Geesebumps - a ”Did You Mean Goosebumps?” Podcast

The reports of our demise were greatly overstated. We're back for I guess a season two as we dig into one of the lost Goosebumps reprints, R.L. Stine's Legend of the Lost Legend (Goosebumps #47). Far and away one of the most troubling literary experiences we've ever dealt with. It's the worst version of Baudrillard's Simulacra, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN MENTION THAT IN THE EPISODE. Enjoy!   You can suppo...

Slappy's back, pardners! It's R.L. Stine's Night of the Living Dummy II (Goosebumps #31). It's almost an amazing psychological horror character study about a potentially millennial  ventriloquist, but turns out to be a Goosebumps book. Also, this episode is extra-sized because it's been a full year! Enjoy friends!    You can support Geesebumps by sharing us with your friends, emailing us at geeseb...

We intended to do a new Fear Street book today but we didn't anticipate it was 500 pages or whatever so we instead did R.L. Stine's The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (Goosebumps #20). Also, we've been doing this for about a year now, and our attitude on Goosebumps has...changed.    You can support Geesebumps by sharing us with your friends, emailing us at geesebumpspod@gmail.com, and following us on...

Spoilers: We talk about Space Jam: A New Legacy. Today we are discussing the second of 4 Monster Blood books in the main Goosebumps Series: Monster Blood 2 (or Monster Blood II) by R.L. Stine (Goosebumps #18). After this book we concluded that most people like the idea of Goosebumps more than anything else. Also, like most sequels, we rehash all of our basic points from the first one in a new fun...

Netflix produced a trilogy of films based on the Fear Street saga by R.L. Stine, and these films have a really elaborate name. Today, we are discussing Parts one, two, and three of the Fear Street saga overall, with more focus paid to the last like half-hour of 1666 because it's best. Spoilers ahoy!   Our next episode will come out on July 28th!    You can support Geesebumps by sharing us with you...

R.L. Stine's Fear Street trilogy was changed into a movie series by Leigh Janiak for Netflix, and at the time of this episode, only Fear Street Part One: 1994 and Fear Street Part Two: 1978 have been released. It seems to us that all of the Fear Street films are expected to be watched and absorbed as a single experience of "content," we are going to start our discussion of Fear Street looking at t...

Another main Goosebumps book is usually a cause for celebration, but not this day. We're putting ourselves through R.L. Stine's Why I'm Afraid of Bees (Goosebumps #17). We discuss the weird, cyberpunk future of Goosebumps land, a strange Total Recall moment in the middle, a bunch of bee facts, and the unassailable weirdness teleportation.   Our next episode will come out on July 14th! It'll be a M...

We have emerged from our comedy chrysalis and are ready to discuss all the great phobias that exist. There's a lot of them, and if you wanted to listen to a comedy podcast where two people with a ton of education say immature words, you have come to the most right place you can imagine. Enjoy the goofs! And there's dinosaurs in this one!   Our next episode will come out on July 7th, and we'll be r...

A deceptive Goosebumps book is our target on this fine day. We're reading R.L. Stine's You Can't Scare Me (Goosebumps #15) and reveling in the joy of a story where nothing happens the entire time. Enjoy the discussion of the Final Fantasy 14, vilifying the only good character in the book, and our refusal to allow this book to be reviewed in one sitting.    Our next episode will come out on June 30...

We are joined by Mike, Nate, and Jimmy from The Drunk Guys Book Club Podcast ( https://drunkguysbookclub.com ) to revel in the joy of werewolf stuff, and experience Serena Valentino's lycanthropic handbook masterpiece How to Be A Werewolf. Unleash your inner lycan, friends.   Our next episode will come out on June 16th, and we'll be reading R.L. Stine's You Can't Scare Me (Goosebumps #15)!   You c...

Jeff's got a fever. A werewolf fever. Look, today we are reading the R.L. Stine's The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, Goosebumps #14, and it's not a very good book. Key talking points for this episode is Darell Jenkins Khalid, goofy bad parenting, dog mask off, and big florida energy. Enjoy the goofs, and swamp you!   Our next episode will come out on June 16th, and we'll be reading R.L. Stine's The Were...

Stay exactly where you are, Marvel Comics. We had just enough time to pop into a more recent Goosebumps experience: R.L. Stine's They Call Me the Night Howler! (Slappyworld #11) which reads less like a horror story and more like the first 4 chapters of a Stinematic hero universe. It's bonkers. Beware blue strawberries, and watch out for spoilers in todays goofy episode.   Our next episode will com...

