Author: UncaScroogeMcD

  • Win JAG: SEASON 7 on DVD!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with Paramount Home Video, five (5) copies of JAG: SEASON 7 on DVD.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Monday, November 3rd.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

    One entry per day, per person.

    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Monday, November 3rd.

    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.

  • Win HOLIDAY INN on DVD!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with Universal Home Video, five (5) copies of HOLIDAY INN on DVD.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Monday, November 3rd.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

    One entry per day, per person.

    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Monday, November 3rd.

    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.

  • Ken P. D. Snyde-Cast #66: Make Life A Jamboree

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    Adult Swim’s Dana Snyder and FRED’s Ken Plume set out to have a literate conversation between two pals, but inevitably devolve into a verbal, and funny, free-for-all full of bickering, infighting, and the special kind of male bonding that comes from conflict expressed through the podcast medium.

    Actor/comedian/raconteur Dana Snyder, you’re certainly aware, is Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s Master Shake, Squidbillies‘ Granny, Minoriteam’s Dr. Wang, and The Venture Bros.‘ Alchemist. Available for weddings and bar mitzvahs (bat availability pending), you can keep tabs on him via his website, www.eyeofthesnyder.com.

    Ken Plume is the editor-in-chief here at FRED. He is a friend of Dana’s, as well as his arch-nemesis.

    VISIT THE SNYDECAST EXPERIENCE

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    KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #66: Make Life A Jamboree – Ken & Dana return with an unexpected round of congratulations before featuring a very special celebrity guest, take a journey through language, go on a magical trip to an extraterrestrial mushroom acid trip, get all Muppety, and end on a jamboree. Ducks in buckets!

    [CONTENT WARNING]: This podcast may contain some foul language and horribly off-color jokes. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

    DOWNLOAD: (right click to save)
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    SUBSCRIBE
    Subscribe to this Podcast via iTunes

    Got something to say? E-mail Dana & Ken at the Snydecast mailbag.

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  • Win JOHN HODGMAN’s MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with Dutton Books, five (5) copies of JOHN HODGMAN’s MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Friday, October 31st.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

    One entry per day, per person.

    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Friday, October 31st.

    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.

  • Weekend Shopping Guide 10/24/08: World Knowledge!

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    The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

    As dense as a diamond and just as exquisite, the second volume of world knowledge written by the world’s FOREMOST EXPERT on ALL THAT IS KNOWABLE (if not factual) and the possessor of soft hands and a baby’s face (the former per our handshake, the latter per Ricky Gervais), John Hodgman, is now available for purchase from your favorite book emporium. More Information Than You Require (Dutton, $25.00 SRP) picks up where The Areas Of My Expertise left off – literally – and presents the reader (us) with learned knowings rare, surreal, useful, and useless, as well as 700 Mole Men (one of which bears a familiar name) and CHARTS! Lots and lots of CHARTS! How can you not want this book? THERE ARE CHARTS!

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    It may have an unfortunate name, but I can’t stop playing around with my Ball of Whacks ($29.99). It’s not really a puzzle, it’s not really a game – it’s just a fun, thought-provoking, creative diversion in the form of a geodesic ball comprised of 30 pyramidal pieces (with 180 internal rare earth magnets) that you can rearrange however you’d like. It’s fun.

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    How time flies. It was announced that the 6th volume of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$64.98 SRP) would be the last before the Looney Tunes collections morph into a new form, and they’ve certainly gone out with a bang. Literally, as it turns out, since most of the cartoons are those produced during World War II, many of which are rarely – if ever – seen on TV nowadays due to issues with ethnic stereotyping. The cartoons are presented here in their historical context, and the set is a must-have for animation aficionados. Bonus materials include audio commentaries, a spotlight on vocal legend Mel Blanc, 2 Looney tunes TV specials, rarities from the vaults, and more. As usual, for those just wanting to show cartoons to the kids without the bonus goodies, there’s the stripped down Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 6 (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$26.98 SRP). And no, none of the controversial shorts are on the kid-friendly set.

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    There are some flaws here and there, but I was incredibly impressed with The Incredible Hulk (Universal, Rated PG-13, DVD-$34.98 SRP). Whoda thunk that, oh, just being faithful to the character and its history would be the right way to go? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SUCH A BIZARRE NOTION WOULD BE TRUE? You know, besides intelligent people who aren’t Avi Arad or Tom Rothman. This flick erases the abysmal Ang Lee Hulk from memory, and sets a redo template I can only hope will soon be applied to Fox’s bastardized Fantastic Four and X-Men. The 3-disc special edition features an audio commentary, deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, and more.

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    As of fan of Kevin Smith’s live performances (captured in the two previous Evening With… sets), I find it quite a feat that his latest – Sold Out: A Threevening With Kevin Smith (Genius, Not Rated, DVD-$19.98 SRP) – accomplishes the not-so-small feat of being even more enjoyable than what’s come before. Recorded on his birthday in his hometown of Red Bank, NJ, the Q&A/performance turned into a marathon session that’s been condensed down to a solid almost 4 hour cut. If that weren’t enough, the 2-disc set is loaded with over an hour of deleted scenes.

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    It was only a matter of time before the classic James Bond flicks made their high definition debut, and we’ve got a clutch of 6 to ring in the holiday season. You can whet your Blu-Ray Bond appetite with the fully restored Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, For Your Eyes Only, Live & Let Die, and Die Another Day (MGM, Rated PG, Blu-Ray-$34.98 SRP each). While all of the bonus features are basically those found on the previous standard DVD special edition sets, many of the documentaries have been remastered in high definition. By all means – fire up the player, pull over the ottoman, and have yourself a mini-marathon.

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    As the classic films are hitting Blu-Ray and Quantum Of Solace is about to hit theaters, Daniel Craig’s first turn as James Bond gets a radically updated spin with a 3-disc Collector’s Edition of Casino Royale (Sony, Rated PG-13, DVD-$29.95 SRP). The new bonus features include a pair of commentaries, deleted scenes, featurettes, storyboard sequences, and more – in addition to the original releases special features. A Blu-Ray edition ($38.96 SRP) is also available, with the same bonus materials – you know, just so your Bond Blu-Ray shelf won’t be incomplete.

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    Ah, but that’s not the only version of Casino Royale in existence – the swinging 60’s version of Casino Royale (MGM/UA, Not Rated, DVD-$19.98 SRP) gets a 40th anniversary edition with a new audio commentary, a making-of documentary, the original theatrical trailer, and a photo gallery.

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    Round out your big Bond weekend with the musical journey The Best Of Bond… James Bond (Capitol, $24.98 SRP) – the latest in a long line of compilations featuring the pop title tunes from the Bond series. This one ups the game by adding a previously unreleased version of the “James Bond Theme” by John Arnold, plus a bonus DVD featuring 6 music videos and a documentary on the Music of Bond.

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    Following up their circumnavigatory trip in Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman take to their bikes again for a more vertical trip in Long Way Down (EMI, Not Rated, DVD-$39.98 SRP), which finds them traveling from Britain to Cape Town. Naturally, they encounter just as many obstacles as before – and many fascinating people and places. The 3-disc set features all 10 episodes, plus additional footage, a photo gallery, route maps, and a documentary about their first trip to Africa.

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    Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd was originally supposed to make it to high-definition earlier this year – but it was slotted for the now-deceased HD-DVD format. You can now get it in spiffy Blu-Ray (Paramount, Rated R, Blu-Ray-$39.99 SRP), containing all the same bonus features as the standard release, but in HD.

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    It’s time to mark another TV show off the list, as the fifth and final season of The Incredible Hulk (Universal, Not Rated, DVD-$29.98 SRP) makes its way to DVD. The 2-disc set features all seven episodes, plus a retrospective featurette with the creator Kenneth Johnson, and a gag reel.

