GAR! Podcast Episode 67: Robin Williams, Led Zeppelin, and Howard the Duck

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

early intro / Robin Williams / his death / funny people / dark Robin / suicide / Mork and Mindy / Mork in Wonderland / Exidor / Pam Dawber / The Crazy Ones / marriage / shenanigans / stand up / Dead Poet Society / the Moon / Robin and Disney / gaming / Glenn’s senility / Snickers / Laugh-In redux / Mork and Mindy the movie / Mork vs. the Fonz / Happy Days spin-offs / Flintstones / Peter Bagge’s Hate / the B-52s / Prince covers / Sinead O’Connor / Spotify / Led Zeppelin live / Live Aid / Astro City / Invincible / Spawn / Guardians of the Galaxy spoiler warning / Howard the Duck / in the news / Steve Gerber / comic strips / Steve Gerber vs. Tom Brevoort / Harlan Ellison, lifetime subscriber / Leonard the Duck / Thanos / GARrred out / closing /

Links:

Glenn remembers Robin Williams

Biff Bam Pop! remembers Robin Williams

Why Funny People Kill Themselves

“Out of the Blue”

“Blansky’s Beauties”

Spotify

JL8

All Quacked Up: Steve Gerber, Marvel Comics, and Howard the Duck

Lay’s Do Us A Flavor at French Fry Diary

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Mork in Wonderland

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 60: Special Guest Dennis Knight of Cross

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

special guest Dennis Knight / Cross / enthusiasm / comic book covers / secret origins / Saints Row / carded / XCOM / the mythical David Lisa / Cross in trade / mature audiences / John Romita Jr.’s Superman / more death of Superman / Jack Kirby redrawn in Jimmy Olsen / Tim Seely’s Revival / Chew / Dennis Knight on Green Lantern / Glenn on Wonder Woman / fixing the JSA timeline / Cold War Fantastic Four / Ray on Doctor Doom / Leveling Up with Pronto Comics / closing /

This week’s episode contains language some folks might find inappropriate, please listen with discretion and care.

Links:

Camden Comic Con

Dennis’ first GAR! appearance

Pronto Comics

Cross

Cross on Facebook

XCOM Enemy Unknown

Read On…Romance

David Lisa on Facebook

IndyPlanet

Superman #32 at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn reviews Superman #32 at the All Things Fun! Blogs

Glenn reviews Superman/Wonder Woman #1 at All Things Fun! Blogs

Jack Kirby redrawn

Tim Seeley’s Revival

Leveling Up Pronto Comics Indiegogo Campaign

Dennis Knight on Facebook

Dennis Knight on Twitter

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Pronto Comics Indiegogo Video

 

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GAR! Podcast Episode 59: Sleep Soccer Superhero Team-Up

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

opening / insomnia / sleeping pills / ambien / late night Twittering / the American Dream / Dusty Rhodes / Stardust / storytelling tweaks / DC’s rumored new Crisis / Wally West, Donna Troy, and Spoiler / Rocket Raccoon / Batman ’66 Meets the Green Hornet / fun comics / Superman / Superior Spider-Man / team-up comics / Marvel Two-in-One / Project Pegasus / The Towering Inferno / Rob Kelly defends Aquaman / DC movies / Modern Family / Arachnoquake / World Cup soccer / Russian payback / Lego Leiki / Glenn closes for once /

Links:

#Stardust

Rocket Raccoon #1 preview at Biff Bam Pop!

Batman ’66 Meets the Green Hornet at All Things Fun!

All Things Fun!

Glenn’s Man of Steel review

Rob Kelly Defends Aquaman on Yahoo!

Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza & Bar

Leiki Veskimets at Biff Bam Pop!

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 58: Product Placement and Prince

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / enthusiasm / Ray builds a TV stand on Twitter / Ray’s indestructible Sony / IKEA as Portal / tools / KISS cover bands / Joe Jackson(s) / WIFI 92 FM / Party Line / Ray’s first radio / Quadrophenia / Marni and the X-Men / Magneto and Professor X / Daredevil / Watchmen / Alan Moore / Kickstarters / Sin City / Maleficent / choosing movies with the spouse / Damien Sandow in the ‘raw’ / high definition / Grantland / The Music-to-Sex Ratio Chart / Prince and Purple Rain / Prince comics / how do you pronounce Sade? / Shiela E / Cool C / Burger King’s Extra Long BBQ Cheeseburger / Soundgarden /

Links:

Ray’s IKEA Adventure, on his Twitter, search under #IkeaNinja

IKEA

WIFI 92 FM Philadelphia

Resurrection Band

Superdickery

Kingpin Cast at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Daredevil review

Glenn’s Watchmen review

“Mathematicians in Love” by Rudy Rucker

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For trailer at Biff Bam Pop!

