The Point Radio: Final Memories For WAREHOUSE 13

We circle back to WAREHOUSE 13, spending time with Saul Rubinek and Aaron Ashmore as they share their memories of the show just a couple of weeks before the doors close for the final time. Plus one of the building blocks of The Marvel Age Of Comics passes away.

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The Point Radio. Hey, it's Mike Raub. We have one more time to sit out with the folks from Warehouse 13. This time, Saul Rubenick and Aaron Ashmore talk about their memories of the series and how it's all going out. In the meantime, the man who made Jack Kirby look so good in so many comics is no longer with us.

Let's get to the point. This is The Point, The Point Radio. Get The Point Radio. It's almost the end of the road for the sci-fi series Warehouse 13. And we had a chance to sit down with a couple of more principal cast members, Saul Rubenick, who plays Artie, and Aaron Ashmore, who plays Steve. The show has always been a clever mix of comedy, drama, and science fiction.

And Aaron said he always really appreciated that. Like most of the show, and I think what makes the show great is that there's a little bit of all of that in every episode. I mean, the humor is always there. There's definitely some things that need to be resolved amongst some of the characters, particularly some things with Claudia and her sister and Artie's involvement with that. So, I mean, that stuff's a little bit sort of heavy or dealing with all that stuff.

But there's always the humor. There's always light beeps and funny beeps even in the most serious situation. So I think there's all of that, you know what I mean? And I think that there's a lot of weight to these last episodes because we're wrapping up the show. But that being said, it's always fun. Saul agreed and added the fact that having the ability to do these final episodes was really a blessing for the show.

Yeah, I think I can echo that. We started off knowing that we were finishing a lot of people doing the series don't have the luxury of that. They're cut off at the knees and so are the fans by whatever financial ratings reasons cut people down. And Sci-Fi Network fought really hard for us to be able to have a proper closing. I know that Mark Stern really fought hard for us and some of the folks at NBC Universal too.

It was a difficult decision. Sci-Fi is going in a different direction as you can tell by the new shows that they've got. And whatever financial ratings reasons closed us down, we didn't want to let our sadness creep into it except in the most creative way possible. And I have to credit Jack Kenny and the writers as usual, although not so much as usual as especially in this particular case, for keeping the spirit alive for us. We felt very grateful that we've had five great years doing the show. And our fans are wonderful and have been incredibly supportive as you guys doing interviews with us and writing about us.

I've never had that experience. I spent a couple of years being a recurring character on Frasier, but in my whole career I've never done a series that I started with and ended with. So it's new for me after all these years of being on television. And the whole experience was new. I hadn't expected in my career ever to have such a wonderful time for so long playing one character. I would have thought that that could get dull. But given the kind of writing and my co-stars, it was all in all certainly at the high end, the top of my professional experience. And the kind of shows that we did really, as Aaron was saying, you know, we didn't try to change the formula. The writers didn't.

There was, of course, the feeling that the show was going to have to wrap up and they do it in a rather typically warehouse, poignant, hilarious, odd, peculiar and eccentric fashion. So, you know, you're going to get your trademark warehouse ending, but I think it will be as satisfying to the fans as it was to the cast. If anything, Warehouse 13 has always been a show that the entire family could enjoy. We were all really proud of the fact that it was a family show. We all felt that we shouldn't have been on at 10 o'clock in our fourth season. And that was just unfortunate. However, it was planned. We were never at 10 o'clock show. So more people were going to DVR and see us later.

We were probably an eight o'clock show, even though we were at nine. We were a family show. You could be 10 years old or 90 years old and get something out of this show. And that was very few one-hour shows, very few that the whole family could watch and feel that they're getting something. And we're really proud of that. And I think that there are a lot of families out there as the years go on that will discover that they've got a great, funny, interesting show that the whole family can watch. And if that happens in the next number of years, that'll feel great to me.

