Goosebuds
Welcome to Goosebuds! A podcast where your hosts Paul Ritchey, Chad Quandt, and Kevin Cole dig into the Young Adult Literature of Goosebumps by R.L. Stine and give these tomes the deep critique and respect they deserve. Sometimes they get too scared and cover other adjacent 90s books and culture instead. Come join us and re-discover the stories you grew up with or jump in for the first time.
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Ep 173 - Adventure! - The Badlands of Hark
04/22/2024
Ep 173 - Adventure! - The Badlands of Hark
Your Goosebuds Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read through the 1985 CYOA book The Badlands of Hark, written by R.L. Stine! This is written before Goosebumps, Fear Street, or Horrorland; what sort of sci-fi fantasy world does a younger Stine have in his soul? Turns out it's one with an endless maze. A lot of death in this hellworld of R.L.'s. Can Paul and Kevin survive and find The Nonspecific Treasure? OFF TOPICS: Phone Cord Twirling, Beet Feudalism, Picard's robot body, Robot Hands, RoboCop, Chad's First Cousins Once Removed Adventure begins: 14:15 You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more perks at Style your skeleton with Goosebuds at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Cover art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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Ep 172 - Dr. Maniac vs Robby Schwartz
04/15/2024
Ep 172 - Dr. Maniac vs Robby Schwartz
Your Goosebuds hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole review R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland book Dr. Maniac vs Robby Schwartz where aspiring cartoonist Robby discovers his comic creations come alive to eat squirrels and torture local kids. But also none of this matters as Robby resets the narrative multiple times (it was all a joke, reader!) and it causes an emotional cataclysm for your Goosebuddies . To be honest, this episode really broke us. But don't CTRL+ALT+DEL on us; we'll keep pounding through Young Adult books because tackling R.L.'s legacy is our great purpose in life. OFF TOPICS: Rocky, Bioshock/Judas, Ben Franklin, Code Lyoko vs Reboot Book discussion begins: 16:40 Complete mental breakdown begins: 1:23:59 You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more perks at Style your skeleton with Goosebuds at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Cover art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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Ep 171 - Adventure! - Zork: The Forces of Krill
03/18/2024
Ep 171 - Adventure! - Zork: The Forces of Krill
Beware of grues, Goosebuddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole check out another Choose Your Own Adventure book based off one of the first adventure games ever: Zork! This 'What-Do-I-Do-Now" Book is Zork #1: The Forces of Krill by S. Eric Meretzky. Is Krill the Ganon of this world? Would we be shaking in our +1 Boots at the mention of his lizard men if we had played the original game? It seems Krill just likes hiding in holes in the ground, which isn't that much different than Tears of the Kingdom. We also discuss how delicious 'dino damage' used to look on toys. Enjoy the episode and stay alive! Book adventure begins: 12:00 OFF TOPICS: Daylight Savings Time, Bugs, Jurassic Park Battle Damage Toys, J. Kenji López-Alt, Bugs Part II You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 170 - The Scream of the Haunted Mask
03/11/2024
Ep 170 - The Scream of the Haunted Mask
There's a terrifying affliction of fear going around; so we're enforcing a Haunted Mask mandate! Your Goosebuds hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland book The Scream of the Haunted Mask. It's been a year since the original story and Carly Beth is worried she'll put the mask back on and become evil. She could just get rid of it, maybe try to destroy it, but it stays locked in her basement. Until it doesn't. But also: Ghost horses haunt the local children's center/farm! It's very tragic. This book that's really about spectral steeds should've been called Goosebumps: Horse Death. Book discussion begins: 17:30 OFF TOPICS: Millenial Internet Faux Pas, Willy's Chocolate Experience, X-Men Movies You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 169 - Monster Blood for Breakfast
02/26/2024
Ep 169 - Monster Blood for Breakfast
