SMEGHEADS: THE RED DWARF PODCAST // SEASON 2 EPISODE 6 'PARALLEL UNIVERSE'

It's the last episode of Season 2, and what an episode! 'Parallel Universe' starts off with the massive fan favourite 'Tongue Tied' and it's basically the best thing our eyes have ever seen. Myself and Daniela are once again joined by Tom Dark and Tom Stabb, back by popular demand and they come bearing gifts! They have used their Record Label logins, and brought some very cool stuff to the podcast. They have brought in the detailed sales figures for 'Tongue Tied'! We hear how many records it sold in 1993, and how many since (1994-2015)!

SO, if you are reading this now, presumably you have listened to the podcast and you know what we want you to do. Go listen to 'Tongue Tied' on the streaming service of your choice. Perhaps Spotify? Listen to it repeatedly! Lets get those numbers up! If you so choose, buy it on iTunes! I just have! Its impossible to get it to Xmas number 1, but lets get it somewhere near the top 100! It would only take a bunch of us buying the track or streaming it for a while to achieve good results!

Lister has to face some serious role-reversal consequences when he slips into a parallel universe. Subscribe to Comedy Greats for more hilarious videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BBCComedyGreats

 

We discuss ALOT of stuff on this podcast, besides Red Dwarf, as I think its important you get to know us as presenters so we aren't just faceless robots! You can also interact with us on RedDwarf.Co.Uk forums and I really really recommend you join if you are even a casual Red Dwarf fan. Its the number one place to talk about this subject and nobody will judge you if you say how much you fancy Kryten. Its full of great people and Red Dwarf fans should get to know each other, its only the right thing to do with a new series coming up! 

As we have got to the end of Series 2, here are the Smeg Ups. Some of them are even funny!

All the Smeg-Ups from the Red Dwarf crew!

At one point, the Smegheads crew somehow get onto the subject of 'taTu', who myself and Tom Stabb call "one of the best pop bands ever", and I really do believe this! I know this isn't Red Dwarf related, but they should get alot more love than they currently do! 

"Not Gonna Get Us" - the second music video from t.A.T.u.'s debute album "200 Km/H In The Wrong Lane (2003). English language pair to the song "Nas Ne Dogonyat" ("200 Po Vstrechnoi", 2001). ______ Waste Management studio album is out and available at iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=341805687

Like last week, due to the Two Toms working in music, here is Tom Stabb's mixtape for you Smegheads. Made up of the best current and new bands from Sony/Columbia! Its really really cool.

https://play.spotify.com/user/stabby/playlist/6zSK6DStN1OyZby3f7d7Qt

And as always, I am going to leave you with a series of the weirdest and wonderful-est Red Dwarf related videos I can find. As its the end of the series, I've found quite a few and they are mostly Tongue Tied covers. The first one is incredible! We will see you next week SMEGHEADS with the start of Season 3! Joining us is Nick De Semelyn from Empire Magazine who will be putting up with myself and Daniela for one of the best episodes of Red Dwarf ever... 'BACKWARDS!' Im so excited!

 

jed & daniela

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SMEGHEADS: THE RED DWARF PODCAST // SEASON 2 EPISODE 5 - 'QUEEG'

So many good episodes in Series 2, and this is one of the best of a good bunch. Queeg sees Red Dwarf's amiable computer, Holly, being succeeded by the backup computer named QUEEG 500. Holly has to prove himself to be the better computer and win back the trust if the crew. Is he as incompetent as everyone believes him to be? Yeah probably.

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SMEGHEADS: THE RED DWARF PODCAST // SEASON 2 EPISODE 4 "STASIS LEAK"

Well guys, we are really flying through these episodes and you seem to like them as they are getting more and more popular! This episode we cast our eyes on 'Stasis Leak' which is one of the few times we see the crew of red dwarf pre-accident! The crew find a "stasis leak" which is what Daniela calls "a magic hole" in time, that allows them to go back to before the accident. The boys aim to use this opportunity to save Rimmer (Rimmer) and Kochanski (Lister).

You know the voices, now know the faces! (see I did let her wear the Pokemon hat!)

You know the voices, now know the faces! (see I did let her wear the Pokemon hat!)

