Popcycle

Back with another episode of PopCycle! This month we're talking about comedian extraordinaire, Jan Hooks. From her time with LA's Groundlings all the way through SNL and beyond, she was a special performer whose memorable characters and comedic delivery paved the way for women in comedy.

Milkshakes huh? Alllllllright. Welp, one of the cool things about our show is you can basically base a show on whatever you want. Never before have we based a show on something edible, well unless you're a cannibal, but here we are. 

In this episode we connect milkshakes to milkshakes by a lactose tolerant thread including Phillip Seymour Hoffman, R.E.M. and Brent Hodge whose recent documentary film is all about everyone's favourite TV show, the Paul Feig/Judd Apatow classic, Freaks and Geeks.

In December 2012, we originally released this episode based on the life and times of the astronomer and mathematician, Copernicus, then we sort of got off track a bit and started talking about Bruce Springsteen. We honestly had no idea how to get back on track but then were miraculously saved by Alan Cross, James Burke and of course, Santa.

This month we're talking about the Nerf toy line with inventor Reyn Guyer! Reyn fills us in on how Nerf was born out of a happy accident and then by going as far away as possible we end up talking about Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, and filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal.

This month Zyp wanted to feature one of his favourite albums, Michael Jackson’s Thriller to start and end our journey. I also love that album and it fits the October 31st delivery date so here we are.

When it comes to be on the pulse of what the kids are all about, you can usually count us out - but in the case of Donald Glover AKA Childish Gambino, we’re all in. Though we weren’t sort of ground floor supporters - not being big fans of Community, we fell hard for his rap skillz after his huge success with “Because the Internet” and “This is America”.

In this episode we talk about Fred's tireless work to provide wholesome children's programming for over 30 years on PBS. From there we're going to end up talking about Meatloaf's "I Would Do Anything for Love" and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. II.

In this episode, Christian Zyp and Eric Newby map out a circular conversation of pop-culture connections where they connect the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations to a bunch of stuff including the 1981 Popeye Feature Film directed by Robert Altman, and Welsh rock band, Manic Street Preachers.