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Remember When – Episode 43
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Torchwood Changes Everything
Fresh from the archives of Cardiff, Remember When dusts itself off for a brand new episode. We’re returning to the Doctor Who-niverse for one more round, with Episode 43 focusing on Torchwood.
Parris and Jay talk about how they were introduced to the show, their impressions of the show’s content during their first viewing, and how the show has held up in our respective opinions since then. We talk about the good fortune that led us through the muck of Series 1, why we like Series 2 despite its failings, and go into a deep dive on which characters and storylines we enjoyed. You might be surprised to find that one of us actually even enjoyed Tosh by the end of the show!
We also hold a very deep dive into Children of Earth, the miniseries that served as our last look into the Special Forces branch. This five episode series came about after a series of budget cuts, casting issues, and story problems, and we each offer commentary on how Children of Earth changed our ever-shaping opinions of Torchwood… for better or worse.
At the end, we have an unscheduled (but welcome) tangent into the state of sitcoms on TV on the current schedule. Spoilers for Parks & Recreation are pretty heavy, along with a few minor ones for Modern Family, so be warned. We also talk about our upcoming plans for the Original Trilogy episodes of Star Wars, how we’ll be approaching them, and some of the TLC we’re spreading on those recordings in order to make sure we provide you with some of the best episodes of Remember When.
As always, we thank our fans for their continued support and appreciation of the podcast. It’s because of your kind words and well wishes that we continue to do this podcast as a labor of love. If you’d like to leave us feedback, please feel free to give us a shout at our email address, or leave us a voicemail at 206-495-1732 (long distance charges may apply). You can also join our Facebook group for up-to-the-minute information on our podcast releases, a first look at our upcoming live recording sessions, and to communicate with us and your fellow Remember When fans in between shows. Check it out at this link. You can also follow us on Twitter.
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Time stamps:
0:00 to 5:04 – Show intro
5:04 to 33:00 – Series 1 discussion – With Spoilers
33:00 to 53:00 - Series 2 discussion (with a tangent on our preferred Time Travel destination) – With Spoilers
53:00 to 1:28:53 – Children of Earth discussion – With Spoilers
1:28:53 to end – Current TV show discussions – Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Parks & Recreation, 30 Rock, True Blood, Modern Family, The Office, Community (with spoilers for The Office, Modern Family, and Parks & Rec)
Remember When – Episode 42
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It’s the TARDIS’ fault. She kept us from recording a podcast earlier by trapping us in an alternate dimension. Thanks to a little Time Lord ingenuity and a paper clip, Remember When is back on course with our long awaited, often discussed Doctor Who episode.
Dedicated entirely to the Man From Gallifrey, Episode 42 talks about Doctor Who as it’s existed in the past 7 years. We look back at the eras of Eccleston and Tennant and talk about their respective runs, why we love Tennant, and why Eccleston pales in comparison. Jay and Parris both discuss their respective introductions to the show, and how they came to regard it as they binged on some of the better sci-fi from across the pond.
Covering Series 1 through 4 and the final specials of David Tennant, this podcast is spoiler-laden and covers a wide range of topics. We look back at the definitive moments when we loved the Doctor, rank the companions in terms of most awesome to least awesome (and hottest to Rose), give each season a score, and talk about what it was like to come into this show. The joy that is Donna Noble is extolled to no end. After a legacy that’s run nearly half a century long, our only regret is that we wish we’d had more time to talk about Doctor Who. There are dozens of other topics we’d love to have discussed.
As always, we thank our fans for their continued support and appreciation of the podcast. If you’d like to leave us feedback, please feel free to give us a shout at our email address, or leave us a voicemail at 206-495-1732 (long distance charges may apply). You can also join our Facebook group for up-to-the-minute information on our podcast releases, a first look at our upcoming live recording sessions, and to communicate with us and your fellow Remember When fans in between shows. Check it out at this link. You can also follow us on Twitter.
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Allons-y! Remember When returns on 4/1 with our Doctor Who episode
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No, this isn’t some kind of advanced April Fool’s Day prank. After being off the air for two months due to the cruelties of having day jobs and families, we’d be terrible people if the first thing out of our mouths was a joke.
It’s finally happening, folks. After a year’s worth of discussions, multiple episode viewings, and two scheduled attempts that went awry because of real life concerns, we’re incredibly pleased to announce that the Doctor Who episode of Remember When is finally about to happen.
