WOJM: What’s On Joe Mind?

Episode 54: What's on JOE Mind?

This week we step back into the shadowy depths of the fandom to find the person responsible for the very cool, but very outlawed fan made video game, GI Joe: The Attack on Cobra Island.  A crack team of WOJM investigative reporters, seasoned by watching 20/20 tracked down the lead designer of the game, known to us as Lord Skiff (aka Range Viper).  Skiff, or Skiffer as Mike likes to call him, agreed to a clandestine interview.  TO protect his privacy, Skiff asked that we disguise his voice.  He's an every day collector and fan just like you and me.  Find out what he has to say about his game, the C&D issued by Hasbro's lawyers and its foggy future.  Rounding out the first half of the program, our buddy and admin of JoeBattlelines.com, Fred Meyer (aka Leo T. Dragon) gives an indepth review and historical lession of the 2002 JoeCon Crimson Strike Team set.  Following halftime we were joined by Michael (aka Counterpunch) co-host of the Seibertron.com Twincast Podcast to discuss the atmosphere at BotCon and some of the differences and similarities of the opposing fandoms.  You'd be surprised at what we discover.  After our good byes with Counterpunch, we dip into the mailbag for some JoeCon related questions.  In the news, Chuck GUSHES about the new YoJoe.com layout.  The rest of us admit, it is AWESOME!  THe GIJCC unveils Stormavik and the first figure of the opposing faction - you get our reactions. All this and a ton more, PLUS we debut our new ORIGINAL theme music by composer Mat Howlett!!  The countdown to JoeCon 2012 continues!  Join the fun, won't you?

Episode 53: What's on JOE Mind?

After the build up of the last couple of weeks, we finally got a chance to slow down and return to our more casual roots of reporting on the fandom.  We gave Justin the week off because his throat hurt from making howling sounds at the moon fending off his new log cabin homestead site from bears, wolves and catamounts in the New Hampshire outback.  Speaking of outback, able bodied Austrailian and Fwooshcast co-host Craig joined us along with our FAVORITE 12" collector, our buddy Ace Allgood.  We catch up on the latest 12" community happenings with Ace including the GIJCC 12" MAN OF EVIL figure, what happened at JoeLanta, and how the 12" community is reacting to the issues of the GIJCC.  In the second half, we go to the mailbag first and read a letter from a listener who had "the best Joe Day EVER!"  In the news we talk about the new Retaliation pre-orders available from most retailers (we recommend Kokomo Toys for your Retaliation needs).  IDW finally pairs up GI Joe in a cross over that doesn't involve robots (THANK YOU!).  Amazon has begun selling and shipping their exclusive Retaliation and Renegades 4-packs.  Plus information on the latest GIJCC newsletter and JoeCon set reveal of Col. Brekhov.  Shogi Scott once again does a great review, this time of the 2010 JoeCon Vacation in the Shadows set - if you don't have one, you'll want to hear all about it!  It's the STRETCH RUN to the 2012 JoeCon in NOLA!  The push begins now... (this is your cue to go listen!)

Episode 52: The One Year Anniversary of What's on JOE Mind?

