Ep 186 - Escape From Horrorland
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We gotta escape from Horrorland! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps: Horrorland: Escape From Horrorland. A hell of a title. The last ten books have been building up to this; the YA equivalent of Avengers as all our survivng kids team up with original survivors Lizzy and Luke to run around in circles in a paranormal park that isn't even Horrorland! This horde of kids' goal is to get BACK to Horrorland to then escape it. This is indeed literature. Topics Include: Patreon Changes, The California Raisins Support the show on patreon.com/goosebuds...
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Ep 185 - Help! We Have Strange Powers
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Help! We have a new podcast episode! Your hosts Chad Quandt and Kevin Cole check out R.L. Stine's 2009 Horrorland book Help! We Have Strange Powers. The powers these twin protagonists get are surprisingly easy to categorize: telepathy and telekinesis. Well, technically there's a subset of time power but it's really just a psychic baby ray. Enjoy the episode! Book discussion begins: OFF-TOPICS: Revenge Of, Saving Books for the Apocalypse. Little Book Libraries, The Book of Eli. Pseudo Harem, Dandadan, Uzumaki Support Goosebuds to get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and...
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Ep 184 - Family Matters: "Stevil"
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The Goosebuds Boys check out the 90s sitcom Family Matters' late series episode 'Stevil'. Brought to life by a casual wish and a bolt of lighting, 'Stevil' is here to kill the Winslows and I guess help Urkel's ventriloquism career? They don't really work on their standup set at all. You know, this was once a sitcom about a blue collar family growing up in Chicago. Then Urkelmania took over the world. But how does this haunted doll episode compare to R.L. Stine's own wooden boy? Discussion begins: 10:30 Off Topics: Chad's Puzzle Box Proposal, Lockpicking Support Goosebuds to get access...
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Ep 183 - Welcome to Camp Slither
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S-s-s-so good to be back, Goosebuddies! We were doing a snake thing there-- was that clear? Your hosts Paul Ritchey and Kevin Cole enroll in R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland book Welcome to Camp Slither. There are rumors of man-eating snakes at camp, but no reports on if they'll eat the other genders. And when we rejoin the Horrorland arc a terrifying ride called the R.I.P.P.E.R. Dipper threatens to do some sort of ripping. Hopefully not to their butts. We also talk about recent Magic sets and indie games we're digging. Enjoy the episode! Book discussion begins: 22:45 OFF TOPICS: Duskmourn:...
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Ep 182 - Pete & Pete: 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation'
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Summer's over, Goosebuddies. How did you spend it? Were you hunting for buried cars at the beach? Attacking the pool lifeguard with psychic damage? Or tracking down a beloved but lonely ice cream man? The Goosebuddies check out The Adventures of Pete & Pete's classic episode "How I Spent My Summer Vacation", arguably one of the best in the series. And Michael Stipe is there! Episode discussion: 17:30 Off-Topics: Secret Level, Crying Support Goosebuds to get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at ...
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Ep 181 - Animorphs: The Suspicion
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Behold the glory of the Helmacrons! Your hosts Chad Quandt and Kevin Cole take a Goosebumps break to read through arguably the weirdest Animorphs book; The Suspicion by K.A. Applegate. The kids' war campaign against the Yeerks is interrupted by the arrival of the Helmacrons, miniature space people with giant egos. Enjoy the episode! Book discussion starts: 9:15 OFF TOPICS: Nyx the dog, hard hitting Sports insight You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at ...
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Ep 180 - Say Cheese -- And Die Screaming!
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The Goosebud Boys Chad, Paul, and Kevin face the Horrorland version of R.L. Stine's infamous haunted camera: Say Cheese -- And Die Screaming! That dash is in a weird place, right? It's the wrong pause? Anyway, somehow the rules of these deadly photo predictions have changed since last book. Are the spirits getting more artistic? Or just lazier? And we also try to answer the question: what happens to waste on an airplane? Book discussion: 9:40 OFF TOPICS: Where Does Airplane Poop Go?, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Dirt You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord,...
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Ep 179 - Adventure! - Track Star!
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Tighten your shoes and do some stretching, cuz we got a big track meet today! Your Goosebuds hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole check out the Choose Your Own Adventure book Track Star! by R.A. Montgomery. We're a high school athlete with a lot of pressure to run the fastest and longest to get that college scholarship and make dad proud. And somehow all paths lead to performance enhancing drugs. Will we get busted for juicing? Will we rat out our fellow teammates? Or will our legs blow out in the middle of a 200m? Check it out and enjoy this heart-pounding episode! Adventure starts...
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Ep 178 - Welcome to Dead House REDUX
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Holy hells, Goosebuddies. This episode marks our 10th Anniversary of the podcast. We started in 2014 with a mission to cover the works of R. L. Stine and we still have mountains of pulp to go through. But in honor of the celebration we take a look back at the story that started it all: Welcome to Dead House! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole re-review this 1992 book about a sort of terrifying time share. Then we hop around the timeline and inspect 2014 and the modern year to see how this franchise has changed with the world and us. And we celebrate Kevin getting to read this...
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EP 177 - Adventure! - You Are A Shark
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It's time to morph into a shark! But sadly we're not reading Animophs and fighting an alien resistance, we're a dumb kid trespassing into an ancient temple and cursed by a vague monk! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read through the 80s Choose Your Own Adventure book: You Are A Shark by Edward Packard. Despite the direct title, it's really hard for us to get the animal form we want and really run through the fauna of the world. Will we get to punch out that smug mystic cursing us? Or will we die to humans? This is one of the most brutal CYOA stories, evoking...
info_outlineGet in formation, Goosebuddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole watch another classic The Adventures of Pete & Pete episode, "Day of the Dot". As Big Pete's marching band competes in the Regional Championship, he struggles with affections for Ellen and a tyrannical teacher. Meanwhile Little Pete is trapped on an endless school bus as Bus Driver Stu wrestles with a broken heart. This is a sweet indie episode and we're inspired by the discussion. Enjoy!
Episode Discussion begins: 18:18
OFF-TOPICS: SpongeBob SuperBowl, Perfect High School, Doctorin', Wolf C.I.A., You Can Desaturate Your Phone Screen, Chad's Take On Sonic 2 (The Movie)