Ep. 27 'You Can't Out Run Death'

This week we talk about childhood Christmas presents ranging from Thunderbirds toys to the Commadore 64. With a meander through the Action Man cartoon series and Spiderman/X-Men comics.

Ep. 26 'All Good Franchises Go To Space'

This week we are joined by our friend Dave to talk about Die Hard. A film our own host has never seen before! Naturally, all one of us can think of is how many Ghostbusters villians are in this film We also talk about Sherlock, for some reason.

Ep. 25 'The World's Weakest Hyrodgen Bomb'

On this weeks episode we talk about Mystery Science Theater 3000 with specific reference to the Season 9 episode Gorgo. Other things that come up include the Gorgo tie-in comic book series by Steve Ditko, Rifftrax and M. Night Shyamalan movies.

Gorgo comics on Comic Book Plus
Alan made content!
The Unemployed Historian - Season 3 Ep. 5 "Frost/Nixon"
MST3k - Gorgo
MST3k Wiki for Gorgo
Official MST3k Info Club page for "Gorgo"

Ep. 24 'Weird Farming'

Click here to listen.

The second 'Cultural Exchange' episode. This week Alan listens to the 1999 album 'I See A Darkness' by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy for the first time. Also Skeleton Warriors and other mid-90s cartoons come up for reasons.

Show Notes:
Skeleton Warriors theme
I See A Darkness (Official Video)
Unemployed Historian Video Update

Ep. 23 - There's plenty of meat on Geese

Episode 23

In the first of our Cultural Exchanges. Alan gets Patrick to read to a comic book for the first time in his life. The comic? Chew by John Laymen and Rob Guillory.

http://wolfpop.com/
https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/chew

Ending song: Linda Ronstadt by Andrew Jackson Jihad

Ep. 22 'One Track Lover'

Click here to listen
 
This week we go to a Darkplace. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Also Alan squees about Captain Marvel and Not-David Bowie.

Darkplace on 40D
The Official Garth Marenghi website

Ep. 21 "Take that Kevin Smith! I like your damn movie, OK?"

Click here to listen.

 We talk about the films (and comics) of Kevin Smith, with a brief tangent on The Ghostbusters Video game and how Patrick doesn't play new games, who won the 2002 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, hoverboards and Patrick's tweets appearing on Ireland's answer to Buzzfeed.

Notes:
Ghostbusters Video Game Trailer
Mike Corbett On Smodcast.
Slient Bob's Speech from Chasing Amy
Chris Simms on The Widening Gyre
WHO BLONS A DUMB DE NOW

Ep. 20 'Pre-Fight Doughnuts!?'

Click here to listen With Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming to Irish cinemas this week we return to the franchise to look at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's 2: The Secret of the Ooze. How does it stack up to the mulch-layered epic that was the original? What does Vanilla Ice add to the proceedings? All these questions and more are answered on this weeks podcast!

Ep. 19 'Oingo Boingo, Oingo Boingo'

This week we talk around and about the Ghostbusters movies. Alan reads from the novelization of the original film and we accidentally confine Alfonso Ribeiro to a wheelchair. Also this podcast sees the return of stereotypical accent time.

B to the F: The Novelization
The Rock does Rock Things on RAW
Paul Feig to direct Ghostbusters 3

Ep. 18 'Serious Arm Cramp'

This week on the show we talk about the Star Trek Next Gen cast movies. With a little bit of a diversion on why one of us hates Voyager. We also talk about Spiderman Universe and a little bit about NXT as our hosts share their similar-but-different passions of wrestling and comics.

Data's Life Forms Song
Dianna and Beverley discuss their bodily rejuvenation 
The poem that line in Generations came from!
Scotty goes drinking in Ten Forward
"Trials and Tribble-ations" Klingon scene.

Ep. 17 'Alan sounds different'

Joined by Sarah Beirne, sister of regular co-host Alan - we discuss our favorite albums.

Ep. 16 'So, the Turtles...'

This week, we're joined by friend of the show Darran Smyth to talk about the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. It's filled with tangents and deep critical analysis.

Subscribe: RSS | iTunes| Stitcher

Ep. 15 'God, The Devil and Bobcast'

This week in tribute to the late James Garner we look at the time when he played God in the short lived animiated sit com God, The Devil & Bob. Also there is a LIVE birthday present opening.

Short Drive by (Smog)
The High Life Intro
AV Club obituary for James Garner
The Unemployed Historian - Mrs Brown

Ep. 14 - 'Roger the Duck'

This week, following the release of Marvel's Guardians of The Galaxy we look at Phase 1 of the Marvel Comics Universe. With a little discussion of why DC movies are not so good. We also touch on how Thor was once a horse. Marvel Cinematic Universe on Wikipedia Beta Ray Bill DC Movie Release Dates

Ep. 13 - 'Get Sparkly Pants But Don't Think Of This As A Profitable Business'

This week Patrick is joined by a group of contributors from Nerdvice (The Omega, Zenithwillrule, Gomer, LadySpaz and Leon Thomas) to talk about how they do that voodoo that they do.

Renegade Cut
Fool's Gold
Media Melt Down
The Omega
RT Gomer Productions
NerdVice

Ep. 12 - 'Donald Trump Top Trumps'

This week we talk about games! Board game master Alan suggests three games you should all play. We also talk about why Patrick is bad at capitalism and the then still on-going results of the CA auditions. Show Notes:
Shakespeare in the Park - Dublin Castle.
RL King's Channel Awesome Auditions Google Doc
Cards Against Humanity
Fiasco
Mascarade
Ticket To Ride

Ep. 11 'Not relevant but is'

Sometimes you want to go where everybody hears the blues a-callin' tossed salads and scrambled eggs.

