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

Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23

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As Captain America throws his mighty shield and Hulk smashes box-office records, we assemble our thoughts on each of the Marvel movies (thus far) and talk crossovers, continuity, and Agent Coulson.  Excelsior! 

Show Notes: 

03:30 Iron Man
10:03 Nick Fury & the Avengers Initiative (Iron Man)
11:50 Previous cinematic crossovers

13:40 The Incredible Hulk
14:55 Interlude: Tony Stark Grouses General Ross (The Incredible Hulk)

15:45 Iron Man 2

20:18 Thor

32:19 Interlude: Captain America cartoon theme

33:00 Captain America: The First Avenger

39:12 Interlude: The Avengers trailer

39:57 The Avengers: the good, the bad, and the Coulson

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Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23

Polymaths | Ep #08

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This week James Franco takes time out of his busy schedule to school us on Renaissance men and women, including field trips to 17th-century France, Oprah's couch, Mathmagicland, and Westworld. 

Show Notes:  

01:35 There are two kinds of people... 
05:30 James Franco sings with drag queens
06:34 James Franco reads in bed and destroys a room
08:40 Professor Franco's polymath course
09:57 Interlude: Franco on Jimmy Kimmel Live

10:50 The Renaissance

12:40 Leonardo "Dah-Vinnchi"

14:25 The Vitruvian Man

23:15 Oprah Winfrey

26:10 Scilebrities and Celebritists

27:01 Carl Sagan

27:42 Interlude: Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot

30:55 Walt Disney

33:07 Donald in Mathmagicland

36:45 Interlude: The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

38:40 The Bo Jackson Regime

40:41 Bo Knows

45:30 Interlude: Pro Stars Opening Theme

46:50 Michael Crichton

48:42 Westworld

50:15 Francobots are the future 

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Polymaths | Ep #08