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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 7: Joe & Mike, Father and Son Video Store Memories

We close out season 4 with a first for Rental Return as we interview a father and son who both worked at video rental stores. Joe shares amazing stories about his time as the general

Wax Pack Flashback: Dick Tracy (1990)

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Adam is opening 2 packs of Dick Tracy trading cards by Topps and sharing vintage memorabilia inspired by the film.

Remember That Show? Ep. 11: Learning The Ropes

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We’re tagging in a special guest to the podcasts this time around, as Chad Young from Horror Movie BBQ joins us to discuss the 1988 pro wrestling sitcom, Learning the Ropes starring Lyle Alzado. In

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | UNLOCKED! 90’s Super Cinema: Batman and Robin

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An episode of our Patreon Exclusive 90’s Super Cinema podcast has been UNLOCKED! This was a historic event, as it was the first time all 4 WIZARDS co-hosts (past and present) ever recorded a show

Remember That Show? Ep. 10: Pryde of the X-Men

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Will and Adam X-amine the 1989 pilot Pryde of the X-Men, which pre-dated the 1992 X-Men animated series from the same production team. Could this X-citing 80’s adventure concept have mutated into a successful series?

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 90

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In this issue we explore why Marvel couldn’t keep writers on the X-books, get freaked out by a Q&A with Warren Ellis, explore the lost Alex Ross ideas for a Kingdom Come sequel and so

Remember That Show? Ep. 9: Unhappily Ever After

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Adam & Will are back to discuss the birth of The WB Network in 1995 and it’s outrageous flagship sitcom, Unhappily Ever After. How did a show about a dysfunctional family, a gorgeous redhead and

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 89.5

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We continue our coverage of the massive year-end Wizard issue as William Bruce West returns to discuss Batman: No Man’s Land and we discuss a Battle Chasers Casting Call with past guest, Dalibor. Plus Wizard

Geek Out! Podcast, Ep. 1: Lunchboxes with Shawn Robare

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For the premiere of the new Geek Out! podcast here on Geekster, host Adam Pope is joined by Shawn Robare to talk about his passion for collecting vintage lunchboxes. The pair reminisce about the lunchboxes

Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 6: Lee

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Lee joins us to recount his experience working at multiple Movie Gallery stores throughout the state of Iowa. Hear tales of getting peed on while dressed up as The Grinch for in-store events, destroying video

Wax Pack Flashback: X-Men (1996-1997)

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This time around, Adam is opening up 2 packs of X-Men trading cards. The first is a set of Fleer cards from 1996, while the second is a pack from 1997. Plus he’s sharing a

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 89

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It’s another WIZARDS WILD CARD episode as William Bruce West joins us for a whirlwind trip through issue 89 where Joe Madureira is pit against Michael Turner, we debate the Marvel legacy of Avi Arad,

Wax Pack Flashback: G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1991)

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This time around, Adam is opening up a pack of G.I. Joe A Real American Hero trading cards from 1991 by Impel and sharing some vintage 80’s and 90’s collectibles based on the popular toy

Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 5: David

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David joins us to tell the fascinating tale of working in a privately owned video rental store in Wisconsin from it’s opening day in 1999 to it’s abrupt closing 7 years later. Plus learn about

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Bonus: Superman Special ’98

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Look, up in the sky! It’s Adam, it’s Mike, it’s Joe Marcello from the Dollar Bin Bandits! We’re celebrating the Man of Steel by discussing the Wizard Superman Special issue from 1998 and the conversation

Wax Pack Flashback: RoboCop 2 (1990)

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This time around Adam is opening up a pair of packs of RoboCop 2 trading cards by TOPPS from 1990, featuring images from both RoboCop films.

Remember That Show? Ep. 8: She’s With Me

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This time around we’re tuning in to a TV pilot from 1986 starring Jerry Hall and Dinah Manoff called She’s With Me from the creators of Married…With Children. We discuss infamous TV show pilots for