Greetings Cigar Nerds You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. This week we take a look back at the 40th Anniversary of The Last Starfighter. In Science we discuss drinking pee in space, 3 question IQ test, larynx transplants,
Flopcast episode 637! Our five-part New Wave Game was just preparation for this week. Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown have a full report on the latest (and longest) retro 80s new wave concert to come to town. The eight (EIGHT!) acts were: The Plimsouls, Tommy Tutone, Bow Wow Wow,
Flopcast episode 636! Based on the advice of our lawyers, your Flopcast hosts rarely meet up in person these days. But it did just happen, because we both showed up at an odd little event called the Hops and Humorous Arts (or HAHA) Festival. This was an evening of short
Flopcast episode 635! Time to wrap up our New Wave Game and see if anyone survives! We’re down to the final three volumes of the CD series Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s, and either Kevin or Kornflake could still win. (But come on, our money
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Ride or Die. Bad Boys Bad Boys what ya gonna due when the Cigar Nerds come for you. This week we review chapter 4 of the Will Smith Martin Lawrence saga, Bad Boys Ride or Die. In Science we discuss Legos from space, robots working on the
Flopcast episode 634! We start with a quick report from a local nerd convention, where Kevin met up with some heroes of 1970s kids TV: Our old friends Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman from Land of the Lost, our new friends Doug and Emmy Jo from The New Zoo Revue… and the
Flopcast episode 633! On the longest day of the year, we made the shortest show of the year. Including: Kornflake likes when Aubrey Plaza is weird, Kevin apologizes to a turkey, a rooster named Earl works at an auto shop, and we launch our new Flopcast “Too Many Comics” bonus
Cigar Nerds Podcast: X Gonna Give it to ya so we’re giving X to you. This week we take a look at the continuation of a child hood favorite in X-Men 97. It’s a sequel series to the original X-Men animated series. In Science we discuss translating dog barks, returning
Flopcast episode 632! The struggle continues, as we’re still trying to guess each other’s favorite songs from the Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s CD series. By 1983, the radio was bursting with new wave weirdos who never would have dented the Top 40 in the
Cigar Nerds Podcast: On The Road Again. This week the Ginger Avenger is back to talk about Furiousa A Mad Max Saga. Brads out on the fury road and will be back next week. In Science we discuss 3D printing in space, gravity batteries, wood satellites, and drone delivery. In
Flopcast episode 630! Another quick fill-in show? You bet! We’re flipping through three old comic books that the Mayor of Chickentown actually owned as a little kid, decades before her rise to poultry-themed political bigwig. Up first is The Wizard of Oz, a giant-sized movie adaptation that was actually the first
Flopcast episode 630! Kevin just watched a horrible movie and can’t wait to tell the Mayor all about it! So kids, welcome to 1978’s Record City. It’s purportedly a comedy, but yikes, not a single joke lands. But at least the setting is fun, since the whole thing takes place at
