For our mini this month we continue our tradition of reviewing comic books and graphic novels relating to wrestling, and give you our take on The Comic Book Story Of Professional Wrestling. Created by by Aubrey Sitterson & Chris Moreno, this graphic novel covers the story of wrestling from it's earliest days, right through to where we are today and what influenced the evolution of the sport over the decades.
Aug 22, 2019•14 min•Ep. 109
This month we have a chat about the new free Borderlands 2 DLC, "Infinite Golf" and "Pac Man Man 256" in gaming, then cover some classic TV in "M.A.S.H." and "All Together Now", get all arty for the new Netflix reality glass blowing series "Blown Away", and have deep dive into our favourite parts of "Stranger Things" Season 3. In movies we watch the strange Japanese documentary "Doglegs" via the Tubi TV app, discuss our kids reactions to "Lego Movie 2" and "Secret Life of Pets 2", and our recent...
Aug 10, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 108
Every year in the US summer, Horrorcore rap group Insane Clown Posse run a youtube infomercial to promote their annual music and lifestyle festival, The Gathering Of The Juggalos. This year it’s the 20th anniversary, so it seems like the perfect time for Mitch and Joe to don their make-up and get down with the clowns and dive deep into what it means to be a fan of one of the most hated, yet strangely misunderstood bands of all time. Whoop Whoop!
Jul 18, 2019•25 min•Ep. 107
This month Joe checks out “Rocket League” and “Void Bastards” on Xbox One and the Fire Promoter DLC for “Fire Pro Wrestling World” on PC before we jump into TV and talk “Hip Hop Evolution”, re-watching “M.A.S.H”, “Good Omens”, Miley Cyrus in “Black Mirror” and probably dedicate much more time than need to “Forged In Fire: Knife or Death”. In movies we have differing opinions on “Rim Of The World”, Mitch chats about Keanu Reeves and Godzilla, and Joe gushes over “Rocketman”. Plus we even sneak in...
Jun 29, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 106
As usual we start off with a bit of gaming chat, including "PES 2019" from Joe and old school Nintendo DS and the Xbox 360 "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions" from Mitch, before turning the discussion to TV with the Netflix docuseries "Street Food" and comedy-drama "Dead To Me", the endings of "Big Bang Theory" and "Doom Patrol", and a very spoiler heavy "Game Of Thrones" wrap up. We even have a little bit of time to cover the movies "Pokemon: Detective Pickachu" and the Ted Bundy bio pic "Extrem...
Jun 02, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 105
As Australia goes to the polls to choose a Prime Minister, we go back to a time when pulling a sword out of a stone was the way they picked their leaders, as we look at the 1981 John Boorman film, "Excalibur", to wrap up our 80's fantasy series. This movie has it all, shiny suits of armour, dodgy effects, 80's fashion and even a bit of back-sack, but did we like it??
May 18, 2019•19 min•Ep. 104
This month Joe has signed up for Xbox Game Pass, so for the first time in ages we actually have a lot of gaming to talk about, including "MudRunner", "Scream Ride" and "Shadow of the Tomb Raider", plus Mitch tries out "Sherlock Holmes & The Devil's Daughter". In TV we briefly discuss the latest season of "Game Of Thrones", new characters in "Doom Patrol" the animation anthology "Love, Death and Robots", Season 2 of "Cobra Kai", dead wrestlers in "The Dark Side of The Ring", and Bear Grylls a...
May 05, 2019•56 min•Ep. 103
It's taken us over 7 years, but Episode 100 is finally here! (Even though we've actually done a lot more if you count all the minis and specials.) However, despite the fact that it's a big milestone, it's a shorter ep than usual as Joe has been busy amid his house renovations, so we haven't really been up to much. We have a brief chat about "Marlow Briggs" and "Star Wars Battlefront II" in gaming, then the new season of "Queer Eye", doco series "Murder Mountain" and the UK drama "Cleaning Up" in...
Apr 06, 2019•41 min•Ep. 102
We start the show this month with Joe finishing “Burnout: Paradise – Remastered” and Mitch buying “Farm Simulator 2017”, then we jump into TV with discussions on “Dirty John”, “Russian Doll” and “Doom Patrol” and the excellent adaptation of “The Umbrella Academy”. In movies Joe watches the doco “Abducted in Plain Sight” as well as jumping on the Lady Gaga bandwagon for his thoughts on “A Star is Born” while Mitch has a chat about “A Simple Favor” before we round out the show with a tribute to Ke...
