Place to Be Nation POP Experience

On the second episode of The Most Sensational, Inspirational, Celebrational, Muppetational Podcast, Mirandia Berthold & Andy Atherton continue talking about their love for The Muppets and review episodes 5-8 of season one of The Muppet Show that featured guest stars: Rita Moreno, Jim Nabors, Florence Henderson & Paul Williams. And give their thoughts on their favorite characters and sketches that appeared in each.

On episode 6 of Battlestar in the 25th Century, Shawn and Scott live watch Battlestar Galactica episode 5, “Lost Planet of the Gods Part 2.” After a brief recap of part 1 they discuss quick Space Covid recovery, going into a void, a funny Space Charlie’s Angels scene that was pretty chauvinistic, Starbuck’s possible death leading to a marriage, confusing Space Biblical references, hysterical actor stand ins walking Egypt, Adama’s continued drinking issue, cool dialogue lines and his special pendent, confusing Baltar motives, another cool Viper Squadron/ Cylon battle, Cylons blowing up pyramids, massive Emmy overacting, a shocking death scene &more!

The grind towards the end of the regular season continues, but some NBA teams are wearing down while others are gearing up. Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, are here to dissect where teams are at and where they might wind up in the expanded playoff race, from the surging teams in the East to the reeling Pelicans in the West. In episode 189,  Riche and Adam also discuss the devastating injury to Jamal Murray and the Nuggets, a close call for Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz, Jayson Tatum and Steph Curry’s torrid April run, and more! So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!

In the eighteenth episode of The Year In Pop, co-hosts Andy Atherton and Scott Criscuolo are joined by J Arsenio D’Amato and George Ribellino to discuss all of the goings on in the news, sports, TV, music and movies for the year 1989. The guys talk in depth about the legacies of Lucille Ball & Billy Martin; The “Earthquake Series” between the A’s & Giants; Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball; The Arsenio Hall Show; the TV series “Coach”; Andrew “Dice” Clay hosting SNL; Milli Vanilli; Batman & Harlem Nights.

Pop Goes To The Couch continues their coverage of the streaming series, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. In the fourth installment, James Gruenberg, J Arsenio D’Amato & Greg Diener review and break down Season 1 Episode 4 “Hockey Moms”. In this spoiler-filled discussion they go over the plot elements, favorite moments and predict what to expect on the next episode.

This Week on It Was a Thing on TV, the gang looks at an unsold pilot with a familiar name in the game show world along with looking at a TV movie about the Titanic.
 
First, does this remind you of anything?  Does this remind you of many things?  Mark Goodson's last original format, TKO was a little bit of a number of shows, from Jeopardy! to Blockbusters to Couch Potatoes.
 
Then, with the anniversary of it's sinking having just passed, we take a look at S.O.S. Titanic. A made-for-TV movie that aired on ABC in 1979 which until it's Blu-ray/DVD release last year hadn't been seen by many in it's original broadcast length.
 
It's a star-studded TV movie featuring David Warner, Ian Holm, Helen Mirren, Cloris Leachman, David Janssen and Susan St. James (UH-OH!).
 
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In a special bonus edition for Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche go against the grain to discuss a range of basketball topics, from assistant coaches’ stock rising in the hiring market, to Covid protocols, to the disposable NCAA weight room controversy. So suit up and take it out (for 15 minutes!) for this Pod Blast edition of the NBA-Team!

Pop Goes To The Couch continues on their coverage the latest entry into the MCU on Disney+, The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Andy Atherton, Scott Shifflett, Shawn Kidd & Tim Capel review and break down Season 1 Episode 5 “Truth”. In this spoiler-filled discussion they go over the plot elements, as well as any Easter eggs they have spotted as well as given their thoughts on what everything means in the overall story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In the sixteenth episode of Making Mt. Rushmore, panelists Matt Souza, Logan Crosland, Steve Riddle, Ben Locke & “The Cowboy” Roger Morrissette join moderator Andy Atherton to discuss which 90’s Comedy Movies deserve a place as on their respective lists. Is Wayne’s World a no-brainer? What about American Pie? Will Tommy Boy grab a spot? Does Dumb And Dumber or There’s Something About Mary deserve a place? After that, they discuss which 90’s Action Films will be part of that grouping. Can you argue that the Terminator 2: Judgement Day shouldn’t get a spot? Will The Matrix be included? Is Demolition Man the conversation? What about Speed & True Lies?

Welcome to PTBN Trivia Night, Place To Be Nation Pop’s first ever trivia game show! In our eighth episode, Ashley Cruse, Paul Faria & JT Rozzero face off to see which one of them can do this all day when it comes to Marvel trivia.Settle in and play along to see if you have what it takes to be a contestant on a future episode of PTBN Trivia Night!

Pilot Month 2021 continues on It Was a Thing on TV as the gang looks at two very weird pilots that will have you saying WTF?
 
First, we start with a show submitted just based on its ridiculous open.  It may have been the most entertaining part of The Nerd, a pilot for NBC done in 1989 which aired on the network.  It didn't air in 1989, though.
 
Then, it's time for some revisionist history on a sci-fi channel with The Amazing Screw-On Head.  A star-studded cast couldn't get this out of pilot stage.  Maybe it was ahead of its time?
 
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Pop Goes To The Couch continues on their coverage the latest entry into the MCU on Disney+, The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Andy Atherton, Scott Shifflett, Tim Capel & Shawn Kidd review and break down Season 1 Episode 4 “The Whole World Is Watching”. In this spoiler-filled discussion they go over the plot elements, as well as any Easter eggs they have spotted as well as given their thoughts on what everything means in the overall story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

On the debut edition of Popcorn Chicken Salad join Ben Locke, Logan Crosland and Matt Souza as they sit back and watch the 1995 'classic' Mortal Kombat. After explaining the concept of the show they try to make sense of the lack of blood in the movie despite the very high level of violence throughout the film. They also get to enjoy the soundtrack as well as discuss their love for the Mortal Kombat and Streetfighter games. We also have time to admire the high level of production and CGI that has gone into the making of the film. Come for the concept but stay for the violence its Popcorn Chicken Salad and remember.............. FINISH HIM!

Pop Goes To The Couch continues their coverage of the streaming series, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. In the third installment, James Gruenberg & Greg Diener review and break down Season 1 Episode 3 “Breakaway”. In this spoiler-filled discussion they go over the plot elements, favorite moments and predict what to expect on the next episode.

On the latest episode of the Pop Goes The Movies Andy Atherton is joined by Scott Shifflett to review Godzilla Vs. Kong. They start off by giving their thoughts and histories with the title characters’ filmographies. Then in a spoiler-filled discussion, they go over the what they thought are the pluses and minuses of the movie including: the big fights, the uselessness of most of the human characters, Hollow Earth, similarities it has with other films of the genre and whether or the film series will continue (and what the story could be.)