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Flopcast episode 646! Let’s wrap up our look back at Dragon Con 2024, before we have to creep back to Atlanta for Dragon Con 2025! The final two days of our favorite nerdfest included: Sci-Fi Court! (The Mayor defended Beastmaster, and Kevin defended Wonder Woman. But not the Wonder Woman you’re thinking of.) A couple of rounds of Roll-A-Panel, in which a giant d20 determined which movies were discussed! (Don’t worry, we did not miss Sheena: Queen of the Jungle.) Celebrity Q&A panels with Giancarlo Esposito, Ming Na Wen, Manny Jacinto, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Mike Colter! Script readings of Three’s Company and Out of This World, featuring kazoos, a surprise message from space, and a million Helens Roper! The new Dragon Tales book! Retro arcade games! Barbies! Teeth! And yes, screaming bikini chicken ladies. It was magnificent. See you next year, weirdos.
Episode 646 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 645! The Mayor of Chickentown joins Kevin and Kornflake as our look back at Dragon Con 2024 continues! This time we’re covering Friday and Saturday, when the convention was so crowded that we could not have squished one more nerd into Atlanta. Our coverage includes: The Geek Girls Run! The ESO Network’s Freaks and Geeks 25th Anniversary panel! More panels on punk rock sci-fi, Office Space, Aquaman, cicadas, and apes! Monty Python’s John Cleese! Flute-playing astronaut Cady Coleman! A super-weird (as usual) round of Sci-Fi Explosion! And perhaps a naughty Star Trek puppet show too! It was all quite exhausting, and yikes, we still had two days to go. Stock up on mead and cheese (that’s our Dragon Con health plan) and enjoy…
Episode 645 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 644! Here we go with the first of three (yikes, hopefully no more than three) Dragon Con review episodes! This week Kevin and Kornflake go over everything that happened Wednesday and Thursday, as our giant Atlanta nerd festival was just getting started. Including: A meeting of the geeks at Logan Airport in Boston! The Dragon Con debut of our pal Blasted Bill! Our third annual meeting with the Muscovy ducks of Piedmont Park! The Dragon Con Newbie Walking Tour! A disgusting beverage! The Council of Kevins! The Sci-Fi Music Video Book Club! The 120 Minutes dance party! And lots more shenanigans and silliness with the greatest collection of nerds and weirdos ever assembled. And this is only the beginning…
Episode 644 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 643! It’s Dragon Con weekend, but we didn’t forget about a weird Flopcast summer tradition: our annual robot-themed Top 4 ½ List! And we have a special guest to deliver the list: our old pal (and original Sponge Awareness Foundation member) Jim, finally making his Flopcast debut! Jim has a list of surprise robots from movies and TV; that is, robots that we didn’t know were robots until the big reveal. Call them androids, call them simuloids, call them replicants, Cylons, fembots, whatever you like. But they’re robots in disguise, and they’re out there. By the way, the Chickaphant, an alien chicken/elephant hybrid, is also out there somewhere. Please don’t leave the house.
Episode 643 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 642! Dragon Con is just days away, which means tens of thousands of nerds shall soon descend upon the unsuspecting city of Atlanta. (Actually, Atlanta knows we’re coming. They’re jacking up the price of giant rum drinks at this very moment…) Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown will be busy with panels, presentations, and various bizarre Dragon Con events, so this week we’re sharing our schedule with you. Including: Panels on Aquaman, Batman, What If…?, and Freaks and Geeks! The Sci-Fi Music Video Book Club! The return of Sci-Fi Court! A couple of Roll-A-Panels! A not-at-all-silly script reading of a Three’s Company episode! The Geek Girls Run! Apes! (So many apes…) And lots more weird stuff, of course. Find us there! We’ll have shiny badge ribbons for you. And we’ll file our full Dragon Con report here in a couple of weeks, assuming we’re not trampled by an inflatable T-rex mob.
Episode 642 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 641! Dragon Con, our favorite gigantic nerdfest of the year, is just a couple of weeks away, and we’re already exhausted. Today we’re looking at Dragon Con’s guest list of TV and movie stars, writers, artists, musicians, scientists, podcasters, puppeteers, and miscellaneous weirdos. Including: A trio of Lord of the Rings hobbits, a Monty Python guy, a Robot Chicken guy, a bunch of Fraggles, a bunch of Star Trek actors (including a certain bearded Commander whose birthday we’re celebrating), a flute-playing astronaut, Canadian teen pop star Robin Sparkles, and more. We’re also thrilled to announce the release of Dragon Tales, a collection of stories and essays all about Dragon Con. (There’s even a contribution from Kevin, and believe it or not, it’s completely ridiculous.) This is a super-fun book, and all the proceeds go to charity, so we hope you’ll pop over to Amazon and order a copy right now. Next week: The dragon talk continues, and it just keeps getting weirder.
Episode 641 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 640! Kornflake returns to wrap up the summer song project we started last week! This time we’re covering the 1990s, and selecting the songs we most associate with each summer. So we’ll probably cover some Mariah, some Paula, and perhaps a Barenaked Lady or two. Along the way, our 90s memories include Kornflake on the radio requesting a Seal song, and Kevin in a church basement insisting that life is not a highway. Kids, it was a weird decade full of weird summers. We’re entering the Smash Mouth era. Cover yourselves.
Episode 640 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 639! As the Hit Parade podcast recently taught us, each year Billboard declares an official “Song of the Summer” based on chart performance. We’re taking a more subjective approach, and choosing which songs we most associate with each summer of the 1980s. Of course you’ll find some Go-Go’s and some Kenny Loggins on our list (come on, it’s us), but perhaps we’ll surprise you with a choice or two. And which songs would you pick? What reminds you of the summer of 1984, as you biked through the heat to the arcade in search of Donkey Kong Junior? (Is it Huey Lewis? It’s probably Huey Lewis.) Let us know! And prepare for next week, when we’ll take on the summer songs of the 1990s. It’ll be intense.
Episode 639 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 638! For the first time in four years, Kevin and Kornflake are together at Chickentown Studios! (Kevin brought the coffee, and Kornflake brought the doughnuts, so come on, it’s a party.) Kornflake is passing through Chickentown on her summer vacation, so we have a quick vacation road trip quiz! Do we learn anything? Not really. Except that you probably don’t want to stay in a yurt. Also: We wish a Happy Birthday to everyone named Greta, and we play a bird-themed round of What’s in the Bag! Next week, we’ll be recording from separate locations as usual. Our lawyers insisted.
Episode 638 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 637! Our five-part New Wave Game was just preparation for this week. Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown have a full report on the latest (and longest) retro 80s new wave concert to come to town. The eight (EIGHT!) acts were: The Plimsouls, Tommy Tutone, Bow Wow Wow, Wang Chung, Men Without Hats, Modern English, Thompson Twins, and Thomas Dolby! So we melted with you, we wanted candy, we were blinded with science, we got Jenny’s phone number, and we may have even Wang Chunged. But let’s keep that our little secret.
Episode 637 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 636! Based on the advice of our lawyers, your Flopcast hosts rarely meet up in person these days. But it did just happen, because we both showed up at an odd little event called the Hops and Humorous Arts (or HAHA) Festival. This was an evening of short comedy films, and one of the filmmakers was an old friend from the world of funny music: Tom Rockwell, aka Devo Spice! So we got to hang out with Tom, see a bunch of weird little movies, drink a bunch of weird little beverages, and try (but mostly fail) to play some classic arcade games. Also this week: We wish a Happy Birthday to rock legend Dion, and play a quick round of our silly Ranking the 80s game.
Episode 636 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 635! Time to wrap up our New Wave Game and see if anyone survives! We’re down to the final three volumes of the CD series Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s, and either Kevin or Kornflake could still win. (But come on, our money is on Kornflake…) And we’ve reached the mid-80s, when there was no shortage of new wave hits in the Top 40. So we’re talking about acts like Wang Chung, Thompson Twins, Katrina and the Waves, Animotion, Tears for Fears, Bananarama, and Men at Work. It seemed like nothing was off limits on the pop charts. A musical about chess? Sure. Vietnam-era news clips set to a dance beat? Absolutely. The Dream Academy had a hit that sounded like nothing else. Arcadia had a hit that sounded exactly like Duran Duran, and with good reason. There’s even a trio of New England-area new wave bands represented here. (We all know ‘Til Tuesday, but do you remember Miracle Legion? How about Rubber Rodeo?) So enjoy one last round of new wave madness, and then we can relax. Just like Frankie said.
Episode 635 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 634! We start with a quick report from a local nerd convention, where Kevin met up with some heroes of 1970s kids TV: Our old friends Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman from Land of the Lost, our new friends Doug and Emmy Jo from The New Zoo Revue… and the legendary Sid Krofft. (We’re still sort of freaking out about that last one…) Then Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown look at the prime time TV shows that debuted half a century ago, in the year 1974. It’s a short list (there were just three networks, kids), but it includes some long-running classics like Happy Days, Good Times, Little House on the Prairie, and Rockford Files. It also includes some short-lived shows that few remember, even if their casts included future stars like Jodie Foster, Penny Marshall, and Mark Hamill. And if you’re looking for a show about Swedish immigrants in 1850s Minnesota starring Kurt Russell, the android from Logan’s Run, and Bobby Brady’s brother… we’ve got you covered there too.
Episode 634 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 633! On the longest day of the year, we made the shortest show of the year. Including: Kornflake likes when Aubrey Plaza is weird, Kevin apologizes to a turkey, a rooster named Earl works at an auto shop, and we launch our new Flopcast “Too Many Comics” bonus episodes for ESO Network Patreon supporters. There, that was quick. Time for the longest nap of the year.
Episode 633 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 632! The struggle continues, as we’re still trying to guess each other’s favorite songs from the Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s CD series. By 1983, the radio was bursting with new wave weirdos who never would have dented the Top 40 in the pre-MTV era. But suddenly acts like Madness, Nena, and Taco (TACO!) were scoring huge oddball hits. Culture Club was peaking, while Tears For Fears was just getting started. Spandau Ballet delivered a new romantic classic. Big Country turned their guitars into bagpipes. And even a young Tracey Ullman tossed off a gorgeous throwback pop single. Meanwhile some truly goofy (but still super-fun) acts kept a safe distance from mainstream success. (Casey Kasem never had to introduce “Earthquake Song” by Little Girls.) Let’s sort it all out and try to score a few more points in this penultimate edition of our silly New Wave Game. Also: A visit to the ukulele festival with the Unlikely Strummers, the Somerville Ukulele Club, and a thousand more ukulele-wielding humans; Lindsay Wagner’s bionic birthday; Kevin’s parentheses; Kornflake’s “eep” words; and Joe’s (possibly successful) attempt to swoop in and win the whole game.