LIVE FROM St. Louis, Indianapolis, Kansas City, New York, Seattle, Dayton, Milwaukee  AND Sydney, its the ONE YEAR What's on JOE Mind Anniversary spectacular!  This is the episode where we have YOU the fans call in and join us in the conversation! Also joining us on hotline calls were Operation Red Retrieval Director Mark Cheng, Canadian Joe Con promoter Mike Heddle, Marvel's Director of Communication Arune Singh AND...HERB FROM RHODE ISLAND! Instead of jamming this event into one TINY podcast, we decided to loosen the belt a little and let the show expand into what is now OUR LONGEST EPISODE EVER!  I mean, with so many folks calling in, how could we NOT talk to all of you, our fans who stuck with us over the last year.  As a special thank you, we got the biggest and best voice in ALL of the Joe Sunbow world to sit down with us for a solid hour.  We had the one, the only, Michael Bell (aka Duke) shoot the bull with us AND critique Chuck on his horrible Major Bludd impersonation/immitation (call it what you want, he does neither good). The remainder of the "first half" of the show are ALL of your calls while two lucky callers walk away with some Robert Atkins art for just calling in.  Pretty sweet!  We also get the latest on the Canadian Joe Con, Greg makes a return and Craig teases us about seeing The Avengers. During our halftime break, we debut our newest promo.  Will Chuck finally get to talk about robots in it? In the news we talk about the GIJCC reveals of Diana and Schrage (which we pronounced a number of ways, including one with a tweeeest).  Pics from China reveal the long rumored Amazon 4-pack and we get an additional surprise of a Renegades 4-pack.  The single pack "dollar store" figures appear in The Philippines and we discover variants and running changes to the line.  SyFy.com launches GI Joe: Special Ops (sounds like a podcast) social media game.  IDW employees shoot down concernes about the Joe titles being scaled back.  On the movie front, we got a ton of new movie posters and poster variants...and FINALLY, the big news of the week are the plethoria of domestic and regional trailers which will hold us over until the big day in June. In the final segment of the show, the remaining cast and special guest, Will Bell, give their thoughts over the last year.  Sure, its a little gratuitous back patting, but for anyone who has a podcast, been on a podcast or attempted a podcast, this is NOT easy work.  We thank you the listeners for all the comments, good and bad, who fueled this show to this day.  It is not often anything last long enough to complete a year and we thank you for being part of the ride. One year is just the beginning for WOJM.  The show is often immitated but it will never be duplicated. There is so much more to talk about for 2012, the movie, the toys, the comics and all the cons - and we'll be there with you, every week to talk about it.  Hotel internet sucks!  Now let's roll!! Our apologies for anyone who go in the queue and didn't get a chance to be on the show.  From the sounds of things this was a successful concept and we will do it again in the future.

Episode 51: What's on JOE Mind?

As shows go, this was supposed to be a laid back one.  Justin originally had the night off due to an IT project he had at work so we had an able bodied noted author ready to fill in for him.  As it turned out, those IT plans went awre and a ton of news hit so it was quite helpful to have all hands on deck with this episode.  In the first half of the show we are joined by our buddy Jay from CardedHeroes.com in a pre-recorded interview we had with artist Jeremy Dale.  If the name is not familiar to you, as a Joe collector you should know his work from the 25th Anniversary comic 2-packs (ie Issue 21.5).  Ironically, he's is from the same city as one of our sponsors, Kokomo Toys, so how could we NOT have him on, right?  From the mailbag we discover Mike went to college with one of our listeners and holds a strong opinion of one supermodel Christy Brinkley.  What does Mike have to say?  Also from the mailbag, we toss around substitution ideas for the o-ring and disclose what 3 Joes we will rescue from a fire.  Naturally, Chuck doesn't care about his Joes, so this should not surprise anyone.  In the second half, we lead off with the news, and we FINALLY have good news from the club: Footloose is shipping!  At the time of the recording, no one in the fandom got theirs, but SURE ENOUGH, a day after recording, they started showing up in GREAT BRITAIN of all places. Retaliation talk took up much of the remainder of the news with some spoiler free information leaking on some test screenings, Wave 1 Retaliation figures begin appearing literally right in Gary's backyard, a mystery black uniformed Cobra Commander sells for INSANE money on eBay (which later turns out to be part of the long talked about on this show - Amazon 4-pack), and some new single-carded Joes destined for "dollar stores" have the community abuzz after the limited articulation issues of the movie line.  Wrapping up the program, Gary reveals he has "acquired" the Retaliation Ghost Hawk 2 jet and Retaliation HISS Tank.  What does he have to say about these two large vehicles. JUST A REMINDER! For our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY show, our guest(s) will be YOU! By popular demand, we will be doing a "CALL IN" show. Here's how it will work: First, you gotta have Skype. If you don't have Skype, go to www.skype,com to download it. Second, we'd prefer you have some type of headset/microphone combo. Its not essential, but if we can't hear ya, it will be hard to record ya. Third, add chuckdawg1999 to your Skype contacts. Fourth, join us on Skype April 24th - THIS TUESDAY NIGHT at 9pm EASTERN. Contact Chuck to let him know you want on the show - and bring a good question or topic to talk about will ya, or Justin, Mike and I will resort to sports talk which will anger a bunch of people and you don't want that. Every 5th caller, gets a prize (and not some crummy figure you already have, but a GOOD prize)! In the meantime, if you have any questions, hit us up here or add us on Twitter: @GeneralsJoes, @chuckdawg1999, @Beachhead_WOJM and @garygodsoe Until then, enjoy Episode 51!

