Catching Up on the Uncanny X-Cast 1-52

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Episode 41

- "I think my Cubbies need someone to get lymphoma" (re: John Lester), says Rob.
- Again on the Cubs, Robs says, "If they don't win I almost feel like I need to pick a new team so Han doesn't think I'm a loser."
- Brian told his neighbor that he used to read a lot of comics.
- Rob is still buying stuff in his box at LCS that he doesn't want.
- The cover of Young X-Men #2 is referred to as the "porno cover" and Rob insists Brian only likes it because of his irrational love of the New Mutants.
- Chances Are is revisited because of a cancelled interview.
- "Layla Miller looses a little charm if she goes from being 12 to a teenager."
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny #175, 176, Annual 7, and New Mutants #s 8 & 9.
- Brian says, "These New Mutant issues are solid."
- Rob responds, "Solid crap."
- Brian: "No wonder you didn't like these issues, you don't even know what the fuck happened in it!" and "New co-host wanted for X-Men podcast."
- Rob calls X-Men Annual #7 the "worst issue ever" and advises listeners to burn their copy if they own it.

Episode 42

- 1st DCBS sponsored episode.
- They're "getting geared up" for the 90210 remake debut
- Brian uses the word "continuity" in reference to Degrassi.
- X-Phone with Matty Ryan.
- Retro Reviews of New Mutants #10 and 11, Uncanny #177-179, during which Rob annoys Brian by trying to create dramatic tension in his recaps.
- Rob says a Game of Thrones show will "never happen."


Episode 43

- Count Nefaria and a crying baby Brian do a DCBS promo... creepy.
- Rob read Player's Handbook (D&D) in the car outside Hooters and got laughed at by four waitresses.
- Rob: "Philly's a dump."
- Brian: "I like Longshot"; Rob: "You... would."
- Brian figures out how Rogue could have sex with Cannonball.
- Rob: "Brian could have had like a bazillion girlfriends in high school, but you just like... I don't know."
- X-Phone call to Joy, Brian's mom.
- Joy: "I don't want to hang him [Brian] at noon, but I mean he still has quite a collection"; "What are you saving them for?"; "You have to be proud of him for giving up any one of them."
- Discussion about Colossus: Origins and others like it: Rob, "At some point you have to tweek these back stories or let [the characters] get old and die"; Brian: "No, I disagree... From a character perspective I don't think its the best thing to do... If you want to learn the character's history, go read the character's freaking history."
- Retro Reviews of New Mutants 12-14, Uncanny 180.
- Rob: "I'm not reading a comic with Blade in it. I have principles. I'm not gonna do it."
- Rob: "I hate Star Trek."
- Rob gets attacked by a cockroach the size of his hand.

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Episode 44

- Rob keeps all the issues he reads for the show to some day sell the "Uncanny X-Cast Collection"
- Rob expects Cubs to only get to the NLCS (they lost in the first round)
- Scottie Young signed a Deadpool issue "Fuck you, Brian."
- Rob: "If it comes to a point when I do know everything going on, I'm pretty sure we're done because then we're just every fucking other podcast on the planet."
- Rob: "If you're hot enough to work at Hooters, why would you run around with wings when you can take your top off?"
- Brian's wife heard the podcast about his ex-girlfriends and her terrible cooking.
- Peter Rios calls in to react to Rob's comment that Philadelphia is a "dump."
- On Cable #4: "If this is the legacy of Messiah Complex, then we got taken for a ride"; the art is said to look like Colorforms.
- Rob admonishes Brian for liking Young X-Men #3, featuring the "worst team in X-Men history."
- Retro review of Secret Wars, where Dr. Doom is the star, Magneto is a "stud" and Klaw is the "worst villain of all-time."
- Rob: "This is our last two hour episode. This is it." (Next episode is 2 hours and 40 minutes).
- Fastball Special features a bunch of questions asked the previous episode (Brian lost the file).

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Sorry for disappearing... back to finish the "job"..

Episode 45
- X-Phone call to Tony G, whom Rob's wife is "in love with"
- Rob hasn't made any of the recipes for the contest and comments, "Our contests are total jokes."
- Rob didn't have Uncanny #500 in his box at the LCS and didn't say anything
- Robert Atkins, friend of the show is announced as the penciler on new IDW GI Joe relaunch.
- Rob won't ask his wife to do a "Fastball Special" bumper because he wants to keep getting laid once a month.
- X-Phone to Laura Perillo, who calls the show "Geekpod"
- We find out part of Brian's comics take up space in his son's closet.
- Brian will pay money to have Sentry be a skrull and taken out of the Marvel Universe.
- The new costumes in Uncanny #499 are called "Shadowrun Cosplay"
- Top 5 is mutants that should be on an X-Team.
- "At what age can you say 'That girl's gonna be hot' appropriately?"
- Retro review of New Mutants 15-17, Uncanny 181 and 182.
- Brian will not read Cable after #7, Rob plans to keep reading.
- Solicitations: "Marvel are jerks!"; "Less is more"; "We're gonna need more sponsors" (to pay for all the X-books)
- Fastball Special: "Leather or Lace?" A: "I'm luck if I get my old T-shirt and boxers"

