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Flopcast episode 619! Short show this week! We’re sleepy. But during a quick visit to Northeast Comic Con, we find old friends, fancy nerd dice, and members of The Go-Go’s, The Cars, and the cast of Growing Pains. We also recommend Enterprisesplaining, a silly new Star Trek podcast that doesn’t care if you’ve ever seen […] The post Flopcast 619: Babble Like an Idiot appeared first on The ESO Network.

Short show this week! We're sleepy. But during a quick visit to Northeast Comic Con, we find old friends, fancy nerd dice, and members of The Go-Go's, The Cars, and the cast of Growing Pains. We also recommend Enterprisesplaining, a silly new Star Trek podcast that doesn't care if you've ever seen Star Trek. Also: Happy Birthday to Matthew Modine. (Were you more disturbed by Matthew in Full Metal Jacket, Stranger Things, or Private School? Let us know.) The Cursed Dice Company! Enterprisesplaining! And our regular links... The Flopcast website! The ESO Network! The Flopcast on Facebook! The Flopcast on Instagram! The Flopcast on Mastadon! Please rate and review The Flopcast on Apple Podcasts! Email: info@flopcast.net Our music is by The Sponge Awareness Foundation! This week's promo: Dragon Con Report!

This week we're back in 1983! Kornflake shares a goofy 1983 commercial for Dial soap, while Kevin takes an absurdly quick look at the pop music of 1983. It was the year new wave conquered the Top 40, and we approved. (For more complete coverage of 1983 music, we refer you to recent episodes of White Rocket Entertainment and Modern Musicology. While the Flopcast covers Kajagoogoo, they take care of everything else.) We also stopped by Northeast Comic Con (aka Music Con) and saw members of the Monkees (Micky), the Runaways (Cherie), the Ramones (Richie), and the Stompers (Sal)! A Monkees cover band called Zilch was there too, as well as old friend of The Flopcast (and, as Flash Gordon, savior of the universe) Sam J. Jones! Plus: A concert report on Elvis Costello and the Imposters (along with Charlie Sexton) and Nick Lowe (along with his Mexican wrestling-masked backup band Los Straitjackets). And best of all, Happy Birthday to America's 1980s sweetheart, Phoebe Cates! Celebrate by watching Private School. It's not Phoebe's best movie, but it is Phoebe's 1983 movie. A bunch of 1983 commercials! (Dial soap ad is at 6:50) White Rocket Entertainment: Music of 1983! Modern Musicology: Music of 1983 Part 1 and Part 2! And our regular links... The Flopcast website! The ESO Network! The Flopcast on Facebook! The Flopcast on Instagram! The Flopcast on Mastadon! Please rate and review The Flopcast on Apple Podcasts! Email: info@flopcast.net Our music is by The Sponge Awareness Foundation! This week's promo: Monkeeing Around!    

Welcome to our first episode of 2023! Sorry for such a long delay, folks! On this episode we've got the amazing Gary Sohmers who runs the Northeast Comic Con among many other things!! The convention is coming up fast on March 10-12, 2023, in Boxborough, MA, so take a listen and if you're in the area then, check it out!! Gary can be found at the following links: NorthEast Comic Con, Pop Culture Expo Gary Sohmers Gary Sohmers | LinkedIn Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera Collectibles Extravaganza Gary Sohmers / Appraisers / Antiques Roadshow / PBS Madcity Music History HighLifeStyle Show Gary Sohmers IMDB Chris Esper can be found at: http://www.storiesmotion.com Haven Podcasts: Fright Lounge: Our monthly live streaming show where we talk about ALL Horror Media! https://www.facebook.com/frightlounge Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ThenIsNowPodcast Now only $3!! Help support your favorite Pop Culture show. Not only do you get access to our special filmmakers series, but new subscribers will be entered into a contest to win a free copy of actor Sean Kanan's amazing book, Way of the Cobra!! TeePublic: http://www.teepublic.com/stores/havenpodcasts Feedback: thenisnow42@gmail.com Join the conversation at our Facebook Group Twitter: @HavenPodcasts Website: havenpodcasts.com where you'll find our sister show, The East Meets the West, in which we discuss Shaw Brothers films and Spaghetti Western movies! Please SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube page, also! Don't forget to go to wherever you download your podcasts from and leave us a great review so more listeners can find us! You can find us on all the podcasting apps, especially the big 3: iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher! Enjoy, Re-Gor

Northeast Comic Con has become a home away from home for the Mental Suppository Podcast. And on Fourth of July weekend they appeared live on stage to do a live script reading of episode two of the 1935 radio drama FLASH GORDON. The Mental Suppository has staged several live script readings before, this time the guys are joined by Lisa Billings and cosplayer Carley Winn to read this radio classic live before an audience. If you weren't able to make it to the event last weekend, you can hear it now. With added effects to give you the feel of the old time radio plays of yesteryear.Sit back, relax and enjoy this little theater of the mind as you travel with Flash and his friends to the planet Mongo from the comfort of your own home.

