I'M FROM THE INTERNET

In 1966, an El Paso fertilizer salesman named Harold P. Warren created a movie called Manos: The Hands of Fate.

In 1993, the comedy program Mystery Science Theater 3000 released an episode dedicated to Manos that enshrined it in the pantheon of bad movies and created generations of fans.

Then in 2011, a Something Awful poster named Ben Solo found the pristine workprint of Manos: The Hands of Fate at an estate sale and kicked off a years-long odyssey of trying to get the film the restoration and preservation it deserved while fending off bad actors that wanted to turn his discovery into their payday.

Tune in next week for the conclusion of this story!

You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation.

https://tinyurl.com/ManosRestorationPodDoc

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.

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Muerte is about to start his hike across America. How far will he go? Will he survive? Is this all a grift? All these questions and more may be answered on this week's episode of I'M FROM THE INTERNET!

You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation.

https://tinyurl.com/MuerteMarchPodDoc

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our first real episode, we discuss one of the most-requested stories from the Twitter account: The story of a bored mid-20s Californian who decided the cure for his mental illnesses and the ennui of comfortable middle-class life was quitting his job and walking across America coast-to-coast in the middle of summer with little preparation and ignoring the guidance of experienced backpackers telling him that he was ill-equipped and the route would likely kill even an experienced long-distance hiker. To keep a sustainable weekly release schedule, for the time being,we're going to be splitting episodes in two so tune in next Wednesday for the exciting conclusion to Muerte's saga!

You can watch Winslow's newest Thalia Hall opening set that he mentions in the episode at https://youtu.be/bbsIamivgCI

You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation. Please be considerate of listeners who wish to remain unspoiled until the second episode has dropped and they've had a chance to listen to the conclusion. Seriously, if people are jerks about this I just won't post the doc until the second half of the episode drops.

https://tinyurl.com/MuerteMarchPodDoc

Also, the show has a YouTube channel now! I uploaded a video related to this episode, while you're there feel free to subscribe to get whatever other old internet content I archive there and possibly get some sneak peeks at the subjects of future episodes!

https://youtu.be/o5LRZ7xvM5E

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://killhamster.bandcamp.com

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our inaugural episode, hosts Winslow Dumaine and Jay Brandstetter introduce themselves and their internet bona fides. Jay gives a broad overview of the Something Awful forums, their historical significance, some baseline knowledge of the forum's culture and inner-workings, and a breakdown of each of the major subforums with some teaser of stories to look forward to in future episode.

The show's typical format is going to have each episode focus on a particular story or saga from the history of the Something Awful forums, so be sure to tune in next episode for your first taste of the show proper!

You can contact the show directly at [email protected]

Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://killhamster.bandcamp.com

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.