TurtleTracksPodcast Brian VanHooker

In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Pat Linden and Jeff Trojan, two Vice Presidents of Boys Marketing for Playmates Toys who announce a TON of new TMNT releases for 2024 including: (1)The 2024 SDCC Exclusive for Playmates will be a B&W VERSION of the SKETCH TURTLES — (2) the classic PIZZA SHOOTER vehicle is being rereleased — (3) The classic TOILET TAXI vehicle is being rereleased with an EXCLUSIVE DONATELLO FIGURE — (4) The STRANGER THINGS MIRAGE TURTLES with all be getting SOLO RELEASES — (5) For the Mutant Mayhem line, MASKLESS TMNT in HIGH SCHOOL CLOTHES are on the way for Walmart — (6) also for Mutant Mayhem, an IRIDESCENT SUPERFLY with BABY SUPERFLY is coming — (7) A NEW LINE OF BLIND BAGS with repaints of the Mutant Mayhem BABY TURTLES is in the works — (8) Urban Vinyl-Inspired CHEEKEEZ TMNT Line. There are also updates on the Mutant Mayhem TODDLER VILLAINS, Mutant Mayhem RAY FILLET, the Amazon Exclusive TECHNODROME, PIZZA TOSSING DON and more!

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker is joined by Luis Antonio Delgado, a prolific colorist for IDW comics. While he's worked on such franchises as Ghostbusters and Transformers, Delgado has been a regular colorist for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since The Last Ronin, and now is the colorist for all the Last Ronin books as well as TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker is joined by actor Beau Allen, who played the Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells. Allen recalls doing the show at Radio City Music Hall, Appearing on Oprah and his thoughts on Shredder's oversized helmet.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker is joined by Francis Moss who served as the Assistant Story Editor on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, as well as the writer for 15 episodes. Moss discusses working for years on the series, editing over 100 episodes as well as creating characters like Zach the Fifth Turtle and Shredder's Mom.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker interviews 'Roachmill' creators Rich Hedden & Tom McWeeney. In the classic Mirage Teeange Mutant Ninja Turtles series, Hedden & McWeeney wrote and illustrated issues #34, #38, #39 and #40. The latter three were the infamously wacky 'Spaced Out!' story which saw Raphael abducted by aliens. The duo share how they came to work on the TMNT as well as the response to thier issues both from TMNT fans and TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

Sound engineering by Ian Williams.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Gary Anthony Williams, an actor known for 'The Boondocks,' 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' and, most importantly to TMNT fans, he played Bebop in the 2016 film 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.' Williams explains that he was a Bebop fan going back to the 1987 series, how he prepared for the movie by buying some IDW comics and working with his co-star, WWE legend Shamus (who played Rocksteady).

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