Needless Things

Needless Things

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Needless Things episodes

  • Needless Things Podcast 179 – The Dark Crystal: Making the Mystics with Tim Clarke

    LIVE from Dragon Con 2017!

    Dave – formerly and sometimes still known as Phantom Troublemaker – talks to the wonderful Tim Clarke about his time with the Jim Henson company and his work on The Dark Crystal.
    Listen in as Tim talks to Dave about his start with Henson, the experience of creating such an immersive world, and what happened to the toy line that Tim worked on!
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
    Interstitial music provided by The Mystery Men?
    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for Dragon Con news!
    If you’re here checking out Dragon Con stuff and haven’t visited Needless Things before, thanks for coming by. We’re all about toys, movies, music, and all manner of pop culture dorkery. The Needless Things Podcast drops once a week, usually on Friday.
    Be sure to come back in October for our 31 Days of Halloween! It lasts all month long and everything on the site is thoroughly Halloweeny!

    1 hr 6 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 178 – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Needless Commentary

    Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films!

    It’s Rad Ranger’s birthday, so he picked 1995’s Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie for September’s Commentary!
    There was no bigger children’s franchise in 1995 than the Power Rangers, so obviously Hollywood wanted to capitalize on it with a silver screen adaptation. Featuring a new villain, the cast from the TV show, CGI Zords, and a strangely good soundtrack, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie sits in a weird place between canon and pure Hollywood narrative.
    Listen in as Dave, Arian, Ryan, and Rad Ranger’s Girlfriend (no, really!) mock the ever-loving shit out of their pal Rad Ranger! Happy birthday, indeed!
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
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    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for all the latest on pop culture!
    If you enjoy shitty movies, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, or Needless Things, you might enjoy SupportPhantom.com.

    1 hr 45 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 177 – 1987: Live from Dragon Con

    LIVE from Dragon Con 2017!

    Dave – formerly and sometimes still known as Phantom Troublemaker – is joined by Nicole Gould, Rebeccah Hunter, Michael Bailey, Gary Mitchel, and Noel Wood for an all-new panel about the pop culture from thirty years ago!
    Listen in as the panelists and audience share their favorite things – from Spaceballs to Guns N’ Roses, we’ve got the year covered, LIVE from Dragon Con!
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
    Interstitial music provided by The Mystery Men?
    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for Dragon Con news!
    If you’re here checking out Dragon Con stuff and haven’t visited Needless Things before, thanks for coming by. We’re all about toys, movies, music, and all manner of pop culture dorkery. The Needless Things Podcast drops once a week, usually on Friday.
    Be sure to come back in October for our 31 Days of Halloween! It lasts all month long and everything on the site is thoroughly Halloweeny!

    1 hr 16 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 176 – Dragon Con 2017: The Puppets Take Atlanta

    Dragon Con 2017 coverage continues on Needless Things in this special Wednesday episode!
    In this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast Puppetry Track Director Beau Brown returns to lay down everything that's going on this year in Dragon Con's most inclusive and all-encompassing Track!
    Listen for all of the exciting Puppet Track news, as well as some exclusive announcements!
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
    Interstitial music provided by The Mystery Men?
    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for Dragon Con news!
    If you’re here checking out Dragon Con stuff and haven’t visited Needless Things before, thanks for coming by. We’re all about toys, movies, music, and all manner of pop culture dorkery. The Needless Things Podcast drops once a week, usually on Friday.
    Be sure to come back in October for our 31 Days of Halloween! It lasts all month long and everything on the site is thoroughly Halloweeny!

    1 hr 40 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 175 – Dragon Con 2017: Mike Gordon Returns!

    Dragon Con 2017 coverage continues on Needless Things!
    In this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast Phantom Troublemaker is joined by the ESO Network's Mike Gordon!
    Listen in as Phantom and Mike discuss their histories with Dragon Con and share some of their favorite memories. Also, get the scoop on Phantom and Mike's schedules for Con and what they'll be up to when they're not on panels.
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
    “Marriott Cock Squat” by LeSexoflex.com
    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for Dragon Con news!
    If you’re here checking out Dragon Con stuff and haven’t visited Needless Things before, thanks for coming by. We’re all about toys, movies, music, and all manner of pop culture dorkery. The Needless Things Podcast drops once a week, usually on Friday.
    Be sure to come back in October for our 31 Days of Halloween! It lasts all month long and everything on the site is thoroughly Halloweeny!

