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For Halloween, a chat with John Lawson, president of the Horror Writers Association, about what professional organizations like HWA do for their members. Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment  Halloween ain't mean when you got the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG on deck to save you 99% on a new dot-com domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Halloween, Nadia Oxford, Ash Paulsen, and Victor Hunter talk about retro games outside the horror genre that scared them. Boo! Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon! Support the show to enjoy ad-free early access, better audio quality, and great exclusive content. Learn more at http://www.patreon.com/retronauts

Today we talk about five things that most homesteaders deprioritize in their preps as well as out usual Monday segments. Featured Events - an update Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com, Coupon code for $50 off - LFTN Livestream Schedule Tuesday, 9:30am: Coffee Chat with John Willis and Jack Spirko Friday, 9:30am: Homestead Happenings for November 8, 2024 Tales from the Prepper Pantry Best year ever for meat organization - what worked  Harvest chili Weekly Shopping Report Aldi was our only stop this week.  They still have not restocked wet cat food, in fact I'm not even sure I saw the individual cups.  They did have a normal amount of toilet paper.  The chocolate I like was back in stock after being gone last week, but there wasn't much of it.  Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.39 (the tag was back); eggs: $2.15 (-); whole milk: $2.88; heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.99; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $3.59 (-); sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.49. I did check the online price of a 2x4x8 at Home Depot, and it is still $3.85. A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599. Frugality Tip Halloween is my favorite holiday. We have a big Halloween party every year. I try to pick the theme in advance and then start gathering decorations when Halloween items go on clearance. For Halloween clearance shopping this year (so far) we got $300 retail value of items for less than $100. So hit the stores after the holiday and get more bang for your buck.  Happy savings y'all Operation Independence Cheese Class and Other Events Main topic of the Show: Five Oft-Overlooked Preps For The Homesteader With all the unrest in the economy, looming worldwide war, accelerating technology and the push from the ruling class (for lack of a better term) to keep we peons unhealthy, just in debt enough that we are too scared to go our own way, and obsessed with the “two” options that are the “only” options so that we fight with ourselves instead of see the true enemy, is it any wonder that, more and more, people want to get out of the cities and homestead? In a disaster a homestead is where you want to be, right? When you homestead, you go all in on Bugging In. 2 is 1 Appalachia and resilience - it's not just that it is rural. It is forgotten, abused, walked on, and easily cut off so people there rely on one another already Typical homestead journey: chickens, garden, canning, wood heat, bigger livestock, hobbies like spinning or woodworking or whatnot. Homesteaders have food covered - sort of. When was the last time you went to the feed store? Mindset shift: prepare for the most likely problems, not wwIII and you will weather wwIII better than if you “prepare” for it. FIVE OVERLOOKED PREPS Medical: Supplies for humans and livestock TRAINING, EDC - what do you have on you, Organization Bugging Out: Your plan is to bug in. Heck, my plan is to bug in. What is your plan if you have to leave quickly? Where are you going? How are you getting there? What will you use to travel? What about your livestock? Security: Beyond carrying a gun. TRAINING. What is the plan (who does what) if there is a two legged threat. What about four legged problems? How hard is it to get to your place? (Thorny hedges, security fencing, etc) Do you know when someone is coming? Can you fight if you have to? Like can you really? Food for livestock: Be honest. What is the plan? What is it if you can't just fall back on TSC? How do you regenerate the food? And be honest? How much do you rely on the grocery store for humans. (Community Connections/Underground Network) Fitness: Can you do everything needed by hand? Are you healthy? What is your plan to get healthy? Is everyone in your family fit? (Dedicated space, nutrition, living apothecary,) Communication (Bonus item): Does everyone KNOW what the plans are, know where things are, also get training, know how to communicate if you bug in vs bug out? As a homesteader you are likely more prepared in many ways than preppers in the city with lots of stuff and no skills, but how do we weather things for real? By getting better one day at a time and by eating the frog that we are avoiding so that we dont end up in a situation where we need a skill we could have built and we just didnt because it was distasteful. Make it a great week! GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.    Community Follow me on Nostr: npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

For Halloween, THE HYPER SPACE presents our first audio drama: TALES FROM THE HYPER SPACE - SEQUELS OF DOOM! It's a terrifying tale that will make you question your own sanity for even daring to listen! It's an adventure you will not soon forget (although you may wish you could!) It's the type of entertainment you'll only find on THE HYPER SPACE Podcast Network!  

For Halloween ? a listener (now friend) and I brought Halloween and some smiles to @luriechildrens outpatient hospital. To see these kids' faces light up when they saw, not one, but two Spider-Man's from different spider-verses, is what it's all about. You can tell that even for just a few moments, they forgot why they were there.

For Halloween ? a listener (now friend) and I brought Halloween and some smiles to @luriechildrens outpatient hospital. To see these kids' faces light up when they saw, not one, but two Spider-Man's from different spider-verses, is what it's all about. You can tell that even for just a few moments, they forgot why they were there.

Happy Halloween! Even David “Wooooo” Waldman and Greg “Disquieting” Dworkin can't scare us any more than we already are. For Halloween, Donald Trump appeared in Wisconsin sporting his unwiped butthole face accessorized by a reflective vest and came so tantalizingly close to falling on his head before taking a ride in a garbage truck… in the front this time. Garbage-Man, Garbage-Man! Toss him into that garbage can. Blocking peen, any size, MAGA eats it up, just like flies! Look out! Here comes the Garbage-Man! But wait… what do the polls say? They say it's a close one, and about 10 people's votes will count. Ah, but which 10 is now the question, eh? It's time for some 19th Amendment solutions for our problems. More than half of us will vote before election day, with some surprising niches backing Kamala Harris, like Arnold Schwarzenegger! Who knows who will pop up tomorrow, but they probably won't be for Donald Trump. KITM Senior Amenities Correspondent Darwin Darko is not positively Yelping the Kamala Harris Eclipse overflow space experience but figures it could be a sign of her campaign's overperformance. Kamala is getting a few Halloween treats, so Gops are working on some Mike Johnson tricks to even things out. Yet, they keep forgetting to leave the bag on the step when they light it on fire to run away. The Trump Supreme Court is fine tuning their voter disenfranchisement with 1600 voters tossed to them from Glenn Youngkin. Want to see something scary? Check out this North Carolina superintendent race.

For Halloween we've made an album of ambient music by The Quantum Mechanics. Thought we'd share. If your listening to this on Halloween 2024 come and join us tonight at https://www.youtube.com/@thequantummechanics at 10pm UK time for our Halloween Special Live Stream.   

HAPPY HALLOWEEN & 3 Year anniversary to us! Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the origins of "CreepyPasta" and some of the most popular internet stories. You know about Slender Man, but did you know his arch-nemesis Jeff the Killer? Did you hear the story about Ted in the Cave? For Halloween let's talk about some scary stories the internet tried to make us think were true. Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations: True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG Our sources for this episode: https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/page1.html https://www.creepypasta.com/ted-the-caver/ https://www.creepypasta.com/jeff-the-killer/

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For Halloween, KMUW's Fletcher Powell tells us about one of the season's best new horror movies.

For Halloween, Mike and Matt join Frank West on his Zombie apocalypse journey. Find out why Dead Rising was a break out hit in 2006, and is still an all time great! Follow us @halloffamepod Email us at thehalloffamepod@gmail.com

For Halloween we return to the man who is quickly becoming the show's patron saint: Dan Rice. This week, we have a rare two-part Campfire Tale as we look at Dan's latest article: "30 Movie Haunted Houses Ranked by How Much I Would Rather Live There Than Deal With My Shady, Class Traitor Landlord for Another Second." This week, we look at numbers 30-16

For Halloween we look back to the meanest monster to crawl out of the studio system, The Invisible Man. We touch on Bolsheviks, unchecked power, the CIA, the Manhattan Project, and the results of Barto's google search for "Invisible Man, gay?"   We have bonus episodes, behind the scenes notes, and post-recording wrap ups for just $1 a month on Patreon.  Patreon.com/NoGodsPod Follow us on Twitter and Bluesky @nogodspod Email us at NoGodsPod@gmail.com

For Halloween this year, we've watched three films from the late twentieth century involving unwitting protagonists going on a journey they wouldn't have wanted to undertake... Angel Heart (1987), The Devil's Advocate (1997) and The Ninth Gate (1999) Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber

For Halloween week, we had to have a movie that actually scared us, and The Wailing was a perfect choice. Tune in as we review the movie and sip on an appropriately chosen drink: a Soy Sauce Cocktail. Listen along as not-so-Dr. Laura explores the psychology of lying and hear us debate our ratings passionately. Soy Sauce Cocktail (from Kikkoman's website):35 ml Fin35 ml Martini Rosso15 ml Maraschino Liqueur  1 tsp Kikkoman Soy Sauce *Stir ingredients together and pour into a glass with ice. Enjoy!Thanks for listening! Don't forget to subscribe wherever you're listening and follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spookysips_podcast/Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/SpookySipsPodWebsite: https://spookysipspod.buzzsprout.com

For Halloween, we feature two books about blood-thirsty bosses. First book is called Not All Fun and Games about the super-profitable North American video game industry which squeezes the sweat […] The post Two Books Perfect for Halloween: Not All Fun and Games and Building Power, Breaking Power appeared first on KKFI.

