The Brandon Peters Show

It took 3 stories for the clown prince of crime to show, but alas…The Joker has arrived. Mind you, this is the first step in Joker becoming the astronomically popular and iconic villain he has since risen to. Caesar Romero gives us our first live action look at Batman’s greatest nemesis! Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective look back at 60’s Batman as it turns 60 years old -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LC (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 24 minutes

Batman returned on January 19th & 20th on ABC for its second week, which debuted The Penguin as the villain. Burgess Meredith took on the role, looking and acting as if he came right off the page of the comic book. “Partners in Plunder” was the title of said comic book that “Fine Feathered Finks” and “Penguin’s A Jinx” were based on. Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective look back at 60’s Batman as it turns 60 years old -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LC (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 26 minutes

On January 12, 1966, ABC premiered the first episode of “BATMAN” starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Frank Gorshin & Jill St. John. The program was a colorful, comedic and campy adaptation of the DC Comic which became on overnight phenomenon. With the show turning 60 years old today, I wanted to celebrate it and also do so in a more annotated way with factoids, history, research and fun statistics to tell the tale of the show rather than just a simple conversation about episodes. I’ve taken it on as a solo venture, though perhaps a guest may pop in for the future as though I’m climbing a building and a window pop open. I hope you share the love of this series or just enjoy hearing/learning more about it. I’d love to continue, but its a decent amount of work, so we’ll see how it goes. I had bigger production plans for this, but time/money/life weren’t going to permit my showman ship, but I wanted to get this up and going anyway. Perhaps I’ll see you next week, same Brandon Peters Show release day, same Brandon Peters Show podcast. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LC (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 36 minutes

It is 2026 and once again time for that good ‘ol pretentious best films of 2025 discussion. 2025 delivered some straight all time bangers and plenty of interesting films to chew on and linger in your brain. Christ Johnson had normally been doing this run with me, however he felt he hadn’t seen enough this year to do a list. And in his passing, he suggested I bring on another Normie – Shelby Deal. And what a recommendation. Shelby has seen loads and was game for the task. Shelby and I reflect on the year, talk about honorable mentions before revealing our Top 10s. I hope you enjoy and find yourselves some recommendations and validations as we share our favorites. What were some of yours? -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return January 12th. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LC (Recorded with Zoom)Shelby – Laptop Mic (recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 86 minutes

This week is my best of 2025 week. Starting here with my picks for the best 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray releases of the year. I always have so much fun going through these and putting together my favorite titles and reminding myself how damn good a lot of these releases are. Unfortunately, like any other yea pplr, there are some notable absences. But I am only human and I have my rules for this. As always for this one, it is very visual, so I encourage you to check out the YouTube version of this episode. The link is here -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Friday, January 3rd with the Top 10 Films of 2025 with Shelby Deal of The Normies TECHNICAL INFORMATION Vocals Brandon – Shure SM58-LC (Recorded with Zoom) Post Production NCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38 NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 28 minutes

As is tradition on The Brandon Peters Show during the holiday season, Pres Maxson joins me to discuss an off the wall Christmas Classic from yesteryear. Always announced at the end of The Summer Of series, this year it was ME who picked the film and not Pres. I chose a traditional watch in my house when I was a kid…and an oddball one at that – 1984’s ABC Thursday Night movie “The Night They Saved Christmas” which boasts a pretty big name cast both in front of and behind the camera. Pres is so shocked and taken with this one, you all are going to love his reaction and thoughts. Happy Holidays everyone – enjoy the holidays you celebrate, enjoy those you are celebrating with and thank you as always for making this silly little show part of your listening. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday with the Top 10 4K UltraHD Blu-rays of 2025. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LC (Recorded with Zoom)Pres – Unknown Microphone (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 45 minutes

