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FC3 Monkey Business

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We are the FC3 Monkey Business Podcast, the Geek/Nerd Podcast arm of the Mighty Monkey Corporation/Flower City Comic Con! If you already know who we are, thank you for seeking us out and please feel free to join in the conversation! We create weekly podcasts (which release on Wednesdays at noon) on every geeky topic and since we believe every topic is geeky if you love it enough, you never know what you are going to get! We will bring you interviews with local and national people of interest and the latest in Flower City Comic Con news.
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Episodes

Celebrating John Williams

Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is brought to you by Mighty Monkey Corporation, which also brings you Flower City Comic Con. Do you like what we do? Subscribe, leave a review! Do you really like us? Buy us a cup of coffee, or two! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MightyMonkey Do you want to k...

Feb 15, 20221 hr 6 minSeason 5Ep. 206

Halloween 2021

Monkey Business returns from its hiatus with Tanya, Anne, and Deanna bringing some Halloween to you! Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is brought to you by Mighty Monkey Corporation, which also brings you Flower City Comic Con. Do you like what we do? Subscribe, leave a review! Do you reall...

Oct 27, 202151 minSeason 5Ep. 204

Robin Hood Men In Tights

We finish off our Mel Brooks section by talking about the 1993 film Robin Hood: Men In Tights! And yes, Tanya actually liked this one! What are your thoughts on it? Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is brought to you by Mighty Monkey Corporation, which also brings you Flower City Comic Con....

Jul 28, 20211 hr 11 minSeason 5Ep. 203

History of the World, Part 1

This is no inquisition, this week we talk about Mel Brooks' classic 1981 film History of the World, Part 1! We tell you our thoughts on it, we love hearing your thoughts too! Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is brought to you by Mighty Monkey Corporation, which also brings you Flower City ...

Jul 21, 20211 hr 16 minSeason 5Ep. 202

Spaceballs: The Monkey Business Podcast

A short time ago in a podcast very, very, very, very near you, the Monkey Business podcast about Spaceballs was recorded. Chris Starr was joined by Princess Tanya, King Billy, Darfolomew to talk about this classic movie from the 80's. Seen it? What do you think about it? Does it stand the test of time? Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can b...

Jul 14, 20211 hr 20 minSeason 5Ep. 201

Back To The Future Part III

Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is brought to you by Mighty Monkey Corporation, which also brings you Flower City Comic Con. Do you like what we do? Subscribe, leave a review! Do you really like us? Buy us a cup of coffee, or two! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MightyMonkey Do you want to k...

Jul 07, 20211 hr 7 minSeason 5Ep. 200

Back To The Future Part 2

We travel to the future this week, which is actually our past. Then we go to the past, but it's not the right past. So we go farther into the past to correct the future. But something happens and we end up even farther back in time! Welcome to Back to the Future Part 2! Join us on this rollercoaster ride of time travel! Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After a...

Jun 30, 202154 minSeason 5Ep. 199

Back To The Future

Are you telling me you built a time machine, out of a Delorean? We're traveling back to 1985 and the release of Back to the Future! What made the movie become a beloved classic? What do you love about the movie? Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is brought to you by Mighty Monkey Corporatio...

Jun 16, 20211 hr 12 minSeason 5Ep. 198

Return of the Jedi

We conclude our discussions on the original Star Wars trilogy with, of course, Return of the Jedi. No movie is perfect of course, but what made this trilogy of movies so enduring that they have spawned so many books, tv shows, movies, and so much more? While this concludes our talk about Star Wars for now, we will return to this property soon! We'd love to hear your thoughts! Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, a...

Jun 09, 20211 hr 18 minSeason 5Ep. 197

The Empire Strikes Back

One of the greatest sequels of all time? This week we talk about Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back. After the amazing success of the original Star Wars, a sequel was bound to happen. Is it better than the original? Why, or why not? We give you our opinions, let's hear yours! Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enou...

Jun 02, 20211 hr 17 minSeason 5Ep. 196

The Original Star Wars

A long time ago, in a theatre not too far away, an almost forgotten movie called "Star Wars" was released. Now we're sure most of you have never heard of this, so we thought it would be a great idea to talk about it, hopefully in a way you've never heard before. Be careful, we have a very bad feeling about this podcast... Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After...

May 26, 20211 hr 24 minSeason 5Ep. 195

Space 1999

Back in 1975 there was a British science fiction show called 1999. Heard of it? Loved it? Hated it? Don't know what we're talking about? Stop on in and let's discuss this science fiction classic! And as always, don't forget about our question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apr 21, 20211 hr 22 minSeason 5Ep. 194

Behind the Scenes With Star Wars

Let's talk about Star Wars. Not necessarily the movies, but what the rumor mill is telling us about what might be happening with Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Favreau. Do we know what the real truth is? Definitely not. Still join us in this conversation on what the future of the franchise could possibly be! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apr 14, 20211 hr 17 minSeason 5Ep. 193

Bucket Lists

Do you have a bucket list? You never know what tomorrow might bring, so we think it's time for you to go Do The Thing that you've maybe always wanted to do. We talk about a few of our bucket list items, and we'd love to hear about some of yours! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mar 31, 20211 hr 19 minSeason 5Ep. 192

Random Monkey Musings

Join the Monkey Business crew for some Random Musings!

