J. Marcus here with another of my open letters to folks I admire. This time, I am addressing the one and only Joss Whedon, creator of such incredible programming as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse, as well as the man behind the Avengers films (to name but a few of his incredible accomplishments.) […]
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An Open Letter To Joss Whedon
Posted: 9th May 2015 by J. Marcus in Film, Open Letter, Television, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Agents of Shield, Angel, Avengers, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Cabin in the Woods, Dollhouse, Drew Goddard, Drew Z. Greenberg, Firefly, Jane Espenson, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Steven S. DeKnight
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A Podwits CLASSIC: “There’s ALWAYS Time For Columbo !”
Posted: 2nd May 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Best of, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, Food, History, Literature, Podcast, Recap, TelevisionTags: A Treasury of Recipes, Al Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bo Svenson, Charlie Chan, Christopher Lee, Darren McGavin, Donald Pleasance, Elisha Cook Jr, England, Fire!, Gene Kelly, Hammer Films, Horror, Jackie Cooper, James Cagney, Jeff Rice, 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 TolerX 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, Columbo, Day of the Triffids, Joe Spinell, Jose Ferrer
(Originally Aired April 2014) 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 […]
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Posted: 25th April 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Cartoons, Celebrities, Doctor Who, Film, News, Podcast, Science Fiction, Technology, Television, Watching the DoctorTags: Atari: Game Over, Batman Vs Superman, Car 54 Where Are You?, David Arnold, David Hasselhoff, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Frankenstein, Frankie Avalon, George Reeves, I Love Lucy, Irwin Allen, James Bond, Knight Rider, Lalo Schifrin, Lost in Space, Mad Max, Mad Max Fury Road, Matt Smith, MeTV, O.J. Simpson, Peter Lorre, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Basehart, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Steve McQueen, Ted Turner, The Adventures of Superman, The Fantastic Four, The Hateful 8, the terminator, The Towering Inferno, Universal Monsters, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Has it been a week already?! Well the boys are in the galley cooking up a brand new, steaming edition of The Podwits Podcast! Dion regroups with J. Marcus on what he missed last week and adds his two-cents regarding spy music themes and Disney only using the David Tennant years in rerun. That leads to a […]
Channel Surfing Via the Aerial
Posted: 4th April 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Beer, Celebrities, Comic Books, Doctor Who, Ernest Borgnine, Film, News, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: Adam West, Alien Nation, AMC, Batman (1966), Batman 66, Big Finish, Bruce Willis, Burt Reynolds, Burt Ward, Clown Shoes Tramp Stamp, Die Hard, Dish TV, Doctor Who, E!, Ernest Borgnine, From Russia with Love, George Miller, History Channel, Jeff Bridges, Kojak, Leonard Nimoy, Mad Max, Mad Max Fury Road, Out of This World, Powers, Ryan Gosling, Sean Connery, Small Wonder, Star Trek: The Original Series, Superman, SyFy Channel, The Homesman, The Rolling Stones, The Twilight Zone, TLC, Tommy Lee Jones, TRU TV, TV Land, Younger
The Wits’ of Pod are back again for another exciting, riveting and enthralling episode of The Podwits Podcast! Brian Zino, J. Marcus and Dion Baia take a trip down memory lane with cable vs. the old school antenna, before they disseminate the new look and presentation of Television networks and if their names truly still reflect […]
Reboot Reactions
Posted: 28th March 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, TelevisionTags: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Alien Nation, Batman Beyond, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: The Brave And The Bold, Lost in Space, Star Trek, Teen Titans Go, Uncle Grandpa
On this week’s trip into the grand unknown, J. and Dion take a look at how long is long enough to hit the old “reset button” on a beloved franchise. Is it necessary? Is it overkill? Is it spit-and-polish on an old favorite whose luster is beginning to fade? Or is it simply a business too […]
Happy Pi Day 3.14159265359…… UGH!
Posted: 14th March 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Celebrities, Ernest Borgnine, Film, History, Literature, News, Obituaries, Podcast, Science Fiction, Technology, TelevisionTags: Chris Evans, Chris Pratt, Discworld, Doctor Who, Ernest Borgnine, Freaks, Grammys, Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass, James Bond, Leonard Nimoy, Marvin Gaye, Michael Keaton, Mickey Rooney, Muddy Waters, Pi, Robert Downey Jr, Sir Terry Pratchett, SuperFuzz, Terrence Hill, The Black Hole
The boys are all back together for an ALL-NEW, right-off-the-assembly-line-edition of the one, the original, Podwits Podcast! They chat this week about their various jet-setting, before getting into topics that hit closer to home, like the loss of fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett, the recent passing of Leonard Nimoy and Star Trek producer Harve Bennett, and we embrace or even […]
Podwits Masturbation
Posted: 7th March 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Film, Podcast, TelevisionTags: 20th Century Fox, Ang Lee, Birdman, Captain America, Civil War, Fantastic Four, Hugh Jackman, Hulk, Iron Man, Joss Whedon, Leonard Nimoy, Leslie Ann Warren, Miles Morales, Mission Impossible, Peter Parker, Robert Downey Jr, Robert Hays, Sam Elliot, Sony Pictures, Spider-Man, The Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Wolverine
No, seriously. That’s what this episode is called. Don’t look at me, I don’t make these things up. I just do what I’m told. And to be honest, I’m not getting paid enough to take this kind of abuse. But that’s beside the point. What is this week’s episode about, you ask? Hold on… I […]
The Podwits Podcasting Reality Show
Posted: 31st January 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Cartoons, Film, Film Review, History, News, Podcast, Television, ToysTags: Bronies, Bruce Willis, Cartoon Network, Clarence, Cop Out, Family Guy, H.G. Wells, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Jason Biggs, John De Lancie, Kevin Smith, Mel Blanc, My Little Pony, Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Seth McFarlane, Small Wonder, South Park, Spongebob Squarepants, tara strong, Teen Titans Go, The Amazing World of Gumball, The Simpsons, Time After Time, Tom and Jerry, Tusk, Uncle Granddad
This week on an all new episode of the Podwits podcast, the boys do a show about them prepping to do a show while at the same time, doing a show. Sound confusing? Well imagine being a part of it! They chat about concepts of time and exactly what the heck the Podwits are doing when […]
Too Graphic For a Podcast
Posted: 3rd January 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, History, Podcast, Sex, Television, The MuppetsTags: Behind the Green Door, Bill Cosby, Connor Baxter, Debbie Does Dallas, Deepthroat, Documentary, Dogtown and Z Boys, Errol Morris, Kai Lenny, Ken Burns, Molokai Paddleboard Race, Paul Williams, Paul Williams Still Alive, Phantom of Paradise, Porn, Russ Meyers, Star Begotten, Supersize Me, Taxi Driver, The Muppet Movie, The Scene, Winnebago Man
The boys usher in the New Year with talk of documentaries, and the annoyance of the Documentarian interjecting themselves into the narrative and becoming the central character- is that at all necessary? Then of course, like all good academic conversations, the topic leads to porn and the numbing of the modern mind to the naked image and what […]
Living It Up In A.C.
Posted: 20th December 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Christmas, Electronics, Film, History, News, Podcast, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Atlantic City, Bed Bugs, Bill Cosby, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ridley Scott, Sony Pictures, The Interview, UVA
Well the Podwits rip their topics right from the headlines this week! After one of our beloved Wits of Pod confesses to a horrible invasion of the vicious Bedbug some years ago, they take listener’s Twitter questions on the subject, before they move on to the uproar surrounding the casting of Ridley Scott‘s Exodus:Gods and Kings […]