Michael Gordon
@newlegendmike.bsky.social
Writer, publisher, and sayer of "Howdy!" on various podcasts.
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "Penguin’s Disastrous End" featuring Burgess Meredith and Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/Vypd8wjL-zQ
We recap and review "Penguin’s Disastrous End" featuring Burgess Meredith and Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/Vypd8wjL-zQ
BatChums Episode 80
YouTube video by BatChums
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November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "Penguin’s Disastrous End" featuring Burgess Meredith and Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/Vypd8wjL-zQ
We recap and review "Penguin’s Disastrous End" featuring Burgess Meredith and Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/Vypd8wjL-zQ
“My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm, and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.”
RIP Sally Kirkland (1941-2025)
RIP Sally Kirkland (1941-2025)
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm, and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.”
RIP Sally Kirkland (1941-2025)
RIP Sally Kirkland (1941-2025)
“You’re willing to take a plunge from any height. There’s just something about being in front of a camera. And being in front of an audience is the same thing. It’s hopeless. I guess I’m just a ham.”
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025)
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025)
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“You’re willing to take a plunge from any height. There’s just something about being in front of a camera. And being in front of an audience is the same thing. It’s hopeless. I guess I’m just a ham.”
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025)
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025)
“Through film, you could see how another culture lived. And that’s what I’ve been doing now, reflecting our culture for other people to see.”
RIP Lee Tamahori (1950-2025)
RIP Lee Tamahori (1950-2025)
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Through film, you could see how another culture lived. And that’s what I’ve been doing now, reflecting our culture for other people to see.”
RIP Lee Tamahori (1950-2025)
RIP Lee Tamahori (1950-2025)
New Legend Lounge Episode Four - Jukebox Thrillers
Michael and Darin announce a totally awesome anthology of short stories by top talents inspired by top tunes from the 1980’s. You may be familiar with the songs and even the videos, but you’ve never seen them like this!
youtu.be/6U74FLMh7Fc
Michael and Darin announce a totally awesome anthology of short stories by top talents inspired by top tunes from the 1980’s. You may be familiar with the songs and even the videos, but you’ve never seen them like this!
youtu.be/6U74FLMh7Fc
New Legend Lounge Episode Four
YouTube video by New Legend Lounge
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November 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
New Legend Lounge Episode Four - Jukebox Thrillers
Michael and Darin announce a totally awesome anthology of short stories by top talents inspired by top tunes from the 1980’s. You may be familiar with the songs and even the videos, but you’ve never seen them like this!
youtu.be/6U74FLMh7Fc
Michael and Darin announce a totally awesome anthology of short stories by top talents inspired by top tunes from the 1980’s. You may be familiar with the songs and even the videos, but you’ve never seen them like this!
youtu.be/6U74FLMh7Fc
“I think goodness is very powerful, but often evil is made more attractive in films. It’s a challenge to make goodness appealing.”
RIP Pauline Collins (1940-2025)
RIP Pauline Collins (1940-2025)
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“I think goodness is very powerful, but often evil is made more attractive in films. It’s a challenge to make goodness appealing.”
RIP Pauline Collins (1940-2025)
RIP Pauline Collins (1940-2025)
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "Penguin Sets a Trend" featuring Burgess Meredith and
Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/q4ui3k2uc1U
We recap and review "Penguin Sets a Trend" featuring Burgess Meredith and
Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/q4ui3k2uc1U
BatChums Episode 79
YouTube video by BatChums
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "Penguin Sets a Trend" featuring Burgess Meredith and
Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/q4ui3k2uc1U
We recap and review "Penguin Sets a Trend" featuring Burgess Meredith and
Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/q4ui3k2uc1U
“I’m not an actor. I’m a teacher. The screen or the stage is my blackboard, and so whatever I taught is what’s in you.”
RIP Diane Ladd (1935-2025)
RIP Diane Ladd (1935-2025)
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“I’m not an actor. I’m a teacher. The screen or the stage is my blackboard, and so whatever I taught is what’s in you.”
RIP Diane Ladd (1935-2025)
RIP Diane Ladd (1935-2025)
Needless Things - Batman Forever Forever
Recorded live at Dragon Con 2025!
Dave and a panel of Batmanologists discuss Batman Forever LIVE from the American Sci-Fi Classics Track.
@needlessthings.bsky.social
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Recorded live at Dragon Con 2025!
Dave and a panel of Batmanologists discuss Batman Forever LIVE from the American Sci-Fi Classics Track.
@needlessthings.bsky.social
needlessthings.podbean.com
Needless Things | Phantom Troublemaker
Toys, movies, music, and all manner of pop culture dorkery
needlessthings.podbean.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Needless Things - Batman Forever Forever
Recorded live at Dragon Con 2025!
