Laser Time

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Laser Time is a show featuring folks in the video games industry, although not necessarily about video games. It’s a hyper-silly, multimedia-infused look at film, TV, comics, music, pop culture, and nostalgia from the perspective of people who game for a living. Obviously, their opinions are their own and do not reflect that of their employers.

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The Summer of 1982 – Laser ...

10.26.2022

THE GREATEST YEAR FOR MOVIES EVER. 40 years ago, the greatest year in movie releases went down. Gods were toppled, genres were forged, franchise filmmaking became a thing. For better or for worse, 1982 changed your cinematic world… DOWNLOAD

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10.26.2022 The Summer of 1982 – Laser Time #436 THE GREATEST YEAR FOR MOVIES EVER. 40 years ago, the greatest year in movie releases went down. Gods were toppled, genres were forged, franchise filmmaking became a thing. For better or for worse, 1982 changed your cinematic world… DOWNLOAD
02.11.2022 The Best TV of 2021 – Laser Time #435 With another year of indoor doldrums, at least we had the warm glow of great television to keep us moderately sane. From 90s plane crashes, sloppy steaks, and squid games, these are our very favorite TV shows of the year!... ...
01.27.2022 The Best Movies of 2021 – Laser Time #434 Pigs and Spiders at the Vista Del Mar! Hope that’s not giving anything away, since Laser Time’s annual tardy tradition of chiming in on the year’s best cinematic offerings has finally arrived! Listen, watch, chat, Patreon, etc. DOWNLOAD SPONSOR: This ...
12.22.2021 Christmas Shame – Laser Time #433 It’s that time of year again, so this season we’re taking the time to reveal all the personally embarrassing little pop culture traditions we’ve accumulated throughout the Holidays. Sappy songs, irredeemable movies, and unspeakable Christmas specials abound! Have a happy... ...
11.25.2021 Live-Action Anime Adaptations – Laser Time #432 With Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop out in the wild, we’re rounding up the handful of previous anime adaptations to see how they stack up. (The WESTERN adaptations. If we tried to talk about live-action anime films made in Japan we’d be... ...
11.09.2021 Introducing Operator – A New Miniseries from Wondery and Topic Studios SPONSORED: During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex. American Telnet was an empire founded by the man who called himself “The Telephone Pimp.” He ran the company “like General Motors”... ...
10.30.2021 SNL’s Greatest Halloween Moments – Laser Time #431 It’s a star-studded show as we break down some of our favorite moments from the spookiest season on television’s longest-running comedic institution. Get ready for some classic Halloween sketches, Saturday Night Live fans. If we missed any of your favorite’s... ...
09.21.2021 Laser Time – RIP Norm Macdonald We lost one of our most gifted, inimitable comedians recently, and it’s difficult to deal with. But before Norm departed our mortal coil, he left us this wonderful audio journey through his whole dang career. Yes, this is a rerun,... ...
08.06.2021 Comedic Duos – Laser Time #429 Great things come in pairs, and comedy is no exception! We’re talking about our favorite hilarious duos, and it’s all leading up to a wonderful discussion on the greatest movie you’ve never seen. Eat it with your ears! DOWNLOAD
07.07.2021 Channel Drift – Laser Time #428 What’s on TV tonight? Does it matter?! Television shows remain great, while TV itself seems in an unstoppable cycle of decay. Have you noticed your favorite Nature or Music channel look alarmingly similar these days, when you need them most?... ...
06.11.2021 Saturday Night Live’s One Season Wonders – Laser Time #427 When it comes to cast members who spring boarded from Saturday Night Live into super stardom, there are almost too many names to mention. That’s why we’re talking about we’re talking about kinda the opposite this week! We’re looking back... ...
05.01.2021 Oscar Time 2021 – Laser Time #426 Continuing our annual tradition, we’ve once again watched all the movies nominated for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards so you don’t have to! A global pandemic has obviously made a giant mess of the Oscars this year, but... ...
04.01.2021 What Ever Happened to Erotic Thrillers? – Laser Time #425 We love ourselves some long lost subgenres, and film subgenres don’t get much deader than the Erotic Thriller. As premium cable mainstays of the 80s and 90s, many of us grew up with sneaky late night HBO screenings as our... ...
03.02.2021 The Best TV of 2020 – Laser Time #424 It’s a little late, but just in time for the Golden Globes, Laser Time’s annual TV wrap up is back for another year-end wrap-up. Life outside took a big hit, but streaming services thrived as everyone became of the Scrooge... ...
01.28.2021 The Best Movies of 2020 – Laser Time #423 Better late than never, our annual tradition of picking out the best films of the year has arrived, if not without a COVID shaped caveat. But a pandemic can’t keep cinema down, even if is keeping cinemas closed. There was... ...
