There’s joy and sadness in this week’s all-new Podwits podcast, as the boys form a little appreciation society for the classic 1960s TV series The Avengers, and share their personal reactions to the passings of Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall. Plus Brian commits murder! (Well, insecticide.) Get all the laughs and all the feels — […]
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No, The Other Avengers.
Posted: 17th August 2014 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: A Guide for the Married Man, BBC, Bill Cosby, California Suite, Diana Rigg, Emma Peel, Honor Blackman, Humphrey Bogart, I Spy, John Steed, Laughter On The 23rd Floor, Lauren Bacall, Laurie Johnson, Linda Thorson, Patrick Macnee, Popeye, Robin Williams, Swinging London, Tara King, The Avengers, The New Avengers, To Have and Have Not, World of Warcraft
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A Case of an Mammalian Brain Surge
Posted: 9th August 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Audio Review, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comic Books, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Film Review, History, News, Podcast, Science Fiction, Technology, TelevisionTags: DC Comics, Dr. Who, Geoff Johns, Guardians of the Galaxy, Indiana Jones, Kyle Smith, Marvel, Michael Bay, New York Post, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The New 52, The Raid 2, The Raid: Redemption, The Transformers
The wits of Pod have the band back together and it feels so good… Brian praises Guardians of the Galaxy ; Dion casts his doubts about the new reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that hits theaters this weekend; and J.- well he does his best not to evoke that name which is not to be mentioned… […]
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. […]
Remembering Hollywood Make-up Legend Dick Smith [ 1:07:26 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (686)A Pain In The “S”
Posted: 2nd August 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Music, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Batman, Bullitt, DC Comics, Family Guy, Lalo Schifrin, Lethal Weapon, Marvel Comics, Neal Hefti, Nelson Riddle, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek: The Original Series, Superman, The Simpsons
The Podwits are back with another senses shattering episode! This isn’t a reprint or an imaginary tale… J. and Dion are back with some more thoughts on the one and only Man Of Steel! This time, Dion is here to keep J. from flying over the edge, steering the ship towards the brighter harbors of the […]
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 […]
Podwits, Rapping
Posted: 28th July 2014 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Clive Cussler, Danger Mouse, David R. Palmer, Digable Planets, Dirk Pitt, Emergence, Eminem, Epic Rap Battles of History, Gangstarr, George R.R. Martin, Gnarls Barkley, Guru, J.K. Rowling, Nate Dogg, Notorious B.I.G., Tone Loc, Us3, Warren G, Weird Al Yankovic, Wu-Tang Clan, Young MC
That’s “rapping” as in “conversing”—about rapping! Dion and Brian hit quite a few of the big names from the history of hip-hop as they each discuss their personal experience with rap. Along the way, they hit digressions about “Weird Al” Yankovic, George R.R. Martin, and a one of Brian’s favorite (but long out-of-print) novels. Catch […]
Looking for Blood in All the Wrong Places
Posted: 19th July 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: American Werewolf in London, Anthony Perkins, Bill Cosby, Cinefantastique, Disney, Doctor Who, Elliott Gould, G.I.Joe, G.I.Joe the Movie, Harrison Ellenshaw, henry wertham, Horror, John Barry, John Campbell, John Landis, mary whitehouse, Maximilian Schell, Pete Seeger, Peter Ellenshaw, Pyramids of Mars, Richard Matheson, Secret of Nimh, SNL, Star Wars, The Black Hole, The Devil and Max, The Horror of Fang Rock, The Last Man on Earth, The Neverending Story, The Thing, The Transformers, The Transformers the Movie, Tom Baker, Vincent Price, Westworld, Who Goes There?
In this very, very, very special episode of The Podwits Podcast the boys talk about seeing ‘horror’ in their youth, and more specifically, horrifying images in places that you wouldn’t normally expect to see it- like in Disney movies or on the BBC via PBS in America… (and what the heck was up with Disney’s dark side […]
Behind the Big “S”
Posted: 13th July 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, PodcastTags: Clark Kent, Grant Morrison, John Byrne, Mark Millar, Mark Waid, Superman, Tom Peyer
J. and Brian are digging into the Superman mythos in this week’s episode—see, when Brian read about the abortive Superman revamp attempt from 2000, and e-mailed J. about it, well, that got J. all fired up, and his explanation of why starts a Podwits-style look into the hows and wherefores of Superman and the many […]
D’s Poopie, D’s Poopie, D’s Poopie – The Thing That’s Hard To Get
Posted: 5th July 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Carl Reiner, Charlie's Angels, John Forsythe, Laughter On The 23rd Floor, Nathan Lane, Neil Simon, Shia LaBeouf, Syd Ceaser, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Original Squatty Potty, Victor Garber, Your Show Of Shows
Brace yourselves, brave Podwitians (is that a word? It is now! Thus claimeth the Podwits Administrator!) Dion is exploring a new way to evacuate his… waste… in a way that could “CHANGE DA VORLD!” Meanwhile… J leads a trip down television’s memory lane! It’s a podcast that is both “educational and entertaining”, says Roger Stone […]
D's Poopie, D's Poopie, D's Poopie - The Thing That's Hard To Get [ 50:28 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (460)Confessions of a Receipt Hoarder (#PodwitsBeer )
Posted: 28th June 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Beer, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comic Books, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Literature, Obituaries, Podcast, TelevisionTags: #PodwitsBeer, Adam West, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ayinger Urweisse, Batman, Batman (1966), Batman Returns, Batman TV series, Beer, Debbie Does Dallas, Drunk History, Eli Wallach, Eminem, Epic Rap Battles, How it Should of Ended, J.R.R. Tolkien, Josh Brolin, Kevin Conroy, Klaus Kinski, Leonard Nimoy, Michael Keaton, Nastassja Kinski, Otto Preminger, robert mckee, Steve McQueen, Superman, The Lego Movie, Tim Burton, Titanic, Toughguys, Toy Story, Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel, Weird Al Yankovic, Will Arnett
So- What’s Brian drinking this week? How do you like your history: Drunken or through Freestyle Rap? How about Spoiler Alert or just plain Shut Up!? Well step right up and get all your questions answered on this weeks exciting new edition of the Podwits Podcast! Footnotes: Here’s how everything should end in How it […]