Episode 632 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 630! Another quick fill-in show? You bet! We’re flipping through three old comic books that the Mayor of Chickentown actually owned as a little kid, decades before her rise to poultry-themed political bigwig. Up first is The Wizard of Oz, a giant-sized movie adaptation that was actually the first collaboration between Marvel and DC! (Only a flying monkey could bring these rival publishers together.) We also have an issue of Spidey Super Stories, which was published in conjunction with Spider-Man’s segments on The Electric Company. And we even have a Casper the Friendly Ghost comic with a creepy Eddie Munster-type demon child on the cover. Plus: Spider-Man goes to the mall! Richie Rich dies! Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader! Irene Cara and Short Circus! Wendy and Spooky! Sad Sack selling Hostess Cupcakes! And more comic book ads for Grit, onion gum, Witchiepoo masks, and The Bad News Bears! Is this whole episode a sneaky backdoor pilot for a Flopcast spinoff show? Perhaps…
Episode 631 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 630! Kevin just watched a horrible movie and can’t wait to tell the Mayor all about it! So kids, welcome to 1978’s Record City. It’s purportedly a comedy, but yikes, not a single joke lands. But at least the setting is fun, since the whole thing takes place at a late 70s California record store, and they have the Blondie and Jim Croce posters to prove it. The movie is also notable for its ensemble cast of familiar faces from Flopcast favorites like Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Brady Bunch, Batman, Lost Saucer, and even Pink Lady and Jeff. Get ready for some wacky (and problematic and cringeworthy) record store hijinks that completely fail to entertain. Meanwhile, just outside Record City, there’s a big talent show hosted by a certain Disco Duck-singing DJ, and starring a certain Sledge-O-Matic-wielding comedian. Do we recommend that you watch Record City? Absolutely not. Does Record City somehow feature just one single arm from a gorilla suit? Oh yes, it sure does.
Episode 630 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 629! Our first two installments of the New Wave Game ended in ties, because we were both quite clueless. This week we move even deeper into the Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s CD series, as we attempt to guess each other’s favorite songs on each volume. Among the weirder, more obscure stuff (any other fans of “I Eat Cannibals”?), we find plenty of new wave classics from Duran Duran, Thomas Dolby, The Tubes, The Fixx, Scandal, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, and lots more. Can we possibly resist an oddity called “Chicken Outlaw”? Do we just wish we were in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana? Hop on the escalator of life with us to find out.
Episode 629 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 628! We’re not quite sure why, but the subject of our latest Top 4 ½ List is… Norway! So here’s some of our favorite Norwegian stuff, as approved by the gods of Asgard. We have a silly Viking or two, an icy Justice League member, an 80s synthpop band (that was once trapped in a comic book), and lots more. In fact, Kornflake is revealed to be a superfan of Norwegian comedy, and would like you to know that Ylvis is everywhere.
Episode 628 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 627! Super-quick show this week, as we say Happy Birthday to masked and bucket-headed guitarist Buckethead, unveil our new Flopcast promo (which Kornflake both conceived and despises), and turn to the Pudding Pages to learn about the weird 1990s soda called Surge. (Fun fact: They still love Surge in Norway, where it goes by a slightly different name. Make your summer travel plans accordingly.)
Episode 627 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 626! We’re back for another round of our New Wave Game! The rules are simple, because the game is stupid. We’re listening to the next three volumes in the Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s CD series, and trying to guess each other’s favorite songs. Volumes 4-6 include Flopcast favorites like the Go-Go’s, Men at Work, Duran Duran, and Devo. There are also memorable one-or-two hit wonders like Soft Cell, A Flock of Seagulls, the Waitresses, and Bow Wow Wow. And then there are the acts who never really scored a hit, but still made an impression. (Yikes, Jim Carroll knew a lot of people who died…) In New Wave Game Part 1, we both failed miserably. Surely we’ll do better this time, if we can only clear our brains of Toni Basil screeching about Mickey.
Episode 626 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 625! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2024 inductees have been announced, but instead of discussing them like normal humans, we’re throwing them into a FlopFight tournament. Our competitors include Mary J. Blige, Foreigner, Frampton, and Ozzy. Our competitions involve cappuccino, penguins, and Smurfs. Anything can happen, and it will probably be ridiculous. Also: Happy Birthday to a Jersey boy who was inducted into the Rock Hall decades ago. Plus: Kevin (and Kevin!) are talking Watchmen on the Best Stuff in the World podcast. Hurm.
Episode 625 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 624! Inspired by a recent viewing of Saturday Night Fever, Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown flip through some comic books from the late 70s, when DC and Marvel tried to cash in on the disco craze. While Dazzler would become Marvel’s disco queen of the 80s, first Spider-Man crawled around the dance floor battling the Hypno-Hustler! Then Batman and Flash enjoyed some Bee Gees tunes at the Disco of Death! Even Superman caught disco fever, and Clark Kent’s bizarre dance moves must not be missed. Did Peter Parker and Bruce Wayne wear identical white John Travolta suits? Let’s find out. We also enjoy a few classic comic book ads for Sea Monkeys, Fruit Stripe gum, Spalding basketballs, Kryptonite rocks, the Micronauts Battle Cruiser, and (of course) Twinkies. And now we just want to see a disco-dancing Twinkie the Kid. We have a problem.
Episode 624 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 623! Kornflake is back, just in time for a new game! A new WAVE game, specifically! Thirty years ago, Rhino Records released a fifteen volume series of CDs called Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s. We’re looking at the first three of these fantastic compilation albums, and attempting to guess each other’s favorite songs. There are some genuine classics (from The Buggles, The Knack, Blondie, Devo, and Squeeze), some bizarro oddities (like “Warm Leatherette” and “Too Young to Date”), a Tim Curry dance number, a surprise Monkees cover, and lots more super-fun but long-forgotten obscurities. (Any other fans of Martha & The Muffins out there?) Who shall emerge victorious from this deep dive into the craziest music of the early 80s? Squish into your old Ultravox t-shirt and join us.
newwave #rhinorecords #80s #1980s #esonetwork
Episode 623 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 622! Let’s wrap up our review of The Krofft Supershow, a super-silly Saturday morning TV show from mad geniuses Sid and Marty Krofft. The second season brought us two weird new segments: Magic Mongo (in which a goofy genie crashes a bikini beach party) and Bigfoot and Wildboy (in which a Sasquatch and a kid with no pants battle aliens and Peter Brady). The show was still hosted by wacky rock band Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, and we also review their appearances on American Bandstand, Donny and Marie, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, and a Saturday Morning preview special with the Bay City Rollers. Of course our favorite Kaptain Kool and the Kongs member is Superchick, played by Debra Clinger, and we conclude our look at Debra’s career beyond the Krofft world. Debra appeared on classic 70s/80s TV series like Barnaby Jones, The Hardy Boys, The Love Boat, and Hart to Hart. She starred in her own short-lived series The American Girls, alongside a future Three’s Company star. She starred in the silly cult classic movie Midnight Madness, alongside a very young Michael J. Fox. And she even worked on a couple of our beloved Rankin/Bass Christmas specials. Also: 70s Hollywood power couple Lee and Farrah! Yogi Bear in space! Teen runaways and women in prison! The secret of the Dorse! A love connection on the set of Airwolf! Superchick meets the Snow Miser! Superchick meets Colonel Sanders! Krofft Supershow comic books! And the upcoming Super Megafest convention in Massachusetts, with some very special Krofft guests. So join us for more fun Krofft talk here on the Flopcast, where anything goes down, where most of what appears isn’t true. krofft #sidandmartykrofft #krofftsupershow #saturdaymorningtv #kaptainkoolandthekongs #superchick #wonderbug #magicmongo #bigfootandwildboy #debraclinger #esonetwork
Episode 622 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 621! With Kornflake away on special assignment, Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown are free to obsess over The Krofft Supershow, a wild 1970s Saturday morning TV anthology series from Sid and Marty Krofft. Specifically we’re looking at the career of musician and actress Debra Clinger, who played Superchick in The Krofft Supershow’s house band, Kaptain Kool and the Kongs. Pre-Superchick, Debra and her sisters formed the Clingers, one of the very first all-girl rock bands! She was also in the Rock Flowers, a music group created to tie in with a line of Mattel fashion dolls! So it was quite a path to becoming a Kong, and along the way our conversation covers the Osmonds, the Smothers Brothers, Dick Clark, Casey Kasem, Hanna Barbera’s Catanooga Cats, and much more. We also run through the Krofft Supershow first season segments: Wonderbug, Dr. Shrinker, Lost Saucer, and (our favorite) Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. And we look at the other members of Kaptain Kool and the Kongs too. (One member became a sitcom star, one was in Three Dog Night, and one performed at Woodstock!) And we’re only halfway through this Superchick deep dive; part two is coming soon. So take a trip with us today, and we will lead you through a land of dreams. Weird Krofft dreams.
krofft #sidandmartykrofft #krofftsupershow #saturdaymorningtv #kaptainkoolandthekongs #superchick #wonderbug #drshrinker #electrawomananddynagirl #rockflowers #clingers #clingersisters #debraclinger #esonetwork
Episode 621 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 620! We’re diving back into the pages of Dynamite magazine, so we can pretend it’s still 1979. (Give it a try. Set the mood with a Gloria Gaynor record.) This randomly selected issue has Erik Estrada on the cover, and inside we learn that the CHiPs star had a problem with chips. Also inside: How to ruin your lunch with weird Dynamite recipes, a bizarre sneak peek at Mrs. Doubtfire, Tony Danza back in the boxing ring, Kiss notebooks vs. Bambi notebooks, Dynamite vs. one of Charlie’s Angels, the Dynamite Duo vs. themselves, a decapitated teddy bear, and much more. All we’re missing is our free Bee Gees poster, which some kid must have ripped out of the magazine 45 years ago. It’s a tragedy. #dynamite #dynamitemagazine #erikestrada #chips #esonetwork
Episode 620 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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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 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.) #gogos #thecars #growingpains #ginaschock #greghawkes #northeastcomiccon #traceygold #jeremymiller #juliemccullough #matthewmodine #startrek #enterprisesplaining #esonetwork
Episode 619 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 618! It’s the second half of our look at every television series that debuted in the year 1999. And once again, we remember just a few of them, and only saw a couple. (Kornflake was a fan of Judging Amy, while for Kevin, this was the year of Freaks and Geeks.) But the list also includes dozens of obscure short-lived sitcoms, cartoons, talk shows, game shows, and at least one insane cannibalistic Canadian woman in the Amazon jungle. (Maybe it was just her way of preparing for Y2K.) Do you remember any of these? Are you still secretly hoping for a reboot of Get Real, Cold Feet, or Oh, Grow Up? Let us know. We’ll make some calls. #90s #90stv #freaksandgeeks #esonetwork
Episode 618 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 617! We’re diving into television of the year 1999… which is quite recent by Flopcast standards, but yikes, it was a quarter century ago. We have a giant list of every TV show that debuted that year, and this week we only get halfway through the list. Several long-running cartoons started in 1999, including Family Guy, Futurama, and SpongeBob. But there were also cartoons we don’t remember at all, starring ants, hippos, mutant babies, and more. We also don’t remember a ton of 1999 sitcoms, dramas, game shows, and something with a lemur puppet. Look, we seem to be pretty clueless about almost everything that happened that year. (Aren’t you glad we’re here to be your guides?) Let’s get through this together. Stay tuned for Part 2, when we’ll get into all the 1999 fall season premieres. Meanwhile we can’t help thinking that if we’d paid more attention back then, The Chimp Channel would still be on the air today. #90s #90stv #chimpchannel #esonetwork
Episode 617 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
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Flopcast episode 616! Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown are celebrating the career of comic book artist Ramona Fradon, who died this week at the age of 97. Ramona was one of the only women drawing comics way back in the early 60s, when she was the premier Aquaman artist for DC Comics, and co-created Aquaman’s teen sidekick, Aqualad. Later in the 60s, she also co-created one of DC’s oddest heroes, Metamorpho the Element Man. Ramona’s 70s comics work included Freedom Fighters (with Doll Man, who wishes you’d stop giggling about his name), Plastic Man (Ramona’s art was even seen on the Plastic Man cartoon series), and Super Friends (with your favorite space monkey, Gleek). She then jumped from comic books to comic strips with an impressive fifteen year run on Brenda Starr. And even in recent years, Ramona kept busy with convention appearances and commissions. So we spend the show flipping through a pile of old comics and admiring Ramona’s art, but we’re occasionally distracted by the ads for Hostess Fruit Pies, Mego action figures, Big Jim’s P.A.C.K., ugly Barbie doll knock-offs, and Crazy Crabs. (Yes, back in the day, you could buy actual live crabs through mail order comic book ads. But what we really wanted was Aquaman’s octopus pal, Topo…)
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Flopcast episode 615! It’s time for our annual review of the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… which means we could start screaming “What about the Monkees?!” at any time. But there are some worthy and long overdue performers up for induction, such as Cher, Mariah, and (finally!) Kool & the Gang. Join us as we go through the whole list for you. (Spoiler: Still no Tiffany. COME ON.) And yeah, if you think Kornflake didn’t somehow work a flying cow into the conversation… you don’t really know us.