EPISODE 50! “What’s on JOE Mind?”

It's here!  It's our 50th episode!!  This week we are joined by Marvel's Arune Singh and former GI Joe writer for Devil's Due, Brandon Jerwa.  Brandon tells us his vision of how the adventures of GI Joe would unfold in the DDP universe.  Learn more about his favorite characters, how Wraith came to be, and which October Guard is Brandon modeled after.  Not only do we talk about Joe with Brandon, but we hear about his experiences on the Highlander and Battlestar Galatica properties.  Brandon also tells us about his new project, Shooter, set to launch April 19th.  Don't miss it!  Next we talked to Arune some more about the next couple of weeks which will be HUGE for Marvel, including the Avengers v. X-Men epic cross over title AND how could we forget about Avengers appearing in your favorite cineplex on May 4th.  In the second half, we listen to your voicemail, which included some real zingers that you won't want to miss!  All this plus your listener mail, GOOD news from the GIJCC's concerning their New Orleans con set and upcoming release dates from DIC.  Two more to go until we reach one year, but enjoy this brief stop at 50, a milestone number in its own right...plus we get a message from a special friend of the program that couldn't make us prouder to be a part of this hobby!  Chuck even sings, so download and listen now!

Episode 49: What's on JOE Mind?

IDW GI Joe and Snake Eyes artist Robert Atkins joins us again as we wrap up our coverage of Roll Out/Roll Call 3.  We get his and Gary's final report (and priceless stories) about their time in the UK for the convention.  We also talk to Robert about his current projects AND get his impressions of the RobotCon artist alley decision passed down by Fun Pub and Hasbro (note: this was later cleared up during the week).  After our talk with Robert, we dip into the mailbag for some more IDW discussion , Mike makes sure he gets the credit for whispering MAILBAG into the microphone and we all give our thoughts how Retaliation will hold up during Week 2 in its battle with a rebooted Spider Man franchise.  In the second half, friend of the show Shogi reviews the Action Force ATC (or APC as we called it).  If you want ANY Action Force vehicle, this is certainly one to go after!  In the news we discuss the new pics of the carded figures shown on the GIJCC webpage and reviews of the Cobra Troopers and GI Joe Troopers that have popped up around the community.  Next, Justin does the Mypos (said MEE-pos) Dance of Joy (aka Happy Dance) over Renegades appearing on Netflix; which leads to us taking a few minutes to talk about the old ABC TV Show Perfect Strangers - hey, its better than sports talk, right?  Rounding out the news we cover the new Joe Caunck newsletter featuring an interview of Gary, new news about the GIJCC's new website, AND an eBay auction offering up a piece of Joe history that never made it past the model stage.  In a brief editorial, we address the fears of possible convention goers about using their credit cards with the club in lieu of the recent events with the club.  You may be interested in the facts we have to tell you to ease your fears.  It's a jammed packed episode full of Joe, comics, movies, convention debauchery, Mypos native dancing and May Day discussion - yeah, no kidding.  All this and even Siri makes a special guest appearance.  We're on the heels of #50 and our 1 year anniversary, so while you are hunting eggs this weekend, pass the time by taking in this extremely entertaining episode of WOJM!

Episode 48: What's on JOE Mind?

