Episode 66 offers up a treat better than even the Great Pumpkin could provide. (Kidding! I didn’t mean it, Great Pumpkin!) We’ve got a discussion of “The Snoopy Show” S1, Ep 9 AND we take a little time to talk about MY MOST FAVORITIST OF ALL THE TIMES AWESOMEST CHARACTER EVER! …Woodstock! (Now imagine Woodstock’s excited chirping.) We’ve also got a review of the “Peanuts by Schulz” episode “The School of Hard Knocks” and another “Random Strip of the Month” review.  Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative... Read More

Pass the Pepto!* I mean joystick!  *This episode sponsored by Pepto-Bismol** **We wish. In episode 290, we’re playing the Parker Brothers 1984 title MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE, where you race through gloomy caverns, dodging skulls, snakes, spiders, treacherous drops and lava. All to make your way to the toilet. Sorry! Make your way to the treasure room.  May all your TP be encrusted with rhinestones.  Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball Spring”.  Thanks to Sean Courtney... Read More

In ATARI BYTES episode 289, the unicorns are chasing the centaurs across the grassy knolls that dot Mt. Olympus; winged gods soar above, inspiring the mortals…and probably impregnating them occasionally. Not really. We’re playing MINES OF MINOS, from CommaVid, 1982. It’s all maze, no minotaurs. You can put away your ball of thread. Or not. Something’s gotta keep you in your seat.  Short Story: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE MERELY HERE Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball... Read More

Before “Peanuts”, there was “Li’l Folks”! In episode 65 of IT’S A PODCAST, CHARLIE BROWN, we chat a little about Sparky’s single-panel comic that he did before “Peanuts”. How different would our world be had he syndicated that one instead of “Peanuts”? Artist Robert Pope returns to the podcast to discuss that very question…and many others. We’ve also got S1, ep 8 of AppleTV’s “The Snoopy Show”, another “Random Strip of the Month” (Send us an Mp3 of your own!) and a “Peanuts by Schulz”... Read More

Play a space game requiring super technical, minor adjustments to thrust vectors and yaw? More like YAWN, amirite? In 288, we’re playing Activision’s (squee!) 1983 space shuttle simulator SPACE SHUTTLE: A JOURNEY INTO SPACE. Instead of, we suppose, a journey into the local supermarket. The game is a technical marvel. But is it fun? Is it really even a game? Let’s discuss. This week’s short story: RICH WHITE GUYS CONQUER THE MARTIANS Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball... Read More

Belgian listeners! Episode 287 is for you! On this episode of ATARI BYTES, we’re playing the 1982 Coleco game SMURFS: RESCUE IN GARGAMEL’S CASTLE. The game features those super annoying beloved blue cartoon characters the SMURFS! And we’re terribly sorry about that. Can you ever smurf us? Hey! watch the smurfin’ language! There are smurfettes present! This week’s short story: ROYAL RODENT RIDDER Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball Spring”.  Thanks... Read More

Will ye no come back again, Charlie Brown? Ye will after ye hear the lineup for IT’S A PODCAST, CHARLIE BROWN episode 64! We’ve got author Jason Cooper and artist Robert Pope discussing the legacy of Peanuts and their latest Peanuts graphic novel SCOTLAND BOUND, CHARLIE BROWN from Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates and Boom! Studios. We also talk about actor/comedian David Spade. Really. To a weird degree. THEN…we’ve got S1, ep 7 of “The Snoopy Show”. Not enough? How about a “Peanuts by Schulz” short called “Philosophy”? And another... Read More

Our Olympic fever shows no sign of breaking. The mercury has shot out the top of the thermometer, splattering all over this week’s episode.  In 286 of ATARI BYTES, we’re playing VIDEO OLYMPICS, one of Atari’s 1977 “original nine” games. There’s very little actual Olympic content. But that’s okay because I have very little actual Olympic skill. This week’s short story: MOUNT OLYMPUS FIVE & DIME Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use of his songs “Take a Chance”, “Pinball Spring” and “Reformat”.  Thanks... Read More

In ATARI BYTES episode 285, we’re playing the David Crane (squee!) 1983 Activision (squee!) title DECATHLON in honor of the increasingly misnamed 2020 Olympics! With ten events, is this game ten times the fun? We’ve got our tank top and tight shorts and are ready to find out. Bad Poetry Corner: DEAD CAT LON Thanks to Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com for creative commons use his songs “Take a Chance”, “Reformat” and “Pinball Spring”.  Thanks to Sean Courtney for the Storytime and Jason Sez Stuff themes. Go to www.carnivalofgleecreations.com for info,... Read More

In IT’S A PODCAST, CHARLIE BROWN episode 63, we go deep into the dark closets, boxes and hidden recesses of the endless Snoopy’s doghouse that is the Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center. Our guest is museum archivist Sarah Breaux. You can ask her anything about Peanuts…the comic, not the legume.  After that, we discuss the new Apple TV+ documentary “Who Are You, Charlie Brown?” Maybe they should have asked Sarah.  We’ve also got an episode of “Peanuts by Schulz” called “A Friend Indeed” and a “Random Strip of the Month”. Thanks... Read More