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    It’s low budget and quirky, and that’s probably why I enjoyed Birds Of America (First Look, Rated R, DVD-$28.98 SRP), which focuses on a quirky family (Matthew Perry, Ginnifer Goodwin, & Ben Foster) and the stresses of sibling relations. Think of it as a more accessible Royal Tenenbaums. Give it a spin.

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    I have a good friend who has been eagerly anticipating the release of U2’s legendary live performance at the famous Red Rocks amphitheater… And he’s been waiting for years, and years, and years, as the release was bogged down in a seemingly unfixable legal kerfuffle. Well, something must have happened, because U2: Under A Blood Red Sky (Universal, $34.98 SRP) is finally available, featuring a DVD of the Red Rocks concert, as well as the live album. My friend can finally rest easy.

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    Though you would expect Neil Young’s film about the Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young “Freedom Of Speech Tour”, Déjà Vu (Lionsgate, Rated R, DVD-$14.98 SRP), to be a nostalgia piece, it’s actually a poignant portrait of a band in search of relevance, and also confronting their age and dwindling vocal skills. The latter part of that assessment isn’t really addressed in the film, but it’s all I could think about while watching it. Thankfully, though, they aren’t as bad as CSN was during their recent Colbert Report appearance. Bonus features include music videos and the film’s trailer.

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    The Disney Channel can keep their creepy Jonas troika, as Nickelodeon sports the much wilder, crazier, and younger Naked Brothers Band (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$26.98 SRP), whose complete second season is now available. The 2-disc set features all 10 episodes, plus featurettes, music videos, and more.

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    New faces! More cat fights! More greed! The 80’s are still alive in the second volume of Dynasty: Season 3 (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$35.98 SRP). The 3-disc set features all 12 episodes, and more than enough hair-pulling and snarkniness to fill your cup.

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    If Two And A Half Men is TV comfort food, then According To Jim (Lionsgate, Not Rated, DVD-$39.98 SRP) must be the box of Pizza Rolls you secretly microwave in the dead of night, and whose box you hide in the trash. And, like all secret shames, it persists to this day. You can, however, now own the complete first season on DVD. The 4-disc set features all 22 episodes, plus audio commentaries, interviews, featurettes, and a gag reel.

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    Well, when you’ve got a title like My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$16.99 SRP), you pretty much know what to expect… Ponies. And Christmas. And minty-ness. And there’s also a My Little Pony holiday figurine. The perfect gift for my little cousin.

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    So there you have it… my humble suggestions for what to watch, listen to, play with, or waste money on this coming weekend. See ya next week…

    -Ken Plume

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  • Win ANIMAL HOUSE on DVD!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with Universal Home Video, five (5) copies of ANIMAL HOUSE: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION on DVD.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Thursday, October 30th.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

    One entry per day, per person.

    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Thursday, October 30th.

    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.

  • Cabin Fever #45: Scotch Mist

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    cabin.jpgOh no! Just when you thought it was safe to hang out at the Quick Stop…

    Cabin Fever (hosted by the twisted souls Brian Fitzpatrick and Aaron Poole) is the result of having too much time on your hands and access to your local community radio station.

    Over the course of an hour, they manage to trawl the depths of good taste, plus throw some music in. How much more could you want from a podcast?… Quality? Oh… we didn’t think of that.

    Enjoy! And we hope our cross Atlantic friends can understand the Irish accent 😉

    Hugs and Kisses,
    Aaron P. + Rev. Fitzy

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    CABIN FEVER #45: Scotch Mist – Our dynamic duo are once again joined by everyone’s favourite Irish lass, and together they tackle and taste test some traditional Scottish treats. Ireland’s recent political turmoil also gets a mention, plus there’s some musical goodies from the cabin crew themselves. Additional music is provided by 1,000 Hours.

    [CONTENT WARNING]: Explicit contents! We say every naughty word you can think of. You have been warned!

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  • Masters Of Song Fu #2: Final Challenge Voting Begins!

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    We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.

    To that end, we launched a brand new form of creative combat here at the Stop. You’ll find the very first of these competitions here.

    In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.

    Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…

    A week back, we sent out the call for challengers. Hundreds of you heard the call and fought for a chance to be in the initial group. 20 were selected. Of those 20, only 13 responded in time (Them’s the breaks).

    Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, these challengers were presented with a very specific songwriting challenge, and given one week to complete their songs – however they saw fit, within the parameters set forth. Here’s the Round 1 Challenge…

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    ROUND 1 CHALLENGE

    This is going to seem to be a rather straightforward challenge to kick off our second Song Fu competition. In actuality, it’s a pretty darn interesting way to give people a sense of just what your songwriting personality and style is. We’re taking a cue from a fellow named Paul Simon

    Your first challenge is to WRITE A SONG ABOUT THE MOON.

    That’s it. The only other directive is that your song must run no shorter than 1 minute 45 seconds.

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    After one week of intense campaigning and voting, we eliminated the bottom vote-getters – leaving only 6 competitors (5th place was a tie) to move on to… ROUND 2. The remaining Challengers and our Masters were then presented with their Round 2 Challenge…

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    ROUND 2 CHALLENGE

    Your challenge is to choose a famous inventor and craft a song proposing a “dance craze” based on either the inventor or one of his/her most well known inventions. For an idea of what we’re looking for, here’s a song proposing the ill-fated “Lurch”…

    Your song must run no shorter than 1 minute 45 seconds.

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    Your votes were tallied, and the top two Challengers from Round 2 moved on to battle head-to-head in ROUND 3…

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    ROUND 3 CHALLENGE

    For this Challenge, not only are we going to provide you with a theme and style, but we’re also going to give you the title. Your task is to write a song that utilizes all of the provided elements.

    For this Round, we’re paying homage to the country balladeer greats ““ people like Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings, and Roger Miller. Your task is to write a country ballad – using a backstory of your own creation ““ called “The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams”.

    Your song must run no shorter than 1 minute 45 seconds.

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    Well, you voted on the Round 3 Challenge HERE. You chose one Master and one Challenger to battle head-to-head in the final challenge…

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    FINAL CHALLENGE

    THE SONG FROM (aka 70’s Cinema Pop): For this final duel between Master and Challenger, you must envision a world in which composer John Williams was never hired to write the now-iconic scores for the Lucas and Spielberg films of the 1970’s (JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, 1941, and STAR WARS). Imagine instead that the filmmakers decided to go with that other staple of the 70’s – a tailor-made pop tune. Think THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE’s “The Morning After (The Song From THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE)”, which you’ll find below. You must choose one of those 1970’s Williams-scored Spielberg/Lucas flicks and write “The Song From…” that the film never had, in the style of a 1970’s pop tune (particularly in your instrumentation).

    The song must be at least 1min 45sec, and must be an original creation.

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    And now, their fate will be determined by you, as you vote for the winner of our 2nd MASTERS OF SONG FU. You’ll find the Final Songs below, followed by the voting form…

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    MASTERS OF SONG FU

    For this edition of Song Fu, we’re bringing in two (well, 5, if you’re being technical) very special Masters who you’ll be going up against. Think of them as the iron chefs of Song Fu, and your ultimate challengers, as you’ll square off against one of them mano-a-mano in the Final Round:

    THE RIFFTONES

    songfu-rifftones.jpgYou know ’em as the RiffTrax trio, but here at Song Fu they are the mighty RiffTones…

    MICHAEL J. NELSON – Michael J. Nelson is the creator of Rifftrax.com, and is the former host and head writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since that time, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, penned a regular column for TV Guide, and authored best-selling books for both HarperCollins and Abrams.

