Pop Culture Continuum

Premises – what are they good for? John and Pat ditch the theme of the show for the first time ever to talk unscripted, unfiltered, uninspired. Plus, a visit from an alien! Or is it just a resident with a funny name? We’ll never tell.

Pat & John predict – with chilling accuracy – which of the many brilliant and visionary new shows on the fall schedule will make the arduous journey straight down the universal crapper. Plus: enter to win a trip to Camden!

John & Pat once again discuss their favorite cultural heroines, Abbi and Ilana, and link their characters back to some unlikely sitcom forebears. Of course, we’re talking about Lenny & Squiggy.

Michael Morris once again sabotages the podcast to discuss the age-old rivalry between Mrs. Butterworth and Dear Abby. One’s full of syrup, the other’s full of syrupy advice. Who will be left standing? Who will be left caring? Download and find out!

Hollywood insider David Schneider returns to break down the mis-en-scene of the two greatest revenge movies ever made. Unfortunately, we could only get hold of one of them, so the other one is “Death Wish”.

John & Pat remember the crazy genius that was Prince. Unfortunately, their memories are far more boring than Prince’s music, which is probably why they don’t have a record deal.

John & Pat attempted to go through an entire episode without actually saying anything of substance about the topic, or the world in general. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Pat yet again pretends to be interested in John’s musical obsessions, and John yet again pretends to be interested in doing a podcast. When they’re combined, it all adds up to an almost interesting episode.

John & Pat look at Garry Shandling’s groundbreaking TV comedy work, and learn a little something about themselves in the process. Mostly, though, they just learn that they’re no good at talking about TV shows.

John & Pat look at 2 pioneers of sketch comedy who apparently share the same gender, though they’re above noticing such things in today’s post-racial utopia. Also, an easy-to-understand explanation of nucleosynthesis! Truly, this episode is a gift to the universe

John & Pat use two corny old-rime radio mysteries as a springboard to discussing the greater mysteries of existence, such as “Huh?” and “Derr?” Also, a chat with the ghost of William F. Buckley.

John & Pat have nothing to say, and they say it longer than usual in this Very Special Episode with no theme. You may laugh, you may cry, but you certainly won’t laugh. Life is tragedy.

Pat & John take some time to get to know the people behind the world-famous personas with a game of 20 (or so) questions. You’ll be surprised and delighted by the answers! But mostly bored and itchy.

John & Pat almost come to fisticuffs when attempting to classify the awfulness of one of these films (I think you can guess which one). They’re just like Siskel & Ebert! Only. Not good. Two thumbs up!

John & Pat pick their top 20 songs for the 2nd half of 2015, just in time for half the artists to die. Who made the list? You’ll have to listen to find out! Though Kenny Loggins seems like a lock.

Social media darling Paul Myers joins the guys to discuss the illustrious career of David Bowie and his untimely death at the Battle of the Alamo. An episode to share with your loved ones (which for our listeners most likely means cats).

John & Pat continue in their mission to educate the stupid public by giving advice to Yahoo! Answers questions and looking at their local news. Unfortunately, many, many animals were killed in the making of this episode.

Pat & John look back at the year that was and determine it to be the pinnacle of human achievement. Then they look up the word ‘pinnacle’ and have to make a shame-faced retraction.

John & Pat compare the two biggest hit sitcoms on Fox by not really talking about them at all. It’s a holiday miracle!

Michael Morris joins the guys to compare a classic Christmas movie with one Lifetime churned out in 2 weeks, inadvertently proving the holiday has lost all meaning.

John & Pat examine the work of David Gedge via the two bands he’s in who both recorded the same album in different styles. Then they forget which band is which and one of them has a stroke.

John & Pat have even less to say than usual, but that doesn’t stop them from saying it over and over. In the end, only one will be left standing. The other will be lying on a mattress sipping lemonade.

An episode that was not requested by everyone! To no one’s delight! Pat reads emails from John’s vacation. Buckle your seatbelts this week you’ll have half of the voices to listen to, and double the opinions to disagree with.

John and Pat wanted the same ratings as Never Not Funny, so instead of developing comedy skills they just played Sevens for this episode. Oh, plus another mystery game! Who doesn’t love listening to people play games? Commies, that’s who. Also, those who care what goes into their ear holes – those people and commies. THAT IS IT.

John & Pat compare the two rarest ’80s B-movies out there – you can’t find these on Amazon! Or Wikipedia. Or IMDB. Don’t even try. In fact, skip this episode, because you’ll never see these films. Red Maze The Ice Cream Man