The boys of the Mental Suppository Podcast are live at Northeast Comic Con yet again!! And you would have thought Northeast learned their lesson from the last two times. Bret, Jamie, Andrew and Wayne are talking about the new Batman movie with Robert Pattinson along with Batman and Harley Quinn themselves, Matches Malone and Carley Winn who stop by to say hello.  But not only are they talking about the new Batman film. But it's also the 30th Anniversary this year of the release of Batman Returns. And for the first time since that film, Michael Keaton is set to don the cape and cowl one more time in both Flashpoint and Batgirl later this year. It's all things pop culture at the event that celebrates all things pop culture here in New England. Northeast Comic Con!!

The Mental Suppository will return with brand new episodes on February 4th. Until then we wish to share a few favorite “leftovers” from our inaugural 2021 season.  We were fortunate enough to do three live shows during that season. Two of which were hosted over Zoom with the third one presented live at Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Winter Show on Thanksgiving Weekend.  One of the things we wanted to do when developing the Mental Suppository as an ongoing podcast was to involve short table reads during certain episodes. The reads would consist of the hosts and occasional guests taking part and reading a script from an unproduced film or television show. Sometimes reimagining a script in the case of the movie THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARIi or the 1975 children's show GHOSTBUSTERS produced by Filmation. We hope to continue this tradition into the coming new year. But for now, sit back and listen to a few we did over the course of the previous year.

The Mental Suppository will return with brand new episodes on February 4th. Until then we wish to share a few favorite “leftovers” from our inaugural 2021 season.  We were fortunate enough to do three live shows during that season. Two of which were hosted over Zoom with the third one presented live at Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Winter Show on Thanksgiving Weekend.  Our third and final live show of 2021 took place at Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza Winter Edition on Thanksgiving Weekend. This was our second live broadcast at Northeast and this time we decided to do a live reading of the 1940 Radio Drama from the Superman series. It starred Jamie Billings as Superman and Dr. Dahlgren. Wayne Neves as the Yellow Mask. Sydney Goddard as Lois Lane. Bret Herholz as Perry White. And Andrew Shanley as the Announcer. Other characters were voiced by members of the cast. Look!! Down at the mic!! It's a nerd. It's a pain. It's THE MENTAL SUPPOSITORY!!

The Mental Suppository will return with brand new episodes on February 4th. Until then we wish to share a few favorite “leftovers” from our inaugural 2021 season. We were fortunate enough to do three live shows during that season. Two of which were hosted over Zoom with the third one presented live at Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Winter Show on Thanksgiving Weekend. July 16th the Mental Suppository hosted it's second live event on its official YouTube channel. A live reading of the 1945 radio drama Dick Tracy and the Case of the Big Top Murders. It starred Andrew Shanley as Dick Tracy, Ramona Puchalski-Piretti as Tess Trueheart, Bret Herholz as Vitamin Flintheart, Jamie Billings as Duckfoot the Clown, Sydney Goddard as Zelda the Elephant Trainer, Lisa Billings as Faye Line the Lion Tamer and Scott Graves as Shill the Circus Owner and the Announcer.  Presented with sound effects and incidental music for your listening pleasure. So sit back and relax. And enjoy a Tootsie Roll while you listen to a presentation of a classic radio play.

The Mental Suppository will return with brand new episodes on February 4th. Until then we wish to share a few favorite “leftovers” from our inaugural 2021 season.  We were fortunate enough to do three live shows during that season. Two of which were hosted over Zoom with the third one presented live at Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Winter Show on Thanksgiving Weekend.  The first of these live events was a presentation of the lost BBC radio drama DR. WHO: A JOURNEY INTO TIME which was hosted on Zoom on May 1st 2021. It starred Devon Kurtz as Dr. Who, Lola Barbare as Susan, Ramona Puchalski-Piretti as Susan's teacher Miss Jennings with the rest of the cast played by the crew of the Mental Suppository. The original radio drama starred Peter Cushing reprising the role of Dr. Who, from the two Dalek films he starred in and it was written by longtime Doctor Who television writer Malcolm Hulke. It was a clever retelling of the first William Hartnell television episode with some slight changes to the characters. We present the live event for the first time with added sound effects and incidental music for your listening pleasure. Sit back, relax and ring in the brand new year with an old friend.

