What The Folklore?

We're back on schedule following a hectic two weeks or so, and we have a pretty involved theory about this main character's backstory as a cryptid egg/football player whose career went awry. It fills in the gaps of "Cinderstick" very nicely. Suggested talking points: Holy day split, the Twisted Fire Stopper, kanky spanks, a Yeti digression, real cryptids, Cinder Rave, too brief a smokebo...

In this week's ramblecast, we're discussing the best way to get in close to be friends with a Tiger, and any legal ramifications involved, as well as addressing the kind of content Youtube needs. 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 merchandi...

We got stuck on the Little Mermaid for awhile here, even though there's really no great tie-in. But we're not about the easy life, we'll work hard to make an analogy stick, especially when it doesn't really fit. This week we're reading "The 12 Months." Suggested talking points: the Reboot, Prague: Boom City Boom, mermaid reproductive patterns, grub sister, road sniffs, the apple problem,...

Suggested talking points: and the babies were fine, noose chain, metaphor wars, mouse love, the new retail therapy, Fuckboi Micky, the #4 at Jimmy John's, the dance you want to dance 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 inform...

We accidentally invented a whole new religion for this episode, in which we're reading "Unanana and the Elephant." There are some ties to a recent popular addition to the Folklore Mythos, and what we like most in a story: a character with a plan. Suggested talking points: Choo Choo 99, super round babies, police extensions, Babar gets gutted by an angry woman, the bean payoff, the Tony R...

The news this week is a little bit too juicy not to dive into this week, so we're contemplating our existential democracy. It's a pretty messed up world out there, but we're here to filter everything for you into something more palatable. 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.pat...

Suggested talking points: an aristocratic reading stand, centaur-bear, beef buds, a treasure trove of iconography, Twisty Rick the Oakslinger, a stingy baker's dozen, notarized beef squadThis week's story "John the Bear" makes a nice addition to the Ur-Story, giving us some room to speculate wildly as to what's going on. A quasi-bear-man kills a bunch of devils in this week, it's pretty...

This week we're discussing the possibilities of a folklore Tinder profile/dating service, and delving into a brand new area for comedy: what makes men and women different? Amiright??!?! 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 inf...

This is not really a formal episode, but we received a very lovely box of stuff from a listener and decided that we should open it on air, and added in a few gifts to each other as well: if you'd like to join us, feel free! We got each other some pretty dumb gifts. But the listener box was amazing. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Yo...

We're all back in the same room for the first time in over a week, fresh off the holidays! We've got another one from the Washington state area, called "The Boy and His Magic Robe." We're getting into Birdfall a little bit, and talking about serial killer psychology a lot. Suggested talking points: the whoopee chamber, the open writing coffee table, the evil approaches, Tim Gunn's escape...

Due to the holidays interfering with our recording last week, we've assembled a collection of clips from the following episodes: My Daughter's Sheeper, The One About the Bus, The Vietnamese Boy From Beyond the Stars, Switcheroonium, the Tale of Foolums Gap, Bomb-Ass Cave Kids, Mr. Bucket Sex Party If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and You...

We're finishing up "The Snow Queen" this week, and introducing a side character that's sure to join the pantheon of great fairy tale side characters. Everything is coming full circle. Math is key, body fluids are a go, and the writers of Frozen are increasingly wrong. Suggested talking points: inner snow dad truth, fairy tale crossover, robber cannibals, the disease room, Bae the Reindee...

This week we talk about choreographing a hip new musical to bring in the kids, and Gordie shares his theory that Les Mis is really about a pizzeria. 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.wtfolk...

We have endeavored on a two-parter, so buckle in for a meatier story. We're reading "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen, which is the source material for Disney's Frozen. We don't usually tread so close to Disney territory, but there are reasons for this one. And suffice to say that Disney goofed up pretty hard when deciding on what material to use. Suggested talking points: kind...

Excerpts of unused material from various episodes of WTFolklore, wherein we redefine the marketing world by applying an insect-bite pain index to product ratio, and found Folklore Island, a dictator's home away from home. 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/wtfolklo...

This protagonist ranks in pretty high on the "worst heroes" list, complete with a circuitous journey that ultimately doesn't lead to much. But he does reconstruct a sausage with his colon (we think) so that's fun. Our story this week is "Thumbling as Journeyman." Suggested talking points: Avian bone syndrome fact-checking, an honest Kraftsman, the first Yelp app, chalkboard min...

On this week's ramblecast, we take a long hard look at Pixar's marketing tactics and suggest some Pixar movies of our own. 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.com.

The threads of the Fairy Tale Mythos become further interwoven as we take some big leaps in logic to try to get Immortal Bony into as many stories as possible. But it does paint an awfully pretty picture. This week we're reading "The Golden Apples and the Nine Peahens." Cricket’s Opening Remarks, #followthefunny, A Dance of Sex Without Any Dress, Rebellious Apples, A Witch on Retainer, T...

Excerpts of unused material from episode 96 of "What the Folklore?", wherein we catch Pokemon fever!! (Not to be confused with Pokerus) 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.wtfolklor...

Tyler and Gordie are back in control of the Fairy Tale express, and have steered her into strange waters with a story that really doesn't pan out in the end. But at least they're focused on what really matters in life: dunks, as we read "Blockhead Hans." Suggested talking points: loose tenderloins, dunkdunk, donkey donuts, shoe-turkey, a bird's natural jellies, cranblasted, Baron Sorkin,...

This week we're revisiting our very first story, to take a look at some crucial details that were overlooked. Madame d'Aulnoy strikes again. 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...

You can put your minds at ease, Gordie got his 2DS, and we'll all be there together for its Maiden Voyage. A little less importantly, we might have hit on a complex, tangled web of lies and betrayal surrounding fairies and giants that spans the entire of the known folklore universe. Mario Kart is pretty fun though. Our story this week is a version of "Jack and the Beanstalk". Suggested t...

So, this Ramble is a little unorthodox and may be mostly un-funny, but in our defense, it wasn't a very funny week. 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.com.

We have an extra meaty episode this week to make up for last week, so dig into a hefty, weird, nutso story called "The Maiden With the Rose On Her Forehead" that underutilizes the best character: the Cherryman. This episode was sponsored and produced by Jenna Steigerwalt, thank you Jenna! Suggested talking points: Country renamer, thank you Doug, PH/PU test, Carmen Sandiego origin, angle...

Tyler has a TV pitch for us this week, about the quest to find the true meaning of the Ever-Jack, and we're going to hone this idea to perfection. 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.wtfolklo...