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.

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)

Brian, Stephen & Crispy (pic from Flickr by Derek Deweese)

We talk about zombie walks, TV ratings, podcasting, drinking and hanging out at a con where none of work staff (shocking, I know). Along with the audio, check out pics from GMX courtesy of Brian & Derek.

In this episode we talk about monkeys, the Rick Roll, REPO: The Genetic Opera, The Abyss, monkeys, 4chan, television, Dubshack’s mind, Amanda Palmer’s belly, Stephen’s pants, monkeys and anything else that may be on our minds. Show notes might help, and they’re hiding below the break.

Feedback is welcome … feedback@whatthecast.com or hatemail@whatthecast.com

Episode 52 Show Notes

Georgia & Thailand are strange political bedfellows

Thailand’s airport protests make Stephen think of shipping himself rather than flying. Brian points out that a radio DJ tried this once.

How has 4chan changed your life?

• LOLcats, Anonymous & the Rick Roll
• Patrick makes some strange monkey analogies here
• Listener Feedback: how do internet memes compare to the works of Shakespeare? Let us know – feedback@whatthecast.com

TV/Movie quick rundown?

• Klaatu is an ass, and Keanu isn’t the robot
• Pushing Daisies is dead; Knight Rider still lives
• Wil Wheaton on Heroes? Not really, but Twitter made a connection.
• Tr2n is now to be called TRZ, and Crispy tests Brian on acronyms. What is the most famous acronym these days? Tell us – feedback@whatthecast.com
• Caprica officially picked up. BSG: The Previous Generation

REPO: The Genetic Opera

• We get the obvious “Repo Man” reference out of the way, with a nod to an old Alex Cox film called “Straight to Hell” (imagine a prequel to “Pulp Fiction” co-starring Courtney Love)
• Crispy versus Brian in a organ repossession deathmatch. What did the movie do right? What went wrong?

Listener Feedback

• Rachel wants a clause written for her based on “The Abyss”
• Dubshack’s audio commentary on Harry Potter & Star Trek

Final Thoughts:

• Stephen: I have the internet in my pants … on my iPhone
• Patrick: The Shat has a talk show on Bio
• Crispy: Left 4 Dead & MegaMan 9
• Brian: Bellygate! Never tell a woman she looks fat in her music video … especially if she isn’t
  • http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/03/dresden-dolls-roadrunner
  • http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147869-dresden-dolls-palmer-tangles-with-label-over-tummy

In preparation for the holiday shopping season, WhatTheCast gives you 50% more show in this extended episode … but wait, there’s more! You also get Patrick & Crispy ripping holes in Quantum of Solace, Stephen mourning the loss of The Middleman and the entire cast picking on the reboot of Knight Rider. Plus if you download in the next five minutes, you get listener feedback!

Show notes and a ShamWow after the cut … ok, no ShamWow, just show notes. But it’s ShamWow, whatcha gonna do …

Episode 51 Show Notes

Topic Summary

• REPO with Crispy

  http://www.repo-opera.com/

  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/repo_the_genetic_opera/

• TRAILERPARK!
  • New Star Trek movie trailer. Does this make you happy or afraid?

    http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/

  • New Harry Potter trailer

    http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthehalf-bloodprince/

  • Sexy, sexy Watchmen trailer, plus the video game

    http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/11/17/first-look-watchmen-video-game/

  • Punisher: War Zone
    http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/punisherwarzone/
  • Race to Witch Mountain

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjVgR7WQkIM&feature=related

• Listener Feedback (Chris Fisher’s Clause, old comment on our Sherlock FAIL)
• Quantum of Solace – what went right? what went wrong?

  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/quantum_of_solace/

• TV update?
  • Middleman looks like it’s gone

    http://io9.com/5079850/has-the-middleman-been-cancelled

  • Knight Rider got completely re-tooled (heh, heh, tool)

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i2a6531019c4147a6b48380e465fc31d5

    http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/7998.htm/

  • Sarah Connor Chronicles … will it get Terminated?

    http://www.fox.com/blogs/terminator/2008/10/09/status-update/

  • Pushing Daisies on its deathbed

    http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-abc22-2008nov22,0,1894747.story

Final Thoughts:

• Patrick: The Mars Phoenix’s last tweet
  http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix/status/999383469
• Stephen:
  • Hot Topic CEO apologizes to crazy Twilight fans
    http://io9.com/5084902/ceo-of-hot-topic-apologizes-to-pleather+clad-twilight-fans
  • NUDIST COLONY OF THE DEAD. It’s a musical!

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102564/

• Crispy: QueerWolf?

  http://www.choconado.com/queerwolf.html

• Brian: Guns N’ Roses album to debut on MySpace

  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10103315-93.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

Brian, Crispy & Patrick return to the podiosphere with the “golden anniversary” edition of WhatTheCast. In Episode 50, our podheroes discuss their usual random set of topics. The cast talks about Doctor Who, Circuit City, Ron Pearlman as Elvis, Don Cheadle as War Machine, The Big Bang Theory on friendship clauses, dads gold-farming in Hello Kitty online, Troy Duffy and a lot of other things not connected by anything except our warped state of mind.

Feedback goes to feedback@whatthecast.com. Hatemail goes to hatemail@whatthecast.com. Money goes to PayPal   Show notes after the break.

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Episode 50 Show Notes

Apologies for taking so long between episodes, the hosts have lives outside of podcasting.

Moments of silence for Circuit City, and the Tenth Doctor.

Ron Perlman To Steal Bruce Campbell’s Elvis In Bubba Nosferatu (Brian)
http://io9.com/5074075/ron-perlman-to-steal-bruce-campbells-elvis-in-bubba-nosferatu
Will this fail without Bruce Campbell?

Friendship Clauses – inspired by The Big Bang Theory (Patrick)
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v16440719qwy5Cpzr?rank=12&category=category_tvshows&order=mr
What sci-fi clause do your friends need to agree to? Send those to feedcack@whatthecast.com

Boondock Saints 2 finally underway, will it be worth it
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i63073cda9189a10c89b7211e81452a88

There’s a Hello Kitty MMO? Yes, there really is.
http://www.hellokittyonline.com/us/

Iron Man II is on, but where did Terence go?
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20236884,00.html

Final Thoughts:
Patrick – Did you vote? No? Then shut the hell up!
Crispy – Captain Fantastic name change
Brian – Social Networking Traffic Outpacing Porn?
http://www.lamp.edu.au/eyeinthesky/2008/09/16/social-web-pips-porn/