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Chats Under The Cherry Tree - A Publishing PodcastChats Under the Cherry Tree - Author Andrew BeattieToday we had to pleasure of sitting down with Andrew Beattie, the author of our Tales from the Middle Ages series.We talked about Andrew’s talent for merging historical settings and exciting fiction, his incredible writing, the character development process and much more!The second book from this series, The Angel Player, is available for purchase below.https://sweetcherrypublishing.com/tales-of-the-middle-ages/
2025-10-0328 min
Fireside with a VCE123 7BC’s Fund of Funds + Cherry-Pick Direct VC Strategy + Invitation to 7BC VC-LP-Startup Events7BC’s Fund of Funds + Cherry-Pick Direct VC Strategy (and why now) + Invitation to 7BC VC-LP-Startup EventsLearn how 7BC combines a Fund of Funds (FoF) with a Cherry Pick Direct VC strategy to back top-decile managers and invest directly in their best companies—unlocking liquidity with secondaries so VCs can return cash to LPs faster.What you’ll learn• Why FoF + Direct VC now• The best VCs from the ’70s–’90s scaled 10x–30x and became mega funds doing late growth rounds near exit prices. Returns are more compressed and take longer to realize.• The Cambrian explosion of VC funds: Alumni from O...
2025-08-2809 min
Toronto LegendsTim Cherry, The Don Cherry StoryTim Cherry talks about Everything Cherry: the publication of his late sister Cindy’s The Don Cherry Story, how dad Don is doing as he approaches his 92nd birthday, the status of Don Cherry’s Grapevine Podcast after 313 episodes, the ramifications of Coach’s Corner ‘Poppygate’ six years later, the current status of the Ron & Don relationship, Don’s latest visit from BFF/Greatest Player of All Time Bobby Orr, the definitive histories of Blue the Bull Terrier(s)/Rock’em Sock’em Hockey/Don Cherry’s Sports Grill/Grapevine with Brian Williams, his mom Rose’s calm leadership to get through 52 fa...
2025-07-211h 15
My Worst Investment Ever PodcastAndrew Stotz - I, Coffee: The Capitalist Miracle Behind Your Morning CupI, Coffee: The Capitalist Miracle Behind Your Morning CupI am the cup of coffee warming your hands right now. A simple drink with a story no government could brew. My journey from a cherry on a tree to your morning ritual is a testament to freedom, ambition, and human ingenuity.I exist not because of a single plan by a government or business but because of countless decisions, risks, and exchanges made by individuals and companies.I am the child of voluntary trade, fierce competition, and the pursuit of profit, all working...
2025-04-1607 min
Polymaththinking PodcastChoosing Wisely - Do not Cherry Pick the InternetIn this video, we dive into the importance of critical thinking and avoiding the pitfalls of cherry-picking information online. ✨ What You'll Learn: - Understanding Cherry-Picking: What it is and why it's problematic. - Critical Thinking Skills: How to evaluate sources and information effectively. - Real-Life Examples: See how cherry-picking can lead to misinformation. - Tips & Tricks: Practical advice for navigating the internet wisely. Join us as we explore how to make informed decisions and become a savvy consumer of online content. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more insightful videos!
2024-11-2003 min
Deep in the WoodsBonus #1 - Crossroads: Dan Vollaro, Ryan Cherry, Ryan Tomlinson, Cade CurtisSend us a textIn this special reunion episode, join hosts Dan Vollaro, Ryan Cherry, Ryan Tomlinson, Cade Curtis, and Andrew McEntyre as they embark on a reflective journey through the past year of the 'Deep in the Woods' podcast. The theme of 'Crossroads' becomes the guiding thread, weaving connections between the diverse topics explored in each of their individual episodes. Together, they take a moment to 'be in the present,' delving into the evolution of the podcast over the past year and sharing exciting ideas for its future. Tune in for a "nostalgic" conversation that...
2024-01-161h 14
All You Can EatCompetitive Eating & Andrew Severance Bingo (S4 E3)A bit of editorializing from Toby here, but this might be my favorite episode we've ever made, because in just two hours: we orchestrated a psyop on Andrew, Mason gave us two highly animate-able moments, and we had a new DJ in Training join us!
Music originally aired with the episode has been removed for copyright purposes. Want to listen along? Visit https://spinitron.com/WTBU/pl/17930901/All-You-Can-Eat to see a list of songs and their original timestamps.
2023-09-261h 18
Keen On AmericaThe case against forgiveness: Myisha Cherry questions a forgiving God, Christian forgiveness and happy Hollywood moral endingsEPISODE 1741: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Myisha Cherry, author of FAILURES OF FORGIVENESS, about a forgiving God, Christian forgiveness and happy Hollywood moral endingsMyisha Cherry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. For nearly a decade, she has been writing about why we need to rethink anger and forgiveness. Her popular writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Boston Review, Salon, New Philosopher, WomanKind, and the Huffington Post and she has contributed live commentary to BET and HuffPost Live. Cherry hosts the UnMute Podcast, currently...
2023-09-2134 minDeep in the Woods1.2 - Harmony: Ryan CherrySend us a textIn the second episode of Deep in the Woods, Ryan Cherry and I take a hike at Olde Rope Mill Park in Cherokee County, Georgia which follows the edge of Little River which then flows into Lake Allatoona. This is the site of multiple mills including one that manufactured the rope for tents during World War 2. Ryan Cherry is a Special Education Teacher and talented musician with multiple projects. Ryan has chosen the word, "Harmony" to guide our discussion which leads to other topics including his struggles with anxiety, the increased demand for...
2023-04-011h 07
The Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing PodcastAccounting Tips and Tricks for Real Estate Investors with Cherry Chan
In E204, Cherry Chan discusses her experience hosting the second Wealth Hacker conference with her husband, Erwin Szeto, and keynote speaker, Jesse Itzler. Cherry also spoke about her real estate portfolio, her entrepreneurial activities and businesses, and perhaps, most significantly for this episode, she discussed what's new in accounting for real estate investors. Cherry went over common questions such as "should I form a holding company for my real estate" and "what are the implications to investing in the US as a Canadian". This episode is jammed with gold nuggets for real estate investors so tune in and take...
2023-01-011h 05
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomAndrew's NSFW 30th Birthday on Fire Island...the Erotic Behind the ScenesA FREE Ivory Tower Boiler Room Café Patreon video of this episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72269405
This is definitely a NSFW episode and sexually explicit so...you've all been warned :)
Yes, it's Andrew Rimby's 30th Birthday so here's a special Fire Island birthday episode! Andrew takes you behind the scenes of his Cherry Grove birthday vacation.
Imagine that you arrive, on a rainy day, to the Sayville Ferry and are schlepping your luggage onto the ferry, but once you arrive to Cherry Grove and pull up to the dock, a gay pleasure isl...
