By this point, I needed a break from construction (and to be completely honest, if I didn’t distract myself and let the glue dry, I would probably have ruined something with my lack of patience).

I had pulled some audio clips of Mr. Meseeks from the episode in question. First, I isolated a pure sample of the sound that the box makes when the button is pressed. There’s an ascending line of electronic blips, followed by the very magical-sounding “poof”, accompanied by a gentle jingle of chimes. It's very "technology meets genie".

Mr. Meseeks’ greeting was more difficult. The problem is that the only character who doesn’t interrupt Mr. Meseeks’ greeting is Rick. Every other character – including the Meseeks themselves – can barely let the summoned Meseeks say hello before their “wish” comes greedily tumbling out of their lips. Even Jerry, the calmest after Rick, starts clearing his throat before Meseeks has finished saying his name.

So, after isolating the greetings in Audacity, I usually had to crop the audio as close as possible to each “interruption”, and then used tricks such as slight looping and reverb to make it sound as if they hadn’t been cut off early. It isn’t perfect – too bad the Smith family is so impatient!