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WEBVTT 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:06.799 Two best friends talking fast. 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:09.839 We're missing two arcades, we're having a blast. 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.400 Seeing these dreams, thinking on screens, it was all bad. 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.440 We'll take you back like whatever. 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:36.320 Welcome to Like Whatever, a podcast for, by, and about Gen X. 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.759 I'm Nicole, and this is my BFFF Heather. 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:41.280 Hello. 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:44.880 So let's see here. 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:49.679 On the way down, um, I heard Israel's elections have wrapped up. 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:51.039 That was today. 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:56.000 It does not look like not Netanyahu is going to win about that. 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.640 So hopefully that will bring some sort of positive change to the world. 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:07.200 I just read just uh about 20 minutes ago that they have linked Ted Bundy to another murder. 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:08.000 What? 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:09.680 In Utah. 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:11.359 Utah. 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:12.079 Love it. 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:12.560 Love it. 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:13.120 Love it. 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:13.920 Okay. 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.719 Now they'll put a whole bunch more specials out about it. 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:26.079 We also want to wish Christine and Pat. 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:27.200 Congratulations. 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:29.359 Yes, congratulations. 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:31.280 Wedding bells this weekend. 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:31.840 Yes. 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:32.560 Lovely. 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:34.079 Everyone was lovely. 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:36.400 Yeah, the bride was absolutely stunning. 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:36.879 Yes. 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:38.239 And the groom was all right. 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:38.480 Yeah. 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:39.200 I'm just kidding. 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:41.040 He looked fantastic too. 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.879 But yes, we are super, super happy for them. 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:47.680 Yes, we are. 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:48.319 Yeah. 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:49.760 Very cool. 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:51.280 Let's see. 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:51.920 Oh. 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:56.959 I was gonna text you this when I was watching it, but I was like, no, I'm gonna wait and tell her in person. 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:03.599 I was watching Killer Couples, um, and it was Amish. 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:06.640 Oh my God. 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.240 The Amish, the wife died, the Amish wife died. 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:20.080 Uh, they start looking into things, and the Amish husband is on numerous dating apps on his cell phone. 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:20.560 Okay. 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:23.680 I'm out already. 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:26.879 I'm already out. 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:30.639 So he had this girlfriend, she was a Mennonite. 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:32.560 They're even worse. 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:38.879 And he brainwashed her into killing his wife. 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:40.960 Um probably not hard. 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:41.759 Yeah, yeah. 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:43.199 Probably didn't have to try too hard. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:46.879 Yeah, but his uh dating app name was Amish Stud. 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:56.240 Oh I don't know if I've mentioned my dislike of the Amish people here. 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:59.520 I do not care for Amish people. 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.719 I was laughing so hard through this show, it just cracked me up. 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:05.759 But he convinced the the Mennonite to murder. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:07.919 They're even worse, the Mennonites. 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:08.560 He wanted them. 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:14.719 They wanted to be together and he couldn't divorce his wife, but murder was okay. 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:19.120 Which just goes to show people aren't actually following their religion. 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:20.240 Let me tell you something. 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.759 The Amish are kings and queens of the fucking loophole. 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:25.280 So that's how they get around. 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:33.199 I don't even want to talk about the fucking Amish loopholes because it is the most infuriating thing ever. 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:35.280 Well, he did go to jail. 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.800 But but he got to live with electricity. 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:39.759 And a cell phone. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.000 And a cell phone dating apps. 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:44.560 I don't even think. 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:48.800 He was posting shirtless pictures like with the charger trail going down. 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:51.840 Oh my god, I can't even get the fucking Amish boots. 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:52.159 I can't. 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:55.360 I can't take the Amish. 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:56.000 I just can't. 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:57.360 They're not listening, probably. 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:57.840 I don't know. 00:03:57.919 --> 00:03:59.759 They might be because they have Amish loopholes. 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:00.319 Probably. 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:06.159 So most I just they aggravate me to no end. 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:09.439 I can't be cracking up. 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.800 I can't be anywhere near them when I see them. 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:14.560 I saw them this summer. 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:15.599 I don't care. 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.680 You can call me anti-well, I am anti-Amish. 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:21.040 And I don't care. 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:22.319 Who knows it? 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:24.879 They are just a bothersome people. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:31.759 Well, and the other thing was they had Amish people on there that they were interviewing, you know, like family members and such, dressed as Amish. 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:32.000 Yeah. 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:32.639 Loopholes. 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:34.639 Aren't

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they not supposed to be on camera? 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:38.319 I remember you weren't even supposed to take their pictures if you were up there. 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:40.560 They find fucking loopholes everywhere. 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:41.600 Why are they in Walmart? 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:43.040 They shouldn't be in fucking Walmart. 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:44.399 I saw some at the beach this year. 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:45.360 What are you doing at the beach? 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:45.759 You should. 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:49.279 I saw some, no joke, at the fucking water park. 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:50.800 What are you doing at the water park? 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:51.120 Yeah. 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:52.160 In their ankle length? 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:52.959 Yes. 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:54.560 Get out of the water park. 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:55.519 You're gonna drown in that. 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:56.480 Stop it. 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:57.680 Just fucking stop. 00:04:57.759 --> 00:04:58.399 Just no. 00:04:58.560 --> 00:04:59.759 It's a hard no for me. 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:00.399 You cannot. 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:03.519 Go turn on your hose and put your thumb over it and you guys can run through. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:05.680 Go run through sprinklers or something. 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:06.480 That's no. 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:07.680 It's a no for me. 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:10.399 You cannot be at a water park. 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:15.920 I don't care what your loop is, I don't care how big the loophole is that you are trying to make here. 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:17.040 It's a no. 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:19.519 Ugh. 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:20.399 I know. 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:28.560 I mean, I sat there for a good just set staring at and you the look on my face had to be like, this is fucking despicable. 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:32.639 Like I just had anger in my soul. 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:36.079 I was like, this is just wrong. 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:36.959 Yeah. 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.519 That's probably gonna be what happens to me when I die. 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:41.839 My hell is I'm gonna have to go live with the Amish. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:42.800 Oh my gosh. 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:43.759 That would be awful. 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:44.639 That would be awful. 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.079 I will find Jesus if that's what happens. 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:51.120 That's what has to happen for me to get away from the Amish. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:55.680 I will, I will look for him and I will find him. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:57.759 I will apologize. 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:02.000 Oh Lord God. 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:03.680 I hate I hate him. 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:04.639 I know you do. 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:05.600 I know you do. 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:06.879 I was just like, wow. 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:07.360 I know. 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:11.920 And people think it's like everybody the first time they hear it from me, they're like,

what? 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:13.600 Like they're so nice. 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:14.240 Yeah, they're not. 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:15.439 And they make bake goods. 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:16.480 They're not nice. 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:17.360 And that's what happens. 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:18.639 You know what they put in there? 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:22.319 They put that, you eat that shit, and you're like, oh, they're not so bad. 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:23.040 Yeah. 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:27.519 They're poisoning you to make you think they're not so bad. 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:28.720 Mm-hmm. 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:29.199 Mm-hmm. 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:30.720 It's all part of their plan. 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:34.319 I don't go to Lancaster for this exact reason. 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:37.600 I've been to Lancaster approximately twice in my life. 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:38.000 Yeah. 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:39.439 And I will not go again. 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:40.000 No. 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:41.199 Fuck that. 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:41.600 No. 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:43.439 You don't even want to go out to Westover. 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:43.839 No. 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.079 Nowhere where there's Amish people. 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:48.879 Do not want to be around Amish people. 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:52.480 And I don't want them in my space either. 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:53.279 Yeah. 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:55.839 They're not allowed in my space. 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.399 My space is the 21st century. 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:00.879 And you're loud and proud about it. 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:05.040 You're not out trying to find all these noise to sneak around. 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:05.759 Nope. 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.720 I have the brand newest Samsung. 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:15.279 Oh, speaking of phones, you see the iPhone fold is breaking already. 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.800 Here's the thing about well, because it was made by Samsung. 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.199 It's just a Samsung phone with an Apple on it. 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:23.199 But people have only had it a week and it's breaking. 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:30.560 Yeah, because Samsung was like they'd sent their cheap seconds to Apple. 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:33.279 They were like, Yeah, you want it to fold? 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:33.600 Okay. 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.240 It's a$2,000 phone. 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:38.000 It's insane. 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:42.319 And people are they're just opening it and they're like, I heard a pop and I look down at my. 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:48.480 And then they're acting like it's like, oh when I saw it come out, I was like, you have got to be fucking kidding me. 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:55.600 Because the way that every Apple's like, oh, this new invent, this new invention, Samsung has had it for like five years now. 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:56.000 Yeah. 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:57.199 I even know people that have them. 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:57.920 Yes. 00:07:58.160 --> 00:07:59.680 I know lots of people that have them. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:01.839 I don't because it's a stupid idea. 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:04.000 And it's going to break. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:04.879 Yeah. 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:07.839 I want to sing that big up by a tablet. 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:08.480 A tablet. 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.360 You want you are it's getting me riled up today. 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:14.560 Rile Heather up day. 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:15.680 I guess. 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:18.160 I already got riled up earlier. 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:19.040 Yeah, I know. 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:20.560 My job is stupid. 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:21.120 Yeah. 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:21.920 Yeah. 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:28.399 Speaking of jobs being stupid, I gave myself a five-day staycation this week. 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:28.720 Oh. 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.040 Because we're off Tuesday for election day. 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:31.439 Right. 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:34.000 And so I took Friday and Monday off. 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:37.120 And then I only had to use two days to have a five-day week. 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:38.240 And I I know. 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:39.440 That's smart thinking. 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:41.519 I'm just gonna stay home and do nothing for five days. 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:43.039 I love that idea. 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:44.799 I do too. 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:46.159 I was like, man, I need a break. 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:48.240 I know I can't afford to go on vacation. 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:51.919 I need to take a vacation because my time is stacking up. 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:53.360 Um we only get the rollover. 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:54.559 Yeah. 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:58.559 But I don't think I have enough to lose yet. 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:00.320 But next year I will. 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.399 So I will have to use up some of my time. 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:04.879 You'll never have use or lose. 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:05.840 I will. 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.960 Especially in like utilize my vacation days. 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:14.240 I think we get three weeks, and then in like maybe two or three more years, I get five weeks. 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:16.879 And I'll never use five weeks of vacation. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:17.679 You won't. 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:18.000 No. 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:19.279 It's wasted on you. 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:19.840 It is way. 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:21.600 I don't know why they won't just pay it out. 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:23.759 When I worked at FedEx, they paid it out. 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:26.000 Yeah, it's stupid. 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:27.360 Just pay it out. 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:29.039 Apparently you can. 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:30.559 There's ways. 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:32.080 There's loopholes. 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.320 Amish must have come up with this. 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:38.879 I'm not gonna go into that now that I

