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🚨🧇 San Francisco Has Found Its New Dirty Harry. And He’s a Waffle. 🧇🚨

This week, the Time Pals interview the creators of the new online animated series WAFFLE & COHEN!

From the wonderfully warped minds of comic artist Brian Hess (Nix, Mystical Misfits, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) and veteran sound engineer and Bay Area DJ Steve Romanko (Star Wars , Fight Club, Final Fantasy IX, Rumble Racing) comes a buddy-cop cartoon inspired by classic ’70s cop shows and sitcoms, MAD Magazine, early Nickelodeon weirdness, and the beautifully bonkers spirit of the Bay Area.

Co-hosts Jon Powell and Mike Underscore sit down with Steve Romanko and Brian Hess to talk about their careers, their creative partnership, the accidental birth of Sgt. Waffle, and what inspired them to create their latest show.

🧇🚔 Check out Waffle & Cohen at Hesstoons Studios on YouTube:
youtube.com/@Hesstoons

🎨 Find more of Brian Hess’ artwork at:
hesstoons.com

🎧 Experience Steve Romanko’s extensive work in movies and video games such as: Star Wars, Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, and Dogma.

🎙️ The Time Pals are available everywhere you get your podcasts—or start here:
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#TimePalsPodcast #WaffleAndCohen #Hesstoons #BrianHess #SteveRomanko #Animation #IndieAnimation #AnimatedSeries #BuddyCop #SanFrancisco #BayArea

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DOUBLE DRAGON. RENEGADE WRESTLEFEST. AND THE WEIRDEST SHOOTER EVER MADE.

NEXT WEEK, MrBortman (@mrbortmanttv ) joins the Time Pals as we pay tribute to Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the legendary game designer whose work helped define the beat-’em-up—and eventually gave wrestling nerds one of the greatest arcade games of the 90’s

We’re going from Renegade and the birth of the modern street brawler to Double Dragon, to Honky Tonk Man and Hacksaw Jim Duggan getting immortalized in WWF Superstars. And oh yeah, lots of Wrestlefest love too.

🐉 How Renegade became Double Dragon and changed arcade gaming
💪 Why Kishimoto being bitter about a break-up was the best thing to ever happen.
🕹️ The strange evolution from Renegade to Double Dragon
🤼 What the flying EFF was Cho Aniki about?!
🏆 And WWF WRESTLEFEST—the arcade wrestling game so goddamn good we're STILL talking about it 35 years later.

Follow the Time Pals Podcast to keep up to date for new episodes and check out MrBortman on Twitch!

If you ever stood in front of a WrestleFest cabinet with a pocket full of quarters thinking:

“Who the hell is Mike McGuirk?”

This episode is for you.

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THE TIME PALS ARE BACK — AND WE’RE BRINGING SPOOKY SEASON EARLY. 🎃

This week, hosts Jon Powell and Mike Underscore welcome Kyle Valle and Erin Áine, co-founders of Big Squid Films and the talented minds behind the cult indie horror-comedy ZOMBIECON VOL. 1 and Screamify’s new Micro Horrors™ thriller AUTONOMOUS!

We get into EVERYTHING about making an Indie Horror Movie:

- How a night of drinking, a Captain America shield, anime and a room full of movie props helped inspire ZombieCon Vol. 1.

- Practical gore, cosplay, filmmaking tricks and the anime DNA running through the movie.

🧟 What they have planned for ZombieCon Vol. 2 — including a time jump, a more dystopian world and something much, MUCH bigger.

- We talk Screamify’s Micro Horrors™,AUTONOMOUS, a 16-part vertical horror story that traps you in the backseat of a driverless car while a bad night gets progressively worse.

And because this is the Time Pals, we somehow also find time for killer drones, Warhammer, zombie-apocalypse weapons, terrible movie ideas and the usual collection of completely unnecessary tangents.

Basically, we tried to conduct a professional filmmaker interview. . .

. . .and We failed beautifully.

🧟 ZombieCon Vol.1 is available on Apple TV, Prime Video, Tubi and many more streaming platforms.

🚗 Autonomous is available exclusively on Screamify!

🎧 Find the Time Pals everywhere you get your podcasts!

#TimePalsPodcast #ZombieCon #ZombieConVol1 #Autonomous #Screamify #MicroHorrors #BigSquidFilms #IndieHorror #HorrorMovies #IndieFilm #ZombieMovies #HorrorFans #SpookySeason

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The Time Pals are kicking off their summer break by wrapping up unfinished business, reflecting on some of our favorite moments, and getting excited for even more geeky deep dives and special guest interviews coming your way!

🎙️ In this episode:
✨ Co-host Jon Powell shares his experience interviewing (@tiacarrere @mintzplasse @djqualls @johncharlesmorris @imemilyricks ) at VacaCon.
💬 Underscore reads some of his... uh... "favorite" comments.
❤️More MC work and possibly creating a new Con in Berkeley
🚀 And—reluctantly—we admit... we haven't been living up to our nerdiest potential.

A huge thank you to all the amazing Pals and communities who have joined us on this journey. We can't wait to feature you guys in more future episodes!

