Two men with a pile of useless knowledge, hosts Jason Lenzi and Brain Heiler humorously travel back through time to discuss pop culture, toy collecting, fandom, UHF TV, childhood, schoolyard rumours, humiliation and shame, oh the shame....
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News and discussion about Mego action figures from the Mego Museum, the web's leading authority on Mego toys since 1996. Co-hosts Brian and Scott discuss Mego history, keep up to date on new Mego style products, interview collectors, customizers, and toy designers.
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Pod Stallions 120: Collector Culture Pod Stallions 120: Collector CultureSo, you say you're a collector, eh? Well, that's a loaded descriptive these days, could mean just about anything! From bottle caps to vinyl records, toy soldiers and model kits, seems these days just about everyone collects something. But what does the modern collecting/fando…
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Episode 119 Pod Stallions: Joe Flaherty TributeLife is swings and roundabouts, we are lucky to live through times enjoying brilliant art, but as the years creep on, we lose more of the artists. Joe Flaherty gave us more laughs than can be counted, and because he means so much to us we do our best to honour him, his many characters and his dependabi…
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Star Trek vs Star Wars. Tolkien vs Herbert. Coke vs Pepsi. And we add one more head-to-head battle into the Thunderdome: Microcops vs Space Police. Yes, we did the work, so you don't have to. Two busted TV pilots, both in the law enforcement genre, only one will suck a little less than the other. Are you on the edge of your seat yet? You won't be! …
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Hey listeners- it's 2024!What better time than to look backwards at 2023? We took our time this year and decided to really hone our lists of our fave movies, tv shows, toys, DVDs and other sundries that were gifted to us in '23. We cover many ground, with the usual controversies and heavy political commentary. Kidding! It's nothin' but fun. Enjoy (…
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If we Letterboxed our viewing habits in 2023, we're estimating between us we've spent close to one full month (maybe one with 28 days) watching everything from TV series to movies, highbrow to lowbrow and all points in between. We thought it'd be fun to wind 2023 down by recommending titles to the most discerning listeners in podcastville. So it's …
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Pod Stallions 115: Doctor Who at 60We're not ones to dwell on the passage of time (and let's face it, no one wants that shock to the system) but it IS hard to believe that it's now been 60 years since two schoolteachers went to that junkyard for the trip of a lifetime, and Doctor Who began. Luckily, according to the Doctor, time is immaterial. But …
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Pod Stallions Episode 114 Trick or Treat Grab Bag.Anyone who knows the Pod Stallions boys knows our love of Halloween borders on the obsessive. In fact, it's so strong that one single topic isn't enough for our final Halloween episode. So this one's a Trick R Treat Grab Bag of sugary, monster-loving goodness. Movies, costumes, candy and heck, even …
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Pod Stallions 113: Halloween TV EpisodesPod Stallions returns with an episode about all the times sitcoms got spooky, Mrs. Garrett vs Cannibals, Fonz fights a headless zombie, and Vincent Price is filling the Love Boat with blood!#podcast #podstallions DOWNLOAD THE SHOW HERE Topics Discussed: The Facts of Life, Ian Wolfe, Mr. Spock, The Love Boat, …
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Before the MCU and Multiverses, before the Snyderverse, before the summers that the Shadow and the Phantom RULED the cineplexes (didn't they?), it was a world when the superhero and pulp characters reigned supreme in Saturday morning serials. The precursor of the modern action movie, their impact can be felt to this day , and since we keep our fing…
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Welcome to the first of what is a new obsession with us, Busted TV Pilots! For the inaugural episode, we've chosen two absolute doozies starting with the "Man from the 25th Century" AKA "Irwin Allen's Kitchen Junk Drawer." Followed up with Jason's choice, the American version of "Spaced" which, totally doesn't suck. Then we trail off into topics li…
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Keen-eared listeners of the Pod Stallions podcast know that those boys can talk, know a lot of stuff and have opinions, whether they're asked for or not. Each episode peels back another layer of the enigma-onion that is BraSon, revealing more of their likes, loves and mehs. We thought it was a good time to rip another layer off and talk about What …
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For years now, Pod Stallions fans have been wondering what makes its enigma-like hosts tick: what are their loves? Hates? Favorites? Secret crushes? Where do they go when they cry? Did they really nearly come to blows with two other podcast hosts debating the best Phantom, Paradise or Opera? Well, some of those and many more burning questions wil…
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LISTEN HERE“Pop quiz: What do The Flintstones, The Wild Wild West and Car 54, Where Are You? have in common? Is it that they could ALL have used more Victor Buono? Well, frankly, YES. But more importantly, they’ve all had big screen re-makes/re-imaginings for this episode! Yes, as usual, we do the work, so you don’t have to, and there’s a lot of gr…
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DOWNLOAD THE SHOW HERE “Pop quiz: What do The Flintstones, The Wild Wild West and Car 54, Where Are You? have in common? Is it that they could ALL have used more Victor Buono? Well, frankly, YES. But more importantly, they’ve all had big screen re-makes/re-imaginings for this episode! Yes, as usual, we do the work, so you don’t have to, and there’s…