Mar 09, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 101
In a tradition that started way back in January 2012 on Episode 2 (so for our 8th year, not five like Joe thought on the ep due to his poor math skills), this month we look at some of the upcoming releases this year in our Great Expectations episode. There is a little bit of gaming and TV chat, then we jump right in with a month-by-month breakdown of some of the movies we're really excited for in the next year. Not surprisingly there are a lot of comic book adaptation on the list too!...
Jan 24, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 100
In what is now becoming a bit of a tradition, as the dust settles on another year and another 12 Days of Christmas countdown, we start off the new year by looking back at the old one and going over some of our favourite things including comics, gaming, TV, Movies and new podcasts we’ve started listening to in 2018. There may be couple of spoilers in there, especially when we discuss the DC Injustice Vs Masters Of The Universe cross-over comic, and “Bohemian Rhapsody”, but other than that we’re p...
Jan 10, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 99
After hoping for a big finish for the 12 days we gave up on our original choice and went back to animations with the 1959 Russian short "A Christmas Visit", which is sometimes also known as "A Christmas Tree" just to be confusing. It's the story of a young Russian boy who is sad that his weatherman father in Antarctica will miss out on having a tree for Christmas, so with the help of Santa and his magical plane, and some friendly animals, tries to get one there. There a few versions of this onli...
Dec 23, 2018•21 min•Ep. 98
Today we go all educational again with this strange little doco featuring a school teacher, aptly named Mrs. White, taking her class through some Christmas traditions from around the world. Other than a Riftrax version we couldn't find much online about this, no links on Youtube or other streaming sights, and couldn't even find out what year it actually was made, but we're assuming it was somewhere in the late fifties.
Dec 23, 2018•12 min•Ep. 97
We're getting closer to Christmas and it into the final three days of our countdown, so today for Day 10 we watched the 1936 short, "Christmas Comes But Once A Year". Produced by the Fleischer Studios, this beautifully animated short tells the story of Professor Grampy visiting some sad orphans to brighten up their Christmas day by creating some nifty toys out of household bits and pieces. There is a very nicely restored version available to watch on YouTube as well....
Dec 22, 2018•11 min•Ep. 96
Christmas is a time for celebrations and having fun, yet today for Day 9 we picked something a little bit more depressing in the 1954 adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl" from Castle Films. Freaky Icemen, interpretive dance, a reggae loving Santa and heartless street kids stealing shoes. It's all here in this crazy short film. And if you don't have Amazon Prime, don't fret, it's all here on Daily Motion....
Dec 21, 2018•11 min•Ep. 95
While some of the picks for this year's 12 days have been entertaining, today for Day 8 it's time to get educated too as we bring you this informative short from 1953 called "Silent Night: A Story Of A Christmas Carol". The title kinda gives it away, as we go back to Austria in 1818 when the song was first composed. If you are watching along at home, its not just on Amazon Prime, but can also be found here on YouTube....
Dec 20, 2018•8 min•Ep. 94
For Day 7 we head back to the 1940's with this charming little short called "A Christmas Dream", which we think is either from 1946 or 1949 depending on who you believe. Originally made by Czech brothers Karel and Borivoj Zeman, but then dubbed into English by Castle Films, it features a nice mix of stop motion, 2D animation and live action, and was a pleasure to watch after some of the crap we've seen over the last few days. This one is all over the internet, but you can find a pretty clear cop...
Dec 19, 2018•11 min•Ep. 93
Today we dive into another of the Amazon Prime Omnibus collections, Classic Christmas Favourites, and watch not one, but two shorts. First it's a happy tale of a family singing carols and opening their gifts on Christmas morning in the 1950 Caste Film short "Merry Christmas", but then things take a turn for the bizarre with the truly amazing bad puppetry and even worse story telling in 1948's "Santa in Animal Land". We couldn't find "Merry Christmas" online, but really it's not worth the effort,...
Dec 18, 2018•16 min•Ep. 92
Hopefully you have taken the right drugs to enjoy today’s pick, as we go back to 1957 for “Gumby’s Christmas Capers”. It’s a collection of vaguely Christmas themed episodes clumped together, featuring some stories that go nowhere staring everybody’s favourtie clay boy and his pet pony. We weren't able to find the full show on Youtube, but you can watch one story, Santa-Witch here.
Dec 17, 2018•18 min•Ep. 91
Sherman is an elf that can’t seem to do anything right, and the star of today’s TV special, “Santa’s Magic Toy Bag” from 1984. Created by Paul Fusco, who went on to make the puppet ALF, this poor man’s Muppet Show really made us earn our explicit tag! We couldn't find it on youtube, but there is a pretty good rip you can watch here on Vimeo - Santa's Magic Toy Bag.
