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Bestselling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he’s finally free of Misery Chastain. In a controversial career move, he’s just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series in favor of expanding his creative horizons. But such a change doesn’t come without consequences. After a...
It was mentioned in a conversation about nurses, and specifically about the character Annie Wilkes and her role in the film adaptation of the novel. The speaker found the film and character to be extremely frightening.
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So horrifying. She's the scariest fucking thing in the world.
— Episode: 71 - Put It In A Door
Episode: 71 - Put It In A Door
It was mentioned in a conversation about nurses, and specifically about the character Annie Wilkes and her role in the film adaptation of the novel. The speaker found the film and character to be extremely frightening.
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So horrifying. She's the scariest fucking thing in the world.
She, she won an Emmy Oscar. Whatever. She should have won both, man. She should have swept. She should have gotten it.
It was mentioned in passing during the episode, as a reference to the book's plot, where a character tortures and breaks the legs of another.
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Haven't you seen Misery Fucko? Yeah, yeah. They figure it out. You crush legs with typewriters. They figure it out. He leaves, he comes back, the whole deal. It's absolutely insane.
It was mentioned in passing during the episode, as a reference to the book's plot, where a character tortures and breaks the legs of another.
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Haven't you seen Misery Fucko? Yeah, yeah. They figure it out. You crush legs with typewriters. They figure it out. He leaves, he comes back, the whole deal. It's absolutely insane.
The hosts highlighted the novel as a deeply personal work for King, linking its themes to his own addiction struggles and noting that it was the first adaptation he truly liked. They also placed it among the best Stephen King adaptations, mentioning it alongside Shawshank and Stand By Me. Both episodes conveyed strong enthusiasm for the title.
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Episode: ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman
The hosts described the novel as a personal work for King, reflecting his own addiction struggles, and noted it was the first adaptation he truly liked.
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From the novel by Stephen King.
When he had Misery, it was such a personal book to him because it's really about his addiction.
I think the movie people who watch this, if they don't know the backstory, they think it's just about a crazed fan, but it's really about the crazed fan in this case is the painkillers and that's in all the shit that he was doing at the time.
I hadn't read the book. Yeah, I had read the book. I can't tell you how horrified the theater was.
Episode: ‘Stand By Me’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan
The Stephen King novel was mentioned as one of the top King adaptations alongside Shawshank and Stand By Me.
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I would put Misery there too though. I think those three.
The title was repeatedly brought up by Bill Burr as a vivid example of extreme violence, especially the scene where the antagonist cuts off the protagonist’s feet, which he contrasted with the movie’s less graphic version. He highlighted the graphic detail as something he enjoyed and used it to illustrate intense, controlling behavior in various contexts.
The book "Misery" was discussed in the context of the movie adaptation, and Bill Burr highlighted a particularly gruesome scene where the character's feet are cut off. He expressed his enjoyment of this type of graphic detail in books.
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Um, well in the movie she just fucking breaks his ankles and in the book she cuts off his fucking feet.
I love when they do shit like that. It's just like okay. So you've severed a major artery and this guy somehow doesn't bleed out in the bed.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-24-17
While discussing comic book changes, Bill Burr briefly mentioned Stephen King's novel 'Misery', referencing a character's name, likely the antagonist Annie Wilkes.
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You like that fucking Dolores Claiborne, whatever the fucking name is misery, whatever the hell her name was
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-3-17
The movie was referenced in relation to a woman's intense and controlling behavior, and Bill likened it to the character's behavior in the book.
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It reminded me of that movie Misery, you know, with that lady's like, you can't whatever the function says.
Was there anything more satisfying in a fucking movie when he finally got to the bed and started slamming that bitch's head against the floor? Ah.
Just laying there that powerless. Do you know in the book she actually cuts his feet off rather than breaking his goddamn ankles.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-4-16
It was mentioned as a horror novel in which a character has their feet cut off by a psycho fan. The speaker questioned the realism of a character's ability to survive such an injury.
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Well, in the movie she just fucking breaks his ankles. In the book she cuts off his fucking feet.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-24-17
While discussing Captain America's storyline change, Bill mentioned 'Misery' as an example of a book where a character's storyline was altered in a way some readers may not have enjoyed.
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You like that fucking Dolores Claiborne, whatever the fucking name is misery, whatever the hell her name was
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-3-17
Bill Burr mentioned it when talking about a woman's aggressive behavior, comparing it to the character Annie Wilkes from the book and movie.
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It reminded me of that movie Misery, you know with that lady's like you can't...Whatever the function says...Was there anything more satisfying in a fucking movie when he finally got to the bed and started slamming that bitch's head against the floor...
In the book she actually cuts his feet off rather than breaking his goddamn ankles.
It was referenced in the context of a G-rated version of the movie, compared to the book, where Kathy Bates was not sawing off feet, but instead was annoying in a constant way.
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Imagine if that movie was rated G, right? Like she wasn't fucking like sawing your feet off like she did in the book or just broke your ankles in the movie
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-4-16
It was brought up in the context of the podcast host reflecting on the movie 'Misery' and how the character's ankles are broken in the film, while they are cut off in the book.
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Well, in the movie she just fucking breaks his ankles. In the book she cuts off his fucking feet.
It was referenced as a comparison to the annoying flight attendant, who was likened to the antagonist of the book, albeit in a more G-rated version of the events.
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Imagine if that movie was rated G, right? Like she wasn't fucking like sawing your feet off like she did in the book or just broke your ankles in the movie.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-3-17
It was compared to a scene where a woman is holding a man captive, and it was mentioned that in the book, the woman cuts off the captive's feet rather than breaking his ankles.