Since the inception of this program, one topic that has lingered on my list of “must do episodes” has been looking back on the 2009 film Soul Killer. This was the first film I worked on when I arrived in Los Angeles back in 2005. I literally lived there for 2 weeks and was working on a movie set. On that day I met his episode’s guest writer/director Bob Canode and star Kelly Chambers. I would go on to work on the film during multiple shoots either running sound or operating a boom mic. In a few scenes I did some background acting. Bob even made sure to kill me in one. I wanted to go back down memory lane with the two of them and recollect on the film, which is somewhat of an undiscovered treasure. The time was especially prescient to check this one off as they are currently in production on the sequel – Soul Killer 2 – as we speak. They share a little bit of what is happening with that production best they can. This was a joy to reconnect with the two of them and I hope you enjoy it. If you’d like me to trot down more of my past in episodes in the coming year, please shout it out on the socials or comment on the YouTube version. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Wednesday with the Traditional Holiday Episode with Pres Maxson & “The Night They Saved Christmas” (1984) TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LC (Recorded with Zoom)Kelly – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom)Bob – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 54 minutes

Stranger Things 5 just premiered this past weekend. Netflix’s juggernaut was one that spearheaded a deluge of films and tv set in the 1980s. Troy Brownfield and I have long nit pickled at historical accuracies in pop culture the show likes to celebrate. With that in mind, we thought it would be a fun exercise to look back at more what the midwest 1980s was REALLY like in terms of what people were watching and listening to and then turn our efforts to see which film and television shows that set themselves in that era got it the most “right”. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCTroy – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 98 minutes

For the month of November, we are going to look at what some of the most definitive physical media releases are of all time. We will be breaking it down by single film, tv sets and film box sets. Aaron Neuwirth from 2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla, Out Now with Aaron & Abe and We Live Entertainment is joining me for this endeavor. For our closing chapter, we will be discussing film box sets. This can be a wide array of film series, film collections, director focused collections, random assortments and more. We do very much go to town on honorable mentions in this one. Also stay peeled toward the end as Aaron found some items he originally wasn’t able to in the prior episodes that he now showcases. For this series, it is recommended you not just listen but watch along on the YouTube channel as we will be holding up and providing visual aid for the selections. If you’re not subscribed already, just go to https://www.youtube.com/brandonpetersshow. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return! TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCAaron – Blue Yeti (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 67 minutes

For the month of November, we are going to look at what some of the most definitive physical media releases are of all time. We will be breaking it down by single film, tv sets and film box sets. Aaron Neuwirth from 2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla, Out Now with Aaron & Abe and We Live Entertainment is joining me for this endeavor. The second part of this series has us looking at TV series. Shows were released on VHS, CED and Laserdisc in the past, but DVD is really the format that drove television to another level. Aaron and I have our picks of shows that are some of our favorites and feel the most complete or impressive of releases given the amount of materials provided with it. For this series, it is recommended you not just listen but watch along on the YouTube channel as we will be holding up and providing visual aid for the selections. If you’re not subscribed already, just go to https://www.youtube.com/brandonpetersshow. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday (11/24) with Aaron Neuwirth and the Top 5 Film Box Set Physical Media Releases of All Time! TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCAaron – Blue Yeti (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 48 minutes

For the month of November, we are going to look at what some of the most definitive physical media releases are of all time. We will be breaking it down by single film, tv sets and film box sets. Aaron Neuwirth from 2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla, Out Now with Aaron & Abe and We Live Entertainment is joining me for this endeavor. In this first installment, we are talking about single film releases. What release of a movie felt the most definitive of all time of that movie for you? Was it a Blu-ray? A VHS? A Laserdisc? We share our criteria in picking these and then make our own picks. There is one film that was sort of the inspiration for this and to no surprise, both of us chose it. For this series, it is recommended you not just listen but watch along on the YouTube channel as we will be holding up and providing visual aid for the selections. If you’re not subscribed already, just go to https://www.youtube.com/brandonpetersshow. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday (11/17) with Aaron Neuwirth and the Top 5 TV Set Physical Media Releases of All Time! TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCAaron – Blue Yeti (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 58 minutes

It’s that time of year again – DOCTOBERFEST! The 2025 edition is called “Regenerate” as the festival is now in the hands of David Bradbury. I speak with David about his first time in charge, with his challenges and hopes for the future. Doctoberfest was also the release day/party for Zepo Publishing’s “Fantastic! A Celebration of Fans Discovering Doctor Who”, which I was honored to contribute to. In addition to speaking to some vendors this year, I also spoke with the attendees of Doctoberfest and asked them the very same questions posed in this book! Big shout out and thanks to Who North America, Nick Seidler, Larry VanMersbergen, Steven Warren Hill, Rob Warnock, Russell McGee and all those who helped contribute to this episode. This is the podcast edition of the episode. My youtube channel (youtube.com/brandonpetersshow) includes video coverage of the event as well as some additional pieces with some of the vendors/artists that appeared. Whichever way you choose to experience, I humbly thank you. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday, November 10th with special guest Aaron Neuwirth and the “Top 5 Single Movie Physical Media Release of All Time”. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsAll vocals were recorded with a Shure SM58-LC via a Zoom H6 recorder. Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 54 minutes

