The Penny Men take a swing at world-building with the launch of their own comic universe: Hookshot & Brickman!

What starts as two goofball heroes quickly spirals into a full-blown rogues’ gallery, supporting cast, love interests, and crossover event potential!

Along the way, Gregory, Ben, and Tom debate:

• The logistics of a grappling hook gimmick
• Whether a guy made of bricks is intimidating or just masonry cosplay
• And how many catchphrases one superhero is legally allowed to have!

From tragic backstories to Saturday-morning-cartoon vibes, the gang designs a superhero line that would either dominate the 90s toy aisle or get cancelled after two issues!

This week on The Penny Men, we dive headfirst into the wild spectrum of superhero storytelling—starting with the corniest of corners: a Super Friends-style team-up!

We’re talking:

• One-note heroes
• International diversity
• And powers that make zero sense but look great in a coloring book!

Then, we slam the tone dial all the way down to gritty reboot territory, where the same characters are reimagined as brooding vigilantes with deep scars, moral compromises, and citywide conspiracy boards!

It’s spandex vs. leather, catchphrases vs. trauma arcs, and the eternal question: which version do we secretly want to watch more?

Hookshot’s rolling through town on skates with a grappling hook and brass knuckles, while Yo-Yo the Moon Monkey bounces in with his moon boots and trusty yo-yo! The Shabby Cabbie pulls up as a part-time ally, and the chalkboard-screeching Disciplinarian keeps everyone in line!

But looming over them all is Hookshot’s Superman-type brother, flawless in every way except for a strange weakness to imitation leather! And in the shadows, The Butler quietly runs crime through fake rehabilitation charities, serving as a meek servant by day and a mastermind by night!

It’s a lineup of oddball heroes, bitter rivalries, and one very sinister butler!

The Penny Men boot up their Commodore 64-bit Draft Lineup for episode seventy — which, naturally, means derailing into Sean shout-outs, ocean water hygiene debates, SpongeBob references, and whether Ween belongs in Crazy Taxi!

Gregory pitches Batman water-skiing, Ben accidentally rebrands the Justice League, and Tom tries to list Pixar movies but keeps getting sidetracked by Dick Tracy villains (Big Boy, Mumbles, Pruneface, Flattop, and yes, Littleface)!

Somehow, The Princess Bride makes it in:

• Abridged books
• Missing chapters
• The true identity of the Dread Pirate Roberts
• And why this fairy-tale parody is Shrek’s more literate cousin!

Meanwhile, the tangents are relentless:

• The Roger Corman Fantastic Four
• Smash Mouth vs. the Butthole Surfers
• Kingdom Hearts theme lyrics
• Bands with intentionally misspelled animal names (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chikn Biskit, Def Leppard)
• And the still-unexplained “Girlver Slurfer”!

All that, plus:

• The official hierarchy of swords (rapier, cutlass, “that one from Final Fantasy”)
• Worst superpowers to get from a vending machine
• How to fight a Rodent of Unusual Size with only a breadstick
• And which member of The Commodores could beat André the Giant in arm wrestling (spoiler: none)!

To the list, to the zinger, to the pain!

We didn’t want to say the funny number, so we flipped it upside down and called it 64! That spiraled into:

• Commodore 64 nostalgia (the games, the loading screens, the beige plastic smell)
• Oregon Trail dysentery trauma (plus: cholera, snakebites, broken wagon axles, and a suspicious number of “you have died” screens)
• Sled dogs with broken legs (and whether oxen can row if you shout at them through a megaphone)

From there, we take a long detour into the pixelated backroads of:

• RollerCoaster Tycoon (and the ethics of $25 bathrooms)
• Sid Meier’s Pirates! (the only game where you can dance, duel, and get scurvy in the same afternoon)
• Zoombinis (featuring the allergy wall, the pizza troll, and that smug little “yep, we solved it” walk)
• Secret of Monkey Island — including:

We debate whether Guybrush Threepwood is immortal, whether the three-headed monkey is real, and whether Carmen Sandiego is secretly just a geography tutor with bad PR!

Also featuring:

• “It’s not your turn, my friend” frog (the original rage quit)
• Dabney Coleman’s extended video game universe
• Lode Runner monks
• And the eternal question: Did Hot Tub Time Machine rip off Rescue the Scientist… or was it the other way around?

Zinger count for this episode: at least 12, depending on whether you count “scurvy jokes” as zingers!

Welcome back to the 64-Bit Podcast, where the film reels are melted, the facts are suspect, and the Saturday mornings never ended!

It’s part two of our deep dive into non-Disney animation, and things are getting even weirder! We’re plumbing the bargain bins of memory for every knockoff, fever dream, and forgotten toon that never quite cracked the vault!

