episode 53 – Hello 2024!

R-Town Podcast Extraordinaire

you can watch this episode on

⁠⁠http://youtube.rtownpod.com⁠⁠ or on ⁠⁠http://spotify.rtownpod.com⁠⁠

also check out our Facebook & Instagram ⁠http://Facebook.com/rtownpod

⁠⁠http://Instagram.com/rtownpod⁠

Headlines:

• Ian Ziering Attacked by mini bikers(tourist on scooters)

• Lauren Bobert leaves her district to run in another she has a better chance of winning

• Earthquakes in Japan and L.A.

• Mickey Mouse Steamboat Willy in the public domain – already a slasher movie

• Tom Wilkinson R.I.P.

• Shecky Greene R.I.P.

• There’s one person willing to defend the Holiday Special on the record — pioneering TV director Steve Binder who had nothing but fond memories about being part of it. “I had a great time shooting it. I got to work with all of the cast of the original, and we had a crack A-plus television crew on the show." "The public never knew this wasn’t Star Wars II," he notes. "This was a television show that Lucas sold CBS to sell toys to kids, and that’s all it was. Everybody who tuned in without that knowledge was expecting it to be a big expensive movie! But Lucas made a deal with Hasbro and wanted to get on national television to sell merchandise, and that was the whole purpose of the show to begin with. The public never knew any of this — it was behind the scenes."

• Dead Kennedys and their debut album, “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables,” which was certified gold by the RIAA on Friday, some 43-plus years after its October 1980 release.

New Movies for January

• 1/5 Night Swim

• 1/12 Mean Girls (2023)

• 1/12 The Beekeeper (Jason Statham)

• 1/12 The Book of Clarence

• 1/19 I.S.S.

• 1/21 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie(re-re’release)

• 1/26 Miller’s Girl

Biggest New TV Shows Coming in 2024

• Echo Disney+ 1/9

• True Detective: Night Country HBO 1/14

• Masters of the Air Apple TV 1/26

• Mr. & Mrs. Smith Prime 2/2

• Avatar: The Last Airbender Netflix 2/22

• TWD: The Ones Who Live AMC 2/25

• Fallout Amazon Prime 4/12

• Star Wars: The Acolyte Disney+ TBD

• The Penguin HBO TBD

Sharing is Caring (Book, restaurant, movie, TV show, article, etc. to share)

Born On The Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute To Creedence Clearwater Revival

End on something positive:

if you want to see this week's top 5
go to ⁠http://patreon.com/rtownpodcast

Top 5: Favorite Celebrity Animal

1. Lassie

2. Gary Fisher (Carrie Fisher's dog)

3. Bruce the Shark

4. Grumpy the Cat

5. Princess Monster Truck

R-Take – Monarch from Apple TV