Welcome, everyone, to our first installment of Teen Wolf Wednesdays with our special correspondent Ryan.  You may all remember him from Episode 30 of the podcast entitled "Help Me, ALNM!  You're My Only Hope!" and now Ryan will be writing a regular column all about Teen Wolf episodes this season.  He and his wife, Maria, worked tirelessly to catch up on all FOUR seasons of the show in order to participate in ALNM's love of Teen Wolf (despite having two adorable kids who undoubtedly keep them on their toes).  And so, we present to you, Teen Wolf Wednesday!

The Dread Doctors!!  Another Kanima!!!!  I’ll admit…I’m very excited about the first three episodes of Season 5.  Apparently the new villains in town are known as The Dread Doctors.  These guys use a mix of science and the supernatural for an evil purpose; they can make Werewolves and Kanimas from what show creator, Jeff Davis has shown us.  Personally, I dig the creepy villains.  I’m still haunted by the Nogitsune from Season 3.  This new season starts out with Senior Year and Stiles (Dylan O’ Brien) is having a hard time thinking of graduation and leaving his friends.  Some mutant werewolf with blue translucent claws is on the hunt for Scott and it seems that Lydia is locked away at Eichen House with episode one beginning and ending with scenes of her at the mental facility saying that all her friends are going to die.  Scott has an old friend from 4th grade named Theo show up to Beacon Hills looking for a pack with an Alpha like Scott.  Turns out that Theo is a werewolf too.  Theo helps Scott defeat the mutant werewolf who ends up running away and returning to some creepy building where we get our first look at the Dread Doctors.  

Episode 2 introduces us to Tracy who has hallucinations of the Dread Doctors.  She ends up being captured and injected with a serum that turns her into a werewolf or so we think.  Stiles, always being his suspicions self, is suspect of Theo’s true intentions. I have a feeling we are in store for a series of unforgettable events that will call upon Scott and his pack to face another fierce enemy.  Even Deaton is thrown off on what this villain could be.  Alas…episode 3 brought back the Kanima.  It turns out that Tracy is a Kanima not a werewolf and as all Kanima’s must do, she goes on a killing spree through Beacon Hills killing her father and psychiatrist.  Tracy attacks Scott, Stiles, Deaton and Malia at Deaton’s Pet hospital.  Due to the paralyzing nature of Kanima saliva everyone is paralyzed.  Malia is the only one that can overcome the paralysis the quickest and she goes after Tracy.  Kira finds her first and uses her Kitsune powers to cut off Tracy’s tale injuring her.  Tracy finds herself in the basement of the police station when out of nowhere the Doctors appear and kill Tracy.  Malia was left alive to witness the whole thing.  Who are the Dread Doctors?  Where did they come from?  How can we bring them down and where the hell is Derek?  Bring on Episode 4…   and as Jackson once said, who by the way might be coming back to the show, “Where do you get your juice?”

-- Ryan

The Artist: Christina Perri

The Song: "Forever Young"

Where you heard it first: I first heard this song last night at the World of Color show at Disneyland.  I could immediately recognize her distinctive voice over the videos showing the history of the theme park.  It was a touching moment.

Why it’s been stuck in your head: I already adore Christina Perri, and combining her with Disneyland is the perfect earworm combination.

Why you recommend it to our listeners: Like my cohost said last week, the Disneyland 60th Anniversary celebration is a sight to behold.  If you get the opportunity to check it out, I definitely would.  The nighttime shows in particular will get the emotions going if you have any attachment to Disney or Disneyland.  I can't find the studio version of the song at the moment, but you can get a taste of it below.

Let’s go back to: "An Immigrant's Tale" 

Why it means something to you or to our podcast: While this skit is relatively new in terms of Saturday Night Live skits (circa 2003), this has definitely become a classic skit.  At the time, no one really knew that Justin Timberlake could be funny.  He was just a pretty boy who sang with *NSync and had gone solo and then he hosted SNL and everyone's view of him changed.  Here at ALNM both of us love Justin Timberlake -- especially when he hosts Saturday Night Live.  His friendship with Andy Samberg only makes his appearances better.  Check out "D**k in a Box" for some more Timberlake/Samberg fun.

Where can you find it now?: You may have heard of Justin Timberlake since 2004.  Perhaps his great grandfather's dream has come true!  The same goes for Andy Samberg.  In all seriousness, though, you can catch Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta on Brooklyn Nine-Nine when it returns to FOX this fall.  Although Justin Timberlake has taken some time off after the birth of his son with his wife, Jessica Biel, make sure you keep an eye out for what he comes up with next.  He always amazes us.