    2 hr 12 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 174 – Dragon Con 2017: Dragonslayer Needless Commentary

    Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films!
    Special guest Award-Winning Bobby Nash joins the Commentary Team for the first-ever Dragon Con-themed Commentary – 1981's Dragonslayer!
    Everyone knows that dragons are badass, but for some reason Hollywood has rarely done a good job of capitalizing on their badass-ness. One of the seminal early 80s HBO standards was Matthew Robbins' Dragonslayer, a film set to cash in on the fantasy craze of the day, with a little Mark Hamill-ness thrown in by way of a young Peter MacNicol.
    Featuring gorgeous locations and tremendous production design, the film failed to become the blockbuster that had been hoped for and even today hasn't managed to achieve even a cult status. In a tribute to the awesomeness of Dragon Con and of dragons, the Irregulars delve into Dragonslayer and offer up their thoughts as to what, if anything, went wrong.
    Listen in as Phantom Troublemaker, Bobby Nash, Arian, and Rad Ranger gather in the Phantom Zone to bear witness to the might of Vermithrax Pejorative, the best-named thing ever!
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
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    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for all the latest on pop culture!
    If you enjoy dragons, sorcerers, or Needless Things, you might enjoy SupportPhantom.com.

    2 hr 12 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 173 – Dragon Con 2017: Revenge of the Horror Track

    Dragon Con 2017 coverage continues on Needless Things!

    In this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast Horror Track Director Derek Tatum returns to discuss ghastly business old and new, as well as the keys to successfully programming a Track for the third pillar of speculative fiction – horror!
    Listen in as Phantom and Derek talk movies, television, and the expectations of the modern horror fan! Plus, how would Phantom’s mother react to the gore-fest that is Santa Clarita Diet?
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
    Interstitial music provided by The Mystery Men?
    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for Dragon Con news!
    If you’re here checking out Dragon Con stuff and haven’t visited Needless Things before, thanks for coming by. We’re all about toys, movies, music, and all manner of pop culture dorkery. The Needless Things Podcast drops once a week, usually on Friday.
    Be sure to come back in October for our 31 Days of Halloween! It lasts all month long and everything on the site is thoroughly Halloweeny!

    1 hr 23 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 172 – Dragon Con 2017: Back to the Classics Track

    Dragon Con 2017 coverage continues on Needless Things!

    In this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast, Joe “Virtuoso” Crowe and “Glorious” Gary Mitchel return to the show to play a surprise game of Classics Roll-A-Panel and discuss the ins and outs of running a Track for the ever-evolving entity of joy that is Dragon Con!
    Listen in as Phantom and Gary do their best to keep Joe from talking about Amazon Women on the Moon for an entire hour!
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
    Interstitial music provided by The Mystery Men?
    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for Dragon Con news!
    If you’re here checking out Dragon Con stuff and haven’t visited Needless Things before, thanks for coming by. We’re all about toys, movies, music, and all manner of pop culture dorkery. The Needless Things Podcast drops once a week, usually on Friday.
    Be sure to come back in October for our 31 Days of Halloween! It lasts all month long and everything on the site is thoroughly Halloweeny!

    1 hr 19 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 171 – San Diego Comic Con 2017

    It’s time once again for the Needless Things Irregulars to look at the big news out of San Diego Comic Con!

    Every year at Comic Con Hollywood, comic book publishers, and toy companies reveal some of the most exciting things that will be offered in the year to come.
    Listen in as Phantom, Head of Research Ryan, Belligerent Monkey Jay, and Josh Wilson talk about the products and news that came out of SDCC 2016! Plus, a special look at Super 7's Masters of the Universe product with Mr. Beau Brown!
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
    Interstitial music provided by The Mystery Men?

    2 hr 34 min
  • Needless Things Podcast 170 – Masters of the Universe Needless Commentary

    Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films!

    Special guests Mr. Beau Brown and Award-Winning Bobby Nash join the Commentary Team for the 1987 Masters of the Universe!
    Thirty years ago children all over the world were disappointed by Cannon's live action adaptation of Mattel's Masters of the Universe toy line. While director Gary Goddard, production designer William Stout, and the rest of the cast and crew worked their hardest to create an epic science fiction and fantasy experience, The Cannon Group's notorious budget limitations kept them from providing the movie fans wanted.
    Now, three decades later and thirty years wiser, the Needless Commentary team reviews He-Man's Hollywood debut to see if there are, perhaps, redeeming qualities that were missed the first time around. Or if not, if the movie is at least better than Krull!
    Listen in as Phantom Troublemaker, Bobby Nash, Beau Brown, Arian, and Ryan Cadaver gather in the Phantom Zone to offer up their thoughts on this 1987 Courtney Cox classic!
    Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think!
    “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.com
    Interstitial music provided by The Mystery Men?
    “Living in A Box” by Living in A Box from their debut album Living in A Box
    You can follow Phantom Troublemaker on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for all the latest on pop culture!
    If you enjoy He-Man, Courtney Cox, or Needless Things, you might enjoy SupportPhantom.com.

    1 hr 59 min

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