Penny Men

Welcome to Shelf-Discovery!, where the spines are straight, the judgments are swift, and the authors are deeply personal! Gregory asks the eternal question: What three authors would you put on your most visible bookshelf to define your soul? And then Tom answers—with 47 authors and a war flashback to My Name Is Regina!

In this rambling literary extravaganza, we cover:

• The forbidden six Tarzan novels (which must be legally burned)
• The real reason I Am Legend is called I Am Legend
• Why Green Mansions should have ended with Audrey Hepburn in a waterfall
• What book traumatized Ben more than Bambi’s Children
• And which dog book launched the Dalmatians into space

It's an unhinged, surprisingly touching reflection on pulp, classics, the books that raised us, and the ones that tried to ruin us! No one's bookshelf is safe! Especially not yours!

We name authors! We forget authors! We guess at authors! And somehow, we still don't pick just three!

Read! Remember! Welcome to The Penny Men!

The teams are in! The dice are fuzzy! The capers… are deeply concerning!

Welcome back to The Muppet Caper Draft, where the only thing wilder than the picks are the plots! In Part 2, the hosts reveal their full heist-ready lineups—8 Muppet heroes, 3 villainous puppets, and 2 confused human celebrities per team—and pitch the chaotic Muppet movies they were born to direct!

Whose crew includes Rowlf as a getaway pianist? Who drafted Elmo and Oscar just to watch the world burn? And who’s sending the Fraggles into deep space with Jason Segel? These are the questions that demand answers!

In this installment, we put our picks to the test with full caper synopses, heated debates over tone (Gritty noir or pure vaudeville?), and multiple lawsuits from The Swedish Chef! No puppet is safe! No draft pick goes unjudged! And no, we still don’t know what Telly’s deal is!

🎭 Featuring:

• 3 completely unhinged Muppet movies
• 1 surprisingly emotional moment with Big Bird
• 0 respect for the Henson estate
• 100% commitment to the bit

Listen! Draft! Regret nothing!

Welcome to The Muppet Caper Draft!, where the felt flies and the lore gets fuzzy! We’re starting strong—with googly eyes, vaudeville chaos, and one extremely questionable Fraggle pick!

In this outing, the gang dives into the Jim Henson-verse to draft their ultimate Muppet heist crews! That’s 8 heroic Muppets, 3 villainous puppets, and 2 real-life humans per team—because even Gonzo needs a getaway driver! Sesame Street? Fair game! Fraggle Rock? You bet! Muppet Babies? Please no! But yes, also yes!

In this installment, we argue the cultural relevance of Telly Monster, recount the exact moment Pepe the Prawn took over the franchise, and attempt to justify casting Sweetums as a villain! From obscure Fraggles to sinister game show hosts, no puppet goes un-picked and no joke goes unmade!

Bonus: a live Phantom Jar prediction ceremony! If you don’t know what that means yet… oh, you will!

Puppet overkill? Never heard of it! Kermit fatigue? Not a chance! The greatest Muppet episode ever drafted? We’re calling it!

🧵 Featuring:

• 24 Muppets
• 6 humans
• 1 unhinged roundtable
• 0 rules about Beaker duplicates

Listen! Draft! Wocka Wocka!

Four faces! Infinite voices! Welcome to the ultimate voice actor showdown, where impressions fly, memories flare, and Bubsy somehow sneaks in! Again!

In this jam-packed episode, the Penny Men attempt the impossible: carving a Mount Rushmore of voice actors! But good luck getting consensus when you’re juggling Mel Blanc, June Foray, Frank Welker, Rob Paulsen, and a surprise campaign from Snarf and Franken Berry!

We’re talking golden age legends, Saturday morning icons, and 90s boomtime titans! It’s a full-stack buffet of cartoon history, vocal range, and weird trivia!

💬 Topics include:

• The Mel Blanc multiverse
• Tress MacNeille: Queen of range
• Who voiced Popeye during the war
• The secret power of Don Messick impressions
• Jim Cummings, Garfield conspiracies, and the Bubsy-verse
• Female voice actor Rushmore: June Foray to Tara Strong
• And yes, a three-Stooges tangent we absolutely don’t regret

🎙️ Featuring:

• 3 hosts
• 8 Mount Rushmores
• 0 agreement
• 1 Braille-only podcast?

