The podcast of the UK’s No.1 geeky magazine. We cover movies, cult TV, games, comics, toys and tech. Watch out for new issues at good newsagents every month or subscribe at www.get-geeky.today. Digital issues are available for iOS and Android – search “Geeky Monkey”
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We are the FC3 Monkey Business Podcast, the Geek/Nerd Podcast arm of the Mighty Monkey Corporation/Flower City Comic Con! If you already know who we are, thank you for seeking us out and please feel free to join in the conversation! We create weekly podcasts (which release on Wednesdays at noon) on every geeky topic and since we believe every topic is geeky if you love it enough, you never know what you are going to get! We will bring you interviews with local and national people of interest ...
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Enter the world of geeky debates and ramblings on all things Music, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Movies and Games from the the hive-minds of UK Progressive Rock Wizards, Gandalf's Fist!
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Defenders of the Earth: The Movie
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In this episode of the Gandalf's Fist podcast, Dean and Luke talk about comic book movies outside of the popular Marvel/DC franchises. Pontificating on everything from Tank Girl to Childhood Ninja-Turtle trauma. Remember out can check out our music and albums at our official website and subscribe to our official Youtube channel for more GF content.…
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Celebrating John Williams
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Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is brought to you by Mighty Monkey Corporation, which also brings you Flower City Comic Con. Do you like wh…
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Dean and Luke's Excellent Time-Monkey Adventure
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In this episode, Dean and Luke attempt to discuss a few of their favourite time-travel movies. Whilst deliberately avoiding obvious classics such as The Terminator, Back to the Future and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, Dean and Luke try their best to avoid any rifts in the space-time continuum and try to get the bottom of what makes a good time-tr…
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The Ghost of Christmas Podcast
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Ho Ho Ho! Merry Fistmas! It is the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere, and to mark the festivities Dean & Luke ramble through a yuletide-chat to explore the controversial topic of "alternative" Christmas Movies. A purchase link to the opening track, "Winter's Mourning" can be found by clicking here. The funny Christmas "documentary" tha…
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Monkey Business returns from its hiatus with Tanya, Anne, and Deanna bringing some Halloween to you! Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is bro…
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Robin Hood Men In Tights
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We finish off our Mel Brooks section by talking about the 1993 film Robin Hood: Men In Tights! And yes, Tanya actually liked this one! What are your thoughts on it? Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, any…
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History of the World, Part 1
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This is no inquisition, this week we talk about Mel Brooks' classic 1981 film History of the World, Part 1! We tell you our thoughts on it, we love hearing your thoughts too! Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. Afte…
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Spaceballs: The Monkey Business Podcast
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A short time ago in a podcast very, very, very, very near you, the Monkey Business podcast about Spaceballs was recorded. Chris Starr was joined by Princess Tanya, King Billy, Darfolomew to talk about this classic movie from the 80's. Seen it? What do you think about it? Does it stand the test of time? Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metra…
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Back To The Future Part III
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Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring their love of everything to you. After all, anything can be geeky if you love it enough! Monkey Business is brought to you by Mighty Monkey Corporation, which also brings you Flower City Comic Con. Do you like wh…
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Road to Darkness: A Retrospective
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In this special episode, we take a brief detour from geeky chat topics to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our second full-length album, "Road to Darkness." As part of the celebrations, you can pre-order the Vinyl Copy of this album here! Which will be released on this format for the very first time, in strictly limited numbers very soon indeed…
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Back To The Future Part 2
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We travel to the future this week, which is actually our past. Then we go to the past, but it's not the right past. So we go farther into the past to correct the future. But something happens and we end up even farther back in time! Welcome to Back to the Future Part 2! Join us on this rollercoaster ride of time travel! Monkey Business stars Chris …
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Fictional Fracas: Bond vs Kirk
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Nobody cares who the best James Bond is. Nobody cares whether Picard is better than Kirk. What we really want to know is whether Kirk can truly be considered "Space Bond" and, if so, which other iterations of 007 can he best in hand-to-hand combat? Join Dean, Luke, Ben and Stefan - members of the UK Progressive Rock Band, Gandalf's Fist - as they d…
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Back To The Future
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Are you telling me you built a time machine, out of a Delorean? We're traveling back to 1985 and the release of Back to the Future! What made the movie become a beloved classic? What do you love about the movie? Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and sometimes Dan Carmen. They all identify as geeks, and want to bring …
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Return of the Jedi
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We conclude our discussions on the original Star Wars trilogy with, of course, Return of the Jedi. No movie is perfect of course, but what made this trilogy of movies so enduring that they have spawned so many books, tv shows, movies, and so much more? While this concludes our talk about Star Wars for now, we will return to this property soon! We'd…
