Squawking Dead

YES! We're back, covering the #MidSeasonPremiere of Season 9! * Our #InstragramLive #stream is new and improved and we can now stream semi-continuously! #Instagram * #GregNicotero continues and further enhances the visual direction #MichaelSatrazemis left us off with in the episode prior. #MichaelCudlitz * What #WeAreSquawkingDead is all about: widening the hosts #AshleyWeidman #BMNYFamily #BeaztModeNY #BMNY_DeadCast * The significance of Tomatoes in the series (and obscure other references) and why does #Negan take a shovel of all things? * Negan watching #JudithGrimes grow makes her a more potent character than #CarlGrimes to ground new Negan * "Four Walls and a..." and #TWDLydia showing her cards when she says "Walls won't protect you" #TheVultures #MadisonClark #TheWhisperers #TWDWhisperers * Negan's promise to Judith promises intense internal struggle * When fans care more about ferral animals than beloved character deaths... #JeffreyDeanMorgan * Did Judith expect Negan to return to #AlexandriaSafeZone?

Just a little News and chit-chat before the #Midseason Premiere Opening Music: GentleBruce (SoundCloud: @user-425767516) * ‘The Walking Dead’ & ‘#StrangerThings’ Named Most In-Demand Series In the World https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-walking-dead-stranger-things-in-demand-tv-show-parrot-analytics-1202539848/ * The Walking Dead fans raise money for #charity to honor #DanaiGurira https://undeadwalking.com/2019/02/01/walking-dead-fans-raise-money-charity-honor-danai-gurira/ * #ZombieApocalypse is a #bipartisan issue — on TVs across the U.S., at least https://www.salon.com/2019/02/06/zombie-apocalypse-is-a-bipartisan-issue-on-tvs-across-the-u-s-at-least/ * #NormanReedus, #GregNicotero to appear on #TalkingDead midseason premiere https://undeadwalking.com/2019/02/02/norman-reedus-greg-nicotero-appear-talking-dead-premiere/ * The Walking Dead renewed for #TWDSeason10 at AMC https://netflixlife.com/2019/02/05/the-walking-dead-renewed-for-season-10-amc/ * The Voice Cast for #RobertKirkman's Invincible Is Unbeli

Just like #TWD, we've taken a bit of a break (of two weeks) but we're back with a TON of news and an update to "8 Weeks, 8 #Giveaways" * #BREAKING: #DwightTWD / #AustinAmelio is heading over to #FearTheWalkingDead * ...SquawkingDave is excited for the range of possibilities, SquawkingCarol does NOT like being manipulated! * Similarities between #DarylDixon & Dwight means role switching/combining and scary/interesting possibilities * Panel to Screen: The way #AMC TV adapts the #comicbook and diverges #GlennRhee #SpencerMonroe #StevenYeun #AustinNichols #DeniseCloyd #AbrahamFord #Alpha #Beta #FatherGabriel #EugenePorter #RositaEspinosa #SeasonFinale * Who is DEFINITELY safe from #TheWhisperers? #MelissaMcBride / #CarolPeletier, #NormanReedus, and #DanaiGurira / #Michonne * #MorganJones & #RickGrimes reuniting? #LennieJames #AndrewLincoln * More #Comics divergence: Morgan & Carol living way beyond their literal counterparts and taking on other roles * ...and the negative side: #TomePayne / #TWDJesus

We've got Ashley Weidman guest-hosting, tonight, and WE (sorta) FIGURED OUT THE #GIVEAWAY SITUATION: head over to SQUAWKINGDEAD.com for multiple chances to win! [ #TWDseason9 #MidSeason Break Giveaway ] Week One: #ittybittys! Music by GentleBruce (SoundCloud: @user-425767516) * ...AND SURPRISE, SURPRISE! SQUAWKING CAROL joins us! * Ashley started watching The Walking Dead around #TWDseason4, #BingeWatching the rest, like Carol * #porchdick was not #AbrahamFord: #ChrisHardwick of #TalkingDead * Talking about #WSCAtlanta2018 #WalkerStalker #WSC #WalkerStalkerATL * ...and did you know she was an attendee for #TaraChambler / #AlannaMasterson and #GreenRoom attendant? * ...presenter of #EmergenC for #NormanReedus / #DarylDixon. * ...#JeffreyDeanMorgan, #KharyPayton, and Norman give everything to fans * Our spouses think we're crazy. Struggling to find fellow Soundingboards and #SafeSpaces * We were all on the same page about #RickGrimes not being killed off #ZombieMommy * Being a Super Fan doesn't really have (m)

