STORIES TELLING STORIES
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSTORIES TELLING STORIES is a podcast dedicated to exploring pop culture's unfinished stories
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LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep20: "An Abenaki Legend"
September 29, 2020 20:30 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBWhat started as a silly idea of mine a little over three years ago has morphed into something I could never have anticipated. In episode 1 I finished the silly submarine story that Mrs Hazeltine shared in the film that inspired this podcast. I wanted to tell stories. I wanted to write. I wanted to flex my artistic muscles during my theatrical off-season. And now as the STS podcast is on its 50th episode, I’m taking a moment to reflect on just how far this series has come.
LOCKED IN A VACANCY EP19: "RBG: May Her Memory Be a Blessing"
September 20, 2020 18:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has died. She was a trailblazer. An icon. A hero and an inspiration to generations of young women. Through sheer will, tenacity, and some may say an abject bitter hatred that affixed her soul to her aging bones, she fought through multiple cancers, chemotherapy, and surgeries that would bring most people to their knees and yet she persisted. Call her a hard-ass. Call her a bitter old bitch, I’ve seen it all. The tenacity of this woman, strong ...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep18: #StopStalking
September 12, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBThere’s an epidemic affecting content creators that seems to be coming to a head. This issue is not a modern one… but our increasingly interconnected world has seen it increase to millions more than ever before, spanning every platform, and across every conceivable medium. You may not have experienced it yourself, but I guarantee you know someone who has. It can start harmlessly enough… with an unsolicited DM… a quick compliment… a baited hook… And it can quickly devolve into anger… hurli...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep17: "Rest In Power"
September 01, 2020 23:15 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThe tragic and sudden loss of Chadwick Boseman, after a secret four-year battle with colon cancer has shocked and saddened the world. This is my eulogy for a remarkable man, told in part with his own words, and in relation to Plato telling of The Death of Socrates. Having been a fan of comic book stories for as long as I can remember, being alive for the rise and supremacy of Marvel at the box office has been an absolute dream. Seeing childhood heroes brought to life outside of cartoons, ...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep17: "Rest In Power"
September 01, 2020 23:15 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThe tragic and sudden loss of Chadwick Boseman, after a secret four-year battle with colon cancer has shocked and saddened the world. This is my eulogy for a remarkable man, told in part with his own words, and in relation to Plato telling of The Death of Socrates.
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep16: "Sophistication" by Sherwood Anderson
August 23, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBGrowing up I took a great deal of pride in being considered mature for my age. Wise. An old soul. A kid in body but of sage spirit; mostly silent, but thoughtful and reliable. Reliable. Dare I say “sophisticated.” My teachers loved me, most of them that is. Bus drivers liked me. I maintained a solid rapport with everyone from the lunch ladies to the librarian. I was given special projects, added responsibility in an adult’s absence. I was a conflict mediator, a high-scoring, highly...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep15: "Regret" by Guy de Maupassant
August 17, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB“I don’t have any regrets. If I were to die today, I would be content in the life I lived. I’m true to myself, true to my desires, and I’ve accomplished everything I’ve set my mind to. I’ve lived lavishly, loved deeply, embraced a life of honesty and truth, and have nothing but warmth and contentment in my heart. So if death wants to knock on my door tonight, I will go gladly on to the next great adventure!” This is an exaggerated sentiment, but nonetheless one I see often, and one that...
