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In a specially extended version of Too Grumpy Critics (don't panic, you have the option to ditch out at the usual time), P&S discuss television history's most important kids' shows. All that, plus Sherlock, Filmation and country music.

0:00:00 - Before anyone even says hello, red state America and country music get it firmly between the legs. Ouch, man! But there is good news; P&S have decided to divide control of the show between who is the least sober at the time, and there's a handy household hint on how to make an alcoholic pillow.

0:09:08 - Paul's Week In Stuff includes some epic 80s in the form of 1982's unmissable "Mega Force", from the makes of "Stroker Ace". Can you believe the audacity of a composer who goes to Bm? tchoh! That, and a "hot pianist chick" in the documentary about the man with the most worn-out doorbell in Vienna, in "In Search Of Beethoven". Jeff Bridges tugs at the heart - and banjo - strings in "Crazy Heart", and a producer opens up some insight (see what I did there?) in "Classic Albums; The Doors' The Doors".

0:27:09 - Is there anything better than ultra-violence from an eleven year old? According to Spike's Week in Stuff, there isn't, as "Kick Ass" gets a viewing. Also, could it be... Spike published? No, probably not, but he is announcing a "Prisoner Cell Block H" episode guide nonetheless. That, an unfinished documentary about the making of "Blake's 7" and - shock horror - Paul has finally seen the redux of "Sherlock"... but, did he like it?

0:44:17 - A three-pronged question regarding the world of childrens' TV - A: The most culturally important kids' tv show of all time - 2) Your personal favourite kids' tv show, and III] the kids' tv shows that need to be thrown into a vat of acid.

0:59:27 - As we wave farewell to the listeners on traditional radio, P&S get on with analysing the kids' tv choices of the commentariat.

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This week, P&S discuss their new friends in high places (but not high friends in new places... we hope...) and what's the matter with 3D movies. Also, the commentariat share their stories of "WOW!" TV.

0:00:00 - Vino Boxo, a freakishly small beer and an alcoholic challenge open the show, and also set the tone for it. Funny how that works, isn't it?

0:06:30 - Wow, P&S have some expert friends in high places; the movie podcast Showbiz Sandbox, hosted by three people who have more success in the entertainment industry before they munch their Captain Crunch than Paul and Spike would have if they lived to be four hundred and sixty. Following on from a recent Showbiz Sandbox episode regarding why cinema audiences have been avoiding 3D movies, P&S discuss why it is now - and always has been - a gimmick.

0:17:25 - Another busy Week In Stuff for Pablo Suave, including, in order of "papishness", 'Hot Tub Time Machine','Paranormal Activity', the space-free 'Jason And The Argonauts', 'This Film Is Not Yet Rated' (Rated R), and - finally - grab a danish and watch the Danish 'Terribly Happy', also known by its bad-hand-at-Scrabble name, "Frygtelig Lykkelig".

0:32:50 - Inspired by Paul's infomail about the DVD release of the Max Headroom series, Spike decided to give it another go with the second season episode "Neurostim", with surprising results. And, thanks to G***e Video (ptu!), you can watch it too. Also on the slate, the cult Australian soap opera "Prisoner Cell Block H". Hoo boy.

0:43:09 - This week's question revolved around TV, and the last program you saw that made you say "WOW!" for whatever reason, good or bad. Paul's WOW! moment is more like a "yeessss" moment, and Spike's is filled with excuses. The commentariat, thankfully, have far more sensible choices. CHOICES? PLURAL? I THOUGHT I WAS SEEING DOUBLE! HOO HOOOOO!

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The first week of the Too Grumpy Movie Club gets off to a roaring start, and you'll hear exactly what goes on backstage at one of those newfangled rock and roll concerts. In the 80s.

0:00:00 - After a debate on theoretical lexicography, Paul briefs us on a sad death. Our prayers are with you at this time of terrible loss, bud. Spike makes a technological gain in the face of all the gadgets in his house failing within a fortnight. Good job there's a great email from a new listener to perk up the show and a magic porridge pot of wine.

