Stephen King | Ep #69

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Stephen King once dubbed himself the "literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries." Obviously we're doing an episode on him.  

 

Show Notes: 

01:10 The fingerpop 
02:30 Novellas vs. short stories

04:26 The Stephen King phase
04:48 Pet Sematary trailer
07:01 The Stephen King ouvre
07:25 Carrie
08:18 The Bachman books
09:40 The Dark Half
10:57 Horror vs. terror vs. the gross-out
11:32 Danse Macabre
13:05 The Plant
14:11 Rock Bottom Remainders (see also: Side Projects and Concept Bands | Ep #62)
14:35 Maximum Overdrive
14:48 Stephen King vs. an ATM
15:25 Interlude: Ramones: "Pet Sematary"
22:08 The Shining 
22:12 The Shinning
24:40 Carrie (1976)
29:45 Interlude: Joe Cornish: "The Shining"
30:40 The Dark Tower
33:16 The Stephen King universe
34:10 Hearts in Atlantis
35:37 The Stand
39:30 Interlude: Ben E. King: "Stand By Me"
40:17 The Body / Stand By Me
48:36 The pie eating contest (see also: Carnivals and Fairs | Ep #38)
54:00 It
56:08 The Mist (see also: Modern Movie Monsters | Ep #07)



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Stephen King | Ep #69

Addendums 02 | Eps 16 - 30

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It's time for another retrospective. Stand back, as we open the vault doors and reexamine topics that were previously thought to be exhausted. Don't worry, we didn't watch Grease 2 again. (but we will talk about it)

Show Notes: 

03:03 The Hourchive Expanded Universe / Boba Fett / Dash Rendar

03:24 The Creeps / Sesame Street / SCP-1981 / The Creepification of VHS / Lake Mungo

13:05 Interlude: The Queers "Like a Parasite"

13:39 Video Rental / Video Free Brooklyn / Scarecrow Video / Scarecrow Video on Twitter / Vulcan Video / I LUV VIDEO / The VHS Culture

20:38 Adolescence / Josh joins via cell phone / Minecraft / Seeds / Herobrine, Herobrine, Herobrine / Sapphire Dragon (image)

27:55 Interlude: Bobby Yarsulik "Minecraft: The Song"

28:54 The fabric of The Hourchive

29:50 Grease 2 (1982 movie series #1) / The Nerd

32:30 Social Media / Facebook IPO

34:30 The stamp / How The Hourchive works

36:35 Game Shows / Supermarket Sweep / Shop 'Til You Drop

38:32 Landmarks / The World Trade Center

42:48 The Hourchive River

43:00 Marvel Cinematic Universe / Tom Hiddleston is awesome

45:05 Interlude: Tom Hiddleston on Jurassic Park

46:24 The Incredible Hulk Returns / The Trial of the Incredible Hulk

48:58 Zombies / The Sprites "George Romero" / Lucio Fulci / The Beyond (warning: graphic) / Shark vs. Zombie from Zombi 2

53:44 Board Games / Chess / Risk / Axis & Allies / Small World

58:02 Rock Shows / Fuel / Jimmie's Chicken Shack / Roach and the merch table / Stroke 9 / The Who

1:02:35 Interlude: The Who "Baba O'Riley"

1:03:56 The importance of a good crowd

1:05:14 Summer Vacation / John hates BBQs / Drew hates the beach

1:09:03 E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982 movie series #2) / E.T. Adventure! at Universal Studios / "Goodbye Meeknok!"

1:15:47 The Great Outdoors / Riddled with mosquito bites / Fresh night air

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Addendums 02 | Eps 16 - 30

E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Ep #29

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Our retrospective series on the movies of 1982 continues with enough Spielbergian praise to make Drew Barrymore blush and an argument for the removal of one of the most iconic scenes in movie history. Can't listen right now? That's ok, take your time. We'll. Be. Right. Here.    

Show Notes: 

05:10 John's Kodak moment with E.T.

06:56 Elliot, the alienated child
18:57 Too much Star Wars?

20:10 Interlude: The Dinner Scene
24:30 Keys

33:55 Interlude: Escape

35:01 The Bike Chase

36:20 Over the Moon

38:20 John Williams: "Escape / Chase / Saying Goodbye"

56:40 Christmas (Catch Me If You Can)

59:28 Super 8 / Attack the Block

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Ep #29

Adolescence | Ep #18

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Drew's nephew Josh joins us in the Hourchive this week to school us on his favorite stuff (and even teaches us a thing or two about our favorite stuff).   

Show Notes: 

00:00 Drew's vindication
01:55  80s Child World Commercial
04:45  Can you relate to a fifth grader?

Josh's quiz: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12

19:06  Can you name the Pac-Man ghosts? 
20:50  Interlude: Pac-Man arcade play

21:30  Gaming is fun

23:53  Turtle Beach

26:33 "Waiting" (Josh's favorite Green Day song)

27:27  "Wishing Well" (Josh's favorite Blink 182 song)

28:40  Pocket God

30:03  Interlude: "The Double Rainbow Song"

31:00  What is the Internet?

31:44  Path of the Saiyans

38:22  Garfield Minus Garfield 

40:18  The Maze Runner Series

45:07  Interlude: Code Lyoko Theme (English Version)

46:30  Code Lyoko

48:03  Josh's drawing

54:10  Those boards don't work on water (unless you've got power) 

56:19  Quotin' comics

58:08  What's so great about physics?

1:00:36  Sci-Fi Science

1:02:10 The future -- where everything hovers

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Adolescence | Ep #18