End of Line

The Homework assignment for this go around was to name the strangest places you had seen Bacon. This led into a wild conversation about the below links and much more.

Death by Bacon!

“bacon” by the great Luke Ski

Cirque du So What

A list where you can find Bacon in the strangest of places

Fried Egg Bacon Cheeseburger, the start of a perfect breakfast!

Hamburger with 1050 strips of bacon

Bacon and Blue Cheese dressing

This 3 2 1 cake doesn’t have any Bacon in it, but it may go great on the side.

And our Homework for next time… what is your favorite or strangest Easter candy? Here, we will get you started…

Did Byron’s peanut Butter combo sound good? Take a gander at what it looks like here

10 things you can do with Peeps

And for strange peep related links, Peeps fight!

What’cha Been Consumin’?

Ranger

The Ranger has been catching up on the awesome WB series “Supernatural” on Netflix

He also finally sat down and watched the wonderful modern day take on “Sherlock”

Go retro and play games like Gauntlet, Defender and Spyhunter on your iPad with the midway Arcade app for iOS

The Doctor and Lela travel on in the Fourth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish

A big shout out to the gang at The Doctor Who Podcast. One of the very best shows out on the web for those who like to learn more about Big Finish, classic Who and more.

Rockstar

Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben

Begin with Deal Breaker.

African Immortals Series: Tananarive Due

This one isn’t available on Audible, but the series begins with My Soul to Keep.

Byron 27

Byron talks about attending MarsCon.

You can find out more about Marscon here

Denise Crosby, Lt. Yarr from STNG, was at marscon. But have you ever seen her documentary “Trekies”> Check “Trekies” out out on Netflix.

And if you want to know more about the benefit Marscon Dementia CD, visit this link

Consortium of Genius – Marscon 2012 Musical Guest of Honor

Saga of the Skolian Empire Series – Catherine Asaro

Reading order of Skolian Empire Series by internal chronology

Hear the songs from the Skolian Empire Series book, Diamond Star

11-22-63 by Stephen King – Audio

Weird Al Face to Face on Nerdist Youtube Channel

Between The Covers

Strange habits of famous writers

Homework: John Hodgeman’s “Areas of my expertise” and “More Information Than you Require”

John Hodgman with the Authors@Google series

John and Jo Co at Square Books

Jonathon Coulton – Thing a Week

Find everything Jonathan Colton here

New Homework: Divergent: Veronica Roth

Quotes

Our opening quote took us “Back To The Future”

Commander Cash!

They took our jobs!

Nintendo cereal

Tom Cruise won’t come out of the closet

Now I’m in the closet too

Watch closely now

Adam Sandler is…

Brokeback To The Future, hate mail can be sent to Byron for this one

Time Circuits active, The Doctor meets Doc Brown

Peter Griffin vs Marti McFly

Martha Quinn’s Basement Tapes

The fine crew of the Red Dwarf on the Grassy Nole

Edutainment at its best, welcome to Beakman’s World

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

Captain N and the new Super Mario World

Hamlet in native Klingon

Deep Space 9: The Fallen

Hamburger Helper… with cheese

Sherlock’s theme

Oh wow man, it’s a commercial for Neil’s Heavy Concept Album

Rick’s favorite, and Byron’s too, Living Doll

You Been Here 4 Hour

Mr. JAWS

Mesa all sparkly and glowy!

I love this plan

Oh look, here comes the bus

On the shoulders of freaks

Good night everybody!

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EOL After Dark

renger — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:45:35 +0000

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I am the Fact Sphere. I am the most intelligent sphere. I am a handsome sphere. Spheres do not exist. The recording you are about to hear was made in a submarine, which is superior to boats in almost every way. Borris in A Box is made of tungsten, which has the highest melting point of any metal. The podcast was performed by the Rockstar, Ranger Station, and Reevesman. As with everything they do, the podcast was performed while sleep-walking, and the participants later had no memory of the event. But I am an intelligent sphere. I am a handsome sphere. Spheres do not exist. It is my duty to share this recording with the world, because the Fact Sphere is always right.

The opening quote in this episode was taken from American Pie. The trillionth digit of Pi is 9. Pie does not exist. We will both die because of your negligence. This is a bad plan. You will fail.

EOL Episode 7: Flush With Sporks

renger — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:04:55 +0000

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Okay, a warning before we start. This episode isn’t like our usual crazy light hearted fun that we have been kind of known for in our short run as your geek stop podcast. In this episode we delve into some heady bits on the topic of Man Vs. Machine and we think you will enjoy the opinions of our 3^rd chair, Mr. Damon Rose on these matters. However, as seen in the notes below, that doesn’t mean that we didn’t talk our usual brand of nonsense. We have plenty of that to spare throughout the entire show actually. We just wanted to point out that we really think the topic was cool to discuss and we’d love to have your feedback on our comments in this episode. Enjoy!

Abomination!

Moonbase Alpha, Eagles and Space 2099?