    His first book, Mike Nelson’s Movie Megacheese, thrilled critics, including Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, who said of Mike, “He’s more fun than a barrel of Val Kilmers… Smarter than a roomful of Patrick Swayzes… and almost as hilarious as Keanu Reeves.” Mike’s laugh-out-loud follow-up, Mind Over Matters, prompted Kirkus Reviews to enthuse, “From someplace called Minnesota comes a Nelson funnier than Ozzie, Ricky, Lord or Half,” and even dared to compare him to another legendary writer, saying of his Serious Speech to Business People, “[It] could easily precede [Robert] Benchley’s immortal Treasurer’s Report.” And Kirkus Reviews loved his novel, Death Rat!, saying, “Fast-paced, outrageous and funny, first-novelist Nelson’s mockery of media mendacity is as biting as La Dolce Vita or Network – only funnier!”

    Mike speaks all over the country, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and along with Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy sells out theaters with his RiffTrax Live events.

    KEVIN MURPHY – “I’m probably best known for portraying that ol’ squat loveable bubble-headed robot Tom Servo on Mystery Science Theater 3000. In fact I’m the only member of the cast and crew to have worked on every single episode of the series, probably because I tend to like everybody. I also got to sing at the drop of a hat and collaborated with the lovely, leggy Mike Nelson on many of the show’s songs.

    Right now I’m back with Mike and Bill for www.rifftrax.com , where once again we sit in close proximity to each other and make fun of movies; unfortunately we don’t write a lot of songs… yet. To exercise my musical jollies I occasionally write and record solo and with family members, under the name The Revolutionary Communist Mountain Boys. Oh, and I’m also writing my first comic book series, symptomatic of my terminal case of Adult-onset Geekdom.

    BILL CORBETT – Beloved by literally billions of people, Bill Corbett is a former writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 on the Sci-Fi Channel, and previously on Comedy Central. He was also a performer on the show, providing the second incarnation of the robot Crow and embarrassing himself in grand fashion as other strange characters – including the all-powerful but clueless alien The Observer, a.k.a. “Brain Guy.” Bill has always been an amateur musician (cough cough HACK cough cough), performing with garage-less garage bands, and writing / performing songs for MST3K – including the beloved-by-literally-trillions CANADA SONG. He now works with former MST3K colleagues Michael J. Nelson and Kevin Murphy at Rifftrax.com.

    Corbett is also a screenwriter and playwright. His plays have been produced at numerous theaters across the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and (seriously) Japan. He wasn’t able to attend the latter, but assumes it was a live-manga concept.

    A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Corbett currently spends a lot of time in Los Angeles partying into the wee hours with stars like Skeet Ulrich, Harry Hamlin, and the late Red Buttons. But he actually lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife Virginia, their two young children, and a small Jack Russell Terrier who really runs the house.

    He hopes someday to raise alpacas.

    Official Website: www.rifftrax.com

    FINAL CHALLENGE SONG:Love Theme from JAWS (When a Man Loves a Shark)
    ROUND 3 SONG:(The Ballad Of) Rufus Amos Adams
    ROUND 2 SONG:Do The Ballpoint!
    ROUND 1 SONG:Moon Shine

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    THE CHALLENGERS

    JASON MORRIS

    songfu-jasonmorris.jpgI suppose I am what you could call a “Multi-Instrumentalist”. That is a nice way of saying “Jack-of-all-trades, Master-of-none”. I began playing drums as a teenager and spent a great deal of energy during my 20’s trying to “make it” in the music biz. As a drummer, I have had the opportunity to play with some pretty incredible musicians, garnering literally DOZENS of fans over the years. In 2004 I joined the band Celestial Static, and spent several years melting some face with good friends Jeremy and Julie Elzerman. Once that ran its course, I decided to spend more time locked away in my studio, writing my own songs and learning to play guitar, bass and sing. It doesn’t pay the bills, but I have a good time doing it.

    Official Website: www.jason-morris.com

    FINAL CHALLENGE SONG:Take Me Home (The Song from CLOSE ENCOUNTERS)
    ROUND 3 SONG:The Ballad Of Rufus Amos Adams
    ROUND 2 SONG:The O’Sullivan Stomp
    ROUND 1 SONG:The Universe Outsourced The Moon

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    FINAL CHALLENGE VOTING

    And now, it’s time for that all important voting, where you’ll decide who has shown the most Fu in the final challenge. This person will not only win the remarkable (and potentially off-putting) bragging rights and a clutch of fantastic mystery prizes, but also become the proud owner of the magnificent, one-of-a-kind MASTER OF SONG FU TROPHY, designed and handcrafted by [adult swim] superstar Dana Snyder. Please remember, you can only vote FOR ONE song – so choose very carefully. You may only vote once, so make it count. VOTING CLOSES AT 11:59pm EST on MONDAY, OCTOBER 27th.

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    Good luck, and bring on the Fu.

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  • Win THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM: SEASON 2 VOLUME 1 on DVD!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with Cartoon Network Home Video, five (5) copies of THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM: SEASON 2 VOLUME 1 on DVD.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, October 29th.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

    One entry per day, per person.

    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, October 29th.

    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.

  • Win BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE – SEASON 1 VOLUME 1 on DVD!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with Cartoon Network Home Video, five (5) copies of BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE – SEASON 1 VOLUME 1 on DVD.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, October 29th.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

    One entry per day, per person.

    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, October 29th.

    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.

  • Bagged & Boarded 6: Short Term Memory Loss Lane

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    What happens when two young men let their love of movies, comic books, and all things “geek” take over their lives? They run away from their families, bringing only the most essential DVDs and comics to their secret, highly fortified underground bunker in sunny Southern California, where they start recording podcasts that will change the world.

    Are they heroes?

    No.

    Are they geniuses?

    Far from it.

    Are they the future of this planet?

    I sure hope not.

    Simply put… Matt Cohen and Jesse Rivers are “Bagged and Boarded”.

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    BAGGED & BOARDED #6: Short Term Memory Loss Lane – In which Matt and Jesse wax nostalgic (in a very nostalgic way) about childhood sitcoms, favorite cartoons, and the 1980’s in general. Jump in the wayback, kids…

    [CONTENT WARNING]: This podcast may contain some foul language and horribly off-color jokes. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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  • Win THE MICHAEL PALIN COLLECTION on DVD!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with BBC Home Video, one (1) MICHAEL PALIN COLLECTION BOX SET on DVD – featuring the documentaries HEMINGWAY ADVENTURE/GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS, FULL CIRCLE, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, POLE TO POLE, SAHARA, HIMALAYA, and NEW EUROPE. We’re also giving away 5 sets of the new-to-DVD Palin documentaries HEMINGWAY ADVENTURE/GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS and FULL CIRCLE.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Tuesday, October 28th.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

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    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Tuesday, October 28th.

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  • SModcast 66

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    Your TextSModcast is the meandering palaver of a pair of dudes whose voices are so dull, they don’t deserve to be on the radio (and, hence, aren’t). Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier are SModcast.The best thing about SModcast? It don’t cost nothing.

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    SModcast 66: Sleipner the Conquerer –

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  • Opinion In A Haystack: Slew O’ Stuff

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    I’ve seen a lot of stuff and I’ve got stuff to say about that stuff. So, get your stuff together and read this stuff”¦and stuff.

    Quarantine

    I pretty much have a distaste for these “found footage” movies to say the least. Emerging from the theater after seeing Quarantine gave me the insight needed to understand why I don’t crave the sticky sweets of this new found genre. Quarantine is a remake of the foreign film REC, which I have not seen, but I hold out hope that it is much better then its McClone. The plot revolves around a news reporter (played by Emily Rose herself) who is shadowing two firemen for an entire night, cameraman in tow. They go on an emergency call for an apartment building owned by Boris The Blade (Snatch!). One of the buildings residents is exceedingly sick, thus the firemen and news team go into the building to address the ever looming danger. Suddenly the government quarantines the entire building, trapping all the residents in and giving the producers a marketable title.

