Cold Open: Ode To October And The Great Pumpkin
How I forgot to include the World Series in my ode to October, I don’t know. Well, I rectified that by talking about this year’s Fall Classic. It don’t look good for the Detroit Tigers. They are three games down to the San Fransisco Giants. I talked about Pablo Sandoval’s achievement of hitting three home runs in one game in the World Series. A feat that has only been done four times before in the history of the series. Babe Ruth (he did it twice!), Reggie Jackson, and Albert Puljols have done it. And now they can add “Panda” to the record books.
My son and I have been watching the animated series Star Blazers on YouTube and I gave my thoughts on the show. It’s silly fun and its regard for science is nonexistent. They think that Mars is THOUSANDS of light years away from Earth! Um, not exactly, but who cares? Just go with it.
For seven years, Steve Spears has been producing a podcast and blog dedicated to his favorite decade, the 1980s, called Stuck In The 80s. Along with his irreverent and very funny cohost, Sean Daly, he would bring us news and interviews and general talk about the pop culture of that decade. There were other cohosts over the run of the show, but Sean Daly’s zaniness was a perfect fit for Steve Spears’ more subdued persona. It was very entertaining.
The final (?) show featured call-ins by long time SIT80s fans and a couple recorded messages (one by a Dr. Dim, ever heard of him?) and lots of memories of the show. There are 270 plus episodes to listen to on iTunes, so if you haven’t heard it there’s lots of fun awaiting you.
There’s a new “reality” show on the horizon. Another one? Yep, just what we need, right?
Given that people have been searching for the cryptid for decades and the areas where it might be are shrinking and the fact that everyone carries a camera with them everywhere they go and no bigfoot has yet been found, I’d say Spike TV’s $10 million is safe.
Movie Recommendations: Young Frankenstein (1974)
Second ad break bumpers: ‘Date With A Vampyre‘ by The Screaming Tribesmen & ‘Antonin Artaud‘ by Bauhaus
Closing song: ‘Angler’s Treble Hook’ by $5 Fiddle
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