There has been a lot of Doctor Who related stuff on the show in one way or another this month of October (or “Doctober”), so I decided why not cap it off with a Halloween related Doctor Who episode. And horror is something The Doctor is no stranger to. One of the most well known, favorite and celebrated episodes in the show’s 62 year history is 2007’s “Blink” written by Steven Moffat. This one introduced the world to the Weeping Angels. It’s great television and the most obvious answer to the question of “What’s the scariest episode of Doctor Who”? My guest is someone I met almost a year ago, Taylor Deatherage, of Logan Arch, Chicago TARDIS and Alien Entertainment. I’ve been meaning to have Taylor on since we met and finally the time is here. For this Top 10 Scariest Episodes of Doctor Who…we’ve removed Blink as it’s just too much of a given. And we are doing this draft style so we aren’t crossing over. Also included are people from Doctoberfest 2025 giving their favorite scary Who story (That isn’t Blink). I had a BLAST recording with Taylor and putting this all together. I hope you enjoy listening to it just as much and share your own picks as well! -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday (11/3) with my coverage of Doctoberfest 2025: Regenerate and the release of Fantastic! A Celebration of Fans Discovering Doctor Who TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCTaylor – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 112 minutes

Aw, the Tarkovsky’s Tales retrospective has come to an end. Unfortunately, Andrei Tarkovsky did not live much past the release of his final film, 1986’s The Sacrifice. He died from cancer as a result of the conditions of the area they film Stalker in. This film eerily enough showcases that he knew his time was up, be it the narrative of the film, the bookending of The Sacrifice with Ivan’s Childhood, or the constant handshakes he has with his previous film’s both visually and thematically. Steven Warren Hill is in tow for this one of course. I’m grateful to have had his time, knowledge and companionship on this journey through a filmmaker both of us love. And if you were a fan of this retrospective, Steven and I have another one already in the works for the near future. We appreciate your listens and watches. Is there anything you learned through this? A favorite Tarkovsky film? Did you watch along or discover a film through this? Let us know! -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday (10/27) with special guest Taylor Deatherage and the Top 10 Scariest Doctor Who Episodes (That Aren’t “Blink”) TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCSteven – Unknown Mic (recorded with ZOOM) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 62 minutes

Back in August I attended the Dead Formats VHS Convention in Indianapolis and met Memphis filmmaking legend Mike McCarthy. In November, he’ll be doing a 15th anniversary screening of his last feature film, 2009’s Cigarette Girl, and I wanted to bring him on to reflect on and celebrate this wonderful little dystopian science fiction film I recently discovered. Joining us for the conversation is the titular character – Cori Mattice (then Cori Dials) – as well as the cinematographer and editor, Wheat. We have a good conversation on the film and how it nails being low budget, high concept science fiction. There’s a giant segment missing from the middle of this episode which will be released as a YouTube exclusive, so you’ll need to head on over there and subscribe so you don’t miss it. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday (10/20) with Steven Warren Hill and the conclusion to Tarkovsky’s Tales – The Sacrifice (1986). TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCMike – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom)Cori – Unknown Microphone (Recorded with Zoom)Wheat – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 55 minutes

I’m very excited for the upcoming book “FANTASTIC! A Celebration of Fans Discovering Doctor Who”. Not just because I have an entry in it, but because I’m eager to read other fans’ similar and vastly different stories on finding the show and their suggested entry points for someone else to discover it. Zepo Publishing launched back in 2023 and their output has been directed at nothing but positivity and support in fandom communities. If you follow my Doctoberfest material, you’ve already met some of their authors and know about their first book “How To Celebrate Your Fandom”. You also met the creator of Zepo, Nick Seider, who joins me on this episode to take us behind the scenes of this book and lets you know how you can contribute to future books for Zepo Publishing, including announcing an upcoming 2nd Doctor Who book! -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday (10/13) with filmmaker Mike McCarthy discussing his film Cigarette Girl turning 15. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCNick – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 100 minutes

