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Brandon, John, and Ken celebrate our one-hundredth episode with recurring guest Ali and special guests Justin, Bre, and Eric from the Three Fifs Podcast, as we discuss the history and legacy of the animated series and films based on the DC Comics superheroes!

Our discussion spans the entire history of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and many more in animated form, from the Max Fleischer "Superman" cartoons of the 1940s, to the 1960s Filmation cartoons and Hanna-Barbera's "Super Friends", all of the classic Bruce Timm-Paul Dini Warner Bros. productions such as "Batman: The Animated Series", "Superman: The Animated Series", and "Justice League/Justice League Unlimited", and more - including "Static Shock", "Young Justice", "Teen Titans", "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", and many more. We each discuss our favorite episodes, the impacts these shows had on our childhoods and adulthoods, the innovations and creative achievements of each, and beyond...including why Aquaman is _not_ lame!

SHOW NOTES:

• 0:00:00 Intro

• 0:03:05 - 1941-1943: Paramount Superman Cartoons

• 0:10:39 - 1966-1970: Filmation's Superman, Aquaman, Batman & More

• 0:15:20 - 1973-1986: "Super Friends"

• 0:29:05 - 1977-1988: "The New Adventures of Batman", "Shazam!", "Superman"

• 0:35:00 - 1992-1995: "Batman: The Animated Series"

• 0:52:52 - 1996-2000: "Superman: The Animated Series" & "The New Batman Adventures"

• 1:16:53 - 1999-2004: "Batman Beyond" & "Static Shock"

• 1:29:55 - 2001-2008: Other WB Network Shows

• 1:35:24 - 2001-2005: "Justice League"/"Justice League Unlimited"

• 1:58:58 - 2003-2012: "Teen Titans" & "Batman: The Brave and the Bold"

• 2:09:23 - 2011-2014: "Young Justice", "Green Lantern: The Animated Series", "Beware the Batman"

• 2:21:37 The DC Direct-to-Video Films/Current (and Upcoming) Cartoon Network Shows

• 2:47:07 Final Thoughts/Outro

• 2:58:25 Post-Show: "The Five Heartbeats" vs. "The Temptations"

 

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Three Fifs Podcast

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Eric: https://twitter.com/Ayrryk

 

Ali:

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We continue our discussion with Brandon, John, Ken, and the double-dose of Alis - @EgyptoKnuckles and @akaAlibabwa - as we move into a discussion about an open letter an alleged former employee of Warner Bros. Pictures wrote to their former employer. Said letter was quite spirited in its critique of the company's recent box-office disappointments - not just the DC Comics films like "Suicide Squad" and "Batman v Superman", but films like "Pan" as well, and (possibly/allegedly) the upcoming "Wonder Woman" - and we discuss what Warner Bros. could/should do to turn its fortunes around.

We also discuss comments from the producer of WB's "Shazam!" movie about how it's going to save their comics universe, a claim all of us - even Brandon - find skeptical, and Ken's Say Something Nice Challenge feature 50 Cent being petty about his full exposure on "Power" and Snoop Dogg starting a cooking show with a likely/unlikely partner.

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00 "An Open Letter to Warner Bros." Discussion

• 00:41:53 Ken's Say Something Nice Challenge

• 00:58:12 Outro

• 01:00:48 Post-Show

 

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Ali aka Egypto Knuckles:

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Ali's Twitter (King of Thieves):

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Memphis, Tennessee is the home of a large chunk of soul music history, and in this episode, Brandon, John, Ken, and a double-dose of Alis - @EgyptoKnuckles and @akaAlibabwa - discuss Brandon's recent trip to Memphis and his tours of the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum, Elvis' Graceland, and - as far as he's concerned - the main attraction, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

Also in this episode, we discuss the current scandal surrounding Nate Parker, of "The Birth of a Nation", after his homophobic comments and college sexual assault trial resurfaced on social media, as well as a "Steven Universe" storyboard artist dealing with attacks on social media, reviews of the R-rated animated comedy "Sausage Party" and the Netflix series "The Get Down", and much more...including why John hates "Coming to America".

