Welcome to the 40th episode of the United States of Geekdom!  This episode we rumble through the usually strange, sometimes down right poignant, films of Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker.  Whether as a team or solo, these filmmakers are responsible for some of the most quotable and some of the most loved films of this or any generation.  Rick, Catherine, and Cole are joined by special guest Hunter Duesing of the Midnight Movie Cowboys as they start down a path that began with The Kentucky Fried Movie!

So call in the Police Squad and grab a Fistful of Yen because the USG are going to find out just what it means when your mom says, "Don't ever say anything like that again unless you're podcasting!

Stay geeky, folks!

JediCole

Temporary Rick

It's time for an all new Cult Film Fanatics, folks, and we got a psychedelic treat for you all! First up is the late Ken Russel's trip through the evils of organized religion as seen through the eyes of classic rock band The Who in TOMMY. Then, it's women liberation gone wrong in the film Roy calls "So friggin' homo": BARBARELLA! Plus, two very exciting titles are announced at the end of the show that led to one of the biggest requests to be on the guest panel in the history of this show! Get ready folks to face The Acid Queen in SoGo's palace of sin (complete with Hookah filled with the essence of man) On Cult Film Fanatics!

Welcome to the United States of Geekdom, the podcast that talks about what makes us geeks go tick!  We are thrilled to bring you this, our 2012 edition of the USG live at All-Con in Dallas Texas!  We are joined by Andrew Farmer as we first discuss how to protect ourselves from the impending apocalypse.  We are then privileged to being you the first of two epic interviews!  The first one is with friends of the show, the Damsels of Dorkington and you can find the information on them at www.dorkpride.com.  We then do a con update and follow it up with another interview with friend of the show Tiffany Franzoni od Roll 2 Play and her upcoming opening of her new store in Coppell Texas!  Finally, Rick and Andrew have some closing thoughts.  Enjoy and thanks for listening!  Stay Geeky!

Welcome to the United States of Geekdom!  We are absolutely thrilled to bring you this, our 39th episode!  The topic of Enablers, Co-Dependents, and Significant Others is the topic of the show and we bring on two of them to explain themselves as it were.  We bring on long time friend of Cole and Catherine's Steve McCauley and friend of the show (and Andrew's former roommate) Steve Swanson as we take a more personal, yet geeky look at our origins.  Confessions are made, laughs are had, and upcoming episodes are hinted at.  Enjoy this episode and we'll catch you next time around where we talk about.....well, you are going to have to listen to the episode!

We are most pleased to bring you this, our joint venture with Hunter of the Midnight Movie Cowboys and Jim Dirkes of the Film Thugs we predict the winners for the 2011 Academy Awards.  As usual, we get foul mouthed, but we keep it quick and fun.  Enjoy let us know how well we did in our predictions!  Thanks and stay geeky!

Music used in this show is the opening from the  Great Movie Ride at Disney Hollywood Studios and the closing is "Ghost Riders in the Sky" from Blues Brothers 2000.  Why?  Why not?

The first official new episode of Cult Film Fanatics on USG is finally here! In this episode we discuss two films that are known for their visual effects: the misunderstood but highly underrated "Sky Captain and the world Of Tomorrow" and the "Oh My Lord Did That Actually Happen?!?" awesomeness that is "BIRDEMIC: Shock and Terror"! Hear Host Roy Buckingham of Sassycast lead USG's Rick and a motley crew of film geeks as they wonder why they guns people fire at the killer birds have orange caps on them!

Clearly we are not the only Muppet fans out there.  There is a veritable plethora of fans who love these characters in a HUGE way.  This is but a small cross section of Muppet Fandom who join Rick for this look who these fans favorite Muppets are and also what the Muppets mean to these fans.  Rick is joined by Cole, our Geek Chicks, Loran and Jacque, and friends of the show Grizz and Roy as we take a look at what makes a Mupppet Geek go tick!   Enjoy and thanks for listening!  Stay Geeky!

Welcome to the United States of Geekdom, the podcast that talks about what makes us geeks go tick!  We are absolutely thrilled to bring you this, our 38th episode!  We are joined by our Muppet Expert Mr. Steve Swanson as we discuss The Muppet Show and the impact of the Muppets on popular culture!  For more from Steve, please do not hesitate to check out hisMuppetcast podcast show that recently ended its run but regardless, it is SO worth your time!  Thanks for listening!  Stay Geeky!

Hey everybody Rick here with a special podcast that should very well be near and dear to the hearts of all geeks everywhere.  A few months back, I was invited to be on the inaugural crew of the Cult Film Fanatics podcast which is produced by friend of  the show and fellow podcasting compatriot Roy Buckingham of Sassycast and I have had the opportunity to appear on several of the episodes.  Basically what Roy does is he pulls two titles out of a box and to say the least, the picks have been interesting.  Titles discussed have included Rocky Horror Picture Show, Phantom of the Paradise, and Halloween 3 to name a few. Unfortunately, the host site for Sassycast shut down both Sassycast and Cult Film Fanatics due to unforeseen circumstances.

 

However, rather than let at least one of the shows, we offered up a temporary home for Cult Film Fanatics because the movies we discuss on this show are right in the wheelhouse of any self respecting geek!   The episode we present to you here is absolutely no exception.  We discuss Time Bandits and Re-animator.  Two movies that have absolutely nothing in common except for the fact that they are cult films. (And that the DVD releases were both by Anchor Bay Entertainment.)  Having said that, enjoy the podcast and keep an eye on this site for more on Cult Film Fanatics!

Welcome to the United States of Geekdom, we speak what you geek! We are thrilled to bring you this, our 37th episode where we discuss the abomination that is the Star Wars Holiday Special.  The cast brings their unique perspectives to the table.  Rick is a hardcore fan of the movie, Cole watched it when it first aired, Catherine married into the Star Wars Craze and as a result watched it, and Andy, well, this was the first time he ever watched it!  Want to know what he thought? How badly did the movie get beat up by the USG?  What is the topic of the next episode? All these questions answered in the episode!  Thanks for listening!  Stay geeky!