Pull up a chair and order yourself a drink! It’s time for another stunning episode of the Podwits Podcast. On the docket this week: How important is taste to your drinking experience? Is podcasting under attack from sources most foul? Is your new car under a new influence? Will Batman and Robin escape this CAT-aclysmic […]
Archive for March, 2013
Drink Up with The Podwits!
Posted: 30th March 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Food, News, PodcastTags: Beer, Cars, Coffee, Food, Podcasting, Rum, Sodastream, Tequila, Vodka
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Do a Mitzvah!
Posted: 23rd March 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Charlie Chan, David Gemmell, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Keye Luke, Lions of Al-Rassan, Lubavitch, Menachem Schneerson, Mitzvah Tank, Rigante, Sydney Toler, Tigana, Under Heaven, Warner Oland
With J. missing and presumed to be enjoying the fruits of his various criminal endeavors on some island in the Caribbean out on medical leave, Brian and Dion speculate ignorantly about the Hasidic Lubavitch sect, then proceed to reminisce about the eventful history of detective Charlie Chan. Then, having run out of real-world groups to […]
The Office’s David Brent is Back!!!
Posted: 22nd March 2013 by Dion in News, TelevisionTags: David Brent, Equality Street, Ricky Gervais, The Office
David Brent, Ricky Gervais’ creation from the original (and far superior) British version of The Office is back, courtesy of Britain’s Comic Relief, in a hilarious ten-minute short that updates fans on what the sad and cringe-inducing ex-Wernham Hoggpaper Company Department manager has been doing for the ten years since the brilliant series ended in the United Kingdom. […]
Podwits Profile: Henry Dreyfuss, Industrial Designer
Posted: 20th March 2013 by Dion in Podwit ProfileTags: Bell Telephone, Henry Dreyfuss, Honeywell, Industrial Design, John Deere, Pan American, Polaroid, Train
It sometimes can be perplexing to stop and think that every single item we use or come in contact with in our daily lives was designed by someone, who probably labored countless hours alone or with a team to make sure that idea is the best it can be from inception to market. In recent […]
Sturgeon’s Law
Posted: 16th March 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Angel, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Bun Heads, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dumb and Dumber, Felicia Day, Film, Joss Whedon, Justified, Much Ado About Nothing, Pope Francis, Rob Thomas, Saw, The Americans, The Following, The Walking Dead, Veronica Mars, Zero Hour
Crotchety old Dion brings up his issues with television story arcs, ultra-violence on the small screen and then parlays with J and Brian about art in cinema. Is Film dead (to borrow from the late 1960’s adage about Rock)? Come take a listen as the boys beat the old man back into submission and stick him […]
What is a Podwit To Do?
Posted: 9th March 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Film, PodcastTags: Batman, Battleship, Captain America, Christopher Nolan, DC Comics, G.I.Joe, Iron Man, Joss Whedon, Superman, The Avengers, The Punisher, Thor, Zack Snyder
On the Podwits Podcast, we don’t examine the greater mysteries of life, the universe and everything. Mainly because the computer that we were using for such things was destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass, but we digress. Instead, we look at the bigger picture of pop culture; where our movies are going and […]
Life After Death and Other Comedic Concepts
Posted: 2nd March 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Andy Griffith, Ernest Borgnine, Jerry Siegel, Joe Pesci, Joe Shuster, My Cousin Vinny, Ray Cusick, Stan Lee, Terry Nation
Dion takes us inside Tortilla Flats‘ recent 21st annual Borgnine Night, and the resulting reminiscences about Ernie and other recently departed celebrities (whether or not the Academy felt like mentioning them at its recent award-thingie shindig) somehow morph into a hard-hitting look at who, exactly, is entitled to the rights—creative, financial, and otherwise—when a work’s […]