8 Years and 500 (+) Episodes! In celebration we have a big announcement! We have a new theme song. Retiring "Television Addict" by the Hoodoo Gurus/The Victims, and replacing it with a song written and recorded JUST for the show by the great Josh Caterer (Smoking Popes), TV Guidance Counselor! Josh also has a new single out for the a Holidays, a great version of White Christmas. Also! Ken did his first face to face interviews since March 2020, and his first convention since November 2019. Here are two of the interviews from that con, NorthEast Comic Con. First up is Francois Clemmons who played Officer Clemmons on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Ken and Francois discuss how he became Officer Clemmons on the show, his trepidation about wearing a police uniform in 1969, being a helper, being a TV pioneer, the life philosophy of Fred Rogers, the importance of listening, not being Hollywood, how slow Fred was (in a good way), Won't You Be My Neighbor, why Tom Hanks was wrong in Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Spirituals, the benefit of recording in Pittsburgh, singing Opera, finding your light, integrated pools, being a teacher, and the Land of Make Believe Puppets. Next Ken talks to writer, actor, comedian Robert Wuhl. Ken and Robert discuss writing for Police Squad, auditioning for airplane, how quickly Police Squad was canceled, writing for Rodney Dangerfield, Leslie Neilson's fart machine, wanting to work with good people, The Hollywood Knights, why Tonight Show jokes from the 80s wouldn't fly today, Mary Lambert casing him in Madonna's Material Girl video, having one line in Flashdance, wanting your work to be seen, writing for the Oscars, auditioning for Barry Levinson, Casablanca Pictures, Bull Durham, Batman '89, table reads with Sean Young, how Michele Pfeifer was cast and fired from Batman '89, how Kim Basinger became "The Creature" and had the most leverage in Batman, how the worst audition ever still got Robert a job, Good Morning Vietnam, how John Glover was the original joker in Batman '89, how Warner Bros wanted to go full Batman '66 camp and cast Chevy Chase or Bill Murray as Batman, shooting in London at Pinewood Studios, how a trip to see Phantom of the Opera lead to Jack Nicholson having the entire ending of Batman changed, Robert's cameo on Supergirl, how hard it is to keep spoilers under wraps these days, rating all the Batman films, the band The New Bomb Turks, loving movies that are fun, the best Baseball movie ever, Robert's problems with Field of Dreams and the Natural, and the future of "Assume the Position".

To celebrate (just barely) our 500th episode, we decided to shove every single Flopcast segment into one extra-goofy show! Including: Chickens in the News (with more giant chicken topiary drama), our dumbest Top 4 1/2 List ever, National Whatever Day with one of the kids from Fame, a boozy edition of the Figgy Pudding Pages, a mini-FlopFight (starring Dionne Warwick and friends), an extra-festive round of Trapped in the House, a silly game hiding in a bag, the return of Capes or Apes, comic book trivia on Earth Station One, ElectraWoman and DynaGirl on The Batcave Podcast, a concert report starring Niki Luparelli and the Harvard Square Turkey, a convention report from Northeast Comic Con (with the stars of Lost in Space, Meatballs, and TV Guidance Counselor), a Facts of Life report that (shockingly) does not involve a backdoor pilot, and how The Sponge Awareness Foundation plans to rake in the big bucks for the holidays. It's a fast-paced, action-packed show in which you will learn absolutely nothing. But hey, thanks to everyone who has spent some or (yikes) all of the last 500 episodes being weird with us! Will we do another 500? Oh, yes. According to our parole officer, we sort of have to. Comic book trivia with Kevin and the Council of Michaels on Earth Station One! More ElectraWoman and DynaGirl talk on the Batcave Podcast with Kevin and John! And our regular links... The Flopcast website! The ESO Network! The Flopcast on Facebook! The Flopcast on Instagram! The Flopcast on Twitter! Please rate and review The Flopcast on Apple Podcasts! Email: info@flopcast.net Our music is by The Sponge Awareness Foundation! This week's promos: Monster Attack! Epsilon Three!

The Mental Suppository Podcast is back at the Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles recording live from their Winter 2021 Convention. This time Bret, Jamie, Andrew, Wayne and special Guest Sydney Goddard are doing a live read of episode seven of the 1941 Superman radio serial Dr. Dahlgren's Atomic Beam Machine!! Superman was first given a voice on the radio by Bud Collyer, who also voiced the Man of Steel in animated serials produced by Max Fleischer around the same time and would later return to the role for Filmations 1966 Saturday Morning Cartoon. If you had already watched the live read either at the Convention or on the Mental Suppository YouTube Channel, you're in for an auditory treat with this episode. The team has added music and sound effects to the reading much like they did with their live read of the Dick Tracy Radio play. To give the audience the feeling they are listening to an old time radio broadcast. So sit back, close your eyes and open up your theatre of the mind. Because this looks like a job for… THE MENTAL SUPPOSITORY PODCAST!!

