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 PTG Episode 21 Hour 1: Thank Goodness It's Doomsday [57:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (48)

Hour 1 of Prime Time Geek Episode 21 is brought to you by the opening scene of Weird Science. Why Weird Science, you ask? Well, admittedly, it doesn’t work nearly as well for Hour 1 as it does for Hour 2, which features an ‘Eat More Geek’ segment and is led off by the infamous ‘greasy pork sandwich’ line. For Hour 1, well, okay, I admit it: I couldn’t think of a better clip to use, so in it went.

First and foremost, allow me to apologize to those who came to the live show and didn’t get to see a whole lot due to technical difficulties. I certainly appreciate everyone’s patience for those who stuck around in the chat in the hopes that we’d get back on the air, which we did sporadically throughout the evening. There were some folks who stopped by who were baffled and highly amused by the fact that I kept on going with what I was talking about despite not being able to be seen or heard, as though I was unaware of what was happening. To those folks I say, “Well, if I had stopped, then you wouldn’t have this podcast to listen to, now would you?” Rule number one of performance: no matter what happens, keep going.

Hour 1 features the usual segments: DC Comics Spotlight focused on Secret Six #9 (pictured above) and Green Lantern Corps. #36; Summer Movie Review focused on Angels and Demons, and the Smallville Smackdown featuring thoughts on the Eighth Season finale, “Doomsday”. But what might get the MOST attention in the Hour were the digs I took at some of other shows currently on the SomaCow Media Network, so I feel the need to preface your listening to the episode with a few small caveats:

1) Though PTG remains “the new kid on the block” as far as programs on the SomaCow Media Network, we’ve been around long enough to know that stirring the pot a bit sometimes is good for generating a little bit of dramatic interest. This is by no means done out of disrespect for the great entertainment both JPP and SomaCow put out on a weekly basis–it’s all in good fun, and I hope it is taken as such; and

2) I fully expect reprisal in the form of some sort of “proportional response.” You don’t swat at the wasp’s nest without expecting to get stung, and by no means is PTG safe from ridicule–in fact, sometimes it seems to me there’s more to make fun of on PTG than anything else.

So Geoff, Mickey, J, Gary, Nova, CR, Tits, or whoever chooses first to step into the batter’s box and take a good cut, do me one favor: Tell EVERYONE on Twitter or Facebook or whatever that you’re doing it, and tell others to download this hour, follow suit, and THEN go to justpushplay.org or somacow.com and comment that you hath avenged the honor of your beloved show by slapping back at the upstarts over at PTG, or better yet, go to their live shows (Monday night 8-10PM EST for JPP, Friday night from 7-10PM for SomaCow) and TELL them you did it.

They’ll love for it, and believe it or not, so will I.