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Penny Men is the podcast starring Ben, Tom, and Gregory: three experts on cartooning, storytelling, and having a good time! We give a penny for our thoughts, and throw in our two cents, as we tackle new topics and writing pitches every week!

  1. #114 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 6) / Shared Video Game Universe (Part 3)

    21 GIỜ TRƯỚC

    #114 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 6) / Shared Video Game Universe (Part 3)

    Is Mario from Brooklyn… or from beyond reality itself? This week, The Penny Men descend head-first into warp pipe cosmology as Tom unveils a unified theory that finally reconciles every layer of Mario canon — the cartoons, the arcade origins, Odyssey’s Metro Kingdom, Captain N, WarioWare, SimCity, and even Presidents shaking hands with plumbers! Gregory, Tom, and Ben break Mario’s universe into three stacked planes of existence: Earth Reality (our world, where Mario is a video game)Earth Prime (the cartoon Brooklyn where Donkey Kong kidnaps Pauline and Bowser attacks cities)The Mushroom Dimension (a Narnia-like fantasy world accessed only through pipes)!Along the way they uncover: Why Pauline barely remembers Mario in OdysseyHow Diamond City and WarioWare fit into Mario’s real-world aftermathBowser and Wario as corrupted reflections of royal lineageHow Nintendo accidentally created a Kingdom Hearts-style multiverseWhy Mario exists as legend, hero, and video game simultaneously!This isn’t just lore speculation — it’s a full multiversal framework that turns decades of contradictions into one epic, coherent mythology! The pipes don’t just connect worlds! They connect realities!

    44 phút
  2. #113 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 5)

    27 THG 4

    #113 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 5)

    Hour five of "The Life and Times" is where the Penny Men stop politely theorizing and just start building a Mario cosmology with power tools! Ben, Greg, and Tom lock in the multi-era, master timeline, stretch it all the way to 1996, and finally explain why Mario ends up living in a house instead of a castle! This is the episode where everything snaps into place! ERA THREE: The Rebellion Era: Everybody is a young adult. Everybody hates their destiny.Mario → wants to be a plumber, not a princeLuigi → anxious, snarky, accidentally heroicPeach → adopted alien princess, burdened with responsibilityBowser → rejects marriage politics, wants total conquestPauline → Mario’s emotional foilDonkey Kong → circus gorilla prince in exileWaluigi, Stanley, Spike → lurking in the background, waiting to become problems!It all ends when: Bowser starts torching citiesTurtles invade EarthMario and Luigi fall down the drainEveryone forgets the Mushroom Kingdom like it’s Oz! ERA FOUR: The Mushroom Saga The classic quest eraMario Bros.Super Mario Bros.The Lost LevelsSuper Mario Bros. 2 (the war + dreams)Super Mario Land 1 (Sarasaland + Tatanga)The Super Mario Bros. Super ShowSuper Mario Bros. 3 (game + cartoon)This is the full “save the Mushroom Kingdom” arc — kings turned into animals, wands, warp pipes, and Koopalings everywhere!Ends when: The Mushroom Kingdom is finally safeThe heroes are sent to defend Dinosaur Land!ERA FIVE: Dinosaur World Yoshi’s time to shineSuper Mario World (game + cartoon)Yoshi's CookieYoshi's SafariStar Road loreYoshi PrimeEgg cursesDino Kingdom politicsThis is the “sprites have no dialogue” era, where we fill in all the emotional blanks!Ends when: Mario goes homeHis castle is goneWario has moved in!ERA SIX: The Wario Wars This is where it gets petty, pirate-y, and deeply sadThe Castle SagaSuper Mario Land 2: Six Golden CoinsWario takes Mario’s castleTatanga becomes his henchmanMario Land 3 / Wario Land 1Captain Syrup steals Peach’s golden statueWario steals it from herMario steals it backA genie gives Wario a castleWario Land 2Captain Syrup steals all Wario’s moneyWario’s WoodsWario builds a castle in fairy landToad, Birdo, and a fairy blow it upWario finally becomes a king……and loses it to Toad!🕰️ Why It All Ends in 1996 - Because 1996 is when: Mario goes 3D (Mario 64)Donkey Kong goes 3DMario lives in a house, not a castle (Mario RPG)The royal wars are overThe lineage drama is doneEveryone loses the throne!The Star Frame - All of this is being told by Rosalina to the Seven Star Children — a cosmic Scheherazade story that admits: Nintendo canon is messyMemory is unreliableProphecy is flexibleThe truth is always a little warpedSeven childrenSeven destiniesRoyal bloodlinesAdopted heirsForgotten worldsLost castlesEggsStarsPlumbers!This is Mario as dynastic tragedy, cartoon epic, and generational trauma — and it somehow still makes sense! Welcome to Hour Five! 🍄✨

