543 - Stephen King
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 150 minutes
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Summary
Stephen King is one of the best selling authors in history and over 100 of his stories have been adapted for the screen. It, Carrie, Cujo, The Green Mile, Pet Sematary, The Shawshank Redemption, Salem's Lot, Stand By Me, Misery, The Mist, The Shining... King's work is intrinsic to popular culture. On this episode we look at the man dubbed "The King of Horror" and try to find out what makes him tick.
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 10:16 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/stephen-king#car-accident
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeg8RhlA5m8
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King#
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King_bibliography#
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/01/stephen-king-tax-the-rich
https://huntingthemuse.net/library/stephen-kings-writing-routine
https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/tabitha-king-calling-calls-stephen-kings-wife/story?id=61409581
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502166/how-stephen-king-was-outed-richard-bachman
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/17/stephenking.fiction
https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-shining-movie-stanley-kubrick-opinion/
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| 0:00.0 | Do you go on is performing some live podcast at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. |
| 0:06.6 | Can you believe it, baby? You can come see us do three shows, 29th of March, 12th and 19th of April, |
| 0:14.1 | 2.30 in the afternoon. What a gorgeous time to see some comedy. Sunday, fun day, am I right? |
| 0:19.5 | And it's true to say that the tickets are moving fast, |
| 0:22.0 | Dave. That's right. We are over 50% for all of the shows, and more than 50% of season passes are gone now, too. And that means you can see all three shows for a heavily discounted price. Oh, my God. But, you know, feel free to buy three individually if you like. Whatever. Yeah. |
| 0:36.1 | Hey, but also why not see me and Saranjo, I'm on a friend of the show, |
| 0:39.8 | doing our new material show. individually if you like whatever yeah hey but also why not see me and serenji i'm on a friend of |
| 0:39.1 | the show doing our new material show at the adelaide fringe this year's this year 2026 or |
| 0:45.3 | 2027 it's 2026 26 March the third to the ninth at rhino room and i'm also doing a who knew |
| 0:52.4 | with met short live at the rhino room on Saturday, the March the 7th, the, the, the, the, the, the. And, yeah, Melbourne and International Comedy Festival. Also, the Coupers Inn means Sarenne, April 7th, the 19th. That means, I believe, you'll be able to at least do a double one time, maybe two times with Dugo On. Yeah. |
| 1:11.5 | Twice. |
| 1:13.6 | And why not do it twice? |
| 1:15.7 | Oh, do it twice because it's so nice. |
| 1:17.0 | Oh, Mama. |
| 1:17.9 | Double the fun. |
| 1:18.8 | It's number one. |
| 1:23.4 | Anyway, go to dogoonpod.com for all the links to these shows. Music Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On. My name is Dev Warnakey and as always I'm here with Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart. Hello. Hello. So good to be here. Jeez, it's good to be alive. That's a question. What do you reckon? Yeah. How good is it to be alive? Oh, great. I was going to say, have you heard of a question before? Have you ever asked a question? I mucked it up. I mucked it up. But I actually think you covered it really well. Okay, thank you. Yeah. You know what? I'd love to tell you to how this show works. Okay, please. So one of the three of us selects a topic, sometimes via a vote from our patron supporters, often suggested by a listener. |
| 2:20.5 | We go away, we learn about it, we research it, and then we bring back that knowledge |
| 2:25.1 | in the form of like a high school, I was going to say, audible report. |
| 2:30.4 | What do you call it? |
| 2:30.9 | Oral presentation. |
| 2:31.9 | Sure. |
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