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The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Bleav

From Kane’s Rosebud to Indy’s Whip to Captain America’s shield... Iconic treasures from the world of film and television are centerstage in this podcast hosted by collectors David Mandel (Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Ryan Condal (Colony, House of the Dragon). Every week, the two writers share their love of Hollywood memorabilia, revealing unbelievable stories around some of the most famous and culturally important props, costumes, art, and ephemera in silver screen history.

tv & film film history

All Episodes

01:30:05

The Christmas Special

The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of ·

2022/12/21

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy New Year from the Stuff Dreams are Made Of! David and Ryan get loaded up on eggnog and wrap up a busy 2022 with a holiday party potluck of topics like the year-end auctions, their collecting plans for 2023, their favorite Christmas movies, and other related (and unrelated) topics before they bid farewell to another collecting year.

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01:32:58

A Night at the (Academy) Museum

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2022/12/14

After multiple COVID cancellations, Dave finally took his family on a special guided tour of the Academy Museum… yet another in a long, long line of archives that Dave has visited and Ryan has not. The guys chat with the Academy museum’s Senior Curator, Collections and Curatorial Affairs, Nathalie Morris and learn all about the Academy’s collection... from a 40-foot scenic painting for North by Northwest to Francis Ford Coppola’s legendary green velour tuxedo, to a collection of significant

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01:36:55

The Maltese Falcon

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2022/12/07

Adam Savage (Tested, Mythbusters) joins hosts David and Ryan to dive deep into the history of the very MacGuffin that inspired the title of your favorite movie props podcast -- the Maltese Falcon! Or, in the words of Sam Spade, “The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.” Literally! A delighted Adam (who gets to talk rather than build stuff) discusses his history in the entertainment business making bank commercials, working with ILM, building stuff for Galaxy Quest AND then he takes the guys on an

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01:19:04

It All Begins with the Script

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2022/11/30

After 40-some episodes of the podcast, David and Ryan realize that they've never talked about collecting their particular contribution to the entertainment business: the script. While it's a heavily-collected category of memorabilia, it is perhaps one of the least-discussed. Well, that all changes today! Join the guys as they cover every facet of collecting scripts: what interests them, what they (and the community) considers collectible, and what scripts they have in their own collections

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01:13:04

The Big Goodbye

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2022/11/23

Could you imagine a time in your prop-collecting life when you would be ready to say goodbye to your things? Dave and Ryan certainly cannot... but they are joined by Aliens super-collector Harry Harris who made such a decision and recently auctioned off most of his incredible precious-es. What drives a collector to sell? When is it time? Are there regrets? Will Ryan and Dave be buried with their collections like Egyptian pharaohs?

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01:30:46

Glory Days

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2022/11/15

David and Ryan are joined by longtime collector, friend, Clint Eastwood expert and all-around-great-guy Tim Lawes to talk about the "good 'ole days" when collecting props and costumes was even more niche and weird (and most importantly -- cheaper!) than it is now. Tim regales the guys with tales of yore, including traveling around the US by bus, and being "the man in London" who had access to all the memorabilia LA collectors couldn't find. Glory days, well, they'll pass you by...

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01:02:27

40 Days & 40 Nights

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2022/11/08

A flood in Dave’s prop-collecting condo prompts a heart-to-heart discussion about the burdens of prop ownership and how to properly care for, protect, and insure your life’s work. How big a collection is too big? Is it when you can't remember how many Stormtrooper helmets you have? And does anybody have a room they can rent Dave?

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02:32:37

Catalogue Day Part 6: Herbie Goes Bananas

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2022/11/02

Ryan and David are thinking about House of the Dragon spoilers as they check out the jam-packed catalog for the November 3 - 6 Propstore Entertainment Live Auction in London. From Roy Batty’s Blade Runner trenchcoat to Andy Dufresne’s Shawshank Redemption bible, from something from Star Wars to something else from Star Wars, the boys are checking out Day 1 of the auction—all under the incredibly creepy eye of a Christopher Reeve Superman mannequin.

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01:11:36

The Halloween Episode

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2022/10/25

David and Ryan host a terrifying (well, maybe just spooky) Halloween episode of the podcast to speak about horror movies and horror props. The guys are joined by special guest and horror connoisseur Mario Kirner who has one of the most horrifyingly curated horror collections in the world. Come into our basement. If you dare.

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01:52:07

Valyrian Steel

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2022/10/19

Nothing holds an edge like Valyrian Steel... except maybe the return of the best podcast about collecting movie props! The boys are back for a brand new season, and they're chatting what's new in props, House of the Dragon, and what's ahead for The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of. Then, David and Ryan are joined by swordsmith (don't call him "master") Peter Johnsson of Sweden who designed and built the "hero" versions of the famous Targaryen ancestral swords, Blackfyre and Dark Sister. How does one go

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01:20:20

Bonus Episode: Auction Post-Mortem

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2022/06/30

It's all over but the crying, and David does a bit of it on this post-auction post-mortem. In what is either a Season 3 bonus episode or a teaser for Season 4, the guys break down that ultra-marathon, four-day Propstore auction and discuss their wins and losses, and they talk a *lot* about that screen-matched X-Wing. In what little time remains, they also discuss what Ryan won and lost and sold over the course of the auction. Spoiler: he had a better time than his co-host.