STS-305: 3 Year Retrospective PLUS "The Gay Fish Hobbit" by Kanye West
August 09, 2020 03:00 - 10 minutes - 9.72 MBToday is August 8th, 2020. And three years ago today I took the monumental first step of launching this podcast. I had little experience in the medium, besides appearing on an episode of “THE NIHILIST PODCAST NETWORK” but as a writer, storyteller, and performer I felt like it could be a good medium to keep me focused in my theatrical off-season. Little did I know it would carry me through ups, downs, nearly giving up, and finding a bit of a niche and a slice of success with the quarantine...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep14: "The Naked Lady" by Madison Smartt Bell
August 01, 2020 20:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBI’d like to give a massive shout-out to the following people for supporting STORIES TELLING STORIES on Patreon… Jim Ross Holly Tamara Tom Thank you so much for your support! If you’d like to help support the show and hear your name listed before future episodes, head on over to Patreon.com/StoriesTellingStories It is now August 1st. July has come and gone and I took a meaningful and necessary break from the series, not to recharge my batteries, but because I am an individual who has ...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep13: In Another Country by Ernest Hemmingway
June 26, 2020 17:30 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB“In Another Country” was published in 1927 as part of the “Men Without Women” collection of short stories by 20th century icon Ernest Hemmingway.” The story is told through the eyes of an unnamed member of the Ambulance corps in Milan, Italy following World War 1, presumed to be from the perspective of Nick Adams, a character that Hemmingway created to see the world through his own eyes. The story is short, but concise, and speaks of a myriad of issues of the time, some which have transcen...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY EP12: "So On He Fares" by George Moore
June 19, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBGeorge Moore was a novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Although his work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist, influencing such authors as James Joyce, who we have also featured on this series. "So On He Fares" is the 10th chapter in a collection of short stories called "The Untilled Field" first published in 1903. DRAMATIC READING by Eric R. H...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep11: "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield
June 12, 2020 15:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBKatherine Mansfield was a poet and short story writer of the “modernist” style, born and raised in colonial New Zealand. But unfortunately, like so many influential artists, her time on Earth was short… losing her young life to tuberculosis at the relatively young age of 34. She died leaving behind an impressive body of work, which took years of editing and preparation for her estranged spouse John Middleton Murray to publish, but we’re glad he did. After she moved to England in 1919, Man...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep9: "A Painful Case" by James Joyce
May 30, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBOne of the most influential authors of the 20th century, James Joyce was an author of Irish descent who helped define the modernist avant-garde movement, and is most fondly remembered for his novel "Ulysses" which is an artfully crafted retelling of Homer's Odyssey. But this week we take a deep dive into his lesser know work... DUBLINERS is an anthology of 15 short stories Joyce published in 1914 at the peak of Irish Nationalism, which tell assorted middle-class stories that take place in ...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep8: "The Nightmare Box" by Chuck Palahniuk
May 22, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBNestled in the halfway point in Chuck Palahniuk's book "Haunted" a novel of a collection of short stories written by a collection of aspiring suffering artists, "The Nightmare Box" is a story about the psychological effects of the unknown... with true terror coming from the sort of suffering one must undertake alone... DRAMATIC READING BY ERIC R HILL This week marks my second straight month in lockdown and working from home... with at least another six weeks to go before corporate will ree...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep7: "The Escape" by J.B. Stamper
May 14, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBA surprisingly popular Scholastic children's book with a dark tale to tell is the subject of episode 7 of LOCKED IN A VACANCY, as we explore "The Escape" by J.B. Stamper in our dramatic reading, and examine a news story about a real life ice cream shop in MA that closed down after a single day after customers were so nasty to a 17 year old girl that she quit. Profanity laced verbal assault, on a 17 year old girl, just because you couldn't follow the social distancing policy of a small ice c...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep6: "The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce
May 08, 2020 00:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBAmbrose Bierce, held in regard for his skill in horror writing alongside contemporaries Poe and Lovecraft, is a fascinating figure who died with nearly as much fascination as he lived... Today we examine one of his lesser-known horror stories... THE BOARDED WINDOW... on episode 6 of LOCKED IN A VACANCY... Dramatic reading by Eric R Hill I’d like to give a shout-out to the following people for supporting STORIES TELLING STORIES on Patreon… Thank you so much for your support! Jim Ross Holl...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep5: "The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury
April 30, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThis week on LOCKED IN A VACANCY we chat about the ongoing effects of lockdown on our mental and emotional health, and tackle a dramatic reading of Ray Bradbury's short story "THE FOG HORN." Dramatic Reading by Eric R Hill As always, a HUGE shoutout to our Patrons JIM ROSS HOLLY TAMARA Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Stay Home, and as always, Stay Whimsical!
