CatBusRuss had to do a lot of work to make sure it was still prom season. With horror features from the old Podbean feed, he prefers to save them for October, but with the day that will be the most like teen-comedies being near, it felt right to take the piss out of the event(s) he never attended with zombie comedy "Dance of the Dead" from 2008. He is joined by Mitchell Whitt of the now defunct "Morbidly Macabre Podcast".

This is what "Evil Dead" meets "American Pie" would look like. It checks off everything you want from a great zombie feature (Our host is partial to the gutbuster.) and provides fun nerds trying to save the day or just seem normal for one day. (One might think, this is what would happen to "The Monster Squad".) The humor is not insulting or overly juvenile. We all knew the archetypes from our days in high school, so it has a pretty authentic feel.

It is not "Shaun of the Dead" or "Zombieland", but that maybe because it does not have the budget or even a wide release. If only the executive producers would not have wasted their money with middling sequels to "30 Days of Night" and "The Grudge", we can only imagine what this project could have been.

It is about 3:45 am on Stacia Hardin's Birthday. She happens to share that day with one of the most important days in the whole of nerdom, May the Fourth Be with You. The last time CatBusRuss saw her, she was playing nurse as his right wrist had just been surgically repaired, feeding him chocolate pie and giving him a comfort plush Ewok. Damn she was a truly a great person to let our host know that today was the day to release "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" panel from Indiana Comic Con 2025 on the "I Dig Crazy Flicks" podcast feed.

It was an honor for Russ to even be invited on this panel. The man who pitched the panel was Bryan Young, an award-winning writer and filmmaker who sports a "Revenge of the Sith" t-shirt on his Wikipedia page. Joining the two were Darby Harn, sci-fi/fantasy author of books like "Stargun Messenger" and Emmy award-winning, Scripps New Correspondent and "Star Wars" expert Clayton Sandell. Our podcast host just did his best to be the voice of the everyday fan in a round table with people who have made a living from their expertise. Was he able to hang with them as they discussed one of the best "Star Wars" features, regardless of what the Internet says? Listen and judge.

The "Young Frankenstein" panel at Indiana Comic Con was another, "Let's see who volunteers," experience for CatBusRuss. Fortunately, he could not have asked for a better co-panelist than the Disney Imagineers' official magician/mentalist, Paul Draper. Would either of them claim to be experts about Mel Brook's film? No. But a pro-wrestler and Vegas entertainer surely would provide the audience an amusing show.

The performer who had recently appeared with Shaq and Sir Charles on "Inside the NBA" must of gained some play-by-play skill from the crew as he posed the questions and CatBus gave the analysis. They had a great crowd to interact with who seemed to have ball just wanting to express their love for the feature. Everyone left with new insights about this Gene Wilder classic and similar movies like "Putney Swope" that would be worth their time. If Russ can make it to ATL Comic Con, he would love to share the stage with Paul once again.