The GAR! Podcast Episode 140: Choose Your Side

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / podcast break up / Jim Cornette and Alice Radley / Glenn Beck / choosing sides in the divorce / moving to Florida / the giant alligator / The 6:05 Superpodcast / origins of wrestling / Sputnik Monroe / Superstar Billy Graham / Vince McMahon / Mr. Wrestling 2 / Civil War / the inappropriate Doc Samson / death in comics / public perception / Tom Brevoort / War Machine / She-Hulk / Ray on Civil War II / emotional investment / the Bendisverse / drinks are on Tony / tale of the potted plant / who’s dead? / make us care / Ray’s She-Hulk imitation / closing / lawsuit evasion /

The image Glenn and I reference on this episode
The image Glenn and I reference on this episode

Sputnik Monroe
Famed Wrestler Sputnik Monroe

OH MY.
OH MY.

Links:

The Jim Cornette Experience

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

The 6:05 Superpodcast

Nerdfect Strangers

Glenn’s reviews of “Arrow”

Glenn’s review of Civil War II #0

Glenn’s review of Civil War II #1

Glenn’s thoughts on Captain America: Steve Rogers #1

Amy Hollinger

Biff Bam Pop!

The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Instagram

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

Contact us directly here.

 

Videos:

Giant Alligator in Florida

The GAR! Podcast 135: The 2016 Camden Comic Con Five Star Spectacular

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast, recorded live at the
2016 Camden Comic Con, includes discussion of the following:

intro / Justin Piatt and Zach Dolan of Unlikely Heroes Studios / Kickstarter / worldbuilding / superhero tiers / Patreon / the Black Hole robot / collaboration and world / character placement / always a boxing glove / Frank Miller / Alan Moore / superfan / Audacious Eleven / Suliman Onque / Super Sketch Painter / Ben Grimm / favorites / punching buildings / Chris Claremont / Make Mine Magic / Mark Poulton / A Cat Named Haiku / marketing the cat / Kickstarter again / demographics and merch / cats / The GAR! Podcast / Ed Evans / The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast / screwing up / gaming at CCC / card games / the theme is failure / mail order comics / the army base / military demographics / business / get Glenn back into comics / DC Rebirth / Dan Didio / blank comics / twilight time / thank you / closing /

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Links:

The Camden Comic Con

Unlikely Heroes Studios

Super! on Twitter

Super! on Facebook

Super! on Kickstarter

Super! on Patreon

Glenn’s “Young Justice” reviews

On-Q Comics

Suliman Onque

Mark Poulton on Twitter

Mark Poulton on Facebook

A Cat Named Haiku – the app

All Things Fun!


The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast

Glenn’s “Arrow” reviews

Glenn’s “The Flash” reviews

Glenn on the Flash/Supergirl crossover

Biff Bam Pop!

The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Instagram

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

Contact us directly here.

 

The GAR! Podcast 130: Hell in a Cell

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / South Jersey Writers / Jessica’s new website / binge watching / binge reading / better as binge / WWE collections / Cesaro / Shane McMahon / Hell in a Cell / fantasy vs. reality / crazy Shane / Glenn’s short attention span for wrestling / Roman Reigns vs. Triple H / Weight Watchers / talk shows / loose pants / hair fixing / OJ / non-binge shows / Big Daddy Graham / AMC / social media? / closing / The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network / what would you do with a billion dollars? /

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Links:

South Jersey Writers’ Group

Breaking Bad with Jessica Walsh

Jessica Ann Walsh’s new website

Glenn’s “Arrow” reviews

Glenn’s “Jessica Jones” reviews

“The Walking Dead” at Biff Bam Pop!

Nerdfect Strangers

Biff Bam Pop!

The Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Instagram

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

Contact us directly here.

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 113: Ronda Rousey and Rowdy Roddy Piper

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / Rowdy Roddy Piper / Ray rips Glenn’s RIP / Ronda Rousey / wrestling anger management / the Entourage movie / UFC / Hollywood Ronda Rousey / movie super-heroines / point vs. punch powers / Hawkman casting / Best / the calculator of the future / geek cred / HeroClix / Godzilla for PS3 / Pain / Evil Dead and Bruce Campbell / one season wonders / that forgettable actress / Dewey / dog query / closing /

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Links:

Welcome to Hell

RIP Roddy Piper

Glenn’s review of Entourage

Glenn on Morning Coffee

Kristin Battestella

Hawkman casting

HeroClix

Glenn on Pain

Glenn on the end of Pain

GAR on SDCC

Sarah Hawkins-Miduski

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The Adventures of Ray

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

Contact us directly here.