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Flopcast episode 614! After a three year break, we’re getting back to The Backs of Life! (As requested by absolutely no one! You’re welcome!) Back in 2021, we started reviewing all the “backdoor pilot” episodes of classic 80s sitcom The Facts of Life. Now as we finally revive this very important project, we’ve brought in a special guest reviewer: friend of the Flopcast, Sci-Fi Explosion mastermind, and certified Factologist Chris Cummins! Kevin, Kornflake, and Chris are looking at the 1988 backdoor pilot episode “Big Apple Blues,” in which Natalie moves to New York City to share an apartment with a pack of weirdos, including a pre-21 Jump Street Richard Grieco and a pre-SNL David Spade! Can Natalie make her dreams come true in the big city? Is a margarine spokesperson named King Toast somehow involved? And will it all lead to a successful long-running spinoff series? (Answers: Yes, yes, and absolutely not.) Meanwhile back in Peekskill with our regular cast, Blair has garage sale fever, Pippa might be a robot, and we get a brief but delightful glimpse of Tootie’s old roller skates. It’s magnificent. Kids, we still have one more Backs of Life episode to go, and we’ll try to get to it before 2027.
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Flopcast episode 613! It’s another goofy random little show this week, including: Kornflake finds an Oompa Loompa at the Chocolate Expo; Kevin finds a rock star at the disco; the secret language of chickens is revealed; we’re less than excited about Popcorn Day; and it’s almost time to revive our Facts of Life review project, the Backs of Life. Just as Tootie prophesized.
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Flopcast episode 592! We have apparently survived Dragon Con 2023, and it’s gonna take THREE episodes to review everything that happened at our favorite annual gathering of 70,000 nerds and/or geeks. This week we’re just covering Wednesday through Friday, including: The amazing costumes of Brandon the Shapeshifter, the muscovy ducks of Piedmont Park, the Dragon …
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Flopcast episode 591! It’s Dragon Con week! Alas, Kornflake cannot join us at Dragon Con, but let’s just pretend that she can! Kevin has prepared a hypothetical weekend of silly events for Kornflake, based on the actual Dragon Con schedule. Including: robot battles, coloring books and coffee, burlesque, the old Krofft theme park, a tea …
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Flopcast episode 590! It’s time for Dragon Con, so round up all your local weirdos and stick them on a bus to Atlanta! Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown will be there, and we’re sharing our whole schedule with you. Come see the Mayor talk about Rocky Horror, Schmigadoon, and Barbie! (Did you know our Mayor is …
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Flopcast episode 589! As we frantically prepare for Dragon Con 2023, we’re wrapping up our 10-episode look back at the 1980s with a visit to Dragon Con 1989! We weren’t actually there (probably too busy watching Batman for the nineteenth time), but we did scrape up some information about the third ever installment of Atlanta’s legendary nerdfest. …
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Flopcast episode 588! The vacationing Kornflake is flopped on a hammock somewhere, but the Mayor of Chickentown is here to celebrate the year 1988. After a quick look at some of the year’s least popular movies (Kevin and the Mayor each saw just one of them), we turn to music. Specifically we’re looking at the …
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Flopcast episode 587! Go away, soft weak humans! It’s time for our annual robot-themed Top 4 ½ List! And it’s also time for our 1987-themed show! So once again we’ve turned to our pal Chris from Sci-Fi Explosion, because we knew Chris could come up with a magnificent list of 1987 robots. And yikes, he …
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Flopcast episode 586! Welcome back to 1986! (We need you for Hands Across America. Please go stand in the middle of Iowa for nine hours.) Kornflake has a goofy 1986 commercial in which the voice of God screams at you about drain cleaners. Then Kevin has a concert report on one of our favorite singers, …
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Flopcast episode 585! As we cross the halfway point in our ten-part exploration of the 1980s, we’re randomly recasting the movies of 1985, and hopefully making them weirder. We might extract Chevy Chase from Fletch, for example, and drop him into the Kelly LeBrock role in Weird Science. That would free up Kelly to star in Rambo: First …
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Flopcast episode 584! Our ten-episode trip through the 1980s continues, and we’re looking at some very short-lived sitcoms from 1984. Including: The Duck Factory (starring Jim Carrey and Dippy Duck), Dreams (with John Stamos, Jami Gertz, and breakdancing), E/R (not the medical drama with George Clooney, but the medical sitcom with George Clooney), It’s Your Move (with Jason Bateman and the Dregs of …
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Flopcast episode 583! 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 …
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It’s 1982 (in our hearts, at least), so we’re looking at the Mad magazines of 1982. (Historians agree that for a truly accurate account of the past, you should just read Mad. Plus you get to do the Fold-In.) That year Mad’s TV and movie parodies included Raiders of the Lost Ark, Archie Bunker’s Place, Family Feud, For Your Eyes Only, The Greatest …
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Flopcast episode 581! Continuing our ten week celebration of the 1980s, we have some silly artifacts to examine from 1981. First Kornflake brings us a couple of Dr Pepper commercials featuring David Naughton (from Makin’ It), Mickey Rooney (from One of the Boys), and the classic two-person horse costume (from our dreams). Kevin’s 1981 pick is a …
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Flopcast Episode 580 means we’re kicking off another ten weeks of episodes dedicated to each year of the 1980s. (So yes, everybody will be forced to Wang Chung this summer.) We’re starting with 1980, and we’re looking at some of our favorite albums from that year. There’s some new wave (Devo, The Buggles, The Cars), …
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Flopcast episode 579! We start with a little follow-up from our recent Maids v. Butlers FlopFight. It’s the “honorable mention” list of maids and butlers we couldn’t fit in the tournament, including characters from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Hazel, I Married Dora, and more. (Rest assured, we did not forget about We Got It Made. If only we …
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Flopcast episode 578! Let’s wrap up the weird tournament we started last week: Our latest FlopFight, featuring maids and butlers from sitcoms, cartoons, and beyond. We have TV characters from the 60s like Lurch (The Addams Family), Mr. French (Family Affair), and Rosie the Robot (The Jetsons). From the 80s we have Mr. Belvedere (from, …
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Flopcast episode 577! We grew up in a world where seemingly every sitcom included a maid or a butler. Even middle class TV households somehow afforded live-in servants. And this week all those maids and butlers shall do battle in a good old fashioned FlopFight! What would happen if Benson (from Soap) and Florence (from The Jeffersons) were stranded on an island? How about hula-dancing Alice (The Brady Bunch) versus Batusi-dancing Alfred (Batman)? Anything could happen, and this week’s winner will advance to the final round next week. And it’s gonna get weird, so our special guest judge is a weirdness expert: Co-Director of the DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track, Joe Crowe! So let’s get ready to FlopFight. It might get a little messy, but a parade of Diff’rent Strokes maids should come along to mop up.
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Flopcast episode 576! Another quick and silly Flopcast, including: Way too much Scotch tape trivia from Kornflake; this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (and how they ranked in the 80s); Dolly Parton’s new star-studded rock album (hey, where’s Tiffany?); Bernie Taupin vs. REO Speedwagon; the Love Boat musical; and a “Chickens in the News” story from Mexico, where there are chickens in the trees and on the subway.
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Flopcast episode 575! It’s a quick Sunday brunch edition of The Flopcast! Except we forgot to have brunch! Anyway, Kevin has tales from the cold and rainy Margarita Half Marathon (with margaritas and shiny blankets), and the hot and grueling Providence Marathon (with Mickey Mouse hands and Jeff Goldblum heads). We also have some comic book recommendations: the new Shazam and Peacemaker series from DC Comics, and the new Jim & Celeste collection from friend of The Flopcast Jon Sloan. (Shazam and Peacemaker do not have forewords by Kornflake, but Jim & Celeste absolutely does!) Also: Happy Birthday to one of our favorite Go-Go’s, Jane Wiedlin! Because go go go go go.
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Flopcast episode 574! For just the second time in three horrifying years, Kevin and Kornflake are together in the same place for the Flopcast! And that place is… a hotel room in New Hampshire! (This is Kornflake’s home state, and that explains A LOT.) To celebrate, we’re learning some weird New Hampshire facts involving UFOs, old libraries, state songs, and a shopping mall where Kornflake may have gone to college. We also go through a list of famous people from New Hampshire, including three SNL cast members and someone who witnessed Kevin’s terrible old Spam-juggling act. Finally Kornflake breaks out some giant weird New Hampshire cookies, and there is much chomping. This was all part of her plan to help Kevin carb up for a half marathon the following day. (Update: Kornflake promised miserable steady rain for the whole race, and she was CORRECT.)
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Flopcast episode 573! It’s another concert report, as we leave the house and creep down to Rhode Island to see Flopcast favorite Joan Osborne! And since Joan’s big hit album (and that song – you know the one) came out way back in 1995, we’re looking at the other albums we bought that year. There were lots of 1995 records from the women of the Boston rock scene (Juliana Hatfield, Mary Lou Lord, Belly, Letters to Cleo), as well as plenty more Lilith-friendly artists (Jewel, Ani DiFranco, Aimee Mann). We also recall the debut of Ben Folds Five, a weird covers album from Elvis Costello, and a band only Kornflake remembers. Plus: The Top Ten movies of 1995, a 90s edition of The Pudding Pages, and Happy Birthday to the guy who co-wrote all those Alanis songs. (Isn’t this podcast ironic? No, it is not.)
