A Very Special Podcast

    Episode #93: Unsolved Mysteries – "February 22, 1989″ Release Date: October 31, 2017 Patrick and Kat face one of their biggest childhood fears head on and discuss a season one episode of  Unsolved Mysteries . You know, the wildly popular series that was hosted by the legendary Robert Stack from 1987 to 2002 and then haphazardly resurrected in 2008 with Dennis Farina filling in for Mr. Stack. E...

  90s heartthrob, Devon Sawa, and his ragtag team of early 2000s Aeropostale-wearing superstars manage to avoid fiery death when the plane they are kicked off mysteriously explodes. However, doom and gloom continues to follow them and picks them off one by one? What could possibly be going on?  Plus, Kat gets a headache watching any Star Wars films, the 20th anniversary of John Denver's death, the...

Episode #91: Strait-Jacket (1964) Release Date: October 15, 2017 Warning: This podcast depicts graphic axe murders In 1964, the stars aligned and allowed Joan Crawford, William Castle, and Robert Bloch to work together on the camp/hag horror classic Strait-Jacket , which tells the tale of Lucy Harbin, axe murderer, who is released into the free world after twenty years rotting away in an insane as...

Episode #90: Goosebumps - "A Night in Terror Tower" Original Release Date: October 5, 2017 It's a Halloween edition of Book Club and Patrick and Kat take a journey with two unsupervised children who decide to visit an old prison tower in London; with spooky results. Patrick is thrilled and just like Shania, Kat isn't impressed. Sorry, R.L. Stine, maybe next time. Plus, a cameo appearance by Howard...

Episode #89: Roseanne - "Halloween IV" Original Release Date: September 28, 2017 Following a tough week, Patrick and Kat are now officially three years deep into doing this podcast and return to familial territory with another Halloween installment of Roseanne . This time around Roseanne is visited by three ghosts who try to cheer her up when Becky bounces Lanford. Plus, we are totally excited for...

Episode #88: Route 66 - "Welcome to Amity" Original Release Date: September 20, 2017 Patrick and Kat dip back into the request bag and pull out Route 66 , the classic 1960s television series about two bros who drive across the country and butt into people's lives. In this episode, the bros try to help out a sexy blonde who seems to be hated by every person in town for reasons known to the townspeo...

Episode #87: 'Allo 'Allo - "The British Are Coming" Original Release Date: September 14, 2017 Patrick and Kat go across the pond to discuss the critically acclaimed British sitcom, 'Allo 'Allo! , a series that Kat has treasured memories of from her childhood and Patrick has never heard of until a few weeks ago. Shocker; he loved it! They decide to watch the pilot episode which deals with a French...

Episode #86: Happy Days - "The Not Making of a President" Original Release Date: September 9, 2017 Move over Batman vs. Superman, there's a bigger battle at hand… Stevenson vs. Eisenhower. Yes, this week Patrick and Kat head back to the 1950s via the 1970s through a powerful episode of Happy Days that has Richie Cunningham falling for a gal who was Sizzling for Stevenson. Plus, we examine the Cunn...

Episode #85: Out of this World - "Queens for a Day" Original Release Date: August 29, 2017 Patrick and Kat dip into the 80s vault this week and unearth Out of this World , a quirky late 80s sitcom about an alien who impregnates a female earthling and gives birth to a girl who develops superpowers on her thirteenth birthday… It's all so Guardians of the Galaxy -y but with hot 80s fashion. Plus, fin...

Episode #84: No One Would Tell (1996) Original Release Date: August 20, 2017 Patrick and Kat return after a few weeks off to discuss the 1996 made-for-television movie, No One Would Tell , starring Fred Savage and Candace Cameron. Despite being an overall weird movie, it is a cautionary tale about the dangers of staying in an abusive relationship and serves as a public reminder to not remain silen...

Episode #83: Co-Ed Call Girl (1996) Original Release Date: June 27, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat unearthed a forgotten made-for-television relic of 1996, Co-Ed Girl starring Tori Spelling… and surprisingly Barry Watson. This is the one where Tori Spelling becomes burdened with the rising cost of college tuition and takes up a part-time job as a high class hooker. Oh, shenanigans ensue.   We have...

Episode #82: Sabrina the Teenage Witch - "Disney World" Original Release Date: May 26, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat channel their inner-witchiness (and bitchiness) when it comes to discussing the not-so-classic Animal Kingdom episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch . This is the one where Sabrina has to travel ALL THE WAY to Orlando, Florida to fulfill a quest from the Quizmaster, who is really nam...

