The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the comedy legacy of Mel Brooks. Funny February is rolling along, and we're talking this week about one of the masters of the comedy movie. Many of his films rank as the best of all time, and we're big fans around here. We talk about the movies, his TV career, the genius of his co-stars, the art of parody, and a bunch of other stuff. Plus our usual tangents galore and our comics picks of the week.
Announcements:
Come hang out with us! We have monthly meetups on 2nd Saturdays in Garland, TX; details on Facebook & Twitter & the Events tab on our website
We're super excited to announce our partnership with ComicBooks For Kids. Details on the website (and you should be listening to hear more, too 🙂)
What we're up to this week:
Homework for this week, Betty White documentary on Netflix, 2020 has been rough, Amazon adventures, Kickstarters galore, canned bread?, makeup mystery boxes, Locke & Key on Netflix, Ares also on Netflix, local wrestling (rasslin), First Man Into Space (scifi movie from 1959?), Jack Kirby's The Losers
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We added our picks to the website as their own page! It's an easy reference for you to find some cool stuff to read. So go check it out, and hit the site as you need or want 🙂
And I'm not going to complain about sound this week! 😉 (It's not perfect, but we did have a bit of an upgrade)
Picks for the week of 2/26:
The Complete Shamnibus collection (Source Point)
Conspiracy: Area 51 #1 (Zenescope)
Hidden Society #1 (Dark Horse)
Finger Guns #1 (Vault)
Flash of Two Worlds deluxe hardcover (DC)
Lady Death: Scorched Earth #1 (Coffin Comics)
Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #2 (IDW)
Tomorrow #1 (Dark Horse)
Honorable Mention: The Spirit 80th Anniversary Celebration volume 1 (Clover Press)
Shoutouts:
We've been doing this podcast thing for four years now? That's crazy! 😉
Pop Goes The Culture podcast network - go check them out! 🙂
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
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