Ryan Cooper, Special Events Producer for The City of St. Charles, gives the backstory on the huge Halloween festival in St. Charles called Legends and Lanterns (http://legendsandlanterns.com/) and shares what is new for this year.

Writer Marcos Gabriel (https://twitter.com/MarcosAGabriel) talks about his new horror film called ‘The Old Ways’ (https://theoldwaysmovie.com/). Find out how he used his latin heritage to put a new spin on the exorcism genre.

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Ryan Cooper, Special Events Producer for The City of St. Charles, gives the backstory on how Legends and Lanterns came about, researching real Main Street St. Charles haunted history, additions to this year’s festivities, sensory friendly experiences, and new characters that have been added.

14:55 SEGMENT 2: Ryan Cooper talks about the New Orleans inspired masquerade ball called The Bayou Bash happening as part of Legends and Lanterns on October 29th at the St. Charles Foundry. Ryan also shares how the planning for Legends and Lanterns is a year round project, where you can buy this year’s t-shirt, how he only has 4 weeks between Legends and Lanterns and Christmas Traditions, and whether being fully immersed in Halloween and Christmas all year round affects his love for the holidays. Finally Ryan lists his top 5 favorite Halloween movies.

25:35 SEGMENT 3: Writer Marcos Gabriel talks about his horror film called ‘The Old Ways’ (https://twitter.com/theoldwaysmovie), using his latin heritage to tell a new kind of exorcism story, wrapping production 2 days before the covid lockdowns, inventing new post production processes during the lockdown, and using what he learned from working on ‘Muppets Now’.

38:14 SEGMENT 4: James reviews ‘No Time to Die’ and ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ while Ryan Cooper gives his thoughts on the franchises. Finally James and Ryan discuss more of their favorite Halloween movies and TV shows.

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In this first part of a 2 part interview, comic writer, editor, and creator Tom DeFalco talks about his start on Archie Comics, creating characters for Marvel, his work on Spider-Man and Thor, and working on stories for Spider-Girl, Green Goblin, and the Hobgoblin.

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Tom DeFalco talks about all the different types of writing he did before comics, starting at Archie Comics, growing up loving all comics, Riverdale on The CW, the live action Spider-Man movies, introducing the Hobgoblin, avoiding retconning characters, and the One More Day Spider-Man storyline that led to petitions from fans.

14:26 SEGMENT 2: Tom DeFalco talks about creating the Spider-Man characters Black Fox and Silver Sable and revisiting the Clone Saga.

22:10 SEGMENT 3: Tom DeFalco talks about being known more for Spider-Man than Thor, how he became editor at Marvel Comics, pitching ideas vs being assigned ideas, and how Spider-Girl was meant to be a one-shot.

31:52 SEGMENT 4: Tom DeFalco talks about starting Dazzler’s solo book, why Green Goblin with Phil Urich was cut short, throwing away his ideas for a character once the book ends, and writing the DK (Dorling Kindersley) Ultimate Guide to Spider-Man reference books.

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0:00 Ash Patino (https://ashestoashtv.com/) talks about her documentary ‘PTSD: The Walking Wounded’, why she was drawn to working with veterans, the challenges of making a documentary, how to spot the signs of PTSD, editing down 60 hours of footage, when her love of film started, and her next project about the boy scouts.

27:57 To celebrate the beginning of the Halloween season, James shares how ‘The Changeling’ (1980) is one his all time favorite horror films and gives details about the Legends and Lanterns Festival in St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/events/legends-lanterns/).

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Author Brian Heiler (https://twitter.com/Plaidstallions) talks about rack toys; the cheap licensed toys that can be found at drug stores and five and dimes. Check out his book “Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings” from Nacelle Company Publishing at http://racktoysbook.com/

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Brian Heiler talks about his parents being involved in the distribution of rack toys, getting locked in a drug store, reading his dad’s toy publications, playing with his dad’s toy samples, what Christmas was like for Brian, the types of movies and TV shows got rack toys, and the types of people that collect rack toys

10:10 SEGMENT 2: Brian Heiler talks about bonding with strangers over rack toys, weird water guns, why there is so much bizarre Marvel rack toys, and why monster toys are so crude.

20:24 SEGMENT 3: Brian Heiler talks about the Universal Monsters craze, rack toys as seasonal stocking stuffers, updating the book for the 2nd edition, the book selling for $100 on Amazon while it was out of print, and Brian Volk-Weiss of Nacelle writing the afterward for the latest edition of the book.

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31:43 SEGMENT 5: Brian Heiler talks about all of his nostalgia interests being on full display at https://plaidstallions.com/ . All the Plaid Stallions links can also be found at https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

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Pat Fraley (https://patfraley.com/) talks about his upcoming appearance at Unicon in Las Vegas October 1st-3rd, 2021 (https://www.unicon.vegas/), his online voice acting courses (https://patfraley.com/pf/product-category/hsc/), and his amazing career voicing characters for TMNT, GI Joe, TaleSpin, The Centurions, BraveStarr, and more!

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Pat Fraley (https://twitter.com/PFraleyteaches) talks about voicing cartoons in the same room as his fellow cast members, when it’s okay to change a line in the script, how Pat’s courses teach students how to wow a casting director in the first 4 seconds of an audition, and the differences between how directors act whether it is a cartoon, video game, or narration gig.