We're in #TWDseason9 mid-season break mode, which is as good a time as any for a giveaway! It's also as good a time as any to remind you all that WE WANT YOU to be a guest-host on SQUAWKING DEAD! Also, answering any questions you may have Intro Music by GentleBruce (SoundCloud: @user-425767516) * Oh the boredom and anxiety over mid-season break... and opportunity * We'll be announcing A FEW #prizes for our #giveaway, NEXT WEEK * #EYE_in_the_Dark2 with the THREE-PEAT, virtual guest-hosting! * #Funkopop, Itty-bittys... perhaps another statue for the grand prize? * ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GUEST-HOSTING? info@squawkingdead.com or message us directly on SQUAWKINGDEAD.com * ...Manipulating Superfan-Rob into Guest-Hosting * Going over the ways #TWDJesus / #TomPayne was underutilized * ...It's not as simple-as-a-Gimple to lay blame for it, though * How are you holding up, in the meantime? * ...watching old episodes and realizing how incorrectly we remember them * slaughtering #SamanthaMorton's name (so, not #GenevieveM

WE ARE SQUAWKING DEAD and we are covering Season 9's #midseasonfinale! With #TWDJesus gone, #TheWhisperers officially revealing themselves, and not much light shed on the intercommunity drama, we've got a WHOLE lot to cover! * Shout out to #Eye_in_the_dark2 for virtual co-hosting & #RIPJesus * ...and #TomPayne's ad spot for #KrakenRum: "A Tale Well Told" https://youtu.be/LBI5Vowhwis #ReleaseTheKraken * #Michonne / #DanaiGurira, "Previously on The Walking Dead" * SQUAWKING DEAD has some updated computer equipment! * #MichaelSatrazemis was a GOOD choice for this episode #FearTWD #FTWD #AliciaClark #AliciaDebnamCarey #NaomiLauraJune #JohnDorie * ...he is so nice that he accidentally outed #AndrewLincoln's show departure * Blurry #Walkers and focus on #TheWhisperers * Deliberate teaser for the back 8 of Season 9 quells our frustration with current mysteries #RyanHurst #Beta * Therapist #FatherGabriel and patient #Negan is appropriate: #TWDseason8 * ...Gabe: frequent unlocker of gates. No more #CThomasHowell?

With both #AndrewLincoln & co-host Carol gone + time jump (on #TheWalkingDead + lapse in SQUAWKING DEAD episodes), what lies on the horizon? * Magna's group: small version of other communities but also a foil * #Negan was partially right about #Michonne (#CarolPeletier & #DarylDixon) #PTSD #WoundedWarriors * Although times seem dark, #SashaWilliams words to #RickGrimes ring true * Michonne reverts to her security guard job in #AlexandriaSafeZone * Carol falls into her roll as "Queen" of #TheKingdom * Tiny beacons: The cowboy figurine, The tree #walker, and flower pushing through the cracks * Daryl isn't built to live behind walls * Carol initiates changes at #TheHilltop * Michonne justifies herself to Rick & #CarlGrimes (herself) * Luke/Bernie: the heart of the group * ...the importance of beauty/art in #MaslowsHierarchyOfNeeds * What tore apart the communities? Prosecution of #TheOceanside? * ...are Michonne & Daryl the only two that are branded? Shout out to #Eye_in_the_dark2 * Henry is the

#RickGrimesLastEpisode #RicksLastEpisode #RickGrimesLastEpisodes #RicksLastEpisodes #ThankYouAndy #ThankYouAndrewLincoln #TWDFamily (Hashtag prose) #MoreThankJustATVShow * #RickGrimes / #AndrewLincoln's not the only one we lost * The best show on television, right now: no better time to start watching again (if you stopped) * Rick's gangsta rebar removal service * #ShaneWalsh's ever-presence * "What's your wound" #MorganJones #LoriGrimes #BethGreene #AbrahamFord #MichaelCudlitz * #MaggieRhee / #LaurenCohan's exit * ...there's the helicopter! * "Wake up, a$$hole" * Dave's dream for Carol #FuckYouPayMe #GOODFELLAS * Taking risks that pay off: good twists and surprises #AngleaKang * #Jadis / Anne with #Heath & #Tara's R.V. and #TheCommonwealth(?) * That fu#*ing horse... and "Cardille" * Shane: why didn't they do this sooner?! * Dave, "You gotta protect that sleep, yo" * In praise of Carol. Cursing higher education for all. It's ok to not know what you're doing. * ...and NOW our parents are supportive of our

