Episode 23: Sending Them To The Airport

January 5, 2009

This week’s episode is a special one, recorded on the handheld with guest hosts John and Lyn on New Year’s Night. In the episode:

• We introduce Lyn as Fandomania’s newest staff member.
• John recounts his Christmas loot for us.
• We discuss amusing and not-so-amusing convention encounters with Michael Biehn and James Marsters.
• Lyn talks about what she got for Christmas.
• We discuss the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas Special, leading to a discussion of all things Who.
• Celeste and I revisit our discussion from previous weeks about genre actors crossing over TV shows.
• John and Lyn tell us about their favorite video games of 2008, from Grand Theft Auto 4 to Princess Debut.
• We talk about fighting games: Soul Calibur, Dead or Alive, and Mortal Kombat.
• John doesn’t like Star Wars. And is in the minority.
• John does like Indy 4 and tells us why.
• We discuss a bunch of TV from the past, as well as upcoming shows, including 24, Heroes, Dollhouse, Drive, Lost, and Nip Tuck.
• We chat about the Star Trek and Dragonball Z movies that are being made.
• John and I disagree about The Office.
• Lyn leads a heartfelt discussion about people in entertainment that we lost in 2008…
• … before John derails the podcast by asking for our 2009 celebrity death wishes.
• We conclude by reading Entertainment Weekly’s best and worst video games lists of 2008 with incredulity.

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