Want to know more about this 70’s classic? Check out the “Space 1999” wiki

Or, check out this YouTube clip from the first episode of the second season to see just how many shows have drawn water from the well of Moonbase Alpha

And, by some chance if you are a fan of the show, if you ever wanted to know what the fate of the crew was after the second season… this clip. that was screened for the show’s anniversary convention, will help explain the fates of many of the show’s characters and serves as closure for the series as a whole

Ranger notes, again, that the UK version of “Being Human” is far superior to the lame US Sci Fi Channel edition. Check it out on Netflix to see why he feels this way

Also, as a part of the “Space 1999” discussion and as a public service to all you Scrabble players, here is the definition of the term “Schlock”

Watch the only episode of the 5^th Trek series, season 4’s “Through A Mirror Darkly” , on Netflix to judge how Manny Kodo tried to save cannon from the hands of Braga and Berman

Hasbro and Universal break up, no “Monopoly:The Movie” for you!

Your 80’s memories reborn, Blue Lagoon Remake on the way

We have a follow up to last month’s Abomination, Short Circuit remake gets a writer

Oh, and here’s another, The Jetsons movie moves forward with new writers

Here’s a clip from the mentioned BBC 70’s show “The Magic Roundabout”

And here is another but this time it’s the video from the title track of “The Magic Roundabout” modern day movie

Spider Man, Spider Man, looks a lot like Bat Man

Catch the 1967 cartoon Spider Man on Netflix for a blast from your childhood past

Or, get funky with this opening title sequence from the 70’s CBS Spidey TV series

And if that didn’t scare you True Believers, then this clip from the CBS TV Series of “Logan’s Run” just might

CBS did get comics right though in the 80’s with the short lived “The Flash” TV series

In The Matrix, um.. Nexus

No one can tell you what the Matrix is, okay, maybe this page can

Learn the story before the movies with the rise of the machines from the “Animatrix The 2^nd Renaissance Part 1”

And the “Animatrix The 2^nd Renaissance Part “2

Watch the entire 10 segments of the “Animatrix” via Netflix

Don’t want to play the “Enter The Matrix” videogame twice to get both storylines? This link will show you the cut scenes from the game

And after the revolution, there was a Matrix Online MMORPG

Scientists getting closer to building brains, the artificial kind

Virtual versions of your friends and family could be like this scene from “Superman The Movie”

Would taking a ride via a Transporter reconstruct you or create your clone?

The term “Transporter Accident” is a catch all term

Watch “Dollhouse” on Netflix to see some concepts of virtual personalities and artificial memories from the mind of Joss Wheaton

Striving for perfection, or so Khan thought, during the Eugenics Wars

One day we hope to meet in Sto-Vo-kor

Robot Avatar Transmits Sight, Hearing and Touch To Humans

What if you could download new skills?

Scientists say that we are getting closer to matrix styled learning

Nom, Nom, Nom!

Beth sent in an iReport asking us to imagine what a drunk robot would sound like? No need when you can watch “Futurama” on Netflix

Also, for Beth’s other question about the metal ones, Scientists invent robot that eats and poops

And, this is especially after Damon’s story about her, we will try and keep this image of Tiny Tears alive in our thoughts

Remember that only Old Glory can give you the protection you need from robots

Where can you find a spork outside of KFC? Why at this link you will find the Star Trek Star Fleet Academy Spork from Think Geek

We asked you last month to find us the scarier breakfast foods on the market. While Sonic, Hardy’s and Carl’s Jr. have some of the worst stuff around… we still find McGriddles some of the most evil early morning fare on the menu today

Care to guess how many calories are in the Burger King Breakfast Burrito that the Rockstar mentioned?

But why not combine breakfast with dessert with the Jack In The Box Bacon Milkshake

Bacon Beer, its what’s for breakfast

Infinite bacon

Your homework for next time is to tell us the strangest places you have seen bacon used. For inspiration check out these 8 Essential Bacon Hacks

Lisa called in to the show to try and be the peacemaker between the Ranch Vs. Blue chees factions. We have been discussing this since Episode 3. While we wish her the best of luck with that, here is a link to the oyster Crackers and the Barbra’s Bakery goods she mentioned in her iReport

As promised by the Rockstar herself, here is the Wiki page describing what Ranch Dressing tastes like. We already know, boy howdy don’t we, what Ranger says it tastes like. So we’ll just skip any links to his recommendations for that shall we?

What’cha Been Consumin’?

Ranger recommends earlier seasons of FX’s “Archer” on Netflix

Check out this interview with the voice of Sterling Archer himself, John Benjamin

And if you like “Archer, check out Adam Reed’s earlier Adult Swim work with “Sealab 2021”

or pick up “Frisky Dingo” season 1

Relive 70s Saturday Tea Time all over again with the Big Finish Fourth Doctor Lost Stories Box Set

Rockstar recommends City of Dragons by Robin Hobb. This is the third in the series, so you should begin the trilogy with Dragon Keeper followed by Dragon Haven. For more in this universe, check out the Liveship Traders series, beginning with Ship of Magic.

“By your command” and buy the complete Battlestar Galactica Blu Ray set

Mr. Rose recommends “Perfect People” by Peter James

Nab Matt La’Blanc in the UK series “Episodes” on Blu Ray

Between The Covers

Homework Discussion: Neverwhere Redux and Altered Carbon

Ranger mentioned that “Neverwhere” reminded him of the 80’s CBS Series “Beauty and the Beast” with the city below the city. Try the show out on Netflix if you want to know more

Minds get backed up for Altered Carbon film

The Forgetting Pill Erases Painful Memories Forever | Wired Magazine | Wired.com

New Homework: John Hodgeman’s “Areas of my expertise” and “More Information Than you Require”

Quotes:

The opening quote features the first meeting of Neo and Trinity

The word! He said the word!