APOLOGIES FOR THE WAIT! After coming home from #WalkerStalker, we needed a physical and emotional break to be ready to tackle #RickGrimes' last episodes! Episode 35, to be recorded a day after this one! * Our experience at Walker Stalker * Competing philosophies: should #MaggieRhee kill #Negan, shouldn't she? #RickGrimes idealism * #Michonne's PTSD, Negan's bat, and a fresh #walker is bound and hanging, unexplained * Do two wrongs - Rick's, then Maggie's - make a right? * ...how Maggie & Michonne go different ways after the first episode * #EugenePorter and second chances * Cordelia & Tybalt herds and their (possible) meaning * ...like the crows (and the Grackle & Alligator in #FearTWD), they mean something * Emotional scene between #CarolPeletier & Rick / #MelissaMcBride & #AndrewLincoln * ...Carol knows what it's like to be Rick/Maggie & #TheSaviors (seasons ago, in the prison) * Sexy voice #CallanMcAuliffe has a contract, so we will be seeing #Alden (HAVE NO FEAR) * ...try as she mi

REVEALING OUR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT at the top of our show! The whole reason why we're attending #WalkerStalkerATL! We also rolled out our #WalkerStalker #Giveaway: #McFarlaneToys Collectors Club Exclusive #Negan Resin Statue! ENTER HERE: https://gleam.io/fb/765Wg * Our upcoming interview with #TomPayne & current #giveaway * Our anniversary and how we started, where we are, now #TWDFamily * The waning, but appreciated #RickGrimes show intros #AndrewLincoln * #MASH and #Jadis (Anne's) people trade #TheCommonwealth #FatherGabriel * No Rick, #CarlGrimes, or #MaggieRhee and lack of #Comicbook material to reference = unsettling excitement #StarTrek #RonaldDMoore #TheWhisperers * When #walkers lose interest * "Warning Signs" #TheOceanside #WhoDoneIt * Rick's morning routine; breaking up the tension #JohnDorie #NaomiLauraJune. The symbolic tomato * More Sheriff Rick #LawandOrder #TwilightZone #DwightTWD?! (no) * Rick's chat with #DarylDixon #MerleDixon #Righteousness #Apathy #Pendulum #TheSaviors * Makes think of ho

We're attending #WalkerStalkerAtlanta! Upcoming Giveaways! Merch in development! POSSIBLE INTERVIEW...?! Shout outs to #NashvilleNegan, #EYE_in_the_Dark2, and #twdfamily782 * Nervous/Anxious about conventions...WE WANT TO MEET YOU (DM/Tweet at us)! * not mixed feelings: this episode makes us unsteady * Carol's #podcasting from the business center of her resort * The #Instagram, The #Facebook, The #YouTube... The Podcast * 2 episodes in a row: #AndrewLincoln (sort of) narrates ... walks us through scenes * How is #Negan freed / Gregory hung? #Comicbook vs TV * #EarlRose pushing over #BabyHershel's carriage... * Why #RickGrimes checks in with Negan * ...Comparing Rick, #MaggieRhee, and Negan's approach to governing * "The Bridge" represents SO many things in this episode #TWDJesus #Jadis #FatherGabriel #Rosita #Arat * ...further refining the point of the FTWD hurricane affecting TWD * #DarylDixon & #AaronTWD's #BabyGracie convo #LittleAssKicker * ... #EugenePorter (in the #comic) with Rosita #BabyDaddy * ..

#SeasonPremiere! FTWD observations/tie-ins! * Getting Eddie on the podcast * Reviews = positive. Ratings... #VOD / Cable woes * #AndrewLincoln's Walking #Deadwood open * #RICKGRIMES' LAST EPISODES: #Annoyed, but necessary #Marketing * #AlexandriaSafeZone's restoration * Where's #BabyGracie? #MurderofCrows #Ominous #Foreshadowing? * #TheSaviors starving in #TheSanctuary * Shouting out #Eye_in_the_Dark2 on #Instagram * Good #filmmaking signals key supporting roles #ZachMcGowan / #SaviorJustin * Saviors help solve communication problem #FearTWDseason4 * Sweeping/Labeling roads. Shipping #TWDJesus & #AaronTWD * Rick & #Jadis' accents #Yoda * #DC ruins and #walker #politicians / #lobbyists * Tangent: #Helicopter #TheCommonwealth #Coffee #Keurig * DC run = #TWDSeason1 vibes (Rick's #Atlanta gallop) * #GregNicotero's #walkers #Horror #CarlGrimes #RIPCarl #RIPCarlGrimes * #TWDcast meet #TheGovernor (of #Georgia) #NormanReedus #Knives * DC mission: saving The Saviors #ManifestDestiny * #TitleSequence visuals #

