A Very Special Podcast

Episode #168: Family Ties - "Last of the Red Hot Psychologists" Release Date: September 10, 2019 It's the fall of 1987 and the world is about to be taken by storm by the arrival of Alex P. Keaton's HOT new girlfriend, Lauren, played by everyone's soon-to-be-favorite, Courteney Cox. Yes! Patrick and Kat are FINALLY sliding into the world of FAMILY TIES!  Follow us on Twitter: @verypodcast Official...

Episode #167: Who's the Boss? - "Mona's Limo" Release Date: September 2, 2019 Patrick and Kat have finally decided to slip into the world of WHO'S THE BOSS for the podcast and it's quite an episode. Angela, having recently formed her own advertising agency, throws a hail mary attempt at landing an actual client, but things don't quite work out as expected, and well, Mona and Tony decide to run a l...

Episode #166: Empty Nest - "Fatal Attraction" Release Date: August 26, 2019 After nearly five years, Patrick and Kat cruise into the world of EMPTY NEST, a GOLDEN GIRLS spinoff which follows the life of widowed pediatrician Harry Weston, as he tries to navigate his later years in life juggling his job with his overprotective daughters, a horny, eligible bachelor that lives next door, and, well, ou...

Episode #165: Murder, She Wrote - "Hooray for Homicide" Release Date: August 19, 2019 Patrick and Kat are asking that question again, along with Jessica Fletcher... "Who Dunnit?" Yes, it's time for another trip to Cabot Cove via Hollywood, when Jessica Fletcher is trying to solve the mystery of who murdered a Hollywood producer, the same one who bought the rights of one her books... and is turning...

Episode #164: The Man with Three Wives (1993) Release Date: August 12, 2019 Patrick and Kat slide back into the world of made-for-television movies with THE MAN WITH THREE WIVES, a chilling tale about a prominent doctor in society (played by Beau Bridges) who manages to trick three women into marrying him (Joanna Kerns, Pam Dawber, and Kathleen Lloyd).  Follow us on Twitter: @verypodcast Official...

Episode #163: Sweet Valley High - "Secrets" Release Date: August 5, 2019 It's time for another BOOK CLUB and this week Patrick and Kat dip back into the world of Sweet Valley High. This time, Enid's got a secret, and well, Jess finds out and spills it all over the school, putting a wrench in her relationship with Ronnie.  Follow us on Twitter: @verypodcast Official Website: www.averyspecialpodcast...

Episode #162: The Brady Bunch Grand Canyon Cavalcade Release Date: July 29, 2019 Get ready for a groovy time as the Mike and Carol take their Brady clan (plus Alice) on a wild road trip to the Grand Canyon. It's so wild, that this trip had to span three episodes. Plus, we get Special Guest Star Jim Backus! Follow us on Twitter: @verypodcast Official Website: www.averyspecialpodcast.com

Episode #161: Down the Shore - "Computer Date" Release Date: July 22 2019 It's the final episode of BEACH MONTH, and Patrick and Kat have decided to resurrect the long-forgotten early 90s FOX sitcom, DOWN THE SHORE, about a gaggle of mid-to-late 20-something friends who decide to rent a Jersey Shore beach house for the summer. In this episode, one of the characters busts out his gigantic 1993 lapt...

Episode #160: Baywatch - "Now Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale" Release Date: July 16, 2019 BEACH MONTH continues at the podcast and this week we slip into a dreamy episode of BAYWATCH when Billy Warlock's character, Eddie, slips and hits his head and imagines he is mixing it up with GILLIGAN and MARY-ANN of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND fame. Okay? Plus, how BAYWATCH went from a small show that was canc...

Episode #159: Back to the Beach (1987) Release Date: July 8, 2019 BEACH MONTH continues at the podcast and this week we slip into haze of yesteryear with the classic ANNETTE FUNICELLO and FRANKIE AVALON beach party revival flick, BACK TO THE BEACH ! This is the one where it's been some twenty-odd years since ANNETTE and her main squeeze THE BIG KAHUNA head back to Los Angeles to hang out with thei...

Episode #158: The Simpsons - "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" Release Date: July 4, 2019 Patrick and Kat are coming at you this week with a HOT BONUS EPISODE... and we are dipping back into the world of THE SIMPSONS. This time, our favorite family heads off to the Flanders' beach house, and well, all of a sudden LISA becomes cool and BART is a loser. Is it opposite day? Follow us on Twitter: @verypodcast Offic...

Episode #157: Gidget - "The Great Kahuna" Release Date: July 1, 2019 You know it's officially summer when A VERY SPECIAL PODCAST kicks off a full month of BEACH RELATED EPISODES of the podcast. Yes, somehow Patrick has tricked Kat into our third theme month in a row. To kick things off, we examine the short lived mid-60s series, GIDGET, which followed the life and times of a teenage surfer girl pl...