0:06:13 - A full Week In Stuff for Paul, as we come to the alphabetical end of Roger Ebert's 'Greatest Movies' book with "Written On The Wind", which features, amongst other things, the very Seussian "smirk from Sirk". The 3D remake of "My Bloody Valentine" (won't you stay a... while! while!) gets a surprisingly positive review, as does the Colin Baker-era Dr Who story "Vengeance On Varos" - also known by it's working title; "Peri's Breasts Bouncing". Still... fwaaaar! Eh? Also, Twitter favourite Felicia Day gets an honourary mention through web series "The Guild". All that, and you'll get to hear about the fall-of-Rome-style debauchery that went on backstage at a Frehley's Comet concert.

0:31:28 - After last week's "Tom Baker Years", the Dr Who love-in continues with Spike's viewing of "The Colin Baker Years", featuring less forgetfulness and significantly less pub-related stories. Furthermore, what happens when you put a republican and a member of Greenpeace together in the wilderness....? Dual Survival!

0:43:20 - The first edition of the Too Grumpy Movie Club looks at 1971's "Get Carter". Be forewarned: the discussion contains spoilers, so if you're planning on watching the movie at any point and you don't want to know that he dies at the end, you might not want to listen to this segment.

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Thanks to Google selling out and turning to the dark $ide, we're ditching as many Google products as we can, starting with G-Mail. Farewell, you evil, lying bastards. I hope your Google Plex falls into the swamp. You can now email the show at the new soon-to-be Usual Address, which is the same, only this time at live.com. Yeah! MICROSOFT. You drove us to it, Google.

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The Paul And Spike Show is syndicated weekly by Radio Six International, and is available on their audio stream at 10pm UTC on Friday nights at www.radiosix.com, and on 88.2 World FM in Wellington New Zealand at 7pm local time on Saturday nights (saturday 0700 UTC). To add the show to your radio station or internet station, contact Radio Six International Syndication.

This week, P&S discuss an upcoming vinyl-based feature of the show, and ask the commentariat for their vinyl memories; first and last records bought, favourite piece of vinyl and whether they rue the day they went digital.

0:00:00 - Starting the show with mouthfuls of old wine, we kick off with a correction of something said on last week's show and, in the face of a new TV version that's popped up, a discussion on what makes a good adaptation of Sherlock Holmes.

0:12:34 - Paul's Week In Stuff includes the blaxploitation homage "Black Dynamite", and wonders whether it would have been more lauded had it been directed by Quentin Tarantino. After that snickerfest, and watched through genuinely perfectly legal means (no, really) is "The Hurt Locker" - insert sound of gears crunching here, but does hype-allergic Paul think that all the to-do surrounding the movie was actually worth it...? He's been regressing into childhood with a cartoon-fest, including "Spiderman and his Amazing Friends" and "Thundar The Barbarian", and, just to put a downer on the week, he's been listening to Jim Croche, hearkening back to the days when top 40 artists could be butt-ugly.

0:26:35 - Clouding up Spike's DVD player has been the unfeasibly long titled movie "Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief", demonstrating his tenuous grasp of Greek mythology in the process, by forgetting half of the names of the characters he was surprised to remember from school. Work that one out. More geekish nostalgia, this time with 1991's straight-to-video Dr Who clipfest "The Tom Baker Years", in which the expert orator forgets everyone's name, but remembers what a good time he had with them in the pub afterwards. Tom Baker, that is. Not Spike.

0:36:51 - Quick update about next week's show; You've got a short amount of time to catch 1971's "Get Carter" for next week's Too Grumpy Movie Club. Find it, watch it, and then let us know what you thought, at The Usual Address or you can log in at PaulAndSpike.com with your existing Twitter or Facebook account and comment there.

0:39:35 - Inspired by an upcoming segment dealing with obscure vinyl, we asked the commentariat a four-pronged question: What was the first record you ever bought, the last record you ever bought, what was your favourite record and do you miss the format, preferring the ease and portability of CDs and/or MP3s? As always, answers ranged from the surreal to the sublime, spanning several decades. Comments regarding the quality of LPs over MP3s are surprising.

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0:00:00 - Hooray, we're back! It's a brand new season of the Mildred and Spike Show! ...wait, what? Good news is that the audience have been hankering for some new episodes and will be thrilled that the show is back! Bad news is that all the emails and Tweets have been from people who all have Spike's last name.

0:03:10 - P&S detail the new format of "Too Grumpy Critics" which is startlingly like the format of "TPASS".

