This was an ammusing episode. Haven't listened to the companion episode yet, will do that tomorrow.

Speaking of sound effects, when they were trying to smash out the center rock from inside the circle of holes, it sounded like they were tossing pebbles against a boulder. Hardly the effect desired!

With 1399 episodes written in such a short time span, it's not surprising that there are episodes that are quite similar. One literary researcher suggests that there are, in fact, only 20 master plots in all literature, and the only thing that changes are the conflicts, characters and settings to tell the story.

i'll reserve further comment until I listen to the other episode.