8-Bit Book Club: Bonus Chapter - Mario Wiki Wander (w/ Zac Oyama)

It’s so weird… Zac mentions watching the Mario movie and it completely threw me, I almost forgot this came out before the 2023 movie (good lord, feels like that movie just came out and it’s been 3 years)

I remember that meatball Brooklyn Dodgers episode, this show was in reruns right when I was young enough to be really into it.

no one said anything about it during the episode but i wanna shout out caldwell’s “chair-cuterie” pun it was funny, very clever, and he was quick on the draw with it; 10/10 podcasting my boy was on form this day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4_meuey4gY this dope ass song uses clips of what Murph is talking about at 26:30ish

Nicole Eggert was one of the early break out stars from Baywatch but she pulled a Mischa Barton and left the show too soon to pursue a movie career.

Since the Animorphs wiki wander, I've read six of the books and actually managed to forget that Rachel is going to die. But lo and behold, Brian Murphy strikes again.

“By the Luigi Rules, we are the Micah Brothers.” I’m C R Y I N G

Am I the only one who remembers Donkey Kong for Colecovision? That was Mario's original debut game, I think it was 81/82...I played that until the thumb-stick made my fingers bleed...damn I'm old.

This is me asking once again for your emotional support (do book 2 of Animorphs).

y'all should do a digimon tamers watch/wiki wander. I also think it would be fun if y'all watched like the first episode and last episodes of shows like that for 8BBC

Gotta say, I LOVE the theme song for 8-bit Book Club

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR2SCnv7/?k=1 just saw this today

I so badly wanted the inventor of the space oddesy thing to be Thomas Spaghettison

Great sode

Real Mario fans know that Mario's full name is Mario Mario. That's why they are called the Mario Brothers.

So I gathered "on the blob" isn't a colloquialism for being on your period in the US? Because Caldwell said it A LOT and no one ever explained what he actually meant.

… did caldwell go to camp seagull in north carolina. i Need to know now

Recommend the Tony Lasagna episode it's got a rich set of characters

Appreciate the spoiler warning for Animorphs; Little upset no spoiler warning for the Bible, I was going to read all the books but now what's the point.

the mispronunciation of macramé may actually kill me

Also, how about Albert PIEnstein

Not sure if y'all are goofing because you don't know about this, or you don't care. But if you go back to any crappy cartoon from the '80s and '90s, you will see at least 52 episodes for it. That was the amount of episodes needed for syndication, so they would order 52 episodes right at the beginning. You had to be really good, or maybe have Steven Spielberg behind you to get more than that.

Fun fact: they filmed the first episode of Scaredy Camp at my summer camp, the very first year I went to a sleep away in 2002. Nickelodeon showed up and filmed the most bizarre game show, based on and entirely made up story... We didn't have scary stories about the camp. Also they chose kids that were affiliated with the camp owners which was rude. You can see the episode on YouTube. And it was not just a kissing type of camp but definitely kids getting to second and third base out in the dark 🤣

I can't believe Murph actually said Tulio the "HUMAN WRENCH" was a Coolio reference and not a tool pun. Honestly I'm shocked and appalled.

Tommy Lasagna I think is supposed to be a parody of Tommy Lasorda who coached the dodgers. I'm only 34 and never watched baseball, I shouldnt know these things.

In the UK "on the blob" is a crude way of saying someone's menstruating. My eyebrows were raised for a second lol.

Don't put necklaces on birds!

What's the 1945 Italy book Jake is reading??

Interesting that special guest Jake said…..our show…..abit presumptuous

Was it Bug Juice or Salute Your Shorts?! Loved the confusion over the Tommy Lasorda parody (not a nice guy :[ )

It was great having Zach as guest and Jack as a special guest this episode.

Yo I used to stay up literally all goddamn night and watch Bug Juice lol

Need a real come to Jesus moment around Caldwell’s pronunciation of macrame

The Mario Brothers introducing Gorbachev to pizza was a direct cause of the fall of the Soviet Union only two years later. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorbachev_Pizza_Hut_commercial

I remember the ankle bands for swimming too. But mine wasn't from summer camp, it was for my local swim club.

I heard "the Mario Bros save Gorbachev and the president from 'The Flood'" and immediately pictured Mario blasting away at space zombies in Halo.

i so desperately want to see an 8bbc about the transformers animated series, just so they can uncover the absolute treasure trove that is the transformers fan wiki

Can you do an 8 bit book club ep on maniac mansion/day of the tentacle? i feel like that could be really funny

In the Mario universe, it was Gorbachev making a pizza that caused the collapse of the Soviet Union

Caldwell pronouncing macrame kills me 😂 Is he right tho?

the blob and church camp and cry night maaaaan

Two whole Mario episodes and no mention of the third Mario Brother, Guiseppe. This erasure cannot stand.

Jan & Troy definitely put brisket in chairs

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Fun Fact, Glasnuts, the live-action episode with Gorbachev, aired the same day that the Berlin Wall fell.

Holy shit the “Golden Plumber’s Helper” they receive must be the Plumber’s Helper the game book referenced that Emily and Caldwell couldn’t stop pretending was his dick And let’s be honest it’s still his dick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness Um, actually - It's the inert gas (primarily, nitrogen) that rapidly expands in your body if you ascend too quickly from a deep dive. Every 33 ft / 10 m under the water is 1 atmosphere of pressure, so, when you dive - you have to ascend pretty slowly to avoid getting "The Bends" aka Decompression Sickness. Cheers! Thanks for the laughs.

Trying to find love through the swim-band economy is such strong Hardwon energy

Tommy Lasagna is based on Tommy Lasorda who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and coached/managed the LA Dodgers. He also has a restaurant/ pizzeria in Pennsylvania. ❤️

Is Zach still doing rotating heros podcast?

Why wasn’t there an episode about the brothers deep love for bagels?

This show sounds like somebody's weed induced fever dream.

Luigi looks like it could be Jake in a mustache (haven't finished the ep praying it's not photoshopped to be him)

In real life Gorbachev appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut after it opened in Russia so his appearance in Mario actually kind of tracks

Can't wait to get more of that good good Gak Oyama

First Edit: Spoilers for Animorphs