On WGVH119: Host DANNO KLONOWSKI is joined once again by RYAN COLLER for a third installment of TREK TALK! 

FIRST: RYAN and DANNO get into speculative TREK mode with the upcoming STAR TREK BEYOND film and 2017’s STAR TREK streaming series.

NEXT: DANNO and RYAN discuss the great ST:TNG documentary CHAOS ON THE BRIDGE, and DANNO recommends you check out the STAR TREK-themed Youtube channels TREKSPERTISE and JUNKBALL MEDIA!

FINALLY: Last year on WGVH95 Danno interviewed filmmaker TOMMY KRAFT about his then-upcoming STAR TREK fan film HORIZON. Well, the upcoming is now the present, and prior to recording RYAN and DANNO watched STAR TREK: HORIZON (which is now available on Youtube), and are here with their thoughts and review. 

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On WGVH118: Hosts MATT RISNES & DANNO KLONOWSKI (and the SWEETY MAN!) are back for another strange, funny, politically bent, end of days for America good time!

FIRST: We have an UNO HITTRE for PANDING!–aka 2008’s KUNG-FU PANDA–because why not. MATT loves it, DANNO thinks it’s OK, but this leads to a larger discussion about the film’s themes & technical achievements, what makes for a good kids movie, and why PANDING was the best STAR WARS PREQUEL. 

NEXT: MATT leads a discussion about the recent race-related incident of PANTERA frontman PHIL ANSELMO. We discuss the case history leading up to the incident, what the aftermath has been in our modern Internet/Social-Justice culture, and what the larger implications of such a culture are.

FINALLY: DANNO leads a tangentially-related discussion about the recent YOUTUBE #WTFU FAIR USE controversy, and while it gets a bit conspiratorial, there are larger “THOUGHT CRIME” implications connected to both of these events that could potentially affect not only THE WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR one day, but you & everyone else who uses the internet. Which is everyone.

SHOW NOTE: This episode was recorded in the early days of the #WTFU debacle when the videos DANNO talks about are more reactionary, ergo some of DANNO‘s blind panic. In the days that followed, many of the personally affected content creators made much more level-headed videos that explain everything in greater detail. PLEASE WATCH THIS! This sort of corporate regulation of the internet is the beginning of the end if left unchallenged.

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LIVE from the Star-filled Batonga Ballroom of the Batongaville Hotel... it’s the 1st ANNUAL WAYNEE AWARDS hosted by DANNO KLONOWSKI and JEREMY ZOSS!!!

The WAYNEES is the only award ceremony where EVERY FILM from the prior year is eligible. It’s also over in like 90 minutes, so suck on that The Oscars!

Cast your votes and play along at home! #WayneesSoWhite

Show Breakdown:

**Best FRANCHISE KILLER,   (In MEMORIAM),   Best SCREENPLAY ADAPTED,   Best SCREENPLAY ORIGINAL,   Best PRODUCTION DESIGN,   Best COSTUMES,   (commercial break),   Best EDITING,   Best MAKE-UP & HAIR,   Best SPECIAL EFFECTS,   Best CINEMATOGRAPHY,   Best SET PIECE,   (commercial break),   Best SCORE (and live performance by the Winner!),   Best ANIMATED,   Best DOCUMENTARY,   Best COMIC BOOK MOVIE,   Best SUPPORTING ACTRESS,   Best SUPPORTING ACTOR,   (commercial break),   Best ACTRESS,   Best ACTOR,   Best DIRECTOR,   Best REBOOT or SEQUEL, and the Best FILM of 2015!!!

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On WGVH116: Host DANNO KLONOWSKI is joined once again by Podcast Darling and WGVH Host 7 ANDY SWART!

FIRST: SWART and DANNO went on a podcast date the night before recording and so we open with a review of the COEN Brothers latest triumph: HAIL, CAESAR! (spoilers are time coded)

NEXT: As we do every year, DANNO and ANDY have a look twenty years into the past with a discussion of where they were personally–and where we were as a world–in the year that was 96Platinum! (Spoiler Alert: None of it is good)

FINALLY:  SWART and DANNO get into the FILMS of 96Platinum! 1996 was TERRIBLE! TeeeeeerrrrrrIBLE!!! DANNO and ANDY go thru an exhaustive list of THE WORST, a nice little list of HONORABLE MENTIONS, and reveal their personal TOP 10 FAVORITE FILMS of 96Platinum!!! 