2022-09-2144 minAll You Can EatCreatures of the Dining Hall w/ Andrew (S1 E6)From the Black Lagoon or just the 15th floor of Warren, there are some very interesting people at the BU dining halls, and Toby and Andrew are on the hunt for the weirdest of the weird.
Music originally aired with the episode has been removed for copyright purposes. Want to listen along? Visit https://spinitron.com/WTBU/pl/15469811/All-You-Can-Eat to see a list of songs and their original timestamps.
2022-03-021h 08
The Everything Else PodcastE6: The Business of Screenwriting ft. Andrew CrabtreeOn this episode, I chat with Andrew Crabtree, a professional screenwriter, on the hustle of making a writing career in the show business. This insightful conversation should motivate any writer/creative at any level of their career. Andrew shares some solid Gems of advice for staying motivated and focused on the long goal.
2022-02-271h 08
The World of RoofingWorld of Roofing Episode 3 - Denise Cherry, Chair of National Roof Training GroupIn this episode of World of Roofing, John & Andrew greet Denise Cherry, Chair of National Roof Training Group, who has been in the roofing industry for decades. Denise reveals her career journey and how she ended up being in the industry.
2022-02-1638 min
Sarah & Michael Save Christmas!The ALF's Special Christmas/Pop Quiz Hot Shot Extravaganza! (With Andrew Cherry & Harry Brimage)Ho ho ho Jingle Babes! It's DOUBLE CHRISTMAS DECEMBER! And the surprises haven't stopped yet! A few years (and a few podcast formats) ago we used to have a movie quiz podcast called Pop Quiz Hot Shot. Well, to butcher a Simpsons quote, 'it's back, in ALF form'! Since Sarah and The Consumption's Harry Brimage and Andrew Cherry have all seen the ALF Christmas Special FOUR TIMES, they must be experts. Who knows it best? Listen to find out! Or play along by watching the ALF Christmas special too. It can be found...
2020-12-191h 02
Trauma | Resonance | ResilienceSeason 3, Episode 4 Jancis Andrew from the National Association of Virtual School HeadsSend us a textJancis Andrew, Leeds Virtual Head and Chair of the National Association of Virtual School Heads joins Lisa Cherry to talk all things education, looked after children, children in need and having tricky conversations. We talk about what Virtual Schools are and what they are definitely not! Jancis can be found on Twitter on:@jancisfrancisand NAVSH can be found@NAVSH_UKSupport the showThank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection a...
2020-12-0441 minThe Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing PodcastPro Tax Tips for Canadian Real Estate Investors with Cherry Chan
In E091, Cherry Chan discusses her real estate portfolio and digs in deep on accounting tips for Canadian Real Estate investors. Should you own in a company or in your personal name? How does one differentiate between passive and active income and it's affect on your tax rate? How should a joint venture partnership be accounted for? Cherry and I discuss these topics and many more!
DISCLAIMER Always seek the advice of your own accountant before taking action on any of the information you hear on this episode. with a focus on his Toronto rental...
2020-11-081h 01
We Die First#8: She's my CHERRY FALLSTW: sexual assault
We cover the not-so-classic CHERRY FALLS (2000). We talk about potential rewrites, post-modern horror, and unintentional sexual tension.
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2020-08-081h 17
Failure To LaunchDefenders of Dynatron CityIn the midst of Turtle mania, surrounded by Street Sharks, Battletoads and Martian Biker Mice, one studio decided to do things backwards: What if we made the tie-in videogame first, and made the cartoon second? Unfortunately the game was a disaster, so obviously the adventures of Bullet-head Man, Horny Buzzsaw-for-legs Girl, Sentient Toolbox and uh... some other ones. They're a team, they fought crime, probably. Reviewers: James Ferris, Harry Brimage, Alex Malone Soundboard: Andrew Cherry
2020-04-121h 06
Podcast63Cherry on TopBuck and Lu discuss the second to last week of Valley regular season. We discuss if we think the Blers can put the cherry on top of this season and win their last two games. We need Cam to dominate and the refs to call less fouls. Mr. Krutwig('s twitter) makes a guest appearance.
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2020-02-2546 min
Failure To Launch507 - Bermuda TriangleWouldn't you know it, John doesn't spend enough time with his family! But that's ok, they're going on a long cruise, just the four of them. But oh no! The boat sank, they're drowning! But that's ok, they washed up on an island, with people and everything! The people tell them they've been there for decades and you can never leave, but that's ok! The beach is nice! Also one of the kids needs insulin and is running out, but that's ok! There's magic dolphins! That's ok! That's ok! That's ok That's ok That's okthat'sokthatsokthatsokthatsokthatsokthatsokthatsokthatsokthatsok ...
2020-02-201h 30
Failure To Launch506 - Suburban BeatOur first Failure to Launch for 2020 is the super-1985 Suburban Beat, the story of 4 suburban housewives thrown together by circumstance (they wanted to) to solve the murder of their friend. I say friend, but to be honest they're kinda glib about the whole thing. This quickly changes, however, as the details of the murder become more and more serious, forcing them to come face to face with the dark underbelly of Middle America- I lied. They stay just as glib, but the rest of that stuff happens. Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw, Lisa...
2020-02-051h 31
Failure To LaunchMadame SinThis week we're looking at our oldest pilot ever, Madame Sin, a 1973 attempt to kinda do Bond on TV, but what if the villain was the protagonist and also Bette Davis? She's got everything: weird gadgets, a secret lair, underground lab filled with mad scientists, a delightfully camp second-in-command, even a plan to steal a nuclear submarine! The only thing she's missing is someone willing to tell her to stop adding steps to her plan, or maybe suggest she think about using that mind control device more often. Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw...
2019-12-081h 48
Failure To LaunchThe OwlThis Failure to Launch covers The Owl, a trapped-between-eras vigilante hero who is both an 80s style down-and-dirty street justice thug and, in 90s style, named for a dumb bird. When The Owl comes up against rapping drug dealer Cool Ice (he has a henchman with a boombox on standby), no amount of carbombed daughters or late city busses can stop him getting shot repeatedly for justice. A quick lie down might be good though. Or a shower. Goddamn this guy really needs a shower. Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw, Alex Malone Soundboard: Andrew...
2019-11-241h 49
SPORTS GOOFS 🦑 | 🏒🏀⚾️🏈🤼🎮🌮SG 42: Astros stealing signs MLB; Don Cherry fired NHL; NFL Week 10; NBA talk; WWE Talk | SPORTS GOOFS 🦑The Goofs roast the Houston Astros as it is uncovered that they stole signs to win the 2017 World Series; Don Cherry is finally fired from Hockey Night in Canada; the NFL rolls on, and wrestling news.Donate to the charity drive, Beat the Varus, which will go directly to the CDC Foundation.Listen to us on Podhero!Support the Goofs on Patreon.Check out the Goofs Nest Gift Shop, the place for Goofs, Marlins Historian and FJOJR merch.Fellow podcasters need any guests? Come join PodMatch.