    43 phút
  3. #112 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 4)

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    #112 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 4)

    Hour four of "The Life and Times " is where things officially get unhinged! The Penny Men pick up exactly where they left off and begin reinforcing the Mario timeline with fresh cartilage, connective tissue, and possibly forbidden star magic! Using Tom’s original 12-issue framework as the skeleton, Ben arrives with a week’s worth of lore research to rebuild Mario history by eras, not just games! In this episode, we tackle: The Seven Star Children: MarioLuigiPeachDonkey Kong (and yes, Cranky)Bowser (surprise!)Yoshi (which one? several!)Wario (the odd man out)!Yoshi Discourse (Brace Yourself) Adult Yoshi vs. Baby Yoshi vs. Egg YoshiStar Child Yoshi vs. Tribe of YoshisDe-aging, egg imprisonment, and disappearances“Mama Luigi” finally makes sense (kind of)!Royal Bloodlines & Power Plays Mushroom Kingdom politicsKoopa ambition and arranged marriagesMario as secret nobilityPeach as an alien/star princess/adopted monarchDK, Yoshi, and Bowser as rival kings-in-waiting!The Real World Era Why Mario, Luigi, and Wario grow up outside the Mushroom KingdomStorks, adoption, and Italian familiesForeman Spike: worst dad, best villain originCement factories, pie jobs, and resentment arcs!Big Lore Questions We Absolutely Try to Answer Why Bowser is hunting babiesHow time works in the Mushroom KingdomWhy Cranky ages and Mario doesn’tWhether Paper Mario counts (jury’s out)How to turn all of this into a coherent comic series!It’s Mario lore as epic fantasy, dynastic tragedy, and workplace comedy! Stars fall! Eggs hatch! Princes gets sent to Brooklyn! Welcome back to the cartilage bucket!

    43 phút
  4. #111 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 3)

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    #111 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 3)

    The Penny Men continue their increasingly unhinged attempt to construct a unified Mario canon! Picking up right where we left off, Tom unveils Issue #9 of his 12-issue “Life and Times of Mario” epic, covering: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show eraThe plumbing yearsThe celebrity yearsAnd the strange liminal period where Mario and Luigi are hanging out with wrestlers, sad-eyed orphans, and Rip Van Winkle while destiny quietly assembles an army against them!While the Brothers live their dream in Brooklyn: Princess Peach is thrust into leadershipBowser consolidates powerWart mobilizes the 8-Bit GangCaptain Syrup mocks everyone from the sidelinesAnd Toad accidentally sparks an international villain summit after immediately losing the Kingdom’s most powerful artifacts!Along the way, the Penny Men: Definitively establish the Three Donkey Kongs Theory (and finally put the Pauline confusion to rest)Untangle Yoshi canon, Star Children, time travel, and baby kidnappingsDecide how The Super Show, Mario 3, Captain N, and the pipes between worlds actually workDebate whether Bowser is a self-made tyrant, a failed diplomat, or bothAnd explore the moment when every separate Mario storyline finally begins to converge!This is the episode where everything starts coming together — heroes drifting back toward the Mushroom World, villains choosing sides, and one final warp pipe preparing to swallow the Mario Brothers for good!!

