Onesies

Andrew only supports women of color if they are legal citizens of the United States of America (ahem, Emi WON her match without Andrew's presence so it's fine, actually), Emily uses big words and we also talk a little bit about QUARK, men's fantasies and we slowly lose our minds.

Emily and Andrew blast off on another mission with Richard Benjamin and his crew of intergalatic garbage collectors and find themselves sort of stuck in a STAR TREK episode. There are black holes, lots of pew pew (for QUARK), and hacky performances. Wheeeeeeeee!

Emily and Andrew confront... THE NAKED TIME! Wait, no, Emily won't get that reference. Perhaps they've found their KOBAYSHI MARU! Wait, no, she won't get that one either. Well, I guess you'll just have to listen as they discuss Richard Benjamin... make-up actor, as well as how much an hour slot helps with supporting cast members.

Surprises abound as Emily and Andrew head back onto their star trek for space garbage, discovering maybe Buck Henry didn't have the right take on ol' QUARK. It's a longer episode (Pilot Two is 45 Minutes), with way less problematic vibes, no shitty transphobes, and a swell guest star.

Emily and Andrew blast off to a galaxy far, far away, where Richard Benjamin does a quirky* sci-fi sitcom straight-faced. Quirky meaning proto-transphobic, sexist, and pervy. Listen as the intrepid hosts brave pre-STAR WARS nighttime television sci-fi!

Emily and Andrew dock for the very last time with Prof, Darwyn, Simon, Theodore, and all the rest of the gang. There's a lot of (talking about) action (and talking about talking about action from our intrepid hosts), and not much else. There's a lot of tangents, both because Emily and Andrew aren't interested in talking about the show, and because they're setting up for a bit. Or t...

In an episode so cozy it's hard to determine when, if anything, any events occur onscreen, Emily and Andrew try to keep the boat on track. Even as they have to discuss women supporting women, David Tennant mooning, and... dancing, perhaps? Something else for sure. Nothing interesting, obviously.

Completing the show's very special New Year's duet, Emily talks about how well DUCK PATROL executes its duck-related puns, muted dramatics, thrill sequences, and much more. Andrew offers useful, helpful observations.

As listeners can guess, Emily and Andrew employ a rigorous, industry-best process for making sure they're in sync when preparing for the show. This week, we all get to enjoy that dedication as the hosts discuss mermaids, mooning, reading, and coziness. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The intrepid lads and lady of DUCK PATROL find themselves in hot water for not cracking enough skulls. Emily and Andrew find themselves bored watching as they figure out how to make it appear they're getting the job done. Sort of. This episode does not turn Emily around on the show.

Emily and Andrew settle in for another cozy mystery on the waterfront featuring bad communication about staff parties, British men who like sheep, and boats. No ducks, at least?

Despite Andrew's attempts to find an Emily-friendly subject show (ahem, David Tennant), DUCK PATROL receives a milqetoast welcome. Which tracks, given the substance of the show, which is about police corruption and incompetence, as are all police shows, ducks or not.

Emily and Andrew reach the end of another one season wonder or blunder and are left with many a question about their decisions. You too, dear listener, will be left with questions because Andrew gets the name of next season's show wrong! But join our intrepid hosts as they bid farewell to DWEEBS and Stephen Tobolowsky (for now?).

If you can't guess from the title, this episode was recorded immediately following the 2024 election in the United States. Join hosts Emily and Andrew as they try to stay on topic but find themselves distracted by the definitionally progressive television show from 1995. They also try to figure out why Wendie Malick agreed to guest starring on this twerpy show.

Somehow the show manages to do a Stephen Tobolowsky-focused episode and not leverage anything he can do. So it's boring. Listen to Emily and Andrew talk about how it's boring, how it's not as gross as it could be. Warning: Final Episode Recorded Pre-2024 Election

Is it the most disturbing episode of DWEEBS? For sure. Is it the most problematic thing Emily and Andrew have had to discuss for all of the pod? Maybe. This episode has it all... if you're looking for bad sex jokes, weird office politics, and then... criminal office politics? One would hope criminal. Icky bad.

In an entirely unexpected turn of events, one of the guys falls hard for Kari and doesn't have a gross subplot about it. Emily and Andrew keep checking to make sure they're watching the right show. There are the usual nineties yikes moments, to be sure, but overall... has DWEEBS turned a corner?

As much as Emily and Andrew do not want to discuss nineties fitness culture as presented on primetime television, they have no choice thanks to yet another episode of terrible work-life boundaries. Undoubtedly more things occur--oh, no, doodly-doo fantasy sequences... Joy.

Emily and Andrew are too busy being stunned at how the men write dialogue for the lovely female television actors to notice it may be one of the first (cyber) catfishing episodes. Join them as they stare into the abyss of nineties television.

Emily and Andrew think they're going back to the office with the guys but then realize it's another episode entirely centered around having to socialize with your coworkers off work time. Also there's some good Tobolowsky. Which is about all you can ask for with DWEEBS.

Emily and Andrew record the first ONESIES live and get to discuss unexpected better performances (oof), post-pilot changes, comic timing, the lack of comic timing, the lack of comic anything, and the ick factor. So much ick factor.

Emily and Andrew make sure there's no one using the phone line, then pop in the latest AOL CD that came in the mail, and zoom back in time to 1995 when the world hadn't yet given up on American sitcoms centered around computer nerds. What do they learn? Not a lot, but it's only ten episodes and at least it wasn't on ABC. Plus, Stephen Tobolowsky!

And now, the time has come, Mel's faced his final mission, He's walked the smallest steps, and now Emily and Andrew can run away. Da do run run. But, yes, it's true: WORLD OF GIANTS has reached its conclusion. Does it go out on a special effects spectacular? No. Is it at least not racist about its first Black character? It is, which is a welcome surprise. Does that mean Mel isn't g...

It's the penultimate episode and Mel spends the entire thing in a pair of shorts to make Jack Tripper blush. He's got to defeat some evil spies who have snuck into the apartment. Listen as Emily and Andrew discuss the juvenile version of mooses, scale discrepencies, character development discrepencies, and--at long last--giant hands!

Emily and Andrew tag along as Bill goes magazine shopping for a sick and whiny Mel, who's at home berating Brownie because the only pleasure in a man's life is tormenting his lady employees. But when Bill profiles the pharamicist, things start getting interesting. I mean, at least it's not boring. Tune in as our intrepid hosts ask the age old question--if a six foot tall man is shrunk...