Saturday Morning Cereal

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we celebrate May the Fourth Be With You and the sweet sounds of Star Wars with two GIANT guests, Supervising Sound Editor at Skywalker Sound and actor MatthewWood (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Book of Boba Fett) and composer JosephShirley (CreedIII, TheMandalorian) Landing the apprenticeship of his dreams with sound effects legend and Oscar winner Ben Burt, MatthewWood took to sound editing like a Mon Calamari to water. And, like the snap hiss of a lightsaber or the twangy ripple of an Imperial blaster Matthew hyper-jumped to Star Wars royalty with sound supervisor credits that include a ton of Star Wars AND some quality character work as the voice of “General Grievous” and the modern physical embodiment of our favorite majordomo, “Bib Fortuna” among many more. And if that isn’t enough to milk your moof, we sat down with composer JosephShirley at WonderCon2023 to talk about landing his Star Wars dream job and scoring, what we declare, as the greatest Star Wars scene of the Disney era. You don’t want to miss this! Join Grim Shea, Jimmy The Gent and Marke as we beep, boop, pew, pew and Wilhelm scream the heck out of this May the 4th! MTFBWY!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we we look up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a cliche. It’s… Superman! No, actually it’s Lex Luther! Psych! It’s John Henry Irons, DC’s Steel Superman! To prepare for the 3rd and maybe final season of the CW’s Superman and Lois, we invited John Henry Irons himself, Wolé Parks to tell us a little bit about himself and a “Wolé” lot about landing the role and stepping into the very large shoes of Shaquille O'Neal to play the CW version of Steel. Let your spirits be lifted up, up, up and away and join Grim Shea, Marke, and Bleeding Cool’s Jimmy The Gent to celebrate Wolé Parks and a career forged in kindness and coolness that goes hard! Actor, writer, and director Wolé Parks’ illustrious career has featured him working with such acclaimed talent as Kevin Costner, Liev Schreiber, Eva Longoria, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He is now taking the DC Universe by storm as series regular ‘The Stranger’ / ‘John Henry Irons’ / ‘Steel’ in the hit Saturn Award-winning CW series “Superman & Lois”, which returns for season 3 on Tuesday, March 14th. When Superman and his wife Lois Lane return to their hometown of Smallville with their twin sons, their lives are upended when ‘The Stranger’ enters. A soldier from an unidentified parallel Earth, ‘The Stranger’ aka ‘John Henry Irons’ (Parks) is hellbent on proving to the world that it no longer needs Superman. Dont' worry, he comes around.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we look up in the stars with some Super Bowl counter programing and a spirited talk about the hit show The Orville New Horizons with guests “Lt. Talla Keyali” Jessica Szohr, “Lt. john Marr” J. Lee and producers Brannon Braga and Tom Costantino. Seth MacFarlane’s epic space adventure series “The Orville” returns exclusively as a Hulu original series. Set 400 years in the future, “The Orville: New Horizons" finds the crew of the U.S.S. Orville continuing their mission of exploration, as they navigate both the mysteries of the universe and the complexities of their own interpersonal relationships. Joining Szohr and Lee are an ensemble cast includes MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, Mark Jackson, Chad L. Coleman, and Anne Winters. “The Orville: New Horizons” is produced by 20th Television and Fuzzy Door. The series was created and written by Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane, Brannon Braga, David A. Goodman, Jon Cassar, Jason Clark and Howard Griffith serve as executive producers. Captured at a San Diego Comic-Con Press Room on Saturday July 23, 2022 in the Aqua Salon at the Hilton Bayfront, join us; Grim Shea, Marke. and Johnny Heck as we dip into our SDCC 22 audio archives yet again for these incredible roundtable interviews. Is The Orville Sci-fi? Is it a sitcom? Is it an adventure series? Is it funny? Is it original? We tackle the big questions about a show we love and avoid talking about football for a stinking minute!