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This Thing Rules

This Thing Rules

By: Brian Altano and Max Scoville
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This Thing Rules is a show where we celebrate our favorite things. What kind of things, exactly? All kinds of things! Movies, foods, cities, bands, shows, books, albums, toys, pictures, moments. Each episode, join long-time collaborators and best pals Brian Altano and Max Scoville as they focus on a different subject, ask themselves what’s so great about it, share some anecdotes about how they grew to love it, unearth some trivia about it, and celebrate the fact that it exists.Brian Altano and Max Scoville
Episodes
  • Lizards, Tunnels & Bubble Bobble Rule!
    Jan 23 2026

    It’s another grab bag of odds and ends that we love: lizards, those dogs of the reptile kingdom, tunnels, those underground bridges, and Bubble Bobble, which is sort of about lizards in a tunnel, among other things. Which is your favorite thing?

    Intro contains clips from Daylight, a David Attenborough nature film, and Bubble Bobble.

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    43 mins
  • Movie Theaters Rule!
    Jan 9 2026

    Easily one of the top 5 best dark rooms you pay money to sit inside for several hours, movie theaters make for a singular experience, where people flock together to sit in silence and social interaction is generally frowned upon during the proceedings. We’ve seen this form of entertainment undergo some pretty major changes in our lifetimes, in some ways for the worse, but many for the better. Still, as increasingly expensive and sometimes distracting and occasionally tedious as the theater experience may be, we hope it’s still a thing long after we’re dead.

    Intro contains various clips from old movie theater promos and the 1976 film “Murder By Death”

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Willy Wonka Rules!
    Dec 26 2025

    Roald Dahl’s child-endangering chocolatier is one of the most beloved literary characters, turned into an iconic film character by Gene Wilder. We’ve gotten a Timothée Chalamet prequel that’s better than it should be and a Johnny Depp remake that we don’t need to talk about, but let’s unwrap this weirdo. Sure, he’s immensely problematic, but he also makes some cool candy, and he also happens to be rooted in some real world confectionary history.

    Intro contains clips from various films in which Willy Wonka appears.


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    48 mins
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