🎧 We'll be back as even bigger nerds than ever before. That weird saliva dripping from the side of your mouth? That's us. That's our special gift to you. You earned it.

#TimePalsPodcast #Gaming #Comics #Anime #NerdLife #SummerBreak

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NEW EPISODE: Point-and-Clickbait w/ Daniel Clark (Disney/Pixar Artist & Creator of The Dragon Blossom)

This week, the Time Pals revisit some of the best, worst, and weirdest point-and-click adventure games ever made—and we're joined by a special guest and new Pal of the show, Daniel Clark (@DanielClarkArt).

Daniel is a Disney/Pixar artist whose credits include The Incredibles 2, Moana 2, Wish, Frozen 2, and many more. Join us as he shares behind-the-scenes stories from some of his biggest projects and gives us an exclusive look at his upcoming mystery adventure game, The Dragon Blossom (@DragonBlossomGame), featuring a hilarious protagonist inspired by Hollywood icon Clara Bow.

Whether you spent your childhood saving every five minutes in King's Quest, cursing out the developers of Gabriel Knight, torturing Roger Wilco in Space Quest, or discovering these classics for the very first time, this episode is a love letter to a genre that refuses to stay dead.

Keep up to date on The Dragon Blossom and wishlist on Steam soon!: https://www.dragonblossomgame.com/

🎙️ Listen now and let us know your favorite point-and-click adventure memories!

Time Pals Podcast are available everywhere you get your podcasts or start here: https://timepalspodcast.buzzsprout.com/

#PointAndClick #LucasArts #Pixar #SierraGames #TimePalsPodcast #KingsQuest #DragonBlossom #DisneyAnimation #RetroGaming #GamingPodcast #TimePals #GamingHistory #IndieGames #Frozen2 #AdventureGames

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🦸‍♂️ Free Comic Book Day is May 2, 2026! 🦸‍♂️

This week, the Time Pals sit down with Free Comic Book Day founder Joe Field to talk about the origins of one of comics’ biggest annual events, how Flying Colors Comics became a beloved, community-first shop, his role as co-owner of WonderCon—and, of course, the stories behind some of his favorite comics and artists.

Find out:
• What was the rarest item to ever enter the shop?
• The comic that hooked him and started it all (and it involves a broken arm!)
• How Stockton, CA became the birthplace of the Fantastic Four
• Stan Lee delivering the most Stan Lee quote ever
• Underrated comics you should be reading

…and so much more!

This episode is packed with heart, history, and pure comics love. Don’t miss it!

Check out Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA: https://www.flyingcolorscomics.com/
And be sure to take part in Free Comic Book Day on May 2 at participating stores.

The Time Pals Podcast is available everywhere you get your podcasts.

#FreeComicBookDay #FlyingColorsComics #JoeField #FantasticFour #JimLee #ThienPham #GeneYang #Comics #TimePalsPodcast #GeekCulture #Podcast

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A Spartan Takes on a Pirate!

This week’s mini episode features co-host ShadoSpartan’s take on the rise and fall of one of his former favorite online personalities, PirateSoftware. So why devote an entire mini episode to the “Roach”?

Roaches can survive anything. They adapt, they outlast, they get their dad at Blizzard to land them a job, lay off their moderators, side with billion-dollar corporations at every turn, never hold themselves accountable when they’re obviously wrong, and ban ShadoSpartan from chat just for saying hello.

Mini episode theme by ShadoSpartan, whose album is available at:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ZCnmT7zKYdVQ8lPuO3oVE?si=MMXMPLWeTJaXF6j9QRy2Iw

ShadoSpartan's YouTube Game Retrospectives can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@ShadoSpartan44

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#PirateSoftware #GameDev #WoW #StopKillingGames #MaydayMediaNetwork #ShadoSpartan #Roach #Kronos #TimePalsPodcast

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This week, co-host Jon Powell throws out a deceptively simple question: “Who is your ultimate ‘Hey, it’s that guy!’ actor?” What follows isn’t chaos (okay, not just chaos)—it’s a full-on celebration of the unforgettable faces you definitely recognize, even if you don’t know their names.

The Time Pals and the Character Actor Appreciation Hour dig into just how many times Noel Gugliemi has played a “Hector,” which Spaceballs actor believed he had psychic powers, how talented the voice actor behind “Chris Redfield punches boulders” really is, why DJ Qualls is supremely underrated, and so much more.

Episode is out everywhere you get your podcasts!

Join co-host Jon Powell the Vacaville Comic Convention on April 11 and 12 as he hosts the celebrity panel! Check @VACACON for more. . .

ShadoSpartan's retrospective reviews can be found on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ShadoSpartan44 and peep his new music at https://open.spotify.com/album/6DF0AKd1QRIdTAm6mYOnhc?si=UsXDkcmvR8-sg9FDqkLVKA

"Time Pals Theme Song" performed & produced by Sterling Sound Shop Productions (San Francisco)

Need music production in the Bay Area? Hit them up: lancesterling45@gmail.com

#TimePals #KeithDavid #NoelGugliemi #DJQualls #TaraStrong #JohnCarrolLynch #StephenTobolowsky #VoiceActors #CharacterActors #Geekcast #Dadcast #MaydayMediaNetwork

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