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Family Drama Final Mixdown- JOUR 208

A mini episode of my original podcast assignment which fills in a missing gap. Listen to original first.

JOUR 208-Family Drama Podcast Mini-Episode (Extra Credit)

Just Outside the Door

Brandon Stephenson, a classmate of mine from JOUR 425, relays the story of a life-altering baseball injury.

Brandon's Baseball Blues

Matt, Sal, and David discuss the ways the Trump campaign has affected film advertising, South Park's shift to leftist politics, the Joker's status as a cultural icon and meme, and Thanos' weird fetishes.

Main topics: Rambo and fake news culture/MAGA culture (4:59), South Park and leftism (16:30), Joker as an icon and meme, fanboyism (31:48). 

Redaction- the story referenced involving Eric Trump actually involved Donald Trump, Jr. A more detailed account can be found here:
https://www.complex.com/life/2016/11/donald-trump-jr-college-classmate-claims-trump-knocked-son-ground-in-front-friends-once

The Blizzard story Sal referenced can be researched here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917574/blizzard-ban-hearthstone-college-students-grandmaster-china-hong-kong-protests

Three college Hearthstone players were banned from tournaments for six months for publicly supporting protests in Hong Kong.

Elon Musk profile in Rolling Stone referencing he and his father's troubled past:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-the-architect-of-tomorrow-120850/

Bowling for Coup, Episode 1: The Working Title

Matt, Sal, and (briefly) David discuss horror films, Stephen King's theory of why people enjoy horror fiction, H.P. Lovecraft being a racist weirdo, Sal's eccentric cousin, Tahoe Tessie, "extreme haunted house" McKamey Manor, and short stories and music to enjoy for Halloween.

Excuse the slight crackle in the audio, don't know what happened.

Fun fact I forgot to bring up during the pod: the voice of the killer in "Scream" was provided by Roger L. Jackson, a voice actor also known for voicing Mojo Jojo on "Powerpuff Girls." 
And: "Scary Movie" was the original working title for "Scream," ironically.

Russ McKamey does charge for his "service": one bag of dog food. And: no one knows if the $20K prize is legit since no one's ever made it through to the end of McKamey Manor.

Links to sources discussed:

The Lovecraft story where he gives the cat, rumored to be based on his own cat, a very racist moniker: http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/rw.aspx

Story covering the petition to close down McKamey Manor:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2019-10-30/mckamey-manor-extreme-haunt-draws-petition-from-tens-of-thousands-to-shut-down-new-location-in-the-south

Leaked McKamey Manor waiver forms, thread on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/dn0sef/mckamey_manor_waivers_leaked/

Britannica's bio for Christopher Lee:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Lee

Inside Edition article on Brandon Lee's death on the set of "The Crow":
https://www.insideedition.com/mysterious-death-brandon-lee-set-crow-52501

McKamey Manor's disturbing video I showed Sal (warning: this video is extreme, it's a wonder YouTube hasn't taken it down): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwCkKnxsbgc

The unauthorized footage of McKamey Manor I found and reference to Sal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIosF7iKdQk

The documentary clip I used during the McKamey Manor bit, featuring an interview with the owner Russ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fIHWincp7E

Olivia Hussey's appearance in a Bravo TV special ("100 Scariest Movie Moments," 2003) where she tells the Steve Martin anecdote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ef6eafqfZ8

Films referenced:
The Exorcist
The Evil Dead Trilogy
Trick r Treat (2007)
Hocus Pocus
Night of the Creeps
The Strangler (1964)
Night of the Living Dead
Creepshow
Suspiria
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
The Crow
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
The Monster Squad
Misery
Black Christmas
The Thing (1982)
The Thing from Another World (1952)
Halloween
Halloween II
The Wicker Man (1973)
Hereditary
The Shining
Midsommar
The Nightmare Before Christmas
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Friday the 13th
Scream
Scary Movie

Short stories/books:
Danse Macabre by Stephen King
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Your House is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye
"The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving
"The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft
"The Colour Out of Space" by H.P. Lovecraft
"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P. Lovecraft
"The Dunwich Horror" by H.P. Lovecraft

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