1) John Amos: We say a special goodbye to our Season 4 Genius Award recipient: The great John Amos, who combined a commanding screen presence with equally powerful reserves of hurt and vulnerability in his brilliant portrayal of James Evans.
And I mean, he was also on Future Cop!
2) Dungeons and Dragons: This week on the pod, we look at the 1980s CBS cartoon and touch on the game on which it was based. The episode leads us in many different and fantastic directions, but we eventually find our way out! At least, I think we did.
3) Mazes and Monsters: It's just fun to think of Tom Hanks in this old TV movie.
4) Donny Most: To me his Eric is the real star of Dungeons and Dragons and a significant but overlooked part of the Most legacy.
5) Uni: Come on! The lil' creature is adorable! Even grizzled podcasters have to admit that.
6) Saturday Night Live: It began its tenth season 40 years ago tonight with the new additions like Billy Crystal, Marty Short, Rich Hall, Chris Guest, Pamela Stephenson, and a returning Harry Shearer, but no host, along with musical guest The Thompson Twins. This was the "all-star" season of the show and the last of the run of Dick Ebersol in charge while Lorne Michaels was absent.
7) National Coaches Day: Today let's pay tribute to the often-awkward, seldom-revelatory football coach shows on local TV stations!
8) The Bob Newhart Show: I was excited to see Prime Video had added this classic sitcom again for October, then I was dejected to learn it was only the first three seasons...again. Then I was more disappointed to see season 2 isn't even available yet.
At this point, I wonder if this is some kind of misguided attempt to pay homage to Newhart's comic delivery by delaying gratification. Sounds crazy, but so does adding the first and third seasons of a 6-season classic.
9) The Bizkitts: This series didn't do much other than happen to be airing an hour and a half before the D&D episode we cover this week, but, hey, when else are we going to mention this 13-episode wonder from Hanna Barbera?
10) Drake Hogestyn: R.I.P. to the longtime Days star.
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