2019-11-132h 02
SPORTS GOOFS 🦑 | 🏒🏀⚾️🏈🤼🎮🌮SG 42: Astros stealing signs MLB; Don Cherry fired NHL; NFL Week 10; NBA talk; WWE Talk | SPORTS GOOFS 🦑The Goofs roast the Houston Astros as it is uncovered that they stole signs to win the 2017 World Series; Don Cherry is finally fired from Hockey Night in Canada; the NFL rolls on, and wrestling news.
Donate to the charity drive, Beat the Varus, which will go directly to the CDC Foundation.
Listen to us on Podhero!
Support the Goofs on Patreon.
Check out the Goofs Nest Gift Shop, the place for Goofs, Marlins Historian and FJOJR merch.
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2019-11-132h 02
Failure To LaunchSniffIt wouldn't be a season of Failure to Launch without a crimefighting dog, so here's Sniff, another pilot from the 1988 CBS Summer Playhouse (pls bring this back CBS it's been so bountiful.) Robert Wuhl, best known for being that reporter in most of Kim Basinger's scenes in Batman '89, is Sid Barrows, a reporter in most of the dog's scenes in this thing. Nominally he's here to solve crimes but as is trad the dog does most of the heavy lifting. Every crimefighting dog show needs a twist though, and Sniff's is... Sid's dad seems...
2019-11-071h 10
Failure To LaunchInfiltratorFailure to Launch is BACK, with... essentially the same pilot we left you with. Scott Bakula* gets into an accident with a space probe,* and ends up with superpowers.* He has to fight a billionaire* with the help of a love interest.* This time though, instead of a son, he has... the Island... also the probe is inside him. Right up there. Two years later he'd escape Failed Pilot Island with Quantum Leap, but we're still here, sifting through the rubble for Billy Zane projects. Season 5! *again Reviewers: James Ferris, Harry...
2019-10-241h 19
JIA NetworkCloverleaf Radio Presents: Actor Andrew Gillies "Degrassi" "Trailer Park Boys"! Cloverleaf Radio's host The Host with the Most Jimmy Falcon welcomes the return of Actor Andrew Gillies!
Andrew Gillies is an actor best known for portraying Rolland Strachan in the TV series Flashpoint. He has performed in over 37 television shows and 27 movies.
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2019-06-2521 min
Failure To LaunchI-ManIn this 'Christmas' edition of Failure to Launch, we examine I-Man, a Scott Bakula Sci-Fi vehicle in which he learns the meaning of Christma- wait, no, he inhales a mysterious gas from space. After inhaling it, he finds he has been turned into Jolly Old Saint Nicho- whoops nope he gets blown up and miraculously recovers, as he is now immortal. Actually, this pilot has nothing to do with Christmas really, but it does have laser guns and a truck that falls off a cliff for SO LONG, so there's that. Merry Christmas! ...
2018-12-231h 58
Failure To LaunchM3KThis week on FtL, we travelled back in time, then forward again, to look at a sexy, revamped version of the Three Musketeers. But these aren’t your grandma’s stogy old Musketeers, all 17th Century and French and shit. These bad boys (and girl! Fancy!) live in America in the year 2000, only… different. There’s no guns (or even, y’know, muskets), and instead of police there’s Musketeers. But also the Cardinal’s men, who are also the police? Plus there’s a Cardinal, and a King, who are at war while also being buddies, and uh… A...
2018-12-191h 41
Failure To Launch430 - Power CopThis week in our 101st EPISODE EXTRAVAGANZA (whoops) we treat ourselves with a locally-shot action extravaganza: Irresistible Force, a.k.a. POWER COP. Detective Stone, who's too old for this shit (i.e. getting shot on a weekly basis) is thrown into a Die Hard Lite™ hostage situation with a brand new partner, rookie cop and all-round arse booter Charlotte "Charlie" Heller, played by 90s straight-to-video action star Cynthia Rothrock. There's an angry chief, a weiner kid, a by-the-book, pencil-pushing, city-hall-will-have-my-arse lieutenant, and even a surprise guest for us Aussies! What a way to celebrate 101 episodes of Fa...
2018-11-291h 57
Failure To LaunchOur ThirtiesThis week on Failure to Launch, we raced through Our Thirties, a 2006 sitcom that, like all other sitcoms from the era, was trying to be Friends. Our Thirties hook was a cast of characters with midlife crises on the horizon, examining what they wanted out of life. Turns out it's weddings. Weddings weddings weddings, heteronormative pairings and giving their friend who kissed a girl once shit for it decades after it happened. Also Peter Serafinowicz and Rashida Jones are in it, and thank God this failed so those two could go make something better. Reviewers...
2018-11-241h 09
Failure To LaunchThe OmenAt Failure to Launch, Halloween's not over yet!* Closing out this extended spoopy month is The Omen, a mid-90s attempt to serialise the 1970s film. In this version, Hotshot Reporter JACK MAN and two other people we don't care about because their names aren't JACK MAN team up to fight some sort of... possessey, flying, snakey... thing? Also it has human helpers, maybe? Dunno, there's a fair bit going on. Subscribe to Failure to Launch via iTunes (ow.ly/aGJz303czsE) or RSS (ow.ly/xXoU303czqq). Reviewers: James Ferris, Harry Brimage...
2018-11-111h 33
Failure To LaunchUltravioletThis continuation of the spooky month has us watching Ultraviolet, a 2000s attempt by FOX to adapt a British series about cops and vampires. There were cops, and there were vampires, but they might have… forgotten what those are. Anyway, Idris Elba. Reviewers: James Ferris, Alex Malone, Lisa Dib, Harry Brimage Soundboard: Andrew Cherry
2018-11-011h 36
Failure To LaunchGood Against EvilThis week’s spooky Failure to Launch travels back to the 1970s, dipping into the US’s trendiest fear of the time: Satanists! These particular Satanists are silently guiding Jessica, a young woman, through life in the hopes that she’ll one day birth the anti-christ. Unfortunately her car is struck by DACK RAMBO, a freelance journalist who immediately hits on her, and a whirlwind romance begins. Sounds exciting, but it’s mostly cats and wind. And DACK RAMBO. Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw, Andrew Cherry Soundboard: Lisa Dib
2018-10-231h 45
Failure To LaunchDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThis week on Failure to Launch, we watched a modern version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, starring Adam Baldwin? …that’s honestly as much as we can say. Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw, Harry Brimage Soundboard: Andrew Cherry
2018-10-041h 49
Failure To LaunchThe Lone RangerThis week Failure to Launch takes a look at the 2003 (oh my god guys, it’s so 2003) pilot for The Lone Ranger. It’s got everything a great western should have, cute boys, top 40 hits, an extended drug trip sequence, y’know all the classic western stuff. When optimistic young college boy Luke Hartman is almost killed by a bunch of no good outlaws, he sets out on a quest for revenge that will see him steal from widows, investigate rice and maybe even learn to do sweet fly-kicks. Reviewers: James Ferris, Harry Brimage, Lucy Shaw...