This episode is part of a balanced bookfast-! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read the third of R.L Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland series: Monster Blood for Breakfast. The iconic green growth slime is back for a fifth time. And somehow this is the least-scary story!Protagonist Matt Daniels deals with the terrifying idea of... being taller and stronger and winning the swim meet? We also get the next chapter of the Horrorland narrative and meet monster revolutionary Byron. We also discuss toy belts with I.P. powers and the mystery of missing Skeeter. Book discussion begins: 12:50 OFF TOPICS: Chad's beef with the Disney Imagination Belt, Where's Skeeter?? You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 168 - American Chillers: Iron Insects Invade Indiana (w/ Payton Whaley)
02/12/2024
Ep 168 - American Chillers: Iron Insects Invade Indiana (w/ Payton Whaley)
The corn state is in trouble, listeners! Small robotic drones designed like metal wasps are terrorizing the youth. They are not being used for war. Let us make that clear: this is not a metaphor about drone warfare at all. Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole cover Johnathan Rand's American Chillers: Iron Insects Invade Indiana. And we're joined by the wonderful Payton Whaley (WTIU's Flyover Culture). Payton's an Indiana boy like Chad and the two bond about their lives in the 'Crossroads of America', working for public television, and enjoying a time when there weren't metal menaces filling the skies. It was a simpler time. Anyway, this is a good episode! Enjoy. Book discussion begins: 4:30 Off Topics: MIMAL THE ELF, The Friday Zone Check out Payton's show Flyover Culture: You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Note: This is a re-upload as a former version had corrupted audio.
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Ep 167 - Adventure! - Flight of the Unicorn
01/22/2024
Ep 167 - Adventure! - Flight of the Unicorn
Giddyup, Pegacorn! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole wrangle the Choose Your Own Adventure book Flight of the Unicorn by Deborah Lerme Goodman. In a previous episode we had a great adventure in Deborah's Scottish-ish fantasy world. In this book we're the apprentice to some sort of horse-mancer? It involves sewing wings onto cats to turn them into unicorns? There has to be a better method, right? Either way a dastardly royal wants to turn our beautiful flying horses into an unstoppable army! We can't have any of that. Thankfully we have the strongest weapon in the kingdom: pocket cat! OFF TOPICS: Sousou no Frieren, A Certain Fantastic Streaming App (boo capitalism) Adventure begins at 12:00 You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 166 - Creep from the Deep
01/15/2024
Ep 166 - Creep from the Deep
We're back in Horrorland, Buddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole cover R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland book 'Creep from the Deep'. We're reunited with Billy and Sheena Deep and their uncle Dr. D. What sort of doctor is Deep? A water scientist? He does not have respect for the ocean like he should and his children suffer once again because of it. But this book has some pretty fun stuff including ghost pirates! Or pirate ghosts! And we learn more about the shared book story of Horrorland. What are the Horrors planning? Do they even have a plan? Note: despite the cover there are not Shrek Eels. Book discussion begins: 14:45 OFF TOPICS: Episode 666, iconic Scabby and Stinko, Steamboat Willie, Chad pitches another Tontine You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 165 - Adventure! 'Sonic v. Zonik'
12/25/2023
Ep 165 - Adventure! 'Sonic v. Zonik'
Just in time for the holidays we have a new Adventure! episode: Sonic the Hedgehog Adventure Gamebook #3 'Sonic v. Zonik' written by Nigel Gross & Jon Sutherland. These two authors watched their kids play Sonic for five minutes and then free wrote a Choose Your Own Adventure baded on that. What? Yes, Sonic is a Christmas character. Every kid gets a Sega Genesis on Christmas pre-packaged with Sonic 2. Every year. Or is that just Chad? Your hosts Paul Ritchey, Chad Quandt, and Kevin Cole read through this mess of a book that maybe has some missing pages. Adventure starts: 9:50 Off-Topics: Paul Went to Spain, Xuixo, Instant Coffee You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 164 - Goosebumps (2023): "Cuckoo Clock of Doom"
