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Prodigious Saps

Chad Smalley & Brendan Jones

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 81

Chad Smalley and Brendan Jones (friends for more than 30 years) reflect on movies, TV, music and comics… with a special focus on their shared love of Superman.

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Episode 49: SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)

Episode 49

Saturday, September 21, 2024 • Duration 01:29:02

Prodigious Saps No. 49: "Down the Love Hole"
Nitpicks & praise for SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)

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This week we have a long, critical discussion about Richard Donner's SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, a movie we both love dearly... in part to demonstrate that we don't think of it as completely flawless.

We did find it hard to only concentrate on nitpicks, because despite all its flaws it is STILL such an amazing film, even after all this time.

Next we'll be talking about SUPERMAN II, something we both have many more major quibbles with, and comparing it to the DONNER CUT.

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
https://linktr.ee/prodigioussaps

RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
https://blaggards.com/

SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
https://linktr.ee/slappercast

Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/

RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
https://blaggards.com/

SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
https://linktr.ee/slappercast

Tesla City Stories

Episode 39: Marvel's ECHO

Episode 39

Monday, January 29, 2024 • Duration 46:18

This week on P-Saps:

Marvel's ECHO series and the reaffirmed Netflix Daredevil canon
Elvis Presley was a cosplay nerd
Fantastic Four casting ...and lots of other wacky crap.

00:00:00 — Intro
00:00:19 — Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
00:01:27 — Elvis Presley & Captain Marvel Jr.
00:03:36 — Marvel's ECHO
00:17:20 — Netflix Daredevil is officially canon
00:22:04 — 3 examples of PERFECT casting in MCU
00:23:11 — Hopes for Daredevil: Born Again
00:28:25 — Paste Pot Pete
00:29:41 — Tomb of Dracula
00:31:58 — Fantastic Four Casting?
00:34:40 — Rebel Moon vs Star Wars
00:37:57 — Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire
00:39:49 — Brendan Recommendans
00:44:13 — Next episode: Old School STAR WARS memories

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
https://linktr.ee/prodigioussaps

RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
https://blaggards.com/

SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
https://linktr.ee/slappercast

Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/

Episode 38: AQUABRO

Episode 38

Sunday, January 21, 2024 • Duration 52:07

Brendan's disappointment in Aquaman II prompts a discussion of why it's often a problem when studios wind up "bending the character around the actor". Also look back at the failed DCEU and the incoming DCU. Also: the Doctor Who Christmas Special, Slow Horses Season 3, Batman... and more!

Our Patreon has an uncut version of this episode containing 20 minutes of extra material, including Netflix's "Cunk on Earth", season 2 of Marvel's "What If?", and the recent news about Marvel embracing Netflix's Daredevil continuity: https://www.patreon.com/posts/prodigious-saps-96203780

00:00:26 — AQUAMAN 2 and Why the DCEU failed
00:18:51 — Solo: A Star Wars Story
00:22:23 — Doctor Who
00:33:51 — Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor
00:35:19 — Batman
00:41:12 — Superman (David Corenswet geeking out to Star Wars)
00:43:28 — SLOW HORSES Season 3
00:45:58 — Jack Lowden is the new Harrison Ford
00:48:59 — SuperFriends

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
https://linktr.ee/prodigioussaps

RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
https://blaggards.com/

SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
https://linktr.ee/slappercast

Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters

Episode 37: Maybe He Just Never Puts on Pants

Episode 37

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 • Duration 01:26:55

In this one we talk about the 60th Anniversary DOCTOR WHO specials featuring the return of David Tennant and show runner Russell T. Davies, and the introduction of Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor.

ALSO: SUPERMAN: LEGACY casting news, GODZILLA: MINUS ONE, AQUAMAN, and BLUE BEETLE.

Available on Patreon NOW: our review of Ncuti Gatwa's first full episode as the Doctor, the Christmas special "The Church on Ruby Road":
https://www.patreon.com/posts/prodigious-saps-96203780

00:00:00 — Intro
00:00:51 — SUPERMAN: LEGACY casting
00:03:28 — "MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios"
00:04:32 — BLUE EYE SAMURAI
00:05:04 — GODZILLA MINUS ONE and MONARCH
00:15:46 — More on SUPERMAN: LEGACY
00:19:44 — AQUAMAN (1st movie)
00:28:22 — BLUE BEETLE
00:36:16 — DOCTOR WHO (David Tennant Specials)

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
https://linktr.ee/prodigioussaps

RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
https://blaggards.com/

SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
https://linktr.ee/slappercast

Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters

Episode 36: THE MARVELS and LOKI Season 2

Episode 36

Friday, November 24, 2023 • Duration 01:32:45

As promised last week, in this episode we dig deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We review THE MARVELS and LOKI Season 2, and talk about the recent wild news about the upcoming Disney Plus series DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN.

Also discussed: Madame Web, Spider-Man, Juggernaut, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and a few vintage selections from Chad's comic book collection.

Beyond Marvel, we talk about recent trailers for AQUAMAN II and GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE... the latter prompting a belated review of 2021's GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE.

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
https://linktr.ee/prodigioussaps

RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
https://blaggards.com/

SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
https://linktr.ee/slappercast

Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/

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Episode 34: Into the Fonzie-Verse

Episode 34

Saturday, October 28, 2023 • Duration 01:03:32

This week we weave an odd but surprisingly coherent path from Happy Days and Mork & Mindy through to Jerry Lewis, Walter Matthau, Jerry Reed and Jackie Gleason... eventually winding up talking about the Marx Brothers again, because OF COURSE.

