Defenders of the Mirth

Following a rigorous 2 week training programme, CosmicStressHead Ben Smylie completes his mission and you get another fine episode of Defenders of the Mirth. We hope you enjoy this week’s, now out of date, broadcast! Credits: Oh yes, there will be credits. Show notes: Oh yes, there will be show notes.

After the St. Patrick’s holiday celebrations have passed, what better way is there to recover than with an episode of DOTM? Credits: Opening quote taken from an ungiven speech by Philip K Dick titled ‘How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later‘ Thunder and lightning sound FX from TV and Movie […]

Show notes: Definition of MacGuffin – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin Definition of Deus ex Machina – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina Kerbal Space Programme – https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/ Commander HQ: YouTube channel – http://www.commander-hq.com The Commander’s Kerbal Space Programme video, ‘Kerbal Space Program: One small step for… Fuck!’ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSURVTZIlOg&list=UUFiwNjSzpfa0dbVT7qLNA6Q&index=4 The new, more calming, blue screen for Windows 8 – http://winsupersite.com/blog/supersite-blog-39/windows8/windows-8-bsod-light-tragedy-140584 Community: imdb – […]

In this special episode of DOTM we take a closer look at Paolo Nutini’s New Shoes and try to work out if they are purely literal. Show notes: Paolo Nutini – Wiki of the artist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Nutini Lyrics of the song New Shoes: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/paolonutini/newshoes.html Video of the song New Shoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbUNF1Q4R8 Definition of The literal net […]

Show notes: Kerbal Space Program (Warning: Very addictive!) – https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/ Bryan’s alternative reality Defenders poster – http://i.imgur.com/73ZPrXI.jpg Blair Witch Project – imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937/ Bryan’s Skill / Deviant art Profile – http://www.kinakusai.deviantart.com/ The Sims – Main page: http://thesims.com/en_GB/home Video of The sims talking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVTyLhkJcKk Episode 15 – Acoustic Edition…? – http://www.defendersofthemirth.com/2010/05/28/episode-15-acoustic-edition/ mcjellyd – who made this […]

We’re back! For a special test episode of the new setup of the show going forward (including our beta pre-production theme music), we are planning a complete re-launch and a return to weekly broadcasting. To facilitate this, we have also completely redesigned the site and added a community forum @ www.defendersofthemirth.com/forum. Sign up today and […]

Show notes: Shall get links again soon… It was such a long time ago… Remember, you can contact us at thosecunts@defendersofthemirth.com, like us on our Facebook page or follows @mirthdefenders on twitter. Also remember to visit our subreddit at dotm.reddit.com if you want to submit ideas for the show or vote on existing ones.

Show notes: James’ iMac is dead – http://www.visualrebel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/broken-imac.jpg The Highlander Films – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Highlander_films Mark’s moment, review of the year 2010: The Movies of 2010 Inception – imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/ trailer – http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4219471385/ Toy Story 3 – imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/ trailer – http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3676898329/ (sidenotes) Godfather 3 – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099674/ Temple of Doom – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087469/ Tron Legacy – […]

Show notes: Restore Steven Baldwin original youTube video – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEM-m_zzelw The Q&A site for used the show – http://www.allthatknowhim.org/qa.html Information about Daniel Southern (The man in control of Steven Baldwin’s Bank Account) – http://www.danielsouthern.com/bio_danielsouthern.html Steven Baldwin would watch his daughter die (possible dubious article) – http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2010/01/13/stephen-baldwin-would-watch-his-daughter-die/ Stephen Baldwin Wants to be Alec’s Oscar Date – […]

Shownotes: Coming soon!

Show notes: Correction: It was Episode 9 in which James stated we could do shoutouts, and here they are! L. Dhal’s The ‘Chili with Rice’ Project – http:/chilinrice.wordpress.com/ Counter Culture Clown’s Funny in Shadows – http://funnyinshadows.wordpress.com/ And now, the rest of the day’s news! Wii Fit Injury Reportedly Results in Sexual Arousal Syndrome – http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178820 […]

Show notes: Space Debris (wiki) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris Kick-Ass trailers – http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/kickass/ imdb entry – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250777/ soundtrack – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250777/soundtrack Do androids dream of electric sheep amazon link – http://www.amazon.com/Do-Androids-Dream-Electric-Sheep/dp/B000EWDJ3O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271338635&sr=1-4 review – http://www.challengingdestiny.com/reviews/blade_book.htm Nikita Khrushchev wiki article – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchev Bangor Omniplex booking site – http://www.omniplex.ie/cinema/cinema/bangor review – http://lookaly.com/p/bangor-multiplex-bangor/ iPad Andy Ihnatko’s Review – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6Hjs0NpDs Apple’s rules on […]

Our 11th episode, celebrating the arrival of the 11th Doctor.