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we find ourselves in the spirit of the season with a hostfull look at some of our favorite Holiday/Christmas/Festivus sitcom specials. From a Friends Christmas armadillo to a Home Improvement Santa Wilson miracle, we dig through our collective memories to celebrate a sneaky Holiday tradition that you probably didn’t know you were part of. Join hosts, Grim Shea, Marke, Jimmy The Gent and Open Your Toys Slick McFavorite for a “spirited” television sitcom holiday sleigh ride and the airing of more than a few grievances! Celebrating its 70th anniversary, the original TV sitcom family is back and fully restored for The Holidays! The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Ultimate Christmas Collection is available NOW. The set includes 14 full and fun-filled holiday themed episodes from throughout the series. We are giving away a couple of copies. To win, follow and Tweet us @StayClassySDCC your favorite Holiday TV sitcom episode.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we keep our 10th season celebration rolling with a Roiland, Justin Roiland that is and release our first batch of SDCC 22 pressroom audio that includes not one but two Justin Roiland produced animated comedies, Solar Opposites and Koala Man. Join Hosts Grim Shea and Marke as they bring you count ’em four different roundtable interviews with cast and creatives: ThomasMiddleditch, MaryMack, SeanGiambrone, MikeMcMahan, JoshBycel, DanielleUhlarik, DanHernandez, BenjiSamit, MichaelCusack and a coup de grâce with the man himself, JustinRoiland (creator Rick and Morty). It’s bound to be a rollicking good time! Hulu originals: SOLAR OPPOSITES follows a family of aliens "from a better world" who take refuge in middle America. KOALA MAN follows middle-aged dad Kevin and his titular not-so-secret identity, whose only superpower is a burning passion for following rules and snuffing out petty crime in the town of Dapto.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. It’s all Frights and Delights tonight, as we get you into a blueberry marshmallow mood for this special time of year. That’s right, go out and buy your seasonal monster cereals while you can find them, cause it’s time for our “cerealized” version of a Halloween Special, The 7th Annual Franken Berry Season Primetime Special! This year we open up the tomb and unearth two sweet delicious interviews with two sweet delicious people, KateeSackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, The Mandalorian) and JoshDuhamel (Transformers) to celebrate the release of Night of the Animated Dead, an animated remake of George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic that’s surprisingly spooky! Plus: a new Monsterpiece Theater episode, “Crispy” a radio drama inspired by the movie Heat but with a Monster Cereals cast, chocolate and berry sweeties and 20% more dickin’ around than the leading competitors! Now go grab a buddy and a Monstermallow cereal and watch a scary movie in the dark, it’s Franken Berry Season y’all! Hosted by Grimtales Shea, Jimmy The Ghoul, Johnny Hackedyourheadoff and Markeeeekaghost! Night of the Animated Dead is now available on Digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD. Follow the show @StayClassySDCC to win a copy!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, what started out as a side project for Matty P’s Radio Happy Hour is now kicking off its 10th season with guests Casper Van Dien and Jennifer Wenger. With a brief look back at our first episode ever, hosts Grim Shea, Marke and Jimmy The Gent go for a “where are they now” segment to check in with the indy movie/series Space Command. Looking to the future, we bring you guest interviews with SDCC favorites Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) and Jennifer Wenger (Confessions of a Superhero) to discuss their new Sci-Fi action series Salvage Marines and the SDCC 2022 trailer debut and panel. Available now on Crackle and Popcornflix Salvage Marines Synopsis: The series takes place in a grim future of corporate tyranny where factory laborer, Samuel (Van Dien), is determined to provide a better life for his wife and their unborn child. Signing up for the hazardous job of a salvage marine, Samuel embarks on a grueling tour of duty in a war-torn universe. Brace yourselves for a sci-fi adventure filled with deep space combat and the drive to survive.