Pulsar the Ultimate Man of Adventure, ROM the Space Knight, Shogun Warriors, Go Bots, Weebles and JJ Armes...
Star Wars and GI Joe weren't the only awesome toys from our youth. From the Mego Star Trek dolls to the Six Million Dollar Man, the boys reminisce about the great toys from the seventies and eighties.
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This Season Premiere marks the 2 year anniversary of TVAMD, and the boys celebrate by going back to where it all began: Talking about Transformers!
In this epic Season Finale, the boys discuss the unsung (or perhaps improperly appreciated) heroes of Star Wars. Who are the people (and in some cases, the characters) who made Star Wars great? And who got left behind as it became what it is today?
This is practically a Jane Austen tribute. We discuss Stephen King adaptations like 1408 and the Shawshank Redemption, but mostly the many faces of Pride and Prejudice, including the new Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. There is also some talk of Harry Potter and Sean does a little Dr. Horrible karaoke. Consider yourselves warned.
In this long-awaited (if unsolicited) follow-up to the gaming episode, the boys pretend they're going to discuss Dungeons & Dragons and the Star Wars role-playing game, but end up telling random stories about pretty much everthing else. In other words, the usual...
In this episode, we pretend to discuss books that were adapted into movies, but we're so excited to have Lynn on the show we just end up chatting the whole time. We talk Lord of the Rings, Watchmen, the viciousness of Koalas, and the comparative virtues of the yowie to the bunyip. And that's only in part one...
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In this extract from the Summer Movie Special, Sean and Brooks team with David to discuss the upcoming GI Joe movie. So here's a little taste of that before the full episode is up.
Brooks and Sean join with David to discuss the growing roster of Summer movies. From Star Trek and Wolverine to Terminator and the new Transformers, they discuss everything down to Harry Potter and Quentin Tarantino.
Ever since Reefer Madness, marijuana has had a dubious distinction in the eyes of the mainstream, creating a weird counter-culture of drug movies that celebrate the twinkie-craving outlaw in all of us. From Cheech & Chong to Dazed & Confused, marijuana movies have run the gamut from total crap to comedy gold. The boys look into this interesting entertainment phenomenon with their usual aplomb.
This episode is not really about UFO's (except a little), but we're pretty much all over the place. From George W. Bush to James Bond and the Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion, we manage to rip on Oliver Stone, Paul Haggis and pretty much all TV shows. Another one from the vault and for the books, folks...
The boys pretend to talk about the untimely deaths of rock legends like Jimi Hendrix and Curt Cobain (all at the age of 27), but mostly yammer about their new forum, the Bilderburg conspiracy, the new zombie video game Left 4 Dead and the new Star Trek movie.
The boys take a few minutes to discuss the first person thriller Quarantine and the many negative examples it offers on surviving a horror movie. Plus: how to escape a hungry polar bear...
What happens when a remake becomes more like a sequel (or sometimes the other way around)? The new Star Trek leads the boys to examine this concept by looking at other requels past like Terminator 2, Escape from LA, and the new Friday the 13th. Plus we talk Wolverine, Highlander and the faltering merits of samurai swords in science fiction.
Computers predicting the future, the mysterious Kryptos code, and other oddities are fodder for this discussion. Did the scientists and futurists of the MERLIN project design a computer program that predicts the future (but for some reason can't see anything past 2012)? Did a sculptor come up with a code that CIA cryptoanalysts can't crack? And what is the story behind the wisdom of the Georgia Guidestones? Listen and find out!
Don't get your hopes up, this isn't our final episode...
Kirk, Spock and McCoy are back with a sexy new Uhura, Rachel Nichols as an Orion slave girl and even Leonard Nimoy. Is this the Star Trek we've been waiting for?
The Beatles, AC/DC, The Eagles, Elvis, CCR...
From Killer Klowns to Frailty, the boys go over great moments from dubious classics like Sleepaway Camp and Stephen King's Pet Semetary (remember Zelda?) with their friend Mudoogul Mudslinger.
The Exorcist, Jaws, the Howling, American Werewolf in London, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Killer Klowns from Outer Space...
