Afleveringen
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From Comic-Cons on both coasts to gaming expos on multiple continents, weâve attended our fair share of nerdy gatherings, and theyâre great! This episode, weâre digging into that magic of getting a bunch of people in the same place who are all really excited about one thing. Sometimes thatâs comics, video games or pinball tables, other times itâs⊠less family friendly activities.
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This episode, weâre extrapolating on the joys of the most functional souvenirs with magnetic properties, our favorite short-form fiction, and one of the more wholesome settings to legally imbibe beer.
Intro contains clips from Stranger Things, the trailer for Maximum Overdrive, The Simpsons (again) and Beerfest
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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You know! Those things that are like gumball machines, but for little toys! Growing up in the USA, they usually dispensed a sticky hand, some slime, maybe a lil Homie, but in Japan theyâve been in another league for decades. We unpack (or perhaps unbox) the charm of randomly distributed toys and trinkets, some of our greatest gets, and the backwards order that weâve become aware of them.Intro contains clips from a Gashapon machine, Dragon Ball and Se7en.
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Weâve got another grab bag episode here, or rather, three very different bags: oneâs a big paper bag full of dead leaves and grass clippings, another from a shoe store, and the third is from a bakery. This week weâre unpacking our love of gruelling manual labor in the hot sun to make our yards look nice, the timeless appeal of wearing athletic shoes all the time for completely unathletic activities, and cookies. Which are like crackers, but sweet, or cakes that are small and flat and hard. Look, you know what all those things are, just listen to the show.
Intro contains clips from King of the Hill, a shoe store commercial, and Friends. -
Ah, hitting the open road! A timeless rite of passage and quintessentially American adventure, unless of course youâre stuck in the car with your whole family, taking the bus or making unexpected pit stops so your driver can hook up with random dudes. We recount some of our most memorable, or in some cases mercifully forgettable automobile journeys.
Intro contains clips from National Lampoonâs Vacation, The Simpsons and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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This week, itâs our most politically-charged and divisive topic yet: Carrot Cake. Weâre joined by Alex âKozibearâ Kozina, long time friend of the show and culinary adventurer, to discuss the history and appeal of this vegetable-based confection. If you have any doubt of Koziâs expertise on the matter, he further demonstrates his familiarity of the matter while making Snake Quake: The Official Cake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wk8nwCMpAk
Intro contains clip from Looney Tunes
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Itâs another grab bag of odds and ends that we love: lizards, those dogs of the reptile kingdom, tunnels, those underground bridges, and Bubble Bobble, which is sort of about lizards in a tunnel, among other things. Which is your favorite thing?
Intro contains clips from Daylight, a David Attenborough nature film, and Bubble Bobble.
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Easily one of the top 5 best dark rooms you pay money to sit inside for several hours, movie theaters make for a singular experience, where people flock together to sit in silence and social interaction is generally frowned upon during the proceedings. Weâve seen this form of entertainment undergo some pretty major changes in our lifetimes, in some ways for the worse, but many for the better. Still, as increasingly expensive and sometimes distracting and occasionally tedious as the theater experience may be, we hope itâs still a thing long after weâre dead.
Intro contains various clips from old movie theater promos and the 1976 film âMurder By Deathâ
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Roald Dahlâs child-endangering chocolatier is one of the most beloved literary characters, turned into an iconic film character by Gene Wilder. Weâve gotten a TimothĂ©e Chalamet prequel thatâs better than it should be and a Johnny Depp remake that we donât need to talk about, but letâs unwrap this weirdo. Sure, heâs immensely problematic, but he also makes some cool candy, and he also happens to be rooted in some real world confectionary history.
Intro contains clips from various films in which Willy Wonka appears.
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This episode, weâre joined by our most Santa Claus-like friend, Jared Petty, to discuss the night before Christmas. Like, the actual night, not the poem. We share some of our favorite memories, traditions, weird trivia, and learn a thing or two about the less family friendly ways itâs observed in some other parts of the world.
Intro contains clips from Tenacious D & Sum 41âs âThings I Want,â Bad Santa, Norah Jonesâ âCaga Tio,â and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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This week weâre taking a little off the top, and tipping our hat to the age-old ceremony of lowering oneâs ears. Or, in laymenâs terms, getting a haircut. We recount some of our proudest coiffures and worst folicular debacles, and lament the challenges of not knowing what to do with the stuff on top of your head as you grow older.
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Intro contains clips from Paddington 2, âDevilâs Haircutâ by Beck and âCut The Mulletâ by Wesley Willis.
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Almost the weekend! Friday is technically a weekday, but itâs not like the other weekdays: itâs a COOL weekday. We discuss the origins, pop cultural significance, and our own personal feelings about this weekly light at the end of the tunnel.
