GAR! 165: Blog March with Robin Renee


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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast with special guest and friend of the show Robin Renee includes a frank, serious, and occasionally silly discussion of politics in this post-November world, including Robin’s Blog March project, podcasts, the political environment, Glenn’s call to arms, Ray’s depression, Tom MacArthur, New Jersey politics, dealing with family and friends who support Trump, net neutrality, fake news, climate change, Secret Empire and Snowy, comedy and fatigue, and just to cleanse the palette, some happy thoughts to close out the show, including Disney Quest, Dragon Quest, Cmo Love, and Neal Stephenson.

The GAR! Podcast is the Glenn Walker and Ray Cornwall weekly podcast where they talk unrehearsed about whatever happens to come to mind. It’s an audio-zine for your mind, a nerd exploration of a nerd world, coming to you from the suburbs of New Jersey and the sunny lakes of Florida via Skype.

Links:

Robin Renee’s website

Blog March 2017

Blog March Schedule

Robin on Twitter

Robin on Instagram

United States of Anxiety

Pod Saves America

Robin’s Blog Tour

Robin’s First GAR! Interview

Robin on Pokemon GO

Robin’s Poem from the Blog March

Tom MacArthur on Twitter ? let him know how you feel

FFC on Open Internet

Go FCC Yourself

Rorie Kelly’s Blog March Post

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Cmo Love’s Blog March Post

Biff Bam Pop!

The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Instagram

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on Apple Podcasts

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

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The GAR! Podcast 142: Don’t Eat the Brussel Sprouts

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

intro / the great 2016 move / bowling / Burger King Mac and Cheetos / Loaded Bloomin’ Onion / Heart Attack Grill / where are the pets? / more moving / Ray’s keepable comics / Glenn’s keepable comics / is She-Hulk dead? / continuity and emotional connection / Captain America is a Nazi / Glenn fights back / Ray on Trump / NJ Primary / travelling with pets / the trip to Florida / FFD recommendations / Donkey’s / closing /

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Links:

Moon Dog Grill

Glenn’s review of the Moon Dog Grill

Glenn’s reviews of the Cool Dog Cafe

The Loaded Bloomin’ Onion

The Heart Attack Grill

Nerdfect Strangers 34: Florida: America’s Wang

Glenn reviews Captain America: Steve Rogers #1

Glenn’s Civil War II reviews

GAR! interviews Joe DeVito

Joe DeVito’s Kickstarter

South Jersey Writers’ Group

Becca Calloway

Becca on GAR!

French Fry Diary

Glenn’s review of Donkey’s Place

Biff Bam Pop!

The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Instagram

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

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Videos:

The Heart Attack Grill (watch ’til the end to hear the jingle)

 

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The GAR! Podcast 134: The South Jersey Writers at the 2016 Camden Comic Con

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

intro / Marie Gilbert / The Walking Dead / ticking clock / the Lucille lottery / cliffhangers / Survivor / the real horror / real zombies / Marie’s books / sequel recap / female protagonists / diversity / action figure equality / Marie on TV / ghost hunting / ghosts at home / Glenn’s promotion / Dawn Byrne / Guideposts / Chicken Soup for the Soul / sidekicking / mentoring / fiction and non-fiction / family comic con / GAR Podcast / Kahlil Weston / Mad Writer Publishing / Garden State of Mind / bullying / addiction / passion / drugs / Randy Ribay / An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes / genre / kids influence / moving / The Make Mine Magic Podcast / Christopher Eilenstine / The Soulless / NJ filmmaking / Steampunk Granny / Shadows of the Forest / retirement / devolved humanity / the Roof Oasis movie deal / closing /

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Links:

South Jersey Writers’ Group

Marie Gilbert

Marie at Biff Bam Pop!

Marie on “The Walking Dead”

Patti O’Brien

Roof Oasis

Saving Solanda

Shelley Shayner

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer

Dawn Byrne

Camden Comic Con

Kahlil Weston

Mad Writer Publishing

Randy Ribay

An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Christopher Eilenstine at Biff Bam Pop!

Shadows of the Forest

Biff Bam Pop!

The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Instagram

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

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GAR! Podcast Episode 112: Hulk Hogan Vs. Bill Cosby

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

intro / the heat / behind the scenes / Merds / the audience / wrestling news / Hulk Hogan / removal / Raw / Curtis Axel / measures of erasure / Wrestlemania in Dallas / Twitter talkback / the Iron Sheik / sex, exes, and videotape / Bill Cosby / the odds / the past / Camille Cosby / returned endowment / comebacks / idol / heartbreak / lawsuits / con game / New Coke / the Cola Wars / Ray’s Secret Wars blog / Dan Didio / Section 8 / The Blue Baron / Back Issue! on Avengers vs. Defenders / Glenn on Avengers vs. Defenders / Valkyrie vs. the Black Knight / closing / the chop shop / Ray’s pre-emptive strike /

Links:

Legion of Super-Bloggers

Sitcomics

The Blue Baron #1

Biff Bam Pop’s interview with Darin Henry

Back Issue! #82

Glenn on “Morning Coffee”

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

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Special Note from Ray: If you’re a long-time listener to GAR!, you’ve probably heard a cat mewing in the background many times. More than likely, that cat was my pal Dewey, who I adopted in 2002 as a kitten. I found Dewey mewing his little head off in the adoption section of a Petsmart. I came over and asked to see him; he jumped over to me, crawled up my one arm, down the other, and went to sleep in the crook of my arm. We haven’t been separated since. I didn’t adopt him; he adopted me.