Tomorrow, April 1st, Parris and I will finally be getting behind our respective microphones once again to bring you a brand new episode of Remember When. Our discussions will cover the Eccleston and Tennant era of Doctor Who. This will be the first time either of us have discussed our deep thoughts on the show with one another. That’s right. For an entire year, Parris and I have avoided talking about what we think about our favorite episodes, which companion we loved the most, or our favorite lines from the show. If you know the two of us, you’ll know that this is a Herculean feat for us.
We won’t be talking about Torchwood in this show, aside from its brief appearances during the Tennant era. We’re actually saving up our next episode to dedicate it exclusively to the adventures of Captain Jack and his crew.
Our Doctor Who episode will be recording live at 6pm Pacific tomorrow night, and you can listen in for free at our Ustream channel. If you can’t make it to the live recording session, the downloadable podcast will hit the RSS feed early next week. Either way, we hope you enjoy the show. It’s been in the making for a while, and we’ve got a lot to talk about!
Remember When – Episode 41
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After a long winter’s night, Remember When is back again for more retro-style goodness.
Since our hiatus lasted a little longer than we would have liked, we’re temporarily tabling the Doctor Who / Torchwood episodes to get back into some of the original Remember When formula. We start off with a look back at TRON. The original 1982 Disney film is a cult classic, and serves as the latest “Great Movie Jay Has Never Seen”. With fresh eyes and an open mind, Jay sits down and talks about what he liked about the movie, why he thinks TRON sucks, and his thoughts behind what a 7 year old version of himself would have thought about TRON.
Then we jump into our discussion on TRON: Legacy. As the big budget follow-up approaches the 300 million dollar mark at the box office, Parris and Jay sit down at their microphones and roll up their sleeves as they go head-to-head with their opinions on the sequel. Can a huge marketing budget and crazy special effects work save this movie? We talk about what works, what fails, and why Disney should never force a TRON movie to be a Big Lebowski sequel.
The last half of the show is a catch-up on all of our film and TV related tangents, with chatter about the mid-season TV schedule. Parris admits he was wrong about a TV show, Jay admits that Parris was right about a TV show, and we rave about the brilliance of Ricky Gervais. Maybe a little too much.
There’s a detailed look at the roster of shows coming in the first half of 2011. If you’ve been complaining that we haven’t done enough “Remember When” stuff in our podcast, then you’re in for a treat. We’re preparing some MAJOR shows that will dive deep into some of the best movies of the 70′s and 80′s. Of course, we then tangent off into yet another direction. Hey, it’s what we do.
As always, we thank our fans for their continued support and appreciation of the podcast. If you’d like to leave us feedback, please feel free to give us a shout at our email address, or leave us a voicemail at 206-495-1732 (long distance charges may apply). You can also join our Facebook group for up-to-the-minute information on our podcast releases, a first look at our upcoming live recording sessions, and to communicate with us and your fellow Remember When fans in between shows. Check it out at this link. You can also follow us on Twitter.
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SHOW NOTES
0:00 to 5:54 – Introduction, explanation of the show’s hiatus
5:54 to 19:01 – Discussion of the original TRON (Great Movies Jay Has Never Seen) – SPOILERS
19:01 to 49:50 – Discussion of TRON: Legacy – SPOILERS
49:50 to 50:21 – Intermission
50:21 to 1:15:38 – Tangent Central, Part 1 (TV talk, Jay Hulks Parris, Cowboy Bebop)
1:15:38 to 1:22:28 – The Remember When schedule for the first half of 2011
1:22:28 to End – Tangent Central, Part 2 (Ricky Gervais love, the Bill Murray appreciation segment, and more)
Remember When – Episode 40
8Remember When returns with another Special Edition episode that’s aimed squarely at your brain… your plump, delicious brain.
Episode 40 is a one-off release that we’re doing to discuss the latest in AMC’s original programming. The Walking Dead premieres on Halloween night this year, and AMC was gracious enough to provide us with screener copies of the first two episodes before they aired. So we’re here with a special release to talk about this series, what it means, and why you should watch it.
Because The Walking Dead hasn’t aired yet, we’ve divided the show into three separate segments. First, we give you a spoiler-free look at the initial pair of episodes, giving you a detailed look at why we love the first two hours of The Walking Dead without ruining any of the story details for you.
After that, we jump into a spoiler-filled discussion on Days Gone By, the pilot episode of The Walking Dead. We talk about our reactions to the initial offering, what we think worked well, and what could have improved.
