Planet 8 Podcast

Episode 176: 8 Years of Planet 8

It's hard to believe, but your Planet 8 crew has been transmitting for eight years now! Yes, it's our eighth anniversary. It almost sneaked up on us. But not quite! We hope you'll join us as we recount how the podcast came to be, and talk about some of our favorite episodes. We've enjoyed putting this show together all these years, and we hope you've enjoyed listening to it or watching it.
We'll also do a Sensor Sweep, where Larry shows off his new Space 1999 Eagle ship -it's so big, it fills the whole screen! Bob has a book: Horror Movie Monsters by Jon Landis, and it's a beaut! He also has a 4K version of one of his favorite films, Speed Racer. Karen deosn't have any goodies to share, but plugs her YouTube channel, Echoes from the Satellite, where she's been reading Fantasy and Sci-Fi anthologies, as well as Marvel's Killraven comic book.
Check out this episode and let us know what your favorite episode over the last 8 years has been! And hang around til the end, and you can hear the mysterious, perhaps ghostly, knocking that Bob talks about in the episode!
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It's our anniversary! Where's the cake??

Best of Planet 8: Ray Harryhausen

Due to circumstances beyond our control, instead of a new episode, we are bringing you an encore performance of our Ray Harryhausen episode from February 8, 2019, our 20th episode. We note that Ray -"the Master" - passed on May 7, 2013, so almost exactly 13 years ago. He may be gone, but he'll never be forgotten.
 
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Best of Planet 8: Remembering Gerry Conway

The Planet 8 crew was saddened to hear today of the passing of comic book legend Gerry Conway, who had written many comic book titles of the 70s and 80s, including Amazing Spider-Man, The Mighty Thor, and Fantastic Four. Back in May 2020, we interviewed Gerry as part of our "Giant-Size Spider-Man" episode. We share that interview here as a tribute to Gerry. Our condolences to his loved ones.

Episode 175: Top Ten Aliens

We're back with a Planet 8 tradition -a new top ten list! We've done robots, spaceships, and science fiction films. Now we take a look at our favorite extraterrestrials. Those beings from other worlds - aliens! It's open to beings from movies and television, live-action and animated. Who will make the list? You'll have to listen or watch to find out!
In our Sensor Sweep, Bob has more details for you about Godzillafest -you can now buy your tickets! Go to Godzillafest.com for all the info. Karen shares some classic soundtrack CDs she got from Film Score Monthly. And Larry received a package of goodies from our great friend and listener Bill, including a Liddsville comic!
That's it for now. Once you have caught our list, let us know your picks. You can reach us at:
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Episode 174: Live from Planet 8, It's Saturday Morning!

Recently we aired an encore presentation of our September 2019 show on Saturday morning cartoons. In that episode, we said that someday, we should discuss our favorite live-action Saturday morning shows. Well, that day is here! In this episode, each of us -Larry, Bob, and Karen - shares a favorite live-action show. We follow this up with a brief discussion of other shows we enjoyed. 
Karen starts things off with 1976's Ark II, a postapocalyptic kids show, Bob follows with the well-known Land of the Lost, and Larry surprises us all by choosing The Bugaloos!
There was something special about live-action shows. They seemed like "real" TV shows, but for kids. They often had protagonists about the same age as the viewers, so it was easy to insert oneself into the story. And most offered up a moral at the end.
Did you enjoy live-action Saturday shows? Let us know which ones were your favorites.
For our Sensor Sweep, Karen shares her Micronauts Time Traveler figure from Super 7. It's just like the ones she had as a wee child. Larry shows off his replica pistol from Blade Runner, sold by Paragon. It's incredibly detailed. Bob updated us on Godzillafest 2026: tickets are now available! The film festival will be held July 17-19 at the Balboa Theater in San Francisco, and the full-blown convention will occur September 18-20 at the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway, also in San Francisco. Go to https://www.godzillafest.com/ for more information. Bob also shared a Godzilla popcorn bucket from the Alamo Drafthouse.
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I hope you listened to this one with a big bowl of cereal!