On Thursday, July 30th, Dewey went to the Big Farm, where he can roam and play. He was a champion mouser, and an amazing cat despite the onset of blindness midway through his life. He showed me more love, affection, and trust than any other animal I’ve ever known, and I will miss him terribly.

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If you’re reading this, please consider making a small donation to your local animal shelter. They rock, and they could probably use the money. Or, if you have the room in your life and the love in your heart, consider adopting a shelter animal of your own.

Thanks to all of you for listening, and we’ll be back next week!

GAR! Podcast Episode 109: Listener Feedback

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

intro / a very special episode / rainbows and marriage / listener feedback / Ray vs. Christie, round two / Ray’s light show / Glenn’s tornado story / Christie, round three / the official GAR! BBQ / barbecue vs. barbeque / Hell’s Kitchen / Meghan’s steak / chefs over crazy / beating the reality formula / Big Brother / Marvel post-Secret Wars / Al Ewing / Warren Ellis / Kindle Unlimited / Glenn is an Oldhead / which Wolverine is which? / closing / True Detective / bug Rick Springfield /

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Links:

Sarah Hawkins Miduski

Barbecue vs. Barbeque

Craig LaBan’s Jersey Shore Dining Guide

Cunning Plans: Talks by Warren Ellis

The Writers Coffeehouse

Glenn talks Avengers on our last episode

Glenn’s website

Sarah on “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s thoughts on “True Detective” then and now

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

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GAR Podcast Episode 62: Grilling, Dating, Reading and Writing

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

Chick-fil-A / one near you / grilling / divorce / the opposite / get meat / grocery stores / occupational hazards / brush with death / speed dating / the Rob Kelly dating litmus test / Tinder tales / Orange Is the New Black / Winter’s Bone / I’ll Be Here All Week / Words in My Head / Godland / Joe Casey / Jose Ladronn / Arby’s / special orders / World Cup Soccer / picking Ray’s team / Japanese Doctor Who / Fire Rick Remender? / Bendis! / early closing / Batman 75 at Biff Bam Pop! / Alan Brennert and Batgirl / grilled fries recipe /

Links:

Chick-fil-A at French Fry Diary

Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza & Bar

Whole Foods Marlton NJ

Rob Kelly

Ace Kilroy

The Aquaman Shrine

Hey Kids, Comics!

Tinder on Reddit

“Winter’s Bone” by Daniel Woodrell

Glenn hated Winter’s Bone the movie

Robin Renee

The Ward and Al Show

Glenn’s review of “I’ll Be Here All Week”

“I’ll Be Here All Week” by Ward Anderson

Words in My Head

Joe Casey’s Man of Action

Jose Ladronn

Arby’s at French Fry Diary

The Netherlands vs. Argentina

Japanese Doctor Who

#FireRickRemender

Great news for Ian Rogers

Alan Brennert and Batgirl

Memorial Day Grilled Fries

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Doctor Who Anime

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 56: Action Park

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

pre-show intro / Make Mine Magic pilots / Stone Cold Steve Austin / spicy language / straight edge Ray / Boys State / the heat / Ray’s brilliant idea of the week / the Olympics / Eurovision / the Olympics in NJ / Action Park / flume of doom / rides of death / Simpsons Tooth Chipper / Ski Mountain / the turnpike / Battle of the Network Stars / XFL / The Waltons / early Fox TV shows / Fridays / Saturday Night Live / bands live / ranking the Weekend Update anchors / poor Charlie Rocket / Norm MacDonald / Dennis Miller / comedy and politics / The Late Shift / the lost art of the talk show / The Tonight Show / podcasting / cleaning out the fridge / shout outs / closing /

Links:

The Make Mine Magic Podcast: The Lost Pilots

The Steve Austin Show

American Legion Jersey Boys State

Deadspin

Nobody Wants to Host the 2022 Olympics

Glenn on the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest

Action Park

The Action Park Documentary

Action Park at Weird NJ

14 Story Log Flume

“Battle of the Network Stars”

“Mr. President” on Fox

“Herman’s Head” on Fox

“Woops!” on Fox

“Fridays”

GAR! talks SNL music

Ranking the Weekend Update Anchors

Norm MacDonald tells the funniest joke ever told

Spotswood Public Library Facebook Page

ALA in Las Vegas

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“Stick Around” with Andy Kaufman

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 30: Live From The Front Seat Of Glenn’s Car!