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we we remember, rehearse and reboot with guests Daphne Maxwell Reid and Michelle Danner. Everyone remembers Reid as an iconic TV mom of the 1990s, from her three seasons as "Aunt Vivian" on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. And Reid couldn’t be more excited when the cast reunited 30 years later for an unscripted reunion special that aired on HBO Max. These days Reid is a Renaissance woman, respected artist, designer and education activist. Daphne is living proof that a passion for creativity and a dedication to hard work can ensure a lifetime’s worth of success. And if that weren’t enough… There aren’t many people who can point to a career full of success as a performer, teacher, storyteller, entrepreneur, and expert. But Michelle Danner can. The legendary acting teacher and co-founder of the Edgemar Center for the Arts and the Los Angeles Acting Conservatory joins us to talk about here craft and her well-established success as a feature film director. Danner’s latest film Bad Impulse, is a psychological thriller about family secrets and modern technology. The film won Best Narrative Feature at the International Independent Film Awards and the Best Director Award at the Culver City Film Festival. Join hosts Grim Shea, Marke and Bleeding Cool’s Jimmy the Gent as they try to keep up with the icon and the teacher to maybe learn something about the pop-culture that can’t stop remaking itself and a little bit about themselves in the process.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we we look up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a cliche. It’s… Superman! No, actually it’s two Superman’s and in a bizarro twist… two Lex Luthers! In honor of two milestone anniversaries and fully remastered Blu-ray box set releases, the crew at Saturday Morning Cereal return from their Fortress of Solitude with a SUPERsized episode with four SUPERsized guests including Smallville’s “Clark Kent” and “Lex Luther” Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum and Superman The Animated Series’ “Superman” and “Lex Luther” Tim Daly and Clancy Brown. Let your spirits be lifted up, up, up and away and join Grim Shea, Marke, and Bleeding Cool’s Jimmy The Gent to celebrate these two amazing gravity defying shows and the impact they had on these mild mannered talk show hosts! Smallville: The Complete Series 20th Anniversary Edition and one of the most beloved animated Super Hero cartoons in history, the 25th anniversary of Superman: The Animated Series are out NOW and listen to win courtesy of our friends at Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we scoop up a very special episode of Saturday Morning Cereal with a sweet look at the Catwoman: Hunted (out now on 4k, Blu-ray & digital combo packs). Everyone’s favorite felonious feline takes action, adventure and theft to new heights – and with an entrancing anime style – in Catwoman: Hunted, an all-new DC Animated Movie. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the jazzy pop film noir feature-length animated film is both visually striking and groundbreaking. Not only is Catwoman: Hunted DCAU’s first Catwoman feature but it may also be the first superhero movie to ever present its lead hero Catwoman and co-lead hero Batwoman as LGBTQ+ characters without orientation being the focal point of the story. But the path to LGBTQ+ characters becoming ordinary, we come to learn, is a troublesome straight-line that traces all the way back to the ironic creation of Batwoman herself. Join hosts Grim Shea, Marke and Bleeding Cool’s Jimmy “The Gent” as they celebrate this instant classic with three huge guest interviews including writer Greg Weisman (Young Justice, Gargoyles) and the cunning voices of Catwoman and Batwoman themselves, Elizabeth Gillies (Dynasty, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Vacation) and Stephanie Beatriz (Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, In The Heights).