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep4: "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemmingway
April 22, 2020 18:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBAnother week in isolation... this time we look at a story by Ernest Hemmingway that tells the tale of a soldier, home from The Great War and feeling lost and disconnected from his life. Nothing is interesting, he has no desire to do ANYTHING... a feeling a lot of us can relate to right now. Dramatic reading by Eric R Hill HUGE THANKS TO OUR PATRONS! Jim Ross Holly Tamara SOCIALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiest...
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep3: "The Door in the Wall" by H.G. Wells
April 18, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBLOCKED IN A VACANCY ep3 has series producer Eric R Hill discussing the latest developments in the ongoing "Stay Home" order in his state, plus the disastrous economic impacts that could come if, as planned, three of the Vermont State Colleges close... He then takes us through a dramatic reading of H.G. Wells' incredible work "The Door in the Wall." Written by H.G. Wells Produced and Presented by Eric R. Hill
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep2: Anton Chekhov's "The Bet"
April 08, 2020 23:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBLOCKED IN A VACANCY ep2 discusses the brilliant but short-lived life of Anton Chekhov and dives into a dramatic re-telling of his classic short story "The Bet" Read by Eric R Hill
LOCKED IN A VACANCY ep1: The Cask of Amontillado
April 01, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBSTS PRESENTS: LOCKED IN A VACANCY: a new miniseries that examines stories of isolation and solitude through discussion and staged reading. In Episode 1 we examine Edgar Allan Poe's penultimate work "The Cask of Amontillado" STS producer Eric R Hill sits down with friend and guest reader Rickshaw Tom for a wine-fueled discussion about Poe's best works, the current covid-19 / corona virus pandemic, being in lockdown and isolation, and how perspectives on these characters have changed as we g...
STS-304: Dear Mr Vernon (The Breakfast Club)
March 24, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB“You think I give a shit what these kids think about me?” There’s nothing to do when you’re locked in a vacancy, so sayeth John Bender, played harshly and artfully by the indelible Judd Nelson. The Breakfast Club is a legendary piece of 80’s cinema, sandwiched between Sixteen Candles and Weird Science, and serves as the crown jewel of the Brat Pack collection. Disagree? B.O.O...H.O.O… John Hughes was a juggernaut of cinema and a triple threat behind the camera, serving as writer, directo...
STS-303: The Keeper's Diary (Biohazard / Resident Evil)
March 08, 2020 11:00 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MB“Itchy tasty” Gaming in the late 90’s was turned on its head when RESIDENT EVIL was released on the original playstation. While zombie games weren’t unheard of, the “survival horror” genre was still relatively unexplored territory. But visionary director Shinji Mikami put the gaming world on notice as he brilliantly weaved puzzles, silence, fixed angles, limited save states, and crap 32-bit graphics into a package that was incredibly fun, engaging, and having wickedly high replayability. ...
STS-302: Stories Telling LOVE Stories ASMR
February 17, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBStories Telling LOVE Stories is a special Holiday Production of Stories Telling Stories, produced in association with Seeing ReDD productions and STS-Media Group. Be sure to LIKE us on Facebook and give us a follow on Instagram at STORIESTELLINGSTORIES. There’s also a Patreon page where you can show your support for the show and have a say in future episodes! That’s it for now! I’ll see you all next time. And until then… stay whimsical!
STS-301: 100 Girls I'd Like to Pork (Throw Momma From the Train)
January 22, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 7.31 MB“It’s a coffee table book…” Welcome back to STORIES TELLING STORIES! It is now SEASON 3 and we’re coming hot off the tails of our most successful month and successful year to date! For some reason beyond my understanding, our Season 1 holiday episode A PETER GRIFFIN CHRISTMAS absolutely exploded this year, garnering hundreds of listens a day and helping bring our yearly count to almost 20,000 for 2019! Amazing! For everyone that checked us out and continues to support the podcast, all I...