12/18/2023
Ep 164 - Goosebumps (2023): "Cuckoo Clock of Doom"
Ding dong, Goosebuddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole are back to cover the third episode in the 2023 Goosebumps TV series involving the fabled Cuckoo Clock of Doom! In this Groundhog Day-ish episode a bunch of evil clone James are threatening to... throw kids in pits? Unclear what their plan is. They're also very susceptible to damage. You know that villain Twice from My Hero Academia? It's kind of like that but with less thrilling music. Episode discussion begins: 8:15 OFF TOPICS: Varsity Blues, The Program, Being "Car Strong", Kevin's Tattoo, Heraldry! You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 163 - Goosebumps (2023): "The Haunted Mask"
11/27/2023
Ep 163 - Goosebumps (2023): "The Haunted Mask"
We're just getting started with the new 2023 series, Goosebuddies! We check out Episode 2 of Disney/Hulu's Goosebumps series, "The Haunted Mask". This story touches upon the classic book and also steps down new paths as the kids and parents both piece together the mystery of Harold Biddle. Also Justin Long does physical comedy! Enjoy the discussion and keep all forgein items off your face. TV discussion starts: 18:15 OFF TOPICS: Future Kevin, Ben Stiller's Favorite Cat, Finding R.L., Endless Zack Fair, W.C. Fields in Philly You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 162 - The Adventures of Pete & Pete: 'The Good, The Bad and The Lucky"
11/20/2023
Ep 162 - The Adventures of Pete & Pete: 'The Good, The Bad and The Lucky"
As the fall air turns crisp, enjoy this episode revisiting the 90s classic The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole cover this season 3 episode focused on Little Pete and his magic coin which can only be recharged by endangering a train. Please understand: each year dozens of trains go off the rails because of plucky kids putting currency on the rails. Do not do this. This episode was irresponsible for Nickelodeon to air, encouraging other kids to do such dangerous acts. But we still had a good time talking about it. TV discussion starts: 17:00 OFF TOPICS: Dire Straits, Weird Al, Novelty Music and why Paul hates fun, George Bush Senior's 90s Music Gun You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 161 - Goosebumps (2023): "Say Cheese and Die!"
10/23/2023
Ep 161 - Goosebumps (2023): "Say Cheese and Die!"
Goosebumps is back on TV! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole check out the pilot episode of this new Hulu Goosebumps (aka Hulusbumps) series about five teenagers discovering supernatural forces in their small town. And this first episode starts off with ghost arson! We take big guesses at where the series goes from here and anticipate Slappy's arrival. Is this show for teenagers? 30-somethings? Either way, watch out for Justin Long! TV discussion begins: 3:30 Off Topics include: Hot Kevin, Author Names You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 160 - Fear Street: The Surprise Party (w/ Kyle McVey)
10/16/2023
Ep 160 - Fear Street: The Surprise Party (w/ Kyle McVey)
Keep your weekend open, we're throwing you a surprise party! The Goosebuddies bring in the spooky season with another of R.L. Stine's Fear Street book The Surprise Party. A well intentioned teen party uncovers a woodland tragedy. Plus there's tabletop roleplaying! We're joined by returning guest, writer Kyle McVey (Yesterday's Tomorrow Today, LOLJK, Unikitty!). Will you R.S.V.P. our invitation? This fear has passed. Book talk begins at 10:15 Off-Topics include: Paul solves our fears, of plastic in food and skunk spraying Check out Kyle's podcasts: Yesterday's Tomorrow Today and LOLJK You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 159 - Revenge of the Living Dummy
09/25/2023
Ep 159 - Revenge of the Living Dummy
Slappy' back, Goosebuddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Kevin Cole, and Paul Ritchey read through the first book in R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland series: Revenge of the Living Dummy. The Horrorland series promises an ongoing story connecting these spooky tales; does it start strong with the iconic puppet monster? What is Slappy's connection to a theme park? And who is Mr. Badboy? Is it Slappy? Oh yeah, it's just Slappy. Book discussion starts: 8:29 Off-Topics: The Last Unicorn, The Cleveland Brownie You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 158 - Adventure! - The Magic of the Unicorn
