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Our look at shows with "New" in the title continues with a look at what happens when something flashes in the pan, and people try to keep the pan flashing for as long as the can. As we see if NKOTB had "The Right Stuff" to be cartoon characters... SPONORED BY: Dave's archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

We begin the New Year by taking a look at some shows that take Serious advantage of the word "New"...None more advantageous than an allegedly "New" sketch comedy show that looked a little TOO familiar to the few viewers who watched it... Our thanks to Andrew Dick ( That Week in SNL ), Darin Patterson ( SNL Nerds ) and Ian Fermaglitch ( Ian Talks Comedy ) for a quick yet complex cameo. SPONSORED BY...

Once again, we spend our Christmas looking at a song turned Holiday TV Special; except This year, we're looking at one of  The most Polarizing pieces of media that ever existed, and the TV Movie it inspired...Hold on to your shoes, Ladies & Gentledemons...We're going THERE . Thanks again to Darren Marlar of " Weird Darkness " for playing our Boss.  SPONSORED BY: Dave's archives Retrocirq And our P...

To call Norman Lear a "Legend" would be an Insult to Legends...This Commentary is NOT about the extensive amount of work he put in to his 101 years of life; but rather, what it was he was advocating for when making his shows.

It's time once again to dig up a corpse from the Summer TV Pilot Graveyard; this one--from 1991--takes a look at the story of Robert Goulet as a former famous person who managed to get into an elected office (Pfft, like THAT could happen today). SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And Our Patrons

Author Justin Bergner (" Solving the Price is Right ") gets to COME ON DOWN; as he & I take a look at some of the most ill-concieved pricing games ever to grace the Bob Barker Studio. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

SEASON 6 PREMIERE: At Long last, Welcome to Season 6! You Know we gotta kick things off with a Big one; and for our premiere, we tell the tale of a show So legendary that one ABC Affiliate Pulled it Off The Air within its first 10 minutes ...What TV show could Possibly cause that much chaos? Thanks to Joan Bishop, Chad B. White, our announcer Mike Porter and INTRODUCING Darren Marlar of " Weird Da...

You're gonna get more than you (and I) barganed for this season... Special Thanks to Darren Marlar of " Weird Darkness ", and Apologies to the late Larry Lujack & Bill Price.

SPECIAL: No, we're not back...yet...but we know we don't wanna leave you hangin'. So until our return on November 12th, we present to you Two of our "Phone-O-Rama" shows from behind the paywall. These two shows pay tribute to two long-time, beloved infomercial pitchmen. AFTER THE SHOW: We'll tell you our first 4 shows for Season 6 ALSO: Listen to the " Post Modern Art Podcast ", partly b/c I did a...

SPECIAL: Summer is almost over; so what better way to mark its ending than by knocking back a couple of Pepsi's...I don't mean drink any; but rather, bring Four of our Minisodes from behind the Paywall that involve the soda maker's failed attempts to pander to the Pepsi Generation. NOTE: Pepsi is NOT a Sponsor of this program, nor are we endorsing them in ANY way...but we still like them (Happy 12...

The seemingly impossible has happened...bear with us as we take a few minutes to Remember Bob Barker, who passed away earlier today at the Well-lived age of 99. "Help control the Pet Population...have your pets spayed or Neutered"

How often does one get the chance to speak with someone who worked at "The Simpsons" during the peak of its popularity. For our 4th anniversary, we proudly present the FULL conversation between myself and former Writer/Executive Producer Bill Oakley. CHARITY EPISODE: By clicking/listening to this show from 7/9 to 7/23/2023, we will donate $1 per DL (MAX $500) to the World Wildlife Fund . Thank you...

SEASON 5 FINALE: 25 years after it aired, was the Final episode of Seinfeld really one of the worst final episodes of all time, or was all the hate it wound up receiving much ado about a show about nothing? Thanks for tuning in this year and all the other years, don't forget our Anniversary/Charity show on July 9th...after that, who knows...but it was still fun. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retro...

Former Writer & Co-Executive Producer of "The Simpsons" BILL OAKLEY will be my Very Special Guest today, as he and I discuss the truth about an episode of the series that has been seen by many as a Turning Point...for the worse...but Was it as Bad as people said it was? This Special edition of the show is Sponsored by the " Steamed Hams Society ", and our Patrons And EXTRA Special thanks to Ian Fe...

By request of our Patron "Funny Music Man" we get to take a look at a pair of Animated rejects that may (or may not) have been responsible for the beginning of the end of NBC's Saturday Morning Schedule in the 90s. ALSO SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives And Retrocirq (PS, #SaveTheCirq ) 

(Almost) Live From New York, we get to cause chaos around the Big Apple and look at just some of the Worst SNL Sketches of All Time. This episode would've been Impossible to put together without the help of the Following SNL/comedy related Podcasters: Andrew Dick of  That Week in SNL Brad Robinson of the Not Ready for Prime Time Podcast Darin Patterson of SNL Nerds and Ian Fermaglitch of Ian Talks...

The Internet's favorite TV Guidance Counselor (Ken Reid) and I track down another one of FOX's earliest efforts and kick it right in the Beans. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

Unfortunately, this is NOT the Al Pacino biopic about Jack Kevorkian; THIS "You Don't Know Jack" is based on one of my all time favorite video games. But trying to take an established brand to another form of media is not as easy as it seems...For our 2nd Patreon request this month--thanks to patron Chris Michaud--It's time for the (Real Life) show where High Culture and Pop Culture Collide... ......

The first of our Two Patreon Episode requests this month; and for this one, we'll be joined by an Actual Patron as a Special Guest Co-Host. As Neil Weinstein joins us for a look at one of FOX's earliest sitcoms, one that takes a look at the Lighter Side of Solitary Confinement (and if YOU ever want us to review a show by Request or become a guest co-host, you can Only do it through our Patreon, Sp...

This month is pretty much going to be dedicated to Due Dilligence, as we have a couple of requests hanging in the pipeline of our Patreon Page, one of which will be co-hosted by one of our most dedicated of Patrons...

In the past, we've covered failed pilots of TV shows. But what if the show in question  actually got picked up by the network, produced Several episodes AND was ready to broadcast...only for the plug to be pulled at the last possible second? 2002's "The Grubbs" was one of those shows, and we're going to try to figure out why the axe fell prematurely. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And Our...

How can a show with a Broadway legend, Nick Offerman's (then) future wife AND Friggin' BATMAN still manage to fail? It probably didn't help that another network produced it, but then pawned it off on a network that was still trying to find itself at the time. After you're done listening to this show, listen to our new friends at Weird Darkness ; and if YOU are a Podcast and want to do a Promo swap...

For this month's prologue, We feel that we've been on for a long enough time that we can go through our own archives to present to you a ruidmentary history of what we've mentioned about the FOX Network so far...partly because we won't be doing anything "Historical" in our next two shows, we just want to get it out of the way. Also, listen to Weird Darkness wherever you stream podcasts, and if YOU...

WB-Cember concludes with Three words of Caution...One, this may be one of THE most demoralizing shows I've ever seen in my life or death; Two, Reality TV sucks; and Three, if you happen to own anything made of glass, move them as Far away from the speakers as possible. This is our MIDSEASON FINALE, we will return in February with a month of Failures from the FOX Network. This episode is Also dedic...

T'was the show before Christmas, and all through the Underworld comes the tale of an inexplicable holiday novelty song, the TV special it inspired, and the creative liberties the show took to stretch a 3 minute song to an hour-long special (PS, Disregard that thing at the beginning where it says "our next show will be next week"...it'll actually be on 1/8/23) SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocir...