37 - CATF Time Capsule: RL Stine & Goosebumps

Special episode recorded on 4th of July!! Fueled by our current summer bevs, we celebrate beach-read season by honoring RL Stine: "the literary training bra" of Stephen King. We start off with how we got our Goosebumps books (Scholastic book fairs anyone?) and Danielle's review of Fear Street: Party Summer (1991) before diving into a short bio of Mr. Robert Laurence Stine. We talk about G-bumps franchise spin-offs (including which were ghost-written!) like Give Yourself Goosebumps, Tales to Give you Goosebumps and other fun treats like the mid-90s Goosebumps TV series and the Escape from Horrorland game for PC. We jump to the present day and talk about the 2021 Fear Street Trilogy on Netflix and "RL Stine's Story Club" podcast. We close by talking about the RLSTNE Wheel of Fortune "free letters," an obvious nod to the world's hardest working training bra.  Special thank you to Goosebumps.fandom.com - the world's most comprehensive collection of all things Goosebumps. Visit for instant nostalgia, guaranteed!  P.S. If you loved this deep dive, check out out Episode 26 - CATF Time Capsule: Cellphones. Things we mention: Goosebumps Wiki (fandom.com) RL Stine's Story Club Podcast @rl_stine1 (Instagram) Goosebumps TV Series Intro/Theme Song Superstitious by RL Stine (1995, adult fiction) Fear Street Trilogy (2021, Netflix) Jared from Subway: Catching a Monster Episode sources: Ohio Reading Roadtrip: RL Stine (2004) "Success Gives Bookstores Goosebumps" by Joyce M. Rosenberg (1996, via news.google.com) "About RL" from RL Stine website (2013, via Wayback Machine) "The Quick 10: The Not-Very-Scary former Jobs of 10 Very Scary People" by Stacy Conradt (2009, via Wayback machine) Escape from Horrorland (PC game)