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February 13, 2019February 10, 2019

Page To Screen: I, Claudius

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Ancient Rome, bbc, Brian Blessed, Claudius the God, Cookie Monster, Derek Jacobi, Elmo, I Claudius, John Hurt, Page to Screen, Patrick Stewart, Robert Graves, Rome, Sesame Street

Let’s kick off a new series with this story that, in TV form, won multiple awards in the US and Britain in the late 70s.

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September 3, 2018September 1, 2018

AFI Countdown Challenge #15: Star Wars

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment AFI, AFI Challenge, AFI Countdown, Alec Guiness, C-3PO, Carrie Fisher, Darth Vader, George Lucas, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, james earl jones, Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia, Sesame Street, Some Like It Hot, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Yoda

It’s Star Wars.

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November 29, 2017June 29, 2017

Simpsons Did It!: “The Great Simpsina”

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Bart Simpson, Criss Angel, David Copperfield, Grandpa Simpson, Harry Houdini, Homer Simpson, Jack McBrayer, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Martin Landau, Milhouse VanHouten, Oscar the Grouch, Penn, Penn & Teller, Ricky Jay, Sesame Street, Simpsons Rewatch, Springfield Elementary, Teller, The Simpsons, tootsie, Tootsie Pop, Tootsie Roll

In which Lisa trains with a master magician.

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November 15, 2017June 15, 2017

Simpsons Did It!: “The Fight Before Christmas”

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Adolph Hitler, Bart Simpson, C. Montgomery Burns, Christmas Episode, Dumbo, Grandpa Simpson, Homer Simpson, Inglorious Basterds, Jasper Beardly, Katy Perry, Krusty the Clown, Lisa Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Marge Simpson, Martha Stewart, Moe the Bartender, Otto Mann, Polar Express, Santa Claus, Sesame Street, Simpsons Rewatch, The Muppets, The Simpsons, World War II

In which we do a Christmas anthology and…holy hell, what was that?!?

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October 31, 2017October 28, 2017

Simpsons Did It!: “To Surveil With Love”

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Bart Simpson, C. Montgomery Burns, Carl, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Duffman, Eddie Izzard, Grandpa Simpson, Homer Simpson, Hulk, Jimmy Impossible, Ke$ha, Lenny, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Moe's Tavern, Ned Flanders, Queen Elizabeth II, Ralph Wiggum, Rod Flanders, Sesame Street, Simpsons Rewatch, Spider-Man, Springfield Elementary, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, The Simpsons, Tod Flanders, Waylon Smithers

In which the city of Springfield installs surveillance cameras everywhere.

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September 8, 2017September 8, 2017

Going Through The DCAU Part Forty-Five

Posted By: tomk74 2 Comments Adam West, Alfred Hitchcock, Angel, Baby-Doll, Barry Bostwick, Batcomputer, Batgirl, batman, batmobile, black panther, Brad Meltzer, Bruce Timm, Bruce Wayne, Calendar Girl, Calendar Man, Cannonball, Catman, Catwoman, Cecila Reyes, Colossus, Cyclops, Cypher, DCAU, Deadpool, Dennis Haysbert, Dick Grayson, Farmer Brown, Gail Simone, Green Arrow, Harley Quinn, Harrison Ford, Harvey Bullock, Howard The Duck, Iceman, Infinite Crisis, Jane Lynch, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Justice League, Killer Moth, legion, Mad Hatter, Maggot, Magneto, Monsieur Mallah, Nightcrawler, Nightwing, Paul Dini, Penguin, Poison Ivy, Polaris, Professor X, Ralph Bakshi, Riddler, Robin, Sabertooth, Secret Six, Sela Ward, Sesame Street, Sisters, Snuffy Smith, Spider-Man, Steve Gerber, Strong Guy, Sunspot, Supergirl, Superman, Superman The Animated Series, The Birds, The Fugutive, The Long Halloween, The Man-Eating Cow, The New Batman Adventures, The Tick, Tim Drake, Tippy Hedren, Twilight Zone, Tyra Banks, Villains United, Watson, Wayne Manor, Weapon X, Wolverine

Jimmy and Tom have some more to say about some episodes featuring such notable Batman villains as Calendar Girl, Farmer Brown, and a cat cult.

