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THE GREATEST YEAR FOR MOVIES EVER. 40 years ago, the greatest year in movie releases went down. Gods were toppled, genres were forged, franchise filmmaking became a thing. For better or for worse, 1982 changed your cinematic world… DOWNLOAD

With another year of indoor doldrums, at least we had the warm glow of great television to keep us moderately sane. From 90s plane crashes, sloppy steaks, and squid games, these are our very favorite TV shows of the year!... Read more

Pigs and Spiders at the Vista Del Mar! Hope that’s not giving anything away, since Laser Time’s annual tardy tradition of chiming in on the year’s best cinematic offerings has finally arrived! Listen, watch, chat, Patreon, etc. DOWNLOAD SPONSOR: This episode... Read more

It’s that time of year again, so this season we’re taking the time to reveal all the personally embarrassing little pop culture traditions we’ve accumulated throughout the Holidays. Sappy songs, irredeemable movies, and unspeakable Christmas specials abound! Have a happy... Read more

With Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop out in the wild, we’re rounding up the handful of previous anime adaptations to see how they stack up. (The WESTERN adaptations. If we tried to talk about live-action anime films made in Japan we’d be... Read more

SPONSORED: During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex. American Telnet was an empire founded by the man who called himself “The Telephone Pimp.” He ran the company “like General Motors”... Read more

It’s a star-studded show as we break down some of our favorite moments from the spookiest season on television’s longest-running comedic institution. Get ready for some classic Halloween sketches, Saturday Night Live fans. If we missed any of your favorite’s... Read more

Norm Macdonald 1950-1961. We lost one of our most gifted, inimitable comedians recently, and it's difficult to deal with. But before Norm departed our mortal coil, he left us this wonderful audio journey through his whole dang career. Yes, this... Read more

Great things come in pairs, and comedy is no exception! We’re talking about our favorite hilarious duos, and it’s all leading up to a wonderful discussion on the greatest movie you’ve never seen. Eat it with your ears! DOWNLOAD

What’s on TV tonight? Does it matter?! Television shows remain great, while TV itself seems in an unstoppable cycle of decay. Have you noticed your favorite Nature or Music channel look alarmingly similar these days, when you need them most?... Read more

When it comes to cast members who spring boarded from Saturday Night Live into super stardom, there are almost too many names to mention. That’s why we’re talking about we’re talking about kinda the opposite this week! We’re looking back... Read more

Continuing our annual tradition, we’ve once again watched all the movies nominated for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards so you don’t have to! A global pandemic has obviously made a giant mess of the Oscars this year, but... Read more

We love ourselves some long lost subgenres, and film subgenres don’t get much deader than the Erotic Thriller. As premium cable mainstays of the 80s and 90s, many of us grew up with sneaky late night HBO screenings as our... Read more

It’s a little late, but just in time for the Golden Globes, Laser Time’s annual TV wrap up is back for another year-end wrap-up. Life outside took a big hit, but streaming services thrived as everyone became of the Scrooge... Read more

Better late than never, our annual tradition of picking out the best films of the year has arrived, if not without a COVID shaped caveat. But a pandemic can’t keep cinema down, even if is keeping cinemas closed. There was... Read more

Are you a hardened atheist or Holiday cynic who sees no value in Christmas? Well, what about your favorite Christmas movies, specials and TV episodes?! That’s what we’re here to help with this week, in Laser Time’s one billionth annual... Read more

SPONSORED: Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, Wondery (Dr. Death, Dirty John, The Shrink Next Door) and Universal Music Group present Jacked: Rise of the New Jack Sound… DOWNLOAD The story begins with a keyboard player in the heart of Harlem:... Read more

At this point, our second of two episodes, we should probably clarify that we’re talking about The Best/Worst of Stephen King ADAPTATIONS. But whatever, the guy is one of the few living authors that’s a household name, he’s made hundreds... Read more

Stephen King’s obviously one of pop culture’s most famous authors, but for our October movie marathoning purposes, he’s also generated billions of dollars of box office revenue with dozens of film and TV adaptations. We’ve scoured box office reports, reviews,... Read more

Still trying to watch a horror movie for every day in October? Well, have we got a cheat for you! The lost majesty of the horror anthology movie is an easy and wonderful way to ingest multiple stories within a... Read more

What happens when your favorite show gets canceled, or your favorite performer dies? Well, it turns out the medium of video games can offer you one last, and typically lost, appearance! We went and dug up some of our favorite... Read more

Some of your most beloved, adorable, indelible comic, movie, and video game stars have been quietly kneecapped by forgettable suits? Oh yes, never underestimate old people when it comes to making money by doing very little, because we’re digging into... Read more