STS-214: The Book of Arnold HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2019
December 25, 2019 12:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBAN STS CHRISTMAS THE BOOK OF ARNOLD Based on The Book of Mormon By Trey Parker & Matt Stone ---But it’s actually the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy--- with Book, Music, and Lyrics by Eric R. Hill
STS-213: Dear Friend... (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
November 28, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB“You see things And you understand… you’re a wallflower.” We’ve all been there… high school… day 1… the challenge to fit in, to make friends, the struggle to find ourselves in the manic energy of a new building, surrounded by a sea of foreign faces. It’s all too familiar and all too real, a time in our life most of us would rather forget. But most of us don’t have the cloud of childhood trauma hanging over our heads… This is… Charlie’s “Dear Friend” letters, from novel-turned-indie film ...
STS-212: Dale Gribble's The Magic Bullet (King of the Hill)
November 12, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB“You know what FORD stands for, don’t you? It means… Fix It Again, Tony, heh heh…” What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Texas? BBQ? Chili? The Kennedy Assassination? Oswald and the Grassy Knoll? Or is it Propane and Propane Accessories? In the sleepy town of Arlen there exists a man. He’s the man for this point in time. A man of dignity. A man of respect. A man of… oh wait… this story isn’t about Hank… Or Bill, or Boomhauer. This is… THE MAGIC BULLET from ...
STS-211: Tome of the Eternal Darkness (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem)
October 31, 2019 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBWhen things go bump in the night… when statues and paintings have wandering eyes… when our sanity drops to dangerously low levels, how can we know what’s real, and what isn’t really happening? Set the clock to 3:33 and enter the secret room… sit down at the ancient desk and peer inside the tightly-bound pages as we examine one of the strongest women in video game terror, Alexandra Roivas, in part 4 and our epic conclusion to the 2019 STS Halloween Spooktacular. This is… The Tome of the Ete...
STS-210: Lecter's Quid Pro Quo (Silence of the Lambs)
October 27, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBToday on STORIES TELLING STORIES we serve up some liver, alongside some fava beans and a nice chianti as we take a bite out of Hannibal Lecter’s “Quid Pro Quo” to Detective Clarice Starling in “SILENCE OF THE LAMBS”... Part 3 of our 4-Part October Spook-Tacular, where we examine a collection of strong female characters from across horror and fear in pop culture. "He’s a monster… a pure psychopath... ” There aren’t many films I was barred from watching when I was young… my father was fairly...
STS-209: Misery's Return (Misery)
October 21, 2019 01:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBToday on STORIES TELLING STORIES we peel back the binding and breath in the intoxicating must of a vintage hard cover as we examine the story within the story in Stephen King’s MISERY… MISERY’S RETURN, in Part 2 of our 4-Part October Spook-Tacular, where we examine a collection of strong female characters from across horror and fear in pop culture. "I’m your number one fan!” I have a bit of a soft spot for MISERY. It was the first Stephen King book that little seventh-grade Eric picked up...
STS-208: Garden of Flesh (Cabin by the Lake)
October 09, 2019 11:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBSTANLEY: The lake! You’re supposed to die IN...THE...LAKE! The leaves are changing… the days are getting colder and the nights are getting longer… autumn is in the air. It’s October, and Halloween is just around the corner; a time for sweet treats, tricks and treats, and scary stories to keep you up at night… Here at STS, we’re no strangers to the power of a good scary story, so we’re setting up a Halloween Spook-Tacular October, with four tales of terror sure to make your spine tingle… ...
STS-207: State of the Cast & Cast of THE STATE part 1
September 25, 2019 10:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBIn this episode of STORIES TELLING STORIES, we look back on what we’ve accomplished so far with 1 and a half seasons of this wild, wacky, inflatable, arm-flailing, Danny DeVito Throw Momma From The Train Inspired pop culture podcast... We examine the delays that have plagued season 2… and, most importantly, the desire to break out of the self-imposed mold into which this show was born in this STATE OF THE CAST update, as well as introduce our new limited-sister series CAST OF THE STATE where...