We're covering it all in this one. Plus the boys discuss the Nightmare on Elm Street remake with our good friend Mudoogul Mudslinger, the horror of 2 girls 1 cup, and the impending doom of the swine flu!
Time travel, repeating days, Jack the Ripper, Nostradamus...The boys cover another set of scifi cliches that it's probably time to retire.
Atlantis, King Arthur, sexy vampires and techno music Karate fights... What are the cliches that could be retired forever in scifi movies? The boys discuss this and the inappropriate introduction of computer-generated atomic man-junk in Watchmen. All this and the return of boobies! And Lynn gives her review of Tyrannosaurus Wrecks.
CHUD, leprechaun, Nightbreed and the Shadmock... Yes sir, there have been plenty of monsters that never hit the Rock Star status of Frankenstein and Freddy Krueger. For every zombie there's a Rumpelstilskin, for every Michael Meyers there's a Horace Pinker. Finally someone pays tribute to the heroes of classics like Basket Case and Deadly Friend. Second stringers, put on your monkey suits and get ready to receive your honors...
Here it is, world... Darwinism vs. intelligent design, people riding dinosaurs, zombie strippers, the presidential doomsday plane, gun shows and taser phones, man junk, boobs and full frontal nudity... We've done big shows before, but this one is about as pointless and erratic as they come. We're not afaid to tackle the big issues.
Plus, check out "How It Should Have Ended" and enjoy the Die Hard song by Guyz Nite!
The boys talk Heroes, Battlestar Galactica and the new Friday the 13th, but mostly this one's all about the friends of the show. Listener mail and audience feedback is the backbone of this one, folks...
The Mayan Long Count Calendar is nearing the end of its 13th (and possibly final) baktun - is that the end of humanity or will the Galactic Alignment mean a whole new era in human existence? And what does Nostradamus have to do with this? The boys discuss all things 2012, from the Masons to the Reptilian Annunaki aliens of the doom planet Nibiru to Global Warming and interstellar storms. Plus we talk about UFO Hunters and their obsession with Area 51. This is the big one, people. Get ready...
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The boys go off on all things irrelevant, from the Oscars and the XBox to the Blu Ray and the recent remake of "The Last House on the Left". There is an obligatory examination of Christian Bale's onset rant and for the most part a ranting review of reality television.
Bloodsucking Freaks and other odd bits of discussion, including the new GI Joe movie, the Transformers sequel, the new Friday the 13th, the long-awaited Watchmen movie, Incredibad, Flight of the Conchords, the MTV effect and why pop culture may be eating itself. In short, another episode without a topic...
Wizards, warriors, and women in corsets! The boys use the new documentary Darkon as a springboard to wax nostalgic for their dice rolling days. Break out the Funyons and Mountain Dew; it's time to talk Dungeons & Dragons!
Three guys walk into a bar... Yes, it's about jokes this week: From Seinfeld to 30Rock, the boys discuss comedians like Steve Martin and the infamous aristocrats joke. What makes bad jokes funny and why are ducks always hanging out in bars? All this and so much more...
Jim Henson, Meet the Feebles, Ded Bob... From socks to foam rubber, we try to cover it all in this one. If you're not a muppet believer at the start of this show, we'll make you one by the end.
Sure, you know how to make it through an armageddon scenario, but once the space dust has settled and the fallout has receded, how will you survive the dystopian nightmare of the post-apocalyptic world? From Waterworld to the Road Warrior, Sean and Brooks discuss how to Mad Max your way through mohawk weirdoes and cannibal warlords.
Plague, asteroids, zombies, dinosaurs, robots, aliens, nuclear war, global warming, the Ozone layer, the Highlander... The end of the world can take many forms, friends. The trick is to keep your head and know your doomsday scenarios. The boys talk about how to keep your cool and use your head (right down to what parts of the brain work best for each given situation). We're back with a vengeance, people. This is the one to listen to.
