Pop culture video podcast (2007?2012)
Podcast
The Totally Rad Show
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Hosted by
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Genre
| Video podcast
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Language
| English
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Updates
| Ended
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Length
| 10?15 minutes
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Camera
| Mike Gaines
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Production
| Mike Gaines
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Video format
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Audio format
| MP3
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Original release
| March 27, 2007 ?
November 26, 2012
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Provider
| Revision3
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The Totally Rad Show
was a
video podcast
produced by Team Awesome, LLC and distributed by
Revision3
. The podcast consisted primarily of reviews and commentary on pop-culture phenomena such as
movies
,
video games
,
television programs
, and
comic books
. Debuting on March 27, 2007,
The Totally Rad Show
was hosted by
Alex Albrecht
, Jeff Cannata, and
Dan Trachtenberg
, with episodes releasing once a week. In September 2010, the show switched to a daily release schedule. On November 19, 2012,
The Totally Rad Show
released an episode titled "A Look Back ? Episode 1 (Part 1)" where they announced that the podcast would be coming to an end as of November 26, 2012.
[1]
Episodes #1?103 were filmed and edited (#105 was filmed but not edited) by Steve Koncelik. As of episode #104, Steve departed the show, and Mike Gaines took on the filming and editing. In 2008, the show received a People's Voice
Webby Award
[2]
and the "Best Produced"
Podcast Award
.
[3]
On March 27, 2017, they reunited for a 10 year anniversary show.
[4]
Weekly Episodes (2007? 2010)
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Intros
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Original (Episodes 1?104)
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Dan
,
Alex
, Steve, and Jeff working on the intro for Episode 9.
Each of the first 104 episodes of The Totally Rad Show opened with a re-enactment or re-interpretation of a scene from a popular movie or iconic pop-culture moment. For example, the opening scene of the very first podcast was a parody of
Raiders of the Lost Ark
featuring props such as a can of whipped cream and an
American Idol
DVD.
Missions: Interlude (Episodes 105?130)
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From episode 105 through 130, the show opened with Alex, Jeff, and Dan having a brief discussion about a topic (usually pop culture or otherwise "geek" related), then being interrupted by someone either fan or production-related giving the hosts a "mission" to complete during the episode. The missions became the list of show topics for that week.
Lyrics (Episodes 131?182)
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Starting with episode 131, the lyrics to the show's theme tune change from week to week, generally reflecting a popular video game or film.
Show Format
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A dialogue introduced the subjects discussed on the show, followed by various segments that begin with brief interstitial video shorts, sometimes produced and submitted by fans of the show. The segments varied from episode to episode, usually including reviews, discussions, and current news about the movie, television, video game, and comic book industries.
Daily Episodes (September 2010 ? November 2012)
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During their panel at
PAX 2010
, TRS announced the switch from a weekly to daily format.
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The daily version of TRS premiered on September 20, 2010, with a review of the
Ben Affleck
movie,
The Town
.
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Daily Format
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Each week, episodes usually consist of movie and video game reviews, with the other segments rotating in and out depending on current interests and events. Other recurring segments include Television, Comics, Growing Up Rad (some sort of nostalgia-based discussion or activity), Game With a Name (the hosts play a game with a guest star), and the humorous
Dan Becomes A Man
, during which Alex or Jeff show Dan, the youngest member of the trio, how to do something he has never done before such as smoke a cigar or drive a car with a
manual transmission
. A newer addition the daily format allows for is recurring game segments where the hosts compete each other on pop culture related games like Versus, Tagline Takedown, Media Mashup, and
Charades
.
Occasionally, TRS produces special segments based on the hosts' coverage of trade shows, holiday celebrations, or group gaming sessions.
Usually the show wraps up with promotions of sponsors and the hosts answering a Twitter question (formerly This Day in Rad, where they looked at a pop culture or historic event that happened on said day). Friday episodes usually substitute clips of bloopers from that week's filming instead of a Twitter question.
Production
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With the exception of on-location segments and show-opening parodies, the Totally Rad Show is filmed in front of a green screen in Alex's garage. This allows the use of
Chroma key
to superimpose segment-specific backgrounds, gaming sessions, trailers and cut-scenes, as well as images of packaging or covers of the media referenced during the discussion. Although cameraman/editor Mike Gaines (formerly Steve) does not appear onscreen, his voice is sometimes heard, and his presence is felt through creative, artistic or informative contributions to the recorded video.
Distribution
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The show was released daily. It is available to download in High Definition QuickTime as well as large and small
QuickTime
,
WMV
and
XVID
. An audio only version is also available in
.mp3
format.
Reception
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For
Wired
, Adario Strange gave the show high praise saying, "With 'TRS,' the editing, show pacing, subject matter, editorial wit and overall presentation make this the best weekly video podcast I've seen?period."
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In one author's experiment of only watching
Revision3
content during the
2007?2008 writer's strike
,
ForeverGeek
gave the show a 10 out of 10, saying "you quickly feel like you are friends with the three hosts and that you could hang out with them."
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Awards
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Episode list
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See also
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References
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- ^
"Totally Rad Show: A Look Back ? Episode 1 (Part 1) | Revision3"
.
Revision3
. November 19, 2012. Archived from
the original
on March 17, 2017.
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"Webby Nominees"
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Webby Awards
. Archived from
the original
on June 10, 2008.
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"Podcast Awards ? Past Winners 2005?2016"
.
www.podcastawards.com
.
Archived
from the original on December 10, 2019
. Retrieved
April 21,
2021
.
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"The Totally Rad Show 10 Year Anniversary Reunion Show! (reddit.com/r/TheTotallyRadShow)"
.
Archived
from the original on June 24, 2022
. Retrieved
June 24,
2021
– via www.youtube.com.
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"TRS is going DAILY!!!"
.
www.revision3.com
. Archived from
the original
on October 6, 2012
. Retrieved
September 20,
2010
.
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"Episode 183 ? 09/19/2010 Monday, Sept 20th ? The Town"
.
www.revision3.com
. Archived from
the original
on January 17, 2013
. Retrieved
September 20,
2010
.
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Strange, Adario (May 10, 2007).
"Revision3 Grows Up: The Totally Rad Show"
.
Wired
.
Conde Nast
.
Archived
from the original on March 7, 2020.
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"The Totally Rad Show"
.
ForeverGeek
. January 8, 2008.
Archived
from the original on April 21, 2021
. Retrieved
April 21,
2021
.
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"The Totally Rad Show | The Webby Awards"
.
Webby Awards
. 2008.
Archived
from the original on April 19, 2021
. Retrieved
April 14,
2021
.
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"2008 Podcast Awards Winners!"
.
Podcast Awards
. 2008. Archived from
the original
on December 18, 2008
. Retrieved
September 29,
2020
.
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"The Totally Rad Show | The Webby Awards"
.
Webby Awards
. 2009.
Archived
from the original on April 30, 2021
. Retrieved
May 1,
2021
.
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Axon, Samuel (April 11, 2010).
"Streamy Awards 2010: Here Are the Winners"
.
Mashable
.
Archived
from the original on April 21, 2021
. Retrieved
April 21,
2021
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External links
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