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30 Days of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Days Fifteen & Thirty

Day Fifteen – Recommendations
Oooh! First recommendation is The Hidden Almanac by Ursula Vernon (ursulav). She took inspiration after hearing so many people describe Welcome to Night Vale as “Lovecraft meets A Prairie Home Companion“, giving it a listen, and feeling that the Prairie Home Companion comparison wasn’t quite right. She then thought about what would happen if Lovecraft met Garrison Keillor’s other show, The Writer’s Almanac, and thus The Hidden Almanac was born. The show broadcasts three times a week, but with each episode only lasting three or so minutes you can catch up with the entire run (it started last September) in about eight hours of listening.
Next recommendation is Ursula’s other podcast, Kevin and Ursula Eat Cheap, which she hosts with her husband Kevin. On it they get drunk and review pre-packaged foods of varying qualities. Remember, They Eat It So You Don’t Have To!
Leverage – The best con/heist show of the past decade. Great characters, smart writing, and a lot of fun.
And lastly, Black Books. A British sitcom from the early 2000’s it’s incredibly funny and features the habitually drunk/hungover/irritable Bernard Black, a misanthropic bookshop owner. The comedy never quite goes black, but I’d call it very dark grey so watch yourself.

Day Thirty – Favorite Fan Moments
There’s so many things to talk about, but my absolute favorite moment will always be getting to see Karen Gillan and Dave Foley in Sparks Nevada at the live show. The crowd was excited during the theme song, got louder when Mark and Marc entered the stage, went nuts when Dave Foley came out, and absolutely went wild when Karen Gillan came up on stage. It was exhilarating to be part of that audience.

30 Days of the Thriling Adventure Hour, Days Fourteen & Twenty-Nine

Day Fourteen – Adventurekateer Recruitment!
I don’t think I’ve managed to get anyone to listen to the show. I mentioned it to my co-worker’s husband last year and he seemed very interested but I have no idea if he ever followed up and started listening. My parents and brother have heard the occasional episode when they came to visit, and of course my wife started listening after I did. Maybe some of my LJ friends and followers are going to give it a try, after having to read the last couple of weeks of these posts.

Day Twenty-Nine – The Shipping Day
The Doyles. Flat out, I just really appreciate how much in love they are with one another. But that feels like cheating, so I guess I’d have to say my other favorite couple is Abby & Amelia. I guess I kind of hope that when the war is over they can fly off into the sunset together.

30 Days of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Days Thirteen & Twenty-Eight

Day Thirteen – Favorite Non-Major characters!
Jimmy Stewart – Mark Gagliardi does an awesome Jimmy Stewart impression and I love the subversion of Jimmy’s wholesome image.
Patrick – I really kind of want a Patrick spinoff. It doesn’t have to be full length, but Patrick talking to another Adventurekateer alone could be really fun.
Kevin the Spider – His unobtainable quest for vengeance is a wonderful plot device and Tom Lenk does a great job making him vulnerable and creepy at the same time.

Day Twenty-Eight – Middle Segment Quotes
Am I allowed to quote the entire Philip Fathom from the 2012 Christmas on Mars? How about this bit?
“And what of those colorful villains whose malice
is boundless? I’ve found it’s… well not to sound callous.
My parents were murdered two decades ago
and I don’t have friends, I only have foes.”
Because this is the rhyming version of the “My parent are dead!” Batman meme.

“Dorothy Parker SMASH!” gets me every time.

30 Days of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Days Eleven and Twenty-Six

Day Eleven – Beyond Belief Episodes
Favorite Beyond Beliefs? Let’s start with the Pterodactyl Jones trilogy.
* The Devil and Mr. Jones
* The Devil You Know
* Jones on Third
And to top those off, a Sadie-only and Frank-only episode
* Rosemary’s Baby Shower
* Molar Express

Day Twenty-Six – Guest Stars
Every one of Tom Lennon’s appearances has been gold (though I do kind of wonder what it would’ve been like to keep Patton Oswalt as Pterodactyl Jones.) And as much as I love Nathan Fillion as Cactoid Jim, I really want to hear one of the New York Shows where John Hodgman played Jim. The way the Bens have descibed those performances make them sound inspired. I’ve also started checking out Key & Peele after Keegan Michael Key’s performance as the Die-brarian.

Potential guest stars? For a long time I was amazed that Wil Wheaton had never done the show, but soon the long wait will be over. I’d love to hear Kevin Conroy meet up with Philip Fathom, and Bill Nighy or Christopher Walken would just be astounding.

Showing my Leverage bias here, but I think John Rogers would do an excellent Beyond Belief or Captain Laserbeam.

30 Days of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Days Ten and Twenty-Five

Day Ten – The Chrono Agency
Oooh, this is a tough one. On the one hand I’d love to hang out with Amelia Earhart, but on the other meeting Shakespeare would be pretty awesome.
I think I’m going to go with Amelia here.

Day Twenty Five – Special Episodes
My favorite special episodes are the Behind the Scenes interviews, especially the one with Paul and Paget. The actual affection that those two hold for each other is clear and I think it adds so much to their boozey fake marriage in the regular show.

30 Days of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Days Eight and Twenty-three

Day Eight – Sparks Nevada Universe Episodes
Favorite episodes of Sparks Nevada? Well, we have to start with “The Piano has Been Thinking” because I’m a sucker for musical episodes. “Into Darkness” was great for the emotional whiplash at the end. And I really love the “I’m from Earth Day Special” for the cast rendition of the theme song at the end.

Day Twenty-three – Beyond Belief Quotes
* My favorite quotes from Beyond Belief? Well, tops on that list would have to be my userpic text – “Do not make the subtext text! Where were you raised darling?” from A Beyond Belief Valentine’s Day.
* The version that’s on the podcast is different, but I swear that when I saw Prelude to a Fish live at the San Francisco SketchFest that the line went “We’re emotionally invested in their relationship. Ribbit”
* And of course, The Devil You Know gave us several classics:
** “She was the kind of dame they write similes about.”
** “Ah dames. Right dear?”
“They ought to put warning labels on us.”
** “When I was a girl I fell in love with a boy.”
“Ain’t that the way it sometimes goes?”
“Only sometimes.”
“Yes other pairings are available.”
Basically, I could quote the entire episode. All of the episodes with Pterodactyl Jones are just gems.

30 Days of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Days Seven and Twenty-two

Day Seven – The Stuff
Hmm. Pick one item out of the TAH universe to actually posses? I’m totally going to be the “wishing for more wishes guy” but I’ll pick the Force Galactic (note to non-Adventurekateers, the Force Galactic, despite being a play on the name of the Silver Surfer’s Power Cosmic, is really just the local deus ex machina. Or really, deus ex pincerna.)
If the Force Galactic is cheating, then I pick the gun of Anton Chekhov, werewolf hunter.

Day Twenty-two – Your Monday Ritual
I’ve had a variety of rituals for listening to the show. When I first started I used to listen on my iPod when I was at work. I was still working to catch up to the present when I started listening (with one ear only) on my bike ride. I was just about caught up when I had my bike accident (and was even listening when I flew over the handlebars). At that point the iPod became my constant companion and I started listening to the show over again. Nowadays I tend to listen in the evening, when I’m doing the dishes.