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we delight in the spirit of the season with a special Christmas episode, on Christmas day, including but not limited to A Christmas Story with our very special and gracious guest ZackWard. ZackWard has the unique flex of over 120 IMDB credits but few actors, even those as busy as Zack, ever reach “timeless classic” and Zack did it in his first movie, landing the role of “Scut Farkus” the ferocious yellow eyed bully and tormentor to Ralphie in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. If you don't know A Christmas Story, stop reading this and get out of here right now. Seriously. Go get caught up on the last 30 years of popular culture and then we'll talk... For the rest of you, please join hosts Grim Shea, Mark E. and Jimmy “The Gent” as they breakdown their favorite holiday movies and celebrate the fantastical holiday masterpiece, A Christmas Story, including input straight from the bully's mouth. Indeed, a Christmas miracle.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we bring you the cure for the Halloween night hangover “boos” with a primetime Halloween special. That’s right it’s time for our “cerealized" version of a Halloween Special: The Franken Berry Season Show with special guests: Augenblick Studios founder Aaron Augenblick, American cartoonist Johnny Sampson and actor, writer, producer, Polka-Dot Man David Dastmalchian! You may know David Dastmalchian as “Joker’s Thug” in the Dark Knight Returns but where you definitely know him is from his break out role as the “Polka-Dot Man” in The Suicide Squad a real graveyard smash! David joins us to promote his turn as “Calendar Man” in the DC animated movie Batman:The Long Halloween. Aaron Augenblick’s credits touch stone in MTV’s Daria and would go on to found Augenblink Studios in 1999. The studio caught on in a flash as you can spot Aaron’s work The Jellies!, Losers, Ugly Americans and more! And finally, the guy that literally or should I say, illustratively, did the Monster Mash, Johnny Sampson! Johnny likes to make funny pictures, posters and songs but what caught our attention is his work for General Mills to redefine the Monster Cereal characters that we love to celebrate with the The Remaking of The Mash: A Monster Miracle the tastiest rock, nostalgia, pop you’ve ever seen! Join Grim Shea, Marke and Jimmy The Gent as they mash, smash and flash just about the best Halloween show to ever enter your ear holes!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we punch our tickets to the gun show with a big time hunky guest, Joel McHale. Beginning with his breakout role as the host of Talk Soup and his fan favorite role as “Jeff Winger” in the on again/off again hit series Community, Joel McHale was molded of pop-culture, nostalgia, comedy chops, a wicked awesome bod, thick hairline, a sardonic wit, impeccable timing and pecs. That’s right, where mere mortals may play hard to get, Joel McHale plays hard to want, but want him we do. In a virtual sit down to spotlight the Warner Bros release of Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, our co-host, Jimmy The Gent (Bleed Cool, Retro Cool Nerd) talks to Joel McHale (Community, Talk Soup, Star Girl) about voicing the Hollywood star-turned-fighter Johnny Cage, the guy with the “Finish Him” move so spectacular, he’s gotta wear shades. Join Grim Shea, Marke, Jimmy The Gent and Johnny Heck as they celebrate the exhilarating career of Joel McHale, the talk show host with with most! Based on one of the most popular videogame franchises in history, Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms finds our team of heroes besieged by the enemy forces of Shao Kahn – forcing Raiden and his group of warriors into a deal to compete in a final Mortal Kombat that will determine the fate of the realms. Listen to win a copy!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we devote the whole show to a little old theme we call That One Guy!, which honors those actors from your favorite movies & TV shows growing up, whose name you can’t quite think of but you know who we mean… you know…THAT ONE GUY! Our guest interview is the talented, charming, and very fit Chris Diamantopoulos! Chris is active in live action, animation films and television including a starring role in the upcoming Netflix film Red Notice as well as notable turns in Silicon Valley, Episodes, Sopranos and 24. Chris is also a regular on American Dad!, Invincible and as the voice of Mickey Mouse for various Walt Disney Studios productions and is no stranger to DC animated productions with past roles in Harley Quinn, Justice League Action and the Batman Unlimited franchise. Join Grim Shea, Marke, Jimmy “The Gent” and Johnny Heck as we celebrate and place a name to the talented face of Chris Diamantopoulos to promote Justice Society: World War II and he chats about voicing the resolute, passionate, archetypal hero; Steve Trevor’s devotion to and love for Wonder Woman; and the unique joy of playing the only protagonist in the film without super powers. Justice Society: World War II finds modern-day Barry Allen discovering he can run even faster than he imagined, and is promptly launched back in time in midst of a raging battle – primarily between Nazis and a team of Golden Age DC Super Heroes known as The Justice Society of America.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week we kick off our 9th Season with a special “That One Guy” episode with a huge voice in pop-culture, the man of a million voices, Billy West (Futurama, Space Jam, The Ren & Stimpy Show). From The Howard Stern Show to Ren & Stimpy to Futurama to Looney Tunes to pretty much every other English language cartoon ever made, you KNOW Billy West. We might not be able to help you pick him out of a crowd, but after listening to this you'll at least know what his real voice sounds like! Well, we assume. That’s right, our season 9 premier episode is also a “That One Guy” special edition which honors those actors from your favorite movies & TV shows growing up, whose name you can’t quite think of but you know who we mean… you know…THAT ONE GUY! Join hosts Grim Shea, Marke., Jimmy The Gent and Johnny Heck as they dig into a few of the 260+ voice and acting credits of Billy West including Phillip J. Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Farnsworth, Ren AND Stimpy, that Bugs Bunny guy and even a very famous and sweet Saturday morning cereal mascot!