Dr. Pepper Ten, its not for women?

Second Python reference, Whatney’s Red Barrel

Tap your toes to the theme from “archer”

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EOL Episode 6: A Place for Everything

renger — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:23:34 +0000

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Welcome back to the show that reminds you of all that geeky stuff in your attic or storage room. This month we managed to cash in the very large check that was offered to us, virtually of course, by our 3^rd Chair mr. kevin Reeves. Somehow fake money like this doesn’t seem as cool as that found in the monopoly games of old. Did you know that that board game in its modern day version uses a debit card instead of multi colored printed money? That just seems wrong. Just like the information that was issued forth from our friend the Fact Sphere.

Abomination:

Its time to sit “Baby in a corner” again with a planned “Dirty Dancing’ remake

And could an update of “Point Break” be any good without the master Thesbian Mr. Reeves?

Join the fight against the Remake

Find “Return to Oz” on Amazon

Watch “Tin Man” on Netflix

Check out the 30^th anniversary edition of “The Wiz”

Denzel Washington Is “The Equalizer”

In the Nexuss: Robot uprising Part 1

Initial steps forward with the creation of a Rat Cyborg

Skynet is born, thanks Japan!

What will our new robot overlords sound like? Japanese robot mouth copies speech

T1000 technology possible with Self healing electronics

Robot Walks Like a Human, Requires No Power

Robot To Slowly Run Ironman Triathlon Course

This is one robot we would like to have! Behold the Hallmark Rosie the Robot Ornament!

Robots make us sandwiches and popcorn.

We also recommend some movies, like “Bicentennial Man”, to prepare you for the social upheavel to come.

“Westworld” is another film that will have you worried about any animated motion things at your next trip to the amusement park

And the 80’s classic “Short Circuit” reminds us that robots aren’t all bad.

Nom, Nom, Nom!

The homework assignment was anything Cinnamon

Ranger recommends Bigelow Cinnamon Stick Tea

Ranger wasn’t kidding about the size of the Carnival magic nor the tons of food on this boat either!

Our next assignment, should you decide to accept it, tell us about your favorite or most disgusting fast food breakfast food

For example, you could try this Hash Brown Casserole

What’cha Benn Consumin’?

Ranger is totally enthralled with Murray Gold’s soundtrack for “Doctor Who” Series 6

Ranger also liked the soundtrack for “Torchwood: Children of Earth”

Catch “That Mitchell and Webb Look” on Netflix

Ranger is also having tons of fun on the iPad with Halfbrick Studios “Jetpack Joyride”

The Rocstar has been reading “The Name of The Wind: Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1 “ by Patrick Rothfuss

Not for the faint of heart, Dave’s Ghost Pepper Naga Jolokia Hot Sauce

Kevin is currently watching “Doctor Who” Series 5 via Netflix

kevin also loves the Graphic Audio app for iOS

And the whole team talks about Nick jr.

Between The Covers:

We begin our discussion about books with this article about 10 Modern Must Read Sci Fi Classics

Dark Tower Update, Ranger started book 6 just in time for Book 8 to be announced

We also briefly talk about the release of a sample chapter for Book Six of “song of Ice and Fire” series

Our previous assignment, that Ranger didn’t read due to the Dark Tower, was “Neverwhere”, by Neil Gaiman. That means he has to play catch up by reading that and our new homework, “Altered Carbon” by Richard K.Morgan

We also discussed Clive Barker’s Imajica.

Did Ranger’s mention of “Boot Hill” and “Gamaworld” bring back memories? Then check out this look at TSR Games of the past.

We promised a better definition of steampunk and cyberpunk than the Rockstar’s rambling diatribe, so check out The definition of “Steampunk” and The Definition of Cyberpunk.

Ranger suggests that you can view Steampunk higharchy in motion if you watch “The Guild” Season 5

Quotes:

Our hat is off to our amazing Post Production guy for our version of the T2 opening. Check out the original then listen to ours!

The Phantom Zone

Playing in a supermarket near you, this “Dirty Dancing” song remake

“I want Room Service!”

Shakespeare plus Reeves equals OMG!

Filmation’s “Ghostbusters” Opening theme

The *Real* Ghostbusters

Do you remember Stewart Copeland’s awesome “The Equalizer” theme?

Enjoy the official theme song of our new Robotic Overlords

Or maybe this one would be better from Craftwork

Number 5 is Alive!

Here is the Man Vs Food San Antonio challenge Ranger mentioned

“The phone is ringing!” it’s the Wonderpets!

Take a fun boat trip that both Ranger and kevin lovingly quote from

“Where’s the Cheetos?”

Let your geek flag fly…

And last but not least, listen to the very end for this one, “We will never be apart”

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EOL Episode 5: Let Me Take My Shirt Off

renger — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:21:25 +0000

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Introductions

The holidays for the EOL crew aren’t over yet and neither are they over for the 3^rd chair. This episode we are joined by a man who knows his bad TV and that kind of geek cred gives Rodney Edgar from the Tech Access Weekly podcast, the ability to join us in our discussion of … bad TV!