Then we end the show talking about Guts, the second hour of The Walking Dead. This is an amazing piece of television and one of the best hours of TV we’ve seen this year. Listen in for all the spoiler-filled details.
We want to thank AMC for giving us this unique opportunity to preview The Walking Dead before its official air date. It’s through their support that we were able to present an episode like this.
Don’t forget to join our Facebook group! It lets you keep up to date with the show in between our podcast releases, gives you the first look at our upcoming live recording sessions, and allows you to communicate with us and your fellow Remember When fans in between shows. Check it out at this link. You can also follow us on Twitter.
As always, Remember When continues to grow and thrive thanks to the joy, love, appreciation, and comments we get from our fans. If you enjoy our show, please leave us positive feedback on iTunes. We really appreciate it, plus it helps us reach people that have never heard of us! And if you’d like to share your thoughts with us, you can send us an email at or leave us a voicemail at 206-495-1732. Please note, long distance charges may apply.
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SHOW NOTES
0:00 to 15:36 – Spoiler-free discussion of The Walking Dead and our impressions of the first two episodes
15:59 to 35:36 – Spoiler-heavy discussion of “Days Gone By”, the pilot for The Walking Dead
35:36 to end – Spoiler-heavy discussion of “Guts”, the second episode of The Walking Dead
Remember When – Episode 39
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After an unintentional hiatus due to real life, we’re pleased to bring you the glorious return of the Remember When podcast!
Although we promised you a Doctor Who & Torchwood episode, we’re pushing that off slightly. At the top of the show, we explain why we’re postponing our venture into the realm of British sci-fi, and why the delay means better things for our listeners.
We spend the rest of Episode 40 talking about our views on other TV shows, both spectacular and spectacularly bad. First up, we cover the third season of True Blood. With the series finale airing last month, we look back at the season overall and discuss the elements we loved, the pieces that failed miserably, and what we think needs to be fixed before Alan Ball and the cast and crew start working on the fourth season.
Then we take a long awaited dive into the deep end of Mad Men. Jay’s finally caught up with the show, and as AMC puts the fourth season to bed, we take a comprehensive look into the first few years of the show, talk about Jay’s experiences with getting invested in this AMC marvel, and Parris’ viewpoints on the complexities of the Draper family, and why they’re so fascinating to watch. We talk about some of the unsung heroes of the show, our favorite moments, and why this can be a tough sell for new viewers.
We spend the last 30 minutes of the show working our way through the Fall season. It’s been a lamentable slate of releases over the past few months, with early cancellations and very few stand out shows. We talk about why this Fall TV season seems like one of the worst in recent history, some of the early standouts for us, and more. We also discuss the remainder of episodes for Remember When in 2010, and the Big Movies we’re tackling at the start of 2011.
It’s a show filled with loads of tangents, as you’ve come to expect. The audio quality may be slightly off at points. We apologize for that, and will work to have that fixed for our upcoming Doctor Who episodes.
Don’t forget to join our Facebook group! It lets you keep up to date with the show in between our podcast releases, gives you the first look at our upcoming live recording sessions, and allows you to communicate with us and your fellow Remember When fans in between shows. Check it out at this link. You can also follow us on Twitter.
As always, Remember When continues to grow and thrive thanks to the joy, love, appreciation, and comments we get from our fans. If you enjoy our show, please leave us positive feedback on iTunes. We really appreciate it, plus it helps us reach people that have never heard of us! And if you’d like to share your thoughts with us, you can send us an email at or leave us a voicemail at 206-495-1732. Please note, long distance charges may apply.
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SHOW NOTES
Start to 8:45 – Show intro, explanation of Doctor Who & Torchwood delay
8:45 to 16:07 – True Blood Season 3 (filled with spoilers)
16:07 to 23:08 – Recent stinkers on TV, looking back on Heroes and The Shield, as well as some Rubicon chat (almost no spoilers)
23:08 to 48:57 – Mad Men (filled with spoilers through all seasons)
48:57 to 1:22:35 – The Fall TV season (minimal spoilers, though we call them out ahead of time)
1:22:35 to End – Upcoming schedule for Remember When, Toy Story talk, and wrap up
Remember When is returning…. TOMORROW!
2After a long and unintended hiatus due to medical issues beyond our control, Remember When is FINALLY making a return tomorrow night. That’s Tuesday, October 19th. We’ll be recording at 10pm Pacific, and as always, our podcast recording will be broadcast live on Ustream.
