The Cheap Chills Podcast

By: Ben Walker-Storey
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  • Summary

  • Illustrator, Ben Walker-Storey has a lot of nostalgia for the bits of Pop Culture that are spooky, monstrous and weird (just no blood, OK?). On the (new) Cheap Chills Podcast, Ben revisits his own memories and those of his guests (who just happen to be his favorite artists, comedians, musicians, filmmakers, etc.) and unpack how these weird toys, forbidden comics and macabre movies influenced our lives.
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Episodes
  • Talking 'Toons Creator of The Cuphead Show, Dave Wasson

    Talking 'Toons Creator of The Cuphead Show, Dave Wasson
    Aug 27 2024
    Welcome to the Cheap Chills podcast, where artists and creators who love spooky, weird stuff can get together and talk spooky weird art ….talk.
    A few months ago, I was alone in bed watching The Cup Head show. It’s something I had tried to put on for our son when it came out but it was too creepy for him and he went back to watching something about trains with eyes.
    Anyway, I was blown away by just how good this cartoon was! It’s very very inspired by animation from the 1930s but looks better than studios like Fliescher could manage back then. The animation, the jokes, holy craps the backgrounds. The second episode came on and I paid more attention to the credits. Created by Dave Wasson.
    It was one of those moments where I thought, man if I can get back into podcasting, maybe I could talk to people like this. A few months and a few Instagram DMs later and here we are.
    You’ve seen his work on the Mickey Mouse shorts on Disney+, Time Squad, Star vs the Forces of Evil, oh Yeah cartoons and The Cuphead Show. Here it is, my conversation with animation Writer and Director, Dave Wasson.

    We discuss the Cuphead game developed by Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, advice for indie animators, The most inspiring music for making 1930s-style animation (Check out the playlist below!), jazz album covers of the 50s, Popeye, Betty Boop, Roger Ramjet, Rocky and Bulwinkle, and those amazing 3-dimensional backgrounds they incorporated into Fleischer brothers cartoons.

    Plus a new segment! Join Roman Candelabrä for Roman Candelabrä's Mystery Moment as he explores the strange connection between Betty Boop and The Smiths.

    Follow Dave Wasson on Instagram: @arkansassugarpants

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    You may notice the Cheap Chills podcast is has no commercials. If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too! I literally have no money. Is anyone reading this?
    buymeacoffee.com/cheapchills

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    Music and editing for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Ben Walker-Storey.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The Monster Club, 1981- with Amanda Walker-Story - Rerelease of Ep. 8 Monsters in Turtlenecks

    The Monster Club, 1981- with Amanda Walker-Story - Rerelease of Ep. 8 Monsters in Turtlenecks
    Aug 21 2024
    This week Ben is busy with something very frightening if common among us these days, bills! So we've dug up (get it? GET IT??) a spooky gem from the early days of this podcast, Monsters in Turtlenecks has Ben and his wife (who is her own person) Amanda getting into what is likely THE biggest influence on how Ben became the monster-loving weirdo he is today, The Monster Club starring Vincent Price, John Carradine and Donald Pleasence.
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    You may notice the Cheap Chills podcast is has no commercials. If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too! I literally have no money. Is anyone reading this?
    buymeacoffee.com/cheapchills

    Affiliate Links below (commissions may be earned):
    Get the Monster Club on Amazon

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    Music and editing for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Ben Walker-Storey.
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    29 mins
  • My Tubi Continue Watching List, Plus a Lost Movie, and Feeling Rusty with Drawing

    My Tubi Continue Watching List, Plus a Lost Movie, and Feeling Rusty with Drawing
    Aug 12 2024
    Introducing a new segment, "Continue Watching?" where Ben goes through his Tubi, Continue Watching list and talks about the movies he didn't get through; gems like Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century, War of The God Monsters, The Monster Club TV show and more.
    Ben takes a call on the Lost Movie Hotline. Does he know what film this caller’s talking about? If not, maybe you do! Call in and let us know! speakpipe.com/CheapChills
    And in a very special Let’s check in with Ben, Ben’s feeling rusty. Specifically when it comes to drawing on paper. What if we draw together with some weekly prompts? #CheapChillsSketchClub? #CheapchillsMonster? #DoHashtagsEvenWorkAnymore?He also talks his alter-ego, Roman Candelabrä and how it can help with his life-long discomfort in front of video cameras.

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    You may notice the Cheap Chills podcast is has no commercials. If you dig the show and want to support us, please leave a review wherever you get podcasts. If you'd like to "Buy me a Coffee" that would be amazing too! I literally have no money. Is anyone reading this?
    buymeacoffee.com/cheapchills

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    Music and editing for the Cheap Chills Podcast by Ben Walker-Storey.
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    18 mins
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