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The Empire Strikes Back
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One of the greatest sequels of all time? This week we talk about Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back. After the amazing success of the original Star Wars, a sequel was bound to happen. Is it better than the original? Why, or why not? We give you our opinions, let's hear yours! Monkey Business stars Chris Frank, Tanya Metras, Billy D’Ettorre, and som…
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Mastering the Monkey
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In this special episode we take a brief detour from Geeky Chat topics to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of our debut album, "The Master and the Monkey." This previously recorded conversation between Dean and Luke covers the early days of Gandalf's Fist, how the album was created, why it was hidden away for so long and the glorious triumphant ret…
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The Original Star Wars
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A long time ago, in a theatre not too far away, an almost forgotten movie called "Star Wars" was released. Now we're sure most of you have never heard of this, so we thought it would be a great idea to talk about it, hopefully in a way you've never heard before. Be careful, we have a very bad feeling about this podcast... Monkey Business stars Chri…
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Pelé and the Tale of the Golden Weasel
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We all love a game of Rollerball with the family or, perhaps, a festive Podrace with the In-Laws on Boxing Day. But what exactly is the world's worst fictional sport? Join Dean, Luke, Ben and Stefan - members of the UK Progressive Rock Band, Gandalf's Fist - as they discuss and debate a whole bunch of 'made-up' sports and games from movies and TV i…
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Back in 1975 there was a British science fiction show called 1999. Heard of it? Loved it? Hated it? Don't know what we're talking about? Stop on in and let's discuss this science fiction classic! And as always, don't forget about our question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Gandalf's Fist are a Progressive Rock band from the UK. They are nerds...but well-rounded nerds. They care which iteration of James Bond could best James T Kirk in a fist-fight, they are passionate about the rules of "Jump-Ball" in Starship Troopers and they ready to debate it all with you in their sporadic podcast outpouring! We're pleased you've …
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Behind the Scenes With Star Wars
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Let's talk about Star Wars. Not necessarily the movies, but what the rumor mill is telling us about what might be happening with Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Favreau. Do we know what the real truth is? Definitely not. Still join us in this conversation on what the future of the franchise could possibly be! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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Do you have a bucket list? You never know what tomorrow might bring, so we think it's time for you to go Do The Thing that you've maybe always wanted to do. We talk about a few of our bucket list items, and we'd love to hear about some of yours! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Random Monkey Musings
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Join the Monkey Business crew for some Random Musings!Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Netflix's High Score
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The Monkey Business crew is joined by James and Krissi from Gaming Street Irregulars to discuss Netflix's documentary series High Score. This series features stories and interviews with the developers and creators of early video games. The series first premiered on August 19, 2020. Love it, don't love it, it's a good start? Tune in and let us know …
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If you haven't seen the Disney+ documentary series Marvel 616, then you probably want to catch at least a couple of episodes of this! Due to technical difficulties, this actually took us a couple of weeks to record, and we do a lot of our normal tangents. Have you seen it, what are your thoughts? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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The Monkey Business crew welcome James Irish (Gaming Street Irregulars podcast) and Vinnie Pontillo (Bulldog's Got the Book podcast) to talk wrestling! If you're a lifelong fan, or you're just delving into it, join the crew and let us know your thoughts on it! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Netflix's The Toys That Made Us
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If you haven't heard about Netflix's The Toys That Made Us and love classic toys this is something you definitely should watch! We talk about the show and some of the episodes, and of course include some of our usual digression! There are 12 episodes covering a lot of classic toy franchises, but what are some that you'd love to see in the future? ★…
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Is shopping an Olympic sport? What type of shopper are you? Anne joins us as we talk about Tanya winning the gold in the shopping Olympics! Just kidding, there is not such thing, but she does love to shop! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Do you watch the big football game when it comes around every year? Do you have any traditions, or particular snack you just have to have? We talk about ours here, let's here about yours too! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Another Random Adventure
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We start out an episode with a plan. Do we always follow the plan? No. This episode is no exception! Join us on our crazy roller coaster journey and where it leads us - Dan's cancer and tattoos! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Wonder Woman 1984
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Have you seen the new Wonder Woman 1984 movie? If not, major spoilers ahead!! With our first podcast of 2021 we give our opinions of the movie. And don't forget to stick around for the question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Spoiler Alert!! We talk about the entire second season of the Mandalorian, so if you haven't seen all the episodes yet you might want to hold off until you do! What did you think of it, and are you as excited as we are about all the Star Wars content coming in the next few years?? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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We are in the midst of the holiday season! And while this isn't all about what kind of stuff you get, we were wondering what's on everyone wish lists! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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The Monkey Crew is joined by Elizabeth Rice (Lady of Time Cosplay) to talk about all things Doctor Who! A new special is coming up New Year's Day which is going to lead to some cast changes - what are your thoughts? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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2020 Retrospective