For Halloween, Cuz and the Gorehound educate Nick all about those mysterious cryptids.  Do they exist? Are they from our dimension?  Or is it all bunk?  Either way, it's spoooooky!

For Halloween, we've decided to delve into a spooky one-shot adventure set in the halls of Duskmourn! Jay and Brian are joined by a special (returning?) guest as they open some doors and find themselves in a malicious escape room designed by a maniacal clown. Will they make it out alive? Probably! Will they make it out unharmed? Definitely not. If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live!

"A pop-up Halloween store in a creepy abandoned lot?" For Halloween this year we discuss Spirit Halloween: The Movie, an actual movie based on the chain of pop-up Halloween stores.

For Halloween, the hobgoblins at Denverite present "Denverfright," an evening of spine-chilling stories at The Bug Theatre. Brown Palace Historian Debra Faulkner informs us the call is coming from INSIDE THE HOTEL. Then, a drink with death at a Colfax dive bar. Plus, Denver novelist Kali Fajardo-Anstine shares a multi-generational family ghost story. And something foul from The Denver Museum of Nature & Science. 

For Halloween this year, we took a different, goofier, more laser cube-filled route than previous commentary episodes. That's right, we're[...]

The Ugly Pumpkin Interview with Howard Friedlander  In this My Life Now episode, Dallas interviews Howard Friedlander author of, "The Ugly Pumpkin." About the Book: Halloween was coming. For all the pumpkins in the pumpkin patch this was the night they had been waiting for all year long. For Halloween meant they would become Jack-O-Lanterns and bring fun and joy to boys and girls everywhere. But not Pumpy the Pumpkin. He was not going to be a Jack-O-Lantern, even though it was his dream. You see, Pumpy was different. While all the other pumpkins where large and round, Pumpy was long and somewhat squished. The other pumpkins laughed and made fun of him. They said he didn't look like them. He looked more like an orange eggplant. He was an UGLY PUMPKIN...and could never be a Jack-O-Lantern. No, they said, he could never be one of them. Never. But on this Halloween night...everything was about to change... The pumpkins in the pumpkin patch were about to learn that character was more important than looks. A read along illustrated story for ages 3-6. Buy Your Copy of the Book: https://a.co/d/cRaWDbS Thank you for listening to and supporting the My Life Now podcast show. We are excited to connect with each of our listeners on our various platforms. Below is the best way you can not only connect with us but also have an opportunity to be featured on our Podcasts. For Marketing and Publishing needs, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buscher's Social Media Marketing LLC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.facebook.com/buscherssmm)

For Halloween, my guest and I discuss one of the most iconic Gen X movies ever, The Crow. We both love the movie, but we wonder if it holds up for later generations because it was so "of the time." Despite its weaknesses, we feel the strength of the source material, the character, and the aesthetic is enough to earn it a place in film history and deserves a resurgence in the current wave of 90's nostalgia. We are of course, extremely biased. We expected to talk music a lot more, and Nine Inch Nails comes up, but stay tuned for the last 30 minutes, where we veer off to discuss comic books from the late 80's and early 90's. James O'barr wrote one of the best comics of all time, that we feel greatly influenced comics forever after. If you listen to this episode and haven't read the comic, we hope it inspires you to go and do so, its well worth it. Follow me on substack for bonus episodes, written content, and paid content as well at Astralflight.substack.comFollow my guest JZ Delorean at Enjoyer.com, he writes articles about the underside of Detroit metro life, and he was the perfect guest for this show because, as you'll hear, he was reading The Crow comic as it was being published by the Detroit comic shop that O'barr hung out at in the 80's, and talks about in many interviews. 

For Halloween, my guest and I discuss one of the most iconic Gen X movies ever, The Crow. We both love the movie, but we wonder if it holds up for later generations because it was so "of the time." Despite its weaknesses, we feel the strength of the source material, the character, and the aesthetic is enough to earn it a place in film history and deserves a resurgence in the current wave of 90's nostalgia. We are of course, extremely biased. We expected to talk music a lot more, and Nine Inch Nails comes up, but stay tuned for the last 30 minutes, where we veer off to discuss comic books from the late 80's and early 90's. James O'barr wrote one of the best comics of all time, that we feel greatly influenced comics forever after. If you listen to this episode and haven't read the comic, we hope it inspires you to go and do so, its well worth it. Follow me on substack for bonus episodes, written content, and paid content as well at Astralflight.substack.comFollow my guest JZ Delorean at Enjoyer.com, he writes articles about the underside of Detroit metro life, and he was the perfect guest for this show because, as you'll hear, he was reading The Crow comic as it was being published by the Detroit comic shop that O'barr hung out at in the 80's, and talks about in many interviews. 

For Halloween, my guest and I discuss one of the most iconic Gen X movies ever, The Crow. We both love the movie, but we wonder if it holds up for later generations because it was so "of the time." Despite its weaknesses, we feel the strength of the source material, the character, and the aesthetic is enough to earn it a place in film history and deserves a resurgence in the current wave of 90's nostalgia. We are of course, extremely biased. We expected to talk music a lot more, and Nine Inch Nails comes up, but stay tuned for the last 30 minutes, where we veer off to discuss comic books from the late 80's and early 90's. James O'barr wrote one of the best comics of all time, that we feel greatly influenced comics forever after. If you listen to this episode and haven't read the comic, we hope it inspires you to go and do so, its well worth it. Follow me on substack for bonus episodes, written content, and paid content as well at Astralflight.substack.comFollow my guest JZ Delorean at Enjoyer.com, he writes articles about the underside of Detroit metro life, and he was the perfect guest for this show because, as you'll hear, he was reading The Crow comic as it was being published by the Detroit comic shop that O'barr hung out at in the 80's, and talks about in many interviews. 

We're digging deeper than ever into the dark recesses of the RedHanded vault – seven years to be exact – to bring you our first EVER Halloween special from 2017...For Halloween, the girls bring you the most disturbing cases they could find for their very own treehouse of horror, filled with kidnapping, a Buffalo Bill copy cat and shivers for days. Get cosy and grab the dog as Hannah & Suruthi take you through 2 harrowing cases, told to each other for the first time. Exclusive bonus content:Wondery - Ad-free & ShortHandPatreon - Ad-free & Bonus EpisodesFollow us on social media:YouTubeTikTokInstagramXVisit our website:WebsiteSources available on redhandedpodcast.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we open with a person arrested in California who seemed intent on assassinating Donald Trump at a rally. It's going to get worse, the closer we get, especially with the horrible week and weekend for the Harris-Walz campaign. Former CIA Director John Brennan was on MSNBC over the weekend, stating how dangerous Trump would be if he gets back into the White House. Well, excuse me if I no longer trust any of the spies who lied to us four year ago about the Biden laptop, directly interfering with the 2020 election. Martha Raddatz failed miserably in trying to down-play the Venezuelan gang takeover of several apartment complexes. JD Vance eviscerated her on This Week on ABC News. Reince Prebus did the same on the same ABC news show, talking about how Harris is losing across so many demographics. Then, House Speaker Mike Johnson took NBC's Kristen Welker apart regarding FEMA money spent on migrants and on Trump's cholesterol levels. For Halloween, a reminder, that the walking male member with eyebrows could easily pass for a long-distant relative of Nosferatu! He said having an open border simply to have illegals vote is preposterous. He is so adamant about it, that it must mean it is true. In an effort to regain momentum, Harris accused Trump of “hiding” from the public. Can you believe that? Only a complete idiot would think she is telling the truth. Then she told some wide-eyed story about meeting Sen. John McCain and how he said she was going to be a “great” senator. Unfortunately the late McCain's daughter said that didn't sound like him. In fact, she alluded to a story of what he really thought of her and spared her the embarrassment of saying it out loud. Gov. Elmer Fudd, aka, Tim Walz, made a fool of himself trying to do a hunter photo-op. Even a Leftist writer, Larry Taunton, had to call out the pathetic display for all the world to see. It's all fake and manufactured. Speaking of which, going back to the Univision Town Hall where Harris was caught with a teleprompter. Turns out journalist Michael Tracy was there and discovered half the audience was hand-picked and flown in to ask questions while the other half were a result of a casting company looking for actors. Even Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) has started to notice she is nothing more than a bad actress trying to play the part. In an attempt to get the campaign out of it's tailspin, someone thought it was a good idea to have Harris call out Indigenous People's Day and throw European settlers under the bus. It's too bad no one saw the irony of her condemning an open border that allowed an invasion of infiltrators.  We close today with another installment of Deep Thoughts with VP Kamala Harris. She really has no idea how to be genuine, which his what makes her all the more worrisome as a candidate. Please take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, X, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page!!

For Halloween 2024 Matthew had Ian read Ray Bradbury's classic novel, in which a spooky dangerous carnival threatens a small town...by offering the people what they want. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

When we were kids, we thought Mothman was scary. Now that we're adults, we know he's scary. For Halloween month the Deep Lore Boys lose sleep over West Virginian folklore, the Black Knight satellite conspiracy, and the Tom Brady of sleep paralysis demons: the Hat Man. Bring an extra change of pants for this one... DEEP LORE DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/V7hqXWDg9p INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/deep_lore_boys_podcast/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@deeploreboys/featured Intro: City Lights — Babasmas [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/W9IQfypOkkYFree Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/city-lights Music: Jazz In Paris - Media Right Productions https://youtu.be/mNLJMTRvyj8

For Halloween this year, the DM decided that they would take a short break from D&D and try a new TTRPG called Castaway. While normally the game is about who can survive deserted on an island, this one is a very special horror module. Taking place as of now, the crew has made proxies of themselves in the game to see who can last the longest. Who do you put your money on?

HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST HAS RETURNED! That means a horror movie discussion every weekday all October long and we often like to do classic film selections on Mondays. For Halloween this month, each weekday has a particular theme and every Monday is UNIVERSAL MONSTER MONDAYS! The iconic Universal Monster characters that have been the face of a studio for generations. Today we hit the strange romantic horror of the 1932 film “THE MUMMY” directed by Karl Freund and starring the legendary Boris Karloff and Zita Johann. Some thieves from the British Museum are excavating in Egypt when they happen upon a scroll that resurrects an ancient sorcerer named Imhotep who was wrapped and buried alive over three thousand years ago. Ten years later Imhotep is a dusty player in the ancient artifacts business and there's a slinky, half Egyptian hottie with uneven plucked eyebrows walking around that really reminds him of his old girlfriend. Will love conquer across time or will the British Empire cockblock what is fated to be? Who knew Egyptians were such mystical people? This is a very informative documentary. Here's a link: https://vimeo.com/660594850 Subscribe to us on YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJf3lkRI-BLUTsLI_ehOsg Contact us here: MOVIEHUMPERS@gmail.com Check our past & current film ratings here: https://moviehumpers.wordpress.com Hear us on podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6o6PSNJFGXJeENgqtPY4h7 Our OG podcast “Documenteers”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249 Soundcloud feed: https://soundcloud.com/documenteers Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/culturewrought

Our Delaware Valley September 8, 2024  7:30AM 20 minutes of a 30-minute program Al Zone, Executive Director and CEO of Elmwood Park Zoo discusses the 100 anniversary year events, programming and new additions at the neighborhood landmark.  Created as a land trust in 1924, they grew from a facility for North and South American animals into a home for over 100 species from all over the globe including giraffes, zebras, bald and golden eagles, jaguars, and red pandas, a number of which are managed through an international Species Survival Plan.  They are one of only 230 institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.  He discussed the importance of this designation and how their work supports the conservation and protection of these animals and their habitats across the country.  To showcase their efforts a visit is narrated by their work in creating habitats, and allows guests to see feedings and even veterinary care.  He discussed how the zoo offers programming for all with zip-lines and beer gardens to make it a full day of activities.  The zoo pioneered inclusion for children and adults with autism or special needs and were the first zoo in the world to earn certification as a Certified Autism Center with special admission hours, sensory backpacks and guides and even adult changing tables.  They were the first to add pet-friendly programming and offer ‘Yappy Hour' events. To celebrate their anniversary there are centennial Saturdays the first Saturday of the month with special programming and early admittance for members.  The 100th Anniversary Gala will take place November 2 at the Oaks Expo Center, tickets are now on sale, as well as for the annual Beast of a Feast October 10th, featuring food stations and evening entertainment throughout the zoo.  For Halloween family fun there's Boo At The Zoo.   Elmwood Park Zoo is located at 1661 Harding Blvd. in Norristown, PA, for tickets, memberships and visiting information go to elmwoodparkzoo.org.

CW: Belief in the supernatural, mental illness, religious doctrine, refute of religious doctrine, ritual abuse, suicide, and religious persecution.  For Halloween this year, Hallie dives into the supernatural world to explore the practice of exorcism. From the early mesopotamian demons of the desert to modern day demons, famous exorcists and infamous exorcisms.