Abomination

Its never difficult for us to find these stories, sadly. Here are the ones that caught our ear this month.

Eddie Murphy will be Hong Kong Phooey in new live action CGI movie

Remakes of the films of Akira Kurosawa

Check out the Wikipedia entry on Akira Kurosawa for a list describing many of his films and their influences on other Hollywood blockbusters

The Rockstar mentioned the bots and Japanese monster films. Be sure to visit the official MST3K site to learn more about Tom Servo and perhaps even Evil Crow?

Buy the animated classic “Akira” on Blu Ray

You can pick up Mr. Reeve’s take on a Philip K. Dick novel in the movie adaptation of “A Scanner Darkly”

And Ranger mentioned Laura Petty in “Tank Girl”

We also discussed how well the actors captured their comic counterpart in the recent “X Men First Class”

And you can compare it to the FOX 90’s X Men Animated series via Netflix

In The Nexus: Bad TV

Did you think we were done discussing bad TV in our “Abomination” section? Oh no! We use the entire segment of “In The Nexus” to pay homage to the idiot box.

The color TV turns 60

The history of NBC’s Must See TV

Ranger mentioned the portable SEGA Game Gear console from the 90s. You can learn all about this system that weighed more than a brick with its multiple batteries.

We talked about how TV can look dated quickly and Ranger offers the first season of FOX’s “24” via Netflix as an example. Check it out to see CTU with computers from a decade ago.

The rockstar rants about today’s juvenile comedic attempts, inspired by this article on how Today’s new Sitcoms are Reruns

Ranger also suggested that the NBC 90’s hit “Friends” is another one of those shows that has not aged well.

We mention “Seinfeld” three times in twenty minutes. Buy the first two seasons of Seinfeld on Amazon and see why we talked about the show so often.

Watch the wonderful social commentary from Matt and Trey on Facebook from the South Park episode “You Have 0 Friends” from the South Park Studios site.

The history of NBC’s “Must See” TV

Rodney pines for the good old days as he watches “Cheers” on Netflix

He also mentions “mad About You” and “Caroline in the City”

Ranger professes his love of Tina Fey and says you should watch “30 Rock” on Netflix

Also he prefers the UK version of “The Office which you can find on Netflix here

The UK version of “Being Human” is far better than the recent US attempt as well. This too is on Netflix

Rodney and Ranger also say that you should only watch the UK version of “Coupling” and forget that NBC ever tried to force a US version on the viewing public with only a four episode run

Relive the 80’s with this look back at Courtney Cox before “Friends” in the amazing production values of “Misfits of Science”

Rodney proclaims to Ranger that he is missing out on the greatness that is “Rip Tide”

Rodney also liked “the monkey” in “BJ and the Bear”

Whereas Ranger found that the “Sherif Lobo” spinoff was far more entertaining

Catch Gil and Erin in the NBC Sci Fi classic “Buck Rogers” on Netflix

“Knight Rider” is a must watch for any geek and Netflix has you covered

Buy “Dallas” seasons one and two

Or “Knots Landing” season one

Or! “Dynasty” seasons one and two on Amazon

Other CBS Friday night fare included “Falcon Crest”

And who could forget the General lee in “The Dukes of Hazard”

proof that Ranger was not joking about the existence of the NBC 70’s show “Monster Squad”

Further still, here is the opening to “Quark” that took a loving but synical embrace to Classic Trek

Purchase “Quark: The Complete Series” from Amazon

You can also find “Street Hawk” on Amazon for your very own

All of this talk leads us into this article about trends we are tired of on TV

Do you remember “Cleopatra 2525”? “Vanishing Sun”? They, like Kevin Sorbo’s “Hercules”, were all members of the 90’s “Universal Action Pack” line of weekly syndication shows

Relive the Warrior Princess’s six seasons in this Xena box set from Amazon

SpongeBob is to blame for short attention spans in children.

Every Hour Of TV You Watch After Age 25 Shortens Your Life By 21.8 Minutes

When in Houston, go eat fish while fish watch you at “The Aquarium” restaurant

Purchase “Ultraman” before they ruin it with an upcoming remake

Did you want to know more about your favorite Power Ranger or series? Check out the “Morphing Grid”

She wasn’t just the Pink Ranger, see the IMDB page for Amy Jo Johnson

Buy the first two seasons of “TJ Hooker” and learn how to hang on to the hood of a car TJ style

Purchase “The Fall Guy” season one from Amazon

Ranger notes that “Airwolf” is awesome

while Rodney claims that you can’t discount the magic of Dana Carvey in the ABC “Blue Thunder” TV series

George Klunie fans must have “The Facts of Life” for his early formative works

Toys!

The Rockstar talks about the Playschool Sit’n’Spin, here is a video that shows the Sit‘N’Spin in action

Meet Skipper, Barbie’s little sister with the flat feet

Spinning like crazy was all the rage with marx’s Big Wheel

Stick shift steering was the big feature for the Green Machine

It takes up most of your bedroom but who would not want this Kenner Star Wars Death Star Playset?

More about “Space 1999” toy Eagles

Learn more about what a “Wish Book” was to some of us years ago

8 Vintage and irresponsible toys

he was not cool, he was creepy! Meet Teddy Rucksbin

Siri versus Furby

FBI Playset for Kids

G.I. Joe’s USS Flag is freaking huge!

