End of Line

Dec 14 2011

EOL Episode 4: Ultimate Zombie Garlic

Category: podcasts — renger @ 6:15 pm

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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

Contact Us

You have a plethora of ways to reach us. Send us an email to resources@serotalk.com.

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Nov 14 2011

EOL Extra: Daleks, Doctors And Big Finish

Category: Extras, podcasts — renger @ 1:54 pm

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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!

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Oct 31 2011

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

Category: Extras, podcasts — renger @ 12:47 pm

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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

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Oct 24 2011

EOL Episode 3: The Honey Mustard Contingent

Category: podcasts — renger @ 6:35 pm

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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.