This week, we are joined by our pals, Colleen the Conqueror and Santino "The San Man" Mancebo to geek out about the Japanese phenomenon called TOKUSATSU!

Listen if you're a fan of Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Beetle Borgs or anything of the kind! As well as delivering some heartfelt presentations, we manage to play a bunch of theme songs as well!

SHUWATCH!

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Larry Blamire returns again (for the first time) to talk all about his newest books "Still At Large" and "Flapjack Alley". One is out now, the other is on the way, but both as chock full of delightful absurdist humor that is sure to either split your side, or possible leave it in stitches.

Later on, we get Larry to do the reminiscing thing about the early days of his career working for the stage in Boston. You'll hear how he met some of the actors and aliens who would later appear in THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA, and thrill as your Octohosts drop a surprise dramatic reading of BRIDE OF THE MUTANT'S TOMB on Larry's lap!

As the kids say... this one's a hoot, pops!

SOME BLAM-TASTIC LINKS

• WATCH! The Blu-rays of Larry's film's are only at Hydraulic Entertainment!
• READ! Visit Lulu to start building your own Larr-brary of Larry's keen books!
• DISCOVER! The expansive world of Larry's steampunk epic Steam Wars!

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Blocks, bricks and other toys you build are the topic of the week on this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast!

We spend the first half of the episode on this history of LEGO, shining our headlamps on some of our favorite sets and more. Then, after constructing our Octoponder, we'll switch gears to present some lesser known building toys we loved over the years. Tune in and see how things stack up!

And later, Parasite Steve drops another edition of Retro Nouveau with the Shinobi-like 2-D action hack and slasher, VENGEFUL GUARDIAN: MOONRIDER!

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Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of seven books: three novels—"Disintegration", "Breaker", and "Transubstantiate" as well as three anthologies and over 150 published short stories!

We locked him up in THE BRIG to talk about his newest release "Spontaneous Human Combustion" which has made the final ballot for the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards! The discussion turns to famous authors who have helped him along the way and plenty of stuff about the craft itself. And later on, Richard reads us his story "Undone" in its entirety!

For more information visit www.whatdoesnotkillme.com

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Are all video game movies really that bad? Absolutely not!

For this episode, we breakdown 6 films based on video games that we feel are worth talking about! Some are good, some are not so good, but our opinions on which ones are which might just surprise you!

Later on, we read a metric ton of Retroid answers for this week's OCTOPONDER THIS and 8-bit Alchemy will drop a B-segment on your laps that is sure to make you SQUIRM!

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Author, screenwriter, poet, professor and winner of all the awards, L. Marie Wood enjoyed her first stay in THE BRIG so much, she's back for a second round! We get to talking about her new books and how it feels to be nominated twice (same category, same year) for the Bram Stoker Awards! And later on, she reads her story "Upperville" from "The Tales of Time", proving there are some places you can never truly leave.

Raw, energetic joy abounds in this one, so if you're looking for dark and broody, this may not be the episode for you. ;)

You can order THE OPEN BOOK and it's companion piece THE TALES OF TIME right now on Amazon, And please check out the official website of L. Marie Wood!

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I think we can all agree that biodegradable recreational foam has never been more fun than when its being fired at your best pal's face! That's why that in this episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast, we aim to lay down NERF history and pull the trigger on some cherished childhood memories all revolving around this classic toy line!

After that, we'll switch to round table mode and present 6 of our favorite NERF guns. Tack on an Octoponder and another edition of Power To The Metal and you've got yourself a good time!

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Hey kid. Do you wanna know about this thing called INERTIA? How about some of that cool WATER PRESSURE or maybe how to pick up an ICE CUBE with a piece of STRING??

Well you're in luck because this week on the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast, we're talking all about SCIENCE SHOWS! The ole nostalgia ray is being aimed at Mr. Wizard, Beakman's World and of course, Bill Nye The Science Guy. We cover the basics of each show, and spill the atoms on some really cool experiments. Best of all, we do it all in the name of SCIENCE!

Later on, we ask for one memorable at-home experiment you tried out as a kid for this week's OCTOPONDER. And Parasite Steve puts on his Nintenjoe pants to drop his very first ever entry of POWER TO THE METAL!

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For many of us, rushing home to plop our butts in front of the Disney Afternoon was a seminal part of childhood! From Gummi Bears, Ducktales and Rescue Rangers to Goof Troop, Tail Spin, Gargoyles and beyond, these were some of the best produced children's cartoons on television and a whole bunch of 'em of them spawned some terrific video games!

In this episode, Nintenjoe leads us through a discussion of 6 of our favorite Disney Afternoon shows and their corresponding games! We even have blocks of theme songs pairing the cartoon songs with those of their video game counterparts because... you're welcome!

All that with an OCTOPONDER smacked in between, plus 8Bit Alchemy drops his first COMPOSE YO'SELF of season five!

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Peter N. Dudar & L. L. Soares are two talented best buds who definitely know their way around horror!

The Bram Stoker Award-Nominated, Dudar, having written such memorable titles as "A Reqiuem For Dead Flies", "Blood Cult of the Booby Farmers" and "Goat Parade" unleashed his newest grimy Grindhouse nightmare in late 2022, "The Mississippi Glory Hole Mutilations" from Grinning Skull Press.

And because truth is stranger than fiction, Soares took home a Stoker the same year Dudar was nominated for his first novel, "Life Rage". Since then, he's published skin-crawling yarns such as "Rock 'N' Roll", "Hard", "Buried In Blue Clay" and his newest, "Teach Them How To Bleed", from Bloodshot Books.

In this first BRIG of season 5, we get the goods on both of their newest books, before diving head first into a sprawling conversation about Creature Double Feature! In true Ridoctopus fashion, we each picked one classic monster flick that was played on the program and proceed to have an absolute blast talking about them!

For all the monster kids, this is gonna be a fun one!

Check out Peter N. Dudar official website: http://www.peterndudar.com And follow both him and L.L. Soares on Facebook!

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