This week, check out the first match-ups in the first round of the Actual Fantasy Football tournament, and Mahoney is at it again trying to make everyone shit their pants. All this, plus RIP TRU!
This week, Knize can't handle spicy food anymore, the Stan Lee drama reaches critical mass, Marvel looks for a Fresh Start, and the first two preliminary matches of Actual Fantasy Football take place!
The PoP!-Cast has returned from Toy Fair with the most luke-warm takes possible on Black Panther! Hope you enjoy hearing WAY too much about the joys of a private bathroom at a convention! All this, plus the return of Actual Fantasy Sports!
In honor of this week's release of the monumental BLACK PANTHER, the PoP!-Cast goes back to one of the first black-superhero films, the groundbreaking STEEL starring Shaquille O'Neal, the Dwayne The Rock Johnson of Bosnia! Listen closely and you'll realize a Shaq impersonation isn't that far off from Stone Cold Steve Austin.
This week, Lee works on breaking his hateful toddler son's spirit, while the family cat works on chipping away at Lee's. Kevin Owens blocked Mahoney on Twitter, while CBR gets dragged by everyone else. All this, plus those new Ninja Turtles. Whoo boy.
This week, Lee goes to traffic school and his Lego city has an Extinction Level Event, Kelly recaps the gayest thing he's ever seen in a wrestling ring, Knize recounts his journey through Los Tres Muertes, and Jose returns from the LBC with stories of pulled pork Bloody Marys. All this, plus live reactions to the Ant-Man and Wasp trailer! Be sure to put SafeSearch on when googling "Skin Wars Dutch".
This week, Lee gets a real spooky boi, Kelly watches a YouTube video from a salty boi, Knize is becoming a regular Disney boi, Jose is off being a California boi, and Cable artist Jon Malin is a real Proud Boi.
This week the #POPCAST discuss Gerard Depardieu's dick nose, the time Jose was propositioned in an adult video store, Ben Hanscomb's puffy areolas, and Mario Tennis for the Nintendo Switch. All that, plus news featuring December's direct market sales slump, Bendis' first DC project, and Stan Lee...getting accused...AGAIN. Damn it, Stan.
Hey man, it was only a matter of time before Stan Lee caught a charge. This week, Knize watched The Golden Globes, Kelly watched Wrestle Kingdom 12, Jose's got his stroke down on the Shop-Vac, and Lee reveals Gene Simmons' VAULT.
It's the first show of 2018 (holy sh-- we've been doing this for 9 years) and the boys are back to recap their holiday breaks, countdown their Top 6 of 2017, and discuss how Marvel has destroyed the comic book retail industry. All this, plus a new PoP! Fantasy Football Champion*!
It's a late X-Mas present as The PoP!-Cast lays down a commentary track for 1990's holiday classic, Home Alone. Watch out for flying paint cans, and keep the change ya filthy animal!
Everyone is getting in the holiday spirit, and as has been tradition for the past three years, part of the holiday season now includes a new STAR WARS movie, and this episode features Full THE LAST JEDI hot takes! Who is Snoke? Who are Rey's parents? Is Finn's side-quest completely useless? Where does Blue Milk come from? Some of these questions answered and more!
Lee's house is infested, Jose's got some new cookies to taste test, Kelly recaps his early Match of the Year candidates, and Knize discovers a new porn star AND NOW SHE'S DEAD. All this, plus Tito calls in to close out the 2017 PoP! Fantasy Football regular season and preview the playoffs, Chandler Rigg's dad's meal ticket just left the station, news on the Comic Con court case, and maybe the Avengers should check to make sure someone hasn't been throwing around the N-word before inviting them t...
The PoP!-Cast is back from Thanksgiving break and it's about time Kelly learns about the difference between Lice and Crabs. The guys gush over the Avengers: Infinity War trailer, imagine a James Franco Multiple Man movie, and contemplate what CB Cebulski's closet looks like. Spoiler Alert: it's filled with rayon Anime shirts.
The 11th Hour return from their first very anime convention, and John-Michael Duggan, the most prolific movie-goer in The PoP!ulation, joins the show to help review Justice League!
What a week it's been in sexual misconduct in our little insulated nerd industry. We've got enough stories of sexual harassment in comics and geek entertainment to fill a whole news segment AND THEN SOME. Strap in, and keep your dick to yourselves, gentlemen.
