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Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we bring you the cure for the Halloween night hangover “boos” with a primetime Halloween special. That’s right it’s time for our “cerealized" version of a Halloween Special: The Franken Berry Season Show with special guests: Augenblick Studios founder Aaron Augenblick, American cartoonist Johnny Sampson and actor, writer, producer, Polka-Dot Man David Dastmalchian! You may know David Dastmalchian as “Joker’s Thug” in the Dark Knight Returns but where you definitely know him is from his break out role as the “Polka-Dot Man” in The Suicide Squad a real graveyard smash! David joins us to promote his turn as “Calendar Man” in the DC animated movie Batman:The Long Halloween. Aaron Augenblick’s credits touch stone in MTV’s Daria and wou

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we punch our tickets to the gun show with a big time hunky guest, Joel McHale. Beginning with his breakout role as the host of Talk Soup and his fan favorite role as “Jeff Winger” in the on again/off again hit series Community, Joel McHale was molded of pop-culture, nostalgia, comedy chops, a wicked awesome bod, thick hairline, a sardonic wit, impeccable timing and pecs. That’s right, where mere mortals may play hard to get, Joel McHale plays hard to want, but want him we do. In a virtual sit down to spotlight the Warner Bros release of Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, our co-host, Jimmy The Gent (Bleed Cool, Retro Cool Nerd) talks to Joel McHale (Community, Talk Soup, Star Girl) about voicing the Hollywood star-turne

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we devote the whole show to a little old theme we call That One Guy!, which honors those actors from your favorite movies & TV shows growing up, whose name you can’t quite think of but you know who we mean… you know…THAT ONE GUY!  Our guest interview is the talented, charming, and very fit Chris Diamantopoulos! Chris is active in live action, animation films and television including a starring role in the upcoming Netflix film Red Notice as well as notable turns in Silicon Valley, Episodes, Sopranos and 24. Chris is also a regular on American Dad!, Invincible and as the voice of Mickey Mouse for various Walt Disney Studios productions and is no stranger to DC animated productions with past roles in Harley Quinn, Justice League

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we kick off our 9th Season with a special “That One Guy” episode with a huge voice in pop-culture, the man of a million voices, Billy West (Futurama, Space Jam, The Ren & Stimpy Show). From The Howard Stern Show to Ren & Stimpy to Futurama to Looney Tunes to pretty much every other English language cartoon ever made, you KNOW Billy West. We might not be able to help you pick him out of a crowd, but after listening to this you'll at least know what his real voice sounds like! Well, we assume. That’s right, our season 9 premier episode is also a “That One Guy” special edition which honors those actors from your favorite movies & TV shows growing up, whose name you can’t quite think of but you know who we mean… you know…TH

The POWcast! is back again and aims to bring you a nostalgic look back at the movies, shows, and people from your childhood that made you who you are today. In Jimmy’s case that was the Batman 66 TV show that inspired a never ending celebration of all things Retro, Cool, and maybe a little Nerdy. This episode features another in depth conversation with TV’s Robin, Burt Ward (Batman, Back to the Batcave). Burt shares stories and memories from his harrowing days on the set of Batman, running into pilot director Robert Butler many over fifty years later, Adam using a teleprompter, his idea to continue the ‘66 universe, and whether or not he would play Robin again without Adam- and so much more. Fans of the Boy Wonder may have heard some of these stories before, but not like this. There's at least one new story you haven’t heard in this chin wag. Jimmy gives Alfred the night off and uses the Bat Time Dilation Device himself and sets it back one2 week to his conversation with DC screenwriter Tim Sheridan (Batman

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week join Dan "Grim" Shea, Marke, and Jimmy the Gent for a little retrospective on our memories regarding Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, released 40 years ago this month. 40. Years. Ago. George Lucas. Steven Spielberg. John Williams. Harrison Ford. Good lord. We wax nostalagic for one of the best properties from the 80's that was based on serials from the 40's which is planning a new release in the '20s. If that makes sense. We ask the heavy questions, such as: what's our favorite parts? Where did we first see this masterpeice? Was this really the inspiration for 2006's Snakes on a Plane? Is it okay to keep making more movies, or does this property belong in a museum? Plus we finally confirm that Indy's presence actually

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we have Halon Entertainment in the house! In celebration of movie houses openning up just in time for the summer blockbuster and the WonderCon at Home 2021 panel “The Virtual Backlot: Filmmaking Evolved, your favorite Saturday morning radio show podcast is back, in studio, in person, all vaxed up and ready to turn the dial up to 11 with two blockbuster creator guests: Brad Alexander, co-founder, Sr. visualization supervisor (Star Wars Episodes II and III, Avatar,Pacific Rim: Uprising) & Kristin Turnipseed, real-time stage supervisor (Ford v Ferrari, The Batman) with Halon Entertainment, the SFX studio responsible for pretty much all your favorite summer movies. If aliens, monsters, explosions are your thing, these are the real