Show notes: Circular motion and the persistence of vision clock – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6JnAxTXApw Etymology for the word eleven, instead of onety one – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=eleven Origin of the word lisp – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lisp YAY Toast! – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BILAFuSi-i0 The Tomorrow People – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tomorrow_People Escape from Jupiter – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Jupiter Picture of Katsuragi from Neon Genesis Evangelion – http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EX8PiePl75g/SGuV7NO8VjI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/1EBH9xc9-Kc/s1600/Misato%2BKatsuragi.gif Video short […]

Show notes: Audioboo – http://audioboo.fm/ Stephen Fry’s Audioboos – http://audioboo.fm/stephenfry Topics touched upon in DOTM Boo: Lesbianism – http://wikipedia.org/lesbianism Homoeroticism – http://wikipedia.org/homoeroticism Facebook Advertising review – http://techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/how-much-is-a-facebook-ad-worth-lookery-guarantees-drum-roll-125-cent-cpms/ Podcasts mentioned: Johnny’s – No Agenda – http://noagendashow.com MacBreak Weekly – http://twit.tv/mbw TWIT – http://twit.tv/twit Windows Weekly – http://twit.tv/ww Buzz Out Loud – http://buzzoutloud.cnet.com You Look Nice Today […]

Show notes: Valve: full “Steam” ahead on Mac OS X with free syncing – http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/03/valve-goes-full-steam-ahead-on-mac-os-x.ars Idle chit chat can make you unhappy – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7379561/Idle-chit-chat-can-make-you-unhappy.html The International Space Station gets a room with a view: space shuttle Endeavour mission in pictures – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7250861/The-International-Space-Station-gets-a-room-with-a-view-space-shuttle-Endeavour-mission-in-pictures.html Extinct elephant bird of Madagascar could live again – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7405923/Extinct-elephant-bird-of-Madagascar-could-live-again.html Is fusion power […]

Show notes: Topless Washing Machine advert(?) – http://tv.repubblica.it/copertina/paracadutiste-in-topless-lo-spot-piu-sexy/41192?video BBC article on Tesco banning pyjamas – _http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8484116.stm Solomon Kane: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970452/ Trailer – http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/solomon-kane/trailer Van Helsing: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338526/ Trailer – http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/van_helsing/trailer/ The Passion of the Christ: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/ Trailer – http://www.thepassionofchrist.com/trailers/index.html The Count of Monte Cristo: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245844/ Trailer – http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1391067417/ The […]

Show notes: Danny Elfman – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman Tim Burton – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318/ The siege is about to end (Avengers) – http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/106/1061476p1.html Cutest duck on the flickr (not the internet) (?) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/febhorne/4110117230/ South Park episode, ‘Dances with Smurfs’ – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dances_with_Smurfs Seven Ate Nine – http://www.wheresbest.co.uk/venue/17929/Seven-Ate-Nine/ FernGully: The Last Rainforest: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/ Trailer – http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3349545241/ Sunshine: imdb […]

Show notes: Avatar: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/ Trailer – http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/ Dances with Wolves: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/ Trailer – http://www.reelzchannel.com/trailer-clips/22264/dances-with-wolves-trailer FernGully: The Last Rainforest: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/ Trailer – http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3349545241/ Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095243/ Trailer – http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4138336537/ Pocahontas: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114148/ Trailer

Show notes: Steve Jobs’s liver saved by Car (not motorcycle) accident – http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MensHealthNews/steve-jobs-talks-liver-transplant-apple-event/story?id=8528151 Apple iPad announcment – http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1001q3f8hhr/event/index.html iPad specs page – http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Left for Dead 2 Australian censorship – http://www.ripten.com/2009/11/02/left-4-dead-2-australian-censorship-sucks-hairy-kangaroo-balls/ Netbook comic reading using Comic Rack – http://comicrack.cyolito.com/ iPhone comic reader mobi app – http://comicreader.mobi/ 6.5% of BBC’s overall budget goes to salaries – […]

All the feedback, none of the notes.

Show notes: Weather pattens from the year I (intertree) was 14 – http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGAA/1997/7/4/CustomHistory.html?dayend=4&monthend=7&yearend=1998&req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Old 50p piece – http://www.stockphotography.co.uk/store/Zoom.aspx?Prodid=8778 Weather patterns of James’s 12th year – http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGAA/1996/7/1/CustomHistory.html?dayend=31&monthend=12&yearend=1996&req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Make and model of intertree’s white, 700 watt, microwave – http://imagebank.indesitcompany.co.uk/brochures_online/pdf/Hotpoint/Microwave/HB6110.pdf Couldn’t get ahold of the ingredients of Marks and Spencer’s Submarine Rolls (AKA ‘offenders’) I’m afraid, sorry. Irreversible: […]

Show notes: Welcome to our shortest and least explicit podcast ever. The Defenders, unfortunatley, based on some bad advice tried to enhance their awesomeness… only to fail in the end. Worry not dear Mirthlings for your Defenders will be back in force within the turn of the earth! (once we’re back in broadcast range you […]

Show notes: Our new bookmarking and suggestions service is viewable at http://www.delicious.com/defendersofthemirth (Remember to tag anything you want to suggest for the show with ‘defendersofthemirthideas’). Iron Man 2: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228705/ Trailer – http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/ Iron Man’s alcoholism from the original comics – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_in_a_Bottle The Island: imdb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/ Trailer – http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/the_island/ Transformers 2: imdb – […]

Show notes: The excellent Bryan Smyth, who will soon be composing our opening and closing themes, sells prints of some of his brilliant photo art here – http://www.kinakusai.deviantart.com/prints The TWiT (This Week in Tech) network is available at http://www.twit.tv Not the end of the decade? The Register article – http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/31/end_of_days_decade Will we link to Mark’s […]

Show notes: No Agenda is available at noagendashow.com and, in fact, their motto (or as they call it their formula) is that they go out and hit people in the mouth (not face). Tribute to Eric Martin from DC Comics podcast. – http://www.comicbooknoise.com/2009/12/05/dc-noise-episode-63-eric-martin-tribute-part-1/ Article about man who died from Cnet in 2006, his name was […]