Dave and a panel of Batmanologists discuss Batman Forever LIVE from the American Sci-Fi Classics Track.
@needlessthings.bsky.social
needlessthings.podbean.com
Recorded live at Dragon Con 2025!
Dave and a panel of Batmanologists discuss Batman Forever LIVE from the American Sci-Fi Classics Track.
@needlessthings.bsky.social
needlessthings.podbean.com
“When I’m shooting, I am always very conscious that I’m shooting actors, not locations. I have to shoot for the actor, for his character, what will look right and say the right things about the actor and character.”
RIP Adam Greenberg (1938-2025)
RIP Adam Greenberg (1938-2025)
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“When I’m shooting, I am always very conscious that I’m shooting actors, not locations. I have to shoot for the actor, for his character, what will look right and say the right things about the actor and character.”
RIP Adam Greenberg (1938-2025)
RIP Adam Greenberg (1938-2025)
New Earth Station Who episode now on YouTube.
Our review of the Seventh Doctor adventure, Silver Nemesis.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6tT...
Our review of the Seventh Doctor adventure, Silver Nemesis.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6tT...
Earth Station Who: The Seventh Doctor Faces the Silver Nemesis
YouTube video by Earth Station Who: A Doctor Who Podcast
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November 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New Earth Station Who episode now on YouTube.
Our review of the Seventh Doctor adventure, Silver Nemesis.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6tT...
Our review of the Seventh Doctor adventure, Silver Nemesis.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6tT...
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "Penguin Is a Girl’s Best Friend" featuring Burgess Meredith and Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/IkzmmPx75d4
We recap and review "Penguin Is a Girl’s Best Friend" featuring Burgess Meredith and Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/IkzmmPx75d4
BatChums Episode 78
YouTube video by BatChums
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
We recap and review "Penguin Is a Girl’s Best Friend" featuring Burgess Meredith and Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/IkzmmPx75d4
We recap and review "Penguin Is a Girl’s Best Friend" featuring Burgess Meredith and Carolyn Jones.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/IkzmmPx75d4
“The joy of being an actor is to deliver good writing to people.”
RIP Prunella Scales (1932-2025)
RIP Prunella Scales (1932-2025)
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“The joy of being an actor is to deliver good writing to people.”
RIP Prunella Scales (1932-2025)
RIP Prunella Scales (1932-2025)
“When you’re working, you’re very professional and you do the work. You know your lines and you hit your marks and your collar’s clean. There is a wonderful world out there besides what you do on screen.”
RIP June Lockhart (1925-2025)
RIP June Lockhart (1925-2025)
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“When you’re working, you’re very professional and you do the work. You know your lines and you hit your marks and your collar’s clean. There is a wonderful world out there besides what you do on screen.”
RIP June Lockhart (1925-2025)
RIP June Lockhart (1925-2025)
“I really wanted to create a character who would be memorable…I relished the idea of driving children back behind the sofa. I knew that if I got Sil's laugh right, it would be the clincher.”
RIP Nabil Shaban (1953-2025)
RIP Nabil Shaban (1953-2025)
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“I really wanted to create a character who would be memorable…I relished the idea of driving children back behind the sofa. I knew that if I got Sil's laugh right, it would be the clincher.”
RIP Nabil Shaban (1953-2025)
RIP Nabil Shaban (1953-2025)
“We wanted to make catchy but twisted pop songs, but we were just two weird guys from Leeds Poly art school. Being in the charts was never the plan. We were electro punks. We never saw ourselves as ‘new romantics!‘”
RIP David Ball (1959-2025)
RIP David Ball (1959-2025)
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
“We wanted to make catchy but twisted pop songs, but we were just two weird guys from Leeds Poly art school. Being in the charts was never the plan. We were electro punks. We never saw ourselves as ‘new romantics!‘”
RIP David Ball (1959-2025)
RIP David Ball (1959-2025)
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
Elaine and Matt Sweatman join us as we recap and review “Scat! That Catwoman" featuring Julie Newmar and Leslie Gore.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/uvhG7ELYEm4
Elaine and Matt Sweatman join us as we recap and review “Scat! That Catwoman" featuring Julie Newmar and Leslie Gore.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/uvhG7ELYEm4
BatChums Episode 77
YouTube video by BatChums
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
New BatChums episode now on YouTube.
Elaine and Matt Sweatman join us as we recap and review “Scat! That Catwoman" featuring Julie Newmar and Leslie Gore.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/uvhG7ELYEm4
Elaine and Matt Sweatman join us as we recap and review “Scat! That Catwoman" featuring Julie Newmar and Leslie Gore.
Audio version available on esonetwork.com and all podcast platforms.
youtu.be/uvhG7ELYEm4
New Earth Station Who episode now on YouTube.
Our review of the Fourth Doctor story, “Planet of Evil,” featuring Sarah Jane Smith.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYr7...