In the long-awaited Season Premiere of TV Ate My Dinner's Third Season (yeah, that's right - the Real Doll episode didn't kill the show), the boys talk about their dreams. Not the "I want to grow up to make a chocolote castle" kind of dreams, no, but more like "whoa, last night I dreamed I a had a chocolate castle" kind of dreams. Plus old ladies, sleep paralysis, cannibal babies and snake people dreams. That's right: We're prophets destined to save the world with the awesome teachings of our subconscious. Buckle up, world: TVAMD Season 3 is just getting started...
NOT A VERY WORK-FRIENDLY EPISODE...
What are the greatest sitcoms? Friends? Cheers? How I Met Your Mother? The boys discuss the merits of classics like Taxi and Family Ties while outlining a few helpful hints on how you can avoid sitcom mistakes and Three's Company style misunderstandings.
What is a hero? Are they born heroes or are they forged in the fires of opportunity and disaster? The boys talk about Indiana Jones and Captain Kirk, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, and the differences between Batman and Superman. Who's more heroic - Buffy the Vampire Slayer because she's the chosen one or Angel because he's on a solemn quest for redemption? And we'd like to introduce you to a new breed of hero... A hero known as the Aquamarine!
Also featuring songs by Jennifer Daniels and Belle's Wake.
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Happy Halloween, world. In honor of All Hallow's Eve and the modern festival of Samhain, Brooks and Sean put on their scary faces to bring you some of their real-life horror yarns and ghost tales. If you're a spook enthusiast or a run-of-the-mill Ghost Hunters fan, check out our tribute to the paranormal and the supernatural.
Robot monkeys, cloned cats, smart houses, where does it all end? Where does it begin? Will our desire to have sex with robots lead to the Terminator apocalypse? Did aliens build Stonehenge and the pyramids? The boys debate the rise of technology and ways it can go wrong, the development of Artificial General Intelligence and what the exponential advancement of computer technology might mean for the future.
Time Travel, Captain Kirk, sex with robots, women showing their breasts, man junk and the beefiness of Nathan Fillion, Star Crash, Thomas Ian Griffith, Terminator, Star Wars, masturbating with a cheese grater, men called Bacon, men playing with dolls, men trapped in a meat locker, Die Hard Security Guards, hill mutants and how to survive them...
Fall TV shows return and the boys are ready to have opinions and stuff. More Terminator talk and some Knight Rider discussion, plus concerns over Joss Whedon's Dollhouse and its production problems. Some discussion on hidden gems like Adult Swim's Frisky Dingo and Xavier: Renegade Angel, plus some discussion of HBO's Entourage, True Blood and Flight of the Conchords. Then we just talk about T-shirts and nicknames for, like, ten minutes or so. Take from this episode what you will, world...
What movies should be ahead of Thundercats in the line to get made? What pop sensations and retro tv shows should get their shot at the big screen first? The Boys discuss the A-Team, The Fall Guy (again), the Greatest American hero and cartoons with toy lines like MASK. Who wouldn't want to see GI Joe meets the Transformers? And whatever happened to the Sandman movie? And why did everybody but the Germans forget Baywatch Nights?
Who are the superheroes who've made the most impact on the pop culture? From Superman and Batman to Space Ghost and Plastic Man, the boys talk supe to sort the best from the worst and the best known from the oft ignored.
Thundercats the Movie? Superman gets a reboot with Nathan Fillion as Lobo? Adrian Brody as the Riddler in Batman 3? Everything phrased as a question? The boys tackle these and other items of no importance, including a long-overdue tribute to Star Trek Deep Space Nine's front man, Avery Brooks. Also a recap of Brooks and Greg's adventures at this year's DragonCon.
Prepare yourselves for the "Waiting for Godot" of scifi convention experiences. Brooks and Greg tread the treacherous landscape of DragonCon, the # 1 convention of the American Southeast. Doesn't sound like they got to do that much, though...
Between Kevin Costner's strange predilection toward playing lovable white trash and the mainstream media's insistence on portraying all Southerners like we just stepped off the set of My Cousin Vinnie, we Waffle House folk don't always get a fair shake. Greg and Sean discuss this phenomenon as well as indulging a somewhat pointless slam on Sleepless in Seattle and pretty much all romantic comedies. Also, Tron 2, Billy Dee Williams, Dina Meyer, and an ode to the Black Hole. Well rounded fun for everyone!