This time, the Penny Men and friends wade through psychedelic fairy tales, European oddities, and a parade of cartoons that feel legally inadvisable! We’ve got rotoscoped freak-outs and communist gnomes!

Is this media archaeology or a sleepover hallucination? Yes!

We hit:

• The other Yellow Submarine
• Czech claymation war crimes
• The Fievel Cinematic Universe
• That time Garfield went full horror
• And the greatest cartoon villain you’ve never heard of

Plus:

• Live-action elves
• Animated Bela Lugosi
• No Anastasia discourse
• 200% more Bakshi

Blow the dust off your bootleg DVDs and join us for another trip through animation’s forgotten fringes! You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll ask, “Wait, who let this go to air?”

🎞️ Featuring:

• More obscure toons than a LaserDisc collector could handle
• Hot takes from three unpaid animation professors
• And a whole lotta goblin energy

Roll tape! Hit play! Get re-booted!

Welcome back to the 64-Bit Podcast, where the facts are fuzzy, the cartoons are forgotten, and the nostalgia spirals out of control!

We’re neck-deep in non-Disney animation this hour, wading through forgotten features, rotoscoped nightmares, and flea-bitten flops! From Mr. Bug Goes to Town to Rock-a-Doodle, from Ferngully to Wizards, the Penny Men and co. dust off the animated underdogs and ask: “Was this real, or did we dream it on beta tape?”

In this cinematic safari, we talk Rumpus McFowl-level deep cuts like Pinocchio in Outer Space, uncover cursed Hanna-Barbera disco tapestries (Galaxy Goof-Ups, anyone?), and revisit the glitchy grandeur of Bakshi rotoscope epics!

Bonus: we solve Goofy’s genealogy! Kind of!

Also featuring:

• A space cowboy fart musical
• Three Bugs Bunnies
• 0% Space Jam 2 forgiveness
• 100% Wally Wood lore
• And Goof Troop canon chaos!

History? Art? Therapy session? All of the above!

Grab your VHS tape, rewind the CRT, and settle in for the definitive guide to everything not made by Walt!

🎬 Featuring:

• 3 cartoon historians
• 30+ obscure films
• Infinite tangents

Listen! Watch! Get Bluth’d!

Welcome back to Name That Duck, where the feathers fly and the facts get foggy! It's hour two of the greatest duck-based quiz show in podcast history! We're talking McDucks, Coots, Quackleys, Gearlooses, and more—fifty ducks deep and counting!

In this installment, we barrel through DuckTales deep cuts, European comic canon, and questionable family trees! Did you know Scrooge has a cousin named Rumpus McFowl? We didn’t either, until now! From Magica Dispel’s crow-brother Poe to Darkwing Duck’s shadowy nemesis Negaduck, it’s all here!

Bonus: a visual quiz—so if you're listening on a platform that supports video, switch to watch mode! You won’t want to miss the visual clues and chaos.

Duck fatigue? Never heard of it!

Most listened-to duck episode? We're calling it!

Missed Simon McDuck? We didn’t!

🦆 Featuring:

• 100 ducks
• 4 exhausted hosts
• 0 apologies

Listen! Watch! Quack!

Welcome to the pond, pals! It's the debut of Name That Duck! Tom hosts a quiz that’s less about right answers and more about unearthing forgotten lore, as Greg, John, and Ben scramble to remember who’s a McDuck, who’s a Coot, and who just honks! From Grandma Elvira to Sir Quackly, from Gladstone's ridiculous luck to Daisy’s questionable relationship status — it's all on the table! We also pay tribute to Carl Barks and Don Rosa, the true architects of Duckburg history! Did we mention interdimensional nephews?

This first hour covers the early canon: Scrooge’s medieval ancestors, Donald’s confusing cousins, and all the forgotten relatives who appeared once and never came back! Is that Donna Duck on a unicycle? Did Grandma Duck marry a guy named Humperdink? Who gave Donald a pet falcon and why?

We attempt to answer these questions with 50% certainty and 100% confidence!

Bonus: We name multiple ducks that may or may not have been Donald in disguise! You decide!

Before there was duck lore, there was duck confusion! Welcome to Hour Zero — the unhinged prelude to the greatest avian quiz show in podcast history! The mics are hot, the rules are unclear, and the title is still up for debate!

In this episode, we set the stage with some light bickering, a lot of shouting, and one host desperately trying to maintain order! Is this a game? A bracket? A Disney deep dive? Who can say!

No ducks are named, but a lot of names are dropped! Expect heated debates about what counts as a "duck", who's wearing pants, and how many Goofys is too many Goofys!

🦆 Featuring:

• pre-game chaos
• unsanctioned duck trivia
• at least three failed cold opens

This is Hour Zero! The quiz hasn’t even started! The nonsense is already in full flight!