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Flopcast episode 572! We’re just sipping Green Day coffee and yipping through a few miscellaneous subjects. Including: A reunion of Slipnutz (one of the greatest bands ever to specialize in slipping on nuts); Disney animator Ron Clements (we’re looking forward to his version of DC’s goofy robot team the Metal Men); a concert report on the last Monkee standing, Micky Dolenz; a look at the debut albums of 1967 (including the big three: Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and Mr. Spock); and a Chickens in the News story from Woonsocket, Rhode Island involving DoorDash, Mr. Hibachi, and a frazzled hen who just wanted to cross the road.
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Flopcast episode 571! 1978’s The Super Dictionary attempted to teach kids vocabulary using DC Comics superheroes. We don’t know if it succeeded as a learning tool, but it sure succeeded in being super weird. (If you’ve ever seen that silly image of Lex Luthor stealing forty cakes, it comes from this very book.) This week we’re examining a few Super Dictionary entries, which involve Wonder Woman sneezing, a banana for Aquaman, Robin chasing “the bad women” on bicycles, Superman trapped in a “soapy water ball,” Supergirl as a centipede, Hawkgirl dancing on the ceiling like Lionel, and much more. We had to stop at “chicken,” because we just couldn’t take it anymore, but perhaps we’ll revisit this bizarro book someday. Meanwhile, Happy Birthday to Conan O’Brien, whose podcast is way more popular than ours. Possibly because he doesn’t just read from a dictionary.
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Flopcast episode 570! We haven’t reviewed a weird school book club magazine from the 80s since… oh wait, it was three weeks ago. Thanks for your patience. This time we’re looking at a 1984 issue of Maniac, a short-lived Dynamite-type magazine aimed at a slightly older audience, with an added twist of Mad-style humor. This issue includes: Maniac holiday stickers; caricatures of Brooke Shields, Boy George, Mr. T, and Splash-style Daryl Hannah; a bizarre Maniac Top 40 list (spoiler: rubber chickens are at number 27); horse brains and rooster eggs; a disturbing variety of pen pal options; chances to win a signed Judy Blume book, a Betamax VCR, or a ZZ Top key chain; a shocking interview with Kate and Allie star Ari Meyers; dreamy posters of Billy Idol, David Lee Roth, and Duran Duran; the Dynamite “Bummers” page (sorry, that’s the Maniac “Give Me a Break!” page); and yes, chocolate-covered birds. Okay, we officially love Maniac. The cover promises “laughs and more laughs.” Our podcast does not.
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Flopcast episode 569! A quick springtime mixed bag of weirdness: April has arrived, and Kornflake is celebrating with a sugary holiday of her own making, Maple Fools Day. Speaking of sugar, National Whatever Day finds us wishing a Happy Birthday to the writer of The Archies’ greatest hit. Our impromptu Funko Pop game is so shocking that you won’t believe your cold dead black vinyl eyes. Kevin races through Salem, Massachusetts for twenty miles in seach of giant black cats and Elizabeth Montgomery statues. And we randomly discover a short-lived 80s sitcom with a cast including the guy from Family Affair, the guy from Northern Exposure, and Magic Johnson. What does it all mean? Hey, we were hoping you could tell us.
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Flopcast episode 568! As suggested/threatened last week, we’re doing a Top 4 ½ List of 1980s dogs. (Kornflake is obsessed with dogs, Kevin is obsessed with the 80s… this had to happen.) Including: Several cartoon dogs, a Muppet dog, a WWF wrestling dog, a rock star dog, a certain beer-chugging dog who did NOT know when to say when, and much more. Yes, we’ve gone to the dogs, but for our show, that’s probably an upgrade. Also: Happy Birthday to Footloose/Lost Boys mom Dianne Wiest, an update on KangaROOS, and Kornflake’s Pinky and the Brain mystery socks.
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Flopcast episode 567! It’s about time for another Dynamite magazine review, but to mix things up, we’re looking at a different (but eerily similar) magazine called Winner. A single issue of Winner was sold through school book clubs in 1982, and it’s essentially a sports-themed version of Dynamite. Our discussion includes: John McEnroe’s hair; Chris Evert on SNL; KangaROOS, the sneakers with pockets; how Kevin learned to juggle Spam; Larry Bird vs Dr. J vs Mike Brady; an ice skating lesson from Linda Fratianne; the longest baseball game in history (yes, it happened in Rhode Island); a wedding on rollerskates; the shockingly high cost of a keyboard for your Intellivision; and why sad kids have the best posters. Also: It’s National Puppy Day, so you might as well send all your dogs to go live with Kornflake.
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Flopcast episode 566! It’s another Flopcast tribute to V66, Boston’s music video TV channel of the mid-80s! (We do this every one hundred episodes. It’s all we have.) This time we thought we’d look at Billboard’s Top 66 songs of 1986, an amazing list of absolutely classic 80s pop. (Flopcast favorite Billy Ocean made the list twice, and no, that’s not nearly enough Billy Ocean.) And Kornflake has even pared the Top 66 list down to her own weird Top 4 ½ List, including freestyle stars The Jets and Lisa Lisa, a Rocky sequel song from Survivor (but not that one), one hit wonder Sly Fox (remember them?), and more. (And do Kevin and Kornflake agree on the list’s worst song, which somehow landed way up at number 12? Oh yes.) For more V66 fun, as always we recommend the wonderful documentary Life on the V. Also: Happy Birthday to Michael Caine, who coincidentally starred in approximately every 80s movie.
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Flopcast episode 565! The Flopcast Book Club is finally back in session, and we’re discussing Bill Mumy’s new memoir Danger, Will Robinson: The Full Mumy. Best known for Lost in Space and The Twilight Zone, Bill was one of the busiest child actors of the 1960s, and has stayed busy with television, film, and music projects ever since. We cover Bill’s Disney movies co-starring seals and raccoons; his experiences on The Munsters and Bewitched; his adventures with Shaun Cassidy, Rick Springfield, and “Weird Al” Yankovic; his comic book band Seduction of the Innocent; his new supergroup Action Skulls; and most importantly, his Pez collection. And don’t forget Bill’s other band Barnes & Barnes, whose classic novelty song “Fish Heads” somehow led to a year’s supply of iced coffee for Kornflake. (RIP Robert Haimer, the other half of Barnes & Barnes, and thanks for the decades of weird music. Yeah.) So stay out of the cornfield and check out the book. We recommend reading it while a big goofy robot screams at you.
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Flopcast episode 564! It’s a rather random 1980s-themed show, as a coin toss leads to our celebrating the birthday of 80s one hit (or maybe two hit) wonder Eddy Grant. Then we flip to a random page in our Ranking the 80s book and discuss a song about (possibly inappropriate) touching. (Yes, we know we just described every song.) Finally we break out a book that just arrived here at the studio: Single Season Sitcoms of the 1980s: A Complete Guide! And we land on a 1989 sitcom that only lasted four episodes, but Kornflake watched them all, even though the show was horrible. These days we’re watching Australian spelling bees and Diff’rent Strokes reruns. Our entertainment options have improved, but our taste has not.
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Flopcast episode 563! After a quick break for a couple of less weird episodes, it’s time to wrap up The Weird Al Game, in which Kevin and Kornflake try to guess each other’s favorite “Weird Al” Yankovic songs. (Hey, who comes up with better games than us? Please don’t answer that.) This time we’re covering Al’s records from 1993 through 2014, so get ready for a cavalcade of giant TVs, phony calls, word crimes, Canadian idiots, and wonder hamsters. Feel free to play along and let us know your favorites! In the end, a winner shall be declared. But Don Pardo would probably say we’re all complete losers.
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Flopcast episode 562! Kornflake has the week off, but we have a special guest in Chickentown to fill in: It’s our big podcasting bossman, ESO Network Director Mike Faber! And we’re talking music again. Mike has been to more concerts than Kevin and Kornflake combined, and has prepared a Top 4 ½ List of his favorite concerts ever! Some of Mike’s picks, while impressive, will not shock you. (REM in 1983! Springsteen in 1984!) However (here comes the clickbait), you’ll never guess some of the others. (Mike was at Woodstock, and that did not make the list! Country Joe and the Fish are most displeased.) Along the way, our discussion also includes The Cars, ELO, They Might Be Giants, Lenny Kravitz, Dr. Demento, Johnny Hates Jazz, and much more. Enjoy! (Hey, the podcast is free, but to simulate the concert experience, maybe we should attach some unreasonable Ticketmaster-style service fees…)
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This week’s promo: Earth Station One!
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Flopcast episode 561! We’re taking a break from our Weird Al game, because it’s time to review this year’s list of nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Kate Bush is back on the list, perhaps due to her Stranger Things-fueled resurgence. A couple of Kornflake’s favorites are newly eligible nominees: Missy Elliott and the White Stripes. Since Dolly kicked in the door last year, another country legend is in the running this year: Willie Nelson. And a couple of our 80s pop heroes, Cyndi Lauper and George Michael, have finally been nominated. We break it all down for you, despite being furious about the continued snubbing of Right Said Fred. Also, for you science nerds: Kornflake has a trivia question about the periodic table of elements, and is searching the night sky for a mysterious green comet. We assume it was sent from the planet Oa by the Guardians of the Universe.
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This week’s promo: Con Guy!
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Flopcast episode 560! We’ve had “Weird Al” Yankovic on our minds lately, probably because Kevin just participated in an American Sci-Fi Classics panel all about Al. (Check it out! We have a YouTube link just for you.) So we just invented The Weird Al Game, in which Kevin and Kornflake try to guess each other’s favorite Weird Al songs. This week we’re covering Al’s first seven albums. Does Kornflake want a new duck? Will Kevin visit the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota? Join us as we dare to be stupid. (Admittedly, that’s business as usual around here…) Also: Kornflake is celebrating Ice Cream For Breakfast Day, because apparently she loves rocky road.
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The American Sci-Fi Classics Track online panel all about Weird Al!
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This week’s promo: But First, Let’s Talk Nerdy!
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Flopcast episode 559! We are back from Arisia, Boston’s annual convention of science fiction, fantasy, and general geekery. So here’s our full report, including Kevin’s comic book panels (on comic book memoirs and the history of Image Comics), the Mayor of Chickentown’s Age and Fandom panel, and our pal Kevin Cafferty’s Year in TV and Year in Star Wars panels! Also: The Post Meridian Radio Players with another fine genderswap Star Trek show! (We are big fans of Captain Jane T. Kirk.) The Geeky Belly Dance Show! The Masquerade! Our favorite costumes! (Our favorite costumes involved lobsters and anteaters, of course.) And Kevin runs around Boston like a maniac, finds the new MLK “Embrace” sculpture, and helps out the tourists at Cheers. Plus: Stargirl talk on Earth Station One, and National Whatever Day, because nothing is going to break Kornflake’s stride.
