The Fridgecast

There's a man you all know, even if you don't quite know that you know him. With a voice acting career spanning decades, you grew up with him -- voicing characters like TMNT's Raphael, the dim-witted lab mouse (poit!) Pinky of Pinky and the Brain (narf!), and everyone's favorite geography expert, Yakko Warner, among hundreds of others. That man is, of course, Rob Paulsen. After a panel promoting his new venture Bravoman from ShiftyLook (complete with a rousing rendition of "Yakko's World"), Mr. Paulsen was kind enough to speak with our very own Rob "Tek" Piontek about his podcast, his work on the new TMNT (this time as Donatello), and more. We fully intended for this recording to be a part of our post-NYCC podcast, but this interview with Paulsen was just too entertaining to wait. Thanks again, Rob!  We hope to catch you again in the future!

There's a man you all know, even if you don't quite know that you know him. With a voice acting career spanning decades, you grew up with him -- voicing characters like TMNT's Raphael, the dim-witted lab mouse (poit!) Pinky of Pinky and the Brain (narf!), and everyone's favorite geography expert, Yakko Warner, among hundreds of others. That man is, of course, Rob Paulsen. After a panel promoting his new venture Bravoman from ShiftyLook (complete with a rousing rendition of "Yakko's World"), Mr. Paulsen was kind enough to speak with our very own Rob "Tek" Piontek about his podcast, his work on the new TMNT (this time as Donatello), and more. We fully intended for this recording to be a part of our post-NYCC podcast, but this interview with Paulsen was just too entertaining to wait. Thanks again, Rob!  We hope to catch you again in the future!

It's all convention talk on this episode of the Fridgecast!  Rob 'Tek' Piontek and Dwight Tejano look back on September's Baltimore Comic-Con and look forward to New York Comic-Con! Baltimore Comic-Con was a great convention, but is it great because of or in spite of its relatively small size?  Dwight and Tek review the pros and cons of Charm City's comic book convention.  And with New York Comic-Con beginning today, there's plenty to look forward to -- but what does our OTF editors consider the most exciting coming out of the Javits Center? All this and more on this very special Fridgecast!

It's all convention talk on this episode of the Fridgecast!  Rob 'Tek' Piontek and Dwight Tejano look back on September's Baltimore Comic-Con and look forward to New York Comic-Con! Baltimore Comic-Con was a great convention, but is it great because of or in spite of its relatively small size?  Dwight and Tek review the pros and cons of Charm City's comic book convention.  And with New York Comic-Con beginning today, there's plenty to look forward to -- but what does our OTF editors consider the most exciting coming out of the Javits Center? All this and more on this very special Fridgecast!

It's all convention talk on this episode of the Fridgecast!  Rob 'Tek' Piontek and Dwight Tejano look back on September's Baltimore Comic-Con and look forward to New York Comic-Con! Baltimore Comic-Con was a great convention, but is it great because of or in spite of its relatively small size?  Dwight and Tek review the pros and cons of Charm City's comic book convention.  And with New York Comic-Con beginning today, there's plenty to look forward to -- but what does our OTF editors consider the most exciting coming out of the Javits Center? All this and more on this very special Fridgecast!

OTF celebrates all things Star Trek, and what better place to do that than at the world's largest Star Trek Convention? Senior Editor Rob "Tek" Piontek and Senior Contributor Amy Imhoff were on hand at Creation Entertainment's official convention in Las Vegas last month.  But you already knew that, right?  After all, you've already listened to the podcast where they discuss the weekend.  (If not, you have some homework to do!) Now, in conjunction with our Star Trek Week festivities celebrating nearly 50 years of sci-fi history, we have a special podcast, compiling four very special audio interviews.  These guests were so kind and gracious to speak with us during the con, and they had tons of interesting and thought-provoking things to say. It would be a disservice to simply transcribe their words; you have to hear it for yourselves! Listen now to our interviews with: Ashley Eckstein (start) (@heruniverse) Mary Czerwinski (20:48) (@televixen) Robert Picardo (44:28) (@RobertPicardo) Garrett Wang (1:00:00) (@GarrettRWang) Thanks a million to these four fine people for chatting with us!  We really appreciate it, and we look forward to catching up with you all again in the future. Be sure to check on our blog for more from Star Trek Week!

OTF celebrates all things Star Trek, and what better place to do that than at the world's largest Star Trek Convention? Senior Editor Rob "Tek" Piontek and Senior Contributor Amy Imhoff were on hand at Creation Entertainment's official convention in Las Vegas last month.  But you already knew that, right?  After all, you've already listened to the podcast where they discuss the weekend.  (If not, you have some homework to do!) Now, in conjunction with our Star Trek Week festivities celebrating nearly 50 years of sci-fi history, we have a special podcast, compiling four very special audio interviews.  These guests were so kind and gracious to speak with us during the con, and they had tons of interesting and thought-provoking things to say. It would be a disservice to simply transcribe their words; you have to hear it for yourselves! Listen now to our interviews with: Ashley Eckstein (start) (@heruniverse) Mary Czerwinski (20:48) (@televixen) Robert Picardo (44:28) (@RobertPicardo) Garrett Wang (1:00:00) (@GarrettRWang) Thanks a million to these four fine people for chatting with us!  We really appreciate it, and we look forward to catching up with you all again in the future. Be sure to check on our blog for more from Star Trek Week!

