Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

Oh Shell, no! We worked up the will to watch this live action TMNT show that was brought to you by the people who brought us Power Rangers and disowned by the people who created TMNT.

Also up for discussion:

• Alan's thirst for turtles.
• Technical Difficulties
• Revisiting The Naked Jungle
• More Technical Difficulties
• The Adventures of an Old Blind Man and a Rat
• Rocket Powered Surf Board Safety
• Angst filled Raphael is not Alan's fav
• Splinter's crazy Skype calls
• Slack jawed Turtles
• Bargain Basement Shredders.

Daredevil

This week on Pilot Season we ask how you can see into our eyes like open doors with Daredevil.
Also up for discussion:

• Daredevil is not Deadpool
• Alan's superpower
• WWE Smackdown is the nexus of multiverses
• Confessional Therapy
• A gritty reimagining of Cake Boss
• Last of the Summer Wine references
• Matt Murdock should leave women alone
• Speculation on the big bad of the series
• Leland Owlsley aka The Owl
• Superhero precincts
• Bruce Springsteen - New Jersey's Mightiest Hero
• Punching dragons in the heart
• Wilbur Day aka Stilt Man
• The probable cause of Frank Miller's misogyny
• Nerdvice's open call for submissions

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Spaced

We watched Space - a 1999 sit-com starring Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright. Ever heard of them? No. Neither have we. They probably never did anything else ever.

House MD

We watched a show where Hugh Laurie is a Doctor who solves medical mysteries. You've probably heard of it.

Space Precinct

Let's go to SPACE with Gerry Anderson (THUNDERBIRDS, CAPTAIN SCARLET, SPACE 1999) and his short lived series SPACE PRECINCT. Which caused Patrick to have an existential crisis.

Also in this episode:

We discuss whose name is less common.
Going to mass with a toy that has your name.
Alan's authentic but useless ID card.
We pour one out for Glenn Frey, star of South of Sunset.

Lucha Underground

Pilot Season returns for 2016 with LUCHA UNDERGROUND. We watched the pilot episode for the  El Rey Network's acclaimed Lucha Libre show.

Other topics included

1. Technical issues and Skype Recorders
2. New content on the website for 2016
3. Patrick's musical cameo in Fool's Gold.
4. How there are no other podcasts
5. Comic books and wrestling
6. Alan's Christmas presents.

Bojack Horseman

This week we dip back into Netflix to watch Bojack Horseman. A show about a Horse.
A horse who is a man. A man horse who is a former sit-com star. A former sit com star
who needs to write a memoir to save his career. Also talking animals are just a thing.

Notes:
Candy Machines
Vietnamese surnames
Is Lost In Translation a Christmas movie? (We don't answer this question)
REALLY Trying not to spoil future episodes on Alan
The continued theme of Patrick not thinking The Man in the High Castle is not good enough
but being too afraid of Diamanda Hagan to change anything.

South of Sunset

We've gone Flip City this week on Pilot Season. Because we're taking it to the limit one more time to watch
South of Sunset starring Glenn "That Guy From Eagles who isn't Don Henley That the Makers of His Show Had Heard Of" Frey (whose name pronunciation we never quite settle on).

This episode was suggested to us by Rich Thomas (@earthdog). If you want to suggest a podcast we could cover please do so in the comments or tweet at us!

Notes:
Too many Eagles References.
The state of the Unemployed Historian IMDB (or how Jill Bearup is no longer hosting Pilot Season)
3 Degrees of Don Johnson
Staying in a Sexmotel
Billy Joel and the slimming effect of pianos.
Alan talks about Roman Literature
The process of send lewd photos in the 90s.
A new That 70s Show/South of Sunset Head-canon is created
Vince McMahon's Actual T-Rex Skull
Juggalo Street Gangs.
The Man in the High Castle Follow Up
BONUS:
The Question that Broke Word Funk.

Veronica Mars

This week we dive into the introduction to the teen-noir world of Veronica Mars. Fanboy over Darran Norris and one of us bemoans the terrible third season of this great show.

   
• Alan hurt himself.
   
• New microphones.
   
• Tumblr Interludes.
   
• General gushing about how good Veronica Mars was.
   
• General gushing about Darran Norris and his many talents.
   
• How much more successful the Kane Software is than YouTube.
   
• Codecs and super fast uploads.
   
• TS Eliot references and shilling for this
   
• Fake ads.
   
• Hotel room towels placement.
   
• Alan dies.
   
