Single Season Record

It's Christmas time and My So-Called Life is here to bum you out.

It's Sesame Street vs. The Ramones and the winner is, as always, Danielle Chase.    

You gotta keep your eye on the prize, whether that prize is a comet or a dumb idiot with soft hair.

Is it a lack of self-esteem that leads to us posting a second show dedicated to episode 12 of My So-Called Life ? Or is it an abundance of it?   Before Ashley Lyle cerated Yellowjackets , she watched My So-Called Life a million times and this is her favorite episode. So we mostly make her think about the score, which is the one thing about this show she's never thought twice about.

All Buffalo Tom wanted to do was gear up for their opening spot on the Lemonheads tour and now they will only be remembered for getting Jordan and Angela together. More importantly though: math tests.

What is love? (Brian don't hurt me.) It's a Brian Krakow takeover and Nate Runkel is here to work out some of his own stuff. Tipper Newton doesn't remember much but maybe that's just the brain protecting itself. Questionable music choices, terrible ADR and more Brian Krakow than anyone ever wanted in their lives. It's My So-Called Life Of Brian !

This episode drew the DeGrassi card and now we all believe in Tarot.

It's Halloween! And you can be anything you want to be and you chose disaffected ghost.

With third host Hilary Woodward back again you'd think we'd be able to stay on topic better. That topic being Sharon's father and his heart, not Claire Danes v. Bob Iger and whether children should even be allowed on television.

Carrie Gillogly, PhD, MSCL and television writer Richard Monahan join us this week to explore the inadequacies of the Pittsburgh school system and the general act of being annoying in the 90s.

This may be the worst episode of My So-Called Life , but don't worry, Derick makes up for it by bringing up Robin Hood : Men In Tights a lot. Like a lot .   @ThatsSoLampy @KevynSchmidt @DerickArmijo @SingleSeasonTV   singleseasonrecord@gmail.com

Lauren Flans watched My So-Called Life for us and now we have to pay for her therapy.     singleseasonrecord@gmail.com

Can you win an Emmy without tears? Is the IRS our collective daddy? What is the name of this episode? How do you say Reef Break ? Ashley Sutton and Sulia Altenberg are with us this week to answer all of these questions and more. 

Christine Coffey and Hilary Woodward watched My So-Called Life together in 1994 so we're making them do it again for us. And you, I guess. But mostly for us.   The Justin Tanner article .   @DerickArmijo @SingleSeasonTV singleseasonrecord@gmail.com    

You can't start a fire worrying about your little life falling apart.     The MTV Welcome Committee   Tara Sands Hilary Woodward Derick Armijo SingleSeasonTV singleseasonrecord@gmail.com

Whether you watched it at 18 or 8 or never watched it at all, My So-Called Life was a part of your life. So how could it have only lasted one season? You may not believe us that it did. But that's just you making assumptions and we don't have time for your preconcieved notions around here.   Whitney Powell Sulia Altenberg DerickArmijo @ SingleSeasonTV singleseasonrecord@gmail.com

It's only episode 5 of 65, but we couldn't wait any longer to deploy Pete Capella on Swans Crossing .  But what difference does context make when you're watching a show never really concerned with context? 

In June of 1984, a show aimed at helping America understand and embrace all the myriad aspects of hip hop aired across the country. But hip hop might have already outgrown this kind of presentation. It might be outgrowing during this show. And so there was never another episode. And to this day the world continues to mourn... Graffiti Rock. Nate Runkel from Yo! That's My Jawn! is with us to bask i...

Jordy Bogguss is back in Swans Crossing with us and maybe he'll stay forever. That could be part of Garrett Booth's elaborate plan after all. (Still no Mila. Kunis or otherwise.)

It's the finale of Drive (2007)! Is that exciting? Is it a relief? Guests Chris Hayner and Harry Nelson can't really even agree with themselves on a verdict. One thing we can all agree on is that Drive is definitely over and Wendy Petrakas, like her creator Tim Minear, is forever trapped in an endless cycle of abuse.

Taryn Manning gives us one for the ages and Emma Stone shows us a glimpse of why she's now EMMA STONE. It's Drive , from 2007, and Rob Lewis is here to fall for everything it's doing wrong, which is kind of the proof it's doing it wrong. All this plus parallels to The Last Jedi ? It totally makes sense!

Jordy Bogguss joins us for episode 4 of Drive , a love/fright letter to Taryn Manning and absolutely nothing else. OK, maybe also that stunt from episode 2.    @ JordyBogguss @ DerickArmijo @ SingleSeasonTV @singleseasonrecord

Harry Nelson is with us to make sure we know there's an easy answer for everything: Drive rules.   @ harrrynelson @ DerickArmijo @ SingleSeasonTV singleseasonrecord@gmail.com    

Matt Kawczynski might not like Drive as much as he did when we started this episode, but he is more likely to watch it now that he doesn't. One thing everyone can agree on though is how obsessed Derick is with that Three Stooges TV movie from 23 years ago.   @ MattKawczynski @ DerickArmijo @ SingleSeasonTV singleseasonrecord@gmail.com

Are we enabling FOX's abusive nature by dredging up Drive , one of Tim Minear 's many sufferings at the hands of the network? Doesn't matter, because we can't even wait for the record button to get pressed before we start.   There's also dredging up of audio from 2007, capturing the initial reactions of host and guest alike when they watched Drive for the first time during that week it was actuall...