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July 8, 2017July 8, 2017

Planet Of The Apes Rewatch: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment 127 Hours, Andy Serkis, boss baby, braveheart, Brian Cox, C is for Cookie, Caesar!, Captain America, Charles Dickens, Charlton Heston, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, DCAU, Draco Malfoy, Freida Pinto, Furious Fridays, Gollum, Harry Osborne, Iron Man, Isaiah Bradley, James Franco, Jimmy Impossible, John Lithgow, Julius Caesar, King Kong, laurence fishburne, Mark Wahlberg, Milk, Nick Fury, Planet of the Apes, Planet of the Apes Rewatch, Pulp Fiction, Return of the Jedi, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Ryan, Samuel L Jackson, Sesame Street, Slumdog Millionaire, Spartacus, spider-man 3, Stephen King, Terminator: Genisys, The Fast And The Furious, The Simpsons, The Stand, The Ten Commandments, This Is The End, Tim Burton, Tom, Tom Fenton, War of the Planet of the Apes, wicked, William Stryker

Apes will rise, and three Geeks will discuss it.

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December 26, 2016September 16, 2016

Simpsons Did It!: “Missionary: Impossible”

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Bart Simpson, bender, Betty White, Dana Scully, Elmo, Family Guy, Fox, Fox Mulder, Hank Hill, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Luke Perry, Maggie Simpson, Marge Simpson, Mr. Rogers, pbs, Reverend Lovejoy, Rupert Murdoch, Sesame Street, Simpsons Rewatch, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Teletubbies, The PJs, The Simpsons, Yeardley Smith, Yo Yo Ma

In which Homer becomes a missionary to escape the ravenous hordes of PBS.

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April 15, 2016

The Rise Of Cinematic Universes

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment 21 Jump Street, Abbot and Costello, Al Bundy, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, alexander hamilton, Aliens, American Idol, Angry Orange, Aunt May, Bambi, Barton Fink, Baywatch Nights, Being John Malkovich, Benedict Cumberbatch, Black Swan, Boogie Nights, Bullwinkle, Chariots of Fire, Cinematic Universes, Clerks, Clue, Count of Monte Cristo, Day of the Triffids, Die Hard, Downton Abbey, Easy Rider, Ernest Saves Christmas, Fear The Walking Dead, Flintstones, Game of Thrones, Garfield, Gilligan's Island, Godzilla, hamilton, Hanna-Barbera, Harry Potter, Horrible Bosses, Hunger Games, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jimmy Impossible, John Holmes, King Kong, King Kong Bundy, Krull sucks, Lambchop, Mad Max, Madagascar, Marcy, Marlene Dietrich, Martha Kent, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Martha Plimpton, Martha Washington, Martha Wayne, Men In Black, Nightmare on Elm Street, Orange is the New Black, orphan black, Pan's Labyrinth, Peppermint Patty, Robin Hood, Rocky Balboa, Ryan, Scooby Doo, Sesame Street, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Lewis, Silence of the Lambs, steel magnolias, Tarzan, Terminator 2, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The Birds, The Fugitive, The Goonies, The Iron Giant, The Matrix, The Secret of NIMH, The Smurfs, Tyler Perry, Watson, Willy Wonka

Recently, it was announced that a new Scooby Doo movie would launch a Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe. We also know that the Men in Black/21 Jump

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November 9, 2015

Banned Children’s Shows

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Arthur, banned episodes, Dexter's Laboratory, Gargoyles, kids shows, Mr. Rogers, Peppa Pig, Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Sesame Street, Tale Spin, Tiny Toon Adventures

Sometimes TV shows get banned for one reason or another. Sometimes it happens to children’s shows. An episode, perhaps trying to teach kids an