Season 3
S3E1 - Ep 051: Jim Henson / Master of Muppets
A portrait rendered in imagination and felt. The legendary works of the Muppet Man, Jim Henson.
It's time to get things started! It's time to light the lights! It's... the season 3 premier of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast! Uh... TONIGHT!
From his early days peddling Wilkins Coffee, onto a Street called Sesame, Fraggle Rock, the mystical world of Thra and into the very heart of a Labyrinth, we render a portrait of
The Brig: The Wildlife of Star Wars (with concept artist Terryl Whitlatch)
Industry leading conceptual artist Terryl Whitlatch has created creatures for Star Wars, Men in Black, Jumanji & more but for the next 2 hours, she'll be locked in THE BRIG!!
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!
S3E2 - Ep 052: The Mighty Morphin World of Saban
Saban Entertainment was responsible for entertaining a generation of 90s kids with shows like the Power Rangers, Beetle Borgs, Video Power and so much more!
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 Crow's Nest: Jim Henson's The Storyteller
A forgotten gem, The Storyteller adapted a handful of early folktales and featured some truly breathtaking Muppet creatures!
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
S3E3 - Ep 053: Mechanized Fanfare / Super Giant Robots (with Justin Cooper)
Justin Cooper from GeekLife HQ joins us for a discussion on cartoons with super giant robots like Robotech, Voltron, Exo-Squad and more!
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
S3E4 - Ep 054: The Joy of Bob Ross
A happy little biography of legendary television artist and star of the Joy of Painting, Bob Ross!
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!
The Brig: He's Got The Touch (with Transformers rocker Stan Bush)
We are joined by legendary singer songwriter Stan Bush to talk Transformers & his new melodic rock masterpiece, Dare To Dream!
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!
S3E5 - Ep 055: Konami History (with Linda AKA The Gamergirl)
Konami, developer of classic video games like Gradius, Castlevania, Contra & Metal Gear, helped set the standards in arcades & home consoles in the 1990s!
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!
The Crow's Nest: The Konami Code
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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!
S3E6 - Ep 056: Eddie Murphy, King of Zamunda (with Old Man Wade & Supawoke Javi)
We celebrate the career and films of comedy legend Eddie Murphy with our pals from The Old Man Wade Show!
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.