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Episode 86: Dance Dance Living Room Redecoration

WhatTheAdmin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:45:43 +0000

This episode has Brian, zombies, Crispy, dancing video games, Stephen, strange experiments with big bangs, Patrick, talk show hosts returning from the grave and pencils from the future. Yeah, we’re not sure what happened either. Just download and listen … please …

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Episode 85: Live at GMX 2010

WhatTheAdmin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:29:10 +0000

Brian, Crispy and Stephen take the helm of a live podcast at Geek Media Expo in Nashville.

In this episode we make fun of hungover congoers, talk science and reward audience questions with cake. It’s nerd love at its best.

Episode 84: George Willis Interview (GMX 2010)

WhatTheAdmin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:15:13 +0000

In this special episode from Geek Media Expo 2010, Stephen and Brian interview George Willis from season two of The Colony (Discovery Channel).

George Willis (photo courtesy of Discovery Channel)

George is an artist, inventor, film maker and movie model builder who somehow got involved in an end-of-the-world reality show. We talk to George about hunting rats, living in a post-Katrina wasteland and how reality shows compare to psychological experiments.

Also check out our Tauntaun race video from GMX 2010, and stay tuned for the “live at GMX” WhatTheCast episode (coming soon to a Zune near you).

[Video] GMX 2010 Tauntaun Race

WhatTheAdmin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:47:31 +0000

Yes, you read that correctly … a tauntaun race. Since tauntauns don’t actually exist, it’s an old-fashioned sack race in ThinkGeek Tauntaun Sleeping Bags.

Crispy and Brian from WhatTheCast host this epic event at GMX 2010, which becomes even more epic when we discover there aren’t enough sacks to go around. The solution: INVISIBLE TAUNTAUN

The madness is posted on YouTube in three parts for your viewing enjoyment.

Are you ready for GMX?

WhatTheAdmin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:34:25 +0000

Ok kids … pack your kilts, stick some gears on old waistcoats and find those Vulcan ears. Geek Media Expo 2010 is only days away (October 22-24) and WhatTheCast is ready to take it over.

Saturday brings the madness that is Race of the Tauntauns … a sack race using sleeping bags that look like tauntauns from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (you know, the movie that didn’t suck). Contestants can use the ThinkGeek edition sleeping bag or their own creation, but they must complete the course while avoiding our twisted obstacles (cue evil laugh). Contestants also have to survive Crispy and Brian’s sportscaster commentary, adding another degree of difficulty to the event.

The live WhatTheCast recording is at noon on Sunday (Oct 24th), so you have plenty of time to grab brunch before we recap a fantastic geek weekend. We’re also hanging out on the “Geek Journalism” panel (Saturday at 5:00pm).

Stephen brings the science (SCIENCE!) to the show on two panels … “Science of the Whedonverse” (Saturday at 2:00pm) and his awesome “There Ain’t No Stealth in Space” presentation (Sunday at 1:00pm).

We’ve also got friends along for the ride. Garret Wang, Voyager crew member and director of Dragon*Con Star Trek programming, is bringing his personal brand of fun to the show. GMX also added the Sci-Fi Janitors (Bob and Carl) to the guest list (if you don’t clean up after yourselves they will call you out … you have been warned). It’s a great guest list so there’s something to do when we’re not on stage.

The whole GMX schedule is here in PDF: http://www.whatisgmx.net/GMX-Vol2-Schedule.pdf (subject to change without warning)

Episode 83: Uneventful Lone Star

WhatTheAdmin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:26:17 +0000

In this episode, the entire cast assembles to discuss our time at Dragon*Con, the upcoming trip to GMX, the latest in TV failures, a little bit of TV win and what happens when you cross a movie monster with a 70′s buddy cop show.

Episode 82: DragonCon 2010 LIVE!

WhatTheAdmin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:41:57 +0000

Ok, so we didn’t win a Parsec Award … but we did have this fantastic live show at Dragon*Con! Come visit with the cast as we talk costumes and convention madness with Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan, the creative two-headed monster behind Chad Vader.

Thanks to the fantastic Swoopy and the Dragon*Con Podcasting Track for their help hosting and producing this year’s live episode.

Episode 81: Pre Con Show

WhatTheAdmin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:33:04 +0000

The cast has Dragon*Con on the brain! Brian, Crispy and Stephen talk about what they’re up to at Dragon*Con 2010 … The Dragon*Con Late Show, Dragon*ConTV, The Parsec Awards, Stephen’s panel appearances and a whole lot more. We also give a few props to ThinkGeek for the prizes they handed off to Dragon*ConTV.

Episode 80: P != NPH

WhatTheAdmin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:48:15 +0000

We’re back with the podcast that is, amazing enough, nominated for a 2010 Parsec Award [Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)]. Does this motley crew deserve such an honor? Guess you’ll have to listen to find out …

Parsec Awards! We’re a Finalist!

