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A podcaster, a punster, a barber, and a Tim walked into a toy show...

Yesterday was the fifth year of the Cleveland Geekster, a one day toy show in Cleveland, TN (put on by Rob Alderman, Ryan Faricelli, and Ashley Raburn) with vendors from across the region selling toys, comics, and memorabilia. It's a great time for anyone looking to get into collecting, looking for a certain piece to complete their collection, or really just anyone who enjoys toys and comics!

I've been every year and always have a great time talking pop culture with fellow geeks! Yesterday was no exception as I sat down with Dan Buck, Lucas Brown, and Tim Frady (Jose Minay even joins in for a bit towards the end) and talked about the relationship between toys, comics, and movies. Well...it started out that way at least. Things went off the rails pretty quick and some questionable humor ensued. It was a blast!

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Day 22 in 60 Days of Halloween kicks off a combined fears week of Child in Peril & Being Powerless/Trapped, the fears of Kevin and Jennifer Sluder (of Sunshine Boy Productions)! While there will probably be overlapping of fears within the movies, the first half of the week will focus on Jennifer's fear of Child in Peril. The first movie on her list was Before I Wake. We will still be covering that one in the analysis episode, but since Eric and I had already done a review of that film for his week, tonight's movie is The Host, which actually has elements of all of our fears so far!

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episode and be sure to check back tomorrow as we continue the Child in Peril portion of the week with The Shining!

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Day 21 in 60 Days of Halloween wraps up E.B. Tolbert's Fear of Decapitation Week as Eric and E.B. join me via Skype (my apologies for poorer audio quality than usual) as we dive into our analysis of each film from the week and discuss why each film is so terrifying in its presentation of the fear of decapitation!! Unlike the review episodes, this analysis episode will contain spoilers for each film. Also, we finally get to hear E.B. tell us why decapitation is one of his greatest fears!  And after hearing the stories of his past, it totally makes sense!  Plus, things get a bit silly... 

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back tomorrow as we start a week devoted to the fears of Kevin and Jennifer Sluder of Sunshine Boy Productions!  We will be starting with Jennifer's fear of a child in peril and then moving on to Kevin's fear of being powerless or trapped! 

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Day 20 in 60 Days of Halloween cleanses the palette of Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle Podcast). At least, it "cleanses" the palette in the sense that it makes decapitation not seem quite so bad in comparison. It most definitely does not cleanse the cinematic palette. Tonight's movie is The Human Centipede: First Sequence. This movie has a concept that that is quite disturbing in theory, but the movie itself is just boring and dumb. Don't waste your time on it. Instead, spend your time listening to me and Eric go into more detail about why we dislike this movie so much.

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back soon (hopefully tomorrow) as we dive into our analysis episode with guest E.B. Tolbert and his Fear of Decapitation Week!!

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Day 19 in 60 Days of Halloween continues Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle Podcast), with Pieces - a gem of a cult horror film with plenty of boobs, blood, and a bevy of quotable lines that are memorable not only for how unintentionally hilarious they are, but for how they are delivered with such conviction!! I picked this movie up on a whim and I am insanely glad that I did. The movie (and its cover art) are unmistakably a product of their time...and I absolutely love it for that! This episode is a bit longer than our previous reviews, but we go so caught up in how much fun the movie is to watch that we went a bit over our usual time.

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back tomorrow as we have a Palette Cleanser before diving into our analysis episode for Fear of Decapitation Week!!

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Day 18 in 60 Days of Halloween continues Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle Podcast), with another one of my favorite horror movies - Re-Animator!! This is one of the movies that I would put on a list of top 100 movies every horror fan should see. So, if you are a fan of horror and have not yet seen Re-Animator, I highly recommend you remedy that soon!

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back tomorrow for our review of Pieces as Eric and I continue on in Fear of Decapitation Week!!

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Day 17 in 60 Days of Halloween continues Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle), with one of my all-time favorite movies - Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn!!

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back tomorrow for our review of Re-Animator as Eric and I continue on in Fear of Decapitation Week!!

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Day 16 in 60 Days of Halloween continues Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle), with Tim Burton's version of Sleepy Hollow! While this version strays quite a bit from Washington Irving's original short story, there is certainly a lot to love!!

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back soon (Eric and I are still doing our best to put out daily episodes, but we make no guarantees that we will be able to stay with daily episodes for 60 full days) for the next episode of Fear of Decapitation Week!!

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Day 15 in 60 Days of Halloween starts Fear of Decapitation Week, the fear of E.B. Tolbert (artist and occasional guest on The Gargyle). We've got some great movies lined up this week and I cannot wait til the analysis episode to get inside E.B.'s head (about the fear of losing his). Starting things off is the 2015 film, Tag!

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back soon (Eric and I are still doing our best to put out daily episodes, but we make no guarantees that we will be able to stay with daily episodes for 60 full days) for the next episode of Fear of Decapitation Week!!

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Day 14 in 60 Days of Halloween wraps up Eric's Fear of Death of a Child Week as Eric and I dive into our analysis of each film from the week (Pet Sematary, Cujo, Before I wake, Hereditary, The Others, and Mom and Dad) and discuss why each film is so terrifying in its presentation of the fear of losing a child!! Unlike the review episodes, this analysis episode will contain spoilers for each film. Also...things get real in our discussion. Like...super real...

If you enjoy this episode, check out our previous 60 Days of Halloween episodes and be sure to check back soon (Eric and I are still doing our best to put out daily episodes, but we make no guarantees that we will be able to stay with daily episodes for 60 full days) as we start Fear of Decapitation Week!!

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