“Mr. and Mrs. North” featured a married couple of sleuths.  They began their career in short stories written by Richard Lockridge in the 1930s, but soon progressed to novels, a movie, a Broadway play, an Edgar-Award-wining radio show, and eventually television in the 1950s.  They have affection for each other, and Mrs. North plays just as much a part in the stories as does her husband.  Then, with the success of the “The Jack Benny Program,” it was only natural there be spin-offs.  Singer Dennis Day got his own show in 1946.  “A Day in the Life of Dennis Day” features the Irish tenor not as Benny’s employee, but rather a drug store employee in a fictional small town.  But he’s still rather naïve, and you can bet he still sings.

Episodes

Mr. and Mrs. North

January 4, 1951

“Die Hard”  

1:57

A Day in the Life of Dennis Day

December 17, 1947

“Dennis Helps Mrs. Anderson Become President of the Ladies Club”

28:29

"The Girl Who Was Death"

UK Airing: January 18, 1968

US Airing: September 7, 1968

The Prisoner appears to have returned to London and is sent on a mission to find Professor Schnipps' rocket that is set to destroy London. But he must contend with a lovely female assassin first.

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On an all-new edition of The Weekly Podioplex, Logan sliced into the box office and eliminated the competition, using his cinematic swan song to make his mark on the record books. This week, the Wolverine goes toe to toe with a giant ape as Kong: Skull Island takes audiences on a forbidden journey. Which mutant will win?

In home entertainment, Disney takes us to the islands as Moana makes her debut alongside Jackie, Scamander, and the Passengers. The Americans sneak into the TV list, and two classics make their way onto high-definition. After that, Denise wraps things up with a new slate of news in the Quick Flicks, putting the finishing touches on this first March edition of the Weekly Podioplex, brought to you on The Chronic Rift Network.

Weekly Podioplex Notes for March 7th, 2017

Introduction

Opening Clip: Kong: Skull Island

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Logan – [New Release]
#2 – Get Out – [-1]
#3 – The Shack – [New Release]
#4 – The LEGO Batman Movie – [-2]
#5 – John Wick: Chapter Two – [-2]
#6 – Before I Fall – [New Release]

#7 – Hidden Figures – [Even]
#8 – The Great Wall – [-4]
#9 – Fifty Shades Darker – [-4]
#10 – La La Land – [-2]

Tops From the Past

2012 – The Lorax
2007 – 300
1997 – Private Parts
1987 – Lethal Weapon
1977 – Rocky
 

Box Office Premieres for the week of March 10th, 2017

Wide

Kong: Skull Island – [PG-13]

Limited

Raw – [R]
Badrinath Ki Dulhania – [NR]
The Ottoman Lieutenant – [R]

Personal Shopper – [R]

The Sense of an Ending – [PG-13]

My Scientology Movie – [NR]

The Other Half – [NR]
The Dark Below – [UR]
Uncertain – [NR]
Suntan – [UR]

Home Entertainment for the week of March 7th, 2017

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray

Moana – [PG]

Jackie – [R]

Incarnate – [PG-13]

New Releases on Digital Video

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – [PG-13]

Passengers – [PG-13]

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray

The Americans: Season Four (2016)
Saving Hope: Season Four (2016)

Blu-Rays From the Past

Compulsion (1959) – [NR]

Fahrenheit 451 (1966) – [NR]

Podcast Promos

The Melting Potcast

The Melting Potcast: A Little of Everything, from Everyone, Everywhere. It's also your source for really bad food and writing puns. Our crew gives you never-before heard fiction in a variety show setting, featuring different types of segments. This is a melting pot, after all!

Quick Flicks

Van Helsing re-write
Hellboy 3 will never happen
Castle Rock gets a ten-episode order on Hulu
Jurassic World 2 plot revealed?
LEGO Batman Movie director helming Nightwing film
Robin Hood: Origins

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On an all-new edition of The Weekly Podioplex, November debuts with a repeat winner as Boo! A Madea Halloween fends off a tepid performance by Inferno. Robert Langdon's disappointing debut will likely result in a rapid decline as Marvel returns to the stage with Doctor Strange. Following on the doctor's heels are an animated comedy about Trolls and a war drama called Hacksaw Ridge.