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00 Intro/Film Reviews: "Sausage Party", "Tab Hunter: Confidential", "Café Society", "Batman: The Killing Joke"

• 00:37:50 Film News

• 00:58:37 TV Reviews: "The Get Down", "Steven Universe"

• 01:17:34 TV News

• 01:33:42 Music Discussion: Brandon's Trip to Stax Museum & Graceland; Atmosphere, “Fishing Blues”; Rae Sremmurd, “SremmLife 2”; 2 Chainz, “Daniel Son; Necklace Don”; Phonte & Eric Roberson, “Tigallerro”

• 01:54:39 Music Reviews

 

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Ali aka Egypto Knuckles:

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Sean "Puffy" Combs may have told us - frequently - that he thought he told us that he couldn't stop, but 50 Cent actually can't. A super-hero show? A Black Mafia Family show? And "Power" is already there? How many shows can 50 Cent get on the Starz network? Brandon, Ken, John, and special guest Ali try to find out.

In addition, we also discuss Warner Bros' abandoned Tim Burton/Nicholas Cage "Superman Lives" film, the gender-gap in Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer, another Nat Turner film that was almost produced 50 years before Nate Parker made his, Ava DuVernay being the first Black woman to direct a $100 million+ film, and ask our selves - where the heck is that new Frank Ocean album?

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00 Intro/Film Reviews: "Tallulah", "The Little Prince" (2016), "The Warriors", "The Little Rascals Save the Day", "The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened"

• 00:27:06 Film News

• 00:44:24 TV Reviews: 2016 Election News Coverage, "The Night Of", "The Tunnel"

• 00:52:37 TV News

• 01:07:36 Music News & Reviews

• 01:18:49 Ken's Say Something Nice Challenge

• 01:34:28 In Memoriam/Outro

 

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Ali's Twitter:

@AKAAlibabwa

 

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Brandon, Ken, John and our friend & special guest Ali saw "Suicide Squad" over the weekend. How was it to finally see Amanda Waller (played by Viola Davis) and Harley Quinn (played by Margot Robbie) on the big screen? What was Jared Leto's Joker like? Where was the Will Smith pop-rap song? Was the film as bad as the Rotten Tomatoes reviews say? We each give our thoughts and ratings on the film, in both spoiler-free and spoiler-filled segments in this episode.

In addition, we also discuss "Suicide Squad's" box-office performance, the drubbing the film got on Rotten Tomatoes, where Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment are going - and where they should go - with the upcoming "Wonder Woman" and "Justice League" films, as well as side-trips into discussions of belly-dancing, fine drinks, and Killer Croc's favorite cable channel.

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00 Intro/Spoiler-Free "Suicide Squad" Reviews

• 00:24:02 "Suicide Squad" Spoiler Reviews

• 01:01:58 Box-Office Report

• 01:08:21 Attack of the Rotten Tomatoes

• 01:19:05 A Warner Bros. Intervention: Where Does the DCEU Go From Here?

 

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@@akaAlibabwa

 

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In the spirit of being (heh) fair and balanced, John, Ken & Brandon discuss the media coverage of and the content within the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last week.

In addition to discussing Hillary Clinton becoming the first woman to be nominated for President by a major political party, the discussion includes the DNC email leak/Debbie Wasserman Schultz controversy, Tim Kaine being boring in 2016 but apparently #throwbackbae in 1970-something, President Barack Obama giving what John felt was his best speech ever, Khizr Khan's war of words with Donald Trump, and people being shocked! and appalled! that Michelle Obama knew that slaves helped build the White House.

Oh, and Hillary & Bill Clinton playing with balloons.

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:00 Intro/Tim Kaine & Unconstitutional Voting Laws

• 00:09:46 Night One: Michelle Obama, The Clinton Legacy, and More

• 00:40:29 Night Two: Bill Clinton & The Kennedy Legacy

• 00:47:56 Night Three: More Kaine, Barack Obama's Greatest Speech Ever?

• 01:04:40 Night Four: Hillary Clinton, Khizr Khan, and Aftermath

• 01:20:33 Post-Show

 

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Constance Wu is fed up with the whitewashing of Asian history in Hollywood, and Brandon, Ken & John discuss the ABC sitcom star's strong rebuking of Legendary Pictures' upcoming Chinese-produced and set film "The Great Wall", starring...Matt Damon? Really? Matt Damon?

Also, on the 48th anniversary of the first appearance of Franklin in Charles Schultz's "Peanuts" comic strip, Brandon, Ken & John discuss the character's place in the series in conjunction with reviews of both the first "Peanuts" animated feature film, 1969's "A Boy Named Charlie Brown", and the most recent feature, 2015's "The Peanuts Movie".

