GAR! Podcast Episode 75: The Fantastic Four Conspiracy Theory

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

intro / nerd certification / 75th issues / cruisin’ and workin’ / special guest CL Quillen / Fantastic Four cancellation / James Robinson / Jose Ladronn / snookered / film licensing / the new FF film / rumors / Avengers Disassembled / Crisis of Heroes Reborn / spoiler warning / She-Thing / Malice / Reed gets a job / fall and rise / CM Punk / this is real / sales effect / relaunch / getting the characters right / Doctor Who / research / continuity errors / Bentley 23 / Future Foundation / Matt Fraction / closing / James Robinson’s Twitter /

Links:

“Read On … Romance” by C.L. Quillen and Ilene N. Lefkowitz

Booklist

our first FF cancellation discussion

Jose Ladronn

James Robinson’s Twitter

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

 

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GAR! Podcast Episode 70: Stoner TV and Big Brother

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

intro / writer math / Glenn’s old / the Wilderness Act / Adventure Time / Sid and Marty Krofft / Electra Woman and Dyna Girl / 1980s stoner TV / She-Ra / toys and morals / Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends / animated Fantastic Four / translating the FF / origins / new FF flick / Big Brother / brains vs. beauty / gameplay / Ariana Grande / naked pictures controversy / Silver Linings Playbook / Ray at the Ground Round / Nifty Fifty’s / Red Robin / customer service / phone scammers / OMAC / Forever Evil / Aaron Kuder / I Kill Giants / ADAM 12 / OMAC flushed down the toilet / closing / Biff Bam Pop! /

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Links:

Glenn’s Birthday Podcast

Rob Kelly

Back Issue! at TwoMorrows

Nifty Fifty’s at French Fry Diary

Red Robin Birthday Fries

Nomorobo

Aaron Kuder on Twitter

ADAM 12 by Gigio Longo and Nick Suders

Stitcher on Twitter

The Wednesday Run by JP Fallavollita

“The Strain” reviewed by Marie Gilbert

“Doctor Who” reviewed by Glenn

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 69: DC Comics and Glenn’s Birthday

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The photo above is Jack Kirby, not Glenn Walker. While it is Glenn’s birthday, and he is a year older, he’s not THAT old.
Happy Birthday, Glenn!


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

re-wired / Verizon / birthdays / Christmas at CVS / Glenn’s birthday resolutions / Twitter and promotion / Jack Kirby / Kirby at Marvel in the 1970s / Kirby at DC in the 1970s / Byrne and Kirby on FF / Fantastic Four #51 / the Spider-Woman controversy / naked superheroes / anatomy and sexiness / internet lets us down again / Kirby’s women / Ray and the New 52 / Red Hood and Teen Titans / Aquaman / New 52 Justice Leagues / Glenn vs. Shazam / Black Adam / Mary Marvel / The Flash / Savage Hawkman / wading through the New 52 / Glenn’s take on the Blackhawks / Queen and Country / The Last Policeman / what it takes to get Ray on a cruise / closing /

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French Fry Diary

Glenn on “Doctor Who”

Fantastic Four #51

The Spider-Woman cover controversy

GAR! on the Teen Titans #1 cover

Interview with Mark Poulton on Savage Hawkman

Mark Poulton on GAR!

Glenn reviews Grayson #1

“The Last Policeman” by Ben H. Winters

Ben H. Winters

Nomorobo

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR Podcast Episode 62: Grilling, Dating, Reading and Writing

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

Chick-fil-A / one near you / grilling / divorce / the opposite / get meat / grocery stores / occupational hazards / brush with death / speed dating / the Rob Kelly dating litmus test / Tinder tales / Orange Is the New Black / Winter’s Bone / I’ll Be Here All Week / Words in My Head / Godland / Joe Casey / Jose Ladronn / Arby’s / special orders / World Cup Soccer / picking Ray’s team / Japanese Doctor Who / Fire Rick Remender? / Bendis! / early closing / Batman 75 at Biff Bam Pop! / Alan Brennert and Batgirl / grilled fries recipe /

Links:

Chick-fil-A at French Fry Diary

Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza & Bar

Whole Foods Marlton NJ

Rob Kelly

Ace Kilroy

The Aquaman Shrine

Hey Kids, Comics!

