Flopcast episode 441! It’s another cartoon-themed episode, as we continue our look at the Saturday morning TV landscape of 1990. This time we’ve tuned into CBS and found some long-running favorites (Muppet Babies, Garfield and Friends, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pee Wee’s Playhouse) and a couple of short-lived oddities (Bill and Ted’s Excellent
Your weekly dose of geeky pop culture! Trailers, casting news, celebrity deaths and more! This week we bring you animation, superpowers and the Janeway. It’s Thanksgiving in Canada this weekend and we chat a bit about what we may be grateful for. This discussion kind of goes off the rails,
Flopcast episode 439! A few months back, we examined the Saturday morning cartoon schedules of each major TV network from the year 1980. Now we’re jumping ahead by a decade for three more cartoon-themed episodes, starting with ABC’s Saturday morning schedule from the ridiculous year of 1990. How ridiculous was
Nerd passion, orbital mechanics and fanfare! Star Trek Lower Decks has released 2 episodes so far. Shawn and Josh have a lengthy discussion regarding Josh’s feelings on the series so far. 20 Century Fox has a new logo. Now that the company is owned by Disney, the name has changed
Happy First Contact Day! Anime Is Just Fancy Cartoons… Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? Shawn took Josh’s advice and watched a complete season of an anime series. He will tell you what he thought about it. Star Trek talk. It’s your favourite part
Batman is 80, Godzilla can save us, robots are everywhere, and apes are not monkeys. Podcoin is the new app that pays you to listen to podcasts, and we break the 60,000 download mark! This week we’re talking a lot about Batman. Detective Comics releases issue 1000. Batman turns 80
The Rusted Robot Podcast is coming at you with a lively discussion on the difference between Anime and cartoons! Captain Picard is the hero we need right now according to author and Trek writer Michael Chabon. “Calypso” the latest Short Trek from Discovery is reviewed. Netflix is adding Anime to
Giggity, giggity, giggity, it’s adventure time as Mike, Mike, and Mark Heffernan conclude their look at American animation with highlights of the last two decades. Before they can let it go, Jan Duursema and John Ostrander stop by the station to introduce us to Hexer Dusk, and Jan is exposed
In this episode, we take a deeper look at one of the great comedy writers of all time: Harold Ramis. Ghostbusters was just the tip of the iceberg, as we crash into some classics like Animal House and National Lampoons Vacation to Caddyshack. In addition we have a special return
Ratchet RetroCast Ep 32The crew of the Ratchet RetroCast are at it again, and we’ve crossed the streams to bring you a conversation about the sleeper hit of the 80s – Ghostbusters! We’re joined by special guests Chace and Alex of the Georgia Ghostbusters to talk all about our favorite
Span a 50 year journey to find the origin of “The Action Figure” with us as we dive into the core of G.I. Joe! Learn about the twisted path that Hasbro had to undertake to get this toy line approved in the 60’s. This new toy then spawned a revolution
In this highly anticipated, controversial, emotional rollercoaster of an episode, we finally tackle one of histories greatest animes from the 80’s: ROBOTECH! Tune in to hear the greatest moments of Ratchet and Strangeway’s childhood relived and then torn asunder by the warmongering Q and his hate for all things lovable.
