A Very Special Episode

Hey Paisanos! We are back with a brand new episode and a Very Special guest! Join Carolyn, David, and Shane Hosea as they jump into a pipe and discuss The Super Mario Bros. Super Show season 1 episode 7, "Bonkers from Yonkers"! There's pasta, therapy, screaming like a chicken, and more!  So put on a spaghetti dinner for orphans, then download and listen  here ,  rate & review us...

Happy New year! We are concluding our holiday coverage this year by watching the infamous Alf Christmas special, in which  Alf learns the true meaning of Christmas (?) from a dying girl, then pulls a Zack & Tori with Mrs. Belding and helps deliver a baby in an elevator, and rounds out his holiday by stopping someone from committing suicide. Join David, Carolyn and Austin as they muse on W...

  Ho ho ho! Our annual holiday celebration continues with Santa Claus is Coming to Town , a Rankin-Bass claymation special that some (Austin) describe as "the Star Wars Prequels for Santa"! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they discuss the merits of live versions of songs, debate the moral implications of The Santa Clause , and wonder what happened to Jesus' afterbirth!  So put away you...

Ahoo doray, ahoo doray! Me-Who-rry Christmas everyone! We are kicking off our annual look at Very Special Christmas episodes with that seminal favorite, How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they question the mechanics of Who society, discuss whether "Thurl Ravenscroft" is the greatest name in history, and ponder (sigh) what else might have grown three sizes that day....

  Gobble gobble! Take a break from all your Cyber Monday-ing with our brand new Thanksgiving/Matthew Perry tribute episode! Join Carolyn, Austin and David as they discuss the fondly (?) remembered (?) early 2010s Matthew Perry vehicle, Go On, including which sports ball teams map to which Thanksgiving dinner family archetypes, the effectiveness of office kitchens, and the surprising sexiness...

Happy Halloween, boils and ghouls! We're back with a Very Spooktacular Episode just in time for Halloween. Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they review Bob's Burgers season six, episode three,  "The Hauntening". Along the way, they debate which type of pasta is the scariest, discuss the difference between every day and formal cloaks, and dive back into dissecting the Saved by the Bell myste...

 Stunt Daaaaawgs! Join us for the conclusion of our unofficial DiC animation summer marathon for "Freedom of Screech", an episode of the fever dream-like Stunt Dawgs that, unfortunately, has nothing to do with everyone's favorite Saved by the Bell nerd (or dogs doing stunts). Instead, join Carolyn, David & Austin as they try to make sense of the Stunt Dawgs universe and revel in some clas...

We are back after an unofficial hiatus while the AVSE family got a little bigger (and cuter)! This week, we are continuing our (also unofficial) DiC marathon by reviewing season 1 episode 7 of Rainbow Brite , "Mom", in which Murky Dismal's mother comes to visit and reawakens some childhood trauma that explains his otherwise odd crusade against color! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they talk fl...

Who's ready to bring pollution down to zero?!? By their powers combined, Austin, Carolyn, and David are back and reviewing a Very Special episode of a 90s animated TV touchstone, in which a rat creature puts on a trench coat, hangs out at a high school, and makes everyone hate a kid with HIV for...reasons! Along the way, the AVSE-teers discuss the Kinkos Code, ponder the environmental merits of tr...

Happy Valentines Day,  everyone! This week, we celebrate love by reviewing a review of divorce as we look at Review season 1 episode 03, "Pancakes, Divorce, Pancakes"! Join Carolyn, Austin, and David as they discuss the show Review , play FMK with waffles, pancakes, and French toast, and debate the comedic limits of having misery foisted on people for laughs.  So wolf down an obscene amo...

Can't anyone tell us what Christmas is all about?!? Join David, Carolyn, and Austin as they tackle the question by discussing the commercialization of Christmas-skewing seminal animated holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas (brought to you by the good folks at Coca-Cola)! Along the way, they discuss the history of the Mall of America, something called "damp napping"(?), and the raw sexual che...

Happy Holidays from the 90s! This week, we return to our (well, Austin's) favorite zip code for a Very Special Christmas episode featuring those smoldering "teens" of Beverly Hills, 90210 , in which a pair of angels (yes, really) enact a It's a Wonderful Life pastiche that is less about aping the movie and more about pointing out that the movie just, you know, exists. Join Austin, Carolyn, and Dav...