Join us this week in the SNL Hall of Fame as we welcome Jon Schneider onto the podcast to discuss the one of kind, Will Forte. Will he be enshrined in the hall? Only you can decide.Transcript: Track 2:[0:42] Hey, it's J.D. here, and I want to thank Doug DeNance for another lovely introduction.Welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame podcast. As I mentioned off the top, I am your host, J.D.I am joined by Matthew Ardill in the trivia corner, and of course, our chief librarian, Thomas Senna, will handle the conversation with John Schneider today. So that's really exciting.But who are we going to cover? Well, before that, the SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair where each episode we take a deep dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest, or writer and add them to the ballot for your consideration.Once the nominees have been announced, we turn to you, the listener, to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall.And that's how we play the game. It's just that simple.May the 6th is the date you're going to want to circle on your calendar.That is when voting opens in the SNL Hall of Fame, and we have one hell of a ballot.There are some stakes here, as there are people that are on their fifth ballot that if they don't make it in, they will be removed from the ballot.And that is as high stakes as it really gets here on the SNL Hall of Fame, except for that time that we had lava on the floor.You bet your ass people wiped their feet then.Track 2:[2:10] Let's go to our friend, Matt Ardill. Matthew, my friend.Track 3:[2:13] How are you doing, JD? I'm great. I'm great. Thanks for asking. How about you?I'm good. I'm great as well. Yeah. Yeah. I've got, I'm really excited.I love Will Forte on so many levels.I can't wait to share. Well, learn me up.Okay. Well, Will Forte, 5'9", born June 17th, 1970. He has 132 acting credits, 26 writing credits, 20 soundtrack credits, and five producer credits.He was born in Alameda County, California, and attended the University of California.He was a member, and this shocked me.He was a member of the varsity football team, varsity swim team. So he was a jock.Track 3:[2:57] That's not what I would have expected. Me neither. I want a picture of Theater Nerd. Yeah.Exactly i would have imagined that as well but i mean it's that's just you know that's i guess us not seeing past the stereotype but uh yeah he went on to earn a history degree valuable lesson you just taught us matthew yeah let's do just because somebody plays sports doesn't mean they don't have the the love of theater in them that's right but yeah so thank you for that yeah not from but yeah got a degree in history from ucla and um then he realized his true love was comedy so he joined the groundlings he also tutored faye dunaway's 12 year old son in mathematics while he was in high school which is like that's just a weird i mean this is the weird connections you get living in california yeah i suppose so yeah yeah you know so it's just it i i don't know No, I feel like living in Canada, we don't get those wacky connections, but, um.Track 3:[3:59] At a young age, he went to see Tony Orlando, and Tony brought him and his friend up on the stage, and he encouraged them to follow their passions.So much so, he wrote him and Tony a nice letter many years later.What a class act. Yeah, yeah. And he, in fact, is a class act in multiple ways.He is also a class act video game player. He is the 36th highest scorer in the world in Donkey Kong.Long whoa yeah he watched the that fistful of quarters documentary and he's like i can do that and is now registered on twin galaxies as number 36 in the world that's brilliant that movie also very very good yes and it's not to go on a tangent you watch that fistful of quarters that the villain in that show is a total nut bar you can go down a rabbit hole all on its own as As well as an amazing video gamer, he is also a super sweet dude.Rachel Dratch describes him and Seth Meyers as her comedy non-boyfriends, basically her comedy brothers.She's remained incredibly close to them.Track 3:[5:12] But he's also remained close to other cast members.He attended Andy Samberg and Seth Meyers' weddings, both in character as Hamilton.Hamilton oh my gosh i would have paid good money just to see that i mean just a full character problem is a lot of their families don't know the character so all they know is there's a super racist weirdo walking around at the way which is the most will thing like that just is like yeah i that that that makes sense that makes sense um he collects life preservers and construction helmets he actually got his start uh as a published author he wrote 101 things definitely Definitely not to do if you want to get a check.Track 3:[6:12] It was a comic that he wrote at 24, which he parlayed into his first gig writing for the Jenny McCarthy show and then moving on to Letterman.One of the weirder things that I read is at one point, Val Kilmer was trying to find a house in Malibu.So he was just couch serving and will let him stay on his couch for a couple of months. And one night they were watching the amazing race and they thought that'd be awesome and wanted to go on the amazing race there.Their agents ultimately stopped them.Track 3:[6:46] Uh, boo, those agents did not really do the right thing.Uh, and then unfortunately time got away from them and it didn't happen.Um, but yeah, just, and just to illustrate how amazing a dude he is.Uh, he gave his entire per diem to the crew, uh, for MacGruber, which when he was filming the film MacGruber, he, uh, his mom visited the set on this, the naked celery scene, uh, shooting day.So that must've been a little weird.Um, you think, yeah, it's like, uh, but yeah.So as a part of a fundraising event for boys and girls club of Venice, he auctioned off an opportunity to see, um, a early cut of MacGruber with him and Ryan Philippe, uh, before its premiere.Um but he said if somebody paid a hundred thousand dollars he'd take them out for yogurt twice a year for the rest of his life thought it was a joke and someone called us bluff so now wow ever since the release of mcgruber he's been taking this person out twice a year for yogurt.Track 3:[8:00] Um oh that's they're gonna develop a friendship yeah yeah that i mean you don't you don't do that not actually start to like one another you would think you would explore it at least yeah yeah and and i mean in the ultimate expression of how good a duty is like a true gentleman when filming the last scene for the last man on earth he and kristen shaw had a sex scene after her character ate a can of beans and she let one rip like crazy and he took the bullet for it he claimed it was his so, Just a true gentleman all around. Wow. A gentleman of thoughts.Track 3:[8:47] Yes. Yes, indeed. Well, I think that I'm pretty excited that our guest today is the Grand Poobah over at the Saturday Night Network.It's John Schneider, and he is joined right now downstairs with Thomas, so let's join them in conversation.Track 4:[9:40] All right, J.D. and Matt, thank you so much. Yes, welcome to another episode, another wonderful conversation with a great guest.Welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame podcast.And today we are talking about, this is a personal favorite of mine. This is a chance for me.And my guests to just be total geeks. It's almost for me like when Sammy K and I did the Vanessa Bear episode last season.That's like 14 for you and one for me kind of thing.So this is what this is like with Will Forte, our nominee today.So to join me, another fellow Will Forte nerd, possibly he's, Will Forte is one of my favorite, probably in the top two or three favorite cast members of mine personally.And I think for my guest, Will Forte falls under that category, too.So I am joined by a friend, somebody who I greatly admire in the podcast.He's kind of like a podcasting influence for me personally.Track 4:[10:42] It is from the Saturday Night Network, John Schneider. Hey, man, what's up? Thanks for joining me. Hey, Thomas.Track 4:[10:49] Well, I'm very first of all, I'm very humbled that you would say that mutual respect here and love what you've done with the show and and JD and Matt and everybody here so thank you so much for having me back and I have to say Thomas I maybe have podcasted about I'm gonna just I'm gonna throw out a guess here I'm gonna say like 300 podcasts about SNL I maybe have done like over the last few years I don't think I've ever been as excited to do a podcast as I am right now like this is this is one of the best things I could have ever done as an SNL podcaster is get to talk about will forte he is definitely my favorite cast member of all time i wouldn't be talking about snl or podcasting about snl or doing all the things that we're doing at the snn if i didn't fall in love with will forte on the show and everything that he did and i i know i'm not alone with that i know that there's so many people out there that will forte is such a big influence on so thank you for having me today i can't wait to have this conversation yeah absolutely i'm so giddy too and then redoing some refresh because with will forte i don't necessarily need to do research quote unquote but i like to refresh myself watch sketches go in with uh you know having watched these sketches as close to recording time as possible so they could be fresh and this is like the most fun quote unquote research i think that i've done for this entire show because.Track 4:[12:07] I love will forte so much so so yeah this is gonna be great thanks for so much for joining i meant what i said as far as you being like a podcasting influence what you've built at saturday night Network is just amazing.Track 4:[12:19] So tell us, tell the listeners what's been going on over at the S&N a lot. I know.Thank you so much. Yeah. I mean, it's been pretty crazy. It's been great to get the show back after that writer's strike and glad that everything turned out well over there. And.Track 4:[12:37] You know, nonstop coverage of the season. As we go through all the live weeks, we have coverage right after the show is done airing.So we have this great group of people who stay up late with us and talk about the show.If you're watching on YouTube, you can always find our hot take shows and join us in the conversation.So let's say, you know, you're tired, you're lying in bed, you just enjoy the show, but you just have to talk to somebody about it.It's a great place to go and hang out. And we also have our Monday night round tables where we're just, you know, breaking down the show even further, talking about the legacy of a specific host in a specific episode.And then our By the Number shows that we do on Wednesday that Mike Murray hosts for all the stats on, you know, turning SNL into a live sport.So that's our regular coverage. We also get to do some really cool interviews that we do on our show called SNL Stories.We just had Christine Ebersole, season seven cast member. We just spoke to Bobby Moynihan. There's a lot of great ones out there as well.Track 4:[13:25] Yeah, now we're sort of turning our heads towards the end of season 49, finishing up all the coverage on that, doing some summer stuff.And then it's season 50. It's the big one. So we have lots of stuff planned for season 50, and I can't wait to get to all of that.And yeah, you got to come hang out with us at the Saturday Night Network.Yeah, so this guy's built like a true network, like you and everybody else.Bill Kenney, Sammy K, the Andrews, everybody who's really closely involved.You've got quite the community going at S&N. It's a true network, like you have a Saturday Night thing, a Monday thing, a Patreon thing, by the numbers.So it's really definitely a true network there. Maybe you can get Will Forte on, like, SNL Stories one day.That is the dream. I'm hoping for, like, yeah, that's the big one or one of the big ones for sure.I'm hoping maybe for a special numbered show, maybe a 500th, maybe a 1,000th, something like that.I can convince him to do it. I have met Will Forte before.Track 4:[14:21] I actually went to go meet him on my birthday when he was at Just for Laughs.This was before I was doing SNL media coverage. But I went to go talk to him, and he could not have been nicer. and I know that some of our podcasters have bumped into him over the last few years and he said that he would do it.So I'm hoping one day we'll get him to, you know, come on board.And I think we're gonna have a blast whenever that does happen.Yeah, that that would be a biggie. So Will Forte, our nominee today on the SNL Hall of Fame on the cast from 2002 to 2010.And from what I understand, John, that was basically the era that made you love the show like that whole that all those was cast between 2002 and 2010, that whole era.So what were your impressions of Will Forte when you first saw him on SNL, this oddball?Track 4:[15:08] Yeah so very fun fact that he almost got hired the year prior but i think he wanted to keep writing on that 70s show which was also a show i enjoyed very much at the time but uh yeah so when so i'll go back to like my original my origin story for watching the show the first time, and um i really fell in love with the show you know from like 2005 to 2010 i was in high school then and that for me was just like will was such a big part of that cast but prior to that i tuned into SNL.I knew what it was. We had like friends who had older siblings who were watching it all the time.And at times I would just like turn on the show and just catch glimpses.And I remember seeing like Tina and Jimmy on the show and being like really intrigued. Some of, you know, Smigel's TV Funhouse stuff.But one time I remember my parents going out on a Saturday night and I turned on SNL and I was very curious what I was gonna see.And I saw Will Forte as Tim Calhoun, this politician who's just like is so anxious and can't get anything out and just like nervous flop sweating I think I would make a real good president because I'm a hockey dad soccer uncle football cousin ping-pong brother and And Donkey Kong best friend.Track 4:[16:35] My opponents have been using my full name to scare people.Is it my fault that my middle name is Boo?Track 4:[16:47] I just fell in love. For me, there's just something about it that clicked.And getting to watch him throughout his time at the show, So I've like psychoanalyzed this over the years, Thomas, where I'm like trying to figure out what it is for him that just, you know, makes me laugh harder than anybody else.And I think it's because like...I think I'm like a pretty like I have quirks, but I think I'm like a pretty normal person Yeah, but like will brings out the weird in me Like he brings out something in my personality that isn't brought out by most people And it's something that I watch on the screen and I just get purely happy So in some of like the you know saddest times of my life i've turned on will forte sketches and he's just Brightened my day.That's such the mark of a good performer, too He does that for me As well, like i'm a pretty normal i'm probably a little more weird than you i would say like if we're doing a scale or we have to ask listeners i'm guessing we'll ask we'll take a we'll take a poll or something but uh i'll ask them on i'm doing the hot take show so maybe that'll i'll chat to see to see about that uh but so but you're right so he brings out like the the weird aspect of me to like all those little those little things that i'm like why do i relate to this like because i've kind of i kind of had that like weird side of me but that that's That's like the mark of a good performer is like he's relatable in that weirdness that maybe you didn't know you had until you watched him perform in some ways. Does that make sense?Track 4:[18:09] Yeah, I mean, I think he's he's reminds me a lot of like the friends that I chose like for my life.Like I'm I have a very unique situation in my personal life where some of my friends have been my friends for over 20 years. Like these are friends from when I was really little.And I won. I always like wonder like why I gravitated to a specific type of person.And it's like the people who will go the furthest with a joke like that and like they have a lot of will forte qualities in them and i just think i like to surround myself with people who are um sort of like you know don't give a shit and you know and it will like take something really far not not offensively but like um i remember seth meyer is telling this amazing joke uh this amazing story about will forte once on late night where he said that um i believe it was one of the writers, I'm blanking on the name of the specific writer, but one of the writers had been so hungry on a Tuesday night writing night and was writing all night and ordered Chinese food.And it took so long to get upstairs to the 17th floor.Hours and hours. Finally, the delivery guy drops out the food, gets there. The writer is like so excited.Will Forte goes to pick up the bag and drops it out the window.Track 4:[19:17] It's one of the greatest things I've ever heard. And I'm just like, you got to look that up on YouTube and like watch Seth tell that story.It is so funny to me and it is perfectly like encapsulates Will Forte and why everybody loves hanging out with him.That's so oddball. That's so Will Forte. You honed in on something that relates to something that I wrote down, like a key word.I was thinking about Will Forte, and the word that keeps coming up for me is commitment.I think Will Forte, more than most cast members that have come through the show, is he's 100% committed to this sketch.No matter what, this character, this sketch, Will Forte is in it.And to me, John, when I see cast members, won't name names obviously, but when I see cast members who maybe are less so, who I gravitate less toward, or maybe cast members who I feel slightly uncomfortable watching on screen, I think it's a lot of times because they lack commitment on screen.Because I see there's something that's not letting them just break out of their shell completely.With Will Forte, that was never the problem. Can you think of a performer on SNL that can rival? I mean, there's probably people who can rival, but is there any performer who could exceed Will Forte's commitment?Track 4:[20:34] I think Will Ferrell probably is a good example. I mean, the like the two Wills, I think like, you know, Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey.You got to put that in that category a little bit. Those are all time greats, though. Yeah, like I really I really do feel.But Will, like it has his own kind of commitment where he goes to like he goes to one side that is so unique to the show. And, you know, a lot of times on on our podcast, when we're evaluating an episode, we'll talk about the 10 to 1 sketch.And he basically, you know, that did exist prior to it. But, you know, it's really the Will Forte slot in the show.Like, I think everyone that's come after him has always been like looking for a Will Forte to be the weird sketch.Sketch um and i think like the committed weird is really what people are looking for in that 10 to 1 it's not just like oh here's like a random weird one-off character that's quirky it's like somebody who is so weird that it just makes everybody in the sketch and out of the sketch just like amazed at that person i think sarah sherman does that sometimes as well and i wish we got that more on the show but yeah i mean i think you nailed it i think that's that is a quality that we look for and will but i will also say one other quality thomas, that i always stuck out to me about will was that he's like a very normal good-looking guy.Track 4:[21:49] And like you know maybe like barring the time like for last man on earth that he like shaved like half his beard and half his head like he is like so normal looking and he's a secret sicko, that's what i love is that like you would never know that this guy in his head is an evil genius and i love that about him yeah and i think that's one of the things when i first saw will forte on screen i'm like okay he's just kind of a your standard issue male cast member that they hired and he's just gonna be like cookie cutter but you put this real quick he he totally dispelled all the notions that i had just by looking at him you're right there's like this sicko i love that word that's that's a perfect word to describe a lot of what's underneath the surface of will Will Forte is just, yeah, like that sicko, right?They're like a nondescript, normal-looking guy, but then something comes bursting out of him that's just very weird.And when I think about all-time greats, Hall of Famers, whatever, I think it scores bonus points, especially, you know, with Will Forte, that he had his own unique lane in the show.Like, you can see a sketch and say, that's a Will Forte sketch.Track 4:[23:07] And that's rare. And that's something that I, you know, when it comes to SNL, when I see a cast member like that, I really gravitate