In the 2023 Year End Bash Tadd covers some news including the end of the Dollar Babies program, Henry Thomas wanting a part in Flanagan's Dark Tower, Frank Darabont possibly returning to directing, how the late Norman Lear saved Stand By Me, The Overlook....er Stanley Hotel has been sold, Holly wins an Award, and 10 fan theories about King films. Also plenty of tangents and a few calls from listeners! Also the schedule for next year and the 2024 March Insanity Topic is announced!
Happy New Year!
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In the final Book Club of 2023 Tadd joins Susan on her walk back from Rhea's hut where she encounters a young man named Will Dearborn and it is an electric meeting. We then follow Will back to his camp and he discusses a bit with Cuthbert... or Arthur.
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In the latest Round Table Tadd covers a bunch of news including the title of the 12 shorts for King's next book You Like it Darker. Life of Chuck wrapped filming, The Long Walk gets a new studio and director, Edgar Wright's The Running Man, among other things.
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In the latest Book Club Tadd finds Rhea hearing Susan coming and running into her hut, also sees Susan's side of it and noticing Rhea running into the hut. Then Susan gets there and things do not go well and we learn a lot about the situation, Susan is sent to get more wood and sees Rhea looking at the Ball. Then Rhea "inspects" Susan for her purity both physically and spiritually. Then before she leaves Rhea tells her there is one more thing.
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk some news including the unreleased Salem's Lot movie, The Boogeyman Director wanting to do more King, the whole Life of Chuck cast revealed, and new stories from the world of The Stand! They also take an email talking about what King stories can and cannot be taught in high school, and they look at Flanagan Regulars and where they fit in a Dark Tower series after seeing The Fall of the House of Usher!
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter join the Ka-Tet on the Turnpike looking at the building in the distance. Roland is quiet the last day before telling his tale and the whole camp is quiet as they set up that night and Roland begins his story. We also meet a woman on a hill with a new toy delivered to her.
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This one is changing back to Round Table first and Book Club second for a very special reason! 🎈🎈
Tadd and Peter trekked to Las Vegas (Randy-Land) to check out the Escape IT Escape Room. In this episode they come from their hotel room right after the Escape Room to talk about it. In this episode we all FLOAT down here.
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter cover the various news including Graphic Novel Omnibus releases, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, John Carpenter, and.... Taylor Swift?! Also they palaver about the Oracle in Book 1 and what her words might mean to the end of the cycle and Roland's salvation/damnation.
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In this latest Book Club Tadd and Peter follow the Ka-Tet through the Captain Trips ravaged Gage Park, Zoo, Aviary, and Snack Bar including one scary surprise for Jake. Then then find the Highway and Eddie says he is Turnpikin' again. They see all manner of graffiti as they move down the thinny surrounded highway. At Camp Roland promises his story the next night and that night Eddie has a nightmare about the Rose, he and Roland discuss it after he starts awake.
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about some updates from Mike Flanagan on his Dark Tower Adaptation as well as 2 new Book announcements from King and a Tease for Talisman 3! Then they put everything else aside to hit a 10k foot view of The Wind Through the Keyhole which somehow they have gone nearly 8 years as a Dark Tower Podcast without discussing in any meaningful way. Also an announcement about Round Table #142
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In this section Tadd and Peter cover more strange things coming from Roland in the light of the Thinny. Then getting off Blaine's carcass and look around at the station on Topeka side. There they discover bodies and a newspaper talking about Captain Trips. Then as they move on Eddie grabs a 1986 era wheelchair for Susannah and they look at the many cars and bumperstickers on the turnpike.
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On the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter are joined with Patreon Member Max as they come together to talk through the Top 10 Dark Tower Characters also a small little palaver about who is the best villain in the series?
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In this Book Club Tadd and Peter finish up Chapter 3 where we see Eddie Cantor Dean absolutely destroy Blaine the Mono with a number of jokes. Also the Mono crashes and causes some nicks and dinges but the Tet is safe but once they get outside Roland hears a sound and is stricken in a way we have not really seen before.