It's finally here!  It's our Kevin Michael Richardson epic interview episode!  But before we get to the man who did the Renegades voice of Roadblock, we had another Kevin join us, Kevin Watts.  You may remember Kevin from previous episodes and he holds the show record for being bleeped 44 times in less than 70 seconds back in Episode 38!  This time Kevin joins us to talk about his new custom HISS Tank project for this Spring's New Jersey Collectors' Convention.  After talking with Kevin, we go into the mailbag to discuss a letter from a listener asking our take on the prices of some of the more popular Pursuit of Cobra figures that were released late into the line and why they are so expensive on the secondary markets.  Just before the intermission, the team discusses in great detail the upcoming 3rd party product ban by Fun Publications at BotCon and how it may possibly affect us at JoeCon in June.  After the break, stay with us for the next hour as the we air our interview with Kevin Michael Richardson.  Following the interview, Chuck sits in for Mike and tries to do his best impression of Ted Baxter and tries to take us through the news, which include coverage of a new fan-made video game,  updates about the fanfilm GI Joe: Initiate, first looks/reaction to Retaliation toy packaging, Sears availability and updated movie PR stills....whew, that was a ton to talk about.  As a side note to the listener, we tried our best to censor as many of the foul laungage in this episode.  Hopefully we caught everything.  If we didn't, we apologize in advance.  As you can tell from the KMR interview and the ending with Mr. Watts, we had our hands full with editing!  Other than that, we know you will enjoy this one!  Have fun!

Episode 47: What's on JOE Mind?

YES!  This IS episode 47 despite Gary calling it 48 in the opening - d'oh!  Oh well, it couldn't be edited out to sound seamless, so we'll run with it.  Yeah, it was a matter of time before that happened.  Welcome to Episode 47 folks!  You won't want to miss this one for TWO name alone.  No, not Justin and Mike, try Flint Dille AND Larry Hama!  They both join us as guests ON THE SAME SHOW.  Yeah folks, no kidding!  First up is Flint who talks about a wide range of his previous work and its not all Joe and Robot talk either.  Visionaries, Inhumanoids and even Buck Rogers take up some significant talk time.  Hopefully, if you are like us, you found what he had to say truly fascinating and chalk full of information.  IMMEDIATELY following Flint, we are joined by Operation Red Retrieval Director Mark Cheng who brought along 2 special guests to make an exclusive announcement on WOJM.  Joining Mark was the actor who played Beach Head in Operation Red Retreval, Joe Barbagallo and GI Joe writing legend Larry Hama.  What are they announcing? What could Mark and Larry possibly be up to?  Well, listen and find out!  In the news, the GIJCC launches a new secure website, Retaliation figures begin to appear on eBay via China and a new Joe/Robot trade is set for a September release.  Now, you may also be asking yourself, "Self, where is the Kevin Michael Richardson interview?"  Well, with this episode being so packed, we decided to push back the interview another week or so so that we may focus all of our attention on the guests who joined us this week.  You WILL hear the KMR interview in its entirety very very soon.  Until then, sit back and enjoy Episode 48....er, I mean 47 of WOJM!!

Episode 46: What's on JOE Mind?

Well, we're caught up now.  This was SUPPOSED to be our listener email episode, but due to timing of getting the previous show out a week late, we dipped into our mailbag for some existing email that you have provided us.  You listeners never fail to deliver and Chuck picked us out some questions to for us and Craig to mull over.  In a very full second half of the program we cover the news of the week as Sideshow announces a new Snake Eyes figures, Renegades is coming out on DVD despite our unknowing banter in #45 and a composer is announced for Retaliation.  After the news Gary and the guys go over the show survey results and bat about your dislikes and likes about the program.  Before we wrapped this show up, we plug in a pre-recorded interview with Zack Hoffman, aka the Sunbow voice of Zartan that we're sure you'll enjoy.  It's spring time folks!  So break out the lawn mower, charge up that MP3 player, plug in those earbuds and enjoy the next couple of hours of Joe-talk while you work in the yard!

Episode 45: What's on JOE Mind?