09/11/2023
Ep 158 - Adventure! - The Magic of the Unicorn
Sharpen your horns on the nearest elderwood, Goosebuddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole are reading a Choose Your Own Adventure: Deborah Lerme Goodman's The Magic of the Unicorn. Our kid heroes are on a quest to find a unicorn horn to purify their village's water supply. Presumably you put the horn in a water filter. Maybe you drink from it like a giant straw. Will we run into that tree hag on the cover? Or will something else more magical occur? Enjoy! Episode begins: 7:30 OFF TOPICS: Being overly familiar with Deborah, Referring to people by their profession, City streets and their relative twistiness, Wearing pain like armor, Getting your ear pierced at Claire's, additional literary material, The LotR BTS bonus features that Kevin somehow never saw You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 157 - Fear Street: The New Girl
08/28/2023
Ep 157 - Fear Street: The New Girl
With Goosebumps 2000 in our rear view mirror the boys drive to R.L. Stine's Fear Street. We've visted Shadyville in previous episodes but are thinking about putting down podcast roots. The community seems nice. Despite this episode's title it is not about an 'adorkable' Zooey Deschanel moving in with three sexual dudes. Instead in this first book of the series Cory Brooks hungers for new arrival Anna Corwin's kisses. This mysterious girl may be a ghost and is full of red flags. Teenage hormones blind Cory to real love when his best friend Lisa is right there! Can we survive this love triangle? Book discussion begins: 15:45 Off Topics: Lorcana, Greasy Car Holes, Disney Infinity, X-Men Sneaker Blind Boxes, the problem with New Girl's Schmidt, Permanent Records, Throwing the One Ring into a Volcano, Lt. Worf's iconic phrase You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 156 - American Chillers: Nebraska Nightcrawlers
08/14/2023
Ep 156 - American Chillers: Nebraska Nightcrawlers
What danger lies beneath our very feet? Could it be morlocks? C.H.U.D.s? Or something even worse: giant nightcrawler worms that have no real senses and just flop around crushing everything! Doesn't that sound positively spooky? We hope so, because Chad Quandt and Kevin Cole are reading Johnathan Rand's American Chillers series #15: Nebraska Nightcrawlers. Will these kids be able to shrink the subterranean assassins back down to size? Enjoy the episode! Off Topics include: The Spicy, Our NPC-sonas, Young Chad at the Steel Mill, Encountering a Teacher in the Wild, Reverse Cocaine, War of the Coprophages You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 155 - Baywatch Nights: "Possessed" (w/ Domi)
07/31/2023
Ep 155 - Baywatch Nights: "Possessed" (w/ Domi)
Wait, who's that running across the moonlit beach? It's Camp Counselor Domi (Paperback Paradise) who rejoins Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole to check out the infamous 90s TV procedural Baywatch Nights. In this spinoff of the phenomenon Baywatch, David Hasslehoff's Mitch Buchannon moonlights as a Californian P.I., dealing with paranormal problems. In this episode, the blood of a serial killer infects multiple people with the desires of sex and death. It's really a wild trip and we have a blast closing this case with Dom. The nights will never be the same! Episode discussion begins at 9:55 OFF TOPICS: Lighter Politics, 7-11 Rose Pipe, How Does the Witch Magic from Beauty and the Beast Work?, New Original Character Pissmouth, Sylvester Stallone Chaos Pen, Going "Egg Mode" You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 154 - Ghost In The Mirror
07/18/2023
Ep 154 - Ghost In The Mirror
It's the end of the millennium! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read the last Goosebumps 2000 book: R.L. Stine's Ghost In The Mirror. In this episode young Jason gets a thrifted mirror that is secretly a portal to a mirror dimension. It's sort of like that episode of Infinity Train but not as well written. Can Jason stop his mirror doppleganger from throwing cars all over town? Does Goosebumps 2000 end with a real Y2K-level threat or is it more of a dud like how the real Y2K went? Enjoy the episode. Book discussion begins: 7:30 OFF TOPICS: A gun that shoots skateboards, advertising integrity You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 153 - Earth Geeks Must Go!
