New Year's Geek with R.J. Carter of Critical Blast! - Episode 207 - 12/28/2019

Podcast version of the Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 12/28/2019:
New Year’s Geek with R.J. Carter of Critical Blast!

Highlights: R.J. Carter of Critical Blast joins for a journey through recent news from geekdom. We say goodbye to D.C. Fontana, René Auberjonois, Chuck Peddle and Don Imus. Plus: R.J.’s The Destroyer novels and a new YA superhero book called Bulletproof from Critical Blast, admiring Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s legs and more! “Good” Star Trek. What item has just become the most valuable prop in horror history?

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SHOW NOTES

Podcast Zinger is from Twelve Days of Christmas performed by Bob and Doug McKenzie.

Topic Notes:

Dorothy Catherine “D.C.” Fontana 1939 – 2019
D.C. Fontana on Memory Alpha
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/D.C._Fontana

René Auberjonois 1940 – 2019
René Auberjonois, actor featured in ‘Star Trek’ and Altman films, dies at 79 | The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/rene-auberjonois-actor-featured-in-star-trek-and-altman-films-dies-at-79/2019/12/08/3f59c822-1a0d-11ea-b4c1-fd0d91b60d9e_story.html

Chuck Peddle 1937 – December 15, 2019
Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age | The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/technology/chuck-peddle-dead.html

Don Imus 1940 – 2019
“Imus in the Morning” helped get me through the 90s. Stern’s good, but I’d take Imus any day of the week. And his brother Fred at the Autobody Express 🙂
Don Imus, giant of New York airwaves who pioneered shock jock genre, dead at 79 | Daily News
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-radio-legend-don-imus-dead-20191227-dwhhblx5krfpnf43hafvrqqo6q-story.html

Bulletproof: Origins by Stephen Mitchell is a YA read about a kid who becomes invulnerable on his 16th birthday
https://www.amazon.com/Bulletproof-Origins-Stephen-J-Mitchell/dp/0578573431

Monumental Terror: The Destroyer Book 153
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YBGBRNK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Trilogy of Terror Zuni Doll becomes the most valuable prop in horror history
https://news.justcollecting.com/trilogy-of-terror-zuni-doll-auction-record-horror-movie-prop/

‘Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker’ Chasing ‘Last Jedi’ With $76M 2nd Weekend; ‘Little Women’ Not So Tiny With $29M 5-Day | Deadline
https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-little-women-uncut-gems-spies-in-disguise-post-christmas-box-office-1202817539/

Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker on Box Office Mojo
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3305145857/?ref_=bo_hm_rd

My Star Wars movie rankings:
V, IV, III, VI, VIII, VII, IX, R1, II, I, S – What’s yours?

Jon Favreau tweeted on 12/27 that The Mandalorian Season 2 is coming Fall 2020

Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition
Shane’s book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat
Order on Amazon now:
https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1138574643/

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