Podcasts about botns

Using a set of trading card-sized reproductions of TV Guide covers, we wing our way through a new game, The TV Guide Card Game. Like baseball cards, each card features stats and trivia on the back, and Rick uses that to see if Mike can guess the cover subjects. Play along and maybe learn some "fun facts" about some of your favorite BOTNS-era shows! #podcast #tv #retrotv #seventies #eighties #games #tvguide #trivia  

Before we get back into the swing of season 11, we present one more encore episode. This time, we look back at Knight Rider, starring one TV's most charismatic stars and David Hasselhoff! We kid the Hoff! Still, a big shout-out to William Daniels as KITT, the talking, thinking, turbo boosting car. Why of all our episodes did we choose Knight Rider? Well, one, we had to check out a sweet KITT replica at a comics convnetion. Two, we wanted to give the well-known BOTNS boost to Knight Rider guest star and fellow podcaster Jason Bateman. Three, to remind everyone of the devastating affliction of CAR AMNESIA! One day...we'll find a cure.  #podcast #tv #retrotv #eighties #knightrider #thehoff #davidhasselhoff #jasonbateman #caramnesia  

The Old West comes to BOTNS in this season's Retro-Retro episode. Chuck Connors stars as Lucas "The Rifelman" McCain in this half-hour oater from the late fifties and early sixties. In "Ordeal," Lucas and his son Mark find themselves stranded in the desert after their meat salt mining expedition goes awry. Will they make it to safety or end up buzzard food? Find out on this exciting episode of Battle of the Network Shows! #podcast #tv #retrotv #fifties #sixties #therifelman #chuckconnors #ordeal #westerns #oater #meatsalt  

Our Facebook Group voted on a year to cover in our long-running TV Guide Game feature. They ended up in a two-way tie, so this week, we return to the BOTNS Vaults and pull out a TV Guide from 1977. Disney, the Hardy Boys, Ethel Merman, a BOTNS theoretical favorite, and more vie for Mike's viewership. Can Rick guess what he would watch, and if he does, will he celebrate in Jim Crockett's Victory Garden? #podcast #tv #retrotv #seventies #tvguide #tvguidegame  

"Imagine if you will a pyramid of Martins." What could this mean? The wizards in the BOTNS Game Labs have done it again, that's what! Can Mike guess the BOTNS-era celebrity Martins (first or last name) and build the pyramid, or will the pyramid crumble like so many misplaced bricks? #podcast #tv #retrotv #seventies #eighties #game #myfavoritemartin #martin  

Maður sem í dag var dæmdur í sex ára fangelsi fyrir kynferðisbrot gegn stúlkum á grunnskólaaldri, var handtekinn eftir tálbeituaðgerð í nóvember. Bjarni Pétur Jónsson sagði frá. Land hefur risið á Reykjanesskaga um fjóra sentimetra síðan í lok apríl. Þetta sýna nýjar gervihnattamyndir. Byggja þarf 4.000 íbúðir á ári næstu fimm árin til að mæta húsnæðisskorti að mati starfshóps ráðherra sem kynnti tillögur sínar í dag. Anna Guðmunda Ingvarsdóttir, formaður hópsins segir svo hraða uppbyggingu vel mögulega. Ný met í lykiláhættuþáttum loftslagsbreytinga voru slegin á síðasta ári, að því er fram kemur í skýrslu Alþjóðaveðurstofnunarinnar sem birt var í dag. Þórdís Arnljótsdóttir sagði frá og talaði við Elínu Björk Jónasdóttur, veðurfræðing. Kórónuveiran getur enn reynst skæð, sérstaklega í eldri aldurshópunum, segir Þórólfur Guðnason, sóttvarnarlæknir. Daglega greinast um 150 tilfelli. Sigurður Kaiser talaði við Þórólf. ------ Klak hnúðlaxa hefur verið staðfest hér í fyrsta sinn. Vísindamenn hafa fengið hnúðlaxseiði sem eru á leið til sjávar í gildrur í Hvalfirði. Ólöf Rún Skúladóttir ræddi við Guðna Guðbergsson sviðsstjóra á Hafrannsóknastofnun við Botnsá. Aðgengi að húsnæði á viðráðanlegu verði, hvort heldur sem er til eignar eða leigu, er grundvöllur húsnæðisöryggis og jafnréttis í húsnæðismálum, þetta segir í inngangi skýrslu þar sem niðurstöður og 28 tillögur um úrbætur og aðgerðir voru kynntar. Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir ræðir við Drífu Snædal forseta Alþýðusambands Íslands um húsnæðismálin og horfur fyrir kjarasamninga. Umsjón: Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir. Tæknimaður: Mark Eldred. Stjórn útsendingar fréttahluta: Valgerður Þorsteinsdóttir.