Time, Aaron concurs. That's a great answer, Tom. I sort of feel the same way. I mean, I felt incredibly blessed to be part of the show. But, you know, sometimes when you get away from it, you get even more perspective from it. And I felt so lucky and just happy. And like now that the new season's Aaron just watching it, being away from all you guys and knowing that we're not coming back to do another season. I was so happy to see those characters and all your guys' faces and stuff.

And I think that that's what I hope everybody is feeling as well, just happy to see us. And again, yeah, Netflix and all these other places and ways the show can stay alive or as before, when they went off the air, they're kind of gone. And I think the fan base is so loyal. And the show is so full of adventure and history and all these things that I think it is a show that's really rewatchable. So hopefully people will continue to rewatch it. And also new people will tune in on Netflix and keep it alive because I think, yeah, I just think it has a place that it will stay alive in that way. So did the guys grab any souvenirs?

Almost nothing. I took some wardrobe stuff, which Joy Hanson had made stuff for me that was very loose and comfortable stuff and different shirts that I would wear normally. So I like that. But as far as actual objects are concerned, the one that I got a birthday present on July 2nd, when it was my birthday, they just stopped the take right in the middle. And I thought I'd done something wrong. And it turned out to be a cake and stuff that Jack and Rachel and I got as a present. One of Franco Dacotis' brilliant production designers' drawings, original drawings, Artie's office. So that meant a lot to me, really touched me. And I think that's it because the truth is for me, the memories are my artifacts,

are the things that are most important to me. I might have wanted that steampunk keyboard that they had, but then NBC Universal took that before I could get my hands on it. Looking back, Saul shared the memory of when Aaron first joined the cast, lagging it almost to someone jumping on a moving bus. Coming into a group that already had been performing for years together, we had our own rhythm. And for any actor, I don't care who it is, it would be a nerve-wracking experience. But the truth is, and it happened very fast for Aaron after meeting Jack Kenny, and suddenly he was cast, and he came into a situation, we were very happy to have him. But the truth is that it wouldn't have worked if Aaron hadn't had this ability to do the tightrope walks and be a goofball and serious at a moment's notice.

And that was the great thing, wasn't it, Aaron? It wasn't the most fun that we had a showrunner on the set most of the time. If something didn't feel right in your mouth, he would change it, and that we could laugh and goof around, and then we'd have to be serious the next second. So we were doing a thriller-omedy, whatever Jack called it, a thriller of comedy and drama all at the same time, all in the same scene. And Aaron had the very tricky job of fitting right in, which he did. And it happened in Artie's office. And so I can imagine it felt like home to you. It was a magical cast, a magical cast. Very hard to find that kind of chemistry that we all just happen to have.

It's true, we've all Aaron's done. A little bit of magic. Yeah, just the way it is. I mean, people said, you guys look like you're having a lot of fun on that show. Did you? And we just said yes, and couldn't take it. You know, couldn't take it and laughed all day long. We're going to be doing final episodes of Warehouse 13 every Monday right now on the Sci-Fi Network. And of course, see more at Sci-Fi.com.

Let's not waste any time. Here we go with the latest in pop culture. We're a few weeks away from the premiere of the second season of Orange is the New Black on Netflix, but they've already given an order for a 13-episode third season for the series. In the meantime, the comeback is coming back to HBO, the cult favorite comedy with Lisa Kudrow that ran for 13 episodes back in 2005 will be back for a new run in the fall. And WGN has renewed Salem for a second season due to high ratings. That second season of that, of course, will begin in 2015. A talent who's easily considered to be one of the building blocks of the Marvel Age of Comics, Dick Ayers has left us at the age of 90.

