The Outdated Entertainment Hour With Bob Smith

It’s a veritable 1960s double-header as The Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast welcomes two esteemed guests: Leading off is one of the nation’s top cinema biographers, James Curtis, who recently issued the hot-selling book Comedy Is A Grim Business: The Making Of It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, the blockbuster big-budget 1963 film that was among the biggest sensations of its era. This lengthy, chaotic comedy filled...

The times might be changing in this rapidly expanding digital world - but, somehow, some way, many rock stars from the 1970s seem to keep going and going, particularly in concert. In the lastest episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour With Bob Smith, the veteran host and guest Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire.com) take a look at two of this summer's hottest tours involving rock legends in The Guess Who - recently reconstitued after...

New York, New York – we won’t go into cliches about it. However, back in the 1970s and ’80s, it was an entirely different scene – especially local TV. Back then, three legendary local independent channels – 5, 9, and 11 – offered original programming including children’s shows, sports, news, political talk, and general entertainment, all of it far different than what those same channels off...

On the newest episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast, host Bob Smith (Good Times Magazine and a longtime blues musician known as Robert Charels) enjoys the return of an always welcome guest in podcaster Steve Gennarelli – and together, these veteran media mavens look back at their favorite animated works from across the entertainment spectrum. From funny animal cartoons to the legendary Bugs Bunny to TV specials a...

On the newest episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast, host Bob Smith (Good Times Magazine and longtime bluesman Robert Charels) helps usher in the start of the summer concert season with a return visit from guitarist Joe Augello – one of the newest members of The Guess Who! Augello will back up the legendary Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman on their 2026 tour of Canada and the United States, and fans can count on...

This episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour will debut on April Fool’s Wednesday – and what better way to celebrate such a genuine non-holiday than another visit from magazine pro Craig Peters for a discussion of one of the few genuinely funny print publications of our time: MAD Magazine, of course! From Alfred E. Newman to parodies of TV shows and films, MAD was “cheap,” hilarious, and innovative, thank...

It’s a deep dive into one of rock music’s most unique groups on the newest episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour With Bob Smith. Elite podcaster Steve Gennarelli again joins the show via phone call to talk about one of the most influential American bands of all time in Steely Dan. Led by a pair of free thinkers in Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, this group melded rock, R&B, jazz, and some rather obtuse lyrics t...

In what easily ranks as one of the most informative (and enjoyable!) editions of The Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast, actor and director Adam Baritot returns to join host Bob Smith (the longtime entertainment and sports writer) to discuss the history of movie musicials. This is an effort that goes back through many decades of cinema. Baritot, a historian whose love of film and theater is wonderfully apparent, offers as many fac...

It's the first edition of The Outdated Entertainment Hour With Bob Smith - and, as always, the show takes a look back at the classic entertainment that so many of us grew up enjoying. On this new edition, podcaster Steve Gennarelli returns to the show as the pair selects the OEH's 25 favorite sitcoms of all time. Check out this unique list - you'll find obvious choices like All In The Family and Seinfeld, but we'd wager the #1 pick...

Remember when a full-sized magazine was 75 cents and was an important part of your leisure time? Join journalist Brian R. Solomon and podcaster Steve Gennarelli as they join Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast host Bob Smith for a fond look back at many classic periodical titles, many of which are no longer published. From Argosy to Inside Sports to The National Lampoon, the trio looks back with fondness at their formative years, w...

It’s a new Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast episode about a classic film you might have forgotten about: Host Bob Smith (Good Times, The Outdated Wrestling Hour) welcomes back the learned and multi-faceted actor and director Adam Baritot as they discuss Babe, the supposed “family film” that was a lot deeper – and far more entertaining – than virtually any other movie of its kind. Starring James Crom...

Nostalgic for TV, music, movies, and more  from years gone by? The Outdated Entertainment Hour is your stop for great memories about classic stuff that you just can't forget! On the newest espisode, host Bob Smith (longtime entertainment writer for national publications) and guest Joe Puccio (Generation X-Wire.com) look at horror that was specifically made for TV audiences from decades past. From The Outer Limits to The Twilig...

It's a celebration of those legendary heroes and funny talking animals - who didn't love comic books during their childhoods? Join host Bob Smith (Good Times Magazine, Pro Wrestling Illustrated) as he welcomes back a pair of top guests in Craig Peters (PWI) and Brian R. Solomon (the book Superheroes: The History Of A Pop Culture Phenomenon From Ant-Man To Zorro) as the trio not only looks back at more popular comics titles than we ...

Radio personality Glen Braget (Pioneer 90.1 in Minnesota) returns to The Outdated Entertainment hour as he and veteran musician, writer, and podcaster Bob Smith take a look at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - or, rather, the great musicians who are NOT members of the Cleveland music shrine. From folk-rockers to hard rockers to bobby soxers, you might be surprised that rather famous names and artists haven't made the cut as of yet...

A SPECIAL EDITION: We're rush-releasing this interview because the band is currently on tour as The Outdated Entertainment Hour with Bob Smith podcast welcomes Joe Augello, the newest member of Burton Cummings' stellar live band that's rocking two countries as we speak. You might not have heard of Augello - but he's worked with many of greats of current pop music, and he explains that one of his biggest breaks is happening right no...

What's behind that curtain? Who was the fourth President? Spin the big prize wheel! Most of us grew up watching game shows - and now, The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast with host Bob Smith takes a look at both hit and flop TV programs from the 1950s all the way through today - and we'd wager we've uncovered some shows (and the people who hosted them) that you thought you had forgotten, or never even knew existed. Our special guest...

Hey, classic rockers, this one is for you: Now that the weather is getting hotter, music fans are turning their attentions to concerts featuring the rock & roll stars they grew up listening to. So which veteran stars can still deliver outstanding concerts at their advanced ages? This edition of The Outdated Wrestling Hour podcast gives credit to aging stars, as host Bob Smith and co-host Joe Puccio bring you their choices of le...

Turn Ihe amps up to 10: When the greatest rock guitarists of the 1970s are discussed, you don't have to think very hard to guess who springs to mind in the hearts of music fans everywhere. However, there are other fine musicians who are deserving of equal praise - some didn't sell enough records; some earned gold records but people didn't know their names; and others simply offered music that couldn't be pidgeon-holed as a particul...

It’s a podcast that will boldly go … well, you know the drill: The new episode of The Outdated Entertainment Hour podcast takes a long, loving look at the NBC run of the original Star Trek series from 1966 through 1969. Host Bob Smith (Good Times, Gallery, Pro Wrestling Illustrated) welcomes back author Brian R. Solomon and podcaster Steve Gennarelli as they think back to the very first time they watched Capt. Kirk, Bo...