0:10:05 - Paul's Summer In Stuff was "lazier than Sarah Palin's fact-checker", but found the time to plough through the "History Of Middle Earth", which sounds like a text version of a director's commentary. It turns out that Paul doesn't have ADD, he's just a "Renaissance Soul", thanks to a book of the same name.  Furthermore, he's been groovin' to Devo's new album  "Something For Everybody" and the one one from former TPASS guest Mark Morriss' band The Bluetones "A New Athens".  The show may well be doomed - Paul is now two movies away from completing the now infamous Ebert list of movies.  What next???  German movie "Wings Of Desire" gets a thumbs up, though.  The Hollywood remake... feh, not so much.

0:26:34 - Here's a very alliterative sentence; Spike's Summer in Stuff is super!  Can you get hours of entertainment through three barrels of lost films?  Yes, you can, if it's "Lost World Of Mitchell And Kenyon".  The ghost of Oscar Wilde will be thrilled that Spike's picked up "The Picture Of Dorian Gray" for the first time in two decades.  Why, you ask?  Because there is only one thing worse than being talked about... And, there's not much you can say about the lost Dennis Potter play "Schmoedipus" other than that it's a Dennis Potter play that ticks all the boxes of a Dennis Potter play.  Make out of that what you will.

0:37:00 - The commentariat have had their usual eclectic mix, including "True Blood", "Rin Tin Tin" and "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" (really!),  "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", lots of love for "Inception", not much love for "Dr Who"... and MORE!

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This week's guest is political strategist and film fan Dusty Trice. Plus, you'll find out what part of a film Paul broke when he was talking to cute ushers, why Dusty thinks a certain scene in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" would make a great political commercial and what film Spike likes, but only because Tony Wilson said it was OK.

0:00:00 - ...hold on a minute. Is Spike *flirting*? Drinks update: Paul is drinking the top-shelf tequila, Spike is drinking drain cleaner. Barf.

0:04:16 - Catchup time! Some stragglers with two American cents on last week's topic, and someone who has picked up a spooky numbers station!

0:12:47 - Some beautifully complex and smart questions from the commentariat, and a Dennis Kucinich impersonation you won't believe, as political strategist Dusty Trice joins The Boys to talk politics, social media, corndogs, and why Senator Al Franken's campaign manager jipped him out of a drink. Here's his rather impressive bio: "Dusty Trice is a New Media Professional with 14 years of political experience, most recently as a senior staffer on Sen. Al Franken’s campaign and as a Social and New Media Campaign Consultant. He has a strong political instinct with experience in using social networks and other New Media platforms to effectively convey campaign messaging."

0:43:47 - He's with Coco! Can you believe Dusty got to hang out with Conan O'Brien at an Al Franken fundraiser? How cool! Also, on the nightstand, the intriguingly titled "Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff", and he's been "kvetching over the new Dr Who" and the colour of his sonic screwdriver. One of us! One of us! One of us!

0:47:55 - Paul's Stuff week sees another one crossed off the Ebert list in the shape of Erich Von Stroheim's "Greed" (is the word is the word is the word), and the Korean action film "Shiri".

0:52:09 - Spike's been unimpressed by "Serpico", but - against all odds - manages to draw a straight line between the movies "Moon" and "Bubba Ho-Tep". Work that one out. Good news is that Paul has a plot theory. Hmmmm.

0:58:11 - This week's movie-related question is the polar opposite of last week's: which movies did you so enjoy that you can watch them multiple times? Most films people see once, maybe twice, and then forget about, but it takes an extra special movie to sustain repeated viewings. Dusty feels guilty about his low-brow choices... that is, until the commentariat put in their two uncouth cents. Want to add to the discussion? You're not too late - send them to The Usual Address and The Boys will add you to the catchup crew on a future show.

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This week, The Boys finally ask the question they've been threatening to unleash on the commentariat for a long time...

0:00:00 - Headphone thief Spike is experiencing disappointment with the spoils of his thievery. But all is not lost, he recommends a set of cheapies to you, the listener. So, there's that.

0:04:35 - This week on Challenge Paul, we see how much Star Trek (TOS) trivia he knows and can guess. One thing's for sure, he gruffly debates the split infinitive.

0:14:15 - Catchup from last week's "Obsessions" show, which leads on to whether scent is the strongest memory-stirring sense.