14 worst toys for girls

The history of toy cars

Man floats over the Alps with the help of 54 Toy Baloons

Nom NomNom!

This month’s homework assignment will be anything cinnamon. The specific item is Unbearably Hot Cinnamon Bears

but if you can’t be that extreme, anything else with cinnamon will do.

Barbie’s hungry, that’s why she has a MCDonald’s playset

The world of McDonaldland

More info on the Jack In The Box toys Ranger mentioned from his childhood

Lifesavers Official Website

Get your very own Charlie Brown Musical Christmas Tree

Here are the so called nutritional facts for the Planters Nuts Winter Blend

Flip Video’s Inventor Launches High-Tech Grilled Cheese Restaurant chain

Grilled Cheese NYC

Easiest Fudge in the World

Sci-Fi Baking Gifts

Tech Access Weekly shows us the power of the Spork

What’cha Been Consumin?

Ranger has been playing a whole lot of Asteroids Gunner on iOS

Ranger also recommends you pick up the new “Lost Children” B Sides release from Disturbed

The Rockstar has been consumin’ a lot this month.

Books

Young adult dystopian fiction including “Divergent”, by Veronica Roth

Tally Youngblood series by Scott Westerfeld. First title: “Uglies”

Star Trek TOS On Netflix

Starburst Gummiburst liquid-filled gummies

Rodney

Castle, Fringe, Big Bang Theory

Start from the beginning, nab “Fringe” season 1

Watch “The Walking Dead” on Netflix

The Melting Pot Show with Erin Edgar on Mushroom FM

During the Classic Trek discussion, Ranger mentioned “The Captains” documentary that you can find on Netflix

Between The Covers

This month’s homework is “Neverwhere”, by Neil Gaiman

From ArsTechnica, about the bio, “Why Steve Jobs cried”

Ranger mentions the famous TNT movie with Noah Wiley the classic “Pirates of Silicon Valley”

Quotes

We tend to make references to music, movies and more. Here are some of the more influential ones that we mentioned during this episode.

Our opening quote was from this annual holiday classic featuring some flying forest animal with a brightly colored nose

The story of Festivus

And keeping up the Seinfeld references, Ranger mentioned the “Puffy Shirt”. Here is the story behind that famous wardrobe malfunction.

Hong Kong Phooey: Number One Super Guy

Behold! The NBC Peacock in COLOR!

The Simpsons quote about “Wings” Ranger mentions comes from a Season 4 episode

TJ Hooker Lesson One: The Hood Slide

Up to 300mph… Street Hawk

Robot Chicken makes a statement about the recent “Knight Rider” remake

Toy Story “You have a friend in me” instrumental

Fred Rated for Federated

Hefty! Hefty! Hefty!

Sing with us! Two all beef patties…

MidLife Crisis

Soft Kitty, warm kitty

Chewie sings Silent night

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EOL Episode 4: Ultimate Zombie Garlic

renger — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:15:16 +0000

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Welcome back to this freezer burned Thanksgiving leftover edition of the show. To be honest, we had a ton of sound issues and we enlisted Santa’s elves for some audio outsourcing to get this one together. The short story is that the magic in that old hat we found left behind by those messy elves worked and we have a show for you. the problem is that we got stuck with the elves expenses. Man can they ever trash a hotel room.

We welcome Joshua Loya, ServantWarrior to the 3^rd chair this month and he, like all of you, is a listener of the program. Remember, if you think you have the Geek Cred, you can submit an iReport or drop us a line at resources@serotalk.com to tell us that you would like to be in the 3^rd chair.

The Tasting

Were you enticed to try the chips we ate on the show? Find out more about Blair’s Death Rain chips

And you can wash them down with Dr. Pepper 10 says Ranger.

Or, you can always try the Toxic Waste Candy as eaten by the Rockstar

Abomination

Prepare yourself for “The Great Gatsby ..in 3D”

Get the excellent HBO Ronald D Moore first season of “Carnivale”

Or, nab the wonderful HBO Western “Deadwood”

A cringeworthy Hallmark original for the holidays “Aprincess for Christmas “

And discussions of Bonds led Ranger to go off on a screed about one Bond’s movie career with “The Russia House”,

“The Name of the Rose” and the awesome

“Highlander”.

You could skip all of that and just watch the holiday fare on NBC though.

Other holiday faves mentioned were “It’s a Wonderful Life”

or the classic “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”

Or you could skip all of it and just watch Netflix. They want you back!

In the Nexus: Muppets and More

The history of MahnaMahna

Its your birthday! Sesame Street premier from 1969

Star Wars On the Muppet show’s “Pigs In Space”

Who can forget the SweedishChef

Statler and Waldorf

Animal and “Serene!”

Relive your childhood memories with Season 1 of “The Muppet Show”

Want to know more about the attempt to reboot “The muppet show”? Watch the opening of “Muppets Tonight”.

Boy, there was a lot of crazy marketing for the new Muppet Movie. Check out the sendups like this one for “The Heaviest Catch”

Here’s more on Muppets movie send ups

The Muppets Team are worried about changes made for the new movie

has marketing gone too far for the new movie with The Muppets… on WWE RAW?

