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Sliders and Wings

By: Valerie Temple and Rachel Cox
  • Summary

  • Hosted by Rachel Cox and Valerie Temple, Sliders and Wings is a podcast about the TV shows Sliders, Wings, and all the other forgotten TV shows of the 90s.
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Episodes
  • Episode 49: Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
    May 25 2022

    This week Val and Rachel welcome special guest Nita Pom-Pom discuss Parker Lewis Can't Lose, an American teen sitcom that originally aired on Fox from September 1990 to June 1993. It was produced by Clyde Phillips Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television. During the last season, the series rebranded to Parker Lewis. The series depicts the tribulations of the title character Parker Lewis (played by Corin Nemec), a Santo Domingo High School student, for whom nothing is impossible. It was strongly influenced by the feature film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

    Hot Topics include: 1.) Immediate Flowers for Algernon digression 2.) Parker Lewis' Max Headroom/Memphis design/ "living-cartoon-like" aesthetic 3.) Memories of Parker Lewis and defying gender stereotypes 4.) Corky, Corin and Joseph Charles 5.) Nita's college journal and connection to Parker Lewis star 

    Maia Brewton 6.) What IS a laserdisc? 7.) Unnecessary vests 8.) Parker's unique fashion style: Early John Fetterman? 9.) Quiz! 10.) What Ya Watchin': Berry, Better Call Saul, Outer Range, Killing It, Peggy Sue Got Married, Time After Time, Girls5Eva, Kids in the Hall  

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Lewis_Can%27t_Lose
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    42 mins
  • Episode 48: The Outer Limits (1995)
    May 11 2022

    This week Val and Rachel discuss The Outer Limits,  a television series that originally aired on Showtime, Syfy and in syndication between 1995 and 2002. The series is a revival of the original The Outer Limits series that aired from 1963 to 1965. The Outer Limits is an science fiction anthology of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. The revival series maintained an anthology format, but occasionally featured recurring story arcs that were then tied together during season-finale clip shows.

    Hot Topics include: 1.) Rachel's soft core sci-fi shock! 2.) Episode reviews: "Valerie," "Lithia," "Family Values," "A Stitch in Time" 3.) Remembering our first experiences with science fiction 4.) Background on the 1990s revival 5.) What Sci-Fi Ya Reading? 6.) Adjacent TV: Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt, Black Mirror 7.) Rachel's Alexa achieves the singularity  8.) The State of Sci-Fi 9.) What Ya Watchin': The World, The Flesh, and The Devil (1959, Harry Belafonte, Criterion Channel), All My Friends Hate Me (Rent on Prime), horror movie Mikey     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outer_Limits_(1995_TV_series)
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    37 mins
  • Episode 47: Grace Under Fire
    Apr 27 2022

    This week Val and Rachel discuss Grace Under Fire, an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 29, 1993, to February 17, 1998. The show starred Brett Butler as a single mother learning how to cope with raising her three children alone after finally divorcing her abusive husband. The series was created by Chuck Lorre and produced by Carsey-Werner Productions.

      Hot Topics include: 1.) Feeling stupid is the worst 2.) Val gets involved in local politics 3.) Bret Butler's substance issues, cast changes, and drama on set 4.) This is a dark show! (Even darker than Roseanne) Many sensitive issues are explored. (Many such cases) 5.) Supporting characters and cameos: Vietnam vets, John Goodman, & Dave Thomas 6.) Rookie of the Year sidebar 7.) Hela Under Fire.. Grace takes Eastern Europe  8.) Rachel administers the Comedian Sitcom Quiz to Val 9.) Val's Fun Facts about Chuck Lorre 10.) What Ya Watchin': Death on the Nile, The Girl Before (Both on HBO Max), Old Enough and Dave Foley on the Joe Rogan Experience (Aliens, Phil Hartman and Dave's sad custody story) 11.) Early Edition reboot!     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Under_Fire  
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    40 mins

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