Canned Air: A Tribute to Pop Culture

We welcome The Gaming Mixologist himself, Frankie Francis, to the show this week to first help us recall our favorite fictional bars in our Retro Roundtable. We look at bars like Cheers, The Winchester Tavern, Moe’s Tavern, and more! Let us know your picks on Facebook! Then we turn our attention to Frankie to find out more about his social media channel, The Gaming Mixologist. Frankie is a gamer and professional bartender who makes cocktails inspired by your favorite video games on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube. We discuss his social media content, his years as a bartender, what goes into making a drink based on a character or game, and more. He even makes a signature Canned Air shot for us called the C.A.P., pictured in this episode’s cover art. Thanks so much, Frankie!! Be sure to check out his channel! @thegamingmixologist CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest this week has voiced well over 1,200 characters, and the list keeps growing. You’ve heard him in Robotech, Digimon, Bleach, Lupin The Third, Ghost In The Shell, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and much more. But you know him best as Raiden from Mortal Kombat, as well as The Joker from Mortal Combat Vs. DC Universe, Injustice: Gods Amount Us, and Infinite Crisis. We welcome actor, voice actor, writer, and director Richard Epcar to the show to talk about his beginnings in acting, some of his early roles, the work he and his wife do together, some of his most iconic characters, and more. Don’t miss this one! @RichardEpcar RichardEpcar.com CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may know his voice as a singing Doozer in Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock, Ron Rapidfire from Rescue Heroes, or Slappy from Goosebumps. But you've undoubtedly heard him as the definitive voice of Wolverine in the X-Men animated series. We welcome singer and voice actor Cal Dodd to the show to talk about about he and his families involvement with music, being on tour with Joe Cocker, how he came to voice Wolverine, returning to voice him again for X-Men 97, and much more. You don’t want to miss this one, Bub! CalDodd.com @RealCalDodd CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a last minute guest cancelation this week, we play the conversation starting card game from Rookie Mage Games called Full Of It! We go around the table sharing stories about the inedible things we've tried to eat, times we’ve been caught cheating on a test, the worst thing we ever did to a teacher, and much more. BIG THANKS to Jordan McLaughlin for sending us copies of the games Rookie Mage has to offer! Get your copy of Full Of It, and other great games, at RookieMage.com! @RookieMageGames CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome puppeteer and content creator G to the show this week to help us share some of our favorite puppets in our Retro Roundtable, as well as tell us about her TikTok channel, Fred and G. G talks about what inspired her to start creating content, building her puppet Fred, the attention she’s garnered as a result, and much more. Check her out on TikTok @_fredtv_! CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Rolfe (Cinemassacre, The Angry Video Game Nerd) returns this week to first help us remember some of the best autobiographical movies in our Retro Roundtable! We look at films like The Founder, The Disaster Artist, Man On The Moon, and more. Let us know your favorites on Facebook! Then we turn our attention to James to talk about his new autobiography, A Movie Making Nerd. A Movie Making Nerd is a personal account of his origins, starting with an early love of making home movies before the rise of the internet and digital video. Rolfe candidly details moments of triumph and failure in both life and filmmaking—from his time in special education school and struggles during adolescence and college, to personal relationships, finding employment, and raising children. Every recollection in A Movie Making Nerd, whether happy, funny, or painful, shows how one might turn a childhood hobby into a life-long calling. Get your copy at Cinemassacre.com! @Cinemassacre CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome voice actor Gary Miceli to the show this week to first help us recall movies and television shows that break the fourth wall in our Retro Roundtable! We look at examples like Inspector Gadget, Looney Tunes, Waynes World, and more. Let us know your picks below!  Then we turn our attention to Gary to discuss how he first got into voice acting, some of the projects he’s been a part of, and his future endeavors. Check out more about Gary on IMDB and social media! @GaryMiceli CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mick Manhattan and Casey Plott of The Scene Snobs return this week to help us debate one of the most controversial hair styles of all time, the mullet. We look at the origins of the mullet, what it is that makes a mullet, a festival dedicated to the hair style, and debate celebrity hair cuts that come dangerously close to being classified as a mullet. Let us know a celebrity mullet that stands out in your mind of Facebook and Instagram. And don’t forget to check out The Scene Snobs at TheSceneSnobs.com! @thescenesnobs @plottimus21 CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mick Manhattan and Casey Plott of The Scene Snobs return this week to help us debate one of the most controversial hair styles of all time, the mullet. We look at the origins of the mullet, what it is that makes a mullet, a festival dedicated to the hair style, and debate celebrity hair cuts that come dangerously close to being classified as a mullet. Let us know a celebrity mullet that stands out in your mind of Facebook and Instagram. And don’t forget to check out The Scene Snobs at TheSceneSnobs.com! @thescenesnobs @plottimus21 CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We kick off 2023 by welcoming the man who voiced Igor in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Donatello and Bebop in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fozzie and Scooter from The Muppet Babies, and many more. Greg Berg joins us this week to talk about how he got started in comedy and voice acting, studying with Daws Butler, working on The Muppet Babies, and to demonstrate his incredible celebrity voice matching skills. Don’t miss this one! [email protected] CannedAirPodcast.com Twitter: @CannedAirPod Instagram: @Canned_Air If you’d like to show your support, you can either visit our Patreon page at Patreon.com/CannedAirPod or you can leave us a review on iTunes! Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices