Nosebleeds for Everyone! ("Button, Button" and The Box)
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Taking another work of short fiction, this time the guys discuss Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” adapted to a 1986 Twilight Zone episode of the same name, and also adapted to the 2009 movie The Box.
This time, the guys pick up a listener suggestion, from longtime listener Malc Foy, The Running Man, by Stephen King.
Rankings!
Colin: Movie/Book
James: Book/Movie
Seth: Movie/Book
Note: We’ve been having some trouble with our digital recorder. I tried to mitigate the static/distortion we got in a few places, but if you hear it, it’s not your headphones.
Take Me To Your Eater, Episode One? (feat. Roger Anderson)
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Bonus episode!
Premise:
Can a skilled home cook replicate a cookie recipe just from the name? Roger takes a crack at “S’Mores Blossoms” and we get to taste the results. Sorry it’s not video, but we’ve attached photo evidence of everything except James, who was evidently hiding in a corner with his milk stout.
This time the guys discuss Tom Godwin’s 1954 classic short story “The Cold Equations” and tackle three of its adaptations: the 1980s Twilight Zone episode, the 1996 Sci-Fi Channel movie, both sharing the story’s title, and the 2014 short film titled The Stowaway.
He Flapped His Butterfly Wings (The Map of Tiny Perfect Things)
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Picking up a short title to keep Seth sane, and a cheery-ish one to keep Colin sane, the Pavement Pounders discuss Lev Grossman’s short story “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” and the 2021 Amazon film of the same name.
Who is the rankest? (Seven Years of Rankings, Analyzed)
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In this episode, Seth did a bunch of homework (not enough as it turned out), to find out which of the trio was more likely to pick a particular medium first in his rankings.
Some assembly required, warranty void if opened, math not valid in Texas.
It's a Veggie Tale! (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Part One)
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For our first post-100 episode, we dive into Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers, originally published in Collier’s Weekly and adapted four times. This episode covers the novel and the original 1956 adaptation Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
TMTYR Episode #100: Yeah...We Watched It (Dr. Strangelove & Fail-Safe)
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For episode #100, we discuss Red Alert, by Peter George, and Fail-Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, then talk about the adaptation of the former, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and the two adaptations of Fail-Safe, the 1964 film and the 2000 live teleplay.
