HoopleCast is an IntroCast-style podcast for HBO's Deadwood. The host has seen Deadwood previously. His cohosts have not. Each installment we discuss characters, plots, themes, and the true history of the infamous 19th century mining camp. Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
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This western, published around 1899, is a dime novel that has it all: roguish gun men, hostile Indians, chilvarous gentlemen to protect the hapless females, and – in Calamity Jane – even a female who can hold her own. The fictional character of the hero, Deadwood Dick, appeared in more than a hundred stories and became so famous the name was claimed by several men who actually lived in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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01 – Too Late for the Stage
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02 – A Compact With the Devil’s Son
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03 – The Strangers Sing
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04 – Deadwood Dick’s Doom
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05 – $500 Reward; and ‘Calamity’ on Deck
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06 – A Very Singular Performance
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07 – A Villain Unmasked
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08 – Who Killed Piute Dave?
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09 – The Unknown Wins – and Loses
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BONUS: The Last of Us 1x09. "Look for the Light"
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The hoopleheads and Steve discuss the season one finale of The Last of Us. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded March 26, 2023. Released April 2, 2023. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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BONUS: The Last of Us 1x01. "When You're Lost in the Darkness"
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Matt A, Steve, Matt H, and Mel discuss the premiere of The Last of Us. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded January 18, 2023. Released January 22, 2023. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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HBO PROJECT: Westworld (2016) | Big Little Lies (2017)
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The distant future. The year 2052. Western-themed LARPing has inexplicably become a recreational pursuit for the world's wealthy elite. Willing to spend thousands, and risk almost certain personal injury and/or death, the degenerates of the upper crust indulge in their most depraved and violent delights at Westworld, an amusement park where nothing…
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HBO PROJECT: The Night Of (2016) | The Young Pope (2016)
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In The Night Of (2016) horny college student Nasir (Riz Ahmed) becomes ensnared by the criminal justice system after he gives a cipher a ride in his dad's timeshared taxicab and--flash forward past the steamy drug-induced knife play--she ends up murdered in the upstairs bedroom of her Bohemian hoarder house. His fingerprints and blood at the crime …
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HBO PROJECT: Vinyl (2016)
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It's the 1970's and New York City is a grungy, graffiti-tagged, drug-fueled, teetering-on-the-brink of economic collapse urban hellscape. But, holy fuck, what a time to be a music exec. Bobby Cannavale is Richie Finestra, the founder and president of American Century Records, successful enough to have a rotary phone in his car, but unhappy and unfu…
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HBO PROJECT: The Leftovers (2014) | Show Me a Hero (2015)
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After two percent of the world's population inexplicably vanishes, the residents of Mapleton, New York are left to grapple with the "whys" and "hows" and "but Gary Buseys" of it all. Adapted from the novel by Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers (2014) is a series about loss and grief and cults and Justin Theroux being the messiah, maybe. Although the premi…
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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x10. "Full Circle"
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Matt, Steve, and Will discuss the season (series?) of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 21, 2020. Released October 31, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x08. "Jig-a-Bobo" and 1x09. "Rewind 1921"
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Episodes eight and nine of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 14, 2020. Released October 18, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x06. "Meet Me in Daegu" and 1x07. "I Am."
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Episodes six and seven of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 1, 2020. Released October 18, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x04. "A History of Violence" and 1x05. "Strange Case"
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Episodes four and five of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded September 16, 2020. Released September 27, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x02. "Whitey's on the Moon" and 1x03. "Holy Ghost"
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Episodes two and three of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded September 1, 2020. Released September 7, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x01. "Sundown"
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Matt, Steve, and Will discuss the premiere of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded August 19, 2020. Released August 24, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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HBO PROJECT: Parade's End (2013) | True Detective (2014)
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Nuchtchas, host of the Nutty Bites podcast joins us for our last recording of 2019. The Great War looms large for the characters of Parade's End (2013), a five-part mini-series based on the novels by Ford Madox Ford. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Christopher Tietjens, a real "mug" of the landed gentry, who wrestles with his obligations toward his r…
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BONUS: Watchmen 1x09. "See How They Fly"
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Matt and Steven are back to chat about the season (series?) finale of Watchmen. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded December 18, 2019. Released December 26, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]Von Seth Bullock
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HBO PROJECT: Luck (2012) | The Newsroom (2012)
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David Milch's intention to transform his interests/vices vis-à-vis horse racing into a narrative fit for television leads to mixed results in Luck (2012). Dustin Hoffman is out of prison and looking for revenge against those who done him wrong, and his machinations appear to manifest in the form of a constipated race horse. (Don't ask how; we're no…
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BONUS: Watchmen 1x01. "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" and 1x02. "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship"
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Matt (Watchmen newbie) and Steve (Watchmen expert) discuss the first two episodes of Damon Lindelof's new (limited run?) HBO series. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 29, 2019. Released November 2, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]…
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COMMENTARY: Scream 2 (1997)
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Happy Halloween from HoopleCast! Claire and Brad, on loan from the podcast Sassy Sewer-Lion Boutique, join Matt for our final commentary of the year. Our friend Timmy O. stars in the horror sequel Scream 2: Secret of the Ooze (1997) as a pretentious film student (redundant) who is out to terrorize Canadian Neve Campbell and her circle of forty-year…
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COMMENTARY: Hitman (2007)
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We're scraping the bottom of the Olyphant barrel with Hitman (2007) for our seventh (!) unnecessary commentary. This is the movie that our friend Tim routinely cites as an embarrassing low in his career, and aside from some impressive fight choreography, we're inclined to agree. More like, Shitman, amiright? | Tags: Have You Painted Me Thanos Stone…
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