-- Kelly Lee

Along with your starter kit, you get to choose one of our amazing collaborative prints from one of our four contributing artists!

And now for swag!

We've got some great fan packs put together for you all so you can display you ALNM pride everywhere you go.  It's all plastered with our official logo designed by the always fab Dana Benton.

We've got a great little Starter Kit available for $15, where you get the official #SDCC mini canvas bag and sunglasses, along with a rubber bracelet supporting CHOC Children's Hospital.  We're hoping to raise a lot of money for the kids this weekend ahead of CHOC Walk in the Park presented by Disneyland Resort® in October (we're the official podcast this year!).

One of the prints you can get is from Caroline (cargsdoodle)!  You can see Bucky reading the interview we did with her way back when, so you should give it another read too..  We love this print with some of the Avengers checking out the podcast in Clint's coffee shop.  It's a combination of some of our favorite things: Caroline's hipster AU, the podcast, and coffee!  We've also got some of her other prints on hand for $10 if you to buy them from her:

Good morning everyone!  After a long drive in a behemoth of a Nissan, we are finally in beautiful San Diego!

Last night we had a great time at #GameofBloggers, which was put on by Tony of Crazy 4 Comic Con.  We got to talk to a few other bloggers and have some great drinks.  Hopefully it will lead to some collaborations in the future!  Most notably, be sure to check out Crystal at GeekPinata for some great geek fashion and Jefferson over at Nerds in Recovery, where he does some great work with nerds suffering from depression and other mental disorders.

Our next print is from Katie (katieisfinallytumbling), who was our very first interview in the Love Your Fandom series!  Starlord is listening to the podcast, so you should too!  Make sure you download the latest episode over at iTunes.  

We are obsessed with this print.  It was an idea we came up with after messaging our talented artists and Katie read our minds!  She's just that cool.  The only thing that would make this print better was if A Little Nerd Music were actually available on cassette tape.  Maybe that'll be our next adventure: we'll dig out that old Walkman and wander the galaxy like Kevin Bacon...

Next up is a print from our latest Love Your Fandom artist interview: Del (dellbelle39)!    

Thank you to Del who made these original characters especially for us!  The original mascots make this print truly one-of-a-kind and we all want to look as these two do when we listen to the podcast, don't we?  

We also have prints by Del available for purchase this weekend for $10 each:

We've also got a print for you Les Mis fans from Abi (icarus-drunk).  You'll get to see an interview with her hopefully soon after our Comic Con adventure.  Here you can see a modern day Enjolras listening to our podcast, and don't you want to be just like the young revolutionary?

We've also got some of her prints available to pick up this week for $10 each:

Tonight we'll have a booth at the Carry On #WaywardCocktails event being put on by SuperWiki over at Analog Bar.  We'll have everything available for purchase there.  But if you're not going to be partying with us tonight, you can contact us by any means necessary (e-mail, Twitter, Tumblr, messenger pigeon, smoke signals...) to reserve a pack!  We'll arrange a meet up to get you your pack.  The easiest place would probably be Saturday when we're at Nerd HQ.  We'll also be making them available to purchase online via PayPal for those of you who aren't at Comic Con this weekend.  Just let us know!

In addition to our basic starter pack, we have a few other options available.  The Super Fan Pack is available for $25.  It includes everything in the Starter Kit, plus an extra collaboration print.  Then there is our Fan Book 2015 Preorder Pack for $40.  You'll get everything in the Starter Kit, and you'll be put on the list to receive our very first Fan Book later this year.  It's a project we're very excited about, which will summarize a year in both fandom and ALNM.  Lastly we've got the Ultimate Fan Pack for $70.  It's for those of you who just can't get enough of ALNM (like us!).  You'll get the Starter Kit, all four of our collaboration prints, a reservation for our Fan Book, and a little bonus surprise from us.

In case you didn't hear, we are the official podcast of CHOC Walk 2015.  We've got a raffle going this weekend where you can win 2 one-day Park Hopper tickets to Disneyland!  The tickets will take 90 days to fulfill (we'll send them to you via snail mail) and will be good until September 2016.  You can purchase a single raffle ticket for $5, or for $20 you can get a strip of raffle tickets the length of your arm.

You can get check out a full summary of all the swag available on our Comic Con 2015 coverage page just in case you don't want to read through all this madness again.

We can't wait to meet you all!

