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Flopcast 609 Benson and Kraus

Flopcast 609: Memorial Show Part 2 – Paulie Had a Robot

Flopcast episode 609! Kornflake returns to join Kevin and The Mayor of Chickentown as we finish our look back at those we lost in 2023. Our coverage of the second half of the year includes: sitcom favorites (Chrissy from Three’s Company, Bull from Night Court, Kraus from Benson, Chandler from Friends), cartoon favorites (the

Flopcast 608 Meco Star Wars

Flopcast 608: Memorial Show Part 1 – Barnes & Shirley

Flopcast episode 608! Time to look back on those we lost (from pop culture and beyond) in 2023. This week we’re covering the first half of the year, and our list includes people from movies (Raquel Welch, Treat Williams, Alan Arkin), television (Adam Rich, Cindy Williams, Richard Belzer), music (Burt

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Decade – Soul Forge Podcast 310

Decade 2014 to 2024. This week is the 10 year anniversary of Shawn’s podcasting journey. Join us as we look back at some of the highs and lows of this decisive decade. It all started in 2012 when Shawn got a second-hand iPod. A co-worker introduced him to the world

King Kong (1976) | Episode 392

Mark Maddux joins Jim for a very special New Years episide of MONSTER ATTACK! discussing the 1976 reboot of “King Kong,” starring Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lang, Charles Grodin John Randolph, Ed Lauter, Rene Aubberjonois, Julius Harris, Jack O’Halloran, Dennis Fimple, John Agar and produced by Dino De Laurntis. The story

Flopcast 607 Newsies kid in santa hat

Flopcast 607: This Peppermint Hangover

Flopcast episode 607! It’s a typical holiday episode, in that we’re discussing Julia Child, Pop Rocks, and Newsies. But there are some vaguely holiday-themed subjects too, including Kornflake’s newfound candy cane addiction, Kevin’s recent guest appearance on Gleaming the Tube (discussing old Christmas specials!), and a round or two of the Figgy Pudding

The Wizard Of Oz | Episode 391

Jim takes a stroll down memory lane for this reckoning of a classic film that always hailed the onset of Christmas – “The Wizard Of Oz,” starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, and The Munchkins. L. Frank Baum’s tale of a

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Christmas in Vegas

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Christmas in Vegas. This week we couldn’t find a new holiday movie we liked so we’re going to talk about a part movie. Close enough right? This week we review a return to adult comedy in Obliterated. It’s the hang over meets John Wick. In science we

Flopcast 606 Bill as Composite Santa

Flopcast 606: Get in Line to Milk Santa

Flopcast episode 606! Special guest Blasted Bill joins us for a Very Flopcast Christmas! And we’re putting Bill to work on an extra festive Top 4 ½ List of… Santas! Bill and Kornflake share their favorite Santas from movies, television, ski slopes, bar crawls, and maybe even Canada. (Let’s hope

Popeye | Episode 390

Mark Maddux joins Jim for a loving look back at a classic film of the fantastique from 1980 and Director Robert Altman – “Popeye,” starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul L. Smith, Paul Dooley, Donald Moffat, Ray Walston, Richard Libertini, Bill Irwin, Wesley Ivan Hunt, Peter Bray, Linda Hunt and

Modern Musicology #99 - Holiday Music

#99 – Holiday Music

Holiday Music The Winter Holidays are full of great music! Anthony, Stephanie and Alan share some of their favorite holiday traditions and talk about their favorite Christmas music. And as you’d expect, it’s an eclectic mix to say the least, ranging from traditional Latin hymns to heavy metal holly! We have a couple of

Flopcast 605 Jackee Christmas

Flopcast 605: Drunken Kilt-Wearing Christmas Capybaras

Flopcast episode 605! Every year dozens of ridiculous identical made-for-TV holiday movies are forced upon the people. And every year we try to fix these movies by making them weirder. We’ve selected a few of this year’s new releases (from the usual suspects like Hallmark and Lifetime), most of which

Gremlins | Episode 389

In a continuing salute to the Holidays, Jim discusses a beloved classic from Director Joe Dante and Produced by Steven Speilberg – 1984’s “Gremlins,” starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, Frances Lee McCain, Judge Reinhold, Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph, Keye Luke, Scott Brady, Corey Feldman, Edward Anderson,

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