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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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

Popetown

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

The IT Crowd (US)

The Insert Witty Name Show has been retooled!  Welcome to Pilot Season, the show where we look at first and sometimes only episodes of TV shows!

Following Heil Honey, I'm Home we take a look at the US remake of the British sitcom The IT Crowd - and Alan blindsides me with history questions I don't know the answer to. The jerk!

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.

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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. 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