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Show NotesThe PercolatorCabana bay hotelE.T. Pre-show with Steven SpielbergA parableEp #190 | First DraftsYou're Listening to the Hourchive

In the closest we'll likely ever come to an episode on Madeleine Albright, Adam dials a song (or a few hundred songs) and guides us through the history, discography, and cultural impact of a couple famous particle men whose work you may have heard. Show NotesThey Might Be Giants: Museum of IdiotsPuppet Head video They Might Be Giants Stuff is Way Other Father's Son Electoral College

Pass the long-bottom leaf and journey with us to Middle Earth (a place that feels like warm cookies?). Show Notes”That's a hungry baby””Bag End” (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)Walk to Mordor

As we prepare for the long winter ahead, we take a lesson from the Norwegians and learn how to let go and relax. Show NotesSleepovers | Ep #38Crossfire board game commercial Simon and Garfunkel: I Am a RockWhat ‘Hygge' Can Teach Us About Social Distancing”Please” (I Believe It's Magic) | Ghostbusters

A few words of appreciation for a forever friend of The Hourchive. Show NotesMarcus Movie Madness: SoloMarcus Movie Madness: Glass

Pack up your R-rated movies, tradable comic books, and toilet paper and get ready to guzzle Jolt Cola because we're staying up all night! Show NotesEp #388: Mystery Science Theater 3000Mystery Science Theater 3000 Ep. #401: Space TravelersEp #387: LakesEp #375: Malls ReduxJasper Mall trailerEp #285: The Monster Squad

Show NotesInterlude - The Funky Seventies - Tom ServoThe Hourchive - Interstitial 01

By popular demand, the long-ago requested Hourchive special on lakes bubbles to the surface.Show NotesJames Bond | Ep #385Grandaddy: The Crystal Lake (Piano Version)

From your nearest Six Flags park to the local dead mall and beyond, join us on a stroll through the wonders and challenges of pedestrianism. Show NotesSpooky Mixtape 2020 | Ep #384Podcast the Ride: Six Flags Fright Fest 2019 with Anthony Gioe The Blood Bank Bar at Six Flags St. Louis Fright Fest

Show NotesBecoming BondKid sees Roger Moore in airport

Show NotesAdam's songsThe Skeleton Dance - Carl W. StallingBlackstar - David BowieI'll Be Haunting You - They Might Be GiantsNick's songsIf I Had a Heart - Fever RayGorillaz - Strange TimezMonster Fuck (Part 7 Hauntika) - Nick WigerDrew's songsDead Body - Garrett DaleHazel - HouseghostSkeleton Inside! - The AquabatsJohn's songsGraveyard - Leroy BowmanMy Baby Worships Satan - Dead BeachDragula - Lissie

Show Notesinterlude - Thirteen - Danzig

Show Notesinterlude - Harry Belafonte, The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)Davenport bros adHoudini seanceLincoln pyschographyHands to the screen

Show Notesinterlude - Resident Evil 2 Rap by JT Music (feat. Andrea Storm Kaden)Sweet HomeResident EvilResident Evil dialogPyramid Head from silent hillLayers of FearA scary image

Awesome Spooky Month 2020 kicks off with a special announcement about the future of the Hourchive followed by a creepy cocktail hour celebrating the haunted history of booze.Show NotesSouthgate Shopping Center (from Edward Scissorhands)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles testimonial spot with Christian SlaterNES TMNT game in The WizardThe Kinks: Alcohol (Live)The Who Goes There cocktail at Frazer'sDrew's Blackbeard's GhostNick's Green GhoulieJohn's Sleepy HollowThe Hourchive's creepy cocktail recipesApplebees' 2020 Spooky SipsThe $1 VampireWhitehorse TavernThe Haunting of Simon's TavernThe Simon's Tavern muralLemp MansionLemp Brewery flyover

Our season finale celebrates the 30th anniversary of the movies of 1990. Learn how Madonna ruined Adam's chances of seeing Dick Tracy, where Drew's crush on Ariana Richards was unwittingly born, and how Christian Slater changed all of our lives for the better.Show NotesI'm TellingThe Hourchive Deep DiveMC Hammer: This is What We Do (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)1990 in filmHighest-grossing films of 1990Dick Tracy's Diamond Double-cross at the Disney-MGM StudiosWhy it Never Happened: Dick Tracy's CrimeStoppersDick Tracy premiere T-shirtDarkman wants the pink elephantDarkman poster artHulk Hogan in Gremlins 2Key and Peele Gremlins 2 brainstormCarl's death (Ghost)Handmaid's Tale (1990) trailerPiggy's death (Lord of the Flies)