Host Dave is going solo, #Live, taking your questions, comments, reactions on Fear The Walking Dead's 4th Season (Finale)! Update: After an abysmal #livestream, attempting to #stream to #Periscope, #Instagram, #YouTube, and #Facebook (simultaneously), the feed finally cut out at 36 mins! Luckily, we had a backup recording we could use to create the edited videos and podcast with. #YouTubeLive #FacebookLive #InstragramLive * Pimping out the audience to help co-host #FearTWDseason5 * #MorganJones & #Althea: keep an eye out for these two outsiders * Martha's perspective on Althea: The tapes vs IRL. Explaining crazy * Understanding Martha's coming to being (mad) and what the writers could've done to suspend disbelief * The seed Martha plants in Althea's mind about her outsiderness * Poetry of the same police cruiser being used as a vehicle (help) by all the outsiders (Althea, Martha, and Morgan) * #JohnDorie shows the clear difference between the way he respects Morgan vs TWD characters * ...John telling Morg

This is the edited version of our 4th #live show on #YouTube & #Facebook (#YouTubeLive & #FacebookLive). Oh yeah, and Dave wrote an intro! It's been a while! * Carol's constructive criticism of #FearTWDseason4 #antihero #antivillain * ...poor villain construction * ...too ambitious * Dave doesn't blame Carol, buuuuut... * ...breaking down Martha & #JimBrauer, properly * ...characters fall and rise makes them stronger than before * Carol: Reboot, time skip, and unclear trajectory + Martha near the end = misses the mark * Dave has a theory on why Martha is vital, Part 1 * Comparing to The Walking Dead, what they could've done vs what they did, colors our perceptions * ...explaining the difference between protagonists & antagonists on FTWD vs TWD #venndiagram * ...both Season 4s, FTWD & TWD, is when our heroes dramatically change (remember when #RickGrimes tears off Joe #TheClaimers ear off with his teeth?) * Martha's origin: riffing on teaching - a thankless job * Comparing Martha & #Dar

Our #Live game is strong on both #Facebook & #YouTube! THREE-PEAT! #YouTubeLive #FacebookLive We're also trying to consistently record on a schedule: Wednesdays, 10PM EDT (-5 GMT/UTC) * Carol, "Where is everybody? Everybody's scattered!" ...when does TWD air? * ...remembering when villains were villains (concrete, as opposed to vague) * ... #realtalk, it's not until the end of "Blackjack" that we start to see where the rest of this season is going * Is #MadisonClark really gone? #NoOnesGoneTilTheyreGone * (F)TWD masterplan and FearTWD ratings trending upward * ... #RickGrimes / #AndrewLincoln's departure is not a death * #NaomiLauraJune's attempt at Raising Hope, channeling #JohnDorie (#GarretDillahunt) * New June meets Male Naomi (#NewMeOldMe) and falling just short of the Madison ideal * ...confusing reveal of No One's Gone Til They're Gone Madison vs #MamaBear Madison * ... #DarylDixon brings this up, too: are we stronger, together, or better apart (in smaller groups)? * The puzzle pieces are starting

Prepare your antivirus programs for a very gross-sounding Dave & Carol! * Both Carol & Wendell don't quite have "The Code" down right * #MogranJones-centered episode and will they make it to #AlexandriaSafeZone? * Another Ep, another kind of #Walker kill * Alright, no more Peanut Butter Protein Bars (reminders of home) * #WizardofOz moment for Morgan * Parallels between #JohnDorie's hardware store & The Mississippi Truck Stop * Who was really on the other end of that CB? ...and if it is the Crazy Woman at the end, what's her angle? * Creature Comforts and breaking the 5th Wall (Bathroom Stall) on TV * Going through #DarylChillMitchell's gripes on #TalkingDead + hilarious lines * ...Is there even a benevolent Trucker Network? Hope so... * ...Dave knows weird people who suck the Advil coating * Why don't Sarah & Wendell make Morgan take them to Alexandria the first time? * Morgan's moment of weakness: like Henry, he didn't want to have to find out that they were dead * Trying to further figure o

