If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
Here is my best whack at summarizing the pop culture references made during The Prancing Pony Podcast's sixth season. As I was looking through my data, I realized once again just how unscientific this whole process is (see my self-made rules here). The time-span the project covers has made it really difficult for me to... Continue Reading →
Oddly enough, the word to describe the pop culture references made by Alan Sisto and Shawn Marchese during Season 5 of The Prancing Pony Podcast is balanced. Several of the categories resulted in ties for first and even second place. (Music had a five-way tie for second!) This was true even for the episode titles,... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