Gary Sohmers has been on the convention scene since 1985 when he launched Northeast Collectibles Extravaganza which would eventually morph into Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza. Which has become the biggest little convention in New England offering an affordable family friendly atmosphere that is guaranteed NEVER BORING with a wide variety of celebrity guests, comic artists and collectible vendors. As well as being a showrunner for a popular comic convention, Gary is an appraiser with an amazing knowledge of pop culture memorabilia who has been on Antiques Roadshow. he is the writer and producer of a rock opera called BEASTIES. Andrew and Bret sat down with Gary to discuss his career running a successful convention and some of the friendships he has made with the likes of Adam West. Who was a guest at Northeast shortly before he sadly passed away in 2017. As well as discussing being the very first convention in the New England area to open up again right after the state lifted the Covid lockdown begun in 2020. He also gives a demonstration to Andrew and Bret of his expertise in the area of appraising pop culture memorabilia. And makes an announcement that quite literally knocks Andrews socks off… but you'll have to listen to the episode to find that out. Check out Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles 2021 Thanksgiving weekend November 26th-28th in Boxborough Massaschusetts. Parking is free!! But be sure to listen to our interview with Gary first. It's most certainly guaranteed NOT BORING!!

It's one of our dumbest ideas ever: This is episode 495, so we're discussing Interstate 495, the Massachusetts highway we've spent our whole lives driving up and down like idiots. 495 starts near Rhode Island (look out!) and ends near New Hampshire (oh no!). In between are lots of weird Massachusetts towns, which bring back lots of weird Massachusetts memories. So today's silly road trip includes: fake Pilgrims, the Thermometer Man, nerds at a football stadium, the early days of The Sponge Awareness Foundation, Kevin's 1990s open mic night (hope you like Jewel covers), Rubber Chicken Comics, midnight Snapple, the quest for clam cakes, apple orchards with free booze, the upcoming Northeast Comic Con (yikes, A.L. from Meatballs will be there), Kornflake's school days, mysterious pineapple glop on the beach, and zorbing. Also: Happy Birthday to The Karate Kid himself, Ralph Macchio. If he doesn't actually start to age sometime soon, we're gonna have to sweep the other leg. The Flopcast website! The ESO Network! The Flopcast on Facebook! The Flopcast on Instagram! The Flopcast on Twitter! Please rate and review The Flopcast on Apple Podcasts! Email: info@flopcast.net Our music is by The Sponge Awareness Foundation! This week's promos: The Best Saturdays of Our Lives! Earth Station DCU! Doctor Geek's vaccination PSA!

Comic conventions are returning. And those mugs from the Mental Suppository Podcast were there for it!! Northeast Comic Con is the first convention in Massachusetts since the state reopened. Bret, Jamie and Andrew talk with artists, fans and Cosplayers about their feelings about conventions returning and their past experiences on the convention circuit. And for anyone unfamiliar with Northeast Comic Con, it's probably one of the most fan friendly laid back conventions out there. That guarantees never boring and fun for the whole family with great guests. And the best way to get back into the swing of things for fans who have missed going to them.

I talk about Northeast Comic Con,Toys R' Us not having wrestling figures,The Chaotic Joke and the possibility of it not being on YouTube and more

This is the last of the four podcasts I taped last November at the NorthEast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza, which happens twice a year out in Boxborough, Massachusetts. Philo has had a long and varied career, and we get into his resume straight away in the interview and drill down from there. You've seen his animation work on Disney's The Little Mermaid, The Smurfs, Super Friends, and more. You may even have heard his voice if you're a fan of early animated video games, but I will make you listen to find out more about that. Barnhart comes from a family of animators – mother Phyllis was an animator and cel painter, and Philo used to go with his dad Dale when he worked as a background artist for Disney. Which is how he was nearly the voice of Winnie the Pooh. We are also both huge Yellow Submarine fans, which I enjoyed exploring with him. He is a delightful and colorful conversationalist. You can find out more about his work at www.silverphoenix.net, or search for him on Facebook. And you can find out more about Northeast Comic Con's guests and schedule at NEComicCons.com, or search for them on Facebook and Twitter. This week's feature track is “Permanent Crush” from Matt York's upcoming album, Bruisable Heart. York is an exceptional songwriter and performer, which you already know if you heard him on EP49 of the podcast and checked out his music. I've had the pleasure of playing with Mr. York on a few occasions, and I can tell you, he is a prolific and musically restless fellow. I've heard a couple of different versions of this song and some of the others he's working on, and you're in for a treat when the final album drops early this summer. Look for news about that and York's other work at mattyorkmusic.com and on Facebook and Twitter.  

