New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "The Unkindest Tut of All" featuring the return of Victor Buono.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/BA_z9SfHatQ
Valerie Lee was one of a dozen youngsters hired to play Munchkin villagers in the 1939 masterpiece, The Wizard of Oz. She also appeared in a number of Our Gang shorts.
RIP Valerie Lee (1931-2026)
“When we’ve made an album, the Judgment Day for me is when 1 am going home to Donegal, put the cassette on, and if I feel it’s worthy of the area, then I am happy with it... it is definitely the soul inspiration of Clannad in the long, long run”.
RIP Moya Brennan (1952-2026)
“I was always interested in storytelling using pictures. Before working in comics, I did airbrush art, car hoods, and motorcycle tanks, and that type of thing.”
RIP Seppo Makinen (1939-2026)
“When you’re weird, you gotta be weird all the way!”
RIP Sid Krofft (1929-2026)
Blind Man (John Nolan): Well done, lads. well done.
Alec (Harry Styles): All we did is survive.
Blind Man: That’s enough.
- Dunkirk (2017)
RIP John Nolan (1938-2026)
“‘Almost’ carries no weight. Especially in matters of the heart.” - Ghost of Christmas Past, played by Angela Pleasence in A Christmas Carol (1984)
RIP Angela Pleasence (1941-2026)
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "A Horse of Another Color" featuring Burgess Meredith and Ethel Merman.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/tl_V5IHNE0E
The Dragon Con Report 2026 Episode Three
Caro and Rob break down what defines the Brittrack, from British television and film to literature, comedy, and cultural touchstones that have shaped fandom worldwide.
Because at Dragon Con, fandom knows no borders.
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New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We celebrate our 100th episode with "The Sport of Penguins" featuring Burgess Meredith and Ethel Merman.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/2EMW_UFKxKQ
New Earth Station Who episode now on YouTube.
We celebrate our 400th episode with a look at Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
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“I think I always was an actress. It was a matter of finding out that acting was a profession…Once I knew that, it wasn’t a matter of that’s what I wanted to be, but that’s what I was.”
RIP Mary Beth Hurt (1946-2026)
“I’m a character actor. And character acting is an extension of who you are in any direction. I could have easily gone through life being like Strickland. It’s in me to be that kind of a guy. So I just extended myself in that direction.“
RIP James Tolkan (1931-2026)
“It’s great to…get the ‘oohs’ and the ‘aahs’ at the end…If that were taken away, it would be like a rat on a treadmill…The highs are getting the job in the first place. Designing it is terrific and finishing it off is terrific, when you have got it as you want it.”
RIP Philip Castle (1943-2026)
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "The Wail of the Siren" featuring Dame Joan Collins.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/K1lEEslNOcM
“I looked at a lot of drawings about Scooby Doo before I even wrote, because I try to get the feeling in my mind – hey this is the kind of style that you want to write for…I hear it in my mind first, and then I just check the piano to say ‘is this the chords?’”
RIP Ted Nichols (1928-2026)
“When I think back on my life, I think of myself as a showgirl, not as a movie actress.”
RIP Valerie Perrine (1943-2026)
“You take these little things and you put them all together and half the time, you have a story. Which blows me away, because they don’t make a story when you lay them out on the floor - not in the order I draw them in.”
RIP Sam Kieth (1963-2026)
“I try to maintain the perspective that life is meant to be laughed at.”
RIP Nicholas Brendon (1971-2026)
[Bruce Lee] said, ‘I’m going to do this big fight scene in the Colosseum in Rome.’ Because I held the world title then, I said, ‘So you want to beat the world champion?’ And he said, ‘No, I want to kill the world champion.’ I said, ‘Oh... OK.’”
RIP Chuck Norris (1940-2026)
“Lem has said from day one, ‘If you can blow me offstage then go for it,’ and that suits me.”
RIP Phil Campbell (1961-2026)
“Making a television show is very collaborative; there’s a lot of consensus and there’s a lot of disagreement. So finally, somebody has to be the one everyone looks at and goes, ‘Well, what do we do?’ So that’s kind of what [a showrunner] is…first among equals.”
RIP Eric Overmyer (1951-2026)
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "Ring Around the Riddler" featuring the return of Frank Gorshin.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/tUtwqeuM5Rk
“By the time I worked with Matt Clark …I got a talented performer who was more than eager to improvise and stay perfectly in character until the cameras stopped rolling. In short, I got a genuine actor. And I was lucky to have him.” - director Brian Helgeland
RIP Matt Clark (1936-2026)
Three Grog Night - Three friends, three mugs, endless stories!
Our third episode features Jen, Mike and Jonathan honoring the great Tiki Diablo, reviewing the recent Inuhele weekend, and concocting the perfect Pearl Diver.
youtu.be/nOi_7r1X2rc
Join us and let’s get groggy!
“There’s something very special about going through that performance with your mates. People think it’s the bowing to the audience that you miss. It’s not: it’s about standing in the wings with your friends. Being part of a company is a very special feeling.”
RIP Jane Lapotaire (1944-2026)
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin” featuring Yvonne Craig and Burgess Meredith.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/Ra1-h46zIF0
“It wasn’t like I was trying to sing like Brad [Delp], it was just that | loved to sing along with him.”
RIP Tommy DeCarlo (1965-2026)
Flopcast episode 721! We’re reviewing the new list of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees (with special guest Michael Gordon!), we don’t see Air Supply on the list, and we’re sort of furious... #rockhall #rockandrollhalloffame #mariahcarey #inxs #ironmaiden #pink #philcollins flopcast.net/721.html