WhatTheAdmin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:41:31 +0000

We’re a Parsec Awards finalist for 2010!
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

Thanks for supporting the funny!

Episode 79: Doctor Scotch

WhatTheAdmin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:17:08 +0000

Boy, do we love the Doctor Who. We also love talking about Doctor Who, autotuning our friends when they sing about scotch, drinking the scotch Stephen brought over to the house, catching up on various SyFy shows and bleeping Stephen when he swears like a sailor. It’s part two of our last live recording session, which sounds awesome thanks to Jeff McClure’s multi-track setup.

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Episode 78: Bzzzzzzzzzzz

WhatTheAdmin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:22:05 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen … and Crispy … we’re all in the same room for this episode. That means we’re talking Dragon*Con, playing with a live audience and drinking some kind of scotch. The podcast could (and does) go anywhere as we hit a variety of topics.

In Part One of our couch-based audio adventure the cast talks about Tesla (the inventor not the band), the World Cup, horrible singers at Irish pubs, vuvuzelas, white people in movies they don’t belong in and the Rotten Tomatoes meter level that is equivalent to baseball’s Mendoza line. It may not make sense, but it’s a lot of fun …

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Episode 77: Patrick will drive to your house

WhatTheAdmin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:50:53 +0000

The whole cast is back for this episode, where Patrick is willing to visit the other cast members and forcefully explain why we should agree with his review of Iron Man 2 (just kidding, we agree to disagree … I think). We’re also talking about Dragon*Con, GMX, TV and the Smart Pop Books contest (enter before July 1st).

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Episode 76: Revenge of the Scotch

WhatTheAdmin — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:50:10 +0000

It’s part two of our ScotchCast, recorded May 22, 2010. While Stephen tries to bring Wingin’ It 3D back from podio-death, Brian tries to keep the cast on course and discuss the following topics:

TV shows that got the axe in 2010, and how this relates to the ending of Lost
Our awesome friend Eugie Foster winning a Nebula award
Why it’s cool to vote in the Hugo Awards
WhatTheCon discusses Dragon*Con and GMX
A Doctor Who discussion so long that Claire dumps Brian for his one-hearted clone and Stephen regenerates in the middle of the podcast … he still has no hair.
You can win a free book from Smart Pop Books! Listen to the episode to find out more.

Thanks to Claire, Wendy and Jason for helping out with this episode.

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Episode 74: Doctor Kick Ass Furry Centipede

WhatTheAdmin — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:36:41 +0000

Brian, Crispy and Stephen are all over the map in this episode of WhatTheCast.

We spoil Doctor Who for anyone who isn’t using “BT Airlines” to watch the show.
We discuss the poorly titled ‘Furry Vengence’, the potentially poorly planned ‘Robin Hood’ prequel and the creepy ideas behind ‘Human Centipede (First Sequence)‘.
Stephen raves about ‘Kick Ass’
Crispy mourns the loss of ‘Legend of the Seeker’
Brian talks about two conventions that happened before he had a chance to edit this podcast (whoops)

It’s another episode of WhatTheCast for you to enjoy.

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Foreclosure for the Dollhouse

WhatTheAdmin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:40:08 +0000

In case you missed it, Stephen helped kick everyone out of the Dollhouse … it’s the Foreclosure episode of the Dollhouse Podcast (before it became the Milk Carton TV Podcast). Our listeners know Stephen has issues with the final episodes of Dollhouse, now he shares them with other fans on this special (and quite profane) episode.

We hope this keeps you going while Brian roams Germany on business.

Episode 72: The Fail Boat

WhatTheAdmin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:33:56 +0000

Of course an episode where we talk about how much other people FAIL would be delayed with technical difficulties. Episode 72 of WhatTheCast features Brian, Crispy and Patrick … despite the best intentions of Brian’s Skype plugins.

On the podcast today: Dollhouse ended on a weird note, Repo Men rips the spine out of another ‘Repo’ movie, Dragon*Con isn’t the only con in town, Brian gets a ‘podcast red card’ within the first two minutes of the show and a movie that is 85% CGI is up for a ‘cinematography’ award … WTF?

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Episode 71: We Spoil Dollhouse

WhatTheAdmin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:40:19 +0000

Ok, it’s time to get this 2010 party started with WhatTheCast … Crispy, Stephen and Brian are in the PodHizzouse.

In this episode we spoil Episode 11 of Dollhouse (sorry, but we have to rip this one apart), Robert Downey, Jr. at the Golden Globes, Avatar in China, Leno vs Conan as a superhero battle and Sherlock Holmes as a badass.

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Links from this show …

Happy New Year!

WhatTheAdmin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:12:37 +0000

Greetings 2010! WhatTheCast will soon be back from its long winter’s nap. Our 2010 movie preview episode will be recorded the weekend of Jan 16th when we get together to see Jonathan Coulton with Paul & Storm in Atlanta (woot!). If you have any comments before then, let us know … feedback@whatthecast.com

Have fun & stay tuned …