Sunday, September 3, 2017
Flopcast 278: Wonderful Weirdos and Robots
It's a little later than usual (sorry, we've been very busy with very stupid things), but here is our sixth annual Flopcast Summer Robot Top 4 ½ List! Hey, summertime is robot time around here. (We don't remember why... it just is.) And the subject for this year's list is... robot animals! We're listing our favorite robot dogs, robot cats, robot lobsters, and more. (But alas, no robot capybaras. Would some evil robot genius please get to work on that?) And these robots come from TV, music, cartoons, toys, coloring books, and secret government projects. (We may have said too much already.) So while we're still creeping around DragonCon (just in time for Wonderful Weirdos Day), enjoy this goofy little robot show! And feel free to dance, because our robot penguin is set on AUTO-PARTY.
Show Notes
The Mayor is with Kevin at DragonCon, so the notes are minimal this week. Coming up on September 9...
Top 4 ½ Robot Animals
- Noo-Noo from Teletubbies
- Surly Amy's Booster Dog Bot, Cat Bot, and Bee Bot
- Bisk, the lobster Transformer
- Steve Foster's "Robot Penguin"
- Robot jellyfish developed for surveillance
- Max from The Bionic Woman
- Preston from the Wallace and Gromit short A Close Shave
- Dynomutt, sidekick to the Blue Falcon
- Robopiggeh from Mighty Magiswords
- Rover from Wonder Woman