The highlight of this episode, though, is Brendan's passionate solo vocal performance that followed Chad's computer suddenly shutting off (the full performance and more bonus material is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProdigiousSaps).

00:00:00 — The Fonzie-Verse
00:01:27 — Out of the Blue
00:02:35 — Love: American Style
00:05:05 — AfterMASH
00:06:06 — More on OUT OF THE BLUE
00:07:11 — MORK & MINDY
00:12:35 — HAPPY DAYS
00:15:50 — BOB ROBERTS
00:17:48 — VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET (1960)
00:25:07 — Movies based on Kurt Vonnegut novels
00:28:38 — THE SURVIVORS (1983)
00:32:56 — The Marx Brothers and their supporting cast
00:48:53 — DOCTOR STRANGELOVE (1964)
00:49:55 — LOONEY TUNES

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Episode 33: The Sculler (Kolchak: the original Sculley & Mulder)

Episode 33

Monday, September 25, 2023 • Duration 01:37:13

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/1eO2ufT4Vuo

This week we welcome our very first guest JOHN CAMPBELL, Brendan's fellow cast member of Tesla City Stories and also a very prolific podcaster himself. Among many other shows, John does two podcasts with Brendan: the ongoing "Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters" and the patron-exclusive "Nights Talking" about the cult classic 1970s tv show KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER, which was famoustly a direct influence on THE X-FILES.

We talk about KOLCHAK quite a bit, and also do a rundown of all the major summer "blockbusters" of 2023, while also talking about upcoming things like James Gunn's SUPERMAN: LEGACY. Check the chapter markers for full list of topics.

It was GREAT fun having John on and we'll definitely be doing this again.

Punch Up Entertainment:
https://www.instagram.com/punchupen
https://twitter.com/punchupen
https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/
https://panelsonpanels.podbean.com/
https://actionshelf.podbean.com/

Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

00:00:00 — Funny moment from THE NIGHT STALKER
00:00:28 — Meet John Campbell
00:02:07 — The legacy of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
00:12:00 — "Gill Man" (CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON)
00:12:46 — More on KOLCHAK
00:20:45 — ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (1952–58)
00:22:21 — HOLLYWOODLAND (2006) 00:24:44 — SPEECHLESS (1994) 00:25:25 — THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (1980) 00:32:00 — THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (comics) 00:36:28 — Kim Newman (novelist) 00:37:10 — Kim Newman's ANGEL OF MUSIC 00:38:26 — Kim Newman's ANNO DRACULA 00:39:44 — Kim Newman's SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT 00:42:00 — 2023 Summer Movies 00:42:27 — INDY 5 00:47:15 — A diversion into STAR TREK 00:53:21 — MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PT 1 00:57:56 — GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 01:04:19 — OPPENHEIMER 01:09:42 — GARY OLDMAN 01:10:08 — SLOW HORSES 01:10:46 — COLUMBO 01:11:24 — BARBIE 01:15:03 — BREAKFAST OF THE GODS (Brendan's graphic novel) 01:16:12 — More on BARBIE 01:18:20 — THE FLASH 01:19:22 — BLUE BEETLE 01:25:09 — SUPERMAN: LEGACY 01:32:46 — Plugs, wrap-up and THANK YOU!

Episode 32: David Byrne Stepping on Jabba the Hut's Tail

Episode 32

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 • Duration 01:17:32

On the docket this week:

Chad's rant about the remixed soundtrack of STOP MAKING SENSE (the legendary Talking Heads concert film directed by Jonathan Demme) with comparisons to the original 1984 mix and how it reminds him of George Lucas's revisions to his original Star Wars trilogy.
Brendan's discovery of a deeply weird and hilarious SUPERMAN comic strip in his copy of SUPERMAN: THE SILVER AGE DAILIES, 1959–1961
Chad's review of THE CENTER SEAT: 55 YEARS OF STAR TREK, a really engaging documentary series currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vJyB9_CMReU?si=gpYH8O9tkCxzTJRs

00:00:00 — Preview
00:00:30 — Chad's rant on STOP MAKING SENSE 2023 remix
00:07:26 — Lucas vs Spielberg on "Special Editions"
00:10:36 — Frank Frazetta and the problem of endless revisions
00:14:15 — Lucas vs. Spielberg on revisionism
00:17:44 — Harmy's De-specialized Editions of Star Wars
00:19:29 — Summer movies we have or haven't seen
00:20:42 — Blue Beetle
00:22:54 — 2023 summer blockbuster bombs
00:27:28 — Superman Silver Age Dailies
00:37:26 — Golden & Silver Age Comics and baldness
00:40:12 — How we've outgrown he old timey stigma of baldness
00:48:14 — Brendan's favorite Lex Luthor origin stories
00:55:56 — THE CENTER SEAT: Star Trek Documentary series
00:58:47 — THE FIFTY YEAR MISSION: book series on the history of Star Trek
01:11:52 — Strange New Worlds Season 2
01:12:59 — The Kirk retcon problem on Strange New Worlds
01:15:48 — Wrap-up

Also a side note, I've been having fun with our TikTok account lately: https://www.tiktok.com/@prodigioussaps

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