Much Ado About Muppets (Evan & Sasha)
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| Pub. Date | Title | Duration | |
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| 16 Aug 2023 | Season Teaser | 00:00:47 | |
Our first episode comes out in two weeks! Join us, won't you? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Aug 2023 | 1: Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes | 01:16:48 | |
Evan and Ian start their Sherlock Holmes journey at the very beginning with the two most famous Sherlock Holmes novels. With a Study in Scarlet they learn that you don’t always get it right on your first try and with The Hound of the Baskervilles they learn just how depressing the English countryside can be. ——————————————— Attribution: “Dog Days are Over” - Vitamin String Quartet Playful Mystery by Envato Elements Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Sep 2023 | Casebook 1: A Scandal in Bohemia & The Final Problem | 00:33:53 | |
Ian and Evan continue their journey through Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes stories in this first minisode looking at two of his most famous short stories, A Scandal in Bohemia & The Final problem. Along the way we meet two of the most over-represented side characters in Holmesian adaptations, Professor James Moriarty and Irene Adler, and encounter the death of Sherlock Holmes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Sep 2023 | 2: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) | 01:17:01 | |
Evan and Ian are joined by theatre artist Eileen as they discuss the 1939 hit film The Hound of the Baskervilles, which features additions such as: Romance! Bumbling! Dog vs. Man fight! and a humble peddler?! instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Sep 2023 | Casebook 2: The Gunpowder Plot | 00:24:11 | |
Evan and Ian delve into an episode of the radio series “The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” with a help of special guest David Blixt, discussing everything from Port Wine to Tom Holland along the way. David Blixt is a writer, actor and fight director and shockingly good at all three. Read his books, hire him to work on your plays. davidblixt.com instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Sep 2023 | 3: Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | 01:01:36 | |
Ian and Evan are joined by David Blixt once more as they conclude their exploration of the Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce adaptations with 1942’s “The Voice of Terror” wherein Sherlock Holmes foils an insidious Nazi plot. And Watson is there too. David Blixt is a writer, actor and fight director and terrifically talented at all three. Read his books, hire him to work on your plays. davidblixt.com instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Oct 2023 | Casebook 3: The Red Headed League & The Devil's Foot | 00:40:27 | |
Evan and Ian return to Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories and encounter two of Holmes' strangest cases. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Oct 2023 | 4: Granada Sherlock Holmes | 01:23:09 | |
Ian and Evan are joined by Sara Ghaleb as they discuss two episodes of the Granada Sherlock Holmes TV series from the 80’s, The Red Headed League and The Devil’s Foot. I know it’s early in the season, but is this the perfect Holmes? instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Sara Ghaleb is a writer, director, and producer in Los Angeles, California. She has a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University - Tisch, with a concentrate in television comedy. She is a co-creator, writer, and director of the mystery-comedy audio drama Arden and horror-comedy audio drama Mythic Hunters. She loves cats, Sherlock Holmes, and podcasts in that order. saraghaleb.com twitter.com/saraghaleb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 Oct 2023 | Casebook 4: A Study in Emerald | 00:45:25 | |
Ian and Evan are joined once again by Sara Ghaleb as they discuss Neil Gaiman’s lovecraftian pastiche, A Study in Emerald. Also, the answer to the question: Is Moriarty the Wario to Sherlock’s Mario? instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Sara Ghaleb is a writer, director, and producer in Los Angeles, California. She has a BFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University - Tisch, with a concentrate in television comedy. She is a co-creator, writer, and director of the mystery-comedy audio drama Arden and horror-comedy audio drama Mythic Hunters. She loves cats, Sherlock Holmes, and podcasts in that order. saraghaleb.com twitter.com/saraghaleb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Oct 2023 | 5: Murder by Decree | 01:18:25 | |