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we celebrate Star Wars May The 5th with a pillar of Star Wars composers, Kevin Kiner, of Star Wars The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels and the NEW series, Star Wars The Bad Batch (now on Disney+).  For this latest score on Star Wars The Bad Batch, Kevin is once again expanding what we consider “Star Wars music” by continuing to employ electronic music and synthesizers in his composing – a process he had used in his other scores for DC shows like 1988’s Superboy, Doom Patrol, Titans, and further experimented with in his now Annie Award-winning score for one of Star Wars greatest moments, The Clone Wars final season and episode, “Victory and Death”!  But if his Star Wars and DC cred isn’t enough for you geeks and gamers, Kevin Kiner’s

The POWcast! is back and aims to bring you a nostalgic look back at the movies, shows, and people from your childhood that made you who you are today. In Jimmy’s case that was the Batman 66 TV show that inspired a never ending celebration of all things Retro, Cool, and maybe a little Nerdy.  This episode is an in depth chat with one of ‘66 Batman fandom’s biggest names. Ben Bentley is not only Co- moderator of the Batman 66 Message Board he is, as we say, an expert’s expert. Ben shares tales of travel to LA and how his hobby grew into a passion. Not only logging but identifying all the shooting locations for each of the 120 episodes of the ‘66 Batman show. Quite a feat, but Ben is close to completion. Why does this show speak to so many generations of fans? Listen to Ben’s thoughts here.  Once again the “Bat-Time Contrivance” is utilized and set for summer of 2017. The Summer of 2017 and the Comic Con Palm Springs. Not only was it hot enough to melt our Batarangs we talked with voice actor extraordinaire Jo

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we take a sweet bite of horror comedy hijinks and movies so scary funny you might just pee a little. Since Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein, horror comedies have walked the fine line between scary and funny. Fast forward 70 years and this sub genre is still riding strong all while achieving pop-culture cult status and success for their talent and creatives. Army of Darkness, Shawn of the Dead, and Zombieland are but a few relatively recent examples of the literally thousands of horror comedies to mention so to help us along this long, dark, winding and wacky road are guests Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911!) and co-writer Jill-Michele Melean (MadTV) to announce, discuss and celebrate the release of their new movie Witness Infection

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we take a musical journey with a discussion on the music movie biopics that have shaped the pop-culture. Joining us are Greg Naughton, Rich Price and Brian Chartrand of the real life band “The Sweet Remains” and of their fictional band and movie music bio-pic, The Independents, a musical comedy/drama about three solo-artists who collide at the same crossroads and discover harmony and their roller-coaster-ride journey across America for a one last shot at musical glory. In 1987 you saw a Tejano band Los Lobos with a toe tapping Lou Diamond Phillips in a music video for their #1 hit single, “La Bamba”, the biopic title track that was a cover of Ritchie Valens 1958 song that was really an old Mexican folk song. All this to say that

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we talk all about Noriyuki "Pat" Morita and the pop-culture impact of The Karate Kid’s Mr. Miyagi inspired by the documentary More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story with guests; director Kevin Derek and producer Oscar Alvarez. To Gen Xers, the year 1984 is a very special one. It was a pop-culture “big bang” that introduced the world to iconic characters including The Terminator, Gremlins and the Ghostbusters to name but a few. Among these IP behemoths is The Karate Kid and it’s mentor, father and karate master Mr. Nariyoshi Miyagi. “Mr. Miyagi” is one of the most important figures in pop culture as seen in toys, posters, t-shirts, Saturday morning cartoons of the 80’s and still today with the revival of the franchise in the Cobra

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we devote the whole show to a little old theme we call That One Guy!, which honors those actors from your favorite movies & TV shows growing up, whose name you can’t quite think of but you know who we mean… you know…THAT ONE GUY!  Maybe you don’t know Rob Paulsen, but you know Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, “Raphael” & “Donatello on the original TMNT, G.I Joe, Transformers, and most of the other animated projects that Paulsen has been part of as a voice actor for nearly three decades. With over 2,000 (yes, that’s right) half-hour programs and dozens of films, video games, and other animated media to his credit, Rob Paulsen has been one of the hardest working, most in-demand, and most beloved voice artists in the industry

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we reflect on one of the most important, memorable and influential eras in film history, the 1990’s. In a dramatic shift from the glorified violence of the 80’s action movie, the 1990’s evolved through the Tarantino cool violence, to the Mann brooding violence and finally the Spielberg valor of violence to highlight the absurdity of it’s glorification and remorse for Hollywood's comically high body counts. Yes, the 90’s were a great time to be movie goers and through it all, was our guest, Tom Sizemore who co-stared with some of the era’s all-time great actors and worked with the era’s best directors and writers for films including; TrueRomance, Heat and SavingPrivateRyan. Unlike their 80’s counterparts, the 90’s movies that we ce

