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Episode 574: Setup, Setup, Setup, Punchline… Chomp!

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Jordan Stokes joins Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather to consider, “What even is a thing?” as they overthink John Carpenter’s seminal 1982 horror film, The Thing.

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  • The Thing
    • Wikipedia and IMDb
    • Amazon, iTunes
    • Jibblies from the Homestar Runner Wiki
    • Hoxter, J. (1996) “The Evil Dead, Die and Chase: From Slapstick to Splatshtick” (good luck finding it though)

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