This week, your Oco-hosts will be spotlighting the great Cartoon Network! The network was there every day after school for a whole generation of kids, airing original toons alongside retro goodness! For this episode, each of us has picked two classic Cartoon Network originals to give a little history on and share our thoughts about!

And as always, lurking somewhere in there is this week's Octo-Ponder This as well as the return of a segment called DIE MONSTER!

And if you're looking to check out the Amalga-Mania Podcast & Entertainment Awards, CLICK HERE!

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We welcome a couple of fantastic guests, Wade and Supa Woke Javi from the OLD MAN WADE SHOW to talk about comedy legend Eddie Murphy! We do a little history and dive right in to Coming To America and the newly released sequel, Coming 2 America! Then, each of us presents our own favorite Eddie Murphy movie. That's 7 movies in all with an Octoponder crammed in between!

Join us for lots of laughs and nostlagia and stick around for Nintenjoe's latest POWER TO THE METAL segment!

Check out the Old Man Wade Show wherever you get your podcasts and read his stuff on BAM! SMACK! POW!

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• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
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For this episode of the Crow's Nest, Nintenjoe and 8-Bit Alchemy discuss the origins of the most famous video game code (it's a secret to everybody) of all time! Known by many as the Konami Code, the famous series of button presses has made it into a ton of games over the years, and you'll hear about a bunch of them in this episode!

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• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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This week, we hang out with ultra-cool Youtuber Linda (AKA The Gamergirl) to chat about the company Konami! One of our favorite video game developers, Konami has created and produced some of the most beloved and long lasting games series, like Castlevania, Contra, Gradius and Metal Gear! If you were a home gamer or arcade goer throughout the 80s and 90s, chances are you are gonna recognize a ton of the games we cover!

And don't forget to check out and subscribe to Linda AKA The Gamergirl's YouTube channel!

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• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
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Melodic rock legend Stan Bush gets locked in THE BRIG for a discussion on transforming robots, guitars that shoot lasers and what it's been like to have had THE TOUCH for 35 years! Stan may be known for his soundtrack appearances, but the guy has had a full, non-stop career with 14 studio albums! His newest is 2020's DARE TO DREAM which included the single BORN TO FIGHT. A song so awesome, we actually play it in full (with full permission from Stan) on this episode!

Don't miss the video version of this interview on our new YouTube channel!

Be sure to check out Stan's website where you can purchase all of his fantastic albums! And check out the links below for his newest videos!

True Believer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ZQcQ44-HM

Heat of Attack: https://youtu.be/IE5z4MQBXDs

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A happy little tree here, a sleepy mountain there... For this friendly episode of the Retro Ridoctopus podcast, 8-Bit Alchemy has got his pallet loaded with some phthalo blue, alizarin crimson and liquid hwite. Using only our fan brush, we are gonna try our best to paint you a nice little portrait of TV legend, Bob Ross! We'll start with his time spent in Alaska and work our way into his public life and work of bringing joy and relaxation to generations of folks as well as various woodland creatures.

A little later on, we'll ask you to Octoponder what classic video game or movie landscape you would have loved to see Bob paint. And to round things out... Parasite Steve is gonna go ahead and step out of character to bring you some uncomfortable nature facts about 3 of the smelliest trees in the world!

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We strap ourselves into the cockpit to a deep dive into the world of giant robots on this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalo-podcast! Along for the interstellar ride is our very good friend and fellow podcaster, Justin Cooper!

Stick around as we read the results of our big bloated Facebook battle MECHAPOCALYPSE and for another edition of Power To The Metal as Nintenjoe spotlights the band Hellion Prime! \,,/

Check out Justin Cooper on the following shows! Geeklife HQ Epic Tales From The Sewers The Fan-Tastic Podcast

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When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories, the best place by the fire was kept for... The Storyteller.

It's the first Crow's Nest of season 3 and we are talking about an under celebrated Jim Henson gem!
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We cover the production powerhouse, Saban Entertainment, who's TV shows helped shape an entire generation of kids! Love them or not, Saban cracked the code on how to produce low cost entertainment that would strike a chord with viewers. In some cases adapting Japanese programming for a new audience and in many others creating something new! The results were admittedly varied, but anyone who grew up in the 1990s is sure to have some one or two fond memories sparked by this episode!

Later on, we'll read your answers for this week's OCTOPONDER THIS before finally giving the floor over to Boss Rush Mode for some fresh peeve petting!

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• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
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On this very special episode THE BRIG, we interview legendary conceptual artist Terryl Whitlatch!

The talented lady responsible for some of the most science forward creature design in the film industry! Terryl discusses her early career, her books, working on films like #StarWars:The Phantom Menace, Brother Bear & #Jumanji, what it was like reporting to #GeorgeLucas every Friday and even what she thinks about creature-rich properties she didn't work on like #Avatar and #MonsterHunter!

Oh and, Retroids... if you asked Terryl a question, you are absolutely going to wanna stick around to the end!

Snag your copy of Terryl's newly re-released illustrated epic "The Katurran Odyssey" and browse her catalog for more creatures (both real and imagined).

And don't miss Terryl Whitlatch on Artstation!

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Retro Ridoctopus is:
• Boss Rush Mode (watch)
• Parasite Steve (read)
• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)
• Nintenjoe (subscribe)
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All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile.
Listen to their sophomore album "Bloodwork Scriptorium" right now!

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