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Chris, Tanya, Billy and Dan take a look back at 2020. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Thanksgiving is almost here! What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving traditions? We'll talk about ours! What are you most thankful for this crazy year? With everything going on, it's important to remember that there are things we can be thankful for! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Fictional Presidents
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You may have heard there was recently a presidential election, so we thought it would be fun to talk about fictional presidents, ones you find in TV and movies! From Jed Bartlet to Bill Mitchell to Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, and more! We were also excited to be joined by Susan D'Ettorre, who moderated the 1992 presidential debate…
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Reflections of the Past
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When Dan is away... well who are we kidding, we always end up digressing! Chris, Billy, and Tanya discuss Halloween, Sean Connery, and the Election (this was recorded on 11/1 so it hadn't happened yet!). So this will be interesting to see what actually does happen (did happen?) on election day! And don't forget our Question of the Week! ★ Support t…
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Christmas and More!
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We went into this episode with no real idea of where it was going to end up. So... join us for talk on Christmas starting too early, and with special features including The Break That Isn't A Break and The Ending That isn't An Ending. And of course our question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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TV Shows Then vs Now
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How have TV shows changed over the years, or have they? Join in our discussion of this, with some possible digressions, and much more on this week's episode of Monkey Business! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic
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This week we're joined by Anne Leibeck and Susan D'Ettorre as we talk about the movies Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic! Love them, hate them, don't care about them? We have all kinds of opinions of them! Let's hear yours! Join us for our fun filled discussion! And don't forget about our question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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Halloween Ramblings?
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talk about everything and anything Halloween related. How far down the rabbit hole do they travel? Favorite candy, costumes, decorations, and how traumatized Chris and Tanya are about being startled and scared. Do we dare leave them unsupervised after this? Let us know in the comments! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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These are a few of our Random Things...
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Join the Monkey Business crew as they talk about some random things! For a preview: Freezing time for a day, silly phobias (or maybe not so silly?) and what we were like as kids. We'd love to hear how you'd answer some of these questions! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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Join the FC3 Monkey Business crew as we talk about DC's Doom Patrol! Good, bad? What are your thoughts on this series, now in its second season? And at the end don't forget our question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Von Mighty Monkeyhouse Media
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A Chat with author Sam Maggs
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The Monkey Business Crew sits down with best selling author Sam Maggs! Sam Maggs is a best selling author of books, comics and video games. She’s been a senior writer for Insomniac Games including working on Marvel’s Spider-Man; the author of DK Marvel Fearless and Fantastic! and Quirk Books’ The Fangirls Guide to the Galaxy, Wonder Women, Girl Squ…
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What is your Geek Persona?
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Our good friend James Irish posted a meme asking "What is your Geek persona?" So what do we do with that? We make a podcast episode out of it! While admittedly we didn't make it through half of the list, let's hear some of your answers to the questions! And stay tuned at the end for a little blooper reel of us attempting to get through the opening!…
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Disappointing Movies
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Have you ever watched a movie, maybe something adapted from a book or a video game, that you had such high hopes for, but in the end thoroughly (or partially) disappointed you? We talk about a few that we were not very happy with. Comment and let us know some of yours! And don't forget about the question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patre…
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Shows We Grew Up With
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Join the Monkey Business crew as we talk about some of the TV shows we grew up with. These are mostly shows from the 70's and 80's, and we really only scratch the surface of this topic, so expect us to return to this sometime in the future! What are some of your favorite shows from when you were growing up? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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Stuck On A Desert Island
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If you were stuck on a desert island, what are some of the things you wish you had with you? Chris, Tanya, Billy and Dan talk about the things they would bring. Are they good choices or bad? Do you think they'll survive with what the bring? And of course we end up with the question of the week! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…
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Do Movies Stand The Test Of Time?
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In our last episode we talked about movies that we could watch over and over. But what about those that were good when they came out, but when you go back and re-watch them, they're, well, maybe not so good anymore? Join the Monkey Business crew as they talk about some of these movies, and let us know what are some that you think do not stand the t…
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