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01:42:19

Pre-Auction Jitters

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2022/06/09

In a first for the Stuff Dreams are Made Of, David and Ryan discuss their preparations for the June Prop Store auction. David consternates for a long time regarding the X-Wing, theoretical and practical economics, and the meaning of life itself. Ryan then talks about having to bid on a pricey Batman Returns speargun before his consigned Indiana Jones lots sell, which is a bit of a gamble. He also wonders whether he'll have enough auction capital left to fight for the Captain Picard costume or the

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02:03:43

CATALOG DAY V: THE FINAL(?) FRONTIER

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2022/06/02

David and Ryan hydrate and take their vitamins before another marathon catalog session, covering days 2 through 18 of Prop Store's summer auction. They cover such topics as hand-illustrated storyboards, crew gifts, Beetlejuice maquettes, the delight of Cabin Boy, a starter Conan collection, bearer bonds, Home Alone newspapers, the Last Action Hero, Masters of the Universe, original Tim Burton art, The Offer, cosplaying in screen-used Star Trek uniforms, David again compliments the Star Wars

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02:46:41

CATALOG DAY IV: THE VOYAGE HOME

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2022/05/25

In this super-sized, pants-shitting episode, David and Ryan page turn the spectacular new catalog for the June 21-24 Prop Store auction. They discuss a massive Aliens lode, Batman spearguns, scissorhands, hoverboards, Wilson!, grail diaries and holy grails, Hatori Hanzo swords, Star Fleet uniforms, a “pretty cool” X-Wing model, and David wonders aloud if bidding against him might cause sudden death. And that’s just Day 1!

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01:30:36

Let’s Talk About Stuff Book Club

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2022/05/19

In literally their most literate and literary episode yet, David and Ryan venture into the reference library to talk about their favorite prop books and movie books. They cover everything from the essential JW Rinzler collection to a must-have series of 1982 “making of” articles written about Conan the Barbarian. Magazines, remember them? A walk through the Mandel and Condal stacks highlights tomes covering Star Wars (of course), Indiana Jones, the Alien series, The Godfather, Kubrick, The

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01:22:19

Look Who’s Hunting, Too

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2022/05/12

In their first (almost; they tried) hour-long episode in some time, David and Ryan take a stroll down memory lane, recalling two of their favorite tales of “The Hunt.” Ryan tells the story of questing in the Southern Californian desert to unearth Wyatt Earp’s hero pistol from Tombstone, and David, in a complete change of pace, talks about Star Wars! Specifically, the acquisition of his first Stormtrooper helmet. From a classified ad. In a toy magazine. In the 1990s.

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02:46:59

The Stormtrooper Helmet

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2022/05/04

May the 4th be with you! In their first ever Star Wars "deep dive," David and Ryan move along into the wonders and mysteries of the imperial stormtrooper helmet. Joining them is a man who is always at his post: Gino Sabatino of Star Wars Icons, the world's foremost expert on all things stormtrooper. The guys honor David's favorite holiday, Star Wars Day, as they discuss hero helmets, background helmets, ABS, HDPE, bubble lenses, chin straps, frown colors, teeth numbers, missing ears, brow trims,

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01:29:01

Gaps, Holes, Canyons, and Crevasses

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2022/04/27

David and Ryan go spelunking into the gaps and holes in their collections. Whether it’s by movie (Men in Black, Citizen Kane, The Matrix), genre (70s films, comedies, and 1941), actor (Arnold Schwarzenegger), or creature of the animal kingdom (monkeys, of course) the guys search for collectors’ nirvana by identifying the objects that will bring them a sense of completion and peace in their lives. Okay, that’s never going to happen.

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01:52:49

The Postman Always Rings Twice

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2022/04/20

It's the mailbag episode! David and Ryan dump out their sacks upon sacks of fan mail and read their favorites on air, doing their best to answer listener questions while going on ridiculous tangents. They cover topics such as the great lost props of Hollywood, "black hole" collections, trade/cash deals, a future deep-dive topic, the value of props used by problematic people, the classic film 1941, and which Premiere League club Ryan supports. It's a Stuff Dreams Are Made Of smorgasbord. It's a

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01:35:43

Regrets, I've Had a Few

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2022/03/30

On a very special The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, David and Ryan open up and confess their collecting regrets. They reminisce about a combined lifetime as collectors, revisiting the things they should have bought (like that Greedo mask), those they shouldn't have bought (like that Blade sword), the things they shouldn't have sold (like Hicks' Colonial Marine armor), and all the other things they would have, could have, should have done differently (like Ryan bidding in that Lord of the RIngs auction)

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