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Podcasting Day: The Worst TV Show You Love, with Tom Reimann 🌭

Up now wherever you get your podcasts, The Dogg Zzone 9000 continues its critically acclaimed coverage of which shitting things are actually endearing and rad. Our guest, from Collider and Gamefully Unemployed, is best-bad TV expert, Tom Reimann!

The rules of the episode were simple. We each had to bring a TV show that was obscure, terrible, and awesome-- three words meaning different things to all people. Any media scientist would call our task "unworkable" or "paradoxical," which is simply fanciful ways for pussies to admit they're cowards. We are brave heroes courageous enough to let Brockway discuss Malibu's Nightman's TV series where a saxophone player gets hit by trolley lightning to gain the ability to tune into the frequency of evil! And after stealing a special suit unrelated to this ability, he becomes... Nightman!

Tom tells us of a show about a man traveling from town to town, on the run from authorities and cursed to become a monster every time a local problem could really use help from a monster. From the hitmakers who saw The Incredible Hulk and are hoping no one else did, it's Werewolf! And it refuses to defy all your expectations! Whatever you're picturing, you're right!

And from director Richard Donner, Seanbaby discusses the 1970 masterpiece, Danger Island. It was a live action serial on the kids show The Banana Splits about shipwrecked children in a prolonged battle for survival against murderous pirates and cannibals. It had a tight budget but an unlimited disregard for safety and plot. The point is, Hanna Barbera sent Richard Donner and a team of stuntmen to Mexico with a few miles of rope and Jan-Michael Vincent and got something 8000% better than they could have possibly expected. The intro alone (about 18% of which is shown below) contains more action than every Superman and Lethal Weapon movie combined. We are, without question, saying Richard Donner's storied career was all downhill from Danger Island.

If you enjoy the podcast, let Richard Donner know by finding and enjoying Danger Island. And give us a review! Or a podscription! You can Nightman us on Sax! Or Crom us on Hyboria!

Comments

Thank you for that; it was a wild ride. For anyone else who's interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kahana

Melissa Albarella

LOL - It rhymes so it must be true!

Patrick Owens

You weren't lying. I just read it and dude is not only awesome but a total badass to boot.

Patrick Owens

He can't stop kid-fiddlin' cause he's hooked on Ritalin?

Daphne Lawless

What?! Now I must know, it's the price one pays to be in the Dogg Zzone I suppose (9000).

LyraV

Okay, I heard the throwaway line about one of the creators of Malibu's _Prime_ doing time for child porn, I did a little online research, and came up with β€œHis addiction to methylphenidate caused him to commit his crimes. ...” Ritalin?!

Daphne Lawless

Omg please read the wiki entry for the guy who played Chongo. He might be one of the most awesome people to have lived.

Will Taylor

Because it sounds amazing!

1900HOTDOG

I fuckin' forgot about Manimal! Oh shit I fuckin' forgot about Automan!

1900HOTDOG

He also did Automan, which would be my choice for this topic.

Melissa Albarella

Brockway wasn't kidding about Glen Larson being everything 80s. I very fondly recall one of his disasterpieces: Manimal. Since I was pretty young and couldn't remember a lot about Manimal, I looked it up and according to Wikipedia there is actually a Manimal guest appearance in Night Man's second season. I must see this. Thanks for that, gentlemen. You have given me a new purpose.

Jeff Orasky

I completely forgot it existed but for about 10 minutes my sister and I were totally obsessed. I only wish now that I could remember why...

Bonnybedlam

At some point we need to talk about the 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage, and Thunder in Paradise.

Fatamatician

I think I Crommed prematurely. Good job I’ve got the rest of my shift to recover before I cast my pod once again.

Christopher Horne

Werewolf! Man, I only vaguely remember it but I know I loved it when I was a kid!

Max Rockatansky

Danger Island was great! I have no idea what it was about though. My other favourite thing from Banana Splits was the theme song (covered by the Dickies), Secret Squirrel (I think that's where Secret Squirrel is from) and in the Gulliver's Travels show there was a Lilliputian named Glum who would always say "It will never work!" I am now a much taller version of Glum.

Craig McKenzie


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