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Pilot Season episodes

  • Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
    Oh Shell, no! We worked up the will to watch this
    live action TMNT show that was brought to you by the people who brought
    us Power Rangers and disowned by the people who created TMNT.

    Also up for discussion:

    • Alan's thirst for turtles.
    • Technical Difficulties
    • Revisiting The Naked Jungle
    • More Technical Difficulties
    • The Adventures of an Old Blind Man and a Rat
    • Rocket Powered Surf Board Safety
    • Angst filled Raphael is not Alan's fav
    • Splinter's crazy Skype calls
    • Slack jawed Turtles
    • Bargain Basement Shredders.
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    • Daredevil
      This week on Pilot Season we ask how you can see into our eyes like open doors with Daredevil.
      Also up for discussion:

      • Daredevil is not Deadpool
      • Alan's superpower
      • WWE Smackdown is the nexus of multiverses
      • Confessional Therapy
      • A gritty reimagining of Cake Boss
      • Last of the Summer Wine references
      • Matt Murdock should leave women alone
      • Speculation on the big bad of the series
      • Leland Owlsley aka The Owl
      • Superhero precincts
      • Bruce Springsteen - New Jersey's Mightiest Hero
      • Punching dragons in the heart
      • Wilbur Day aka Stilt Man
      • The probable cause of Frank Miller's misogyny
      • Nerdvice's open call for submissions
        • Click here for the full rankings.
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      • Spaced
        We watched Space - a 1999 sit-com starring Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright. Ever heard of them? No. Neither have we. They probably never did anything else ever.
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      • House MD
        We watched a show where Hugh Laurie is a Doctor who solves medical mysteries. You've probably heard of it.
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      • Space Precinct
        Let's go to SPACE with Gerry Anderson (THUNDERBIRDS, CAPTAIN SCARLET,
        SPACE 1999) and his short lived series SPACE PRECINCT. Which caused
        Patrick to have an existential crisis.

        Also in this episode:

        We discuss whose name is less common.
        Going to mass with a toy that has your name.
        Alan's authentic but useless ID card.
        We pour one out for Glenn Frey, star of South of Sunset.
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      • Lucha Underground
        Pilot Season returns for 2016 with LUCHA UNDERGROUND. We watched the pilot episode for the  El Rey Network's acclaimed Lucha Libre show.

        Other topics included
        1. Technical issues and Skype Recorders
        2. New content on the website for 2016
        3. Patrick's musical cameo in Fool's Gold.
        4. How there are no other podcasts
        5. Comic books and wrestling
        6. Alan's Christmas presents.
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        7. Bojack Horseman
          This week we dip back into Netflix to watch Bojack Horseman. A show about a Horse.
          A horse who is a man. A man horse who is a former sit-com star. A former sit com star
          who needs to write a memoir to save his career. Also talking animals are just a thing.

          Notes:
          Candy Machines
          Vietnamese surnames
          Is Lost In Translation a Christmas movie? (We don't answer this question)
          REALLY Trying not to spoil future episodes on Alan
          The continued theme of Patrick not thinking The Man in the High Castle is not good enough
          but being too afraid of Diamanda Hagan to change anything.
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        8. South of Sunset
          We've gone Flip City this week on Pilot Season. Because we're taking it to the limit one more time to watch
          South of Sunset starring Glenn "That Guy From Eagles who isn't Don Henley That the Makers of His Show Had Heard Of" Frey (whose name pronunciation we never quite settle on).

          This episode was suggested to us by Rich Thomas (@earthdog). If you want to suggest a podcast we could cover please do so in the comments or tweet at us!

          Notes:
          Too many Eagles References.
          The state of the Unemployed Historian IMDB (or how Jill Bearup is no longer hosting Pilot Season)
          3 Degrees of Don Johnson
          Staying in a Sexmotel
          Billy Joel and the slimming effect of pianos.
          Alan talks about Roman Literature
          The process of send lewd photos in the 90s.
          A new That 70s Show/South of Sunset Head-canon is created
          Vince McMahon's Actual T-Rex Skull
          Juggalo Street Gangs.
          The Man in the High Castle Follow Up
          BONUS:
          The Question that Broke Word Funk.
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        9. Veronica Mars
          This week we dive into the introduction to the teen-noir world of Veronica Mars. Fanboy over Darran Norris and one of us bemoans the terrible third season of this great show.
               
        10. Alan hurt himself.
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        11. New microphones.
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        12. Tumblr Interludes.
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        13. General gushing about how good Veronica Mars was.
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        14. General gushing about Darran Norris and his many talents.
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        15. How much more successful the Kane Software is than YouTube.
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        16. Codecs and super fast uploads.
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        17. TS Eliot references and shilling for this
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        18. Fake ads.
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        19. Hotel room towels placement.
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        20. Alan dies.
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        21. Guessing what video we filmed the day of the Veronica Mars kickstarter.
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        22. Humanities Greatest Achievement
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        23. Far too many references to Eagles songs.
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        24. Joey
          After a battle with carpal tunnel syndrome it's the new episode of Pilot Season. This week we've packed up and moved to LA for Joey.

          Also up for discussion:
          • An embargo on the alleged Star Trek series Voyager
          • Alan goes almost 45 seconds into a sci-fi discussion before mentioning Battlestar Galactica
          • An update on the Black Eyed Peas
          • Patrick fails an audition
          • Frasier was Joey first and did it better
          • Joey's viewing figures were a roller-coaster that only went down
          • Patrick's email campaign to RTÉ
          • Are spin-offs even successful these days?
          • Post Friends careers
          • Patrick gets a pick me up
          • Alan is very wrong about James Michael Tyler's residuals.
          • Who owns Central Perk?
            • Credits:
            Hosts: Patrick Brogan & Alan Beirne
            Executive Procrastinator: Alan Beirne

            The dedication to Joey Ramone remains strong.
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          About Pilot Season

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          There's a first time for everything! And this is a podcast all about the first (and sometimes last) episodes of TV shows. Your hosts Patrick & Alan look at everything from the humble beginnings of…