Oh we're, back bb. Today's episode we're crushing on Piano Lessons Can Be Murder, R.L. Stine's audio masterpiece about ghost robots and also happens to be Goosebumps #13! Potential goofs in this one include, but are not limited to: which famous person smells, Jeff's creativity, snifting milk, fat robots, and how toughs is hands.   Our next episode will come out on June 2nd, and we'll be reading R....

Howdy! Joe-Joe here! We didn't have a chance to get together to discuss Piano Lessons Can Be Murder this week and will have that ready to go on 5/19. It'll be worth the wait, we know. In the meantime, please enjoy this episode of our Dungeon's and Dragons 5th edition actual play podcast, The Rolls We Made.  It's the first episode of our most recent arc, which is fully available to listen to.  Gees...

Jeff read a book by M.D. Payne titled Who Is R.L. Stine and decided to drop a trivia contest on us for this week's minibump. How did you do!? Let us know in the comments if you know more about R.L. than the people who are on a podcast exclusively about his work.   Our next episode will come out on May 12th, and we'll be reading R.L. Stine's Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (Goosebumps #13)!   You can s...

It's Wednesday and that means we're talking Goosebumps! On today's episode we're looking at R.L. Stine's The Ghost Next Door (Goosebumps #10). Talking points for this particular episode include the Ghost spaces, podcast interview questions, Bill and Herb's excellent adventures, and what happens after you die.   Our next episode will come out on May 12th, and we'll be reading R.L. Stine's Piano Les...

It's 4/20, so we're going to blaze in the sense that we're going to talk about spooky stories told around the campfire in an effort to remain the campfire story mindset of R.L. Stine's Welcome to Camp Nightmare. In case you're curious what it would be like if Danielle tried to teach Jeff or I something, it's pretty much the brain equivalent of a mess. Enjoy the goofs, and go buy magic spells on eB...

Welcome to Camp Nightmoon! Today the Geesebumps bunch is taking a look at one of the most Shamalan-esque Goosebumps books thus far: R.L. Stine's Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Goosebumps #9). We're talking camp stories, weird food, and characters who can be reduced to a single accessory. There's also something in there about April Fool's day. Enjoy! The next full episode of Geesebumps will be out on A...

We take a trip to Egypt, we guess, on today's episode of Geesebumps where we discuss R.L. Stine's desert mummy adventure, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb. On this episode we discuss super cool mummy facts, whether new Coke was from the 90s, and the pointlessness of character origins.  Enjoy our slow descent into madness as we fail to grasp what even this book is supposed to be about. The next full episo...

R.L. Stine has continued to create amazing horror books for kids, and one such book came out on March 2nd under the Goosebumps SlappyWorld imprint, Monster Blood is Back! I know what you're thinking: what's SlappyWorld? Well, don't worry about it. Just know that this book could have easily been Monster Blood 5. Watch us attempt to do the work of a full episode having only one person read it. Major...

The Horror at Camp Jellyjam (Goosebumps #33) holds the amazing honor of being one of the cover of any R.L. Stine's book. If only this wasn't one of the most buckwild books in the Stineverse. On today's episode, the Geesebumps crew discuss snails, weaponized soccer, shocking party favors, and Danielle's mastery of karate. He stink so bad him die. The next full episode of Geesebumps will be out on M...

We record a lot. A whole lot. Most of it is for warm-up purposes, lots of our funniest bits don't get to go into our episodes in any way. Enjoy this peek behind the curtain of the Geesebumps experience and the raw, uncut humor that should hopefully brighten your day. Conversations in this episode include: Frank Miller's oeuvre, Metal Gear conspiracy theories, Watership Down, and Wandavision. That'...

We've heard tell that Netflix is making a series of films about R.L. Stine's Fear Street Saga, so in preparation for that, we decided to read the very first chapter of that trilogy, The Betrayal. We talk witch mystery bags, pan selling, hat fetishes, and head going pop. It's a joyous and funny time. The next full episode of Geesebumps will be out on March 15th! We're going to be reading R.L. Stine...

The R.L. Stin-e-verse is vast and many others are talking about it. Sadly, they are doing a not-so-good job. We take a look at three articles allegedly about R.L. Stine and the Goosebumps phenomena. We endeavor to prove them wrong, and often succeed. We also tell jokes in here because this is a comedy show. Our next full episode is due to be out March 2nd, and we are going to be reading the first...

We're back after a week of no-goofs with an episode absolutely flavor-blasted with humor! We're discussing R.L. Stine's nautical masterpiece,  Deep Trouble (Goosebumps #19)! Significant concepts we bring up this time around include: Danielle's love of anime, what real-live grown-ups sound like, and the evils of late-market capitalism as told by children's horror! Our next mini-bump is due to be ou...