The Hourchive

Join us for an in-depth retrospective on this most hallowed day on the Hourchive calendar. We just have to take care of a few operational matters first.

Pour yourself an Old Fashioned and meet us in the Hourchive conference room for the final episode of March Madness 2020, featuring a pitch on the saga of “Jon Dripper,” Jessica Chastain, and Tony Stark’s dad.

Show Notes
MAD Magazine | Ep #372
RJD2: A Beautiful Mine (Mad Men theme)
Mad Men characters
Don, Peggy, and Pete share a dinner at Burger Chef
The origin of Don Draper
Don tries to run away from his life in the first season
Don tries to run away from his life again in the first season
Tom & Lorenzo’s “Mad Style” blog
Pre-season “fashion” photos

What, we worry? Fold in the cover of this March Madness episode for a three-way stew on the history, artists, and cultural influence of MAD Magazine.

Show Notes
Madballs (Now with Less Madness) | Ep #371
Madballs.com
The Percolator: Has Anyone Ever Kissed the Rock?Miss Adventure Falls at Typhoon Lagoon
”Meet the Staff of MAD”
MAD Magazine and Its Creators
Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work
When We Went Mad! A Documentary of Each-ich Proportions
MAD Magazine Presents: Up the Academy trailer

Hourchive March Madness rolls on as we bounce back in time for a rollicking retrospective on gross toys and the Madballs invasion.

Show Notes
Sesame Street Part 3 | Ep #368
Mad Max | Ep #370
Madballs commercial (1986)
Drew’s Madball collection
Madballs: Escape from Orb
Madballs: Gross Jokes
Wacky Packages
Madballs Series 1
Hornhead
Blurpballs
Madballs Launcher
Head Popping Madballs
My Pet Monster commercial
Madballs squishy sound
T-Rex Mondoid
Stripe Balls

March Madness 2020 kicks off as we commandeer a sweet supercharged Ford XB Falcon and scour the post-apocalyptic wastelands (where there are no buildings) in search of gas, but instead find haikus?

Show Notes
Hourchive Roulette | Ep #369
Junkie XL: Brothers in Arms (Mad Max: Fury Road)
The Aquabats: The Radiation Song
Ford XB Falcon
Carl von Rakitansky
Mad Max 2 on Letterboxd
Blaster Master (NES)
Making Mad Max: Fury Road
Complete list of Madea films

Join us for a round of rapid-fire Hourchiving on topics from psychic readings to food courts.

Show Notes
Best Music of 2019
XCrimedogX: Marijuana (Don’t Try It)
Sesame Street Part 2 | Ep #367
Sesame Street Part 3 | Ep #368
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Roulette
St. Louis 250th Birthday cake installations
University City lions
St. Louis street dominos
Toynbee tiles
Sidescrolling Universal Studios Florida commercial
Knots Landing Season 3 main titles
Rock ‘n’ Roll Craft Show
Diter Lizzi
Stranger Things 3’s Starcourt Mall
St. Louis Galleria Food Court
9 Mile Garden
The Mall | Ep #10

Show Notes
Jim Henson’s memorial service
Letters from Jim Henson before his death
Elmo’s dad
Velvet from Elmo the Musical
The Furchester Hotel
Gonger
Tiny Chef

Not since the reveal of Mr. Snuffleupagus to the broader populace has such a long wait finally been satisfied. Join us for the next leg of a journey from initial success to unexpected challenges to the inevitable confrontation with the Walt Disney Company.

Show Notes
Ok, the Percolator
Advent Calendar House
An Hourchive Celebration
Waylong Jennings and Big Bird: Ain’t No Road Too Long (Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird)
Sesame Street Part 1 | Ep #359
Advent Calendar House: The Muppet Valentine Show
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Advent Calendar House: Shalom Sesame: Chanukah

We listened to a lot of music in 2019. This is the best of it, and why.

Show Note
The Specials: Dawning of a New Era
The Hourchive’s Best Music of 2019 data visualization
Best Music of 2019 Spotify Playlist

Tracklist:
Taran Eggerton - I'm Still Standing
Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales - Doudou Pas Pleure
Lil Nas X (Ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) – Old Town Road
The Avalanches – Because I’m Me
Hospital Job - Already See My Past
Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
Kamai Washington - Street Fighter Mas
Coffee Project - Still Life of the Party
Tiggs Da Author – Georgia
Showoff - I Don't Hate You Yet
DIIV - Horsehead
Venus Infers – Goodbye Horses
Chali 2na (feat. Krafty Kuts, Lyrics Born and Gift of Gab) - Guard the Fort
Lizzo – Truth Hurts
Generationals - I Turned My Back on the Written Word
Dan Vapid and the Cheats - Bittersweet
Dynamic Three - You Said Yeah
Jean Grae, Quelle Chris, Dane - Gold Purple Orange
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Count On Us
Billie Eilish - You Should See Me in a Crown
Stevie Wonder – We Can Work it Out
Estelle - Stronger Than You
Stiff Richards - Dig
Hot Sugar - Back from the Hospital
Robot Bachelor - Up All Night
Lord Kitchener - Panorama Night
Teddy, Teddy Geiger - Get Me High
Artist Unknown - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme
The Menzingers - Anna
A Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
Kepi Ghoulie and the Copyrights - School Is Out
Freddie Redd - Who Killed Cock Robin
England Dan, John Ford Coley – I’d Really Love to See You Tonight
McGruff the Crime Dog - Marijuana
The Interrupters – She’s Kerosene
Spooky Mansion - I’m the Moon
The Copyrights - Maine or Oregon
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Love's Refrain
MGMT – In the Afternoon
The Specials - Too Much Too Young
Golden Daze - Blue Bell
Miike Snow – Genghis Khan
Daniel Pemberton - Into the Spider-Verse/Only One Spider-Man
Producer Ocean Ft. Justin Kuritzkes - Potion Seller Soundtrack
The Alchemist - Arrival
Goofy - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (0:00) This is from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse album
Times New Viking - Devo & Wine
Cut Chemist, Laura Darlington - Home Away from Home
Potty Mouth - 22
Aunt Cynthia's Cabin - Black Watermelon Sun
Mild Orange - Some Feeling
Drew Tarver - Song from Prestige Drama about Assisted Suicide
Thomas Arne, Della Jones, Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth - Rule Britannia
The Aquabats - DON'T STOP!

Things happened in 2019. These are our favorites.

Show Notes
St. Louis Wheel
St. Louis Aquarium
Eat Me in St. Louis
Tulsa Massacre
Stephen Universe
House of X / Powers of X
Meow Wolf
Shudder