J. Blake and Dion Baia are back for another exciting installment of the Podwits Side Cast! This week the boys have picked 10 live albums that they feel are great and *must* listens for anyone unfamiliar with them. The boys have managed to narrow it down to 5 each, and try to surprise each other as to […]
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New Podcast: Side Cast: Live Albums
Posted: 24th November 2014 by Podwits Administrator in History, Music, Music Review, Podcast, Side-Casts, Up on The Soap BoxTags: B.B. King, Bill Withers, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Bo Diddley, Bobby Bland, Bootleg, Buddy Rich, claudio simonetti, Count Basie, Dario Argento, Dean Martin, Demonia, Dio, Frank Sinatra, Goblin, Jo Stafford, John Pizzarelli, Kurt Weill, Leadbelly, Live, Live Albums, Muddy Waters, New Goblin, Nirvana, Ocean's Eleven, Red Norvo, Sammy Davis Jr., Side-Cast, Sidecast, The Doors, The Pied Pipers, The Rat Pack
Side Cast: The Zombie Genre
Posted: 24th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, History, News, Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: 28 Days Later, Carnival of Souls, City of the Living Dead, Dairy of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Dead Snow, George Romero, House by the Cemetery, I Walked with a Zombie, Land of the Dead, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Lucio Fulci, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Resident Evil, Return of the Living Dead, Scream, Serpent of the Rainbow, Shaun of the Dead, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Survival of the Dead, The Beyond, The Faculty, The Walking Dead, Val Lewton, White Zombie, Zack Snyder, Zombie
With the success of their last Halloween themed Side Cast and posting on Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers where J.Blake and Dion Baia recommend some horror films they both feel may have fallen through the cracks or have been overlooked, the boys meet back at the Podwits studios to record a quick cast about the zombie genre. […]
Side Casts: The Action Movie Genre
Posted: 3rd July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 48 hours, Akira Kurosawa, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Alien, Aliens, Andy Robinson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Art Carney, Assassins, Beverly Hills Cop, brigitte nielsen, Bruce Lee, Bruce Willis, Bullitt, Cary Grant, Charade, Chuck Norris, Cliffhanger, Clint Eastwood, Cobra, Commando, Danny Trejo, David Carradine, David Patrick Kelly, David Suchet, Demolition Man, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard 3, Dirty Harry, Dolph Lundgren, Eddie Murphy, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Eli Wallach, Enter the Dragon, Eraser, Escape from New York, Executive Decision, Game of Death, George P. Cosmatos, Guy Ritchie, Hard Target, Hark Tsui, Hero, Ian Fleming, Ice T, Jackie Chan, James Bond, James Cameron, James Coburn, Jason Statham, Jean Claude Van Damme, Jett Lee, Joe Spinell, John Woo, Judge Dredd, Knock Off, Last Action Hero, Lethal Weapon, Lone Wolf McQuade, Luc Besson, Mad Max, Mel Gibson, Missing in Action, New Years Evil, Nighthawks, Noel Carroll, Passenger 57, Predator, Rae Dong Chong, Rambo, Rambo 3, Rambo First Blood, Rambo First Blood Part Two, Randy Jurgensen, Reni Santoni, Renny Harlin, Return of the Dragon, Richard Donner, Richard Lynch, Rob Schneider, Rocky, Rutger Hauer, Sam Raimi, Shane Black, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Silent Rage, Sledge Hammer, Speed, Stan Winston, Steve McQueen, Steven Seagal, Sudden Death, Surviving the Game, Sylvester Stallone, Tango and Cash, Terminator 2, The Chinese Connection, The Following, The Road Warrior, The Seven Ups, The Specialist, the terminator, Timecop, Transporter, True Lies, Under Siege, Unvasion USA, Vernon Wells, Vin Diesel, William Sadler
Dion and Contributor J. Blake are back at it again, this time they sit down for a super-long chat about one of their favorite topics, the heyday of the Action Movie Genre. The two Podwits reminisce about some of their favorite films, while mapping out a route through a highly populated neighborhood of the 1970s, 1980s and […]
Side-Cast: Remembering Hollywood Make-up Legend Dick Smith
Posted: 6th August 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, History, Literature, Music, News, Obituaries, Podcast, Podwits Exclusive, Side-Casts, TelevisionTags: Altered States, Amadeus, Dick Smith, Foam Latex, Ghost Story, Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Jack Pierce, KNB, KNB EFX Group, Lon Chaney, Make-up, Marathon Man, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Rick Baker, Scanners, SFX, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Stan Winston, Starman, Taxi Driver, The Exorcist, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The House on Haunted Hill, Tom Savini, Wait Until Dark
In this very special edition of the Podwits Side Cast, Dion and contributor J. Blake celebrate the life of the “God among Gods“, SFX master, Dick Smith. They discuss his many groundbreaking achievements in cinema and touch upon the highlights of his extensive resume, bringing to light some films audiences may forget Smith was apart of. […]

