Roger from The Kitchen Counter Podcast joins the guys for a discussion of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, including the original TV special, the Jim Carrey remake, the 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch movie, and the recent TV musical abomination. Time Codes: Grinch book: 13:08 Grinch TV Special: 19:34 Sandwich planning: 24:16 James’s “An Old … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #98: You Can’t Handle the Who! (The Grinch, feat. Roger Anderson) →

The guys are joined by their good buddy Michael Simshauser to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron,” and the 1995 movie of the same name, as well as the short film, 2018 from 2009. Colin still doesn’t like Vonnegut. Rankings!: Michael: short story / short film / full length movieColin: short story / … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #97: A Nation of Stagnation (Harrison Bergeron, feat. Michael Simshauser) →

James and Seth are joined by Emmanuel Dubois to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five and the 1972 film adapted from it. Colin sat this one out as he didn’t have anything nice to say about either. Rankings Emmanuel/James/Seth: Book/Movie Notes: Seth’s blog about his first time reading the book: http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2010/04/28/wordful-wednesday-slaughterhouse-five/

The guys are joined by Colin’s son, Peter Kuskie, to discuss Max Brooks’s excellent 2006 novel World War Z, and the movie of the same name from 2013. Rankings: Peter/James/Colin/Seth: Book Movie

This time the guys pick up Peter Benchley’s 1974 bestseller, Jaws, adapted into the Original Summer Blockbuster(TM) directed by Steven Spielberg. Pounder Rankings!: Colin: – Movie – Book James: – Movie – Book Seth: – Movie – Book Notes & Links: LFTS Jaws video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzMwYb8Z5hA&t=653s Behind the scenes of Jaws:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtYIF_g-T4 Swim Calls:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrvEf7tmT5Q About the last surviving … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #94: Unexpected Sleaze (Jaws) →

This time the guys hit up The Black Cauldron, the 1985 film, very loosely based on Lloyd Alexander’s The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron. Rankings? Please. Notes Comfort Reads episode with Seth & Colin: https://hugospodcast.com/podcast/comfort-reads-the-chronicles-of-prydain-by-lloyd-alexander-feat-colin-kuskie/ Nostalgia Critic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUsfYaKN3nY History of The Black Cauldron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YbBEFKv6Rg Dude loves the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6jfVTMfuzY

This time out, the guys discuss M.R. Carey’s short story “Iphigenia in Aulis,” which was adapted into both the book and movie The Girl With All The Gifts. Rankings!: Colin: Short Story, Book, Movie James: Short Story/Book, Movie Seth: Book, Movie, Short Story Notes: Not XKCD but a good comic nonetheless about “All Lives Matter”:

The Pavement Pounders discuss A Princess of Mars, the 1912 novel, adapted into the 2012 movie John Carter. Rankings! Colin: Book/Movie/(Other Movie) James: Book/Movie Seth: Movie/Book Notes: Encyclopedia Barsoomia: https://barsoom.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

And we’re back with another new episode! James is finally back in his house, and we’re on remote protocol, but picked a title we could all watch, and one we could do with Netflix Party! So that was fun. Bird Box, the 2018 movie, based on the 2014 book. If you want to skip James’s … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #90: It’s Like Monster Herpes (Bird Box) →

For April Fools’ Day, the Pavement Pounders once again do something out of the ordinary, looking to the future, to the announced adaptation of Frozen Hell, the recently uncovered/released expansion of “Who Goes There?”, by John W. Campbell. James’s participation is somewhat limited in this one due to his looming vacation.