Category Archives: Skeleton Crew

Bonus Episode: Survivor Type (Skeleton Crew) (November 2021)



Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from November 2021. Enjoy!

In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “Survivor Type” found in Skeleton Crew.

  • Introduction (00:00)
  • Publication History (01:26)
  • Richard Pine is an asshole (05:03)
  • But is he just a survivor? (10:45)
  • Dark Tower Thinnies (21:49)
  • Yuck-King It Up (22:47)
  • Fun Stuff (25:06)
  • Outro (29:13)

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Bonus Episode: Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (Skeleton Crew) (October 2021)



Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from October 2021. Enjoy!

In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet” found in Skeleton Crew.

  • Introduction (00:00)
  • Publication History (1:18)
  • Madness (3:06)
  • Creator versus Conduit (8:35)
  • Justification of Fiction (16:06)
  • Dark Tower Thinnies (24:17)
  • Fun Stuff (26:09)
  • Outro (32:36)

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Bonus Episode: The Reach (Skeleton Crew) (September 2021)



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In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “The Reach” found in Skeleton Crew.

  • Introduction (00:13)
  • Publication history (01:08)
  • Exemplar of a (gothic) short story (03:37)
  • Too far to reach (10:06)
  • Dark Tower Thinnies (15:34)
  • Fun Stuff (17:34)
  • Outro (20:54)

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Bonus Episode: Word Processor of the Gods (Skeleton Crew) (August 2021)



Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from August 2021. Enjoy!

In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “Word Processor of the Gods” found in Skeleton Crew.

  • Introduction (00:00)
  • Publication history (01:20)
  • Monkey’s paw (07:38)
  • Nice-guy Richie (12:05)
  • Very 80s story (17:20)
  • Dark Tower Thinnies (19:24)
  • Yuck-King It Up (20:08)
  • Fun Stuff (22:18)
  • Outro (24:12)

Tales from the Darkside show intro

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Bonus Episode: The Raft (Skeleton Crew) (July 2021)



Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from July 2021. Enjoy!

In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “The Raft” from Skeleton Crew.

  • Introduction (00:00)
  • Publication history (01:54)
  • Influences and connections (06:29)
  • Weird relationships (09:23)
  • A series of bad decisions (13:41)
  • Creepshow 2: The Raft segment (17:30)
  • Dark Tower Thinnies (22:56)
  • Fun Stuff (23:45)
  • Outro (29:37)

A missing King story/adaptation: “Pinfall” http://thetruthinsidethelie.blogspot.com/2017/01/think-of-money-i-save-review-of-pinfall.html

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Bonus Episode: Here There Be Tygers (Skeleton Crew) (June 2021)



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In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “Here There Be Tygers” from Skeleton Crew.

  • Introduction (00:13)
  • Publication history (01:23)
  • Shame and dread (03:40)
  • Unexplored places (07:59)
  • What really happened? (11:32)
  • Dark Tower Thinnies (16:03)
  • Fun Stuff (17:29)
  • Outro (21:56)

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Bonus Episode: Nona (Skeleton Crew) (February 2020)



Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from February 2020. Enjoy!

In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Stephen King’s short story, Nona, found in Skeleton Crew.

  • Introduction (00:11)
  • Counter-culture (00:57)
  • An unreliable narrator (04:59)
  • Thinnies (14:52) for The Dark Tower, Castle Rock, Hearts in Atlantis, and ‘Salem’s Lot
  • Fun Stuff (23:49)
  • Outro (32:23)

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Bonus Episode 40 – Uncle Otto’s Truck (Patreon Clip)



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 “Uncle Otto’s Truck.”

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Bonus Episode 28 – “Survivor Type” (Patreon Clip)



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.

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Bonus Episode 27 – “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet” (Patreon Clip)



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 “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet” from the Stephen King collection, Skeleton Crew.

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