2018-09-142h 02
Failure To LaunchNight VisionsThis week's Failure to Launch examines a 1990 semi-supernatural cop show created by Wes Craven. Wes Craven! He’s pretty good at stuff! It’s about a cynical cop teaming up with a possible lunatic to hunt a serial killer with a paranormal twist. One of them believes in the supernatural, the other is skeptical. Gee, that sounds like a good show, one that should probably star Mitch Pileggi, just like this one! Welp. Reviewers: James Ferris, Harry Brimage, Lisa Dib Soundboard: Andrew Cherry
2018-09-071h 42JIA NetworkCloverleaf Radio Presents: Actress Jon Mack "Saw VI" & Andrew Dodge-T.C. PodcastCloverleaf Radio's host The Host with the Most Jimmy Falcon welcomes two wonderful guests for the Murder and Mayhem Double Header!
First, We welcome Actress Jon Mack, Returning to the show, She is best known for her work on "Saw VI" "Playing for Keeps" "The Amityville Murders" "Blunt Force Trauma" "Straight A's" and SO much more!
Following her will be Andrew Dodge, Host of the True Crimes Podcast and owner of True Crimes Auction House, who will be one of the many wonderful guests at this years DARK HISTORY CON in URBANA, IL. THIS NOVEMBER!
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2018-08-2823 min
Failure To LaunchExo-ManThis week's Failure to Launch examines a 1977 sci-fi pilot, Exo-Man. Sounds fun, right? It's about a brilliant scientist who, through amazing technology, builds a bulletproof, invincible robot suit. Sounds cool, right? He faces off against the mob, who are out to kill him before he can testify in open court. Sounds exciting, right? There's car bombs, shootouts, bank jobs, culminating in our hero losing the use of his legs in a targeted hit! Sounds thrilling, right? It is! Eventually. Reviewers: James Ferris, Harry Brimage, Lisa Dib...
2018-03-261h 37
Failure To LaunchDr ParadiseThis week Failure to Launch ponders Dr. Paradise, the story of the titular doctor, played by Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), and his medical practice on a tiny tropical island. He's your classic grumpy arsehole doctor, so you'd expect him to have some redeeming feature to balance it out, right? Well, add these things to the scale: He owns the island, he runs a casino, he bullies everyone around him and reminds them how much power he has over them and occasionally pulls his goldfish out of it's tank for not fully explained reasons. Whatever's on the redeeming...
2018-03-131h 09
Failure To LaunchB-MenThis week Failure to Launch examines B-Men, another CBS Summer Playhouse pilot. Jim, a smart, funny & handsome high schooler, & Kevin, a high schooler who’s just smart and funny (ripped off), accidentally catch a criminal with a $25,000 bounty on his head. After this easy payday, they decide to get into bounty hunting despite still attending high school, not owning a gun and being complete idiots. At this point, every other character threatens to kill them, including a really old bounty hunter with an unconvincing robot hand, some bikers and an invincible cartoon-physics murderer. They’ve got their wits...
2018-03-061h 26
Failure To LaunchFailure to Launch enters a new year by going BACK IN TIME! Synergy! This week we drop back to 1992 for a pilot that takes us to 1775, aptly titled '1775'. Someone at CBS thought the year before the violent, bloody American Revolution would be a good setting for some Married with Children alternate-universe fanfic, so that's what we've got. The eldest daughter's kissing boys oh dear, Dad's a dud root, Mum hates him and there's two other kids but who gives a shit about them. It's set in 1775 though, so they run a tavern and...
2018-02-221h 15
Real Estate Investing on the True Condos PodcastShould you buy your investment properties in your personal name or in a company name - with Cherry ChanCherry Chan is a CPA who specializes in working specifically with real estate investors. In this episode Cherry gives her opinion on whether it’s better to buy in your personal name or company name.
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2018-01-1800 min
Failure To LaunchThe Book of DanielGrab your crucifix and hold on tight! This ain’t your grandmas christian television, it’s time to get extreme!! With the book of Daniel; a hard edged and realistic look at the life of a modern christian family. Things are about to get real. We’re talking drug abuse, racism, homophobia, drug trafficking, and internet piracy. NBC are ready to talk about all of this stuff in a direct and brave way that hopefully won’t upset their very conservative audience. What’s that? Complaints? Cancel it immediately. When 3 million dollars goes missing from the church funds Reve...
2017-12-221h 39
Failure To LaunchCrowfootThis week's Failure to Launch covers Crowfoot, the story of Detective Nick, er, Crowfoot, a half-Native American cop working in Hawaii who has psychic powers and may also be able to shapeshift, although he's not sure about either of these things. You'd think this'd be enough to base a show on, but Crowfoot is also about: His partner Det. Lisa, an older Japanese-Hawaiian cop who's psychic for psychics (maybe) Rachael, a lady Nick found washed up on the beach with amnesia who keeps disappearing and reappearing Det. Nuzo, a grizzled cop who hates his ex-wife and seems mad...
2017-12-141h 51
Failure To LaunchRiverworldIt’s a packed house on Failure to Launch this week as we examine Riverworld, a 2003 SyFy original, except it’s not because it’s based on a fantasy book series. Strap yourself in for some tedious world building! Basically a bunch of people who died at different points in history wake up together, naked and screaming, in Riverworld; a big ol’ planet run by aliens, probably. Along their journey, our protagonists meet: - A neanderthal, whose savage attempts to kill people are bad - Emperor Nero, whose classy attempts to kill people are good...
2017-11-301h 19
Failure To LaunchVenus on the Hard DriveThis week on FAILURE TO LAUNCH we examine VENUS ON THE HARD DRIVE created by Chuck Lorre (Big Bang Theory, Dharma and Greg, Two and a Half Men) starring Oded Gross (Story producer on... Cake Boss?... Cake Boss) and the voice of Maggie Roswell (The Simpsons, Pretty in Pink). Harry is a snarky IT worker who unwittingly uncovers Venus; a government spy program who is also a snarky sexy lady that moves in with him and his snarky snark housemate, Ozzy the snark (Lord Snark of House Snark). More than 10 years after Weird Science, Chuck...
2017-10-271h 05
Failure To LaunchTimeslipThis week on Failure To Launch we watched Time Slip. John Taylor from Duran Duran is "The Hacker" and he's finally hacked the mainframiest mainframe of all. The mainframe of the future, allowing him to see visions of what is to come. What does this modern Nostradamus do with his power? Watch people getting it on. A la The Twilight Zone, this vision of the future is the story of Greg and Jenny committing the crime of love in a cold robotic future where everything is on fire. When Greg intentionally wipes their records from...