It’s the Halloween special! Friends of the pod, Jess and Em join Evan and Ian to share opinions (and agricultural knowledge) about a 70’s movie that pits the great detective against Jack the Ripper. It leaves us with a lot of questions. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Nov 2023 | Casebook 5: The Empty House & The Three Garridebs | 00:47:19 | |
Ian and Evan dive back into ACD’s short stories with The Adventures of The Empty House & The Three Garridebs. Two stories that have us asking just how gay this relationship is. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Nov 2023 | 6: Miss Holmes | 00:55:40 | |
This week we’re joined by playwright Christopher M. Walsh to discuss his two gender-bending Holmes adaptation stage plays, Miss Holmes and Miss Holmes Returns. Chris was influenced by the Not In Our House movement in Chicago, more info here! notinourhouseorg.wordpress.com instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Nov 2023 | Casebook 6: Sherlock Jr. | 00:34:36 | |
In a bit of a twist Evan and Ian celebrate the end of the actor’s strike by watching a silent film that’s been in the public domain for at least three years. Surprisingly I think it’s one of our favorite things we’ve watched. Herlock Sholmes in Ace Attorney: https://youtu.be/EfW40DxtawM?si=g6fLLvn4B_iog0z2 instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Nov 2023 | 7: Chapter One | 01:04:53 | |
Ian and Evan report back from the occasionally baffling world of the Frogwares video game, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, which features a 21 year old Sherlock solving his first couple cases. CW: brief discussions of sexual assault, blood and gore Frogwares is a Ukrainian company. If you have the means to support the Ukrainian people you can do so here: war.ukraine.ua/donate instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Nov 2023 | Casebook 7: Bruce-Partington Plans & Five Orange Pips | 00:40:58 | |
Evan and Ian return to the wellspring that is the short stories of Arthur Conan Doyle and discuss The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans and The Five Orange Pips, wherein somehow Sherlock mucks it up both times. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Dec 2023 | 8: Parody Film Double Feature | 01:04:06 | |
Ian and Evan explore two parody films, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother and Without a Clue. Despite the two films having surprisingly similar plots, one is pretty good and the other is the worst film we’ve ever seen. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Dec 2023 | Casebook 8: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler | 00:25:40 | |
Evan and Ian stay on theme with two more Sherlock parodies. First up is the Veggietales episode Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler, then the Looney Tunes cartoon Deduce, You Say. Somehow this all inspires a lot of silly voices. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Dec 2023 | 9: The Blue Carbuncle | 00:44:53 | |
It’s the Holiday Special! Ian and Evan read The Blue Carbuncle and then compare it to its adaptation from the Granada series starring our old friends Jeremy Brett and David Burke. We’ll be taking next week off, but will have some exciting new episodes coming your way in the new year! instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Jan 2024 | Casebook 9: Fawx & Stallion | 00:53:52 | |
Evan and Ian are joined by Ian Geers and Lauren Grace Thompson, co-creators of Fawx & Stallion, a hilarious narrative fiction podcast about Sherlock and Watson’s wannabe-detective neighbors. We discuss expanding the canon to include more marginalized people, the challenges of writing good mysteries and the formula for a perfect Netflix movie. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Jan 2024 | 10: A Study in Pink (BBC Sherlock) | 01:10:19 | |
Y’all, we had so much to say about BBC Sherlock that this unexpectedly became a two-parter. Lauren Grace Thompson joins us in discussing the show’s (surprisingly good, despite the queerbaiting) first episode, A Study in Pink. Next week we’ll post the second half of our conversation where we discuss the first episode of the show’s second season, A Scandal in Belgravia. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Jan 2024 | 11: A Scandal in Belgravia (BBC Sherlock) | 01:36:07 | |
Evan, Ian and Lauren Grace Thompson finish their conversation about the BBC’s 2010’s adaptation, Sherlock by looking at A Scandal in Belgravia Lauren’s Podcast: Fawx and Stallion instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Jan 2024 | Casebook 10: House MD | 00:53:24 | |
