Sci-Fi & Squeam

11 Apr 2012

Episode # 108 April 10th 2012

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WELCOME TO SCI FI AND SQUEAM……TONIGHT’S SHOW EPISODE #108 …….
…….APRIL THE 10TH 2012…..
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NOW YOU HEARD THE may day siren !……OF A SHIP AT SEA…..TONIGHT WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF DOOM AND DISASTER….!!
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DISASTER ! DISASTER !
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OUR MAY DAY DISTRESS THS EVENING IS A COMMEMORATION….AND HOMAGE…OF DISASTER MOVIESã€€, AND PROBABLY THE MOST INFAMOUS OF THEM ALL….THE SINGLE MOST DEFINING DISASTER MADE BY MAN AND NATURE…WHEN TECHNOLOGY, POLITICS AND NATURE COLLIDE..AND HUMAN ERRORã€€ …YES, THE TITANIC HORROR…..100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK APRIL 12 WHEN IT DISSAPEARED WITH AN ESTIMATED 1500 PEOPLE WITH…

Tonight episode # 108 we stay alert and ready for impending disasters ….of the celluloid kind !!

Yes, Mitch, Emma and I reach in grab a handful of iceberg tragedy …mix with sinking ships, airplane hijacks, doomed flights and derailed trains to ask what on earth is this catastrophe all about !!??

From ‘I survived the Titanic’ 1912 , to the ‘Nazi Titanic’ film of 1943 to ‘A Night to Remember ‘ 1958, to ‘Airport’ 1970, the ’70’s high flying doom laden bell bottom era of ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ to ‘The Towering Inferno’ 1974…up to Airport 1975 and all the way the ‘Independence Day’ of 1996, it’s a smashing , crumbling, fiery end of the world hour, including an interview with film writer and producer Enzo Tedeschi and one of his myriad of productions: ‘Event Zero’ and T.V project about a terrorist disaster derailment of a train in Sydney !!

Also catch up with Emma from Gen Next with her Sci-fi & Squeaammishhhh News for the week !

Listen in….but keep alert….watch for the signs, if your ships shudders, remain calm and DON”T PANIC !!!!