GMMore 2695: Guess The Goosebumps Title From The Cover

Welcome to Good Mythical More. Can we guess the title of a Goosebumps book just by looking at the cover with the title removed? Yeah, that would help. Let’s check our voicemail first. It’s 3:42 in the morning, and I just wanted to let you know that cheese is a loaf of milk. I… Well, first of all, go to bed, homie. But second of all, Ha! I think that’s true. Milk loaf. – Well, here’s the thing about — – Are you buying that? You like it? Cheese is a — It’s kind of a shower thought, but it’s like a midnight snack thought. You’re, I mean, there’s nothing like If I find myself in the kitchen by accident, at 3:42AM I get a little thing of cheese is a really good treat for the middle of the night. Also makes your dreams crazy. Cheese is a loaf of milk? Yeah. Is that what he said? Yeah. Alright. I love it. I love it. I, that, this is now gonna be something I think about whenever I see cheese. Thanks, dude. – Um, let’s — – Your restless night was worth it. We’re gonna start working on your epitaph. And, uh, it’s gonna start with, Here lies. And then we’ll add later. Okay. Okay. We’ve talked about goosebumps before, but I don’t remember your, like, your personal consumption. Never. You missed it? It was too, too early? We are too old. We are too old. That was a nicer way of saying you’re too old. We are too old. Listen, Stevie. Say it in a mean way, Stevie. You’re, you’re too old. We’re too old. We were too old for Harry Potter. That’s how old we are. Well, that makes sense. Because I feel like I was a little too old. Not that you can’t, you know, enjoy a fantasy story. I’m just saying that we were Lord of the Rings people. Even though Lord of the Rings was actually like Before we were ever born. It was making a res — It was kind of always a thing when we were coming up. But Lord of the Rings is a Isn’t it a little more It’s less kid friendly, like. Yeah, it’s, it’s, it’s not — I’d say The Hobbit is more, is a little bit more for the young adult kid audience. Right. Yeah, Goosebumps, Animorphs, and Eerie Indiana. It was all around the same time period. But Goosebumps are just scary kid stories written by R.L. Stine? Yeah, yeah. Um, and then, and then eventually they made some like made for TV movies and VHS movies, but here’s the first one. Ooh, that was, that’s a big praying mantis. It’s a real dead end. I don’t really, I don’t know the cadence. If there’s, if they go to a certain thing. Like, is it the attack of the giant praying mantis? They’re weirder. I don’t remember the titles of these being as weird as they are. There’s one in here that I really remember, though. But, uh, this one I remember reading, but the title… Oh, you remember it? Is I think I’ve read every single one. Say your giant prayers! It has more to do with I’ll give you the hint is like It’s something about the street. And it, well, it says shock street right there. It’s like a, a deadly stroll down shock street. This street goes underneath the mantis’s crotch. Traffic, right? What’s something about road work, traffic, hazard? Does it have the word mantis in it? It is, I’m, I think it’s a little redundant, to be honest. Look at this giant bug. aka a praying mantis. It’s Mantis Street Road. Give us a couple of pieces of it. I thought you said, I can’t really see where you read the street name. Shock Street is on, is on the picture. Nightmare on Shock Street. Night. It’s something on Shock Street. What about praying mantis on Shock Street? Big bugs on Shock Street. It’s somehow even dumber than that. There’s a word that repeats twice in the title. Street on Shock Street. Shock. Shocking. Okay, okay. Shocking bugs on Shock Street. Shock time on Shock Street. Shock. Shock. Boom. Shaka on Shock Street. The shocking night on Shock Street. Yeah, you’re, you’re all over it. You haven’t quite landed it, but it’s shorter. Shock — Shock Time — Shocked on Shock Street. Okay. Almost shock street. Shock Shocking. Shocking. Shock Street. A blank on Shock Street. A shock on Shock Street. A shocker. A shocking. A shocker on shock street. A shocker on shock street. Oh, and it’s just down there? The title’s, the title’s the least important thing. Yeah, cause who cares, right? A shocker on shock street. It’s another Goosebumps. We seem to care a lot. It’s another Goosebumps. Alright, give us