Here Lister falls into a self-pity hole and laments the fact he can never catch a break, especially with Kochanski.

But lo, whats this? He does get with Kochanski, albeit 5 years in the future! Damiela and I discuss how unfair it is that he didnt get to have a cheeky snog with his future wife. 

And as always, I will leave you with the weirdest Red Dwarf related video I can find. This time its an unusual cover of the RD theme that the more I watch, the more I love. (There are so many Red Dwarf cover songs on youtube!)

If you havent already subscribed, please do, and tell as many Red Dwarf fans as you can! Also if you want us to sort out a 'SMEGHEADS LIVE!' where we can all get together and record a podcast with a live audience, then let us know!

See you next week Smegheads!

 

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SMEGHEADS: THE RED DWARF PODCAST // SEASON 2 EPISODE 3 "THANKS FOR THE MEMORY" // Special Guest - Sabra Williams AKA Lise Yates!

Hey everyone, we have come to one of my favourite episodes of Red Dwarf ever, 'Thanks for The Memory'! Yes it isnt flashy and there are barely any interesting spacey effects, but this gets maximum points from myself and Daniela for the way it developed the relationship between Lister and Rimmer. You really see the affection they have for each other (but hide most of the time) and its something Daniela and I could learn alot from.

You will notice that we argued for alot of this podcast, mostly because of Daniela's rise in popularity amongst Red Dwarf fans on the official Red Dwarf site!  They asked me to make her join, and she has now signed up and awaiting approval! Be nice to her guys! Please do not start the hashtag #welovedaniela though, as this is meant to be a partnership, not the Daniela show... :)

This is also the episode where the infamous "Triple Friend Egg, Chilli, Chutney Sarnie" makes an appearance and has forever lived in the hearts and stomachs of die-hard Red Dwarf fans. SO, I made it on the podcast and you can hear the disgusting results. Daniela was not happy as she hates eggs (How can someone hate eggs? That's like hating oxygen) Happy birthday to her mum! Watch me eat this classic sandwich below. As Im writing this, Im feeling a little queasy.

 

I was very excited to speak to Sabra Williams who plays the main object of affection in this episode, Lise Yates and she gave me the impression she doesnt talk about Red Dwarf too much (it was a long time ago!). We also discuss her work with Tom Cruise, her role opposite Kyle Maclachlan AND her current work with the legend that is Tim Robbins! We also find out what happened when she met Ed Bye in Los Angeles! My fave thing she has ever done (besides Red Dwarf) is her stint as presenter of the weirdest childrens show ever, GHOST TRAIN!

Below a video I discussed with Sabra (I had to cut most of the 'Ghost Train' talk out as this episode is already the longest one ever!) where she fires generla knowledge questions at quite a scared looking child. If she gets it wrong, they all get gunged! She gets it wrong every time and at one stage you can hear the kid whimper "MUM!". Scary stuff, but I absolutely loved this show! You truly wouldnt get a kids TV show like this right now, as pitching a show about the ownership of a Ghost Train, while running from someone called Barry Mafia and befriending a talking sheep called Nobby, is too much to take in the 21st century.

One more GHOST TRAIN video and this one is incredible. Its Sabra interviewing ADAM ANT. Holy cow, this is very surreal, but Sabra deals with his interesting behaviour (for a kids show anyway) very well!

Thanks so much to Sabra and if you want to find out more about her, you can check out these places:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_Williams
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931627/
https://www.facebook.com/Sabra-Williams-161561933616/timeline/?ref=stream
http://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/people/sabra-williams/

and most of all, she wants to learn more about Twitter, so make sure you click on this link, follow her and say hello!

https://twitter.com/sabraarbas

Once again, thanks to everyone who has made SMEGHEADS their very own podcast, and have told their friends about it. It means alot to us to see you guys talk about it on forums and social networks. If you havent already subscribed, please do and I promise it hasnt gone to our heads (well at least not me... this is how Daniela turned up today!)

this one is for "ANT E" on the reddwarf.co.uk forums.

Daniela and I will see you next week Smegheads and this time I will leave you with the weirdest Red Dwarf video I have seen for a while. Some Americans recreated a part of "Thanks for the Memory" in their own inimitable style. I dont know what this is, and I dont want to look to deep into it. enjoy and goodbye!