Tribute to boobs in movies! Or is it? Sean and Brooks take a long hard look at the disturbing decline of naked shower scenes and real sex scenes in movies. Is this a more enlightened temperament in modern film, or a backhanded effort to sell sex to kids by keeping the nudity out of it? And is the mainstream's sudden shyness leaving the door open for pornography to become a part of our everyday lives? Just look at Traci Lords! If you still can..
This is not a show about disaster movies or real-life disasters, folks. This episode was a real-life disaster, plagued with production problems, technical errors and equipment failures. But somewhere along the line we managed to talk about the mystery of twins like Jason and Jeremy London, the Barbarian Brothers, & Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito. Also, why do dragon movies always suck? Is the robot invasion already happening and how will life-size silicone sex dolls help make it happen? We soldier through it all to bring you the truth, world...
How do you survive Star Trek? Is it just a matter of avoiding techno-tortures like the holodeck or is it about something more? Is it about knowing how to be like Kirk and overthrowing civilisations for the greater good with kidney punches and scissor kicks? Listen and find out!
Between Batman's big money and Dr. Horrible's dynamic debut online, it's a good summer for superheroes and supervillains. Even Hellboy got a little something for his trouble. The boys talk about what makes Heath Ledger's Joker the world's first scary comic book movie bad guy and discuss where the Dark Knight should go next. Who will be the next big bad? Catwoman? The Riddler? And what does the future have in store for Joss Whedon's latest creation? And what trends is this setting for future superhero projects like Watchmen? Listen and find out!
The boys address issues brought up in their mail. Lynn from Australia has some additional life lessons you can learn from horror movies, plus some talk about Hancock, Death Proof, and the steady decline of American television.
All things Nathan Fillion, as only TV Ate My Dinner can bring it! The boys express their love for the star of Firefly and Slither so deeply here that they're forced to take a long hard look at themselves in the process. Also, quite a lot of talk about the Fall Guy. It makes more sense in context, people... also check out Sean's poetry reading in the archive section of Jane Crown's Poetry Radio page!
James Bond, Jason Bourne, Jack Bauer... The boys look at the best of the JB's and offer their survival tips to anyone looking at joining the spy game (on either side). Do's and don'ts we picked up watching 24's CTU and Her Majesty's Secret Service, and some basic budget suggestions for gadget designers and supervillains who are probably just overthinking their jobs. Plus a little zombie talk about George Romero's Diary of the Dead and the Day of the Dead remake.
Is Indiana Jones back, or are George Lucas and Steven Spielberg just dressing Harrison Ford up to try and re-capture their glory days? We seem to have made up our minds on this one, but you give this episode a listen and decide for yourself.
Highlander 2? House 2, the Second Story? Any horror sequel ever made? Which ones do you think should have never seen the screen? Should there have been Back to the Future Sequels? Or a Matrix trilogy? If Aliens broke the mold, shouldn't they have stopped there? And what about Star Wars and Indiana Jones? Is it cinematic blasphemy to re-visit the only perfect movies ever made? These are the things we think about, world. We ask the tough questions.
In this over-sized long-awaited Season Premiere, the boys resolve all issues left unanswered in last season's cliffhanger finale. What were the best movies of the nineties? Why are they remaking Evid Dead? Is Nathan Fillion the new Bruce Campbell or the new Harrison Ford? If Indiana Jones can come out of retirement to save the world with crystal skulls, then shouldn't Ash come out of retirement to settle the Alien Predator conflict? And what impact did the Matrix and the new Star Wars movies have on the nineties? And if they can make a TV show about the clone wars, why not one about they early adventures of Han Solo and Lando Calrissian? And we also talk about EPCOT Center for a few minutes. I'm not sure why.
The Crow, Flatliners, Jurassic Park, Diggstown, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Fisher King, Nightbreed, Hal Hartley's Trust, The Usual Suspects, The Prophecy... What do all these movies possibly have to do with each other? They were made in the nineties, my friends. The age of the overcoat and the flannel shirt.
