Well they’re back at it again for an all new Podwits Podcast. While enjoying a nice cool beverage in a safety-cup at their local convalescence home, the boys wax about the oldest American Civil War widow to die in 2008, and Brian’s 2010 trip to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, which lead the boys over to: The […]
Archive for April, 2014
A Podcast By Any Other Name
Posted: 26th April 2014 by Podwits Administrator in History, Music, Music Review, News, Obituaries, Podcast, Recap, TelevisionTags: Baseball, Charlie Parker, Civil War, Derek and the Dominos, Dock Ellis, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Jim Morrison, Josephine Tey, Korean Ferry, LSD No No, Mosaic Records, Oliver Stone, Richard III, Sewol, The Allman Brothers, The Beatles, The Daughter of Time, The Doors, The Fillmore, Wolfgang's Vault
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A Night Out to Celebrate a Legend
Posted: 25th April 2014 by Dion in Books, Celebrities, Film, Food, History, News, Podwits ExclusiveTags: A Treasury of Great Recipes, Art, Cole Porter, Food, I Am Legend, Laura, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Otto Preminger, Richard Matheson, Sardi's, Sears, Sears and Roebuck, Victoria Price, Vincent Price
Last month my wife and I were lucky enough to be invited to a small event in New York City, celebrating the life of the great film legend Vincent Price, hosted by his daughter, Victoria Price. After a private screening and presentation courtesy of Ms. Price, we all went over to Sardi’s Restaurant to partake in the […]
Wrestling Mickey Rooney
Posted: 20th April 2014 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Andy Hardy, Angus McBean, Beatles, DDP Yoga, Diamond Dallas Page, Dudley Boyz, Everyday Chemistry, Get Back, Glyn Johns, Hardy Boyz, Let It Be, Mickey McGuire, Mickey Rooney, National Velvet, Pete's Dragon, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Ultimate Warrior, Vince McMahon Sr., Wrestlemania, WWE, WWWF
Brian and Dion take some time to remember some favorites who have recently passed — Dion’s got some fascinating knowledge to drop about the great Mickey Rooney, while the passing of the Ultimate Warrior leads the boys to exchange some favorite pro wrestling memories of years gone by. Then Brian’s got a lot to say […]
“There’s ALWAYS Time For Columbo !”
Posted: 12th April 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, Food, History, Literature, Podcast, Podwit Profile, Recap, TelevisionTags: A Treasury of Recipes, Al Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bo Svenson, Charlie Chan, Christopher Lee, Columbo, Darren McGavin, Day of the Triffids, Donald Pleasance, Elisha Cook Jr, England, Fire!, Gene Kelly, Hammer Films, Horror, Jackie Cooper, James Cagney, Jeff Rice, Joe Spinell, Jose Ferrer, Keye Luke, Kingdom of the Spiders, Kolchak the Night Stalker, MacGyver, Maniac, Martin Freeman, Michael Caine, Mr. Moto, Nightmare on Elm Street, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Cushing, Peter Falk, Peter Lorre, Poltergeist, Quality Street, Richard Matheson, Robert Culp, Robert Logan, Roma Wine, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sidney Toler, Simon Oakland, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Snowbeast, Suspense, The Conjuring, The Entity, The Great Mouse Detective, The Italian Job, The Night Strangler, The Woman in Black, The X-Files, Victor Sen Yung, Victoria Price, Vincent Price, Warner Orland, Willie Strode, yorkshire, Yorkshire Girl
The Podwits have a VERY special edition of the podcast this week, with AM 331’s own Yorkshire Girl in studio to expound on anything and everything that matters… And what does the lovely lady have on her mind? Horror movies; the amazing sub-subgenre that is the 1970’s TV movie; the love for Darren McGavin’s Kolchak The […]
It’s Not a Big Deal, and That’s a Big Deal (All-New Ultimates)
Posted: 8th April 2014 by Brian in Comic Books, Uncategorized, Up on The Soap BoxTags: All-New Ultimates, Bombshell, Brian Michael Bendis, Cloak and Dagger, Kitty Pryde, Marvel, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman
Something remarkable is happening the world of mainstream superhero comics this week. And one of the best and most remarkable things about it is that no one seems to think it’s remarkable. I’m talking about All-New Ultimates, Marvel’s new Ultimate Universe team book written by Michel Fiffe, with art by Brazilian newcomer Amilcar Pinna. A spinoff of both […]
Podwits University
Posted: 6th April 2014 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Betty Balfour, Bird at the Hi-Hat, Buster Keaton, Changeling, Charlie Parker, Dock Ellis, George Pearson, Groucho Marx, Jazz at Massey Hall, John Cage, Lego, Les Paul, Love Life and Laughter, Luc Sante, Philip Glass, Silent Film, The Great Mouse Detective, This Is Your Life, Vincent Price, Yellowstone Park
Dion and Brian are back on the mic and trying to be all edgimacational-like. Brian drops some (frequently inaccurate) learning on Dion about the famous 1953 Jazz at Massey Hall concert and Dock Ellis’ (alleged) no-hitter on LSD, and Dion schools Brian on the historic rediscovery of the classic British silent film Love, Life and Laughter […]