• Guessing what video we filmed the day of the Veronica Mars kickstarter.
   
• Humanities Greatest Achievement
   
• Far too many references to Eagles songs.

Joey

After a battle with carpal tunnel syndrome it's the new episode of Pilot Season. This week we've packed up and moved to LA for Joey.

Also up for discussion:

• An embargo on the alleged Star Trek series Voyager
• Alan goes almost 45 seconds into a sci-fi discussion before mentioning Battlestar Galactica
• An update on the Black Eyed Peas
• Patrick fails an audition
• Frasier was Joey first and did it better
• Joey's viewing figures were a roller-coaster that only went down
• Patrick's email campaign to RTÉ
• Are spin-offs even successful these days?
• Post Friends careers
• Patrick gets a pick me up
• Alan is very wrong about James Michael Tyler's residuals.
• Who owns Central Perk?

Credits:
Hosts: Patrick Brogan & Alan Beirne
Executive Procrastinator: Alan Beirne

The dedication to Joey Ramone remains strong.

Mockingbird Lane

What's that going bump in the night? It's the new episode of Pilot Season. It's time to get spoopy with Mockingbird Lane.

Also up for discussion:

• Sexy Joey Ramone
• Patrick's Pen Podcast
• The Munsters vs The Addams Family
• Murder houses
• Danny Trejo Corner
• Eddie Izzard dresses to impress
• Gerry O'Connell can't read Bryan Fuller
• Gushing about Eddie Izzard
• Alan knows nothing about the Muddy Waters
• Bryan fights
• Further Munsters Vs Addams discussion

Credits:
Hosts: Patrick Brogan and Alan Beirne
Executive Producer: Alan Beirne
Directed by: Tommy Wiseau

Always dedicated to Joey Ramone

That 80's Show

Hello all,  Alan here.
Not only am I editing podcasts, I'm posting them to the site now too.

This week on Pilot Season we find out just what was acceptable in the Eighties in That 80's Show.

Topics discussed include:

• Patrick is a busy adult with many important things to do
• Alan has seen That 70's Show a lot
• Black and white portable TVs
• What happened to you?
• The one punk rocker in town
• Something called Music Television
• Frank Zappa's greatest invention
• The Alan Seal of Approval
• Patrick blames things on Tumblr
• Competition amongst Friends wikis
• Chekhov Nipple
• Huge 80's phones
• A bold pitch for a Hollywoodland remake
• Sexy deathbed Tom Waits

Don't forget to reach out to Patrick on Tumblr and Twitter with your history questions, or either of us with show suggestions.

Credits:
Host: Jill Bearup
Executive Producer: Alan Beirne
Also appearing: Patrick Brogan

Dedicated to Joey Ramone

K9 and Company

This week's episode has been edited by Alan so you know who to blame for any mistakes, Patrick - for putting him in a place of responsibility.

It's K9 & Company, the 1980's attempt to launch a Doctor Who spin off.

Topics discussed include but are not limited to:

• 1980s Charity Single Doctor in Distress
• The pronuncation of pagan gods names
• Life before Facebook
• Rotary Phones
• The Demon Headmaster
• 70s Swingers in the 80s
• Kidnapping for witchcraft reasons
• Dedications to Joey Ramone
• Patrick's bass career in Convenient Heart Attack
• Ordnance Survey Maps
• Colour coding your sexual history
• How to pad out an episode to fifty minutes
• Alan's strong mystery opinions
• Shout out to our listener
• An explanation as to why the podcast was late last week

Adventure Time vs Steven Universe

This week we take on two Tumblr favs in Steven Universe and Adventure Time. We pit their pilots against each other and crown the true king of pilots of successful Cartoon Network shows.

MINISODE: The Muppets

We take a quick look at the pitch pilot for the new ABC Muppets series which debuts on 22 September 2015.

Emily's Reasons Why Not?

There were plenty of reasons as to why this Heather Graham vehicle failed.

Cop Rock

A musical about LA cops created by Stephen Bochco with music by Randy Newman!? How could this go wrong!?

The Amazing Screw On Head

Alan is live from a hotel room as we talk about Sci Fi's pilot for an animated show based on Mike Mignola's comic The Amazing Screw On Head.

Includes live commentary of Liverpool's loss to West Ham United and other tangents!

Popetown

We go down to Popetown. An animated sit com that aimed to be Father Ted meets South Park and failed to be either.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

We are joined by composer, chef, magician and physicist Robert Lucas to talk about Tina Fey's Netflix's series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.