The Teenage Girl Episode

[Stupornaut]

I'm I being corny or is everything before 9-11 kind of bittersweet?

That's not corny at all. Hell, I almost misted up at the discovery that "Friends of Tom" was a term intially coined during the first post-9/11 show when it was decided that "Scharpling's Army" wouldn't seem appropriate anymore.

[A.M. Thomas]

I'm I being corny or is everything before 9-11 kind of bittersweet?

I hate that 9/11 defines my generation.  I hate it so much.

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I'm I being corny or is everything before 9-11 kind of bittersweet?

I hate that 9/11 defines my generation.  I hate it so much.

Just think of it all in the broader sense.  Our entire era is still within the shadow of WWII.

Considering that I was born in Germany to American soldiers, I wouldn't even exist if WWII hadn't happened.

[Miss]

That's not corny at all. Hell, I almost misted up at the discovery that "Friends of Tom" was a term intially coined during the first post-9/11 show when it was decided that "Scharpling's Army" wouldn't seem appropriate anymore.

I, too, felt it to be some compelling episodes. Hearing people being comforted by Tom during such a devastating experience really made the show feel a lot closer to my heart. (as if it wasn't close enough already.)

[Fig Neutron]

I'm a pretty new fan (about 2 months), but since then have delved into the archives and am listening to them all in order (with skips to a lot of the Wurster CD material).

Oddly, the teenage girls one is the one 'on deck' in my lineup.

And, being so familiar with 'Friends of Tom,' I was wondering what happened to this 'Tom's Army' thing he was talking about.

That WAS sad as I heard FOT being unveiled, simply weeks after the Army was announced.

In the end, though, FOT is better anyway.  Imagine my confusion in pondering (before understanding the 'acronym'), "WTF is FOTpedia?!?!"