Professor Pringle speaks with a man who drops the ball on New Year's Eve and discovers the perils of trial and error in coming up with a holiday tradition, why America is falling behind in the international ball dropping race, and just how much fun it is to lower a ball at the stroke of midnight.

Professor Pringle learns about deer goo, smoked cheese and bough mites, when he interviews a man who makes Christmas decorations, a sausage slinger in a mall kiosk, and a Christmas tree salesman, in this holiday special.

An actor who has played the role of Scrooge in a local production of A Christmas Carol for 67 years, enlightens Professor Pringle about the cuckolding subtext of the tale, the difficulty of finding a Tiny Tim who can survive the show's run, and the trick to doing the play nude.

A professional gift wrapper gives Professor Pringle insight on how to wrap cars, swords, puppies and genitalia.

Professor Pringle interviews a professional snow artist who shares the secret of making perfect snowmen, snow women, and, disturbingly, snow children.

Professor Pringle learns why Thanksgiving was originally called "the meal before the great die off," the perils of having a blacksmith dig out your tooth with a pair of pliers, and the trauma of alternating crippling constipation with blazing diarrhea as a result of a diet of pork fat and boiled corn mush, when he speaks with a living history reenactor at a re-created Pilgrim village.

Professor Pringle finds out that a cycle path is very different from a psychopath, which should not be confused with a sociopath, when he interviews a man who explains the benefits of living a life without empathy, remorse, or a conscience of any kind.

Professor Pringle discovers the thin line between collecting and hoarding, the true meaning of the "C" word, and that there is a place for everything, so long as you are willing to put everything into sealed plastic boxes, when he interviews the owner of a store that sells containers. (Nope, not THAT store....)

Just in time for Halloween, Professor Pringle learns the fine art of stacking bones, fighting off rats and drying out corpses, when he speaks with the operator of the only catacombs in the United States.

Professor Pringle speaks with a manufacturer of playground equipment and learns the ins and outs of importing children in shipping containers, the measures taken to protect the soft bones and weak lungs of today's kids, and the vigorous workout you get trying to escape the quicksand like grasp of a playground mat.

Professor Pringle discovers that linoleum, rotted barn wood, a center island and a staple gun can transform any home for immediate sale, as well as trigger homicidal impulses, when he interviews a contractor who "flips" houses.

Professor Pringle learns that bears do indeed defecate in the woods --and almost anywhere else they choose --when he interviews a man who wrestles bears.

Professor Pringle speaks with the owner of a rare book store and learns the surprising (and disturbing) things that make an antique book collectible.

Professor Pringle learns how to slay someone with words, discovers the power of dried dog noses, and finds out why quantum mechanics is proof of real magic, when he interviews a practitioner of chaos, ritual, and every other kind of magick. (That's right --magic, but with a "K.")

Professor Pringle visits an old fashioned hardware store and learns about nuts, bolts, tools, glue, gas chambers, electric chairs and gallows.

Professor Pringle learns the secrets of the Illuminati, why certain aliens are seemingly preoccupied with the digestive system, and the many uses of aluminum foil to ward off unwelcome surveillance, when he speaks with a man who exposes the truth behind the many conspiracies that make up our world.

In this week's interview a traveler who wanders the globe in search of memorable experiences regales Professor Pringle with stories of exotic locales, unknowing hosts and explosive diarrhea.

Professor Pringle learns about the wonders of extruded rice millet and non-nutritive fiber, when he interviews the owner of a company that makes breakfast cereal.

Professor Pringle narrowly escapes being splashed with blood, burned alive and getting shot during a home invasion, when he visits with the director of an experimental theater company.

Professor Pringle encounters an extremely lazy river, a town flattening wave pool, and a nasty rash, when he interviews the owner of a homemade water park.

Professor Pringle discovers the unique flavors of craft brewed beers, as well as the appalling names for the brews when he interviews the maker of artisan brewed beers.

Slit wrists, ripped nails and emergency tracheostomies as Professor Pringle discovers the surprisingly violent world of professional jigsaw puzzling.

An elevator repairman assures Professor Pringle that it is almost impossible to suffocate in a stalled elevator, that they almost never plunge uncontrollably to the basement of a building, and explains that pretty much all safety features are useless.

A gourmet grocer explains to Professor Pringle why the best lettuce is grown in caves and harvested by blind people, as well as the benefits of strapping down hogs and massaging cows.

Professor Pringle learns why almost everyone who believes in reincarnation thinks they were someone famous in a prior life, when he interviews a hypnotist who puts people under to show them their past lives.