Summary of Topics:
- Is The Force Awakens as good as people think it is? South Park says ‘no’.
- Stranger Things fans fiercely defensive of nostalgia.
- The new Power Rangers movie, a good idea or a nostalgic cash in?
- Did J.J. ruin Star Trek?
- Voltron, then and now.
- Your favorite movies and shows from when you were a kid
For friends Mike A. and Eric T. who mentioned Rat Patrol on Facebook in response to our call for favorite childhood shows: The Nerdbliss Podcast staff apologizes for our ignorance of your show. It looks pretty cool. Little kid us would have dug it.
Below are all your favorite shows and movies from when you were a kid according to your responses on Facebook, sorted by the number of mentions (the right column). Thundercats and Battlestar fans really came through. Muppet Babies fans, not so much.
Thundercats | 6 |
Battlestar Galactica | 6 |
Star Trek | 5 |
The Adventures of the Gummi Bears | 5 |
Scooby Doo | 5 |
M*A*S*H | 5 |
The Bugs Bunny & Road Runner Show | 4 |
Batman (1966-1968) | 4 |
G.I. Joe | 4 |
The Transformers | 4 |
Wonder Woman | 4 |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | 4 |
The Dukes of Hazzard | 4 |
The Muppet Show | 4 |
Knight Rider | 4 |
Happy Days | 3 |
Star Wars | 3 |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 3 |
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers | 3 |
The Flintstones | 3 |
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | 3 |
Disney Afternoon | 3 |
The Bionic Woman | 3 |
The Jetsons | 3 |
Shazam | 2 |
My Little Pony | 2 |
She-Ra | 2 |
The Banana Splits | 2 |
Mork & Mindy | 2 |
Adam 12 | 2 |
Sailor Moon | 2 |
The Six Million Dollar Man | 2 |
“Fucking” Yu-Gi-Oh (Her words, not ours lol) | 2 |
The Goonies | 2 |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | 2 |
Star Trek: Voyager | 2 |
Matlock | 2 |
Captain Kangaroo | 2 |
Mama’s Family | 2 |
CHiPs | 2 |
Mickey Mouse Club | 2 |
The Twilight Zone | 2 |
You Can’t Do That On Television | 2 |
Jem | 2 |
The Smurfs | 2 |
The Snorks | 2 |
Shirt Tales | 2 |
Airwolf | 2 |
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids | 2 |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2 |
Gargoyles | 2 |
The Real Ghostbusters | 2 |
Silverhawks | 1 |
Bionic Six | 1 |
Isis | 1 |
Rainbow Bright | 1 |
Care Bears | 1 |
Planet of the Apes | 1 |
Sigmund & The Sea Monsters | 1 |
Land of the Lost | 1 |
The Omega Man | 1 |
Westworld (1973) | 1 |
Bonanza | 1 |
Emergency | 1 |
Fantasia | 1 |
Buckaroo Banzai | 1 |
H.R. Puffenstuff | 1 |
The Monkees | 1 |
Baywatch | 1 |
Battle of the Planets / G-Force | 1 |
The Space Giants | 1 |
Fraggle Rock | 1 |
Beetlejuice | 1 |
Hazel | 1 |
Slim Goodbody | 1 |
Underdog | 1 |
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | 1 |
Escape from Witch Mountain | 1 |
Willow | 1 |
Ewoks: Caravan of Courage | 1 |
Voltron | 1 |
The Princess Bride | 1 |
Bonkers | 1 |
Freakazoid | 1 |
Tiny Toon Adventures | 1 |
Merry Melodies | 1 |
VR Troopers | 1 |
Reboot | 1 |
The Pirates of Dark Water | 1 |
Magnum P.I. | 1 |
Simon & Simon | 1 |
Rat Patrol | 1 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1 |
E.T. | 1 |
Batman: The Animated Series | 1 |
The Simpsons | 1 |
Spider-Man | 1 |
Mr. Ed | 1 |
Bewitched | 1 |
Superfriends | 1 |
The Andy Griffith Show | 1 |
Petticoat Junction | 1 |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1 |
Green Acres | 1 |
Donnie & Marie (1976) | 1 |
Thundar the Barbarian | 1 |
Space: 1999 | 1 |
Doctor Who | 1 |
The Dark Crystal | 1 |
All In The Family | 1 |
The Green Hornet | 1 |
Kimba The While Lion | 1 |
Johnny Quest | 1 |
Davy And Goliath | 1 |
Sea Hunt | 1 |
Flipper | 1 |
To Catch A Thief | 1 |
Baa Baa Black Sheep / Black Sheep Squadron | 1 |
Time Machine | 1 |
The Outer Limits | 1 |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1 |
Pac Man | 1 |
BJ and Bear | 1 |
Diff’rent Strokes | 1 |
Read Along | 1 |
Sesame Street | 1 |
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood | 1 |
Mr. Belvedere | 1 |
Silver Spoons | 1 |
Captain Caveman | 1 |
The Hardy Boys | 1 |
Rocko’s Modern Life | 1 |
Farscape | 1 |
Mortal Kombat (1995) | 1 |
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | 1 |
Highlander (series) | 1 |
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | 1 |
Hercules: The Legendary Journey | 1 |
Xena: Warrior Princess | 1 |
Boy Meets World | 1 |
Recess | 1 |
Are You Afraid of the Dark | 1 |
The Greatest American Hero | 1 |
Remingston Steele | 1 |
Hong Kong Phooey | 1 |
Charlie Brown Specials | 1 |
All Star Laff-A-Lympics | 1 |
Laverne & Shirley | 1 |
Spencer For Hire | 1 |
Charlie’s Angels | 1 |
The Bozo Show | 1 |
Pinwheel | 1 |
ALF | 1 |
L.A. Law | 1 |
Inspector Gadget | 1 |
I Love Lucy | 1 |
Back to the Future | 1 |
Ghostbusters | 1 |
Roseanne | 1 |
Dance Party USA | 1 |
Mighty Mouse | 1 |
Dexter’s Labratory | 1 |
Garfield | 1 |
V | 1 |
A Different World | 1 |
The A-Team | 1 |
Anne of Green Gables | 1 |
Reading Rainbow | 1 |
Quincy | 1 |
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse | 1 |
The Little House on the Prairie | 1 |
The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1 |
The Muppet Babies | 1 |
Animaniacs | 1 |
Pinky and the Brain | 1 |
Exo-Squad | 1 |
The Adventures of Peter and Wendy | 1 |
In studio for this episode:
Christopher “Just Okay with Abramsverse” Jones
Eric “Sight Beyond Sight” Jones
Eric’s myspace
Tina Louise “Members Spock” Jones