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Earth Station One episode 668 – Stargirl
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This week’s promo: Cosmic Pizza!
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This weekend we are at Arisia, one of our favorite local fantasy and science fiction conventions. If you drop everything and run screaming towards Boston RIGHT NOW, you may be able to catch Kevin moderating a panel about Image Comics. (Bring your mint condition CGC-slabbed Walking Dead #1. We’ll sign it and ruin it.) And yes, we have goofy badge ribbons for you. Watch for our full report on Arisia next week. But meanwhile this week: A “Chickens in the News” story about man vs. chicken vs. garage, devil tales (and Drake’s Devil Dogs) on the Earth Station One podcast, and Happy Birthday to Ronnie Milsap, who made some early 80s country pop songs that we actually liked.
Episode 558 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
Earth Station One episode 666 – Our Favorite Devil Tales!
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This week’s promo: Modern Musicology!
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Flopcast episode 557! Let’s wrap up our annual two-part memorial show, because we just can’t take it anymore. This week’s list includes: a couple of animation legends (Jules Bass and Paul Coker Jr.), a couple more 80s comedy stars (Judy Tenuta and Gallagher), beloved television actors (Nichelle Nichols and Tony Dow), beloved singers (Olivia Newton John and Irene Cara), another Goodfellas star, another Sesame Street star, another Gorgeous Lady of Wrestling, the voice of Batman, the creator of The Monkees, the evil guy from TRON, a Pointer sister, and many more. As usual, we recommend that you have a strong beverage standing by. Just be sure to cover it when the watermelons start flying.
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This week’s promo: Thunder Talk!
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Flopcast episode 556! Our annual two-part memorial show begins here, as we recall the pop culture legends we lost in the first half of 2022. Including: actors (Sidney Poitier, Sally Kellerman, William Hurt, Ray Liotta), musicians (Ronnie Spector, Meat Loaf, Vangelis), comedians (Bob Saget, Louie Anderson, Gilbert Gottfried), artists (Neal Adams, George Pérez), a Gorgeous Lady of Wrestling, the moms from Seinfeld, the guy who made “Convoy,” and many more. So join us, and bring a beverage. (Maybe garnish it with an orange slice. For Gilbert.)
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This week’s promo: Epsilon Three!
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Last show of the year! So it’s a quick one, as we look back on another goofy year of Flopcasting, including our 2022 Flopcast guests (all four of them), our strict cupcake and lobster roll diet program, and our ongoing obsession with Canadian PSAs. Plus: Happy Birthday to Ted Danson! Part 2 of our holiday podcast crossover with But First, Let’s Talk Nerdy! (Warning: May contain Sponge Awareness music.) One last Electra Woman and Dyna Girl review on The Batcave Podcast! (Yes, it’s the bizarre Markie Post pilot.) And A Very Pac-Man Christmas with the DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track! (Also A Very Manimal Christmas and A Very Turbo Teen Christmas. Someone probably should have stopped us.) And finally… our New Year’s Resolutions. Sort of. See you in 2023, nerds.
Episode 555 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!
The second half of our holiday crossover with But First, Let’s Talk Nerdy!
Our final Electra Woman review on The Batcave Podcast!
Christmas Comes to Pac-Land: The American Sci-Fi Classics table read!
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Flopcast episode 554! Lots of weird holiday mirth and/or merriment this week! First we celebrate National Hard Candy Day with a True Tale of Ribbon Candy. Then Kornflake’s annual pilgrimage to the Trap Tree yields startling results. Kornflake also has a new favorite holiday special, and of course the star of Footloose is involved. We also flip through Holly Jolly, a wonderful book of pop culture Christmas history, and learn that the first store Santa appeared in 1890 in nearby Brockton, Massachusetts. (We assume he was as cranky and unpleasant as the rest of us locals.) Then it’s time for The Figgy Pudding Pages, and Kornflake has a True Tale of Holiday Air Hockey Injuries. And for our main event, we welcome back Martha and Brittany, the hosts of our sister podcast But First, Let’s Talk Nerdy! Reporting live from Las Vegas, they tell us about Christmas at Disneyland, miserable Christmas decoration vandals, and their recent discovery of a Hallmark Christmas movie that actually wasn’t bad. Then it’s time for a silly little game, as Martha and Brittany take our Christmas Cartoon Quote Quiz! We assume you’ve been studying all those classic Rankin/Bass shows, so you can play along too! Grab an egg nog, feel free to spike it until you’re properly nogified, and enjoy. This week’s show is so festive that you’ll feel like Jack Frost is nipping at you inappropriately.
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Find the second half of our holiday crossover on Episode 79 of But First, Let’s Talk Nerdy!
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Flopcast episode 553! It’s no secret that we’re obsessed with holiday cartoons, and this week we’re diving into Frosty the Snowman and its sequels. Everyone knows the 1969 Rankin/Bass original, in which Frosty and Karen hitch a train to the North Pole so Frosty can melt away while Karen freezes to death. Then there’s Frosty’s Winter Wonderland from 1976, with Jack Frost serving as Best Man at a bizarre snow-person wedding. 1979 saw the ultimate Rankin/Bass crossover event: Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July. (Worlds will live, worlds will die, Ethel Merman will sing, and the RBU will never be the same.) Things get even weirder in 1992 with Frosty Returns. John Goodman is the voice of Frosty, SNL’s Lorne Michaels is the producer, music is by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh, and director Bill Melendez makes the whole thing look like a Charlie Brown special. Finally we have 2005’s The Legend of Frosty the Snowman, which brings it all back to the original cartoon with a cameo from long-suffering magician Professor Hinkle. And if you’ve been waiting for a Frosty cartoon narrated by Burt Reynolds, this is it. (Also this week: Kevin Geeks Out About Christmas. Seriously.) So slip into your favorite magic hat and we’ll all go belly-whopping together. Happy Birthday.
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Kevin Geeks Out!
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This week’s promo: Earth Station DCU!
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Flopcast episode 552! For our holiday shopping, we’re traveling back to 1981 and looking through an advertisement flyer from Child World, a toy store chain that just happened to have a Woonsocket, Rhode Island location. Kevin and Kornflake have selected 4 ½ gifts for each other, but we used very different shopping strategies. Kornflake thoughtfully chose classic video games, Star Wars toys, and super hero action figures. Meanwhile Kevin was just looking for strange stuff, so we have a freaky doll with hair that really grows, a forgotten (but possibly awesome) game called Baboon Ball, a forgotten (but possibly terrifying) playset called the Clown House, and more. Cover yourselves; things are about to get weird under the tree.
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The 1981 Child World flyer, compliments of Plaid Stallions!
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As is tradition around here, we’re taking a bunch of those Hallmark-style made-for-TV holiday movies, and we’re fixing them. Over 150 goofy new holiday movies are debuting this year, and they’re all the same: random big city career women are returning to their hometowns to save their grandfathers’ stuggling figgy pudding shops while also falling …
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Flopcast episode 550! We’re creeping into the holiday season with a concert report, because Boston rock heroes Letters to Cleo are back for their annual homecoming shows. This year they brought along super-cool Brooklyn-based band Thick to open the show, and Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley is clearly a fan. Throw in a surprise Cleo horn …
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Flopcast episode 549! Inspired by our recent discussion of synthpop band A-ha and their massive hit “Take On Me,” we’re making a list of other 1980s songs with iconic keyboard parts. Plenty more synthy new wave acts are on the list (such as Eurythmics, Soft Cell, and Men Without Hats), but several rock bands better …
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Flopcast episode 548! Join us as we flip through another old issue of your favorite magazine from the school book club, Dynamite! This one is from way back in 1976, and the cover just might feature an arm wrestling competition between the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. We have so many questions. Inside the …
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Flopcast episode 547! It’s a good old fashioned Flopcast Top 4 ½ List, and the subject is bears. We have bears from TV (remember Grizzly Adams and his pal Ben?), cartoons (you know the Care Bears, but what about the Wuzzles?), songs (in case you were wondering how Lyle Lovett feels about bears), breakfast cereal …
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Flopcast episode 546! More goofy Halloween fun this week, as we flip through the book An Old School Halloween and learn about the costumes of Ben Cooper Inc. This was the company that sold those quick simple Halloween costumes (a cheap plastic mask and vinyl smock) at discount department stores for decades. We discuss the odd history …
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Flopcast episode 545! Our pal Blasted Bill returns to the Flopcast for some Halloween talk! Bill shares his memories of Halloweens past as well as the 8,000 Halloween events he has planned for this year. (That certainly beats our big Halloween plan to do nothing…) Including: Superman, Ghostbuster, and red crayon costumes; hay rides vs. …
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Flopcast episode 544! Welcome to a very special Flopcast, because for the first time in almost three years, Kevin and Kornflake are together in person! We’re not on Zoom! It’s a weird outdoor recording session on a chilly October night up north at Chickentown Outpost! But we have coffee, so it’s just like old times. …
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Flopcast episode 543! It’s a weird mix of topics for this quick little show, including: Kornflake mini-golfing in a hockey uniform; fun with standing desks (we’ve cleared the studio of silly old-fashioned chairs); International Teachers Day (just an excuse to celebrate Welcome Back, Kotter); the new season of Cobra Kai (and Kornflake’s controversial Swank theories); ESO Network updates …
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Flopcast episode 542! Let’s wrap up our review of our long wacky weekend in Atlanta for DragonCon! Including: More Sci-Fi Explosion (with Fonzie, Spider-Woman, and maybe even Robolar from Mars); more Flash Gordon panels with Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson; the return of the Manimal Panimal; the cast of Doom Patrol; the George Pérez memorial panel; the …
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Flopcast episode 541! We survived DragonCon 2022, more or less, so it’s time to review the first half of that wacky weekend! Including: Kevin’s Flash Gordon panel with Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson; Kevin’s other panels on Cowboy Bebop, Lost in Space, and Upload; The Mayor’s Severance panel (and Severance costume!); Kornflake’s Elton John panel; Sci-Fi Explosion fun with Billy Ocean; the Geek …
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Flopcast episode 540! We’re back from DragonCon, but not quite ready for our DragonCon review show. (Hey, we were surrounded by Yip-Yips for several days. Readjusting to reality is a process.) Meanwhile, we have this special episode previously available only to ESO Network Patreon members. And the subject is appropriate, considering our favorite guests at …
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It’s DragonCon weekend! So while we’re flopping around our favorite convention, please enjoy the return of Movies With the Mayor! This time Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown are watching and discussing the 1987 made-for-TV movie The Spirit! It’s based on Will Eisner’s classic Golden Age comic book character, and it stars Sam J. Jones (Flash …
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With DragonCon just days away, here is your guide to finding Team Flopcast at the convention! Kevin will be absurdly busy as usual (that’s how we like it), appearing on panels and presentations about old stuff (1978’s Dr. Strange, 1979’s Legends of the Superheroes), new stuff (the sci-fi comedy series Upload, and the reboots of Cowboy Bebop and Lost in Space), …