Our review of the Fourth Doctor story, “Planet of Evil,” featuring Sarah Jane Smith.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYr7...
Earth Station Who: Revisiting the Fourth Doctor Classic “Planet of Evil”
YouTube video by Earth Station Who: A Doctor Who Podcast
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New Earth Station Who episode now on YouTube.
Our review of the Fourth Doctor story, “Planet of Evil,” featuring Sarah Jane Smith.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYr7...
Our review of the Fourth Doctor story, “Planet of Evil,” featuring Sarah Jane Smith.
Audio version available on earthstationwho.com and all podcast platforms.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYr7...
“One of two things happen in heavy dramatic moments like that, as actors. You either put the bit between your teeth and do it. Or you realize how totally dotty being an actor is. …Feigning fear, or courage. It’s the Peter Pan syndrome, never got past the age of five.”
RIP Samatha Eggar (1939-2025)
RIP Samatha Eggar (1939-2025)
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“One of two things happen in heavy dramatic moments like that, as actors. You either put the bit between your teeth and do it. Or you realize how totally dotty being an actor is. …Feigning fear, or courage. It’s the Peter Pan syndrome, never got past the age of five.”
RIP Samatha Eggar (1939-2025)
RIP Samatha Eggar (1939-2025)
“A lotta people have come up to me and tell me, you know if it wasn’t for me they would have never picked up a guitar. If I knew that was gonna be the case, I probably woulda practiced a little more.”
RIP Ace Frehley (1951-2025)
RIP Ace Frehley (1951-2025)
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“A lotta people have come up to me and tell me, you know if it wasn’t for me they would have never picked up a guitar. If I knew that was gonna be the case, I probably woulda practiced a little more.”
RIP Ace Frehley (1951-2025)
RIP Ace Frehley (1951-2025)
“This is my hobby, this is my life, this is my passion, this is what it’s all about ... making art.”
RIP Drew Struzan (1947-2025)
RIP Drew Struzan (1947-2025)
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“This is my hobby, this is my life, this is my passion, this is what it’s all about ... making art.”
RIP Drew Struzan (1947-2025)
RIP Drew Struzan (1947-2025)
“Comics have been my whole life…They were my first passion, and kept me going when things were tough…Comics - reading them, making them - gave me escape. I never had the career I hoped for, but at least I’m staying true to that love, right to the end.”
RIP Christopher Mills (1965-2025)
RIP Christopher Mills (1965-2025)
October 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
“Comics have been my whole life…They were my first passion, and kept me going when things were tough…Comics - reading them, making them - gave me escape. I never had the career I hoped for, but at least I’m staying true to that love, right to the end.”
RIP Christopher Mills (1965-2025)
RIP Christopher Mills (1965-2025)
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New episode of my podcast THE BEST STUFF IN THE WORLD, talking all things Alfred Hitchcock with guests @newlegendmike.bsky.social and Heather Stephenson!
Vertigo! Notorious! Psycho! North by Northwest! Rear Window! Shadow of a Doubt! Rebecca! And more!
Vertigo! Notorious! Psycho! North by Northwest! Rear Window! Shadow of a Doubt! Rebecca! And more!
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock | The Best Stuff In The World
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October 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New episode of my podcast THE BEST STUFF IN THE WORLD, talking all things Alfred Hitchcock with guests @newlegendmike.bsky.social and Heather Stephenson!
Vertigo! Notorious! Psycho! North by Northwest! Rear Window! Shadow of a Doubt! Rebecca! And more!
Vertigo! Notorious! Psycho! North by Northwest! Rear Window! Shadow of a Doubt! Rebecca! And more!
“I get hired for my style and my feel. So, if a song calls for…the ‘Rebel Yell’ alley — that kind of style — then they’ll hire me. I kind of do it the best. I mean, it’s not just that style, either…I can do whatever it takes for the feel to sound good.”
RIP Thommy Price )1956-2025)
RIP Thommy Price )1956-2025)
October 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“I get hired for my style and my feel. So, if a song calls for…the ‘Rebel Yell’ alley — that kind of style — then they’ll hire me. I kind of do it the best. I mean, it’s not just that style, either…I can do whatever it takes for the feel to sound good.”
RIP Thommy Price )1956-2025)
RIP Thommy Price )1956-2025)
“I just have to keep going back to the core and think that we’re all afraid of it and when we’re afraid of it, you run to something much easier, something that looks like candy.”
RIP Diane Keaton (1946-2025)
RIP Diane Keaton (1946-2025)
October 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“I just have to keep going back to the core and think that we’re all afraid of it and when we’re afraid of it, you run to something much easier, something that looks like candy.”
RIP Diane Keaton (1946-2025)
RIP Diane Keaton (1946-2025)