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    If it was the 90’s and a cheesy word bite needed to be branded on the poster, it would most certainly read “DIE HARD CROSSED WITH 28 DAYS LATER!!!” Those generalized amalgamated summations are painful, yet

    in most cases they are accurate to some degree. This isn’t a zombie movie. Why? Because zombies have to be dead, these beings are still living, yet infected. We’ll call them “sickos” as Robert Rodriguez called his creatures in Planet Terror. The main problem with Quarantine‘s sickos is that they are completely identical to the sickos in 28 Days Later. Instead of the rage virus, here we have instant rabies”¦which for all intents and purposes translates to the EXACT SAME THING. When I say exact, I mean exact. It would be less annoying if they just made a spin-off of the 28 franchise and showed us the first night of infection in a locked building, because that is exactly what this is.

    The movie we see, much like Cloverfield (or REC assumedly), is after the fact. We are viewing the found footage of the news cameraman. As I’ve said, I am not fond of this new genre. I’m not sure that it could even be called “new,” after all Blair Witch was almost 10 years ago. My disdain for this brand of cinema comes from a few factors. I prefer film-making to thrill-making. These movies, with their headache inducing shaky cam and muddled “realistic” dialogue, are made to be an experience, not a timeless piece of cinema. Kill me, but I much prefer the omnipotent “normal” camera work that shows us the best possible view of the story. Watch any of these “found footage” films and you will realize why they don’t shoot movies all in one take with one shot, its annoying and horrible looking. The only way to get away with such crap film making is if you create a crap genre as an excuse. Being the huge fan of film characters that I am, these films, especially Quarantine, tend to not deliver on any level of unique or memorable character types. The hyper realistic style of this film, and others like it, also kind of excommunicate any type of long-lasting personalities. The humans in these movies are intended to be real, which in cinema-lingo crossed with horror-movie-lingo, means meat-for-the-slaughter. They have no character to quote, no personality to cling to, they thrive on the flimsy mutual connection with the audience’s desire to simply not die. I’m not saying that every film needs an Ash (Evil Dead 2), or a John MCclane (Die Hard), or even a Rick Blaine (Casablanca)”¦but it really helps, and has a lasting effect. It’s always a pleasure to see a character that rises above the hold of mediocrity that we all live in on our side of the screen. These “found footage” films have none of that, just young, hot, questionable talents that say things like “let’s get to the basement,” “watch out,” or “OH MY GOD.” It’s all very hollow and rather boring.

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    No doubt you’ve noticed the TV marketing campaign they are running constantly. I’m speaking of those displaying the night-vision shot of the Emily Rose chick getting dragged off into the dark. That shot is also found in the trailer, and on the poster for the film. Well”¦IT’S THE LAST SHOT IN THE MOVIE!!! That’s right people; they advertised the film using the last shot, right up to the last frame. Does this anger anyone else? I’m not joking here; she literally gets dragged away then it cuts to black, CREDITS. Done. Isn’t the marketing for a film supposed to only give you a taste, not a spoiler? It’s an interesting situation they have created here. Once you’ve seen the trailer for the umpteenth time then you sit through the whole film expecting it to go somewhere you HAVE NOT SEEN, it will end on the exact note that has been drilled into your eye sockets for 2 weeks between soda and car commercials”¦its very angering. If the movie didn’t suck all by itself, the incompetent marketing is enough to merit hatred.

    City Of Ember

    Director Gil Kenan’s second outing as director, City of Ember, aims to be this generations Legend, or even Dark Crystal but comes off like a chopped up mess. I know it’s based on a book of the same name, but I’ve never read it, nor am I one of those adaptation proctologists with one finger always engorged and searching for inaccuracies. The plot concerns a city, which is Of Ember, located deep below the surface of the earth. The opening prologue tells us that the city was built by scientists who only gave it a 200 year lifespan. We come into the story at the end of its 200th year, where the last generator (their only power source) is about to fail. Our two main characters, male child and female child (their names and character traits almost irrelevant to the story) go on a short mystery solving adventure to find a way out of Ember. Fun? Sort of.

    Kenan obviously has a knack for eerie visuals and dark themes; this can be seen in his very impressive first film Monster House. City Of Ember has no shortage of this tone, the movie plays very much like a children’s fantasy from the 1980’s, where the underlying adult messages run deep and the tones are a bit more dreary then one would assume a kid’s film should have. These are all compliments mind you, as I feel that is the staple of any truly great “family film.” Go back and watch something like the Secret Of NIMH or The Neverending Story and stop and think about what exactly those films are conveying. They carry very heavy stuff underneath their fanciful exterior. Ember tries admirably to achieve the same goal, however it’s loose ends and unexplained details come off as more of an editing issue then the intended effect.

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    The film feels cut to all hell, the characters underdeveloped, and the alien world they live in is only given a few key moments to be summarized. The casting of Bill Murray as the evil mayor and Tim Robbins as the “Doc Brown” of Ember helps to sell some of it, but even they seem useless and bored…especially Murray, whose character never really earns the evil branding that the film tries to glue him to. Perhaps there is a missing 30 minutes to an hour that would make Ember a solid children’s adventure, but in the state that it landed in theaters it’s just a passing memory. However, I will give Gil Kenan the benefit of the doubt…visually he is very gifted; he just needs a script and the freedom of larger runtime.

    Sex Drive

    Why this movie is receiving such a marketing blitz I do not know. I had the opportunity to see this copycat comedy over a month ago at a preview screening and was completely under whelmed by it. As I am writing this sentence there are no doubt 238 commercials for this film playing on every channel, all of them touting how amazingly funny and original Sex Drive is…seriously? Sex Drive copies off about 20 to 30 other teen sex comedies in several different ways, it is NOTHING NEW. Some of the scenes are almost directly stolen. The movie has a special affinity for American Pie (a film I hated the first time it was made), stealing the “parents walking in on a boy jerking off scene” (which is, sadly, much better parodied in Not Another Teen Movie) to having a character that is IDENTICAL to Stifler. In fact, James Marsden might even be a better Stifler then Sean Willam Scott, yet that still doesn’t forgive Sex Drive for being unoriginal recycled banality.

    Seth Green as the sarcastic Amish mechanic is the only saving grace of an otherwise uninspired teen-sex-road-movie, he really is absolutely hilarious with almost every line he utters. I will say that if all the gags and jokes weren’t completely tired in my 2008 eyes, I might say that Sex Drive is “pretty funny,” but I found it more angering and bland. I love teen movies too, please don’t think I have some vendetta against the genre. Perhaps my extensive knowledge of the genre is what is ironically damaging. This is a Frankenstein’s monster of teen movies, however not a parody, and if you are too apathetic, too lazy or too young to bother watching all that it steals from…then you will probably enjoy it.

    What Just Happened?

    Barry Levinson is a very hit or miss filmmaker. Sometimes he makes an expertly crafted piece of cinema like Sleepers, and sometimes he makes Envy, and lately it seems like he is making more Envys then Sleepers. I’m very pleased to say that Levinson has finally, somewhat, returned to form this time making fun of Hollywood egos. What Just Happened? is based on the book of the same name by Art Linson, who is also the screenwriter. By the way, Art Linson is the director of the rather forgotten Hunter S. Thompson movie Where The Buffalo Roam starring Bill Murray. There is a little wink to that fact in the movie itself.

