Ep 673 - I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

I Am Legend is a foundational block for a lot of modern zombie fiction (even though its monsters are technically vampires). But it's much less interested in the dog than the 2007 Will Smith adaptation.

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:04.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:11.0	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:15.6	Plus these are books you should have read by now. Oh, uh, uh,
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0:29.0	uh...
0:31.0	uh... Hey everybody welcome to Overdo it's a podcast about the books you've been
0:46.5	meaning to read my name is Craig my name is Andrew and I like your haunted
0:51.9	cookie monster.
0:53.0	I eat zombie cookie.
0:56.0	Brain cookie.
0:58.0	I couldn't tell if it was like haunted cookie monster or haunted fat Albert.
1:02.0	I would not do Fat Albert.
1:04.0	Hey, hey, hey, I'm Haunted.
1:07.0	Boo, booh, booh, booh, brooh.
1:10.0	Welcome to Spooktober, the month where we eat spooky cookies and read scary book. My cookie monster is better than I thought it was.
1:25.0	It's pretty good.
1:26.0	See is for cursed because that is how I feel about your cookie monster voice.
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