Laugh It Up Fuzzball

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is more strike time with us geeking out about music again. You can geek out about much more than struck work and this conversation was a lot of fun and I hope y’all enjoy it. Music is what drives so many folks and Blue and me are no different. Our first list was so much fun to chat about we came back for more. Who knows? Maybe you’ll learn about a new band or remember one you haven’t listened to for a while, or fist pump because your fave is on this first list/ This round’s bands included:

Barenaked Ladies

Jake Shimabukuro

Steam Powered Giraffe

Billy Idol / Generation X

Nightwish

Bad Religion

Boyz II Men

Sir Elton John

Ninja Sex Party / Starbomb

The Lonely Island

OneRepublic

NOFX

Michael Bublé / Frank Sinatra / Dennis Van Aarssen

Hepcat

Keane

No Doubt / Paramore

Tears for Fears

Weezer

Maroon 5

Operation Ivy

Congrats on completing Level 364 of the podcast! Now go listen to some music, think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This is the fourth session of Darth John’s D&D V5 Star Wars overlay we affectionately think of us Rancor Pits and Krayt Dragons. A saga/podcast of hilarious roll play. Join Danny the Deuce, the Kween of the North, Blue, and me as we trip the dice fantastic and do over 3 hours of Star Wars roll play broke into two parts. Enter a galaxy of adventure with this, the first part and join us as we have a great time.

Congrats on completing Bonusode #30 of the podcast! Think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is more strike time with us geeking out about music. You csn geek out about much more than struck work and this conversation was a lot of fun and I hope y’all enjoy it. Music is what drives so many folks and Blue and me are no different. Who knows? Maybe you’ll learn about a new band or remember one you haven’t listened to for a while, or fist pump because your fave is on this first list/ This round’s bands included:

Bowling for Soup

Ludo

George Watsky

Social Distortion

Rise Against

The Beach Boys

Tenacious D

The Aquabats

RichaadEB - dan vasc

U2

Kirby Krackle

The Who

Jonathan Young

Rancid

Postmodern Jukebox

The Specials

Weird Al Yankovic

Green Day

Blind Guardian

Sublime

Congrats on completing Level 363 of the podcast! Now go listen to some music, think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is basically a bunch of talk and news from the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. It is a big rambling monologue but includes:

Some strike details

Some delayed work 

Image of 95 yo Rosemary Harris on NYC picket line, Stephen Amell controversy, Damon Lindelof re: striking

More delays from WB and Sony

George RR Martin confirms House of the Dragon is still filming

Sonic 3 and Paddington 3 to resume production without SAG-AFTRA actors

Dwayne Johnson & others donate millions to SAG-AFTRA Foundation Relief Fund 

Marvel VFX workers, Cartoon Network and WB Animation production, and Disney VFX workers file to unionize

AMPTP reaches out to WGA to resume conversations and backlash

Starless publicity campaigns hurting grosses?

SAG-AFTRA described their interim agreements as a method of undermining production slates and forcing the studios back to the table

AMC reaches temporary deal with SAG-AFTRA for 3 shows

Marvel TV delays

Article about the profitability of streamers 

SAG AFTRA strike vote against video game companies

RIP Paul Reubens / Ippei Kuri / Johnny Hardwick / Terry Funk / Nizo Yamamoto / Arleen Sorkin

Carrie Fisher, Vin Scully, Etta James, and others added to California Hall of Fame

Kevin Smith auctioning off comic book art collection

Court case attempting to copyright AI-generated art is thrown out in DC federal court

Congrats on completing Level 362 of the podcast! Think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is the obligatory look back at the last year of the podcast. Hot dog… 7 years and 35 episodes I think are worth highlighting especially like 22 of them considering our current climate of strike strike strike. Episodes highlighted include:

13 Best Episodes of Year 7

2 OCT 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 314) - Thank the Makers - Great Geeky Directors

26 OCT & 3 NOV 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzball Bonusode #28 & 28.5 – Rancor Pits & Krayt Dragons #4 & 5