Were there ever any good movies made from video games? Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Mario Brothers, Doom, Dungeon Siege, Double Dragon, Alone in the Dark, Bloodrayne, Silent Hill, Resident Evil... hmm, guess not. Do Tron and the Last Starfighter count?
What are the great cartoons of your childhood? Did you watch Dungeons & Dragons or Super Friends (or the Super Powers show)? Remember Hanna Barbera classics like Thundarr the Barbarian and the Herculoids before Adult Swim caught hold of them? Of were you a robot man? Did you follow Voltron and the Mighty Orbots? Were you a Transformers man or did you favor the Gobots instead? Remember the Batman Animated Series and the awesomeness of the Tick? Everyone watched He-Man and GI Joe, but do you remember Plastic Man and the original Space Ghost? Remember the Real Ghostbusters and the original Ghostbusters (with the gorilla in it)? How about Galaxy High, Teen Wolf and Turbo Teen? The boys talk about these and all the toys that went with them (whatever happened to the Shogun Warriors anyway?), and somewhere in this still have time to discuss cinematic gems like Star Crash and Space Mutiny (the one that used the special FX from the original Battlestar Galactica TV show); we even talk about the Captain America TV movies a little. This show's got it all, folks...
In a world where anyone with internet access could get their own show, three friends stood together to make their dream of talking about great movie trailers come true. But they're about to find out that there's more to trailers than Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Don LaFontaine voice-overs... and Darkman, Necessary Roughness, The Strangers, Star Trek VI, Superman Returns, and Patriot Games... and with a little luck, a little love, and lot of hope, they might just figure out what GI Joe and that Hey There Dililah have got to do with the rise of the modern day trailer. And is Mad Max back from the dead? Seriously, if that Doomsday movie isn't a throwback to the Road Warrior then...
What is junxploitation? Well, you know all these movies (Pulp Fiction, Planet Terror, Sin City, RoboCop, Black Sheep, Hostel 2, etc.) about guys getting attacked in their man-business? Well, the boys begrudgingly decide to delve into this disturbing cinematic trend by analyzing the long strange history of wang in film. But they also take the time to exalt the awesome career of Karate Kid baddie Thomas Ian Griffith and discuss the virtues of the Star Trek unitard. All in all, a weird and wild ride that might not be appropriate for office listening.
Want to survive the scenarios you'd face in movies like Cloverfield? Would you have what it takes to sidestep Godzilla or lay low while King Kong is ravaging the city? From hopping biting monster spawn to ray gun powered giant robots, the boys are there with the survival tips you need to make it through the night.
Who is the REAL Leroy Mercer? Where can you get a good copy of Black Devil Doll from Hell? When is The Dolemite Explosion coming to your town? Just a few of the questions you can try to answer if you take up the TVAMD scavenger hunt! If Battlestar Galactica 1980 can make it to DVD, why not Heat Vision & Jack? And have you ever heard of Edmund Cooper's visionary scifi masterpiece, Slaves of Heaven? Plus a little (more) discussion of the new Terminator TV show. Is Summer Glau enough to save it?
Of all the underground art forms being exalted in the popular culture, comic books are among the least respected despite their influence on every other commercial art forms embraced by the mainstream. If Spider-man and X-men top box office records alongside Batman and Superman while Dark Knight director Frank Miller dazzles us with big screen adaptations like Sin City and 300, why can't people accept the importance of Alan Moore classics like Watchmen and Swamp Thing? And what about the great underground comics like American Splendor, Box Office Poison and the Devil's Panties?
Knight Rider returns and the boys are ready! In this tribute to the Hof and his awesome computer car, the guys talk about the original KR and its follow-up incarnations. Remember Knight Rider 2000? How about Knight Rider 2010? Did anybody watch Team Knight Rider? Will the new car measure up? And what will the future hold? Knight Rider 3050, maybe?
Who are the unsung talents languishing in relative obscurity while millionaire entertainers are going on strike? The boys talk about web sensations like Odd Todd and Homestarrunner.com (featuring Strongbad and Teen Girl Squad). Are there internet treasures waiting to be tapped by mainstream media? And what will it take for Hollywood to see that?
