GAR Podcast 88: Glenn is the Love Guru

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

intro / Super Bowl aftermath / dissecting the crucial play / the halftime show / Nationwide and child death / the other commercials / McDonalds and lovin’ / more commercials / Pac-Man for beer / Esurance with Walter White / the pizza trick / Better Call Saul / Battle Creek / The Blacklist / how to watch Breaking Bad / binge watching vs. weekly watching / binge comics reading / Black Widow by Richard K. Morgan / Ghostbusters reboot / Bill Cosby territory / Rob Schneider / Night Nurse / Better Call Saul comic / The Love Parlay / Glenn gives relationship advice / when to say I love you / hornet’s nest / wrestling interlude / threesome / run run run / out of bounds / torn between two terrors / make up deception / ask Glenn for Valentine’s Day / closing /

Links:

Malcolm Butler’s interception at Deadspin

Up with People

Loretta Sisco on the Super Bowl Commercials at Biff Bam Pop!

Super Bowl Pac-Man

Glenn’s reviews of “Agent Carter” at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s reviews of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” at Biff Bam Pop!

Richard K. Morgan

Glenn’s review of Leonard Part 6

Behind the Bets Podcast

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

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

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 78: Ray Flips Out Over Fake Dr. Doom

This is what Doom is eventually going to do to all stupid movie executives.
This is what Doom is eventually going to do to all stupid movie executives.

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

pre-intro excitement / intro / Doctor Doom / rogue programmer / accent / the studio’s approach / invisible action figures / containment suits / Hulk fists / Doom is so cool… / reality TV angle / will Ray see the movie? / John Byrne / the Inhumans / trusting the storytellers / Tom DeFalco / other artist possibilities on Fantastic Four / does love equal quality / Bill Sienkiewicz / will Glenn see this movie? / Punisher Oscar / film criticism criteria / Freddy Got Fingered / Moulin Rouge! / Doom is so cool, part 2 / Vince Vaughn Doom / closing / shout out to JP Fallavollita / M. Night /

Links:

You had your chance, Fox. You had your chance.
You had your chance, Fox. You had your chance.

GAR! on The Fantastic Four Conspiracy Theory

The Fantastic Four on IMDb

Glenn’s reviews of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s 2003 review of Freddy Got Fingered

Glenn’s 2004 review of Moulin Rouge

JP Fallavollita at Biff Bam Pop!

JP Fallavollita on Twitter

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

 

Oh yeah, an angry computer programmer is SOOOOO much more compelling.
Oh yeah, an angry computer programmer is SOOOOO much more compelling.

GAR! Podcast Episode 70: Stoner TV and Big Brother

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

intro / writer math / Glenn’s old / the Wilderness Act / Adventure Time / Sid and Marty Krofft / Electra Woman and Dyna Girl / 1980s stoner TV / She-Ra / toys and morals / Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends / animated Fantastic Four / translating the FF / origins / new FF flick / Big Brother / brains vs. beauty / gameplay / Ariana Grande / naked pictures controversy / Silver Linings Playbook / Ray at the Ground Round / Nifty Fifty’s / Red Robin / customer service / phone scammers / OMAC / Forever Evil / Aaron Kuder / I Kill Giants / ADAM 12 / OMAC flushed down the toilet / closing / Biff Bam Pop! /

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Links:

Glenn’s Birthday Podcast

Rob Kelly

Back Issue! at TwoMorrows

Nifty Fifty’s at French Fry Diary

Red Robin Birthday Fries

Nomorobo

Aaron Kuder on Twitter

ADAM 12 by Gigio Longo and Nick Suders

Stitcher on Twitter

The Wednesday Run by JP Fallavollita

“The Strain” reviewed by Marie Gilbert

“Doctor Who” reviewed by Glenn

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 69: DC Comics and Glenn’s Birthday

Jack Kirby

The photo above is Jack Kirby, not Glenn Walker. While it is Glenn’s birthday, and he is a year older, he’s not THAT old.
Happy Birthday, Glenn!


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

re-wired / Verizon / birthdays / Christmas at CVS / Glenn’s birthday resolutions / Twitter and promotion / Jack Kirby / Kirby at Marvel in the 1970s / Kirby at DC in the 1970s / Byrne and Kirby on FF / Fantastic Four #51 / the Spider-Woman controversy / naked superheroes / anatomy and sexiness / internet lets us down again / Kirby’s women / Ray and the New 52 / Red Hood and Teen Titans / Aquaman / New 52 Justice Leagues / Glenn vs. Shazam / Black Adam / Mary Marvel / The Flash / Savage Hawkman / wading through the New 52 / Glenn’s take on the Blackhawks / Queen and Country / The Last Policeman / what it takes to get Ray on a cruise / closing /

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French Fry Diary

Glenn on “Doctor Who”

Fantastic Four #51

The Spider-Woman cover controversy

GAR! on the Teen Titans #1 cover

Interview with Mark Poulton on Savage Hawkman

Mark Poulton on GAR!

Glenn reviews Grayson #1

“The Last Policeman” by Ben H. Winters

Ben H. Winters

Nomorobo

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 65: The All-Batman Episode!

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

intro / Batman75 at Biff Bam Pop! / the Batman ’66 boxed set / Bat-mania and nostalgia / rights issues / child of Batman ’66 / poor Burt Ward / Frank Gorshin / should have been extras / the first Batman movie / Bat-sexy / King Tut / Harley Quinn / the Riddler / Batman Forever / Gotham / Cillian Murphy / Predators / Batman Planetary / Neal Adams Omnibus / Alan Brennert / Top Ten and Alan Moore / Alan Brennert’s comics / Neal Adams revisions / Brave and the Bold / Batman Family / Robin / Birds of Prey / Barbara Gordon / Dick Grayson / Bat-Mite / Batwoman / Injustice / Bat-closing / Sharknado 2 / Batman on Twitter / Spooky says hi /

Burt Ward’s company was Boy Wonder Visual Effects, and it did the special effects for Bulletproof Monk, but appears to have gone out of business, poor Burt…

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Links:

Intro to Batman75 at Biff Bam Pop!

JP Fallavollita on Batman’s Costume

Glenn on the Batmobile

JP Fallavollita on Batman Adventures #1

Marie Gilbert on Batman’s Ladies of Film and Television

Glenn on the Batman of Earth-Two

Batman The Complete Series on Blu-Ray Limited Edition

Glenn’s review of Predators

Alan Brennert

Rob Kelly’s interview with Alan Brennert on The Fire and Water Podcast

Glenn’s review of Grayson #1

Devin Grayson’s Nightwing Sexual Assault Story

Glenn’s review of Sharknado 2

If Glenn Did It – Man of Steel

Glenn’s The Dark Knight review

Glenn reviews The Dark Knight again

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Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Frank Gorshin does “The Riddler Song” on “The Dean Martin Show” 1966

Batman: Dead End

 

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