In addition, they discuss "The Rocketeer" getting a reboot/sequel with a Black female lead, the dying art of hand-painted movie posters, Stephen Colbert getting in trouble for being Stephen Colbert on his CBS late night show (as in, his old character from Comedy Central), Fox News CEO Roger Ailes being forced out of he company following multiple sexual harassment claims, a first look at Tyler Hoechlin as Superman on The CW's "Supergirl", The CW's upcoming "Riverdale", a Motown animated series, a ton of Netflix news about "Luke Cage", "Stranger Things", and "The Get Down", and reviews of Anderson .Paak's "Malibu", "Fantasia's "The Definition Of...", the (unfortunate in this case) return of late-90s rapper Drama to news headlines, and...Marques Houston becoming a Jehovah's Witness?

Come and feel the flavor and listen in.

 

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:24 Intro/Film Reviews: "The Peanuts Movie", "A Boy Named Charlie Brown", "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" on Blu-Ray

• 00:23:31 Film News

• 00:42:05 TV Reviews: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" DNC Week

• 01:08:45 TV News

• 01:18:15 Music Reviews: Anderson .Paak - “Malibu”, Fantasia - “The Definition Of…”, Cori B. - “Sittin’ in My Room”

• 01:27:06 Music News

• 01:37:07 Ken's Say Something Nice Challenge

• 01:51:39 In Memoriam/Outro

 

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Our resident Cleveland native John got to spend the last week dodging the craziness that was the 2016 Republican National Convention. He tells everyone else about his experiences at the RNC this episode, and he, Kareem, Ken, and an increasingly perplexed Brandon discuss each night of the convention, the speakers, the plagiarism (hi, Melonia), the sexism (hi, Scott Baio), the racism (hi, Steve King), the xenophobia (hi, Donald), and how the media covered all of it, including Tamron Hall's takedown of Scott Baio.

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:24 Pre-Show

• 00:02:13 Intro/John's Experience at the RNC

• 00:19:20 Night One: Melonia Trump, Scott Baio, David Clarke, & More

• 00:39:13 Night Two: Mitch McConnell, Steve King & More

• 00:48:44 Night Three: Ted Cruz & More

• 00:56:40 Night Four: Donald Trump & More

 

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Following all of the important announcements in the worlds of film and TV at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, Brandon and Kareem discuss the biggest news from the convention, including the official casting announcements for Marvel Studios' "Black Panther", Brie Larson being cast as the lead in Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel", the Justice Society of America and Legion of Doom being added to The CW's "DC's Legends of Tomorrow", Rihanna being cast as Marion Crane in A&E's "Bates Motel", and our thoughts and analyses of the various trailers that debuted at Comic-Con for "Suicide Squad", "Wonder Woman", "Justice League", "Doctor Strange", "The Flash" Season 3, "Luke Cage" Season 1, "Iron Fist" Season 1, and more.

We also review "Star Trek Beyond" and discuss Disney's first Black animator (and who, exactly, that is), Michelle Obama & Missy Elliott's "Carpool Karaoke" on "Late Night with James Corden", and the troubling new information about Warner Bros' "Batman: The Killing Joke" animated feature.

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:24 Intro/Comic-Con Film Announcements

• 00:31:36 Comic-Con TV Announcements

• 00:59:37 Star Trek Beyond Review/Current Releases Talk

• 01:09:39 Other Film News

• 01:25:36 Say Something Nice Challenge

• 01:45:18 RIP Garry Marshall/Outro

 

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Brandon & Ken are back to continue discussion of the new remake/reboot of "Ghostbusters" and the negative reactions to the film by both professional reviewers (really, Mr. Roeper?) and the denizens of Twitter and IMDb who've seen nary a frame of it, but apparently hate women.

Later, they review "Stranger Things" on Netflix and discuss the 2016 Primetime Emmy nominations, including the diversity of the nominees, the significance of Tracee Ellis Ross' nomination, and which performers, shows, and _networks_ got shut out. They also explore the good, bad, and ugly of the 2016 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Show, Kid Flash being added to The CW's "The Flash", who the baby was on Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody", and more - including why far too many celebrities supporting "All Lives Matter" without actually understanding what they're doing.

SHOW NOTES:

• 00:00:24 Intro

• 00:03:40 Film Review: More on "Ghostbusters" (2016)

• 00:13:53 Film News

• 00:37:53 TV Review: "Stranger Things"

• 00:44:03 TV News: 2016 Primetime Emmy Nominations Discussion/Kid Flash Costume

• 00:53:05 TV News Continued

• 01:02:04 Music Discussion/"VH1 Hip-Hop Honors" Discussion

• 01:14:07 Music News: Who Was the Baby on Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody"?

• 01:21:36 Ken's Say Something Nice Challenge

• 01:35:27 A Message from 1968 Olympian John Carlos/Outro

 

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