Penny Men

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Penny Men is the podcast starring Ben, Tom, and Gregory: three experts on cartooning, storytelling, and having a good time! We give a penny for our thoughts, and throw in our two cents, as we tackle new topics and writing pitches every week!
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#104 - 'Flash Gordon' (Part 2) [The Movie Serials, The Movie, and Beyond!]
Episode 102
Sunday, 8 March, 2026

This week on The Penny Men, we accidentally record 20 minutes of Muppet calendars, Beatles bootlegs, and obscure Marvel villains before remembering we were supposed to talk about Flash Gordon. So naturally, we kept all of it!Cold Open Highlights (aka: Things No One Asked For But You Got Anyway):The Muppets calendar that reprogrammed Greg’s brain permanentlyBeatles parodies including the immortal hit “She Loves Shoes”Tom naming five different goblins before remembering The Beetle is named Abner JenkinsA brief legal discussion about asbestosColonel Mustard doing crimes with a lead pipe on the “motorway”The Clue movie body count (incorrectly)!Then We Actually Talk About Flash Gordon (Sort Of):The three classic movie serials and why only one of them kinda countsBuster Crabbe: buff, shiny, professional cliffhanger survivorThe dragon puppet that is absolutely not a puppetThe Vulture MenWhy Dale suddenly changes actresses and no one on screen caresFlash Gordon serial cliffhangers vs. the infamous Misery “cockadoody car” ruleShout-outs to Zorro’s Fighting Legion, Daredevils of the Red Circle, and probably 12 other serials only Tom knows existed!Bonus Tangents (Required by Law):Tarzan movies and Burroughs rage-quittingFilmation’s rotoscoped spaceshipsThe underground sci-fi singing cowboy kingdom of The Phantom EmpireSheena, Queen of the Jungle, because why not“Tubi or not Tubi,” the joke that required no setup and got delivered anyway!Come for Flash Gordon…Stay for Abner Jenkins, the calendar Beatles, and Tom’s ongoing war with 1930s production budgets!