Boob Tube Boys

It's now an annual tradition where the BTBs take the week of American Thanksgiving to talk one show that the three guys know and love and this time around we're covering The Simpsons! Matt Groening's now 30+ year old baby is chugging along and crapping out episodes and the guys take an opportunity to reminisce about the glory days of the show before hinting at their feelings on the show's lengthy...

The Boob Tubers have lassoed themselves an episode of The Munsters where a vampire turns into a horse, and they're having a rootin'-tootin' good time! Brian, Spencer, and Van gather 'round the watering hole to talk pet dinosaurs, baseball bats that are too big, and--you guessed it--horse sex. A whole bunch of horse sex. You don't want to miss this culture clash of cowboys and monsters, complete wi...

No one ever called it "No Monster November," so the Boob Tube Boys are keepin' it creepin' with The Munsters, a black-and-white show about a scary family living in a standard issue American town. Brian, Spencer, and Van take a trip back to the 1960s to ask the big questions: what kind of monsters are The Munsters? Was Al Lewis history's most punk Dracula? Why would you put a mask on a wrestling Fr...

More creepy pastas?! That's right! It's Halloween, so why not? This time around Brian takes a trip back to the deadliest race in the universe, with dire consequences. Van sees what Jasper, Kyle, and our mean narrator kid are up to this Halloween, and Spencer climbs atop his wholesome Christian pony and talks about a formerly famous Kevin who likes to say really racist things and complain about bei...

The Boob Tube Boys take a quick detour and stop in that scariest of places, the most frightening of landscapes, a weird destination known as... the Twilight Zone. But you probably knew that anyway since we do two of each show. Anyway this time around Spencer hoists Van and Brian clear into the sky as they talk about the exceptionally famous "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet." But no matter how famous it i...

In what is becoming an annual tradition Spencer, Van, and Brian get together not just to read Creepy Pastas to one another... but to write them as well! This is one our favorite events here at Bootu Inc. and today's stories don't disappoint. This year we are putting out two separate bonus shows each with three stories, since we were just a little carried away writing this year On today's show we'v...

You find yourself sitting on your couch. It's a normal October weeknight, but there's a chill in the air. You feel the urge to turn on your favorite podcasting app only to discover... you're in the 5th dimension. Whoops! Well don't worry too much about that because the BTBs are here to help! Spencer grabs the reigns and leads Van and Brian through one of the most famous sci-fi shows of all time wh...

What is it about attempting to bring your long buried wife back from the dead that gets young people so upset these days?! Van decides the only way to find out is to drag Spencer and Brian north of the border and into the tundra wasteland of Canada, as the guys cover one more episode of Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark?! This one concerns a topic of constant discussion on the Boob Tube Boy...

The Boob Tube Boys kick off their spooky season by touching on the most frightening thing of all... foods you slurp! Van throws the guys back to his childhood in the 90s and they discuss the Nickelodeon kid's horror show Are You Afraid of the Dark? where they finally find out the answer to that age old question. There's Neve Campbell, references to Robbie Coltrane (RIP, we recorded this before his...

Following a brief recess, the Boob Tube Boys are back in the courtroom, ready to lay down the law. Who killed movie star Nicky Tower at the world premiere of his awful movie? It's up to America's cop-attorney gramps Ben Matlock to find out. This case has it all, from unruly bikers who won't curse to improbably dense weightlifters. Brian, Van, and Spencer analyze all the action, bracelet purchases,...

It's time for opening arguments as the Boob Tubers cover an important grandpa lawyer show from Brian's childhood, Matlock! Van and Spencer are inducted into Matlock's world by meeting a real thumper of a theme song, the Future Now cult, and legal assistant/MMA fighter Tyler. Who's the better cult leader, Joshua Bradberry or Ezra Smith? Is the principal from California Dreams the world's foremost b...

Have you ever forced a coworker to sit in your car with you while you eat a delicious, stuffed, mincemeat pie? No? Well then you must not be Francis, the star of the Casketeers! He's up to old tricks again as he grapples with his recent Gastric Bypass Surgery but don't worry because Spencer, Brian, and Van are here to comment on his every scrumptious bite. The guys talk all about the Tipene funera...

New Zealand's hit corpse reality television program didn't initially have episode titles, but Spencer, Brian, and Van remedy that and help out the charming Tipene family by christening S1 E5 "Tape Gun Troubles!" Spencer tackles this episode with aplomb as he desperately tries to walk the fine line between tragedy and fat jokes, which honestly is nothing new for the Boob Tube Boys This episode has...

