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Controversies are revealed this week as we reconvene and uncover a lost comment from Mike Westfall, revisit the controversial WWF "evil twin referee" plot, and uncover a new creature lurking in the rafters of the Percolator. Beware the leaderbird! Show Notes The Prefatorium 02:28 #HeresAdam 03:01 Superman's cellophane S 03:29 Adam in Avenue Q    06:27 Live webcast fail 09:50 Comments: Ep #304 | Nickelodeon 12:44 Aggro Crag pieces confirmed 16:03 Out of Control title sequence 19:11 Belle & Sebastian: Another Sunny Day The Percolator 31:10 Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant rematch (Main Event)  32:51 Ref slide

Ep #307 | Short Songs Mixtape

From the price of VHS cassettes to the number of championship belts in Hulk Hogan's wardrobe, we're on a quest for answers this week as we ramble on around the pizza box. Do drive-thru attendant uniforms change? Why are sentinels the dumbest convention of X-Men comics? Grab a slice and find out.   Show Notes 02:17 #WheresAdam   03:06 Ep #174 | Ep #176 (Time Travel)  06:52 Comments: Ep #304 | Nickelodeon  09:37 Mike's friend wins a piece of the Aggro Crag 10:30 Comments: Ep #306 | WrestleMania 10:56 Ep #63 | Professional Wrestling 17:47 Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI 23:22 VHS rental pricing 23:33 Las Pinas: PIzza 00:00 Pizza Night presents | Adam's Kirkwood Hoodie | Nick's Serial Killers magazine | Nick's Selena T-shirt | Adam's Flash T-shirt | Adam's The Harlem Globetrotters novelization | Drew's weird little Spider-Man | John's Films of Charles and Ray Eames DVD | Nick's robotic hand 31:10 Nick's dinosaur topiary  1:24:03 Avenue Q at Meremac Theatre

Jump into your ring cart and prepare to set an Hourchive indoor attendance record as guest Hourchivist Mike Westfall joins us via closed-circuit television to discuss the granddaddy of them all. Show Notes 00:00 WrestleMania Theme Song 01:14 Rip 'Em! 12:52 The History of WrestleMania 20:26 Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'r' Good Enough music video 30:24 Andre the Giant turns on Hulk Hogan 34:20 Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (WrestleMania III) 36:32 Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (WrestleMania III) 58:49 Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon ladder match (WrestleMania X) 1:04:37 The ring cart 1:08:52 CM Punk wins Money in the Bank 1:14:05 Undertaker exits 1:18:16 The Advent Calendar House 1:18:41 Casting Off: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Ep #305 | Wes Anderson

Thoughts on orange beer, how Krampus figures in to curling, and Uncle Stevie's less than progressive views on modern awards eligibility. We steep on these things AND MORE.

We're putting 60 minutes on the clock. If you can learn all about the humble Ohio origins of the "first network for kids," debate Drew's resemblance to Josh from Drake & Josh, resist the siren call of the Aggrocrag,  and find that flag, Harvey, tell 'em what they'll win! Show Notes 01:46 The History of Nickelodeon 08:40 Nickelodeon Magazine 09:22 Back to the Future Part II Pizza Hut promotion 14:15 You Can't Do That on Television opening sequence   18:50 Robert Englund on Don't Just Sit There 20:01 Yahoo Serious on Don't Just Sit There 23:45 Josh Peck (Drake & Josh) 51:25 Thrillist's 10 Favorite Double Dare Obstacle Courses 1:11:28 Keep it Spotless promo spot

