I think this is one of the best episodes you guys have done. Great job.
The Chris Latta retrospect was awesome. I learned a great deal. The Third Party talk is very relevent and you guys nailed it!
I have a couple ammendments, well one addition and one correction for the "Whats in a Name" segment.
The addition is for Beachcomber. You guys neglected to mention that his alt mode is a Dune Buggy, which by definition is a recreational vehicle designed for use on sand dunes or beaches. I think that likely had a big part in where his name comes from as well as his fiction.
The correction is on Top Spin. Sorry Protoman, your baseball knowledge did not impress
Your description of what top spin kinda is was accurate, and I agree that the name was very clever for that Transformer.
Top spin is a term used in sports like tennis and racket ball, which causes the ball to basically curve by hitting it with a slight upward motion whcih puts that forward tumble on the ball.
A baseball knuckleball on the other hand is a pitch that has no spin whatso-ever and basically creates the optical illusion of a floating baseball. When perfectly thrown all the hitter and catcher sees is the un-tumbling seams of the ball.
I had the oppurtunity to catch someone that could throw the occasional knuckleball, and its freaking bizarre
Great job none the less, that was a lot of names to look into and some of the takes on certain names I hadn't considered.
Man, I never knew Chris Latta was on Married with Children.
