Two Packs: Trading Card Comedy presented by Meltdown Comics

Two Packs is the trading card comedy podcast! Join host Geoffrey Golden and a special guest as they crack open packs of bizarre, retro trading cards from The A-Team to Xena: Dangerous Liaisons. While they discover what’s inside, they discuss forgotten pop culture, geeky childhood memories, and a thoughtful exploration of the human condition through a post-post-modern lens. (Or, y'know, Garbage Pail Kids.)

  • 48 minutes
    #51: PACK ATTACK: Pukeymon vs. Zero Heroes (w/ Asterios Kokkinos)
    The series finale of Two Packs is a massive Pack Attack battle royale! Guest Asterios Kokkinos (Something Awful) and host Geoffrey Golden open packs of Zero Heroes and Pukeymon cards, then combine them to make a collectable card game. Who’s the more mighty urinator: Power Baby or Starpee? Will Burple get indigestion from eating the Great Gobbler? Which is uglier: Captain Ugly or the art on the Pukeymon cards? All these important questions might very well be answered on the puketabulous final episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! Two Packs - https://twitter.com/twopackspodcast Asterios Kokkinos - https://twitter.com/asterios Geoffrey Golden - https://twitter.com/geoffreygolden Links to check out: Toys “4” Cheap - http://a.co/fO87EIE Wet Hot American Summer: Fantasy Camp - http://kck.st/2oRCSrK Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil Card Images: Zero Heroes Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/b0qhmufrrwmy98o/e051-zeroheroes-front.jpeg?dl=0 Pukeymon Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/8hmjlsgxbyitf7d/e051-pukeymon-front.jpeg?dl=0 Zero Heroes / Pukeymon Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/odrcuxkr7wt1bd9/e051-zeroheroes-pukeymon-back.jpeg?dl=0 Magic: the Gathering 1 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/7wxnokc6p51vq0l/e051-magicTG-front-1.jpeg?dl=0 Magic: the Gathering 2 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/i8jj95zilj9smb9/e051-magicTG-front-2.jpeg?dl=0
    15 May 2017, 7:00 am
  • 22 minutes
    #50: Garbage Pail Kids (w/ R. Sikoryak)
    Guest R. Sikoryak (Terms and Conditions graphic novel) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! On this special behind-the-cards episode, Geoffrey interviews Bob about his time at Topps in the 1980s writing gags for Garbage Pail Kids and Toxic High. They discuss how Garbage Pail Kids were made, the now famous indie cartoonists who all relied on Topps for a paycheck at the time, and Bob’s new use of illustrated parodies: to take on Trump. All this on this Adam Bomb-in’ episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! @twopackspodcast @rsikoryak @geoffreygolden Check it out: Terms and Conditions - https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/terms-and-conditions The Unquotable Trump - https://unquotabletrump.tumblr.com/ Garbage Pail Kids Book - http://www.abramsbooks.com/product/garbage-pail-kids_9781419702709/ Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil Card Images: Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/6iarw1o95w3jhtv/e050-garbagepail-front.jpeg?dl=0 Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/5emsfpnl0zjvjbd/e050-garbagepail-back.jpeg?dl=0
    3 May 2017, 7:00 am
  • 34 minutes
    #49: Wanted By FBI + True Crime II (w/ Jamie Loftus)
    Guest Jamie Loftus (Comedy Central) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of lawbreaking trading cards – Wanted By FBI (1993) and True Crime II (1992). While opening the packs, they discuss hot cigarette peddler Joe Doto, computer criminal “slash” murder attempter John Aleshe, and the love of Jamie’s life, Robert Durst. All this on this incarcerated episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! @twopackspodcast @hamburgerphone @geoffreygolden Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil Card Images: Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/choqxx09t90k1vn/e049-fbi-true-crime-front.jpeg?dl=0 Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/wg7ejzedk3j06y2/e049-fbi-true-crime-back.jpeg?dl=0  
    27 April 2017, 7:00 am
  • 29 minutes
    #48: Gruesome Greetings + TMNT 3 (w/ Danny Lacy)