In home entertainment, we boldy go with Star Trek Beyond, Bad Moms, and the Return of the Caped Crusaders. It's a Sausage Party on digital, and a smorgasbord of home entertainment including Librarirans, IT professionals, and time travelers. Wrap things up with Denise and the Quick Flicks, and you have a shiny new installment of The Weekly Podioplex, brought to you on The Chronic Rift Network.

Weekly Podioplex Notes for November 1st, 2016

Introduction

Opening Clip: Doctor Strange

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Boo! A Madea Halloween – [Second Week]
#2 – Inferno – [New Release]
#3 – Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – [-1]
#4 – The Accountant – [Even]
#5 – Ouija: Origin of Evil – [-2]
#6 – The Girl on the Train – [-1]

#7 – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – [-1]
#8 – Keeping Up With the Joneses – [-1]
#9 – Storks – [Even]
#10 – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil – [Limited Release]

Tops From the Past

2011 – Puss in Boots
2006 – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
1996 – Romeo + Juliet
1986 – Crocodile Dundee
1976 – Burnt Offerings

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of November 4th, 2016

Wide

Doctor Strange – [PG-13]

Trolls – [PG]

Hacksaw Ridge – [R]

Limited

Loving – [PG-13]
The Eagle Huntress – [G]
Peter and the Farm – [UR]

Home Entertainment for the week of November 1st, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Star Trek Beyond – [PG-13]

The Night Before – [R]

Bad Moms – [R]

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders – [PG]

New Releases on Digital Video

Sausage Party – [R]

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Hell on Wheels: Season Five, Part Two (2016)
Hell on Wheels: The Complete Series (2011-2016)
The Librarians: Season One (2015)
The IT Crowd: The Complete Series (2006-2013)
Outlander: Season Two (2015)

Blu-Rays From the Past 

Neighbors (1981) – [R]

Podcast Promos

The Batcave Podcast 

The Batcave Podcast is an Internet show that takes a look at each and every episode of the 60s Batman television series. Host John S. Drew celebrates the great and looks to see where the show went wrong as it slid into oblivion in its third and final season with a different guest host each week. In the end, John is attempting to justify his love for this series, not to the listener, but to himself. Join him on this long, strange trip.

Quick Flicks

Captain America without Steve Rogers
Sherlock Holmes 3 heads to the writers room
Sherlock returns to BBC America next year
Wes Anderson's next stop-motion film
Doctor Who: Timeclash table-top game
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay to hit hardcover

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 On an all-new edition of The Weekly Podioplex, Jason Bourne took down the Enterprise as Matt Damon ends his nine year hiatus from the role with a bang. Kirk and crew held off the Bad Moms and the nerve-wracking stunts of Nerve, but this week's good guys may have a tough time against next week's bad guys as the Suicide Squad explodes into theaters. 

On the home entertainment front, a handful of big name comedies join The Killing Joke on disc, and The Huntsman brings the Winter's War to digital. TV on DVD is spy drama with Blindspot and The Blacklist, and the sinking of the most famous unsinkable ship comes forward on Blu-Ray. This and more on a new edition of The Weekly Podioplex, only on The Chronic Rift Network.

Weekly Podioplex Notes for August 2, 2016

Introduction

Opening Clip: Suicide Squad

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Jason Bourne – [New Release]
#2 – Star Trek Beyond – [-1]
#3 – Bad Moms – [New Release]
#4 – The Secret Life of Pets – [-2]
#5 – Ice Age: Collision Course – [-1]
#6 – Lights Out – [-3]

#7 – Ghostbusters – [-2]
#8 – Nerve – [New Release]
#9 – Finding Dory – [-4]
#10 – The Legend of Tarzan – [-3]

Tops From the Past

2011 – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2006 – Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
1996 – A Time to Kill
1986 – Aliens
1976 – The Omen

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of August 5th, 2016

Wide  

Suicide Squad – [PG-13]

Nine Lives – [PG]

Limited

Little Men – [PG]
Five Nights in Maine – [NR]

Front Cover – [NR]

Home Entertainment for the week of August 2nd, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Meet the Blacks – [R]

Confirmation – [NR]

Batman: The Killing Joke – [R]

Keanu – [R]

Mother’s Day – [PG-13]

Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues – [NR]

New Releases on Digital Video

Chosen – [R]

The Huntsman: Winter’s War – [PG-13]

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Blindspot: Season One (2015)
The Blacklist: Season Three (2015)

Blu-Rays From the Past 

The Titanic (1996) – [NR]

Podcast Promos

Remake This Movie RIGHT!