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It reminded me of that movie misery, you know with that lady's like you can't Whatever the function says Was there anything more satisfying in a fucking movie when he finally got to the bed and started slamming that bitch's head against the floor Ah Just laying there that powerless do you know in the book she actually cuts his feet off rather than breaking his goddamn ankles
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-24-17
Bill Burr referenced the antagonist in Stephen King's novel Misery, in a comparison to how people felt about the Captain America storyline.
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You like that fucking Dolores Claiborne, whatever the fucking name is, misery, whatever the hell her name was.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-3-17
It was mentioned in relation to a scene from the movie where the main character is held captive and abused by a fan. Bill Burr recalled it fondly due to a particular moment of violence.
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It reminded me of that movie Misery, you know with that lady's like you can't whatever the function says Was there anything more satisfying in a fucking movie when he finally got to the bed and started slamming that bitch's head against the floor Ah
Just laying there that powerless do you know in the book she actually cuts his feet off rather than breaking his goddamn ankles
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-4-16
It was referenced in the context of a conversation about the Ottawa canal, where Bill Burr compared a potential injury to the character's injuries sustained in the book, particularly the amputation of his feet.
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Well, in the movie she just fucking breaks his ankles. In the book she cuts off his fucking feet.
Episode: Monday Morning Podcast 4-4-16
It was referenced in the context of the character Annie Wilkes, who cut off the main character's feet in the book, instead of breaking his ankles as shown in the movie.
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Well, in the movie she just fucking breaks his ankles. In the book she cuts off his fucking feet.
It was referenced as a movie and book, with the G-rated version of the film being compared to the podcast host's experience with an annoying flight attendant. The book's depiction of the character Annie Wilkes being far more violent than the film version was also contrasted.
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Imagine if that movie was rated G, right? Like she wasn't fucking like sawing your feet off like she did in the book or just broke your ankles in the movie.
The hosts highlighted the book as far more intense and graphic than its film adaptation, noting especially the brutal foot‑removal scene. They praised its terrifying, psychologically disturbing atmosphere and described it as a scary, horror‑filled experience that doesn’t rely on jump scares. Both hosts expressed strong enthusiasm for the title, calling it great and recommending it to listeners.
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Episode: Gorgeous Devours Cute with Trixie and Katya
The book was mentioned in relation to Kathy Bates' Oscar win for the film adaptation. One host expressed that they had just finished reading it.
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I finished Misery and I was like, you know what? After reading this, Miss Kathy Bates...
Episode: Perfect Don't Need No Polish with Trixie and Katya
Both Trixie and Katya discussed Stephen King's "Misery", highlighting its terrifying and psychologically disturbing nature, particularly the suspenseful dread it evokes without relying on jump scares.
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I'm reading Stephen King's Misery right now.
Oh, yeah. Love it. Great. Terrifying. Terrifying.
It's scary. It's scary. It's horrible. It's also not supernatural. You know, the bad guy in Misery is an unhinged insane woman, which is not far-fetched fantasy. It's all of us.
Episode: How to Use Double Entendres with Trixie and Katya
The book was discussed as being much more intense and graphic than the movie adaptation, particularly concerning the scenes involving the hobbling and the removal of the protagonist's foot and thumb.
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Mary, that book, Misery Got My Pussy in a Knot. It's amazing. And she kicked it down the stairs. Spoiler, big time spoiler alert. People who have seen the movie. The movie's amazing. Movie's great.
So in the movie. She takes an, yeah. In the movie she breaks the ankle. She takes a sledgehammer. Yeah. She puts a block of wood between his ankles and then she whacks it with a sledgehammer to break his ankles.
So in the book, Mama, she takes an axe to the fucking foot. And it doesn't happen once. It goes wham. And then wham. Yeah. And then she gets that last little piece of gristle. Wham. And then a blow, torch to Carter, rise to the wound. Baby. In the book, she takes the foot off. He only takes one foot off. One foot.
Also the ending. Oh, he kind of is like seeing her forever. And then in the end you're like, is it her? Is it her? Is he just seeing her? But also when that, when, okay. So fast forward, fast forward, fast forward, you know, the, the fight scene in the end with that, you know, stuff in the charred, um, uh, manuscript into her mouth in the book. Oh, it's much longer and much cuntier.
Gobbled it up. And honestly, similar to The Shining, what you miss in the book, the feeling of isolation, the feeling of you are fucked.
It was mentioned as an example of a fictional character with a similar moral dichotomy to Pee Wee Gaskins, particularly regarding cursing and behaviour.
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Who also hates cursing Stephen King's Misery.
— Episode: Interview with Jeff Keating: Pee Wee Gas...
Episode: Interview with Jeff Keating: Pee Wee Gaskins Was N...
It was mentioned as an example of a fictional character with a similar moral dichotomy to Pee Wee Gaskins, particularly regarding cursing and behaviour.
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Who also hates cursing Stephen King's Misery.
Episode: Interview with Jeff Keating: Pee Wee Gaskins Was N...
It was mentioned as an example of a fictional character with moral contradictions, like Pee Wee Gaskins, particularly in the context of hating cursing.
The speakers referenced the movie's themes when describing a guest's miserable marriage, suggesting that the wife wished for the feeling associated with the book/movie, such as wielding a hatchet or using a sledgehammer for a different sensation.
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oh my god misery is the feel-good movie of the year what i would love to feel something again by having a sledgehammer against my ankles
— Episode: #2299 Below Deck Med: Tears of a Clown
Episode: #2299 Below Deck Med: Tears of a Clown
The speakers referenced the movie's themes when describing a guest's miserable marriage, suggesting that the wife wished for the feeling associated with the book/movie, such as wielding a hatchet or using a sledgehammer for a different sensation.
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oh my god misery is the feel-good movie of the year what i would love to feel something again by having a sledgehammer against my ankles
