TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

Luke Jen and Sean try to quell their inner nervousness about the live show by turning to the wisdom of Bonnie Hunt.

Monologist Mike Daisey swings by to tell what happened when he tracked his beloved Apple Electronics all the way back to the Chinese factory where they were made.

Luke reports on his visit to Charlie Sheen Live while Jen busies herself 'rehearsing' for the upcoming TBTL Chicago shows.

This episode was missing from the TBTL archives and re-uploaded on April 24, 2025. The original title and show description are missing. 

In typical TBTL fashion Luke and Jen spend considerable time talking about how exactly they should be talking about the end of Osama Bin Laden. Plus, Luke cooks up an ingenious system for not mixing up the names Obama and Osama.

Jen enters her 14th hour of tweet/broadcasting about the royals, Luke makes a (rare) insight into the darkest heart of Charlie Sheen, and the triumphant return of Sean DeTore!!

Demetri Martin stops by to explain why he's not a big fan of Twitter-based comedy, Jen and Jason's relationship is strained by English Tea and Cinnamon Rolls, and Luke humiliates himself in front of his on-again off-again trainer at the gym.

Despite the freezing temperature in Seattle, TBTL launches its Song of the Summer contest. Plus, Luke takes a stroll down memory lane when he digs up his old Friendster account and Jen firms up her plan for obsessively tracking the royal wedding.

Luke is confused as to what day it is but manages to stumble through the show with the help of Vanessa, Jen, and the promise of some serious napping the second they're done recording.

Luke eases back into broadcasting after climbing off the red wagon on Easter. Plus, The Dusty 45's (who are opening for Adele in may... no big deal) stop by to play some tunes and tell some tales.

Luke and Jen reminisce about their days of battle rapping and the beat track Sean made, quite possibly the worst in history.

An email clarifying when it's okay to vomit in fraternity water fountains creates more questions than answers. Plus, TBTL turns 800!!

Luke finds himself angry at nearly everyone and everything, and even himself for being such a hater (and for using the term 'hater'), meanwhile Jen's insomnia leads her to realize that she's modeled her life after a character in a Huey Lewis and The News song.

Jen realizes everything she does is wrong, and sets out to fix things. Luke wonders why he's agreed to let a trainer torture him with Very Hard Excercises, while Gary Busey continues to delight and amaze TBTL (and the world) with his antics. Plus, new segment: Email Frenzy!!

Luke reveals exclusive tape demonstrating how annoyed David Simon (creator of The Wire) is with his cyber-stalking ways, Jen takes her granny rap game to new levels thanks to the listeners, and Andy Haynes reports on The Celebrity Apprentice (and appears to hate every second of it).

Robert and Jad from RadioLab stop by to discuss Radios, and Labs and a guy who might have been trying to sneak into the women's restroom at the interview site. Plus, Luke reports from Chicago on his near run-in with David Simon, creator of The Wire.

TBTL heads for Chicago to scout about for the upcoming live shows, but not before leaving behind a scintilating chat with Mr. David Sedaris himself.

Luke wonders if Tina Fey and her husband are actually Fashion Criminals, Jen has news about her Royal Ring order, and China's leaders remind everyone that yep, they're still pretty nuts.

Luke accidentally uses his vast knowledge of Afghanistan to hurt a co-worker's feelings, Jen contemplates buying a really fake ring in honor of William and Kate's Royal Wedding and TBTL presents one more reason to keep your kid away from Applebee's.

Luke tells the story of the nacho-cheese fueled near-roit he witnessed over the weekend, while Jen continues, with Raptastic Results, her ongoing campaign to get Jay-Z to sample the song 'Soldier of Love'.

Miniature Tigers stop by to chat about music, high school, and a harrowing run-in w/ Law Enforcement.

Sean sets a Seattle record (well maybe), for jamming toothpicks in his beard, Luke learns a hard lesson about Body Sculpting Class and Jen talks TV (and some Skeet Ulrich).

Ben Gibbard from Death Cab talks about the band's live video adventure and Luke makes a bold Vanilla Ice-related prediction while Jen tries (unsuccessfully) to hide her skepticism.

Luke decides to give himself a haircut with unfortunate results, Jen learns more than she wants to about bracketology, and McDonald's seeks to single-handidly revive the US job market.

Charlie Sheen learns the hard truth (that TBTL already knows) about live performances, Jen has granny advice for a guy who doesn't want to pay for his neice's Australian 'college' and comedian Andy Haynes stops by the studio and considers moving in.