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The One We Did For Television

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Join Buddies In Space as they film their first (and probably only) television episode for RCTV!!!

That’s right, the Buddies make their bid to be Rochester-famous by filming a pilot of their podcast in front of a dead studio audience at Rochester City Television studios!

This podcast was edited independently of the television show it came from, but there are still points where you’ll have to use your imagination as to what’s happening. Assuming you HAVE an imagination, you soulless automaton… Or, hey, just a thought, watch the TV episode here:

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Discover Mike’s strange new addiction! Worry at S’mike’s alarming refusal to state that he is NOT a murderer! Delve into the insanity that is “Operation: Perfect Christmas!”

Plus laughter, cursing on television and reenactments. Wow!

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Vomiting Up Memories

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Travel back in time, dear listener, as Buddies In Space hypnotize you and unpack your childhood recollections.

Well, really they just unpack more of their own childhood recollections. And instead of hypnosis, they use alcohol. So that entire lead-in sentence was a lie.

The horrors of S’mike’s childhood are brought to light, from the “lunches” his mother packed for him that caused him to fail classes in school to his secret shame, the __________wear store his family owned in the South Bend, IN mall.

Then gain more useless knowledge as Mike explains the intricate inner working of a VHS tape while he relays how to repair one. Just think, if you ever DID travel back in time… BIS will ensure that you can get a job at a video store to pay for your rotary telephone calls and sabretooth tiger hunts!

The Buddies then share (read: compete with one another by telling) their absolute favoritest stories from college, involving “my roomate is gone” parties and headbanging competitions with the police.

Also: Bat molestation! Penis sheathes made of celery! The best donuts in Rochester, NY!

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Predator-Style Huntin’ Camo with Matching Manly Slippers

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The Buddies old-man-it-up this episode, sipping on the premier seafood-based drink of Toronto. Also, a very sad review of Avengers is conducted, where James Spader’s Ultron is described as “douche bag Shakespeare.” Spoiler: they didn’t love it.

What the heck happened to that movie?!

Other discussion highlights include the unfairness of playing first person shooters on a PC vs a console, ineffectual horror movie boyfriends and Uggs. Just… Uggs.

Also Hellraiser! Mr. Robot! Rick and Morty! Welcome to Night Vale! Completely unrelated, the Buddies review their “show me yours and I’ll show you mine” night.

Use your imagination…

Actor’s names forgotten in this episode: Keith David and Phil LaMarr

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Myths and the Dark Side (of Geekdom)

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“And lo, did Buddies In Space return to form.”

No guests. No gimmicks. Just sheer, unmitigated, mildly antagonistic geek humor, baby! The Star Wars ticket pre-sale madness gets it’s due while hipster-Jamaican drinks are thrown together and consumed. Computer names and builds are discussed and then, inevitably, argued over.

Warning: there’s some nerd smack-talk up in this podcast…

Mike expounds on Joseph Campbell, his beliefs on mythology and how social media is utterly destroying the communal elements of humanity. You know, nothing deep or anything. Also the “Star Wars Is Anti-White” BS movement gets dissected, as does the darker side of the geek community.

S’Mike then shows off his fancy smartwatch. Shiny!

Also: DC’s unintentionally racist Vathlo Island. 3D movies. Edith Bunker or Hamilton or whatever.

Bam. Every element of geekdom served.

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With Special Guest Ben Coury, Political Pundit and Entrepreneur!

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For this episode, the Buddies are joined by national Man of Mystery and Mike’s oldest friend from high school, Mr. Benjagamin Coury (his pronunciation). He’s many things: Scholar. Political Theorist. Web Designer. Former Store Manager of a Certain Evil Cell Phone Retailer. And he’s blowing the whistle on EVERYTHING.

OK, some of that isn’t true.

What, maybe he’s not really a scholar?!

Actually, the Buddies get political for a hot damn minute (or twenty), and their guest shares some great methods to research politics in an unbiased way, as well as his predictions for how this Presidential race will play out.