another chance. Ooh, that is some ugly bunny magic. A bunny on a hat. He’s no Easter bunny. Magic. This one’s trying to be a, it’s like a, a, a, a weird pun. A weird pun about a rabbit and a hat. Hair, a hair raising tale. Ooh, that’s so much better than what it actually is. Okay. A bunny busting… Ballad. Rabbit. It’s a rabid rabbit. Rabbit. Something out of a hat? No. Something with magic? No. Something with a rabbit? Mm hmm. Rabid rabbit. I said that. Rab it. Big ears? No time. Um. Don’t pet the rabbit. It’s a pun. Don’t feed the rabbit. It’s a pun. It’s a pun. With the word rabbit. Rabbit. With a word for rabbit. Hare. That, yeah. Hare . I said hair raising. Which was good. Yeah, and that was a really good one. Hare he comes. The rabbit. The magic one. The magic one. Hare… It’s got commas in it. The title’s got commas in it. Hare-ifying. Ooh, that’s good. Hare-ified. That’s great. Let’s get hare-ified. Things are getting harey. One harey night! These are all great, but not it. Give us more. What’s another meaning for hare? What’s another meaning for hare? Hairstyle. Okay. Cutting. Haircut. – And if you — – Hair scare, If you… Close one. And let’s see. buzz. Buzz cut. Close shave. Haircut. If you’re, if your hair is not looking good, bad head. Messy, bad hair. Messy hair night. Bad hair day. There you go. . Bad hair day. Hey, that’s pretty good actually. Bad hare day. Yes. I kind of like it now. Okay, good. So what would happen in a story like this, Stevie? – My memory is so bad… – Is it the same — Is it the same set of characters? No, no, no. It’s always, it’s always completely different. The one like made for TV movie that stands out to me. Um, I know I’ve already said this on, on the show before, um, is where, I don’t remember what it’s called, but basically like the dad. Is either a scientist or he just like does stuff in his basement with a lab coat on, and he has a bunch of plants down there, and, uh, He goes under the sink in the kitchen and like grabs like a handful of quote plant food that just looks like a tub that has a bunch of green like gook in it and he like shoves it in his mouth and it turns out that he is a plant. The dad is a plant? Is Stevie lying about this? Dink it and rethink it. Oh. Most. Most mythic-likely. Mythic-likely. Uh, while we’re teeing up the next one of these, we want to remind you that you should check out episode 3 of Roll for Mythicality. That’s where you can watch some mythical crew, including Emily, Trevor, Mikaela, Lily, and a special guest every single week play D& D. Every other week? Every other week. – Every other week. – Dungeons and Dragons. Don’t get too used to it. It’s every other week. We play Dungeons and Dragons every other week. Uh, this is first, second, or third degree. MythicalSociety.com It’s a fun, fun, fun time. We both did it. Is it really fun? Will it? Good Mythical Maybe. Always curious. Yep, always curious. It is a fun time. Coming up with sweet nothing. Okay, I think We need to get back to the epitaph. I think that we — Oh, yeah. Here lies Mythical beast Blank. Blank. Great taste in entertainment. Horrible taste in… Trying to live. Life partner. Continuing to live. Sorry. Yeah, that’s better. Great taste in entertainment. Horrible taste in continuing to live. Ha! That’s it. Horrible taste in it? Yeah. Horrible taste in continuing to live. Okay. The great ability to choose. Great entertainment. Horrible ability. To stay alive. To stay alive. You’re great at picking what you’re gonna watch. Not so great at continuing to stay alive. Here lies Mythical Beast. Blank. She was fun while she lasted. Well that’s very specific. We should go with they. They were fun while they lasted. Yep. Um, here lies Mythical Beast. Didn’t see it coming. Pretty selfish person. But… – Aren’t we all? – Aren’t we all? But let’s be honest, aren’t we all? Yeah, I like that. Putting it back on, putting it back on the reader. But what if you were like, what if you incorporate like a catchphrase from Good Mythical Morning into it, you know? Let’s talk about dying. We’re no longer still good. Yeah, no longer good. We’re not still good. Not still good. And, here’s my recipe for buckwheat pancakes. Can we see another R.L. Stine? Yes, you may. Woo, this one’s got some — Dino mite! Raptor. What does that say? Just call 555. Just dial 555-CREEP So they’re coming