A Very Special Podcast

Episode #118: Murphy Brown - "All The Life That's Fit To Print" Release Date: September 22, 2018 Ahoy, hoy! It's a bonus episode this week as Patrick and Kat PAVE the world for the hottest television premiere of the 2018-2019 season... MURPHY BROWN. Yes, girls! Murphy Brown is coming back, and this week Patrick and Kat have dipped into a classic episode in which Murphy Brown gets nervous when a bo...

Episode #117: The Boxcar Children Release Date: September 20, 2018 It's time for another installment of book club, this time Patrick and Kat dip into the world of The Boxcar Children, a story of orphans who are on the run from their angry grandfather and find an abandoned boxcar in which they claim as their new home. Along the way, they go on wild adventures and have problematic interactions with...

Episode #116: Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back) Release Date: September 5, 2018 Patrick and Kat return to the world of discussing music videos and this time they discuss the late 90s sensation, Backstreet Boys. What is the best way to dip into this world? Well, how about their strange music video in which the Backstreet Boys dress up like Universal Monsters. Plus, we love Jennifer G...

Episode #115: Living Single - "Shrink to Fit" Release Date: August 15, 2018 It's a Thursday night in the mid-90s, and you're done with your homework and Mama Bear said you can watch an hour of television, and girl, that one hour better include Living Single . Yes, our favorite girls in a 90s type of world. Anyway, Kat and Patrick settled on an episode where Khadija James is stressed to the max and...

Episode #114: Dynasty - "Enter Alexis" Release Date: July 19, 2018 This week Patrick and Kat finally decide it's time to "Enter Alexis," a daring Season Two episode of Dynasty that finally introduces the world to Joan Collins' Alexis Carrington, the bitch who saved a fledgling 1980s primetime soap about rich people and oil.  Plus, the most difficult Fuck, Marry, Kill we've ever done... and, find o...

Episode #113: Bewitched - "Which Witch is Which" Release Date: July 4, 2018 This week Patrick and Kat dip into the wacky world of Bewitched, a weird sitcom from the 1960s that is about an immortal witch who marries an advertising executive from Madison Avenue. No, this is not Mad Men, but it could be? Anyway, the episode chosen was from season one, in which Samantha's mother, Endora, turns herself...

Episode #112: Soap - "Episode 1" Release Date: June 16, 2018 Yes, Patrick and Kat are back after a short hiatus, sorry gals, life beckons; and this week we dip into the world of Soap, a brave sitcom from the late 70s that was a whimsical parody of the soap opera genre. The series starred legends such as Billy Crystal as television's first openly gay man, Richard Mulligan as a man with a guilty con...

Episode #111: Yes, Dear - "Big Brother-in-Law" Release Date: May 19, 2018 This week, Patrick and Kat revisit the basically forgotten early 2000s sitcom, Yes, Dear , but mostly because of its connection with our guilty pleasure, Big Brother . Believe it or not, in one 2003 episode, Mike O'Malley's character, Jimmy, ended up being a contestant on the popular summer series, with disastrous results. ...

Episode #110: Blossom - "The Date" Release Date: April 24, 2018 Patrick and Kat can't believe it's taken them 110 episodes to get to Blossom, but they finally got there and they pick one of the most controversial episodes of the series ever. Yes, Special Guest Star James Marsden asks Blossom out on a date, and well, let's just say men suck.  Plus, is Nick Russo one of the most woke television dads...

Episode #109: Boy Meets World - "Seven the Hard Way" Release Date: April 13, 2018 It's the final installment of our T.G.I.F. themed episodes, and this week Patrick and Kat are heading back on over to Boy Meets World land. We chose a popular late-in-series run, where Eric has a weird daydream that it's seven years later and the whole friend group has disbanded over some silly argument that happened...

Episode #108: Dinosaurs - "A New Leaf" Release Date: March 11, 2018 In part three of our foray into the wonderful world of T.G.I.F., Patrick and Kat ventured back millions of years just to spend twenty-something-ish minutes with Dinosaurs,  the popular early 90s sitcom produced by Jim Henson's crew and Michael Jacobs. We decided to watch the controversial episode, "A New Leaf" in which everyone's...

Episode #107: Perfect Strangers - "Because They're Cousins" Release Date: February 14, 2018 Patrick and Kat take another leap into the world of classic T.G.I.F. with an episode of Perfect Strangers from 1990. This is the one where Balki's cousin Bart comes into town, and Larry quickly discovers that Bart may be scamming Balki out of his life savings. Oh, and Bronson Pinchot portrays the role of Co...

