Flopcast episode 421! It’s our third and final show covering Saturday morning TV from four decades ago, and we’ve arrived at NBC. The network offered an odd cartoon lineup in 1980, consisting almost entirely of reruns! Even Godzilla and his tricky pal Godzooky were in reruns at this point, along
Bob and Doug go to SpaceX! Bob and Doug go to SpaceX! SpaceX is the first private company to launch astronauts into space and dock with the International Space Station. Monkeys in India break out of a lab with stolen Covid-19 blood samples. This is like a scene from Planet
Flopcast episode 420! Chickentown is still locked down, for the safety of humans and poultry alike. But as we learn in this week’s Chickens in the News segment, citizens of Louisiana are dealing with a crazed non-social distancing chicken, and we love it. Also: Creepy mannequins are enjoying some fine
Star Trek, Gargoyles, Vampires, Star Wars, and more… Star Trek Strange New Worlds is bringing us more Captain Pike. We have waited a year for this exciting news and now it is official! Anson Mount returns as Pike for some episodic adventures aboard the original USS Enterprise. The Batwoman CW
Flopcast episode 419! We’re continuing our look at the Saturday morning cartoon landscape forty years ago, but we’re changing the channel to see what was happening on CBS. (Sorry, no remote control, kids. Gotta get off the couch and turn the stupid knob.) CBS ran a bunch of Filmation shows
Flopcast episode 418! It’s the Flopcast 8th Anniversary Spectacular! (And yes, we’re lying about the “spectacular” part.) Including: Some fascinating Flopcast stats (now we’re lying about the “fascinating” part), a baffling look back at some of our weirder episode titles (“Hillbilly Burrito”… why?), an update from Flopcast Superfan Bob, and
Rusted Robot Radio returns with another fact-filled edition. Living Forever Like Tardigrades! Demolition Man, The Mandalorian, National Treasure and more! Cancelled and renewed TV shows of 2020. We have the list of everything you have or have not been watching. Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in Star Wars: Attack
Flopcast episode 417! Grab a bowl of Cookie Crisp; you’re gonna need it. The plan is to discuss every Saturday morning cartoon from way back in 1980, even if it takes three episodes (one for each network). We’re starting with ABC, whose Saturday morning lineup included Super Friends (with evil robot space
Geek walk, nerd talk, Dalek! It’s another experimental episode of The Rusted Robot Podcast. As of late, there hasn’t been any new pop culture to talk about. That’s a difficult situation for a current events pop culture podcast to find itself in. So what’s a podcast host to do? Time
Shawn and Julie celebrate 150 episodes of the Soul Forge Podcast! This episode, and this podcast is so good, it’s just like sex in your mouth! Podcasts are evolving entities. What was originally intended for a show can, and often does, change over time. On this episode, Shawn takes his
Cigar Nerds Podcast: Extraction This week we could all use an elite mercenary squad to pull us out of this quarantine, but until that happens at least there is Netflix. While Hollywood is shut down and nothing new is coming to theaters at least we can still get new content
Flopcast episode 416! It’s another week in Chickentown Lockdown… so Kevin and Kornflake are playing weird secret online games with their weird secret online friends, Niki Luparelli is entertaining the world from her kitchen, Jay Leno is distracted by Kevin’s t-shirt, and a trip into the Pudding Pages leads to