2017-10-181h 07
Failure To LaunchSlickersThis week's Failure to Launch examines Slickers, a sitcom vehicle for up-and-coming standup Michael Richards (Seinfeld, unfortunate viral footage) and SNL star Dana Carvey (Wayne's World, that film with the egg suit.) Richards is a maverick New York cop sent to teach a young, small town Sheriff Carvey the ways of big city policing, dog training and how to name knives. With this kind of star power, you'd think this'd be a shoe-in for at least one season. Fate, just OK jokes and unjustifiably sappy kids get in the way and leave you going... eh. ...
2017-10-061h 12
Failure To LaunchBlade SquadIn this week's Bonus! 20% Value! episode of Failure to Launch, we examine Blade Squad, Fox's attempt to take every 90s fad and boil it down to a concentrate, suitable for washing heavily soiled Hypercolour t-shirts. We meet a rag-tag group of cops on their last chance, as they're all loose cannons. A sergeant, hot off being shot in the head, recruits them into a experimental squad of his own design - normal cops, but they've got rollerblades and jetpacks now, plus they're loose cannons. But how will these loose cannons cope when the silliest show...
2017-09-272h 09
Failure To LaunchLost in OzThis week on Failure To Launch Xander Allan joins us as we follow the journey Alex Wilder (Melissa George from Home and Away & The Slap), a young professional with a bitch of a boss and an approaching marriage that she's not totally sure she's ready for. You know what this calls for! ROAD TRIP! Into a massive tornado. Alex is transported into the magical world of Oz where she meets magical and weird characters who are mostly just normal people. The scarecrow isn't even a scarecrow. It's just a dude. Why do Oz like this? They are...
2017-09-171h 27
Failure To LaunchTurner & HoochAustralian listeners! Over in the US, our fellow failed pilot historians (deficio-nauclerusists?) at the Couch Pilots podcast will soon dive into a curio from OzTV: Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos, the doomed clip show infamously yanked from the channel 9 airways mid-broadcast. If you're unfamiliar with this piece of Aussie TV history, we suggest you let Jason & Blake run you through it. Look out for the episode on the 11th/12th of September on any reputable podcast service! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ In this week’s Failure to Launch, we ask: why would you bother remaking Turner and Hooch? Unfortunately, this...
2017-09-071h 08
Failure To LaunchNorthstarIn the SEASON 4 PREMIERE of Failure to Launch we watch Northstar; the 1989 pilot that was so insane it inspired Dan Harmon to produce the Jack Black action spoof "Heat Vision and Jack". We follow the baffling journey of Major Jack North, an astronaut that gets hit RIGHT IN THE FUCKING EYE by a rogue solar flare while on a space mission. Now, whenever he is exposed to sunlight, it amplifies all of his mental and physical abilities but it could also make his head explode. His head almost explodes a lot. He doesn't really make any meaningful...
2017-09-011h 36
Pun Watch: The News Pun Quiz Game'Bama Borax Bowling Blowout with Andrew McClellandEpisode 216 of Punwatch, with special guest Andrew McClelland and a fair bit of undignified scrambling to think of songs that sort of reference mazes. This episode is entitled "'Bama Borax Bowling Blowout". Big thanks to Punwatch contributor Hamish & Special guest Judge Ryan, and Dave for being a good sport. Andrew's beaut Indie-pop dance night, Mr. McClelland's Finishing School, is wrapping up in October. So if you're in Melbourne, get down to the Bella Union on a Friday night & dance your arse off before it's too late! You can also find Andrew’s DJ and/or co...
2017-06-2349 minSarah & Michael Save Christmas!DuckTales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp (with Andrew Cherry & Harry Brimage)DuckTales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp (with Andrew Cherry & Harry Brimage) We're here! The (almost) full length movie! It's a feat we couldn't do alone, so we brought along two mighty men from The Consumption - Harry Brimage and Andrew Cherry. The movie has everything- crashes, Duck Stacks, Webby giving it some sex appeal, magic and Christopher fucking Lloyd! Strap in for our longest episode ever (and one of our most fun)! Maybe donate a few dollars to our Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/itsaduckblurThere's heaps of cool gifts and b...
2017-05-252h 27
Pun Watch: The News Pun Quiz GameCops Cop Bogus Burger with Host David ShawEpisode 211 of Punwatch, with guest host David Shaw and REVENGE This episode is entitled “Cops Cop Bogus Burger.” You'll also hear a promo for Cherry's new series, "A Brief History of Memes: Part 1." Punsters: James Ferris, Lisa Dib, Alex Malone and Andrew Cherry Host: David Shaw *grumble grumble other bands are OK as long as they’re Outkast grumble*
2017-03-2250 min
Failure To LaunchThe Summer of Joe Lara - Starfire MutinyOur second Joe Jaunt™ is a piece from the twilight of his cinema career, Starfire Mutiny, another post-apocalyptic sci fi, this time with a complete absence of American Cyborgs (boooo.) Joe captains the USS Legacy, a massive cryo ship orbiting a dead Earth, holding the last remnants of humanity in stasis. It's a dull life; a good part of his day to day job is porn distribution (seriously.) But when a band of space pirates show up, led by the world's most low energy white supremacist, things quickly get even more boring and extremely sleazy godda...
2017-02-031h 30
Failure To Launch316 - Journey to the Center of the EarthThis week’s Failure to Launch journeys NOT to the center of the Earth, but just a bit under it to The Inner World, a land of miniature sets, puppet Space Manta Rays and liberal Yetis. After his uncle Harlech’s attempt to get to this Inner World fails (spectacularly, if also predictably), Captain Chris Turner assembles a crew of generic TV sci-fi types, the world’s most English Englishman and one really angry bloke and sets off after him. At least, we think for him. They’re also after the supposed treasures of the Inner Wo...
2016-11-141h 36
Failure To Launch313 - Dr StrangeGuests Michael Williams and Sarah Baggs (of Pop Quiz Hot Shot and It’s A Duck Blur fame) join us to ask the question: Is the new Benedict Cumberbatch movie the true live action Dr. Strange, or does it need more boring lasers, villainous poops and guys called Wong who definitely aren’t servants? When the aforementioned evil poo sends Morgan le Fay to Earth on a mission to kill the Sorcerer Supreme, it’s up to Dr Strange to try to get laid and kinda hope that lines up with stopping le Fay. This makes sense, becaus...
2016-10-271h 39
Failure To Launch312 - SawdustEver wondered what it would be like to run a circus? Chartered Accountant Mac Galpin hadn’t, but that didn’t prevent him from ‘accidentally’ buying one, deciding to run it rather than on-selling the assets and forcing his family to join him on this foolhardy quest, as pre-2000s TV dads were want to do. This is the premise of Sawdust, another pilot from the late-80s CBS Summer Playhouse (oh, how we love you, you bottomless shitbarrel.) That said, it’s less about circus administration and more about… unionised workforces versus the ruling class? I think? Also...