Maður sem í dag var dæmdur í sex ára fangelsi fyrir kynferðisbrot gegn stúlkum á grunnskólaaldri, var handtekinn eftir tálbeituaðgerð í nóvember. Bjarni Pétur Jónsson sagði frá. Land hefur risið á Reykjanesskaga um fjóra sentimetra síðan í lok apríl. Þetta sýna nýjar gervihnattamyndir. Byggja þarf 4.000 íbúðir á ári næstu fimm árin til að mæta húsnæðisskorti að mati starfshóps ráðherra sem kynnti tillögur sínar í dag. Anna Guðmunda Ingvarsdóttir, formaður hópsins segir svo hraða uppbyggingu vel mögulega. Ný met í lykiláhættuþáttum loftslagsbreytinga voru slegin á síðasta ári, að því er fram kemur í skýrslu Alþjóðaveðurstofnunarinnar sem birt var í dag. Þórdís Arnljótsdóttir sagði frá og talaði við Elínu Björk Jónasdóttur, veðurfræðing. Kórónuveiran getur enn reynst skæð, sérstaklega í eldri aldurshópunum, segir Þórólfur Guðnason, sóttvarnarlæknir. Daglega greinast um 150 tilfelli. Sigurður Kaiser talaði við Þórólf. ------ Klak hnúðlaxa hefur verið staðfest hér í fyrsta sinn. Vísindamenn hafa fengið hnúðlaxseiði sem eru á leið til sjávar í gildrur í Hvalfirði. Ólöf Rún Skúladóttir ræddi við Guðna Guðbergsson sviðsstjóra á Hafrannsóknastofnun við Botnsá. Aðgengi að húsnæði á viðráðanlegu verði, hvort heldur sem er til eignar eða leigu, er grundvöllur húsnæðisöryggis og jafnréttis í húsnæðismálum, þetta segir í inngangi skýrslu þar sem niðurstöður og 28 tillögur um úrbætur og aðgerðir voru kynntar. Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir ræðir við Drífu Snædal forseta Alþýðusambands Íslands um húsnæðismálin og horfur fyrir kjarasamninga. Umsjón: Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir. Tæknimaður: Mark Eldred. Stjórn útsendingar fréttahluta: Valgerður Þorsteinsdóttir.

