STORIES TELLING STORIES

“You see things And you understand… you’re a wallflower.”

We’ve all been there… high school… day 1… the challenge to fit in, to make friends, the struggle to find ourselves in the manic energy of a …

“You know what FORD stands for, don’t you? It means… Fix It Again, Tony, heh heh…”

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Texas? BBQ? Chili? The Kennedy Assassination? Oswal…

When things go bump in the night… when statues and paintings have wandering eyes… when our sanity drops to dangerously low levels, how can we know what’s real, and what isn’t really happening? Set t…

Today on STORIES TELLING STORIES we serve up some liver, alongside some fava beans and a nice chianti as we take a bite out of Hannibal Lecter’s “Quid Pro Quo” to Detective Clarice Starling in “SILEN…

Today on STORIES TELLING STORIES we peel back the binding and breath in the intoxicating must of a vintage hard cover as we examine the story within the story in Stephen King’s MISERY… MISERY’S RETUR…

STANLEY: The lake! You’re supposed to die IN...THE...LAKE!

The leaves are changing… the days are getting colder and the nights are getting longer… autumn is in the air. It’s October, and Halloween…

In this episode of STORIES TELLING STORIES, we look back on what we’ve accomplished so far with 1 and a half seasons of this wild, wacky, inflatable, arm-flailing, Danny DeVito Throw Momma From The T…

EPISODE STS-206:
Wish it, Want it, Do it!

Written by Eric R. Hill

So today on STORIES TELLING STORIES, we peel back the fur, crack back the cranium and question curiously how this cunning canine beca…

Pop Culture is dead. Long Live ASMR.

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Today on STORIES TELLING STORIES, we go behind the cape and crack the knowledge protected by the master of the mystic arts… This is… The Book of Cagliostro, from Doctor Strange.

“This is time… endles…

With nearly three decades of laughs under their belts, THE SIMPSONS has been responsible for countless iconic moments, characters, and untold stories. A popular favorite, and series stalwart from th…

In the SEASON 2 PREMIERE of STORIES TELLING STORIES, we take a look at another story gleaned from the driving inspiration behind this podcast, with “Murder at my Friend Harry’s” from the seminal 80’…

“I brought these gifts for you, they’re up in my bum...”

Seth MacFarlane is no stranger to mashing up musical numbers and farce. In Season 4, Episode 12 of Family Guy, “The Perfect Castaway,” we’re …

“Good, Anakin, good… now kill him!”

Growing up, the prequel trilogy was “my” Star Wars. Being born in ‘84 I was too young to experience the original trilogy during their theatrical release, aside fr…

“I am a GOLDEN GOD!!!”

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, brainchild of Rob McElhenney, follows the shenanigans and adventures of the employees of Paddy’s Pub, a perpetually-failing irish pub in Phil…

“Oh and dude, “chinaman” is not the preferred nomenclature, asian-american please.”

A cult-classic, preserved forever in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being considered cul…

“I'm feeling a little anxious if you know what I mean. It's been about six hundred years after all...”

A 90-minute drive south from Milthouse Studio sits the majestic and picturesque town of East Cor…

“The First Rule of PROJECT MAYHEM is you do not ask questions!!!”

THE FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB IS… YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB. The work of Chuck Palahniuk has inspired me as a writer for the b…

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, this isn’t about me, this is about YOU!!!”

Family Guy, the brainchild of Fox animation stalwart Seth McFarlane, carved a niche for itself by busting the formula of the animat…