toward it because that's a rare quality to have where it's just like, that's Will Forte's lane.You mentioned 10 to 1, any sort of oddball thing.Andrew Dismukes kind of has that right now. That's why I kind of gravitate toward him because Dismukes has a stamp.But to me, that scores Will Forte bonus points for having his own unique lane, John.Track 4:[23:37] I agree. I mean, look, I think we had this very interesting discussion when we did the SNN's cast member countdown.So Will Forte was voted 18th overall by the viewers.I was doing my rankings at the same time. I had him at 21.So really around the same range, but slightly lower than that.And you may be saying like, John, how can this person be your favorite cast member? And you have them at 21st.And the truth is, is that I think that, you know, when you're looking at the 50 year legacy of the show, um, there are a lot of performers that are extremely well-rounded that have contributed and just, you know, built in every aspect of the show.And I just, I don't, I think that will have the ability to make the show all about him like an Eddie Murphy at times, like a Kristen and wig at times.You know, like a Will Ferrell. But the show was never built around Will.Will was always one or two parts or three parts of an episode.And you would watch his sketches and you may walk away feeling like they were your favorites.But it was very rare when you you watch an episode of Saturday Night Live during Will Forte's tenure, that you're like, that is a Will Forte episode, or this season was Will Forte season.Track 4:[24:42] So I also needed to be objective and fair about that. Now, I don't think that disqualifies him from the Hall of Fame whatsoever, because I think that like The Hall of Fame is a whole other thing where you're talking about people who built the legacy of the show, and I think he's very, very much a part of that. Yeah, absolutely.And still, I mean, you said 21st. He ended up on the, or 18th on the countdown.18th on the cast, 21 on my list. Where do you have him?I think I had him probably about 16th, ultimately, even though he's one of my two or three.Yeah, he's one of my two or three favorite cast members, but favorite, and then, and I'm trying to put together the greatest.So it's different, but to me.Track 4:[25:18] Shoot like top 20 top 25 that's right smack in the middle of hall of fame territory right there if we're talking 160 or something now cast members so to me will forte is a slam dunk hall of famer so this is gonna be like the listener will know where i'm coming from and where you're coming from obviously with this episode but i was surprised i think that i had him higher than you but really you're right like it's the same ballpark so we both view him about equally i think yeah i mean the other thing you have to you know like the other thing that i factored into my cast rankings was also you know his contribution after his time in the cast he does leave in 2010 um and i think that he you know we'll get to this full conversation of his career but i i do think he could have stayed an extra couple years and that really would have helped him in terms of legacy like had he left at the same time as andy sandberg and kristen wigg he He has only come back to host once.That episode that he hosted was one of the weirdest episodes in SNL history.I think we could say that now.Track 4:[26:18] So, you know, that to me is a factor that I think about in terms of overall contribution to the series.So, you know, these are things to think about. But overall, I mean, what a career that he put up at the show. I can't wait to get into it. Just amazing.And we can get into it. What is maybe the first sketch or character that you think about when you think of Will Forte?All right. So I got two that are my quintessential Will Forte sketches.These are two of my favorite sketches of all time.I've always I've had the trouble of deciding which one is my truly my favorite all time.But if I had somebody who came to me said I've never watched a Saturday Night Live sketch before, which one should I start with?Track 4:[27:01] I'm going to start with Jeff Montgomery, the sex offender.Just out of curiosity, what exactly is your Halloween costume? I'm a sex offender.Track 4:[27:17] Excuse me? I'm a sex offender. For Halloween.A sex offender. Yes, pretty convincing, huh? Here, watch this.I'm Jeff Montgomery. summary by law i'm required to inform you that i'm a repeat sex offender and i'll be living in your neighborhood it's a great costume right yes yes to me this to me like encapsulates everything i look for in the show it is so fantastic this is a this is a sketch by the way that was cut once previously from the brian williams episode in 2007 it was then brought back for the john Jon Hamm episode in October 2008.Track 4:[27:57] And this is a guy who rings the doorbell, trick or treat, and says that he's dressed as a sex offender and needs some papers to be signed.And the confusion between Jon Hamm and Will Forte, as they discuss, are you dressed as a sex offender or are you actually a sex offender, is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.And Will Forte plays this beautifully.It's beautiful wordsmithing by Will Forte to dance around the fact that he's a sex offender needing to go around the neighborhood.And this is a great example of understated Will Forte, in my opinion.I think the other one that you're going to mention that I have a feeling you're going to mention is more so on the bigger side a little bit.But this, yeah, this Jeff Montgomery one is more understated Will in a lot of ways.Yes. And I want to credit Colin Jost, who wrote that sketch with him.So that, you know, the two of them, I mean, what a team that is.Collins wrote some fantastic sketches over the years.But yes, I would say this is the sketch that I would show people the most of, of Will Forte.I have, I struggle whether it's truly my favorite sketch because there's one that like sentimentally means more to people, but I don't know if you get it if you're not an SNL fan. So do you want me to jump to that one?Yeah, I think you're going to, well, go ahead.Track 4:[29:19] So so i also want to say jeff montgomery did come back a second time with tim mcgrath which is uh but but yes um the the one i'm the one that means the most to me in my heart is the dancing coach sketch with peyton manning yeah and that to me is like i i think i can say it's my favorite sketch of all time this is where peyton manning uh is on a is not a football player he's a basketball player in the sketch and it's halftime in a basketball game uh like sort of like a college basketball situation and him and keenan and fred and andy and bill and jason they all come in uh to the locker room, and Will Forte is the coach and starts talking to them about, you know, being more motivated.All right, listen up.Track 4:[30:00] I see a lot of mopey faces around here. Granted, we're down by 34 points.McMillan broke his ankle, and our cheerleaders have started cheering for the other team. That doesn't mean we can't come back and win this thing.And Wally, you got something you want to say? Yeah, coach.Guys. And gives them the speech that leads to Will Forte playing the theme or one of the songs from Casino Royale and he starts dancing.You definitely got to look this up if you can find it online because Will Forte dancing and making everybody laugh, including, you know, watching Bill Hader's face in the back of the sketch is.Honestly like when this came out and i saw this live we watched this sketch maybe a hundred times thomas that's how much you watched it was so funny to me and i cannot watch it without laughing, great one of my greatest sketches of all time this is amazing physical comedy by will forte i'm glad you paired this one with the jeff montgomery one at the top because it's almost like the comedic yin and the yang for will forte like i said jeff montgomery's more like it's about how Will Forte's delivering the lines and it's more understated.And this one, it's just like physical comedy, these dance moves, how he times it out with the song.Track 4:[31:17] You're right, like Keenan. Keenan's almost the first one to break.He and Peyton have to cover themselves, their faces with towels just to not break.And Fred, Fred's usually like pretty, you know, keeps it together.Famously in the Debbie Downer sketch, Fred was the one kind of like watching everybody going, going okay guys we still have a scene to do in this one fred was this is one of the few times that i saw fred almost break and bill of course bill hater uh always does but how could you not this was such great will forte physical comedy like i i absolutely love this one john honestly i think a lot of cast members feel like this is one of their favorite sketches of all time bobby moynihan when he joined us uh he he mentioned this sketch at one point about how this is one of his favorite sketches and then he got to be in the second one in his first episode and it was just like so exciting for him to see the dancing uh you know the dancing coach and i just you know like i said it's one of those visual things that you got to go watch this it is so amazing the commitment from will forte absolutely fantastic so to me those are the two quintessential will forte sketches there's a lot more though i can't wait to get into yeah i have a quintessential central one as well it comes toward the end of his SNL tenure and it's the one that he and Jason Sudeikis did with Blake Lively the potato chip, Janelda, how many potato chips did you put in here today? Thirty-five.I thought so. I thought so!Track 4:[32:43] You didn't happen to take any out for yourself? Oh, God, no.Why, that would be stealing. It certainly would.Track 4:[32:53] Janelda, what would you say if I'd have told you that that man right there is nothing but a common potato chip thief? Ah!Potato chip thief! to me if i wanted to show somebody like this is will forte's humor this is will forte's playground i might show them potato chip thief too that'd be one of the first ones that i show them, like just just displaying will forte's like humor what he brought to snl he and this one he plays it big like it's maybe a little more understated at the beginning but he ends up like yelling screaming but underneath that screaming he says some really funny things so potato chip thief john would be to me like another quintessential will forte yeah so i love this sketch a lot it has a lot of elements of other sketches which is maybe why i don't put this at the top of my will forte list like i would say that this is and i get what you're saying i think for a lot of people this is the top will forte stuff um for me i'd say this is maybe like my B tier Will Forte, just because it has elements of other things that I think ultimately led to this occasion.Track 4:[34:01] It's a brilliant sketch. Love Jason Sudeikis in this as well.Love Blake Lively. Like this is a really, really great sketch.I believe this is John Solomon and Will Forte in this one.John Solomon wrote a lot with Will when he was on the show. But the, you know, chewing the potato chip and spitting it into, you know, the mouth, which is just like, again, something you got to see I know that that happened a little bit in the 2000s the baby bird stuff with Will Ferrell and all that stuff so the grossness of the sketch I think really does work here but it does lose its luster a little bit if you've seen it before whereas I think the dancing coach like is just like non-stop money but yeah ultimately I do I do really really love this sketch and I think that the commitment here from Will is fantastic and the reason that I felt like it has you know stuff from Will's earlier career is because him yelling is a another staple of Will Forte with the Zell Miller impression which you ever go see that you know one of his like talk show guys that he did and like he would just yell that's like an early Will Forte career thing where he would just yell so much that his face would turn red.Senator Miller knowing what we know now how could we possibly avoid such destruction from future tsunamis? Tsunamis!I'm sick of hearing about tsunamis!Thank you.Track 4:[35:30] And that is also incorporated into the sketch a little bit. But I love this one too, Thomas.Yeah, definite Zell Miller vibes, one of his recurring characters.Zell Miller, Georgia politician.I think Zell Miller said some crazy things, especially about Barack Obama.And then Will Forte just sort of turned him into a caricature completely.Track 4:[35:53] I do want to talk about Will Forte as a breath of fresh air for the show.Show to uh because i think and i know it's subjective but he started at a time where i think snl was trying to find an identity will ferrell had just left and they didn't quite have an identity they were playing around with like do we push seth meyers as the star of the show who's the star of the show what's our humor what's our viewpoint and i think will forte was a breath of fresh air amidst them trying to figure themselves out i mean the show and things like the falconer that premiered in season 28 and that was so to me that was so unlike a lot of what was on snl at the time that it was um it was a relief sometimes to see the falconer something like that pop up on screen and this the falconer is one of the things that will forte is best known for but it was just like a relief for me as a viewer when it popped up in this era of SNL.Donald, we're starving to death.This land that once filled us with life is now barren.One of us must search elsewhere, and only one of us can fly.Track 4:[37:06] No, Donald, you! Oh, Donald, even in these desperate times, you still retain that dry sense of humor.Now you must fly away from these woods and bring back something, a possum, a squirrel, anything to keep us alive. So be gone, my friend.Bring us life. Bring us life.Yeah, I do like the Falconer a lot. I think those sketches are pretty forgotten because of all the great things that Will Forte did after.But I truly believe those are great sketches.That's Will with Eric Slovin and Leo Allen. And I think Eric Slovin was the guy who, by the way, who will dump.Track 4:[37:47] Before but yeah those falconer sketches are really great and just so weird and bizarre for a time where snl's writing was a little choppy and they were trying to figure it out like you said in that you know post will ferrell world and pre kristin wigg bill hater jason sudeikis and andy samberg world and i think that those sketches are really great i think they did nine of them um and they are very enjoyable i love will getting to talk to objects like that and i think you know or Or animals like that.And I do think you get to see more of this in Last Man on Earth.If you ever go watch that show.Track 4:[38:23] Yeah. That he brings out some of his Falconer character.Yeah. Especially like at the beginning of the series. The Last Man on Earth.When he's talking to the balls.The various balls that become his friends.That are like placed inside the bar.I can definitely see that. I'm going to go ahead and call Donald an object too. Because you could see.One of the funny things is you could see the strings on that puppet.I'm sure that was a choice.Like let's make the strings show and make it look as ridiculous as possible and john when i sometimes when i as a viewer when i complain about like little writing things and stuff one of my chief things is escalation like how do you do escalation what's proper escalation the sketch needs more escalation that's if i always say that like it could have been bumped up just another notch with the falconer to me a lot of these sketches were just perfect examples of how you escalate, especially a recurring sketch.How do you find escalation in something recurring?I think Will Forte and the people behind this Falconer sketch just did that escalation beautifully.Track 4:[39:32] I totally agree. I think that's a great point for these.You know, there are some other sketches from early in his career that I think are really important to bring up that are often lost upon people.So I think now is a good time to maybe pivot to some of those um one of those is from the season 28 episode 14 episode with queen latifah i don't know if you know what i'm gonna say but this one is give up the ham give up the ham, such a good sketch that is like because of the i don't know if it's like the song like it doesn't get put up a lot and like you gotta look you gotta google it and look up this but um basically people fighting over ham at a grocery store and then the sketch breaks down with bull forte singing singing, give up the ham.Track 4:[40:44] And it is so so good and like i think maybe the first moment of really seeing like how great this guy is i know that him and fred sort of did some stuff on update but like this was to me the first like major major moment for well for a day on the show it's commitment to something ridiculous or like a commitment to an everyday thing like uh shopping at a grocery store say so how can we take that scene that scenario and and play it up into something ridiculous and and uh it was that amy poehler and queen latifah i think rachel dratch comes in as amy poehler's friend so all these people start walking in but then will just totally owns it with this song like yeah that's just total commitment again like you'll never have trouble with will forte and commitment give up the Ham's one of the ones that I go back to semi-regularly, honestly, if I need a good laugh, I do that.That's a really good shout out. That's from season 28, episode 14.One that I thought of, season 28, the next episode, episode 15, it was a sketch that he did with Jimmy Fallon, Salma Hayek.It was called Cardboard Box. You remember this one, John? I do.Yeah, go ahead. So Will Forte, so he played a husband who was suspecting his wife of cheating.Track 4:[42:06] So Will Forte's character mailed himself to their house in this big cardboard box so he could catch them in the act.And this is just, to me, like we're talking early examples, like such a wonderful early example of a truly absurd premise that Will Forte completely sells.And he has to do this inside a box that he's not even on on camera most of the sketch and what he has to do and what he has to convey from inside a cardboard box is like chef's kiss like beautiful work yeah he does this thing sometimes where he can like we talked about zell miller with yelling till he's red but sometimes he does this like angry yell in a calm way that it's very hard to describe unless you hear it but um he did this recently on like i think you should leave in one of the episodes uh tim robinson's show where he's like almost like he like fell on the sidewalk and he was like under a car but he wasn't like really stuck um but yeah he does this thing sometimes where he's like stuck in a place and he's just like someone will say something to him and he'll like respond with this sarcasticness in his voice that's like oh of course you would think that you know like that type of thing and it's just so brilliant to me and this is this is This is a real deep cut Thomas, but this is a great sketch.You don't think he has any idea what's going on with us, do you? Oh, please.That ignoramus doesn't suspect a thing. He does now.Track 4:[43:32] Ray, where are you? Right here.All right here i'm in the box what the hell are you doing in the box i thought you went to cleveland i was but i mailed myself home to lay this little trap for you and now after laying in wait for 28 hours the trap is sprung ha 28 hours it's awesome i think what jimmy fallon was hosting this or was it salma no salma hike was hosting it jimmy fallon was still on the cast obviously season uh 28 uh but yeah this is like kind of a deep cut i think will forte has a lot of these it's like these one-offs yeah where you you get reminded of it and it was like oh yeah will forte.Track 4:[44:14] Did this well let me take you to one of the greatest episodes in snl history i think which is the jack black episode from 2005 that december episode that had you know lazy sunday and all that stuff in it um that really like changed uh you know changed the era of the show and brought on this new golden age and one of the sketches there that uh really cemented you know will's place in the show throughout this golden age is that spelling bee sketch that's very famous well forte moment where they ask him to smell business and he keeps asking questions back and he goes on and on and on and on and it is the ultimate commitment to the bit as he continues to go on Q, M, T, S, D, T, Q, M, P, R, F, T, D, P, D, P, N, H, R, K, T, E, T, F, business.Track 4:[45:20] And I think that so many people growing up writing sketch comedy have tried to find a take on this specific sketch.And I don't know that anyone's ever matched the level at which Will Forte can pull something like the spelling bee sketch off.It's a very specific type of humor where you're testing how far you can push the joke.And sometimes so like