Here's our big silly report from Northeast Comic Con in exotic Boxborough, Massachusetts! Featuring: Rubber Chicken Comics, Lost in Space's Mark Goddard, weird comedy from Mark Gallagher, kaiju rock from Gwello, chicken songs from The Fools, and Cesar Romero rumors from Gilbert Gottfried! Then it's time for another round of Capes or Apes, in which we flip through an old Spider Woman comic book and check out the ads for Cracker Jack, Atari, and Blip magazine. We're also celebrating the birthday of our favorite Russian doll, Natasha Lyonne, and exposing her secret connection to Wooly Willy. And we have a big announcement about a rare (as in once a decade) live show from Kevin's band! (No, not that band. The other one.) Save the date (May 25th), hitchhike to Massachusetts, and join us. Bring Bubble Yum.

Live from the Northeast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganza, a pop culture expo. That's right the Angry Trio is on the road for another comiccon. Jeremy finds out why its bad to give a bunny a beer , Jamie talks KID CON , Lewis gets frozen in the Spider-Verse with writer Joe Caramagna Play the card game Cheer up, meet up with the Toking Dead guys and more.

Craig Semon sits down with Gary Sohmers — who served as an appraisal expert of pop culture, collectibles and toys for 13 years on “The Antique Roadshow” on PBS — talks about pop cultural memorabilia (including the Monkees, "Captain Marvel," "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Black Panther"), as well as the Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza being held Friday through Sunday, March 15-17, at the Boxboro Regency Hotel, 242 Adams Place, Boxboro. For more information, go to NEComicCons.com.

This is an inadvertently Nashville-themed edition, as featured interview subject, comics artist/creator and musician Guy Gilchrist, and the musician behind this week's featured track, Ted Drozdowski, ply their trades in Music City. And for the second week in a row, the featured guest has a Jim Henson connection. A bit from his bio – Gilchrist created the Muppets comic strip and worked on Fraggle Rock and The Muppet Babies. But he also took over the comic strip Nancy for a number of years and worked on cartoons from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Pink Panther. And if that weren't enough, he's also an accomplished singer/songwriter. Which is why I brought my guitar, in case I could convince him to play a tune or two. Which he does just before the conversation begins, and then later, in separate segment, at his booth at the NorthEast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza. I was fortunate to sit down with Guy in front of a live audience at the Con, and Gilchrist was also one of the first people I met there. We talked at his booth where he was doing custom drawings for fans. He looked down at my laminate and said, “You're underdressed.” I handed him the laminate, and he drew Kermit in a Red Sox cap. The Sox are his favorite team, and since they had just won the World Series, Gilchrist was in a great mood. It makes sense he would appreciate such a pastoral game. It became clear to me as we spoke how much he treasures gentleness and how much he sincerely wants to help make the world a more loving place. Just don't mention zombies to him. You can hear for yourself why. He is passionate and irrepressible. I directed this interview the way a bumper directs a pinball. “That's why they have a panel with just me,” he says at one point. “Everybody gets pissed off.” Later on in the Con, I went back to Guy's table to try to get him to sing one of his own songs. I didn't get that, but I did get him singing “Poor Jenny,” originated by the Everly Brothers, which you'll hear in the short second segment. You can find out more about him at www.aguygilchristproduction.com, or search for him on Facebook and Twitter. And you can visit Guy at the NorthEast Comic Con this weekend, March 15-17, in Boxboro, Massachusetts. And thanks as well to Gary Sohmers for allowing me to tape my first live episodes at the Con. I've got one more, with artist and animator Philo Barnhart, coming up in the next few weeks. This week's featured track is "Still Among the Living,” from Ted Drozdowski's new album, Coyote Motel. It's an evolutionary step forward from what Drozdowski has been doing with his band, Scissormen. It's more psychedelic, more textured, and at times, more emotional. I don't want to say too much about this, because Ted is the guest on next week's episode and you'll get to hear the story behind this track directly from him. I will say the reasons I chose this track, which opens the album, are that I love the main lyrical conceit, “I'm here, so you're still among the living,” he sings, and because it features Ted's epic guitar playing. It's out It's out now, and you can find it on CDBaby, so pick it up!

This week we were live at Northeast Comic Con and we talked to one of my very best friends, Stephanie Peters.  She helped me out when I first got started, Ace and I have performed many shows with her.  She burst onto the Boston Comedy scene real quick and has not slowed down since.  She lives life and does comedy on her terms with no apologies.  Stephanie has no problem speaking her mind, trust me you'll know where you stand with her.  After listening to this, you'll see why we love her.

Kornflake is back from Minnesota with a full report on MarsCon, which featured performances by: Carrie Dahlby, the great Luke Ski, Mikey Mason, Devo Spice, Marc with a C, Power Salad, Insane Ian, the Library Bards, and Guest of Honor Judy Tenuta! Plus: Dementia Smackdown Wrestling, Kyle and Luke Talk About Toons, the Space Oddity Music Club and Brew Pub, Klingons, karaoke, and a chicken! And yes, Kornflake found a way to terrify the hotel staff while preparing for her Dementia Water Aerobics class. We also play a round of What's in the Bag, celebrate Swedish waffles, and get Kevin's report from Northeast Comic Con, featuring Adam West and Burt Ward in the middle of an abandoned department store. So it was a busy week. Next week we're staying home.