Find “Muppets From Space” on Amazon

Fraggle Rock big screen adventures may be on the way

Buy the Dark Crystal

Watch Farscape on Netflix

Listen to the Scaper Chronicles: a guide to Farscape at scapecast.org

Get Farscape now on Blu Ray

Nom, Nom, Nom!

Last month’s homework was anything Pumpkin. And we all like the Starbucks pumpkin offerings for the holidays. And you could try the Peppermint Moca while you are there as Peppermint stuff is the homework for December!

And if that isn’t a thing for you, we have another vote for the Key Lime Shake from Steak’N”Shake.

What’s in a McRib? Read if you dare!

And if you ever wondered what happens when you eat 30 days of nothing but McDonalds, watch “super Size Me” on Netflix.

Ranger recommends Candy Cane oreos

And the Blizard for November was Carmel Nut Roll

The debate of Blue Chees vs. Ranch continues, but now we have another one to ask all of you. Coke vs Pepsi the infamous cola wars

Pancake flipping is hard

Tips for the Frugal Cook

20 unusual ways to use salt

20 uses of Honey you may not have thought of

What’cha Been Consumin’?

Ranger has been watching “Star Trek: The Animated Series” on Netflix

He also likes the new megadeth album “Th1rt3en”

It has a real “Rust In Peace” flavor.

Check out Graphic Audio’s “Batman: No Mans land”

The Rockstar is reading the latest title by Stephen King “11-22-63”

King of Dragon Pass on iOS

Servant Warrior

The Leviathan Chronicles

Scott Sigler’s Galactic Football League series

MUD: Alter Eon

Between The Covers

Libraries Release Most-Censored Books List

Homework Discussion: “Ready Player One” by Earnest Klein

And if you like this book, check out “Snow Crash”

or “Daemon”.

We also had an iReport recommend the books of Joel Shepard

New homework: Walter Isaacson’s bio on “Steve Jobs

Quoted This Episode:

The opening quote is from one of the many South park Thanksgiving specials. You can find the whole episode here.

Planet of the Apes: The Musical – YouTube Mash Up

theRockstar is in the festive mood with AC/DC’s “A mistress for Christmas”

Sesame Street First and Last

Guy Smiely Here is your Life

The YouTube sensation “Elmo orders Taco Bell”

OK Go Takes on the Muppets

The Muppet show: Sax and Violence

The thing you will want to forget after you see it, The Star Wars Christmas Special

The opening to the cartoon “Muppet babies”

“My eyes! The goggles do nothing!”

Cut me!

Rush’s “2112”… in 8 bit!

The bagpipes that played over our ending comments

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EOL Extra: Daleks, Doctors And Big Finish

renger — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:54:41 +0000

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Byron and Ranger knew that November was the birthday month for the Last of the Time Lords. With that in mind, both sat down to discuss some of their fave Doctor Who audios from Big Finish. And, not completely by accident, perhaps a few more suggestions for audio entertainment too.

Before we start with the radio plays, do you love that theme tune? Want to hear a fan’s take on the middle eight? Check out the tons of remixes on WhoMix and rate the one you like best.

many of the plays mentioned in this EOL Extra can be found at the Big Finish Productions website. You can download files directly from their site and follow them on Twitter. One of the first plays that Ranger recommends finds Companion charlotte Pollard meeting the Celestial Toymaker in the Companion Chronicle “Solitaire “.

We also took a moment to recommend Big Finish’es Stargate and Atlantis ranges. Have you ever thought about “Doctor Who: The Musical”? Well, wonder no more as you can hear the 6^th Doctor and crew in “Doctor Who and the Pirates” from the Main Range. Or, check out the Stage Play adaptations for even more musical Cybermen.

Big Finish also has a fantastic take on judge Joseph Dred in the “2000 A.D.” universe.

Also, you can find the awesome Alan Silvestri score for the 90’s classic movie version of the “I Am The Law” character here.

“Spaced” is also a Geek TV must watch and it just so happens to have Simon Pegg in it from these “2000 A.D.” audios, an appearance on Doctor Who’s 2005 Series 1 and rumor has it that he played some Scottish engineer on some other space movie in 2009.

Getting back to Big Finish, Ranger heartily agrees with the critics that you have to hear “The Chimes of Midnight” and “The Holy Terror” Ranger also gushed over the tremendous conclusion to many aspects of The Fogre’ storyline in “A Death in the Family”

You can learn which stories you want to download in the run up to that one by consulting this article on the nearly ten year history involving this story arc.

Byron also jumps in with recommendations for the spinoff “Excelis” series.

He also likes Iris Wildthyme’s adventures.

Ranger and Byron note that it might be hard to jump into a show with a 48 year history. So Ranger recommends Dalek Empire for those who don’t know anything about Doctor Who but may just want to stick a toe in the Time Vortex for a first go.

Byron tossed in a recommendation for “I, Davros” in case the “Dalek Empire” series gets you interested in knowing more about the most evil creatures in the galaxy.

And, if that wasn’t enough “Exterminate” action, Ranger said you could always watch the 4^th Doctor and Sarah jane in the classic story “Genesis of the Daleks”.

We rounded out our discussion with recommendations for these audios as well.

U.N.I.T.

