Sunday, August 10, 2025

Flopcast 692: Summer Blorgs

With a free week before we start like eight months of nonstop Dragon Con coverage, Kevin and the Mayor are trying something new: We're recording the show from outside Chickentown Studios, in the great and filthy outdoors. Hopefully this will provide a more festive summertime atmosphere, until the mosquitoes and bats and angry villagers show up. So with nothing better to do until a search party arrives, we offer a couple of new movie reviews (Superman and Fantastic Four), recommend a TV show or two, and plug Kevin's recent guest appearance on the EnterpriseSplaining podcast. And that's it! Next week, we'll have our first Dragon Con preview show. And we'll probably be back inside. It's scary out here.

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Show Notes

This week, we took our inspiration (i.e. stole) from "Summer S'mores with Conan and the Chill Chums". Listen to this year's miniseries, or watch the hilarity unfold on YouTube!

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The Blorgo (actual name: Brolga) is a member of the crane family.

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This is not the first time Kevin has become fascinated with an Australian bird. In Flopcast 301, we learned about the Australian White Ibis, colloquially known as the Bin Chicken.

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If you want a much more thorough discussion of Superman and Fantastic Four: First Steps, ESO's own Michael Gordon does a deep dive with host Dave West on Needless Things Podcast. We'll see them both at Dragon Con!

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No prior knowledge of Star Trek: Enterprise is required! The Mayor had no trouble keeping up with Kevin's guest appearance and followup on EnterpriseSplaining. We'll see Maria and Jamie at Dragon Con too!