Maður sem í dag var dæmdur í sex ára fangelsi fyrir kynferðisbrot gegn stúlkum á grunnskólaaldri, var handtekinn eftir tálbeituaðgerð í nóvember. Bjarni Pétur Jónsson sagði frá. Land hefur risið á Reykjanesskaga um fjóra sentimetra síðan í lok apríl. Þetta sýna nýjar gervihnattamyndir. Byggja þarf 4.000 íbúðir á ári næstu fimm árin til að mæta húsnæðisskorti að mati starfshóps ráðherra sem kynnti tillögur sínar í dag. Anna Guðmunda Ingvarsdóttir, formaður hópsins segir svo hraða uppbyggingu vel mögulega. Ný met í lykiláhættuþáttum loftslagsbreytinga voru slegin á síðasta ári, að því er fram kemur í skýrslu Alþjóðaveðurstofnunarinnar sem birt var í dag. Þórdís Arnljótsdóttir sagði frá og talaði við Elínu Björk Jónasdóttur, veðurfræðing. Kórónuveiran getur enn reynst skæð, sérstaklega í eldri aldurshópunum, segir Þórólfur Guðnason, sóttvarnarlæknir. Daglega greinast um 150 tilfelli. Sigurður Kaiser talaði við Þórólf. ------ Klak hnúðlaxa hefur verið staðfest hér í fyrsta sinn. Vísindamenn hafa fengið hnúðlaxseiði sem eru á leið til sjávar í gildrur í Hvalfirði. Ólöf Rún Skúladóttir ræddi við Guðna Guðbergsson sviðsstjóra á Hafrannsóknastofnun við Botnsá. Aðgengi að húsnæði á viðráðanlegu verði, hvort heldur sem er til eignar eða leigu, er grundvöllur húsnæðisöryggis og jafnréttis í húsnæðismálum, þetta segir í inngangi skýrslu þar sem niðurstöður og 28 tillögur um úrbætur og aðgerðir voru kynntar. Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir ræðir við Drífu Snædal forseta Alþýðusambands Íslands um húsnæðismálin og horfur fyrir kjarasamninga. Umsjón: Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir. Tæknimaður: Mark Eldred. Stjórn útsendingar fréttahluta: Valgerður Þorsteinsdóttir.

We take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you another round of the Fame Game, where Mike has to guess a famous personality (real or fictional) from the BOTNS era based on a series of clues. Will his hot streak continue, or will he crash and burn? Find out! #podcast #tv #retrotv #seventies #eighties #game #famegame #bonusepisode  

With season 9 and the BATTYs in the rearview mirror but always in their hearts, Rick and Mike catch up on life and some BOTNS-era viewing and look ahead at season 10. Plus a bonus Fame Game. #podcast #tv #retrotv #seventies #eighties

Nothing says New Orleans like Mardi Gras, and nothing says Mardi Gras like ninjas, and nothing says ninjas like Lee Van Cleef and Timothy "Salami" Van Patten facing off against a BOTNS favorite in a shocking heel turn! Join us as we look back at NBC's short-lived attempt at cashing in on the eighties ninja craze The Master.

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We return for another exciting round of the Fame Game! Will Mike be able to guess this week's BOTNS-era celebrity, character, or possibly location, or will he go down trying? Plus, what have Bobby and the BOTNS Orchestra been up to? Find out this week!

While shows ranging from Transformers all the way to M*A*S*H had action figures during the BOTNS era, plenty didn't, so we offer up a double-decker wish list. First, we look at toys we would have wanted as kids at the time. Then we list toys based on the era we'd love to have now. Join us for all the action and play along with your BOTNS action figures!

We here at BOTNS don't just want to entertain. We want to educate, especially for our vaunted 2- 11-year-old demo, and what better way to educate than to talk about classic kids science show "3-2-1 Contact" talking about light by going behind the scenes at a KISS concert?

Adapting comics into TV and movies has become all the rage in Hollywood. Well, we have our own suggestions for comics that should have become shows in the BOTNS era!

