Are you a hardened atheist or Holiday cynic who sees no value in Christmas? Well, what about your favorite Christmas movies, specials and TV episodes?! That's what we're here to help with this week, in Laser Time's one billionth annual Xmas special. Hope you and yours have a Merry one!
THE GREATEST YEAR FOR MOVIES EVER. 40 years ago, the greatest year in movie releases went down. Gods were toppled, genres were forged, franchise filmmaking became a thing. For better or for worse, 1982 changed your cinematic world...
With another year of indoor doldrums, at least we had the warm glow of great television to keep us moderately sane. From 90s plane crashes, sloppy steaks, and squid games, these are our very favorite TV shows of the year!
Pigs and Spiders at the Vista Del Mar! Hope that's not giving anything away, since Laser Time's annual tardy tradition of chiming in on the year's best cinematic offerings has finally arrived! Listen, watch, chat, Patreon, etc.
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It's that time of year again, so this season we're taking the time to reveal all the personally embarrassing little pop culture traditions we've accumulated throughout the Holidays. Sappy songs, irredeemable movies, and unspeakable Christmas specials abound! Have a happy one, everyone!
With Netflix's Cowboy Bebop out in the wild, we're rounding up the handful of previous anime adaptations to see how they stack up. (The WESTERN adaptations. If we tried to talk about live-action anime films made in Japan we'd be here forever.) Spoiler: The results are not great...
SPONSORED: During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex. American Telnet was an empire founded by the man who called himself “The Telephone Pimp.” He ran the company “like General Motors” and got filthy rich doing it. But for the (mostly) women who answered the calls and delivered fantasies 24-7, it was a different story. The powerful stigma against sex work was always lurking just beneath the surface, until it threatened to tear apart the whole company.
Hosted by Tina Horn (Why Are People Into That?), OPERATOR is an eight-part series about big ambitions, Shakespearean-level corporate backstabbing, men and women at the cutting edge of a technological revolution...and on the front lines of a sexual one.
Listen to Operator now! http://wondery.fm/OP_Laser_Time
It's a star-studded show as we break down some of our favorite moments from the spookiest season on television's longest-running comedic institution. Get ready for some classic Halloween sketches, Saturday Night Live fans. If we missed any of your favorite's let us know!
Norm Macdonald 1950-1961. We lost one of our most gifted, inimitable comedians recently, and it’s difficult to deal with. But before Norm departed our mortal coil, he left us this wonderful audio journey through his whole dang career. Yes, this is a rerun, but you know you’re a Legend when you reach Legendary Status while you’re still alive. Special thanks to the Talking Simpsons guys for elevating the preemptive tribute!
Great things come in pairs, and comedy is no exception! We're talking about our favorite hilarious duos, and it's all leading up to a wonderful discussion on the greatest movie you've never seen. Eat it with your ears!
What's on TV tonight? Does it matter?! Television shows remain great, while TV itself seems in an unstoppable cycle of decay. Have you noticed your favorite Nature or Music channel look alarmingly similar these days, when you need them most? In this episode we're examining why television channels are desperately abandoning their identity, and yes, it's largely because of the very medium you're listening to this on.
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