Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup

We’re back and we’re riding the carousel. Holding onto the handlebars is a bit awkward, however, with all this pricking in our thumbs. Our digits may be warning us that something wicked this way comes, or they could just be telling us we need better gardening gloves. Either way, let’s just ignore that for now and enjoy the ride. It’s not like we’re getting any younger… Main Topic: Something Wicked This Way Comes We thought we’d follow last episode’s discussion of theme parks with a day out at the fair. Happily, the fair in Something Wicked This Way Comes is a travelling one, so we only had to wait for it to turn up at our doorsteps. The downside is that it’s evil. Still, nobody’s perfect. As well as talking about the 1983 film version of Something Wicked This Way Comes, we also delve into the Ray Bradbury novel that birthed it. While we’ve discussed stories and their adaptations before, this is the first time we’ve blended our discussion so thoroughly. Part of this is simply because we watched and read them in the same week, and they sort of jumbled together in our heads. More usefully, perhaps, it gives us an opportunity to talk about how a novel is adapted to the screen and what some of the shortcomings can be. Our Guest Host We are delighted to welcome Cuppycup back to the Good Friends! Cup, of course, has been on the podcast before, discussing Louis Wain with us a few years ago, and theme parks more recently. He is best known as the mastermind behind the ENnie-award-winning actual play podcast Ain’t Slayed Nobody, where you will also find regular appearances by Scott alongside some of our other guest hosts, including Ross Bryant and Josephine McAdam. As well as ASN, Cup is currently producing a new Call of Cthulhu podcast called Walking Shadows, with Ross Bryant as Keeper, and a cast that includes Becca Scott, Rashawn Scott, and Zach Reino. The first episodes should be out within the next couple of months. And Cup’s first published scenario, “Deadwood on Lane 8”, will be out on the Miskatonic Repository later this year. This is a 1990s Pulp Cthulhu extravaganza that puts the cosmic firmly into cosmic bowling. If you want to keep up with all these projects, you can follow Ain’t Slayed Nobody on Bluesky or join their Discord server. Links Things we mention in this episode include: * Ray Bradbury * Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury * So...