just went out and ran about my Amish loopholes. 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:43.039 I'm not gonna go on and ran about the postal services loopholes. 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:48.240 Well, they're not gonna pay you out because then when you don't use it, that's just right. 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.480 They don't have it's just money they don't have to spend. 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:51.200 That is true. 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:52.639 I don't care about you. 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:53.840 They don't. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:55.440 Clearly. 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:57.840 In the last two days, they don't. 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:02.000 Or anybody in any office anywhere. 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:07.039 Are you done? 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:12.480 Rant over. 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:12.960 Okay. 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:19.679 Well, before we get started, if you're still with us at this point, like, share, rate, review. 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:22.639 Please find us on all the socials at like whatever pod. 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:23.519 Yeah. 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:27.679 Um, we have a website, likewhateverpod.com. 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:32.559 And you can email us at likewhateverpod at gmail.com. 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:41.679 So Nicole reminded me that I dropped an Easter egg a couple weeks ago, but I'm not doing that this week because I forgot what this week was. 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:43.200 I can't believe you forgot that. 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:49.759 Well, it's not that I forgot, it's just that I didn't remember when I said it the last time that my week would be this. 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:54.080 So I didn't forget it's Halloween. 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:55.840 Happy Halloween, everybody. 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:56.639 Yes. 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:59.279 Um, I am going as Freddie Krueger. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:00.159 Ooh. 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.440 I have my sweater. 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.320 I love it. 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:02.720 Yeah. 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:06.639 I'm not gonna wear the the glove was cheap and shitty. 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:08.639 Yeah, but you know, whatever. 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:10.240 But I can't drive with it anyway. 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:12.720 So now I'll be working on Halloween. 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:14.559 So I'm just gonna wear the sweater. 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:14.799 Yeah. 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.200 And you're just gonna have to use your imagination. 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:18.639 Well, you need the fedora. 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:20.960 I have the fedora, but I look terrible in hats. 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:22.799 Yeah, but it's a costume. 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:23.679 True. 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:24.480 I don't know. 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.039 We'll see. 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:26.720 I'll bring it, but I probably won't wear it. 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:27.200 Okay. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:36.240 Anyway, so let's fuck around and find out about vampires. 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:37.279 Ooh. 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:46.159 Few historical figures have undergone a transformation as dramatic as Vlad III of Wallachie. 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:49.840 Wallachia, better known to history as Vlad the Impaler. 00:11:50.320 --> 00:12:00.240 Born in the 15th century and feared for his brutality, Vlad would eventually be reborn in popular culture as Count Dracula, the world's most famous vampire. 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.120 Yet Dracula is more than a literary character. 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:04.720 He is a cultural phenomenon. 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:08.720 Every generation reinvents him according to its fears and fantasies. 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:15.600 For baby boomers, it was Bella Lugosi's hypnotic aristocrat and Christopher Lee's terrifying predator. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:19.519 For Gen X, Dracula became something stranger. 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:23.519 He was scary, sexy, funny, tragic, and sometimes educational. 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:30.960 He appeared in horror films, comedies, Saturday morning television, cartoons, and even on the Sesame Street. 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:35.919 So this is the story of how a medieval prince became an immortal icon. 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:42.159 And I will, of course, be especially paying attention to the 80s and 90s. 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.000 Dracula began not in a haunted castle but on a battlefield. 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:56.399 Vlad III was born around 1431 in Transylvania, a region in modern-day Romania. 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:06.639 His father, Vlad II, belonged to a military order known as the Order of the Dragon, created to defund Christian Europe against Ottoman expansion. 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:11.120 Members of the order used the title Dracul, meaning dragon. 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:16.240 Vlad became known as Dracula, which roughly translates to son of Dracul. 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:17.600 Didn't I know that? 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:18.240 Now you do. 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.000 And what year was Vlad the Impeller? 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:21.279 1431. 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:21.759 Okay. 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:25.600 The 15th century was a violent period in Eastern Europe. 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:31.360 Kingdoms rose and fell, empires expanded, and rulers often survived through cruelty as much as diplomacy. 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:36.960 Vlad's reputation was forged during his struggles against the Ottoman Empire and rival nobles. 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:39.919 His preferred punishment became legendary. 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:41.279 Impalement. 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:45.840 It's also my preferred punishment. 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:48.320 Impalement. 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:52.399 Victims were placed on large wooden stakes and left to die publicly. 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.559 Accounts from the period described forests of impaled enemies surrounding cities. 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:04.159 I mean, nothing says more of like, hey, you should probably not come here than a bunch of dead bodies strung up on sticks. 00:14:04.399 -->

00:14:07.360 I would definitely be like, get a little U-turn. 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.600 Maybe we should not go here. 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:19.840 Some stories were undoubtedly exaggerated by political opponents, but even sympathetic historians acknowledge Vlad employed terror as a weapon. 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:27.360 I mean, it's quite uh his cruelty earned cruelty earned him the nickname Vlad the Impaler. 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:32.559 Ironically, none of the historical records suggest he drank blood or possessed supernatural powers. 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:35.919 The vampire connection would not emerge until centuries later. 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:40.879 Vlad died in battle sometime between 1476 and 1477. 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:44.799 His reign ended, his legend was just beginning. 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:51.840 Long before Bram Stoker wrote his famous novel, vampire stories existed throughout Europe. 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:57.120 Ancient cultures told stories of spirits returning from the dead to drain the life from the living. 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:04.960 In Eastern Europe, Pian folklore described creatures that rose from graves, spread disease, and preyed upon their families. 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:10.799 Oh, can I just say for one second that I have been really enjoying the rest is history podcasts? 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:26.320 I wanted to say this up top here recently because I enjoy hearing history from a different perspective that is not the American propaganda machine. 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:26.960 Yeah. 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:33.039 Um they did a like I just I don't listen to every episode, I just jump around once. 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:40.639 And so they had the founding fathers, they had Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.679 They did each one. 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:51.840 And to hear the Revolutionary War told from the British side was a lot was eye-opening. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:57.440 Because of course, you know, it's rah-rah America go team, you know, over here. 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:02.159 And like, but not really. 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.440 Not really. 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:09.039 And I mean, I guess, you know, somewhere in between their propaganda and our propaganda is the truth somewhere. 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:19.120 I mean, I don't I'm not saying they're lying about it, but not so much we won the Revolutionary War so much as England didn't want to deal with it anymore. 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.840 Yeah, yeah. 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:20.879 They were just done. 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:21.279 Yeah. 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:23.120 So let's not set off. 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:31.200 Before you move in or move on, I um meant to ask you, did you see what I sent you in Messenger about the couple and Smyrna? 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.159 I did, I saw that. 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.960 Did you read it? 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:33.279 I did. 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.159 I saw the um I saw the headline earlier. 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:44.559 Yeah, they apparently they are this on Halloween, they are opening their home for people to come in and see all the human bones they've collected. 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:46.000 Can you have one? 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.360 Do you get to take it? 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:48.159 Can you steal one? 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:51.039 Um well they give you one because there's souvenirs. 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:52.720 Is there a souvenir shop? 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.480 A goodie bag. 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:57.840 I'm not sure. 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:59.200 I didn't read that far into it. 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:01.759 So I probably have to check it out. 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:08.000 Yeah, but I thought that was a pretty good idea though to do that on Halloween. 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.480 Yeah. 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:14.319 If they give you um, if there's a souvenir shop at the end, I agree. 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:16.240 If not, then I'm not going. 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:20.000 Because I know how much a human skeleton costs. 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:27.200 There's one for sale on one of my sites, and it's very tempting. 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:34.640 I'm like, oh, if I took a loan out on my TSP, I could have it. 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:39.039 But then I said no. 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.960 Doesn't sound very responsible. 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.880 It's not at all. 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:46.480 It's not even close. 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:51.440 Because I carry around a human skeleton all the time with me. 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.200 That's free. 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:58.240 Anyway. 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:58.799 Anyway. 00:17:59.039 --> 00:17:59.759 Back to Vlad. 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.480 Yes. 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.920 Uh no, I don't. 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:10.240 In villages throughout Romania, Serbia, Hungary, and neighboring regions, people genuinely feared vampires. 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:14.880 The 18th century even witnessed what historians now call vampire panics. 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:22.400 When disease outbreaks occurred and people died unexpectedly, villagers sometimes exhumed bodies looking for evidence of vampirism. 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:27.200 Natural decomposition often produced effects that seemed supernatural. 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:33.839 Corpses appeared bloated, blood sometimes leaked from the mouth, hair and nails seemed to continue growing. 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:38.880 To frighten communities, these looked like proof that the dead were feeding on the living. 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:49.119 I mean, again, let's just blame something supernatural on a naturally occurring thing. 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.920 Science. 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.799 They had no king. 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:02.960 That changed in 1897. 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:09.920 Irish author Bram Stoker published Dracula, a gothic horror novel that forever changed vampire