WOW!  Episode 45 is here!  Better late than never, right?  So yeah, its a week late, but we gave ya over 3 hours of RORC3 coverage, so that made up for something didn't it?  Apologies in advance.  With travel and all, it made it difficult getting this out in a timely manner.  We'll make it up to you, trust us!  In this episode we are joined by TWO very special guests.  First, just joining us as a guest host and hanging out is US Marine, fan of the show and a REAL American Hero, Will Bell (no relation to Justin).  Siting in the interview chair this week is Frederic Doss to talk to us about his upcoming fanfilm GI Joe: Initiate and his roles in BOTH the live action Joe and Transformer films.  From the mailbag, Chuck is asked about the obscure South African wrestler Col. DeBeers joining the ranks of Cobra, Gary is asked why he hates Transformers so much, and was there ever a time anyone on the cast has ever lost interest in Joe and *gasp* STOPPED collecting. In the news, Hasbro responds to the latest issues with Fun Pub and the guys celebrate the conclusion of a long running show joke.  Also covered in the news is the lack of new Joe broadcasting on the hub and a mystery Joe wave was found in the WalMart computers that has the look of being cancelled.  After the break you will hear a pre-recorded interview with Sunbow writer Buzz Dixon as we talk to him about the toon and find out some stuff about the most dangerous man in the world AND what would have happened to Cobra Commander in season 3 if the series didn't get lost to DIC.  We thank Will for joining us and wish him continued success in his rehab and thank him for his service to our country.  If you agree, kindly drop a comment in on this episode to let Will know how much you appreciate him as well!!

Episode 44: What’s on JOE Mind?

It's an international edition of WOJM!  We are joined by our buddy Craig for the episode.  Roll Out/Roll Call 3 is just a week away as the guys have Dave Tree join them to talk about the show.  Get the low down on the show exclusives and hear the fascinating story about Bombardier.  From the mailbag we get a question about how figure waves and vehicle waves are numbered and designated.  In the news we pass along some important information concerning how to protect your credit in lieu of the news from the GIJCC, we discuss the early death of Crave.com, and we talk about the two newest trailers as seen during the Daytona 500.  Oh, and please pardon Gary's dying voice.  Drive it like you stole it!

Episode 43: What's on JOE Mind?

Continuing the latest of trend of remembering the roots of the 80's Joe, we spend some quality time again with the good folks at Marvel.  This week we are joined by the Executive Editorial Director of Marvel Digital Media Group & Marvel.com, Ryan Penagos (aka @Agent_M on Twitter).  Now he's a Joe fan, don't get us wrong, but when you have nearly 1.4 million followers on Twitter and have the latest skinny on this summers Avengers blockbuster, well, you have all of our attention.  We spend a good hour talking with Ryan about the upcoming Avengers motion picture, as well as get the latest on Disney XD's Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes series.  Filling in the gaps nicely is plenty of discussion on social networking, from Twitter to Facebook to Foursquare to GetGlue.  We even get a story or two of what it is liked to be stalked by a follower (Justin, take notes).  In the second half, Chuck gets some Transformer and Rasslin' related email, we answer the 5 year old question: why do we call it 3.75" when Joe is 4", and we answer a blog comment about the articulation debate and our most favorite topic - distribution.  In the news, we discuss the latest Renegades (and beyond) rumor and mull over some of the Retaliation cast videos from Toy Fair.  You're liable to learn a lot in this episode, so have some fun and enjoy!

Episode 42: What's on JOE Mind?

Its the post Toy Fair 2012 edition of WOJM.  Justin fills us in with what he saw and with what he talked with Hasbro about.  Also joining us are Arune Singh, the Director of Communications for Marvel Comics and Brian Truitt from USA Today.  Arune and Brian hang out with us for the session and give their thoughts on Toy Fair and the line going forward into Retaliation. We answer some listener mail concerning Justin's psychic insight into the movie and another letter from a listener who has concerns about the cut back in articulation.  In the news, the obvious discussion was about Toy Fair, but they also covered the surprising television ratings of the network TV debut of The Rise of Cobra on the USA Network.  Lastly we cover the news of Jim Sorenson's Joe animation model book.  Its an episode chalked full of opinion of Toy Fair, so don't miss it!  Apologies for Chuck's Time/Warner issues. Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Episode 41 - What’s on JOE Mind? - Star Joes Crossover Edition!