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GAR! Podcast Episode 90: Special Guest Jenn Walker!

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Ray’s out with a vicious cold this week, but Glenn’s wife Jenn decided to do us a favor and sub in at the last minute! Thanks, Jenn!

This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

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stumbling intro / no Ray / introducing Jenn / Prince / Sheila E. / Sheena Easton / casting the new Ghostbusters / Blossom / the male Sigourney Weaver / SNL40 / first impressions / over the years / Gilda Radner / forgotten cast members / the non-Lorne Michaels years / the SNL 8-track / The Walking Dead hour / Weekend Update / Miley Cyrus / Paul McCartney and Chevy Chase / Eddie Murphy / Joe Piscopo / forgotten SNL / choice musical guests / Camden Comic Con / Jenn’s comics / She-Hulk / Tales of the Beanworld / Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? / Jenn recites Green Lantern’s oath / Star Wars / Mark Hamill / Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Syndrome / Spider-Man and Civil War / Arrow and John Barrowman / The Flash / Stephen Amell’s chest / Judge Judy / closing /

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Links:

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Sheila E. – Icon

Chevy Chase, a history of a-holery

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

The Make Mine Magic Podcast on Figment

Glenn’s reviews of “The Flash” at Biff Bam Pop!

The Make Mine Magic Podcast on The American Idol Experience

Glenn’s reviews of “Arrow”

Glenn’s reviews of “The Following”

The Make Mine Magic Podcast on grammar

Jennifer’s Twitter

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Stitcher

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 84: Who Loves Ya, Baby?

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We’re back! This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / unrehearsed / chemistry / Glenn’s hiatus from everything / background / podcasts / The Fire and Water Podcast / Power Records / Full Circle Records / Spider-Man on record / The Multiversity / Morrison vs. Moore / Watchmen vs. Charlton / pure Captain Marvel / the killer comic / Mark Waid’s S.H.I.E.L.D. / Avengers #400 / Mike Weiringo / Scott Snyder’s Joker / does the Joker know Batman’s identity? / pre-Joker Joker / The Killing Joke / killing crossovers / Original Sin / Flash Vs. Arrow / Constantine / Gotham / the return of Ben Parker / Ray brings Gwen Stacy back / Bucky / Agent Carter / Netflix Daredevil / The Owl / Punisher 2099 / bottomless fries / John Pinette / Patton Oswalt / closing /

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Links:

The Nerdist

Grantland

Serial

Audacious 11

The Fire and Water Podcast

Better in the Dark

Rob Kelly’s Power Records Blog

Full Circle Records

Glenn’s review of The Multiversity #1

Glenn’s review of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1

Alan Moore Really Hates Grant Morrison’s Guts

Glenn examines the Charlton/Watchmen parallel

Why Glenn doesn’t like crossovers

Glenn on Flash Vs. Arrow part 1

Glenn on Flash Vs. Arrow part 2

Glenn on “Agent Carter” Ep 1

Glenn on “Agent Carter” Ep 2

Red Robin at French Fry Diary

John Pinette at the Chinese Buffet (not PC)

Patton Oswalt on Amazon

Camden Comic Con

Rob Kelly

Ray’s Fantastic Four/CM Punk Conspiracy Theory

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

Videos:

Plastic Man and Metamorpho Theme Songs from Power Records

GAR! Podcast Episode 54: Crazy Chick Mount Rushmore

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

an hour? / wrestling is never over / good month for Daniel Bryan / breakneck sport / Kingdom Rush / Godzilla 2014 / spoilers / Agents of SHIELD / Original Sin / the Black Widow / Identity Crisis / super smart Ant-Man / drummers / Ringo Starr / Keith Moon / Bono / Frank Sinatra / U2 / Motley Crue / Bon Jovi / Cher / crazy chick Mount Rushmore / Lindsey Lohan / Britney Spears / Miley Cyrus / Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac / Carmen Electra / Jenny McCarthy / Sinead O’Connor / Wendy O. Williams / The Tomorrow Show / Sean Young / Ray first / closing /

Links:

The Nerd Signal

Glenn’s spoiler-filled Godzilla review at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s SHIELD season finale review

Glenn’s SHIELD reviews of the entire season

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos (so much fun Ray had to add snarky commentary)

“Magical Mystery Tour” by the Beatles: (Ringo is awesome here)

“Love, Reign O’er Me” by The Who (best drum riff at the end of a song by Keith Moon):

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” by Frank Sinatra and Bono (sadly, we can’t embed it)

Bono bugging us (oh God, those hats, that ponytail…I’m not so sure we didn’t commit a crime by posting this)

Motley Crue doing “Helter Skelter” (much better than Bono bugging us)

Wendy O. Williams on “The Tomorrow Show” (NSFW) (but they BLOW UP A CAR ON LIVE TV)

GAR! Podcast Episode 51: Camden Comic Con, part 3

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Thanks to all our new listeners who have joined our audience lately! Don’t forget to say hi through Twitter or the show comments.

