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The time has come once again to discuss and rank the Top 5 animated features of the year, the year in question being 2025, which featured 2 epic animated films about a trio of unlikely heroes battling other-worldly forces to save humanity: “The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” and “KPop Demon Hunters”. Also in the mix are “Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires”, “Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League”, “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc”, “Dog Man”, “Elio”, “Fixed”, “Plankton: The Movie”, “The Bad Guys 2”, “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants”, and “Zootopia 2”. Joining me to sway my decision-making process with more facts than the average Ted Talk are returning guest Tony Goldmark of “Escape From Vault Disney”, and riding shotgun with him is David “Doggans” Gansalle of “Riffin’ With Doggans” and many other pop-culture review shows! It’s our longest episode to date, so let’s stop delaying the inevitable and get right to the fun!

Featured Comedy Music:
“My Name Is Fudd” – Power Salad
“Happy Birthday Fungus Face” – Da Yoopers
“Burn” – Tony Goldmark

Tony Goldmark’s podcast:
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This week on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy we get our first major Klingon episode of the modern era. In “Vox in Excelso” Jay-Den Kraag gets put to the test and his friends (and the viewers) learn more about who he is and what he’s about!

Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber.

#startrek #starfleetacademy #voxinexcelso

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This week, we’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 2, Episode 21 “The Breach,” now that Jamie and Bill have watched it.  A word of warning: If you haven’t listened to the episode before this one, “Denobulan Spiders-Man!,” go listen to that first because this is a follow up to last week. 

Sound assistance by K.O. Myers at Particulate Media 

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After the initial wave of Avengers film, people started wishing that Marvel had the Fantastic Four film rights, so that they could apply the same MCU formula to the first family in comics. Years later, Disney obtained those rights as part of their overall acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Fantastic Four: First Steps is the result. For this episode we dive deep into the story. We talk about the characters, the choices that were made in the depictions, and how we feel those resonate. We debate some of the story decisions and how well those worked for us. We discuss whether origin stories are necessary, the pros and cons of shorter films, and how we think that this movie will fit into the overall MCU storyline. Give it a listen and let us know what you think!

This week’s Five-Minute Controversy asks what we think of Nintendo’s unasked for announcement that Peach and Mario are not a couple but just “very good friends”.

This week Stephen, Michael, and Page join the cast.

Show Notes:
Nintendo says Peach and Mario are “just good friends”

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Batman ’66 S2 Ep55 – Black Widow Strikes Again

The Black Widow uses her cerebrum short-circuiting device to rob bank after bank in Gotham City. Batman and Robin soon catch up with her, but actually capturing the villainess proves harder than expected. Despite her nerve paralyzer spray, and two remote-control dummies that try to throw the Dynamic Duo off course, they finally make it inside the Black Widow’s lair. But soon after entering, they are trapped in a giant web with two deadly black widow spiders.

Episode aired Wednesday, March 15, 1967

Director: Oscar Rudolph

Writer: Robert Mintz

Cast:

Adam West – Batman/Bruce Wayne

Burt Ward – Robin/Dick Grayson

Alan Napier – Alfred

Neil Hamilton – Commissioner Gordon

Stafford Repp – Chief O’Hara

Madge Blake – Mrs. Cooper

Tallulah Bankhead – Black Widow

Don ‘Red’ Barry – Tarantula

Al Ferrara – Trap Door

Mike Lane – Daddy Longlegs

George Chandler – Grampa

Grady Sutton – Irving Cash

Pitt Herbert – Irving Leghorn

Walker Edmiston – Teller

Meg Wyllie – Grandma

Mike’s Shout Out:

Three Grog Night Podcast

Drew’s Shout Out:

Light Up Batman Canvas Wall Decor

BatChums logo by Peter Cutler.
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Theme music by Ricky Zero.
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Episode 44: Observed Behaviour

In Episode 44 of Have Coffee Will Travel, Shawn and Leah settle in to reflect, react, and observe what happens both onstage and off. To start, they revisit Popcorn Falls, the play discussed last episode, now officially wrapped. While both performances were strong, the experience wasn’t identical. The first night’s audience brought big energy and enthusiastic reactions. However, the second night felt quieter, and that shift mattered. As a result, the actors noticed the difference immediately, proving just how much an audience shapes a live performance.

