Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown Podcast

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 13, “Sports Ray-dio.” And just in time for the end of RFR season 1, TBTB is going on an indefinite hiatus: Funemployment ends tomorrow, and since this started as a funemployment project, that means changes are coming around here too. So without further adieu, our last episode for probably at least a little while....

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 12, “Call of the Cougar.” Ray is still rehearsing how to ask Lily out, while Lily herself spills to Robbie that she also has a crush, though she won’t say on whom. She accidentally leaves her Discman behind when she leaves, though, and Robbie opens it to find a CD labeled “Songs for ?”, which he takes to mean “So...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 11, “My Pal Pronto.” The full first two minutes of the episode are about updating the greeting on an answering machine and how one answers a phone line shared by the entire household - oh, those were the days. This segues into another conversation about how strict Ray’s dad is, and that determines today’s RFR top...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 10, “Crush Me.” Lily grabs a tab off a flyer for guitar lessons at Mickey’s. At that moment, Ray finally works up the courage to ask her out, but of course it’s right when she’s on the phone scheduling her first lesson for right now. He walks her to the classroom, but she might have a crush on her teacher instead...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 9, “Detention Redemption.” Cell phones and pagers (!) are no longer allowed on school property because of how distracting they’ve become, and the RFR teens call this a draconian decree that’s taking away their freedom. (Watching this 20+ years later when this debate is still happening and I can kind of see the va...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 8, “The Imposter.” At the end of an RFR recording, as Robbie, Lily and Ray are congratulating themselves on a great job of talking, Travis almost gets electrocuted by the soundboard and none of them notice as they exit the studio. You can bet that he notices them not paying him any attention, though, muttering, “...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 7, “Political in Pink.” Before we begin, a note: This began as a funemployment side project, and said funemployment may be coming to an end soon 👀. Publication frequency may then change along with that - continuing with three times a week is unlikely; if I can still handle once a week, that may be the route; but...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 6, “I Am Question Mark.” Ray is fooling around with Lily’s guitar before she arrives at the RFR studio, and you better believe she catches him and reprimands him for getting hot sauce on it. She was almost late because her headphones were confiscated at school and she was trying to get them back, but there was a...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 5, “Clark Kent.” Travis and Robbie are watching a group of girls exit their second period gym class, and Robbie has a very obvious crush on one of them, who we learn is named Judy. When she stops at her locker, Travis notices it’s filled with pictures of horses and advises Robbie to talk to her about the animal,...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 4, “Radio Wars.” When Kim Carlisle passive-aggressively announces on Cougar Radio that the lame Radio Free Roscoe flyers in the TP-ed cafeteria are coming down because they weren’t officially approved, the RFR teens are incensed and make fun of her on their show, which the school principal then makes sure to shar...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 3, “About a Girl.” Our foursome is hanging out in the high school hallway as a girl named Audrey comes by to give Lily back her notes. Audrey immediately clocks that 1) Travis is cute and 2) Lily needs a break from hanging out with guys all the time. She invites Lily to do some “secret girl stuff” that day after...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 2, “On The Air.” After the soft launch of “Radio Free Roscoe” went well at the end of last episode, the radio broadcast is officially being advertised to the Roscoe High student body via flyers around the school, and our foursome can’t wait until 4 pm. But first, they have to get through the rest of the school da...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Radio Free Roscoe , episode 1, “The Power of Radio.” All I really know about this show is that it’s about a pirate radio station at a high school in the mid-2000s, which sounds like a fun concept to me, so let’s go! First of all, I love the theme song - female-fronted rock all about making noise and being yourself? Yes, please. I was going...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 44, “To Kill a Mocking Nerd.” It’s the series finale, and I honestly don’t know whether it was written as such or if it’ll end on a total cliffhanger. Let’s find out! Already I kind of have a feeling it’s the latter, as the episode starts with a group of bullies pushing a stereotypical nerd into the pool, and this sho...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 43, “Heartbreaker High.” One more to go after this, then time for a new show! In Ashley and Tamira’s cabin, Alex notices that Max’s leather jacket is lying on Ashley’s bed. He asks why it’s there, and Ashley says Cassidy left it after visiting with Tamira, but she’s very unconvincing while doing so. Alex grabs it to b...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! This installment accidentally took a little longer than anticipated, but we’re back, and today we recap Breaker High , episode 42, “Chile Dog.” We start out with everyone on the deck, and with Max’s guidance, Alex is practicing fishing with his grandpa’s old rod from an upper level, where he accidentally snags both Jimmy’s steak and Nigel’s toupee. Sean a...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 41, “Lord of the Butterflies.” We start out with the class finishing watching a “Harrison Pitt” movie (guess whose names that’s combining) that Alex has fallen asleep to, and Ashley is bemoaning the fact that her boyfriend is not the least bit romantic (watching the stars is nice but talking about the NBA Draft while...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 40, “Kiss of the Shy-er Woman.” We get a “previously on” and it’s Tamira kissing Max and keeping it a secret (from Sean, anyway) - is that all about to come spilling out?! Seems so, given that in the present, Tamira is ogling Max while Sean is talking and calls Sean by Max’s name as Sean walks away (Sean doesn’t hear,...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 39, “Max He Can Hat Dance.” Only five more to go! Alex is feeling especially homesick this episode - in his package from home, he gets a bottle of his mom’s secret barbecue sauce (the family camp-out is that weekend and he’s going to miss it), plus his high school baseball team made the playoffs even though he was hop...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 38, “Rasta La Vista.” Jimmy’s on an all-fruit diet, which seems strange for someone who loves all food as much as he does. His ulterior motive? Fitting better into a Speedo once they get to Jamaica (the rest of the friend group is horrified). On the island, the boys are gathered around a table where everyone but Jimmy...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 37, “The Deck’s Files.” Denise is trying to start her “A Touch of Classical” radio show, but Sean won’t give up the mic as he’s warning the rest of the students that the ship is approaching the Bermuda Triangle - and we get the background music to go with it (it is a nice nod to the episode’s punny title). He’s fearmo...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 36, “Worth Their Waste in Gold.” We aren’t in New York anymore - the ship has sailed all the way down to Miami! Max and Alex are ogling the women, to Cassidy and Ashley’s annoyance, and Cassidy rightly points out the hypocrisy she notices when she tells Max the guy behind him is checking her out. Turns out that guy is...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 35, “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Art (Part Two).” We pick up where we left off, with Max at Grand Central Station. He fell asleep waiting for the train, and while he was snoozing, someone stole his duffel bag with everything he owned in it. He may be heading back to the ship with his tail between his legs. After the theme so...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 34, “Six Degrees of Humiliation (Part One).” On one hand: ooh, a two-parter! On the other: my secondhand embarrassment already has its guard up. With only ten episodes to go until the series’ end, suppose it’s about time for a doozy. We start with a “Previously on Breaker High” segment! It basically shows the timeline...

Welcome back to Teeny Bopper TV Breakdown! Today we recap Breaker High , episode 33, “New Kids on the Deck.” The ship is pulling into New York City, Denise’s hometown! Sean tries to show off his NYC knowledge to Tamira but has his mental map very mixed up, which of course Denise immediately points out (she’s right, the only way you could get from the Bronx Zoo to the Brooklyn Bridge AND stroll dow...