*Bonus* – The Gong Show in Cinema
Let's be serious: The Gong Show was a national phenomenon! Unfortunately like a lot of things in the 70's, once a movie was made, the fad was over. This is…
Ep. 260: The Importance of Being Gonged
If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you have no concept of just how popular "The Gong Show" was. This was a daytime show that destroyed the ratings,…
Ep. 259: The Knight Who Started a Role-playing Revolution
Sir Ian Livingstone is a real knight, known as the "Knight of the Nerds". Never has a moniker been more apt. Ian and his partner Steve Jackson were early fanatics…
Ep. 258: Learn to Harp a Slib of Boont
How many people reading this have attempted to learn a new language? I know that I have stopped and restarted Spanish lessons twice in the past 3 years. The grammar…
*Bonus* – TMNT in Video Games
One of the lucky breaks Eastman & Laird received was that Nintendo and Konami were looking for a new kind of game and the turtles came around at the perfect…
Ep. 257: TMNT – The Forty Year Phenomenon
1984 was a big year. Ghostbusters and Terminator were released, the events of George Orwell's novel take place, and in a Massachusetts suburb, two comic artists accidentally created one of…
*Bonus* – How The Bad News Bears Changed Film History
You may not think so, but the formula created by The Bad News Bears is still in use today! A rag tag group of kids, lead by an incompetent and…
Ep. 256: Hits, Heroes, & Homeruns of Baseball Cinema
Nothing says spring like the smell of freshly cut grass on a baseball diamond, and in my opinion, nothing says America quite like the baseball movie. Sure the sport gets…