Ho ho ho! We kickoff our Christmas coverage this week with a look at the Rankin-Bass stop-motion classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the special which taught us all the true meaning of Christmas: that differences are meant to be mocked unless/until they become exploitable by the state! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they debate Thin Santa vs. Fat Santa, discuss David's fear of stop-motion...

It's an Angela Lansbury memorial and Thanksgiving-adjacent episode as David, Carolyn, and Austin visit the murder capital of the world in Murder, She Wrote season 4, episode 10 "Indian Giver" (don't blame them, they didn't title it)! When a mysterious stranger in stereotypical American Indian garb hurls a spear at the Founder Days celebration and claims to own the town of Cabot Cove, racial invect...

Happy Halloween! We are wrapping up our celebration of the spoooooky season with the inaugural "Halloween heist" episode of Brooklyn 99 , in which Jakes bets Holt he can steal a medal from his office before midnight, thereby proving he is an amazing detective/genius. Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they talk celebrity chef sex crimes, share peanut butter and jelly sandwich recipes, and examine...

Happy Halloween boys and ghouls! We are kicking off the spooky season with an episode of  Friday the 13th: The Series , in which Jason Voorhees slaughters unruly teens with a radio! Just kidding, Jason's not actually in this (or any) episode. But there is a blood-powered time-traveling car! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they discuss the bait-and-switch in the series' title, sexy cousins,...

Our Summer of Disney comes to a close this week, as we journey back to the happiest most magical play on Earth with  Boy Meets World , in an episode in which Corey dials up his stalker setting and chases Topanga all the way to Disneyworld! Join David, Carolyn, and Austin as they discuss dolphin throuples, delight at more dummy play, and marvel at how this episode confidently positions Corey a...

Our Summer of Disney continues with a trip across the country to America's wang, as the Tanner family heads to Disneyworld in the two-part "The House Meets the Mouse"! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they obsess about exactly how much time actually passes in the course of the episode, learn a lesson in benevolent monarchy, and lament the absence of horny president robots.  So inappropriatel...

Whoa!  Our "Summer of Disney" kicks off with a long overdue look at a seminal 90s sitcom, Blossom ! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they journey into the land of Disney with Blossom and the gang and discuss earringed dads, Horned Up Robo-Lincoln, and the return of Disney Finger.  Plus, an old feud is put to rest...or is it?!? So kiss your cousin, then download and listen  here ,&...

Our unofficial Problem Child trilogy concludes with a Very Special Episode of Seinfeld, in which the core four enter into a contest to see which one can remain "master of their domain" the longest! Join David, Carolyn, and Austin (masters of their domain, all) as they discuss the deft turns the episode makes to avoid saying "masturbation", the surprising hotness of JFK Jr., and the appeals of a sp...

The grim specter of death inspires us once again, as this week we pay tribute to the recently departed Gilbert Gottfried with a Very Special Married...with Children in which everyone's favorite parrot from Aladdin entertains Al, Peg, Jefferson and Marcy after a shipwreck. Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they discuss Gottfried's career, the drinking of one's urine, and the relative market value...

Come and knock on our door, we've been waiting for you! It's time for an all new Very Special Episode, and this week, Carolyn and David are joined by Very Special Guest Greg Bigoni to discuss Three's Company season 8 episode 11 "The Charming Stranger". It's the most horny episode of a surprisingly un-horny show, featuring pantyhose, the wonder of Don Knotts, and puppet men! So experience the wardr...

It's a horny alien Valentines Day as David, Carolyn, and Austin spend the holiday in the embrace of 3rd Rock from the Sun's "Dick Puts the Id in Cupid", in which Dick pushes the boundaries of psychiatry, Tommy gives his girlfriend the gift of him having sex with a frictionless sex genie, Sally takes a secret admirer note the wrong way, and French Stewart...does that squinty look thing.  So tu...

This week we are ringing in the new year with a return to Boy Meets World , the sitcom starring everyone's second-favorite Savage brother, for a Very Special episode about how if you're not careful, drinking too much will make you more likeable and fun to be around! Carolyn, David, and Austin clink their glasses then dive into such topics as cigarette vending machines in schools, hideous puppet go...

Merry Christmas Happy Boxing Day Merry Long Night everyone! Our holiday coverage concludes this week with a Very Special holiday episode of Cavemen , the sitcom inspired by insurance commercials starring cavemen who apparently were NOT recently thawed out in the present like Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer was. Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they discuss horny cave people, the proper way to prepare a...