2016-10-181h 05
Failure To Launch311 - Mr. & Mrs. SmithCam Tyeson joins us to discover: What happens when you take the star power and sex appeal of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and replace it with the, um... general pleasantness of Jordana Brewster and Martin Henderson? The answer is domestic abuse, sadly. Go figure. Brewster and Henderson fill in for the roles as Jane and John Smith, an average suburban couple who are secretly highly paid contract killers and who less secretly hate each other. When John loses his job, this former professional murderer decides to reroute that energy into obsessively stalking his own...
2016-10-111h 08
Failure To Launch310 - Justice League of AmericaTo make any sense of Justice League of America, you need to remember that Lois and Clark was a big thing. Which is why there’s no Superman. Batman and Robin was also a thing, so there’s no Batman. Lois and Clark being a thing might also explain why the pilot’s mostly about relationships rather than, I dunno, superhero stuff. Lois and Clark doesn’t explain the stalking though. Or the JLA kidnapping people. Or the odd casting choices. Or why the writers couldn’t think of anything remotely useful for the Atom to do. The...
2016-10-031h 39
Failure To Launch309 - ParallelsWhat to say about Parallels? I could tell you about how the most sympathetic character in the show is gun toting conspiracy theorist, who sets out to bomb his own people with nuclear weapons. I could tell you that the main characters are a desperate whining loser with an severely unhealthy crush, a violent bully without a Facebook account and a bratty sociopath who considers their impending death a time to make jokes and get laid. These are our heroes. So likeable! I could tell you about how these monstrous jerks end up in a magical skyscraper...
2016-09-231h 43
Failure To Launch308 - Secret Talents of the StarsTalent shows are the shredded iceberg lettuce to broadcast TVs salad; a great space filler that, while nutritionally void, is hard to get wrong. You just need talent, or failing that, star power. (Alternately, core it first, remove the thinnest leaves, chop finely and refrigerate until serving #icebergtips) But what if you have neither? Well, you get Secret Talents of the Stars, a show where you can watch B to C list celebrities a) do something one step removed from what they’re already famous for, b) do something they’re not great at, or c) d...
2016-09-1558 min
Failure To Launch306 - Rag and BoneDean Cain plays a Louisiana cop who is also a priest and a little league coach. But things get complicated when he shoots down one of his former baseball players, putting him under investigation by internal affairs. Things become additionally complicated when his ex lover is embroiled in a political scandal of murder and blackmail. Things get really complicated when he starts being haunted by the ghost of Robert Patrick who doesn't seem to want to help with anything at all. Shit gets just plain messy when that ghost cop has his own murder at the hands...
2016-08-211h 39
Failure To Launch305 - Mr. StitchHere’s the scenario; You’re writer/director Roger Avary. It’s 1995. In the last two years, you’ve won a Best Original Screenplay oscar (Pulp Fiction) and had a successful directorial debut (Killing Zoe). For your next project, you’ll be working with Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) on a modern reboot of Frankenstein he’s producing and starring in. Ron Perlman (The City of Lost Children, Hellboy) and Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: TNG) are also attached. What could go wrong? Just about everything. Awful dialogue, Year 8 pseudo-philosophy, inexplicable giant floating eyeballs and 40 goddamn minutes spent in a w...
2016-08-1300 min
Failure To Launch304 - ClerksIn 1994, the indie film Clerks won Kevin Smith critical acclaim and the beginnings of a cult following, praised for it’s witty writing and authentic voice. Touchstone attempted to capitalise on the film’s success by snapping up the TV rights and producing a pilot. Trouble is, they wanted a family sitcom. So, uh, try to imagine Clerks without Jay & Silent Bob. Or swear words. Or sex talk. They also took all the charm out and made everyone a jerk. That didn’t seem totally necessary for a sitcom, I think that’s what they thought Clerks brought...
2016-08-0500 min
Failure To Launch303 - NYPD 2069Alex Franco is a tough New York cop investigating a rape and murder (like in Nikki & Nora) who gets frozen (like in 1994 Baker Street) and travels through time (like in Out of Time) to a dystopic future where all the world’s terrorists have banded together (like in Nick Fury) and the cops use stupid guns (like in 17th Precinct) and unrealistic gene therapy (like in Fearless). He has to team up with a distant relative (like in Out of Time again) who is now a dog (Poochinski, K-9000) to solve crimes whilst on a dirt bike (Eve...
2016-07-281h 16
Failure To Launch302 - Model By DayTwo years before her big break as Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, Famke Janssen played another sexy femme fatale of sorts; World-famous, globe-trotting supermodel Lex. After seeing her best friend/same-birthday-haver Amy seriously injured in a carjacking, Lex begins a double life as Lady X, a sexy vigilante who uses her martial arts skills to fight crime in the name of downtrodden women everywhere. Hmm. Well, we say fights crime, but the crimefighting stops being a priority for Lex pretty early on, if it ever was the priority. Also, we say in the name of women everywhere, but...
2016-07-2100 min
Failure To Launch301 - The Best of TimesFailure to Launch is BACK with one of the most divisive, confused, dare we say Baffling™ pilots we’ve seen Crispin Glover try on jeans during. Nicolas Cage, Crispin Glover and a slew of other teenagers bring us many, many, MANY vignettes of life as a 1980s All-American teen; a life that’s often musical and only occasionally involves serious property damage and/or existential despair. Also, Jackie Mason’s there, playing a character with the last name ‘O’Reilly’. We’d tell you more but, honestly, we’re still not totally sure what this thing was. ...
2016-07-1400 min
Pun Watch: The News Pun Quiz GameKirsten Dunst’s Awkward Haircut After Cricket Themed Playboy Issue Incorrectly Administers ViagraEpisode 14 of Punwatch, the only pun-based game show that stops to consider whether or not you can make a good sports movie about tennis. This episode is titled, “Kirsten Dunst’s Awkward Haircut After Cricket Themed Playboy Issue Incorrectly Administers Viagra.” Also, Cherry has a very mild stroke. Watch out for the surprise bonus rounds! They changed nothing. Punsters: James Ferris, Lisa Dib, David (Alex) Shaw, Alex Malone Host: Andrew Cherry
2015-10-2944 min
Failure To Launch225 - Baffled!In the Failure to Launch season finale, we go out with a baffling bang. Or, I guess, a crash, a premonition and age-disguising lighting. Old mate Leonard Nimoy plays Tom, a race-car driver who develops psychic powers somehow and get whisked off to "merry" old England to solve a number of odd mysteries in one big creepy mansion. We couldn't really grasp why a lot of it was happening but after last week's episode, we were just happy not to have been violently vomiting onto the floor. That’s it for this season; Failure to La...
2015-09-241h 37
Failure To Launch223 - Alexander the GreatThe year is 1964. Producer Selig J. Seligman convinces the American Broadcasting Corporation to dump a truckload of money into the pilot episode of Alexander the Great, a historical war series on an epic scale (for TV, at least). ABC watched it, said no, and as this was the 60s and there wasn’t some dumb cable channel to dump it on at 2am, the pilot was placed on a shelf to gather dust, never to be aired. At least, that was the plan, until the bloke who played Alexander (William Shatner) and the bloke who played, um… some...
