Pod Stallions 49: The 2016 Retro Awards

Happy New Year! It's time for our annual salute to all the things that made us happy in 2016, especially those that harkened back to our childhoods and while it was kind of a rough year, there were still some nice bright spots.

The 2016 Retro Awards salutes the movies, books,  and toys we raved about this year. It's a double decker episode and let's all make 2017 the best year ever, see you in January with another Pod Stallions.

Thanks for listening and happy new year!

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Show notes:

• Brian loves the Dolemite Blu Ray by Vinegar Syndrome.
• Both guys LOVED the book "Comic Book Fever".
• Brian also read The MLJ Comics Companion.
• Jason heartily recommends the Power of the Daleks Animated DVD.
• Brian admits to playing with his 12 inch Capaldi.

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Pod Stallions 37 : Godilla

Episode 37 is our first "lost episode" as we had to re-record half of it after a computer glitch (sorry), so we know it's not October. This one has J & B discussing all things Godzilla and his Toho pals, something we're both fans of.

Subjects include our highlights (and lowlights) of his film series, the Hanna Barbera cartoon series, the Marvel comic and of course the many, many awesome toys that take money from (mostly Brian's) our wallets. Sidetrack conversations include Majin monster of Terror, Rack Toys, Johnny Yuma, Ultraman, Rodan,  Psychotronic magazine and the Big Bopper.....

We also want to keep the conversation going on the Pod Stallions Facebook page, please drop a line as to your favourite Godzilla movie and toys. We anxiously await your thoughts.

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Show notes

• The HG ToysGodzilla vs the Tricephalon playset
• That Ultramanplayset Brian mentioned
• Knickerbocker Godzilla store display
• Combat JoeGodzilla set by Takara
• The amazingGLJ Toys Godzilla rack toy
• The ImperialToys Godzilla assortment from the 1980s
• The original commercial for Mattel Shogun Warriors Godzilla
• Popy Godzilla
• The MattelGodzilla game
• Godzilla'sgang toys
• The theme toJohnny Yuma
• The awesome new Shogun Warriors Godzilla by Toynami
• Jason's FlashGordon celebration at BAFTA still has a few seats left, click here to get tickets. 

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Pod Stallions 36: Horror Comedies

A special Saturday episode of PodStallions to celebrate Halloween. We actually lost our Halloween episode due to a computer glitch, so like champions we recorded a new one yesterday.

Episode 36 is dedicated to the lighter side of horror as we tick down a long list of horror comedies and give our thoughts, everything from Abbot &Costello to the Lemon Grove kids to Young Frankenstein and even more modern classics like Beetlejuice and the academy award winning Jekyll and Hyde...together again.

Happy Halloween everybody!

PS Joe Flaherty is a genius

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Pod-Stallions Episode one: Growing up Who

I'm very happy to unveil Pod-Stallions, our new monthly podcast series which will be dedicated to discussing such important matters as Planet of the Apes week or long reminisces about ToyShop magazine.

Joining me each show will be my pal and co chair Jason Lenzi, who people might know from the great "Geek Shall Inherit" show. 

We hope each month to pick a topic and relate how it felt to us in the day, including cringe inducing tales. All that and schoolyard rumors, action figures and more trivia than we should probably know.

That leads us to Episode one: Growing up...Who.

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Jason and I are both crazy, obsessive Doctor Who nerds from childhood, but I watched it in Canada while he was in Minnesota, how did the experience differ? What was the catalyst for us to stop watching?  Were we public about our obsession? Did visiting the dirty magazine store make a man out of Jason? All answers revealed in this double sized pilot episode.

Show Guide:

• Snippets of our Intro music were sampled from this kid's show, if you watch the credits, you'll notice a familiar face.
• Brian mentions that early Doctor Who shows in Canada were hosted, first by Dr. Dator a real scientist who discussed the show's themes during the Pertwee years and then later by author Judith Merril, who seemed to dislike the character, so she called herself The UnDoctor.
• Jason admits to having a low level obsession with the Tardis Tuner, an item made popular by this comic strip ad.
• The guys both enjoy the Pinnacle Doctor Who book covers and talk about the colourful Harlan Ellison Intro in each one.
• Jason mentioned how this Doctor Who Easter Egg box seems to feature a pretty excited fifth Doctor.

This is the commercial for the Palitoy talking Dalek, the same one Brian got out of the back of Starlog in 1984.

Podcast Alert!

I sat in with "Tank" from the Underscoop Fire podcast last week as we gave some running commentary to the 1979 Collegeville Costumes catalog. The conversation ranges from KISS to Marie Osmond and as always, I slip in some "A Man Called Sloane" references (somebody has to!).  It was a lot of fun to do and hopefully is to listen to as well.

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