What The Folklore?

What comic would you create if you were trying to get rich quick? We know what ours is, after performing a careful analysis of other comics. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodc...

"The Gold Teeth" is our second entry in Spooklore 2018, featuring a soundtrack by everyone's favorite late 90s/early 2000s band Mouthsmash! What's the deal with those gold teeth anyway? Are they normal, parasitic, or do they got ghosts? This episode brought to you by executive producer Samwise, Aarne-Thompson type 466, "A Journey to the Other World " Suggested talking points: d...

We're talking survival this week. Which one of us would survive the longest in the woods? Anyone else remember their machete days as a youth? If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepod...

We're kicking off What the Spooklore with "the Peony Lantern" from Japan. How spooky is it? Our old friend the Spooktrolyzer is back to help us figure that out, but we'll say this: there are probably more ghosts than there really NEED to be. This episode brought to you by executive producer Grace, Aarne-Thompson type 305, "Dragon's Blood as Cure " Suggested talking points: a Gu...

The phrase "crime tokens" in the new Spiderman game is a little misleading. What should it mean? Obviously they're something that criminals give to other criminals to show appreciate for their crime skills. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. Y...

"Jack and His Master" is an old-fashioned fairy tale about some dum-dums who get into a mess they could have avoided. If any of them had just done the game theory (pushes glasses up nose) they would have known better. Editor's note: there's about a minute of audio that sounds a bit different, this was recorded later because we needed to make sure we had some facts straight. This episode...

Carman's stuck at home without a car, and we have a TV show pitch to keep her company. We're also renaming our fridge, which is... sort of related. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolkl...

"The Story of a Scorpion Who Was the Son of Adam" is what we're reading this week, with periodic interruptions of Very Good Ideas that the right people on Twitter needed to know about immediately. The story itself is the result of someone really crunching to make a deadline. This episode brought to you by executive producer Mcatnip, Aarne-Thompson type 2033, "Henny Penny Thinks the...

Freaky Friday might have missed the possibility that one side of that agreement would not care about the social pressures of their new role, which brings us to this question: would you Freaky Friday with a cat? If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can...

We're finishing up "The Goddess of Mercy: a Biography of the Bodhisattva" this week, though honestly, we probably could have just called it last week and it would have been fine. Tiger makes a comeback, which gives us something to hang on to throughout the many twists and turns of this story. Suggested talking points: the tiger temp, the sweet science of perfection, the Who album recomme...

We're reading part one of "The Goddess of Mercy: a Biography of the Bodhisattva," a long and complicated Chinese story about nuns and transforming hell, and a Tiger who just can't catch a break, and... there's a lot of it. Suggested talking points: portmanteau mushrooms, a birthday month PSA, trickle down justice, cool prison sentences, Dr. Compromise, Home Depot Tiger, bird cackles, the...

Hans Christian Andersen's "Garden of Paradise" is another one of those stories that fundamentally changes our overly tangled web of fairy tale interconnectedness. Hans with the heat again: lots of Immortal Bony/Project Birdfall meat for everyone! This episode brought to you by executive producer Ida, Aarne-Thompson type 670a, "the Woman Who Understood Animal Languages" Suggeste...

Did they ever ban dogs from playing basketball after Air Bud? Apparently that rule patch never went through, because that franchise ends up with dogs with full personhood. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about...

"The Three Languages" is a Grimm story that needs a lot of fixing up. Sure there's a super weird Pope ceremony at the end, but what happened to the dogs and frogs? It's a story that demands some grasping at straws to fill in the gaps. This episode brought to you by executive producer Jake, Aarne-Thompson type 766, "the Magic Sleep" Suggested talking points: them Magic Beauty sl...

We were sent a theory about Immortal Bony that we might have missed, and get into casting our own biopic and figuring out which fairy tale we'd actually want to live in. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about t...

"A Tale of Two Brothers" just has too much going on, and not enough of it is focused on the children's card game at the center of the conflict. There's a lot that needs to be cut away from this story, and that leaves a lot of room for other, better stuff to fill it back up. This episode brought to you by executive producer Roast Rabbit, Aarne-Thompson type 471, "The Bridge to Anothe...

What's your proudest moment? We've got a whole range of things we're proud of, from reading stunts pulled as children to mysterious crimes pulled as adults. One of us might be a phantom. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and in...

"The Legend of Tokoyo" is not originally about toilets, but by Golly it will be by the time we're done with it. If you're curious about how bathroom technology ranks, this is your episode. This episode brought to you by executive producer Bee B., Aarne-Thompson type 812, "The Devil's Riddle" Suggested talking points: the Breakfast Club, lady's banishment island, optimal bathroo...

Why do we still sleep on feathers? Seems like there are better options. Would a semi-sentient living bag of organs be better? You decide! If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast...

"People Getting Rich" might be sending the wrong message, but it's subject matter is certainly relevant to us today. In the midst of all this, there's a very good idea for a restaurant that we hope to be opening by 2020. This episode brought to you by executive producer Kerrima, Aarne-Thompson type 2031, "Strong, Stronger, Strongest" Suggested talking points: whisper biscuit ta...

We've got our first listener suggestion, and as requested last week, it is primo sleepover game material: a good old-fashioned "boff marry kill." If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www...

We're dipping into a series of Anansi stories this week, which naturally leads to the creation of a new Yonder Toad villain, and a sitcom about neighbors doing sex to each other. This episode brought to you by executive producer Carl with a C, Aarne-Thompson type 1628, "The Learned Son and the Forgotten Language" Suggested taking points: Welsh challenge, fish propulsion, Victorian sensor...

What dumb or weird games did you play as a kid? We're full of them, ranging from a prey-like version of tag, to a game called mopball that you can play for $8 in a Dollar General. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and informati...

"The Three Snake-Leaves" is your classic tale: boy meets girl, girl dies, girl had a clause in that pre-nup demanding he be buried alive with her if she dies, boy goes into the grave with her, snakes happen. Pretty basic stuff. This episode brought to you by executive producer Haley S., Aarne-Thompson type 1881, "Carried Through the Air by Game Birds" Suggested talking points:...

Hope you're ready to learn about the next great anime, because we have conceived, here on this very program. There's crime, fast cars, and rules for buffet lines involved: only the best. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and in...