Episode 36 – Thor’s Journey to Utgard (Part 1)

Things we talk about in this episode:

Opening Music:

'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]

Closing Music:

'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]

Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org

  • Prime Numbers - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-factors-multiples/pre-algebra-prime-numbers/v/prime-numbers
  • “George, don’t do that.” from the wonderful Joyce Grenfell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXhHFgDRNBQ
  • “Stand back! I’m making toast!” The epic toast making scene from Invader Zim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ntiphuey8g
  • The Odd Couple (1968) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(film)
  • Stadler and Waldorf – from The Muppets – the two elderly gentlemen known for their cantankerous opinions. If you want to see them in action, head here for a compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6I_dKUYyI4
  • “We could do ‘get help!’” from Thor Ragnarok (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpZakOJlRoY
  • Thors Journey to Utgard – other versions that you can have an explore around:
  • http://thenorsegods.com/thors-journey-to-utgard/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6XeP9gQPmg
  • https://norse-mythology.org/tale-utgarda-loki/
  • Tolkien’s Middle Earth http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Middle-earth
  • Titus Andronicus - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/moveable-type/pdfs/2009-10/ArticleGregg-TitusAndronicus.pdf
  • “Meow Meow” What Darcy, Jane Fosters sister called Mjolnir in Thor (2011), and Thor: The Dark World (2013)
  • “Did you have PPI missold?” https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/advice/i-think-ive-been-mis-sold-ppi-what-should-i-do
  • “The first rule of Goat Club...” paraphrased from Fight Club (1999)
  • Forty days and forty nights – a biblical metaphor for a long time.
  • “Frodo leaves the shire, arrives at Mordor, drops the ring in – job done.” - The short, short version of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
  • Peter Dinklages dwarf-giant in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) (spoilers in the link) http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/the-avengers/feature/a855259/avengers-infinity-war-peter-dinklage-eitri/
  • Seven League Boots – see also Ten League Boots – common in fairy tales, such as this one originally written in French: http://www.tenleagueboots.com/company/little-thumb/index.html
  • Langoliers – TV mini series 1995 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112040/
  • Gordian Knot - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot
  • “Everything’s fine, la, la, la, just getting a bucket.” Calvin and Hobbes comic strip 12th August 1988
  • Thing One and Thing Two – Dr Seuss, The Cat in the Hat: http://seuss.wikia.com/wiki/Thing_One_and_Thing_Two
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