The world’s having a bit of a rough go right now, so feel free to take solace wherever you can. A great place to hide from the darkness is in your favorite music, which is exactly what we’re doing in... Read more

Mount up, original bingers! We have got another fantabulous quizdown this week, and it’s guaranteed to activate something in the back of any TV-obsessed brain. There’s a little something at the end of every TV show that’s slowly dying out... Read more

Computer… Generated… Imagery. IT’S TERRIBLE. Except when it isn’t? Which is kind of a miracle given production schedules, budgets, and a… general respect for animation. Obviously, CG can be easily taken for granted, but its ubiquity has become commonplace enough... Read more

Introducing the newest Audioboom original podcast, Truth vs Hollywood. Join Film lovers David Chen and Joanna Robinson as they do a deep dive into well known films and discuss how similar they are to the actual story.  Truth vs Hollywood premieres 6/12.... Read more

Laser Time’s favorite parodist, Dan Amrich of Palette-Swap Ninja, has a new superhero-inspired project to chat about called Hero Falls, so we’re using that as a springboard to talk about the history of the song parody! It’s a musical journey... Read more

As a television institution that’s kept chugging along for almost half a century now, Saturday Night Live has little choice but to be a reflection of our own abnormalities. So with SNL recently tapping out of socially distance sketch comedy... Read more

Since we’re all stuck at home and mostly away from work, let’s have a little chat at the emotional turmoil that can erupt when we’re all trapped in the same room, with the same people, with little to no hope... Read more

No, we’re NOT talking about acts of animal cruelty, although we should warn the faint of heart, we will be talking about how entertainment uses the death of innocent animals to either tug on our hearts strings and/or the first... Read more

Even though we are practically overwhelmed with adaptions of our favorite books, comics, and games these days, getting the Hollywood treatment remains a massive accomplishment. Which is why it’s strange that sometimes, whether good or bad, your favorite thing will... Read more

Movies, TV, video games, comics, sports and more. While not the most important things in the world right now, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into how all of that is produced and/or distributed. In this special episode, we’re... Read more

Modern media distribution has brought us untold accessibility… but has it come at the cost of discoverability? Streaming, digital rentals, and On Demand tend to favor the shiny, the new, the recently licensed exclusive or remake (and so do most... Read more

Children of the 80s had VHS. Kids of the 90s grew up with the internet. So how is it possible for any movie, TV show, or video game to completely disappear in a digital era? Turns out the missing media... Read more

Since we almost never mention anything they’ve done on the show, it’s high time Laser Time get an introduction to two of the most prolific creators in modern media! Special guest, TL Foster join Chris and Sarah in order to... Read more

A classic sci-fi locale, an unknown variable, a mythic heavenly body or the foretold destruction of us all?! Whether your kidnapping Godzilla or peddling a dubious doomsday prophecy, Planet X means a lot of different things to a lot of... Read more

In times of political unrest, it’s nice to be able to laugh at grotesque caricatures of our elected officials… or at least it used to be? As we look back on our favorite/worst politicians throughout popculture history in a fun... Read more

As one of the most dangerous and unpredictable forces in our natural world, lightning is not to be trifled with. Unless you’re making a movie! Then lightning can raise the dead, transfer souls, cause machines to malfunction, grant sentience, bestow... Read more

So Uncle Mickey unlocked the vault and unleashed EVERYTHING onto the Disney+ streaming service? Obviously not, but most of us were too blinded by The Mandalorian to care in those first few weeks. Certain titles are missing there because of... Read more

It’s that time again! We’ve watched all the Oscar Nominees for Best Picture so you don’t have to! More so than other years, there’s certainly not a lot to hate about this years Academy Awards winner’s circle, but there’s still... Read more

Get ready to learn more than you ever wanted to know about Bing Crosby bears, phallic camels, cookie crooks, greasy clowns and the absolute spokes-slut that is… Snoopy. Yes, this episode of Laser Time is tackling our favorite gone-but-not-forgotten product... Read more

What’s the oldest source material for a video game that you ever played? Don’t answer yet, because Laser Time’s prepared an 8-bit extravaganza for you this week, all courtesy of some of the worst licensed Nintendo games ever made! It’s... Read more

With the great movie debate all settled, it’s time to turn our attention to the small screen… where things have gotten weirdly bigger! Skywalker-less Star Wars, scumbag superheroes, Bojack Birds, Canadian rednecks, and unexpected rise of Hulu. Oh yes, it’s... Read more

2019’s almost a distant memory, but we’ve narrowed down its greatest cinematic achievements into a legacy that’ll live in your hearts forever! Fake pimps, dead superheroes, suburban subterfuge and failed stuntmen abound. Oh, a we’ve tried to keep the spoilers... Read more