Gleðilegt nýtt ár!!! Happy New Year. Because the new year can feel like the time for new beginnings, I know 2019 does for me, I thought it would be fun to talk about the person who founded Reykjavík. He is also recognized as the first permanent Norse settler of Iceland.   The First Norsemen in Iceland According to the Landnámabók, which literally means the book of settlements, Ingólfur Arnarson, his wife Hallveig Fróðadóttir, his step brother Hjörleirfur Hróðmarsson and their slaves arrived in Iceland in the later half of the 800s. He gave Reykjavík its name in 874. Ari Þórgilsson, a medieval historian, claimed that Ingólfur and his crew were the first Norsemen to settle in Iceland. However, there were Irish monks that had been living in the country before Ingólfur arrived.  These people eventually left because they did not want to live among heathens. While it is true that many settlers that came to Iceland after Ingólfur were looking for new land to cultivate to call their own, Ingólfur’s main reason for leaving Norway was due to a blood feud. He and Hjörleifur killed the two sons of a Norse Earl. This resulted in Ingólfur having to give up his land possessions to the Earl. With no land of his own to speak of in his birth country, he set sail to the west to start over. How Ingólfur Founded Reykjavík, Iceland What I find most interesting about where Ingólfur decided to settle, is his method for choosing the place. While on his ship, he saw Iceland’s rugged natural landscape in the distance. Instead of saying that he would settle wherever his ship hit the shore, he decided to leave it up to the gods. As a chieftain, he sat on a high seat that had pillars with engravings on them. These carved pillars had the family name, a special emblem and representations of all of the gods. However, it is worth noting that the chieftain owed their highest allegiance to the god that was prominently represented on the pillars. Interestingly, Ingólfur took those carved pillars from his high seat and threw them into the water. He vowed that he would build his farm wherever those pillars came ashore on the island. Where his ship hit the shore is called Ingólfshöfði and he spent his first winter there, but that is not where the pillars were found. Ingólfur sent two of his Celtic slaves, Vífill and Karli, to search for the pillars. Incredibly, it took them 3 years to find the carved pillars. They located them in a small bay in the south western part of the country. The slaves reported back to Ingólfur that they had found the pillars, but were not impressed with the land where the pillars were located.  Ingólfur seemed to not care much about their opinion of the place. The gods had made their decision and Ingólfur moved to that place. He named the area Reykjavík, which literally means steam or smoke bay, because of the large amount of steam rising up from the nearby hot springs. Legal Owner of South Western Iceland To give you some kind of reference of how much land Ingólfur claimed, his farm was between the Botnsá river in Hvalfjörður, or whale fjord, in the west to Ölfusá river in the east. According to Google Maps, if you wanted to travel from one river to the next, you would have to walk almost 100 kilometers or about 62 miles. As a reward for finding the pillars, Ingólfur gave Vílfill and Karli their freedom and land to set up farms. He also gave a considerable amount of land to his relatives that came to settle in Iceland. At some point, Ingólfur was the legal owner of the South Western part of Iceland. However, he ended up giving away or selling a lot of the land to incoming settlers from Scandinavian countries. Icelandic Settlement Drama Of course, a settlement story wouldn’t be complete without more drama. Ingólfur´s half brother Hjörleifur was murdered by his slaves because of his terrible treatment of them. To get revenge, Ingólfur tracked down the slaves and killed them in the Westman Is...

Long before the Avengers assembled on the silver screen, the Arrowverse filled the CW schedule, or Netflix canceled the Defenders, NBC and Hanna-Barbera gathered some of DC Comics' greatest heroes and villains for a live-action TV event, and they chose the most obvious setting...the comedy variety special. 1960s Batman stars Adam West, Burt Ward, and Frank Gorshion join various standups, comedic actors, and unknowns in one of the oddest curiosities of the 1970s. Also, BOTNS fav Ed McMahon!

Is the caller there? Is the caller fed up with filthy TV? Well find out how people felt in 1981 as silver-haired TV talk legend Phil Donahue talks to Pastor John Hurt of the Clean Up TV Campaign and Chicago TV critic Gary Deeb. What shows did 1980s churchgoers find the most offensive? How did the Campaign actually want to clean up TV? What did the studio audience think? Plus which BOTNS favorite does Gary Deeb call a "toilet show"?

Sögulínurnar verða bara stærri og merkilegri í Pepsi Max-deildinni! Valsmenn eru í neðsta sæti þegar sjö umferðir eru búnar. ÍBV kom öllum á óvart með því að vinna ÍA og Breiðablik var í miklum ham gegn FH. Elvar Geir, Tómas Þór og Gunni Birgis fóru yfir 7. umferð Pepsi Max-deildarinnar í Innkastinu.