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    Here we have Robert De Niro as Ben, a successful Hollywood producer. Through out the course of the film we are taken through several different, and sometimes intervening, events currently going on in his life. The film opens with him attending a test screening of a new, fictional, Sean Penn film that he produced called Fiercely. The fictional movie features an extremely graphic ending in which Sean Penn gets violently killed right after his innocent, sidekick dog is brutally shot in the head point blank with blood spewing toward the camera. The test screening audience gasps with disgust, as De Niro shows embarrassment on his face. Needless to say, it is extremely hilarious. The plot revolves around Ben’s quest to get the pretentious foreign director to re-edit the dog-murdering scene, make peace with his second ex-wife, and get Bruce Willis to shave off his beard. It’s kind of like a week in the life of a Hollywood producer, except it’s a film and not a crappy reality show.

    De Niro plays his character as very subdued, there’s not an ounce of his trademark “I’m about to kick your face in” attitude in his performance, which is a testament to just how versatile he can be. In fact, through out most of the movie he comes off as rather pathetic, brilliantly so. Bruce Willis simply plays himself, but steals every scene he’s in as an egomaniac version of his persona. He refuses to shave his huge, bushy facial hair for his next role and the studio, the director, and Ben all want it gone because it ruins his sex appeal…to which Willis hilariously retorts with how much “muff” he has been getting with the beard. John Turturro plays Willis’s agent, who is also simultaneously completely afraid of him. The genius way in which the movie handles Willis is that it tries to purport that he is his action-man character in real life, that he is ready to beat anyone to death if they piss him off. Michael Wincott (better known as Top Dollar from The Crow) as the director of Fiercely gives a rather insane performance as a pretentious counter-culture filmmaker…especially going so far as to secretly re-edit the dog-murdering scene to make it even more, hilariously, gruesome. Please don’t misunderstand me, I don’t find murdering dogs funny, it’s the audience’s reaction to such a taboo that brings the laughs.

    The film isn’t perfect however, nor is it a slap happy comedy riot…most of the comedy being wonderfully dry. What Just Happened? has it’s fair share of drama, mostly when concerning Ben’s love life. There is also a lot of over editing, or at least what feels like over editing. Several scenes of De Niro driving all over town feature heavy sections of cutting, jump cutting, fast motion, slo-mo, and such…it takes you out of the movie at some points, but I’ve only seen it once and that could lessen with further viewings. However, the one stroke of genius in the film is how Ben has the sample film-score to Fiercely in his car stereo the entire movie, which plays over many scenes and substitutes, appropriately, for where the real film music should be. All the songs even start with a sound editor saying the name of the track; it’s a hilarious and well executed little touch.

    Godfather Restorations

    My home town was lucky enough to have our local historic theater be one of the privileged few showcases for the restorations of The Godfather and The Godfather: Part 2. I spent almost seven hours alone in the dark with the Corleone family on a quiet Thursday afternoon, and I have to just say…amazing. Now, I am not the proud owner of a Blu-ray player or HD-TV so this is the only way I could experience these restorations and I can honestly say I much prefer a real film print to a digital version any day of the week. I have not sat down to watch The Godfather in almost half a decade, but even so I could see the difference in quality. These prints are worth your time, even if you’ve committed them to memory, the restorations make it worth six or seven hours to revisit.

    Reviewing the movies themselves isn’t even worth doing, obviously, it’s the frickin’ Godfather. However, as I was sitting in the theater during the still-included intermission during Part 2, I couldn’t help but wonder why more re-releases don’t happen. Hollywood is constantly remaking movies, why not re-release a few as well, there is an audience for this type of thing. The only catch is that it has to be a real film print and not just a projected DVD. Their justification for remakes is always “We want to introduce a new generation to the film.” That is total bullshit, you aren’t introducing anyone to the same film, it’s a different movie, the only right way to do it would be re-release…right? You can’t tell me that a beautifully restored re-release print of Jaws, Ghostbusters, Deliverance, or even say like Once Upon A Time In The West with proper marketing and a proper release slot wouldn’t turn some sort of profit. You would then truly be giving the “old” generation a chance to introduce the “new” generation to the ACTUAL film as they saw it…right? RIGHT? eeehhhh…it’s hopeless, I know. If you didn’t get a chance to catch the Godfather restorations at the theater (because god knows that Beverly Hills Chihuahua needs to take up 5,000 screens,) get the Blu-rays, it seriously is worth the watch.

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  • Weekend Shopping Guide 10/17/08: Kingdom Of The Bloody Red Baron

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    The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

    I could say that the latest Cinematic Titanic offering, Legacy Of Blood (Cinema Titan, Not Rated, DVD-$14.99 SRP), is like a cross between King Lear, Brewster’s Millions, and House On Haunted Hill, but to even compare it to those far, far superior works is undersell just how abysmally awful Legacy Of Blood is. Thank Jebus, then, for the riffing of the CT crew, and their ability to make sweet, sweet lemonade from this massive lemon.

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    When I travel, I always have far too many electronics, far too many cords, and not nearly enough USB ports on my laptop to charge things. It’s always nice to have a backup plan, and the AC To USB Power Adapter ($9.99) is just such a plan. In a nutshell, it allows you to recharge all of your favorite USB devices via an AC wall socket. Sweet.

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    I’d say that reaching the 10th volume of the still-must-have collection of Charles Schulz’s groundbreaking strip is certainly worth celebrating – particularly when The Complete Peanuts: 1969-1970 (Fantagraphics, $28.99 SRP) features the first year that has all of the elements that I remember from when I read the strip as a kid. The one element that’s taken this long to lock in – and one that was core to the strip I remember – is the introduction of Snoopy’s avian companion, Woodstock. This is also a year that saw the occasional reference to the politics of the time – albeit very much conformed to Schulz’s universe – such as when Linus gets swept up in a teacher’s strike which leads to the firing of his beloved Miss Othmar (Fear not! She returns!). If you haven’t already begun collecting these volumes, start now. NOW!

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    It seems that Criterion is systematically going back and revisiting some of their more popular catalogue titles and giving them rather stunning new high-definition transfers and some new bonus features, and the latest title to get the A+ treatment is Robert Altman’s Short Cuts (Criterion, Rated R, DVD-$29.95 SRP). In addition to the aforementioned transfer – it puts the old Criterion set to shame – the 2-disc set features a video conversation between Altman and Tim Robbins, the feature-length making-of documentary Luck, Trust and Ketchup: Robert Altman In Carver County, a PBS documentary on author Raymond Carver, a segment from the BBC’s Moving Pictures on the screenplay, a 1983 audio interview with Carver, Dr. John’s original demo recordings, a featurette on the film’s marketing, deleted scenes, and the requisite Criterion booklet with essay.

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    Some may be watching slasher flicks this Halloween, but I will be celebrating All Hallow’s Eve by taking in the new Blu-Ray edition of Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein (Fox, Rated PG, Blu-Ray-$39.98 SRP). The picture is fantastic, and the bonus features are a port of the already-wonderful standard DVD special edition. Get it. Watch it.

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    George Lucas managed to extend his death grip into another beloved franchise, clutching Steven Spielberg in one claw and Indiana Jones in the other, and managing yet again to produce a lame monstrosity instead of what should have been a triumphant return of a cinema hero. Such was the travesty of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (Paramount, Rated PG-13, DVD-$39.99 SRP), a mess of a film with a mess of a script. It’s just a goddamn mess. Which is a shame, because Harrison Ford is the most engaged he’s been in years. The 2-disc set features a pre-production featurette, a tribute to Indy, a 12-part production diary, pre-viz sequences, galleries, and trailers. The Blu-Ray edition ($39.99 SRP) features the exact same bonus materials, but also sports a picture so good that it pisses me off even more that we still don’t have the original trilogy in HD.

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    All of the focus is on his stellar performance in Iron Man, but another of Robert Downey, Jr.’s great turns is getting a new special edition DVD – his starring role in the life of The Little Tramp, Chaplin (Lionsgate, Rated PG-13, DVD-$19.98 SRP). Richard Attenborough’s biopic is occasionally languid, but Downey is note-perfect in his portrayal of the complicated cinematic genius. Bonus features include a trio of new featurettes, a Chaplin home movie, and the theatrical trailer.