It's the LANDMARK 400th episode of The PoP!-Cast, as Lee returns from his vasectomy and The 11th Hour return from Play Fair in New York to talk Thor: Ragnarock and Brian Michael Bendis' move to DC. Meanwhile, Kelly lights up the comics internet for failing to report on one of their own being a gross creep for over a decade. WE'RE NAMING NAMES. COULD YOU BE ON THE LIST?
It's Halloween night, and last week The PoP!-Cast put out the call to The PoP!ulation to pick a spooky streaming movie to watch. Watch along with The PoP!-Cast as they revisit 1987's The Monster Squad and all the gay slurs that came along with it. RIP Uncle Rico. Ricki Lake can still get it.
This week, The Rodriguezes listen to people have sex until 4AM, Knize has a good cry, Kelly gets knocked out cold, and the show is joined by Tom Batista, host of the Military Industrial Suplex podcast, so you know there's going to be a bit of wrestling talk.
What inspires Lee to stand for the National Anthem? What really grinds Knize's gears? Why did Kelly watch someone's voyeuristic wedding video? Does Jose know where he currently is? How much does it cost for a trip to Whore Island? All these questions answered, plus LIVE reactions to The New Mutants trailer!
Get in line for the newest PoP!-Cast, but don't get butthurt when there's only twenty downloads to go around. Maybe grab a stream off of eBay for $900? This week, the Szechuan Sauce debacle is the biggest news in fandom, plus Marvel's Team-Up with Northrop Grumman goes over like a lead balloon filled with privately-owned bombs, and Lee is an insensitive asshole. His words, PoP!ulation.
The PoP!-Cast fires up hulu's awful new user interface to watch the first two episodes of the critically-reviled Marvel's INHUMANS. Is it as bad as people make it out to be? What's it like to get a tug-job by prehensile hair? Why doesn't the giant CGI teleporting bulldog have a mustache? There's only so much we can suspend disbelief...
It's a Tuesday after a WWE PPV, so this is a wrestling-heavy episode. SORRY. But never mind all that sh--. This week, Jose has to say goodbye to a member of the family and we've got 10 Things Juan will start at Quarterback before Tom Brady! This PoP!-Cast is so good, it'll make you say "Oooooo, Croissants!"
The 11th Hour have survived Hurricane Irma, and Lee barely survived The Emoji Movie. There's plenty of news this week, including Toys 'R' Us filing for bankruptcy and Gareb Shamus getting back into the convention business. Drink lots of cranberry juice for this one.
Lee returns from Vegas, baby, so The PoP!-Cast reviews the last four episodes of Defenders, Brent Bowser and Big Bad Gav join the show to talk about their insanely fun project, Poser Wrestling, and Secret Empire is finally over, and it's terrible. All this and more on a spankin' new PoP!-Cast!
It's the start of the 2017 PoP! Fantasy Football season, and Jose doesn't know how computers OR clocks work! Lee, to his credit, is out this week, so the remaining hosts discuss the week in wrestling, Mayweather vs. McGregor, Joker movies and James Cameron being a misogynist! This episode not sponsored by International Delight's Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Coffee Creamer.
While all of those dummies were staring at the sun this week, The PoP!-Cast was putting together some of the hottest takes on the internet! Listen in for discussion on this new MoviePass racket, Summerslam and NXT: Takeover Brooklyn III recaps, and most importantly, the PoP!-Cast reviews the first four episodes of Marvel/Netflix's Defenders! All this, plus Knize's paternal instincts have kicked in!
Lee battles ants, Knize reminisces about City Slickers, Kelly prepares for the midnight release of DC's Dark Knight: Metal #1, and Jose breaks open a conspiracy about a giant chair. So, all in all, a pretty ridiculous episode of The PoP!-Cast. Oh, and there's Nazis now. This is how you get Nazis.
While they eagerly await a special guest interview, The PoP!-Cast discusses the first image of Josh Brolin as Cable, the recent Inhumans panel at the Television Critics Association, and Chris Benoit's love for Louisiana Fried Chicken. All this, plus we've finally reached the finals of the Actual Fantasy Basketball Tournament, pitting JuggaloJohn's "The Other Ones" (Kyle Rayner, Wally West, and Elongated Man) against Knize's "Fantastic 3" (Reed Richards, Sue Storm, & The Thing). Who will come...
The PoP!-Cast recaps all of the top news from #SDCC and brings you the semi-finals of the Actual Fantasy Basketball Tournament! All this, plus Kelly talks G1 and Knize has a live report from the Mae Young Classic!
