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The Mental Suppository

Bret M. Herholz

A weekly entertainment & pop culture podcast hosted by Bret M. Herholz, Jamie Billings, Andrew Shanley and Kevin Barbare. Featuring group discussions, interviews and live dramatic readings from the best in comics, cosplay, music, pulp fiction & more.

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All Episodes

25:36

The Mental Suppository Live at Collectibles...

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/07/08

Northeast Comic Con has become a home away from home for the Mental Suppository Podcast. And on Fourth of July weekend they appeared live on stage to do a live script reading of episode two of the 1935 radio drama FLASH GORDON. The Mental Suppository has staged several live script readings before, this time the guys are joined by Lisa Billings and cosplayer Carley Winn to read this radio classic live before an audience. If you weren’t able to make it to the event last weekend, you can hear it now

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01:28:26

Mental Suppository Snarky Theater Presents......

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/07/01

Condorman will not be joining the MCU anytime soon. A turkey of a superhero film that tried to cash in on the success of Superman by making the hero completely inept and possessing absolutely NO superpowers whatsoever... unless being inept in a superpower. Starring Michael Crawford who would go onto star in Andrew Lloyd Webbers Phantom of the Opera in a role he has probably spent decades trying to forget. Think if someone thought it would be a great idea if Inspector Clouseau were a superhero. Or a

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10:50

The Mental Suppository Presents: The Bunk Squad in Color

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/06/23

This week the Mental Suppository presents THE BUNK SQUAD. Adapted for radio in color. When the regular police think a case is the bunk they call in… THE BUNK SQUAD. In this episode Sgt. Morris Howard and his partner Louis Fine are trying to find who stole the Blue Booby Ruby. A rare gem shaped like a bird of the same name. And it’s not a laughing matter. Howard and Fine question many unsavory and questionable characters as they try to discover just who stole the Blue Booby Ruby. And why it’s so

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50:40

Kick-Ass Women in Entertainment

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/06/17

If you think this is going to be a Man Show, Howard Stern or Mantown style episode, you’re listening to the wrong podcast!! In this episode we discuss women in entertainment that we admire for their incredible talent and the amazing contributions they made to pave the way for the women that followed them in the world of music, film and television. And the ridicule they faced at a time when it was difficult for a woman to assert her independence in an industry that has been dominated by men. Bret,

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50:31

Three Hour Epics... Who Needs 'Em?

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/06/09

There have always been epic movies. From Cleopatra to Lawrence of Arabia there have always been movies that certain filmmakers have felt need to be told in more time than an hour or so. But it does seem like in recent years, especially prior to 2020, Hollywood studios have released a host of these three hour epics. Especially in the genre of the superhero movies which have been trying to outdo themselves in both spectacle and feature length. While enjoyable as many of the films have been, is it

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01:06:35

Play MST For Me. A Mystery Science Theatre 3000...

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/06/02

Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA (a UHF station in Hopkins Minnesota) at 6:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1988. The premise was (and still is) fairly simple. An average Joe… or Joel in this case… is shot into space by his evil bosses and forced to watch bad movies as part of an experiment. Joel can’t choose where the movie begins or ends. Because he used those parts to make his robot friends Cambot, CPC, Tom Servo and Crow. Servo and Crow aid Joel as they sit through bad

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42:25

Channel 58's Monster Music Video Mashup Episode

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/05/26

WLVIII TV Channel 58 might be a station serving the Florida/Peru/Massachusetts area with towers located in a cow field in Barre.. we think. With quality programming like Dick Prostate Gynecologist PI, Uncle Greg's Boatload of Gosh Darn Fun, The Jerry Warbler Sings A Bunch Of Crap With These Other Jerks Hour, Friday Night Frightening Flick with Dr. Deadmeat, Entertaining Barre with Buford Tums, as well as popular sitcoms like Father on the Sex Offender Registry and That's Not Livestock That's My

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01:12:53

Joke Warfare and Defeating Fascism With A Good Laugh

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/05/19

Many times in history comedy has been one of the best things to get us through our darkest times. Not only do they make us laugh, but sometimes they make us think as well as inspire us. It may seem strange that the people whose jobs are to make us laugh are the most passionate about politics. The other thing we’ve learned from history is fascists have no sense of humor and can’t take a joke. Hitler wanted to kill the Three Stooges because they lampooned him in a film. Need I say more? Today Bret and

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45:50

Hard Traveling Heroes and Dark Knight Detectives: The...

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/05/12

Neal Adams was the most influential artist in comic books for over 50 years. From his work on the X-Men at Marvel to the ground breaking work he did with Dennis O'Neil on Batman as well as Green Lantern and Green Arrow, his style has influenced many young artists in the business. He would bring Batman back to his grim and gritty roots as well as bring emotional personal and social issues onto the pages of Green Lantern and Green Arrow ranging from racism to drug addiction. Revealing in dramatic

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35:33

Blame Canada: The Return of the Kids in the Hall

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/05/05

The Kids in the Hall first invaded airwaves on Canadian television with an one hour pilot episode on October 16th 1988. It’s regular series debut on CBC and HBO October 24th 1989. It would soon become a staple on the Comedy Channel. Later to be rebranded Comedy Central (or referred to as the South Park/Daily Show Channel by most people today). The KITH themselves were formed by members Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald. They were joined by Bruce McCullough and Mark McKinney with Scott Thompson in

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01:19:59

Whose Who?