Our weekly look at comments and percolations runs long this week (and turns into a preview of a forthcoming Hourchive Deep Dive on Disney Parks) so we can tackle the long, lost (fake) history of Walt Disney World's long, lost (fake) Pleasure Island, grapple with the ramifications of Blink-182 setting up residence next door to Area 51, and virtually unzip Thanos' vest to take our guesses regarding Avengers: Infinity War.   Show Notes The Prefatorium 03:25 Comments: The Percolator | March 7, 2018 06:30 Comments: Ep #300 16:10 Comments: Ep #303 | Gaslight Square 18:10 The lost "history" of Pleasure Island 19:20 The Adventurers Club 26:05 Club 33 30:00 Disneyland Dream Suite 37:35 Adolescents: Welcome to Reality The Percolator 48:03 Blink-182 Announces Las Vegas Residency 50:57 Trailing On 51:06 Avengers: Infinity War trailer 2 1:01:40 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald trailer 1:02:09 Won't You Be My Neighbor? trailer 1:03:05 Tag trailer 1:04:30 Lost in Space (Netflix) trailer 1:07:20 Lost in Space theme by Johnny Williams

Join John and Nick on a wistful walk down the bygone blocks of a beloved St. Louis entertainment district and explore how a street briefly became a square. Show Notes 10:25 The History of Gaslight Square 25:01 Elistination: Establishments of Gaslight Square   25:50 A Musical Tour of Gaslight Square 33:09 Map of Gaslight Square establishments circa 1959-1969 37:08 Gaslight Square at its peak (St. Louis Magazine) 51:45 KETC's Living St. Louis: Gaslight Square 55:42 The Oral History of Gaslight Square 57:18 Beatnik Bob's at the City Museum 58:01 Original Gaslight Square sign at Joe's Cafe

John and Nick weigh in on Thor: Ragnarok, box-office grosses adjusted for inflation, a timeline of Corey Haim hair, and the WWE-ification of The Bachelor. Show Notes The Prefatorium 01:50 Comments: The Percolator | March 7, 2018 03:38 Comments: Ep #301 | Guilty Pleasures Mixtape 04:04 Sun, Beautiful Sun (Bubble Guppies) 05:13 Marc Bonilla: Afterburner (Airborne) 06:33 Rollerboy Carousel (Prayer of the Rollerboys) 07:18 Weezer: My Best Friend  08:55 Hundred Acre Wood Rally Race 10:04 Comments: Ep #302 | Akira 11:52 Janet Jackson: Black Cat The Percolator 13:34 Will John Love It or Hate It: Thor: Ragnarok 18:25 Top US box-office gross adjusted for inflation

For our first retrospectacular of 2018, we ride our red motorbikes straight into the heart of Neo-Tokyo to lavish praise on the best film of 1988 featuring a city-devouring goopy arm, then fantasy-cast the long-delayed but inevitable American remake.  Show Notes 07:01 Nick's Akira VHS | back cover 13:20 The "Robocop" sequence 45:36 Wizard Magazine casts the X-Men movie 57:48 "I don't feel so good." (Cloverfield) 59:02 Tetsuo's loses an arm

A rundown of recent comments leads to a greater appreciation of arcade swipe cards, a painful recollection for Drew, and an unwelcome advance from Mark McGrath. We then trail on as Drew puts out a call for the Rufio to Ewan McGregor's Christopher Robin, John decries the modernization of Mary Poppins, and Nick walks out on MGMT.   Show Notes The Prefatorium 01:35 Comments: The Percolator | February 21 03:48 Ocean City, New Jersey ordinance on pinball 07:50 Comments: Ep #300 09:42 Drew Stories: The "Costume" Party 15:30 Comments: The Percolator | February 27, 2018 17:00 Comments: Ep #301 | Guilty Pleasures Mixtape 21:40 The Party: In My Dreams music video 22:16 Sugar Ray: Abracadabra The Percolator 27:54 Trailing On 28:30 Mary Poppins Returns teaser 29:31 Christoper Robin teaser

Ep #301 | Guilty Pleasures Mixtape

The Percolator | February 27, 2018

This week we bowl a perfect game and celebrate Hourchive past, present, and future with show trivia, classic comments, and a new full-time Hourchive host.