Part-Time Jobs (Part 2) | Ep #72

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We're back to work this week with another round of reflections on our part-time employment past.  

 

Show Notes: 

02:30 How I launched 3 consoles (and found true love) at Babbage's store no. 9
04:10 FuncoLand

07:30 GamePro / Game Informer
10:20 F-Zero
12:40 Interlude: Ozma: "Game Over"
25:50 Three Stooges NES game
26:55 FuncoLand commercial
27:35 The king of cleaning kits
28:00 Interlude: Homegrown: "Get a Job"
29:25 The rebound effect
32:30 Borders
35:20 Unwritten Law
45:35 Interlude: Blink-182: "Dumpweed"
46:40 Empire Records music selection veto
47:44 Mike Ness: Cheating at Solitaire
49:00 Wal-Mart
51:15 Papa Johns (see also: Pizza | Ep #2)
54:16 The part-time work wish list
57:36 Comic City (see also: Comic Books | Ep #66)
58:06 Comic Book Men
1:00:16 The Borg sphere

See also: Part-Time Jobs (Part 1) | Ep #71



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Part-Time Jobs (Part 2) | Ep #72

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

Zombies | Ep #25

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Zombies!   

Show Notes: 

01:25 The origin of zombies ("techlically") 
08:40 White Zombie
09:20 The Romero movies 

11:16 I Am Legend (novel)
11:31 Carnival of Souls

14:40 Interlude: The Sprites: "George Romero"

15:55 Brains

16:28 Dawn of the Dead 

17:20 Return of the Living Dead

28:00 Day of the Dead / Land of the Dead / Diary of the Dead

34:05 Interlude: The Creepshow: "Zombies Ate Her Brain"

35:10 "You do plan on having zombies in your zombie movie, right?"

36:50 World War Z / Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

46:30 Interlude: The Deadlines: "Go-Go to the Graveyard"

47:52 Shaun of the Dead

49:13 The Walking Dead

54:07 Dead Set

58:01 Happy endings = certain doom

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Zombies | Ep #25