Enjoy Stuff: A TechnoRetro Podcast
Come Enjoy the Future! We look at past predictions of our future to see how accurate they were. And play along with a fun game futuristic proportions on Enjoy Stuff! We are living in the future! But is it the future everyone expected? Let’s find out! News Pringles, Kellogg’s, and Crocs team up for a new shoe collection The Jim Henson Documentary now has a Disney+ release fate NBA player deliberately misses a free throw to win opposing fans free chicken sandwiches Sadly, Star Trek - Lower Decks will end after next season, but Star Trek - Strange New Worlds will be back for a...
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It's Jay's birthday! This week we celebrate another trip around the sun with a variety of fun games, segments, and discussions. It's a non-stop party on Enjoy Stuff! What better way to celebrate a birthday than with music, toys, movies, and games! We throw it all in this week on Enjoy Stuff as we celebrate the Jovial one himself! News We got a cool trailer for a new animated series on Disney+ called Star Wars: Tales of the Empire The release date for TRON: Ares has been announced! An amazing looking game called Star Wars Outlaws has a new trailer and we’re impressed...
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Don't panic! It's only dark because of that giant celestial object in the sky has moved in front of our main source of energy and life for the whole planet. But it's only going to last for a few minutes. Enjoy Stuff looks at some legendary eclipses and other things that cover. Need a joke? Maybe some multiverse podcast ideas? Or how about just a few laughs? Come be fools with us as we celebrate the silliest holiday of all. News Disneyland is making a tremendous change to Autopia A trailer has now been released for Unfrosted, the Pop-Tarts story Christopher Nolan to be...
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Get foolish with Jovial Jay and Shua! We celebrate this special holiday by having a lot of crazy fun and laughs, plus a few surprises on Enjoy Stuff! Need a joke? Maybe some multiverse podcast ideas? Or how about just a few laughs? Come be fools with us as we celebrate the silliest holiday of all. News The Secret Apprentice: Dynasty Book 1 - A New book from Derek Beebe TrueMoo now has some delicious and nutritious Blue Milk available (from free range Moof farms) Godzilla made police chief for a day What we’re Enjoying Shua felt shivers as he watched...
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This week the guys pick some actors that they admire and talk about what makes them worthy of checking out their work, on Enjoy Stuff! Do you have a favorite actor? Someone whose work you’ll never miss? Why do you like them? Jay and Shua make a short list of some of their favorites. News Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson will star in a Christmas movie Street Sharks return for their 30th Anniversary Star Wars: The Acolyte poster is released with a premiere date AND Trailer! Patrick Warburton surprises riders of Soarin’ over California Celebrate half-way to...
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Celebrate the luck o' the Irish...people named Pat! This week we celebrate the green holiday's namesake and celebrate the Patricks of the world on Enjoy Stuff! Who are your favorite people named Patrick? To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, we look at some famous Pats of the world that have influenced and entertained us. News How does Hugh Grant feel about being cast as Tony the Tiger in the Pop Tarts movie? We are thinking, greeeeaaaat! Amazon is developing an Eight Billion Genies movie from the well loved comic series Check out the new Ghostbusters Frozen Empire...
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Got those winter doldrums? Come hang out with Enjoy Stuff! We brainstorm some activities that may help you when you're feeling down, waiting for spring. We're all in this together as we Enjoy Stuff! Get rid of those nasty doldrumites! We research some TechnoRetro ways to help relieve some of those seasonal blues. Get some absolutely non-professional and unsolicited advice from Jovial Jay and Shua. News Apple TV+ is going ahead with a Neuromancer series Disney is releasing some great Blu-Ray collections such as Andor, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Obi-Wan Kenobi...
