The World's Only Podcast™ about bizarre, overlooked, and misbegotten media
Tim and Jen are very excited to have animator, voice actor, and writer Bill Kopp on the show to discuss his career, especially the beloved-but-now-scarce Fox Kids show Eek! the Cat. Sorry we had to record Bill on Edison cylinder lol
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For another creator interview, listen to our episode with Dutch director Ate de Jong.
Jen and Tim look at Mazes and Monsters, a slapdash TV movie with roots in moral panic. Oh and it was also the first feature role for Tom Hanks, wow.
We drew heavily on William Dear’s book The Dungeon Master. Dear is also the author of a book arguing that Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman were actually killed by O.J. Simpson’s son.
For more nostalgia TV, check out our episode on Marlo Thomas’s brainchild, Free to Be…You and Me!
Jen and Tim are completely confounded by a lackadaisical sci-fi (kinda?) TV series called Gemini Man. This one emerged from the most cursed decade for television, the 1970s.
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Mike Rosen returns to discuss Marlo Thomas’s most lasting work, Free to Be…You and Me! Listen to find out if gender stereotypes actually ended in 1973 and we all missed it.
For more Mike, listen to our episode on silent classic Häxan!
Tim and Jen take a look at those Youtube algorithm kids videos and learn that Spiderman Elsa puppet finger family bad baby songs buried alive
The Medium article that kicked off the discussion, James Bridle’s “Something is Wrong on the Internet”
Tim’s videos may be viewed at his YouTube channel, timtoon, or you can skip right to Sarcastic Hulk.
For more pure, uncut internet, listen to our episode on Wonder Boy!
Jen and guest Paul Jay discuss a true relic of the 70s: the Paul Lynde Halloween Special! [Toccata and Fugue sting; ghoulish scream]
You can watch the whole goddamn thing at the Internet Archive, if you want to see Roz “Pinky Tuscadero” Kelly flirting with Paul Lynde’s chest wig.
Paul also joined us to pick over the weird auteur project, The Wizard of Speed and Time!
Jen and Tim discuss a classic and sadly overlooked gem of British horror television, Dead of Night. The series dates from 1972 and thus, emerging as it did during a less enlightened time when it came to archiving, only three of the original seven episodes still exist.
For more British horror, listen to our episode on the controversial 1992 special, Ghostwatch.