TGoH #035 - Is That A Lightsabre In Your Pocket?
The Geeks of Hazzard s02e08 (#035) (MP3 – 25.8 mb / 0 hr 56 mins)
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A Jedi Academy in NYC? I’m afraid so kids, I’m afraid so.
A Star Trek coffin? Didn’t they pull that stunt already in Star Trek II?!
Heroes Origins cancelled! Also, this season might be shortened!
Here, have some more info about JJ Abrams’ monster movie!
The Google PC! Well, Sort of. US$200!
Check this out; an arcade cabinet with a beer keg inside!
PacMan text adventure? That’s right! If you’re under 20, you won’t get this at all!
Afterburn, the new post-apocalyptic comic from Red 5 Comics.
The scooter that also chills your beer, and your balls! Maybe. I dunno.
Steampunk PacMan arcade toy. This is cute as shit, I want it.
Joss Whedon’s new TV show, Dollhouse!
And here’s a few extras that we didn’t talk about!
Stormtrooper - aka blogger Danny Choo - dancing in Shibuya, Japan! Link 2!
Chinese kid makes his own Bumblebee model from KFC boxes!
Dude, make your own Flux Capacitor. Hell yeah.
DINOSAUCEEEEEERS!
November 5th, 2007 at 8:13 am
ROFL. I sometimes get the feeling you guys make this show just to amuse me. :-)
November 5th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
HA! You guys are so hardcore, you’re NERDCORE.
bada-bam!
Yeah, whatever. Good show, guys!
November 6th, 2007 at 11:13 am
You guys talked about “Voltron: Defender of the Universe” on this week’s show, but here’s what you may not know: there were actually *two* Voltrons, but neither was *actually* Voltron. (A quick search of Wikipedia will tell you this, though.)
The first is the one we all know as the “lion Voltron”, which was known as “GoLion” in Japan. (”GoLion” is Japanese for “five lions”, get it?) The second was a completely different series (though both were produced by Bandai and Toei) called “Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV”, which is Japanese for…well, who the hell knows. It’s referred to as “vehicle Voltron” and I had two of the pieces as a kid (the little red jet that affixed itself to Voltron’s chest and one of the shoulders). Unlike the “lion Voltron”, the “vehicle Voltron” was comprised of *fifteen pieces*, ensuring two things:
1) major profit, in the form of fat sacks of cash money, for the toymakers
2) that only the rich kids ever got a complete set
Neither series was ever called “Voltron” in Japan. The names were changed in the US, probably because someone had come up with the name while as high as a freaking kite. (”Dude, I’m gonna call my van ‘Voltron’! I’ll get a vanity license plate and paint it on the side in foot-high letters!”)
I also definitely remember one kid showing me–I must have been six or seven at the time–that there were in fact *six* different robot toys called “Voltron”. I can’t find any information on any of the other Voltrons, so most probably never got off of the ground. My guess is that World Events, who brought the series to the West, probably planned to bring over every giant-robot anime in the world, call it “Voltron XXIII” and spend their days doing lines of cocaine off the ass of high-priced hookers.
You keep making the episodes; I’ll keep listening. Oh, and I loved the phrase, “Keep watching, listeners!” You ought to seriously consider making that the sign-off each week.
PS - Yes, Van; I *am* the Rob from Shodown.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:13 am
PPS - Does that whole comment make me as geeky as you?