In this episode:

• Family Guy episodes with Frank Welker playing Megatron,
• were the lack of color and overuse of generic characters money saving tricks by Sunbow after Transformers: The Movie?,
• the newly released Star Wars The Complete Saga on Blu Ray disc,
• extras (good description here), changes, “Han shoots first” debacle, and the history of Star Wars home video releases,
• Steven Spielberg’s impersonation of George Lucas,
• communicating as kids before the Internet and cell phone age,
• annoying kids who came to our doors unannounced and unwelcome,
• Leonard Nimoy almost eaten by a bear,
• another “Jesse Ventura Conspiracy” (who really designed Manhattan Island’s grid system?),
• Casey Jones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) fan film, directed by Polaris Banks (starring Hilarion Banks as Casey and Robbie Rist as Michelangelo),
• and Eddy Grant’s Romancing The Stone movie theme song.

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In this episode:

• our giant movie review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) in 3D, starring Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley,
• the ridiculous length of the movie,
• the end of the shaky camera fad,
• a list of movies and TV shows Michael Bay ripped off (The Transformers, Superman, The Watchmen, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?),
• illogical Duracell battery pricing at Staples,
• our roll call of robots in the movie (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Sentinal Prime, Starscream, Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, and dozens of unnamed robots),
• Sentinal Prime’s face modeled after Sean Connery,
• Bay’s horrendous computer animated version of John F. Kennedy,
• Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) constantly screaming and crying,
• Bay’s terrible Barack Obama impersonator,
• Sam spending an hour going on job interviews,
• Leonard Nimoy as the voice of Sentinal Prime and Galvatron,
• various plot holes,
• Optimus Prime actually wondering where his trailer went in the movie,
• robots who were killed in the movie (the unnamed Scottish Autobot, Ironhide, Megatron, Starscream, the unnamed Decepticon bird, etc.),
• our welcoming of the inevitable Transformers movie reboot,
• Transformers spitting,
• Michael Bay turning Optimus Prime into a ruthless murderer,
• Peter Cullen and Frank Welker’s voice acting,
• Shia LaBeouf’s recent acting career (Eagle Eye and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps),
• Bay’s constant use of slow motion,
• billions of dollars worth of damage in action movies with no consequences,
• hacking into objects,
• Bay’s ignorance of science,
• the lack of rules and continuity in Bay’s Transformers movies,
• What Ever Happened To? (Bugle Boy jeans, Z. Cavaricci genie pants, Zubaz, IOU sweatshirts, B.U.M. Equipment, etc.),
• Roseanne Barr’s reality show Roseanne’s Nuts on Lifetime,
• a Transformers: Dark of the Moon cameo by Scott Krinsky from Chuck,
• Bay’s completely wasted use of 3D,
• fans feeling obligated to watch bad movies,
• Glynn Turman appearing in Super 8 (2011) and Gremlins (1984),
• Sean Connery’s brother Neil Connery starring in bad movies: OK Connery (1967) and The Body Stealers (1969),
• celebrity deaths (Peter Falk and Sherwood Schwartz),
• Paul Reiser and The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 2,
• and a new stupid style (extremely short cutoff shorts with dangling pockets).

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In this episode:

• the Transformers: Prime computer animated series starring Peter Cullen and Frank Welker,
• Michael Bell in an episode of G.I. Joe: Renegades,
• Cobra’s battle cry,
• the upcoming video game Duke Nukem Forever,
• the ThunderCats computer animated movie trailer,
• Liam Neeson as the voice of Qui-Gon Jinn in the computer animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars,
• the upcoming movie Terminator 5 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
• the biggest Lame Idiot of 2010 (BP),
• the 2011 Razzie Awards for bad movies,
• our review of Black Swan (2010) starring Natalie Portman,
• our review of The Dilemma (2011) starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James,
• and the Emergency Broadcast System.

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• closing of the local Belleville, NJ, Pathmark,
• Led Zeppelin cover band Custard Pie (website),
• Robert Plant performing Led Zeppelin as country music (Band of Joy),
• Romanian Led Zeppelin cover band (Mike Godoroja & Blue Spirit) on YouTube,
• Jeff Bridges sings country songs,
• Jeff’s new album (Be Here Soon),
• Rob’s Comcast DVR upgrade,
• Google TV,
• the lack of true digital “VCR” recording devices,
• Star Wars films being released in 3D,
• how much more will George Lucas butcher the films?,
• how many more formats can he re-release them in the future?,
• Joaquin Phoenix’s fake mental breakdown film I’m Still Here (2010) bankrupting director Casey Affleck,
• Addams Family the musical (website),
• The Munsters remade as a serious drama,
• Patrick Stewart’s Broadway play A Life in the Theatre,
• Frank Welker roasting George Burns (video),
• celebrity deaths (Gloria Stuart, Tony Curtis, Stephen J. Cannell),
• rapid fire movie reviews of latest 2010 films (Going the Distance, Easy A, The Town, You Again),
• professing our love for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,
• the Bumper Dumper,
• and Leonard Nimoy’s singing talents once again.

