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Video: Reacting to Mickey Mouse in “The Jazz Fool”
Mickey Mouse against hosts a variety show as John and Samantha react. Mickey should be more careful around aggressive pianos. Continue reading
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Episode 721: A Secret DVD Commentary of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, with Chad Coup!
Episode 721 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Chad Coup discuss all of Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, DVD Commentary style. NOTES To hear John and Jaroslav Kalfař discuss… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #375: Evil Dead Rise
I guess I have to do this. I have to review 2023’s Evil Dead Rise from director Lee Cronin. I have no idea if this is a sequel to the 2013 Evil Dead or if this takes place in the original trilogy starring Bruce Campbell or if this is the start of a whole new Evil Dead Universe. I… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #172: The Comb and the Crunch
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #380: Mistakes Are Made
I’ve never taken a gap year, but I’ve heard they’re nice. I would guess they were even nicer after being shot in the side and injected with a drug that made you think you were watching your fingers get cut off one-by-one, but that hasn’t happened to me (yet). But such a gap year happened… Continue reading
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Episode 720: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath’s Ariel, with Rachael Tillman!
Episode 720 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, John King and Rachael McKee embark on a fourth installment of Sylvia Plathery to discuss the restored edition of Ariel and… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #374: Evil Dead (2013)
I know I covered the Evil Dead movies a couple of years ago, but we now have three post-Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) Evil Dead movies that have been produced and spat out into theaters. We’ll begin with 2013’s Evil Dead from director Fede Álvarez, a remake of the original movie. Don’t let “remake” scare you off. This one’s actually pretty good.… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #171: Hot Coffee and Styrofoam Cups
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #379: And Exiting Elsewhere
Escalation is narratively routine: you start slow before getting to the point where you can meet god or go to space. Sometimes, though, “slow” can involve an immediate escalation to meeting god, so long as your setting allows. If the setting allows you to peer into a collapsing hyper-dimension exacerbated by the nanoparticles of a dreaded… Continue reading
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Video: Mickey Mousing Around #9: Reacting to Mickey’s Follies
John introduces Samantha to the first cartoon (only cartoon) in which Mickey Mouse sings. There’s also a Punch and Judy show and an opera singer. Continue reading
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