Episode #156: Seinfeld - "The Contest" Release Date: June 24, 2019 All good things must come to an end, such as MUST SEE TV MONTH, which we close out with the infamous MASTER OF YOUR OWN DOMAIN episode of SEINFELD. This is the one where Jerry, Kramer, George and Elaine try to see who can hold out the longest without... treating their body like an amusement park.  Plus, the first appearance of ESTE...

Episode #155: Caroline in the City - "Caroline and the Singer" Release Date: June 17, 2019 MUST SEE TV MONTH continues when Patrick and Kat slip into the world of CAROLINE IN THE CITY, a pivotal series that shaped our teenage years, but, was a series that never quite caught on with mass audiences. Anyone, the show stars one of our gal pals, Lea Thompson, who plays a cartoonist who deals with the t...

Episode #154: Friends - "The One with the Baby on the Bus" Release Date: June 10, 2019 Hey girl, Patrick and Kat are dipping into the world of FRIENDS for a third time, and this time they brought along some HOT guest stars. Including a pre-JAG Catherine Bell, Lea Thompson as NBC superstar Caroline Duffy and Chrissie Hynde.  Plus, Creepy Corner with Max Wright and Kat almost forgot our recording da...

Episode #153: Wings - "Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes" Release Date: June 3, 2019 Rally up, #katypats! It's a new month, new theme, throw your damn hands up! Move over Marvle, because Patrick and Kat are slipping into the expansive NBC MUST SEE TV UNIVERSE and discuss how their hit 90s sitcoms weren't afraid to exist in the same plain. This week, we are checking in on WINGS, when FRASIER and L...

Episode #152: Agent Carter - "Now is Not the End" Release Date: May 27, 2019 Patrick and Kat wrap up SUPERHERO MONTH and bid farewell with one of their favorite shows of the last several years, AGENT CARTER, which was wrongfully terminated by ABC. The series checks into the life of Peggy Carter, post Steve Rogers crashing his jet into ice and being frozen for nearly 70 years. Not only does Peggy h...

Episode #151: Smallville - "Tempest" Release Date: May 20, 2019 Long before the Arrowverse and the DCEU, was a quaint little show about a man who would eventually become the iconic Superman. Surprisingly, this show was on for a whole decade, but Patrick and Kat are dipping back into the very early days of this series with Season One finale, in which Lana becomes trapped in a tornado.  Plus, Crime...

Episode #150: Captain America (1990) Release Date: May 13, 2019 SUPERHERO MAY continues here at A Very Special Podcast and this Patrick and Kat dip into the Marvel side of things with the CAPTAIN AMERICA feature film originally intended to be a theatrical release in 1990, but sat on ice for two years (hee hee) and thawed out on the direct-to-video market. It follows the basic Captain America forma...

Episode #149: Batman - "Surf's Up! Joker's Under" Release Date: May 6, 2019 It is officially SUPER HERO MAY at A Very Special Podcast and Patrick and Kat slide into the world of Batman via a very strange episode of the 1960s Batman television series, in which the Batman and The Joker face off in a surfing competition.  Plus, Sally Field finally solves the mystery of flight.  We have some great stu...

Episode #148: Mad About You - "Paul is Dead" Release Date: April 29, 2019 Patrick and Kat return to the world of MAD ABOUT YOU, a fun, often forgotten about quirky little sitcom starring Paul Reiser and eternal gal pal, Helen Hunt. We discuss an episode in which a little mixup involving ANOTHER Paul Buchman, stirs up financial trouble for our heroes.  Plus, Patrick accidentally goes to a stranger'...

Episode #147: The Jetsons - "Jetsons' Night Out" Release Date: April 22, 2019 Patrick and Kat head to the future via the past when they discuss a hot episode of THE JETSONS. It's the one where George Jetson and Cosmo Spacely lie to their wives to attend a football game and then get caught, with hilarious results of course. Plus, what exactly is on the ground in THE JETSONS universe and should JANU...

Episode #146: Boston Legal - "The Black Widow"  Release Date: April 15, 2019 Patrick and Kat present to you, on Tax Day, one of our low key favorite television series, David E. Kelley's BOSTON LEGAL. This series paired long time boy toys James Spader and William Shatner as high-profile lawyers who often dealt with wacky cases. In this week's episode, they represent Kelly, played by special guest s...

Episode #145: I Love Lucy - "The Seance" Release Date: April 1, 2019 Patrick and Kat go back to the early days of television to discuss what is arguably one of the greatest television series ever, I Love Lucy. In this episode, Lucy, Ricky, Ethyl, and Fred propose the idea of a seance to mend the business relationship between Ricky and one of his potential business partners.  Plus, Lucy Scoops, the...

Episode #144: Doctor, Who?  Release Date: April 1, 2019 Patrick and Kat slip into the world of time lords, daleks, regenerations, and companions.  Plus, Lisa Rinna and Kris Kardashian join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the return of the Sigourney Weaver from Working Girl blazer, and Kat not knowing what Walk the Dinosaur is.  We have some great stuff coming up, so don't forget to subscribe, rate,...