Telehell

This week, we take a look at the History Of & The Top 7 Worst (or at least, most awkward) uses of a TV Device that conditions people to laugh...whether the material we see is funny or not. CAUTION: Some moments may be a little TOO Cringey.

There are reasons why a TV show never makes it to series after the "Pilot" phase...being a teenager who's able to conjure up a comedian for no reason ranks up there.

We return from our Spring Break in an uncertain world just so we can enter another kind of uncertain world...the Afterlife. As we present the case of the Only time (not counting his year on "Suddenly Susan") Eric Idle headlined a sitcom. NOTE: This is the first episode we recorded in a makeshift home studio, we apologize for any sound distortion, we promise to improve next week.

Our Mid-Season Finale has it all: The Beast from that Disney movie, A Ghostbuster, The lady who danced on the car in that Whitesnake song, The guy who dropped an F-Bomb on SNL in Season 6 AND More "Beach Boys" music than allowed by law..........That means the movie is good, right? After that, We're off for the rest of March, but We will Return with more Episodes on APRIL 5th, 2020.

FIRST: Details about a giveaway we're doing on Twitter Only NEXT: Our feature presentation about televised feature presentations. PLUS: We read some fan mail.

Love Stinks! And the 8 shows that we will be featuring here today is more than enough to consider a lifetime of celibacy.

"When you wish upon a Star......" You wonder how much cocaine was snorted in order to come up with one of the most Baffling Production Numbers ever broadcast on the Oscars.

We're crossing a BIG one off the list, just in time for Super Bowl Sunday. The tale of how one of the most infamous fabric rips in TV history came to be.

We take a few minutes to remember our "Patron Saint", as well as all the Positive achievements he made to television.

On this week before the Super Bowl, we talk about the reason why Football games push everything in Prime Time up about an hour or so; simply put, we have a little German girl to blame for it. NOTE: We recorded this episode while getting over a week-long fever, I'm gonna sound pretty F'd up.

As the original Star Wars was gaining popularity, it was only a matter of time until all the imitators would try to flatter the audience...This short lived space spoof involving a barely competent crew of astro-trash men, women & clones was one of them. SPECIAL THANKS to Rob Maurer for his help this episode. NOTE: We originally produced this episode in December, weeks before we heard that Buck Hen...

What happens when you take one of the most iconic Indie movies of all time, Remove everything about it that made it great, and add a Laugh Track, the future "Felicity" and "Goatboy"? You get a story that's a little over 37 Minutes to tell. CAUTION: More Explicit Language/content than we normally allow.

SEASON 2 PREMIERE: Hindsight is 20/20; and if it weren't for Hindsight, ABC's News Magazine of the Same Name would Never have survived past its first episode in 1978. Telehell is Back with an All-New Season, and how could we NOT take advantage of Once in a lifetime Wordplay?

New Shows start January 5th, 2020; until then, here's a Small taste of what we have in store this time around...

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: We look back at Season 1; and if you listen carefully, get a sneak preview of Season 2--all while our Boss breathes down our neck about it. VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Adam Carrizales & Joan Bishop for lending their voices to this episode.

SEASON FINALE: This season would not be complete without looking at something that makes me vomit on the inside. How far would You be willing to go just to win a buck? If it means sacrificing your dignity and self respect, then have I got a Show for You! CAUTION: Language Advisory

Say you're a popular TV show and two of its biggest stars leave in a pay dispute; what would you do to keep the show going? You hire clones of the Original, of course, and hope nobody is stupid enough to know the difference! What could Possibly go Wrong?

What discussion of Bad TV would be complete without talking about  the single most Expensive series/failure of all time (at the time). All Aboard for a trainwreck! CAUTION: Language advisory

Even Hell--let alone Telehell--has its limits. With that, here is a list of things that we cannot, will not, and will probably NEVER Review (Unless in certain circumstances)...or at least the ones we can think of off the top of our heads

NEW EPISODE: 16 years after the last ripoff of "Fawlty Towers", John Larroquette tries to avoid the mistakes that Bea Arthur made--even going so far as to get John Cleese's permission to do it--But do we get a well run hotel this time, or is this another place with stains on the mattress? Catch ALL of our episodes at telehell.libsyn.com

This week, we take a look at one of the two most blatant ripoffs in TV history; as after "Maude", but before "Golden Girls", Bea Arthur tries to show off an impression of Basil Fawlty. NOTE: This is a 2 Part episode, our "Nine Circles" will return in the next part.

Our maiden voyage into Telehell takes a look at a show that was such a critical and ratings flop in its  first episode, that the 2nd episode was a 30 minute apology (Let's see MTV do that today). Jackie Gleason's one and only foray in hosting a game show, You're In The Picture is our first subject…   Don't Forget to LIKE, COMMENT, RATE & SUBSCRIBE LIKE (FB/Twitter/BlueSky @TelehellPodcast) COMMENT...

Well folks, the time for Teasing has come to an end. In the next Five minutes; we're going to explain who we are, what we're about, and what subjects we're going to be covering over the next 12 weeks. We look forward to you coming back for more on July 7th.