The POWcast! is back and aims to bring you a nostalgic look back at the movies, shows, and people from your childhood that made you who you are today. In Jimmy’s case that was the Batman 66 TV show that inspired a never ending celebration of all things Retro, Cool, and maybe a little Nerdy.  This episode expands the conversation a bit with someone that is a pretty big get for the humble POWcast. The twists and turns of the conversation deserve more than just his thoughts on Batman 66, But don’t worry he’ll get there.  Wally, Dan, and Jimmy recorded this interview back during the dog days of summer and for various reasons, both in and out of the show's control, it has taken some time to put this episode together. Presented for your aproval, the voice behind Jon Arbuckle, Naratu, Family Guy, Almighty Tallest Red, and the Riddler voice actor extraordinaire, Wally Wingert. Once again the “Bat-Time Contrivance” is utilized and set it for Spring of 2017. A-lister Diedrich Bader stops for a brief, but heartfelt e

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we get back to the Saturday morning basics… cartoons! What is it about that magical Saturday morning animation that took our attention, sparked our imaginations and created a popular culture that we celebrate today? The debate begins and to help us draw to a few conclusions we have an animation heavyweight in Aaron Augenblick founder of Brooklyn based Augenblick Studios, an independent animation studio. Notable productions include The Jellies!, Losers, UglyAmericans, ShortiesWatchin’ Shorties and WonderShowzen. Augenblick co-wrote and directed the 2007 short film GoldenAge, which was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Prize in the Ottawa Film Festival. To relax a little, Augenblick Studios anima

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we eat, drink and talk holiday movies and movies we watch at Christmas… See what I did there? Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Of course it is you dumb bastard but we go beyond that old debate and get into the evolution of the Christmas movie with an introduction to Fatman, the unapologetically Christmas movie with maybe the best trailer ever made and a hero that kicks ass, takes names and knows if you’ve been bad. So, be good or he’ll shoot you! As Christmas traditions go, many of us share in the very sacred practice of seeing a new movie for Christmas. Well, for at least one of our show hosts, 30 years ago, on December 25, 1990 that movie was The Godfather Part 3. Disappointment followed but with the help of our very good friends

Coming Of Age, Our 100th Episode! With 18 To Party Director Jeff Roda Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we “keep it a hundred” as we celebrate our 100th episode with a hostfull Skype call of Saturday Morning Cereal’s hosts and talk “coming of age movies”! 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and the 2000’s teen movies all have a unique spin on what’s it like to grow up. What do they get right? What do they get wrong? What makes a “coming of age” movie? What generation best owns our imaginations? What teen archetype are you? For most of us, John Hughes movies where the template for the genre but does the optimism of those baby boomer era teen flicks hold up to todays standards? Our hosts will talk about it all and to help us with the heavy lifting, we interview Jeff Roda the writer/d

The Retro Cool Nerd POWcast! aims to bring you a nostalgic look back at the movies, shows, and people from your childhood that made you who you are today. In Jimmy’s case that was the Batman 66 TV show that inspired a never ending celebration of all things retro, cool, and maybe a little nerdy.   Episode 3 of the POWcast! features world renowned Joan Collins/ Siren expert J.P. Pelzman. We discuss Joan, The Siren, and look at the original “Wail of the Siren” script versus what was shot. J.P. is not only a Siren expert, he is an expert’s expert. Once again I lift the cover on the Bat phone and ring J.P. to take advantage of this font of knowledge. We also have another installment of “Hollywood History” with the delightfully entertaining Donelle Dadigan, owner and curator of the Hollywood Museum. Joining me this time is special guest host Dan, the Grim Shea. Plug into your favorite listening device and join us on deep dive behind the scenes of season three’s “Wail of the Siren” with your host Jimmy “The Gent”

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we bring you a cure for the Halloween at home “boos” with a primetime Halloween special. That’s right Cerealites, it’s time for our “cerealized" version of a Halloween Special: The 6th Annual Franken Berry Season Show: Now with More Evil! This year it’s all frights and laugh-out-loud delights with a spooky look back at comedy horror greats and stalk that very fine line between a good laugh and a bad scare. To help us along in this perilous journey we reach deep into the crypt and unearth SDCC 2017 & 2018 roundtable discussions with the creative talent behind IFC’s Stan Against Evil; John C. McGinley (Scrubs, Platoon) and Dana Gould (The Simpsons, Mystery Men). Plus, for extra torture, we conjure up an all new episode of Saturd