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Flopcast 731 Henry Winkler Anson Williams

Flopcast 731: Holding Out for a Tractor Fight

Flopcast episode 731! We actually left the studio a few times this week, so this show is just a quick recap of our various silly activities. Including: Beloved folk singer-songwriter Dar Williams live in concert! The Footloose musical live from New Hampshire! Losing at trivia to Britney Spears’s lower back

Flopcast 730 Melissa Auf der Maur in Hole

Flopcast 730: Dream of the Nineties

Flopcast episode 730! The Flopcast Book Club is back in session as we discuss Even the Good Girls Will Cry, the new memoir from Melissa Auf der Maur. Melissa was just a young photography student in Montreal when she was recruited to play bass in Courtney Love’s band Hole, and

Flopcast 729 flying crocodiles

Flopcast 729: Rusty and Dandy

Flopcast episode 729! A few months before the debut of their classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon, Rankin/Bass produced their very first prime time animated TV special. And it was very, very different. So this week we’re looking at yet another Wizard of Oz adaptation: 1964’s Return to Oz. The

Flopcast 728 Alura and Zor El

Flopcast 728: Turkeys Walk the Earth

Flopcast episode 728! It’s another extra-quick show because we’re extra-sleepy. But we do cover: Running with turkeys! Old comic books starring Superman and Supergirl! A new comic book starring a decapitated chicken! Celebrating Record Store Day with German disco Christmas music! And celebrating the 40th anniversary of Batman: The Dark

Flopcast 727 Annie

Flopcast 727: Hard Knock Flop

Flopcast episode 727! We’ve been poking through our stack of old Dynamite magazines again, and we fished out a good one. This issue is from 1982, and the cover features Aileen Quinn, star of Annie. Inside we learn that Annie auditions were held in Boston! We should have slipped into

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Chucking Around

Cigar Nerds Podcast Chucking Around. This week we are honoring the Legend that is Chuck Norris and talking about 40 Years of Delta Force. In science we talk about Artemis 2, DJ Sea Lion, driverless transport coming to Atlanta, and air Taxis. In Nerd News we discuss Super Girl, Masters

Flopcast 726 Cast of Switch

Flopcast 726: Television of 1976 – Lousy With Detectives

Flopcast episode 726! Say, what was on TV fifty years ago this week? Let’s check our local listings and find out. Okay, the answer is: Lots of sitcoms, lots of variety shows, and about 6,000 detective shows. But as we go through the week, we’ll also find: Weird cartoons about

Flopcast 725 Velvet Goldmine

Flopcast 725: School of Flop

Flopcast episode 725! In yet another Flopcast Top 4 1/2 List, we’re counting down our favorite movies about bands. And since we’ve ruled out documentaries and biopics, that leaves movies about fictional bands. Some of our picks are obvious, as Jake and Elwood get the band back together, some wacky

Flopcast 724 Wizard of Oz

Flopcast 724: The Wizard of Oz 1939 – We’re Off to See the Chicken

Flopcast episode 724! A few weeks ago, we reviewed the 1925 silent black and white version of The Wizard of Oz, and it was… not great. So this week, we’re watching the 1939 version, which has sound and color (you know, mostly), and is arguably the superior film. And we’re

Cigar Nerds Podcast: War Machine

Cigar Nerds Podcast: War Machine. This week we are watching the new Netflix scifi action film War Machine. AKA Reacher vs Aliens. In science we talk about brains playing Doom, how the brain can make computers better, sperm whale, and artemis 2 gets ready to launch. In Nerd News we

Flopcast 723 Pointer Sisters

Flopcast 723: Superstars of Soul Silliness

Flopcast episode 723! While poking through a box of old magazines at Rubber Chicken Comics, we found something called Superstars of Soul. It’s an odd little educational workbook from 1986, and it taught vocabulary and reading comprehension to the kids while they learned about their favorite soul acts. So we’re

Flopcast 722 Descartes a Kant

Flopcast 722: Uncertain Fury

Flopcast episode 722! In the wake of last week’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame episode, Kevin and the Mayor check out documentaries about two of the nominees: Luther Vandross and Jeff Buckley. (Kevin also stumbled upon a 1985 movie starring Tatum O’Neal and Irene Cara that we suspect has

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