How many Patriots jokes can we fit into one episode?  We give it our best shot this time as we do our second ever crossover episode, this time with the Ryan and Chuck from the Star Joes Podcast!  Now you all have met Chuck before, so this time we get to meet Ryan and learn a little bit more about him and the chemistry between he and Chuck that makes Star Joes a podcast that you should listen to - immediately after our show of course, shameless plug not withstanding.  Much of the first half of the show is run by Ryan as we have a mini Star Joes episode including the WOJM guys into their regular show segments.  In the second half we are joined by Craig from the Fwooshcast once more and we revert back to WOJM mode starting first with the mailbag where we get an update from our favorite active duty Marine, Will Bell.  Will's tour is now complete and he is home from Afghanistan, but that is not the full story.  We also read and answer a letter from Vince who asks how do we feel about being the unofficial voice of the hobby and whether or not we use our respective show powers for what is good and right or use our voices as a bully pulpit to forward any agendas we might have. In the news, we talk about the new Movie 2 toys and the new Movie 2 trailers that we saw during the Super Bowl and we begin to look toward Toy Fair in New York City, home of the World Champion Giants. Trailers, Toys and a beaten Tom Brady.  Join us and the fellas from Star Joes...oh, AND Craig too; all on this episode of WOJM!   How 'bout them Patriots!? Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Episode 40: What's on JOE Mind?

Oh Lordy Lordy, What's on JOE Mind reached 40!  Beach-Head Mike is promoted this week to be our new full time co-host.  Also we are joined by our buddy Craig from The Fwooshcast.  Chuck steps up in a big way to become our NEW showrunner.  It was a light news week but right off the bat we had some breaking news as the GIJCC changed the dates of the 2012 JoeCon back one week and finally announced the hotel location in New Orleans.  What was the fall out?  Joining us in the virtual studios this week we did find a very eager and well spoken guest in Eric, aka Alexx from Alexx's Shorts on JoeSightings and JoeBattleLines.  He talks to the guys about his unique way of how he blends reviews and humor into his figure pictorials.  From the mailbag Chuck answers a letter from his sister Barbara on why he won't go to JoeCon.  Chuck gets real for a moment and let's it be known that he isn't a shut-in like he made it out to be.  We also answer an older letter from Brad who asks, among other topics, if collectors are ruining Joe for kids with our need to army build.  In the second half we hear a pre-recorded interview with Matt Yang King, the voice of Tunnel Rat in GI Joe Renegades.  He has some hilarious stories to share and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.  In addition to being promoted to co-host status, Mike is also our anchor on the news desk as we talk about the 80Tee's up close look at the GI Joe Retaliation Motorcycle.  The GIJCC sets Footloose "loose" on the showcase turntable for a full 360 view of what this year's incentive figure will look like.  Lastly, keep your eyes open during NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis for the next official trailer to hit.  Don't forget, this will be the first to really hit the mainstream so it will be interesting come next week on the public reaction to the new direction of Joe.  So it's JoeCon discussion, Alexx, mailbag, Matt Yang King, Retaliation, Footloose and the Super Bowl Trailer!  What more can you ask for?  Enjoy!! Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Episode 39: What's on JOE Mind?