Evan and Sasha (rebranded) are joined by “dashing mushroom enthusiast” Lindy to discuss whether or not House MD is finding time between bouts of medical malpractice and sexual harassment to be a successful adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 31 Jan 2024 | Casebook 11: Sherlock Hound | 00:32:46 | |
Sasha and Evan chat about the Sherlock Holmes tv show that Hayao Miyazaki worked on where everybody are dogs. Bafflingly the show seems much more invested in Moriarty and Mrs. Hudson than Sherlock, Watson or crime-solving. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Feb 2024 | 12: The Great Mouse Detective | 00:55:33 | |
Evan and Sasha are joined once again by Lindy to talk about The Great Mouse Detective, a film that features maybe the most fun Moriarty. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Feb 2024 | Casebook 12: Chip'n Dale & Scooby Doo | 00:33:54 | |
Sasha and Evan discuss episodes of Chip’n Dale Rescue Rangers and The New Scooby Doo Mysteries that see our crime solving gangs thwart wily brits with comic hijinks and clever references to the Sherlock Holmes canon. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 28 Feb 2024 | 13: Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 01:07:40 | |
Evan and Sasha are joined by PACrats Jordyn and Frankie, whose knowledge of the law and the Disney brand respectively come in very handy as we decide whether or not Who Framed Roger Rabbit is also an adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Mar 2024 | Casebook 13: Copper Beeches & The Sussex Vampire | 00:46:36 | |
Sasha and Evan return to the source, reading The Adventures of The Copper Beeches and the Sussex Vampire. We get the coolest client Holmes has ever had and wonder if ACD just really hated kids and dogs. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Mar 2024 | 14: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | 01:09:32 | |
Evan and Sasha watch one of the most beloved Sherlock Holmes adaptations, Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The one where Sherlock comes out, meets Queen Victoria (and the loch ness monster) and kills a bunch of monks. What can I say, we loved it. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Mar 2024 | Casebook 14: Batman | 00:48:00 | |
Sasha and Evan finally meet “The World’s Greatest Detective”… no not that one, the other one. First up it’s Adam West’s Batman from the 60’s (featuring Catwoman) and then the animated Batman the Brave and the Bold from the late 2000’s (featuring Sherlock Holmes and John Watson) instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Apr 2024 | 15: Get A Clue | 01:31:41 | |
Evan and Sasha watch the campy DCOM Get a Clue starring Lindsay Lohan and her gang of Watsons. Or is she Watson? Or is she bargain bin Ellle Woods? Also is this movie about teens solving a mystery or is it about class consciousness? instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Apr 2024 | Casebook 15: The Whole Art of Detection | 00:51:15 | |
Sasha and Evan explore the Sherlock Holmes continuation, The Whole Art of Detection, by Lindsay Faye. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Apr 2024 | 16: Baker Street (part 1) | 01:25:37 | |
Evan and Sasha are joined by video-essayist and playwright Zach Barr to talk about Sherlock Holmes Musicals and boy do they all have a lot to say. Part one of this episode covers the occasionally baffling 1965 Broadway musical Baker Street. Check back next week for our coverage of the 80’s West End Musical, Sherlock Holmes. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Apr 2024 | 16: Sherlock Holmes The Musical (part 2) | 01:36:52 | |
Sasha, Evan and Zach conclude their conversation about Sherlock Holmes musicals by discussing the series of wild choices that make up 1989’s Sherlock Holmes The Musical. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 May 2024 | Casebook 16: Sherlock Drag Race | 00:45:06 | |
Sasha guides Evan through a drag race simulator set to “Oops! all Sherlocks” on a season of television filled with twists and surprises. Who will be the next drag Sherlock superstar? Find out here instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 May 2024 | 17: Sherlock Holmes (2009) | 01:27:16 | |
Evan and Sasha are joined by friend-of-the-pod, Emily to discuss Guy Ritchie’s 2009 film adaptation starring Robert Downey Jr. This film has everything: Cults! Explosions! Homoeroticism! Listen to Emily’s guest spot on our last podcast! instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 May 2024 | Casebook 17: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | 00:32:07 | |
