Flopcast 752: Dragon Con Review Part 4 - Even By Manimal Standards
Release Date: 10/04/2026
Flopcast 754: Fairuzapalooza Part 1 - Lack of Tootie
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Just to be ridiculous, we're creeping into Halloween season with a look at two different movies about witches starring Fairuza Balk. And we're calling it... Fairuzapalooza. Up first is the odd 1986 cable TV movie The Worst Witch, with young Fairuza at a school for witches, also starring Tim Curry, Diana Rigg, and our beloved Mrs. Garrett from The Facts of Life, Charlotte Rae. Then a decade later, Fairuza was a teen witch (along with Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True) in The Craft. (The soundtrack has Letters to Cleo covering a song by The Cars, and nothing else matters.) Helping us...
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Flopcast 753: Chicken Hands
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We're reviewing another old Dynamite magazine, compliments of our pal Chris from Sci-Fi Explosion! This is a 1977 issue, and the cover features ill-fated sitcom couple Pinky Tuscadero and Fonzie. (Yes, we're talking about Happy Days again. Yes, we have a problem.) Also in this issue: A superhero named Jive Turkey! Skateboarding! She-Monsters! Disgusting pancakes! Jodie Foster! Magic Wanda! The DC Comics Hotline! And lots more mid-70s weirdness for the kids. So forget your school book club and enjoy Dynamite magazine in its final perfect form: the audio podcast. Email: [email protected] ...
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Flopcast 752: Dragon Con Review Part 4 - Even By Manimal Standards
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At last, it's the end of our Dragon Con coverage, just in time for us to start working on our zombie steampunk Mrs. Roper costumes for next year. Our look back at the last two days of the convention includes: Panels about witchcraft in fiction, comedy in science fiction, Superman meeting Spider-Man, and Justice League Unlimited! A dramatic reading of a Manimal script! More fun with Electra Woman and Dyna Girl! The magic of Banachek! Billy Ocean in space, drunk Ewoks, the Tooncinator, and more video weirdness from Sci-Fi Explosion! A Roll-a-Panel of movies from 2001! And a What's in the Bag...
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Flopcast 751: Dragon Con Review Part 3 - Just the Right Level of Derangement
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Saturday was our longest, busiest, silliest day at Dragon Con, the massive convention of pop culture nerdiness that takes over Atlanta every Labor Day weekend. Including: Saturday morning cartoons! Our Krofft Supershow 50th Anniversary celebration! Our Pee Wee's Playhouse 40th Anniversary celebration! An actual Bugaloo! Electra Woman and Dyna Girl versus the Empress of Evil! The Battle of the Fictional Bands! Fandom Feud! Our Saturday Night Live table read, with Johnny Canal, Matt Foley, Lampreys, Deep Thoughts, and more! The Music Video Book Club! And perhaps some late night Eurovision...
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Flopcast 750: Dragon Con Review Part 2: Bribe Them With Cheez-Its
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Our Dragon Con 2026 coverage continues, as we cover every goofy thing we did on Friday at our favorite annual gathering of weirdos. Including: The Geek Girls Run! An American Sci-Fi Classics Track Tournament of Villains! American Sci-Fi/Fantasy Media Track panels on Pluribus, Lanterns, and Supergirl! The cast of Land of the Lost! A meeting with Tron! The Dragon Con Hustle! And a late night parade of Yip-Yips! So that was Friday, we still have a long way to go, and it's just gonna get weirder. Email: [email protected]
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Flopcast 749: Dragon Con Review Part 1: Ceremonies, Scissors, and Pants
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After another long weekend among 75,000 other nerds in miserably hot and humid Atlanta, our Dragon Con 2026 review begins now! (Warning: This might be a four-parter. There's a lot of ridiculousness to cover.) Including: A weird new way to get to the airport! The nightmarish badge pickup line! The Skeptics Guide to the Universe crew! A surprise reality TV star! The Tim Curry tribute panel! Dancing at the 8-Bit Ball! Not dancing at the 120 Minutes Dance Party! Trogdor the giant inflatable dragon! A Depeche Mode video brought to life! Lots more goofy stuff! And we're just getting started! And...
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Flopcast 748: Maid of Steel
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It might be Dragon Con weekend, but it's still summertime, and you know what that means around here. It's time for our annual robot-themed Top 4 1/2 List! And it's a weird one. In honor of this year's new Supergirl movie, we're counting down robots on the covers of Supergirl comic books. (What?) Along the way, we'll meet a robot man named Robotman, a four-armed robot bank robber, a robot who climbs skyscrapers King Kong-style, and perhaps even a juvenile delinquent robot from space. Will Supergirl wear a different costume in every comic we look at? ALMOST. Are we completely out of ideas...
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Flopcast 747: Dragon Con Preview Part 2 - A Panel of Weirdos
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With Dragon Con just days away, let's look at our official schedules, because Kevin and the Mayor will be busy with panels, presentations, and miscellaneous silly things. Including: Panels on Pee Wee's Playhouse, Supergirl, Pluribus, Lanterns, and more! A tournament of villains! The Geek Girls Run! Fandom Feud! A celebration of Sid and Marty Krofft! Script readings from Saturday Night Live and Manimal! Roll-a-Panel! And yikes, even more. Hope to see you there. Avoid the rush and start feeling completely exhausted right now. Email: [email protected]
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Flopcast 746: Dragon Con Preview Part 1 - Fuzzy Dragon Math
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Hey, it's almost time for Dragon Con! Nerds, geeks, and weirdos from around the globe shall descend upon Atlanta for a long weekend of mirth, merriment, antics, hijinks, and perhaps even a shenanigan or two. And this week our Dragon Con coverage begins with a preview of what you can expect to find there. Including: Stars from Land of the Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Smallville, and The Jeffersons! (We might just be dreaming about that last one.) The 120 Minutes dance party! The Sc-Fi Explosion video show! Very long lines! Bunny costumes! Puppets! Teeth! (Teeth? Really? Yes. Teeth.) And...
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Flopcast 745: TV Reunion Movies Part 2 - Gilligan's Robots
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Our American Sci-Fi Classics buddy Joe Crowe is still here, and we're still exploring the odd world of made-for-TV reunion movies. In this week's batch of ratings-grabbing silliness: The Duke boys go to Hollywood, the Facts of Life girls get back together (except for Jo!), a Gabor sister (still not sure which one) returns to Green Acres, the Eight is Enough dad has multiple 50th birthdays, somebody wants to murder Dobie Gillis... and yeah, the Harlem Globetrotters face a team of evil robots on Gilligan's Island. (This was easily the greatest thing that ever happened.) And yikes, we still have...
info_outlineAt last, it's the end of our Dragon Con coverage, just in time for us to start working on our zombie steampunk Mrs. Roper costumes for next year. Our look back at the last two days of the convention includes: Panels about witchcraft in fiction, comedy in science fiction, Superman meeting Spider-Man, and Justice League Unlimited! A dramatic reading of a Manimal script! More fun with Electra Woman and Dyna Girl! The magic of Banachek! Billy Ocean in space, drunk Ewoks, the Tooncinator, and more video weirdness from Sci-Fi Explosion! A Roll-a-Panel of movies from 2001! And a What's in the Bag segment featuring everything we dragged back from Atlanta! (Including a 50-year-old treasure from the legendary World of Sid and Marty Krofft theme park!) Okay, that was Dragon Con. Time for a nap, which should last about four months.
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