Where do I begin with this one?  What could have gone wrong DID in this one.  What started out to be a quiet standard episode turned into a 7 man battle royal.  I guess people will say, "Well, it wasn't THAT bad," and that might be true.  Editing removed a lot of the audio "cyloning," coughing (i.e. check out the 01:20:31 mark for a doozy), wheezing, bickering and wayward topic discussion, you could clearly tell that most of us were simply not on our "A-Game" for this one.  First on the guest list was Chris Sims of ComicAlliance.com and War Rocket Ajax podcast.  OK, no big deal, standard podcast for us, right?  Well, we picked up a surprise host right before starting the record (now 6) and then Mike chimed in on an ill placed show entrance by Gary which interrupted our guest (now 7).  Sigh...this was not good.  Then the fun poking began as everyone targeted in on Gary for some reason.  Now Gary is a good guy, he can take a good ribbing, but when the night begins to spin out of control, well, everyone's temper becomes a little salty.  Here's a lesson in podcasting folks, don't irk the editor. When we were done embarrassing ourselves in front of our guest, we read a listener's letter and listened to some voice mail from friend of the show James Kavanaugh, Jr.  In the second half we talk about the two new guests for Roll Out/Roll Call 3 and transitioned into the unfortunate news that no Movie 2 merchandise was shown at UK Toy Fair.  We also talk about the upcoming HissTank.com March Madness thread where you can submit what characters you want to see in modern era contrux.  Last year's bracket had some interesting names in the Sweet Sixteen that are now possibly in your collections.  Worth a look for sure.  Anyways, not sure how this episode will go down in the annals of Joe podcasting lore, but like our very bad pilot episode, you can stomach at least one full listen of the episode.  So send all hate mail care of Justin B. to GeneralsJoes.com - he'll enjoy it! It's probably not the best episode to mention this, but...Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Episode 38: What's on JOE Mind?

When we started podcasting, our expectations were low.  We didn't expect to be around very long and we would have never guessed that we would have an interview with anyone associated with Joe media.  Well, it seemed appropriate on the episode that makes WOJM the longest running Joe-only podcast on the internet (possibly in the world or in all existence for that matter), we book our biggest interview to date.  You've heard him in our pre-show bumpers, but now we get him for an hour, its Jason Marsden the voice of Duke on the Hub's GI Joe Renegades cartoon.  We can't begin to tell you how cool it was to hear him in person talk about his experience with the latest Joe toon rendition!  He reveals quite a bit to us, but beyond that we just had a very enjoyable talk with a very cool dude...who happened to sound like Duke.  To lend us a hand on this landmark occasion for WOJM, we invited AtomicMartian.com's Jason (yes, two Mikes last week, two Jasons this week) to be part of the interview - BUT, not before being interviewed first about his team's very popular YouTube toy review videos.  Perhaps you may remember Chuck gushing about them on a weekly basis?  It was a hectic record night, but thanks to a refreshed Greg and the Jasons', it all turned out to be one of our personal favorite episodes.  A special thanks to Gary Head and all those who called in to congratulate us on this landmark episode.  Oh, and Herb from Rhode Island makes a return.  We put in a lot of hard work in these shows, so it means a lot to hear from you guys.  So who cares if it was a slow news week?!  We don't need no stinking news (it would be nice though).  We hope you have as much fun listening as we did recording - editing sucked because of Kevin Watts - just listen and you'll find out what I meant; he set a new bleeping record. Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Episode 37: What's on JOE Mind?

Man oh man, this was "one of those" types of episodes.  With Greg gone, the mice could play and they stacked on a very ambitious schedule of YOUR listener mail to review.  Justin missed most of the fun too as he spent the evening with his boss - read into that however you want, we just know it involved dinner and a movie!  So with the programs two steady "rocks" gone, we called upon our pinch hitting host Beach-Head Mike and friend of the program James Kavanaugh, Jr to fill in for the absent hosts.  This also made Chuck #2...host that is.  Little did Chuck know that every time he made a joke, he was a corney #2 {rimshot}.  Anyway, also on hand from the GCRN was TFOMG1 Mike..., er, we mean SkelatorMike, wait no...JediMike...no...oh, LEADER-1 Mike.  We talked to Mike about how he got started in podcasting and long with some tips for you starters out there who may be thinking about doing a podcast of your own.  Of course, as co-founder of the GCRN, he also give us the 2012 outlook; of which we know What's on JOE Mind will play a big role.  In your letters we touched on several topics, such as how many figures we own, how many vehicles we own, thoughts on Retaliation, the FSS and GIJoe-Transformers comics.  In the news, it is possible that Sideshow may make Gary a VERY happy collector and POSSIBLY release his favorite character - but no firm news yet.  Our friend Mark Cheng of Operation Red Retrieval posted his deleted scenes and alternate ending to his fanfilm.  Lastly the club sends out an update on the FSS and the fandom doesn't react as we thought they would.  The gang explores why.  This IS our longest podcast ever, HOWEVER, if you require more length, be sure to monitor our Facebook page for some WOJM FB Exclusive outtakes.  Just like a great steakhouse, WOJM only grills you up ONLY the choice cuts of the meat.  All this, plus you can hear Mike this time, AND MORE on THIS episode of WOJM! Take our show survey!  STANDARD or ABBREVIATED

Episode 36: What's on JOE Mind?