-C&K

TV News

• Teen Wolf honors their fan artists with an exhibition 
• Sinqua Walls will return as Lancelot in season 5 of Once Upon A Time 
• Secret Warriors are coming to season 3 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 
• Watch the first teaser for Heroes: Reborn! 
• New stills are released from The X-Files reunion series 
• Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe continues to knock them out of the park when she posts a Snapchat video of her in bed with her winner, *SPOILER*  
• Once Upon A Time finds their King Arthur  
• Enver Gjokaj and James D’Arcy will return for the second season of Agent Carter  
• A new teaser poster reveals that The Dark Swan is coming to Once Upon A Time
• Rooney Mara (The Social Network, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) is in talks to reteam with David FIncher for HBO’s Utopia, a series about superfans seeking a sequel to their favorite book 
• Check out the creepy new teaser trailer for A Series of Unfortunate Events coming to Netflix 
• Sesame Street star Sonia Manzano announces her retirement  
• Jimmy Fallon cancels Tonight Show tapings due to a hand injury 
• Take a look at the I Am Cait trailer starring Caitlyn Jenner   

Movie News 

• The president of Marvel announced that an LGBTQ character could join the Marvel Cinematic Univese in the next decade! 
• Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2 is the official name for the next film 
• The third Star Trek film will be entitled Star Trek: Beyond 
• Get ready for the Monopoly movie coming up from Lionsgate 
• Girls rejoice!  A Hello Kitty movie is coming in 2019! 
• Michael Fassbender takes on Steve Jobs in the newest trailer for the movie about the Apple founder 
• The new Ant-Man trailer throws shade at Iron Man 
• Ryan Reynolds is ready to kick some butt in the newest images from the R-rated Deadpool movie  
• Jurassic World becomes the fifth highest grossing film of all time
• New Dawn of Justice stills reveal Ben Affleck’s Bruce Wayne and Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor 

 Theatre News

• The cast of Newsies will reunite for one night of reminiscing, a year after the show closed 
• Ellen Greene, Taran Killam, and Jake Gyllenhaal take the stage for the revival of Little Shop of Horrors
• Spring Awakening’s Deaf End production will make its way to Broadway 
• Jersey Boys celebrates its 4,000th performance  
• It Shoulda Been You will end its Broadway run 
• Jack Carter, the host of the very first televised Tony Awards, dies at 93 
• The Fiddler on the Roof revival casts Tony nominee Jessica Hecht as Golde 

 Misc News

• Congratulations to Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis on their marriage over the holiday weekend 
• Ninetendo now allows same-sex marriage between characters 
• E.L. James’ Twitter Q&A hilariously backfires 
• Only Stephen Colbert could interview Eminem on Public Access TV 
• Conan O’Brien crashes a Magic Mike XXL party  
• Margot Robbie celebrates her 25th birthday with the coolest Harley Quinn cake ever on the set of Suicide Squad
• Never fear, Californians!  Comic-Con will keep its home in San Diego through 2018 
• Sean “Diddy” Combs is arrested, but won’t face felony charges, for fighting with the UCLA football coach 
• Season 20 winner Rumer Willis will not be on the Dancing with the Stars tour due to a fractured foot 
• Bobbi Kristina Brown is moved to a hospice as her condition deteriorates  

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Episode 031 - “Live in Living Color”

Episode Length: 1:47:59

Episode Summary:

Our thirty-first episode is dedicated to all things television!  First we start with some Fandom News and gush over Eddie Redmayne becoming a part of the Harry Potter universe.  We discuss the introduction of Caitlyn Jenner and how she changes the world’s view on transgender people.  We recap the latest season finales of Supernatural, Arrow, The Flash, and Grimm and gush about our latest obsessions: Reign and Marvel Future Fight.  We are so excited to have an episode dedicated to television and quickly get into our Main Discussion, starting with the most important thing: our TV crushes and character crushes.  We talk about some of our favorite shows, ones that were cancelled before their time, and what we never thought we’d enjoy.  Our Episode MVPs this time around are our brave puppies Suzie and Bobbi Brown for being the strong females that they are!  Finally we share our Ship Moments and remind you of all the various outlets where you can follow us, like us, and contact us.  We remind you all that Comic-Con is nigh and so is Teen Wolf!  Be sure to join us for our 32nd episode all about the newest season of Teen Wolf! 

This week’s featured music:

"Live in Living Color" by Aaron Tveit from the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Catch Me If You Can

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles

-- Kelly Lee

Hi everyone!  Sorry we've been a little quiet lately, but we've been preparing for our trip to San Diego next week!  We'll have more information for you all shortly!