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On WGVH115: Hosts MATT RISNES & DANNO KLONOWSKI are back with basically an UNO HITTRE spectacular with the thematic through-line: IT’S A STRANGE WORLD, LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY!

FIRST: We have UNOS of THE REVENANT and 13 HOURS, and DANNO pitches a 9/11 movie to MICHAEL BAY.

NEXT: MATT leads a discussion on the passing of DAVID BOWIE and the dreamscapes of DAVID LYNCH!

FINALLY: DANNO leads a discussion about the fellas recent re-interest in COMICS, wherein we have another entry in the on-going WE NEED TO HAVE A TALK ABOUT FRANK (Miller), the genius of WARREN ELLIS, and we recommend some great work you should really give a look!

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On WGVH114: Co-host MATT RISNES returns(!) and with host DANNO KLONOWSKI they break down the year that was 2015…and make some New Year’s Resolutions!

FIRST: After a hellos and Thank You’s to everyone who took part in helping to make The WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR possible in 2015, we have the return of our new segment: QUESTION TIME WITH THE SWEETY MAN! 

THEN: We have our UNO HITTRE: The H8FUL EIGHT (and what up with QUENTIN TARANTINO)!

NEXT: MATT and DANNO look back at what the world became in 2015–oh, what a mess! Politics, race relations, and the goddamn internet all lead our heroes to some 2016 RESOLUTIONS! 

FINALLY: DANNO and MATT break down their TOP 10 WORST and BEST FILMS of 2015!

Thanks to MATT for helping to kick off 2016, the CO-HOSTS and GUESTS who helped to make a great 2015, and thanks, as always, to YOU for listening! 

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On WGVH113: Host DANNO KLONOWSKI welcomes back Host 5 JEREMY ZOSS for the final WGVH of 2015!

FIRST: We have a quick SPOILER-FREE review of THE FORCE AWAKENS, then GENERAL ZOSS and DANNO get into this ep’s UNO HITTRE: FARGO (season 2)!

THEN: A new segment–QUESTION TIME WITH THE SWEETY MAN! If you have any questions for the Sweety Man, please send them to us at the Facebook Fan Page or Danno’s twitter or smoke signals or something.

FINALLY:  DANNO and JEREMY look ahead to the big releases of 2016–buckle up, folks. It’s going to rough year, cinematically speaking…

Thanks to GENERAL ZOSS for another fun talk, and thanks, as always, to YOU for listening! 

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AND WE’RE BAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!  

On WGVH112: Host DANNO KLONOWSKI welcomes back Host 004 ANDY LUNN! 

FIRST: THE LUNN and DANNO reminisce about hanging out recently for the first time IRL in dear old Londontown, as well as some other adventures DANNO had abroad.

THEN: At nigh-on 40 years of age DANNO has finally seen a 007 film in the theater, so he and ANDY UNO HITTRE: SPECTRE!

FINALLY:  Tis the Season for the 12 WAYNES of XMAS!!!

Thanks to THE LUNN (and THE LOVELY JOANNE) for an amazing, life-altering time in London, and thanks, as always, to YOU for being patient with DANNO’s wishey-washey decisions and listening! 

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WELCOME BACK to the WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR!!! As you may have noticed there hasn’t been a new show in a while. Basically, I (Danno) while on actual vacation realized I was very burnt out doing this show weekly, and combined with the fact co-host/co-founder/soul brother #1 MATT RISNES will be very unavailable for the foreseeable future, I decided the show needed a change.

From now on the WAYNE GALE VARIETY HOUR will be a MONTHLY show. I’m phasing out guests, and so all co-hosting duties on episodes MATT can’t record will be performed by the lovable and awesome WGVH staff: ANDY LUNN, JEREMY ZOSS, ANDY SWART, DAN NORDQUIST, possibly THE NELS, and who knows, maybe even RAFE GUTTMAN for realzies this time.

ONE NEW EPISODE A MONTH begins in December, but until then please enjoy this “LOST” WGVH recorded about two months ago, featuring familiar voices on the WGVH including: RYAN COLLER, CORY SWAP, and the bachelor himself, AARON “CAPTAIN HONKASS” WALLACE!

Peace to the Highest Moon!!!