434 | A Tribute to William Bruce West

Our dear friend and frequent podcast guest William Bruce West passed away on April 12. We miss him dearly. Part of the grieving process has been to talk about our friend and share memories of him, so the podcast community that Will was such an important part of has put together this tribute episode. There are personal reminiscences, but also many, many clips of Will's appearances on various shows through the years. 

After Lunch is so pleased to present this episode, but we can't leave unrecognized that it was entirely produced - from initial concept to final edit - by Adam Pope, Will's regular podcasting partner these last few years. Thank you so much, Adam. 

And Godspeed, Will. Rest in Peace.

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356 | Podcast Pals C2E2 Meetup Diary

In 2015, the Nerd Lunch crew met up with most of the Atomic Geeks and assorted members of the Fourth Chair Army at C2E2 in Chicago. Ten years later, it's time to get together again with even more friends. The group this time included Carlin Trammel, William Bruce West, Jeeg, Paxton Holley, Jeff Somogyi, Shawn Robare, Michael May, Rob Graham, Christian Nielsen, and Michael DiGiovanni. In this audio diary, we learn about how the trip came together, check in with the attendees at various points of the weekend, and tease a very special podcast episode that we recorded there and will be Coming Soon.

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333 | Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

Michael and Rob welcome Jeff Somogyi to talk about Les Mayfield's remake of Miracle on 24th Street, starring Mara Wilson, Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, and Dylan McDermott. We have differing opinions about its quality. How much does it makes sense? How does it compare to the original? And how well does it communicate its ideas about faith, truth, and capitalism? We get into all of it in this funny, thought-provoking conversation.

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331 | Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

In this penultimate rerun of old Sleigh Bell Cinema episodes, Michael talks with Jeff Somogyi about the hilarious and underrated Ernest Saves Christmas.

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226 | Dungeons & Dragons, Session One - A Drop Inn Drubbing

Moby the Bard and his Bunnymen companions check into an inn to clean up after their recent griffin hunt. But their sleep is interrupted by screams and murder, leading the trio to investigate and assist a former pirate accused of the crime as well as his adopted daughter.

Dungeon Master Ben Graham leads Rob Graham, Jeff Somogyi, and Michael May in their first full Dungeons & Dragons adventure together. Be sure to check out Episode 183 for the players' discussion of their histories with the game and the introduction to Ben's world.

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Maps from the adventure:

The City of Trellan

Sketch of Jackson's exploration of the Drop Inn

183 | Dungeons & Dragons, Session Zero - "You Here to Kill Gerald?"

After Michael, Rob, Jeff Somogyi, and Ben Graham talk briefly about their various experiences playing Dungeons & Dragons and their expectations for the game, Ben leads the rest of the party into a quick encounter with a sheep-stealing griffin. Assuming the group survives, this is the first of a series of adventures that will also see William Bruce West joining the fun in future episodes. Roll a d20 and make a Fun Check.

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Down the Rabbit Hole: The Reunion

Rabbit Holers Carlin Trammel, Jeff Somogyi, and Paxton Holley reunite to celebrate the release of Carlin and artist Bill Wiist's fan-made Super Powers Superman mini-comic with an all-new Down the Rabbit Hole episode exploring the Super Friends Wiki. With guest Michael May, the group sets out to get from the mini-comic's wiki page to... Ed McMahon? Find out if they're successful and while you're at it, download both the Superman mini-comic and the newly released second issue featuring Green Lantern.

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39 | Trendy Movies – 2 Laff 2 Lympics

Sue London, Jeff Somogyi, Rob Graham, and Michael May make another movie out of whatever's trending on Twitter at the time.

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34 | Trendy Movies - Höllenküche

To quote David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel, "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever." In this episode, Michael and Rob are joined by Sue London and Jeff Somogyi to test that line by workshopping a movie based on whatever was trending on Twitter at the time. 

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5 | Who Would Win?

Michael May, Rob Graham, Jeff Somogyi, and Chad Young hit the playground to argue about who would win in four legendary match-ups between various characters. Gandalf vs Sasquatch is just the first competition (and not even the weirdest) in this hilarious discussion.

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Fourth Chair Army Invasion 8 | Give That Kaiju Some Work!

Inspired by the upcoming Godzilla movie, Michael invites Chad Young, Jeff Somogyi, and Evan Hanson to recast giant monsters and giant robots in other genres. The conversation occasionally runs off-topic like a giant lizard in downtown Tokyo, rampaging through eBay, stadium seating, summer camp counseling, and Blue Apron chase variants, but ultimately our fearless team is able to create a kaiju musical, film noir, roller coaster, and a season of Real Housewives: Terror Tooth. 

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Down the Rabbit Hole with Dr. Andrea Letamendi

Nerd Lunch eventually spun off its "Down the Rabbit Hole" topic into its own sub-show on the Nerd Lunch feed. In this episode, they explored the DC Wiki with guest Dr. Andrea Letamendi of the Arkham Sessions podcast. And since Pax wasn't able to join in for the episode, Michael sat in to cover.

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Nerd Lunch 233 | Down the Rabbit Hole 4 (Star Wars Edition)

Nerd Lunch's "Down the Rabbit Hole" topic always had Jeff Somogyi join the gang to pick a couple of Wikipedia pages and try to follow links from one to the other in a limited number of clicks. In this one, they set course for Wookieepedia instead and invited Michael and Kay from the Star Wars panel to tag along, trying to get from Jessa Vandangante to Pilk Mukmuk in the span of the show.

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Nerd Lunch 200 | Roast & Toast

For the 200th episode of Nerd Lunch, Jay Ryan and Shawn Robare put together a special Roast & Toast of CT, Pax, and Jeeg chock full of questions, memories, and special guests. Michael called in live with Kay, and Rob sent in an hilarious audio greeting.

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