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    I don’t think it was as strong as the first season, but I still enjoyed the second season of The Sarah Silverman Program (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$26.98 SRP) – particularly since it’s one of the rare comedies that understands the you can push the envelope, but you’ve got to still be funny, too. The 2-disc Season Two, Volume One contains 6 episodes, plus audio commentaries, a 2007 Comic-Con panel, digital shorts, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and more.

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    In the wake of the Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney Vault titles – those wonderful collections of text and reproductions of rare ephemera – we now get The DC Vault (Running Press, $49.95 SRP), which keeps the streak going. Text is written by Martin Pasko and Paul Levitz, and the ephemera goes all the way back to 1935. One thing, though – considering how integral he was to DC’s post-Crisis relaunch in the 80’s, why is there not a single piece of John Byrne art in the book? What’s up with that, Pasko & Levitz?

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    I’ll be perfectly honest with you – I was not a huge fan of The Matrix. I enjoyed the flick for what it was – a minor mind-f*** whose special effects and energy thankfully cancelled out most of its banal, overcooked pseudo-philosophizing and messianic overtones. But then came the sequels, which both – in quick succession – managed to top each other on the “Someone actually wrote this crap?” scale. Declining box office was proof enough – a fair number of fans who though The Matrix was the second coming (make your own jokes) left the theater feeling betrayed by creators who obviously had their grip locked firmly on something besides the story. Originally released in on standard DVD – and then the now-defunct HD-DVD – the 6-disc Ultimate Matrix Collection (Warner Bros., Rated PG-13, Blu-Ray-$129.95 SRP) makes its debut in Blu-Ray. The set still doesn’t quite make up for the lackluster flicks contained within… you can only gild a piece of crap so much – it’s still crap. But considering all the material you’re getting for the price – 6 discs full of featurettes, behind-the-scenes materials, interviews, documentaries, the entirety of both the Animatrix and The Matrix Revisited, commentaries (none with the elusive Wachowskis, alas, so no mea culpas) – it’s a decent deal if you’re inclined to snag it.

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    Packaged in a handsome lucite slipcase, the Alfred Hitchcock: Premiere Collection (MGM/UA, Not Rated, DVD-$119.98 SRP) collects all of the Master of Suspense’s early, pre-Universal films, restored and remastered with a slew of bonus materials. The films in question are A Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog, Sabotage, Young And Innocent, Rebecca, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Notorious, and The Paradine Case. Those new bonus features include audio commentaries, interviews, making-of featurettes, trailers, and more.

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    I caught an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba! the other day, and if any show can rightfully claim the mantle of “Kiddie Show Beloved By Stoners”, it’s this intriguingly bizarre combination of music and costumed characters, If you doubt me, check out Yo Gabba Gabba!: The Dancey Dance Bunch! (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$16.99 SRP). The sole bonus is a “Meet The Dancey Dance Bunch!” featurette. Oh, and good times. The show’s first album is being released digitally on iTunes, as well – titled, shockingly enough, Yo Gabba Gabba.

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    While you’re pining for the next Spongebob season set, get a quick fix of recent episodes with Who Bob What Pants (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$16.99 SRP), The single-disc release features 6 episodes, plus a quartet of shorts and an animatic for “What Ever Happened To Spongebob?”.

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    In the VH1 series Scott Baio Is 45… And Single (Anchor Bay, Not Rated, DVD-$19.97 SRP), viewers followed the renowned lothario C-lister as a mid-life crisis found him assessing his commitment issues by visiting with his past loves (including, yes, Erin Moran) leading up to being able to commit to his current girlfriend. It may not be much of a surprise to find out that Scott Baio Is 46… And Pregnant (Anchor Bay, Not Rated, DVD-$19.97 SRP) finds Baio a married man with a child on the way – and with even more commitment issues cropping up. What a shock.

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    In these troubled, troubling times, I recommend anyone with an open mind should check out the wonderful documentaries of Richard Dawkins, conveniently collected in The Richard Dawkins Collection (Channel 4, Region 2, Not Rated, DVD-£29.99 SRP). The docs contained in the set are The Genius Of Charles Darwin, The Enemies Of Reason, and Root Of All Evil?.

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    Easily the film that cemented William Hurt as an actor to be reckoned with – and a bizarre one, at that – was his turn in Kiss Of The Spider Woman (City Lights, Rated R, DVD-$34.98 SRP), which is getting a remastered special edition. The bonus features include newly-produced documentaries, a slide-show commentary, the theatrical trailer, and more.

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    Sweeping and epic in the most glorious, classic sense of the word, the foreign language Mongol (New Line, Rated R, DVD-$27.98 SRP) is the incredible tale of the rise of a simple man named Temudgin and how he rose to secure his place in history as the warlord Genghis Khan. Give it a spin.

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    If you’re the head of NASA’s multi-million dollar manned mission to Mars and you find out that to send the astronauts would result in disaster, what would you do? Well, if you were the head of the mission in the cult classic Capricorn One (Lionsgate, Rated PG, DVD-$19.98 SRP), you’d coerce the astronauts into faking the landing on a soundstage – but when they find out that the only way to maintain the hoax is for them to be killed and have it passed off as dying during re-entry, they make a break for it. The new special edition features an audio commentary with director Peter Hyams, a retrospective featurette, and trailers.

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    It was truncated due to the writer’s strike, but the eighth season of CSI (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$84.98 SRP) should be noted for essentially being the swan song for doughy-faced William Petersen from the role that somehow made him famous. The 5-disc set features all 18 episodes, plus featurettes, a pair of audio commentaries, a deleted scene, and a bonus episode of Without A Trace.

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    It may not be brilliant, but there’s certainly something loveable about any show that casts both Patrick Warburton and David Spade. Rules Of Engagement: The Complete Second Series (Sony, Not Rated, DVD-$29.95 SRP) features all 15 episodes, plus bloopers and minisodes of Newsradio and Diff’rent Strokes.

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    I’ll be honest with you – the only real reason that I ever watched an episode of Nash Bridges (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$39.98 SRP) is because it costarred – alongside Don Johnson – the great Cheech Marin. There. I said it. The 2-disc set features all 8 first season episodes, plus audio commentaries, interviews, a writers roundtable, and more.

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    Indulge your schlock horror bone with the brand new Ghost House Underground imprint, formed by Ghost House Pictures founders Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, which debuts with 8 titles full of terror and gore aplenty (Lionsgate, Rated R, DVD-$19.98 SRP each). The launch titles include Room 205, The Last House In The Woods, Brotherhood Of Blood, Trackman, No Man’s Land: The Rise Of Reeker, Dance Of The Dead, The Substitute, and Dark Floors. All of the flicks feature audio commentaries, featurettes, galleries, and more.

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    It could have been a hokey mess – and there is still some hokinees about – but Liberty’s Kids (Shout! Factory, Not Rated, DVD-$59.98 SRP) is a fun little animated series for kids that makes the American Revolution come alive. In a nutshell, the series follows a pair of young reporters for Benjamin Franklin (voiced by Walter Cronkite) that must navigate the shifting sands of war.

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    His time in office may be fast coming to an end, but you can still watch the second season of Lil’ Bush (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$26.98 SRP). The 2-disc set features audio commentaries, animated shorts, animatics, and a music video.

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    Science nerds (like me) can geek out to the complete second season of The Universe (History Channel, Not Rated, DVD-$44.95 SRP), covering topics like cosmic holes, dark matter, astrobiology, colonizing space, cosmic collisions, and much more. The 5-disc set features all 18 episodes. Onward, nerds!

