Road Trips | Ep #34

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Get your motor running and head out on the highway with us as we quite literally take the show on the road to talk about what makes road trips so great. No need to speed; the cruise control is set at "awesome."    

Show Notes: 

01:04 Ye olde Hourchive road show

02:54 I strive to drive

05:30 Interstate 44

06:55 Interlude: Lindsay Buckingham "Holiday Road"

07:58 The dangers of the road

08:28 Pee-Wee bonds with bikers

14:25 Interlude: Nelson Riddle "Route 66 Theme"

15:50 Route 66

18:00 Meremac Caverns / Antique Toy Museum / Jesse James Wax Museum

18:40 Jesse James' 102nd birthday party at Meremac Caverns

22:15 Interlude: Nat King Cole: "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"

23:45 Dottie's Family Restaurant

30:25 Interlude: The Groovie Ghoulies: "The Highwayman"

31:25 Ruby's Homemade Ice Cream

33:20 Road games

40:20 Interlude: Betty Hutton: "Hit the Road to Dreamland" 

41:19 The final approach

42:06 Springfield, Missouri

46:00 Interlude: Van Halen: "Jump" 
47:05 1984
51:05 Interlude: Rancid: "The Highway"
52:16 The voyage home 

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Road Trips | Ep #34

Theme Parks Part 1 (Disney) | Ep #31

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Welcome, foolish mortals, to the latest installment in our special summer series. Here, John, Drew, and 999 happy haunts materialize to detail what it is that makes Disney theme parks so great. Now I will raise the safety bar and The Hourchive will follow you home!

Show Notes: 

01:05 Par favor mantengase alejado de las puertas

01:37 The Main Street Electrical Parade

07:25 Interlude: Walt Disney's Dedication of Disneyland

08:30 The origins of Disneyland

11:45 Knott's Berry Farm

13:40 Interlude: The Disneyland Story

16:30 Herb Ryman

16:55 The Nine Old Men

19:10 Black Sunday

20:05 Disneyland Opening Day Broadcast

22:15 Walt Disney's Riverfront Square

26:45 Interlude: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow"

28:10 The Vacation Kingdom of the World

32:40 Epcot '94

33:06 Walt Disney's original vision of EPCOT

33:45 Disney at the 1964/65 World's Fair

35:50 The Haunted Mansion

40:20 Interlude: "Grim Grinning Ghosts"

43:50 The Pirates of the Caribbean

47:00 Politcally correct pirates

47:50 Marc Davis

49:08 Space Mountain (the ride that ruined Drew)

51:30 Death by Disney

52:10 Myths and the legend of Master Gracey

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Theme Parks Part 1 (Disney) | Ep #31

Landmarks | Ep #22

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This week we load up the family truckster and head out on the road to visit some famous (and obscure) sightseeing destinations. And then we defend Ghostbusters 2. Are we there yet?

Show Notes: 

02:28 Parks & recreation
04:51 Spaceman Spiff
15:23 Interlude: Clark walks through the desert (Vacation)

16:11 National treasures
18:07 Mount Rushmore in North by Northwest 

18:50 Devils Tower mashed potatoes (Close Enounters of the Third Kind)

23:02 The Statue of Liberty in Ghostbusters 2

25:02 Escape From New York poster art

25:31 Cloverfield Statue of Liberty scene

26:35 Interlude: Planet of the Apes conclusion

27:40 Memorialseums

32:47 The House on the Rock
41:10 Eccentric abodes

46:13 Interlude: Charlie Sexton: "Graceland"

48:38 Monument to the Dream

52:01 Four Corners

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Landmarks | Ep #22

The Wire | Ep #11

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The Wire may not be a show for everyone, but this episode of The Hourchive is. The first half of this two-hourchive epic is a Wire primer for those who've never seen the show; the second is a season-by-season discussion of exactly why it's the best show ever. Hint: all the pieces matter. 

Show Notes:  

02:25 Drop the bagel; watch The Wire 
03:45 Snot Boogie
11:20 A staggering amount of characters  
18:35 Interlude: The Missing Package
22:15 Bodymore, Murdaland

34:25 Interlude: Juking the Stats

37:50 Good cop/bad cop Jimmy McNulty

41:00 Interlude: The Wire Season One Opening Theme

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42:15  Season One

48:50 Interlude: "The king stays the king."

1:03:19 Season Two

1:17:55 Interlude: "We used to make shit in this country."

1:20:40 Season Three

1:22:49 Interlude: "Dream with me."

1:36:16 Season Four

1:45:30 Season Five

1:51:50 Interlude: "Pawns"

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The Wire | Ep #11