    1 giờ 2 phút
  5. #110 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 2)

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    #110 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 2)

    The Penny Men attempt to responsibly outline a 12-issue prestige comic chronicling the entire life of Mario! Instead, they unleash a multiversal lore spiral involving: Star ChildrenBrooklyn ItaliansYoshi adoption lawsFrank Zappa as a Mario brother (locked in)Koopa royal politicsArranged turtle marriagesFry Guys via lava exposureAnd a plumber who vanished into legend!Along the way: Baby murders (of turtles)Wrecking Crew dadsDon Rosa energyRaimi-style villain parallelsAnd the most unhinged family tree Nintendo never approved!This one’s big picture! Too big! 🍄⭐

    1 giờ
  6. #109 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 1)

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    #109 - 'The Life and Times of The Super Mario Bros.' Pitch (Part 1)

    This week, the Penny Men attempt the impossible: a unified, chronological Mario canon! From Yoshi’s Island to Brooklyn, instruction manuals to cartoons, manga to coloring books, and time travel rules that mostly make sense, Tom unveils his long-gestating “Life and Times of Mario” project! Ben interrogates the rules of reality, Gregory plays referee, and everyone agrees Bowser is a single dad of eight! Lore is respected, retcons are judged, Rosalina looms, and nothing is settled—except that this was always going to happen!

    1 giờ 1 phút
  7. #108 - 'Super Friends' (Part 2)

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    #108 - 'Super Friends' (Part 2)

    The Penny Men return to the Hall of Justice for part two of their Super Friends deep dive! Ben, Gregory, and Tom break down the Challenge of the Super Friends era, including the debut of the Legion of Doom, the rotating Hanna-Barbera formats, and the legal headaches that led to Black Vulcan, Samurai, and Apache Chief replacing familiar DC heroes! From there, the conversation jumps from the cartoon to the comics, exploring: Nelson Bridwell’s ambitious Global GuardiansThe rise of Fire and IceDr. Mist’s immortal originsAnd a surprising number of Super Friends stories that were far darker—and stranger—than their Saturday morning reputation suggests!Along the way, the Penny Men cover: Lost pitches involving Dr. SivanaForgotten villains like Grax and World BreakerPokémon-style animal combatAnd why Super Friends comics quietly became a testing ground for ideas that would later shape DC’s wider universe!Super teams, super villains, and super deep cuts—this is Super Friends like you’ve never heard it before!

    1 giờ 6 phút
  8. #107 - 'Super Friends' (Part 1)

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    #107 - 'Super Friends' (Part 1)

    The Penny Men dive headfirst into the wobulous, Hanna-Barbera-fueled world of Super Friends, where cosmic legends fight injustice, censorship fights punches, and Wonder Dog somehow outranks Krypto! The Penny Men lead you through a surprisingly dense exploration of Super Friends lore—covering the cartoons, the comics, the junior Justice League, the Super Foes, and why Batman keeps letting children wander into active crime scenes! Along the way, the guys unpack: 1970s broadcast standardsEnvironmental PSA villainsFilmation leftoversContinuity gymnastic And the philosophical question: what element is Batman, really?Expect: Deep DC cutsHanna-Barbera triviaCasey Kasem voice-count mathAquaman villain slanderAnd a passionate defense of Wendy and Marvin as the most competent people in the Hall of Justice!Some of us are super! Some of us are friends! All of us are recording!

    56 phút
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Penny Men is the podcast starring Ben, Tom, and Gregory: three experts on cartooning, storytelling, and having a good time! We give a penny for our thoughts, and throw in our two cents, as we tackle new topics and writing pitches every week!

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    Penny Men
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    2021 - 2026
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