fiction. 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:17.359 Stoker borrowed heavily from vampire folklore and discovered the name Dracula during his research into Romanian history. 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:24.000 Historians continue debating how much he actually knew about Vlad the Impaler, but the name fascinated him. 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:32.240 The novels Count Dracula is an ancient Transylvanian nobleman who survives by drinking blood and seeks to spread his influence into England. 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:36.480 The book introduced many elements that still define vampire fiction. 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:52.000 The aristocratic vampire, the castle in Transylvania, bats and wolves as symbols, the vampire hunter Van Helsing Van Helsing, Blood as both horror and seduction, Dracula became a literary sensation. 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:56.240 But cinema would make him immortal. 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:04.480 The earliest Dracula films appeared during the silent era. 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:17.680 The lost Hungarian film Dracula's Death in 1921 is considered one of the earliest Dracula-related productions, while Nosferatu in 1922 became the first major cinematic adaptation of Stoker's story. 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:20.799 Although names were changed to avoid copyright issues. 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:23.200 Then came the version that changed everything. 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:28.799 In 1931, Universal Pictures released Dracula starring Bella Legosi. 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:36.480 Legosi's accent, cape, stare, and aristocratic manner defined Dracula for generations. 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:41.440 For many audiences, Dracula became sophisticated rather than monstrous. 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:49.119 The next major transformation occurred in 1958 when Christopher Lee portrayed Dracula for Hammer films. 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:55.920 Unlike Legosi's restrained count, Lee's Dracula was physical, violent, sensual, and animalistic. 00:20:56.240 --> 00:21:02.480 Hammer's version added vivid color, blood, and sexuality, helping create the modern horror vampire. 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:11.359 Blacula in 1972, rather than creating a new vampire mythology, the filmmakers connected their hero directly to Dracula himself. 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:17.759 In the story, an African prince visits Transylvania, is cursed by Dracula, and becomes Black Cula. 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:21.119 What makes this movie significant is its cultural impact. 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:25.200 It was one of the most successful black black sploitation. 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.960 That is not an easy word to say. 00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:28.000 Horror films. 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:34.880 One of the first major attempts to reinterpret vampire mythology through a black cultural lens. 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:38.240 It was a precursor to later films like Blade. 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:42.720 Without Blackula, you can make a strong argument there is no Blade. 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:52.799 1973, the sequel to Bacula, Blackula, Scream Black Yellow Scream, expanded the mythology and gained cult status. 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:57.279 By the late 70s, Dracula had already survived nearly 50 years of cinema. 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:59.279 And then Gen X arrived. 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:04.880 The late 70s and early 80s marked a major turning point. 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:09.519 Young Gen X audiences were no longer content with a single version of Dracula. 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.640 They wanted options. 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:14.160 Funny, cool, romantic, monster, cartoon. 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:16.960 The vampire exploded into pop culture. 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:23.359 One of the first major signals was Love at First Bite in 1979, starring George Hamilton. 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:29.680 The film presented Dracula as a fish out of water romantic comedy hero navigating modern New York City. 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:36.640 It became a significant box office success and demonstrated that audiences were willing to laugh with Dracula, not just fear him. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:41.039 This playful approach would heavily influence Jen X perception of vampires. 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:43.119 Did he only go out at night? 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.759 I don't know. 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.640 I've never seen that one. 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:49.279 Oh, did you see that um one of the OG Star Treks? 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:49.920 Yes. 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.599 Yeah. 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:56.799 And I watched an interview with him, an old interview when they were talking about him passing. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:00.799 And uh he's actually from Chicago. 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.200 He hate up the accent. 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.480 That's funny. 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:09.680 It's crazy too because the kid that played Chekhov in the newer ones died too. 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.279 His Jeep. 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.880 He got ran over by his own Jeep. 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.160 Changing attire. 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.119 Recently? 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:18.160 No, it was shortly after the third movie. 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.440 Oh, okay. 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:21.440 I think there's three of those. 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:24.079 They're fine. 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.400 They're whatever. 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.240 This is not Star Trek. 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:36.880 No discussion of Gen X vampires is complete without talking about perhaps the most beloved vampire of all time. 00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:46.720 And my personal favorite, Count Von Count of Sesame Street. 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:54.240 Introduced in the early 1970s, the Count borrowed many elements from the classic Dracula image. 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:58.640 The cape, the accent, the pointed features, the spooky laugh. 00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.519 Ah, uh. 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:02.960 But instead of drinking blood, he counted things. 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.000 Everything. 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.559 Steps.

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:06.240 How I learned how to count. 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:08.079 Raindrops, bats. 00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:15.039 Children who grew up during the 80s and 90s often encountered Count Bon Count before they ever saw a horror movie. 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:19.599 For countless Gen X and millennial viewers, he became their first Dracula. 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:22.319 One Dracula. 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.480 I love him. 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.519 He's great. 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.480 That's a great character. 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.039 It is. 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.160 I mean, come on. 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:32.720 Like, I know we talked about Oscar the Grouch, also a great character. 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.319 But I mean, to throw a motherfucking vampire. 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.359 It is so random. 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.240 It really is. 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:41.119 And I mean, it's clever because the counting. 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.720 Yeah, yeah. 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:44.400 But it is super random. 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:48.880 Like just it's great though. 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.640 Uh the cow. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:25:00.799 Oh, children are the genius of the character was that he transformed vampire imagery into something educational and comforting. 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:03.839 The count wasn't a predator, he was a math teacher. 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:09.440 In a strange way, Count Von Count helped normalize Dracula as a family-friendly cultural icon. 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:12.240 Very few monsters have ever made that transition. 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.200 So there you go. 00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:18.400 Cookie monster, but he was a cookie monster. 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.880 Exactly. 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:20.640 That's not a very threatening monster. 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:24.559 I mean, I guess it is if you're a cookie, but I am not. 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:30.880 The 1980s were arguably the coolest decade ever for vampires. 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.759 Yeah. 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.599 There were a lot of the movies back then. 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:37.359 Rather than dusty gothic castles, vampires entered Saburia. 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:40.319 They wore leather jackets and they listened to rock music. 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:42.160 They became anti-heroes. 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:50.960 The Hunger in 1983, a stylish atmospheric vampire film starring Catherine Devonaux, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon. 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:57.359 Miriam Blaylock, an ancient vampire, promises her lovers eternal life, but not eternal youth. 00:25:57.599 --> 00:26:08.799 When her longtime companion suddenly begins aging at an unnatural rate, she seeks help from a researcher studying aging, setting off a story that mixes horror, romance, and tragedy. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:17.680 The film became a cult classic and helped establish the sexy, sophisticated vampire aesthetic that would heavily influence later