Rich Keefe & Ryan Davey talk about their trip to NorthEast Comic Con, including interviews with a handful of characters who were in attendance. Plus "This Week in #DORK" and the "Pick of the Podcast." See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode recorded live at North East ComicCon on March 5, 2017 Ken sat on stage in an abandoned JC Penny and chatted with Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Mark Goddard (Lost in Space). First up Ken chatted with Brendon about Psycho Beach Party, Three's Company, being a PA on Dave's World, growing up in LA, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, what he watches now, The Buffy Comic Book series, why Buffy and Xander never got together, the great dialog of Joss Whedon, Criminal Minds, hugging, dancing, and how Spike and Xander should star in a remake of "The Ropers". Next up Ken chats with Mark Goddard about how he got to Hollywood, why you should never say you can ride a horse when you can't, The Rifleman, Lost in Space, how to talk your way onto a movie lot, what to do when robots catch fire, and being recognized without being recognized.

Your Flopcast hosts have not been spotted together at many conventions in 2016, but it happened at Northeast Comic Con! (Just barely -- Kornflake was feeling under the weather, but still managed to arrive fashionably late. 'Twas a holiday miracle.) Wandering around the convention, we ran into a bunch of friends (including Tiki Zombie's Mike Gordon, TV Guidance Counselor's Ken Reid, and the Rubber Chicken Comics guys), a bunch of great costumes (including a "Stranger Things" costume that was just brilliant), and a bunch of people in Devo energy domes, because yikes, two members of Devo were there! (We love Devo... and as you may have noticed recently, they were right about "De-Evolution" after all. So show some respect, you spuds.) We also stayed for the Saturday night concert, with performers including Tsunami of Sound (with special guest Billy West!), The Lights Out (Kornflake's new favorite rock band), and The Fantastic Plastics (a Devo-inspired sci-fi pop duo with a theremin... so yeah, we sort of fell in love with them). We also have some recent podcasts to plug, from our friends at Earth Station One, Pop Culture Cosmos, and Grant's Advent Calendar. And thanks to National Whatever Day, we're thinking about "9 to 5." (Not the song, not the movie, but the sitcom. We try to make everything about 80s sitcoms. Hey, remember when Devo appeared on "Square Pegs"? We sure do.)

Courtney is off at Northeast Comic Con, so it's time for a spoilercast! Sean talks about his experiences and thoughts on Pokemon Moon. The 8-bit Adventures podcast is a weekly podcast centered around geeky topics like gaming, comics, movies, tech, and pie-cake! Join the crew as they goof around and chat about stuff they found interesting this week. You can check out all things 8-bit Adventures over at http://www.8-bitadventures.comYou can support 8-bit Adventures by becoming a patron over at http://www.patreon.com/8bitAdventures. Thank you for your support!Our theme is 1UP (Instrumental) by Professor Shyguy. You can check out the awesome work he does over at http://www.professorshyguy.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Thanksgiving week, and we're celebrating with cranberries, espresso, and Robbie Rist (you know, just like the Pilgrims). We also catch up on silly events of the last few weeks, including a weird trip to Rockport for a Joan Osborne concert, our friend Mous E's 25-hour charity gaming marathon (including Operation!), and Kevin's attempt at an even dumber Halloween costume than last year's debacle. (They said it couldn't be done. Challenge accepted.) And we're looking forward to next week's David Bowie tribute concert from Niki Luparelli and the Gold Diggers (with burlesque from the Lipstick Criminals), and next month's Northeast Comic Con (featuring Dean Cain, Billy West, members of Devo, TV Guidance Counselor's Ken Reid, The Lights Out, and perhaps even a Tiki Zombie). So hey, Happy Thanksgiving, true believers. We'll never be as festive as a giant Underdog balloon, but we're trying.

Kevin and Kornflake are back from Northeast Comic Con, where they found Muppet choirs, Rubber Chicken Comics, the Lost in Space chariot, and some of our favorite costumers (including Cosplay Dad, RW Martin as Indiana Jones, and Brandon the Shapeshifter as Thundarr the Barbarian). And the convention's Saturday night concert featured Tsunami of Sound, The Lights Out, Draco and the Malfoys, Loose Salute, Sam Mulligan, a Walton (Jon Walmsley), a Blackheart (Ricky Byrd), and yes, a Monkee (Micky Dolenz)! 'Twas a long show; we're still sleepy. Also from Northeast Comic Con, we have a Flopcast interview with the original Captain America (from way back in 1979), Reb Brown! (Did we mostly ask about Reb's appearance on The Facts of Life? What do you think?) Plus: The Mayor of Chickentown makes her Earth Station One podcast debut, we unveil our new Flopcast convention badge ribbons, and Kornflake is still obsessed with popsicles.