0:18:08 - This Week In Stuff, whereby The Boys share their 7-day media intake, in order to warm you to, or warn you from, what next to read/watch/play. A multimedia week for Paul, finishing "Silent Hill: Origins" on the PSP, diving into Terry Brooks' book "The Black Unicorn" and getting all zen with PBS' special "The Buddha". One more off the Ebert list, and two and a half hours he'll never get back, in the shape of Robert Altman's "Nashville", which has left an indlible mark on his hand - the shape of the remote.

0:34:02 - Wringing more value from his $9 monthly Netflix fee, Spike gets his documentary fix from the self-indulgent "We Live In Public" and the unfeasibly forgiving "Forgiving Dr Mengele". Also on the slate, two radio shows about the influential electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, the brains behind the theme tune to "Dr Who", although there's not much love from Spike for the new series.

0:57:50 - This week's question is one they've been threatening to do for a long time - what movie(s) did you watch once, enjoy, and never want to see again. Up for grabs are films like "Saving Private Ryan", "Philadelphia", and a groundswell of PTSD-mails for "Requiem For A Dream". Got any to add? It's never too late to send them to The Usual Address.

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0:00:00 - At the third stroke, the vague reference from the past will be... the British speaking clock. doot. doot. doot.

0:08:08 - It's been a newsy week, The Boys discuss the Times Square bomber, from the same school of terrorism as the Glasgow Airport comedy jihadists. Also, Bill Maher claims that Republicans are racists. Or, rather, that racists are Republicans.

0:20:35 - This Week In Stuff, the segment where you can find out what TV shows, movies and books to either love or avoid. Have you discovered "The Singing Detective" yet? Paul is hoping that you'd watch the proper one, and not the remake. He took in another episode of "Benny Goodman: King Of Swing", which mentioned something that Mark Morriss of The Bluetones was moved to acquire, after Paul's glowing review in TPASS#209. One off the Ebert list, "L'Avventura" from prospective cereal maker Michelangelo Antonioni-Os, and one from the listener recommendation list, "The Phantom Of The Paradise". Carburetors, man! That's what life is all about! The PSP's been getting some button-mashing love, via "Silent Hill: Origins". So, sshh!

0:45:10 - Another quiet week for the Netflix-killing Spike, with the proper British version of the stunning "State Of Play", and documentaries "Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father", and laments the "pivotable" points of "The King Of Kong".

0:54:20 - Question time. A badly asked question, or just a bad question? The Boys discuss obsessions, their own and those of the commentariat. Obsessions discussed are time, instruction manuals, shortwave radio, football and how many Christmasses Paul has left.

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This week, The Boys are joined by author and poet John Osborne to talk about his books "Radio Head: Up And Down The Dial Of British Radio" (reviewed on show #210) and the brand spanking new "The Newsagent's Window: Adventures In A World Of Second-Hand Cars And Lost Cats".

Spike says, "you must forgive the points in the show where there are great gobs of silence or where we're all talking over each other. It sounds rude, but we were dealing with a two second delay between the three of us. That's the nature of distance, Skype and cellphones."

0:00:00 - Oh dear, it looks as if Spike won't be around for much longer, thanks to his life expectancy being reduced by a late appointment. And there's not even any booze in the house. We do get a song from Paul's daughter, though.

0:04:34 - A catchup email from last week's show splits hairs between "silic'n" and "silly-cone", to be filed under "C" for 'Correction' rather than for 'Complaint'. Or maybe "L". Also, is the Googy Wave dying? Say it ain't so!

0:15:02 - The banner year of 1984 produced the festive classic "A Christmas Story", and, finally, after all these years, a particularly confusing line about pitchers gets some well-deserved clarification.

