Show Notes
Pennywise returns and the preeminent Stephen King voices in podcasting will be Watching IT: Welcome to Derry! Join Anthony Breznican and Eric Vespe (The Kingcast) as each episode rolls out week to week, digging deeper into It's backstory as the fear-mongering monster terrorizes a different set of kids over decades before the events of the recent It films.
From the creators of It: Chapters 1 and 2 and starring Jovan Adepo, Clara Stack, Amanda Christine, Chris Chalk, James Remar, and, of course, Bill Skarsgard, season 1 of IT: Welcome to Derry promises to expand on the historical horror hinted at in King's novel.
Vespe and Breznican will be there for all eight episodes to give their opinions, critiques, and nerd out whenever appropriate as Andy Muschietti's expansion of the lore established in Stephen King's masterpiece novel plays out. Want to make sure you caught all the easter eggs in each episode? Are you curious where the story hues closer to the original text and where it drastically departs? Do you wish to be lulled into a zen-like state of meditative bliss as the dulcet tones of two professional podcast nerds excitedly discuss killer clowns, terrified children, and the underlying rot of racism and bigotry in small town 1960s America? If the answer is yes to any of these questions then you're in the right place.
Hosts Anthony Breznican and Eric Vespe are Watching IT: Welcome to Derry, so sit back, relax, and follow along.
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More from Watching IT: Welcome to Derry
Breznican and Vespe are back for one more episode of Watching IT: Welcome to Derry and this time they’re joined by one of the show’s cast members: Mr. Stephen Rider who played the wrongfully persecuted Hank Grogan, father of Ronnie Grogan, lover of Ingrid Kersh, and the movie geek projectionist who ended up being a convenient scapegoat for the town’s authorities to blame for the disappearance of a bunch of kids.
Pennywise is on the move and all the storylines converge to stop It before it’s too late. In this new episode of Watching IT: Welcome to Derry, our co-hosts Anthony Breznican and Eric Vespe take in the finale and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the whole season. The last puzzle piece is in place, so how does this first season stack up?
We’ve made it to the penultimate episode of IT: Welcome to Derry, titled The Black Spot, and, to put it delicately, the poo-poo is hitting the fan. The end of Pennywise the Dancing Clown’s 1962 cycle is upon us and that means it’s time to get ready for some real carnage.
In Episode 6 of IT: Welcome to Derry, titled In the Name of the Father we get a deeper look at Mrs. Kersh’s backstory, Lilly keeps looking crazy to her class mates, and there’s a real promise of revealing the origins of Pennywise’s human alter ego, Bob Gray. Marge and Rich have a meet-cute over her mutilated eyeball and Will finally stands up to his justifiably worried father.
All the pieces are set, the kids are getting stoned, the adults are arming up, and everyone is converging at the Derry sewer system in Episode 5 of IT: Welcome to Derry, titled Neibolt Street. What happens when ITs home is bum rushed by the whole cast of this show? Well, let’s just say nobody’s gonna have a good time in those sewers.