Episode #81: Sweet Valley High: Double Love Original Release Date: May 11, 2017 Welcome to the first ever A Very Special Podcast Book Club (Imagine Oprah Voice Here)! And to kick off the celebration, Patrick and Kat are dusting the cobwebs off their paperback copies of the first ever Sweet Valley High book, "Double Love". This is the one where Elizabeth and Jack are pining after the same boy, Todd...

Episode #80: The Earth Day Special (1990) Original Release Date: April 23, 2017 So, Mother Nature has fallen from the sky, planet Earth is in peril, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar to get away from it all; and that's just the beginning! Yes, this week Patrick and Kat navigate the choppy waters that was The Earth Day Special , starring everyone; including Morgan Freeman who Kat was convinced was...

A Very Special Planet - Captain Planet and the Planeteers #1 (1991) Ahoy, hoy! In honor of the upcoming Earth Day celebration; Patrick dusts off his copy and reads the first issue of Marvel Comics' take on the wildly aged Captain Planet and the Planeteers  animated series. Envision it like story time… or something. We have some great stuff coming up, so don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review...

Episode #79: Seinfeld - "The Parking Garage" Original Release Date: April 11, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat dip into the world of Seinfeld for the first time on A Very Special Podcast and what better way to be re-introduced to a world of cynicism than with the classic parking garage episode. This is the one where Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George wander aimlessly around the parking garage of a ma...

Episode #78: Cheers - "Bar Bet" Original Release Date: March 28, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat welcome y'all to "The Shelley Long" years of Cheers , which is a super popular era of the long running sitcom but for two self proclaimed Rebecca fans, an unfamiliar realm of barroom camaraderie. Anyway, Sam Malone made a deal during a booze induced blackout with a shady Bostonian played by Michael Rich...

Episode #77: The 4400 - "Pilot" Original Release Date: March 17, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat venture into the realm of science fiction when they revisit the early-2000s USA Network drama, The 4400 . This was the one about a group of people who mysteriously vanished over the course of fifty years and then suddenly reappeared one evening in 2004. Plus, Patrick and Kat learn that someone has taken...

Episode #76: The Donna Reed Show - The Mustache Original Release Date: March 7, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat hop into their Studebaker and crash into a 1961 episode of The Donna Reed Show . So, Donna's husband comes back from a week long hunting trip and hasn't shaved so decides to craft his stubbly face into a bomb ass mustache, but Donna and Mary aren't thrilled. Oh, the insanity! Plus, Cher h...

Episode #75: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue  Original Release Date: March 1, 2017 Patrick and Kat celebrate their 75th episode with the biggest Public Service Announcement of all time, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue . A joint effort from George and Barbara Bush and every animation studios to bring you awareness to the epidemic that is stealing our youths! Oh, and it's a convoluted mess… just lik...

Episode #74: The Wonder Years - "Steady As She Goes" Original Release Date: February 21, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat slip into the tumultuous world of The Wonder Years , where Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper are constant odds of back and forth wooing. This week, Winnie is knee deep in her relationship with Kirk McCrae and Kevin tries to slap her in the face by dating Becky Slater; I don't know,...

Episode #73: 3rd Rock from the Sun - Dick Smoker Original Release Date: February 10, 2017 Patrick and Kat take a bizarre ride to the wonderful, wacky world of 3rd Rock from the Sun . Dick Solomon takes up smoking, Sally Solomon is put in charge, Tommy Solomon resurrects a frog from the dead, and Harry Solomon, well, he does regular old Harry stuff. Plus, lunch dates with Diane Keaton, confusing th...

Episode #72: General Hospital - "Luke and Laura Save The World" Original Release Date: January 28, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat take a trip back to the early 80s and watch a classic episode of General Hospital , when Luke and Laura ruled the early afternoon airwaves and battles those damn Cassadines and their pesky weather machinery. Plus, breaking news for fans of Days of Our Lives , flashback...

Episode #71: Galavant - "Pilot/Joust Friends" Original Release Date: January 18, 2017 [ download the mp3 ] WTF is Galavant ? According to Kat Halstead, it was a short-lived ABC series that combined elements of musicals, comedies, medieval fantasy, unicorns, dragons, and Kylie Minogue. Still confused as Patrick was? Well, listen as Kat recaps the first two episodes and Patrick chimes in with his us...

Episode #70: Friends - "The One with the Monkey" Original Release Date: January 12, 2017 Ding dong, 2016 is dead and instead of looking forward we are looking back… to 1994; when a gaggle of New Yorkers chilled in hodge podge-y, spacious, rent controlled apartments. Yes, this week Patrick and Kat decided to watch another episode of Friends and jump back into the carefree world of Marvin the Martia...