The Make Mine Magic Podcast: Maleficent Vs. Sleeping Beauty

Grantland

The ‘If I Play This R&B Singer’s Music, Will He Help Me Have Sex?’ Chart

“Annie Christian” by Prince

“Glamorous Life” by Cool C

Burger King’s Extra Long BBQ Cheeseburger

South Jersey Writers’ Group

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“Is She really Going Out with Him?” live by Joe Jackson

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 54: Crazy Chick Mount Rushmore

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

an hour? / wrestling is never over / good month for Daniel Bryan / breakneck sport / Kingdom Rush / Godzilla 2014 / spoilers / Agents of SHIELD / Original Sin / the Black Widow / Identity Crisis / super smart Ant-Man / drummers / Ringo Starr / Keith Moon / Bono / Frank Sinatra / U2 / Motley Crue / Bon Jovi / Cher / crazy chick Mount Rushmore / Lindsey Lohan / Britney Spears / Miley Cyrus / Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac / Carmen Electra / Jenny McCarthy / Sinead O’Connor / Wendy O. Williams / The Tomorrow Show / Sean Young / Ray first / closing /

Links:

The Nerd Signal

Glenn’s spoiler-filled Godzilla review at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s SHIELD season finale review

Glenn’s SHIELD reviews of the entire season

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos (so much fun Ray had to add snarky commentary)

“Magical Mystery Tour” by the Beatles: (Ringo is awesome here)

“Love, Reign O’er Me” by The Who (best drum riff at the end of a song by Keith Moon):

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” by Frank Sinatra and Bono (sadly, we can’t embed it)

Bono bugging us (oh God, those hats, that ponytail…I’m not so sure we didn’t commit a crime by posting this)

Motley Crue doing “Helter Skelter” (much better than Bono bugging us)

Wendy O. Williams on “The Tomorrow Show” (NSFW) (but they BLOW UP A CAR ON LIVE TV)

GAR! Podcast Episode 53: Special Guest Becca Butcher of Voluted Tales

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

special guest Becca Butcher / Atlantic City / mermaids / Star Wars: The Ancient something… / old cast / sequels / emergency / Disney vs. Star Wars / John Carter / Fantastic Four / Hellsing / Marvel anime and Blade / G4 and beyond / Amazing Spider-Man 2 / bad theater experiences / Voluted Tales / Godzilla / VT submission guidelines / Dallas Cowboys / dueling plastic surgeries / idiocy by association / the dog killer / more Donald Sterling / Glenn’s new iPhone 5S / area code dating / accents / football families / next Voluted Tales / closing /

Links:

Voluted Tales

Becca Butcher’s blog

Voluted Tales on Facebook

Becca on Twitter

Amazing Spider-Man 2 at biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s John Carter review

Marvel Anime

Loews does not want Glenn’s business

Glenn’s infamous review of The Dark Knight

Glenn’s Marlton 8 review

Nerdful Things at Voluted Tales

Voluted Tales Submission Guidelines

Godzilla at Boing Boing

South Jersey Writers’ Group

Karina Fabian’s website

Meritline

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive (then)

“You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive (now, mature content)

GAR! Podcast Episode 50: Camden Comic Con, part 2

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Wow- we made 50 episodes! Thanks to all our faithful listeners for listening all this time. 

This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

speak down / costume contest / momentary static and feedback / creative community / this show rocks / Knuckle Puck Time / Furious and Frank / Gigio Longo / Adam 12 / dark and light / G. boTiC Productions / Toscana and French fries / digital comics / Philip K. Dick / Guardian Devil and the Hero’s Journey / Holy Terror and Dark Knight / 300 / Captain America The Winter Soldier / the Falcon / Iron Man / does Cap kill? / Mark Poulton / A Cat Named Haiku / haiku and cats / teaching with comics / Koni Waves / demographics / wrestling / WWE Network / Pronto Comics / Phrases to Pages / always an open bar / the Pronto line / Dennis Knight’s Cross / the learning process / ProntoCast / what’s next / “One Star” Bar / Nap Boy and more coming soon / live strippers and spaceships / thank yous /

Very special thanks for this episode go out to Miranda Powell, Bill Haas, Donnie Treadwell, Jennifer Walker, Frank Kamina Castle, Gigio Longo, Mark Poulton, David Rondinelli, Dennis Knight, and Knuckle Puck Time.

