Dwayne's Wednesday Robot Romper Room

Cherry 2000.  This "limited edition" android was owned by a business executive who enjoyed her full functionality.  Strangely, she appeared in the 1987 movie Cherry 2000.  In any event, when she short circuits (a common theme in robot movies) our business exec must look for another.  Too bad the factory that made her is in a dangerous apocalyptic wasteland, or it might have been easy.

(Image courtesy of All-Star Pics)

Daily Rock Band Name: Rabbit Yarn

I think you will like Rabbit Yarn's debut album Deer Hunts Elephants.

Daily Rock Band Name: Bizarre Plague of Tics

I cannot wait to hear the debut album of the band Bizarre Plague of Tics!

Question of the Day!

"Who would win in a fight -- Darth Vader or Godzilla?"

We're talking about the Darth Vader from the original stories who hunted down and killed the Jedi. He is not the one who killed all of those kids. Vader is mostly mechanical. He of course has a light saber and knows how to use the force. We all know that size doesn't matter when using the force. So, much of the Big G's size is neutralized.

Godzilla is 40 stories tall and breaths atomic fire. Not to mention that Godzilla is incredibly strong. He can push down buildings and pick up subway trains with ease. He is mostly (nigh) invulnerable. He has only been defeated by an oxygen destroyer and runaway internal radioactivity.

What do you think people?

Daily Rock Band Name: Volcano Warfare

Give it up for Volcano Warfare!

Daily Rock Band Name: Venusian Dinosaurs

I think I saw Venusian Dinosaurs open for Bananarama back in the day.

Daily Rock Band Name: Ludwig and His Posse

Rock me Amadeus! It's Ludwig and His Posse!

Daily Rock Band Name: Submarines Mean Substitutes

When I was a kid, I saw Submarines Mean Substitutes open for Was (Not Was).

Daily Rock Band Name: Giant Trans-Dimensional Humanoids

I think I saw Giant Trans-Dimensional Humanoids open for Devo.

Dwayne's Wednesday Robot Romper Room,

Sasquatch.  This was the robot watchdog of some marooned aliens in the The Six Million Dollar Man.  It also appeared in a crossover episode of The Bionic Woman.  These aliens wanted "Bigfoot" to cause concern in the Pacific Northwest in order to protect their privacy.  Needless to say, it did not work and Steve Austin was on the case.  Eventually, Sasquatch and the bionic cohorts become close friends.  Cybernetic friends stick together!

(Image courtesy of The Bionic Wiki)

Daily Rock Band Name: Romantic Anatomy Models

Put your hands together for Romantic Anatomy Models!

Daily Rock Band Name: Contrails and Cattails

Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you Contrails and Cattails.

Dwayne's Rockin' 'n' Rollin' Robots

While Robot Dance Party would be a good name for a rock band, we'll just show the video...



(Hat tip to Gizmodo)

Daily Rock Band Name: Ninja Broccoli

I think I saw Ninja Broccoli open for Meat Loaf.

I am now convinced...

I must admit that this is compelling proof that the iPhone is better than the HTC Desire. I am humbled. (I wonder what they are saying...)



(Hat tip to Gizmodo)

Daily Rock Band Name: The Great Hall of Hams

I hope you are prepared to rock out to The Great Hall of Hams!

Daily Rock Band Name: Giant Drone Surge

Do you like trance? Then I think you'll like Giant Drone Surge!

Friday Iguana

Just in time to be late for Valentine's Day, here is a "red iguana."

(Image courtesy of Pet Care GT)

Daily Rock Band Name: Underwater Archaeologists

I am really diggin' the Underwater Archaeologists' debut album Ancient Minoan Shipwrecks!

Jim Henson tells us...

Where does all of the robocalypse talk come from? See for yourself.



(Via the Nerdist)

Daily Rock Band Name: Randomized Badger Culling

Ladies and gentlemen! Let's have a big round of applause for Randomized Badger Culling!

