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MELR0210 #43 - 90210's "Wildfire" & Melrose Place's "Pushing Boundaries" (with Chelsea Jupin)

On this month's trip back to the 1990s, Chelsea Jupin joins the gang to chat about two super solid eps of our SoCal stories!

First up, on Beverly Hills, 90210, it's the landmark episode, "Wildfire"! Originally airing September 12, 1991, this one gets the kids back to school and introduces major new character, Emily Valentine, while Scott comes back from Oklahoma (clock's tickin',...

Animation Damnation - Extreme Ghostbusters

On this month's AD, the guys drag out the Spooktacular by talking about an episode of the truly terrible Extreme Ghostbusters! The episode in question, "Darkness at Noon," the two-part series premiere originally aired on September 1 and September 2, 1997, and features an all-new extreme group of college-age Ghostbusters, a be-ponytailed Egon teaching at a fake college, Janine ...

Episode 576 - Ghostbusters

On this month's very special We Love Movies episode, the guys are chatting about one of the all-time great film comedies—and yes, it's certainly a comedy—Ghostbusters! How much of a drag is it to learn that Winston's role was originally much larger? Are there ghosts causing mischief outside the five boroughs or is it just NYC's problem? Whose idea was the ghost beej? And h...

Big Daddy Dispatch November 2021

Dispatch Fifty Nine, November 2nd, 2021

2021-11-04 14:46:38 +0000 UTC View Post

The Nexus #62 - "Bread and Circuses" / "The Enemy"

It's our monthly trip through Star Trek lore as we hop back into The Nexus! 

First up on TOS, it's another "What if Earth actually became an X-type planet?" episode with "Bread and Circuses"! Originally airing March 15, 1968, this episode features another Starfleet washout breaking bad (who Kirk is of course friends with), a televised gladiator fight to the death complete wi...

Prowlermentary

On this spooktacular WHM commentary, the guys are talking over Joe Zito's super-violent slasher classic, The Prowler! Watch along as the guys marvel at the two totally great (terrible) graduation dance bands, repeatedly point out that the sheriff's deputy bears a slight resemblance to Tom Petty, and wonder if anyone in the film will ever track down that creepy pervert, Major Chatham! T...

BDD Mailbag Reject for November

Hi All,

It's that time again, where we ask you to send us a short, direct question we answer you in next month's Big Daddy Dispatch! Please remember to sign your name and where you're writing from.

Thanks!

Steve, from Jersey City 

MELR0210 #42 - 90210's "Camping Trip" & Melrose Place's "The Test"

On this month's journey back into the 1990s, first up is Beverly Hills 90210's "Camping Trip." Originally airing back on August 29, 1991, this episode features the gang cramming into a run-down cabin during a rain storm, Steve Sanders getting duped by a sinister old couple, a married couple trying to screw in front of Brandon and Andrea, and Brandon dangling off the side of a cliff!&nb...

Gleep Glossary: A Star Wars Story #34 - Chancellor Finis Valorum

On this bone-chilling Gleep Glossary edition, the guys are chatting about a character who was wrapped up in the terrifying, spooktacular world of intergalactic politics—Chancellor Finis Valorum! Listen as the guys learn how Finis came from a long line of politically connected Valorums, became a crooked judge, later a cop/truck driver, and eventually was publicly disgraced in front of...

Animation Damnation - Doug's Halloween Adventure

On this month's Spooktacular edition of AD, the guys are chatting about the kind-of twisted and legit weird Doug Halloween episode, "Doug's Halloween Adventure." Originally airing back on 10/31/93, this episode has Doug being a total coward over going to an amusement park haunted house attraction, Skeeter dressing up like a sex toy to go trick-or-treating around children, and a guy tha...

Once In A Lifetime #4 "Devil's Diary"

On this month's OIAL, the Halloween Spooktacular bleeds into the show as the guys discuss the ridiculous and embarrassing Devil's Diary! Can this book be used for any kind of wishes, or is it just for murder beefs? How many times did they re-use the same shot of Dominique walking up to that church? And would it really have been a Lifetime movie without this cliched "disgusting stepdad"...

Big Daddy Dispatch: October 2021

Dispatch Fifty Eight, October 4th, 2021



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Episode 570 - An American Werewolf in London

On this month's SPOOKTACULAR We Love Movies episode, the guys are chatting about the all-time werewolf classic, An American Werewolf in London! How great is Griffin Dunne's cheery performance as he deteriorates into a zombie puppet? Did they ever consider the red rocket situation? And how often can you say you saw a werewolf in a porno theater? PLUS: Are Eric ...

The Nexus #61 - "The Ultimate Computer" / "Booby Trap"

On this month's trip into the Nexus, the gang is chatting about two Trek episodes that warn us about the dangers of computer automation! 

First up on TOS, it's "The Ultimate Computer." Originally airing March 8, 1968, this episode features Kirk getting shit on by a computer, that same computer taking over the entire ship, and Kirk ultimately talking that dastardly computer i...

MELR0210 #41 - 90210's "Pass, Not Pass" & Melrose Place's "End Game"

On this month's trip back to the '90s, the first stop is the Beverly Hills, 90210 episode, "Pass, Not Pass"! Originally airing back on August 15, 1991, this episode has summer school teacher, Chris Suiter creeping on Andrea and Brenda hard, Kelly and Steve being sad that their precious summer is coming to a close, and Brandon, like a moron, buying a car without even test driving the th...

Gleep Glossary: A Star Wars Story #33 - General Grievous

On this month's look into Star Wars lore, the gang learns all about General Grievous, the half-robot guy who breathes like a late-in-life John Wayne! Is there a better nickname in the Star Wars universe than Grievous's "Head Clanker"? Shouldn't he have trained Count Dooku to, ya know, block getting decapitated? And who better to murder you, than Obi-Wan Kenobi? PLUS: Did Dooku pick up the tab o...

Big Daddy Dispatch: Mailbag Reject

Hey Friends!

It's that time again! Where you ask us a short, direct question in the comments below and one gets chosen to be answered round-robin style in next month's Big Daddy Dispatch! Since it'll be the October BDD, let's try for Spooky ones, but hell, anything is welcome.

Please do sign your question with your name and where you're writing from  as I do below.

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Animation Damnation - Pound Puppies

On this month's Animation Damnation, the guys are chatting about the totally bonkers plush toy cartoon adaptation, Pound Puppies! The episode in question, which turned out to be the last they ever made, is "Cooler, Come Back." Originally airing December 19, 1987, this episode features dogs with an underground lair, canine-related black magic, and a series of dogs set for execu...

Episode 566 - Memento

On this month's exclusive We Love Movies episode, the gang is chatting about Christopher Nolan's breakthrough neo-noir, Memento! How great is every bit of casting in this film? What's with that old man getting off on all the spitting? And please, for all that is holy, don't remake this or turn it into a television series! PLUS: What if Tobo returned to the Nolanverse and playe...

Big Daddy Dispatch: September 2021

Dispatch Fifty Seven, September 1st, 2021

2021-09-02 01:20:28 +0000 UTC View Post

The Nexus #60 - "The Omega Glory" / "The Bonding"

On our August trip into The Nexus, the gang kicks things off chatting about the TOS episode, "The Omega Glory." Originally airing March 1, 1968, this episode has cavemen hugging the American flag, people turning into piles of salt, Kirk getting in a brutal jailhouse fight, and a beautiful rendition of the Pledge of Allegiance for some reason! 

Then over on TNG, ...