    Guest Danny Lacy (Crack-Duck) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of ooze-covered cards – Gruesome Greetings (1992) and TMNT 3 (1993). While opening the packs, they discuss why the best Pokemon were the trash Pokemon, how a pig’s butt can launch a woman into space, and why the Ninja Turtles looked more disgusting than usual in their third movie. All this on this gross-out episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! @twopackspodcast @garbageville @geoffreygolden Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil Card Images: TMNT 3 Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/83b4etz80ykijl7/e048-tmnt3-front.jpeg?dl=0 TMNT 3 Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/lmg3xci42uu87u6/e048-tmnt3-back.jpeg?dl=0 Gruesome Greetings Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ex3pov0jpj7o6p9/e048-gruesomegreets-front.jpeg?dl=0 Gruesome Greetings Inside - https://www.dropbox.com/s/uk6c6l05fk0bf21/e048-gruesomegreets-inside1.jpeg?dl=0 Gruesome Greetings Inside 2 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/tk4sapl5hq0ru2v/e048-gruesomegreets-inside2.jpeg?dl=0  
    19 April 2017, 7:00 am
  • 33 minutes
    #47: American Gladiators + Looney Tunes Comic Ball (w/ Grant Pardee)
    Guest Grant Pardee (Vice) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of sports-ish cards – American Gladiators (1991) and Comic Ball IV: Comic Bowl (1992). While opening the packs, they discuss how little they remembered about American Gladiators vs. how crazy it was, the perennial sadness of being a Buffalo Bills fan, and the cultural inevitability of Space Jam. All this on this tennis ball shooting episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! @twopackspodcast @grantpa @geoffreygolden   Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil   Card Images: American Gladiators Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9bkuyaf28cjw1j/e047-american-gladiators-front.jpeg?dl=0 American Gladiators Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwxvgj3l60yajnx/e047-american-gladiators-back.jpeg?dl=0 Comic Ball Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/0gwjcyb7k1cjq9w/e047-comicball-front.jpeg?dl=0 Comic Ball Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwxvgj3l60yajnx/e047-american-gladiators-back.jpeg?dl=0
    13 April 2017, 7:00 am
  • 36 minutes
    #46: SNL + Coneheads (w/ Bennie Arthur)
    Guest Bennie Arthur (Drunk History) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of early 90s SNL cards – Saturday Night Live (1992) and Coneheads: The Movie (1993). While opening the packs, they discuss how America needs Stewart Smalley more than ever, the brilliant decision to make a Coneheads movie 16 years after the characters were popular, plus Bennie and Geoffrey bust out their flawless impressions of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. All this on this cone-honing episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! @twopackspodcast @benniearthur @geoffreygolden Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil Card Images: Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qx32ttjwb9oe8op/e046-snl-coneheads-back.jpeg?dl=0 Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/qx32ttjwb9oe8op/e046-snl-coneheads-back.jpeg?dl=0
    23 March 2017, 7:00 am
  • 35 minutes
    #45: X-Force + Plasm (w/ Danielle Radford)
    Guest Danielle Radford (Screen Junkies) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of early 90s superhero cards – X-Force (1991) and Plasm (1993). While opening the packs, they discuss casting Sabretooth in a production of Cats, whether “side abs” are a thing, and the ogling of alien dudes’ butts. All on this mechanical limbed episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! @twopackspodcast @danielleradford @geoffreygolden Links to check out: Tights and Fights - http://maximumfun.org/shows/tights-and-fights Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil Card Images: Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/tdn8xzde0ivczyh/e045-xforce-plasm-front.jpeg?dl=0 Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/3z5zdx9tb8yzrjh/e045-xforce-plasm-back.jpeg?dl=0
    8 March 2017, 8:00 am
  • 35 minutes
    #44: Sliders + Fox Kids Network (w/ Julia Prescott)
