Well here it is, I finally did it. I started a Chuck podcast. It's so funny how stressed out I was about it, I still am in some ways, I mean I have been podcasting since 2005 and have had a great time doing it, learning a lot in fact. I learned how to make a show, to create it, edit it and post it and gotten to know a good many people who have enjoyed the show that I have done so with my two best friends, Mulberry Bill and Stephen the Pop Culture Zealot. But this is different, I'm doing this Chuck Show by myself, all by my lonesome. I knew that if I ever tried something like this it would most likely be a solo show because of the amount of work that it will involve. I mean, if I complete my task I will be doing 91 episodes or more, finding another person that will be available to cover all of those shows will be very hard. I will try to find guests at certain times and I would love to hear what other people think about the series and why it is special to them but I also want to get to the bottom of why this series is so damn important to me.
Now before I started this Chuck endeavor I knew that I needed to get comfortable with the thought of doing a show solo so I started a new show called Entertainment Landfill Daily -- On this show I would talk about the current news stories in the state of Film, Television of Pop Culture. I think I am much more comfortable now even though I cheated by having frequent guests. Mainly I learned to not think about the fact that I was just sitting in a room by myself and talking to myself and instead pictured an audience, hoping that someone was out there listening and I was talking to them, not to myself. But you get the idea, I am a bit more comfortable hopefully only getting better in the long run, mainly I don't want you the listener even thinking about that so I don't know why I even brought it up. Hey it's a process!
The Funny thing about ETL Daily is that it's not a daily show, I seem to be doing it weekly or bi-weekly but I can't call the show Entertainment Landfill Weekly, can I? That's too close to EW -- Entertainment Weekly, we don't want that. I could call it ETL Bi-Weekly but I think I will just stick with ETL Daily if you don't mind. Now as for the Chuck Podcast, I will do an episode whenever I get the chance to and I am creatively motivated, right now I am excited about it and when I am excited about something I am very productive, when I get tired I might need to take a break but it is my intention to stick with it and keep producing Chuck Companion Podcasts until I am done. To understand you have to know that I have watched the Entire series of Chuck several times, I have seen all 5 seasons at least 4 times I think, I lose track, I have seen some episodes multiple times just re-watching them with my Daughter, Emma who caught the Chuck bug herself. She loves the series and I love talking to her about it. I love that she thinks Sarah Walker is as awesome as I do. It's fun sharing something you love with someone you love and I think that's what doing this podcast is all about. I want to share Chuck. The show means a lot to me, it makes me feel better when I am feeling down, it makes me laugh, it makes me feel a warmth, a glow even. I freaking love this show and I want to share it with you.
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With each episode of Chuck I am going to record a show going over my favorite parts, the plot and the moments that make me laugh, cry etc. I will also highlight the music of the series, not just Tim Jones' awesome score but the many songs by many awesome bands that are played in each and every episode of Chuck. While it will be hard to go into detail on each one I will highlight my favorites. Hopefully along the way I will pick up some other Chuck Re-Watchers and you will follow me to the end. While Chuck The Series has ended it doesn't mean that it's gone, Chuck is here to stay on DVD, Blu Ray and Netflix Amazon. I love that it's now on Netflix Amazon finding new audiences for a long time to come and hopefully those new fans will come here and love Chuck along with me.
Here is the first Episode of The Chuck Series Companion covering the Pilot Episode of Chuck. The Pilot titled "Chuck Vs The Intersect" is the beginning of special things, this is where it all began and I always love starting the series back at the beginning. It's awesome to see Chuck first get The Intersect and first meet Sarah Walker and John Casey, seeing how all of their lives are changed forever. In this episode I will be working out the kinks of what I want to do exactly but I always knew I wanted to include clips of the show and music, it's all used for review purposes and I think it's necessary in re-living the series in the theater of the mind. Hearing their voices and music helps feed the nostalgia machine, I don't own any of the property, it's all Warner Bros. but this podcast is just for Chuck fans or Chucksters and new fans alike and it's just meant for our enjoyment, nothing dubious is intended here so live and let live I say.
As I cover each episode of the show I would also like to provide links here to some of my favorite TV Reviewers who originally covered the series, Alan Sepinwall and Maureen Ryan. I always enjoyed reading their takes and many times when re-watching the series I would go back and re-read what they had written about those episodes. I will provide links here to their reviews when I can find them. Thank you for listening to the show and thank you for watching Chuck. If you enjoy the show, do me a favor and pass the show on to someone else you love. Let them know what you think of it and tell them they can watch it on Netflix Amazon. Right now I have loaned out season 1 to my buddy Stephen, hopefully he will return it and request season 2 and hopefully a new Chuckster will be born. Now onto the show:
Download Episode 1 of The Chuck Series Companion right here: S1Ep1 Vs The Intersect
While there are times that I don't agree while reading Alan Sepinwall's takes on Chuck I also admire that the guy is a huge fan of the show and I always enjoyed reading his weekly thoughts, Check out what he had to say here about the Chuck Pilot. Maureen Ryan was also a huge Chuck supporter and here is her review of the Pilot Episode. It's interesting to see how cautious they are in the early days and it's true the show took awhile to get things rolling where you realized that you freaking loved it but they knew there was so much potential.
My favorite songs from the pilot are Into Your Dreams by Foreign Born and The Missionary by Brothers Martin. Here's a list of all the great songs from the pilot.
I hope you dig the first episode and if you feel so inclined send some feedback my way to nimpodcast@gmail.com until then, I want you to do one thing, Trust Me.
The Jastrom
Jastrom, I've recently begun rewatching (again) the show with my wife (her first time) and have also found your podcasts. In the first several I've listened to so far you've said that in part you were looking to have a conversation with other fans of the show. I've found that I, too, like talking about the show. So as I finish an episode on this current rewatching of the series, my plan has been to read and listen to your corresponding blog posts and podcasts, jotting down my thoughts on the show and reactions to your observations and opinions so that I can leave them as comments here on the blog (thereby having that conversation of sorts). I'm about to do a blitz as I'm already through S1E8.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your first episode podcast and blog post. It was a lot of fun reading the Sepinwall review you linked to (and it reminded me about the other show in his review, "Reaper," which I did watch when it originally aired); it is interesting to hear what people were thinking at the time the show was originally airing.
You are spot on about the music. I've talked about the show with a couple friends who have watched, one as a diehard fan and another as a more casual viewer and they and I all agree that the music, both the selected songs and the original score work, are excellent and do so much to add to the flavor of the scenes they are linked to. And, yes, "Cobra Style" now is "Chuck" for me (probably because I've rewatched the pilot a bunch as I've tried to introduce the show to friends and family).
On the first time through I hadn't realized that Sarah and Bryce were an item until it was made obvious at the end with Sarah reviewing pictures, but I like the sly use of the name "Bruce" when Sarah tells Chuck she's coming out of a long relationship. (There's even a pause when she says "Bruce" the second time to show her catching herself, but I missed that the first time.)
--LetsGoRed