With DragonCon, looming Charles has been working with a lot of different creators. He is challenging the crew with the question “Why do you Call Yourself a Pro?” With Bobby Blackwolf on board, all five of us consider ourselves professionals and we cover a lot of different reasons why. Then after the show, we found the quote that is on the cover art. “Professionalism is an Attitude - not a time commitment.” ~ Deb Bixler. If you believe that then you are a pro whether you like it or not.
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We are learning that Mike Ellison is a bit like a puppy. He looks good fuzzy, has great breath, and gets so excited he pees on the floor! So he asks us old dogs "How do you handle waiting for something exciting?" Phil buries himself in work, Tony P. finds ways to ignore it, and Charles just lives moment to moment. There obviously is so much more to this dumpster fire that we can't really describe it in words. So hit our socials or email and let us know how you wait.
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Mike has a few cool panels he is doing for DragonCon Goes Virtual. But to avoid being like Charles and the self-love he is adding a few of his friend's panels. Check out the schedule.
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Tony P. really shows us all what it means to have a professional rockstar type intro for your show. But in all sincerity, we use the dumpster fire as our logo for a reason. He wanted all of us to share our favorite DragonCon Memories so far as we get excited for DragonCon Goes Virtual 2020. Our guest tonight is Bobby Blackwolf of Vognetwork.com. He has been a friend of ours for a while and has attended DragonCon since 1995. So if you are keeping track he has been going the longest, then Tony P., then Charles, Phil, and Mike. Charles has an odd flex in this episode but it is well earned, and we all have a great time sharing some of our favorite experiences. Won't you come and share yours?
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One of Tony p’s great passions in life is DragonCon. Tonight he shows the love for the Digital Media Track as it is kicking off this weekend.
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Mike Ellison jumped into this episode with his amazement of DC Movies that are upcoming. With all of the DC movie trailers that dropped. He asks us "Are DC Movies Getting Better?" Oddly enough Charles hasn't seen any of them. Phil had his commentary and Tony P brought in the humor as he does. He wanted to talk Marvel but we kept him on track. It was a great discussion of past movies and the upcoming films and we want to know what you think.
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Mike has mad love for a new podcast called Protest Too Much! Based on shakespeare characters it's a debate to the death on which character out of two is the best. Subscribe now! https://anchor.fm/p2mpod
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Phil jumps into his childhood with the question of what were the toys that you wanted but never got. It brought up some great memories of toys that we had forgotten. Names you know pop up like He-Man, Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, and the like. And we learn of toys we really weren't that familiar with. It was kind of like going to a toy fair. Then the tragedy hits. We hear of Charles's stories of crushed dreams, and then Phil mentions the dreaded Virtual Boy. It's all downhill after that. So won't you tell us what toy you wanted but never received?
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Phil loves a great documentary and has a special place for the Action Figure Adventure releasing soon. Our good friends at Toy Power Podcast should be making an appearance in that film and we are eager to see it!
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Tony P. Henderson kicks us off with a question about gaming consoles. Specifically, he wants to know the stories of your first gaming system. Charles says he has a sad origin story and it throws Tony off. In general, we all have a unique story to tell of how we were introduced to gaming and what the first systems we owned were. And that's the key. Not the first system we played but the first one that was our very own. Phil always blows us away with his story and what he owns today. Yeah, he shows off some of his original consoles while we record this episode. So share your story with us. Or if you desire throw us your own question of what stories, theories, and beliefs that you want to hear about.
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Tony is super stoked about DragonCon goes Digital and wants us to know all about the live weekend for the Digital Media Track. Find it here!
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Charles lives in his own universe and we all know this. Right now he is asking us "Who is Your Animation Alter Ego?" So even though we had to start out with Mike Ellison missing in action, Tony and Phil hold their own. So the game is this - first you get to say who you think you are in that animated universe and then the other hosts pick for you. And then we throw out the rules and simply start picking the characters for everyone. The universes that we run through are Looney Toons, Hannah Barbera, Futurama, and finally South Park. I mean Tony tried to insert some random animation but we quickly moved on! Feel free to let us know who you are or better yet throw in a different animation and tell us who we are to you!
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Charles has a new show dropping on Labor Day Monday. Finding the Stories is his conversational journey talking with awesome people and discovering what connects us all as humans. Subscribe to Finding the Stories today!
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Chris brings us our final topic of "What's Next?" Its been a long journey of ups and downs as we have done this show. It spawned from a show about a game, became a network, and a show about comic geekery. Over the years we have grown and changed. The faces, the topics, the relationships, and overall life has taken its course. Sometimes in life and in media, we grow together sometimes changes are inevitable. Phil talks about a new project he is working on as does Charles. Tony and Chris share different things from their life and then we say our goodbyes to BTP. We will always be grateful to Brian Ibbott and Paul Klotz for being there, in the beginning, to kick this off. Klotz put in five years and help guide this project. Chris Wisdom has always been a believer and a fan all along. And of course you the fans and listeners of this show. We love you all and wouldn't be able to grow without you. Now its time for a new beginning.
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Charles has his moments. I mean in his own world in his own head. He kicks off the show tonight with a story of his youngest son and Guitar Hero. He realizes that it was a dumb way to impress so he asks the boys what are "The Dumb Things we do to Impress Others?" Everyone takes a turn dumping on the Rock God of Podcasting, but then they share their own story. At some point, we shift gears to talk about the things we have done to impress that we regret. All the way through we continue to surprise each other and make each other laugh.
