Category: Lord of the Rings

Prancing Pony Podcast S. 3-5 Stats: All The Data (For the Curious)

For those so inclined, I present here all the pop culture references I've collected for Seasons 3 through 5 of The Prancing Pony Podcast that hasn't already been seen in my Season 5 post. MUSICSeason 3Season 4Season 5Total38 Special11AC/DC156Adam Ant11Arcadia11Avenged Sevenfold11Bad Company1113Baha Men11Barry White3216Beach Boys11Beatles1438Billy Joel11Blue Őyster Cult11Bob Dylan0Bob Seger22Bon Jovi11Bonnie Tyler112Boston224Bruce Springsteen11Captain and Tennille11Carole... Continue Reading →

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PPP Statistics Behind-The-Scenes: How I Collect The Data

I'll be the first to admit my data collection of pop culture references made by Alan Sisto and Shawn Marchese during The Prancing Pony Podcast episodes is not perfect. I have rules about what I do and don't record, limitations that generate errors, and the usual challenge of being human. Below, I lay out the... Continue Reading →

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PPP S.4 Stats for the Curious: ALL the Movies and Music (Sort of)

As I mentioned in my stats post for Season 4 of The Prancing Pony Podcast, the bar charts for band/performer references and movie references are big. Really big. So big that my attempts to reproduce them here resulted in illegible graphs. So I'm going to post the actual data tables instead of charts, on the... Continue Reading →

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Graphs for The Prancing Pony Podcast Season 4 (and 3!)

What do Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies and the musician Sting have in common? The Prancing Pony Podcast, of course. In honor of season four, which ends today, here are my statistics on jokes and references made during both this season and last. And (spoiler alert) you already know who got the most... Continue Reading →

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Belated Thanks to Christopher Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien's son Christopher died this week. Fans of Middle-earth are mourning the loss, and no wonder. We owe him much. As his father's biggest fan, he knew what the rest of longed for: more. More history and stories of the world where hobbits live, and we got it. Without Christopher, The Silmarillion would never... Continue Reading →

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