This episode clocks in as one of the longest in the show's history, but there is a great deal to cover as the new year begins. In addition to book, podcast, movie, comic book, and television reviews, there is a great deal of name dropping in this episode. John is joined by Rift movie reviewer and Mighty Movie Podcast and Conefantastique Online host, Dan Persons and It Has Come to My Attention host, Kevin Lauderdale for this spectacular.
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In Review
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SEGMENT ONE - BRINGING IT TO THE TABLE
2:50 -Dan begins the show by telling us about Knuckle, the Irish documentary on bare knuckle fighting Click here to see the trailer.
12:17 - Kevin looks at two works that deal heavily in nostalgia for the 80s. I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline are the two works covered. Check out Rock Me Tonight, considered to be the worst music video ever on MTV.
28:50 - Castlecast podcast promo.
30:54 - 2 Schooners podcast promo.
SEGMENT TWO - REVIEWS
33:05 - David Alexander McDonald, The Comics Curmudgeon, is back taking a look at the reboot of the DC universe to date.
44:49 - John brings a weekly comedy podcast to your attention, The Radio Aventures of Dr. Floyd. Plus, his tripod includes Geek radio sWeekly 143, The Greatest Movie Ever: Battlefield Earth, Slice of Sci-Fi extra #5 with Stan Lee.
55:16 - Dan Persons reviews First Squad and Redline in this month's Multiplex at the End of the Universe.
1:07:57 - Keith reviews his first sitcom in The Big Bang Theory, plus he's thrilled that Sherlock is back.
1:25:11 - Flash Pulp podcast promo.
1:25:47- Lifestyle Jazz podcast promo.
SEGMENT THREE - POPTOPS
1:29:11 - This time around the Poptops covers Hostess filing for bankruptcy, the 24 theatrical movie, the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and Warner Brothers doubles the release time for DVDs to Netflix and company. Plus, Dan reassures John that he is quite sane and that it's more John's perception when it comes to Dan's appraisal of Human Centipede.