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In this episode:

• What Ever Happened To? (H. Ross Perot),
• the upcoming movie Yogi Bear (2010) starring Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake (video),
• the upcoming cartoon show Transformers: Prime starring Peter Cullen and Frank Welker (video),
• the upcoming cartoon show G.I. Joe: Renegades,
• Steve Carell leaving The Office,
• Extras starring Ricky Gervais,
• the razor blade scam,
• counterfeit money detection pens,
• celebrity deaths (George Steinbrenner and James Gammon),
• the Major League movies,
• our movie review of Whatever Works (2009) starring Larry David,
• our hatred of Woody Allen,
• The Jerky Boys,
• and Greg’s problem selling things on the Amazon Marketplace.

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In this episode:

• a roll call of our listeners,
• the New York Jets vs. the Indianapolis Colts,
• Jimmy the Greek,
• weird comments on our Steven Seagal Hall of Lame post,
• Steven Seagal vs. Jean-Claude Van Damme,
• Van Damme’s return to professional kickboxing,
• celebrity boxing (Dustin Diamond vs. Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Rodman vs. Dennis Haskins),
• the Japanese believing Sony products break on purpose,
• pieces of the white Apple Macbook cracking off,
• Rob’s switch from the iPhone 3G to a free Pantech Reveal,
• a video of Pee-wee Herman using the Apple iPad,
• a fan dub of the G1 Transformers episode Scramble City,
• Alan Alda as the voice of Bumblebee,
• a Frank Welker fan site,
• Michael Bay’s belief that superheroes don’t wear masks,
• Dr. Phil as the voice of Optimus Prime,
• and George Lucas re-releasing the Star Wars movies in 3D.

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In this episode:

• celebrity deaths (John Hughes and Walter Cronkite),
• Nate and Hayes (1983) starring Tommy Lee Jones,
• Curb Your Enthusiasm returning to HBO on 9/20/09,
• celebrity death updates (Billy Mays and Michael Jackson),
• Steven Seagal on Twitter,
• James Rolfe’s video reports from Comic-Con on spiketv.com,
• the upcoming movie Stan Helsing (2009) starring Leslie Nielsen,
• our movie review of Funny People (2009) starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen,
• people fighting with each other in the theater,
• our movie review of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) starring Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller,
• horrendous computer graphics and special effects,
• the Angry Video Game Nerd’s Konami Laserscope video,
• Sean Connery,
• the Baroness and Snake Eyes,
• the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero theme song,
• “The Touch” by Stan Bush,
• DrSmoov’s funny Transformers videos,
• Frank Welker’s Megatron and Fred Jones voices,
• the Scooby-Doo movies starring Freddie Prinze Jr.,
• What Ever Happened To? (Rachael Leigh Cook),
• and wondering what listener Esteban in FL is up to.

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In this episode:

• our trip to the Brooklyn Museum to see Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) starring Paul Reubens and Mark Holton,
• The Pee-wee Herman Show live stage show in 1980,
• Phil Hartman,
• Peter Cullen narrating the new Coors Light commercial,
• Frank Welker as the voice of Soundwave and Ravage in the upcoming movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009),
• listener email from Esteban in South Dakota (http://pleasesavemerobots.blogspot.com/),
• the Snickers Nougabot Bar featuring Bumblebee,
• the upcoming movie Dance Flick (2009) starring Damon Wayans Jr.,
• our movie review of The Lion in Winter (1968) starring Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn,
• our movie review of Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) starring Pat Boone,
• Regis Philbin dressed up as Shrek on Late Show with David Letterman,
• Rob winning a car phone in the sixth grade fundraiser,
• the Digital Press video game store used in Capital One’s new credit card commercial,
• Greg switching from Comcast to Verizon FiOS,
• and DVD bitrates.

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• our review of The Simpsons Movie (2007),
• bad animation in early episodes of The Simpsons,
• getting in trouble for wearing Simpsons T-shirts to school in 1989 and 1990,
• the shift in main character from Bart to Homer,
• TV shows Rob wants on DVD (Family Matters, Charles in Charge season 2, and Get a Life),
• the Paunch bad luck (Frank Welker and Harry Shearer),
• British humor,
• the upcoming movie Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007) starring Rowan Atkinson,
• Jason Lee as the voice of Underdog,
• The Old Jingle of the Episode (“Talking Softball” by Terry Cashman, from “Homer at the Bat”),
• Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron’s career home run record of 755,
• celebrity deaths (Tom Snyder and Bill Walsh, thanks to www.deadoraliveinfo.com),
• gigantic wooden console TVs,
• Suburban Cablevision’s wooden remote control in the 1980s (Jerrold box),
• and Joe Montana.

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• a “Rowdy” Roddy Piper update,
• They Live (1988) starring Roddy Piper and Keith David,
• John Carpenter,
• the upcoming Escape from New York (2009) remake,
• a Regis Philbin update,
• meeting Ron Carey from Barney Miller,
• a cool Nintendo T-shirt on nerdyshirts.com (www.nerdyshirts.com),
• Chuck Norris’s response to Chuck Norris Facts,
• Hugo Weaving starring as the voice of Megatron in the upcoming movie Transformers (2007),
• Peter Cullen and Frank Welker performing the voices in Activision’s upcoming video game Transformers: The Game,
• Alec Baldwin’s insane voice mail message to his daughter,
• and sneaker shopping.

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