Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came: A Podcast about Stephen King and His Books

Ep. 175 The Dark Half, Chapters 01-14

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In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Half, Section 1: Fool’s Stuffing, chapters 1-14.

  • Introduction (00:00)
  • Publication history (01:38)
  • King’s writing style for this book (04:53)
  • A fiction by a fiction (15:24)
  • Dark Tower Thinnies (23:18)
  • Yuck-King it Up (24:29)
  • Fun Stuff (27:01)
    • Freak-A-Zoid, by Midnight Star
    • Midnight Star, by “Weird Al” Yankovic
    • The Amazing Alexander, Saturday Night Live
    • Listener feedback (33:18)
    • Other Worlds than These (34:57)
      • Jay: Ronin (1998) starring Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Stellan Skarsgård, and Jonathan Price. Directed by John Frankenheimer and written by David Mamet.
      • Sean: We Deal in Lead RPG
      • Outro (39:08)

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