Ayers, of course, known for his work aching Jack Kirby in the early days of the Fantastic Four, but also, of course, co-created the Western version of the Ghost Rider and did so many great issues of Sergeant Fury back in the sixties. Ayers was also inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2007. AMC has announced three different projects in development that all tie into comic graphic novels. They include Clone and Letter 44, both being developed as series, and the graphic novel Pax Romano is being developed as a miniseries for sci-fi. All would be scheduled down the road sometime after pilots were produced. There will also be new sci-fi sync projects for the upcoming Sharknado 2 and the new season of Defiance, which starts in a few weeks, and a couple of interesting reality shows as well, including a social experiment called Adam Plus Eve and one called Geeks Who Drink, which is a game show. Yes, that's Frank Underwood. Kevin Spacey from House of Cards is one of the voices in the new hit of video game series Call of Duty Advanced Warfare.

If you're not playing the game but want to check out Kevin's work, there's a number of sources up on YouTube that have posted some of Kevin's better lines. At the upfront presentations this year where television networks and online networks as well present their plans for the upcoming year, Hulu announced a lot of expansion, including the awards tripling our content over the next few months. They also renewed a number of shows from the network that will have a second season, including Deadbeat and Seth Meyers' animated series The Awesomes. Shows like Community and The Mindy Project will also come to Hulu from the networks coming up sometime this year. Marvel's making plans to now celebrate their 100th anniversary, which is coming early considering the fact that it's set for the year 2061.

There'll be five special issues this summer that will come out in July. Each one celebrating how Spider-Man, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and of course Guardians of the Galaxy will evolve over the next five decades. Creators like Robin Firth and Sean Ryan will be involved with the five issues, again that are all one shots and will be in stores this July. Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is back with something new on the Crackle network. He's executive producing a series called Tightrope, which is a comedy detective show.

In addition, Crackle announced it'll be a fourth season of the series Chosen and that Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars has been renewed for four more seasons, a total of 24 episodes on Crackle. All to begin premiering later this year. Coming off of new comic book day, maybe you want to continue the trend on trying some things new. Well, if so, got some great suggestions for things waiting for you in comic stores this week. Starting with a collection of Emily and the Strangers, Rob Rieger and Emily Ivey's much loved independent comic gets collected in a hardcover version this week from Dark Horse.

Also true lives of the fabulous Killjoys as well with work by Becky Clune. That gets a limited edition hardcover and a much more inexpensive trade paperback this week. Check that out. The Godzilla film is a week or so away and it premieres in comic stores though this week with a brand new graphic novel from DC. Same place where Gail Simone's last issue of the movement hits this week. And right off of free comic book day, New 52's future end begins with Keith Giffen plotting the DC universe five years in the future.

A lot of things will be changing from this so you may want to at least get in on the beginning. From Image, another great graphic novel collection of a much beloved indie comic. Amelia Cole and the Hidden War collected in the graphic novel this week. And a bunch of comics with multiple covers like 68 Rules of War No. 2, Aphrodite 9 No. 10 and Burn the Orphanage, Reign of Terror No. 1 as well. Plus, Madam Frankenstein also gets a couple of covers for his first issue and Real Heroes No. 2 also gets three different covers.

Marvel, get ready for the movie next summer, Age of Ultron collected in a trade paperback to catch you up. There's a second printing of all new Ghost Rider No. 1, Amazing Spider-Man No. 1. Not a second printing yet, but there is an additional issue. 1.1 is out this week. The Annihilation Saga is completely captured in one big omnibus.

It's a little pricey, about 125 bucks, but it contains everything from that story arc. Cyclops gets an ongoing series this week with the first issue and Daredevil No. 1 gets a second printing. Just like Loki, Agent of Asgard No. 1 does as well and Silver Surfer No. 1. Plus, Original Sin kicks into high gear with the first official issue of that No. 1 this week for Marvel. All these and more waiting in comic shops, hopefully some of the same ones that you were visiting during Free Comic Book Day.

Or have you heard rumors of other ones? Well, you can always find out what's going on with the Comic Book Locator Service. One 888 comic book. Of course, there's a link to the stores available on the front of the website ComicMix.com where we hang out. And another website called FindAComicShop.com. That is a wrap for the podcast right now, but we give you a pop culture 24-7 and get the point radio. You can take us along on your Apple or Android mobile device anywhere you want to go free with the app called iNet Radio.

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