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In this Round Table Tadd and Peter palaver about the latest Flanagan quote that has them both really excited and hopeful for the Dark Tower series he wants to make. Also King talking a new story, as well as some Boogeyman Box Office Results, Fairy Tale Adaptation talk, and the scariest King stories not yet adapted.
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In this Book Club Tadd and Peter go through all of Chapter 2 and the first 3 subchapters of Chapter 3. We follow the Ka-Tet on Blaine to the Fall of the Hounds as Blaine changes over to battery powe, Blaine makes an All in the Family mistake, Jake's hand is no longer hurting, Eddie is "zonin' out" and Roland is out of Riddles and everything Jake has is answered promptly. Then just as Tadd and Peter get to the end of this section Eddie raises his hand holding back laughter.
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter come together to Palaver about Flanagan's Tower, Revival, and Life of Chuck. Also The Monkey might be getting an adaptation with James Wan directing. Also some Welcome to Derry talk, a Fairy Tale sweepstakes, and what Modern King Adaptations are destine to become classics?
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For the first time since 2020 Tadd and Peter are starting A NEW BOOK in the Book Club Series. In this episode they dive into the fourth novel in The Dark Tower series Wizard & Glass. In this episode there is some tale of the tape, and then dive back into the belly of Blaine as the Riddling Contest begins!
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter come together to talk about a cool reddit post showing the similarities between Calvin Tower and Roland. Also a few things about Welcome to Derry and a bunch of stuff about the soon-to-be released The Boogeyman.
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In the final Book Club for The Waste Lands we truly see what the titular Waste Lands really are as our Tet is hurling faster than the speed of sound in Blaine the Mono. Also Jake reveals his suspicion (correct suspicion) that Blaine is going to kill himself. Blaine reveals his role in serving Lud as a god, including killing people. Blaine demands Riddles and Roland responds with "fuck you" and gives us one of his greatest monologues so far. Then Blaine sets the game if he can't solve one of their riddles he will let them live, but if they can't stump him they will die with him. Then the game begins... just as the novel ends.
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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter cover Dark Tower needing to be on TV, a handful of things IT related, including Bill Skarsgård talking about Welcome to Derry, and Welcome to Derry adding its first cast. Also some cool insight into what could have been with Flanagan's Halloran movie.
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In the penultimate Book Club for The Waste Lands Tadd and Peter find the Ka-Tet trying to solve Bllaine's Riddle as the time is ticking down. Eventually Detta Walker makes her return and solves the riddle (with Jake's help) and they board Blaine the Mono and they begin moving. The train goes invisible and they see the city being gassed and we get our first look at The REAL Waste Lands beyond the wall.
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On this Round Table we update the March Insanity Poll as well as look at some Mike Flanagan Dark Tower speculation and an interview he had with a podcast with some VERY interesting things said. Also Welcome to Derry is officially on the way! Plus much more!
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In the latest Book Club Tadd and Peter follow Roland, Jake, and Oy as they move through the bowels of Lud all the while seeing the mass suicides and killings of both the Pubes and the Grays, also they pass through a massive room full of computers which is the mind of Blaine. The Deans see The Cradle open up and the Ka-Tet is finally reunited but told that they have little time before Blaine gasses the city. Last of all we see Randall "The Man in Black" Flagg heal Tick-Tock Man.
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On the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter check back in on the IT Escape room, look at a (probably haunted) island off the Maine that was for sale, Talk The Boogeyman and Billy Summers adaptations changing up a bit, and Holly coming in September. Also they unveil the DTP Fan Vote Bracket starting in March to crown the DTP Favorite Dark Tower Moments.
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In the first Book Club of the first year Tadd and Peter cover Book 2, Chapter 5, Subchapters 31-37. In which Jake is tortured further by Tick-Tock and his merry band of goons. Oy makes his move and all hell breaks loose, eventually Roland is let in and Jake and Oy are saved. But then the entire city begins to be pierced by an alarm and a Blaine questions Roland and Jake.
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