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    It has been a long, long time since the release of the second season, but fans and interested parties can now partake of The Partridge Family: The Complete Third Season (Sony, Not Rated, DVD-$29.95 SRP). The 3-disc set features all 25 episodes, plus minisodes of Charlie’s Angels and Diff’rent Strokes.

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    Terence Malick’s epic tale of Captain John Smith and the Jamestown settlement’s relations with the Native American populace, The New World (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$20.98 SRP), gets even more epic with an expanded director’s cut, containing over 30 minutes of new material. The disc is otherwise featureless, and the film is flawed, but the visuals are nice.

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    So there you have it… my humble suggestions for what to watch, listen to, play with, or waste money on this coming weekend. See ya next week…

    -Ken Plume

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with MGM Home Video, three (3) copies of each of the new JAMES BOND BLU-RAY releases – DR. NO, THUNDERBALL, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, LIVE & LET DIE, and DIE ANOTHER DAY.

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    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.

  • Ken P. D. Snyde-Cast #65: The Amazing Kazobo

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    Adult Swim’s Dana Snyder and FRED’s Ken Plume set out to have a literate conversation between two pals, but inevitably devolve into a verbal, and funny, free-for-all full of bickering, infighting, and the special kind of male bonding that comes from conflict expressed through the podcast medium.

    Actor/comedian/raconteur Dana Snyder, you’re certainly aware, is Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s Master Shake, Squidbillies‘ Granny, Minoriteam’s Dr. Wang, and The Venture Bros.‘ Alchemist. Available for weddings and bar mitzvahs (bat availability pending), you can keep tabs on him via his website, www.eyeofthesnyder.com.

    Ken Plume is the editor-in-chief here at FRED. He is a friend of Dana’s, as well as his arch-nemesis.

    VISIT THE SNYDECAST EXPERIENCE

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    KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #65: The Amazing Kazobo – Ken & Dana return with a descent into the world of novelty instruments – a journey that is sure to delight at least a tiny portion of our audience in addition to our hosts. And more stuff happens, too. Really.

    [CONTENT WARNING]: This podcast may contain some foul language and horribly off-color jokes. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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  • Win LIL’ BUSH: RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES – SEASON 2 on DVD!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with Comedy Central Home Video, five (5) copies of LIL’ BUSH: RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES – SEASON 2 on DVD.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Thursday, October 23rd.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

    One entry per day, per person.

    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Thursday, October 23rd.

    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.

  • Cabin Fever #44: The Sho Show

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    cabin.jpgOh no! Just when you thought it was safe to hang out at the Quick Stop…

    Cabin Fever (hosted by the twisted souls Brian Fitzpatrick and Aaron Poole) is the result of having too much time on your hands and access to your local community radio station.

    Over the course of an hour, they manage to trawl the depths of good taste, plus throw some music in. How much more could you want from a podcast?… Quality? Oh… we didn’t think of that.

    Enjoy! And we hope our cross Atlantic friends can understand the Irish accent 😉

    Hugs and Kisses,
    Aaron P. + Rev. Fitzy

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    CABIN FEVER #44: The Sho Show – Our cabin-girl Shona returns from the wilderness to add some quantity to the proceedings, but not necessarily any quality. This leads to talk of what not to do when urinating, some line treading on the subjects of our gay listeners, and Top 5 prospective lovers. Jonathan Coulton plays the team out, and for the second week in a row a 60 second review arrives on time. There is too much going on in this show these days…

    [CONTENT WARNING]: Explicit contents! We say every naughty word you can think of. You have been warned!

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  • Trailer Park: Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez Video Interview

    By Christopher Stipp

    The Archives, Right Here

    I’m awesome. I wrote a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right HERE for free.

    One of the most delightful interviews I was able to do when I was at the San Diego Comic-Con this past July, Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez were able to riff long enough for this video to show why CHUCK is one of the best comedies on network television. Forget your sitcoms and ensemble programs too because CHUCK developed its legions of fans out there (and if you question its popularity just let me know whose face was on the WB bags everyone was carrying around on that Friday at the Comic-Con) because of its idiosyncrasies and dedication to just good writing. Zach and Josh are but two players in a true group of talented actors who know what the material is and simply have fun with it.

    Season 2 sees guest stars from John Larroquette, Nicole Ritchie, Tony Hale and Jordana Brewster, among others, and this season is all about regaining the momentum that was surreptitiously lost when writers all across the country went on strike. Although, that momentum seemed none too lost as I sat in on the CHUCK panel during Comic-Con and saw the legions of the faithful ready to keep this show atop the ratings heap.

    This interview represents the 4th time I’ve talked to Zach, more times than I’ve ever talked to anyone during my tenure with this site, and it really is for good reason. Zach has been nothing short of professionally wonderful in every sense of the word. I remember talking to him in support of BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 (Oy vey…the horror…) and coming away with the sense that his was a career who was going some place more prominent than the role he was saddled with. Fast forward a few years, and a whole lot of success, and he is still the same wise ass that really resonates with me in ways that I know this is just an interview that defines where he is at this time. I know we’re going to meet again.

    As for Josh? This guy was always talked about in “Oh, you just HAVE to talk to him!” kinds of ways. He was hyped up to the point that I believed there was just no way it could live up to the back-and-forth kind of mind meld that people were telling me they had with one another. It was all true and as I watch this interview again (watch for the Navy Seal who interjects. The joy of live interviewing!) I can’t help but laugh at the casualness the two of them have about a show that has a lot of money riding on it but I also laugh at how funny they are with each other.

    PART 1
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  • Masters Of Song Fu #2: Final Challenge Revealed!

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    We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.

    To that end, we launched a brand new form of creative combat here at the Stop. You’ll find the very first of these competitions here.

    In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.

    Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…

    A week back, we sent out the call for challengers. Hundreds of you heard the call and fought for a chance to be in the initial group. 20 were selected. Of those 20, only 13 responded in time (Them’s the breaks).

    Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, these challengers were presented with a very specific songwriting challenge, and given one week to complete their songs – however they saw fit, within the parameters set forth. Here’s the Round 1 Challenge…

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    ROUND 1 CHALLENGE

    This is going to seem to be a rather straightforward challenge to kick off our second Song Fu competition. In actuality, it’s a pretty darn interesting way to give people a sense of just what your songwriting personality and style is. We’re taking a cue from a fellow named Paul Simon

    Your first challenge is to WRITE A SONG ABOUT THE MOON.

    That’s it. The only other directive is that your song must run no shorter than 1 minute 45 seconds.

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    After one week of intense campaigning and voting, we eliminated the bottom vote-getters – leaving only 6 competitors (5th place was a tie) to move on to… ROUND 2. The remaining Challengers and our Masters were then presented with their Round 2 Challenge…

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    ROUND 2 CHALLENGE

    Your challenge is to choose a famous inventor and craft a song proposing a “dance craze” based on either the inventor or one of his/her most well known inventions. For an idea of what we’re looking for, here’s a song proposing the ill-fated “Lurch”…

    Your song must run no shorter than 1 minute 45 seconds.

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    Your votes were tallied, and the top two Challengers from Round 2 moved on to battle head-to-head in ROUND 3…

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    ROUND 3 CHALLENGE

    For this Challenge, not only are we going to provide you with a theme and style, but we’re also going to give you the title. Your task is to write a song that utilizes all of the provided elements.

    For this Round, we’re paying homage to the country balladeer greats ““ people like Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings, and Roger Miller. Your task is to write a country ballad – using a backstory of your own creation ““ called “The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams”.

    Your song must run no shorter than 1 minute 45 seconds.

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    Well, you voted on the Round 3 Challenge HERE. Below, you’ll find the Master and the Challenger who will be battling head-to-head, and whose fate will also be determined by you. Beneath their section, we reveal The FINAL CHALLENGE!

