The Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame

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11/10/2025

NaPodPoMo2025-10-The-Shadow.mp3

We’re replaying one of our personal favorite episodes for NaPodPoMo Day 10. The Shadow was the inaugural inductee into our Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame. Hear how he influenced many of the Superhero A-Listers, including a certain other really rich guy who runs around at night...

51 min
11/28/2024

The Shadow: The Inaugural Inductee Into The Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame

We’re replaying one of our personal favorite episodes for NaPodPoMo Day 28. The Shadow was the inaugural inductee into our Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame. Hear how he influenced many of the Superhero A-Listers. The in-depth show notes can be found here.

51 min
11/01/2021

Classic Horror Hosts

We highlight the early pioneers who crafted the art which has become pretty mainstream today.

55 min
08/03/2021

Mandrake The Magician

Mandrake The Magician made his debut in 1934. Created by Lee Falk four years before Superman, he is considered by many historians to be the first superhero!

57 min
10/27/2020

Amicus Productions (1962-1977)

Amicus Productions produced several memorable (and not so memorable) horror,sci-fi, and thrillers from 1962-1977

53 min
10/01/2020

Geekville Radio Halloween Sampler

A look at what's to come in October from Geekville Radio

9 min
09/06/2020

The Black Hole (1979)

Seth and Crazy Train return for the latest induction into the Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame. As longtime fans may know, inductees are not limited to just characters or people. Superheroes, literary characters, heroes, villains, real people, etc… For the first time, we are inducting a feature film. And there is no better inaugural movie inductee that 1979’s The Black Hole. 5:30 – Early Concepts The 1970s were rife with disaster films such as The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake, and of course the Airport series. The reason why they were so plentiful is that many of them drew big at the box office. The Poseidon Adventure alone earned $125 million in 1972, which translates to over $700 million in 2020 dollars. So the idea of a science-fiction disaster movie didn’t seem too out of place. 8:05 – Rewrites, Rewrites, Rewrites Over the next few years, the film was constantly rewritten by multiple writers. The title would also change over time to names like Probe One and Space Probe One before finally landing The Black Hole as its name. 13:30 – Enter Star Wars The entire film industry was rocked in May of 1977 when a certain independent film called Star Wars was released. Suddenly, science-fiction was a mainstream genre. Interest in the film, then still called Space Station One, was renewed. Yet another outline was submitted, but this version added emphasis on the black hole itself. 19:00 – The Characters and Premise As stated before, the premise changed from a straight-up disaster film to one with a villain, Dr. Hans Reinhardt. This new premise saw explorers find Reinhardt’s ship, the USS Cygnus, in deep space. At first, all seems well until Reinhardt’s true insidious history is discovered. 39:30 – Defending The Ending One of the problems with the film was there was never a firm ending written before production. Even the cast didn’t know the ending until seeing the film at the premiere. The ending has been generally interpreted as Heaven and Hell. But it is worth noting that the Disney producers were hoping for the film to become a franchise with multiple sequels. It’s a pretty safe bet that had the film been a bigger success, the ending would have been a setup for the next story. 46:45 – Windup The Black Hole deserves credit for helping bridge the gap from traditional sci-fi to modern mainstream sci-fi. And as stated before, it helped usher in a new era for Disney that appealed to adults as well as children. Those precedents alone make it worthy of being the latest entry into The Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame.

54 min
04/24/2020

Adam Strange

The latest inductee into The Lesser Known Geek Hall Of Fame is DC Comics' rocket pack-wearing archeologist Adam Strange.

38 min

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