Since season 1 of Andromeda behind the scenes some big things have happened. Chief among them was the exit of series showrunner Robert Hewitt Wolfe due 'star' Kevin Sorbo demanding the show focus on his character more. We explore this season 4 episode to decide if that was at all a good idea, and spoiler alert, it sure isn't! Van, Brain, and Spencer slog through what might be one of the worst show...

We decided to take Babylon 5, strip all the wonder and fun out of it, shove the big, dumb star of Hercules into it and out popped today's show, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda! Kevin Sorbo places himself in front of the camera while two robots get busy as Van, Brian, and Spencer tackle another space show. Is this one as good at the others? Well... no, but there are robots having sex!

The BTBs are back for round two of Melrose Place's unrelenting attempts at flirtation. None of the hosts thought things could get any wilder than last week, but that's before they met a greasy vagabond named Chas. Are Kimberly and Michael still evil? Are they somehow more evil?! Why would anyone marry Billy? Will Sarah ever measure up to Terry Stevens? Brian, Van, and Spencer have all the answers....

Freshen your breath, put on your hottest 'fit, and loosen up with a glass of wine. It's time for the 69th episode of Boob Tube Boys, and there's no better way to celebrate than by covering Melrose Place. Brian guides Van and Spencer through a world of apartment complex pools, gaslighting, and sexual dreams about nature. You'll learn all about night picnics and corporate retreats, so you don't want...

Did you ever sit down and think "you know what Coach needs? Euthanasia! Well OK, you might have thought about that happening TO Coach, but this isn't like that. We get a Luther-centric episode of the 1990s heavyweight sitcom in which his beloved pet hound dog Quincy assaults the college band leader (whose name is Riley Pringle). Because Coach is an asshole, Mr. Pringle takes the dog to court and a...

Hut hut! Football! It's Hail Mary time for the BTBs as Coach Spencer runs down the playbook with Defensive Coordinator Brian Vaughan and Towel Boy Van Lee. That playbook? An early season episode of the 90s sitcom Coach starring Craig T. Nelson! Listen in to find out just how good of a coach Coach can be when Coach has to help Rob Schneider make friends. And that's real!

It has been four years since the last episode of Magnum P.I. we covered (in-universe I mean... it's been 7 days since WE last covered Magnum) and since you're all dying to know let's reveal that yes, of course the show still wants to make fun of uggo women with glasses! Unbelievably we have a second straight episode where an old friend/flame is coming back into our heroes lives but this time Magnu...

Ah Hawaii, the last recognized state to join the United States of America (take that Guam!), it's a land that brought us Lu'aus, ukuleles, leis, and Hawaiian shirts. But that's not all... it also brought Tom Selleck showing off his balls in tiny shorts! Van, Brian, and Spencer trudge their way through the gun-totin', ugly woman-hatin' piece of 80s history that is Magnum P.I., and the guys fumble t...

The Tube Crew finds out quickly that ER changed drastically between its first and 10th seasons. Thanksgiving plans, helicopter attacks, and a reprehensible Bill Burr clone highlight a fun episode. Brian ponders exactly how much fire and wetness one episode of TV can contain. Has anyone tried Turducken? What show will Spencer force Van to cover next?

The Boob Tube Boys take their first of two trips to NBC's ER, this time covering one of the show's most legendary episodes. Things get dark in this one, but that doesn't mean it's all doom and gloom at the Bootu Inc. studios. Van, Brian, and Spencer still find time to talk Danny DeVito pregnancies, George Clooney's insult of choice, and (somehow) According to Jim

Have you ever thought to yourself "you know what I'd like to see? About a dozen insufferable jerks half-ass looking for a child in the mall while fretting about their relationship issues." Well then this episode is precisely what you're looking for! Spencer tries desperately to keep Van and Brian on track discussing this depressing Party of Five episode but chickens keep getting in the way Put on...

This week the 'tubers are heading to the 90s to take a look at the hit drama Party of Five where a bunch of hot people act like idiots and do stupid things without considering the repercussions of their actions. Jack from Lost is here and he's looking confused while he fools around behind his girlfriend's back. There's also Scott Beowolf fighting Grendel (if Grendel were 'being a decent human' tha...