The Monster Mash
Host Jason Snell with Erika Ensign, David J. Loehr, Steven Schapansky, Aleen Simms, Dan Moren, Brian Hamilton, Steve Lutz, Monty Ashley, and Joe Rosensteel
Live from the Now Hear This podcast festival in Anaheim, it’s our supervillain/monster draft. What makes a villain super? When is hating a monster actually just a misguided case of space racism? Who—other than Lex Friedman—is the greatest monster of all? It might be you! Listen to find out!
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 21 minutes)
Show Notes
Complete picks list:
- Erika: The Master, Davros, Jareth the Goblin King, Gargamel
- David: Bad Horse, Big Bob Oakley from “Scooby-Doo”, Mr. Roarke, Khan
- Stephen: George Lucas, The Krotons, Grand Moff Tarkin, Ming the Merciless
- Aleen: Voldemort, The Doctor, Yip Yips, Poison Ivy
- Dan: Satan, Batman, “The Monster Mash”, Grand Admiral Thrawn
- Brian: Jack Torrance from “The Shining”, Jigsaw, Patrick Bateman, the Blair Witch
- Steve: Skeletor, the Tall Man from “Phantasm”, Us, Pyramid Head from “Silent Hill II”
- Monty: Grover, Cruella De Ville, the Niki Minaj verse from Kanye West’s “Monster”, Bigfoots
- Joe: The Thing (from “The Thing”), Ursula, T-1000, Clayface
- Jason: Cookie Monster, Dr. Frankenstein, the monster under your bed, Godzilla