Episode 15 - Behind the Curtain - Week of 6/8/16
The Fellowship of the Geeks Podcast
Release Date: 06/05/2016
The Fellowship of the Geeks Podcast
The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the origin story of Disneyland. It’s more complicated than you might think, given that it’s the first of its kind. Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: Continuing Andor, grief and Supernatural, Kiss of the Vampire (1963) on Tubi (dubbed in Spanish), the YouTube rabbit hole, top sequels in history (according to a dude on the internet) Producer’s note: We record using Discord since Skype went away and, while Discord is much easier to use, it’s not perfect. You may notice some brief...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the TV show Lost In Space, wrapping up our Classic TV Month. Early TV sci-fi with a more interesting beginning than you might think. Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: Andor (and some tangents), internet issues, Zardoz (1974) on Prime, The Music Man (1962), Bullet Train (2022), all 4 REC movies (2007-2014) on Tubi Producer’s note: We record using Discord since Skype went away and, while Discord is much easier to use, it’s not perfect. You may notice some brief dropouts from any of us at...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the TV show Hogan’s Heroes, continuing our Classic TV Month. Comedy in a Nazi POW camp? Sure, let’s give it a shot. Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: Sonic Prime on Netflix, Universe of Light Featuring DC Legends at the Gaylord Texan (here in the DFW area), Gaslight (1940) on YouTube, Greedy People (2024), Cocaine Bear (2023), Strange Darling (2023), traffic dashcam madness Producer’s note: We record using Discord since Skype went away and, while Discord is much easier to use, it’s...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the TV show Get Smart, continuing our Classic TV Month. Superspies and Mel Brooks? Yes please. Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: Superman movie marathon, Pee-wee As Himself (2025) on HBO, children’s TV tangent, Murderer’s Row (1966) on (or off) Tubi, Becky (2020) and The Wrath of Becky (2023), Universal Horror Unleashed (movie-based haunted house) in Las Vegas Come see the articles we talked about in the Geek News segment ! Shoutouts: podcast network - go check them out! 🙂 - an...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the TV show I Dream of Jeannie, kicking off our Classic TV Month. Astronauts and mythical creatures on TV? Sure, but no navels. Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: Holiday and research, Vampire Circus (1972) on Tubi, Shadow Force (2025) in theaters, baby tangent, movie tangent, traveling for family stuff Come see the articles we talked about in the Geek News segment ! Shoutouts: podcast network - go check them out! 🙂 - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of X-Men (2000). While it may not be a perfect comic movie adaptation, it’s got its strengths (and weaknesses). Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: A random John Candy marathon on TV, a new grandbaby, Who Done It: The Clue Documentary (2022) on Tubi and YouTube, Sebs Duran (reaction videos) on YouTube, back to the weather, The Mouse Trap (2024) on Tubi Come see the articles we talked about in the Geek News segment ! Shoutouts: podcast network - go check them out! 🙂 - an awesome group of...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our Casting Call for a 1978 Flash TV series. This one moves pretty fast… okay, that was bad 😉 Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: The Kung Fury 2 “trailer”, The Magic Sword (1962) on Tubi (not the MST version, believe it or not), more So Bad It’s Good on YouTube, rereading Lazarus, podcast planning, more retro TV Come see the articles we talked about in the Geek News segment ! Shoutouts: podcast network - go check them out! 🙂 - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other;...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the Star Wars novel (and graphic novel) Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (1978) to wrap up our month of Star Wars. Wasn’t this supposed to be the sequel? Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: Deep Water (2022), messing with the schedule, John Q (2002), Blood For Dracula (1974), The Terror of Tiny Town (1938), Little Cigars (1973), Ten Little Indians (1989) Come see the articles we talked about in the Geek News segment ! Shoutouts: No new episode next week - scheduled week off 🙂 podcast...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) as we continue our month of Star Wars. Sure, it was controversial, but was it any good? Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: Kenobi, Gemini Man, The Fall Of The House Of Usher (1928) on Tubi, The Killer’s Game (2024), Death Race 2000 (1975), The Cancellation of Benny Hill (2025) Come see the articles we talked about in the Geek News segment ! Shoutouts: podcast network - go check them out! 🙂 - an awesome group of indie podcasters...
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as we continue our month of Star Wars. The best of the bunch? Could be... Plus our usual crazy talk, geek news, and tangents🙂. What we're up to this week: Star Wars marathons, Secretary (2002), Baby’s birthday party, Time Warp part 3 on Tubi, boring Tom & Les again with Tolkien talk, Support The Girls (2018) on Max, the funniest movies you’ve never seen Come see the articles we talked about in the Geek News segment ! Shoutouts: podcast network - go check them out! 🙂 - an...
info_outlineSchedules and plans sometimes go awry, and so this week we present a bit of Fellowship history - our test recording with Holly. We're talking about comics characters we'd like to see in their own solo titles, and we stick to our own rules about as well as normal. And as always, our picks of the week.
Characters we mention:
Henry Lyme from Mind Mgmt
Doctor Doom
Mera, Queen of Atlantis
Blackhawk (the Will Eisner one)
Joacquim Morray from Lazarus (or Sonja Bittner, either way)
Ra's al Ghul
Lying Cat from Saga
Lying Cat (no really, two of us chose the same character)
Adam Strange
Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser (cheating a bit, but bear with us)
Bette Kane aka Hawkfire
Poison Ivy (Cycle of Life and Death is not enough)
Challengers of the Unknown
A non-specific, non-tricked-up western
Danger Girl one-shots
Any of the gods from The Wicked + The Divine
Also mentioned:
Atomic Robo and the Knights of the Golden Circle (when we talked about westerns)
Picks:
Wonder Woman Rebirth #1
Wacky Raceland #1
The Fix #3
Empress #3
Aquaman Rebirth #1
Earth 2 Society #13
Renato Jones: The One% #2
Faster Than Light #7
Shoutouts:
You, the listeners!
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