Tinder on Reddit

“Winter’s Bone” by Daniel Woodrell

Glenn hated Winter’s Bone the movie

Robin Renee

The Ward and Al Show

Glenn’s review of “I’ll Be Here All Week”

“I’ll Be Here All Week” by Ward Anderson

Words in My Head

Joe Casey’s Man of Action

Jose Ladronn

Arby’s at French Fry Diary

The Netherlands vs. Argentina

Japanese Doctor Who

#FireRickRemender

Great news for Ian Rogers

Alan Brennert and Batgirl

Memorial Day Grilled Fries

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Doctor Who Anime

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 61: Special Guest Gigio Longo of Adam 12

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

who’s who intro / Skype / Adam 12 / future plans / ComicsFix / ComiXology / Amazon / IndyPlanet / the Netflix argument / Star Wars / James Bond in space / Natalie Portman / Glenn’s weekly Alan Moore dig / more Natalie / Kat Dennings / Thor in 3D / The LEGO Movie / Will Ferrell / Doctor Who / new Who vs. old Who / television on two levels / regenerations / The Doctors / Torchwood / Gone in 60 Seconds / Netflix Max / finding an artist / what we’re reading / East of West / Steranko Shadow / dark and stormy night / Arthur and Katy Perry / Read On… Romance / comic book Philadelphia / closing /

Links:

G. boTiC Productions

Adam 12

Buy Adam 12

Adam 12 on Amazon

Camden Comic Con episode featuring Gigio Longo

Camden Comic Con

Gigio Longo on Twitter

ComicsFix

IndyPlanet

Read On… Romance

“Natalie’s Rap” by The Lonely Island (soooo not safe for work, kids, pets, etc., very very offensive language)

Glenn’s “Doctor Who” reviews at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s “Doctor Who” reviews at Welcome to Hell

Glenn remembers Karl Heitmueller’s Beat Comics

G. boTiC Productions on Instagram

Adam 12 on Facebook

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“Everything Is Awesome” by Tegan and Sara with The Lonely Island

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 56: Action Park

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

pre-show intro / Make Mine Magic pilots / Stone Cold Steve Austin / spicy language / straight edge Ray / Boys State / the heat / Ray’s brilliant idea of the week / the Olympics / Eurovision / the Olympics in NJ / Action Park / flume of doom / rides of death / Simpsons Tooth Chipper / Ski Mountain / the turnpike / Battle of the Network Stars / XFL / The Waltons / early Fox TV shows / Fridays / Saturday Night Live / bands live / ranking the Weekend Update anchors / poor Charlie Rocket / Norm MacDonald / Dennis Miller / comedy and politics / The Late Shift / the lost art of the talk show / The Tonight Show / podcasting / cleaning out the fridge / shout outs / closing /

Links:

The Make Mine Magic Podcast: The Lost Pilots

The Steve Austin Show

American Legion Jersey Boys State

Deadspin

Nobody Wants to Host the 2022 Olympics

Glenn on the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest

Action Park

The Action Park Documentary

Action Park at Weird NJ

14 Story Log Flume

“Battle of the Network Stars”

“Mr. President” on Fox

“Herman’s Head” on Fox

“Woops!” on Fox

“Fridays”

GAR! talks SNL music

Ranking the Weekend Update Anchors

Norm MacDonald tells the funniest joke ever told

Spotswood Public Library Facebook Page

ALA in Las Vegas

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“Stick Around” with Andy Kaufman

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 53: Special Guest Becca Butcher of Voluted Tales