12.24.2020 The New Meaning of Christmas – Laser Time #422 Are you a hardened atheist or Holiday cynic who sees no value in Christmas? Well, what about your favorite Christmas movies, specials and TV episodes?! That’s what we’re here to help with this week, in Laser Time’s one billionth annual... ...
11.17.2020 Introducing Jacked: Rise of The New Jack Swing hosted by Taraji P. Henson SPONSORED: Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, Wondery (Dr. Death, Dirty John, The Shrink Next Door) and Universal Music Group present Jacked: Rise of the New Jack Sound… DOWNLOAD The story begins with a keyboard player in the heart of Harlem:... ...
10.27.2020 The Worst of Stephen King – Laser Time #421 At this point, our second of two episodes, we should probably clarify that we’re talking about The Best/Worst of Stephen King ADAPTATIONS. But whatever, the guy is one of the few living authors that’s a household name, he’s made hundreds... ...
10.23.2020 The Best of Stephen King – Laser Time #420 Stephen King’s obviously one of pop culture’s most famous authors, but for our October movie marathoning purposes, he’s also generated billions of dollars of box office revenue with dozens of film and TV adaptations. We’ve scoured box office reports, reviews,... ...
10.17.2020 The Golden Age of Horror Anthologies – Laser Time #419 Still trying to watch a horror movie for every day in October? Well, have we got a cheat for you! The lost majesty of the horror anthology movie is an easy and wonderful way to ingest multiple stories within a... ...
09.23.2020 Lost in Games – Laser Time #418 What happens when your favorite show gets canceled, or your favorite performer dies? Well, it turns out the medium of video games can offer you one last, and typically lost, appearance! We went and dug up some of our favorite... ...
08.11.2020 Fictional Characters, Real Legal Battles – Laser Time #417 Some of your most beloved, adorable, indelible comic, movie, and video game stars have been quietly kneecapped by forgettable suits? Oh yes, never underestimate old people when it comes to making money by doing very little, because we’re digging into... ...
07.22.2020 Upbeat Songs About the End of the World – Laser Time #416 The world’s having a bit of a rough go right now, so feel free to take solace wherever you can. A great place to hide from the darkness is in your favorite music, which is exactly what we’re doing in... ...
07.08.2020 The Post-Credits Quiz! – Laser Time #415 Mount up, original bingers! We have got another fantabulous quizdown this week, and it’s guaranteed to activate something in the back of any TV-obsessed brain. There’s a little something at the end of every TV show that’s slowly dying out... ...
06.24.2020 CGI: Does It Suck? – Laser Time #414 Computer… Generated… Imagery. IT’S TERRIBLE. Except when it isn’t? Which is kind of a miracle given production schedules, budgets, and a… general respect for animation. Obviously, CG can be easily taken for granted, but its ubiquity has become commonplace enough... ...
06.12.2020 Introducing Truth vs Hollywood Introducing the newest Audioboom original podcast, Truth vs Hollywood. Join Film lovers David Chen and Joanna Robinson as they do a deep dive into well known films and discuss how similar they are to the actual story. Truth vs Hollywood ...
06.10.2020 A Casual History of the Parody Song – Laser Time #413 Laser Time’s favorite parodist, Dan Amrich of Palette-Swap Ninja, has a new superhero-inspired project to chat about called Hero Falls, so we’re using that as a springboard to talk about the history of the song parody! It’s a musical journey... ...
05.26.2020 Saturday Night Live’s Weirdest Moments – Laser Time #412 As a television institution that’s kept chugging along for almost half a century now, Saturday Night Live has little choice but to be a reflection of our own abnormalities. So with SNL recently tapping out of socially distance sketch comedy... ...
05.08.2020 Laser Time #411 – Bottle Episodes Since we’re all stuck at home and mostly away from work, let’s have a little chat at the emotional turmoil that can erupt when we’re all trapped in the same room, with the same people, with little to no hope... ...
04.22.2020 That Dog is Dead – Laser Time #410 No, we’re NOT talking about acts of animal cruelty, although we should warn the faint of heart, we will be talking about how entertainment uses the death of innocent animals to either tug on our hearts strings and/or the first... ...
04.15.2020 Forgotten Movie Adaptations – Laser Time #409 Even though we are practically overwhelmed with adaptions of our favorite books, comics, and games these days, getting the Hollywood treatment remains a massive accomplishment. Which is why it’s strange that sometimes, whether good or bad, your favorite thing will... ...
04.04.2020 How the Coronavirus is Impacting the Entertainment Industry – Laser Time #408 Movies, TV, video games, comics, sports and more. While not the most important things in the world right now, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into how all of that is produced and/or distributed. In this special episode, we’re... ...
