TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

A first hand report on what it's like to win the Lotto, from listener "Millionaire Steve"

Luke tells of nearly passing out on stage during the nutcracker, Sean tells of nearly having a heart attack during TBTL, and some commercials so bad, they'll put you in a coma.

Luke finds a new machine that will fix all his relationship problems, plus Ballet advice from PNB's Kent Stowell, and Chris Brown officially loses his mind.

Telekinesis!

Eugene Mirman checks in from Copenhagen, Luke battles through sickness to do the show (even though he's terrible at battling through sickness), and Houston creates something even more historic than The Geto Boys (Luke didn't think that could be done).

On today's show, Luke and Sean share some deep, dark musical secrets, ticket are officially on sale for TBTL in NYC January 26th, and What's The Worst Movie You Can Rent This Weekend? Beastmaster 2, Portal Through Time!

TBTL debuts its new Climate Change Series: 'Scientifically Speaking, How Effed Is Mother Earth?', while Luke and Sean hatch a plan to break Sean into hollywood (by which they mean, Vern Fonk insurance commercials).

Luke dishes on how his motivational speech went and makes a big announcement regarding TBTL Live in NYC (a.k.a. Get Motivated Park Slope!).

Luke decides to do the show live from his car as he drives to Portland, with mixed results.

Disaster nearly strikes at the Austin Listener Meetup (Jen's got a full report), plus Luke's profile of an 88 year-old guy in Hawaii who's single-handedly trying to ID all the unidentified Pearl Harbor casualties, and Mike Pesca! on what really makes a film into a blockbuster.

The triumphant return of Cooking W/ Sean De Tore, plus Shut it Down America! re: All The Damn Sexting, and Luke is swept up by love and rage at the sight of Phoenix playing on a tour bus.

Luke casts battles the demons that live inside a bag of Cougar Mountain cookies, Jen goes to an Austin honey-tonk and learns she has a special gift, and listener Chris in NYC tries to piece together the events of a drunken night with the assistance of the TBTL Vmail box.

AfghaniTen Ben checks in from Kandahar Afghanistan to give us the local reaction to President Obama's plan for yet another surge, plus live music from Fences! DO NOT miss this episode. It's one of the good ones.

Luke heroically hosts the show despite his 'plumbing problems' (both literal and figurative), Alec Baldwin gets a TBTL pep-talk, and Swe- Ten Peder teaches us all how to say 'Ah Hell No' in his native tongue (very useful for when you're @ the Ikea by the way)

Karma catches up with Luke over all the poop stories & audio he's played over the years, but Luke has a surprise for karma. Plus, Jen's report from the Lyle Lovett show and fancy Thanksgiving in TX.

Jason dished on his family's bizarre Turkey Day hobo/ dress-up traditions, Luke frets about the 30 or so people he has to cook Thanksgiving dinner for. Then! things get romantic when Luke and Jen decide to boost TBTL's ratings by ripping off nighttime's most successful schmaltz-peddler, Delilah!

What would it sound like if we asked some local high school kids to re- record our theme song in marching band form, and then had Ben Lee himself announce the winners? Don't sit there like an idiot wondering, listen to today's show!

On today's show, doctors misdiagnosed a Belgian man as being in a coma for 23 FREAKING YEARS, turns out he was conscious all along. Also, apparently there's something called 'kick a ginger' day, and apparently some kids in LA took it very seriously. And, Jen checks in from Abilene Texas.

Live music performance from The Lonely Forest! Plus, what's the worst movie you can rent this weekend?

Booze News You Can Use (are we really 'powerless drunks'? the LA Times says no), Jen reports on her trailer park in the 5th ring of suburban shopping hell, and Joe Garza, the guy who filmed that 2 million dollar car wreck comes on the show to declare he is not a hoax.

Luke demos the new TBTL iPhone App, and talks about his new hero, a 10 year-old kid from Arkansas who talks like a little Irishman. Plus, Douchegate!

Luke gets official confirmation (from a black person!) that he's not a racist, Shut It Down America! with the sex tapes already, plus January Jones = awful on SNL.

Luke gives a crack dealer a ride @ 3am (and lives to tell about it), plus the hilarity of comedian Andy Haynes.

Luke's tries to tie a bow tie live on air with embarrassing consequences, Moon Water!, and JD and Thunder know the 'Worst Movie You Can Rent This Weekend', it's called Gymkata.

Awesome job alert! (if your idea of awesome is managing a McDonald's at Guantanamo), Jen finds an unexplained $7,500 in her checking account and tries to figure out what to do with it, a luxury SUV-maker has an idea... Whale Penis Leather Seats (seriously).