The evils of sales and retail employment also get explored at length, and there’s even a happy ending for our erstwhile guest host. Awwwwww. And hey, the number of people who don’t want children actually outnumber the parents in this episode!

Plus- Video game and Dungeons & Dragons nostalgia! Pony rides! Grappa! The bizarre meta-ending of Big Bang Theory!

But you know what you’ll remember the most? All of the laughter…

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Tasmanian Devil Face Cancer

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Woah Nelly, does this episode start out dark! Mike delves into the insanity of a recent death in the family, and the Buddies attempt to find humor in it where they can. More of Mike’s cult background is also discussed. ‘Cuz that’s funny, right?

Right?!

Things move on to lighter fare when S’Mike provides one last box of childhood detritus for the Buddies to mine, and boy is it ever filled with… stuff. Some of which is disintegrating.

A strong-but-delicious drink recipe is tested and is found to pass muster, especially with hipsters. Also the podcast title is explained.

Humor!

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Kanpai!

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In true Japanese drinking fashion, the Buddies tie one on with the assistance of two bottles of good sake. They drink wayyyyyyy more than usual, and by the end… out come the awkward prom date stories.

That being said, go ahead and file this episode under “educational.” What? Drunk AND informative? How can this be?! S’mike, a certified sake expert, shares tons of info about making and drinking sake, including drinking rituals, types of rice and even who pours when. Also, he explains the exact way that gas prices are calculated.

Neeeeeeeeerd alert.

The Buddies then dig into Mike’s Shoebox of Detritus, left over from high school and college. Hint: he liked knives as a younger man.

Other topics covered include booze for giant monsters, the douchey archaeologists who dug up the fabled buried Atari cartridges and S’mike’s drunken rant about poor industrial design. Seriously, never has a pencil sharpener received such a tongue-thrashing.

Somehow, the Buddies find time for comedy as well. It’s a longer episode than usual, but you can turn this into a drinking game- just take a drink every time Mike flubs a word!

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With Special Guests Colin the Vampire Viking and Stuuuuuuuuuu!

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The Buddies are joined by Colin the Vampire Viking, in his second BIS guest appearance, along with his long-time friend Stu Allen, two former members of horror movie podcast “The Death of Horror.”

Horror movies and tropes get discussed and dissected, Mike drudges up one of his craziest NYC stories yet and Bragg’s Apple Cider drinks are tasted aplenty. Spoiler: they’re not half bad.

Also, Colin and Stu relay their curious tendency to get “two-spooned” when ordering a dessert at a restaurant…

Stu didn’t get to talk much, so savor his every word. Enjoy!

 

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The 80’s vs the 90’s

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The Buddies host the Battle of the Century, pitting the 80’s against the 90’s for decade supremacy with a little help from Trivial Pursuit.

Which was the better decade? Who has forgotten more? Only Buddies In Space can tell!

Also, tangents. So very, very many tangents.

And DON’T FORGET about our Calling All Writers blog post- give us your embarrassingly bad short stories and poems so we can do dramatic readings of them in a future episode!

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A Litany of Pain

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The Buddies dive deep into graphics card dick-measuring, garage sales and the most ridiculous video game controller ever devised by mankind (hint: look at the pic). The not-so-great drink recipe from the previous episode is corrected, and gosh darn it, it tastes pretty good! Also, Mike recounts the time that Susan Lucci stabbed him with her Daytime Emmy.

Before you ask- Yes, that is actually a true story.

Mike and S’mike also compare their educations on the Civil War since they went to grade school on both sides of the Mason Dixon line. S’mike then shows his age by not really understanding what a podcast actually is.

Will S’Mike be able to decide who was “right” during the Civil War? What secret toy-related sound effect did Mike hide in the podcast to entice S’mike to listen to his own damned voice?? Will Mike ever stop over-stating the listenership size of Marc Maron’s podcast?!?!?!?!?!?!

There’s only way to find out, dear Buddies- listen now!

Also, DON’T FORGET about our Calling All Writers blog post- give us your embarrassingly bad short stories and poems so we can do dramatic readings of them later this summer!

 

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