Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came: A Podcast about Stephen King and His Books – Details, episodes & analysis

In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the 1990 adaptation of Misery.

Note: We recorded this before Rob Reiner’s tragic death.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Background (01:28)
• Changes from the book (06:55)
• Overall thoughts (26:06)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (30:58)
• Yuck-King it up (32:21)
• Fun stuff (35:55)
• Other Worlds Than These (42:33)
  • Sean: Patriot (2015-2018, Amazon Prime)
  • Jay: Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965, Philip K. Dick)
• Outro (50:23)

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Next episode: “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” found in Different Seasons.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Misery, Part 3: Paul and Part 4: Goddess.

• Introduction (00:12)
• In defense of writing (01:29)
• What book did we just read? (13:14)
• Final thoughts (19:37)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (23:27)
• Yuck-King it Up (27:04)
• Fun Stuff (29:42)
• Other Worlds than These (33:55)
  • Jay: Star Trek: Khan podcast
  • Sean: Slow Horses, Season 5
• Outro (37:32)

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Next Episode: Misery, the 1990 film adaptation, directed by Rob Reiner.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Blaze, chapters 1-10.

• Introduction (0:00)
• Publication history (1:28)
• Throwback type of book (9:42)
• Blaze’s morality (17:20)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (30:12)
• Yuck-King it Up (32:58)
• Fun Stuff (33:57)
• Other Worlds than These (40:07)
  • Jay: Spaceballs (1987, dir. Mel Brooks) Trailer
  • Sean: Poker Face (season 2 on Peacock)
• Outro (43:45)

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Next Episode: Blaze, chapters 11-17.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Christine, the Prologue and chapters 1-11.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Publication history (02:24)
  • Worst to Best: Stephen King Cover Art
• The creeping knowledge of death (09:10)
• Christine and Arnie (19:28)
• This is a rock and roll story (26:02)
  • Christine Playlist
• Dark Tower Thinnies (34:13)
• Yuck-King it Up (40:15)
• Fun Stuff (43:30)
• Other Worlds Than These (48:50)
• Outro (53:23)

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Other Worlds Than These topics:

• Star Trek: Discovery, season 4
• Kurt Vonnegut centennial; reading his books in 2022; watching the documentary Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

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Next Episode: Christine, chapters 12-19.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Desperation, Part 5: Highway 50: Excused Early.

• Introduction (00:13)
• Recap (00:45)
• A bible epic ending (01:14)
• God is love (07:51)
• Thank you, Patrons! (16:21)
• Fun Stuff (17:12)
• Final thoughts on Desperation (23:46)
• Other Worlds Than These (30:07)
• Outro (34:08)

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Other worlds than these:

• Marvel Studios Hawkeye on Disney+
• The Green Knight, directed by David Lowery

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Celebration music is 8 Year Anniversary by Diamond Ortiz.

Next Episode: Christine, Prologue & chapters 1-11.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Desperation, Part 4 The China Pit: God Is Cruel.

• Introduction (00:00)
• This book holds up! (01:46)
• God is cruel (07:04)
• More connections (16:32)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (19:23)
• Yuck-King It Up (26:24)
• Fun Stuff (30:21)
• Other Worlds Than These (35:43)
• Outro (39:23)

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Next Episode: Desperation, Part 5 Highway 50: Excused Early.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Desperation, Part III – The American West: Legendary Shadows.

• Introduction (00:12)
• Recap (00:45)
• King’s title conventions (01:36)
• The spiritual state of unbelief (12:51)
• The Connection Zone (25:09)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (32:02)
• Yuck-King It Up (34:16)
• Thank you, Patrons! (36:20)
• Fun Stuff (36:45)
• Other Worlds Than These (42:38)
• Outro (48:18)

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Referenced in the show:

• Harry Potter film series. Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, David Yates. 2001–2011. Warner Bros. Pictures. 
• Succession. Created by Jesse Armstrong, HBO Entertainment, 2018–2021.
• 2020. “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. Rollingstone.com.
• Ferro, Shaunacy. 2021. “9 People Who Have Been Called America’s Sweetheart“. Mentalfloss.Com.

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Next Episode: Desperation, Part IV – The China Pit: God is Cruel.

A new bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came is live for all of our Patrons. What follows is a short excerpt of our discussion of the short story “Survivor Type” from the Stephen King collection, Skeleton Crew.

To get the whole episode and support our show, become a patron at patreon.com/twoguysdarktower.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Desperation, Part 2: Desperation: In These Silences Something May Rise

• Introduction (00:14)
• Recap (00:46)
• The twist (02:00)
• David’s faith (08:34)
• Three-layer [meta-fiction] cheese dip (15:21)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (17:52)
• Yuck-King it Up (20:45)
• Thank you, Patrons! (22:38)
• Fun Stuff (24:23)
• Other Worlds Than These (28:47)
• Outro (31:57)

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Celebration music is 8 Year Anniversary by Diamond Ortiz.

Check out:

• “Only Murders in the Building” on Hulu
• “What We Do in the Shadows” on Hulu
• The Bugzooka

Next Episode: Desperation, Part 3: The American West: Legendary Shadows.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Desperation, Part 1, In the House of the Wolf, The House of the Scorpion.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Publication history (1:46)
• Initial thoughts (4:19)
• Character criss-cross (9:42)
• Other connections (19:49)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (25:20)
• Yuck-King It Up (27:55)
• Fun Stuff (30:23)
• Other Worlds Than These (36:53)
• Outro (41:01)

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Next Episode: Desperation, Part 2, Desperation: In These Silences Something May Rise.