This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

quick intro / Camden’s Comics / The Bolt / Camden / passion / encouragement / local landmarks / teaching with comics / changing ethnic mix / Robert Repici / Birds of Prey / Arrow / Smallville and the monomyth / why Arrow rocks / Mike Missanelli / listeners / comics and bootlegging / the ages of comics / grim and gritty / Marvel vs. DC / Bronze Age vs. Dark Age / what age are we in now? / Dan DiDio / the corporate age / comics-based videogames / the amalgamated age / Michael Pagdon / people skills / Target and pregnancy / beards / closing and thank-yous /

Very special thanks go out for this episode to Miranda Powell, Bill Haas, Donnie Treadwell, Jennifer Walker, Frank Kamina Castle, Ryan Brady, Hong Nguyen, Robert Repici, Michael Pagdon, Rutgers University, and the Camden Comic Con.

Links:

Camden’s Comics

Camden’s Comics on Facebook

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Glenn’s reviews of “Birds of Prey”

Glenn’s “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” reviews at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s “Arrow” reviews

The Myth of the American Superhero

Men of Tomorrow by Gerald Jones

Glenn’s review of Captain America The First Avenger

The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke

Glenn on Fear Itself at Biff Bam Pop!

Michael Pagdon’s website

Michael Pagdon’s blog

Michael Pagdon on Tumblr

Pagdon Illustration on Instagram

South Jersey Writers’ Group

Collingswood Book Festival

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 47: Godzilla vs. J. K. Simmons

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

Justice League as Al Qaeda / Good Day Philadelphia / inane local sports radio / local sports / Michael Vick / Candy Crush on Wall Street / Deadshot and Deadpool and Deathstroke / Michael C. Hall as Daredevil / Gamer / Six Feet Under / Oz and binge watching / House of Cards / help a brother out / Jonah Hex and Hex / Michael Fleischer vs. Harlan Ellison / Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes / Shambler / Shazam and Captain Marvel / WWE Network / Facebook drama / the Camden Comic Con / Twin Peaks in Rue Morgue / free ebook money / Voluted Tales and Godzilla / who is the most evil villain on TV? /

Links:

Mike Missanelli

Glenn’s “Arrow” reviews

Glenn’s Gamer review

help out our friend Terry (some language)

“Shambler” by Michael Fleischer

French Fry Diary

Ace Kilroy

our interview with Miranda Powell of the Camden Comic Con

Andy Burns at Biff Bam Pop!

Rue Morgue #143

C.L.’s book

Voluted Tales

Nerdful Things at Voluted tales

All Things Fun!

The War of the Gargantuas

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Godzilla for Snickers

Glenn decided to abandon hope for a clean clip from Oz with J. K. Simmons, but I found one!

GAR! Podcast Episode 45: Fangirl Invasion with Special Guest Allison Eckel

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast, featuring special guest Allison Eckel, includes discussion of the following:

Allison Eckel intro / mystery music / fangirl secret origin / look it up / Batman and Detective Comics / My Little Pony / what’s Allison reading / cat talk / the New 52 / the Comics Code / Teen Titans / Squirrel Girl / the worst videogamer / Grand Theft Auto for middle-aged guys / Women in Refrigerators / Guardians of the Universe / the new Fantastic Four movie / Chronicle / Arrow / Amanda Waller / sizeist comics / Marvel NOW! / plush Wolverine / fat Ghost Rider / what’s his name in the red Deadpool / Gail Simone / digital vs. hardcopy / introductory comics / Beware the Batman / Camden Comic Con / emails / French fries reports / gluten free / Indian restaurants / Girl Scout Cookies /

Links:

All Things Fun!

The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast

All Things Fun! Blogs

All Things Fun! Blogs by Allison

Promotion Savvy

first comic Glenn read all by himself

C.L.’s book

The Non-Gamer’s Gamer’s Blog

Glenn on Squirrel Girl

Women in Refrigerators

Glenn’s review of Chronicle

Arrow on Glenn’s blog

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Hey Kids, Comics! by Rob Kelly

Glenn’s website

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

French Fry Diary

Burger 21

Cool Dog Cafe

Allison’s Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Seriously, don’t mess with Squirrel Girl:

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