Dead Air

Start watching Doctor Who’s return from the beginning on Netflix

You can also keep up to date with Big Finish by subscribing to their free podcasts

the Doctor Who Podcast alliance is also a great resource for keeping up to date on The Doctor

And Ranger says subscribe now to Radio Free Skaro

And The Doctor Who Podcast!

EOL Extra: Halloween, Ghosts, and the Number 27?

renger — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:47:33 +0000

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In this EOL Extra, Ranger and Byron talk about the movies and music of John Carpenter. We think both fit the season of scares really well!

Purchase the 20^th Anniversary Soundtrack to the original Halloween for Halloween!

Find the most excellent soundtrack for The Thing at Amazon

It is obscure and only for the die hard Carpenter fan, however if you are game, here is the link to the late 80s Prince of Darkness soundtrack

Buy the Ghosts of Mars soundtrack

One we didn’t mention, but is another to look out for, is John’s soundtrack for The Fog

And for even more music scores by John, check out the Essentials Collection

Byron reflected on the spooky number 27 and its mysterious power. Here is a list of references to the number 27 made by Weird Al over the years

EOL Episode 3: The Honey Mustard Contingent

renger — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:35:10 +0000

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Introduction

This month, Byron Lee joins us in the third chair for all sorts of Halloween-related geeky goodness. You can learn more than you ever wanted to know about Byron by visiting www.byronlee.com. Byron hosts The Talk Zone and the Fun Zone, and is also well-known through his work at Horizons for The Blind and the Directions for Me web site.

Abomination

We talked about any number of abominations this month, which then sparked a long conversation about Fox shows that never lasted, and Green Lantern. Here are the things we talked about in this segment.

Beetlejuice reboot

Buy the 20^th anniversary deluxe edition of Beetlejuice on DVD from Amazon

Buy Bewitched Season 1 on DVD

Buy John doe Season 1 on DVD

Watch Prison Break Season 1 on Netflix

Buy Fringe the complete first season on DVD

Watch the Justice League on Netflix

Buy Green Lantern “First Flight” two disc set

Buy the combo pack of Green lantern Emerald Knights

Check out Green Lantern “Hero’s Quest” at Graphic Audio

Check out Green Lantern “Sleepers” Book 1 at Graphic Audio

Harry Potter Reimagined as a Lighthearted Teen Movie [

Buy Harry Potter Years 1 – 7, Part 1 Gift Set

In The Nexus

In this Halloween edition of In the Nexus, we talk trick-or-treating, costumes, and of course, candy. Here are the things we mentioned.

Buy “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”

The Spirit of Halloween Store

Leg Avenue Costumes

Buy “Jaws” the two disc 30^th Anniversary Edition on DVD

Buy the Coneheads movie on DVD

Buy Weird Al’s The Alpocolypse tour!

Buy the, um, classic? Judge Dred on DVD

Buy “The Shadow” on DVD

Noms

We begin this segment with an iReport from Liz Bottner, who tried the Triple Decker Oreo and shared her experience with us. Then we talked about a great deal of food, some of which may have been better classified in the abomination segment. Here’s what we talked about.

Dairy Queen Blizard of the Month: Pumpkin Pie

Sonic Pumpkin Shake returns for a limited time

Bacon Blue Dog and Kickin’ Coney from Sonic

French Toast Casserole

Junk food addiction

5 Expensive Junk Foods

Hostess Chocwave and Snoballimus Prime Light Our Darkest Snacktime

Red Robin Octoberfest Burger

Love beer? Try out the new Untappd app for iOS or Android to rate your favorite beers and find delicious new ones

Rate and track your favorite beers with Brewski Me:

Beer Keg Sub

Whatcha Been Consumin’?

Ranger

Interview with Malcom McDowell

Netflix MST3K Gamera!

Just the flying one without the bots

Rockstar

Bauhaus: 1979 – 1983 Volume 1

Bauhaus: 1979 – 1983 Volume 2

Type O Negative: October Rust

Sarah Langan: Audrey’s Door

Byron

Watch Dexter Season 1 on Netflix

Watch Breaking Bad Season 1 on Netflix

Graphic Audio: Snakes on a plane

Heroic Efforts Productions

Buy Doctor Who the Movie two disc set

Author Tim Dorsey

Ghost in The Wires: Kevin Mitnick

The Art of Intrusion: Kevin Mitnick

The Art of Deception: Kevin Mitnick

Once we all finish with our own current consumption, we throw out some other general suggestions for things to consume this month.

Buy “The Nightmare Before Christmas” two disc Collector’s Edition

Watch Dr. Horrible’sSing’a’long Blog

Cartoon Network Halloween

30 Days of Horror

We’ve posted our Top 10 favorite streaming horror films for the month of October!

Between the Covers

Last month, our homework was to read The Drawing of The Three, by Stephen King. We discuss that book, and then assign this month’s homework, which is “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline.

We close with a story about a Tech Company To Build Science Ghost Town In New Mexico

Quotes:

We made reference to a number of quotes and sound clips throughout the episode. Here they are.

Goth Talk

List of canceled shows that may or may not have occupied the Friday Night Slot’o”death on FOX courtesy of Family Guy

Trailer for Justice league “Doom”

Charlie Brown; I got a Rock

Main Theme for Green Lantern “Emerald Knights”

Great Pumpkin Waltz: Charlie Brown on piano

The original “Coneheads” trailer

Army of Darkness “March of the Dead”

Zinger Zapper!