Links:

Knuckle Puck Time

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Bryan J.L. Glass

G. boTiC Productions

Adam 12

Buy Adam 12

Toscana in Cherry Hill NJ

French Fry Diary

Glenn’s review of Captain America The Winter Soldier

Adam 12 on Amazon

Mark Poulton on Twitter

A Cat Named Haiku on Amazon

WWE Network

Mark Poulton on Facebook

Mark Poulton at Storenvy

Pronto Comics

Cross

South Jersey Writers

ProntoCast

Free Comic Book Day

“One Star” Bar

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Adam 12

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 39: Special Guest Bryan J. L. Glass

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast has a special guest- Furious writer BRYAN J.L. GLASS!

Ray joins the conversation late due to traffic. Bryan’s a fantastic guest. Bryan was a fantastic guest, and he’s welcome back any time.

Go buy Furious today! Available at your local comics store or at Dark Horse Digital- see link for app information.

Ray-less / Bryan J.L. Glass / Mice Templar / All Things Fun! / Furious / the concept / reality / Victor Santos / collaboration / comic book car chase / more Victor / Polar / origins of Furious / Daredevil Born Again / deconstruction / breaking it down / the media / redemption / what Furious is really about / Ray-some / obligatory “Breaking Bad” reference / zombies on meth / Electra Woman and Dyna Girl / Micronauts / Bryan’s space opera / another Avengers moment / Thor: First Thunder / Thor as Superman / “the hammer is my big stack” / Ray from the past / Bryan’s signing tour / closing /

Links:

Bryan J.L. Glass’ website

Bryan J.L. Glass on Twitter

Furious on Twitter

Furious on Facebook

Perfidia on Twitter

The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast

Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Presents #31 preview

Furious #1 preview

Victor Santos on Blogger

Victor Santos on Twitter

Filthy Rich

Polar

Furious at Newsarama

Dark Horse Comics app

Thor: First Thunder

All Things Fun!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl opening

“Brand New Day” by Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible

And since we talked about Community this week, how can we ignore this fabulous shot from Allison Brie and Gillian Jacobs?
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GAR! Podcast Episode 36: Sex, Batman, and Alan Turing

This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

Robin lays an egg / annoying phone calls / Batman movies / Prince’s Batman soundtrack / 1989 Batmania / getting and giving presents / Ray’s haul / Doctor Who / regeneration / continuity / Glenn’s haul / open world gaming / Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble / Duck Dynasty / Alan Turing / A&E’s problem / Psych / Battle Royale / Sex and Sex Criminals / current and best comics / Ray makes Glenn do math / generational Flashes / more math / Mummers /

Links:

Norobo

Batman: Music from the Motion Picture

The “Who Is Johnny Dollar?” Matter

Glenn’s Doctor Who: Time of The Doctor review at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Amazon wish list

Ray’s Amazon wish list

Alan Turing Pardoned

Frank Miller’s cover to Detective Comics #27

The Mummers Parade

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

1989 Batman trailer

“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Lorde

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GAR! Podcast Episode 34: Jennifer Lawrence in a Slave Leia Bikini

This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

mellow Ray / US Presidents in comics / more Rom / Miracleman / Alan Moore / more Miracleman / Marvelman / Sentry / Guardians of the Galaxy / Image Comics / The Authority / Ray’s Black Friday stash / Die Hard / Jennifer Lawrence / marriage free passes / Slave Leia / Oceans 11 / Marx Brothers / Family Guy / Breaking Bad / Christmas and Birthday / Glenn’s holiday card live /

Note from Ray: There is no known pic of Jennifer Lawrence in a Slave Leia bikini. If you have one, please contact the show. IMMEDIATELY.

Links:

El Tigre

Superman and JFK

Miracleman #1 at Biff Bam Pop!

Comparing the colors of Miracleman

Magic Words

Comics Beat on Miracleman

Glenn’s review of The Detective

Glenn on “Family Guy”

Breaking Bad: The Complete Series on the Biff Bam Pop! Holiday Gift Guide

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Glenn’s Amazon wish list

Ray’s Amazon wish list

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

Awwww
“Aww, look at those dolls WAIT THAT ONE’S HUMAN!”
Look at that angel!
“Gimme back my wallet, kid.”

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