Það sást ekki lengur til botns í sekknum góða og því þurfti að grynnka aðeins á miðunum. Málefnin eru því öll úr sal að þessu sinni. Gefa má einkunnir hér.

Back in the BOTNS era and before, many TV shows had licensed comic book adaptations, but many more didn’t. Rick and Mike pick five each that should have had their own comic, suggest possible details like look and format, and Mike even offers to write some of them! Join us for this mixed media adventure.

After your Thanksgiving feast, gather round the radio for a BOTNS-style Thanksgiving with The Waltons. This one has everything you'd want from Thanksgiving: family, turkey hunting, romance, moonshine, a pageant, test taking, and a major head injury. Plus, we speculate on the comics in John-Boy's self-published regional newspaper. 

In a perfect BOTNS-era plot, Charlie's Angels (original class) go undercover at "men's" magazine "Feline" to stop a murderer from killing more centerfolds. Jill (Farrah Fawcett) might even have to become a centerfold! Guest stars include BATTY award winner Hugh O'Brian and the great Alan Fudge!

After a crushing defeat in the last Fame Game, Mike returns to the hot seat to see if he can guess another BOTNS-era performer, personality, or character and get his record up to 2-2, plus an astounding amount of "Caroline in the City" discussion.

Can you solve the identity of this week's mysterious BOTNS-era individual before Mike does? With Turtle Wax and his reputation on the line, will Mike even solve it? Find out on the Fame Game!

The TV Guide game returns as Rick dives into his vast collection of vintage TV Guide issues and tries to guess what shows Mike would have watched. This time, we go back to January, 14, 1987, and find out what Mike and Richmond, Virginia, might have watched. Keep an ear out for past BOTNS favorites Tom Selleck and Connie Sellecca.

This week, we take a brief look back at the career of the late Steven Bochco, co-creator of BOTNS-era-defining dramas "Hill Street Blues" and "L.A. Law," as well as groundbreaking nineties shows like "NYPD Blue" and "Murder One."

In The Fame Game, Rick puts Mike on the hot seat and challenges him to identify a BOTNS-era celebrity based on a series of clues. Will Mike rise to the challenge or fail miserably? Find out in The Fame Game!

In this bonus minisode, we play another round of everybody’s favorite Robert Pine based game Pick Your Pine. This time, Rick tries to guess what show from the BOTNS era featured both Robert Pine and the great Anne Meara.

This week, we discuss an episode of NBC's The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder from its final year. Tom sits down with BOTNS returning star Ricky Schroder. Iggy Pop performs three songs, bleeds a little, and chats with Tom. Plus "economist" Jerome Smith warns of impending 1980s doom, and "poet" Dorothy Greene-Pepper talks about loooove while Tom just tries to talk. Sit back, fire up a podtini, and chortle along with a broadcast legend (Tom, not us).

This week, we look at two episodes of classic eighties sitcom Silver Spoons. First, Ricky (Ricky Schroder) struggles to fit in at his new school and deal with a bully named Ox. Ricky's dad Edward (Joel Higgins) doesn't help matters by hiring a bodyguard for Ricky...Mr. T (Mr. T). After a different incident, Ox sues Ricky, and Ricky requests a jury of his peers--kids. Plus, the BOTNS return of Erin Gray and the BOTNS debut of Leonard Lightfoot!

This week, we look at a two-part episode of late '70s, early '80s feel-good show CHiPs and posit the idea that it might be the quintessential show of the era. In just two hours, John (Larry Wilcox) and Ponch (Erik Estrada have to help out a troubled rock star and his manager, stop a duo bent on sparking car accidents, foil a roller-skating gang of thieves, keep a roller-skating kid on the right side of the rink, and most importantly recruit stars for a charity roller disco! Can they do any of it? How many cars will crash? How many stars will show? How many stars will crash? Plus, the return of not one but two BOTNS favorites!