STS-206: Wish it, Want it, Do it! (Family Guy)
September 18, 2019 10:00 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MBEPISODE STS-206: Wish it, Want it, Do it! Written by Eric R. Hill So today on STORIES TELLING STORIES, we peel back the fur, crack back the cranium and question curiously how this cunning canine became a cult classic of cartoon, uh… crap... I was on such an alliterative run there… Anyway, This is Brian Griffin’s best-selling self-help novel WISH IT, WANT IT, DO IT!... written and read by Eric R. Hill “Faster than the speed of love...” The Prius-driving, wife-lusting, martini-sipping, an...
STS-205: STS TRUE - on the 18th Anniversary of 9/11
September 12, 2019 00:15 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBWe said we'd never forget... but I think most of us have forgotten that promise...
STS REBOOTED: Stories Telling Bedtime Stories ASMR
April 02, 2019 00:47 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBPop Culture is dead. Long Live ASMR. DJ BLAND
STS-203: The Book of Cagliostro (Doctor Strange)
February 22, 2019 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.56 MBToday on STORIES TELLING STORIES, we go behind the cape and crack the knowledge protected by the master of the mystic arts… This is… The Book of Cagliostro, from Doctor Strange. “This is time… endless, looped time!” Created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, DOCTOR STRANGE made his first appearance in the July 1963 issue of STRANGE TALES (#110 if you’re counting). Doctor Strange serves as the Sorcerer Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats. Inspired by stor...
STS-203: The Book of Cagliostro (Doctor Strange)
February 22, 2019 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.56 MBToday on STORIES TELLING STORIES, we go behind the cape and crack the knowledge protected by the master of the mystic arts… This is… The Book of Cagliostro, from Doctor Strange.
STS-202: Will There Ever Be A Rainbow? (The Simpsons)
November 15, 2018 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBWith nearly three decades of laughs under their belts, THE SIMPSONS has been responsible for countless iconic moments, characters, and untold stories. A popular favorite, and series stalwart from the very beginning, C. MONTGOMERY BURNS has run the gamut from cartoonish billionaire, to washed-up can collector, to lazy army private, and nearly everything in-between that a rich man can stuff himself into. He even wrote a worst-selling autobiography, which is the focus of today’s episode… This...
STS-201: Murder at my Friend Harry's (Throw Momma From The Train)
October 24, 2018 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MBIn the SEASON 2 PREMIERE of STORIES TELLING STORIES, we take a look at another story gleaned from the driving inspiration behind this podcast, with “Murder at my Friend Harry’s” from the seminal 80’s dark comedy THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN… “...even though he was mortally wounded...” As discussed in the very first episode of STORIES TELLING STORIES, TMFTT was the directorial debut of one Danny DeVito and featured a star-studded cast that included the likes of Billy Crystal, Rob Reiner, Opr...
STS-012: A Peter Griffin Christmas (Family Guy)
December 26, 2017 06:35 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MB“I brought these gifts for you, they’re up in my bum...” Seth MacFarlane is no stranger to mashing up musical numbers and farce. In Season 4, Episode 12 of Family Guy, “The Perfect Castaway,” we’re treated to a cutaway featuring Peter Griffin’s christmas album, presented in the style of those god-awful TIME LIFE music collection infomercials, which for the uninitiated are little more than glorified mixtapes of forgotten music at a premium price targeted at the boomer-nostalgia crowd, in-be...
STS-011: The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise
December 21, 2017 03:45 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB“Good, Anakin, good… now kill him!” Growing up, the prequel trilogy was “my” Star Wars. Being born in ‘84 I was too young to experience the original trilogy during their theatrical release, aside from the New Hope special edition, but was primed for the prequels, and unprepared for the backlash they would unleash. Perhaps I’m kinder to the maligned episodes 1-3 because I grew up with them; stoking my passion for the Force in the building anticipation of the next release? Perhaps I unders...
