Telehell

Just how Bad was TV in 1979? There were Not one, but TWO TV Shows involving High Tech, Physics defying Trains. The Only reason why Nobody remembers this one, was because the Other show was "Supertrain". The Wrecks of '79 continues with a show Vincent Price should've left off his resume. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And Our Patrons (NOW AT NEW LOW PRICES)

SEASON 5 PREMIERE: Our 5th Season And "The Wrecks of '79" begins by going back to School to cover Not one, but THREE Ripoffs (or really, 1 Ripoff, 1 Sliver of a Ripoff, and 1 Actual Spinoff) of an All-Time Comedy Classic. Can all 3 of them make the grade? SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And Our Patrons (NOW AT NEW LOW PRICES)

As we have mentioned, This season of Telehell will involve Theme months; one new Subject every month from October to May. At the Start of Each theme month, we will present a Prologue to help set up the Subject--For our first Theme, we take a look at (probably) one of the Most chaotic years for Broadcast Television...ever. And if this Piques your interest, be sure to listen to our SEASON PREMIERE A...

It would be impossible to tell you about Every single show that we plan on covering this year...but Dammit, we're gonna try anyway. All I can tell you about this year is that each month will have a different theme, and that we will Only be doing 3 shows a Month...the rest is up to you to figure out. See you October 2nd!

It's time to Face the Press, as we Meet the Nation full of the worst people in all of humanity--all of whom get to pelt me with questions regarding our past season, a look at what's ahead for Season 5, And a MAJOR Update to our Patreon. SPONOSRED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And Our Patrons

A few weeks ago, we asked you to try and answer a simple question; How can a man lose all his clothing when he changes into an animal, but wind up with his clothes back on when he changes back...It was meant to be a joke, but some of you took it seriously...so much so, that we're going to give 8 of you some Prizes for helping us make this show. Our Next Show (Our season 4 Recap) will be on Labor D...

Our 2nd Summer Special takes a look at the time Sega tried to disguise an infomercial for their product line as a "Hip & Trendy" (hesitate to call it a) "Show" for teens. It's one of our many Patreon Premium Shows that we did this season. SPONSORED BY: Libsyn (Use code "FRIEND" for a free month of hosting) Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

Today marks 3 years since we began this stupid little journey of ours through the worst that TV has ever offered. To mark the occasion, we're going to do a series of Summer Specials this month, starting with the Telehell Premiere of an Episode of " The Marvelists " that I made for them (In other words, it's an episode of THEIR show, I just "Guest Directed"); where the Three of us take a look at Da...

SEASON 4 FINALE: The Man, The Myth, The Reason why NBC's 1983-84 TV season would become memorable...for All the Wrong Reasons. PLUS: Listen around 41:30 to find out how you can win a $50 Amazon Gift card or other mystery prizes; all you gotta do is be "Creative" (Contest Ends July 10th, a seperate post for the contest will follow on Our SOCIAL FEEDS )... This concludes Season 4 of Telehell, but th...

Part 1 of our Season 4 Finale takes a look at the first of Two flops from NBC's infamous "Be there" season. This one makes you want to "Cross the Streams" (if you know what I mean) SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

Just because something works in Prime Time, doesn't mean it's going to work in the Daylight. As these 6 shows prove to be an even bigger waste of Ink than a Rorschach test. CAUTION: We feel the need to point out that these are NOT shows that we "Hate", and that both "Dumb" & "Bad" are Not synonymous here. SPECIAL THANKS to Joe Blevins & Peter Freville of These Days are Ours: A Happy Days Podcast  ...

Believe it or not, There was a 2nd TV adaptation of a John Hughes movie in 1990...This one can go Buck itself. PLUS: Stay tuned to the end for details on a Special Crossover we'll be doing with The Marvelists this week!   SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

Life Moves Pretty Fast...unless you're developing a TV version of a Popular Movie; Especially one that seems to go Out of its way NOT to be Anything like the source material.     SPECIAL NOTE: We are dropping this episode Simultaneously on our Patreon , because this is our CHARITY EPISODE for 2022. From 5/1/22 to 5/15/22, Every time this show gets downloaded, we will donate $1 (up to $300) to the...

If Charles Darwin were alive when this aired, he would throw his hands up in the air, give up, and become a creationist.   SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

In This update we will: * Play a recent "Premium" show that will help explain our Charity episode in 2 weeks * Tell you what our remaining shows of  Season 4 will be (INCLUDING What that Charity episode will be) *Make a Plea for said charity; the New York chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (or NAMI for short) Other than that, see 'ya next week!

Nobody's perfect; the fact that some of the people we're going to mention actually managed to recover their careers after the mistakes they made is proof of that...But it Still doesn't mean they should've thought things through first. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

If ever a TV character was the definition of doing a thankless job, only to be shunned for no reason, Scrappy Doo is the Woodcarved drawing in the dictionary. Today, we find out how he saved, ruined, and became a punchline in a durable TV franchise. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq on Youtube And our Patrons

Once again, we ask ourselves if a show that wound up on TV Guide's list of the "Top 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time" TRULY Deserves to be there in the first place, or (not unlike one of our main characters here), the inclusion was the result of a Malfunction of some kind. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives on Youtube Retrocirq on Youtube And our Patrons

The Caveman: Inventor of the Wheel, discoverer of fire, reluctant seller of Car Insurance...Sitcom stars? Considered by some to be one of the most Controversial shows ever aired...but was it? Or did the ABC Network have too much of a knee-jerk reaction from Critics?   SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives on Youtube Retrocirq on Youtube And our Patrons

It's time once again to take a look at some commercials that made an otherwise "Super" game less so...But this year, I'm gonna need a hand. Fortunately, I know a guy who knows a thing or two about Retro Commercials. Our Special guest today; Dave of Dave's Archives (Who we also thank weekly for being a sponsor) ALSO SPONSORED BY: Retrocirq on Youtube Pair.com (use code QUICKSTART for a discount) An...

The Category is PHRASE; Only Vowels are left, can You solve the Puzzle? H_LY CR_P! TH_S M_V_ _ S_CK_D!   SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives on Youtube Retrocirq on youtube Pair.com/Free (OFFER NOT VALID ANYMORE) and our Patrons

They're Ba-aaaaaa-ck! Having been chained up by my Boss for refusing to work (perfect Christmas image, I'm sure), I'm now being forced against my will to review a 2nd piece of Brady-related media on the day before Christmas...one that is probably going to be Harder to review because of how "Happy" it is... SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives on Youtube Retrocirq on Youtube Stamps.com (Use code POD for a...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of "It's a Wonderful Life"--and while there have been many adaptations, homages and parodies of it since then; there was one time when the story was used to close the door on (what was once) appointment TV viewing...Too bad we can't wish that this story was never born. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives on Youtube Retrocirq on Youtube Stamps.com (use code POD for a...

Was this Animated Sitcom with David Spade as bad as people say it was, or was it the victim of outside factors? Our thanks (and a "Low Five") to LSuperSonicQ on Youtube for giving us a hand on this...BOY, this was a hard one to figure out without him. Sponsored By: Dave's Archives RetroCirq Stamps.com (Enter Code POD for a Discount) AND our Patrons

FOX tried to get its viewers to fall for The ol' "Revive a TV Classic that was a product of its time by adding pointless innuendo and edginess" trick...and they Missed it by THAT Much. (Thanks to Andrew Dick of "That Week in SNL" for a quick cameo) SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives on Youtube Retrocirq on Youtube Stamps.com (use code POD for a discount) and our Patrons .