Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for what is probably their BIGGEST (and LONGEST) Side Cast yet! After an extended intro of probably the duo’s worst college drinking story, they ease into the Christmas Spirit by way of Whittier Alaska, the Krampus (Saint Nick‘s long-lost brother), and the posthumously released Phil Hartman animated Christmas movie. Nothing is off […]
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A Merry Side-Cast Christmas
Posted: 18th December 2013 by Dion in Cartoons, Celebrities, Christmas, Film, History, News, Podcast, Side-Casts, Television, The Muppets, Up on The Soap BoxTags: A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story, A Christmas Story 2, A Muppet Family Christmas, A Very Brady Christmas, Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night, Cheers, Child's Play, Christmas, Coronation Street, East Enders, Father Christmas, Gene Autry, Good Times, Hanukkah, Holiday Affair, It's A Living, Jehovah's Witness, Jingle all the Way, John Carpenter, Krampus, Miracle on 34th St., National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Neighbors, Patrick Stewart, Perfect Strangers, Phil Hartman, Railroad Alaska, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Snoopy, Star Wars Christmas Special, T.I.G.F., Thanksgiving, The Brady Bunch, The Muppets, The Thing, Tom Akins, Twas The Night Before Christmas, Whittier Alaska, Zombies
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Mayan Culpa
Posted: 22nd December 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Games, History, PodcastTags: Apple, Comics Code Authority, Ghost Rider, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Mayan Apocalypse, PC, Punisher, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Superman
And so the world didn’t end. Take that Mayans! So how do the Podwits celebrate the world continuing to spin? By taking a look back at computers through the ages and the history of their beloved comic books (no Marvel vs DC talk here, we promise!) So kick back with your favorite cup o’ egg […]
Repent While You Can!
Posted: 29th September 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Food, History, PodcastTags: Bacon, Cadillac, Car phones, Cell phones, Food, iPhone, Lexus, Motorola Krazr, Motorola Micro-Tac, Motorola Razr, Oldsmobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII
For those of you who listen to “The Podwits Podcast” on a mobile device, rejoice for what you have as the Podwits 2 (Big Buck You-Know-What Hat was trapped in a remote location and unable to attend the recording) take a trip down Memory Lane at the way cell phones USED TO BE! And is […]
A Great Day in Harlem
Posted: 29th July 2012 by Dion in Food, HistoryTags: Harlem, Matt Garrison, Soul Food, Sylvia Woods, Sylvia's, the Queen of Soul Food
On a brisk day this past January, a friend to the Podwits, saxophonist Matt Garrison, and I ventured to a spot I’d been meaning to go to for years now: the famous landmark restaurant in Harlem, Sylvia’s. The woman behind the legendary eatery—Sylvia Woods, “the Queen of Soul Food”—passed away last week, and I thought […]
A Blast from the Past: The Drive-In Movie Theater
Posted: 11th July 2012 by Dion in Film, History, TechnologyTags: Brave, Drive In Movie Theater, Glen Falls Drive In, Lake George, The Amazing Spider-Man
While on a much-needed honeymoon to the Lake George region of upstate New York (if you’ve seen or read The Last of the Mohicans, then that’s the lake it all occurred on), my bride and I took in a custom that I thankfully have been enjoying since since childhood, which was see a double feature […]
Ernie
Posted: 9th July 2012 by Dion in Celebrities, Ernest Borgnine, Film, History, Housekeeping, News, Obituaries, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Borgnine Moment, Borgninian Moment, Ernest Borgnine, Obituaries
On July 8, the world lost another pillar of greatness, a link to a lost and nearly forgotten world, a connection to a time when legends walked the earth. Sunday morning, Ernest Borgnine peacefully passed away of renal failure, surrounded by his family. He was 95 years young. Where can one begin to discuss the life of the […]
Shattered Hulls, Part 3: Life in Dark Waters
Posted: 30th May 2012 by Podwits Administrator in History, PodcastTags: Andrea Doria, Disasters, Eastland, Edmund Fitzgerald, Scorpion, Thresher, U-869
All aboard for Brian and Dion’s wrap-up of their enthusiastic but respectful journey through the history of maritime disasters. They look back at the great shipwrecks of United States history—some famous (the SS Andrea Doria and the SS Edmund Fitzgerald), some less so (the American nuclear subs Thresher and Scorpion, and the Great Lakes excursion liner […]
Shattered Hulls, Part 2: The War Years
Posted: 9th May 2012 by Podwits Administrator in History, PodcastTags: Bismark, Disasters, HMT Lancastria, PS General Slocum, RMS Lusitania, Shipwrecks, Yamato
Dion and Brian are back with the second of our shipwreck specials. This time they delve into some of the fascinating maritime casualties of the two World Wars, including RMS Lusitania, the German battleship Bismarck, the Japanese battleship Yamato, and the little-known but spectacular disaster that was the HMT Lancastria. Plus, Dion reveals his favorite unknown shipwreck […]
So What Ship REALLY Sank That Fateful “Night to Remember”?
Posted: 28th April 2012 by Dion in Books, History, Literature, NewsTags: Californian, Conspriacy Thoeries, Disasters, HMS Hawke, RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic, White Star Line
With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic this month, fellow Podwit Brian and I decided to indulge our fascination with nautical disasters, releasing the first part of our Podwits Podcast Disaster special, with Part Two to drop very soon. In researching these specials, I came across an age-old conspiracy theory linked to […]