TurtleCOM 22 – Enter the Fly (1 of 2)

Originally recorded July 2, 2016. It’s the first NEW EPISODE in a while! …sort of… TFTS and DAlex are joined by series regular Talia Ellis and newcomer The-Tim-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named Stanton! This week we jump into a new episode with a brand new writer, but the same ol’ female oppression tropes as it is ALL Irma all the time. If you missed TMNT 2: Out of the Shadows earlier this year, T & D take a sidebar to high-mediocre praise! And as always there’s loads of psycho-sexual over-analysis to be had as they sink their teeth into this sci-fi throwback.

Originally recorded November 21, 2015. Tim, DAlex, and Becky Sanders dawn their briefcases and legal pads as they discus episode 302, “Turtles on Trial.”  Technical glitches galore, Becky figured out their microphone snafu just in time to make the show happen. Thank her next time you see her, as you’d have missed out on the cavalcade of characters that are cross-examined in this daytime TV style mudslinging-fest of a show. They’ll have you chanting ‘Kell-er-man, Kell-er-man’ by the end.

Originally recorded May 13, 2015, DAlex and TFTS return to form in the EK Studios with Katie “Seawolf” Self (Shrouded Tales series) and Noah Nevin (“Realm” & “Prom Ride”). Kicking off Season 3 of the Turtles original series, you are in for a doozey! Shred and Krang are plotting the theft of the irreplaceable Medi-Lazer that Doctor Jimmy Stewart has just created. Drill modules… directional control modules… it's a nonstop science fest full of animated techno garbage that encourages us all to draw what you know. When everyone is Sherlock, you know its going to be a great episode!

Originally recorded April 29, 2015, the famous Tim Smith and Dalex finish out season 2 of the original TMNT cartoon series with a few voices from the past. Nathan Ballard, Larry Parr, and Geoff Stults’ younger brother Andy Wagner join us to see what happens when the Technodrome returns to the Niagra Falls. Star Wars references, turtle vehicles, and C&C galore! Get ready for an EPIC episode where four nerds lock themselves into a recording studio to talk season finale madness.

Originally recorded January 10, 2016, DAlex and TFTS are back with a special interview with the lead game designer of TMNT Battle Match, Joe Mares. It’s a calm return to the recording booth, so look forward to some heavy turtle talk and the inspirations of a video game artist. Also, go download BATTLE MATCH!

Reaching out from the mists of The Famous Tim, and Dalex's past comes V.O. actress Sara Cravens and driving a Krispy Kreme truck of sugar sweetness through our hearts is Film and TV's Austin Highsmith. This mighty team of four dives head first into a surprisingly Femme-unfriendly episode of the '87 TMNT series. Who will come out alive on the other side, and who will come out a bra burning supporter of the feminist cause? Hint: it's Dalex.

SEASON 2 has arrived!!! The Famous Tim Smith & DAlex are back from an extended vacation filled with loads of editing and TMNT related misadventures. More importantly, they have returned to the studio with beloved guests Colleen Evanson and Dr. Ben Tully (King of the Nerds)! There are always loads of unsolicited endorsements on the show, but this week they only seemed to be rivaled by the many jokes centered on The “D”! (Not a reference to Donatello) It’s an episode about unrequited love between beings of different species and dimensions, so try not to eat your feelings if you can’t figure out how to make a physical relationship with a brain work. WE’RE BACK, SHREDHEAD!!!

TurtleCOM turns 30!!! …and DAlex & TFTS are gettin’ dirty by digging up all the banned clips from the cutting room floor.  Of course it wouldn’t be TurtleCOM if they didn’t talk about the 1987 cartoon, so Dom Burgess and Abbey Cobbe return to help finish off ‘New York’s Shiniest’ as well as season 1. Machine clones, seatbelt safety, and Michelangelo’s Mommy issues all get explored amidst two extended clip sequences from TurtleCOMs past. It’s a turtle fireworks worthy celebration, full of offensive quips and quotes that will make you say, “They were quite clever and playful.”

DAlex and the famous Tim attack Comments & Corrections today with ninja-like fury! The Queen of Bees, Saskia Delp-Kullock has returned to the hive along with Miles Allen after his epic Edinburgh adventure performing his “One-Man Breaking Bad” show. Super-strong thugs break into April’s apartment, but fortunately the new “perfect man-bot” in her life, REX-1, is a far more effective security system than the Turtles. Also, Halloween costumes, cat calling, and apparently Irma is Jewish, nothing but hot-button issues for our panel this week.

TurtleCOM TURNS 1!!! Coincidentally, DAlex busts out the ol’ Sand-filled, Mariachi Egg while TFTS makes the world’s longest TMNT DVD box opening. Colleen Evanson returns with quips and cracks a plenty to help sire in Lady Becky Sanders to the fold. Nobody sings Happy Birthday this time, but there’s loads of songs and pop cultural references flung about. Splinter seemed like he’d never return from the human surface world last time, but Mother Brain from Dimension STOP has Master Yoshi chiming in, “Au contraire, kemo sabe!”