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/04/29

Most people don’t realize Doctor Who’s popularity in the United States started long before the series’s return in 2005. Back in the early 1980s the program gained a cult following when PBS stations started broadcasting episodes from the classic series. For some areas, it started with episodes from Jon Pertwee’s time as the Third Doctor. In other areas it started with the episode from Tom Baker’s time as the Fourth Doctor. His manic eyes, grin, endlessly long scarf and mad hatter-like persona has

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01:38:02

Mental Suppository Theater 3000 and 1/2 Presents......

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/04/22

Movie riffing is not easy and you should leave it to the professionals… but we did it anyway. Having previously enjoyed riffing an episode of the New Monkees on a previous podcast, the guys decided to sit through BMX BANDITS. A little Australian film that gave the gift of Nicole Kidman to the world. Which, much like Michael Chiklis in the movie WIRED, proved you can do a really terrible, terrible film and STILL manage to have a career. This film has everything going for it in the wrong direction. So

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01:10:29

Our Amazing Spider-Man Episode

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/04/14

Spider-Man: Far From Home is the latest in the line of Spidey movies starring Tom Holland as everybody’s friendly neighborhood webslinger. And fans can’t get enough of Holland’s take on both the hero as well as Spidey’s alter ego Peter Parker. The success of the film proved that people are still going to the movies and the MCU still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Spider-Man’s success in the movies really didn’t happen until the beginning of the 21st Century when special effects finally caught up in

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01:03:28

How WE Think TV Shows Should Have Ended

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/04/07

Series finales are never an easy thing. Some series finales are classics such as the cases of Newhart or M*A*S*H or they are complete duds… we’re looking right at YOU Jerry Seinfeld!! And in the case of shows like Gilligan’s Island, Bewitched or Mork and Mindy, they were canceled without being given a proper resolution. In the case of many long running series, by the time the last episode comes along the series has been so worn and drawn out and many of the main characters in the series become

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01:13:13

How Low Can You Go?.. A Look At Z Movies

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/03/31

Some movies are so bad they're good. Others are just plain bad. Bad with no redeeming qualities to them whatsoever. So bad that they're not good enough to be classified as B Movies. These movies are so incompetent and poorly produced they've been relegated to the status of Z MOVIES. In this installment Bret and Andrew discuss two of the more infamous Z Movie directors Coleman Francis and Hal Warren. Both men whose films were featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 after decades of obscurity. And

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01:10:31

Live at Northeast Comic Con 2022

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/03/24

The boys of the Mental Suppository Podcast are live at Northeast Comic Con yet again!! And you would have thought Northeast learned their lesson from the last two times. Bret, Jamie, Andrew and Wayne are talking about the new Batman movie with Robert Pattinson along with Batman and Harley Quinn themselves, Matches Malone and Carley Winn who stop by to say hello. But not only are they talking about the new Batman film. But it’s also the 30th Anniversary this year of the release of Batman Returns

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01:16:36

One Season Wonders

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/03/17

Some television shows stood the test of time. Others fell through the cracks only lasting one or two seasons. But there are a few of those one (or two) season wonders we remember. In this episode Bret and Andrew look back and remember a few forgotten shows that left a mark on them. So sit tight as the boys once again set the WABAC Machine to that magical decade known as the 1980s.

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40:45

Hey Hey! We`re the Mental Suppository!!

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/03/10

The Monkees were a cultural phenomenon born out of television executives' desire to manufacture a rock group to cash in on the popularity of the Beatles. Over the years, Mike Nesmith, Peter Dork, Mikey Dolenz and Davy Jones have been unfairly written off as the Pre-Fab Four and accused of not playing their own instruments. Which wasn:t true since all four members were musicians (Peter Tork is said to have been a phenomenal banjo player) and a lot of this misconception of their music abilities stems

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01:01:29

The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/03/03

From the mid 1960s until the late 1980s Hanna-Barbera ruled the airwaves of Saturday Morning television. And before that they had success in the 1940s with the Tom and Jerry animated shorts in the theaters. Then later with characters like Huckleberry Hound Yogi Bear and Top Cat. But their success would really begin with the debut of the Flintstones which became the first prime time animated sitcom. Although Hanna-Barbera wouldn't be the first studio to create animation for the Saturday morning

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01:38:22

50 Episodes Later And We're Finally Talking Star Wars

The Mental Suppository ·

2022/02/25

It’s the 50th episode of the Mental Suppository Podcast and we’re talking about Star Wars… finally!! Bret, Jamie and Andrew talk about their memories of watching the Star Wars trilogy when they were young. Where they first saw Star Wars and their memories of the movies and toys. As well as what made the original trilogy so memorable for them. And what brought them back to what they loved about the films in their teen years. Which might have something to do with Carrie Fisher in a metal bikini being

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