The Hourchive

Adam and John dodge windmill blades to bring you 18 holes of history, movie references, and personal reflections on the greatest sport ever played under a waterfall.

Show Notes
Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf
Tower Tee Miniature Golf
Ep #85 | Summer Getaways
Brooks Holt’s Miniature Golf Channel
Daniel and Ali’s date at Golf N Stuff Norwalk (The Karate Kid)
Golf N Stuff - Norwalk
Jacky’s Wacky Golf (Caddyshack 2)
Happy Gilmore mini golf scene
Desert Falls Mini Golf
Aloha Miniature Golf

Show Notes
Drew’s set
Common Rider – Blackbirds vs. Crows
Huey Lewis & the News – The Power of Love
Death Cab for Cutie – Binary Sea

John’s set
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
The Muppets – The Magic Store
Martha and the Vandellas – Heat Wave

Adam’s set
Monty Python – Galaxy Song
The Suicide Machines – It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World

Nick’s set
Radiohead – Let Down
The Roots featuring Jill Scott – You Got Me (Live)
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker

Ashley’s bonus track
John Lennon – Imagine

We snapped our fingers but all that happened was this podcast.

Show Notes
Ep #308 | Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame breaks box-office records
Detective Pikachu trailer 2

Join us in Area #[REDACTED] of the Hourchive as we dive nostalgically into seven declassified, decommissioned efforts of varying absurdity and horrific results.

Show Notes
Project Pigeon
Project 57
Ep #261 | The Atomic Age
Projects Teak and Orange
Johnson Base Before Teak/After Teak comparison
Project Iceworm
Project KIWI/Nerva
Project Dr. Freezelove
Operation Morning Light

Nick and John tuck into the Cinephile Corner of the Hourchive to explore the origins and curious curation process of the company behind the most expensive blu-rays on your shelf.

Show Notes
Janus Films
The Criterion Collection
The Treatment: Criterion Collection President Peter Becker
The Criterion Collection: Armageddon
The Criterion Channel
Marvel Mon Amour: Stan Lee and Alan Resnais’ Unmade Monster Movie
Criterion Closet Picks
Michael K. Williams’ Closet Picks
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know: Erik Skillman (Criterion Collection graphic designer)
The Criterion Correction
Criterion Cast
Unspooled
The Advent Calendar House: Alf’s Special Christmas
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A special podcast crossover with the Brotherhood of Batman

Guest Hourchivist Jake returns to the Hourchive—and brings his brothers along with him—for a very special look at the first trailer for Joker (2019).

Show Notes
The Brotherhood of Batman
Ep 285 | The Monster Squad | Ep 213 | Nontraditional Games
Joker (2019) trailer
Joker teaser

A brief note of remembrance for an instrumental figure in the Hourchive’s past.

You enter a cavernous library of stuff occupied by four dudes, each with a microphone. They hand you a pair of headphones. What do you do?

Show Notes
The Evolution of King’s Quest
Leisure Suit Larry and the Land of the Lounge Lizards age gate questions
Disney Almost Built a Park Based on the Myst Computer Game
Sanitarium on iOS

Pluuuuggggssss
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Eat Me in St. Louis
Long Weekend

Drew and John spend a day touring the west side of Walt Disney’s original Magic Kingdom and musing on its forthcoming expansion to the outer rim.

Show Notes
Ep # | Disneyland (Part 1)
The Blue Bayou Restaurant
Haunted Mansion exterior
Haunted Mansion pre-opening sign
Haunted Mansion graveyard scene
Haunted Mansion Hatbox Ghost
Original Haunted Mansion bride figure
America Sings
Mark Twain riverboat segment from Disneyland After Dark (1962)
Pirates invade New Orleans Square on the opening day of Pirates of the Caribbean
Star Tours original ride film
Star Tours original pre-show video
Star Trek: The Experience
Podcast: The Ride: Galaxy’s Edge Preview with Carlye Wisel

Knock three times and wait for the lights to change, then join Nick and John in a secret corner of the Hourchive for a complimentary beverage.

Show Notes
Ep #313 | Tiki Bars
Boardwalk Empire speakeasy tour
Ep #326 | Marijuana
The 7 1/2th floor (Being John Malkovich)
21 Club secret wine cellar
Club 33 at Disneyland
Thrillist: Best Hidden Bars in the World
The biggest nightlife trend in the last decade needs to die
Sunshine Laundromat