vampire fiction. 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:26.720 Before vampires became brooding heartthrobs in the 90s, the hunger made them fashionable, erotic, artistic, and emotionally complex. 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:31.759 Now this one is also one of my favorite. 00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:39.599 I don't know if I mentioned this, but the reason I'm doing vampires is that they seem to be my favorite of all the uh the monsters. 00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.400 Yeah, definitely. 00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.599 I mean they're the coolest. 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.000 Yeah. 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.440 They definitely got the swag. 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.400 Yeah, for sure. 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:46.640 They got Riz as the kids these days. 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.960 And they decorate their house the way you would want to decorate their house. 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.759 100%. 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.759 Totally get down. 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:55.359 The only thing I don't like about them is that they live forever and I don't want to do that. 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.000 Yeah. 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.960 That's terrible. 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.599 True. 00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.519 And they gotta eat drink blood. 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.000 Yeah. 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.680 But they get to sleep in a coffin. 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.119 They do get to sleep in a coffin. 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:07.359 And but they they can't go out in the day, and I get very tired at night. 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.680 Yeah, I'm not a night person. 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:12.319 So many, many reasons. 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:14.640 No, it's not in the stars for you to be a vampire. 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:16.079 I guess I won't be a vampire. 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.799 Oh well. 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.480 Oh well. 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:26.000 One of the defining Gen X vampire films is Fright Night from 1985. 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.519 I don't care. 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:30.559 I can watch Fright Night any day. 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.839 Evil Ed. 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:39.359 Also, Chris Durandon is um the head vampire, and he is also Jack Skellington. 00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:42.319 I remember Fright Night. 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.359 I fucking love Fright. 00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.240 I remember watching it. 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:46.240 I can say it word for word. 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:52.720 My friend and I used all she had it on VHS. 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.039 And we would watch it in the summer all the time. 00:27:55.119 --> 00:28:01.680 And her mom would make us double decker peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and black cherry Kool-Aid. 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:06.160 And we would watch Fright Night at least once a week. 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:10.880 And Evil Ed, oh man. 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:25.119 God, that's it's uh I could do it, but I'm not going to because that's a great part, is when the Evil Ed is in the bed pretending to be his mom. 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:28.400 But she left a note. 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:31.279 His dinner is in the oven. 00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:33.279 And then he thought, oh, great. 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:40.319 A teenage horror fan discovers that his neighbor is a vampire and struggles to convince anyone he's telling the truth. 00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:48.480 The film perfectly captured an era when horror movies were becoming self-aware while reimagining genuine, genuinely frightening. 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:51.039 I don't know that it was genuinely frightening. 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.000 Yeah. 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.720 Even then it didn't scare me. 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:58.319 I used to watch it, so it couldn't have been too much. 00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:02.079 You have to have faith for that to work on me, Mr. 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.119 Vincent. 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.680 God, I love that movie. 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:10.079 Once bitten in 1985, starring a young Jim Carrey. 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.039 Also a great one. 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:19.039 The story follows a teenage boy persuaded by a centuries-old vampire countess who needs the blood of a virgin to maintain her youth. 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:23.200 Today it is mainly remembered because it's an early Jim Carrey performance. 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:27.039 It captures 1980s teen comedy culture perfectly. 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:30.160 And it proves vampires could work outside of horror. 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:33.519 I didn't realize that that was Jim Carrey. 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.079 Yes. 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.799 It's yes. 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.000 I haven't watched it in a long time. 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.640 It's great. 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.119 You should. 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.519 Yeah. 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.880 I'm sure it's on right now. 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.920 Probably. 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:45.920 Um, of course, no, we can't have a list without the Lost Boys. 00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:48.319 I was gonna say, what are you gonna skip over it? 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:50.720 No, because it wasn't until 1987. 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.960 Um, another movie I love. 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:57.279 I mean I'm not into vampire movies, but uh hi a that is just love that movie. 00:29:57.519 --> 00:30:00.640 I'm gonna say, and this this might be controversial. 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.039 Okay. 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.880 I'm gonna be controversial for a moment. 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:06.480 Okay, it is my second favorite. 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:09.359 We have not mentioned my first favorite yet. 00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.920 Okay. 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:18.079 I know you know what my first favorite is, but it's my second favorite, and then I would put Fright Night as a close third. 00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.640 Okay. 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:23.519 I do love The Lost Boys, and I have watched it numerous times in the last month. 00:30:24.240 --> 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Great soundtrack, too. 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:30.799 It's it's all the way, I mean, all the way around, it's a great movie. 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:39.039 I I just keeper is just so everything. 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:44.559 This see, this is the problem because this uh all this is where my love of the bad boy has come up. 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:50.400 I mean, keep come on, it's keeper's fault. 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:52.240 It is keeper's fault. 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:55.279 The vampire is a rebellious teenager. 00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:58.559 Motorcycles, rock music, boardwalks, leather coats. 00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:03.519 The film transformed vampires from old aristocrats into cool outsiders. 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:07.279 Its influence can still be seen in modern vampire fiction. 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:14.079 I was gonna go more into like all, but then I was like, we will be here for the rest of eternity. 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:18.079 So I'm not gonna, we're just gonna remember the movie and move to the next one. 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.799 Yep, yep. 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:24.640 We all know, and if you're listening, I'm sure that you love the Lost Boys too because you're Gen X. 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:27.279 So you remember it. 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:31.920 You don't need to go into the Monster Squad in 1987. 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:38.960 The plot centers around a group of children facing classic universal-inspired monsters led by Count Dracula. 00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:47.119 Dracula serves as the mastermind attempting to take over the world while commanding Frankenstein's monster, the wolfman, the mummy, and the gill man. 00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:49.359 I don't remember the monster squad. 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.680 I don't either. 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:54.960 It was a cartoon, I do think. 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.599 Oh. 00:31:56.000 --> 00:32:01.200 I was gonna say it sounded like Transylvania 6500 when you started naming all the characters off. 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:04.000 Who also has a vampire in it, Gina Davis. 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.640 It does. 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:07.920 Okay. 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:13.519 The 1980s also brought vampire imagery into mainstream television. 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:17.839 Horror anthology series frequently featured vampire episodes. 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:21.039 Saturday morning cartoons regularly spoofed Dracula. 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:23.839 Even commercials borrowed vampire imagery. 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:31.200 By the end of the decade, Dracula was everywhere, and audiences still wanted more. 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:34.160 Including my favorite serial count chocolate. 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:37.039 I was just gonna say count chocula and booberry. 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:39.440 Although count chocolate was way better back then than it is. 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:42.799 Well, now it's everything was way better then. 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:51.359 It was my friend and I were talking about it the other day, and he was so jealous that I got to eat the foods in the 80s because he was like, I'm sure all that shit tasted way better. 00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.720 And I was like so much better. 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:55.039 That's trans fats and everything. 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:56.160 Yep, yep. 00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:57.279 So much better. 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:06.240 So now we're gonna before we move to the 90s, before we leave the 80s and move to the 90s, let's do your diary. 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:13.359 All right, all right, for this week's uh passage from Nicole's diary. 00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:16.240 We've jumped all the way to July 8th, 1987. 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.960 Oh wow. 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.720 We were only in 86 last time that we went. 00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.359 We have, yeah. 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.960 We are moving fast through time. 00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:23.279 Yes, and it was Wednesday, in case you were wondering. 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.240 Interesting. 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.279 Hey Diary. 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:27.519 Hey, what's up? 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.599 What's up, down, and around? 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.640 Oh shit. 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.440 Yep. 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.519 Uh well, that was so cool. 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:38.319 You were uh well, a lot has happened lately, so I decided to tell you about my life. 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.599 I mean, that's a good idea. 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:44.319 Summer has been happening and it's been great. 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:46.240 Good, good, good news. 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.880 Uh-huh. 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.440 Uh-huh. 00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:52.240 I've gone to Busch Gardens for making honor roll in school. 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:54.720 And I've gone to Hershey Park for the band. 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:59.759 And my friend is taking me again in August to Hershey Park. 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:03.039 And I rode a roller coaster for the first time this summer. 00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.880 They are so awesome. 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.240 So awesome. 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:10.719 On July 24th, I am going to see Joan Jet. 00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.360 Oh. 00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.800 At the fair. 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.639 You bitch. 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:16.800 I remember it was my first concert. 00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:22.079 And I thought I was 16, but apparently I was only 14, which is so much more exciting. 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:24.000 I can't wait. 00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:27.519 Well, that's all I have to say for now. 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:29.760 Just figured I'd update you on my life. 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.719 Love Nicole. 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.679 You know what? 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:38.480 2026, Heather is very happy that you updated us on going to see Joan Jet. 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:46.960 I remember I wanted to go so bad, and my friend was going, and I begged and begged and begged and begged my mom and she

