TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

Luke and Andrew have every intention of tackling a special Presidents' Day quiz, but things go off the rails when a listener sends them a clue to the latest TBTL mystery.

An exhaustive investigation into Norm's bar tab on Cheers leads to an episode of TBTL that any podcast consultant would love: long, rambly, and with a LOT of questionable math. 

Luke finally reaches out to England to find out whether his new favorite dog has been adopted yet or what! Plus, Matthew Stafford watches a photographer fall off a tall stage and just walks away, raising some questions about how he regards the people around him. 

Luke and Andrew are loving the new Netflix show Murderville . Also, CBS has an ingeniously evil way of promoting its new procedurals. And there's a reason Luke and Andrew are afraid of hotel telephones. (Open tape via @MaxAndIvan on Twitter .)

Luke is cooking up a possible TBTL adventure involving international travel and a canine namesake. Andrew is trying to solve a TBTL mystery involving a decades-old gubernatorial race in Tennessee. And that Nicole Kidman commercial showing in AMC theaters apparently has a cult following. 

Luke finds himself deeper in the Marvel Comics universe than he ever imagined, but he's still more of an Archie Comics kind of guy. He and Andrew also review yesterday's Super Bowl Halftime show and a commercial that was so good it was actually bad. 

Luke finds himself in a Twitter beef with one of public radio's biggest stars. Plus, the largest asset seizure in US history also shined a spotlight on an unlikely (and ill advised) rap career.

Luke learns the one question he's not allowed to ask Amy Poehler when he interviews her. And now he wants to ask it, of course. Plus, a weird glitch is forcing some Mazda owners in Seattle to listen to public radio.

Listeners help Luke and Andrew solve two TBTL mysteries and help them find a long lost audio drop. Also, Leslie Jones has been the best part of Olympic coverage so far, but her commentaries have been getting pulled from social media because NBC is dumb. 

Did you know that the Olympics are happening right now? It's true! But nobody seems to be watching. Plus, some PNW Orcas are bringing back a fish fad from the 1980s, and Joe Rogan still has his Spotify podcast, to Luke's surprise.

Luke digs through a mountain of emails from listeners trying to help him find his "Mystery Song." And Andrew spent a full day at the movies, expanding his horizons. 

Luke is falling in love with the absolute weirdness of Montana Public Radio. Plus, Minnesota has some of the best snow plow names, but the schoolchildren of Vermont are offering some competition.

Luke may be trapped in a cabin in snowy Montana, and Andrew's working on something that's not funny enough to be stand-up material and not interesting enough to be a monolog. Plus the Washington Football Team announces a new name that is somehow less interesting than "The Washington Football Team."

The kid who "wrote a book" and hid it in a library is getting more and more attention, and the volume now has a waiting list of several years. Andrew remains unimpressed. Meanwhile, Luke is still trying to figure out why a piano tune on TikTok sounds so familiar to him.

The New York Times bought Wordle, a hapless cruise ship scrubbed a satellite launch, and Luke wants to live like a Seattle tech bro. Plus, Tens of listeners help Luke try to identify a piano song he heard on TikTok. 

Luke stumbled on a clip of someone playing the piano recently, and he needs YOUR HELP identifying the tune. Plus, Spotify's solution to the Joe Rogan misinformation problem is…lacking.

Andrew opens up and tells Luke about one of his weirder habits, though some things should probably remain private. They also discuss eggs (they're legit kind of weird, right?), and Andrew sucks all the fun out of a cute story about a kid in a library.

Luke is obsessed with some cleaning-related videos he's found on YouTube…but they aren't cleaning what you think (I promise.) And it turns out HBO might actually be TV after all! 

Luke made a spontaneous gesture a few nights ago, and now he's a bit worried about the repercussions. Speaking of repercussions, Luke also stole Paris Hilton's NFT, and now he's waiting to see what happens. Meanwhile, Andrew remains a very good boy. 

Luke finally filled-out his 2022 calendar this morning and he is FEELING GOOD. Plus, a woman found out she actually won millions of dollars when she checked her spam folder. (Aren't we not supposed to click on those emails?) 

Andrew is auditioning new Tonight Pants, Luke learns The Truth about JNCO jeans, and the orange M&M guy is going to start tying his shoes already.

Luke and Andrew pay tribute to the late Louie Anderson and listen back to his greatest gambling story. Plus, the news anchor who showed little empathy when his colleague was hit by a car on live TV is trying to convince the world that he is a human with real feelings. Luke and Andrew travel back in TBTL history to find out if Luke displayed any empathy when Andrew was once injured on the job.

Luke and Andrew give Genevieve a call so she can describe the TERRIBLE movie trailer she saw this weekend (Sorry, Owen Wilson.) Plus, Luke is delighted by  a couple of pieces of audio he stumbled on recently, including sound of a reporter who got hit by a car live on TV. And Andrew comes up with a great new catch phrase…but then forgets it immediately :(

Luke has a big tattoo decision to make, and he's only got 3 hours to figure it out. Plus, Andrew's been watching some weird stuff with his new screen projector. And a listener has some powerful new intel on a theater promotional tool from 2003 that has loomed large in Andrew's relationship.

Luke and Andrew have about 40 minutes worth of observations and questions about the "Comedy" section of Cameo. They also discuss the story of a couple vandals who ended up getting caught because they didn't tip a bartender.