Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries

Did McGruff the Crime Dog Really Take a Bite out of Crime?

In the 60's and 70's, violent crime rates were an all-time high in the United States.  Can a trenchcoat-wearing bloodhound find a way to empower the people and "take a bite out of crime"?

A Brief History of Queer Christmas Movies

In this year's Christmas special Host Austin details the history of queer Christmas films.  

The Many Failures of Atari

Atari is a company who exists nowadays through graphic t-shirts and dubai hotels, however, there was a time when they dominated the US video game console market.  There was a time when it seemed as if they couldn't fail....Then that was followed by several decades of failures.  The 5200 and its massive size and poorly designed controller.  The 7200 which was just a little too late to the game.  The handheld Lynx that sacrificed the accessibility of the gameboy for a color screen and poor battery life.  And lastly, the Jaguar, which might have been named after a car or a cat, and which did not actually have 64 bits of graphical processing.   

The Lost Fantastic Four Movie

Before Spider-Man, before Blade, before X-men, the Fantastic Four almost made it to the silver screen in 1994.  The movie was finished.  The premiere was set...but it never released. What happened to Roger Corman's Fantastic Four?

Theme Park Publicity Stunts

This summary is going to be short, Host Brenda forgot to write one and the episode is supposed to be up.  This entire episode was an excuse to talk about Fabio getting hit with a goose.