2015-09-091h 13
Failure To Launch221 - BattletoadsFar out! Geekomatic! Hypnotronic! Battletoads! Written by David Wise, who should have known better, and made for probably 95 cents, Battletoads is a battle courageously yet dumbly across galaxies in the vein of their more famous turtle cousins, to save someone from...something. It's not super clear. There's a lot of portals. We were pretty unanimous on the creepy bird doctor, though. Reviewers: James Ferris, Fabian Lapham, Lisa Dib, Harry Brimage Soundboard: Andrew Cherry
2015-08-2659 min
Failure To Launch220 - The Nick & Jessica Variety HourPop stars Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey for some reason host this deeply Sonny and Cher-reminiscent old-school variety show, without the glorious absurdity of Steve Martin or Telly Savales' giant creepy head. There's bygone-era musical guests, hackneyed comedy sketches and more duets than you would ever need or want! Variety has never been more various! We were divided quite harshly on this one: was it bad TV? Was it knowingly and ironically tongue-in-cheek? Was it bad but still ironic? Why all the mentioning of pole vaulting? We couldn't decide but, in fairness, neither could the show.
2015-08-191h 14
Failure To Launch219 - Danger Island a.k.a. The PresenceThis early 90s adventure series tells the tale of a disparate group of castaways, stranded on a mysterious tropical island, following a harrowing plane crash. But it's not Lost. As they battle against the elements and each other, they discover that the island is home to all manner of bizarre unexplainable phenomena. But it's totally not Lost. Alright? Things begin to fall into place when they discover an abandoned military outpost. I swear it was over a decade before Lost. An outpost that was conducting bizarre paranormal experiments. Holy shit, I know it sounds like we just...
2015-08-121h 30
Failure To Launch218 - K-9000LA detective Eddie Munroe hates machines and machines seem to hate him, so it's a twist of cruel fate that sees him teamed up with a German Shepard who's brain has been replaced with a hitch computer. To be honest Eddie actually rolls with the whole scenario pretty smoothly. Along the way they're joined by a sexy scientists who claims to love animals despite performing numerous, painful tests on them as well as helping to build a machine that exists entirely to remove dogs brains while they're still alive. For money. But who can get...
2015-08-051h 33
Failure To Launch217 - Driving Miss DaisyThis week we examine Driving Miss Daisy, an attempt by CBS to cash in on the Oscar winning film by converting it into a laugh-a-minute sitcom, with such wacky antics as “Hoke fixes the cabinet door”, and “Miss Daisy meets Eleanor Roosevelt and it goes fine.” This sounds dull (and it is), so it might surprise you to know that this pilot garnered protests when it aired in 1992. Give this episode a listen and… you just might understand why. Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw, Fabian Lapham Soundboard: Andrew Cherry
2015-07-2951 min
Failure To Launch216 - Gay Robot From the Book of Failure, S2-16: “The man, who was named Ferris, toiled in the fields of the Internet, searching for a pilot which was of formidable quality. He went up from Rutube.ru to Torrentfreak, but he would not be satisfied, and no merchant of pilots whose lights were not green could impress him with his wares. After many days wandering the desert of Wiki, he collapsed, and at this time the Lord of Bad Pilots appeared to him in a vision, taking the forms of Billy Zane and Adri...
2015-07-2257 min
Failure To Launch214 - Mickey & NoraThis week’s FtL examines Mickey & Nora, a boilerplate 80s sitcom about the travails of a young newly-married couple and their wacky, disgraced West-African dictator sidekick, Colonel Ntsunge. And wacky side-characters don't come much wackier than the Colonel, as he bumbles through American customs, mispronounces catch phrases, and threatens his political enemies with ethnic cleansing. Mickey is a former CIA agent now working as a go-go eighties lawyer, only (wouldn't-ya-know-it) nobody believes he's left the agency! And for some reason everybody knows that he was in the agency! And he still acts and works and behaves like he...
2015-07-081h 09
Failure To Launch211 - Evel Knievel Sam Elliott brings his distinctive southern charm to this series about the beloved dare-devil travelling the country with his trusty pit crew. Along the way they deal out action, adventure and good old fashioned 70s style misogyny you just like your dad used to make. But, when Evel threatened by a female stunt rider, him and the boys must band together and do everything they can to put this young upstart back in her place. But, when Evel is threatened by a mad bomber, determined to end his career and his life, him and the boys don...
2015-06-171h 03
Failure To Launch210 - HollyweirdThe year is 1998 and the world has recently discovered ironic detachment. Scream 2 is but a fading memory, and Scream 3 is still a glimmer in Courtney Cox-Arquette's eye. Somebody had to fill that gap. In steps Shaun Cassidy, Failure to Launch's favourite snow globe enthusiast-cum-director, with another snow globe filled romp. It's fun. It's sexy. It's shot like a Smash Mouth video. It's almost certainly meta. Two aspiring film-makers team up with a generic 90s slacker-dude to make 1998's most daring reality show: Hollyweird. They bait, trap and torture suspected criminals, all on film, and all...
2015-06-121h 33
Failure To Launch207 - Shangri-la PlazaWelcome to Shangri-La Plaza, an all singing, all dancing strip mall where everything you need is under one roof. Provided you're somehow capable of sustaining yourself on donuts, frozen yogurt and child neglect. Along for the ride is the world's most indignant cafe employee (who is as likeable as she sounds), a crippled gang leader (who is even less threatening than he sounds) and a precocious 8 year old (who is actually fine. We've got no beef with her). Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw, Alex Malone Soundboard: Andrew Cherry
2015-05-211h 18
Failure To Launch206 - The Robinsons: Lost in SpaceThis week's Failure to Launch examines an attempt to reboot 1965's Lost in Space for the early 2000s. As with any reworking of a series with a strong, loyal fan base, it's important to carefully examine the source material, find the elements that made the show work, then make those elements the core of a modern, exciting retelling, that pays loving homage to the original series. Thing is, the element they took from the original was Dad Knows Best™. And what Dad reckons sounds best is uprooting his family and dragging them across killer alien-infested space to st...
2015-05-141h 13
Failure To Launch205 - Wheel of Time: Winter DragonIn further proof that The Consumption will watch anything that Billy Zane puts his name to, we travel this week to the vast fantasy world of Robert Jordan's 14-volume Wheel of Time series. Or, rather, one house in the vast fantasy world of Robert Jordan's 14-volume Wheel of Time series. Or one smoke filled room in one house in the vast fantasy world of Robert Jordan's 14-volume Wheel of Time. It's the story of one man's desperate search for his wife and family, which ends in anticlimax when it turns out he's just playing hide and seek...
