The Shining (1980)

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Selects: How ESP Works (?) "The shinin? Yeah, the shinin." — Josh Josh references The Shining in the context of discussing precognition and ESP abilities.

Oct 18, 2025 #092625

SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders "Little Danny was so smart, he doubled back in his footprints. Right. And it worked." — Josh Josh compares the mysterious footprints at Hinterkafeck to a scene from The Shining where the character uses this technique.

Sep 26, 2025 #082125

Private Equity: Your Ears Will Bleed "He's a big animation guy. I think he did Coco and a bunch of other big animated films. And he was such a fan of The Shining that he bought that real sweater at auction." — Josh Josh mentions someone who bought Danny's Apollo 11 sweater from The Shining at auction because they were a fan of the film.

Aug 21, 2025 #062725

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: What's the deal with Bond, James Bond? "you may recognize as mister Olman, the manager of the Overlook in Kubrick's The Shining" — Josh Josh identifies Barry Nelson's most famous role when discussing the first actor to play James Bond on screen.

Jun 27, 2025 #052725

The Group of Seven "he had a painting called Mist Fantasy that appears in The Shining in the background" — Chuck Discussing how J.E.H. McDonald's painting 'Mist Fantasy' appears in Kubrick's film The Shining.

May 27, 2025 #011724

Short Stuff: Frozen Dead Guy "The Stanley Hotel, the same one that inspired the shining when Stephen King and his family vacation there." — Josh Mentioned as the inspiration for Stephen King's horror film, which is now associated with the Stanley Hotel's cryonics museum.

Jan 17, 2024 #072723

MAD Magazine: A Tribute "I remember reading a shining parody too, like long before I could see that." — Josh Josh recalls reading a Mad Magazine parody of 'The Shining' as a child before being allowed to watch the actual film.

Jul 27, 2023 #061023

Selects: How Audience Testing Works "That shot of the only blue sky wasn't even from that movie. It was pulled from outtakes of the shining." — Josh Blue sky footage from The Shining's opening was used for Blade Runner's changed ending.

Jun 10, 2023 #011423

Selects: How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works "I mean, we've all seen the shining. We know the end." — Chuck Used as an example of people dying from exposure to extreme cold temperatures, referencing the famous ending scene.

Jan 14, 2023 #070222

Selects: How Freak Shows Worked "The shitting classic. It's a good one." — Chuck Chuck references The Shining as a classic film referenced in The Simpsons

Jul 2, 2022 #061822

Selects: How Steadicams Work "The Shining is the first one that pops into most people's minds because Kubrick was a big fan of this invention." — Chuck Stanley Kubrick famously used steadicam for iconic shots including the tricycle scenes and maze chase.

Jun 18, 2022 #052021

Girl Scouts: More than cookie sellers "He did the Shining poster, the very famous the Shining poster." — Josh Josh mentions that logo designer Saul Bass created the famous poster for The Shining.

May 20, 2021 #050821

Selects: How Snake Handlers Work "For The Shining. Wink emoticon." Greg Stork mentions it as the movie/character he would replace himself in if he had the choice.

May 8, 2021 #080820

SYSK Selects: How The Moonwalk Works "The shining is probably the one I should read? Probably not because you're so used to Kubrick's shining." — Chuck Chuck suggests Josh shouldn't read Stephen King's The Shining because the Kubrick film adaptation is so different from the book.

Aug 8, 2020 #010218

How Orchids Work "like little Danny in The Shining when he was all freaked out" — Josh Josh uses Danny's distressed behavior from The Shining as a comparison for how he was acting without Jerry present.

Jan 2, 2018 #122916

Human Blockheads: A Real Thing "Yours is a recreation of the great sweater that Danny wore in The Shining" — Josh Josh references the iconic sweater worn by Danny in The Shining, noting that Lee Uncrick of Pixar owns the real sweater.

Dec 29, 2016 #102716

The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders "the old shining trick, where little Danny was so smart, he doubled back in his footprints" — Josh Josh compares the mysterious footprints at Hinterkäifeck to the famous scene from The Shining where Danny covers his tracks.