you're testing the cycle of a joke almost.So you make the joke. It's funny, funny, funny.And it hits the peak and then almost becomes less funny.But then he's still doing it. And it's less funny, less funny.But then he does it enough to where it circles back around and it's really funny again.That's a very specific type of thing. A very, I think, maybe possibly brave thing to do on a show like SNL.I can see people doing that on like, you know, let's make a YouTube video and try this out.But to do something like that on a show like SNL where you're almost messing with the viewer in some ways and testing their patience.But there's a really great reward ultimately. I think the spelling bee sketch is a perfect example, especially like the run he goes on of saying Q, I don't know how many times in a row.Track 4:[46:32] But you know what's great about something like this is that I don't think there is a person that came before Will Forte that can pull off this sketch as well.Like you think about uh great like orators in snl history like people like dan akroyd or phil hartman who can just say things really quickly but still make the listener understand them and it's so brilliant at the speed at which they communicate whether it's as a pitchman or even just as a game show host or something like that but will forte can say things slower than the average person and it doesn't sound like too slow where it's not entertaining and that is like a whole other level of brilliance that i don't know that i've seen before prior to well forte yeah his voice it's almost like asmr in a lot of ways like yeah like with this spelling bee one you mentioned tim calhoun and that's one of the things that stood out was almost like a low-key asmr kind delivery with Tim Calhoun.He was a little bit nervous, but it gets that he's just like whispering, but not.And just, yeah, it's just that like a very unique delivery.Track 4:[47:42] And I had written a note. So Spelling Bee, as far as like testing, see how far you can push the joke.It also reminded me of something else that he did on Weekend Update when he was, he appeared He appeared with Amy, I think Amy and Seth, in season 34, and he appeared as himself, and he was recapping a Senate vote.When Friday's tally was finally counted, and that was all she wrote, people asked, how did that pass?Track 4:[48:37] So this was an example of him kind of taking a joke so far that maybe it becomes unfunny but then it circles back around so he was he made up this song and recapping how certain how certain senators voted and then amy interrupted him and he's scolding amy about how rude it is to interrupt your friends when they're singing and this reminded me of spelling bee in like how far can Can we push something?It is really great. I mean, he basically started on SNL when he kept coming on and doing songs with Fred Armisen a couple times and, you know, in different variations of that.But yeah, he will come on update and do songs on a regular basis throughout his SNL tenure and he will push things to the absolute limit.And, you know, I think a great sketch to jump to off of this conversation is Fly High Duluth, which to me is like an underrated classic john yes this is uh this good snl podcaster, that's from the scarlett johansson episode and it's basically like a tv talk show where they're like oh we have a band that's finally gonna come out and do the theme song for the show and they just like keep going and going and going with the song where they keep thinking it's over but it's not and will forte is like drinking and going like full rock star with it and it is so brilliant.I cannot wait to hear what you think of the sketch because I don't get to talk about it enough. Mama.Track 4:[50:04] Don't you point that gun at me.I said, please, Mama.Track 4:[50:15] Don't you point that gun at me.Because my love is consecrated in the blood of the.Track 4:[50:36] It's an example to me. Well, by the way, first of all, as an example of the, just the breadth of will for taste sketches, we had mentioned spelling bee.That was season 31 episode 9 fly high Duluth was season 31 episode 10 so this came like one episode after that like you can look through all his great sketches and like dang that happened those happen like back to back and that happens a lot uh like I'm on my list I'm seeing like back to back to back episodes but yeah fly high Duluth is again one of those where I frequently go back and watch it and it's just again that commitment to the sketch the commitment to the bit it's so So ridiculous.He's like this Jim Morrison type of guy singing this theme song for a show in Duluth, Minnesota. And he's like...Track 4:[51:25] With his with scarlett johansson so his his his lover his his uh what's she line or she tiger i think he called her something like that i think her name is yeah it's like they're wally and char char yeah yeah yeah so it's just like this is a wonderful example to me of like will will forte's commitment to the sketch just doing these ridiculous things chugging which i assume was iced was tea or something like that in a jack daniels bottle uh but no this is one of my favorites and i never get the sense that will forte is is self-conscious even for one split second up there and so to me as a viewer it makes me feel like i'm in good hands with will forte in this sketch yeah absolutely and this is uh this is one that he put together with eric kenward who's is now a producer on the show um but yeah i mean this is a this is another brilliant sketch that you just got to break down it's a very long sketch and sometimes you know my personal preference is not to go too long with sketches unless we're talking about like one of the great debate sketches in snl history that really has like something to say i think then you can push things a little bit which is my opinion but you know i think you know i prefer shorter sketches but the the joke here is that you know will is going to push this and push this as far as it And they've done this a couple times in the talk show format in SNL history where things just like break down to an extreme and you need somebody who can.Track 4:[52:53] You know, you can drive the ship when that's happening and not let the sketch go off course to the point where people are like, oh, they're doing the same joke over and over again. And why was it so long? Why did it drag?Track 4:[53:05] Will forte never lets that happen he always lets it escalate he always has to get to another point that's interesting like i find that there's never a will for to sketch i'm watching and i'm like ah i wish i saw less of that no you're completely right like by the end of this duluth live sketch like they're doing a full-on breakdown like he's starting and he's kind of seeing the lyrics are kind of weird but you're like okay this is kind of like a weird kind of hippie or 70s rock band doing this but okay like it's kind of weird but then you're right like it escalates and escalates to the point where like Fred's doing this full drum solo and he's shredding on the guitar he's breaking the guitar Will's screaming on the mic like yeah so yeah the escalation this was beautiful beautiful escalation and something that I always look for as an SNL fan uh yeah go check that out that was season 31 episode 10 and we haven't with Will Forte we haven't talked about.Track 4:[54:00] Impressions so much or anything i have kind of a maybe a hot somewhat of a hot take for you i actually think i actually think he was a decent george w bush oh okay i i really do and i think it suffered because he had to follow will ferrell's george w bush that was its own thing but i think just in a vacuum i think he could have really made that work because i think he has the type of personality to where he can play understated but he could also say weird things and be squirrely and have that bizarre nature underneath the surface which was george w bush and kind of how will ferrell depicted it but i think it suffered because he had to follow will ferrell but i think in a vacuum and going back to re-watch some of these i was thinking to myself like, a pretty good George W. Bush, honestly. You know, we're roughly $7 billion in debt. But don't worry, I got a plan.I've decided to consolidate all of our debt with one of those debt consolidation companies.Track 4:[55:09] That's right. We're going to go with Dytek.Like me, you've probably seen their commercials late at night on ESPN2.You know, the ones with the guy who says, lost another loan did I take?It's a funny commercial.I think he's a decent impressionist, and that's a very interesting take.Now, I think that the decline in the show post-Will Ferrell, I think, gets unfairly associated with the Bush impression a little bit.And that sort of falls on to people like Will Forte and Sudeikis and Daryl Hammond, who tried to do it for a bit.Like you know you know i think people were were upset that will ferrell wasn't around anymore, and that was like nobody really gave it a chance um and the show has like a history of not being able to transition over these iconic impressions in a way maybe besides daryl is bill clinton who took that from phil harman i think that maybe is the only exception but yeah i see what you're saying i just don't know that i ever really gave it a chance as much as i loved will forte i wasn't Like, you know, we're talking about like a post 9-11 world where people are pretty down on Bush in general.Track 4:[56:24] And, you know, the, you know, you know, Will Ferrell made Bush lovable because he was like a frat guy.And that's what he turned him into, like a bro and a frat guy.And I think that Forte never got the characterization or the writing to be able to turn the sketch and make it something of its own in the way that Will Ferrell had that leash to do. Yeah, you couldn't make the George W.Bush around when Will Forte was playing him lovable like Will Farrell did.I'm going to confuse that the whole darn show. Will Farrell, Will Forte.But so so will forte's uh george w bush i think it it was at a disadvantage because of just where george w bush was as a political figure around that time you know the kind of the whatever paul shine was on him if you could say that was was worn off quite a bit around that time so so you couldn't do the same type of depiction as will ferrell did and i i was like you i didn't really give it a chance but this is just sort of in hindsight kind of re-watching it sort of dawned on me I'm like this could you know it's not like.Track 4:[57:33] He was the best impressionist or like mimic but you don't have to be if snl history has taught us anything about impressions is you don't have to sound exactly like the person or even look exactly like the person i think he could have found an angle that i think he had the right personality to do and i saw i saw something in these george w bush impressions impressions that i hadn't really given a chance prior i mean he did it for a while i think he did it for over were he did 20 of them yeah like maybe two years he was doing it so sort of like finished up a little bit of um you know uh george w which is tenure of the show i guess they handed to sudeikis for like that the baton for like a little bit but yeah i don't know i i just i always felt like will forte um like i said he brings such a like a bright light to the show and and stuff like that and i don't think that the country was like very happy in general with bush and you know was looking for a change and like i don't know that um will it wasn't the right place in the right time for him to play him i think ultimately but i love the hot take i think it's a great hot take it's like there's a lot of what-if scenarios like do i think um if well forte was around a couple years earlier could he have played the original like incarnation of bush that's a possibility i think so um but.Track 4:[58:49] Well, I think you're right that you mentioned that maybe his George W.Bush impression unfairly gets lumped in with why the show was struggling around that time.I agree with that. I think there are a lot of factors. I just think where the country was, where humor was at the time.And I brought this up a few times on the show around 2000, let's say 2002 to 2005.Track 4:[59:11] That was a very weird time for humor in general. It was a lot of edgelord stuff.It was just a lot of really broad humor, I would say.And so i think maybe the the show suffered from just where humor was over in our society just in in general look i think i think um our community of like snl diehards looks back at that time, very like unfondly because you know you watch these things off time you go back and you watch these things on a binge and you'll see like all these episodes and you'll see the decline of the the show um and i'm not disqualifying you know people's feelings about those seasons because i would definitely rank them pretty low but i think tina fey often mentions how it was a very hard time to write comedy just like post 9-11 everybody you know nobody wanted to talk about politics you know they i mean the u.s was like invading countries around the world and then potentially invading the wrong countries and like you know there was like all this crazy politics stuff going on that nobody really wants to talk about.And people want it to, as far as, you know, Tina was concerned is that people wanted to turn on SNL on a Saturday night and not think about these things.So they focused more of their writing around pop culture.And the problem when you do that is that the references and the sketches become very dated.So to go back and watch like season 29 and season 30, um.Track 4:[1:00:34] I don't know almost 20 years later you're like this doesn't hold up as well as the things that came before it or the things that came after it so i think there's a lot of things working against it though i will say will forte was a bright spot in a little bit of a dark time of the show yeah breath of fresh air for me definitely and since i'm confusing will ferrell and will forte as probably a lot of people did around that time i want to talk about a sketch that i love that has both of them and when Will Ferrell came back to host in season 30 toward the end of that season it was a sketch called Pepper Grinder oh wow and yeah this is one that I think slips through the cracks for a lot of people too so basically Will Forte's character he and his wife are celebrating their anniversary at dinner and Will Ferrell oddly plays a college student you have to suspend your disbelief there for that real quick and basically will forte's character makes will ferrell's waiter character grind the pepper for a long time to teach him about grit and perseverance and and everything and this is just like to me will is so good at taking an everyday situation to like a dramatic absurdity sir my arm is starting to burn louis that's enough stay out of this jamie this is between me and the boy i can't lose this job sir then keep grinding.Track 4:[1:02:02] Oh god the pain grind son grind oh god oh god it burns please sir please.Track 4:[1:02:19] He's working with another master at that, Will Ferrell.So as a comedy nerd, as an SNL nerd, John, this type of sketch is like a dream for me.I love this sketch. It's a great one. And it's great seeing like two legends, you know, play off of each other.This is the type of sketch that you watch as a you know, what we're making when we're putting together a reel of Will Forte sketches, which is essentially what we're doing here.And then giving this off to the Academy of voters to go vote for Will Forte.I want the listeners to consider something here, which is watch this sketch and then think about if Will Forte could have fit in any era of the show.And this is a sketch that shows you why he could have like he could have done this sketch in the original cast by far like that could have fit in really well with a couple people here and showed them you know like i could just picture like a gilda radner sitting across from the table and like a dan akroyd with a pepper grinder like you could picture these things when you see these sketches because he just fits in so well with any cast um because he is such a unique archetype that i think really molds to the people around him so i do feel like that is why hosts it was It was probably their dream to be in a Will Forte sketch because he is such a great scene partner.Yeah, it was amazing to watch them work. And Rachel Dratch does a really good job with her role and her comments throughout this sketch.And now that I'm thinking about it and thinking about one of the traits of Will Forte that we've been talking about all episode, I think the pepper grinder sketch really has a bunch of them all wrapped in one. So you have that commitment.Track 4:[1:03:44] Completely 100% commitment. You have the escalation. It's what this sketch is built on, is that escalation that you're not quite expecting.You have the more kind of subtle Will Forte and good line deliveries at the beginning, especially.You have Will Forte just going nuts and yelling in this sketch.So I think this Pepper Grinder sketch encompasses encompasses all the like the a lot of the positive traits that we've talked about with will forte john am i wrong to say this is the perfect will forte sketch oh there's so many though that's the problem yeah it's not like you know there's every sketch is the perfect will for i'm just getting excited i'm just using hyperbole at this point too i like it i like it but um yeah i know i agree i think this is a like i said it represents a lot about you know what i like about will forte which which is, this is one of the sketch.I think there's another sketch that he does that is a comparable sketch to this one.And this is like later in his career, but I'm just trying to remember.It's one where he's like, maybe you can place this for me in my mind, but it's one where like, they're trying to decide like, who's going to pick up the check.And then like, he insists that he's going to pick it up.Track 4:[1:04:55] And that one is so, so great.I need to find where that was. It was called, I got this. I think if you look it up on on YouTube that's from season 35 and it's uh, it was like a game show basically Yeah, that was yes. Okay. You mentioned it's a game show.Yes It's a game show bill hater was trying to figure out who's gonna settle the bill And I think I honestly think that like that could be the same character from the pepper grinder sketch Like him just playing this like older gentleman about like who's gonna pay the bill and stuff like this and this is um One of it's in one of will's last episodes of a cast member as a cast member, but it's it's a really good sketch, Check still out there gentlemen. I got your money's no good here.I got this dad Come on, you're getting on in years, and I want to show you my love before you pass.I got this I'm only 58 I got this you introduced me to jazz.I got this you helped me to learn eBay. I got this I got my MasterCard right here.I could just not I got this I got this this is the woman I will be buried next to she comforts me when my hernia acts up the least I can do for this blessed angel is Is buyer spaghetti on her birthday? I got this!Track 4:[1:06:04] Impressive! Good rat! When people complain, like, they see, oh, another game show sketch.I think the game show format is perfect for a sketch comedy show.Especially, you could talk about technical reasons, blocking, the way the studio's set up, all of that.But I don't scoff at game show sketches just because they're game show sketches.We've had a lot of really clever ones recently this is an example and you just have to have the right premise and the right performers and we certainly had that especially with the premise of this and with will forte my problem the game show sketches is just that people don't really they're like aren't that many new game shows that's the problem right but i guess that's the you know evolution yeah that's why you invent a game show called like i got this yeah yes but But yeah, this is a great sketch.I think, you know, Thomas, we talked about how great of a great of a performer is Will is with performing with basically anybody.But I do think that he's also built chemistry with cast members that he has seen as like his ultimate scene partners.Track 4:[1:07:10] And that may have developed like later in his career, so much so that I wish he could have stayed on the show more.But I think that him and Jason Sudeikis on the show together is an all time duo that people talk about and still reference to this day of like oh that could be a forte in sudeikis.Track 4:[1:07:27] And we haven't even talked about any of their sketches together where they are so brilliant um i'll start with the espn guys the pete twinkle and greg stink you know this is a sketch that sort of premiered like very late in will forte's uh career at the show where i think it was in his last season this is season 35 and then we get it a bunch of times in that season but it's all like,