Shhh…We're headed into the stacks to discuss the Dewey decimal debate, the deficiencies of school libraries, the difference between microfiche and microfilm, and more. Meet us in the bubble room.Show NotesMike Westfall's Monorail Co-pilot licenseMC Poindexter and The Study Crew: Library RapLibrary of AlexandriaMongo the MagnificentCarnegie librariesRenovation of St. Louis Central LibraryAngie's KwikStep stoolBrotherhood of Batman podcast

Please keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside this podcast.Show NotesWilliam “The Refrigerator” Perry G.I. Joe action figure commercialReturn of the Jedi Emperor figure commercialG.I. Joe Steel Brigade figureThe Monorail Song (no, not that monorail song)Driving north on World Drive to the Contemporary ResortMonorail to Disney's Contemporary Resort presentation (1971)Tram ride from Magic Kingdom parking lot to Transportation and Ticket CenterTransportation and Ticket Center (TTC) walkthrough Transferring from Magic Kingdom resort monorail line to Epcot lineFerry ride to Magic Kingdom entranceNarration from Disney bus service to Magic Kingdom Disneyland Monorail full loopThe Advent Calendar House: Christmas at Walt Disney WorldPablo Cruise enjoys watercraft on Bay Lake Sassagoula River cruise

Join us in the postal box as we put a forever stamp of approval on getting and sending mail.Show NotesTime KillersSex Pistols: LiarThe Hourchive Deep Dive Season 1, Episode 4: Take Off Your Pants and JacketMetalhead action figureConsumer Information Catalog CommercialThe Maxx

We're back at the monument to consumerism to pay tribute to what was once the mall capital of the world, employ a five-finger discount in the spirit of friendship, and solicit a few tips for scoring girls from an adolescent Casanova.Show NotesMad Men | Ep #373Undertale | Ep #243April Fool's Day | Ep #374Wax: MallratsThe Mall | Ep #10The Rise and Fall of Crestwood PlazaThe Life and Death of St. Louis MallsExhilarama (Crestwood Plaza)Nick's stuffed pepper

Join us for an in-depth retrospective on this most hallowed day on the Hourchive calendar. We just have to take care of a few operational matters first.

Pour yourself an Old Fashioned and meet us in the Hourchive conference room for the final episode of March Madness 2020, featuring a pitch on the saga of “Jon Dripper,” Jessica Chastain, and Tony Stark's dad.Show NotesMAD Magazine | Ep #372RJD2: A Beautiful Mine (Mad Men theme)Mad Men charactersDon, Peggy, and Pete share a dinner at Burger ChefThe origin of Don DraperDon tries to run away from his life in the first seasonDon tries to run away from his life again in the first seasonTom & Lorenzo's “Mad Style” blogPre-season “fashion” photos

What, we worry? Fold in the cover of this March Madness episode for a three-way stew on the history, artists, and cultural influence of MAD Magazine.Show NotesMadballs (Now with Less Madness) | Ep #371 Madballs.comThe Percolator: Has Anyone Ever Kissed the Rock?Miss Adventure Falls at Typhoon Lagoon”Meet the Staff of MAD”MAD Magazine and Its CreatorsWally Wood's 22 Panels That Always WorkWhen We Went Mad! A Documentary of Each-ich ProportionsMAD Magazine Presents: Up the Academy trailer

Hourchive March Madness rolls on as we bounce back in time for a rollicking retrospective on gross toys and the Madballs invasion.Show NotesSesame Street Part 3 | Ep #368Mad Max | Ep #370Madballs commercial (1986)Drew's Madball collectionMadballs: Escape from OrbMadballs: Gross JokesWacky PackagesMadballs Series 1HornheadBlurpballsMadballs LauncherHead Popping MadballsMy Pet Monster commercialMadballs squishy soundT-Rex MondoidStripe Balls