07/03/2023
Ep 153 - Earth Geeks Must Go!
Blast off, Goosebuddies! Your hosts Paul Ritchey, Chad Quandt, and Kevin Cole read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Earth Geeks Must Go! It is a 'story' about young boy Jacob Miller who finds himself on an alien planet with strange differences than his own. For example, everyone here eats food with arm pit mouths! Gross! To be honest, it's mostly identical to Earth for some reason. People read books with their tongues; is that spooky? Also there are war crimes committed by sentient bugs. Enjoy the episode! Episode discussion begins at 8:35 OFF TOPICS: Handclaps in songs, falling in love on the internet, Dianne Feinstein's Kid Talk, the Work Generation, why TikTok Homesteaders rely on the very Internet that they hate. You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 152 - Hey Arnold! 'The List/Haunted Train'
06/14/2023
Ep 152 - Hey Arnold! 'The List/Haunted Train'
Hey Goosebuddies! We're taking a book break and visiting some classic 90s television; Craig Bartlett's animated slice of life Hey Arnold! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole watch two episodes: 'The List' (written by Joe Ansolabehere) in which Arnold tries to have a perfect day, and 'Haunted Train' (written by Josephine Nericcio) where a blue collar ghost story pulls Arnold and his friends into (possibly) hell. Does this show hold up as much as we remember? This visit to the intentionally non-specific city Hillwood unlocks some big core memories for us and leads to good discussion. Enjoy the episode! TV discussion begins: 10:45 OFF TOPICS: Dandadan, The Manga Zone, Ice Church's Great Schism You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
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Ep 151 - Slappy's Nightmare
06/05/2023
Ep 151 - Slappy's Nightmare
Wake up, Goosebuddies, it's time for another episode! Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read through R.L. Stine's Goosebuds 2000 book Slappy's Nightmare. In a bizarre turn, Goosebump's iconic main monster is the protagonist of the book as the dummy tries to be good for once. Just look at that cover. Slappy is scared! Upside is down, ketchup is mustard, cats and dogs are living together! Do we like this book or should we have hit the 'snooze' button? Enjoy the episode! OFF TOPICS: Corporate Cinema, Tanking Timothy Chalomet, Lin Manuel Miranda's 'The Scuttlebutt', Cider Talk Book discussion begins: 10:45 You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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Ep 150 - Full Moon Fever
05/15/2023
Ep 150 - Full Moon Fever
Happy 150th episode, Goosebuddies! If episodes were Pokemon this would be MewTwo, which is a pretty cool thing to be in any comparison. Speaking of mutant monsters, this episode has Chad, Paul, and Kevin reading R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Full Moon Fever. We need to be clear: this is not about werewolves! Yes, these beast children are supposedly transformed by the moon and covered in fur and love howling but this is different than lycanthropy! We're stunned by how buck wild this book gets with real stakes, crazy turns, and the potential of eating parents. Is this the best Goosebumps book we've ever read? BANTER: Tom Petty Talk Full Moon Facts (TPTFMFs), Goosebuds' Original 150 episodes, Video Games: Hacked, A Lot Of Things Had To Go Weird - the Paul Ritchey Story. Book discussion begins: 8:00
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Ep 149 - The Haunted Car (w/ PeanutButterGamer)
05/01/2023
Ep 149 - The Haunted Car (w/ PeanutButterGamer)
Start your ear-engines! Paul, Chad, and Kevin are joined by Austin (aka the internet's preminent Arthur scholar PeanutButterGamer) to read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book The Haunted Car. This is a story about one sick ride, traumatic child death, and being very evil. We also talk with Austin about R.L.'s involvement with the cartoon series Arthur. Buckle up and enjoy the listen! OFF TOPICS: Matthew McConaghey's guide to livin', SCUTTLEBUTT, water cooler dominance, flavor pipes, Book discussion begins: 5:45 You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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Ep 148 - Adventure! - Elevator to Nowhere
04/17/2023
Ep 148 - Adventure! - Elevator to Nowhere