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Flopcast episode 537! Laverne & Shirley actress Cindy Williams turns 75 this week, which inspired Kornflake to surprise Kevin with a Laverne & Shirley pop quiz! (This is why the kids love The Flopcast.) Can Kevin identify quotes from various characters, despite not having seen the show in literally decades? And is there a bonus round dedicated to …
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Flopcast episode 536! We’re getting ready for DragonCon, the biggest craziest nerdfest of the year! It’s so big that it’s divided into dozens of separate programming tracks, and we’re going through the whole track list. Including: Kevin’s favorites (American Sci-Fi Classics! American Sci-Fi and Fantasy Media!), Kornflake’s favorites (Brit Track! Kids Track!), and everyone’s favorites …
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Flopcast episode 535! It’s a super-short super-silly summer show! Kevin is exhausted and weirdly terrified of movie trailers; Kornflake is baking and flopping on a hammock; it’s Book Lovers Day, and our friends are writing too many really good books; we’re preparing for DragonCon with School House Rock and Electra Woman face masks; and our …
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Flopcast episode 534! Over the years, there have been more comic book series based on TV shows than you’d think. Back in the 60s, if your newsstand was sold out of Batman comics, you could still read My Favorite Martian or Petticoat Junction comics, you lucky kid. This week we’re diving into the weird world of television-based comics, using the new …
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Flopcast episode 533! Taylor Dayne is still telling it to our hearts; Maya Rudolph is a Rental; West Virginia is overrun by surfing chickens; and thanks to the DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track, Mork and Mindy are now soldiers of fortune. It’s a short show, but it’s a goofy show. Enjoy. Episode 533 complete show …
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Flopcast episode 532! It’s the middle of stupid summer, so here in Chickentown, it’s time for more hot robot talk. But we’ve turned our annual robot-themed Top 4 ½ List over to a special guest: it’s Chris, creator of the wonderful show Sci-Fi Explosion! (Having someone else make the robot list just means more nap …
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Flopcast episode 531! We’re talking about the goofy MTV game show Remote Control, because recently we got to play it! Not the MTV version, but the (also goofy) home game version! We played Remote Control live online with our pals at the DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track, and you can watch the whole crazy thing on …
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Flopcast episode 530! One more concert report, this time on a fine evening of synthpop and rock from Freezepop, Carissa Johnson, The Daylilies, and Telelectrix! (We were lurking in the corner, hiding behind a Sleestak mask, but we were there.) And the rest of the episode is also quite musical, including: Happy Birthday to Joan …
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Flopcast episode 529! It’s another concert report, because legendary Australian band Midnight Oil came to Boston. Find out if their beds are still burning, if frontman Peter Garrett is still very tall and very bald, and why we expected to be crushed by an anvil during the show. Also: Happy Birthday to Blues Brother/Conehead/vodka enthusiast …
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Flopcast episode 528! We have a special concert report this week, because the pioneering German electropop band Kraftwerk came to Boston! Kevin was there, wearing official Kraftwerk 3-D glasses, because this was not a normal show. We also recall the time Kornflake saw a very different German act in Boston many years ago. (We wish …
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We just noticed that 1997 was a quarter century ago, so we thought we’d celebrate with a FlopFight tournament of 1997 pop songs. (It’s not quite an official FlopFight; we’ve relaxed the rules a bit, because we’re sleepy.) The competing songs are a mix of pure pop (Spice Girls, Hanson), alt-rock (Cranberries, Third Eye Blind), …
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Flopcast episode 526! Inspired by our friend Jon Sloan’s comic book series Jim & Celeste, we have a Top 4 ½ List of movies to watch while stranded on an island. The catch is that the movies must be from 1975-1985. Which should be fine, because that’s when all the good stuff happened. But we still …
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While Kevin relaxes in the background making sarcastic comments, Kornflake presents a Top 4 ½ List of weird superheroes! Including: a rejected Legionnaire (even goofier than Chlorophyll Kid), a Perhapanaut, a Mystery Man, an Aquabat, and more. Along the way Kevin chimes in with Captains Carrot and Marvel (Split!) and Turnipman (a hero so obscure …
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Flopcast episode 524! Kevin and Kornflake have concert reports from two different “Weird Al” Yankovic concerts! (That’s right, we actually left the house. Still a rare event these days…) This is Weird Al’s Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, with a constantly changing set list of obscure album tracks, so we saw two very different shows. …
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Flopcast episode 523! It’s our big silly tenth anniversary show! Yes, we have released a Flopcast episode every week for TEN YEARS. (Also, yes, we’re sleepy, and yes, we’re completely out of ideas. But here we are.) And we’re celebrating with a special tenth anniversary FlopFight! Kornflake provided the contestants, and it’s a bizarre randomized …
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Flopcast episode 522! After a too-long break from the show, the Mayor of Chickentown is back as our special guest co-host! (It’s more court-ordered community service, we assume.) We start with a look at the recently-announced 2022 inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (We’re happy about Lionel, Dolly, Pat Benatar, and all …
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Flopcast episode 521! Kevin is being watched by enemy birds; Green Day coffee is on the way; Hit Parade celebrates five years of podcasting (with a quote from the Mayor of Chickentown!); The Flopcast celebrates ten years of podcasting in a couple of weeks (but we don’t know what we’re doing); we lightning-round through a …
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Flopcast episode 520! Once again we’ve let the Chickentown Studios Supercomputer randomly determine our discussion topics, which means we’re talking about “Talking Out of Turn” (an obscure 1980s single from a classic rock band), Action Jackson (the 1988 movie sadly not based on the Mego action figure line), The Young Rebels (a 1970s Revolutionary War-era TV series with Louis …
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It’s a Chickens in the News follow-up report! We’re revisiting the rogue hen that tried to break into the Pentagon a few weeks back, but now we have the official incident report to examine. (Has the Freedom of Information Act ever been put to better use?) And we’ve unearthed some startling new details, which may …
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Flopcast episode 518! Special guest Blasted Bill is still here, and our favorite vehicles from 1980s pop culture are still doing battle in our latest FlopFight tournament. Some major players were knocked out last week (farewell, A-Team van) as Airwolf flew straight into the finals. Can anything stop that high-tech TV helicopter? The train from Silver …
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Flopcast episode 517! Our old pal Blasted Bill returns, and Bill is here for a FlopFight! The subject is 1980s vehicles, so your favorite cars, trucks, vans, and bikes from 80s movies and TV shall do battle. (Mr. T has the van. And if Jan Michael Vincent brings the helicopter, Hasselhoff will supply the talking …
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It’s just more random silliness, just for you. We imagine a world in which Kornflake is in control (it’ll be all Howard Jones concerts, all the time), and Kevin recalls racing a turkey through the mean streets of Chickentown (the turkey won, of course). Then our supercomputer forces us to discuss Capitol Critters (the short-lived cartoon series …
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Flopcast episode 515! Another quick random show, including: Happy Birthday to Matthew Broderick (star of Ladyhawke) and Elton John (star of the “Nikita” music video); Kevin has a pile of 80s movie promo buttons (“Free Johnny Dangerously!”); Gloria Estefan is a cat; Madonna is not a mermaid; the American Sci-Fi Classics Track hosts another Battle of …
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Flopcast episode 514! Time for a hugely important correction: Last week we got a couple of obscure Julian Lennon videos mixed up. (The “we” means Kevin. Kornflake was innocent this time…) But it’s an excuse to revisit the wonderfully ridiculous “Stick Around” video, featuring cameos by stars from Square Pegs, Family Ties, The Karate Kid, and Saturday Night Live. …
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Flopcast episode 513! This week we let the Chickentown Studios supercomputer randomly determine our discussion topics. (Does this mean we’re completely out of ideas? Oh, that happened six or seven years ago…) The result is an even weirder show than usual. Including: The 40th anniversary of Pac-Man Fever; songwriter Carole Bayer Sager’s tribute to Mac and …
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Flopcast episode 512! It’s a Tuesday spectacular! This episode was recorded on Tuesday, 2/22/22, so we’re looking at the 2nd, 22nd, 222nd, and 2222nd biggest 1980s pop songs, according to the amazing book Ranking the ’80s. You’d better believe Billy Ocean is involved, and he’s gonna get out of our dreams and into our podcast. …
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Flopcast episode 511! Another weird mix of stuff from our latest Saturday morning recording session (for which we keep forgetting the Cocoa Puffs): For National Whatever Day we’re celebrating a forgotten 1920s silent movie (and also guys named Mike); a box of wine was shipped to the studio from Washington state (or possibly Mars); Kornflake …
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Flopcast episode 510! Just a weird mix of stuff this time: Kornflake learns that a former New England Patriots quarterback (no, not that one) is now in the wine business, and takes appropriate action; a giant Asian sea eagle has been hanging around Massachusetts, and we’re trying to lure it to Chickentown Studios for an …
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Flopcast episode 509! It’s a quick but fun show this week, as we review this year’s nominees for induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now if it were up to us, the list would include The Monkees, Weird Al, Men Without Hats, Martika, and The New Monkees. (There’s a reason no one …
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We love Canada, and we love goofy public service announcements, so Kornflake has rounded up a bunch of Canadian PSAs to watch and discuss. And while nothing can replace Schoolhouse Rock and Robolar from Mars in our hearts, these videos (mostly from the 80s, of course) are pretty fantastic. They include: anti-smoking cartoon aliens, puppet …
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Flopcast episode 507! Our first Top 4 ½ List of the year was perhaps inspired by how crazy cold it’s been here in Chickentown. The topic is… ice. We have some ice-themed 80s music (remember Australian band Icehouse?), some Karate Kid ice-breaking action, several ice-powered superheroes (from Marvel, DC, and even Pixar), and a bunch more icy …
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Flopcast episode 506! Way too cold to leave the house, so today we’re just flipping through another old issue of Dynamite, that classic magazine for kids of the 70s and 80s. (You could get Dynamite through the school book club or by subscription, so either your teacher or your mailman would know you’re a huge nerd.) This issue …
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Flopcast episode 505! Let’s wrap up our annual two-part memorial show by getting through a long list of everyone we lost in the second half of 2021. From television, we have stars from The Andy Griffith Show, Night Court, Quantum Leap, Newhart… and a couple more (!) from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. From the world of music, we have …
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Flopcast episode 504! As usual we’re kicking off the new year by looking back on everyone we lost in the old year. This week’s show covers the first half of 2021, with many of our favorites from the world of pop culture and beyond. Including: The voice of Hermey the Elf, the designer of our …
Flopcast 504: Memorial Show Part 1 – Long Live Jambi Read More »
