What The Folklore?

As the title suggests, another bus idea has surfaced. Call it a stepping stone to greater things. There is also a story in this episode though, don't worry! It's called "The Three Brothers," and it fulfills a wish we made a long time ago. This episode brought to you by executive producer Tentacle Duck, Aarne-Thompson type 1086, "Jumping Into the Ground" Suggested talking points...

Is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory steampunk? Is Harry Potter really that good of a seeker? What's up with the new Tide containers? Lots of important questions to sort through this 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...

"The Raven and the Big Fisherman" is a rare story that just leaves us confounded with details from the first paragraph, and then just goes downhill from there. So many questions remaining after the end of this one. This episode brought to you by executive producer Amy, Aarne-Thompson type 322 "Magnet Mountain Attracts Everything" Suggested talking points: Crimekite and Kronkite...

Is a robot butler a good use of funds? Looks like a good idea from where we're sitting. We're also talking about the Shrek reboot. 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.

Poland never disappoints us, and this week is no exception! We're reading "A Present for the King's Godson," about a kid who does not appreciate the magic gifts he was given, and also everyone is bad at taking advantage of it. This episode brought to you by executive producer Phillip, Aarne-Thompson type 440, "Iron Henry" Suggested talking points: chastising ancient lies, pour...

Taking a deep dive into the very specific school of acting found in bumbling villains in kids' movies, after watching Air Bud: Spikes Back, and we stumble upon the perfect role for Joe Pesci. 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 a...

Another double story episode for this (almost) Halloween! We've got "The Three Army Surgeons," followed by "How Some Children Played at Slaughtering." Everyone be safe for Halloween, and if you see a lonesome machine hitchhiking its way across the land, be kind: it may just be the Spooktrolyzer. This episode brought to you by executive producer Emma, Aarne-Thompson type 531, &q...

Are we losing out on the deal by giving kids free Halloween candy? What should we be asking for in return? We've got some ideas to improve Halloween. 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.wtfol...

We've got a spooky double header this week: "The Ghost and the Cash Box," and "The Deacon of Myrka." They're like yin and yang: one featuring hybrid bean-men who tend the Earth, the other a very strong muscle wizard for hire. This episode brought to you by executive producer David, Aarne-Thompson type 1430 "Air Castles" Suggested talking points: the Family Circus line...

Our unique services have been called upon yet again. We've got another dying industry to fix up. On the agenda this week: bars. How do we make them good? 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.w...

Our spooky main course this evening is "The Fox Sister," with a short story titled "The Maiden's Grave" for desert. The desert is necessary to wash the taste of the first one out of your mouth. Because of the ending. This episode brought to you by executive producer Maia, Aarne-Thompson type 1334 "the Local Moon" Suggested talking points: boy generals, trial by mail,...

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...