OTF celebrates all things Star Trek, and what better place to do that than at the world's largest Star Trek Convention? Senior Editor Rob "Tek" Piontek and Senior Contributor Amy Imhoff were on hand at Creation Entertainment's official convention in Las Vegas last month.  But you already knew that, right?  After all, you've already listened to the podcast where they discuss the weekend.  (If not, you have some homework to do!) Now, in conjunction with our Star Trek Week festivities celebrating nearly 50 years of sci-fi history, we have a special podcast, compiling four very special audio interviews.  These guests were so kind and gracious to speak with us during the con, and they had tons of interesting and thought-provoking things to say. It would be a disservice to simply transcribe their words; you have to hear it for yourselves! Listen now to our interviews with: Ashley Eckstein (start) (@heruniverse) Mary Czerwinski (20:48) (@televixen) Robert Picardo (44:28) (@RobertPicardo) Garrett Wang (1:00:00) (@GarrettRWang) Thanks a million to these four fine people for chatting with us!  We really appreciate it, and we look forward to catching up with you all again in the future. Be sure to check on our blog for more from Star Trek Week!

Incoming communique from the United Federation of Planets! Rob "Tek" Piontek and Amy Imhoff set a course for Las Vegas to make their yearly jaunt to the Creation Entertainment Star Trek Convention. After beaming home from sunny Nevada, Tek and Amy sat down to discuss the events of the four day event - great stories from the various actors, what made their weekends, and more. Plug episode 16 into your earholes. Engage! PS: And stay tuned in the coming days for a special edition podcast: we've got interviews with some great people at the convention, and we thought they were so good, you need to hear them!

Incoming communique from the United Federation of Planets! Rob "Tek" Piontek and Amy Imhoff set a course for Las Vegas to make their yearly jaunt to the Creation Entertainment Star Trek Convention. After beaming home from sunny Nevada, Tek and Amy sat down to discuss the events of the four day event - great stories from the various actors, what made their weekends, and more. Plug episode 16 into your earholes. Engage! PS: And stay tuned in the coming days for a special edition podcast: we've got interviews with some great people at the convention, and we thought they were so good, you need to hear them!

Incoming communique from the United Federation of Planets! Rob "Tek" Piontek and Amy Imhoff set a course for Las Vegas to make their yearly jaunt to the Creation Entertainment Star Trek Convention. After beaming home from sunny Nevada, Tek and Amy sat down to discuss the events of the four day event - great stories from the various actors, what made their weekends, and more. Plug episode 16 into your earholes. Engage! PS: And stay tuned in the coming days for a special edition podcast: we've got interviews with some great people at the convention, and we thought they were so good, you need to hear them!

Did you ever want to know what organized chaos looks like?  If you take a trip down to San Diego for a weekend in July, you just might find out! Comic Con invaded the streets of San Diego for their yearly nerd explosion at the cross section of pop culture, comic books, movies, television, and more!  Naturally, we were there to drink it all in, and, on the final night in San Diego, we took to the microphone and recorded a great podcast for you guys! Dwight Tejano and Rob "Tek" Piontek look at this year's convention with the stunning high points, the equally stunning low points, and why they're coming back next year. We've barely scratched the surface - be sure to check back later for more podcastin' goodness from SDCC in the future, and of course, keep an eye on our SDCC roundup for more news from the con floor!

Did you ever want to know what organized chaos looks like?  If you take a trip down to San Diego for a weekend in July, you just might find out! Comic Con invaded the streets of San Diego for their yearly nerd explosion at the cross section of pop culture, comic books, movies, television, and more!  Naturally, we were there to drink it all in, and, on the final night in San Diego, we took to the microphone and recorded a great podcast for you guys! Dwight Tejano and Rob "Tek" Piontek look at this year's convention with the stunning high points, the equally stunning low points, and why they're coming back next year. We've barely scratched the surface - be sure to check back later for more podcastin' goodness from SDCC in the future, and of course, keep an eye on our SDCC roundup for more news from the con floor!

Did you ever want to know what organized chaos looks like?  If you take a trip down to San Diego for a weekend in July, you just might find out! Comic Con invaded the streets of San Diego for their yearly nerd explosion at the cross section of pop culture, comic books, movies, television, and more!  Naturally, we were there to drink it all in, and, on the final night in San Diego, we took to the microphone and recorded a great podcast for you guys! Dwight Tejano and Rob "Tek" Piontek look at this year's convention with the stunning high points, the equally stunning low points, and why they're coming back next year. We've barely scratched the surface - be sure to check back later for more podcastin' goodness from SDCC in the future, and of course, keep an eye on our SDCC roundup for more news from the con floor!

Every year, the gaming world gets its first preview of the upcoming year's releases in the convention known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo.  With the slow decline of this console generation, there wasn't as much excitement as in year's past, but there was still a lot to talk about. Dwight Tejano, Sean Sorensen, and Rob "Tek" Piontek as they discuss Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft's press conferences and the games most deserving of the hype coming out of the LA Convention Center.  Did the Wii U make the cut?  Was Halo 4 the only Microsoft showstopper?  What was Naughty Dog up to at Sony's presentation?  Find out all this, plus our picks for Game of Show in this episode of the Fridgecast!