March Madness 2020 kicks off as we commandeer a sweet supercharged Ford XB Falcon and scour the post-apocalyptic wastelands (where there are no buildings) in search of gas, but instead find haikus?Show NotesHourchive Roulette | Ep #369Junkie XL: Brothers in Arms (Mad Max: Fury Road)The Aquabats: The Radiation SongFord XB FalconCarl von RakitanskyMad Max 2 on LetterboxdBlaster Master (NES)Making Mad Max: Fury RoadComplete list of Madea films

Join us for a round of rapid-fire Hourchiving on topics from psychic readings to food courts.Show NotesBest Music of 2019XCrimedogX: Marijuana (Don't Try It)Sesame Street Part 2 | Ep #367Sesame Street Part 3 | Ep #368Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: RouletteSt. Louis 250th Birthday cake installationsUniversity City lionsSt. Louis street dominos Toynbee tilesSidescrolling Universal Studios Florida commercialKnots Landing Season 3 main titlesRock ‘n' Roll Craft ShowDiter LizziStranger Things 3's Starcourt MallSt. Louis Galleria Food Court 9 Mile GardenThe Mall | Ep #10

Show NotesJim Henson's memorial serviceLetters from Jim Henson before his deathElmo's dadVelvet from Elmo the MusicalThe Furchester HotelGongerTiny Chef

Not since the reveal of Mr. Snuffleupagus to the broader populace has such a long wait finally been satisfied. Join us for the next leg of a journey from initial success to unexpected challenges to the inevitable confrontation with the Walt Disney Company.Show NotesOk, the Percolator Advent Calendar HouseAn Hourchive CelebrationWaylong Jennings and Big Bird: Ain't No Road Too Long (Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird)Sesame Street Part 1 | Ep #359Advent Calendar House: The Muppet Valentine ShowSesame Street Pitch ReelAdvent Calendar House: Shalom Sesame: Chanukah

We listened to a lot of music in 2019. This is the best of it, and why.Show NoteThe Specials: Dawning of a New EraThe Hourchive's Best Music of 2019 data visualizationBest Music of 2019 Spotify PlaylistTracklist:Taran Eggerton - I'm Still StandingCharlie Halloran and the Tropicales - Doudou Pas Pleure Lil Nas X (Ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) – Old Town RoadThe Avalanches – Because I'm Me Hospital Job - Already See My Past Nicolette Larson - Lotta LoveKamai Washington - Street Fighter MasCoffee Project - Still Life of the PartyTiggs Da Author – GeorgiaShowoff - I Don't Hate You YetDIIV - HorseheadVenus Infers – Goodbye HorsesChali 2na (feat. Krafty Kuts, Lyrics Born and Gift of Gab) - Guard the FortLizzo – Truth HurtsGenerationals - I Turned My Back on the Written Word Dan Vapid and the Cheats - BittersweetDynamic Three - You Said Yeah Jean Grae, Quelle Chris, Dane - Gold Purple Orange Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Count On UsBillie Eilish - You Should See Me in a Crown Stevie Wonder – We Can Work it Out Estelle - Stronger Than You Stiff Richards - Dig Hot Sugar - Back from the Hospital Robot Bachelor - Up All Night Lord Kitchener - Panorama NightTeddy, Teddy Geiger - Get Me HighArtist Unknown - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ThemeThe Menzingers - Anna A Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love SongKepi Ghoulie and the Copyrights - School Is Out Freddie Redd - Who Killed Cock Robin England Dan, John Ford Coley – I'd Really Love to See You TonightMcGruff the Crime Dog - Marijuana The Interrupters – She's KeroseneSpooky Mansion - I'm the Moon The Copyrights - Maine or Oregon Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Love's RefrainMGMT – In the Afternoon The Specials - Too Much Too Young Golden Daze - Blue Bell Miike Snow – Genghis KhanDaniel Pemberton - Into the Spider-Verse/Only One Spider-Man Producer Ocean Ft. Justin Kuritzkes - Potion Seller Soundtrack The Alchemist - Arrival Goofy - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (0:00) This is from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse albumTimes New Viking - Devo & Wine Cut Chemist, Laura Darlington - Home Away from Home Potty Mouth - 22Aunt Cynthia's Cabin - Black Watermelon Sun Mild Orange - Some Feeling Drew Tarver - Song from Prestige Drama about Assisted Suicide Thomas Arne, Della Jones, Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth - Rule BritanniaThe Aquabats - DON'T STOP!