The POWcast! is back again and aims to bring you a nostalgic look back at the movies, shows, and people from your childhood that made you who you are today. In Jimmy’s case that was the Batman 66 TV show that inspired a never ending celebration of all things Retro, Cool, and maybe a little Nerdy. This episode features another in depth conversation with TV’s Robin, Burt Ward (Batman, Back to the Batcave). Burt shares stories and memories from his harrowing days on the set of Batman, running into pilot director Robert Butler many over fifty years later, Adam using a teleprompter, his idea to continue the ‘66 universe, and whether or not he would play Robin again without Adam- and so much more. Fans of the Boy Wonder may have heard some of these stories before, but not like this. There's at least one new story you haven’t heard in this chin wag. Jimmy gives Alfred the night off and uses the Bat Time Dilation Device himself and sets it back one2 week to his conversation with DC screenwriter Tim Sheridan (Batman: The Long Halloween, Masters of the Universe: Revelations) who shares how the show influenced his work. Plug in your favorite set of air pods and enjoy this dive deep into Batman theory with one of the most knowledgeable Bat- experts in the game in the latest exciting episode of the Retro Cool Nerd POWcast! The Music samples from “The Flying Horse Big Band, and the Batman Soundtrack by Nelson Riddle and Neil Hefti. Episode #6 of the POWcast has been written, recorded, & produced by Jimmy The Gent in Wayne Study Studios for Saturday Morning Cereal productions. GENTLEGIANTSDOGFOOD.COM

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week join Dan "Grim" Shea, Marke, and Jimmy the Gent for a little retrospective on our memories regarding Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, released 40 years ago this month. 40. Years. Ago. George Lucas. Steven Spielberg. John Williams. Harrison Ford. Good lord. We wax nostalagic for one of the best properties from the 80's that was based on serials from the 40's which is planning a new release in the '20s. If that makes sense. We ask the heavy questions, such as: what's our favorite parts? Where did we first see this masterpeice? Was this really the inspiration for 2006's Snakes on a Plane? Is it okay to keep making more movies, or does this property belong in a museum? Plus we finally confirm that Indy's presence actually does matter in the movie, so now that issue is finally settled once and for goddamned all, ya heard nerd?! So why don't you crack a whip, pillage an ancient tomb, name yourself after a dog along with Grim, Mark, and Jimmy and relive the unforgettable exploits of world-renowned, globetrotting hero Indiana Jones in spectacular 4K Ultra HD when the INDIANA JONES 4-MOVIE COLLECTION arrives in a new 4K Ultra HD set from Lucasfilm Ltd. and courtesy of our friends at Paramount Home Entertainment, stick around for a chance to win the 4K UltraHD box set of all four Indiana Jones movies! Why? Fortune and glory, kid, fortune and glory.