0:24:06 - Poet, author and fellow broadcasting geek John Osborne joins The Boys to talk radio. Quoth Amazon about his book 'Radio Head: Up And Down The Dial Of British Radio': "When his dull temporary job became drearier than ever, John decided to remain attached to his headphones all day to listen to some of Britain's more unknown stations as well as revisiting the mainstream to fully experience the breadth of our radio output. The result is a funny, disarming ride through aspects of Britain that are uplifting, informative and sometimes plain bizarre. Throughout his month of intensive radio listening, John flits through talk radio, sports shows, dips into the mainstream and the minority, exalts in specialist music shows, comedy and local radio before expanding his mind with an experimental arts channel. It seems there is something for everyone at the turn of a dial, whether that is the ranting of the permanently enraged, the gentle tinkle of a string quartet, West Indian stomp or the sound of frozen peas being thrown around Elephant and Castle underground station." John's Future Radio show, comprised entirely of music from British radio legend John Peel's shed starts on Sunday May 2nd, and runs for five weeks. Find out more at http://www.futureradio.co.uk/johnpeelsshed

0:42:12 - This Week In Stuff, the section of the show where The Boys share their media intake in order to recommend you toward, or warn you from, what they've been watching/reading/snorting. Apart from snooker, John's been getting his fill of not-much-happening thanks to the DVD sets of "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and reading some David Sedaris; regular guest on NPR's "This American Life".

0:48:08 - Paul's PSP gets some love with episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man", Dennis Potter-fest continues with the second episode of "The Singing Detective" and the BBC radio series "Benny Goodman: King Of Swing". And he's been reading... why, whadaya know? It's John's book "Radio Head: Up And Down The Dial Of British Radio".

0:49:56 - Is there any more depressing experience than paying good money to watch miserable elephants do tricks? Morrissey on a loop, maybe. But that's been Spike's entire WIS.

0:53:53 - The Boys talk about John's new book "The Newsagent's Window: Adventures In A World Of Second-Hand Cars And Lost Cats". Here's what Amazon has to say: "I had met a lot of special people through newsagents' windows, and spent many enjoyable days with them. I found out about a community I never knew existed, the heart of rural Britain. I learned that everyone had a story to tell, and that people who live very ordinary lives are much more fascinating than explorers or pop stars.' John Osborne's second book is a comic voyage through small-town Britain via the ads in newsagents' windows: lost kittens, personal ads, a second-hand bike for sale, yoga classes ...Moving into an unfurnished house, John at first uses the ads in newsagents' windows to buy practical things like a bed and a settee. But on impulse one day he replies to an advert for a psychic masseur named Lucy, who tells him some startling home-truths as he sits on her settee in his pants. So begins a year of self-discovery and a wild obsession with newsagents' windows, which take John to a shoe-exhibition, to an Alan Ayckbourn play, to a wrestling match. He finds himself the owner of a man's entire video collection, a second-hand bike, a clapped-out Ford Escort - and discovers a community of a bygone age. Looking to improve his German, he meets a pretty German girl named Leni ...Hilarious and thought-provoking, The Newsagent's Window restores our faith - in our fellow human beings, in a world without ebay - and reveals the odd things that can happen if you let newsagents' windows dictate your day."

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Don't forget, you can buy all three John's books at Amazon.co.uk. American listeners can find "Radio Head" for less than $10 from the Amazon Marketplace: http://is.gd/bN75C

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A familiar third voice creeps back into the show thanks to the third most unpleasant waste product to come out of Iceland, after Bjork and "Lazytown".

0:00:00 - Do we hate Iceland? Sure, its volcanic output may have paralysed airspace over most of northern Europe leaving people stranded and unable to get home... but it did give Spike's dad Old Spike an extra eight days vacation and one more appearance on the show.

0:06:07 - Former militant political animal Old Spike wonders if he's missing coverage of the UK general election and that election day buzz, or if "old age, inertia and meh-ness" has made it less interesting.

0:16:35 - Pickin' and Gri... wait, what?

0:17:01 - This Week In Stuff. Paul has been enjoying a mini Dennis Potter film festival, including the darkly odd "Blue Remembered Hills" and the first episode of Old Spike's favourite, "The Singing Detective". Sighs from the peanut gallery as Paul crosses another movie off the infamous Ebert list; "Last Year At Marienbad" and then some fluff, courtesy of "Planet 51".

0:31:05 - Thanks to the presence of Spike's kids, Old Spike has lost a hundred and three minutes of his life to Ponyo. Another few chapters of the terrifying "American Theocracy" which leads to a discussion about the presence of religion in American politics, and the lack of it in British politics.

0:44:05 - Spike's fragmented week includes "lots of bits of stuff" thanks to his signing up to Netflix and has been streaming Dr Who through the website... but does that make him a pirate?

0:59:15 - This week's question: let's say you had a loan of the Tardis for a couple of hours. What point in history would you visit? And why?

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