The Hourchive | Ep #393
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May 17, 2021•3 hr 12 min•Season 26Ep. 393
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They Might Be Giants | Ep #392
In the closest we’ll likely ever come to an episode on Madeleine Albright, Adam dials a song (or a few hundred songs) and guides us through the history, discography, and cultural impact of a couple famous particle men whose work you may have heard. Show Notes They Might Be Giants: Museum of Idiots Puppet Head video They Might Be Giants Stuff is Way Other Father’s Son Electoral College...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 26Ep. 392
Lord of the Ring | Ep #391
Pass the long-bottom leaf and journey with us to Middle Earth (a place that feels like warm cookies?). Show Notes ”That’s a hungry baby” ”Bag End” ( Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ) Walk to Mordor
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 26Ep. 391
Hygge | Ep #390
As we prepare for the long winter ahead, we take a lesson from the Norwegians and learn how to let go and relax. Show Notes Sleepovers | Ep #38 Crossfire board game commercial Simon and Garfunkel: I Am a Rock What ‘Hygge’ Can Teach Us About Social Distancing ”Please” (I Believe It’s Magic) | Ghostbusters...
Dec 29, 2020•59 min•Season 26Ep. 390
A Memorial for Brian Davis
A few words of appreciation for a forever friend of The Hourchive. Show Notes Marcus Movie Madness: Solo Marcus Movie Madness: Glass
Dec 16, 2020•5 min
Sleepovers | Ep #389
Pack up your R-rated movies, tradable comic books, and toilet paper and get ready to guzzle Jolt Cola because we’re staying up all night! Show Notes Ep #388: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Ep. #401: Space Travelers Ep #387: Lakes Ep #375: Malls Redux Jasper Mall trailer Ep #285: The Monster Squad...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 26Ep. 389
Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Ep #388
Show Notes Interlude - The Funky Seventies - Tom Servo The Hourchive - Interstitial 01
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 26Ep. 388
Lakes | Ep #387
By popular demand, the long-ago requested Hourchive special on lakes bubbles to the surface. Show Notes James Bond | Ep #385 Grandaddy: The Crystal Lake (Piano Version)
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 26Ep. 387
Walking | Ep #386
From your nearest Six Flags park to the local dead mall and beyond, join us on a stroll through the wonders and challenges of pedestrianism. Show Notes Spooky Mixtape 2020 | Ep #384 Podcast the Ride: Six Flags Fright Fest 2019 with Anthony Gioe The Blood Bank Bar at Six Flags St. Louis Fright Fest...
Nov 14, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 26Ep. 386
James Bond | Ep #385
Show Notes Becoming Bond Kid sees Roger Moore in airport
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 26Ep. 385
Spooky Mixtape 2020 | Ep #384
Show Notes Adam’s songs The Skeleton Dance - Carl W. Stalling Blackstar - David Bowie I'll Be Haunting You - They Might Be Giants Nick’s songs If I Had a Heart - Fever Ray Gorillaz - Strange Timez Monster Fuck (Part 7 Hauntika) - Nick Wiger Drew’s songs Dead Body - Garrett Dale Hazel - Houseghost Skeleton Inside! - The Aquabats John’s songs Graveyard - Leroy Bowman My Baby Worships Satan - Dead Beach Dragula - Lissie...