Wow – we are beginning Year 6 on this program. And with this one episode, this show is officially longer running than my previous one – Cult Cinema Cavalcade. With The Brandon Peters Show completing 5 years, that means Cult Cinema Cavalcade has been closed up for 5 years, but also started 10 years ago. I invited one of the recurring characters from that show, and staple of this one, Troy Brownfield, to reflect on that show and share a little on why it ended and reveal why exactly we have Glenn Danzig’s VEROTIKA as the movie topic. In addition, I share some untold stories/secrets of Cult Cinema Cavalcade that I hope fans of that program tuning in or that continued on with this one will enjoy. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday (10/6) with Nick Seidler discussing Zepo Publishing and their latest book FANTASTIC! A Celebration Of Fans Discovering Doctor Who. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCTroy – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 105 minutes

In this penultimate episode of the Tarkovsky’s Tales series, the auteur leaves his homeland of Russia to shoot his new film, Nostalghia, in Italy. Prior to shooting the film he directed a documentary that charted his location scouting for the film, entitled Voyage In Time. Steven and I discuss both films in this episode and dive into readings and appreciations of cinematography on a deeper level. Steven Warren Hill is by my side as co host for this series as always. When this retrospective picks up again in October we’ll be discussing Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film “The Sacrifice” from 1986. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday (9/29) to kick off Year 6 with Glenn Danzig’s “Verotika” and special guest Troy Brownfield. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCSteven – Unknown Mic (recorded with ZOOM) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 101 minutes

The Summer of 2015 at 10 is a weekly retrospective journey through American pop culture during May, June, July and August of 2015. Brandon Peters, Puck News and The Outside Scoop’s Scott Mendelson and We Live Entertainment/2 Black Guys Talk Godzilla/Out Now with Aaron and Abe’s Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released during the summer as well as the news stories, television and music that rounded out the public’s lives as they lined the pockets of the box office to see these movies. EPILOGUE: This is it. Our lookback/overview of the summer we just re-experienced. Our thoughts on what we learned, the worst 5, discoveries and top 10 films of summer 2015 lie in this episode. Also in this episode, we announced the winner – as chosen by you the listener – of the year of the next summer we shall be discussing! We’ll also be discussing the box office report, notable news stories, the top 10 Nielsen rated tv programs for the week and the top 10 of Ryan Seacrest’s weekly American top 40 from the week these films were released. Please consider becoming a patron by going to http://patreon.com/brandonpetersshow Follow the Facebook page or @brandon4kuhd on Twitter and Instagram. Scott Mendelson is on Twitter @scottmendelson. Find his work at Puck News and The Outside Scoop Aaron Neuwirth is on Twitter @aaronsps4. Find his work on weliveentertainment.com and on Out Now with Aaron & Abe (wherever podcasts are found). More information and content available at thebrandonpetersshow.com. “The Summer of 2015 at 10” and “News” themes featured in the episode are by Pres Maxson (@presmaxson). -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCScott – Unknown Microphone (Recorded with Zoom)Aaron – Blue Yeti (Recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 103 minutes

The Summer of 2015 at 10 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of a music video from a song featured in the Ryan Seacrest American Top 40. As we always do, our jingles guy Pres Maxson is here for the final music video of The Summer of 2015 at 10. Since The Weeknd had 3 top 10 hits at this time, we are doing another one with a decently visioned music video in that of “The Hills”. Also, don’t miss out on our announcement of this year’s Holiday episode coming this December around Christmas/Hanukkah time. Thank you for listening to The Summer of 2015 at 10 series! We return Monday with an all new installment! Please consider becoming a patron by going to http://patreon.com/brandonpetersshow The Brandon Peters Show will return Monday with the final installment of The Summer of 2015 at 10. TECHNICAL INFORMATIONVocalsBrandon – Shure SM58-LCPres – Laptop mic (recorded with Zoom) Post ProductionNCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38NCH MixPad Masters v5.22The Levelator 2 RUNTIME: 41 minutes