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For Halloween, The Peony Lantern or Boton Doro, a traditional Japanese ghost story adapted for modern Western listerns. Also a discussion of Buddhism in Japan and the Amitabha Buddha of the Pure Land.

For Halloween 2023, we continue our yearly tradition of watching spooky movies all month. Up third, Prince of Darkness!

For Halloween 2023, we bring you one of the craziest novels of all time (or certainly of the eighteenth century). Matthew Lewis's The Monk (1796) is a tale of horny Catholics – men and women, in the clergy and not – sexy nuns, ultraviolence, and, as Katie puts it, “dinosaurism.” See, Satan turns into a pterodactyl to open up a can of whoop-ass on the Monk. Based. Another extremely based thing that happens, this smokin' lady monk named Matilda turns out to be a wizard, does a full-on black mass, AND DOMMES THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS HIMSELF. It's trashy as hell, it's metal af, and we're talking all the classic gothic themes – sex, desire, critiques of power and patriarchy, and how eighteenth-century Britons are constitutionally incapable of being even slightly normal about the “Romish religion.” We read the Oxford edition with notes and introduction by Nick Groom, but we kinda recommend the Penguin for the cover art alone, which really gets at the dinosaurism in question (it also has full frontal, which is very much in keeping with the spirit of The Monk). For more on the gothic and Lewis's place within it, we highly recommend friend-of-the-pod Michael Gamer's Romanticism and the Gothic: Genre, Reception, and Canon Formation, as well as Angela Wright's chapter on Lewis and Ann Radcliffe in The Cambridge History of the Gothic, Vol. I. Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus; we all have the same handles on BlueSky.