(Note from Ray- Glenn did our write-up. I’m shocked that he did this without using the word “bedbug”. So, not for any reason other than it’s fun to say “bedbug”…BEDBUG BEDBUG BEDBUG BEDBUG! You’re welcome.)

(Also, the guy we thought was dead? He wasn’t. We saw him walking around a few hours later. So we didn’t make fun of a dead guy. Our karma is spared.)

(Also- Alligator People is AWESOME. Watch the movie below. You’ll thank me later.)

(Also- this was my favorite podcast with Glenn. We really did this in the parking lot of the con in Glenn’s car. We should do more like this.)

This week’s special Live from the Pulp AdventureCon episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

Pulp AdventureCon / Glenn’s arcane movie knowledge / The Wild World of Batwoman / The Alligator People / West of Zanzibar / customer service / the dead guy in the back / Golden Age comics / slabbing comics / the original Daredevil / Mark Waid / Mr. Terrific* / serials / The Spider / bat mitzvah / figure skating / Tonya Harding / sex tapes / this episode’s Breaking Bad reference / Brady Bunch / hotel as alternate housing / customers / used Star Wars toys / Ender’s Game / creator vs. product / Mel Gibson / Super Fun Night / Queen Latifah / marriage / the Green Hornet on radio / Frank Miller / The Spirit / into the woods / Tom Smith / The Fox /

* although what Glenn is thinking of is Captain Nice

Links:

Pulp AdventureCon
The Wild World of Batwoman
The Alligator People
CGC Comics
The original Daredevil
The Fox
Radio Archives
The Spider #64 Claws of the Golden Dragon
Baking Bread t-shirts
Ramada Inn in Bordentown NJ on FourSquare
The Green Hornet Casefiles
Glenn’s review of Frank Miller’s The Spirit
Glenn’s review of the Spirit TV movie
Glenn’s Twitter
Ray’s Twitter

Videos:

The Wild World of Batwoman trailer

The Alligator People trailer

The Alligator People full movie

Mr. Terrific opening

Captain Nice

The Spirit TV movie preview clip

“The Fox” by Ylvis

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GAR! Podcast Episode 28: Boo! Paul Is Dead!

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

delays and excuses / election day / liberals vs. conservatives / political leanings of superheroes / Halloween / bully transvestites / moose! / trick or treat / Mischief Night / holidays / anything but Boggle / desert island discs / Rock and Roll Hall of Fame / breakup songs / Full House / Injustice / Glenn spoils Infinity / Stories about Prince / Paul McCartney Really Is Dead / zug zug / Sopranos closing /

Links:

Steve Lonegan
Cory Booker
Steve Lonegan’s pro-Cory Booker radio commercial
Hey Kids, Comics! by Rob Kelly
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Injustice the comics
Glenn’s reviews of Infinity at Biff Bam Pop!
Stories About Prince
Britney Spears’ real voice
Paul McCartney Really Is Dead

Videos:

Boggle on “Seinfeld”

“Helter Skelter” by Paul McCartney and Nirvana

“You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette (uncensored, NSFW)

“The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)” by Greg Kihn Band

“New” by Paul McCartney

Caveman trailer

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GAR! Podcast Episode 20: Vengeance Is Ours!

The first person to tweet to @raycornwall or @monsura the reason for this episode title gets a GAR! Podcast No-Prize.

This week’s podcast includes discussion of the following:

misfired opening / dreams and Sopranos / Princeless postponed / NJ traffic / Pepsi in Atlanta / temporary deafness / Saints Row 4 swag / mean people suck / Giant-Man Chaos War HeroClix / Heisenberg action figure / Jonathan Tropper / live eBaying / on our desks / Prince’s Breakfast / Prince on film / Glenn on GaGa / new Eminem / Ray on Katy Perry / Adam WarRock on Avatar / not Orson Scott Card / what’s the big deal with Thanos is anyway? / who’s the clone? / 700 Club vs. comics / parental inflictions / Applebee’s / Hickman and Bendis / customers, cons and smells / get out of my store /

Links:

The Sopranos: The Test Dream
Princeless on Tumblr
Action Lab Comics
Pappadeaux, which does in fact have French fries
Saints Row
All Things Fun!
Giant-Man Chaos War HeroClix
Walter White Heisenberg action figure
Jonathan Tropper
crawling Mothra larva
Prince’s YouTube channel
Adam WarRock
Sozin’s Comet EP
Glenn’s review of Infinity #1
Glenn’s review of Avengers #18
Thanos
Adam Warlock
Applebee’s 2 for 20
Ray’s Twitter
Glenn’s Twitter

Videos:

“Breakfast Can Wait” by Prince

“Applause” by Lady GaGa

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