527: Ghosts in Pop Culture

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In this episode, we discuss the things in pop culture that haunt us, our most formative ghosts, and the ghosts we’d exorcise from the entertainment realm. Plus we have a brand new Popcast Pop Quiz: Which Pop Culture Ghost Are You? Listen to the episode at knoxandjamie.com/527 and take the quiz and knoxandjamie.com/ghostquiz. Links are in the show notes and in our bio. MENTIONSALERT! It’s the last week to order our new, limited edition merch. KnoxandJamie.com/shopMentions: Star Wars plot holes | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Amanda Peet IMDb | Sarah Paulson Instagram | The Problem with Smurfette via The Atlantic | Suzi and her Pesto | GoT S8 | Rolling Stone’s The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time | George R.R. Martin says be patient | lyrics: Give It Away by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas, Bang Bang by Jessie J and Ariana Grade and Nicki Minaj (fact check: Is Bang Bang sauce the same as Yum Yum?), Stars are Blind by Paris Hilton | Idris Elba won’t be playing James Bond | What’s up with the Broccoli family? | The ghosts in A Christmas Carol | What does the Grim Reaper do? | The Pac-Mac ghosts have different personalities?! | book: Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark by Alvin Schwartz | movie: Arachnophobia | Flying Dutchman (not: this one, So… which countries are Dutch?) | Barbossa | Smoke monster explained (see 438: Pilot Program- Lost) | film: Ghost | yikes: Moaning Myrtle | The Legend of Sleepy Hallow is different than The Headless Horseman?! | Boo Berry cerealsNEW! POPCAST POP QUIZ: knoxandjamie.com/ghostquizRed light mentions: free time flex, Dollaritas, John Stamos memoirBONUS SEGMENTOur Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s The More You Know news segment. Become a partner. This week we discussed Joshua Jackson and Lupita Nyong'o. GREEN LIGHTSJamie: movie - Killers of the Flower Moon (see also: the book was a 2017 green light, Lily Gladstone interview)Knox: book- MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna RobinsonSHOW SPONSORSSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | Android Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter: knoxandjamie.com/newsletterShop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/thepopcast | this week’s featured itemFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | FacebookSupport Us: Monthly Donation | One-Time Donation | Swag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.