Masters Cast
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| Hosting | Jon Kallis Josh de Lioncourt Katy Cartee Haile Martin Penny James Eatock |
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feed://masterscast.com/feed/masterscast.xml |
| Updates | Monthly |
| Length | 1 hour (average) |
| Debut | 2005-10-16 |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Genre | Movies and Television podcasts |
| Website | http://www.masterscast.com/ |
Masters Cast, the first He-Man and She-Ra podcast, is an Internet radio show that focuses on the highly popular Mattel action figure property, Masters of the Universe, often focusing on the cartoons and other literature based on the original toyline. The hosts include fans Jon Kallis, Josh de Lioncourt, Katy Cartee Haile, Martin Penny, and James Eatock - all who have been active in the online Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power communities for almost twenty years. The topics of the podcast vary from month to month, but are always focused on some aspect of Masters of the Universe.[1]
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[edit] Notable Interviews
The podcast has conducted interviews with key players from the animation, television, and comic book industry that have been involved with the property. The most notable interviews include:
Lou Scheimer - co-founder of Filmation and exclusive producer on He-Man and She-Ra.[2]
Erika Scheimer - Filmation voice director and voice actress.
Larry DiTillio - television writer and creator of She-Ra.
Jack Olesker - television writer and creator of the The New Adventures of He-Man.[3]
Emiliano Santalucia - He-Man comic book and DVD artist.
[edit] History
The podcast was created by Jon Kallis and Josh de Lioncourt in September of 2005. Once Katy Cartee Haile was on board, Masters Cast ran its first broadcast that focused on the history of Masters of the Universe on October 16 2005. As of April 23, 2008, thirty broadcasts (episodes averaging an hour in length) have been produced.[4]
Besides featured interviews with individuals who helped craft He-Man and She-Ra, the podcast also uncovered new information about the 1987 Masters of the Universe (film), including the original draft of the screenplay.[5]
On July 21, 2006, Masters Cast was interviewed and profiled at the San Diego Comic-Con International. Cameras followed them throughout the day for television project titled Fanatical.
Some of the hosts of Masters Cast appear in some of the documentaries on the recently released Filmation He-Man and She-Ra DVD season sets, such as the San Diego Comicon documentary in which they appear with many other fans. Parts of an interview with Josh de Lioncourt appear on several other sets. James Eatock, who was responsible for some of the design and content on the DVD sets, appears in some of the documentaries as well. Jon Kallis appears in the San Diego Comic Con documentary and in various "easter eggs".
[edit] Show Format
After the introduction, which features music by Josh de Lioncourt (often revamped versions of the original He-Man score from the Filmation show), Jon Kallis and his two or three co-hosts introduce the topic. A voicemail segment often follows, in which listeners call in to give their opinions. Kallis occasionally reads e-mails from listeners that he finds particularly relevant of interesting. After that, the main discussion follows. The hosts always end each episode by saying "Good Journey" (a quote from the 1987 live-action Masters of the Universe film.)
The length of each broadcast varies from between forty minutes to an hour and twenty. Jon Kallis has stated he wants to keep them under eighty minutes so that they will fit on a standard audio CD. Some broadcasts were called "Special Mini Casts" and were usually ten minutes the long; although the fact that their first mini cast, at about forty minutes long, ended up being longer than their previous "regular" broadcast resulted in much teasing from the listeners.
[edit] Distribution and licensing
Generally, the show can be downloaded for free. It is available as MP3. All new episodes are announced on the Masters Cast website, along with on iTunes, Odeo, and Yahoo to name a few.
All episodes are licensed under the Creative Commons license - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5.
[edit] Topics
The Podcast covers a fairly wide range of material, from the history of the Masters of the Universe and its larger context in society, as well as toys, TV series, music, audiobooks, and films which are part of the franchise. Individual episodes of the different series are discussed in the DVD review episodes. In addition to evaluating the design of the merchandise, the hosts of Masters Cast also discuss, in great detail, the characters, stories and other philosophical aspects of the series and franchise. They generally try to unite fans of the classic He-Man, She-Ra, the New Adventures, the 2002 relaunch, and other versions of Masters of the Universe, as there is at least one host who has been on the show who is an expert on one or all of these different series.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "www.masterscast.com". http://www.masterscast.com. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://masterscast.com/podcasts/masterscast_ep019.mp3
- ^ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://masterscast.com/podcasts/masterscast_ep025.mp3
- ^ "www.podcastalley.com". http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=11297. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ http://masterscast.com/2005/10/30/masters-cast-episode-003/
- ^ Masters Cast, episodes 1-28
