Episode 021 :: More Than Meets the Eye
Hey Nerds, what do you chee-choo-chee-choo into? A truck? A sports coupe? A microscope? A dinosaur with robot Down’s? No matter what kinda doohickey you’ve got folded up inside you, if you’re more than meets the eye, or a robot in disguise, this episode’s for you.
The Transformers might be reeling with the ill effects of their super-shitty mainstream blockbuster films, but that doesn’t mean that America’s favorite Cybertronians are down for the count – hell no! This past week was the annual Transformers celebration, BotCon and the release of an EPIC Transformers video game, War For Cybertron, that does what no Transformers story has ever done before: chronicle the planet-dividing civil war between Autobots and Decepticons. It’s never the wrong time to show your love for something way cool and nerdy, but even better when the stars align so you can do it right!
In this episode we talk about our favorite incarnations of the Transformers, the glory of the 1986 animated film, and much more – including what secret things Nerdy Show transforms into, and interviews with indie comics cool guy Jeffery Brown author of the astounding Transformers parody Incredible Chang-Bots, and Dr. Vern of sci-fi rock band, Sci-Fried whose music is coming soon to both Nerdapalooza and a similarly-themed major cable network. All that plus SCIENCE and… a girl!?
The Tracks:
- Transformers Theme :: Lion
- Cybernetic Circuits :: Optimus Rhyme
- When I Was Your Age :: George Hrab
- World’s Worst Drum Programmer :: Shael Riley
- Go Chewey Go (live) :: Steve Poltz
- First World Problem :: MC Frontalot
- Saturday Night on SyFy :: Sci-Fried
- Fifty-One :: Sci-Fried [Nerdy Show Exclusive]
- Punch-Out!! :: Emergency Pizza Party
- Dare to be Stupid :: “Weird Al” Yankovic
- Mind Games :: Devo
- Nothing’s Gonna Stand In Our Way :: Spectre General
Episode 021 Accessory :: The WTF of The Headmasters
We get into some pretty zany Transformers talk in this show, and it’s cool as hell, but this… this is in a world all it’s own. An accessory to the action robot that is Episode 21, where not only do we get into some more hardcore Transformers talk, but we attempt to figure out one of the most confusing and ill-explained pieces of Transformers lore: The Headmasters.
Accessorize Episode 21 HERE
Featuring
- Purple – Extended Remix :: 8-Bit Bandit
The Links:
- Note mentioned in the episode but AMAZING: 12 Gadgets inspired by Transformers
- The music of the sun
- The sounds of the “god particle”
- Details on Plato’s secret codes
- Sci-Fried’s YouTube Channel
- Jeffery Brown’s Website
- Documentary on “Mechaphilia”
- The Wiki article on The Headmasters
- Paul is Undead on Amazon
- Unskippable: 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
- Nude mom plays Rockband
- How to get Thomas Dolby’s new EP
For the last month we’ve been raving about 8-bit artist and musician, Doctor Octoroc‘s NES-styled rendition of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. With his massively popular project recently concluded, the good Doctor has had some spare time to breathe and decided to spend an evening with Nerdy Show. This episode is rife (rife I say) with talk of fan-love projects from Octoroc’s latest concoctions, to a recent assortment of video game fan films – so be sure to thoroughly investigate our links section. You always do, right?
What the heck!? We’re already at Episode 900!! Must be because, just like Deadpool, we’re so BAD-ASS!! If you don’t already have a pair, get ready to grow one, ’cause this episode is starring some of the manliest men who’ve dipped their wick into geekdom. No, not Nerdy Show – those guys are wusses! We’re talking to Deadpool and Wolverine scribe, Daniel Way, smooth talkin’ space mayor, Billy Dee Williams, hard-boiled Sgt. Rock writer/artist, Billy Tucci, mister Latino machismo himself, Erik Estrada, and the somewhat meeker, but certainly strong-jawed, MC Frontalot.
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