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In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1954 robot movie “Tobor the Great,” in which a mechanical spaceman becomes a friend to children and an enemy of communism!

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1954 robot movie “Tobor the Great,” in which a mechanical spaceman becomes a friend to children and an enemy of communism!

Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future.

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

On Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob Lamb and Joe McCormick of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast discuss oddball films of every variety, from low-budget schlock and midnight movie classics to bizarre blockbusters and avant-garde surrealism. Join us for a celebration of everything we love about the strangest experiments in cinema history.

On Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob Lamb and Joe McCormick of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast discuss oddball films of every variety, from low-budget schlock and midnight movie classics to bizarre blockbusters and avant-garde surrealism. Join us for a celebration of everything we love about the strangest experiments in cinema history.

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Weirdhouse Cinema: Tobor the Great

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/bae3c6c2-2cf0-4f5e-8c75-af5f00f8c510/transcript

In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe build on last month's episode on ice skates with a discussion of their wheelbase spin off: the rollerskate! (originally published 6/24/2025)

In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe build on last month's episode on ice skates with a discussion of their wheelbase spin off: the rollerskate! (originally published 6/24/2025)

From the Vault: The Invention of Roller Skates

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/b2f040b7-34aa-481e-aa1e-b45c0116265a/transcript

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1989’s “The Soldier and Death,” a short rendition of a classic Slavic folktale for Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. Directed by Henson and written by Anthony Minghella, it features Bob Peck as the titular soldier and John Hurt as the Storyteller.

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1989&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Soldier and Death,&rdquo; a short rendition of a classic Slavic folktale for Jim Henson&rsquo;s The Storyteller. Directed by Henson and written by Anthony Minghella, it features Bob Peck as the titular soldier and John Hurt as the Storyteller.

Weirdhouse Cinema: Jim Henson’s The Soldier and Death

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/05b14cbc-e061-4738-88fb-b45c010c7feb/transcript

In this episode, Robert and Joe come back to their Stuff to Blow Your Mind series on various mythological concepts of what came before the creation or emergence of our universe. (part 4 of 4)

In this episode, Robert and Joe come back to their Stuff to Blow Your Mind series on various mythological concepts of what came before the creation or emergence of our universe. (part 4 of 4)

The Thing Before the Beginning, part 4

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0ac37ff9-d4f5-42ed-a2b6-b45c010982b2/transcript

Weirdhouse Cinema: Tobor the Great

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