106 - Gonna Make Me Open My Pocketbook - Week of 3/28/18
The Fellowship of the Geeks Podcast
Release Date: 03/25/2018
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_outlineThe Fellowship is pleased to present our quarterly look at crowdfunding in comics (and other cool stuff). This is when we go through Kickstarter and find a bunch of exciting projects to recommend to you wonderful people. With our usual silliness, of course. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
The Thrill of Dracula - part of the Dracula Dossier expansion for Nights Black Agents (Pelgrane Press); great for gaming, but also cool just for the movie knowledge [I got it through a Bundle of Holding offering. -m]
Oblivion Song, Aquaman, Deathbed - all really cool stories
Les' Big Bag o' Nothing® - not much going on this week
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story - interesting stories about licensing and titles called Man of Steel :-)
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Our Kickstarter picks this time:
The North Star: The Emancipation of Frederick Douglass (V1)
THE RESURRECTED #1 - A dark sci-fi thriller
Under New Management, the new Evil Inc graphic novel
The Rift Effect - A steampunk, Victorian monster hunt.
MERAKI #2 – An Adventure Story With Greek Gods & Gay Heroes!
Neanderthal Rising: Issue 1 - Let's Print
Batman™: Gotham City Chronicles
Edison Bell: Maker Projects from the Golden Age of Comics
KILLING TIME IN AMERICA - A hardcover ADULT graphic novel
THE COMMON GOOD - A satiric cyberpunk comic
Guardian City Saint - The Source Book
Picks for the week of 3/28:
Farlaine the Goblin #6 (Studio Farlaine)
Breathless #1 (Black Mask Studios)
Hack/Slash Resurrection #6 (Image)
Tinseltown #1 (Alterna)
The Rough Riders: Ride Or Die #2 (Aftershock)
Hit Girl #2 (Image)
Black Magick #11 (Image)
Hawk and Dove: The Silver Age collection (DC)
Honorable Mention: Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers #1 (IDW)
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