WRITER'S STRIKE! The boys talk about the repercussions of the ongoing writer's strike and the impact it could have on quality television when the only shows left on the air are American Idol and I Love New York. Also a bit of talk on Die Hard and its brutal body count of slain security guards. As always, a dead-on laser focus discussion of relevant entertainment issues.
The boys jabber about movies gone wrong, the wisdom of the continued Terminator franchise, and some stuff they've seen that they actually liked. Also, weird adventures in movie theaters... Bonus Feature: Learn how you can play the Kicking & Screaming game with your friends! Are you a Max or a Chet?
TVAMD: The Jump the Shark Edition! The boys discuss shows like Happy Days and their famous Jump the Shark moments. At what point does a TV show overshoot its premise, lose credibility with its audience or lose its mind altogether?
The boys discuss movies that suck (mostly, anyway). They trek into the vast wasteland of vampire movies, deconstructing where exactly the original undead lost their teeth and what it will take to get them back.
As the undisputed unequivocal authorities on what is empirically funny, Brooks and Sean discuss oft overlooked comedies like Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket and Noah Baumbach's Kicking & Screaming. They also discuss sleeper classics like Office Space and the Big Lebowski, what it takes to be funny and why so many movies aren't.
In this scaled-down TVAMD minisode, Brooks and Sean review the monster flick The Host and talk a little about where horror movies are going, and how movies like Evil Dead may have taken their cue from the 60's experimental movie The Equinox: Journey Into the Supernatural. We cover a lot of ground in 12 minutes, folks...
As promised, the boys return to the 80's with this tribute to the Power Anthems of classics like Karate Kid, Rocky & Footloose! If it set the scene for losers doing pullups so they could stand up to town toughs, then we'll cover it here! Just record this show and play it every time you work out. Or if you don't work out, then just listen to this show once and develop a six-pack montage-style!
The guys tackle the very guy-like subject of movie beatdowns, tough one liners, and other macho moments. They also share some personal tough guy stories (all from Greg...interesting...)
Now that remakes are the new sequels, the boys tackle what movies should be reimagined (ever heard of Vally of Gwangi or Champions of Justice?), the direction giant monkey movies should be headed in, and what went wrong with the Rob Zombie Halloween remake. There's also a couple of movies that maybe never should be remade. Or maybe sooner or later they'll all get remade. Who knows?
Safety & survival tips you can get from watching movies and playing games. The adventuring skills you picked up playing Dungeons & Dragons and watching Indiana Jones may just come in handy in your real life. We also discuss the awesome precision and durability of booby trap technology, as evidenced in movies like The Goonies. You'd be amazed what you can accomplish with a couple of ropes and a really big rock.
Dolph vs. Arnold: Separated at birth? You Dolph-fans should be pleased at this impromptu Dolph Lundgren tribute which contrasts the careers of the Masters of the Universe star and Predator macho man Arnold Schwarzenegger. Who's the bigger action star? You decide...
You cannot deny the undeniable coolness of Episode Z!
The guys bring the truth when they uncover the secret conspiracies veiled in SciFi. Were the Smurfs communist? Did Star Trek have a secret socialist agenda? Was Gandalf magical or did he just have awesome weed? We may never know the answers to these questions. But we're gonna do our best to crack this nut before the night is through. So the real question is: Can you handle it? Are you ready for this much truth?
The boys tackle all things twisty, from Twilight Zone to the Sixth Sense. If someone dies in the first five minutes or the hero turns out to be the killer, or the whole thing turns out to be a dream, you're gonna hear about it here. If you're not up to speed on your thrill-kill suspense films, you might want to sit this one out. All secrets are revealed...
Sean and Brooks trek deep into Sci Fi country to explore the show that started it all. What separates the original Star Trek from its spin-offs and countless imitators? Where did science fiction lose its way? And can the new Trek film set it right by bringing back Kirk and Spock?
Sean and Brooks discuss the Simpsons Movie and the newest Harry Potter, also what makes Potter such a cultural phenomenon and what drives Cuba Gooding's unfortunate career decisions...
Brooks & Sean talk about important life lessons you can learn from watching horror movies. There are also a few lessons horror filmmakers can learn about their craft and the expectations of their audience.