Side-Cast: The Fake Shemp – The Bruce Campbell Podcast
Posted: 30th July 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, History, Podcast, Recap, Side-Casts, TelevisionTags: Army of Darkness, Ash, Batman, Bill Bixby, Billy Drago, Blossom, Brian DePalma, Bruce Campbell, Bubba Ho-tep, Burn Notice, Burt Lancaster, Congo, Crime Wave, Dead Heat, Elmer Gantry, Ernest Borgnine, Evil Dead II, Excalibur, From Dusk Til Dawn 2, Hercules, High Spirits, If Chins could Kill, Jack of All Trades, Josh Becker, Liam Neeson, Maniac Cop, Marvel, Moon Trap, Ossie Davis, Pat Hingle, Robert Rodriguez, Rope, Running Time, Sam Raimi, Shawn of the Dead, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Spiderman, Star Trek, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The Coen Brothers, The Dark Man, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, The Phantom, The Protector, The Quick and the Dead, The Shadow, The X-Files, Tim Burton, Tony Jaa, True Detective, Walter Koenig, Xena: Warrior Princess
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for an all new, exciting episode of The Podwits’ Side Cast! The topic today is the man, the myth, the legend…. Bruce Campbell; and all things Mr. Campbell! The boys get into the nitty-gritty and talk about his mainstream successes like The Evil Dead and Burn Notice, but also get into some […]
Side-Cast: Epic Battles: Comic Conventions Over Heroes
Posted: 5th March 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comic Books, Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: Al Roker, Alex Ross, Animaniacs, Batman, Bill Melendez, Bob Kane, Bob Singer, Bruce Lee, Bugs Bunny, Chubby Checker, Chuck Berry, Chuck Jones, Comic Art, Comic Con, Comicbook Market place, Dick Van Dyke, Don Knotts, Dr. Suess, Fangoria, Frank Frazetta, George Perez, Herb Trimpe, Hero Boy, Jerry Reed, Jim Steranko, Joe Sinnott, John Byrne, John Romita Sr, Ken Bald, Laurel and Hardy, Mama Cass, Manganaro's Hero Boy, Mark Millar, Mark Texeira, Meadowlark Lemon, Neil Adams, Roddy Pipper, Scatman Crothers, Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo Movies, Scott Baio, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Snoopy, Spiderman, Stan Lee, Superman, The Green Hornet, The Harlem Globetrotters, The Peanuts, The Punisher, The Shadow, The Three Stooges, Wolverine
This installment of the Podwits’ Side Cast find Dion and J. Blake on location at New York City’s famous Manganaro’s Hero Boy on the Westside for a lunch break while they attend this year’s 4th Annual Comic Book Marketplace Convention. The boys discuss collecting original comic book and cartoon art, the allure of small conventions as opposed to the clusterfunk known […]
Side-Cast: Fotonovels & Novelizations
Posted: 8th January 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Electronics, Film, History, Literature, Podcast, Side-Casts, TechnologyTags: 8MM, Alfred Hitchcock, Assault on Precinct 13, Batman, Cassette Tape, Choose Your Own Adventures, Coffee, Dean Koontz, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, fotonovels, Funhouse, Gremlins, Halloween, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, Harry and the Hendersons, iCloud, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, iTunes, James Cameron, John Carpenter, LUX Radio Theater, MP3 Player, Psycho, Record, Rocky, Rocky 2, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Star Trek, Star Wars, Suspense, The Abyss, The Omen, the terminator, VCR, Viewmaster, Vincent Price
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back and ready to kick 2014 off with a duesy of a topic: Before you had the DVD, VCR, or even the Multiplex, how else could fans continue to digest their favorite films after seeing them in the theater? Well the duo discuss the short-lived 1970’s genre called the fotonovel, and film novelizations. The […]
A Merry Side-Cast Christmas
Posted: 18th December 2013 by Dion in Cartoons, Celebrities, Christmas, Film, History, News, Podcast, Side-Casts, Television, The Muppets, Up on The Soap BoxTags: A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story, A Christmas Story 2, A Muppet Family Christmas, A Very Brady Christmas, Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night, Cheers, Child's Play, Christmas, Coronation Street, East Enders, Father Christmas, Gene Autry, Good Times, Hanukkah, Holiday Affair, It's A Living, Jehovah's Witness, Jingle all the Way, John Carpenter, Krampus, Miracle on 34th St., National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Neighbors, Patrick Stewart, Perfect Strangers, Phil Hartman, Railroad Alaska, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Snoopy, Star Wars Christmas Special, T.I.G.F., Thanksgiving, The Brady Bunch, The Muppets, The Thing, Tom Akins, Twas The Night Before Christmas, Whittier Alaska, Zombies
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for what is probably their BIGGEST (and LONGEST) Side Cast yet! After an extended intro of probably the duo’s worst college drinking story, they ease into the Christmas Spirit by way of Whittier Alaska, the Krampus (Saint Nick‘s long-lost brother), and the posthumously released Phil Hartman animated Christmas movie. Nothing is off […]