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we have Halon Entertainment in the house! In celebration of movie houses openning up just in time for the summer blockbuster and the WonderCon at Home 2021 panel “The Virtual Backlot: Filmmaking Evolved, your favorite Saturday morning radio show podcast is back, in studio, in person, all vaxed up and ready to turn the dial up to 11 with two blockbuster creator guests: Brad Alexander, co-founder, Sr. visualization supervisor (Star Wars Episodes II and III, Avatar,Pacific Rim: Uprising) & Kristin Turnipseed, real-time stage supervisor (Ford v Ferrari, The Batman) with Halon Entertainment, the SFX studio responsible for pretty much all your favorite summer movies. If aliens, monsters, explosions are your thing, these are the real unsung heroes of cinema! An early adopter of Unreal Engine in 2015, Halon Entertainment (Avatar, The Suicide Squad) is an industry leader in the fields of Virtual Production, Visualization, and Game Cinematics, leading to the studio’s virtual art department helping to define the cutting-edge of the real-time workflow on The Mandalorian and so much more! Join Grim Shea, Marke., Jimmy the Gent and Johnny Heck as they get back to the 3Palms Studio to celebrate the movies we love and entertain your ear holes with their pants on! Sponsored by Paramount Home Entertainment & the home release of Mission Impossible and Super 8. Listen to win!

Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we celebrate Star Wars May The 5th with a pillar of Star Wars composers, Kevin Kiner, of Star Wars The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels and the NEW series, Star Wars The Bad Batch (now on Disney+). For this latest score on Star Wars The Bad Batch, Kevin is once again expanding what we consider “Star Wars music” by continuing to employ electronic music and synthesizers in his composing – a process he had used in his other scores for DC shows like 1988’s Superboy, Doom Patrol, Titans, and further experimented with in his now Annie Award-winning score for one of Star Wars greatest moments, The Clone Wars final season and episode, “Victory and Death”! But if his Star Wars and DC cred isn’t enough for you geeks and gamers, Kevin Kiner’s work plays like a pop-culture “Jock Jams” with such work on Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: Enterprise, Hell on Wheels, Transformers Robots in Disguise,NOS4A2, Making a Murderer, Jane the Virgin, Narcos: Mexico and a Saturday Morning TV connection going all the way back to Sid and Marty Kroft’s Land of the Lost reboot and DC Follies. Join Grim Shea, Marke, and Jimmy the Gent as they sing a merry tune and celebrate a living legend all while Kevin Kiner dances around The Bad Batch spoilers.

The POWcast! is back and aims to bring you a nostalgic look back at the movies, shows, and people from your childhood that made you who you are today. In Jimmy’s case that was the Batman 66 TV show that inspired a never ending celebration of all things Retro, Cool, and maybe a little Nerdy. This episode is an in depth chat with one of ‘66 Batman fandom’s biggest names. Ben Bentley is not only Co- moderator of the Batman 66 Message Board he is, as we say, an expert’s expert. Ben shares tales of travel to LA and how his hobby grew into a passion. Not only logging but identifying all the shooting locations for each of the 120 episodes of the ‘66 Batman show. Quite a feat, but Ben is close to completion. Why does this show speak to so many generations of fans? Listen to Ben’s thoughts here. Once again the “Bat-Time Contrivance” is utilized and set for summer of 2017. The Summer of 2017 and the Comic Con Palm Springs. Not only was it hot enough to melt our Batarangs we talked with voice actor extraordinaire John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time). John talks about Under the Red Hood and remembers Adam West. Plug in your favorite set of air pods and enjoy this dive deep into Batman theory with one of the most knowledgeable Bat- experts in the game in the latest exciting episode of the Retro Cool Nerd POWcast! The Music samples from “The Flying Horse Big Band, and the Batman Soundtrack by Nelson Riddle and Neil Hefti. Episode #5 of the POWcast has been written, recorded, & produced by Jimmy The Gent in Wayne Study Studios for Saturday Morning Cereal productions. Check out Ben on twitter @BenBentleyPhoto and on the 66 Message board.66BATMAN.COM