A Very Special Podcast

It's prom season at Bayside... but when Kelly runs into a string of setbacks that threaten their big night together, the gang gets pulled into one of the show's most unexpectedly bittersweet episodes. Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

In this episode, we go back to 1961 and crack open one of the strangest network TV experiments ever aired:  THE HATHAWAYS . A show about a suburban family… that just happens to include three chimpanzees. Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Before Gordon Shumway smashed his spacecraft into the Tanner household, he lived on Melmac, and NBC had this grand idea to turn those years into an animated series in the late '80s. Listening Portal:  https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Hello.... is it us you're looking for? Patrick and Kat return to the world of music videos, and in doing so, stumble into the creepiest short form musical theater to ever invade the airwaves of MTV, and most likely VH1 at some point. And with that said... It's Lionel Richie Day here at the podcast! Listening Portal:  https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Patrick and Kat head to the movies, and all the way to 1988, to discuss the Bette Midler / Lily Tomlin film in which they portray two pairs of identical twins mismatched at birth. It's a whole comedy of errors, and well, kind of a retro modern retelling of The Comedy of Errors.  Listening Portal:  https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Originally recorded in the fall of 2016, but never released, our dive into the Nickelodeon made-for-tv movie, Cry Baby Lane. 

Before our next episode drops, we're presenting to you something from our Patreon archives.  Another installment of Commercial Corner, an AVSP spin-off that takes a peak at the commercials that made us. This go around, we're talking about a series of 1-800-Collect ads, which is how we used to communicate before cellphones.  Originally recorded in 2020. 

Patrick and Kat spend Christmas with the Bunkers. Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Patrick and Kat discuss a holiday themed episode of The Drew Carey, in which Drew Carey dates an older gal (Shirley Jones), and Mimi sells Christmas trees door-to-door.  Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Patrick and Kat find themselves pleasantly surprised with a 2016 episode of Kevin Can Wait.  Listening Portal:  https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Remember the 90s? Pauly Shore was a cultural icon on MTV and then parlayed his career into the acting world. Were his films meaningful? Probably not, but they were an absolute treat if you were in the demographic. Recorded in 2020, and from our Patreon vault, we give thanks by releasing this dot mp3 to the main feed. Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Patrick and Kat take another trip down memory lane and revisit the timeless classic, Garfield's Thanksgiving , in which they share their theories on Jon Arbuckle's living situation, Patrick's tenure as the president of the local chapter of the Garfield Fan Club, and other tasty holiday treats. Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Kat is still on her European getaway, so we're unleashing another episode of Commercial Corner from behind the Patreon paywall.  This time, it is the Taster's Choice Coffee Saga by Nescafe.  [Recorded in 2020] Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast.

Before our next episode drops, we're presenting to you something from our Patreon archives. Another installment of Commercial Corner, an AVSP spin-off that takes a peak at the commercials that made us. This go around, we're talking about those infamous MILK ads, which claimed that it does a body good.  Originally recorded in March of 2020. 

Patrick and Kat dig one out of the vaults... a very bizarre episode of  The Beverly Hillbillies. When Granny mistakes a kangaroo for a jackrabbit, chaos hops into Beverly Hills. Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Patrick and Kat don their aprons and hairnets for a return shift at Los Angeles' most glamorous high-rise restaurant as It's a Living serves up a piping-hot slice of late-'80s sitcom surrealism. Listening Portal:  https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast

Before we drop our next regularly scheduled episode, we're giving you a taste of the goodies hiding behind our Patreon paywall. This one's a throwback from 2020, when we dove deep into the decadent world of Grey Poupon... the Cadillac of condiments, the Rolls-Royce of mustard, the most luxurious spread ever to grace a sandwich.    

Patrick and Kat slide into the world of TAXI, and discuss, what they believe is the most monumental episode of the series, which reintroduced Christopher Lloyd into the mix.  Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrc5qBjkvuEbelJd4khAY6Q

Better late than never... Patrick and Kat finally release their discussion on the often maligned Teen Wolf Too, starring our boy, Jason Bateman.  Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/averyspecialpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrc5qBjkvuEbelJd4khAY6Q

Find out what happens during the holidays in New York City's Upper East Side...  Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/averyspecialpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrc5qBjkvuEbelJd4khAY6Q

Patrick and Kat take you on a trip to a small, little, Midwestern town, where everything isn't as always as it seems...  Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/averyspecialpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrc5qBjkvuEbelJd4khAY6Q

Jane Krakowski, Lauren Holly, Dennis Franz, and others join Natalie Maines and her gal pals for a lighthearted romp all about murdering your abusive husband.  Listening Portal: https://linktr.ee/averyspecialpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/averyspecialpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrc5qBjkvuEbelJd4khAY6Q

Ho-ho-hold on to your laughter, folks! Pat and Kat are back with A Very Special Podcast, and this time they're diving headfirst into the festive chaos that is "Oh Tannerbaum," a season one Christmas episode of the iconic '80s sitcom Alf. Join your favorite hosts as they dissect Alf's comically clueless approach to Christmas and The Tanners' equally baffling attempts at educating him. Spoiler alert...

Join Patrick and Kat, as they unearth a relic from the summer of 2021 in this "LEFT BEHIND" episode of their podcast and deal with growing strains on GROWING PAINS.  In this hilarious and nostalgia-filled journey, the hosts set their sights on a classic final season episode of "Growing Pains" – "Stop Luke and Listen," where Leonardo DiCaprio makes his grand entrance into the world of sitcoms. Plus...