Dec 16, 2018•12 min•Ep. 90
It’s a crazy one today, as we look at a short from 1964 called “Santa’s Enchanted Village”. Filmed around the Santa’s Village theme parks in Detroit and California, and featuring some of the worst animal costumes we’ve seen in a long time, this is a sight to behold. On top of that there is a strange intro section that feels very tacked on hosted by a familiar face. If you are playing along at home and don't have Prime, or if you do but can't face the search function, here it is on YouTube - Sant...
Dec 15, 2018•17 min•Ep. 89
We skip forward a decade from yesterday for Day 2, and another animated cartoon today called “Santa’s Surprise” from 1947, which just so happens was the first appearance of Lil Audrey, as her group of other children for around the world sneak into Santa’s house to tidy up and say thanks for all the presents. Can you say casual racism anyone? Also, for those non-Prime listeners, you can find it here on Youtube....
Dec 14, 2018•14 min•Ep. 88
This year for the 12 day countdown we thought we’d try something different and pick all of our TV shows we watch from Amazon Prime. And, once we navigated the shitful search function, we did find quite a lot of Christmas content. So, for Day 1 we go way back to 1937 for “Gifts From The Air”, a very nicely animated short featuring a poor young boy who dreams of magical wind-up toys and has some ingenious ways of making a tree on the cheap. And for those of you playing along at home that don't hav...
Dec 13, 2018•14 min•Ep. 87
In our final Welcome to My World mini ep for the year, we continue with our 80’s fantasy film saga and look at the 1987 film, “The Barbarians” staring everybody’s favourite set of bodybuilding twins, David and Peter Paul, AKA The Barbarian Brothers. Does it still hold up? Was it actually any good in the first place? And just how 80’s New York can a sword and sorcery film really be?
Nov 22, 2018•13 min•Ep. 86
We start off this month with a little chat about Mitch’s recent redundancy, and the adventures our children had for Halloween, before a very brief discuss of what it’s like playing multiplayer games with kids under 10. Then it’s TV with Joe being a little disappointed with the new seasons of “American Horror Story” and “Making A Murderer”, and the re-boot “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” but really enjoying the Netflix original, “Atypical”, while Mitch adds another streaming service to his l...
Nov 08, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 85
For the mini ep this month we continue our journey through the fantasy films of our youth, with “The Beast Master” from 1982. We, especially Joe, were really looking forward to re-watching this, but as it turns out it is much longer and drawn out than we remembered, and in places not really what we remembered at all. In our disappointment we even go on a little tangent about the final Blockbuster Video closing in Greensborough recently.
Oct 25, 2018•21 min•Ep. 84
We start the show this month with a bit of a chat about gaming, including Mitch deleting “Toy Blast”, Joe’s kids going “Pokemon Go” crazy while on holiday in Tasmania, The “Fire Pro Wrestling World” New Japan DLC, and going old school with original Xbox games. We both had trips to the movies, so we discuss “The House With A Clock In It’s Walls”, “Venom” and why “Predator” is no way near as good as the original one. In TV Mitch wraps up “Castlerock”, Joe watches the ABC sci-fi drama “Glitch” on N...
Oct 11, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 83
This month we continue with our 80's Sci-Fi Fantasy theme by watching "The Sword And The Sorcerer". A slight stuff-up with where we thought it was streaming did mean we ended up watching the RiffTrax version on Amazon Prime, but I think we still got the idea that this 1982 "classic" may not have been as good as we remembered it being. Still, a Barry Gibb lookalike in a fur coat with a three-pronged sword can't be all bad, can it?
Sep 19, 2018•15 min•Ep. 82
Both Mitch and Joe were big fans of Burt Reynolds. Over the course of our show he is the only person we've dedicated a whole episode to, so we we're saddened by his recent death. As a special tribute we are reposting episode 77 from our A to Z specials that originally posted in September 2017.
Sep 08, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 81
After a month and a bit away from the show, Joe has got his head back together (even if we did get the episode number wrong), so we sat down and had a chat about what we’ve been up to since we last recorded. Joe has got a new PC, so has been dabbling in streaming his Xbox One to it via Windows 10 and Mitch has finished “Far Cry 5” and is looking for a new game, but after reading the Box Brown graphic novel “Tetris: The Games People Play” we fall back down that familiar rabbit hole. In movies Joe...
Aug 30, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 80