04.03.2020 What’s Your Favorite Movie Made BEFORE You Were Born? – Laser Time #407 Modern media distribution has brought us untold accessibility… but has it come at the cost of discoverability? Streaming, digital rentals, and On Demand tend to favor the shiny, the new, the recently licensed exclusive or remake (and so do most... ...
03.19.2020 Lost Media – Laser Time #406 Children of the 80s had VHS. Kids of the 90s grew up with the internet. So how is it possible for any movie, TV show, or video game to completely disappear in a digital era? Turns out the missing media... ...
03.14.2020 The Tyler Perry/Shonda Rhimes Power Hour – Laser Time #405 Since we almost never mention anything they’ve done on the show, it’s high time Laser Time get an introduction to two of the most prolific creators in modern media! Special guest, TL Foster join Chris and Sarah in order to... ...
03.05.2020 Planet X – Laser Time #404 A classic sci-fi locale, an unknown variable, a mythic heavenly body or the foretold destruction of us all?! Whether your kidnapping Godzilla or peddling a dubious doomsday prophecy, Planet X means a lot of different things to a lot of... ...
02.26.2020 The Worst Fictional Presidents – Laser Time #403 In times of political unrest, it’s nice to be able to laugh at grotesque caricatures of our elected officials… or at least it used to be? As we look back on our favorite/worst politicians throughout popculture history in a fun... ...
02.18.2020 Just Add Lightning – Laser Time #402 As one of the most dangerous and unpredictable forces in our natural world, lightning is not to be trifled with. Unless you’re making a movie! Then lightning can raise the dead, transfer souls, cause machines to malfunction, grant sentience, bestow... ...
02.11.2020 Digging Through The Disney Graveyard – Laser Time #401 So Uncle Mickey unlocked the vault and unleashed EVERYTHING onto the Disney+ streaming service? Obviously not, but most of us were too blinded by The Mandalorian to care in those first few weeks. Certain titles are missing there because of... ...
02.08.2020 Oscar Time 2020 – Laser Time #400 It’s that time again! We’ve watched all the Oscar Nominees for Best Picture so you don’t have to! More so than other years, there’s certainly not a lot to hate about this years Academy Awards winner’s circle, but there’s still... ...
01.28.2020 Long Dead Mascots – Laser Time #399 Get ready to learn more than you ever wanted to know about Bing Crosby bears, phallic camels, cookie crooks, greasy clowns and the absolute spokes-slut that is… Snoopy. Yes, this episode of Laser Time is tackling our favorite gone-but-not-forgotten product... ...
01.24.2020 Pop Culture Through a Nintendo Lens – Laser Time #398 What’s the oldest source material for a video game that you ever played? Don’t answer yet, because Laser Time’s prepared an 8-bit extravaganza for you this week, all courtesy of some of the worst licensed Nintendo games ever made! It’s... ...
01.15.2020 The Best TV of 2019 – Laser Time #397 With the great movie debate all settled, it’s time to turn our attention to the small screen… where things have gotten weirdly bigger! Skywalker-less Star Wars, scumbag superheroes, Bojack Birds, Canadian rednecks, and unexpected rise of Hulu. Oh yes, it’s... ...
01.10.2020 The Best Movies of 2019 – Laser Time #396 2019’s almost a distant memory, but we’ve narrowed down its greatest cinematic achievements into a legacy that’ll live in your hearts forever! Fake pimps, dead superheroes, suburban subterfuge and failed stuntmen abound. Oh, a we’ve tried to keep the spoilers... ...
01.03.2020 The Best Movies of the Decade – Laser Time #395 Ringing in 2020 with a massive mega-sode. Friends will become enemies and fans will become irate as we sit down and deliberate the impossible: What are the 2010s’ greatest films?! Using our typical dysfunctional process, we’ve taken it upon ourselves... ...
12.24.2019 Have Yourself A Cringey Little Xmas – Laser Time #394 Shame Songs, Filthy Christmas Jams and Celebrity Cringe Crooning?! Oh yes, we’ve combined them all into one awful yuletide listening extravaganza! Bring the kids in, crank up the speakers, and enjoy some Holiday Horror with the whole family. From Star... ...
11.30.2019 Creepy Dolls – Laser Time #393 Tis the season for spooktacular thrills, and Laser Time is tackling yet another horror subgenre and it’s a surprisingly robust one! It might surprise you that the killer do staggering amount of straight-to-video imitators. If you grew up watching schlock... ...
10.11.2019 Clowns: Can They Be Killed? – Laser Time #392 It had to be done, Coulrophobics! With two new disturbing clown movies in theaters, we’re examining how this once wholesome embodiment of family amusement became a default icon of pure terror. Is it earned or is it irony? We’ll get ...
10.02.2019 A Lesson in Corpsing – Laser Time #391 Kicking off yet another Laser Time Spooktober with a bit of a cheat, yet a wonderful excuse to return to one of our favorite topics: Saturday Night Live. The latter half of SNL’s almost fifty years on the air has... ...
09.27.2019 Behind the Voice – Laser Time #390 Rejoice, cartoon lovers! This episode we’re talking about the animated inspiration behind your favorite cartoon characters. And no, we’re not just rattling off factoids you may already know, we’re letting the legendary voice actors explain themselves in their own words!... ...