19 NOV 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 321) - Talking a little something something bout MCU Phase 4 and the DCU

25 NOV 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 322) - Getting geekily thematic with the Fuzzballs

26 DEC 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 326) - Why Batman is cool… Thank you Kevin Conroy

25 FEB 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 335) - Jack Toks Star Wars

5 FEB 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 332) - Snakes, mileage, fortune and glory

14 MAR 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 337) - The Geeky Wow of Nostalgia

23 JUL 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 356) - Fuzzball Bebop - 3, 2, 1… Let’s Anime!

6 AUG 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 358) - AI and the blurst of times

15 AUG 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 359) - Jack Toks Social Media

20 AUG 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 360) - We were made… then TOYS!

4 CBM Defenders

16 OCT 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 316) - Giant-Sized CBM Defenders vs MCU remainders

22 JAN 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 330) - A Totally 80s CBM Defenders vs Cult Classic Quack Fu Masters

4 MAR 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 336) - CBM Defenders… it’s Morbin Black Adam time

27 MAY 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 348) -The Rise of the CBM Defenders - Defending the Skywalker Conclusion

3 more diversiverse plus a bonus

11 APR 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 341) - The Diversiverse Awakens - first one since 216 - Nov 8, 2020

23 APR 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 343) - Across the Diversiverse

31 JUL 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 357) -The Diversiverse thickens

11 SEPT 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 311) - The Rule of Blue - Diversifying Comic Writers & Artists

2 Torments!

26 MAR 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 339) - The Torment of the MCU

11 JUN 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 350) - The Torment of DC Live-Action

Obligatory Best of the Year plus a look ahead

31 DEC 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 327) - 2022’s Best Geekery in TV & Movies

15 JAN 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 329) - 6 months of 2023, (the Triumphant Return of) Danny & Me

9 REVIEWS plus geek’s watch time deux

24 OCT 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 317) - Not So Savage She-Hulk Spoiler Review

7 NOV 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 319) - Go Go Power Dragons!

10 DEC 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 324) - The Andor SPOILER Review

29 JAN 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 331) - WILLOW SPOILER TALK

19 FEB 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 334) - WAKANDA FOREVER SPOILER TALK

7 MAY 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 345) - Youse a Bad Batch, Mando

18 JUN 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 351) - Insert bad pun about Vision

Jack Tok and me talking all about Season 1 & 2 of Star Wars: Visions.

3 JUL 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 353) - Mania... a not so ant-sized Quantum Review

16 JUL 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 355) - Across the Spider Spoiler-Verse

SPOILER review… this time for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. I was joined by co-host Blue and also my good pal James. 

15 DEC 2022 - Laugh It Up Fuzzball Bonusode #29 – The Geek's Watch / 21 MAY 2023 - Laugh It Up Fuzzball #347 – A New Geek’s Watch

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is more non-struck geekery with Blue and me getting nostalgic once more to chat all about toys from our childhood. A great chat that includes the GI Joe Combat Jet Skystriker XP-14F, LEGO castle sets, the Pogo Bal, He-Man, Teddy Ruxpin, Sectaurs Warriors of Symbion, Marshall Bravestarr & Thirty/Thirty, Sky Commanders, Dino-riders, Centurions, Toy Biz’s The Amazing Spider-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kenner Star Wars, The Real Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe: Real American Hero, Transformers, C.O.P.S., Biker Mice from Mars, The Toxic Avenger, Jakks Pacific WWE figures, M.A.S.K., Visionaries & Supernaturals, Mighty Max, Battle Beasts, Z-bots & Micro Machines, Food Fighters, Barnyard Commandos, Stretch Armstrong, Gumby, Super Soakers, Cabbage Patch Dolls, and Smurf figures. Enjoy!

Congrats on completing Level 360 of the podcast! Think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is Jack Tok and me talking all about social media. Sure there may be 19 years between us and I might feel like this is all an old wookiee yelling at clouds but we had a good chat about it all. Things like where we started with it, how it’s going, the benefits like information and connection, and the pitfalls like time sucks, user data, bad humans & behavior, echo chambers, etc. All and all a great conversation I hope you enjoy as much as we did having it.