16:56 SEGMENT 2: Pat Fraley (https://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickFraley) talks about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cast reuniting at Unicon in Las Vegas October 1st-3rd, the most interesting fan interaction he’s ever had at a convention, how animation really exploded after He-Man debuted in 1983, trading voices with Neil Ross, and the one role he wished he would have gotten.

31:56 SEGMENT 3: Pat Fraley talks about meeting Ed Asner after being targeted by Nazis, his 3 favorite projects of all time, admiring Don Messick and Daws Butler as a kid and then later getting to work with them, who made him a better actor, what celebrities do after a convention is over, and if he regrets not taking on more live action roles.

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Legendary #TMNT voice actor Pat Fraley talks about how he met Ed Asner and how Will Ferrell made Ed a better actor. Check out the full episode at https://bit.ly/geektome259

Pat Fraley is known for voicing characters on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Krang, Casey Jones), Tale Spin (Wild Cat), GI Joe (Ace) and more! Check out his voice courses at https://patfraley.com/

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Check out Marcus Theatres representing at The Great Forest Park Balloon Race Balloon Glow tonight! I wonder what movie they are going to show on the outside of the balloon during tomorrow's race. Maybe Pixar's Up?

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Herdis Stefansdottier (https://www.herdisstefansdottir.com/) talks about composing the music for the FX on Hulu show “Y: The Last Man”, adapted from the Brian K. Vaughan graphic novel.

Michael Kramer (https://www.michaelkramermusic.com/) talks about composing the music for the Netflix kids show “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe”.

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Herdis Stefansdottir talks about how intimidating it was to tackle the music for a show that will last multiple seasons, feeling lucky that the producers liked her reel, leaving law school for music, missing performing live, whether her parents always supported her artistic pursuits, and begging her family for piano lessons when she was 8.

12:53 SEGMENT 2: Herdis Stefansdottir (https://www.instagram.com/herdisstef/) talks about feeling overwhelmed in music school, being inspired by other female composers, where she hopes her career will be in 5 years, whether she wants to be a teacher, and what advice she’d give to aspiring composers.

21:09 SEGMENT 3: Michael Kramer (https://twitter.com/KramerComposer) talks about owning Castle Grayskull as a kid, updating the sound of a classic 30+ year old show, and what it’s like knowing his music will stick with kids for the rest of their lives.

28:52 SEGMENT 4: Michael Kramer (https://soundcloud.com/kramercomposer) talks about whether he was nervous about working on He-Man, working on Lego Ninjago for 14+ years, growing up in his dad’s woodshop, whether his work ever feels finished, his thoughts on Netflix’s other He-Man show, and whether the voice actors effect the music he composes.

41:23 SEGMENT 5: Michael Kramer talks about how difficult it can be to compose unique themes for all the different characters, composing music for Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge for the Disney theme parks, which instrument makes him feel the most like He-Man when he plays it, the next Lego Star Wars special, and maybe being too sensitive for social media.

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Adam Hall, the brand manager for Boulevard Brewing Company (https://www.boulevard.com/), talks about their new Space Camper IPA and the comic book based universe they are building around their future beers.

Yuri Lowenthal (https://twitter.com/YuriLowenthal) and Parvesh Cheena (https://twitter.com/Parvesh) share stories from their amazing acting careers and take some time to catch up with each other live on the air.

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Adam Hall from Boulevard Brewing (https://twitter.com/boulevard_beer) talks about what an IPA is, The Space Camper comic universe, taking inspiration from the West Coast Avengers, beers with short shelf lives lending themselves to a limited release, whether the art will change year by year, new characters and new identities that will be added, whether there will be toys and comics made, why Boulevard is donating 7% of the profits back to carefully chosen programs that help to save the earth, and using the finder tool on their website to find Boulevard products.

13:30 SEGMENT 2: Yuri Lowenthal and Parvesh Cheena talk about how they met in an acting class, Parvesh realizing Yuri was a big deal after looking up his credits, Yuri having a recording studio in his house, “Centaurworld” on Netflix, singing in cartoons, Parvesh’s reaction to seeing his “Centaurworld” character for the first time, how having the artwork helps with 80% of finding the voice for a character, making it as an actor, and Yuri’s feelings on playing Superman.

27:30 SEGMENT 3: Yuri and Parvesh talk about Yuri playing Adam in “Masters of the Universe”, what it’s like to play a character they grew up with, Parvesh’s thoughts on “Outsourced” ending 10 years ago, and playing Dany Pudi’s evil brother on the 2nd season of “Mythic Quest”.

37:24 SEGMENT 4: Parvesh talks about his rescue dog Mr. Beans, James wishes everyone a happy National Video Game Day, James is blown away by Yuri’s 300+ video game credits, Yuri is happy that the Spider-Man 2 game has finally been announced, everyone agrees Spider-Man 1 is a hard game, James gives away a case of Boulevard’s Space Camper IPA live on the air, Yuri and Parvesh agree that playing Dungeons and Dragons on Discord with friends kept them sane during the pandemic, Yuri reminds everyone to watch "Orbital Redux" on Dust, and Parvesh reminds everyone to watch "Centaurworld" on Netflix.

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