Episode 46
- As a result of DCBS, Rob is "just buying a bunch of dumb shit I don't need."
- Rob's feeling good about the Chicago Cubs' chances.
- Brian thinks the Wolverine Origins trailer looked awesome.
- Rob, "Speaking of mistakes with your wives... er... wife. Singular."
- Rob's wife won't stop playing Oblivion on his Xbox.
- Rob asks Brian why he's never been called out on the fact that Count Nefaria is not actually a vampire.
- Brian still not convinced people will go digital for their comics.
- Uncanny X-Men #500: Rob, "You don't think this one's gonna be worth anything do you?" Brian, "No." Rob, "Good, because it's been sitting in a pile of water from my whiskey."
- X-Phone with Chris Yost.
- Retro Review of New Mutants 18-20, Uncanny 183, 184. Rob loves the Demon Bear saga to Brian's delight.
- Fastball Special: "JLA or JSA?" "What's JSA? What's the difference?"
- World Series predictions: Rob: "Cubs and Mets... er Tampa Bay."; Brian: "Angels and Diamondbacks."

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Episode 47

- Rob got his first DCBS package
- yourboyeddie called Kingdom Comics, owner called Rob. "If it had an X, it was in my box." He spent $46.
- Rob: "Anything that doesn't happen on Earth in comics is above my head."
- Rob: "You know what I always think is cool? In comics, tattered uniforms = hot and sexy but if you put your wife in a tattered Superwoman costume, it wouldn't look sexy at all, it will look like what did you pull out of the fuckin garbage can."
- Brian: "it depends where the tatters are"
- Brian on Batman RIP: "I don't know if its good, I can't tell what the fuck is going on"
- November 2008 solicitations "they're just laughing at us for buying this crap"
- Weekend at Cypher's
- Rob: "Worst episode ever"
- Brian: "Why does anyone listen to us?"
- Rob: "DCBS does not listen to this."
- Rob has seen Mamma Mia
- Rob: "We jumped the shark when we came up with an X-men podcast"

Episode 48

- Rob is down to four books a month at his LCS
- "The moral here is never talk about Thor"
- Gossip Girl talk...
- Brian: At the start of the podcast we defended the number of X-books and now we are complaining about it"
- 1st Buy, Borrow, Pass
- Rob: "Warren Ellis is a selfish arrogant prick, that's why he writes Emma Frost so well."
- Rob "If any of our listeners our furries we want to hear about it immediately."
- Rob "what if me and you were hanging out and I was like 'you go sit by that tree and I'm gonna take off my clothes and swim.' I think that would change our relationship."
Brian: "yeah that's kinda what happened at your wedding by the way"
Rob: "that is actually exactly what... holy shit."
Brian: "the key is that Sam's brother wasn't in the pool with him."
Rob: "Okay, let's just end the show forever"
Brian: "To your credit, there were girls in the pool, although none of them were naked unfortunately."
Rob: "There were two gay guys"
Brian: "Moving on:.."
- Rob implies he'd rather kill himself than live in Toronto

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Episode 49

- Discussion about wearing comic book shirts to a LCS
- LCS selling a run of comics = "The Someone Who Used to Shop Here Died Special" (Rob)
- Rob thinks the Walking Dead is the best comic series he's ever read. Even better than GI Joe.
- Brian thinks the Cubs will roll through the National League... and went apple picking instead of watching football.
- In Sept. 2006 there were 15 X-Books. In Sept. 2008 there are 25.
- Rob: "Michigan is a dump."
- "I don't think Mammomax is dead" (guess who)
- Greg Land's women are either "slightly exaggerated" (Brian) or "lust-worthy" (Rob)
- Rob is bored by December 2008 solicitations.
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny 188 and '89, New Mutants 22 and 23, Annual 1
- Rob: "50 will be a good episode."
- Brian: "I wouldn't go that far."
- Rob: "50 will be... an episode."
- "Does porn still exist in the woods?"

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Episode 50

Musical Episode

Colossus/Linguini/Count Nefaria show up.
Rob has read a ton of comics and now knows who Foggy Nelson is.
Brian went to see Mamma Mia and felt emasculated.
Rob: "If comics are over $5, I'm out."
Caller defends Grand Rapids, MI.
Caller rants about the Gossip Girl talk, calls it "Cruel Intentions hyped up on estrogen."
Rob: "Gossip Girl is closer to X-Men then Heroes is." / Brian: "I'm gonna have to disagree with you."
On Shelves Now to "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"
Rob: Layla Miller is a walking spoiler.
"How are Sentinels always sneaking up on people?"
Inside the Mansion is on Cyclops, i.e. Brian doing "Blast a Dude" ("Bust a Move" by Young MC)
Rob: "What kind of shithead spends his entire day writing alternate lyrics to songs?"
Uncanny X-Cast Password with Peter Rios and Tony G.
Retro Reviews includes the X-Men First Class summary to the tune of "Born to Run"
Brian to Rob: "You haven't even read the books!"
Rob to Brian: "At least I sound credible!"