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Laser Time episodes:

The Summer of 1982 – Laser Time #436

The Best TV of 2021 – Laser Time #435

The Best Movies of 2021 – Laser Time #434

Christmas Shame – Laser Time #433

Live-Action Anime Adaptations – Laser Time #432

Introducing Operator – A New Miniseries from Wondery and Topic Studios

SNL’s Greatest Halloween Moments – Laser Time #431

Laser Time – RIP Norm Macdonald

Comedic Duos – Laser Time #429

Channel Drift – Laser Time #428

Saturday Night Live’s One Season Wonders – Laser Time #427

Oscar Time 2021 – Laser Time #426

What Ever Happened to Erotic Thrillers? – Laser Time #425

The Best TV of 2020 – Laser Time #424

The Best Movies of 2020 – Laser Time #423

The New Meaning of Christmas – Laser Time #422

Introducing Jacked: Rise of The New Jack Swing hosted by Taraji P. Henson

The Worst of Stephen King – Laser Time #421

The Best of Stephen King – Laser Time #420

The Golden Age of Horror Anthologies – Laser Time #419

Lost in Games – Laser Time #418

Fictional Characters, Real Legal Battles – Laser Time #417

Upbeat Songs About the End of the World – Laser Time #416

The Post-Credits Quiz! – Laser Time #415

CGI: Does It Suck? – Laser Time #414

Introducing Truth vs Hollywood

A Casual History of the Parody Song – Laser Time #413

Saturday Night Live’s Weirdest Moments – Laser Time #412

Laser Time #411 – Bottle Episodes

That Dog is Dead – Laser Time #410

Forgotten Movie Adaptations – Laser Time #409

How the Coronavirus is Impacting the Entertainment Industry – Laser Time #408

What’s Your Favorite Movie Made BEFORE You Were Born? – Laser Time #407

Lost Media – Laser Time #406

The Tyler Perry/Shonda Rhimes Power Hour – Laser Time #405

Planet X – Laser Time #404

The Worst Fictional Presidents – Laser Time #403

Just Add Lightning – Laser Time #402

Digging Through The Disney Graveyard – Laser Time #401

Oscar Time 2020 – Laser Time #400

Long Dead Mascots – Laser Time #399

Pop Culture Through a Nintendo Lens – Laser Time #398

The Best TV of 2019 – Laser Time #397

The Best Movies of 2019 – Laser Time #396

The Best Movies of the Decade – Laser Time #395

Have Yourself A Cringey Little Xmas – Laser Time #394

Creepy Dolls – Laser Time #393

Clowns: Can They Be Killed? – Laser Time #392

A Lesson in Corpsing – Laser Time #391

Behind the Voice – Laser Time #390

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