actually let me go. 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.400 I can't believe she let you go. 00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:50.000 I can't either. 00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.039 Yes. 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.320 Good for you. 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.719 Yeah. 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.760 I'm so jealous. 00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.159 Yeah. 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:56.159 I have not ever seen Joan Jet. 00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.760 Oh my gosh, I've seen her three times. 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.920 I cannot ever get to Joan Jet. 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:02.239 Joan Jet eludes me. 00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:05.280 And I love Joan Jet. 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:07.519 I love Joan Jet. 00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:09.199 She's awesome. 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.760 Yeah. 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.400 All right. 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.119 So that's it. 00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.599 Okay. 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:21.360 If the 90s if the 80s made vampires cool, the 90s made them romantic. 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:25.920 The decade began with a major event. 00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.920 1992. 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:29.440 I graduated from high school. 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:35.360 Other than that, I didn't realize that that's when this came out. 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:37.199 But it makes sense. 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:39.360 Bram Stoker Dracula. 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:44.800 Which is in fact, spoiler alert, my favorite vampire movie. 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.840 Thanks, of course. 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:49.039 I mean, fucking Gary Oldman. 00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.840 Yeah. 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:51.599 I would move the world for Gary. 00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:53.760 You have loved him for a long time. 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:57.760 Man, there is not a movie that I don't like that he Oh, I lied. 00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:00.880 He's in a Harry Potter, and I've never seen the Harry Potter. 00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.320 So sorry, Gary. 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:04.159 I think I saw the first one, but that's awesome. 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.599 Yeah, he's in one of them. 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:08.480 I mean, he plays Commissioner Gordon. 00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:13.519 He The Professional is only one of the greatest movies. 00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.280 Does he ever do bad? 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.599 No. 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:17.039 Sid and Nancy? 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.719 Gary Oldman. 00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:23.599 Gary Oldman and Wanona Ryder. 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.320 Yeah. 00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.280 And Keanu. 00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:28.480 I guess we'll add him in, but you know. 00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:30.320 You can't forget Johnny Depp. 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:33.440 Johnny Depp's not in Dracula, though. 00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:33.920 Oh. 00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:35.199 I thought you were just listening. 00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.400 No, Keanu is in Dracula. 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:42.000 No, I know nothing against Keanu, but I'm not. 00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:43.280 You're not a Keanu fan. 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.159 I'm not a Keanu. 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:46.079 I I I like him as a human being. 00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:48.159 I just not a big I mean Bill and Ted. 00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:49.280 I love fucking Bill and Ted. 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.920 Yeah, yeah. 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.800 And he does fine. 00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.440 I get that. 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:54.880 I think my issue is I can't ever move past Bill and Ted. 00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.239 I think that's a problem. 00:36:56.480 --> 00:37:00.800 He he is one of those actors that it's hard to take seriously, but he's made serious movies. 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:02.239 Like Nicolas Cage. 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.719 Yeah. 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:07.199 So like I like Nicolas Cage, but it's hard to take in a serious role. 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.440 Yeah. 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.679 Yeah. 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:09.519 I mean he was face off. 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:13.280 So I mean, let's he he was fine in Dracula. 00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.800 Like he did the job. 00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.320 It was acceptable. 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.039 Yeah. 00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:19.679 But you're also going, and that's another thing. 00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:27.760 Like, I mean, you're going up with Gary Ullman and Winona Ryder and um uh Anthony Hopkins. 00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:34.480 And I mean, like, you're in a movie with some heavy hitters there, and that's tough spot for Keanu. 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:38.159 But I don't get me wrong, I do love Keanu as a human being. 00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:39.599 I think he's a great human being. 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:42.320 Just have trouble taking him seriously. 00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.760 I get it. 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:49.599 Francis Ford Coble's lavish adaptation became the defining Dracula film of the decade. 00:37:49.760 --> 00:38:01.679 The movie starred Gary Oldman as Dracula and explicitly linked the count to Vlad the Impaler, portraying Dracula as a 15th century ruler transformed into a vampire after tragedy and betrayal. 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:03.920 This was a critical turning point. 00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:07.360 Earlier films presented Dracula primarily as a monster. 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:10.559 Coppola presented him as a tragic anti-hero. 00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:14.880 Suddenly, Dracula had motivations, heartbreak, loss, and a love story. 00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:20.079 The film was visually extravagant, commercially successful, and enormously influential. 00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:25.280 It grossed over 215 million worldwide and won three Academy Awards. 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:31.199 Many modern vampire romances trace directly back to this interpretation. 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.440 Yeah. 00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:56.480 I mean the scene where Gary Oldman has got the tap top hat and one own is walking around and he just says, see me now, and she uh that's the only reason I would want to be a vampire is if I

could live with Gary Oldman forever. 00:38:57.519 --> 00:39:00.320 I mean, name a Gary Oldman movie that's not good. 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.199 You can't. 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.840 You can't. 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.039 Maybe the Harry Potter. 00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.440 I don't know. 00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.639 I didn't see it. 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:07.039 I'm sure he crushed it. 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:08.159 I mean, fifth element? 00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:09.360 He's in the fifth element. 00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:12.880 Oh god, is there anything that man can't do? 00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:15.519 I'm a big Gary Oldman fan. 00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:22.880 If Dracula made vampires monsters, Anne Rice made them protagonists. 00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:28.159 Her 1976 novel, Interview with the Vampire, completely changed the genre. 00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:34.800 Before Rice, most vampire stories were about stopping vampires, hunting vampires, escaping vampires. 00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:38.559 Rice asked, What if the vampire is the main character? 00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:44.159 Suddenly, vampire stories became philosophical, romantic, tragic, and existential. 00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:46.800 They mom the monsters became sympathetic. 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:49.519 The hunter became less important than the victim. 00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:52.000 The influence dominated the 90s. 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:55.760 And is that your least favorite vampire movie? 00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.639 Yes. 00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:58.960 Can anyone guess why? 00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.159 Two reasons. 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:00.719 Oh. 00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.719 I know one reason. 00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:05.519 Starring Tom Cruise. 00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.639 One reason. 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:09.199 Oh, interview of the vampire 1994. 00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:11.599 Starring Tom Cruise, reason number one. 00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:13.760 Brad Pitt, reason number two. 00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.880 Don't like him. 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.360 Sorry. 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.719 I can tolerate him. 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:18.639 I don't hate him as much as Tom Cruise. 00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.840 Like I won't avoid him. 00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:23.199 I thought his performance in 12 Monkeys was phenomenal. 00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:28.079 And I like I I like his movies. 00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:30.000 I just don't know how I feel about him. 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.440 I think that's it. 00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.960 I don't mind his movies. 00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:33.760 I mean seven. 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:37.920 Fucking seven is just but I don't know that. 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.559 I just watched one of his movies the other day. 00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:44.960 Um god damn it. 00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:46.159 It's one of my favorites. 00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:54.639 It's the one where he's uh he's Irish and he's a boxer, and it has Jason Statham in it. 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:56.559 It's a guy Richie movie. 00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:58.079 Is it fight club? 00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:58.639 No. 00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.679 I don't know then. 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.880 It's one of my favorites though, too. 00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:06.800 I can't remember right now what it's called, but yeah. 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:08.320 I I like Brad Pitt. 00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:10.079 I mean, I I like him in movies. 00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:13.039 So I I he doesn't deter me from seeing a movie. 00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:13.599 Okay. 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:16.480 I just would prefer he not be in a movie. 00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:17.760 Like he's fine. 00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.119 He's fine. 00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:23.199 But I wouldn't go out of my way unless I want to see the movie. 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:28.079 I mean, seven, I feel like Morgan Freeman is the seven. 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.719 Yeah. 00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:33.440 Like he's kind of a Morgan Freeman makes seven, I think. 00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:38.719 And and and uh what's his name who's not allowed to be in movies anymore. 00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:40.320 Kevin Spacey. 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:43.280 I mean the premise of that movie is amazing. 00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:45.519 Everything about that movie, but we're not talking about yes. 00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:45.920 What? 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:46.719 Snatch. 00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.440 Snatch. 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.960 That was what I was trying to think of. 00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.440 Okay. 00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:51.679 I just he's fine. 00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.159 Okay. 00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:57.039 Uh Kirsten Dunst is in it in Antonio Banderas. 00:41:57.519 --> 00:42:00.960 Although I thought Antonio Banderas wasn't in it until later. 00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:04.559 Kirsten Dunst seems like an odd choice. 00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:06.559 She was the little girl, Claudia. 00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:08.239 I like the books. 00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:10.079 I have read all of the Anne Rice. 00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:13.599 Not all of them, but I've read the majority of them. 00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:19.199 But, and I have seen it is one of the few Tom Cruise movies I have seen. 00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:24.159 And the love of Anne Rice outweighed my hatred of Tom Cruise on that one. 00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:25.679 And my love of vampires. 00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.159 Yes. 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.519 So I did go see that. 00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:30.639 I have, however, now I won't watch it again. 00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:34.719 Like I've maybe seen it two or three times, and I just won't do it anymore. 00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:37.199 I also did not see the Aaliyah one. 00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:39.519 Queen of the Damned. 00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.320 All right. 00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:48.639 I Tom, I think because I saw interview with the vampire and it just turned my stomach to the whole situation. 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:53.280 Tom Grez could go live with the

