SWYK 013: Star Wars Goonies Or Star Wars Stranger Things?

What this episode covers

0:00 – On this episode we discuss: 00:23 – We Love TV! We Love TV! In the aftermath of D23, Dinsey has TV announcements! 01:47 – HISTORTVEE Jakob is here with some television history! He teaches Jim about some old school Swedish reality tv, the show På rymmen. A Swedish show during the dawn of reality tv, the 90s that consisted of pairs of “runaways” that are being hunted by “trackers” in the real world! 22:35 – NEWS D23 finished up this past weekend with sneak peeks at a bunch of Disney+’s upcoming television slate. We got Marvel shows, Disney shows and of course STAR WARS. Jim has been excited for “Skeleton Crew” for quite a while and now we have our first glimps with a trailer! 26:00 Skeleton Crew Trailer Jim and Jakob watch and react to the new show that appears to be The Goonies in Star Wars. 40:33 – WHAT TV SHOWS HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING? 40:47 – Jim has been watching MTV’s “THE CHALLENGE”! Season 40 is on the horizon and Jim has seen “Episode 0” that gets everyone up to date with the current “Eras” that will be battling it out and setting the stage. Jim also gets into the basic nostalgia around the show and the feeling of growing up with these people. 46:58 – Jakob is now fully caught up with Apple TV’s “Sunny”. He is now ahead of Jim on the show and has similar thoughts, no spoilers but we get into our current thoughts and where we hope it is going. 51:02 – Jim keeps the Apple TV+ discussion going as he has finally decided to check out “Presumed Innocent”. The Jake Gyllenhaal television show based on the novel that was also a Harrison Ford movie from the 90s. 56:44 – And finally, Jim has also been checking back in with season 4 of “Evil” as the show builds towards it’s series finale.

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