The Brandon Peters Show

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

We made it to the finale of 1966’s Batman Season 1. Mark Hofmeyer from Movies Films & Flix joins me for another romp with The Penguin. And it’s also his first ever foray into 60s Batman. We shall return in July to celebrate the 60s anniversary of the movie, but until then, as Catwoman would say – TTFN! Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are...

This week has Frank Gorshin’s last turn on the television show Batman until the third season. He’s back for the movie in the summer, but would not appear in season 2. His last hijinx was making a devious silent film taunting Batman and terrorizing Gotham. Red, White & Who author and audio engineer of Chicago TARDIS Robert Warnock joins me. Another week, another set of factoids and...

Steven and I’s journey continues with 1943’s The Leopard Man. A film that showcases Lewton and company having a few reps under their belt and pulling together a much tighter and master of their craft type picture. While the title is kind of weak, the film is far from! When next this retrospective picks up, we’ll be talking about The Seventh Victim from 1943. -Brandon The Brandon...

Geoff Arbuckle makes a long awaited return to discuss The Bookworm. This episode features the great Roddy McDowall and also a heck of an opening hook showcasing Commissioner Gordon being assassinated! All that and more with this crazy story that features our first celebrity window cameo! Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective look b...

Yes, of course Aaron Neuwirth would be joining this series. He wanted to do King Tut which was way down the line here in season 1. We have a fun time shouting fight words back and forth at one another, talking the egyptian craze of the psychedelic era, and behold another batusi! Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective look back at 60...

My ol pal Kat Fitzpatrick drops in on the series for another run at the Joker. An episode which my childhood memory distinctly remembers being a much darker and sinister cliffhanger in its presentation than what has been displayed before. Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective look back at 60’s Batman as it turns 60 years old....

Scott Mendelson returns as does the Riddler. In addition to this episode that features Riddler robbing a library in search of Incan treasure, we discuss the insanely detailed expose on the show done in Cinefantastique magazine back in 1994 in lieu of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm’s release. Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospectiv...

Making his debut on a proper studio edition of the show is the man on the street/hype man for The Brandon Peters Show LIVE! at PopCon – Patrick “Patches” McGlinn! We discuss our shared love of the show and the return of the Penguin as he’s up to no good by…doing good? Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective lo...

I Walked With A Zombie was the second film in the line of Val Lewton horror cheapies. Steven and I take a look at what makes this one stand out and have a chat about some of the themes and deeper meanings to what is happening on screen. WHen next this retrospective picks up, we’ll be talking about The Leopard Man from 1943. -Brandon The Brandon Peters Show will return. TECHNICAL INFORMATION...

I was delighted to have Danille Sepulveres back on the show after a couple years hiatus. She was the perfect person to introduce Catwoman to the series. We have some catching up and sports chat to open and we dive into Julie Newar’s brilliance the episode at hand. And Danielle provides experience and expertise to her curiosity with 60s television productions. Another week, another set of fac...

One time villain False Face was neither a rendition of Clayface or Two-Face. He was also a one-time comic book villain. This episode also features Myrna Fahey as his cohort Blaze. I introduce Meg Splichal from Anime Crossroads to the show for the very first time with this very silly adventure. Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective...

The Joker is back and so is Taylor Deathridge. Taylor isn’t to experience with the world of 60s Batman and she was more than willing to dive in with her wonderful perspective. The Joker invests in vending machines and high school sports gambling. It’s also the first episode that aired on The Family Channel when they started airing reruns in 1989. Another week, another set of factoids a...

As we tackle the Mad Hatter trying to steal Batman’s cowl, I have a reunion with E.B. Kogan who I worked with back in my QC days at Testronic Laboratories in Burbank, CA. As we dive into the latest adventure of the caped crusaders and reflect on some of our time together (like when he guest starred on Pushing Daisies), we discuss a few of his projects like the graphic novel Shockheaded Peter...

Jonathan Graves returns to the show after a few years hiatus. He’s here to tal about the return of The Riddler! Jonathan hosts a Looney Tunes podcast and Frank Gorshin has a bit of a connection there. We dive into this one and discuss the difficulty and clever nature of the riddles used in the show as well as revealing that this was the first Riddler story I saw. Another week, another set of...

While Larry VanMersbergen may be one of the foremost experts on collecting for a different 1960s genre television program, he’s quite up to par with his 60s Batman knowledge. We tackle Anne Baxter’s original appearance on the show as Zelda The Great. Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective look back at 60’s Batman a...

After such a successful run with the Andrei Tarkovsky retrospective last year, Steven Warren Hill & I agreed to try our hand at another. This time the focus is not a director, but a producer. Famed horror pioneer Val Letwon is the topic of our latest venture. We start with his groundbreaking first first film, 1942’s Cat People. WHen next this retrospective picks up, we’ll be talkin...

Scott Mendelson (The Outside Scoop, Puck News) joins me to discuss “Instant Freeze” & “Rats Like Cheese’ that debuted comic book character Mr Zero as Mister Freeze! Hear Scott’s history of the show and more perspective on this iconic television show. Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective look back...

It took 3 stories for the clown prince of crime to show, but alas…The Joker has arrived. Mind you, this is the first step in Joker becoming the astronomically popular and iconic villain he has since risen to. Caesar Romero gives us our first live action look at Batman’s greatest nemesis! Another week, another set of factoids and weird stats that I hope you are enjoying in this retrospective...

Batman returned on January 19th & 20th on ABC for its second week, which debuted The Penguin as the villain. Burgess Meredith took on the role, looking and acting as if he came right off the page of the comic book. “Partners in Plunder” was the title of said comic book that “Fine Feathered Finks” and “Penguin’s A Jinx” were based on. Another week, anot...

On January 12, 1966, ABC premiered the first episode of “BATMAN” starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Frank Gorshin & Jill St. John. The program was a colorful, comedic and campy adaptation of the DC Comic which became on overnight phenomenon. With the show turning 60 years old today, I wanted to celebrate it and also do so in a more annotated way with factoids, history, res...

It is 2026 and once again time for that good ‘ol pretentious best films of 2025 discussion. 2025 delivered some straight all time bangers and plenty of interesting films to chew on and linger in your brain. Christ Johnson had normally been doing this run with me, however he felt he hadn’t seen enough this year to do a list. And in his passing, he suggested I bring on another Normie &#8...

This week is my best of 2025 week. Starting here with my picks for the best 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray releases of the year. I always have so much fun going through these and putting together my favorite titles and reminding myself how damn good a lot of these releases are. Unfortunately, like any other yea pplr, there are some notable absences. But I am only human and I have my rules for this. As always...

As is tradition on The Brandon Peters Show during the holiday season, Pres Maxson joins me to discuss an off the wall Christmas Classic from yesteryear. Always announced at the end of The Summer Of series, this year it was ME who picked the film and not Pres. I chose a traditional watch in my house when I was a kid…and an oddball one at that – 1984’s ABC Thursday Night movie “The...

Since the inception of this program, one topic that has lingered on my list of “must do episodes” has been looking back on the 2009 film Soul Killer. This was the first film I worked on when I arrived in Los Angeles back in 2005. I literally lived there for 2 weeks and was working on a movie set. On that day I met his episode’s guest writer/director Bob Canode and star Kelly Cham...