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Intro contains clips of Ice Cubeâs âFriday,â Loverboyâs âWorkinâ For The Weekendâ and The Aquabatsâ âPizza Dayâ
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Or wait, is it fall? Whichever, it's great, and not just because of Halloween. You know, aside from our vestigial back-to-school anxiety, rapidly approaching seasonal depression, the looming threat of bad weather, and the fact that we have no idea what time of year at any given point anyway because California barely has seasons. In any case, itâs a chance to talk about changing holiday traditions, pagan rituals and our kidsâ classmates with stupid names.
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Intro contains clips from Over The Garden Wall, âNovember Has Comeâ by Gorillaz, and The Simpsons.
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This week, Max has a surprise grab bag for Brian! Will he think these things rule as much as Max does? We discuss everyoneâs favorite flying rodent that isnât a flying squirrel, gum of the chewing and blowing variety, and the thrill of getting a nice new writing implement.
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Intro contains clips of actual bats, a Fruit Stripe Gum commercial, and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.
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This week, Brian prepared a special surprise variety pack grab bag of things that he thinks Max might be a big fan of. Gingerbread Houses, those once-seasonal edible wiccan domiciles that have since become a year-round architectural novelty, Snaggletooth, who is one (or two) of the most iconic cantina aliens from Star Wars, and Stegosaurses. A dinosaur, that probably had feathers but almost definitely didnât have long flowing hair like a beautiful woman or a show dog.
It would totally rule if you helped support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/thisthingrules, You can also show your support by following us on Bluesky and Twitter @ThisThingRules, or find our little corner of our old podcastâs Discord at discord.comedybutton.com - and of course, weâre always happy to get email from listeners at [email protected]
Intro contains clips from The Simpsons, Figrin Dâan and the Modal Nodes hit song âMad About Me,â and a toy commercial for The Lost World action figures.
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How music looks isnât as important as how it sounds, but it certainly plays a role. This episode, we talk about our relationship with album covers, which sometimes look like the music theyâre promoting, sometimes look like something else entirely, and sometimes donât look like anything at all. Huge thanks to Patreon backer Thijis Van Sise for suggesting the topic.
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Intro contains clips from This Is Spinal Tap, an interview with Iron Maiden cover artist Derek Riggs and Saturday Night Live.
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At one point, using fire to cook stuff outside was part of daily life, but now itâs just a way of microdosing caveman life. Whether youâre using gas, charcoal, or a hot sidewalk, thereâs something wonderful about preparing food outdoors, so crack open a cold one and join us as we discuss our favorite recipes, methods, anecdotes, near-disasters, and questionable tips about this great pastime.
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Intro contains clips from Fenslerfilmâs GI Joe Porkchop Sandwiches PSA, National Lampoonâs Vacation, an Australian tourism commercial hosted by Paul Hogan, and King of the Hill.
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This week, weâre delving into a very special sort of generational brain damage that we can specifically blame/thank the Reagan administration for: toy commercials! Growing up the 80s and 90s, childrenâs programming was practically indistinguishable from advertising, so why shouldnât we have equal amounts of nostalgia for this particular type of bite-sized marketings? Letâs take a look back at some of the most infamous toy ads, the most famous people who popped up in them, and of course, Judge Reinholdâs Weenie Whistle. This episodeâs topic was suggested by Patreon backer Matt Schottroff. Good call!
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Intro contains clips from Mighty Max, WWF, and GI Joe toy commercials, Vin Dieselâs infamous viral Toy Fair video, and The Santa Clause.
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This episode, we tried something new and recorded on location from a restaurant in DĂŒsseldorf, Germany. We sampled the local beer and talked about some of our adventures in Deutschland, including regional varieties of gummi candy, museums, kiosks, cities in which you can actually get around on foot, bees, yellow jackets, and other stuff. Apologies for the background noise, this was an experiment! Weâll be back to normal next episode.
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This week, weâre tackling a few extremely unrelated things that rule: fire (the element), Keith David (the actor) and bread bag clips (the clips that come on bags of bread.) Why, you ask? Well, it was your idea - specifically, the suggestions of our Patreon members Mikhail Kaban, Krystal Stewart, SuperMecha, Bruce Wayne Brady and Jack Peterman.
It would totally rule if you helped support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/thisthingrules, You can also show your support by following us on Bluesky and Twitter @ThisThingRules, or find our little corner of our old podcastâs Discord at discord.comedybutton.com - and of course, weâre always happy to get email from listeners at [email protected]
Intro contains clips from a YouTube short about bread bags, The Prodigyâs âFire (Sunrise Version),â Beavis & Butt-Head, Disneyâs Gargoyles and They Live.
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