Frequent subjects include: Saturday morning cartoons, Dr. Demento-style funny music, TV and movies of the 1970s and 1980s, comic books, classic video games, and, uh, chickens. (We like chickens.) There’s also lots of convention talk, as we regularly attend DragonCon, MarsCon, and other nerdy gatherings. We’re frightened and confused. Join us!
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Flopcast episode 291! It’s a holiday spectacular, sort of, but not really! First, Kornflake’s 1991 edition of National Whatever Day celebrates the debut of Ren and Stimpy, a show considered quite outrageous in its time. How innocent we were. Kornflake has also made her annual pilgrimage to the lobster trap Christmas
Flopcast episode 290! Our 1980s-themed shows have ended (but for how long?), and yikes, here come the 1990s. We’ll get through this ten-episode descent into madness together, starting this week with a look at the year 1990. Yes, MC Hammer (and his giant pants) ruled the pop charts… but weirder
Flopcast episode 289! In the final installment of our latest ten-part look at the 1980s, we recall the debut of the Energizer Bunny, and review how frightening Top 40 radio had become by 1989. (We’d rather listen to that stupid rabbit pound its little drum than suffer through any more
Flopcast episode 288! Kornflake is off this week (or is she???), but the Mayor of Chickentown is here to discuss the movies and music of 1988. (At the movies, it was a big year for Uma Thurman, Winona Ryder, and Dennis Farina’s mustache. Meanwhile on the radio, the Escape Club
Our ridiculous ten-episode trip through the 80s continues with a quick look at 1987! For astronomy fans, a supernova was visible in the sky; meanwhile back on Earth, we were dancing to Pet Shop Boys and Swing Out Sister. (The supernova, apparently not a fan of 80s pop, was unimpressed,
It’s our goofy Halloween show, but we’re also celebrating the year 1986! Oprah Winfrey’s talk show debuted (but who cares), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first class (which totally should have included Air Supply), and Madonna invited you to make her “True Blue” music video. (Did
Flopcast episode 285! This week we’re celebrating 1985 by looking at the top ten songs from 32 years ago (including Tears For Fears, A-ha, and most importantly, “Oh Sheila” by Ready for the World) as well as a book that would eventually become a Tom Hanks movie (and we don’t
Flopcast episode 284! Stay angry, Monkees fans! It’s time for our annual review of the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! And despite a complete lack of Air Supply, it’s not a bad list this year. Find out which acts we’re hoping will get in (come on,
Flopcast episode 283! Kevin and Kornflake celebrate 1983 with a fast car (maybe even faster than KITT) and the top ten songs from 34 years ago this week. (It’s a weird mix of new wave, country, rockabilly, hat-free men, and Jim Steinman… so much Jim Steinman…) Also: At Granite State
Flopcast episode 282! It’s a post-DragonCon catch-up show, with concert reports on the Bacon Brothers (we now have zero degrees of separation from the star of Footloose), They Might Be Giants (we celebrated with a whole day of old friends, shuttle buses, and watermelon), and Micky Dolenz (touring without Tork this
Flopcast episode 281! Here we go, kids: The Mayor of Chickentown joins Kevin and Kornflake to review our long weird weekend in Atlanta for DragonCon! Featuring: Panels on Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Westworld, Legion, Riverdale, Fantasy Island (!), Detective Chimp (?), and more; The Star Wars Holiday Special (original and puppet show versions); Doctor Who’s Matt Smith; the casts of Mystery
Flopcast episode 280! We’re still in DragonCon recovery mode around here, but this week we have something special from DragonCon to share with you! “Wonder Woman, at Last!” was Kevin’s first panel of the weekend, for the American Science Fiction and Fantasy Media Track. Kevin was joined by panelists Jeni
