Cigar Nerds Podcast: Rise of Skywalker. Happy New Year! For the end of the year we’re going to look at the end of the Skywalker Saga. Has Disney finally made a good Star Wars movie with Rise Of Skywalker or is it just more bad, we also continue our Mandalorian
Flopcast episode 399! As we creep up on the end of 2019, Kevin and Kornflake relax and look back on the whole stupid year. We review our Flopcast segments (Capes or Apes!) and guests (Train Talk with Ed!), as well as concerts (Taylor Dayne! TAYLOR DAYNE!), conventions (hey, Arisia returns
A run down of all the sci-fi films released in 2019. What did we see? What did we enjoy or hate? Which ones didn’t even make our radar? Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Shawn saw the film, but Josh and Kitty have not. We have our non-spoiler take on
Flopcast episode 398! Last week was Part 1 of our bizarre Rankin/Bass tournament, in which characters like Rudolph, Snow Miser, and Burgermeister Meisterburger competed in events like breakdancing and air hockey. The results were surprising, to say the least. This week, eight more Rankin/Bass characters are randomly drawn to do
2019 taught me a lot about myself. In fact, this has probably been the most progress I have made in a year since 2015. I am Unapologetically Me. So this episode will detail some of the realizations I have come to. Also, this episode is filled with all kinds of
The Cigar Nerds Podcast: This is the Way. We’re back and its time to start the count down to the next Star Wars . This week we’re talking about the much anticipated series The Mandalorian. Boba Fett has some competition for my favorite Mando now. In science we talk about
Flopcast episode 397! Kevin and Kornflake are taking their obsession with classic Rankin/Bass Christmas cartoons to a ridiculous new level, tournament-style. We’re randomly fishing names of Rankin/Bass characters out of reindeer-shaped coffee mugs, and determining who would win in various silly events. Who would make a better Lyft driver, Santa
Flopcast episode 396! Kevin and Kornflake review their Thanksgiving weekends, which involved multiple dinners (Hobbit-style!), a movie trivia game (where the answer is always Footloose), a Sharpie car, concerts from Gustafer Yellowgold and Niki Luparelli, turkey-themed wardrobes, and turkey-themed wardrobe malfunctions. Plus: Happy Birthday to Jakob Dylan of the Wallflowers, a
It’s true! The hype is real! This week we are talking about Star Wars, Apes, Star Trek, Mr. Rogers, Black Widow, James Bond and more! The hype is real when it comes to The Mandalorian. Both Josh and Shawn have seen all the episodes that have been released. Shawn was
Mister Rogers is played by Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhoo. Where are the television shows for kids these days that are similar? They simply do not exist. Having gone to the theatre to see the movie, it got me thinking about my own childhood and the
Flopcast episode 395! It’s a special show to ring in the goofy holidays, featuring our interview with official Rankin/Bass historian Rick Goldschmidt! You know Rankin/Bass. It’s the legendary animation studio that produced all those classic holiday shows, starting with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964. Lots more wonderful cartoons followed, including Santa Claus
Flopcast episode 394! It’s a surprise Flopcast recording live from the middle of Super Megafest! (Kornflake wasn’t even supposed to be there, so we were all just shocked and delighted.) We discuss our whole silly day at the convention, wandering around eyeballing the celebrity guests, including Spider-Man’s Nicholas Hammond, 3rd Rock’s French Stewart, MASH’s Loretta Swit, The