Up and at 'em!!  Break time is over soldiers and it is time to get back into the normal swing of things, or at least how WOJM goes.  While it seems like forever and a day until JoeCon and the movie, we are just little a month out from Toy Fair where we will find out all the new Joe goodies we will see for the movie line.  So much to talk about...  So little time...  This week the gang reconvines from its holiday break and is joined by IDW GI Joe artist Robert Atkins for a very informative and informal interview with the guy who was tasked to re-invent Cobra Commander.  I mean HOW COOL IS THAT!?  Robert also talks about school, his job, his personal collection and his upcoming appearance at Roll Out/Roll Call 3 in the UK.  Speaking of Roll Out/Roll call 3, Gary announces he will be making an appearance - LOOK OUT SOUTHAMPTON!!  In the news, our sponsor Kokomo Toys announces the first bit of Retaliation retail news with basic case assortment information - no idea who or what the figures will be, but its exciting news indeed. Thanks to the guys on Fighting118th.com, we get some more pics of the cancelled Tiger Force-looking TRU Jurassic Park AWE Striker. Figures.com picked GI Joe as the #1 military toy line of 2011 - this is not surprising to us, but we discuss and thump our chests while taking shots on how poorly the other 3.75" lines compare.  Last in the news, the early GIJCC newsletter are arriving and indications point to the FSS starting soon.  Greg is skeptical.  Its an entertaining time with Robert as we shake off the holiday haze for this latest episode of WOJM! Next week we will be featuring YOUR LISTENER MAIL, so email us your questions, comments, suggestions or, God forbid, your complaints.  Send your letters or audio files to whatsonjoemind@gmail.com or call/text us at 262-515-9656.  Greg and Justin will be on assignment next week so Gary and Chuck will be joined by our substitute co-host Beach-Head Mike from JoeSightings, JoeDeclassified and JBL AND a MYSTERY co-host as our 4th, so who knows what our answers will be.  But you'll never know our answers, UNLESS YOU WRITE THE PROGRAM.  SEND (or CALL or TEXT) AWAY!! Take our show survey - yes, a survey! STANDARD ABBREVIATED

Episode 35: What's on JOE Mind?

April 25th, 2011 - its when we posted our first show.  We had NO idea how this would go.  Some of us thought it would be an epic failure and end in embarassment.  Well, 36 weekly shows later, we're still chugging along trying to be the loudest cheerleaders of the line we can.  We could not have done this without YOU the fans and our many many friends and supporters, so we hope you don't mind a little gratuitous back patting this week as we take time to thank you all for all of your help and involvement over the last year.  This week the team looks back at the year that was, 2011 in the first half of the show.  What were the highlights?  What were the lowlights?  Who or what did we lose over the last year to make the obituary?  We also answer some voice mail from a famous terrorist leader with world dominaion aspirations and we get a special song from a show regular that even made Justin blush.  In the second half we go over what to expect in 2012.  With Toy Fair, JoeCon, the Movie and SDCC in the first half of the year ALONE, it is going to be a GREAT 2012 for the line.  In the brief news of the week, an Amazon.com rumor has them selling an exclusive movie 4 pack - who's characters confuse the team, but we know who to blame for not reporting it right.  To wrap the news up, Sideshow releases the uber cool Cobra Viper.  It was a good year to be a Sideshow fan!  Lastly, we play for you what the listeners chose for the most Classic Chuck Moment of 2011.  Happy Holidays and see you in 2012!!