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Flopcast episode 503! It’s our final show of 2021! So we’re just relaxing and looking back on another ridiculous year of Flopcasting. (Yikes, we spent a lot of time obsessing over The Facts of Life. And we’re not quite done.) But we also have a couple of special guests, because this is our second annual holiday …
Flopcast 503: We Are the Woo Girls – Our Holiday Crossover Spectacular Read More »
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Flopcast episode 502! Every year we’re bombarded with dozens more ridiculous (and nearly identical) Christmas movies from Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix, etc. It’s a never-ending parade of big city ladies back in their quaint little home towns for the holidays, dealing with awkward high school reunions, struggling family businesses, lame Christmas pageants, secret cookie recipes, the …
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Flopcast episode 501! Let’s wrap up our look at the Saturday morning TV landscape of 1971! ABC’s lineup was probably the strongest of the three networks, but it’s still quite weird. There were classics like Road Runner and Jonny Quest, alongside oddities like Filmation’s Jerry Lewis cartoon, the Rankin/Bass animated version of the Jackson 5, and more psychedelic …
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Flopcast episode 500! 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 ½ List ever, National Whatever Day with one of the kids from Fame, a boozy edition of the Figgy …
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Flopcast episode 499! Our examination of Saturday morning TV from fifty years ago continues with the NBC schedule, and it’s one of the weirdest lineups we’ve found so far. Among familiar old favorites like Woody Woodpecker, Pink Panther, and Deputy Dawg, we encounter psychedelic Krofft reruns, a two-headed llama, a comeback from Mr. Wizard, an odd live action import …
Flopcast 499: NBC Saturday Morning 1971 – Problematic Pirates Read More »
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We started our ridiculous Brat Pack tournament last week, and now it’s time to settle things once and for all, like Swayze in Road House. A couple more Breakfast Club members enter the competition this time, along with the stars of 80s classics like Pretty in Pink, The Outsiders, Dirty Dancing, Red Dawn, and more. And because it’s a FlopFight, we’ve added …
Flopcast 498: Brat Pack FlopFight Part 2 – St. Elmo’s Hand Turkeys Read More »
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Flopcast episode 497! Back in the 80s, whether you were hanging around St. Elmo’s Bar or stuck in Saturday detention with the Breakfast Club, you could not avoid the Brat Pack. Those crazy kids were running wild in Hollywood, breaking hearts, listening to Simple Minds, and starring in every single John Hughes movie. And today …
Flopcast 497: Brat Pack FlopFight Part 1 – Bright Lights, Naked Klingons Read More »
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We’re way overdue for another look at an old Saturday morning TV schedule, so let’s see what the kids watched on CBS half a century ago while chomping on their Count Chocula. The CBS 1971 Saturday morning lineup included classics like Bugs Bunny (of course), Scooby Doo (the original version), and The Flintstones (reformatted to feature Pebbles and Bamm Bamm, and …
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Flopcast episode 495! 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, …
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Flopcast episode 494! It’s Halloween, but why not ignore the creepy neighbor kids and just enjoy our silly little show? (That sack of Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins you’ve been eyeballing all week? ALL YOURS.) Including: A festive round of “What’s in the Bag,” compliments of our friend Blasted Bill; Halloween Chickens in the News with …
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Flopcast episode 493! We just can’t stop reviewing “backdoor pilot” episodes of The Facts of Life, so here we go again. This time Blair and Jo are graduating from Eastland, and perhaps this could have led to a spinoff series set at nearby Langley College. It didn’t, of course, but it’s still a fun two-part episode. …
Flopcast 493: The Backs of Life 6 – Graduation Read More »
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Flopcast episode 492! Just a silly mix of subjects this week, including: The new Monster Mash cereal (we might not eat it, but we still love it), Kornflake’s concert report on Lindsey Stirling (she plays the violin while hanging upside down blindfolded; what more do you want?), Daryl Hall’s birthday, Clint Eastwood’s chicken movie, a …
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Flopcast episode 491! Our friend Kevin Cafferty is back for a Top 4 ½ List dedicated to our favorite weird city: Woonsocket, Rhode Island! Both Kevin and Kevin (lot of Kevins on the show this week) spent way too much time in Woonsocket back in the 80s, and remember it all too well. Our conversation …
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Flopcast episode 490! The subject of today’s Top 4 ½ List is, uh, whistling. We’re still not sure why. But it’s a fun list, including a classic TV theme song, a Bangles song, a bizarre Boston clown, a Muppet, a Guardian of the Galaxy, and lots more whistling weirdness. (We somehow missed the Frosty the Snowman traffic …
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Flopcast episode 489! Our ten-part celebration of the 80s concludes, just as the 80s did, with 1989. Top 40 radio was ruled by Milli Vanilli, the New Kids, and hair metal. It was a problem. But at least we had telepathic Australian dolphins, thanks to Kornflake’s favorite short-lived TV show, Dolphin Cove. Kornflake also has a …
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Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown are back from Atlanta with a full report on DragonCon, where they joined all the masked and vaccinated nerds for a long silly Labor Day weekend. They had a busy schedule of panels, presentations, and events, and our discussion includes: The Suicide Squad, Smallville, Doctor Who, Pennyworth, DragonCon mead, Saturday Morning Live Roll-a-Panel, …
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Our ten-part celebration of the 80s brings us back to 1987 this week. For most of us, 1987 means Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise… and that’s all. But the year had even more to offer, if you poke around enough. So first we take a quick look at the Billboard chart from this …
Flopcast 487: 21 Flop Street Read More »
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Flopcast episode 486! DragonCon, our very favorite annual gathering of the geeks, was a virtual-only event last year. But this year we’re creeping back down to Atlanta and doing it for real! It’ll be (mostly) business as usual: five days of nonstop panels, concerts, gaming, costumes, and all manner of nerdy fun. Celebrity guests include …
Flopcast 486: DragonCon Preview – You’re Weird and We Missed You Read More »
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Flopcast episode 485! Our ten-episode salute to the 80s creeps along with a quick look at the pop chart from this week in 1985! Dire Straits were computer-animated movers, Phil Collins was an Ocasek-style housefly, Wham met a weird kid in China, and Casey Kasem was very angry about the Pointer Sisters. Then we flip …
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Welcome to our TENTH annual summer robot Top 4 ½ List! (It’s an odd tradition, but it’s all we have.) This year’s theme is… 80s robots. Of course, lots of notable 80s robots have appeared on previous lists, so they’re not included this time (sorry, Johnny 5) to make room for some all-new, all-weird entries. …
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Flopcast episode 483! We’re celebrating 1983, which the history books already call “the year of Mr. Roboto, and not much else.” But we did notice that a bunch of actors who played comic book characters (Spider-Man, Thor, Superman, Lois, Luthor, Wonder Woman, and more) were born that year. And we run through some our favorite …
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Flopcast episode 482! We’re up to 1982 in our series of 80s-themed episodes, and it’s time to review another Facts of Life backdoor pilot! This one looks eerily similar to a previous backdoor pilot, as the boys of Stone Academy get another shot at a spinoff series! But this time instead of a school dance, the plot …
Flopcast 482: The Backs of Life 5 – The Big Fight Read More »
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Flopcast episode 481! Our ten-part series about the 1980s continues with a look at all the TV shows that debuted in 1981! Prime time soaps were on the rise (Dynasty, Falcon Crest), the Six Million Dollar Man became the Fall Guy, and Hill Street Blues premiered alongside 600 other (instantly forgotten) detective shows. We had a Brady Bunch spin-off (with …
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Flopcast episode 480! We’re kicking off ten weeks of 80s-themed shows… because when do we ever get to talk about the 80s around here? And this week we’re looking at the year 1980. It was the year that brought us Flash Gordon, Caddyshack, Pac-Man, the Rubik’s Cube, and a cheater in the Boston Marathon. (Some of us …
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Flopcast episode 479! With the long-delayed release of Black Widow this week, many humans finally returned to actual movie theaters, where the $14 boxes of Raisinets had been waiting patiently since last year. Meanwhile Kevin and Kornflake are flopping back to 35 years ago, when the only Marvel movie in theaters was… Howard the Duck. We run through …
Flopcast 479: Movies of 1986 – My Eyeball Tutor Read More »
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Flopcast episode 478! Just some miscellaneous silly talk this week, including: Kickball with Kornflake; cursing your enemies with R2D2 ceramics; TV talk (we recommend Girls5eva, Rutherford Falls, We Are Lady Parts, and This Way Up); punk rock with The Linda Lindas; crazy screaming peacocks; fun with a giant book of 80s pop chart stats; fun with Wallace and Gromit …
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Flopcast episode 477! Kevin and Kornflake are enjoying the new comic book-based Netflix show Sweet Tooth (we like hybrids), and we have an entire “sweet”-themed Top 4 ½ List just for you. Our list includes cheap Halloween candy (of course), as well as a Sweet sitcom star, a cartoon dog, 90s music, a giant Muppet, and lots …
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Flopcast episode 476! For the first time in a billion years, we have actual live human guests at Chickentown Studios! (Remember talking to people not on Zoom? Yeah, it’s weird.) Brittany and Martha are here, from our sister podcast But First, Let’s Talk Nerdy! We’re celebrating their first year of podcasting by recalling some of the …
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Yes, we’re still examining every “backdoor pilot” episode of The Facts of Life, and we’ve arrived at “Jo’s Cousin,” which features, you know, Jo’s cousin. She’s 14-year-old aspiring mechanic Terry, played by the star of Kornflake’s beloved Anne of Green Gables! We also meet Terry’s angry father (you know him from Soap and Battlestar Galactica), her goofy brothers (including the …
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Flopcast episode 474! We’d been meaning to do a roller-skating-themed show for years, and it’s finally here, in convenient Top 4 ½ List format! We’re listing our favorite roller-skating scenes and characters from movies and TV of the last half century. Plenty of skating humans, of course, but also some goofy Hanna Barbera skating birds, …
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Flopcast episode 473! As a follow-up to our recent look at the Boston music scene of the 80s, let’s move on to the 90s! And let’s also move slightly south, to Rhode Island! (State motto: We’re tiny, but we’re also quite odd.) Another special guest is here too: filmmaker (It’s a Bash!), podcaster (Gleaming the …
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Flopcast episode 472! If you were a 70s/80s kid who wanted to know what was really going on, you ordered Dynamite magazine through your school book club. Today we’re flipping through the December 1979 issue of Dynamite, with Steve Martin on the cover. And hey, Steve’s first (and come on, best) movie The Jerk premiered that same month! Which 70s celebrity did Steve enjoy playing horseshoes with? The answer will shock you. Also in this issue of Dynamite: world record grape-catching; disgusting popcorn beverages; Hollywood gossip about Superman, Miss Piggy, Kiss, and Erik Estrada; disco vs. rock; how to levitate with Magic Wanda; an especially lame batch of Dynamite Bummers; and lots more late 70s silliness. Also: The ESO Network’s Doctor Geek has a new vaccination PSA, Kevin AND Kornflake are talking science fiction dogs with the American Sci-Fi Classics Track, rare video from the Sid and Marty Krofft theme park has resurfaced, Baby Yoda is a Chia Pet, and Happy Birthday to Paul Bettany (aka Vision in a turkey suit).