    Guest Julia Prescott (Cartoon Network) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of Fox TV cards – Sliders (1997) and Fox Kids Network (1995). While opening the packs, they discuss their high school moneymaking schemes, the worst part of Sliders (Kromaggs) and the best part of Sliders (episodes without Kromaggs), and how early 90s CG was a bad look for a beloved X-Man. All this on this dimension-hopping episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! Two Packs - https://twitter.com/twopackspodcast Julia Prescott - https://twitter.com/juliaprescott Geoffrey Golden - https://twitter.com/geoffreygolden Links to check out: NerdMelt Lecture Series - https://www.facebook.com/NerdMelt-Lecture-Series-1804893239761136/ Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil Card Images: Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5ro7m16uubz2at/e044-foxkids-sliders-front.jpeg?dl=0 Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/jh1cyo5nzafkjif/e044-foxkids-sliders-back.jpg?dl=0 Arthur Pop-Up - https://www.dropbox.com/s/q31foa7htk47x1b/e044-foxkids-popup.jpg?dl=0
    18 February 2017, 8:00 am
  • 38 minutes
    #43: Archie Comics + Beverly Hills 90210 (w/ Erin Mallory Long)
    Guest Erin Mallory Long (Cracked) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of cool teen cards – Archie Comics Cards (1992) and Beverly Hills 90210 (1991). While opening the packs, they discuss how everyone in Riverdale is constantly ogling Veronica in her bikinis, how the male characters on 90210 are physically indistinguishable, and they try to solve the mystery of what’s up with Jughead. All this on the love triangle that is Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! Two Packs - https://twitter.com/twopackspodcast Erin Mallory Long - https://twitter.com/erinmallorylong Geoffrey Golden - https://twitter.com/geoffreygolden Links to check out: Best of Friends Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/best-of-friends-podcast/id952471642 Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil   Card Images: Archie Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qvtax2nmct98ip/e043-archie-front.jpeg?dl=0 Archie Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/e023ffqqsv2lida/e043-archie-back.jpeg?dl=0 90210 Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ith12dzwrjwhtj9/e043-90210-front.jpeg?dl=0 90210 Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ezrp64ih2tvgsqo/e043-90210-back.jpeg?dl=0
    8 February 2017, 8:00 am
  • 33 minutes
    #42: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? + MAD Magazine (w/ Aaron Sparrow)
    Guest Aaron Sparrow (Darkwing Duck Comics) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of looney, toony cards – MAD Magazine (1992) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1987). While opening the packs, they discuss the versatility of the word “Booooiiiing!”, how to bring MAD Magazine into this century, and the drop-dead sexiness of shirtless Bob Hoskins. All on “the lighter side” of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! Two Packs - https://twitter.com/twopackspodcast Aaron Sparrow - https://twitter.com/Aaron_Sparrow Geoffrey Golden - https://twitter.com/geoffreygolden Links to check out: Darkwing Duck Comics - http://a.co/854J0o9 Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil Card Images: Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxanrcf1aex2wfj/e042-mad-rogerrabbit-front.jpeg?dl=0 Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/4tvqxeqpui0uy6y/e042-mad-rogerrabbit-back.jpeg?dl=0
    1 February 2017, 8:00 am
  • 33 minutes
    #41: Growing Pains + LAFFS (w/ Ryan Sandoval)
    Guest Ryan Sandoval (Amazon Studios) joins host Geoffrey Golden for Two Packs, the trading card comedy show! This week, they open packs of Urkel-riffic cards – LAFFS (1991) and Growing Pains (1988). While opening the packs, they discuss why so many sitcom characters get race horses, children so awful you want to punch them in the face, and how Perfect Strangers, Full House and Family Matters take place in the same shared universe. All on this heartwarming episode of Two Packs presented by Meltdown Comics! Follow us on Twitter! Two Packs - https://twitter.com/twopackspodcast Ryan Sandoval - https://twitter.com/ryandsandoval Geoffrey Golden - https://twitter.com/geoffreygolden   Links to check out: The D.A.D.D.Y. Complex - http://a.co/itneoCN   Credits: Producer - Mason Booker Engineer - Mason Booker Opening Theme by Matt Myers “Biking in the Park” by Lee Rosevere Logo by Kenny Keil   Card Images: LAFFS Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/f1id4nqjtexeu9e/e041-laffs-front.jpeg?dl=0 LAFFS Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/cuncfip2pozumd6/e041-laffs-back.jpeg?dl=0 Growing Pains Front - https://www.dropbox.com/s/vlhee93ps87jtzw/e041-growingpains-front.jpeg?dl=0 Growing Pains Back - https://www.dropbox.com/s/2occ3m2g934tuik/e041-growingpains-back.jpeg?dl=0
    25 January 2017, 8:00 am
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