Oct 31, 2020•59 min•Season 26Ep. 384
Superstitions | Ep #383
Show Notes interlude - Thirteen - Danzig
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 26Ep. 383
Seances and Spiritualism | Ep #382
Show Notes interlude - Harry Belafonte, The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Davenport bros ad Houdini seance Lincoln pyschography Hands to the screen
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 26Ep. 382
Survival Horror Games | Ep #381
Show Notes interlude - Resident Evil 2 Rap by JT Music (feat. Andrea Storm Kaden) Sweet Home Resident Evil Resident Evil dialog Pyramid Head from silent hill Layers of Fear A scary image...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 26Ep. 381
Haunted Happy Hour | Ep #380
Awesome Spooky Month 2020 kicks off with a special announcement about the future of the Hourchive followed by a creepy cocktail hour celebrating the haunted history of booze. Show Notes Southgate Shopping Center (from Edward Scissorhands ) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles testimonial spot with Christian Slater NES TMNT game in The Wizard The Kinks: Alcohol (Live) The Who Goes There cocktail at Frazer’s Drew’s Blackbeard’s Ghost Nick’s Green Ghoulie John’s Sleepy Hollow The Hourchive’s creepy cocktai...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 26Ep. 380
1990 Retrospectacular | #379
Our season finale celebrates the 30th anniversary of the movies of 1990. Learn how Madonna ruined Adam’s chances of seeing Dick Tracy, where Drew’s crush on Ariana Richards was unwittingly born, and how Christian Slater changed all of our lives for the better. Show Notes I’m Telling The Hourchive Deep Dive MC Hammer: This is What We Do ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1990 in film Highest-grossing films of 1990 Dick Tracy’s Diamond Double-cross at the Disney-MGM...
May 10, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 25Ep. 379
Libraries | #378
Shhh…We’re headed into the stacks to discuss the Dewey decimal debate, the deficiencies of school libraries, the difference between microfiche and microfilm, and more. Meet us in the bubble room. Show Notes Mike Westfall’s Monorail Co-pilot license MC Poindexter and The Study Crew: Library Rap Library of Alexandria Mongo the Magnificent Carnegie libraries Renovation of St. Louis Central Library Angie’s KwikStep stool Brotherhood of Batman podcast...
May 03, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 25Ep. 378
Disney Conveyance | Ep #377
Please keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside this podcast. Show Notes William “The Refrigerator” Perry G.I. Joe action figure commercial Return of the Jedi Emperor figure commercial G.I. Joe Steel Brigade figure The Monorail Song (no, not that monorail song) Driving north on World Drive to the Contemporary Resort Monorail to Disney’s Contemporary Resort presentation (1971) Tram ride from Magic Kingdom parking lot to Transportation and Ticket Center Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) w...
Apr 25, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 25Ep. 377
Mail | Ep #376
Join us in the postal box as we put a forever stamp of approval on getting and sending mail. Show Notes Time Killers Sex Pistols: Liar The Hourchive Deep Dive Season 1, Episode 4: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket Metalhead action figure Consumer Information Catalog Commercial The Maxx...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 25Ep. 367
Malls Redux | Ep #375
We’re back at the monument to consumerism to pay tribute to what was once the mall capital of the world, employ a five-finger discount in the spirit of friendship, and solicit a few tips for scoring girls from an adolescent Casanova. Show Notes Mad Men | Ep #373 Undertale | Ep #243 April Fool’s Day | Ep #374 Wax: Mallrats The Mall | Ep #10 The Rise and Fall of Crestwood Plaza The Life and Death of St. Louis Malls Exhilarama (Crestwood Plaza) Nick’s stuffed pepper...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 25Ep. 375
April Fool's Day | Ep #374
Join us for an in-depth retrospective on this most hallowed day on the Hourchive calendar. We just have to take care of a few operational matters first.
Apr 02, 2020•19 min•Season 25Ep. 374
Mad Men | Ep #373
Pour yourself an Old Fashioned and meet us in the Hourchive conference room for the final episode of March Madness 2020, featuring a pitch on the saga of “Jon Dripper,” Jessica Chastain, and Tony Stark’s dad. Show Notes MAD Magazine | Ep #372 RJD2: A Beautiful Mine ( Mad Men theme) Mad Men characters Don, Peggy, and Pete share a dinner at Burger Chef The origin of Don Draper Don tries to run away from his life in the first season Don tries to run away from his life again in the first season Tom ...