fucking eye. 00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:55.599 He is another random choice for a vampire. 00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.800 He shouldn't have been it. 00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.280 No. 00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:57.840 No. 00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:04.719 You could have made if you're gonna do it, literally anybody else. 00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.519 Literally. 00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:10.079 I mean, obviously you couldn't use Gary Ollman because he was already in a vampire memory. 00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:13.599 Does he have a cousin or something? 00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.320 Yeah, right? 00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.920 Like any literally anyway. 00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:18.000 What's Kiefer doing? 00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:21.280 Let's bring him back. 00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:31.119 The sexy, tortured, immortal vampire that would later dominate pulp culture owes far more to Anne Rice than Bram Stoker. 00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:33.920 A great point for the oh wait, no. 00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:36.960 Dracula wants your blood. 00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:39.360 Louis wants you to understand his feelings. 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:42.320 And that's the shift Anne Rice created. 00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:45.519 Dracula on television. 00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:52.239 The 90s also saw Dracula and vampire mythology become increasingly common across television. 00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:58.719 Shows such as I'm gonna leave the last one for last, Tales from the Crypt. 00:43:59.199 --> 00:43:59.760 I love that show. 00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:01.599 Are you afraid of the dark? 00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:06.079 And of course, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:23.679 I did not mention the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which is also one of my favorite movies of all time because Paula Rubens, aka Pew E Herman, has the greatest death scene of any death scene ever on earth in that movie. 00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:25.920 It's just great. 00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:30.320 I also love the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:35.199 Although I have heard that watching it now is a little more difficult. 00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:37.280 I haven't watched it in a while. 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:38.639 Did it not age well? 00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:40.000 Apparently not. 00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:41.920 Some of it did not age well. 00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:42.480 Okay. 00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:46.639 I also enjoyed the spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.360 Angel. 00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.519 Yeah. 00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:55.519 But we won't go into depth on Bump, but because again, we could be here forever. 00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.559 If I go in. 00:44:56.960 --> 00:45:00.400 By the way, I preferred Spike over Angel. 00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:01.679 Yeah. 00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:03.440 Did you watch Buffy? 00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.400 No. 00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.320 I didn't. 00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:07.280 I did. 00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:08.800 I I loved it. 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:19.760 I don't think it's so much that it it's it's I think it tries to take itself too seriously is part of the problem why it doesn't hold up now. 00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:21.760 Like the movie was just silly. 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:25.440 And I don't know. 00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:27.119 I I'll watch it again, maybe. 00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:28.480 And then I'll come back. 00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:29.519 I'll revisit. 00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:30.000 Okay. 00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:34.639 But I have heard other people say, don't go back and watch it because you don't want that. 00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:37.119 You don't want to take that away from yourself. 00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:37.679 Okay. 00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:44.320 Are you afraid of the dark helped keep vampire lore visible to younger audiences. 00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:48.320 Even when Dracula himself was absent, his DNA remained everywhere. 00:45:48.639 --> 00:45:53.360 Numerous cartoon productions adapted or spoofed Dracula during the decade. 00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:58.239 And that was a um like a teen book series, right? 00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:58.639 Yes. 00:45:58.800 --> 00:45:59.360 Are you afraid of the dark? 00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:00.159 Are you afraid of the dark? 00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:00.480 Okay. 00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:08.480 Um then they had the um the brat dolls that aren't bratz dolls, that they're monster, monster high. 00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:09.440 Oh yeah. 00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:10.079 Yeah. 00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:11.039 Dracula. 00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:11.920 There was a vampire. 00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:12.800 Dracula High. 00:46:13.039 --> 00:46:13.360 Okay. 00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:19.360 Um the Dracula myth had become a universal shorthand. 00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:21.519 Everyone understood the joke. 00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:32.159 In the 90s, also produced one of the most memorable Dracula comedies, Dead and Loving It in 1995, directed by Mel Brooks and starring starring Leslie Nielsen. 00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:42.159 The film spoofed Bram Stoker's novel as well as previous Dracula movies, including Coppola's adaptation, adaptation, and classic Universal and Hammer films. 00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:44.480 I don't remember that one. 00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:46.559 I don't remember that one either. 00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:52.239 But I'm not, it's not that I'm not a Mel, but I have to like, I feel like I'm always caveating things. 00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:55.440 The problem is, is I am not a movie fan. 00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:57.119 I don't watch a lot of movies. 00:46:57.519 --> 00:47:00.880 I don't know why, because I can binge watch a TV show for hours at a time. 00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:01.679 I'm the same. 00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:05.840 I will sit down with the intent, I'm gonna sit here and watch all eight of these episodes. 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:06.159 Yes. 00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:08.880 But I'll go to a movie and it'll say two hours and 32 minutes. 00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:10.000 I'm like, that's

way too long. 00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:11.360 Yeah, there's no way I can't do it. 00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:11.599 Yeah. 00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:13.039 And I can pause it. 00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:16.400 It's not like I have to sit there for two and a half hours and watch it. 00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:17.519 No, I don't know. 00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:18.480 It's so weird. 00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:22.800 I I I don't I've never been a big movie. 00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:24.960 I never really went to the movies all that much. 00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:27.519 And I just I don't know why. 00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:30.000 Television, I've always preferred the small screen. 00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:31.199 I see. 00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:33.119 I don't know why. 00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:34.960 Weirdo. 00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:45.039 Uh Dracula had become so culturally recognizable that the entire movie could be built around paroding him. 00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:46.480 Everyone already knew the rules. 00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:51.280 Avoid sunlight, fear garlic, sleep in a coffin, transform into a bat. 00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:54.480 That's also why I couldn't be a I I like garlic too much. 00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:58.960 Like you would eliminate like nearly all the foods I eat if I can't have garlic. 00:47:59.280 --> 00:47:59.599 True. 00:47:59.760 --> 00:48:00.159 Very true. 00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:01.360 That would be the end of. 00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:03.360 I mean, I guess I could only drink blood. 00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:04.239 But then so what? 00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:05.920 You can't drink like Italian blood? 00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:07.679 Because it's just trust me. 00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:12.239 My mom is like, there's mostly garlic running through those veins. 00:48:13.199 --> 00:48:14.559 So you can't. 00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:16.639 I guess you can't. 00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:20.239 You're gonna have to ask a vampire sometimes. 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:23.280 If I run into one. 00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:24.079 Yeah. 00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:27.679 Blade in 1998, starring Leslie Snipes. 00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:33.519 Blade follows a half human, half-vampire warrior who dedicates his life to hunting vampires. 00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:45.440 Immune to many vampire weaknesses, but cursed with their thirst for blood, Blade wages war against a powerful vampire faction led by Deacon Frost, who seeks to unleash a vampire apocalypse. 00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:49.039 Blade reinvented the vampire genre. 00:48:49.199 --> 00:48:57.760 Instead of the gothic horror or romance, it turned vampires into action movie villains and introduced the modern leather-clad vampire aesthetic. 00:48:58.239 --> 00:49:07.920 It was also one of the first major Marvel movies, Marvel movie successes, and helped pave the way for the superhero boom that followed. 00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:32.480 By 1999, vampires had fractured into five major archetypes: the Dracula vampire, old world aristocrat, Gary Oldman, the Anne Rice vampire, beautiful, tragic, romantic, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, the Rebel Vampire, The Lost Boys, The Comedy Vampire, Count Vaughn Count. 00:49:32.800 --> 00:49:35.599 Ah, ah, once bitten. 00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:38.079 The action vampire, Blade. 00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:44.000 Um, I don't think I I don't I probably have seen Blade. 00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:46.159 I know I saw it. 00:49:46.320 --> 00:49:49.360 I don't think I saw it until like the past 10 years. 00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:56.000 Um, and I remember watching it, but it didn't leave any kind of impression on me. 00:49:56.320 --> 00:49:56.639 No. 00:49:58.960 --> 00:50:00.960 But you don't like superhero movies. 00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:01.840 I don't like superhero. 00:50:02.079 --> 00:50:02.800 That's probably when it's it. 00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:03.920 And I don't like vampires. 00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:04.320 Yeah. 00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:07.599 I like superhero movies, but not vampires. 00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:12.719 No vampires in my superhero. 00:50:13.039 --> 00:50:14.000 I don't like it. 00:50:14.079 --> 00:50:15.760 I don't like crossing crabs. 00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:17.119 Not right. 00:50:18.400 --> 00:50:23.760 I feel like I mean, I do enjoy the old like nosfer. 00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:25.679 Here's the thing. 00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:29.440 I have watched about 15 minutes of twilight. 00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:31.840 I was wondering if you were gonna bring that. 00:50:32.239 --> 00:50:34.719 No, no, they can't even stand any of those. 00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:39.679 They sparkle. 00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:42.719 You cannot fucking sparkle. 00:50:43.039 --> 00:50:44.480 You vampires don't sparkle. 00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:47.679 They don't they don't they can't go out in the light, so what's the point in having sparkles on you? 00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:48.400 You can't. 00:50:48.559 --> 00:50:50.400 They can because they just sparkle. 00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:51.599 Oh yeah. 00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:54.239 That's that they just no. 00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:56.159 I'm sorry, millennials. 00:50:56.239 --> 00:50:57.360 I hate your vampire. 00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:02.159 Every generation gets its monster. 00:51:02.239 --> 00:51:06.239 For boomers, it might have been Frankenstein or Frankenstein's monster. 00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:08.480 For millennials, it's zombies. 00:51:08.639 --> 00:51:11.280 For Gen X, it was undoubtedly vampires. 00:51:11.760 --> 00:51:14.079 Because the vampire matched the era. 00:51:14.800 --> 00:51:17.039 The Cold War created anxiety. 00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:22.400 The AIDS crisis changed cultural conversations about blood, disease, intimacy, and mortality. 00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:26.239 The rise of MTV emphasized style and image. 00:51:26.559 --> 00:51:28.400 Vampires fit perfectly. 00:51:29.119 --> 00:51:30.079 That is true. 00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:32.719 Unlike zombies, vampires were intelligent. 00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:35.039 Unlike slashers, they were charismatic. 00:51:35.119 --> 00:51:37.599