“Remake This Movie RIGHT!” is a bi-weekly podcast where we take a classic film that is actively being remade by Hollywood studio execs, and craft our own version of how a modern retelling should go. Does the story need updating? Should characters or motives be tweaked? Do we need more muppets? We take all factors into account, concoct our film, and then offer a Final Pitch to you in movie trailer form. By the end of each episode, we will Remake This Movie RIGHT!

Quick Flicks

None

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On an all-new no foolin' edition of The Weekly Podioplex, the bunny took a backseat as Batman and Superman battled their way through several records for a stellar weekend. The big question is whether or not those titans can keep the box office throne against brutal critical reviews and a lackluster new release slate. This, some winter films for your home theater, and a return to the Satellite of Love fill out the rest of this week's edition of The Weekly Podioplex, brought to you on the Chronic Rift Network.

Weekly Podioplex Notes for March 29, 2016

Introduction

Opening Clip: God's Not Dead 2

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
#2 – Zootopia [-1]
#3 – My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
#4 – Miracles from Heaven [-1]
#5 – The Divergent Series: Allegiant [-3]
#6 – 10 Cloverfield Lane [-2]

#7 – Deadpool [-2]
#8 – London Has Fallen [-2]
#9 – Hello, My Name is Doris [+5]
#10 – Risen [+1]

(New Release) [Change]

Tops From the Past

2011 – Hop
2006 – Ice Age: The Meltdown
1996 – The Birdcage
1986 – Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1976 – Taxi Driver

 

Box Office Premieres for the week of April 1st, 2016

Wide

God’s Not Dead 2 – [PG]

Meet the Blacks – [R]

Limited

Everybody Wants Some!! – [R]
Miles Ahead – [R]

The Dark Horse – [R]

Kill Your Friends – [NR]
Natural Born Pranksters – [R]
Standing Tall – [R]
The Girl in the Photographs – [R]

Home Entertainment for the week of March 29th, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

The Hateful Eight – [R]

Concussion – [PG-13]

Point Break – [PG-13]

Forsaken – [R]

Exposed – [R]

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXXV (1988-1999)

Archer: Season Six (2015)

Humans: Season One (2015)

Blu-Rays From the Past 

The Hidden Fortress (1958) [Criterion Collection] – [NR]

Podcast Promos

My Star wars Story

Anomaly?

Site: http://rosiesummers.podbean.com

Promos: http://rosiesummers.podbean.com/mf/web/cnuyd7/KnightBusAdvert2.mp3 (90 sec) http://rosiesummers.podbean.com/2013/07/03/aboard-the-knight-bus-advert/

SFD

Pop Mockers

Pop Mockers is a clean pop culture comedy podcast from the Breakroom Studios Podcast Network that makes fun of all things pop culture and social media. Chris Cowan, Chris Quandt, and Nate Henderson provide witty and hilarious commentary as they get together each week to discuss all the things that are wrong with modern society..

Quick Flicks

None

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Michael Falkner offers a double dose of movie premeires on this expanded episode of The Weekly Podioplex.

Weekly Podioplex Notes for

March 8, 2016

Introduction

Opening Clip: 10 Cloverfield Lane

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Zootopia
#2 – London Has Fallen
#3 – Deadpool [-2]
#4 – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
#5 – Gods of Egypt [-3]
#6 – Risen [-2]

#7 – Kung Fu Panda 3 [-4]
#8 – The Revenant [+2]
#9 – Eddie the Eagle [-4]
#10 – The Witch [-3]

(New Release) [Change]

Tops From the Past

2011 – Battle: Los Angeles
2006 – Failure to Launch
1996 – The Birdcage
1986 – Pretty in Pink
1976 – To the Devil a Daughter

Box Office Premieres for the weeks of March 11th and March 18th, 2016

Wide

March 11th 

10 Cloverfield Lane – [PG-13]

The Perfect Match – [R]

The Brothers Grimsby – [R]

The Young Messiah – [PG-13]

March 18th 

The Divergent Series: Allegiant – [PG-13]

Miracles from Heaven – [PG]

Limited

March 8th 

Creative Control – [R]
Eye in the Sky – [R]

Hello, My Name is Doris – [R]
Lolo – [NR]

Marguerite – [R]
River of Grass – [NR]

Backgammon – [NR]

March 15th 

The Bounce Back – [PG-13]

Midnight Special – [PG-13]

The Bronze – [R]

The Program – [R]

The Little Prince – [PG]

Krishna – [R]

My Golden Days – [R]

Home Entertainment for the weeks of March 8th and March 15th, 2016

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

March 8th

The Peanuts Movie – [G]

Victor Frankenstein – [PG-13]

Macbeth – [R]

March 15th 

The Big Short – [R]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip – [PG]

Brooklyn – [PG-13]

Sisters – [R]

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

March 8th

Manhattan: Season Two (2015)

March 15th 

Game of Thrones: Season Five (2015)

Blu-Rays From the Past 

March 8th 

Howard the Duck (1986) – [PG]

March 15th 

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) – [Approved]

Podcast Promos

The Batcave Podcast

The Batcave Podcast is an Internet show that takes a look at each and every episode of the 60s Batman television series. Host John S. Drew celebrates the great and looks to see where the show went wrong as it slid into oblivion in its third and final season with a different guest host each week. In the end, John is attempting to justify his love for this series, not to the listener, but to himself. Join him on this long, strange trip. 

The Anomaly Podcast

Welcome to Anomaly Geek Girl Podcasts and Blog.  Articles and episodes feature topics such as: Sci Fi and Fantasy books, games, movies & television shows, costuming & cosplay, conventions, theatre & general geek culture. There’s a little something here for the geek in everyone.

Quick Flicks

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 James Bond continues to hold the lead at the box office.  In fact, Spectre and The Peanuts Movie managed to hold the top two spots, beating out this weekend's new releases.  But can their reign continue as we move into the holiday sesaon and some of the blockbusters that are on the way?  Michael Falkner has this weekend's movie releases and more on a new Weekly Podioplex.

Weekly Podioplex Notes for November 17, 2015

Introduction

Opening Clip: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

Box Office Report

Top Ten

#1 – Spectre [Second Week]
#2 – The Peanuts Movie [Even]
#3 – Love the Coopers
#4 – The Martian [-1]
#5 – The 33
#6 – Goosebumps [-2]

#7 – Bridge of Spies [-2]
#8 – Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
#9 – Hotel Transylvania 2 [-3]
#10 – The Last Witch Hunter [-2]

(New Release) [Change]

Tops From the Past

2010 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
2005 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
1995 – GoldenEye
1985 – Once Bitten
1975 – Dog Day Afternoon

Box Office Premieres for the week of November 20th, 2015

Wide

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – [PG-13]

The Night Before – [R]

Secret in Their Eyes – [PG-13]

Limited

Legend – [R]

Carol – [R]

#Horror – [NR]

Mediterranea – [NR]

Home Entertainment for the week of November 17th, 2015

New Releases on DVD and Blu-Ray 

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Extended Edition – [R]

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. – [PG-13]

TV on DVD and Blu-Ray 

McHale’s Navy: The Complete Series (1962-1966)

Cristela: Season One (2014)

Blu-Rays From the Past 

In Cold Blood (1967) – [R]

Podcast Promos

Techno Retro Dads

TechnoRetro Dads share the fandom and fun of their youth with their families as they build a bridge from the past to the future through the time spent with their kids in the present. Join JediShua and shazbazzar as they reminisce about the past while exploring the future of some of their favorite science fiction and fantasy properties of their youth. Listen in to discussions about the movies, music, games, and comics of the 70s and 80s as they share the days of their youth with their own kids in a positive, family-friendly atmosphere. If you’re a TechnoRetro Dad, the child of one, or just fondly remember the sci-fi/fantasy properties of the 70s and 80s, then this podcast is for you!

Quick Flicks

None

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