If you love cartoons, impressions, Peter Cullen, and/or Garfield, this one’s for you!

Listen! Argue! Recast!

The drafts are in—and now it’s time to face the music (and the haunted vehicles)!

In this follow-up to our Masters of the Universe fantasy draft, we’re revealing the full lineups: twelve warriors each (six heroes, six villains), plus vehicles, playsets, mascots, and more! No takebacks! No do-overs! Just three grown men explaining why they drafted a guy named “Snout Spout”!

We break down the picks, argue over strategy, and defend our weirder choices! From deep-cut Filmation freaks to Netflix-era redesigns, this episode has it all: slime, swords, and speculation!

🔥 Featuring:

• All three complete teams
• Behind-the-scenes draft logic
• Accusations of troll picks
• At least two cosmic key-based mistakes
• One vehicle that is definitely just a bug

Who built the best toyline? Who rebooted the best cartoon? And what even counts as a “mascot”?

The fate of Eternia hangs in the balance—again!

Welcome to the inaugural draft! The Fantasy Draft Lineup Podcast is open for business, and the rosters are locked in! Your hosts Ben, Gregory, and Tom are diving deep into Masters of the Universe—but with one major twist: No He-Man! No She-Ra! No excuses!

In this premiere episode, we each build our dream team of six heroic warriors and six evil warriors, pulling from every corner of the MOTU multiverse—mini-comics, cartoons, toys, reboots, and even the movie (yes, we mention Gwildor)! Vehicles? Check! Playsets? Yep! Pet sidekicks and vaguely defined mascots? You bet!

Then we pitch our lineups like it’s a reboot show we’re dying to greenlight!

Expect:

• Nerdy childhood nostalgia
• Deep lore cuts
• Arguments over what counts as a “vehicle”
• Predictions, posturing, and mild betrayal
• A full breakdown of every Masters of the Universe show, from Filmation to Netflix
• No points, no prizes, just pure passion and plastic!

🎙️ Featuring:

• 3 drafters
• 36 characters
• 1 Dragstor
• 0 appearances by He-Man (by rule)

It’s a fantasy draft! It’s a lineup! It’s fan fiction in real time!

Welcome to the FDLP!

It all starts here! Three lifelong friends crack open a stack of old comics—and accidentally launch a podcast! Welcome to The Penny Men, where deep dives meet dumb tangents and the back issues come with baggage!

In this premiere episode, we wrestle with origin stories—our own, and everyone else's! From the golden age to the New 52, from Dr. Fate's rotating helmet rack to the multiple lives (and deaths) of Hawkman, we're charting a course through comic book history one confusing continuity at a time!

Also on the slab:

• The DC Implosion
• Gifting etiquette for Bronze Age Justice League issues
• The secret history of the X-Men’s stolen valor
• Space gorillas, real and imagined
• And the eternal question: How many reboots is too many?

🦸 Featuring:

• 3 hosts with real opinions
• 1 long-suffering Mike Grell comic
• A complete All-Star Squadron retrospective (sort of)
• More Earths than anyone asked for
• A surprisingly moving theory about Space Jam 2

No guest stars! No gimmicks! Just three guys talking comics, culture, and why it all still matters!

Listen! Debate! Reassemble!

The Muppets | The Fantasy Draft Lineup

-Choose your team of 8 Muppets from "The Muppet Show", "Sesame Street", or "Fraggle Rock"

-Choose another team of 3 antagonist/villain Muppets

-Choose 2 celebrity guest stars from any Muppet era

-Send them on a caper!  The 8 are solving the caper, while the 3 are causing the caper (or vice versa!)

-Have fun!

Masters of the Universe | The Fantasy Draft Lineup Podcast

-Choose your team of six heroic warriors and six evil warriors from any Masters of the Universe TV show, comic, or toyline

-He-Man and She-Ra are not allowed

-Choose a vehicle/pet and a playset/location for each team

-Have fun!

Join us for the Fantasy Draft Lineup!