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    MASTERS OF SONG FU

    For this edition of Song Fu, we’re bringing in two (well, 5, if you’re being technical) very special Masters who you’ll be going up against. Think of them as the iron chefs of Song Fu, and your ultimate challengers, as you’ll square off against one of them mano-a-mano in the Final Round:

    THE RIFFTONES

    songfu-rifftones.jpgYou know ’em as the RiffTrax trio, but here at Song Fu they are the mighty RiffTones…

    MICHAEL J. NELSON – Michael J. Nelson is the creator of Rifftrax.com, and is the former host and head writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since that time, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, penned a regular column for TV Guide, and authored best-selling books for both HarperCollins and Abrams.

    His first book, Mike Nelson’s Movie Megacheese, thrilled critics, including Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, who said of Mike, “He’s more fun than a barrel of Val Kilmers… Smarter than a roomful of Patrick Swayzes… and almost as hilarious as Keanu Reeves.” Mike’s laugh-out-loud follow-up, Mind Over Matters, prompted Kirkus Reviews to enthuse, “From someplace called Minnesota comes a Nelson funnier than Ozzie, Ricky, Lord or Half,” and even dared to compare him to another legendary writer, saying of his Serious Speech to Business People, “[It] could easily precede [Robert] Benchley’s immortal Treasurer’s Report.” And Kirkus Reviews loved his novel, Death Rat!, saying, “Fast-paced, outrageous and funny, first-novelist Nelson’s mockery of media mendacity is as biting as La Dolce Vita or Network – only funnier!”

    Mike speaks all over the country, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and along with Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy sells out theaters with his RiffTrax Live events.

    KEVIN MURPHY – “I’m probably best known for portraying that ol’ squat loveable bubble-headed robot Tom Servo on Mystery Science Theater 3000. In fact I’m the only member of the cast and crew to have worked on every single episode of the series, probably because I tend to like everybody. I also got to sing at the drop of a hat and collaborated with the lovely, leggy Mike Nelson on many of the show’s songs.

    Right now I’m back with Mike and Bill for www.rifftrax.com , where once again we sit in close proximity to each other and make fun of movies; unfortunately we don’t write a lot of songs… yet. To exercise my musical jollies I occasionally write and record solo and with family members, under the name The Revolutionary Communist Mountain Boys. Oh, and I’m also writing my first comic book series, symptomatic of my terminal case of Adult-onset Geekdom.

    BILL CORBETT – Beloved by literally billions of people, Bill Corbett is a former writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 on the Sci-Fi Channel, and previously on Comedy Central. He was also a performer on the show, providing the second incarnation of the robot Crow and embarrassing himself in grand fashion as other strange characters – including the all-powerful but clueless alien The Observer, a.k.a. “Brain Guy.” Bill has always been an amateur musician (cough cough HACK cough cough), performing with garage-less garage bands, and writing / performing songs for MST3K – including the beloved-by-literally-trillions CANADA SONG. He now works with former MST3K colleagues Michael J. Nelson and Kevin Murphy at Rifftrax.com.

    Corbett is also a screenwriter and playwright. His plays have been produced at numerous theaters across the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and (seriously) Japan. He wasn’t able to attend the latter, but assumes it was a live-manga concept.

    A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Corbett currently spends a lot of time in Los Angeles partying into the wee hours with stars like Skeet Ulrich, Harry Hamlin, and the late Red Buttons. But he actually lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife Virginia, their two young children, and a small Jack Russell Terrier who really runs the house.

    He hopes someday to raise alpacas.

    Official Website: www.rifftrax.com

    ROUND 3 SONG:(The Ballad Of) Rufus Amos Adams
    ROUND 2 SONG:Do The Ballpoint!
    ROUND 1 SONG:Moon Shine

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    THE CHALLENGERS

    JASON MORRIS

    songfu-jasonmorris.jpgI suppose I am what you could call a “Multi-Instrumentalist”. That is a nice way of saying “Jack-of-all-trades, Master-of-none”. I began playing drums as a teenager and spent a great deal of energy during my 20’s trying to “make it” in the music biz. As a drummer, I have had the opportunity to play with some pretty incredible musicians, garnering literally DOZENS of fans over the years. In 2004 I joined the band Celestial Static, and spent several years melting some face with good friends Jeremy and Julie Elzerman. Once that ran its course, I decided to spend more time locked away in my studio, writing my own songs and learning to play guitar, bass and sing. It doesn’t pay the bills, but I have a good time doing it.

    Official Website: www.jason-morris.com

    ROUND 3 SONG:The Ballad Of Rufus Amos Adams
    ROUND 2 SONG:The O’Sullivan Stomp
    ROUND 1 SONG:The Universe Outsourced The Moon

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    FINAL CHALLENGE

    THE SONG FROM (aka 70’s Cinema Pop): For this final duel between Master and Challenger, you must envision a world in which composer John Williams was never hired to write the now-iconic scores for the Lucas and Spielberg films of the 1970’s (JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, 1941, and STAR WARS). Imagine instead that the filmmakers decided to go with that other staple of the 70’s – a tailor-made pop tune. Think THE POSEIDEN ADVENTURE’s “The Morning After (The Song From THE POSEIDEN ADVENTURE)”, which you’ll find below. You must choose one of those 1970’s Williams-scored Spielberg/Lucas flicks and write “The Song From…” that the film never had, in the style of a 1970’s pop tune (particularly in your instrumentation).

    The song must be at least 1min 45sec, and must be an original creation.

    The deadline for delivery of the song is 11:59pm EST on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21st.

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    If you triumph, not only will you win remarkable (and potentially off-putting) bragging rights and a clutch of fantastic mystery prizes, you will also become the proud owner of the magnificent, one-of-a-kind MASTER OF SONG FU TROPHY, designed and handcrafted by [adult swim] superstar Dana Snyder. Yes. Dana Snyder.

    Good luck, and bring on the Fu.

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  • Bagged & Boarded 5: Battle Royale With Cheese

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    What happens when two young men let their love of movies, comic books, and all things “geek” take over their lives? They run away from their families, bringing only the most essential DVDs and comics to their secret, highly fortified underground bunker in sunny Southern California, where they start recording podcasts that will change the world.

    Are they heroes?

    No.

    Are they geniuses?

    Far from it.

    Are they the future of this planet?

    I sure hope not.

    Simply put… Matt Cohen and Jesse Rivers are “Bagged and Boarded”.

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    BAGGED & BOARDED #5: Battle Royale With Cheese – In which Matt and Jesse discuss the heated topic of favorite directors (in a very heated manner), FABLES, underrated comedies, and generally bicker with each other… Lock and load, folks…

    [CONTENT WARNING]: This podcast may contain some foul language and horribly off-color jokes. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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  • SModcast 65

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    Your TextSModcast is the meandering palaver of a pair of dudes whose voices are so dull, they don’t deserve to be on the radio (and, hence, aren’t). Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier are SModcast.The best thing about SModcast? It don’t cost nothing.

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    SModcast 65: Captain Kev and Mister Scott –

    In which our heroes race with the devil, question a non-singing moon-walker, and make contact with the most aloof alien in the galaxy.

    [CONTENT WARNING] SModcast features harsh language and even harsher notions of propriety. Listener discretion is advised.

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  • Win YO GABBA GABBA!: THE DANCEY DANCE BUNCH on DVD!

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    We’re giving away, in conjunction with Nickelodeon Home Video, five (5) copies of YO GABBA GABBA!: THE DANCEY DANCE BUNCH on DVD.

    Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Monday, October 20th.

    CLOSED! THANKS FOR ENTERING!

    Official Rules

    No member of Quick Stop Entertainment or their immediate families may enter.

    No Purchase necessary to win.

    Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.

    One entry per day, per person.

    All submitted entries must be received by 11:59pm EST on Monday, October 20th.

    The winner must allow 4-6 weeks after notification of win to receive the product.