This week, Matt braves Milo the Mutant’s monstrous mystery maze, and Chris gets sucked into some comic books and dies horribly at the hairy hands of Professor Y as the Y’s Guys look on helplessly. THE HALLOWEEN FUN CONTINUES!

Also, the guys brainstorm best practices for safe holiday fun in this very weird year of 2020 in the new segment How Should We Halloween?, Matt challenges Chris to an exciting new user-created quiz (thanks, David!), the guys check their calendars, and dull Horace Grumbacher rocks the overhead projector.

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In this very special Friday edition of Finish It!, Chris runs into trouble of the PIRATE SKELETON kind, Matt runs into trouble of the TRIPPING AND DROPPING THINGS kind, and Creeptobscare continues with a new book that is chock full of trouble of the TROPICAL kind!

Also, Chris is forced to do a real creepy (in more than one way) edition of Surprise Karaoke, Matt is challenged to a round of Guess the Plot: Goosebumps Edition which is now a thing I guess, your friend Kala is acting pretty weird, and let’s just not talk about getting stuck in caves thank you!

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Creeptobscare is here! Strap in for the first of four weeks of spooptacular chills as Matt decides to make everyone listen to some kids get menaced by an evil suit of armor!

This week, Matt finds the hands-down-best ending to a book he’s ever read, Chris winds up in the middle of a very goofy mud fight, a drink is invented in honor of Creeptobscare, and there are now some scary lyrics to the Finish It! theme song!

The Creeptobscare

• 2 oz Vodka
• 2-3 oz Hibiscus Tea
• 1 oz Maraschino Cherry Syrup
• 1/2 oz Cinnamon Syrup
• Juice of an Orange (Blood Orange for extra spookiness)
  
  Combine with ice and shake, shake shake.
  
  For a virgin option, just don’t use vodka! Easy pleasey!
  

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This week, Matt manages to save all of Atlantis from certain doom with the help of an old man with a good memory, and Chris has funding issues. Plus, it’s time for a Halloween announcement!

Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Love Boat, the guys look back on the last 24 hours in the new segment “Hoo Hoo Hoo, What a Day,” Chris is functioning on essentially no sleep, and Matt has eaten some bad seafood. It’s a real mess – a real FUN mess!

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Original illustrations by Paul Granger.

Celebrate back-to-school times with the guys as they take what they thought would be a light-hearted, spoopy break from underwater adventure, only to find that this book is a straight-up Stephen King nightmare factory.

That’s right! It’s a whole new book to celebrate the unholy convergence of kids going back to school and the spookiest time of the year. Why a whole new book, you ask? What happened to Zombie Penpal from last year? Well, if Zombie Penpal wanted to be read once a year by brothers doing an interactive fiction podcast looking for school-related adventures, then Zombie Penpal should have had a little more actual going-to-school in it. No shade to Zombie Penpal, but it’s no Watch Out for Room 13. Enjoy!

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Original illustrations by Bill Schmidt.

This week, it’s a tight battle for who wins the read as Chris masters Atlantean pop music and Matt teams up with… an evil king?!

Also, Matt challenges Chris to another spoooooooky round of Which Interactive Fiction Book Am I?, Chris drops a hot rant in new mini-segment What’s the Deal Huh?, Matt picks an official #SquidName, #DolphinName becomes a thing, Chris learns everyone good with Great Ocean Explorers of History, and boy oh boy are the bros punchy in this one. Strap in for goofs!

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Original illustrations by Paul Granger.

This week, Matt flees from a shark badly and Chris takes part in a peaceful revolution that is violently put down but hey listen anyway! It’s still escapism somehow!

Also, Chris challenges Matt to a round of Which Interactive Fiction Book Am I?, the guys escape to Self-Care Corner for some much needed Chill Virtual Getaway Soundscapes, Chris initiates Spooky Season with some decidedly not-spooky sound effects, and boof. I do it.

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Original illustrations by Paul Granger.



Are you interested in hearing TWO brothers get FOUR endings in TWO reads in ONE week? If so, you are a very niche audience (hearts hearts hearts), and this episode will please you exceedingly.

Also, Matt challenges Chris to a round of Which Cobra Kai Character are you (seriously check out this great show, now on Netflix, and listen to Chris podcast a whole TOTALLY REAL movie with one of the Cobra Kai writers on In Theaters Never!), someone gets real surprised by an intensely Donovan jam, many many many holes are explored, and NO JOKE your boys knock out four endings in two reads. Impossible? LISTEN AND BE AMAZED.

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This week, both brothers die quickly and badly. But which brother dies least badly, thereby securing a winning read and taking one tiny step closer to earning themselves a get-out-of-sad-pizza-party-free card? Who cares! Underwater adventure awaits!

Also, the guys hand out some very special thanks to a fellow Taskmaster fan, Chris challenges Matt to discover which Octonaut he is, Matt uses a tentacle as a garnish (no joke, photo and recipe below – enjoy!), the brothers bury themselves in the ancient mystery that is the bluntnose sixgill, and the aforementioned tentacle gets sassy and slappy!

The Mad Atlantean

• 2 parts Scotch (best if from bottle found in a sunken ship)
• 1/2 part dry Vermouth
• 1 dash Wormwood Bitters
• 1 dash Sassafras Bitters
• Lil bit of Lemon Juice
• Squid Tentacle
  Pour all ingredients over ice and stir well. Serve on the rocks, with a squid tentacle garnish.

The Slightly-Less Mad Atlantean (Non-Alcoholic)

• Big ol’ glass of Hawaiian Punch Berry Blue Typhoon
• Splash in some Wormwood Extract
• Garnish with tentacle
  Pour over ice and stir! Garnish with that lovely bit of squiddy.

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This week, Chris has a guy say “You see our secret” to him which is unsettling, Matt does something so terrible even the book can’t believe it, and if you like lasers you’ll love both of this week’s reads! It’s lousy with lasers!

Listen in as Matt challenges Chris to a depressingly easy round of Interactive Fiction or Episode of Taskmaster, Chris unveils the Top 3 Discoveries Under the Sea, the guys go deep on Flabby Whalefish anatomy, and the boys find a sneaky story loop! Ooo, fun!

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Original illustrations by Paul Granger.