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Tell Em Steve Dave Fair-re-re Tale Theater
It's anything but Grimm when the Tell 'Em Steve Dave crew give their hilarious takes on some of the best and least known fairy tales. Join Bryan Johnson, Brian Quinn and Walt Flanagan with special guest Sunday Jeff as they create a magical world of fantasy and wonder, trolls, living plants, and sinful dwarves? It doesn't get any better than this...or funnier Not for children but definitely for those who are a child at heart.
120 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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September 27, 2013
Tell ‘Em Steve Dave is a weekly podcast available on Kevin Smith’s podcast network, SModcast. The show features Comic Book Men’s Bryan Johnson and Walter Flanagan accompanied by Impractical Jokers’ Brian Quinn. One of their regular sponsors is the Amazon service, Audible. In an effort to further establish a working relationship between the two, Bry, Walt and Q decided to create their own audiobook, the goal being that their fans would sign up for the 30 day free trial and snag a copy of the book free of charge.
Rather than write an original story, the boys sat down along with their good buddy (and Secret Stash co-worker) Sunday Jeff and read some classic fairy tales. The end result is a selection of stories with a running commentary on how ridiculous they are.
Being a big fan of the podcast, I’ll jump at the chance to support the guys in any way I can. I’ve bought the yearly Christmas pod (which hits bandcamp every Black Friday), ordered the upcoming series run of Johnson and Flanagan’s new comic Cryptozoic Man and nearly saw them live earlier this year before Kevin Smith pulled his SModcast SMorgy spectacular in Halifax out from under me.
Seeing as I’m already an Audible user and noticed I had a few free credits lying around, I jumped at the chance to get this. Otherwise, the price tag of $6.95 isn’t very steep and should be well within most’s budget.
However, what you’re basically getting here is another podcast – not that there’s anything wrong with that. While they do read some classic fairy tales, their banter in between – and during – the stories takes up the bulk of the run time. I’m not sure how this will play for someone who’s not familiar with their weekly exploits but then again it worked for me. Their interpretations were funny and their back and forth insults had me laughing.
It’s certainly something you should check into grabbing if you’re a fan of the podcast, otherwise, I’m not sure if there’s much here for you. Do yourself a favor and catch up on their podcast first.. or watch Comic Book Men.
Cross Posted @ Every Read Thing
Rather than write an original story, the boys sat down along with their good buddy (and Secret Stash co-worker) Sunday Jeff and read some classic fairy tales. The end result is a selection of stories with a running commentary on how ridiculous they are.
Being a big fan of the podcast, I’ll jump at the chance to support the guys in any way I can. I’ve bought the yearly Christmas pod (which hits bandcamp every Black Friday), ordered the upcoming series run of Johnson and Flanagan’s new comic Cryptozoic Man and nearly saw them live earlier this year before Kevin Smith pulled his SModcast SMorgy spectacular in Halifax out from under me.
Seeing as I’m already an Audible user and noticed I had a few free credits lying around, I jumped at the chance to get this. Otherwise, the price tag of $6.95 isn’t very steep and should be well within most’s budget.
However, what you’re basically getting here is another podcast – not that there’s anything wrong with that. While they do read some classic fairy tales, their banter in between – and during – the stories takes up the bulk of the run time. I’m not sure how this will play for someone who’s not familiar with their weekly exploits but then again it worked for me. Their interpretations were funny and their back and forth insults had me laughing.
It’s certainly something you should check into grabbing if you’re a fan of the podcast, otherwise, I’m not sure if there’s much here for you. Do yourself a favor and catch up on their podcast first.. or watch Comic Book Men.
Cross Posted @ Every Read Thing
September 1, 2018
It was hilarious until they started to made jokes about how a woman shouldn't complain about equality today just because we're not traded and sold like cattle or being routinely raped by anyone and everyone anymore. I also found their disparaging of transgender people and their continual usage of the word, "Tranny" uncomfortable/unacceptable. Maybe it's just because I am not a white male in the US so these things don't seem that hilarious to me. The men are funny, their retellings are hilarious, however obtuse concerning social issues that are very charged in society now. If you don't mind those kinds of jokes, you'll enjoy these. If they make you uncomfortable like they do me, then you probably won't.
May 13, 2019
Stupid. Of no value and couldn’t finish it
June 29, 2020
NOOCH!
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December 15, 2016
If you are a fan of Tell 'em Steve Dave, you will probably enjoy this book. It is really a podcast in book form. They read some fairy tales, but the best part of the book is the by-play, giving it more of the podcast feel.
April 21, 2015
It was fun but it just felt like an episode nothing special
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