This episode was live streamed SIMULTANEOUSLY through #Facebook & #YouTube. Our first #FacebookLive stream! * #MichaelSatrazemis EP/directs a terrific bottle episode. #AdamSuschitzky's film ancestry + DP skills * ...the immersive experience: Art & Sound (Effects) Direction * Facial split/comparison of #ComicBook #RickGrimes & #RossMarquand Aaron * #DrewScott on #TalkingDead: literal house-hunting * Anxiety-inducing Cinematography ...enough to crash Carol's internet * The way the show (and Charlie) tried to get both the audience and #AliciaClark feel something for the family that died in the house * Absolutely no background score until the end * This Episode is a stand-alone story, no context necessary (a la #TheTwilightZone, #TheOuterLimits) * Consistent opening sequence /w recognizable theme music vs revolving opening sequence and music that seems to change every season * Charlie intro: Creepy comparison to specific episodes from The Twilight Zone (#ventriloquist dummies, #TellySavalas / #Kojak

This is the edited version of our #YouTube Live #podcast recorded on 8/18: https://youtu.be/2g_tNYnnkG4 #YouTubeLive * This episode of FearTWD is meant to setup the rest of the season: the 2nd act of this season's two-act play * Unlike most shows, FTWD is sensitive to the characters' damage (doesn't move on) * ALL ABOARD! #StevenOgg will be on the new #Snowpiercer series, accompanied by Carol's ire. * F*** horses. #Walker physics * Noting the continuation of the mini-scene intros * #MorganJones, packing for #AlexandriaSafeZone, is a birds-eye view of his life in both series, thus far. Timeline concerns. FearTWD also has a #WheresHeath or two * Our Podcast is therapeutic * #Althea meeting up with a community, like Alexandria, and meeting #EugenePorter * #AliciaClark & Morgan: They've lost people, but can Morgan reach her before she loses herself? * #LucianaGalvez's & #VictorStrand's lap of purgatory: struggling to embrace old habits while finding purpose * Morgan leaving isn't really about thanking #Ri

As you may have guessed from the title, we're talking about the upcoming Fear The Walking Dead mid-season 4 premier on Sunday, thoughts on The Walking Dead Season 9 (premiering October 7th), and all the news that dropped (and dedropped) between Episodes 23 and (today's [edited] LIVE episode) 24. ***Background intro music provided by GentleBruce (@user-425767516) * Baby Hershel & Season 1 horse * Between Yvette in a Hardwick place * The #LoveActually moment at #SDCC between #AndrewLincoln & #JeffreyDeanMorgan (Embrace of the #FearFamily) * #Zombiecaine / #Walkernado? #ZombieAbuse. Chaos from both without and within on Fear The Walking Dead * ...FearTWD picked up #FearTWDseason5! How close are we to the two shows crossing? * ...speaking of, #MorganJones taking #AliciaClark back to #AlexandriaSafeZone? * Discussing #RickGrimes' exit, for the record. Anne/Jadis relationship with The Commonwealth * #CarolPeletier & #DarylDixon, also for the record: Deep Friendships vs Romantic Love * #NormanReedus will

We took another LONG break to not only break down the #FearTWDseason4 #MidSeasonFinale #FearTWDMidSeasonFinale, but cover some #TWD news and #TWDseason9 thoughts, as well. Oh and Carol has finally broken Dave out of an intro! * Not only questions answered, but resolving our emotional reservations towards #AliciaClark, #NickClark, #VictorStrand, and #LucianaGalvez * ...#SerenityNow #InsanityLater: Dave & Carol post apocalypse + #StevenOgg's #Instagram is #SkeletorIsLove * #MadisonClark's fateful encounter with #Althea: intentional confusion about when this occurs & the importance of setting/cinematography * ...Althea is a lot like #TWDJesus * Carol cannot comprehend the classic characters' anger, Dave explains * Althea's comic relief is #OnFleek (is that what the kids say?) * The importance of #MorganJones in this series: bringing back Alicia from the brink "I stepped aside for your brother. I will not step aside for you" * Explaining the distant past... * ...Madison at her worst: finding out that her