Unlike werewolves, they remained in control. 00:51:38.000 --> 00:51:43.760 Gen X vampires reflected the decade's fascination with identity, outsider culture, and rebellion. 00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:52.239 Sometimes they were villains, sometimes heroes, rock stars, comedians, sometimes Muppets teaching us arithmetic. 00:51:54.159 --> 00:51:57.440 The decades that followed continued to reinvent Dracula. 00:51:57.599 --> 00:52:01.280 The 2000s gave audience increasingly sympathetic vampires. 00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:02.239 No. 00:52:02.639 --> 00:52:07.360 The 2010s embraced vampire romance through franchises and television dramas. 00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:10.639 Streaming services introduced new interpretations. 00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:16.480 Comedy series like What We Do in the Shadows proved vampire satire remained alive and well. 00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:19.440 Now I do love what we do in the shadows. 00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:20.719 Hilarious. 00:52:20.960 --> 00:52:22.880 I've never seen I didn't even know what it was about. 00:52:23.039 --> 00:52:24.079 Oh my god, it's great. 00:52:24.239 --> 00:52:25.280 It's fucking hilarious. 00:52:25.519 --> 00:52:26.800 How how old is that? 00:52:27.039 --> 00:52:28.320 Is it been out for a long time? 00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:28.800 Yeah. 00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:29.440 Okay. 00:52:29.760 --> 00:52:33.280 I don't know when it started, but like it's it's pretty old. 00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:34.079 I mean not old old. 00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:37.280 I remember the name of it, but I never paid any mind to it. 00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:38.239 I didn't know what it was about. 00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:39.039 That's great. 00:52:39.199 --> 00:52:40.079 Oh, it's great. 00:52:40.239 --> 00:52:41.280 That's good. 00:52:41.679 --> 00:52:42.719 It's hilarious. 00:52:42.880 --> 00:52:45.440 The guy you will, I think you would actually like it. 00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:45.840 Okay. 00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:51.280 There's an energy vampire in there, and I know you you would love the energy vampire. 00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:52.559 I know it. 00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:58.400 Because he is great and reminds you of exactly what you're thinking. 00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:00.719 Oh. 00:53:03.519 --> 00:53:04.480 Exactly. 00:53:05.440 --> 00:53:06.320 Awesome. 00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:11.280 Nearly every modern vampire still owes something to the versions Gen X grew up with. 00:53:11.440 --> 00:53:13.440 The cool vampire comes from the 80s. 00:53:13.599 --> 00:53:15.599 The romantic vampire comes from the 90s. 00:53:15.760 --> 00:53:18.320 The tragic Vlad connection comes from Coppola. 00:53:18.639 --> 00:53:21.519 The playful vampire comes from Count Von Count. 00:53:21.840 --> 00:53:24.400 They are all descendants of the same immortal bloodline. 00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:28.320 Vlad the Impaler probably would not recognize his modern legacy. 00:53:28.480 --> 00:53:35.599 The historical Vlad was a warrior prince, a politician, and a brutal ruler trying to survive in

a dangerous world. 00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:38.800 The fictional Dracula became something entirely different. 00:53:39.039 --> 00:53:48.719 He became a literary icon, a movie star, a Saturday morning cartoon guest, a romantic lead, a comedy character, a Halloween costume, a global brand. 00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:51.840 What makes Dracula unique is not that he survives. 00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:53.760 All fictional characters survive. 00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:57.519 What makes Dracula remarkable is that he constantly changes. 00:53:57.760 --> 00:54:00.400 Each generation creates the Dracula it needs. 00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:03.840 For Gen X, Dracula was at his most versatile. 00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:15.440 He could be terrifying in the monster squad, tragic in Branchoker's Dracula, hilarious in Dracula's Dead and Loving It, and charming in love at first bite, and educational on Sesame Street. 00:54:15.519 --> 00:54:18.079 That flexibility is why Dracula remains immortal. 00:54:18.239 --> 00:54:22.480 Vlad died more than five centuries ago, but Dracula never will. 00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:38.079 Okay. 00:54:38.559 --> 00:54:40.719 But there's a Scars Guard in it. 00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:43.679 That's always a plus. 00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:44.400 Oh. 00:54:47.360 --> 00:54:48.719 You see all of him. 00:54:48.960 --> 00:54:50.559 Oh yes. 00:54:50.800 --> 00:54:51.119 Okay. 00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:52.079 True blood. 00:54:52.239 --> 00:55:00.960 But like I said, it's it starts good, but then somewhere it goes off the rails. 00:55:01.199 --> 00:55:01.599 Gotcha. 00:55:01.760 --> 00:55:06.000 It gets to it's after like I think it's like the third season. 00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:07.920 And then by the end, you're just like, I just want this. 00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:12.800 I just need to keep watching because eventually it's gonna end and I need to see the end. 00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:16.000 Like that's just how the last like two seasons are. 00:55:16.079 --> 00:55:20.800 You're just like, I just need to get to the end of this just because but it is it is good. 00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:22.880 Um yeah. 00:55:23.280 --> 00:55:34.400 But they're um they are modern vampire living in the modern world, and they um it's a drug. 00:55:34.880 --> 00:55:43.039 Their vampire blood is a drug, and they're trying to integrate into like the people know that they are vampires. 00:55:43.199 --> 00:55:43.440 Okay. 00:55:43.599 --> 00:55:44.719 And their blood is a drug. 00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:46.800 I forget what uh what they call it. 00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:49.199 V I forget. 00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:58.159 But so they have and they have a nightclub and um they call them oh hold on. 00:55:58.719 --> 00:55:59.519 This is true. 00:56:00.239 --> 00:56:07.199 They they have they the groupies are called fangbangers, and I mean come on. 00:56:07.920 --> 00:56:09.599 Yeah, that's pr that's pretty awesome. 00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:14.559 That's that's a perfect it's it's Alexander Skarsgard is the one as