Dwayne's Wednesday Robot Romper Room,

Mr. R.I.N.G. (aka Robomatic Internalized Nerve Ganglia).  It was a top secret military robot on "Kolchak: The Night Stalker".  This robot which was given "artificial intelligence" ends up killing someone in order to protect itself from being shut down.  When will humans learn to either not give robots a survival instinct or not try to shut them down?

(Image courtesy of TV Tropes)

Daily Rock Band Name: Psychic Headache

I think I saw Psychic Headache open for The Clash.

Daily Rock Band Name: Flamingo Pummeling

Everyone put your hands together for Flamingo Pummeling!

(Via Dave Barry)

Daily Rock Band Name: Dark Dwelling Fish

I think the debut album of Dark Dwelling Fish entitled Converge on Blindness is really good.

Perhaps this is where Godzookie came from...

 

 

Godzilla hanging on the set with a little parasol.  Awesome!

(Hat tip to io9)

Daily Rock Band Name: Sharks With Friends

I think I saw Sharks With Friends open for Broken Social Scene.

What if the prequels were made first?

It is a little slow at first, but the end is sooooooo worth it! How Return of the Jedi should have ended.



(Hat tip to io9)

Oh no!

The Neon Batmobile has been exceeded!

(Via Demotivational Posters)

Daily Rock Band Name: Mummified Ice Age Bison

Ladies and gentlemen it's Mummified Ice Age Bison!

Friday Iguana

Quite right!  Pip-pip and all that!  This marine iguana is quite posh!

(Image courtesy of Cornell University)

We lost the internet!

The pros have won:



(Via John Hodgman)

Daily Rock Band Name: Unskinned Animatronic Baby

Do you like punk rock? Then you'll love Unskinned Animatronic Baby!

Daily Rock Band Name: The Least Refuse Of A Squirrel

Are you ready to rock? Then give it up for The Least Refuse Of A Squirrel!

Dwayne's Wednesday Robot Romper Room,

Braman is a chess playing robot built by the character Brains in the British TV Show Thunderbirds.  It is too bad the Tracy boys didn't dig him.  I don't know why.  There is nothing like a robot done by Supermarionation.  Thunderbirds are go!!!

(Image courtesy of Musings of a Sci-Fi Fanatic)

Daily Rock Band Name: Circus Elephant Retirement Home

I think I saw Circus Elephant Retirement Home open for Crash Test Dummies.

Daily Rock Band Name: Laser Space Antenna

Everyone is excited about Laser Space Antenna's debut album Catching a Gravity Wave!

Never underestimate...

...the power of the bark side of the force!



(Hat tip to Weird Universe)

Daily Rock Band Name: The Pirate Botanist

Ladies and gentlemen!  Are you ready for The Pirate Botanist?

Daily Rock Band Name: Bed Bug Nightmare

I think my dad saw Bed Bug Nightmare open for Black Sabbath.

Daily Rock Band Name: Slide Rule Watch

Put your hands together for Slide Rule Watch!

Friday Iguana

Soon to be a major motion picture, I give you Fistful of Iguanas!  They look like trouble!

(Image courtesy of Space Monkey Pants)

Now that is heart burn...

The new American Godzilla is coming!



(Hat tip to io9)

Daily Rock Band Name: Sheet-Metal Heroes

If you're not ready to rock, you're not ready for the Sheet-Metal Heroes!

Daily Rock Band Name: Zombie Crocodiles

The debut album Going to Defeat a Monk by the Zombie Crocodiles is worth a listen.

Dwayne's Wednesday Robot Romper Room

B.A.T. (aka Battle Android Troopers): BATs were the disposable robot units created by Cobra in the second season of the cartoon G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. It took Cobra a whole season to invent the robots so that the Joes had something to shoot at and hit. After all, it appeared that both Cobra and G.I. Joe went to the Stormtrooper School of Markmanship.

(Image courtesy of Wikipedia)

Daily Rock Band Name: Intergalactic Space Control Panel

I remember my dad telling me about the time Intergalactic Space Control Panel opened for Ziggy Stardust era David Bowie.