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Nerd Lunch Episode 12: NerdHF

Posted in cartoons, Christmas, commercials, holiday, podcast, pop culture, Star Trek, TV, TV shows with tags cartoons, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast, podcasts, Star Trek, TV, TV shows on November 22, 2011 by Paxton

Episode 12 of the Nerd Lunch podcast has come on the air. This week it is only us, the three musketeers; CT, Jeeg and me without the safety net of a more interesting guest. Yes, you get to listen to just the three of us discuss owning our own television station. Imagine 24 hours of non-stop cartoons, game shows and Buffy/Angel reruns. My personal TV station is called CavalcadeTV. Jeeg suggested the mascot below. I came up with the slogan.

Not surprisingly all of us at some point decide to broadcast at least one Star Trek episode during our broadcast day. Most of the time, on multiple days. And yes, the Teen Wolf cartoon makes it into my lineup.

Plus, this episode, we introduce a new closer for the show. Say goodbye to the closing mono-blog, this week we start the “Nerd To-Do List”.

Download this episode from iTunes or listen to it on Feedburner. And yes, we are still on the Zune Marketplace.

Nerd Lunch Episode 11: A Klingon Christmas Carol

Posted in Christmas, holiday, movies, podcast, pop culture, Star Trek with tags Christmas, holiday, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast, pop culture, Star Trek on November 15, 2011 by Paxton

Episode 11 of the Nerd Lunch podcast has entered the Hall of Heroes. This week we are joined by Jen Usellis Mackay, a cast member of the Klingon Christmas Carol theater production currently running in Chicago. It’s essentially a reworking of Dickens’ classic but making it more Klingon-y (and AWESOME). Oh yeah, it’s also spoken entirely in Klingon.

(Via startrekpapercraft.blogspot.com)

We spend the first part of the podcast talking with Jen about performing the show entirely in Klingon. We learn a bit about the preparations for learning the language and she gives us a little lesson. We then talk about all our favorite Klingon things like characters, weapons, Star Trek episodes, etc. It’s a Klingon good time. So check it out.

Download it from iTunes or listen to it on Feedburner.

And we also finally made it onto the Zune Marketplace (Glory to Kahless!).

Nerd Lunch Episode #9: The Replicators are Broken

Posted in Back to the Future, movies, podcast, pop culture, Star Trek, Star Wars with tags Back to the Future, movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcast, podcasts, pop culture, Star Wars on November 1, 2011 by Paxton

There is a new episode of the Nerd Lunch podcast available for your immense enjoyment. You’re welcome, Internet.

This week we are joined by Jay from The Sexy Armpit the awesome pop culture blog about all things New Jersey.

Our subject? We are all traveling into space in Jay’s spaceship. We are sucked into a wormhole and when we come out the other side, we are trapped in an unknown part of space, and all of our equipment is broken. Jeeg is able to fix the food replicators but he can only get it to replicate 10 food/drink items. Amongst the four of us, we have to agree on those 10 food and drink items that we want the replicator to reproduce.

It’s a whirlwind of filibustering to get all of our favorite items in there. At one point we find out the same guy that doesn’t like Halloween also hates Cheetos. And I have to wonder what kind of childhood did this person have that led to a dislike of Halloween and Cheetos? And how is this person not a serial killer. Am I right?

Anyway, come check out the craziness of Episode 9 of the Nerd Lunch Podcast. Download it from iTunes or listen to it on Feedburner.

UPDATE:

We actually talked about my Skype profile pic in this episode. For those listening, this is what it looks like.

Like I said, this picture is a normal Saturday for me.

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Nerd Lunch Episode #8: Nerdy Decor

Posted in Back to the Future, movies, podcast, pop culture, Star Trek, Star Wars with tags Back to the Future, movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcasts, pop culture, Star Wars on October 25, 2011 by Paxton

The newest episode of the Nerd Lunch podcast is live. We are joined in the rotating fourth chair this week by friend of Nerd Lunch, Fitz. This week we are talking about Nerd Decor.

We are each given a fictitious $250 and we are to decorate our inner sanctum with nerdy goodness. Check out the nerdy extravagances we all get up to with this fictitious money.

Download it from iTunes or listen to it on Feedburner.

A lot of the stuff we talk about this week is very visual in nature. I wanted to give some notes to the podcast with images so you can see what I’m talking about in the episode.

Here are some of the things I talked about wanting to put in my Nerd Inner Sanctum.

(Via theforce.net)
Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition “Ingot” Teaser Poster (1996) – I actually have this poster currently hanging up in my house.

Star Wars Trilogy Promotional Poster (1990 VHS release) – I love the combination of the three Star Wars poster art for this. In the middle is the famous Star Wars Style A art by Jung. On the left is the Empire Strikes Back Style A art. On the right is the Return of the Jedi Style B art. It was used on a VHS trilogy set in 1990.

(Via theforce.net)
Star Wars Trilogy British Quad (1983) – Expensive, but worth it.

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Nerd Lunch Episode 6: Star Trek Generations and Star Trek First Contact

Posted in movies, podcast, Star Trek with tags movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcasts, Star Trek on October 13, 2011 by Paxton

….aaaaaaaaand we are BACK! Episode 6 of the Nerd Lunch podcast has the group discussing the first two Star Trek Next Generation movies; Star Trek Generations and Star Trek First Contact.

We are literally all over the place with our discussion but it’s clear one of us doesn’t like First Contact and none of us really liked Generations. Come see why…

Download this episode from iTunes or listen to it on Feedburner.