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Romance El Corazon with us this week as we look back 40 years at the romantic adventure Romancing the Stone on Enjoy Stuff! Journey to Columbia with romance author Joan Wilder and get drawn into a wild adventure with Jack T. Colton with treasure maps, jewels, and Danny Devito. News Harrison Ford got rid of his Star Wars script, and someone paid a pretty credit for it NBCUniversal and Delorean meet behind the school to fight over trademarks What we’re Enjoying Shua found a cool YouTube channel that spotlights innovative 3-D printing featuring some really cool...
info_outline Enjoy Stuff: Leap Before You LookEnjoy Stuff: A TechnoRetro Podcast
It's a quantum Leap Day as we pick different years in history that we would choose to leap. Jay and Shua make some ripples in the timeline on Enjoy Stuff! Spend your extra day of the year this year with Jovial Jay and Enjoy Stuff as we pick years in history that we think would be pretty fun to visit. Come leap to the past with us! News Got $40 million laying around? You could buy the Scarface house Get ready for your next Vegas trip by visiting the John Wick experience Disney Imagineer Lanny Smoot will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame What we’re...
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On this President's Day we celebrate Presidents, but just the fictional ones. Tune in as we look at some of the most memorable fake commanders-in-chief on Enjoy Stuff! Let’s revisit some legendary comic strips from over the years! Jovial Jay and Shua strip on this week’s Enjoy Stuff! News Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock is finally coming to Apple TV+ Billy Joel is set to release the first new original song in 17 years Could someone take all of Dr. Johnny Fever’s WKRP DJ breaks and string them together? Someone did! Star Wars The Phantom Menace will return to theaters for its...
info_outlineSurely you've heard of Leslie Nielsen. Surely you've seen some of the more than 200 movies he's been in. Surely you think he was one of the funniest actors ever. Jovial Jay and Shua look back on the memorable roles of this talented man. Listen in to Enjoy Stuff and don't call me Shirley.
Leslie Nielsen spent years trying to be a leading man in a number of dramatic movies with limited success. But then a lucky casting in the 1980 movie Airplane! as Dr. Rumack put him on a completely different path. After that, he became part of some of the funniest roles in history. Come along with us as we celebrate the career of a legend.
News
Knives Out Sequel Gets Official Title With Teaser Video
Butcher Billy has created some very cool Stranger Things posters
The Thing is coming back to theaters for a couple days to celebrate its 40th anniversary
Real Genius returns to video in a 4K ultra set
What we’re Enjoying
Jay finally got to check out Operation: Mincemeat on Netflix and it didn’t disappoint. Have you seen this World War II movie about a real life British operation that helped turn the tide of the war and even gave a famous James Bond author some ideas. Shua experienced Jurassic Park: Dominion in the theaters and was pleasantly surprised how much fun it is. Check it out yourself and be prepared to Enjoy Stuff!
Sci-Fi Saturdays/MCU Location Scout
Be sure to check out Jay’s articles on Retrozap.com. This week he revisits a classic Keanu Reeves film from early in his career called Johnny Mnemonic. An interesting premise where Reeves gets to smuggle data in his brain. Check it out, including his articles on MCULocationScout.com for some great, interactive maps of filming locations.
Enjoy Movies!
Leslie William Nielsen was born in 1926 in Canada. His father was a Canadian Mountie and his brother eventually became the Deputy Prime Minister. But Leslie caught the acting bug from a famous uncle and began his career acting on a wide variety of TV shows.
Eventually he was cast as the dashing captain in the 1956 sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet. This first role didn’t necessarily start a lucrative career, but it did give him his start in movies.
But he also continued some TV roles, such as the lead character in Disney’s Swamp Fox series.
The manly actor played the Captain of a doomed cruise ship in The Poseidon Adventure and this is what caught the eye of the Zucker brothers.
When the Zuckers were creating Airplane! in 1980, they wanted a cast of dramatic actors that had been in disaster movies. Nielsen fit that bill. He played Dr. Rumack, who took care of the sick passengers, described how the illness progressed with vivid details, and inspired Ted Stryker with tales of George Zip.
This breakout role dictated the rest of his career as he now played some of the zaniest characters ever created, most notably Lieutenant Frank Drebin. Drebin was the bumbling but dedicated detective of Police Squad, a special division of the Police Department. The unlikely hero made his debut in the short-lived TV series Police Squad, but really became successful in the Naked Gun movies.
After that, Nielsen made dozens of wacky comedies and spoofs and set the bar high for comedians after him. Especially when it comes to giving interviews and controlling bodily functions.
Are you a fan of Leslie Nielsen? Do you use his many movie quotes on a daily basis? First person that emails me with the subject line, “Don’t call me Shirley” will get a special mention on the show. Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to [email protected]