Time Babble

Time Babble Welcome to Time Babble! A podcast exploring the multi-faceted nonsense of time travel films and related cultural artefacts. Time Babble is as fickle as you are!

“Babbling about time travel movies since 1888”. A comedy and film podcast exploring the wonderful world of time travel films in all their multi-dimensional glory. We love the unusual, the lost and the little known, avoiding the more obvious time travel choices. Although the occasional classic might slip through the net. Every episode, we babble about a film that's specifically about time travel, o

r that generally plays with the concept of time. We get excited about the good bits, poke fun at the bad bits, and radically change the plot if we think it’s possible to improve the film. Sometimes we even get serious, and throw in the odd, ill-informed TED talk. Although we easily get distracted from the facts, and the conversation usually wanders way off topic. We often end up loving the faulty films, and finding fault with films we love. We’re also duty bound by our cultural mandate to end each episode with POETRY, so do listen out for our internationally renowned, Nobel-awarded ‘Haiku or Limerick’ segment. Lastly, whilst enjoyment is guaranteed, feedback is of course welcome. As long as it's hastily scrawled on colourful notepaper and sent to our postal address. And doesn't make us cry. As a wise rabbit once said, ‘If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all’. (NB: Anything said by the fools on the podcast inaccurately represents the views of Time Babble)

Just announced from Radiance. Out in March 2025.This baby is definitely on our list.
12/04/2024

Just announced from Radiance.

Out in March 2025.

This baby is definitely on our list.

This week we’re babbling about the cinematic masterpiece The Lakehouse (2006) starring Speed lovers Keanu Reeves and San...
11/29/2024

This week we’re babbling about the cinematic masterpiece The Lakehouse (2006) starring Speed lovers Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.

Our film charts the almost-nearly-romance of a sincere, but deathly dull couple separated by time. Well, separated by two years in actuality. Not that long in the grand scheme of things, you’d think? And if it really was love, we’re sure the most romantic thing to do would be to wait a bit. But do they? They do not. Although what do we idiots know about love? Turns out, quite a lot, as we bid a welcome return of our critically acclaimed ‘Romance Corner’ section!

It turns out that our love-struck puppies need the help of an actual puppy, in the shape of Jack the dog, to move their relationship along. Jack is a magic dog. She can play chess, sniff out future lovers up to two years and 500 miles away and cause a distraction when you potentially get too close to an actual admirer who not only exists in the here and now, but is patiently pining away by your side (with a spinach pie). There is nothing so blind in love as an architect.

So prepare your post box dear listener, as Time Babble are ready to deliver you dispatches from the intriguingly bland future past. Keep your flag up!

Oh, and if you can tell us what in all holy hell The Wootch is, you win a prize.

Pickup truck.

Episode six of Time Babble Series Four is waiting for you now on Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and other good podcast services.

If you can’t find it on your usual streaming service, please write in to the usual address.






11/28/2024

“Oh! One other thing. If you guys ever have kids, and one of them, when he's eight years old, accidentally sets fire to the living room rug, go easy on him. Okay”

Join us this Friday as we take a trip to The Lake House.Two lovers separated by time. With only a magic mailbox to help ...
11/27/2024

Join us this Friday as we take a trip to The Lake House.

Two lovers separated by time. With only a magic mailbox to help keep the relationship going.

And a very smart dog who can sniff people up to four years away..!

See ya Friday...





One of the features of this week's film is a magic mailbox..!How else would you send letters through time..?Film reveal...
11/26/2024

One of the features of this week's film is a magic mailbox..!

How else would you send letters through time..?

Film reveal tomorrow, new podcast out this Friday.






Say what you see...New podcast out this Friday.
11/25/2024

Say what you see...

New podcast out this Friday.





This week we are babbling about a film that needs no introduction.Which, in a way, is an introduction in itself. But wha...
11/15/2024

This week we are babbling about a film that needs no introduction.

Which, in a way, is an introduction in itself. But what of it? What do you want from us? Consistency? Clarity? If so, maybe this isn’t the podcast for you… Or is it?

Anyway, rambling philosophical questions aside, The Terminator was created (stolen?) in 1984 by a pre-Smurf obsessed little Jimmy Cameron, and features buns of all kinds: Mr Big Buns (obvs), and the two naked tight-tight buns of our post-lightning alley heroes, Arnold and Michael. Oh and skulls. Endless skulls. And even more skulls.

Basically, a stinking ‘borg (in the form of the actual president of the USA) has been tasked by a bunch of toasters to murderise the mum of a freedom fighter to protect a future that’s dominated by white goods, whose only use for humans is either to die, or make sure the future robots are shiny and clean. Or something like that.

But, as is tradition, we get distracted by how atrocious GDPR was in the past, the similarity of surgeons to serial killers and just why machines don’t like microwaves or lie detectors. So join us, as we celebrate the twilight of humanity and exterminate the Terminator!

Episode Five of Time Babble Series Four is waiting for you now on Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and other good podcast services.