Tomorrow night’s episode will be covering the Fall TV season, with a healthy dose of conversation about Mad Men, True Blood, some of our summer favorites, and our thoughts on the general Fall TV lineup and what we’re watching. It’s going to be a fun hour, with two friends sitting back down in front of their microphones, talking about what they love and getting caught up about something they’re passionate about.
If you’re wondering about our Doctor Who discussion, it’s still coming. It won’t be covered in tomorrow night’s episode. We actually have a Very Special Announcement to make about our upcoming chats about Doctor Who and Torchwood, so listen in tomorrow night for the details.
Thank you so much for your patience, the kind words you’ve sent us via email, Facebook, and Twitter, and the messages we get in our voicemail. We hope you can join us tomorrow night!
Early details on Remember When – Episode 39
7If the image on the right doesn’t give away our show topic for Episode 39, let me entertain you with a few paragraphs of text.
Our next episode of the Remember When podcast will be focused exclusively on Doctor Who and Torchwood. We may or may not finally get around to talking about “Some Kind of Wonderful”, the latest in Great Movies Jay Has Never Seen. It’s tough to say. When it comes to the Last of the Time Lords, there’s just so much content that we hate to distract you with a piddly little John Hughes movie. There’s sci-fi talk to be had!!
Here’s what we’ll be covering, in full spoiler-y goodness:
- Doctor Who: Series 1 through Series 4 (that’s the “Series 1″ from 2005 with Christopher Eccleston)
- The 2009/2010 specials featuring David Tennant
- Torchwood Seasons 1 & 2
- Torchwood: Children of Earth
While we had originally thought to include Series 5, we’ve decided to put that one on the back burner until Parris has time to catch up and get adjusted to the new cast. Plus, putting some distance between me and Series 5 is a good thing, given my complete distaste for it. :)
We’re tentatively planning to record the show late next week, pending clear schedules on both our ends. But we’re both very excited to finally, after many months, bring you our thoughts on what could arguably be some of the best science fiction on television.
Well, not counting some of the Martha episodes.
So stay tuned kids. The day you’ve been emailing us about is upon us. The Man from Gallifrey is about to get his day in the limelight.
Remember When – Episode 38
8Parris and Jay vs. The World
Prepare yourself for a battle royale. Remember When is back with a new podcast, and this time, it’s a battle of opinions!
We sit down this week for a quick episode, as we look back on our respective experiences with Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Jay loved it passionately, Parris hated it to the point of nearly walking out. With two diametrically opposed opinions, it’s going to be a fun discussion.
Jay talks about his experiences with the movie, why he was pleased he DIDN’T read the comics ahead of time, and how he appreciates the love letter effect in the film. Parris explains The Wife Effect, his feelings on why the romantic storyline deflated the overall film, and why Michael Cera might not have been the best choice for the role.
Two people enter the ring. Where will it end? Listen in and find out.
Then we wrap up the show with some talk about True Blood, Mad Men, why AMC is one of the greatest cable networks available, and our hopes and fears for the Fall TV season. Believe it or not, we even manage to avoid spoilers in this section as well!
Don’t forget to join our Facebook group! It lets you keep up to date with the show in between our podcast releases, gives you the first look at our upcoming live recording sessions, and allows you to communicate with us and your fellow Remember When fans in between shows. Check it out at this link. You can also follow us on Twitter.
As always, Remember When continues to grow and thrive thanks to the joy, love, appreciation, and comments we get from our fans. If you enjoy our show, please leave us positive feedback on iTunes. We really appreciate it, plus it helps us reach people that have never heard of us! And if you’d like to share your thoughts with us, you can send us an email at or leave us a voicemail at 206-495-1732. Please note, long distance charges may apply.
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Program time stamps:
Start to 26:55 – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (loads of spoilers)
26:55 to end – Mad Men, AMC, the Fall TV lineup, and the failings of network TV (extremely minimal spoilers)
Remember When Episode 38 release news
3So now that you’ve seen where Parris and I have landed on the recent release of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, you’re probably wondering when the next episode will be released.
Wonder no more! I’m here to tell you that our next episode recording will take place TOMORROW. Yes, that’s right. No extended wait, no lengthy delays.
We’ll be recording at 7pm Pacific time tomorrow, Wednesday the 18th. We wanted to bring you our Scott Pilgrim discussion as quickly as possible, so it’s going to be a brief episode lasting about 30 minutes. But we will be hosting the show live on Ustream, so you’ll be able to participate with us during the recording.
Hope you can join us!