Mazes and Monsters with Adrian Daub

You're so right, Unsolved Mysteries could never be made nowadays like if they tried to pitch that show in 2025? It would never happen. If you pitched Unsolved Mysteries in 2025 they would be like "this is already a show this is just Unsolved Mysteries" P.s. this is my sister's joke and it gets me every time

Thanks to Adrian for putting Elizabeth Freeman on my reading list

Member of the Traumatized By Christiane F Club. 👋

As a person who use to dissociate a lot by escaping into imaginary worlds when I was a teenager and who struggled even more with chrononormativity, thank you for this episode (I felt weirdly seen). Adrian Daub is such a great guest, a book club with him about Children of the zoo station would be so interesting (I live in France and here too, the story of Christiane F. was used to terrify kids, it terrified me).

Canadian here... I just sat at the kitchen table wondering what IS my accent. Said "fighter" a bunch. That being said... There is no "Canadian" accent. The accent varies greatly depending on the region. You wouldn't talk to a Newfie and someone from Vancouver and say there is a similar accent that represents the entire nation

I was fortunate to see this and Go Ask Alice on Tubi

I was going to skip watching but now that it's filmed in Toronto... I gotta see it. The Toronto accent really depends on if you're doing a "proper" voice or what immigrant community your suburb/neighbourhood is majority - Scarborough is very influenced by patois and it's the biggest former suburb.... drake does this weird like imitation of it but he's from a very upper crust, and mostly Jewish area. He honestly should have a similar accent to Geddy Lee. They're like two subway stops distance; him and Will Arnett (Canadians know all Canadians). The expanse of Ontario used "Buddy" to insult someone. Also like 50% or more of our universities have tunnels because cold; and they're all trying to rip off "English" universities or brutalist. Sometimes both. 75% both. My friend had to use the former morgue-to-research tunnel at McGill and like - why is that open??? That's haunted.

Loved this! Apropos of nothing; are we getting another MASSIVE SEANCE live show this year?

Really enjoyed Adrian Daub in these past two episodes

Imagine being stabbed outside “Lasagna Ristorante” and “FedEx Office Print and Ship Center”

I love Tom Hanks in the 'Burbs as well which I feel like is a fun commentary on the Satanic Panic as well!!

Sarah I LOVED the Clue books.

I'm a West-coast Canadian, just like the USA has regional accents, we have ours. The far East Coast has strong remnants of Scottish-Irishness to them, Quebec is obviously French-accented, the prairies have a lot of redneck culture so they mimic the accents (and politics 😒) of Bible Belt southern states, and BC, more sprcifically Vamcouver region has a more flat generic American sound, its where a lot of American media is made

Of all the Canadianisms discussed the lazy, but legally distinct, fictionalized brand names really hit close to home

Sarah Marshall dnd actual play podcast when?

I want to play D&D with Adrian so badly. I'd even DM.

Every episode, I think, "This guest is so delightful, I hope they come back." But I feel compelled to comment and say Adrian is so charming and insightful and funny and I would listen to anything the two of you talk about!!

So, fun fact: Hagood Hardy, who wrote the theme for this movie, is also the composer of the score from the 1985 Anne of Green Gables mini series!! The queerness and Canadian-ness of it all! Also, I cannot believe that I know this.

More Adrian!!!! (You should have Moira Donegan on sometime!)