A Lifetime of Happiness: Movies, TV, and Video Games - Beetlejuice! Betelgeuse! Beetle Juice!

Beetlejuice! Betelgeuse! Beetle Juice!

01/20/21 • 45 min

A Lifetime of Happiness: Movies, TV, and Video Games

The Steves discuss the 1988 Tim Burton cult classic, Beetlejuice, along with what's keeping them happy and their Binge and Purge recommendations for the week.
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Binge and Purge:
The Stranger on Netflix
The Dead Don't Die on HBO
While discussing the plot of Beetlejuice, the Steves also touch on their own experiences with hauntings, what they'd do with their afterlives in this universe, plus how they'd recreate the famous Day-O dancing scene.
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A Lifetime of Happiness: Movies, TV, and Video Games - Beetlejuice! Betelgeuse! Beetle Juice!

Transcript

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Hello returning happies and new listeners. This is Steve Bennet-Martin, and this

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is Stephen Martin-Bennet, and welcome to a lifetime

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of happiness podcast, where we take you on our journey through some of the movies, television shows, and other bits of pop culture that are help keeping us happy while hopefully bring a smile to your face along the way.