Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #3: Creature Teacher. Along the way, they discuss eating the irregular cookie; prologues; comedy as coping mechanism; Nancy Grace; eugenics in the U.S. educational system; complex molecules; scary boarding schools; Clive Barker’s “Pig Blood Blues” (1984); Milgram; A Little Princess (1905); Suspiria (1977; 2018); Halloween H20 (1998); The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015); Child’s Play 3 (1991); monster teachers; the Bailey School kids; Treehouse of Horror V (1994); the Prussian schooling system; Mädchen in Uniform (1931); Henry James’s “The Pupil” (1891); “so awkward it’s painful” moments; May (2002); Creep (2014); The Invitation (2015); Saint Maud (2019); Cheap Thrills (2013); misogynistic monsters; Aisha Kandisha; Misery (1987 novel; 1990 film); Ma (2019); arbitrary, deadly competition; Squid Game (2021); The Belko Experiment (2016); Thirteen Sins (2014); Alice in Borderland (2020); “The Oeder Games” episode of Bob’s Burgers (2015); performance anxiety; Body Double (1984); The Perfection (2018); boggarts; Spiderman v. The Hulk; “The Funniest Joke in the World” from Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969); turning on caretakers; The Harvest (2013); The People Under the Stairs (1991); Children of the Corn (1984); Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986); monsters living openly; Marv’s paternity; Villette (1853); queer villains; & high-achieving Goosekids. // Music by Haunted Corpse // Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at saypodanddie@gmail.com
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