2015-05-071h 02
Failure To Launch204 - FrankensteinHow about a modern adaption of a literary classic, created by Martin Scorsese & Dean Koontz, starring Parker Posey and Adam Goldberg? Sound good? It sure sounded good to USA Network in 2004. Except all they got out of it was your standard gritty cop show. Except it stars a modern day Frankenstien. Except he's not called Frankenstien. Except the show is called Frankenstien. Except there's... God dammit, this thing's a mess. Reviewers: James Ferris, Andrew Cherry, Harry Brimage, Alex Malone Soundboard: David Shaw
2015-04-301h 30
Failure To Launch203 - Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.What do you think of when you think of Nick Fury? War hero? Super spy? Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D? Well, in the 90’s, he was all of those, only he was still a smoker. Oh, and he was played by DAVID FREAKIN’ HASSELHOFF. In ’98 the former Baywatch star played the comic book legend in a portrayal that Stan Lee and The Hoff himself agreed was better than “that other guy”. No one else did, apart from a few bad poetry enthusiasts and hobbyist miners. Reviewers: James Ferris, Fabian Lapham, Andrew Cher...
2015-04-231h 23
Failure To Launch202 - The Time TunnelFor everyone who watched Stargate and thought, "I wish this had more Nazis!", comes "The Time Tunnel". A remake of the classic 60s sci-fi series in which a group of scientists, soldiers and a polygraph operator with a peanut obsession travel through time, saving history from the reality warping effects of a "time storm". So if you're curious about what would happen if New Jersey didn't exist, what the hell a "time storm" is or what it it takes to make Ferris sympathise with Nazis, then this episode is for you! Reviewers: James F...
2015-04-161h 13
Failure To Launch201 - Tarzan In ManhattanThe season 2 premiere of Failure to Launch examines the pilot for Tarzan In Manhattan, a fun, light hearted romp involving murder, animal torture and post-traumatic stress disorder. When Tarzan’s ape-mum (she was in the book), played by some dude in a gorilla suit (not in the book), is shot and inexplicably left behind by poachers, Tarzan heads for the Big Apple to track down her assassins (sort of in the book). Along the way he meets Jane (she was in the book), a tough New York cabbie (not like that though) and her dad, a PTSD-suffering ex...
2015-04-101h 27
Failure To Launch127 - Miracle ManIn this Christmas themed season finale of Failure to Launch, we examine the pilot for Miracle Man. An independently produced pilot, shopped to a few Christian networks, the series asked the question, quote, "What would it look like if Jesus came today?" By "came", they mean lived in Phoenix repairing foreclosed houses, running a faith healing/prayer group out the back of some store that's totally not a cult, saving children from car accidents with his psychic powers,* and not bothering to use those powers when blue demons arrange for his Best Buddy™ Lazarus to die in a...
2014-12-231h 07
Failure To Launch125 - Steel JusticeIt was 1992, and NBC aired a made-for-TV movie (code for failed pilot) based around a crime fighting robot dinosaur. You would think that NBC's blatant cash in on Robosaurus' popularity would actually feature the 2.2 million dollar car eating machine, but if you've been listening to our show then you should know better. In a post global warming future (it's a little bit warm), we follow the story of David Nash, an ace cop trying (and failing) to come to terms with the death of his child. He puts everything in jeopardy to pursue his son's killer, a...
2014-12-111h 22
Failure To Launch122 - 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns1994 was a big year for TV. ER. Friends. The episode of Ellen where she dated Nitro from American Gladiators. Which could explain how CBS executives dared to pass on the pilot for Sherlock Holmes Returns, in which the world's greatest detective is unfrozen in 1994 San Francisco to solve a series of murders that involve throwing tigers at people. With a wit as sharp as Holmes himself and an enthusiasm as pure as the drugs he'll fight you for, this show will change the way you think about cement trucks full of beetles. Reviewers: Ja...
2014-11-201h 02
Failure To Launch121 - Generation XIt was 1996, and Marvel wanted to do a live-action X-Men TV series. But these weren't your granddad’s X-Men! Heck no! These were hip, young X-Men that no one's ever heard of or cares about, with amazing new powers like sexual harassment, kinda ripping off Cyclops and being quite muscular for a girl! When these kids go up against a dream invading pedophile (it doesn't come up much, but it's in there) it's thrill-a-minute stuff, packed with high impact diatribes about new age meditation techniques and electrifying casual misogyny! Reviewers: James Ferri...
2014-11-061h 11
Failure To Launch120 - Bates Motel (SPOOOOKY HALLOWEEN EPISODE!)After Psycho 3 flopped at the box office in 1986, Universal thought TV might be a better home for the Psycho series. The success of 2014's Bates Motel suggests that Universal had hit upon a good idea. It's the other ideas they had, though. Like Lori Petty's chicken suit. Or Robert Picardo's mental health treatment plan. Or Moses Gunn's armed standoff with the police that no one cares about. Or the sleazy 80s Banker's plan for the Bates Motel. Or the bit where a 35 year old woman almost makes out with 17ish year old Jason Bateman. It's t...
2014-10-301h 13
Failure To Launch119 - Global FrequencyIn 2005, the unaired pilot for Global Frequency gained a little infamy; it was one of the first TV pilots to ever leak onto the internet. The WB had already passed on the pilot, so it's possible whoever leaked it was trying to get the network to change their minds. According to Warren Ellis, who created the comic this series was based on, the leaking annoyed the WB execs so much they killed the entire project, despite a positive reception it received from those who torrented it. That is possible, but with all due respect to Warren Ellis*, it...
2014-10-231h 08
Failure To Launch118 - FutureSportThe year is 2025. The Hawaiian Liberation Organisation wants Hawaii to secede from the North American Alliance. War seems inevitable, until Dean Cain, the most popular man in the world, steps in and announces the war will be decided by a game of FutureSport, the dumbest fictional sport since Quiddich. The world agrees to this. Turns out, in 2025, every man, woman & child in the world is a goddamn idiot. Reviewers: James Ferris, Fabian Lapham, Alex Malone Soundboard: Andrew Cherry
2014-10-161h 15
Failure To Launch116 - Emily's Reasons Why NotIn January 2006, ABC had a lot invested in Emily's Reasons Why Not. A racy, light-hearted comedy in the vein of Sex and the City, starring Heather Graham at the peak of her fame, and based on a best selling novel. They spent millions on publicity, covered Los Angeles and Times Square in billboards and dropped it into a prime spot as the centrepiece of their post-football Monday night prime time. Then, after airing only a single episode, it was yanked from the air and disappeared immediately. Some say their decision was a little rash. Too li...
2014-10-021h 02
Failure To Launch115 - Still LifeEpisode S01E15 of Failure to Launch is here, and it completes our "Supernatural: Before They Were Famous" pilot collection. Still Life follows the Morgan family, as they struggle with the death of the eldest child, killed on his first day on the police force. It's like 7th Heaven, if it was darker and had more people in strip clubs talking about the time a building collapsed inside their bodies or something. Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw, Andrew Cherry Soundboard: Harry Brimage
2014-09-2858 min