If you can’t find it on your usual streaming service, please write in to the usual address.






The Terminator..!Join us this Friday as we Babble about this stone cold time travel classic.The podcast may contain trac...
11/13/2024

The Terminator..!

Join us this Friday as we Babble about this stone cold time travel classic.

The podcast may contain traces of microwaves, lie detectors and household white goods.






This week's film is a classic, a true classic of time travel cinema.It's such a legend of a film we feared we wouldn't b...
11/12/2024

This week's film is a classic, a true classic of time travel cinema.

It's such a legend of a film we feared we wouldn't be able to do it justice.

And then we remembered that we are 'professional' podcasters, and we can discuss anything...

Although, it's possible we may have allowed ourselves to get distracted by some of the more peripheral elements of the film.

Film reveal tomorrow.

Podcast out this Friday.





Time Babble only endorses one true President of the USA.Join us this Friday as we pay homage.Oh, yes baby..!We are going...
11/11/2024

Time Babble only endorses one true President of the USA.

Join us this Friday as we pay homage.

Oh, yes baby..!

We are going where 'they' said we shouldn't.
We are going where we said we wouldn't.

A film that spawned a franchise, and is still going strong to this day.

Prepare yourselves, there is no coming back from this one...




Episode latest the to welcome and hello.This week we’re babbling about the extraordinary Happy End (1967), a deliriously...
11/01/2024

Episode latest the to welcome and hello.

This week we’re babbling about the extraordinary Happy End (1967), a deliriously wonderful film, directed by Oldřich Lipský. It’s a delight from end to beginning, as we explore one man's journey from death/birth to birth/death.

Mostly dismissed as a throwaway piece of lightweight fluff on release, the film now stands shoulder to shoulder with its more arty brothers and sisters as an equally incredible example of the breadth of films that Czech cinema was producing at that time.

While not strictly a time travel film as such, Happy End more than generally messes about with the concept of time, as we follow hapless psychopath Mensik, from from the guillotine to the crib. Murdered brides are reanimated, food is stolen from a hippo's mouth, there’s more geese that we could count, and an uncomfortable amount of chewing.

It’s also the ultimate example of the unreliable narrator, as what we see, what Mensik actually does, and how he describes it, are quite often at polar opposites. Delightfully inventive and funny, it’s also a surprisingly uncomfortable watch, very much exploring the darker side of dark comedy…

Episode Four of Time Babble Series Four is waiting for you now on Podbean, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and other good podcast services.

If you can’t find it on your usual streaming service, please write in to the usual address.

This week we are babbling about the extraordinary 'Happy End' (Stratny Konec) from 1967.Directed by Oldrïch Lipsky, the ...
10/30/2024

This week we are babbling about the extraordinary 'Happy End' (Stratny Konec) from 1967.

Directed by Oldrïch Lipsky, the film is a delirious back to front story covering one man's life. Told from death (birth) to birth (death).

It's not time travel, however the film generally messes about with the concept of time in such a unique way.

Join us this Friday for murder (birth) and mayhem (calm)...





Terri Garr 💔💔💔Through her varied career from dancing in Elvis films, to Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters, and Tootsi...
10/29/2024

Terri Garr 💔💔💔

Through her varied career from dancing in Elvis films, to Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters, and Tootsie there is only a small link to Time Travel.

She was in 'Assignment Earth', one of the time travel episodes in the original run of Star Trek.

Terri Garr
1944 - 2024





'We belong dead..!'Our film this week has an amazing sequence where our 'hero' creates his bride...Except our film runs ...
10/29/2024

'We belong dead..!'

Our film this week has an amazing sequence where our 'hero' creates his bride...

Except our film runs backwards, so what you see is not what is actually happening..!

Film reveal tomorrow, new Time Babble out this Friday.





This week everything is front to back and downside up, as Time Babble goes from the end to the beginning of one man's cr...
10/28/2024

This week everything is front to back and downside up, as Time Babble goes from the end to the beginning of one man's crazy adventure...

Well, we say 'crazy'...

Our 'hero' likes to think he is creating life, although in reality quite the opposite is happening..!

Film reveal Wednesday, new podcast out this Friday.



Lobby Cards..!If it's Wednesday it must be 'time' for lobby. Cards.Feast your peepers on these.Our latest Time Babble ep...
10/23/2024

Lobby Cards..!

If it's Wednesday it must be 'time' for lobby. Cards.

Feast your peepers on these.

Our latest Time Babble episode is out now on all music and podcast streaming websites.





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Listen to one of the Time Babble Twins do some robot admin from our latest podcast... The Time Travelers from 1964 is our next film. New podcast out this Friday. Join us...

Our next podcast is all about "The Man Who Was Never Born" from the original The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on October 28, 1963, during the first season. It stars Martin Landau as a mutant from the future, trying to correct an event in the past. It's a fine example of classic tv time travel. Warning, this episode may contain frogs! The full episode is on YouTube. New podcast is out this Friday.

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