Oct 27, 2016 #083016

How Food Tasters Work "me over Jack Nicholson's face coming through the door in the shining" — Chuck Chuck references a Photoshop edit made by listener Aaron Cooper that superimposed Josh's face onto Jack Nicholson's iconic scene from the film.

Aug 30, 2016 #061616

How Steadicams Work "Kubrick was a big fan of this invention and immediately started talks with Garrett Brown on how to help him out with this movie, the shining that he was making." — Chuck Discussed as a classic example of steadicam use, featuring iconic tricycle shots and a maze chase sequence.

Jun 16, 2016 #050916

How Snake Handlers Work "I feel like Josh has probably had an answer to this for years for the shining, Wink-A-Modecon." — Chuck Chuck references The Shining when discussing a hypothetical about replacing movie characters.

May 9, 2016 #030316

How Freak Shows Worked "Feeling fine. Yeah? Yeah. Good. Feeling fine. That's a Simpsons reference. From what? The shining one." — Chuck Chuck references a Simpsons episode parody of The Shining when Josh says he's feeling fine.

Mar 3, 2016 #022516

(Approximately) 10 Things That Vanished Mysteriously "Because it is famously one of, if not, your favorite movies, right? It is Tide with the Shining." — Chuck Chuck mentions The Shining as tied with Paper Moon as one of Josh's favorite movies.

Feb 25, 2016 #011916

Sir Isaac Newton: Greatest Scientist of All Time? "Another movie I saw recently was The Shining. I think that might be the best movie ever made." — Chuck Chuck expressed his strong preference for this film, claiming it might be his favorite movie of all time.

Jan 19, 2016 #063015

How Audience Testing Works "It was pulled from outtakes of the shining, the beginning of the car scene and the shining" — Josh Mentioned because outtakes from this film were used in the theatrical version of Blade Runner's ending.

Jun 30, 2015 #050515

How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works "I mean, we've all seen the shining. We know the end." — Josh Josh referenced The Shining to illustrate how people think of hypothermia as deadly, contrasting with the medical finding that cold can actually preserve life.

May 5, 2015 #030315

How ESP Works(?) "The shinin? Yeah, the shinin." — Josh Josh references The Shining when discussing precognition and special mental states, using 'the shinin' as a reference to telepathic/psychic abilities.

Mar 3, 2015 #062013

How Ghosts Work "Overlook. They're the one they use for the overlooking." — Chuck Chuck was trying to remember the name of a haunted hotel, referencing The Shining's Overlook Hotel.

Jun 20, 2013 #121410

How Agritourism Works "I bet the end of the shining is pretty harrowing for you, huh?" — Josh Josh references the maze scene from The Shining when Chuck mentions being afraid of getting trapped in corn mazes.

Dec 14, 2010 #110910

Prohibition: Turns Out That America Loves to Drink "it looks like the photo at the end of the shining" — Josh Josh was describing a haunting 1931 photograph of a speakeasy that reminded him of the famous photo at the end of The Shining.

Nov 9, 2010 #071510

What's the deal with Bond, James Bond? "mr. Ullman the manager of the overlook in kubricks the shining" — Josh Josh identifies Barry Nelson, the first actor to play James Bond on TV, as also playing Mr. Ullman in Kubrick's The Shining.

Jul 15, 2010 #051110

How Twins Work How Twins Work "It's like the twins in the shiny." — Chuck Chuck compared creepy synchronized twin behavior to the famous twins from The Shining.

May 11, 2010 #042210

Mirror Neurons: Are there people who feel others' pain? "Jack Nicholson getting hit in the head with a baseball bat by Shelley Duvall" — Josh Josh used this as an example of how people with mirror touch synesthesia would feel pain when watching horror movie scenes.

Apr 22, 2010 #051209

What causes rigor mortis? "like Jack Nicholson in The Shining, he was a stiff" — Josh Josh used Jack Nicholson's frozen death scene from The Shining as an example of how cold temperatures affect rigor mortis.

May 12, 2009