Saturday Morning | Ep #76

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Wake up! The spirit of Saturday Morning doesn't sleep in, and neither does The Hourchive. Join us on the living room floor for cereal, cartoons, and more.     

 

Show Notes: 

02:15 The Spirit of Saturday Morning

07:45 Don't sleep away Saturday
11:25 Interlude: Chicago: "Saturday in the Park"
12:20 Saturday morning cartoons
19:15 Saturday Morning Fever
20:22 FCC deregulation
22:25 John's favorites: Kidd Video | Kissyfur | Pee-Wee's Playhouse 
24:01 Drew's favorites: Zoobilee Zoo | He-Man | Transformers | TMNT
25:50 Gender neutrality: Pound Puppies | Popples
27:03 Movies: Rainbow Brite | Care Bears | Transformers
31:15 Interlude: White Lion: "Transformers: The Movie theme"
32:20 Cable
36:30 Teddy Ruxpin | My Pet Monster | Madballs
38:30 Cereal: "cartoons in a box"
38:30 "Can't get enough of that Golden Crisp..."
44:05 Interlude: Less Than Jake: "Do the Pac-Man"
44:40 A new era  


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Saturday Morning | Ep #76

Addendums 05 | Eps #61-75

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It's time to check facts and read feedback, and this time we're joined by a panel of experts (experts on us, at least).    

 

Show Notes: 

00:50 The Deanna & Ashley Show

07:50 Interlude: Law & Order theme 
16:25 Kim hates the Scary Stories show
19:30 Movie Directors: Auteurs (Ep #61) | Sofia Coppola
22:20 Side Projects and Concept Bands (Ep #62) | International Superheroes of Hardcore | Mariachi El Bronx | Avett Brothers | Steve Martin
27:58 Pro Wrestling (Ep #63) | WWF dispute | jabroni 
33:55 Interlude: Mariachi El Bronx: "Cell Mates" 
34:40 SNL (Ep #64) | GE Smith
37:50 Comic Books (Ep #66) | Gen13 / Danger Girl | X-Men 2099 
42:01 Space Travel (Ep #67) | John's Planetary Society Card | Taikonauts | Transliteration | Chris Hadfield
52:35 Interlude: Chris Hadfield: "Space Oddity"
53:30 Stephen King (Ep #69) | Dreamcatcher | Hypergraphia
1:00:00 Part-Time Jobs (Eps #71 and 72)
1:01:40 Coffee (Ep #73) | SYSK: Podcast
1:06:01 Barbecues (Ep #74) | Bags
1:09:44 Blogging (Ep #75) | It's Herb   


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Addendums 05 | Eps #61-75

Movie Directors: Living Legends (Part 1) | Ep #70

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Lucas. Spielberg.

The glasses. The beard. The movies. The memories. 

 

Show Notes: 

04:15 George Lucas
04:35 Young George

05:10 From Star Wars to Jedi VHS cover
07:00 ILM / Skywalker Sound
10:50 Akira Kurosawa
11:50 Red Tails 
12:47 Herbie
13:15 THX-1138
13:46 American Graffiti
13:58 "Hello, hello, hello!?"
15:50 Interlude: Buddy Holly: "That'll Be the Day" (American Graffiti)
20:40 Indiana Jones series
23:50 Steven Spielberg
24:20 (r)E.T.
31:00 Interlude: John Williams: "Out to Sea" (Jaws)
33:01 Jaws
29:45 The Spielberg filmography
37:55 The Poltergeist controversy
41:35 Hook
45:15 Interlude: "When You're Alone" (Hook)
46:30 Jurassic Park

See also: E.T. | Episode #29



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Movie Directors: Living Legends (Part 1) | Ep #70

Stephen King | Ep #69

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Stephen King once dubbed himself the "literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries." Obviously we're doing an episode on him.  

 

Show Notes: 

01:10 The fingerpop 
02:30 Novellas vs. short stories

04:26 The Stephen King phase
04:48 Pet Sematary trailer
07:01 The Stephen King ouvre
07:25 Carrie
08:18 The Bachman books
09:40 The Dark Half
10:57 Horror vs. terror vs. the gross-out
11:32 Danse Macabre
13:05 The Plant
14:11 Rock Bottom Remainders (see also: Side Projects and Concept Bands | Ep #62)
14:35 Maximum Overdrive
14:48 Stephen King vs. an ATM
15:25 Interlude: Ramones: "Pet Sematary"
22:08 The Shining 
22:12 The Shinning
24:40 Carrie (1976)
29:45 Interlude: Joe Cornish: "The Shining"
30:40 The Dark Tower
33:16 The Stephen King universe
34:10 Hearts in Atlantis
35:37 The Stand
39:30 Interlude: Ben E. King: "Stand By Me"
40:17 The Body / Stand By Me
48:36 The pie eating contest (see also: Carnivals and Fairs | Ep #38)
54:00 It
56:08 The Mist (see also: Modern Movie Monsters | Ep #07)



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Space Travel | Ep #67

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Launch sequence initiated! 

 

Show Notes: 

02:25 'Nauts
05:40 50 years of space travel
08:40 The International Space Station

08:56 Curiosity
09:18 Naming rights
10:30 The Planetary Society
14:40 The lost cosmonauts
16:40 Moon flag
17:10 Moon map
17:45 The moon race
19:15 "To the moon..." and the other things
20:35 Interlude: Julie London: "Fly Me to the Moon" 
22:50 Why We Left Earth
24:30 Physical effects
28:20 Apollo 11 in real time
30:25 Interlude: "Yakko's Universe" (Animaniacs)
31:15 The shuttle program
31:55 Biosphere 2
32:30 The space elevator
34:45 Space X
36:20 Space Camp: The Movie
41:20 Houston Space Center
44:45 Interlude: Riverdales: "Rocketship X-M"
45:50 Space travel movies (Apollo 13 / 2001: A Space Odyssey / The Right Stuff / From the Earth to the Moon / Armageddon / Explorers / Moon / Sunshine)
56:16 The face on Mars
56:50 Cosmos
58:10 Neil Degrasse Tyson: Death by Black Hole
58:40 "We are all connected" (star stuff)



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Space Travel | Ep #67