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 25Ep. 373
MAD Magazine | Ep #372
What, we worry? Fold in the cover of this March Madness episode for a three-way stew on the history, artists, and cultural influence of MAD Magazine. Show Notes Madballs (Now with Less Madness) | Ep #371 Madballs.com The Percolator: Has Anyone Ever Kissed the Rock? Miss Adventure Falls at Typhoon Lagoon ”Meet the Staff of MAD” MAD Magazine and Its Creators Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work When We Went Mad! A Documentary of Each-ich Proportions MAD Magazine Presents: Up the Academy trailer...
Mar 20, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 25Ep. 372
Madballs | Ep #371
Hourchive March Madness rolls on as we bounce back in time for a rollicking retrospective on gross toys and the Madballs invasion. Show Notes Sesame Street Part 3 | Ep #368 Mad Max | Ep #370 Madballs commercial (1986) Drew’s Madball collection Madballs: Escape from Orb Madballs: Gross Jokes Wacky Packages Madballs Series 1 Hornhead Blurpballs Madballs Launcher Head Popping Madballs My Pet Monster commercial Madballs squishy sound T-Rex Mondoid Stripe Balls...
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 25Ep. 371
Mad Max | Ep #370
March Madness 2020 kicks off as we commandeer a sweet supercharged Ford XB Falcon and scour the post-apocalyptic wastelands (where there are no buildings) in search of gas, but instead find haikus? Show Notes Hourchive Roulette | Ep #369 Junkie XL: Brothers in Arms ( Mad Max: Fury Road ) The Aquabats: The Radiation Song Ford XB Falcon Carl von Rakitansky Mad Max 2 on Letterboxd Blaster Master (NES) Making Mad Max: Fury Road Complete list of Madea films...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 25Ep. 370
Hourchive Roulette | Ep #369
Join us for a round of rapid-fire Hourchiving on topics from psychic readings to food courts. Show Notes Best Music of 2019 XCrimedogX: Marijuana (Don’t Try It) Sesame Street Part 2 | Ep #367 Sesame Street Part 3 | Ep #368 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Roulette St. Louis 250th Birthday cake installations University City lions St. Louis street dominos Toynbee tiles Sidescrolling Universal Studios Florida commercial Knots Landing Season 3 main titles Rock ‘n’ Roll Craft Show Diter Lizzi Stran...
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 25Ep. 369
Sesame Street Part 3 | Ep #368
Show Notes Jim Henson’s memorial service Letters from Jim Henson before his death Elmo’s dad Velvet from Elmo the Musical The Furchester Hotel Gonger Tiny Chef...
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 25Ep. 368
Sesame Street Part 2 | Ep #367
Not since the reveal of Mr. Snuffleupagus to the broader populace has such a long wait finally been satisfied. Join us for the next leg of a journey from initial success to unexpected challenges to the inevitable confrontation with the Walt Disney Company. Show Notes Ok, the Percolator Advent Calendar House An Hourchive Celebration Waylong Jennings and Big Bird: Ain’t No Road Too Long ( Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird ) Sesame Street Part 1 | Ep #359 Advent Calendar House: The Muppet Va...
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 25Ep. 367
Best Music of 2019
We listened to a lot of music in 2019. This is the best of it, and why. Show Note The Specials: Dawning of a New Era The Hourchive’s Best Music of 2019 data visualization Best Music of 2019 Spotify Playlist Tracklist: Taran Eggerton - I'm Still Standing Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales - Doudou Pas Pleure Lil Nas X (Ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) – Old Town Road The Avalanches – Because I’m Me Hospital Job - Already See My Past Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love Kamai Washington - Street Fighter Mas Coffee ...
Feb 05, 2020•2 hr 16 min•Season 25Ep. 366
Bests 2019
Things happened in 2019. These are our favorites. Show Notes St. Louis Wheel St. Louis Aquarium Eat Me in St. Louis Tulsa Massacre Stephen Universe House of X / Powers of X Meow Wolf Shudder...
Jan 29, 2020•2 hr 3 min•Season 25Ep. 365
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