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Who comes to mind when you think creepy, mysterious, and spooky? That's right, the Pod Stallions boys! Oh, and The Addams Family, and since we clearly have so much in common, we thought it best to wrap up our October '22 celebrations by praising the Addamses in all their incarnations. Since our 1st Oct. '22 Ep was The Munsters, and the two have gon…
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It's that time again, when you curl up with a good horror movie and a bucket of candy and celebrate all that's creepy, which means it must be October and time for Pod Stallions' double dose of chat for the Greatest Holiday Ever Made. To show just how seriously we take it, for Ep 1 we've asked old chum and repeat offender David Weiner (In Search of …
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Who Watches the Watchmen?? WE do! And we've read it, too! Yes, it's time for a very special heartwarming episode of Pod Stallions, where we cover the apocalypse-straddling, superhero-deconstructing epic classic by A---M---- (name redacted) and Dave Gibbons. We cover its original release, the '09 film, the prequel/sequel comics, merch, HBO series an…
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Pod Stallions 103: Martin Short Some things in life are constants: the sun goes up/down, the world turns, Coke & Pepsi will never see eye to eye, and dogs RULE. There's a comfort in that, never better exemplified than by a Man Called Short. Martin Short. Always gives 100%, always 100% funny no matter what, and the laughter and joy he's given the wo…
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Even as kids, the Pod Stallions boys voraciously kept up with their periodicals. Newsweek, National Geographic, Highlights and Dynamite, to name a few. But one mag stands above all others for most information gleaned: Doctor Who Magazine. (Formerly DW Monthly, formerly DW Weekly). Without whom we wouldn't have been half as Who-smart as we were. Eve…
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Well, Summer's just around the corner and going out to the movies seems to be making a comeback, so what better time to reminisce about those way-back muggy months when the inside of a cool theatre was a weekly ritual?This time it's the Summer of '84: Venkman's, Thugees, Starfighters, Mogwai, Nerds and the C.H.U.D (!!!) are just some of the miscrea…
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It's hard to believe, but just a short time ago we had the wacky idea to record the pop culture-centric phone chats we regularly had, in the hopes that there'd be a few other people out there that would find them amusing. Seems our instincts were right, cuz we shut our eyes, hit the gas, drove off the cliff and before we knew it, we headed towards …
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Never say we don't finish things, here is the second part to an episode we started in 2015 (we were just kids them) where J and B discuss the many Planet of the Apes sequels, the tv series, the cartoon, the Tim Burton movie and the Matt Reeves take on Apes. It's a wonderful trip to 3978 that hopefully won't have you saying "Damn you, Jason and Bria…
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"We're living in such strange times that it truly feels like yesterday that we were going over our 'Best Of 2020' list, commenting on how quickly we got there. Well, we blinked a few times and 2021 is done and gone, so here we are again with our picks of bits that brightened our outlooks. Movies, shows, books, toys and more random musings and recom…
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There are some things we here at PS HQ feel have been constants throughout our lives, and we've decided to celebrate a Hall of Famer for our first December ep: Bill Murray. From Nick the Lounge Singer to Carl Spackler, from Winger to Venkman, Frank Cross and everything in between. Including, well, just being Bill Murray. Join us for an extra-long c…
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As we approach all Hallow's Eve, Jason and Brain talk about the bandaged terror that is the Mummy! From Imhotep to Kharis and sort of back to Imhotep again. We try to cover every Mummy movie we can over the course of the last 70 years. Pull up a sarcophagus and join us won't you? Check out the New Pod Stallions Twitter account: https://twitter.com/…
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It's a Christmas Miracle! After a long hiatus, Scott and Brian return with a 90 minute Christmas Special. The first half hour includes calls from Mego Museum members sharing their Christmas Mego Memories and hopes for this year's wish list. The remainder is a winding conversation between the hosts about Mego memories, the holidays, what's up in the…
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Brian and Scott are packing for Mego Meet, but before they leave town they talk to Sean Sansom, an emmy award winning motion picture effects artist who also does sculpting for toy companies including ReMego heads for EMCE toys and BifBangPow.Listen here or download on iTunes.... Show Recap:This year's MegoMeet Customs auction will be open to intern…
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Brian and Scott are packing for Mego Meet, but before they leave town they talk to Sean Sansom, an emmy award winning motion picture effects artist who also does sculpting for toy companies including ReMego heads for EMCE toys and BifBangPow.Listen here or download on iTunes.... Show Recap:This year's MegoMeet Customs auction will be open to intern…
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On this rambling, sprawling spring time edition of the Mego Museum podcast Brian and Scott talk about Brian's Megoriffic trip to New York city. He and Scott share tips on parenting with 1990s toys. We discuss the challenges and joys of having your own Toy Room. We look forward to Mego Meet 2012. Break down the new exclusives from BifBangPow for the…
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On this edition of the Mego Museum podcast Brian and Scott are joined by Steve from the Custom Mego department to discuss the latest news from Heroes in Action toys, Mego Spock's appearance on The Big Bang Theory show on CBS, the Logan's Run tv series comes to DVD, and we talk about the Customizer of the Month.…
