Flopcast episode 651! It’s the terrifying conclusion of our Halloween FlopFight! Leaping into the tournament this week are characters from Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus, Bewitched, Happy Days (what?), and more. Each matchup is drawn randomly, and the exact competitions are randomized too. (So for example, it could be Count Chocula against Jack Skellington, but
Dragon Con 2025 Planning Starts Now! Dragon Con 2024 may have ended, but the excitement never stops, and neither does the planning! In this episode of the Dragon Con Report, we dive into Dragon Con 2025 planning strategies to help you get ahead. We’re also joined by Sarah Rose from the
You won’t believe this! We have joined the ESO Podcast Network. Established in April 2012, the ESO Network is a podcast network of shows that celebrate a love for pop culture, sci-fi, comics, and all things geek. Your co-host Shawn has been a part of ESO since early 2018. The
In this Halloween Special Episode, Jim reflects on a “vampire” film that greatly impacted him in 1987 – Joel Schumacher’s “The Lost Boys,” starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Edward Hermann, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Giertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Alexander Winter, Chance Michael Corbitt, and Tim Cappello.
Flopcast episode 649! As our Halloween festivities continue, we take a quick look at the horror movies parodied in Mad Magazine in the 1980s. Including: The Shining, Poltergeist, Psycho II, a couple of Alien movies, and Gremlins (with Alfred E. Neuman as Gizmo on the cover). Speaking of Mad and Alfred, we just visited the Norman Rockwell
Flopcast episode 648! It’s Halloween season, which means it’s Monster Cereal season! And while we rarely eat the stuff anymore, we do welcome the return of Count Chocula, Franken Berry, Boo Berry, and the new girl, zombie DJ Carmella Creeper. (Sorry, Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy fans. Those weirdos aren’t
Jim looks back at a Stephen King short story adaption celebrating its 40th Anniversary – “Children Of the Corn,” starring Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, Courtney Gaines, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Jonas Marlowe, Robby Kiger, Anne Marie McEvoy, Julie Maddelena, and John Philbin. A fanatical group of children, following a religion
So Long and Thanks For All The Fish is the final episode of the Soul Forge Podcast. While many of you out there didn’t bother to listen, those of you who did are amazing people. We are full of gratitude. We’re better! We’re healed! We are our best selves. The
Indigo Girls Documentary This week Alan, Stephanie and Rob are joined by our good buddy Gerry Schramm (of the Something For Nothing podcast) to review the brand-new Indigo Girls documentary, It’s Only Life After All–a surprising and deeply personal look into “behind the music and off the stage” lives of these two very different but hugely talented artists. We
With Dragon Con finally out of the way, we can have some real fun! Let’s read the dictionary! Specifically we’re diving back into The Super Dictionary, a bizarre 1978 book for kids that mixed learning and DC Comics superheroes, and left everyone thoroughly confused. After perusing a few more entries, we
We are finally (mostly) recovered from this year’s Dragon Con, and that means it’s time for our yearly recap! As always, no two Dragon Cons are alike, and 2024 was no exception. From unexpected surprises to familiar traditions, this year’s con had its own unique set of adventures and challenges.
Why we collect is often as interesting as what we collect. A collection can offer life-support over time, a means of trading, a basis for community and communication, a stockpile of wealth, and a mechanism of self-identity. The gathering of resources for survival, health, comfort, or economy is a defining