Ding ding! In this episode Chad, Paul, and Kevin read through R.L. Stine's Give Yourself Goosebumps book Elevator to Knowhere. In this story our wacky Uncle Darius-- not Larry David as this cover may have led you to assume-- is kidnapped by a knife-wielding doppelgänger and he can only be saved with his multiverse elevator. We'll travel to fantastic dimensions including a rad one where children are illegal. Honestly this books rips cheeks and we had a blast. Enjoy! OFF TOPICS: The defiling of Eiffel 65's 'Blue', Easter (AKA Lazy Halloween) pancake rituals Adventure begins: 15:06 You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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Ep 147 - Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
03/27/2023
Ep 147 - Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
The Goosebuds Boys Paul, Chad, and Kevin read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid. One may argue that title could apply to virtually anything in the Goosebumps bibliography but we got it for this one; a surprisingly meta tale about board games and choose-your-own-adventure books that would make Charlie Kaufman wince. Can we survive this book or will we be lost to the Shadow Realm? OFF TOPICS: being crumbelievable, bone music Book discussion begins: 7:55 You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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Ep 146 - So Weird: 'Family Reunion'
03/13/2023
Ep 146 - So Weird: 'Family Reunion'
Hope you had cable in the 90s because the Goosebuddies are checking out the Disney Channel cult show So Weird and its pilot episode 'Family Reunion' about paranormal believer Fi, her rocker mom, and the tour bus family that explores the things in the world that make a teenager cryptically whisper 'So weird...'. In this episode it's specifically the ghost of a poor wet boy who hates laptops. Episode discussion begins: 15:45 OFF TOPICS: O.G. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Chad is the Red XIII of Goosebuds, Nomura-san, The Playstation 2 Slim: The Greatest Entertainment System Ever Created, VHS cassettes are back, Warriors of Virtue, mix CDs vs mix tapes Note: Sorry Chad is fighting through a cold so we hope his muffled voice isn't too bothersome. You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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Ep 145 - Return to Ghost Camp
02/27/2023
Ep 145 - Return to Ghost Camp
This episode the Goosebud Boys cover R.L. Stine's Goosebumps 2000 book Return to Ghost Camp, a sequel that has no returning characters or plot threads. It's not even the same camp. Can protagonist Dustin Minium evade the shape-shifting fox monster known as The Snatcher? At least this book gives us a great opportunity to reflect on the Kevin Era (aka Phase 2 of Goosebuds Cinematic Universe). Book Discussion begins: 11:15 (sort of). Off Topics: Kevin's Anniversary, Hot Topic and 'Just Two Things' shirts, our personalized Emotionally Honest T-shirts, the grape-worthy terroir of Indiana. You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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Ep 144 - Man-Thing (2017) (w/ Adam Teterus)
02/14/2023
Ep 144 - Man-Thing (2017) (w/ Adam Teterus)
Whoever knows fear burns at the touch of the Man-Thing! And we had a similar response to reading this comic book! Chad, Paul, and Kevin are joined by expert Adam Teterus (Man-Thing Minute), to cover R.L. Stine's infamous 2017 Marvel series. This story shows the usually-horrifying Man-Thing now a joke machine trying to survive the entertainment industry in Burbank, California. It's certainly a comic book with some fantastic art by German Peralta! To know the better side of the shambling mound's stories we also read the classic issue Man-Thing #4 (1974) written by Steve Gerber and art by Val Mayerik. In that we meet the religious zealot and Marvel D-Lister The Foolkiller! This is a pretty wild episode as we compare the two very different works about the same character. Enjoy the listen! Book discussion begins: 4:20 OFF TOPICS: Chicken Coins, Dave & Buster's afterlife, Kevin's prized smoothie machine You can support Goosebuds, get access to bonus episodes, join our secret Discord, and more at Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole) Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net) Art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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