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Mego Museum Podcast: Brian and Scott continue their chat with Mark Huckabone of Heroes West Coast and Heroes in Action Toys. Part 2 focuses on the Presidential Monsters series.By Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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Mego Museum Podcast: Brian and Scott sit down for a chat with one of the legendary Mego collectors and dealers, Mark Huckabone of Heroes West Coast and Heroes in Action Toys. In part one we talk about how he got started at an early age buying and selling Megos.By Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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Mego Museum Podcast: It's Toy Fair Week. Brian and Scott are joined by EMCE Hammer to chat about Comic Book Men, a Batcave from JCPenney, and all the marvelous ReMego stuff from Toy Fair. Then it's a special interview with Jason Lenzi of BifBangPow about the latest in Dr Who, Venture Bros., SMDM and Battlestar Galactica. http://www.megomuseum.com/p…
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Mego Museum Podcast: Interview with Mego Warehouse Manager Ray Demato, Discussion with Ben Holcomb. KISS, SMDM, BSG, Dr. Who and
Brian and Scott present the results of the 2011 Kubby Awards with calls from fans and plenty of nerdy observations. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastkiss.mp3By Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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Mego Museum Podcast: Interview with Mego Warehouse Manager Ray Demato, Discussion with Ben Holcomb. KISS, SMDM, BSG, Dr. Who and More
Mego Museum Podcast: Interview with Mego Warehouse Manager Ray Demato, Discussion with Ben Holcomb. KISS, SMDM, BSG, Dr. Who and More http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastkiss.mp3By Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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Brian and Scott present the results of the 2011 Kubby Awards with calls from fans and plenty of nerdy observations. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastkubbyawards.mp3By Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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Brian and Scott talk with Lorne Kotzer about his childhood memories of the Parkdale company. Then we talk about Brian's obsession with Tomland Famous Monsters! http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastkotzer.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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Brian and Scott review the nominees for the 2011 Kubby Awards for excellence in ReMego toys. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcast12272011.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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Mego Museum Interview: Jason Lenzi of BifBangPow on Battlestar Galactica and Six Million Dollar Man
Mego Museum Interview: Jason Lenzi of BifBangPow talks with Brian about Battlestar Galactica and Six Million Dollar Man! http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastbsgsmdm.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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The Mego Museum Podcast: Scott calls in from the San Diego airport to report on his Comic-Con trip. Interviews from the floor with Paul Clarke of EMCE Toys and Jason Lenzi of BifBangPow. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastdcc.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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The Mego Museum Podcast: Brian and Scott pre-hash San Diego Comic Con, discuss the Mego of the Week and more. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastpresdcc.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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The Mego Museum Podcast: Brian and Scott recap Mego Meet, discuss the Brick/Super Collector figures, post-mortem the Retro Action line and welcome Ben Holcomb, author of World's Greatest Toys and discuss his collection up for auction now at Hake's. Special podcast bonus: An audio excerpt of a 1998 interview with the late Neal Kublan, Mego VP of Res…
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The Mego Museum Podcast comes from Mego Meet in Wheeling, WV. Brian interviews Jason and Dave from Castaway Toys, Bob Howard of Comic Kaze about the Mego documentary he's making, and Art Baltazar, creator of DC Comic's Tiny Titans. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastmegomeet.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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The Mego Museum Podcast welcomes ChrisDVM, the organizer of this year's Mego Meet in Wheeling, WV. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastchrisdvm.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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The Mego Museum podcast continues with part 2 of the interview with Joe Sena and Paul "Dr Mego" Clarke of EMCE Toys. We discuss what heroes they'd like to do, the latest news on the Brick Mantooth Super Collector doll, the joys of fandom and more. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastdrmego2.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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The Mego Museum podcast returns with part 1 of a two part discussion with Joe Sena and Paul "Dr Mego" Clarke of EMCE Toys. We discuss Zombies, Super Heroes, and more. http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastdrmego.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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News from the Mego Museum: We look forward to Toy Fair 2011 and look back at the days of old: Then Part 2 of the MM Interview with Jason Lenzi of BifBangPow! http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/megocast021311.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/megocast020711.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/megocast_20110114.m4aBy Brian Heiler and Scott Adams
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