out of a payphone. Raptor’s coming out of a payphone. Dino call phone. And they’re glowing? Phoning it in. Me and my friends got turned into raptors. We’re in human clothes. Are we going with, is there a dinosaur pun, or is it a phone pun? There are a couple of words in the little one liner that’s on the front that are also in the title. Creep. Creepy. Dial. Creepy phone. What’s the synonym for that? – Call. – Call creep. A call from the creeps. Call. Calling All creeps. There you go. Calling all creeps. Oh. Oh, you’re on a roll now. Wow, that didn’t seem like it should be right. Next! I remember this cover too. This one’s, so it’s just the head of a — There’s something about some dirty socks, isn’t it? A zombie girl? It says heads up right there. University. So is this, this is a dorm room. What’s in that picture? A firetruck? Majoring in… Major head. Major Head is a great book, but it’s not… Major Head Room? It’s a specific kind of head. Zombie? Shrunken Head. Uh huh. My… Shrunken Head College. Psychology is harder without a head. Shrunken head 101. Oh, that’s good. That’s not it. Shrunken head 201. Shrunken head of the class. Oh! Oh! That’s it! Those are really great. What if it was on, um, like an article on wikiHow? Yeah. How to shrink heads. How to, how to party and keep your grades up. Class. It’d be a class. Without a head. Has it got how to in it? It has how in it. How. How to shrink a head. How to get a head. How. How to get a head in college. How I. How I shrunk my head. How I got a head. How I got my shrunken head. How I got my shrunken head. What? How I got my shrunken head. These are weird. These are weird. Okay, this next one is the one that I was referring to that, uh, was, had a big moment this next, uh, cover. One picture is worth a thousand screams. Boneyard BBQ. Oh! Grill… Ribs. Falling off the bone. Oh, that’s good. Boning off the fall. Boning in the fall. It’s another one of my favorites. It’s right next to major head on my bookshelf. It has more to do with the photo… – Versus the activity in the photo. – Family. Yeah. Scrap. Sly in the family bones. Scrapbook Skeletons. A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Screams. Snapshot. You’re in the right direction. Barbecue. Picture. Polaroid. Nope. Picture Perfect. Family. Well let’s say, so, maybe the fact that they were in this photo, something happened to them. They died. Okay. Okay. Nuclear winter in fall. This is what happens when you — Dead…? Dad. Mom. Dead dad. Son. Cook a burger. And daughter. Family. Dead daddy. Picnic. Daddy’s dead. Mommy’s dead. We’re all dead. When are we gonna dead there? Major dead. Oh, you meant are we dead? Are we dead yet? Are we dead yet? Yeah. When are we gonna dead there? When are we gonna dead there. That’s, I like that. Are we dead yet? Are we there yet? No, we’re dead. Okay, this photo was taken and they died and so the title is… Last moment… But they died and then took the picture. No, they died via the photo being taken… Killer Camera. Snapshot… Camera Chaos. Camera Killer. Killer Camera. It’s something and die. Smile and die. Cheese and die. Pose and die. Link was just so close to it, but I don’t know why you didn’t add the other word to that phrase. Say cheese and die. There we go. Say cheese and die. Say cheese and die. Say cheese and die. There should be cheese on the burgers too though. Ooh, good call. There probably will be. All right, show us one more and just tell us what it is. No, we’re gonna get it in one try. All right. We’re gonna get it in one try. Oh, Yeti hitchhiker. Oh, it’s another word for Yeti. Bigfoot. Sasquatch. No. Scary Sasquatch. The… Abominable. Dead man. No. Snowman. Okay. Of. Hawaii. Yeah, the, what this, this, it’s trying to depict a city and it’s doing a very bad job of what this city is supposed to be. The abominable, abominable, abominable snowman of Los Angeles. Miami. Okay, specific place in Los Angeles. Burbank. Close. The abo — Beverly Hills. No, close to Burbank. North Hollywood. Glendale. Okay, then go one more. Arcadia. Wait, well, it’s in the title of this book. Pasadena. The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena. It could be Pasadena. It could be, yeah, it could be. Mail is delivered. Watch episode three of Roll for Mythicality now at mythicalsociety.com

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