Visit Infinitus2010.org for information. We're going to be doing a live MuggleCast there and we're going to have exciting news about our podcast hopefully very soon. We're sorry...

Micah: We will...

Andrew: ...for the delay.

Micah: ...be doing a podcast.

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Andrew: We will be doing a podcast. We have some exciting details to announce but we're still waiting for approval. So that's why there is a little hold-up on more details. And like I said earlier in the show, we expect the first Deathly Hallows trailer to come out - for Part I, to come out at the end of June. I heard a rumor, the 28th. I would say at the latest, the 30th, obviously because that is the last day of the month. So, keep an eye on MuggleNet. We'll obviously post the trailer there. And we'll also do a live trailer episode on UStream talking all about the trailer. And we'll post a date and time for that as well on MuggleNet.com.

Eric: And Micah, when does the LEGO Harry Potter game come out?

Micah: It comes out June 29th...

Eric: Heck...

Micah: ...here in the United States.

Eric: ...yes, it does.

Announcement: Community Outlets

Andrew: So we'll do a review of that as well if the live show is after the release of the game. Don't forget to visit MuggleCast.com for all the information you need about this podcast that we do every other week. You can subscribe and review us on iTunes, which we really appreciate. You can follow us on Twitter and you can like us on Facebook. We also have links there so you can vote for us on Podcast Alley. Visit our FrapprMap. Visit our Last.FM page. Subscribe to our RSS feed and much, much more. Also, use the site to e-mail us. Just click on "Contact" at the top of the site. Thanks everyone for listening! I'm Andrew Sims.

Eric: I'm Eric Scull.

Micah: I'm Micah Tannenbaum.

Matt: And I'm Matthew Britton.

Andrew: See you next time for Episode 202! Buh-bye!

Micah: Bye!

Matt: Bye!

Eric: Sounds good! 202!

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