This week we get a little creepy, a little spooky, maybe even a little kooky. For Halloween we dive into the 90s Addams Family! What will we think of this crazy family? Tune in to find out as we SHOOT THE FLICK --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shoottheflick/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shoottheflick/support

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For Halloween we decided to check out Junji Ito's Maniac, which was both good and weird. We also discussed our favorite horror films and games. Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKsRPTQ8u9fRFGRyRNZfE-Q Socials: Brad Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/willyjimm Josh Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jeklinkruul ChibiRabbitt: https://www.twitch.tv/chibirabbitt --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kenneth-daugherty/support

General Conference AND Halloween (the two scariest holidays on the calendar!) are coming up fast and we're looking for help from our podcast family to build some worthy episodes. So we need stories!   For General Conference we're looking for: More Missionary Stories! Trek/Youth Conference/EFY Stories! If anything wild, sensational, scandalous, traumatizing, or entertaining happened to you, we want to hear about it! DM us @DrunkMormonPod (insta) or email us at drunkmormonpodcast@gmail.com to pitch your story and why Lauren needs to hear it! We need these submissions by September 1 in order to plan our conference episodes!   For Halloween, we're putting together another round up of scary Mormon Ghost stories. Ghosts, bigfoot sightings, mission exorcisms, local urban legends - BONUS POINTS if it happened in the Mormon Belt or to a Mormon person (but not required!). There's a little extra time for sending spooky stories, but don't dilly dally!