STS-010: Dennis Reynolds; An Erotic Life
December 12, 2017 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB“I am a GOLDEN GOD!!!” It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, brainchild of Rob McElhenney, follows the shenanigans and adventures of the employees of Paddy’s Pub, a perpetually-failing irish pub in Philadelphia, and the colorful cast of characters that somehow find themselves crossing paths. Dennis and Dee Reynolds are sociopathic siblings, their father is Frank Reynolds, a slovenly and boorish man played famously by Danny DeVito, who lives with the “wildcard” Charlie, and series creator McEl...
STS-009: Larry Sellers' Homework (The Big Lebowski)
November 15, 2017 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.5 MB“Oh and dude, “chinaman” is not the preferred nomenclature, asian-american please.” A cult-classic, preserved forever in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being considered culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, The Big Lebowski initially disappointed at the Box Office and received mediocre reviews from critics at the time of release. Arguably the gem in the Coen Brother’s catalogue, The Big Lebowski follows the exploits and adventures of “The Dude,”...
STS-008: Handbook For The Recently Deceased (Beetlejuice)
October 31, 2017 14:10 - 8 minutes - 8.31 MB“I'm feeling a little anxious if you know what I mean. It's been about six hundred years after all...” A 90-minute drive south from Milthouse Studio sits the majestic and picturesque town of East Corinth, Vermont where, in 1987, Tim Burton brought the fantastic tale of Beetlejuice, the Deetz, and the Maitlands to life. After Burton found success with the 1985 classic “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,” he was looking for a new script to sink his teeth into while working on a version of BATMAN that ...
STS-007 I Am Jack's Body (Fight Club)
October 17, 2017 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.8 MB“The First Rule of PROJECT MAYHEM is you do not ask questions!!!” THE FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB IS… YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB. The work of Chuck Palahniuk has inspired me as a writer for the better part of the 21st Century, but my torrid love affair with the modern master of cultural apathy began in the late 90’s when David Fincher’s explosive rendition of FIGHT CLUB took our pre-911 sensibilities by storm. Pitching the Clinton-era model of American consumerism on its side, FIGHT CL...
STS-006 Harry Potter and the Half Black Chick
September 19, 2017 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.76 MB“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, this isn’t about me, this is about YOU!!!” Family Guy, the brainchild of Fox animation stalwart Seth McFarlane, carved a niche for itself by busting the formula of the animated sitcom that other such shows have followed for decades, including The Simpsons. More “Beavis and Butt-Head” than “Wait till Your Father Gets Home,” Family Guy was crass, immature, absurd, and occasionally brilliant. McFarlane’s creation single-handedly rewrote the book on animated comedy, w...
STS-005: I'm Okay, Why Aren't You? (The Simpsons)
September 06, 2017 10:00 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MB“I wasn’t dead, I was just really sick...” Making his first appearance in episode 7G04 (the fourth episode of the first season) “THERE'S NO DISGRACE LIKE HOME,” Dr Marvin Monroe was an early recurring character with an obnoxious, gravelly voice that ultimately lead to his demise; being written off the show in season 7 due to irritation the voice caused actor Harry Shearer and the fact that Matt Groening, series creator, found it annoying. I can’t say I blame him. But the fact he was resu...
STS-004: The Poop That Took A Pee (South Park)
August 29, 2017 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.79 MB“Well, it’s kind of about love and betrayal! The inner workings of the human mind!” Whether you love the series or hate it, South Park, having been on the air for over 20 years, has carved an indelible mark into popular culture. Whether poking fun at politics or crossing every imaginable line one might define as decency, the twisted brainchild of Trey Parker and Matt Stone has nonetheless persisted and managed to stay relevant and just as fresh as ever. Episode 197; THE TALE OF SCROTIE M...
STS-003: A Match Made in Space (Back to the Future)
August 22, 2017 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.29 MB“My name is Darth Vader… I am an extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan!!!” What can one say about the timeless 80’s time-traveling comedy that hasn’t already been said? Old Man builds time machine. Old Man enrages Libyans. Libyans kill Old Man. Boy escapes in time machine. Boy almost destroys universe. Younger Old Man fixes Time Machine. Boy makes out with mother. Boy inspires Father. Boy kinda puts space-time continuum back together. Boy goes “back to the future.” New-Present i...