In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the 1990 adaptation of Misery.

Note: We recorded this before Rob Reiner’s tragic death.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Background (01:28)
• Changes from the book (06:55)
• Overall thoughts (26:06)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (30:58)
• Yuck-King it up (32:21)
• Fun stuff (35:55)
• Other Worlds Than These (42:33)
  • Sean: Patriot (2015-2018, Amazon Prime)
  • Jay: Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965, Philip K. Dick)
• Outro (50:23)

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Next episode: “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” found in Different Seasons.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Misery, Part 3: Paul and Part 4: Goddess.

• Introduction (00:12)
• In defense of writing (01:29)
• What book did we just read? (13:14)
• Final thoughts (19:37)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (23:27)
• Yuck-King it Up (27:04)
• Fun Stuff (29:42)
• Other Worlds than These (33:55)
  • Jay: Star Trek: Khan podcast
  • Sean: Slow Horses, Season 5
• Outro (37:32)

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Next Episode: Misery, the 1990 film adaptation, directed by Rob Reiner.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Misery, Part 2: Misery.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Scary and funny (01:25)
• Writing as procrastination (10:47)
• Can you? (17:12)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (23:44)
• Yuck-King it Up (30:09)
• Fun Stuff (33:50)
• Other Worlds than These (38:31)
  • Jay: Amadeus (1984 dir. Milos Forman)
  • Sean: Stupid TV, Be More Funny by Alan Siegel
• Outro (46:14)

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Next Episode: Misery, Part 3: Paul and Part 4: Goddess.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Misery, Part 1: Annie.

• Introduction (00:13)
• Publication history (04:40)
• The writing (10:59)
• Addiction (22:55)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (28:07)
• Yuck-King it Up (29:11)
• Fun Stuff (32:05)
• Other Worlds than These (38:35)
  • Jay: Alien: Earth (FX), by Noah Hawley. Starring Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, and Timothy Olyphant.
  • Sean: The Lowdown (FX) Created by Sterlin Harjo. Stars Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon, a truthstorian.
• Outro (43:55)

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Next Episode: Misery, Part 2: Misery.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we discuss The Dark Half movie adaptation.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Production (01:30)
• Faithful adaptation: to a fault (05:07)
• Our final thoughts (21:05)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (23:15)
• Yuck-King it Up (26:02)
• Fun Stuff (28:23)
• Other Worlds than These (34:09)
  • Jay: The Monkey (2025)
  • Sean: Dept. Q (2025)
• Outro (40:17)

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Next Episode: Misery Part 1 “Annie”

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Half, Section 3: The Coming of the Psychopomps, chapters 22-26 & the epilogue.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Recap (00:53)
• What it is to be a writer (01:32)
• The ending (11:58)
• Final thoughts (18:10)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (21:56)
• Yuck-King it Up (25:59)
• Fun Stuff (27:25)
• Other Worlds than These (30:04)
  • Jay: The Thursday Murder Club (2025), Netflix. Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Celia Imrie, Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Pryce, David Tenant, etc.
  • Sean: 1001 Albums Generator project.
• Outro (35:47)

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Next Episode: Misery Part 1: Annie.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Half, Section 2: Stark Takes Charge, chapters 15-21.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Twins (01:30)
• The role of the writer (14:32)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (23:39)
• Yuck-King it Up (27:26)
• Fun Stuff (30:11)
• Other Worlds than These (37:25)
  • Jay: My Cousin Vinny (1992)
  • Sean: Richard Stark’s Grofield novels
• Outro (42:28)

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Next Episode: The Dark Half, Section 3: The Coming of the Psychopomps; chapters 22-26 & epilogue.

In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Dark Half, Section 1: Fool’s Stuffing, chapters 1-14.

• Introduction (00:00)
• Publication history (01:38)
• King’s writing style for this book (04:53)
• A fiction by a fiction (15:24)
• Dark Tower Thinnies (23:18)
• Yuck-King it Up (24:29)
• Fun Stuff (27:01)
  • Freak-A-Zoid, by Midnight Star
  • Midnight Star, by “Weird Al” Yankovic
  • The Amazing Alexander, Saturday Night Live
• Listener feedback (33:18)
• Other Worlds than These (34:57)
  • Jay: Ronin (1998) starring Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Stellan Skarsgård, and Jonathan Price. Directed by John Frankenheimer and written by David Mamet.
  • Sean: We Deal in Lead RPG
• Outro (39:08)

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Next Episode: The Dark Half, Section 2: Stark Takes Charge, chapters 15-21.