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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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Now displaying: December, 2024
Dec 23, 2024

Oh Come, All Ye Goosebuddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole revisit two 90s cartoon holiday episodes. First we check out ABC's Recess's politically correct 'Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave' guest starring James Earl Jones and Michael McKean in which Chad's cartoon proxy Mikey challenges 3rd Street to prove Santa is real.

We then shift to the more subversive with Nickelodeon's Rocko's Modern Life's holiday episode 'Can't Squeeze Cheer From a Cheese Log!' otherwise known as Rocko's Modern Christmas. Rocko's hoping friends come by for the holidays, including some mysterious elves next door. Is Santa dead? Are Elves keeping the legend alive like the Bat Family does in Batman's absence? Unsure, but a cloud poops snow and Mr. Bigfoot gets capped in the knee. Pretty good.

We also talk about Sonic the Hedgehog canon and Chad's love for the female southern brawler archetype. Enjoy and happy holidays!

Off-TOPICS: Bunnie Rabbot

Discussion starts at 9:56

Support the show and get access to bonus episodes, our secret Discord, and more at patreon.com/goosebuds

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Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
Cover art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
Dec 16, 2024

The Goosebuddies Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read R.L. Stine's Horrorland 'finale' The Streets of Panic Park. Sixteen (!!) book protagonist kids are globbed together to face the edgelord villain The Menace who hopes to scare the kids so bad they'll jump realities. And in what should be the hypest moment in all of Goosebumps, Slappy leads a group of villain allies! Can these kids and monsters escape Panic Park and get back to Horrorland- which they are also escaping from? This book was such a mess it caused an emotional crisis in your hosts and we need to lie down. Enjoy the episode!

Book discussion: 13:10

OFF-TOPICS:

Being Shaken (Jostled)
How Many Legs Do Ants Have? We check it out.
Speed Racer's Mach V Pogo Leg
Wacky Racers X Fast & Furious

Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at goosebuds.store
Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
Cover art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
Dec 2, 2024

We're back to Hark as the Goosebuddies Chad, Paul, and Kevin adventure through the second (and last) of R.L. Stine's sci-fi Choose Your Own Adventure series: The Invaders of Hark. We're thrust into the city of Hark where multiple alien factions fight for control and a beautiful princess. These books are brutal with only one correct path. Will we survive?

OFF TOPICS: Paul's adventures in Unreal Engine, Godot

Adventure begins: 15:30

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UPDATE TO PATREON: Due to changes on Patreon's side we're being forced to shift from our per creation setup (where you'd pledge tiers and pay for each episode released a month) to a monthly subscription (a flat fee tier). Our goal is to make this as least disruptive as possible. Here's the summary of new tiers.

$5/month - Ghoulie

  • Our exclusive Goosebuds Discord

  • Early access to episodes before they go live

  • Voting on episodes we read next!

$10/month - Camper

  • Camp Goosebuds bonus episodes every month

  • Forever immortalized in the Book of Names at the end of each episode

  • All the rewards from the 'Ghoulie' level (Discord, early access, and voting)

As we always put out at least two regular episodes a month this shouldn't change the overall amount you were pledging, just how and when it's charged. But this is not an automatic shift. You'll need to adjust your tiers to the new levels!

Dress your skeleton with Goosebuds apparel at goosebuds.store
Edited by Kevin Cole (@RealKevinCole)
Music by Seth Earnest (sethearnest.net)
Cover art by Brock Gallagher (@brockadile)
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