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Flopcast 618 Oh Grow Up cast

Flopcast 618: 1999 TV Part 2 – Lobster Justice

Flopcast episode 618! It’s the second half of our look at every television series that debuted in the year 1999. And once again, we remember just a few of them, and only saw a couple. (Kornflake was a fan of Judging Amy, while for Kevin, this was the year of

Flopcast 617 Farscape

Flopcast 617: 1999 TV Part 1 – So Weird

Flopcast episode 617! We’re diving into television of the year 1999… which is quite recent by Flopcast standards, but yikes, it was a quarter century ago. We have a giant list of every TV show that debuted that year, and this week we only get halfway through the list. Several

Cigar Nerds Podcast: The Bees!

Cigar Nerds Podcast: The Bees! Not the bees oh god! This week we review the newest Jason Statham action film The Beekeeper. In science we discuss monkey comedy, tidal kites, and is it legal to build a deathstar. In Nerd News we talk about Dead Pool Wolverine, Twisters, Boy Kills

Flopcast 616 Metamorpho and Sapphire

Flopcast 616: Ramona and Topo

Flopcast episode 616! Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown are celebrating the career of comic book artist Ramona Fradon, who died this week at the age of 97. Ramona was one of the only women drawing comics way back in the early 60s, when she was the premier Aquaman artist

Flopcast 615 Cher

Flopcast 615: The Flying Cow Hall of Fame

Flopcast episode 615! It’s time for our annual review of the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… which means we could start screaming “What about the Monkees?!” at any time. But there are some worthy and long overdue performers up for induction, such as Cher, Mariah, and

Flopcast 614 David Spade Mindy Cohn Facts of Life

Flopcast 614: The Backs of Life 7 – Big Apple Blues

Flopcast episode 614! After a three year break, we’re getting back to The Backs of Life! (As requested by absolutely no one! You’re welcome!) Back in 2021, we started reviewing all the “backdoor pilot” episodes of classic 80s sitcom The Facts of Life. Now as we finally revive this very important

Flopcast 613 Popcorn Kid cast

Flopcast 613: Buh-Dup Doh-Doh-Doh

Flopcast episode 613! It’s another goofy random little show this week, including: Kornflake finds an Oompa Loompa at the Chocolate Expo; Kevin finds a rock star at the disco; the secret language of chickens is revealed; we’re less than excited about Popcorn Day; and it’s almost time to revive our Facts

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Reaching

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Reaching. This week we’re talking about season two of Reacher. Things get violent pretty quickly as expected. In science we discuss blood batteries, neuralink enters human trails, hunting dinosaurs, and jerking off for health. In news we talk about the final season of Bad Batch, Road House,

Flopcast 612 Disco Mummy

Flopcast 612: Dancing Queens, Disco Mummies

Flopcast episode 612! It’s a surprisingly disco-themed episode, because Kevin, Kornflake, the Mayor of Chickentown, and Ed from Sponge Awareness Foundation all met in the middle of New Hampshire for a spectacular ABBA tribute show. We were there because our old pal (and occasional SAF guitarist) Mike was onstage in

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Echo

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Echo. This week we’re stirring Echos and watching Marvel’s Echo series. Also listen to us freeze to death recording without heat in a very chilling episode. In Nerd News we talk about the Terminal List Prequal title, Mandalorian gets a movie, Bill and Ted 4, a Spawn

Flopcast 611 Aquaman water baseball

Flopcast 611: The Super Dictionary – Be a Duck

Flopcast episode 611! Ready for more vocabulary lessons with the Justice League of America? We’re diving back into The Super Dictionary, a 1978 book that attempted to mix learning with superheroes, and succeeded in being completely bizarre. This time we’ll look at entries involving: walrus baseball with Aquaman, cleaning an invisible

Flopcast 610 Kaptain Kool and Superchick

Flopcast 610: Superchick Rabbithole

National Whatever Day involves dancing like a cuckoo; our 2024 health and fitness plan is mostly lo mein-based; the Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning shows of the 1970s are now streaming (great news for Bay City Rollers fans like us); we somehow connect the Krofft shows to The Love Boat,

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