Things happened in 2019. These are our favorites.Show NotesSt. Louis WheelSt. Louis AquariumEat Me in St. LouisTulsa MassacreStephen UniverseHouse of X / Powers of XMeow WolfShudder

The Hourchive commemorates a special occasion.Show NotesNick's comfortable seat

We're on a brief break gearing up for Season 25 of The Hourchive, but we have a surprise in store for you in the coming weeks.

Our Crisis of Infinite Crossovers collaboration with the Brotherhood of Batman comes to an epic conclusion with the first of a two-part special on Joker (2019).Visit the Brotherhood of Batman to hear part 2 (going live the week of 11/4)!In this first installment, we'll chart the Joker's evolution from golden-age prankster to silver-age goofy jokester to modern-era murdering madman across comics, cartoons, and of course, cinema.Show NotesThe Crisis of Infinite Crossovers: Joker trailer 1 | Joker final trailerThe Brotherhood of BatmanRemakes, Reboots, and Revivals: The Joker (featuring the Brotherhood of Batman)Batman #1 coverWhile You Were Sleeping dinner scene

Awesome Spooky Month creeps on as we fire up our jukebox of horrors and unleash a fresh collection of spooky tunes.Show NotesPhilip Glass: Helen's Theme (Candyman)Orange Hell: Some Kinda HateThe Spits: Witch HuntThe Damned: Black is the NightDirect Hit!: The World is Ending (No One Cares)Electric Light Orchestra: Fire on HighKayne West: MonsterBillie Eilish: Bury a FriendHot Chip: Spell (Superorganism Remix)

Awesome Spook Month continues as we revisit the era of banned records, backmasking, and D&D's bad rep.Show NotesAnton Lavey | PigletPhil Phillips and Gary Greenwald warn of the dangers of evil toysCannibal Corpse: Force Fed Broken GlassThey Might Be Giants: Why I Must Be SadThe Geraldo Rivera Special: Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's UndergroundAC/DC: Night ProwlerTwisted Sister: We're Not Gonna Take It videoRen & Stimpy-style Mickey Mouse cartoons

Awesome Spooky Month continues as we answer a distress call and fall victim to a shapeshifting discussion of space jockeys, spoilers, and secret assholes.Show NotesJerry Goldsmith: Alien Main TitleCybernetic Ghost of Christmas PastEp #91 | AliensEp #244 | Aliens

Awesome Spooky Month 2019 howls to life with a tribute to the ghostly retreat that has been keeping haunts happy for 50 years.Show NotesRolly Crump's candle manDisneyland Goes to the World's FairBat stanchion toppersThe Hatbox GhostThe graveyard sceneThe Escher stairsPhantom Manor with Vincent Price audioHaunted Mansion Holiday

We're on break for the rest of the month, but keep an ear out for wolves.

We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street with a special 1…2…3-part series!We are joined this episode by guest Hourchivist Mike Westfall as we share our personal reflections, name our favorite characters, and dispel the “Henson misconception.”Show NotesThe Advent Calendar HouseBert on TwitterThe Blue Bird of Happiness (Follow That Bird)”A Charming Woman Has Brains, Too”Advent Calendar House: The Muppets Valentine ShowOrange Oscar the GrouchDerp-Derp Big BirdProto-GroverKermit's W lectureRoosevelt FranklinManamana (original)Buddy and Jim

We heard them, we loved them—and then we forgot about them, or at least the artists behind them. Our mixtape series continues with 12 songs that hit us hard, but not hard enough to make us want more.Show NotesDrew: The Darkness: I Believe in a Thing Called Love Sprites: George Romero Broken Social Scene: Anthem for a Seventeen Year Old Girl Nick: The Vaselines: Son of a Gun Nana Grizol: Cynacism The Horrors: ‘Still Life (Connan Mockasin remix) John: Cheater: Teenage Zero Robert Mitchum: Coconut Water Glasser: Apply Adam:Whale: Hobo Humpin' Slomo BabeAndrew WK: Party HardLUDO: Broken Bride Part One