In a one on one interview, Gary joins us to talk about many of the special events and people coming up at NorthEast Comic Con, including: Micky Dolenz Cal Schenkel Karen Gosselin Philo Barnhart HB Comics Chase Masterson Barry Bostwick Stacey Longo Starship Horizons Bridge Simulator Noel Macneal Kathy Garver And many many more Panels: […]

We're kicking off the new year with one more convention report from the old year! Northeast Comic Con featured the stars of A Christmas Story; a round of Press Your Luck (No Whammies!) with Big Bucks Entertainment; legendary comic book artist George Pérez; TV Guidance Counselor with Ken Reid, Claudia Wells, John Wesley Shipp, and Andrew WK; and the 50th anniversary of Lost in Space. Speaking of which, we have a special Flopcast interview with one of the stars of Lost in Space, Marta Kristen! Marta discusses not only her time aboard the Jupiter 2 as Judy Robinson, but also her role as Lorelei the mermaid in Beach Blanket Bingo, her critically acclaimed theatrical work, and her current projects. (Listen carefully for a cameo from Marta's Lost in Space co-star Mark Goddard! And you might even hear the Robot in the background, screaming about danger, as usual.) Also: Soupy Sales would have been 90 this week. Why not celebrate by hitting yourself in the face with a pie?

We're halfway through our court-ordered ten-episode celebration of the 80s, which means it's time to talk about 1985. Kornflake has a song by Passion Pit (not from 1985, but still thematically appropriate... well played, Kornflake). Meanwhile Kevin selects the classic Pat Benatar-meets-Supergirl film The Legend of Billie Jean, because fair's fair. Then we move on to some holiday talk -- Kevin's Halloween costume was the stupidest thing anyone has ever seen, and we have the Turkey Stark business cards to prove it. We also thought Thanksgiving week would be the perfect time to tell the world about "turxting" -- a bold new breakthrough in turkey-themed communications technology. (You might even hear us send and receive turxt messages from some friends of the Flopcast during the show! Try to contain your excitement.) And we look forward to our final convention of the year, the Northeast Comic Con! (If Judy Robinson from Lost in Space will be there, then we'll be there. This is how we plan our lives.) Hey, if you found this week's show to be a little weird, please let us know. Send us a turxt.

It's a convention double-header on today's episode of AHI! After "con"-quering both Special Edition: NYC and Eternal Con (Episodes 15 & 16), Adrian set his sights on Northeast Comic-Con and Too Many Games, returning to New Jersey with two geek-tastic interviews: The first interview features Vivek J. Tiwary, a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Tony Award-winning Broadway producer. We all know the story of the "Fab Four," but what about the person who discovered them? Vivek provides listeners with the incredible back story detailed in the acclaimed graphic novel The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story. The second interview features programmer and indie game developer Rick Kelly, the founder of Underbyte Studios. Rick has been a programmer since youth and has taken his lumps, eventually landing a dream job working for The Elder Scrolls Online before starting his own company. His flagship game, Heroes Guard: The Journal, is an interactive fiction/role-playing game where the player is truly in charge of their destiny.

It's a convention double-header on today's episode of AHI! After "con"-quering both Special Edition: NYC and Eternal Con (Episodes 15 & 16), Adrian set his sights on Northeast Comic-Con and Too Many Games, returning to New Jersey with two geek-tastic interviews: The first interview features Vivek J. Tiwary, a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Tony Award-winning Broadway producer. We all know the story of the "Fab Four," but what about the person who discovered them? Vivek provides listeners with the incredible back story detailed in the acclaimed graphic novel The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story. The second interview features programmer and indie game developer Rick Kelly, the founder of Underbyte Studios. Rick has been a programmer since youth and has taken his lumps, eventually landing a dream job working for The Elder Scrolls Online before starting his own company. His flagship game, Heroes Guard: The Journal, is an interactive fiction/role-playing game where the player is truly in charge of their destiny.

Kornflake dreams of a Flopcast road trip to Wayne, Nebraska... possibly because they have a GIANT ANNUAL CHICKEN FESTIVAL!!! Meanwhile Kevin has been creeping around the rock clubs of Boston again, and reports on recent shows by Telelectrix (they have a keyboard fort), Party Bois (they like to drink, they like to party), Petty Morals (aka Go Bang), CJ Ramone (who brought along an Aquabat or two), Shonen Knife (they sing about cats and capybaras, so we love them), and (get ready to freak out) Men Without Hats. (We can pretend it's 1983 if we want to.) Kevin also dropped by Northeast Comic Con, and found pirates, rubber chickens, gargoyles, Adam West, our favorite TV Guidance Counselor, and a whole bunch of Shriners. Also: Kornflake reviews the new Pixar movie Inside Out, which may or may not be a shameless ripoff of Karate Kid Part 3.