From there, the conversation widens into Leah’s theatre journey. She looks back on her performance history and the launch of her company, Let’s Put On A Show, which began in 2022. Popcorn Falls marked the second production under that banner, and importantly, it won’t be the last. Leah explains why theatre continues to matter so deeply to her. For her, it’s more than entertainment—it’s therapy, connection, and community all rolled into one.

Meanwhile, Shawn flirts with the idea of stepping onstage himself. Although he worries about memorizing lines, Leah pushes back. Surprisingly, she says, people often remember far more than they expect once rehearsals begin.

Next, things take a lighter turn with a round of “The Couple’s Quiz.” Shawn and Leah fire off roughly 15 questions to test how well they really know each other. Some answers come easily. Others? Not so much.

After that, the focus shifts to Etsy. Leah’s shop continues to perform well, while Shawn admits January has been slower than hoped. Still, inspiration keeps flowing. Shawn’s brother Robin has been offering steady t-shirt design ideas, even while facing serious financial stress. Currently on the verge of eviction, Robin has a GoFundMe set up by his friend Tracy. Although the goal is $5,000, the campaign has only reached $265 so far.

As always, this episode blends creativity, honesty, and real life—one observation at a time.

This week’s podcast promo: EnterpriseSplaining

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Toni and Joe discuss cartoon logic and running over babies in the Doctor Who episode Partners in Crime.

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Flopcast episode 716! This is a short one, because here in Chickentown, we’re all a bit under the weather. (And the weather is not good. A massive snowstorm approaches, and we may be trapped in the studio until June. Please send coffee.) But we do have a quick concert report on The Monkee Men, an excellent Monkees tribute band we learned about from our friends at the Monkeeing Around podcast. This leads to a discussion of tribute bands in general, and we also announce the formation of Toy Soldiers, our new Martika tribute band. But that might be the medication talking. #monkeemen #monkees #eso #esonetwork #geektalk #geekpodcast #geek #nerdtalk #nerd #nerdpodcast #podcast #flopcast

Episode 716 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!

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Jim dedicates this s[ecial episode to the memory of his parents, Jim & Phyllis Adams, as he reflects on the very forst Monster Movie he ever saw, Director Eugène Lourié’s “The Giant Behemoth,” starring Gene Evans,, Andre Morell, John Turner, Leigh Madison, Jack MacGowan, and Maurice Kaufmann. Strange deaths lead two scienrists to discover a large sea creature who has been affected by radiation. Find out more about this classic on MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs return to the Absolute Universe. A young Wally West struggles to understand his emerging speed powers while facing the elite Fort Fox group, surviving a catastrophic first encounter with Barry Allen, and fighting off the Rogues as he’s pushed to his physical and emotional limits in Absolute Flash #1, 2, &3. Diana’s defiance of the gods draws Hades’ wrath, but as he interrogates her, she turns the tables with revelations that challenge his expectations and force a perilous escape whose cost she and Circe may not both be willing to pay in Absolute Wonder Woman #6 & 7. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!

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Table of Contents

0:00:00 Show Open

0:00:44 DC News

0:04:26 Absolute Flash #1, 2, 3

0:11:34 Absolute Wonder Woman #6 & 7

0:15:02 Show Close

Links

Absolute Flash #1

Absolute Flash #2

Absolute Flash #3

Absolute Wonder Woman #6

Absolute Wonder Woman #7

The Flash, Vol. 1: Move Forward (Cletus’s Read More Comics Pick)

The Flash, Vol. 2: Rogues Revolution (Cletus’s Read More Comics Pick)

The Flash (1990) (Drew’s Shout Out)

Earth Station DCU Website

The ESO Network

Earth Station DCU/BatChums Patreon

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