Grin, grinning ghosts from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney Theme Parks

Its Bacon!

Junk Food Junkie

In Heaven There Is No Beer

This is Halloween

Rocket Man Mondegreen Commercial

Family guy Rocket Man

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EOL Episode 2: I’m The Best at Space

renger — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:14:31 +0000

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Introduction

We begin by welcoming Buddy Brannan of the Budcast and various other notable things to the show as this month’s guest. Next, Ricky falls on the sword this month by agreeing to try Jolt Cola, inspired by a listener request from Byron Lee. If you want to learn more about Jolt, check out the Jolt web site.

Ranger Mentions that this month, he is fueled by Lunch With Elvis Coffee

Then, Buddy mentions Bawls Energy Drink.

Abomination

Our drink descriptions made a nice segue in to the abomination segment, and this month there was no shortage of material for us to discuss. Here’s what we talked about.

Blues Brothers, the TV Series?

Blues Brothers 25th Anniversary Widescreen Collector’s DVD”

Blues Brothers 2000 On DVD

Tango and Cash On DVD

Romancing The Stone The TV Series?

Romancing The Stone Special Edition DVD

In The Nexsus

We begin this segment by agreeing that everyone is pretty happy about space, including the Space Core who inexplicably joins us. Here’s what we talked about.

NASA Unveils a New Lunar Book for the Visually Impaired.

NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites

NASA Sells Space Food, Shuttle Tiles To Schools

We lament the fact that there is very little space food readily available, but you can at least get Astronaut Ice Cream From ThinkGeek

And why not pick up some Tang Orange Drink while you’re at it.

New Mexico Spaceport Nearly Ready For Business
Android Blasts In to Space To Help Robots

Million Dollar Space Pen Hoax

News .. In .. Space!

To Boldly Go, Ars on 45 Years of Trek

The Original Cast Took Mementos From the Set After The Show’s Cancelation

Star Trek and 47

New Star Trek TV Series Being Planned, Takes Place After Voyager

Coming in January 2012, HD Trek on Blu Ray

Memory Alpha Link About Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments

Very few EOL episodes are created without at least one Doctor Who reference. You can watch Doctor Who Series 1 On Netflix

At this point in the show, Star Wars fans will be pleased as we spend a great deal of time discussing the shows.

Star Wars Blu Ray ads

the Star Wars Blu Ray Adds Girly Screams?

George Lucas in 1988 on preserving films in a congressional discussion

Effects Creator Says George has The Right To update The Holy and the Unholy Trilogies Spielberg says

Upcoming ET Blu Ray not to have 2002 DVD changes

Fan created documentaries worth looking into

Blind Star Wars-mad brothers create Stormtrooper uniforms by touch

Players decide how SWG ends

20 Star Wars Cakes

The place for Star Wars news

Watch Either Version of Blade Runner On Netflix

Buy Batman Begins on Blu Ray

Buy The Dark Knight On Blu Ray

Duy Star Wars The Complete Saga On Blu Ray

Join The Empire, Become One Of The 501st

Watch Kevin Rubio’s “Troops”

Fan Edits Live At The Original Trilogy.com

The Place For Star Wars News, The Force.net

Noms

Domino’s Plans Pizza On the Moon

Corn Dog Casserole

Via @nprnews: Yes, It’s True: Ben & Jerry’s Introduces ‘Schweddy Balls’ Ice Cream Flavor

This month’s noms homework assignment is to try the Tripple Double Oreo

During a discussion prompted by an email from Kim Friedman, Buddy horrifies us all with descriptions of several artery-clogging burgers such as the Body Bag From Steel City

Not to be outdone, Joe discusses his experience with the Ultimate Breakfast Burrito at Sonic Drive In.

Also, be sure to check out this month’s Blizard of the Month at the DQ Blizard Fan Club Page.

Music

Concert in the Dark: Music in ‘outer space’ – CNNGo.com

What’cha been consumin’?

Ranger
Stargate universe On Netflix

Peggle on iPad

19 returning Sci Fi Shows This Fall

263 Fall TV Premieres

Rockstar
Buy The Big Bang Theory Season One On DVD

Buy Dream Theater A Dramatic Turn Of Events

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

None of us have seen the movie, but you can BuyThe Time Traveler’s Wife On DVD

Buddy
Decoder Ring Theater

A Different Point Of View

Dragon Riders of Pern: Ann McCaffrey
Buy Dragon Flight, first in the series, on Audible

Buy TheFiresign Theater Box Of Danger Set

Reading Roundabout

(via @ABC)” Romance Writers Seduce Women Into Unsafe Sex and Infidelity, Says British Health Journal – ABC News

We discuss our thoughts on the first book in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. You can get The Gunslinger, narrated by George Guidall if you haven’t yet read it.
During the discussion, Buddy mentions King’s Dreamcatcher. You can buy Dreamcatcher on Audible.

In the next episode, we’ll be discussing book 2 in the Dark Tower series. You can Buy The Drawing of the Three on Audible

Quotes

We made reference to a number of quotes and sound clips throughout the episode. Here they are.

Ralph Wiggum: It Tastes Like Burning!

Stay on target

Star Trek Enterprising Young Men on Guitar

Stargate Universe End Credits

Space Core Remix

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