HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood

Hooplehead Carol records a commentary for "Tell Him Something Pretty." | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Released August 6, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Thirty-five. Longtime Deadwood fan Andrew is our guest for this pivotal penultimate episode. The murder of a beloved individual unites the camp against the grotesque George Hearst... Trixie is the loopiest of loopy cunts, and we couldn't love her more for it... Aunt Lou fires the opening salvo in restaurant wars... At the schoolhouse, Jane plays Duck-Duck-Goose with the children (or, if you are an insufferable Minnesotan, Duck-Duck-Gray Duck)... One hundred and fifty Chung Kuo cocksuckers are summoned to Deadwood to swell the ranks of our heroes. ... Also, Alirio speaks to the character and accomplishments of Seth Bullock, and asks his fellow citizens to reelect him Sheriff. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded July 24, 2016. Released July 30, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Hoopleheads Matt H & Mel record a commentary for "The Catbird Seat." | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Released July 20, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Thirty-four. Does David Milch hate the Irish? Our guest Jonathon thinks so! As shots ring out in the thoroughfare, Al has his hero moment... Alma somersaults after eating Jewel’s breakfast... If Hearst is "Socrates," then Hugo is willing to get down on his knees and be his "Alcibiades."... The hooples are confused by a cavalcade of tremendous brunettes... And, what is happening in Con’s pants? It appears as though Con’s erect penis has detached itself from his groin and is now moving independently down his pants. ... Also, Nuchtchas shares amusing local brevities, and a statement from Long Dog of the Black Hawk in which he claims all Indians hate the white men. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded July 10, 2016. Released July 16, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Thirty-three. HoopleCast offers a proud prelude to the climax of the final season, and a chance for our guest Cory to show us his skills and hidden talents! The Earps exchange insults with Pinkerton agents... Joanie becomes unmoored due to a Norwegger's whimsical construction of the new schoolhouse... Hearst authors a response to the publication of Seth's letter... The entire camp marvels at Richardson's juggling prowess. ... Also, Christiana promises the Langrishe Theatre's production of The Road Agents of the Hills: A Romance of Deadwood will enlist a lively interest in our play-going community. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded June 26, 2016. Released July 3, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Thirty-two. We welcome back to the podcast Will of Down Below: A Babylon 5 Introcast, The Sense8 Podcast, and (coming late 2016) SpartaCast. A scheme to keep General Fields in camp backfires on Steve... Brothers Wyatt and Morgan Earp arrive in Deadwood, because there aren't already enough fucking goddamn characters in this series... Chesteron--line? line?--is boosted over the metaphorical cliff... Langrishe embarks upon a campaign of feints designed to occupy the leviathan Hearst. ... Also, Stephanie Edd regales us with a report of last evening's very successful, albeit culturally insensitive, masquerade ball. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded June 12, 2016. Released June 18, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Thirty-one. Skyping from the middle of a cornfield is our guest Randal of The Grawlix Podcast. Odell holds his fuckin' own as George Hearst's dinner companion... Gustave, the tailor, fashions the latest in colorful stump covers for Al... A stirring letter to the family of the slain Pasco Carwen moves the camp elders... Steve offers the General a fig leaf... The hooples attempt to pair Alma with one of Deadwood's eligible bachelors, and discuss the recent troubles at HBO. ... Also, Moira pleads: won't someone please think of the capitalists? | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded May 22, 2016. Released June 5, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Thirty. Laurel returns for the aftermath of the infamous bout that left our Dan a Neanderthal. Disgusted by her ladyship's bad habits, Trixie ponders employment elsewhere, but is quickly admonished by life coach Al Swearengen. (Loopy cunt!)... Aunt Lou's son Odell arrives in Deadwood, boasting of a gold discovery in Liberia... Steve, beset with guilt and grief, denounces all racist attitudes and works diligently at the livery--Kidding! He's still awful as fuck. ... Also, Robin reports that General Fields, recently assaulted by snowballs, is now under the county's protection for his involvement in the Gay-Forbes affair. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded May 15, 2016. Released May 20, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Twenty-nine. Carla is our guest this recording, but if her mother inquires, we are a podcast covering important social economic issues, and we're definitely *not* discussing sodomy via vegetables. Dan and Captain Turner enjoy some good old fashioned mud rastlin'... A horny Alma approaches Ellsworth for some sexy times, but he has ample towels... Seth makes a capon of George Hearst... Milch's desire to overpopulate the series with unnecessary characters continues as Chesterton and the insatiable Bellegarde arrive in camp. However, we are now familiar with "the art of figging," and for that we are eternally grateful. ... Also, Emily reassures us that authorities are in pursuit of the trunk thief who torched the Belle Fourche stage crossing.| Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded May 1, 2016. Released May 8, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Hoopleheads Matt H & Mel record a commentary for "A Two-Headed Beast." | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded April 29, 2016. Released April 29, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Twenty-eight. Our hearts fuckin' leap with (Love)joy as Ian McShane superfan Russell joins us to discuss this episode, which features not only one, but *two!* blowjobologues. The return of Hostetler and Fields prompts more "white people are the true victims" logic, courtesy of the foulmouthed racist Steve... Alma wears a purple quilt and makes eyes at Leon (:shudder:)... As Jack secures a building for the theater company, Rita Sue endeavors to make him jealous... Harry and Tom pose for a shirtless firefighters calendar, if Mel's Photoshopped images are to be believed. ... Also, Haso warns of eventual conflagration, which threatens Deadwood's citizens and property. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded April 17, 2016. Released April 23, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Twenty-seven. A new installment of HoopleCast! You savvy? The stagecoach brings new citizens to Deadwood, including thee-a-ter dandy Jack Langrishe, Carnivale's Rita Sue, and Aunt Lou Marchbanks, who upends the mammy caricature to reveal herself as a cigar-chomping, mah jongg-playing badass. Seth consoles sobbing Cornishmen, witnesses to a mining "accident"... Al takes us on a delightful tour of the camp... Feeling emasculated by Alma's proposal, Hearst threatens to rape her, and we're all left horrified. Fuck that murderous cocksucker. ... Also, Laurel seeks an amicable settlement between two mining companies, following the shooting of J.C. Tuttle. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded April 3, 2016. Released April 9, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Twenty-six. Haso is our little duckling for this latest episode, which finds our citizens eagerly anticipating an evening's worth of substantial, and not at all anti-Semitic, speechifying. Or, to quote French academic Alexis de Tocqueville, "stop shitting in the creek!" Martha's weak tea is a powerful aphrodisiac... Another Hearst mind game results in slit throats... Jane entertains a classroom of children with stories of a puffed-up General Custer... The spirit moves through Cy Tolliver... Suggestion: If you see Al standing on the hotel veranda, and the moment seems right, blow him a kiss. ... Also, Randal takes us on a trip to the stars via electric railroad. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded March 20, 2016. Released March 27, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Twenty-five. The third season premiere is fixin' toward a bloody outcome as we're joined once more by Nuchtchas of The Nutty Bites Podcast. One of the last three speakers of the Cornish language is gunned down by Chicago-based wizard Harry Dresden. ... The shitbox of a very snooty Englishman figures into Al's matchmaking schemes. ... We rejoice in the glorious beating of E.B. by Angry Seth, but lament Cy's continued existence. ... Impressionable schoolchildren have their minds warped by a racist textbook. ... Also, Michael David questions why there are no public schools--the bulwark of a nation--within this metropolis known as Deadwood. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded March 13, 2016. Released March 18, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

Episode Twenty-four. Sue of Sue Watches Buffy and Yes, Mother: A Bates Motel Podcast is our guest for the season two finale, which features both a wedding and a bloodbath. The great man himself, George Hearst, arrives in Deadwood... Whilst suffering a digestive crisis, E.B. completes his transformation into a Shakespearean buffoon... Ellsworth dons lavender mittens... The annexation deal is (finally) struck... Wu proves out and becomes an American. ... We announce the second phase of HoopleCast, coming late 2016. ... Also, Christiana describes the gastronomical delights of Christmas 1877, plus pistol-whipping. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded December 27, 2015. Released February 1, 2016. [Warning: Explicit Language.]