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Flopcast episode 471! Happy Anniversary to us! (If you can hear Barney Rubble singing, our work is done.) We’ve been Flopcasting for nine long silly years, and we’re celebrating with a special guest: Earth Station One co-host (and Tiki Zombie writer/publisher) Mike Gordon! Mike is from Massachusetts just like us, so we discuss growing up around the Boston music scene. Including: Boston radio (the Top 40 of Kiss 108 vs. The Rock of Boston, WBCN); our early concert experiences (were Kevin and Mike at the same concert way back in 1987, and was a giant robot there too?); the 70s Boston bands that conquered the world (Aerosmith, J. Geils, The Cars, and you know, Boston); the 80s music video era (experienced pre-cable through Friday Night Videos, obscure UHF shows, and our beloved V-66); the alt-rock scene of the 90s, when the women took over (Juliana Hatfield, Letters to Cleo, Belly); and our Boston favorites these days (such as Freezepop, Sidewalk Driver, and Carissa Johnson). Also: New stuff in the ESO Network TeePublic store from our sister podcast But First, Let’s Talk Nerdy, and Kornflake reminds us that it’s a very good idea to drink with chickens.
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Flopcast episode 470! Our ongoing analysis of every “backdoor pilot” episode of The Facts of Life continues, and we’re creeping back to March 1982. “Pac-Man Fever” was on the radio, Porky’s ruled the box office, and our Facts of Life girls met the boys at Stone Academy. The plan was to launch a spinoff series set at this military school. That didn’t happen, of course, despite a strong cast of young actors from 70s/80s classics like The Bad News Bears, Silver Spoons, James at 16, Soap, Jennifer Slept Here, and Kornflake’s beloved Combat Academy. Will one of the boys sneak out of the big dance with Blair and squish into Mrs. Garrett’s tiny VW Bug? And then will absolutely nothing happen? Let’s find out. Also: Happy Birthday to Facts of Life stars Mackenzie Astin (Andy) AND Kim Fields (Tootie)! (By the way, Tootie’s giant fancy dress from this episode deserved its own backdoor pilot.)
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Flopcast episode 469! Time for some bike talk, because spring is here, and we’ve taken to the mean streets of Chickentown on our shiny new bikes, like Kevin Bacon in Quicksilver and Nicole Kidman in BMX Bandits. We’re not quite as accessorized as Pee Wee Herman, but hopefully we’ll find some goofy license plates in our next box of Honey Comb cereal. Also: Our first vaccination appointments somehow involved turkeys and kangaroos; National Cartoonists Day has us pondering the weirdness of Heathcliff; the ESO Network Board of Directors is bored silly about The Love Boat (you’re welcome!); and Happy Anniversary to our sister podcast But First, Let’s Talk Nerdy, where they’ve been furious about the Marvel Cinematic Universe for an entire year.
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Flopcast episode 468! Time to wrap up our latest exciting and stupid FlopFight tournament! Only one member of the Love Boat cast shall survive! Your classic Love Boat crew is here, of course, including Isaac the bartender, Julie the cruise director, and Gopher the… whatever it is that Gopher does. A few lesser known characters get to play too, including stars from Happy Days, Spenser: For Hire, and, uh, Blame It on Rio. And because it’s a FlopFight, things get a little weird, and the competition also involves superheroes, variety shows, robots, and kangaroos. Once again we’re joined by your ship’s DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track Director, Joe Crowe! Hey, maybe Joe will favor us with another impression of Tattoo from Fantasy Island! It’s the Love Boat, kids, and all your crazy piña colada-fueled dreams are coming true.
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Flopcast episode 467! Come aboard, we’re expecting you for a Love Boat edition of our ridiculous tournament, the FlopFight! And we’re joined by a special guest who knows a thing or two about ridiculous tournaments: DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track Director Joe Crowe! With Joe on board, we’ll figure out which Pacific Princess crew member will survive to celebrate on the Aloha deck with a 1970s cocktail from Isaac’s bar. Captain Stubing is an easy favorite, of course — a respected commander, despite the silly white shorts. But perhaps the Captain’s daughter Vicki can sneak in with a surprise victory. And let’s not forget… the Charo factor. Anything goes in a FlopFight, so Gopher only knows what’s gonna happen. This week’s winner advances to the final round next week. Set a course for adventure and join us. Just don’t let any weird celebrity guests into your cabin.
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Flopcast episode 466! It’s another “66” episode, which always reminds us of V66, Boston’s late great 1980s music video channel. (You’ve all seen the documentary Life on the V, right? RIGHT?) This time we decided to party like it’s 1985 and watch a bunch of music videos from the V66 era. If you want to jump on YouTube and watch along with us, VJ Kornflake’s playlist is: “Obsession” by Animotion, “Invincible” by Pat Benatar, “Live is Life” by Opus (???), “Dancing on the Ceiling” by Lionel Richie, “Goonies R Good Enough” by Cyndi Lauper, and “A View to a Kill” by Duran Duran. Or just relax and enjoy our idiotic commentary. V66 didn’t last long; it was soon replaced by the Home Shopping Network, because Bostonians desperately needed cubic zirconia. But we’ll keep staring at these goofy videos forever, even if Rowdy Roddy Piper only appears in some of them. Also this week: Comic book trivia with Earth Station One, a DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track panel about rabbits (?), and Happy Birthday to 80s naughty girl Samantha Fox.
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The V66 documentary, Life on the V!
Eric’s latest short documentary, Video Visions!
Kevin is back on Earth Station One for comic book trivia!
The American Sci-Fi Classics Track bunny panel!
VJ Kornflake’s 1985 music video playlist:
“Obsession” by Animotion
“Invincible” by Pat Benatar
“Live is Life” by Opus
“Dancing on the Ceiling” by Lionel Richie
“Goonies R Good Enough” by Cyndi Lauper
“A View to a Kill” by Duran Duran
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Flopcast episode 465! For no good reason, the name “Johnny” is the subject of our latest Top 4 ½ List. (Has it been a slow week around here? What do you think?) We have characters named Johnny from movies, TV, songs, and even more goofy DC comic books. There might even be a robot on the list, since Ally Sheedy assures us that Johnny 5 is very much alive. Plus: Dueling Johnny songs from Chuck Berry and Men at Work, dueling Johnny songs from El DeBarge and “Weird Al” Yankovic, Greg Brady vs. Johnny Bravo, Charlie the Tuna vs. Mr. Peanut (?), and more. Did we miss your favorite Johnny? Let us know! The best way to reach us is by canal. Just ask Johnny Canal.
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Flopcast episode 464! Our examination of every “backdoor pilot” episode of The Facts of Life continues… because we know what the people want. “Brian and Sylvia” was an odd 1981 attempt at a Facts of Life spinoff series. The premise: Tootie’s Aunt Sylvia is a Buffalo TV news anchor, and Brian is her husband, a hockey coach played by pre-MacGyver Richard Dean Anderson. So if you’re looking for early 80s mixed-marriage jokes that have not aged particularly well, this sitcom delivers the goods. Our conversation somehow also includes Willona from Good Times, the short-lived Sanford and Son spinoff Grady, a weird Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation, suffering through Godspell in junior high, and Tootie’s aunt as a space princess on Jason of Star Command. Also: Kornflake is on Earth Station One (to discuss The Commitments), Kevin is on The DragonCon Report (to discuss, you know, DragonCon), and it’s World Backup Day. So back up.
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Kornflake on Earth Station One!
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Flopcast episode 463! Quick show this week (because we’re exhausted), including: Kornflake at virtual MarsCon; Kornflake and Kevin in a silly new music video (from Power Salad and the great Luke Ski); baseball, blues, and spider movies with William Shatner; old TV talk (Facts of Life, Leave It to Beaver); new TV talk (WandaVision, Ted Lasso, Taskmaster); and for the first time in eight years, Kevin was right about something.
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MarsCon Comedy Music Track: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
“Red Beans and Rice” video by Power Salad and Luke Ski (with a cameo by your goofy Flopcast hosts)!
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Flopcast episode 462! For more than 80 years, DC Comics has brought us legends like Wonder Woman and Batman… as well as sillier characters like Kite Man and Bat Mite. There’s a long rich history of goofy characters at DC, and we love them all. So that’s the subject of our latest Top 4 ½ List: goofy DC characters. And we invited an expert to play along: Drew, co-host of the Earth Station DCU podcast! Our goofy list includes some Bat-villains, of course, as well as a crime-fighting chimpanzee, a teen president, a hippie mannequin, dogs in space, cab drivers in space, and more. This could have been a Top 400 List, because we didn’t even get around to Matter Eater Lad, Mr. Tawky Tawny, Quisp, Bird-Boy, Mer-Boy, and all the residents of the Bizarro World. In fact, this episode just might go on forever… unless you can trick us into saying “Kltpzyxm.”
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Drew and Cletus talk DC Comics every week on Earth Station DCU!
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Flopcast episode 461! Twenty years ago, Kevin and Kornflake first visited the great state of Michigan for the comedy music convention Dementia 2001! (Kevin’s band The Sponge Awareness Foundation performed, then quickly returned to their rightful place in total obscurity.) And our guest this week is the organizer of Dementia 2001, our old friend Blasted Bill! We’re talking weird Michigan trivia with Bill, and the conversation includes the invention of breakfast cereal (all thanks to Cornelius the Corn Flakes rooster), fun with soda (or “pop,” as the locals call it), Yoopers vs. Trolls, a post office that floats, painted turtles, angry dentists, Freaks and Geeks, Dave Coulier, and lots more Upper Midwest silliness. Blasted Bill is largely responsible for The Flopcast even existing (though he’s understandably reluctant to admit it), so we’re happy he could join us and help Michiganify the show. (Here’s one more fun fact just for you: Michigan is not actually the most mitten-shaped state. That honor goes to Wyoming. Assuming you have freakish rectangle-hands. And we think you do.)
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Flopcast episode 460! “The Backs of Life” is our stupid new project for the stupid new year! The plan is to examine each “backdoor pilot” episode of The Facts of Life in excruciating detail. (You know backdoor pilots. It’s when an episode of an existing TV show is used to introduce a potential new spin-off show. This happened on The Facts of Life… a lot.) But we’re starting with a 1979 episode of Diff’rent Strokes (season 1, episode 24, “The Girls School”), because The Facts of Life itself started there as a backdoor pilot. Thrill to Mrs. Garrett making the move from housekeeper (for a rich dude) to housemother (for a bunch of crazy girls). We meet some future Facts of Life regulars (Blair with a cigarette! Tootie on rollerskates! MOLLY RINGWALD!), some girls we’d never see again (Jennifer? Laura?), and a headmaster played by the cranky guy from The Bob Newhart Show. We also get generic disco music, a frog named Leon, Dana Plato as a ballerina (sort of), Gary Coleman in a donkey costume, and another mysterious Fake Brady Girl connection. Also: More TV talk with ESO Board Silly, more Rock and Roll Hall of Fame talk with Pop Culture Cosmos, Happy 100th Episode to The 42cast, and Happy Birthday to a Cobra Kai sensei.
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