What The Folklore?

Excerpts of unused material from episode 71 of "What the Folklore?", wherein we inexplicably discuss Alvin and the Chipmunks, which inexplicably transitions into us cramming any property we can think of into the Total War franchise, which inexplicably becomes a Tycoon game about raising baby Blockbuster Videos.

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What if you found a magic piece of paper that would give you whatever you asked for? That sounds pretty good, right? Now what if that piece of paper was connected to the most passive-aggressive ghost who ever existed, who went out of his way just to make sure you knew how much effort he put into it? Maybe not as appealing. This week's story, "Lars My Lad," gives us a peek at what that might look like.

Suggested talking points: Plato's baby fairytale cave, pork and starburst, boat sense, scooby doo meet cute, sleep-wishing, ye olde TMZ, secret king handshake

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In this week's episode we try to figure out what caused the ASMR boom, while layering in a little of our own; we also work on creating the world's first movie completely spoken in Lorem Ipsum, naturally resulting in Shallow Hal 2.

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We have to do a couple quick gear-shifts through the possible meanings of this story's name, and once it gets going it's... either very light, or terrifying depending on how you picture it. A perfect illustration of the true dichotomy of the duck. In episode 66 of "What the Folklore," we read "Drake's Tail."

Suggested talking points: Symbol of the Beat, Blind Story Draw, Dungeons and Ducklings, Ducktales Begins, Hobo King, Drahkus-tael, Duckstep, Cookout Hacks, “Can’t Do It, I’m a Duck,” Rebound King, Prime Time for Duck Redemption

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Excerpts of unused material from episode 69 of "What the Folklore?", wherein we morn further proof of our latent psychic abilities, become Office Space Riddlers, and critique the aesthetic value of Sonic the Hedgehog

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This story "The Miraculous Banyan Tree" is our effort to #SaveKanye: giving him the role he so desperately needs. Guided by a gravity tree spaceship, maybe Kanye can find his destiny, or maybe he'll be destroyed by the very people he came to save.

Suggested talking points: Shanghaied elevator pitches, the Meme of Dorian Gray, the gravity tree, tree pervert, the real ending of the Fountain, the Giver Tree, the war on botany, the mushroom sciences, Vietnamesus, Crystal Germs

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In this week's ramblecast, we get deep into Sonic the Hedgehog: his place in the universe, his legacy, and most specifically the movie directed by Don Bluth and mandated by the Anime Police Academy.

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Our story this week, "The Witch and Her Four Sons," is a little more straightforward as they go, but the Perennial Question keeps looming over our heads, the one that has baffled philosophers through the ages from Socrates to Zoltar machine from Big: "Why Any?"

Suggested talking points: Raptor Granny, Dirk Toe, Salmon Party Tricks, Tumblr Squaws, Boy-Band Braves, SlapChop Murder Spree, The Best Beefo, Corpse Stump Soup, Clamshell Roofie, Demonic Foot Fetish

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Excerpts of unused material from episode 67 of "What the Folklore?", wherein we decide who would best serve as an emergency contact, and pitch a Rube-Goldbergian Super Hero

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This is our first episode after The Move (tm) so we're still a little out of it, which led us to some interesting places in our discussion. Our story this week, "The Flying Ship," concerns a man who basically wanders onto a cool flying airship, and gets a bunch of weirdos to come along for the ride.

Suggested talking points: ​Surefire boat percentage, hookworm messiah, journey bread, super solider besties, Joe the guy who owns normal straw, the best episode of Fear Factor, smarties suit, Prince goes to a farm

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