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Charles is launching a new podcast called Finding the Stories. Check out this trailer and listen as episode one drops Labor day Monday. Subscribe at anchor.fm/findingthestories
Tony has been itching to get out into the world (kinda - we all know he is an introvert.) So with some news hitting about reopening theaters and low ticket prices he starts the conversation by asking us how soon we were looking to return. There is a consensus basically that we all want to wait. But of course, as we do the ante gets real with questions of the new Ghost Busters movie and Bill & Ted face the music being put on the table. It becomes a lot harder decision when its something you really want to see. Find out where we all landed and answer for yourself - What would it take to get you back in?
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Phil has some studio envy of Charles as is evident by tonight's topic! He asks everyone what is something awesome that they have in their studio. While everything has a story Charles has a bobblehead of himself that he LOVES! So yeah there is a ton of grief about that. Tony has some Dragon Con memorabilia and other con items, Chris refuses to dress up as Superman, and Phil dunks on everyone with some amazing vinyl. It was a surprising twist and a great adventure. So jump on in and share your cool stuff with us!!!
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Philip your favorite neighborhood Imaginary Nomad is swinging through with his Fav female protagonist. That of course gets the ball rolling (and after a few jabs about Merida - see the last volume) we get into all kinds of awesome female-led content. Marvel Rising gets like ten minutes of talk time by itself. Mike, Nuru, Charles, and Tony all bring a lot to the table and we all learn something new about each other.
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Guest: Mike Ellison, Neru the Nerd Guru
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Tony P. has brought up the idea that sometimes there is a character or actor that you just hate and you really have no reason too. Nuru steps right up with no apologies and tap dances all over a beloved Disney Princess the Charles holds dear. So that became an issue that took some resolving. Phil rehashes his old Nemesis K2-SO from Rogue One and how much he despises that character. Charles went real world with an actress of note, and Mike just loves so much that we have a hard time remembering who he hated.
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Guest: Mike Ellison, Neru the Nerd Guru
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
We are joined tonight by Nuru @thenaijanerds and he wants to talk about Warrior Nun and the Umbrella Academy. He binge-watched the Warrior Nun in two days as did Mike Ellison. This is as much of a spoiler-free discussion as we can make it. Different people on the panel watched the shows but you know that Phil Keating didn't watch anything. So his additions to the conversation can be a bit misleading and yet highly entertaining!
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Guest: Mike Ellison, Neru the Nerd Guru
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Mike Ellison with the toss of the dice won the opening topic for tonight's show. He brings up fictional worlds (because you know the real one is in beta release right now) and asks us "What World Would You Live in?" Somehow we start gravitating to post-apocalyptic worlds where death and destruction reign. Which makes Mike ask us if we have been eating lead paint. So we do bounce around some more pleasant worlds. About halfway through the show, Charles asks "What children's show would you live in?" We get a little wild and crazy with the answers surprising our guest for the night Nuru. Also, it spawns the twitch clip below! Tune in on twitch to add to the discussion or get on our socials because we want you to be a part of the conversation.
A Great moment on twitch - https://clips.twitch.tv/HumbleAssiduousOctopusRuleFive
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Guest: Mike Ellison, Neru the Nerd Guru
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Mike Ellison. What can we say about Mike except he is the price we have to pay to have Stephanie Crugnola create with us. Sigh. Welp, He brought up the topic of "Fictional universes that should be better" and it ran its course as one would expect from us. We talk Star Wars, Bladerunner, uh look man its been a week and I am drinking already. You will get way more out of this if you just listen to the episode. We are freaking hilarious, entertaining, and thought-provoking. So you will listen now or so help me I'm going to turn this internet around and you will go to bed without pornhub.
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Guest: Mike Ellison
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Philip steps up to the plate with the topic for tonight! He asks us "What Media have you Started and not Finished?" We run the gamut of TV and movies with Tony P. Henderson bringing up Cloud Atlas, Charles brought up The Expanse, Phil has just about every movie/TV series out there like Locke & Key, and Mike gets on the anime train. We dabble with music and decide following a band through their albums is different. So let us know what you have started and while it is on your list you just haven't quite gotten back there yet.
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Guest: Mike Ellison
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Tony P Henderson jumps in to make his mark with a question about robotics and AI. He prefaced his question with suggestions of self-driving cars, voice assistants, and of course sexbots. This is where we find out that Phil is scared of AI, Charles has some very specific thoughts on the situation, Mike is desperate to be a true southerner and Tony regrets ever asking the question. This conversation goes all over the map and tons of laughter ensues. We even get to talking about robotic bodies and how we would view them. Come share your thoughts and opinions with us either through email, social media, or live on Wednesday nights.
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Guest: Mike Ellison
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson
Tonight we have 4 fresh new topics for your consumption! Charles kicks this show off with his topic of "SciFi/Fantasy That is Odd or Campy”. He gets going with one of his favorite movies "Krull". It fits perfectly because Tony hasn't even heard of it and half the panel hasn't seen it. Somehow Tony derails us into "Flash Gordon" and that was a wild ride. We get Jupiter Ascending and Buckaroo Bonzai as submissions as we ride this roller coaster of shenanigans. Its almost as if we have verbal ADD when we are together! There are many good suggestions from the live chat this week. Let us know what movie you love that fits this discussion.
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Guest: Mike Ellison
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Hosts: Charles McFall, Phil Keating, Chris Wisdom, Tony P. Henderson