Affairs! A secret Baby! Opium! Ghosts? Sasha and Evan explore an episode of the Australian TV show, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries all about backstage drama at an opera company. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 May 2024 | 18: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | 01:38:52 | |
Emily rejoins Evan and Sasha to wade into the gayest Sherlock Holmes film ever made, a film which bizarrely wants to be a war-era spy thriller despite being set in 1891. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Jun 2024 | Casebook 18: Wishbone | 00:56:48 | |
Sasha and Evan are joined by Ellen to discuss the 90’s TV series Wishbone where a dog imagines himself into literary classics, and specifically it’s adaptations of Scandal in Bohemia and Hound of the Baskervilles, you know, the one where Watson shoots a dog? We have audio issues but we stay silly :p instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Jun 2024 | 19: Elementary (part 1) | 01:09:14 | |
Evan, Sasha and special guest Ellen discuss the penultimate two episodes of the first season of Elementary, the American answer to BBC Sherlock by way of crime procedural. We'll be back next week to discuss Elementary's thrilling season finale and rate it! instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 19 Jun 2024 | 19: Elementary (part 2) | 00:52:07 | |
Evan, and Ellen wrap up their discussion of the first season finale of Elementary (with a brief diversion into Macedonian politics) before Sasha joins them to rate the show. Just pretend this is this weeks casebook. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 Jun 2024 | 20: Mr. Holmes | 01:02:41 | |
Sasha and Evan discuss 2015’s Mr. Holmes, where Ian McKellan plays the aging detective in retirement. This film is like a parody of artsy british movies featuring: Wistfulness! Class Struggle! and Bees?! instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Jul 2024 | Casebook 20: Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | 01:04:13 | |
Eyes and Brains! Evan and Sasha cozy up to the tv for some Saturday morning cartoons, specifically Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, a fairly loose adaptation of the Doyle Canon where Watson is a Robot, Moriarty is a clone and Sherlock is weirdly sexist. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Jul 2024 | Casebook 21: Elementary, Dear Data | 01:03:13 | |
Sasha and Evan are joined by Star Trek aficionado Peter to discuss the TNG episode Elementary, Dear Data AI! Space Racism! A sympathetic Moriarty! instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Jul 2024 | 21: Young Sherlock Holmes | 01:29:34 | |
Evan and Sasha are re-joined by Peter to discuss the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes and discover why a film made by Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus and Barry Levinson is basically forgotten today. Peter’s Website: rulescenography.com instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Jul 2024 | 22: Enola Holmes | 01:26:32 | |
Sasha and Evan enter the 2020’s with Netflix’s Enola Holmes, a surprisingly good film, where the main character talks to the camera like it’s an episode of Dora the Explorer. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 31 Jul 2024 | Casebook 22: Sherlock Drag Race Season 2 | 00:46:01 | |
We’ve been renewed for a second season… of Sherlock Drag Race that is! Sasha guides Evan through another round of the Drag Race simulator with new contestants like Enola Holmes, Wishbone and Jessica Rabbit, plus some returning favorites and well. instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Aug 2024 | 23: Enola Holmes 2 | 01:21:17 | |
Sasha and Evan wrap up the season with Enola Holmes 2, a bit of campy historical fiction where “all the important parts” are true? instagram.com/_bakerstreetregulars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Aug 2024 | 24: Season Finale | 00:51:02 | |
Evan and Sasha celebrate the end of the season with an award show. Tune in to find out which was the best and worst of the Sherlocks, Watsons and rivals and which Sherlock media we didn’t get a chance to cover. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Feb 2025 | Teaser: Much Ado About Muppets | 00:00:46 | |
“All the worlds a stage… and sometimes the crown weighs rather heavy on this little froggy head.” Welcome to Much Ado About Muppets! Each week Peter, Sasha, and Evan will take some of Shakespeare's most famous plays and cast them with silliest gaggle of creatures ever to be made from felt, The Muppets! Will all that glitters be gold? Can the gang and their special guests come to some forgone conclusions? WILL THEY CAST LEW ZEALAND? Why don’t we get things started, on Much Ado About Muppets! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||