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

special guest Becca Butcher / Atlantic City / mermaids / Star Wars: The Ancient something… / old cast / sequels / emergency / Disney vs. Star Wars / John Carter / Fantastic Four / Hellsing / Marvel anime and Blade / G4 and beyond / Amazing Spider-Man 2 / bad theater experiences / Voluted Tales / Godzilla / VT submission guidelines / Dallas Cowboys / dueling plastic surgeries / idiocy by association / the dog killer / more Donald Sterling / Glenn’s new iPhone 5S / area code dating / accents / football families / next Voluted Tales / closing /

Links:

Voluted Tales

Becca Butcher’s blog

Voluted Tales on Facebook

Becca on Twitter

Amazing Spider-Man 2 at biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s John Carter review

Marvel Anime

Loews does not want Glenn’s business

Glenn’s infamous review of The Dark Knight

Glenn’s Marlton 8 review

Nerdful Things at Voluted Tales

Voluted Tales Submission Guidelines

Godzilla at Boing Boing

South Jersey Writers’ Group

Karina Fabian’s website

Meritline

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive (then)

“You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead or Alive (now, mature content)

GAR! Podcast Episode 49: Camden Comic Con, part 1

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

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A special interview with Donnie Treadwell of Rutger’s WCCR radio station!

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Also, a great interview with Justin Piatt of Unlikely Heroes Studios and the rocking superhero indy comic fave, Super!

intro / badges / cosplayers / gofer Ray / Donnie Treadwell / WCCR / equipment theft / Biff Bam Pop! / secret origin of GAR! / Donnie interviews us / Camden / programs / what’s next / French Fries / speak up / Ray’s haul / fans / Boy George / Marvel’s Original Sin / Jem / Justin Piatt of Unlikely Heroes Studios / Super! / ComiXology / building a universe / serial storytelling / comics lettering / Zack Dolan / too many Avengers / Power Girl cosplay /

Very special thanks for this episode go out to Miranda Powell, Bill Haas, Donnie Treadwell, Justin Piatt, Zack Dolan, Bryan J.L. Glass, and Rob Kelly.

Links:

WCCR Rutgers Camden Radio

WCCR on Twitter

CO2 Comics

Steve Lafler

Unlikely Heroes Studios

Unlikely Heroes Studios on Twitter

Unlikely Heroes Studios on Facebook

ComiXology

Super! On ComiXology

Blambot

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

Venom and FF Spider-Man!

Videos:

“My God” by Boy George

“Church of the Poison Mind” by Culture Club

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 48: Most Evil Character On TV


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

false start / Philadelphia talk radio / Mike Missanelli and Philly Pheud / Research Ray and Crab Fries / From the 30s to the 70s / E. Nelson Bridwell / free Snickers / the most evil character on television / Little Steven vs. Silvio / Trek evil / Nancy Grace / Dexter / just doing their job / Batman ’66 / Sons of Anarchy / Archie Bunker / Vince McMahon / ‘just three more’ / MC Ren / Billy Joel / Batman and the Green Hornet / how to lose Twitter Followers / Camden Comic Con / Chikara / what’s your favorite time travel story? /

Links:

Mike Missanelli

WPST

NJ 101.5 FM

Philly Pheud

Chickie & Pete’s at French Fry Diary

Chickie & Pete’s labor problem

Philly Pheud on Twitter

Shazam! From the 40’s to the 70’s

Rich Voza

Stephanie McMahon dishes

Canada Talks

Andy Burns at Biff Bam Pop!

Rue Morgue #143

Backspin

“Rebel Music” by MC Ren (explicit language)

the Furious Twitter feed, featuring Furious cosplay

Silvermania on YouTube

Chikara!

Chikara at Biff Bam Pop! by Terry Willitts

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

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:

‘Lightening Round’ on Philly Pheud

“Sun City” by Artists United Against Apartheid

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!