But then you have to go home. This week we look at the final episodes of both Cheers and it's spin off show Frasier.

Salman Rushdie & The Satanic Verses Controversy
Corinthian Stars
Ice King Sings Cheers Theme
"Cheers" Spanish remake
'Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs (Frasier Outro' - Kelsey Grammar

Ep. 10 - 'Troyal'

As Ireland is gripped by sadness over the apparent cancellation of Garth Brook's five Dublin gigs - Patrick and Alan discuss the entity known as Troyal Garth Brooks and the man whose body he he has been in inhabiting - Chris Gaines. Gaines was the son Australian-American son of an Australian Swimming Coach and a former Olympic Swimmer. He released his Greatest Hits in 1999 before Brooks once again consumed him.

Notes:

'Computer Age' by Neil Young
Timeline of Garth Brooks Ireland gig controversy
'Right Now' by Chris Gaines (Official Video)
Garth Brooks talks about Chris Gaines' relationships with women
'Lost in You' by Chris Gaines (Official Video)

Pictured: Fancy pants.

Ep. 9: 'Worse than the Scots'

It's Pilot Season again and Winter is coming. This week Alan gets Patrick watch his first episode of Game of Thrones. There is follow up from last weeks episode and we also talk about Crusader Kings II, Civilization V and how Patrick is always at least 3 years behind popular culture.

Subscribe: RSS | iTunes| Stitcher

Show notes:

HHH's WrestleMania 30 entrance.
Sid Meier's Civilization
Crusader Kings II
Kyle Kallgren's Between The Lines: Game of Thrones
Diamanda Hagan's Gabriel over the White House Flubs

Ep. 8 'The Unemployed Geographer'

This week we look at Ireland's favorite 25 year old Turkey. He's presented television, he's released albums and he's performed at the 2008 Eurovision song contest. We talk about the musical output of one Dustin The Turkey.


Show Notes:
Dustin The Turkey and Bob Geldof - Rat Trap
Dustin The Turkey and Ronnie Drew - The Spanish Lady
Dustin The Turkey and Joe Dolan - Good Looking Woman
Dustin The Turkey - Irelade Douze Pointe 
Dustin The Turkey - I've Never Been To Meath 
Dustin The Turkey - Bull Island
Dustin The Turkey - Christmas Tree

Jedward - Lipstick
Joe Dolan - The Universal
Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree

Damien Dempsey saves men from drowning

Ep. 7 It matter if it's good, folks. Just that it's done.

It's Pilot Season here on The Insert Witty Name Show and so we talk about the feature length pilot to David Lynch's Twin Peaks - which one of us has seen before and the other hadn't! Also it was the hottest day of the year when this got recorded so be prepared to listen to two of the literally hottest podcasters of all time. We also talk about the fact there is a new Unemployed Historian that had just gone online minutes before we recorded. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes| Stitcher Notes:
The Unemployed Historian - Evita
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme

Ep. 6 "Thumb Wife"

This week on The Insert Witty Name show we're in the SAME ROOM! (Which explains the different quality in audio) We also watched "Manos" The Hands of Fate - which one of us hadn't seen before this. Things that also come up - the great de-Blippining that occurred last week, whether or not Ghosts exist and other fun stuff..

 Subscribe: RSS | iTunes| Stitcher

 Maker Studios cuts content
  "Manos" The Hands of Fate 
  "Manos" in HD project
Torg Olives.com

Ep. 5 'Possibly Worzel Gummidge'

This week on The Insert Witty Name show we talk about the confusing mess that is the 30th Anniversary Doctor Who special - Dimensions in Time. Which was a cross over with the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. This show will also serve as a reminder to anyone who wasn't there that the 1990s were not that cool at all.

Subscribe: RSS | iTunes| Stitcher

Mr Blobby's Song Worzel Gummidge Theme Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time Dimensions in Time: Behind the Scenes Dimensions in Time: Production Notes Jim'll Paint It Adventures with the wife in space.

Ep. 4 'This Damn Podcast'

On this weeks podcast we suffer existential dread while talking about our favorite internet series. We talk about videos podcasts and are both very tired for very different reasons. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes| Sticher Show Notes: The Obscure Renegade Cut Welcome to The Nightvale Loading Ready Run Get Up on This

Ep. 3 "Kidnapped by Glee"

This week we talk about our favorite cover versions of songs. One of us rants about Johnny Cash and we have some advice for survivors of the apocalypse who may come across this podcast.

Subscribe: RSS | iTunes

Show notes:
Bastille - Of The Night
Jonathan Coulton vs. Glee
The Flying Pickets - Only You

Ep. 2 "Ricardo Montlaban's Peclicas"

Subscribe to us on iTunes.

In the second episode we discuss Star Trek films. Specifically, the first six. We examine Ricardo Montlaban’s chest, DeForest Kelly’s beard, George Takei’s jacket and come up with the idea for a direct sequel to Star Trek IV
Pictured below: The Aging King of Disco


Show Notes:
Captain Kirk is Climbing A Mountain (Why Is He Climbing a Mountain?)
Star Trek Phase 2: The Lost Series by Judith Reeves Stevens
SF Debris

Music: “Hustle” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Ep. 1 Hulk Hogan's Meat Shoes

The first episode of The Insert Witty Name Show. We discuss the late Bob Hoskins and our favorite/least favorite sit coms.
ALSO SPOILER WARNING: At about 15 mins in we talk about the finale of How I Met Your Mother - skip to 22 mins to get around that without spoilers.
Hulk Hogan's Meat Shoes
Music: "Hustle" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/