What do auto theft and acid hamburgers have in common? Guest Hourchivist Travis returns to help us find out.Show NotesEat Me in St. Louis podcastEp #286 | MurderersYou Must Remember Manson podcastThe Beatles: Helter SkelterCharles Manson: Cease to ExistOperation CHAOS Operation COINTELPRODr. Jolly West

The bloody climax of our Tarantino conversation careens like Brad Pitt at the helm of a Cadillac through our favorite of the director's films, the controversy and context behind Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the “chapters” of Tarantino's career, and more.Show NotesJackie Brown's self reflection (Jackie Brown)Max Cherry is godJosé Feliciano: California Dreamin'The Commode Story (Reservoir Dogs) Part 1 | Part 2Jennifer Jason Leigh: Jim Jones at Botany Bay (The Hateful Eight)

The path of the righteous podcast is beset on all sides by a look at the history and influence of Tarantino.Show NotesEp #61 | Movie Directors: Auteurs Ep #268 | Edgar WrightEp #305 | Wes AndersonThe New Beverly CinemaRolling Thunder PicturesQuentin Tarantino's Feature PresentationMy Best Friend's Birthday Reservoir Dogs torture sceneThe dual universe theory

Making your way through the Hourchive today takes everything you've got.Show NotesCheers meets Mickey MouseList of Cheers characters

Show NotesRoad tripsWaiting RoomsRabbit's foot charmsCollege rule vs wide ruleCampIce CubesParents

We choose to talk about the Apollo 11 moon landing in this episode, and do the other things, not because it is easy, but because it's the 50th anniversary.Show NotesV'Ger revealed (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)Square peg in a round hole scene (Apollo 13)President Kennedy's speech from Rice University (September 12, 1962)13 Minutes to the MoonThe Artemis programApollo 11 in real time

This week we X-hume and re-X-amine a previously covered topic to see if we can X-plain it any better.Show NotesEp #87 | The X-MenNick's first X-Men issueJEAN BOMBJohn's first X-Men issue”Fatal Attractions” hologram coverMarvel reboots the X-Men (again)X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men theme

Join Nick, Drew, and John in the mud pit for some personal reflections on summer music festivals past, present, and future.Show NotesEp #80 | Music FestivalsRiot FestThe FestWoodstock: The Mud PeopleLouFest's Aftermath Shows Everything That's Right About St. LouisAll Points EastEp #315 | GorillazJohnny Marr at All Points EastThe Strokes: Last Night at All Points East 2019PointfestThe Warped TourTommy Lee's rollercoaster drum set gets stuck

Fresh from their visit to what's arguably the best Disney theme park, Drew and John blow Adam's mind with a lesson in Disney park geography then climb aboard their Superstar Limo for a journey through the history and evolution of what was (and may still be) the worst Disney theme park.Show NotesEp #327 | Disneyland | Part 1Ep #340 | Disneyland | Part 2Glen Campbell walks out of the Florida swamps and into Walt Disney WorldPort Disney/DisneySea (Long Beach, California project)WestCOTOriginal Disney's California Adventure entranceDefunctland: Superstar LimoBur-r-r Bank Ice CreamBaker's Field BakeryMan Hat n' BeachMalibu-ritosStrips, Dips, and ChipsCatch a FlaveTaste Pilots' GrillBen Hair | Dial M for Muscle | LaBrea CarpetsDisney's California Adventure commercial (2000)Grotesque Superstar Limo Drew Carrey animatronic transformed for Monsters, Inc.: Mike and Sully to the RescueCars Land tourGolden Dreams

Hot takes for a hot season.Show NotesGodzilla: King of the Monsters trailerAnnabelle Comes Home trailerThe Dead Don't Die trailerMidsommar trailerYesterday trailerCrawl trailerScary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailerScary Stories illustrations Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood trailerJackie Brown trailerChild's Play trailerAquarela trailer

Adam and John dodge windmill blades to bring you 18 holes of history, movie references, and personal reflections on the greatest sport ever played under a waterfall.Show NotesPirate's Cove Adventure GolfTower Tee Miniature GolfEp #85 | Summer GetawaysBrooks Holt's Miniature Golf ChannelDaniel and Ali's date at Golf N Stuff Norwalk (The Karate Kid) Golf N Stuff - NorwalkJacky's Wacky Golf (Caddyshack 2)Happy Gilmore mini golf sceneDesert Falls Mini GolfAloha Miniature Golf