Congrats on completing Level 359 of the podcast! Think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is continued strike support with a conversation between Blue and me all about artificial intelligence. We talk about what it is, threats to art, writing, music, inspired geekery including Mobile Fighter G Gundham, Terminator, dystopian fiction and much more. Should we fear being replaced by machines & software? Well listen and find out what we think.

Congrats on completing Level 358 of the podcast! Think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is even more diversiverse where we search for representation and diversity in comics and beyond. Blue and I love this discourse, so much that we actually did this episode twice. Hopefully you enjoy us highlighting examples. For this round, we added:

Grand Admiral Thrawn - Star Wars

Isaac - CastlevaniaTyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones

Sombra - OverwatchZula - Conan the Destroyer - Grace Jones

Zack Taylor - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Mohinder Suresh - Heroes

Aisha Campbell - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Big Daddy  - Land of the Dead

Tracer - Overwatch

Boba Fett, Fennec Shand, and Krrsantan - The Book of Boba Fett

Eddy Gordo - Tekken

O-Ren Ishii, Vernita Green, Gogo Yubari, & Hattori Honzo - Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2

King Harrow - The Dragon Prince

Al Dillon - Predator

Lucienne and Death - The Sandman on Netflix

Benjamin Sisko & Tuvok - Avery Brooks - Tim Russ - Star Trek

TJ Johnson - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Turbo

Lando Calrissian

Amaya - The Dragon Prince

Congrats on completing Level 357 of the podcast! Think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!

Welcome to the place where we get to let our geek flags fly and talk about all things geek. Basically a fuzzy guide to life, the universe, and everything but mostly geek stuff. This is a look into the world of geekdom and some geek news, comics, The Simpsons, Star Wars, and whatever randomness finds its way onto the recording. This level of the podcast is a fun episode inspired by a post on the Laugh It Up Fuzzballs Facebook group plug plug plug. Danny shared IGN’s Top 25 Best Anime Series of All Time and the ensuing comments led to this goodness of Blue, Roman, and me talking all about anime. Let’s just say it’s these two Shoenen Joe what’s up with this amazing art form. We discuss the list including re-rankings, thoughts, critiques, omissions like Sailor Moon, Gundham, Pokemon, Food Wars and then it was time for ANIMEniacs as we discuss lists of stuff we brought which you can find below. Hope you enjoy it. See ya later Space Fuzzballs.

Highschool of the Dead

Ghost in the Shell

Record of Lodoss War

Studio Ghibli incl. Grave of the Fireflies and Castle in the Sky

Your Name. & 5 cm per second

Cowboy Bebop

Mobile Suit: Gundam Wing

Paprika

Star Wars Visions

Sword Art Online

Fushigi Yuugi

Slayers

Disney Chibi

Serial Experiments Lain

Robot Carnival

Honorable Mentions: My Hero Academia, Avatar TLA, Dragon Ball Z, Akira, Rona One House, Trese, Inuyasha, Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, Blue Seed, Madoka Magica, Magic Knight Rayearth

Congrats on completing Level 356 of the podcast! Think positive, test negative, stay safe, wash your hands, wear a mask, and good luck out there. Feel free to contact me on Twitter and/or Instagram (@wookieeriot). You can also reach the show by e-mail, [email protected]., or by joining the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1879505335626093). I'd love to hear from you. Merch is available at teepublic.com/user/laugh-it-up-fuzzball. Also subscribe to the feed on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, IHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Spotify, or any of the apps which pull from those sources. Go do your thing so I can keep doing mine. If you feel so inclined, drop a positive rating or comment on those apps. Ratings help others find the madness. Tell your friends, geekery is always better with peers. Thank YOU for being a part of this hilarity! There’s a plethora of ways to comment about the show and I look forward to seeing your thoughts, comments, and ideas. May the force be with us all, thanks for stopping by, you stay classy, be excellent to each other and party on dudes! TTFN… Wookiee out!