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Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 85: Comic-Con, 'Entourage,' 'Breaking Bad' and more

Dan and Alan also discuss CBS' 'Same Name' and the latest 'Twin Peaks'

By Alan Sepinwall Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 10:43 AM

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Welcome to a special San Diego edition of the Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, in which Dan and I preview Comic-Con, discuss "Entourage" (and somehow completely forget about the existence of the Comic-Con episode of "Entourage"), look back on the "Breaking Bad" premiere, and more.  The rundown:

Comic-Con -- 01:15 - 08:40
"Entourage" -- 08:40 - 18:30
"Same Name" -- 18:30 - 27:00
"Breaking Bad" -- 27:15 - 42:15
"Twin Peaks" -- 42:30 - 52:00
 
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Alan Sepinwall has been reviewing television since the mid-'90s, first for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, The Star-Ledger, and now for HitFix. His new book, "The Revolution Was Televised," about the last 15 years of TV drama, is for sale at Amazon. He can be reached at sepinwall@hitfix.com
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    eakawie

    The most disappointing part about you not getting to redeem yourself at the Chuck Panel, is that we miss out on the Panel-Hosting Training Montage set to an 80's power ballad.

    July 21, 2011 at 10:53AM EST Reply to Comment
    • Midnight_run_mca255950_talkback_profile

      sepinwall YES. I have an entire iTunes playlist consisting of nothing but '80s training montage-appropriate songs. "Hearts on fire, strong desire, rages deep within..."

      :(

      July 21, 2011 at 11:20AM EST
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    rhys1882

    LOL - there was a Comic-Con episode of Entourage in the second season as Vinnie Chase was getting ready to play Aquaman. I barely remembered it myself and the only reason I thought of it was because I had a vague memory of Johnny Drama going to a convention and being very popular because of Viking Quest - which was part of the episode. Then I also remembered it was the episode where Rainn Wilson played an evil version of Harry Knowles and Vinnie had to get him on board with Vinnie playing Aquaman. It looked like everything was going bad at first but - surprise surprise - everything worked out in the end as the boys got some hot chicks to have sex with Rainn Wilson in return for a favorable write-up (with the strong implication that Wilson was going to have a strap-on use on him).

    July 21, 2011 at 11:53AM EST Reply to Comment
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      Will It was one of the more memorable episodes of the show. Don't forget there Vanessa Angel guest-starred as a Xena-type figure who guest-starred on Viking Quest then got her own show.

      July 21, 2011 at 1:32PM EST
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    WaltEagle

    For what it's worth, Catherine Martell = Twin Peaks, Catherine Tramell = Basic Instinct.

    July 21, 2011 at 1:38PM EST Reply to Comment
    • Midnight_run_mca255950_talkback_profile

      sepinwall Sigh... I knew it didn't sound right even as I was saying it. But the names do sound similar, and both Twin Peaks and Basic Instinct were from 90-91.

      July 21, 2011 at 1:54PM EST

    • But, thankfully, Piper Laurie's crotch remains a mystery to me.

      July 21, 2011 at 4:03PM EST
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    RU Serious

    Well, there goes my theory that the lack of comedic chemistry or even warmth between our two hosts is due to the fact that they aren't in the same room when the podcast is recorded...

    July 22, 2011 at 10:00AM EST Reply to Comment

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