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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ernest Borgnine’
Life After Death and Other Comedic Concepts
Posted: March 2, 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
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Borgnine Night XXI
Posted: February 24, 2013 by Dion in Ernest Borgnine, NewsTags: Borgnine Night, Ernest Borgnine, Tortilla Flats
Like it does every third Wednesday in February, Tortilla Flats hosted its awesomely fun Borgnine Night, celebrating the great Ernest Borgnine. Sadly this 21st installment was the first year without the beloved muse of the Podwits, as Mr. B passed away last July at the young age of 95. But the celebration and all the fun and [...]
Bridge Trolls, Copyright Lawsuits & 2 Gallons of Cola
Posted: February 16, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Amazon.com, Burger King, Cigarettes, Coca-cola, DC Comics, Ernest Borgnine, Games Workshop, M.C.A. Hogarth, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Paul Williams, Scott Young, snowmageddon, Space Marines, Trolls, Warhammer
Brian is back from the doctor’s, and boy is he piping mad! (Who knew he had a crew of trolls to dig him out of snowmageddon?!) With Brian tipsy off of Scottish ale, J and Dion jockey positions in settling the old boy down as he rants about the incredibly stupid Games Workshop’s attempt to [...]
Bridge Trolls, Copyright Lawsuits & 2 Gallons of Cola [ 48:29 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (51)Pod People in the Place (aka “Knight Ridin’”)
Posted: September 15, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Airwolf, All Things Must Pass, Back To The Future, Battlestar Galactica, Blue Thunder, David Hasselhoff, Ernest Borgnine, Flash Gordon, George Harrison, Germany, Indian Dunes, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jon Landis, Kermit the Frog, Knight Rider, Streethawks, Stu Phillips, The Beatles, The Doors, The Dukes of Hazzard, Vic Morrow
Dion is back after his two tours in the political-convention wars, and the crew quickly set their sights on revisiting the 1980′s series Knight Rider, in light of the 1st Annual Knight Rider Convention to be held at the beginning of October, celebrating the show’s 30th anniversary. The boys somehow, by way of Vic Morrow [...]
The Borgninian Moment
Posted: July 14, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Ernest Borgnine
On this week’s podcast, The Podwits sit down and discuss the passing of a legend; the patron saint of this very site, Mr. Ernest Borgnine.
A Look at Tortilla Flats’ “Borgnine Night” Legacy
Posted: July 13, 2012 by Dion in Ernest Borgnine, NewsTags: Borgnine Night, Ernest Borgnine, Tortilla Flats
As the Podwits continue to mourn the loss of their muse, the patron saint of our site, we decided to look back on the tradition of the annual “Borgnine Night” at Tortilla Flats in New York City. We dug up this package, courtesy of CBS News, that was done in 2009, at the 17th Annual Installment, and [...]
Ernie
Posted: July 9, 2012 by Dion in Celebrities, Ernest Borgnine, Film, History, Housekeeping, News, Obituaries, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Borgnine Moment, Borgninian Moment, Ernest Borgnine, Obituaries
On July 8, the world lost another pillar of greatness, a link to a lost and nearly forgotten world, a connection to a time when legends walked the earth. Sunday morning, Ernest Borgnine peacefully passed away of renal failure, surrounded by his family. He was 95 years young. Where can one begin to discuss the life of the [...]
Ernest Borgnine 1917-2012
Posted: July 9, 2012 by Dion in Ernest Borgnine, News, ObituariesTags: Borgnine Moment, Borgninian Moment, Ernest Borgnine, Obituaries
It’s All Brian’s Fault… HONEST!
Posted: July 7, 2012 by J. Marcus in Books, Comic Books, Doctor Who, Film, PodcastTags: Batman, Detective Comics, Doctor Who, Douglas Adams, Ernest Borgnine, San Diego Comic Con, Shada, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man
With Dion on the lam again, J. and Brian are forced to go it alone once again. Amazing technical goofs aside, the boys manage to run the bases, covering such amazing topics as the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, Doctor Who, the new Spider-Man movie and even a little bit of historical comic lore! So [...]
Sci-Fi Shlock Double Features
Posted: June 30, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Arsenio Hall, Disney, Ernest Borgnine, Facebook, Gundam, Japan, Mercury, Messenger Probe, Mickey Mouse, NASA, Nuclear Slapshots
Dion is back with the lads this week as they gab about the legacy of the drive-in movie theater, proposed Japanese robots, Disney in space, Facebook privacy, and nuclear slapshots, with a tad of Arsenio Hall peppered in for good measure. The only question is: which beloved Podwit will hide in the trunk under the [...]