June 17, 2020

Nerdist Pop Culture Panel Series NERDIST NEWS TALKS BACK Returns June 22

By Staff Reports Today, Nerdist announced the popular series Nerdist News Talks Back will return on their official YouTube channel. Beginning Monday, June 22, fans can join host Dan Casey (Nerdist News, Explainiac) and a rotating panel of experts, luminaries, and celebrities from the pop culture universe to abandon character limits and dig into fascinating discussions of everything (and anything) pop culture fans care about. […]

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May 9, 2020

Pastrami Nation Mega Podcast!

Welcome to Pastrami Nation’s Mega Podcast! Join Nolan, Jason, and a slew of amazing podcasters, reviewers, and guests from our eight-year history! We talk about pop culture during these COVID times, debate what franchise is doing better in 2020 (Star Wars or Star Trek), and learn about our amazing giveaways that end on May 13th!!!

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March 6, 2016

TARDIS Beat Review

By Daniel Schwartz Contributing Guest Reviewer (Victor Valley)– Starsky and Hutch, Peanut butter and bananas, and Cable and Deadpool. Some pairings seem strange at first, but just appear to unexpectedly work. The most recent example of this is The Devastator’s Teen Beat and Doctor Who mashup, TARDIS Beat. With Doctor Who as the premise, Devastator parodies Teen Beat magazine with […]

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May 21, 2015

Shake it Off Supernatural Style with The Hillywood Show and Nerdist Industries

By Staff Reports With the Mark of Cain consuming Dean’s soul, it’s time for the Winchester brothers to Shake It Off  in the latest parody brought to you by The Hillywood Show® and executive produced by Nerdist Industries. The devil is in the details of this Supernatural/Taylor Swift mash up written, directed, edited by, and starring our favorite sister duo, Hilly & Hannah Hindi…oh, and practically […]

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December 29, 2014

2014 in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. Click […]

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December 26, 2014

The Interview Review- Let Freedom Laugh

Review by Nolan P. Smith The Interview has been the most controversial movie of the year, as anyone who has followed the news knows. Planned for a December release, the film was postponed due to the nature of the film and threats that were made if the film were to be released; the film makes light of North Korea and […]

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November 15, 2014

Epic Rap Battles of History are Back with Season 4! Ghostbusters Vs Mythbusters!!!

By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– There’s something strange… in the neighborhood… who you gonna call? Epic Rap Battles of History!!! The guys are back with Season 4, and it’s about time! Here at Pastrami Nation, we have missed their special brand of parody meets awesomeness. For the season four kick off, we are treated to the Ghostbusters Vs. Mythbusters!!! […]

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October 11, 2014

The Witcher Returns for Second Series: Fox Children!

By Staff Reports Following the critically acclaimed first series, The Witcher House of Glass, Dark Horse Comics and CD PROJEKT RED are set to bring fans a new adventure of Geralt of Rivia, the legendary monster hunter from the hit video game franchise The Witcher. From Eisner-winning writer Paul Tobin (Bandette, Colder) with art by Joe Querio (Lobster Johnson, B.P.R.D.), […]

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June 24, 2014

RiffTrax to Take a Comedy Bite out of Syfy’s Global Cult Sensation in “RiffTrax Live: Sharknado” this July

By Staff Reports Just when you thought “Sharknado,” a movie about mega-cyclones sucking up sharks from the ocean and hurling them onto land, couldn’t get any more absurd, the stars of RiffTrax have blown those expectations right out of the water and created a perfect storm of funny. The sidesplitting RiffTrax crew – Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill […]

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May 19, 2014

Epic Rap Battle of History: Superman Vs Goku

By Staff Reports On the heels of their hit video “Walter White vs. Rick Grimes,” which has received more than 10 million views since its debut on May 5, “Epic Rap Battles of History” (ERB), Maker Studios’ record-breaking series is back with its eighth battle of the season: Goku vs. Superman, featuring special guest Ray William Johnson. This battle is […]

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July 30, 2013

Pastrami Comics Review: Quantum and Woody #1

Review by Nolan P. Smith-Pastrami Nation Written by: James Asmus Art by: Tom Fowler Published by: Valiant Entertainment (www.valiantcomics.com) They are billed as the world’s worst superhero team. That’s a tough act to follow. In the 90’s, Quantum and Woody were in a league all their own. With the humor, the amazing characterization, the goat: it was one of the […]

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July 30, 2013

Sold-Out QUANTUM AND WOODY #1 Returns with SECOND PRINTING Cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO!

By Staff Reports Valiant is proud to announce that Quantum and Woody #1 has sold out at the distributor level and will return to store shelves on August 21st – with an all-new cover by rising star Emanuela Lupacchino (Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps, Archer & Armstrong)! “Quantum and Woody is the first title of the second Summer of Valiant initiative. It has […]

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September 10, 2012

Valiant's Eternal Warrior Comes to Throwdown with Archer and Armstrong This December

It’s gonna be a slobberknocker, alright! Valiant Entertainment sent word out today that the “Wrath of the Eternal Warrior” will be heading on a collision course with the dysfunctional duo Archer and Armstrong this December. Family reunion? Yes, the kind where heads will roll. For those that don’t know, the Eternal Warrior is the brother to the immortal and often […]

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July 18, 2012

SDCC 2012: Costumes Around the Convention

You won’t believe the things I’ve seen. Check out some of the most unique, odd, and cool costumes we saw at SDCC! All pictures are by Nolan P. Smith and Jason T. Smith-Pastrami Nation. Tony Stark hit rock bottom at the con. Mega Men… Aquaman NEEDS water! An awesome Steampunk lady… A beautiful Ms. Marvel… and a beautiful Rogue…

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July 11, 2012

SDCC 2012: The Return of Hellboy

Death only lasts for so long in comics. It’s only in the a.m, and the SDCC news is already rolling in. Our friends over at Dark Horse sent along the image above, announcing the return of Hellboy. Hellboy died last year, with teasers all pointing to Hellboy going to hell…looks like that’s the plan! Make sure to subscribe to Pastrami […]

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