the Skarsgard in it. 00:56:14.800 --> 00:56:15.599 It doesn't matter. 00:56:15.840 --> 00:56:21.760 You know, speaking of him this wicker movie. 00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:23.360 Wicker? 00:56:23.519 --> 00:56:26.320 Wicker Oh, the Tom Hanks I mean Tom Cruise one. 00:56:26.480 --> 00:56:27.599 No wicker. 00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:29.599 Oh was it the Skarsgard? 00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:32.079 He's made of Wicker. 00:56:32.400 --> 00:56:33.679 That's new, it's new? 00:56:33.840 --> 00:56:34.719 Yeah, where have you been? 00:56:34.800 --> 00:56:37.199 They have literally been playing the I don't know. 00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:40.559 The only stupid movie I see commercials for now is Clayface. 00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:41.920 No, which looks so dumb. 00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:55.599 This is Wicker, where this lady, I don't know when the century is supposed to be, but I guess she's like an old maid, and so she goes to um Peter Dinklage and has him make a husband for her out of Wicker. 00:56:55.840 --> 00:57:03.840 I know the concept sounds totally ridiculous, and I thought that too, but apparently it is amazing. 00:57:04.079 --> 00:57:06.320 Like everybody says, you gotta go see it. 00:57:06.400 --> 00:57:09.119 It's great and looks stupid, it looks terrible. 00:57:09.360 --> 00:57:10.159 It sounds horrible. 00:57:10.320 --> 00:57:15.760 It does, absolutely, but everybody's review is like you have to see it. 00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:16.960 I'll let you watch it first. 00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:18.079 I'm not gonna see it. 00:57:18.239 --> 00:57:25.840 I don't, I have no interest in it at all, but it does pique my interest because everybody is like, you gotta see it. 00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:28.559 But apparently it's very graphic. 00:57:28.800 --> 00:57:33.119 Okay, like apparently it's girl porn, from what I understand. 00:57:33.280 --> 00:57:36.480 It is like straight up girl porn. 00:57:36.639 --> 00:57:40.480 That's how I feel about Oceans 11 without the nudity. 00:57:40.719 --> 00:57:40.880 Yeah. 00:57:41.039 --> 00:57:44.000 Well, this is like it's yeah. 00:57:44.239 --> 00:57:48.880 Oh, so oh, so she has sex with the man. 00:57:49.039 --> 00:57:50.559 Like he straightens her out. 00:57:51.039 --> 00:57:52.320 That's what she says. 00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:57.440 It's and uh I g I don't know, but I have seen look it up. 00:57:57.760 --> 00:58:04.559 Well, they made that movie recently about that the what was it, the something of water? 00:58:05.039 --> 00:58:07.920 What's in somebody having sex with a fish in that movie? 00:58:08.159 --> 00:58:08.639 I don't know. 00:58:08.800 --> 00:58:10.239 Yeah, I'm trying to think of weird scene. 00:58:10.559 --> 00:58:12.239 You know what it says to me? 00:58:12.800 --> 00:58:16.239 It says to me that women are like, you know what? 00:58:16.320 --> 00:58:17.599 I don't want an actual man. 00:58:17.679 --> 00:58:20.559 I want one made of wicker that I can just put in the corner. 00:58:20.960 --> 00:58:22.719 Make him be quiet. 00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:37.280 Although I did see, you know, I know I've said this before, but technically, scientifically, men are no longer needed at all. 00:58:38.639 --> 00:58:40.800 You can make a clone if you want a baby. 00:58:40.880 --> 00:58:45.679 You can clone yourself, you can clone your friend and have your friend, you could there's yeah. 00:58:46.079 --> 00:58:52.159 I also heard today on the way down that um the birth rate is the lowest it's been like ever. 00:58:52.400 --> 00:58:52.800 Yes. 00:58:53.840 --> 00:59:05.760 Um we don't even want so they apparently in lab they have created testicles and they're developing the ability to make sperm in them. 00:59:06.079 --> 00:59:06.719 Amazing. 00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:12.719 And I was like, you do know that you are replacing yourself, right? 00:59:12.880 --> 00:59:15.760 Like you keep going down this road. 00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:18.159 It's the eliminating reproduction. 00:59:18.320 --> 00:59:20.079 Yeah, you're eliminating yourself. 00:59:20.159 --> 00:59:21.280 You already eliminated yourself. 00:59:21.519 --> 00:59:22.800 It's time for us to rise up, girls. 00:59:22.880 --> 00:59:23.199 Let's go. 00:59:23.440 --> 00:59:24.800 That's what I'm saying. 00:59:26.239 --> 00:59:27.760 It's it's it's over for them. 00:59:27.920 --> 00:59:31.360 Like they just invented every way to get rid of themselves. 00:59:31.599 --> 00:59:32.000 Yeah, yeah. 00:59:32.159 --> 00:59:35.039 To to we it's it's it's I love it. 00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:36.159 Let's let's harness it. 00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:37.599 I just think it's hilarious. 00:59:37.760 --> 00:59:41.039 And it's like, did you not think this all the way through when you were inventing this? 00:59:41.199 --> 00:59:44.559 Like when you cloned something, were you not like, oh, wait a minute? 00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:53.599 If the women knew that they could just clone, the only that it's just because we've been kept down, and all there's more of us too. 00:59:53.920 --> 00:59:57.519 There is more women on this planet than there are men, and we live longer. 00:59:57.679 --> 00:59:58.079 Yep. 00:59:58.639 --> 01:00:05.039 They just they're they're keeping us down by telling us we're inferior. 01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:06.559 We're not. 01:00:06.880 --> 01:00:07.199 No. 01:00:08.000 --> 01:00:12.320 I've seen all those men do the period simulators and they can't even get past five. 01:00:12.559 --> 01:00:13.440 Yeah, I know. 01:00:13.599 --> 01:00:15.280 Then they're like freaking the fuck out. 01:00:15.679 --> 01:00:17.360 Forget about the birthing ones. 01:00:17.599 --> 01:00:18.639 Oh my god, yeah. 01:00:18.800 --> 01:00:21.280 Those are hilarious to watch. 01:00:24.639 --> 01:00:25.039 Ugh. 01:00:25.199 --> 01:00:29.280 The period simulator simulators are just yeah, I love them. 01:00:29.440 --> 01:00:37.840 I would like to get one just to see how close it is because I had horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible periods. 01:00:38.000 --> 01:00:39.119 And

that's just the cramps. 01:00:39.280 --> 01:00:41.360 That's not factoring in all the other garbage development. 01:00:41.599 --> 01:00:43.599 That's exactly what I was thinking about the birthing thing. 01:00:43.920 --> 01:00:49.280 You're just feeling the cramping and you're you're not getting ripped open as a creature comes out of you. 01:00:49.519 --> 01:00:52.559 Like, yeah, but definitely I I did too. 01:00:52.719 --> 01:00:54.800 That's why I got an IUD like 10 years ago. 01:00:54.880 --> 01:00:56.719 Yeah, simply because of the cramps. 01:00:57.119 --> 01:00:59.679 I was my tubes were tied, I wasn't having any more kids. 01:00:59.840 --> 01:01:02.000 Yeah, it was it was it was brutal. 01:01:02.400 --> 01:01:03.280 They were brutal. 01:01:03.440 --> 01:01:04.079 Yeah. 01:01:05.519 --> 01:01:07.920 Anyway, that's my vampires. 01:01:08.159 --> 01:01:09.280 That was super fun. 01:01:09.440 --> 01:01:11.840 I figured for Halloween, I love it. 01:01:12.079 --> 01:01:16.480 We would well, the funny thing is I yelled at you because I was like, how could you not know? 01:01:16.559 --> 01:01:20.719 But it never even occurred to me that you might do a Halloween episode this week. 01:01:21.280 --> 01:01:27.280 So well, I remember last year we ch we switched it up so that I could have Halloween. 01:01:27.440 --> 01:01:28.159 We did, yeah. 01:01:28.400 --> 01:01:30.480 And then probably we'll have to do that again next year. 01:01:30.639 --> 01:01:31.199 Yeah. 01:01:31.519 --> 01:01:41.360 I should start thinking my because well, I was gonna do monster movies, and then I was like, let's just concentrate because again, we'll be here a yeah. 01:01:41.599 --> 01:01:45.360 But what is the most influential of Gen X? 01:01:45.519 --> 01:01:47.280 And it hands down has to be a vampire. 01:01:47.519 --> 01:01:48.159 A million percent. 01:01:48.320 --> 01:01:52.239 Like I think of like werewolf movies like a handful, maybe. 01:01:52.400 --> 01:01:54.239 Yeah, it was um the Michael J. 01:01:54.400 --> 01:01:57.599 Fox one and Teen Wolf. 01:01:57.760 --> 01:01:59.519 Yeah, American Werewolf in London. 01:01:59.679 --> 01:02:01.360 That's what the next one I was gonna say. 01:02:01.599 --> 01:02:06.800 Um then you really get you kind of go off. 01:02:08.000 --> 01:02:08.320 Yeah. 01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:16.079 I mean, and Frankenstein's monster's been done a hundred times, but still everybody references the OG black and white one. 01:02:16.159 --> 01:02:18.159 Like, yeah, it's not like any of those really stuck. 01:02:18.400 --> 01:02:19.039 Yeah. 01:02:19.440 --> 01:02:23.679 And I I can't even think of any that like no, I can't. 01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:24.960 So I don't know. 01:02:25.199 --> 01:02:26.159 Yeah, for sure. 01:02:26.320 --> 01:02:27.679 Vampires, definitely. 01:02:28.079 --> 01:02:30.239 Definitely, they're just so cool. 01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:31.119 Yeah. 01:02:31.679 --> 01:02:32.239 All right. 01:02:32.480 --> 01:02:33.199 Well, okay. 01:02:33.280 --> 01:02:35.679 Well, thank you so much, and happy Halloween again to everyone. 01:02:36.000 --> 01:02:38.400 Happy Halloween, be safe out there this weekend. 01:02:38.639 --> 01:02:39.119 Yeah. 01:02:39.360 --> 01:02:40.960 Uh Devil's Night. 01:02:41.199 --> 01:02:41.599 Mm-hmm. 01:02:42.239 --> 01:02:43.519 Oh, one other thing, also. 01:02:43.679 --> 01:02:43.920 Okay. 01:02:44.239 --> 01:02:44.960 I'll tell you that later. 01:02:45.440 --> 01:02:45.679 Okay. 01:02:45.920 --> 01:02:46.800 Because no one cares. 01:02:47.039 --> 01:02:47.280 Okay. 01:02:47.519 --> 01:02:50.639 Um like, share, rate, review. 01:02:50.880 --> 01:02:51.440 Please. 01:02:51.760 --> 01:02:55.199 Find us on all the podcasting platforms. 01:02:55.440 --> 01:02:56.239 Yep, all of them. 01:02:56.480 --> 01:02:56.960 Everywhere. 01:02:57.679 --> 01:03:04.320 Uh you can visit our website at likewateverpod.com. 01:03:05.599 --> 01:03:07.599 You can find us on all the socials. 01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:09.920 Uh like whatever pod. 01:03:11.760 --> 01:03:12.400 You can. 01:03:12.639 --> 01:03:14.079 I should have had this ready. 01:03:16.800 --> 01:03:23.599 You can tell us what your favorite vampire movie is. 01:03:24.320 --> 01:03:29.440 Send us an email to like whatever pod at gmail.com or don't like whatever. 01:03:29.679 --> 01:03:30.559 Whatever. 01:03:31.199 --> 01:03:31.679 Bye. 01:03:33.039 --> 01:03:33.760 Uh uh.

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