Episode 32: David Byrne Stepping on Jabba the Hut's Tail

On the docket this week: Chad's rant about the remixed soundtrack of STOP MAKING SENSE (the legendary Talking Heads concert film directed by Jonathan Demme) with comparisons to the original 1984 mix and how it reminds him of George Lucas's revisions to his original Star Wars trilogy. Brendan's discovery of a deeply weird and hilarious SUPERMAN comic strip in his copy of SUPERMAN: THE SILVER AGE DAILIES, 1959–1961 Chad's review of THE CENTER SEAT: 55 YEARS OF STAR TREK, a really engaging documentary series currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vJyB9_CMReU?si=gpYH8O9tkCxzTJRs 00:00:00 — Preview 00:00:30 — Chad's rant on STOP MAKING SENSE 2023 remix 00:07:26 — Lucas vs Spielberg on "Special Editions" 00:10:36 — Frank Frazetta and the problem of endless revisions 00:14:15 — Lucas vs. Spielberg on revisionism 00:17:44 — Harmy's De-specialized Editions of Star Wars 00:19:29 — Summer movies we have or haven't seen 00:20:42 — Blue Beetle 00:22:54 — 2023 summer blockbuster bombs 00:27:28 — Superman Silver Age Dailies 00:37:26 — Golden & Silver Age Comics and baldness 00:40:12 — How we've outgrown he old timey stigma of baldness 00:48:14 — Brendan's favorite Lex Luthor origin stories 00:55:56 — THE CENTER SEAT: Star Trek Documentary series 00:58:47 — THE FIFTY YEAR MISSION: book series on the history of Star Trek 01:11:52 — Strange New Worlds Season 2 01:12:59 — The Kirk retcon problem on Strange New Worlds 01:15:48 — Wrap-up Also a side note, I've been having fun with our TikTok account lately: https://www.tiktok.com/@prodigioussaps Join us Patreon for early releases and additional content: https://www.patreon.com/ProdigiousSaps Cheers y'all! And as always THANK YOU SO MUCH for your support. Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories. https://linktr.ee/prodigioussaps RELATED LINKS: Blaggards https://blaggards.com/ SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards: https://linktr.ee/slappercast Tesla City Stories https://www.teslacitystories.com Breakfast of the Gods https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/