Episode 173: Intergalactic Book Club

We bet that many of you have some great books on the science fiction, horror, and fantasy films and TV shows that you love. Well, so do we, and on this episode, we are sharing those books and talking about what makes them our favorites! This is really a great episode to jump over and check out on our YouTube channel!  Each of us shares several different books, looking at everything from Star Trek, Ultraman, classic horror, Planet of the Apes, and Walt Disney. We're nothing if not eclectic. In any case, we hope you enjoy it!
This week, our Sensor Sweep gives us a chance to catch up on what everyone is watching. There's certainly a lot of genre shows out there!
That's all for now folks. Stay safe, stay cool, and tell us about your favorite books.
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Best of Planet 8: Saturday Morning Cartoons

You know what they say: life finds a way...to derail podcasts. Yes, we're afraid that due to circumstances beyond our control, we will be running an encore presentation of one of our early episodes, from September 2019, Saturday Morning Cartoons. Enjoy!
Hey kids! Get up, grab your cereal bowl, and join the Planet 8 crew to watch your favorite Saturday morning cartoons! We'll reminisce today about not only our favorite cartoons, but those wonderful sugary cereals as well.
Bob gives us the low down on Jonny Quest, the classic Hanna Barbera 1960s action adventure cartoon series. He'll talk about the characters, episodes, voice talent, and more. If you love Jonny Quest, you won't want to miss this.
Karen looks at a non-Saturday morning cartoon: Justice League and Justice League Unlimited that ran on the Cartoon Network originally. She describes the set up for the show, how it changed when they went to Justice League Unlimited,  and the crew discusses what they loved about this iconic super-hero animated series.
To wrap it up, Larry covers the sometimes-forgotten Star Trek series: Star Trek The Animated Series. Running in 1973 and 1974, the 22 episodes continued the original series five year voyage. We'll discuss the voice acting -by most of the original cast -and some of the more interesting stories.
Let us know some of your favorite cartoons. What kept you glued to the tube as a youngster?
 
For our Sensor Sweep, Larry shares a book called Star Trek: The Guide to the Animated Series by Aaron Harvey and Rich Schepis. The book is full of photos of the script pages,sketches,  interviews with the writers, and just tons of information about the planning and development of the series. The Commander highly recommends it!
 
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Episode 172: Best (?) Sci-Fi Films of the 70s

Once again, we're looking at a decade and the best science fiction films in it. However...we have already covered a LOT of 70s science fiction films. We've had whole episodes on Alien, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Star Trek The Motion Picture, Logan's Run, Star Wars, Soylent Green, Omega Man, and many more. We didn't want to pick those films again. So the films we chose in this episode might not be the headliners, but we think they're still good films and representative of the 70s as a decade.
We each chose two films to discuss.
Bob: Deathrace 2000 (1975), Message from Space (1978)
Larry: Terminal Man (1972), Time After Time (1979)
Karen: Silent Running (1972), Westworld (1973)
 
The 70s were a great decade for science fiction, with dystopian thrillers, space operas, and even romantic adventures. The 70s might be the decade with the greatest variety of science fiction films. Whatever you want, you can find it there. We hope you find our selections entertaining. 
 
For the Sensor Sweep, Bob has a genuine samurai sword that is a replica of one seen in Kill Bill, it ties into both of his film selections, as it was used by David Carradine in Kill Bill, and made by Sonny Chiba. Both of these actors are in the two films he selected! Karen shares about her upcoming episodes of her YouTube show, Echoes from the Satellite, which will include segments on the Killraven Marvel Comics from the 1970s. And Commander Larry shares a ginormous book, Valley of the Cliffhangers by Jack Mathis, which covers old serial films, as well as a poster of This Island Earth that he got from Jim Zippo, who can be found on Facebook.
Let us know your favorite science fiction films from the 70s! Even if it's Sleeper!
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