Mar 24, 20211 hr 14 minSeason 5Ep. 191

Netflix's High Score

The Monkey Business crew is joined by James and Krissi from Gaming Street Irregulars to discuss Netflix's documentary series High Score. This series features stories and interviews with the developers and creators of early video games. The series first premiered on August 19, 2020. Love it, don't love it, it's a good start? Tune in and let us know your opinions! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mar 17, 20211 hr 15 minSeason 5Ep. 190

Marvel 616

If you haven't seen the Disney+ documentary series Marvel 616, then you probably want to catch at least a couple of episodes of this! Due to technical difficulties, this actually took us a couple of weeks to record, and we do a lot of our normal tangents. Have you seen it, what are your thoughts? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mar 10, 20211 hr 22 minSeason 5Ep. 189

Wrestling

The Monkey Business crew welcome James Irish (Gaming Street Irregulars podcast) and Vinnie Pontillo (Bulldog's Got the Book podcast) to talk wrestling! If you're a lifelong fan, or you're just delving into it, join the crew and let us know your thoughts on it! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Mar 03, 20211 hr 30 minSeason 5Ep. 188

Netflix's The Toys That Made Us

If you haven't heard about Netflix's The Toys That Made Us and love classic toys this is something you definitely should watch! We talk about the show and some of the episodes, and of course include some of our usual digression! There are 12 episodes covering a lot of classic toy franchises, but what are some that you'd love to see in the future? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 17, 20211 hr 14 minSeason 5Ep. 187

Shopping

Is shopping an Olympic sport? What type of shopper are you? Anne joins us as we talk about Tanya winning the gold in the shopping Olympics! Just kidding, there is not such thing, but she does love to shop! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 10, 20211 hr 25 minSeason 5Ep. 186

Superbowl Snacks

Do you watch the big football game when it comes around every year? Do you have any traditions, or particular snack you just have to have? We talk about ours here, let's here about yours too! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Feb 03, 20211 hr 25 minSeason 5Ep. 185

Another Random Adventure

We start out an episode with a plan. Do we always follow the plan? No. This episode is no exception! Join us on our crazy roller coaster journey and where it leads us - Dan's cancer and tattoos! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jan 27, 20211 hr 17 minSeason 5Ep. 184

Wonder Woman 1984

Have you seen the new Wonder Woman 1984 movie? If not, major spoilers ahead!! With our first podcast of 2021 we give our opinions of the movie. And don't forget to stick around for the question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jan 13, 20211 hr 17 minSeason 5Ep. 183

The Mandalorian

Spoiler Alert!! We talk about the entire second season of the Mandalorian, so if you haven't seen all the episodes yet you might want to hold off until you do! What did you think of it, and are you as excited as we are about all the Star Wars content coming in the next few years?? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dec 23, 20201 hr 20 minSeason 5Ep. 182

Wish Lists

We are in the midst of the holiday season! And while this isn't all about what kind of stuff you get, we were wondering what's on everyone wish lists! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dec 16, 20201 hr 15 minSeason 5Ep. 181

Doctor Who

The Monkey Crew is joined by Elizabeth Rice (Lady of Time Cosplay) to talk about all things Doctor Who! A new special is coming up New Year's Day which is going to lead to some cast changes - what are your thoughts? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dec 09, 20201 hr 12 minSeason 5Ep. 180

2020 Retrospective

Chris, Tanya, Billy and Dan take a look back at 2020. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dec 02, 20201 hr 13 minSeason 5Ep. 179

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is almost here! What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving traditions? We'll talk about ours! What are you most thankful for this crazy year? With everything going on, it's important to remember that there are things we can be thankful for! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nov 24, 20201 hr 23 minSeason 5Ep. 178

Fictional Presidents

You may have heard there was recently a presidential election, so we thought it would be fun to talk about fictional presidents, ones you find in TV and movies! From Jed Bartlet to Bill Mitchell to Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, and more! We were also excited to be joined by Susan D'Ettorre, who moderated the 1992 presidential debate while at CNN! Warning: there may be some political content contained within! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Nov 11, 20201 hr 37 minSeason 5Ep. 177

Reflections of the Past

When Dan is away... well who are we kidding, we always end up digressing! Chris, Billy, and Tanya discuss Halloween, Sean Connery, and the Election (this was recorded on 11/1 so it hadn't happened yet!). So this will be interesting to see what actually does happen (did happen?) on election day! And don't forget our Question of the Week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Nov 04, 20201 hr 13 minSeason 5Ep. 176
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