In this episode recorded LIVE! at the NorthEast Comic Con and Pop Culture Expo on Saturday June 20, 2015 Ken welcomes writer/producer Jeff Kline and actor/comedian Julie McCullough to the show.   First up Ken welcomes Jeff Kline. Jeff looks at a TV Guide from the week March 18-24, 1978. Ken and Jeff discuss producing cartoons, Jumanji, finding out you got a job in the papers, the life and death of Saturday Morning Cartoons, UPN, That was Then, being 30 and getting to be 16 again twice, The Starland Vocal Band, generational record business, The Monkees, The Banana Splits, Sid & Marty Kroft,   Johnny Carson, KTLA, The Legend of Cougar Canyon, Lawrence Welk, Lechmere, Andy Williams, Wayland Flowers & Madam, the pasts' refusal to admit gayness, dialing is a commitment, Ken's aluminium foil based conspiracy theory, Saturday Night family TV, Wonder Woman, replacing Cathy Lee Crosby with Linda Carter, Eletra Woman and Dynagirl, spending 10 minutes in a hot tub with Pink Lady & Jeff, the Sid and Marty Kroft Amusement park, suing McDonald's, Land of the Lost, Hanna-Barbera formal wear, being starstruck, telling The Rock to sound more dead, exactly what an "executive" does, Party of Five, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Frank Lupo, Werewolf, Matt Helm, re-inventing your youth, GI Joe, Transformers, The 7 Stages of Fandom, Twilight Zone, Star Trek, The Jackie Chan Animated Series, R-Rated movies becoming G-Rated Toys, CG Cartoons, Eddie Albert, Love American Style, The Cowsills, the disgusting nature of Afternoon Delight, Summer Replacement Series, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R., The New Monkees, Don Kirshner, Szysznyk, Mr. President, Kolchak, Richard Matheson, The Outer Limits, Art Carney: World's Most Prolific TV Santa,  Paul Shaffer and Greg Evigan's deal with Satan, local kids' shows, the golden age of the variety show, Dolly, Hey Vern! It's Ernest, Ernest Saves Christmas, Prime Time Saturday Morning Preview Specials, favorite Christmas Specials, Police Woman, Battle of the Network Stars, Gabe Kaplan's fury, Busting Loose, and the strange TV career of Don Rickles.   Ken then welcomes actress/comedian Julie McCullough. Ken and Julie discuss Game of Thrones, Grizzly Adams, the wonders of color TV, moving around as a Military kid, touring the South, Dark Shadows, ghosts, love of the Munsters leading to a role on The Munsters Today, The Flying Nun, Sally Field, Sid & Marty Kroft, Star Trek, locking into all your interests by age 10, Max Headroom, kissing Superboy, Relic Hunter, playing an Evil Magician, being a Magician's assistant, living with Tia Carerre, Dick Clark, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Hee Haw, Carol Burnett, Drive-Ins, Big Bad Mama, a scoop on Big Bad Mama III, Angie Dickinson, when stunts go wrong, Circus of the Stars, Karen Black: Elephant Trainer, Julie's Carnival roots, Monkey Mazes, Carnival based Reality TV Series, the social implications of Freak Shows, "The Scat",  Sleepy Hollow, We Are the Millers, shooting in North Carolina, Growing Pains connection to Abbot and Costello, and loving dying on screen. 

Tonight we’ve got guests up to our ears, so we decided to spare you news! First up, we have Gary Sohmers of NorthEast Comic Con.  He’s here to say, “Aloha!” and tell us a bit about what we can expect at the con. Our second guest of the night is Ron Garner of Silence in […]

Gary Sohmers from Northeast Comic Con is tonight’s guest. Get ready for a high-energy, high-excitement interview! Baby Bruce Wayne’s First Date Mark Ruffalo Tweets about the Lack of Black Widow Toys DC/W Bizarre Wonder Woman Strategy Skye. Is. Amazing. With Avengers: Age of Ultron, Whedon closes out his contract with Marvel Studios Joss Whedon says […]

December’s Interview: Charles Fleischer and Joanna Cassidy Make sure to see Charles Fleischer and Gary K. Wolf (author of Who Censored Roger Rabbit) at the Northeast Comic Con in Boston on December 6th! (podcast intro recorded by Larry Kenney from the original Thundercats) (opening dialogue music by: Gary Lane) PLEASE rate us/subscribe on iTunes. Find us online: www.saturdaymorningrewind.com And FOLLOW us on Facebook and Twitter!