Episode #106: Family Matters - "Laura's First Date" Release Date: February 4, 2018   For the next batch of episodes, we will be dipping into the wacky world of ABC's Friday Night branded sitcom-a-palooza, TGIF. We couldn't think of a better way to kick off this monumental occasion than with the first appears of Steve Urkel, ever, on an early season one episode of Family Matters .  Plus, we also ta...

Episode #105: Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990) Release Date: January 16, 2018 Before the The CW blessed us with their rendition of Archie Comics, NBC attempted to turn the wacky world of Riverdale into a weekly television series about Archie and pals as thirty-somethings. The series never came to fruition, but a backdoor pilot in the guise of a made-for-television movie does exist. Oh, a...

Episode #104: The Black Cauldron (1985) Release Date: January 1, 2018 The holidays are over and Patrick and Kat have decided to slip back into the wonderful world of Disney, and their biggest financial disaster is the perfect stepping stone. Yes, Patrick and Kat decided to check out The Black Cauldron , a film that did so poorly it nearly crippled Walt Disney's animated film legacy. Anyway, Patric...

Episode #103: ER - "A Miracle Happens Here" Release Date: December 28, 2017 Get ready for a holiday hangover, because Patrick and Kat are officially closing the book on Christmas 2017. It's been a wild ride, but the time has come for us to return to random ass episodes of Family Matters , but before we get there, we are taking one last stroll down Candy Cane Lane with a stopover at the hospital fr...

Episode #102: Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Release Date: December 20, 2017 Patrick and Kat travel back to the golden age of Hollywood to discuss the fun and fancy free adventures of Elizabeth Lane and Jeffy the Decorated War Hero as they battle hunger, problematic men, the expected standards of mid-20th century women, and a rival lifestyle writer all in a day's work. Yes, it's Christmas in Conn...

Episode #101: Night Court - "The Night Court Before Christmas" Release Date: December 17, 2017 Patrick and Kat have hinted for some type that they've wanted to dip into the world of Night Court for their podcast, and, well the time has finally come with "The Night Court Before Christmas." This is the one where Judge Harry Stone has to throw his coworker Roz in jail for not revealing the location o...

Episode #100: He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985) Release Date: December 11, 2017 A few years back, Patrick and Kat attempted to record an episode of the podcast discussing the  He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special but for some reason the files were corrupted and unplayable (looking at you Skeletor). But, low and behold they have reunited several years later, for EPISODE 100, and gave it a...

Episode #99: Home Improvement - "I'm Scheming of a White Christmas? Release Date: December 6, 2017 Does anyone know what time it is? Long overdue, Patrick and Kat return to the world of Home Improvement and this time we are discussing the episode where Brad and Randy steal from the charity coffee can to buy Rooster Man comic books and non-existent Gameboy games. Plus, The Manhattan Transfer drop b...

Episode #98: A Christmas Melody (2015) Release Date: December 3, 2017 The time has come to spread Christmas joy all throughout the internet and Kat and Patrick couldn't think of a better way to kick off the 2017 Christmas season. In the event you are unaware of what A Christmas Melody is, it's the modern day Hallmark Channel classic starring Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, and the diva herself MAR...

Episode #97: The Facts of Life - "Shoplifting" Release Date: November 28, 2017 Before Patrick and Kat dive into their annual Christmas showdown, they decide to take a pitstop with their gal pals from The Facts of Life . This week, it's Mrs. Garrett's birthday and Jo, Tootie, and Natalie want to buy her a nice Hawaiian print blouse but they come up short on cash and Jo opts for the next best option...

Episode #96: Out of Practice - "Thanks" Release Date: November 18, 2017 Patrick and Kat deliver y'all another Thanksgiving themed episode for the 2017 season and this time it's the short-lived and super obscure CBS sitcom, Out of Practice. This series from the 2005-2006 television season starred our pals Henry Winkler, Christopher Gorham, Stockard Channing, Paula Marshall, and a pre- Modern Family...

Episode #95: How I Met Your Mother - "Slapsgiving" Release Date: November 14, 2017 Patrick and Kat slip into Thanksgiving season with the classic "Slapsgiving" episode of How I Met Your Mother . This is the one where Marshall is gearing up to slap Barney across the face as pay for their slap bet from the previous season. Meanwhile, Ted and Robin have been broken up for six months but still find it...

Episode #94: Growing Pains - "This is Your Life" Release Date: November 7, 2017   The supernatural blur of Halloween is behind us and now Patrick and Kat have to slip back into reality, and the best way to do that is with a dream sequence episode of Growing Pains. It's the one where Ben Seaver (marvelously played by "friend of the show" Jeremy Miller) experiences a weird ass anesthesia dream while...