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"Two freaks explore antiques every week! Updates Wednesdays."
— show description
A weekly podcast where two self-described freaks (and "big goths") talk about antiques.
This show provides examples of:
- Ancient Artifact: Obviously
- Animate Inanimate Objects: Frequent discussion of haunted or posessed objects, because, again— obviously
- Art Imitates Art: Played straight when referencing an important piece of art, but can also be used for whenever an unmarked imitation is brought up. #ThanksMartha
- Authors of the 19th Century: Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens get the most consistent mentions
- British Humour: Ken has this in spades
- British Literature: Another staple of classic antiques
- Breaking and Destruction Tropes: Frequent, especially when explaining why something is rare, but particularly relevant in the episode on Silver, when talking about scrapers.
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Crosses the Line Twice: In the episode 122 Wedding Cake Toppers, while on a tangent about the bizarre popularity of Kennedy family memorabilia...Dee: Some of them are just literally sculptures of Jackie O, because something happened to people's brains back then when Jackie O, like, appeared.Ken: Not to be extremely rude...Dee: Oh shi--Dee: [through helpless laughter] Yo, that—absolutely not my intention—you did that, all right, you did that—! - Crossover: With the TerribleBookClub podcast, where they discuss...
- the young adult novel Johnny Tremain (with a major focus on silversmithing and the Ho Yay between Johnny and Rab),
- the official movie novelization of Crimson Peak,
- and no fewer than THREE episodes roasting the short story collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder!
- the young adult novel Johnny Tremain (with a major focus on silversmithing and the
- Cryptid Episode: 085 HepplewhiteGeorge Hepplewhite, the mothman of cabinet-makers. Alice Hepplewhite, the sandhill crane of cabinet-makers. And Sheraton, the extremely bitter conspiracy theorist with Chapstick in his pocket. Of cabinet-makers.
- Depending on the Writer: Unfortunately, Ken and D are faced with a lot of conflicting first-hand accounts
- Don't Try This at Home: A staple of the Danger! Antiques series of episodes.
- Eat the Rich: Brick Joke
- Eye Scream: Make sure to check the warnings on all the episodes, but especially the Snellen Reform Eye episode.
- Gone Horribly Right: History is a mixed bag of success and failure, and it's up to modern interpretation (played here by Ken and D) to sort them out.
- Have a Gay Old Time: Occasionally. After all, this podcast is gay and about old times.
- It Will Never Catch On: Related to Gone Horribly Right
- Oh, Crap!: Our faithful hosts give us many variations
- Older is Better
- Orphan's Plot Trinket: Revealed as Truth in Television in episode 130 Lockets.
- Ow, My Body Part!: Make sure to check the warnings on all the episodes.
- Podcast
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Ken is very unhappy with the arduous presentation of Christie's official history on the auction house's website.Ken: They. Made. Me. Screen. Shot. Fifty. Five. Slides!
- Quantity vs. Quality: The hosts have this argument on occasion
- Really 700 Years Old: Do you know why the dancers are called 'Chippendale'?
- Sarcastic Confession: We're looking at you, Ken.
- Tasty Gold: How Dee tests for real pearls. (Actual pearls are gritty against the teeth, while fake pearls are smooth.) Unfortunately Dee does not limit this test to pearls.Ken: Dee, I'm saying this because you're my friend and I love you... Please stop eating lead.
- The tables turn in episode 110 Identifying Antique Photographic Processes, when Ken suggests licking albumen prints (made with egg whites) to distinguish them from other forms of antique photographs.
- Victorian London: Many episodes devolve into yelling at the Victorians for their "sickening whimsy."
- Vitriolic Best Buds:Dee: You are now my enemy.Ken: I've been your enemy.
