The Family Archives

When you get down to it, there are two kinds of entertainment.  One is designed to make you happy, the other is designed to make you unhappy.  Think about it: does seeing people chased and killed by a monster make you happy?  No.  Does reading about an old lady dying make you happy?  No.  Comedy does make you happy, so let Frank and Costaki wash away the negativity that stems from hearing Bruce Sp...

The Renaissance festival starts this weekend, meaning that Summer is basically done, but The Best Of is most definitely not. Clips Featuring: Joe List, Anthony C. Ferrante, Steve-O See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're so pro-family that we even changed our name to it.  Joe is also pro-family, which seems to be an Irish thing.  Upward mobility also seems to be an Irish thing, since it seems like they all grew up lower middle class and now have money.  Is that what they call luck of the Irish? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn mor...

Despite our reputation, we love recycling.  More specifically we love good recycling.  A lot of recycling, surprisingly, is quite crappy.  It's probably the politicians' fault.  Have you heard our opinion on politicians? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

They say being a lawyer is a good job.  High pay, high importance, high prestige.  But for Nand, it was too easy.  That's why he decided to get into the used car business at the height of one of the worst recessions in America's history.  It's also why he decided to do this show.  We're notoriously difficult to work with. Tom and Doug are joined in studio by Walser CJD General Manager Nand Mehra....

How much do you know about Croatia?  Nothing, right?  Well prepare to be educated.  It's a lot like Yugoslavia except it still exists.  Also everyone from the country is a musician. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pop quiz, hotshot.  Sorry, what I meant to say was pop quiz hotshot Ryan joins us to prove to the world that Minnesotans, do in fact, know things.  Anthony on the other hand is making another movie about a highly improbable meteorological event composed of things that want to kill you.  They've both done quite well for themselves.  It takes all sorts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

The hills are alive, but The Hillbillies aren't.  Well, one of them is.  It comes with the territory of having been born before World War I.  You know what else is mostly dead?  Nearly all media invented before 2010.  Perhaps because of certain commercials which shall remain nameless. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn mo...

Boxing and wrestling seem like they should go hand in hand, yet they seldom do - until today.  First Jeffrey explains how and why boxing got so corrupt for a while there (hint: it involves money), after which we hand the mic to Josh Bashioum.  No relation.  Wait, yes relation. Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science Book-amzn.to/2YZmrMs See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Breaking news: lightning has struck slightly closer to the north pole than usual.  Naturally, this means we're all going to die.  Until then, we discuss why everyone is so horrible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Somehow, bed bugs are still a thing even though the logical thing to do in that situation is to burn your sheets and most of your bedroom.  Apparently there are some really gross hotels out there that don't follow scorched earth policy as closely as they should.  Also, celebrities are insane. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Hollywood is continuing its spiral into self-destruction and Tom's not happy about it.  Apparently neither was the distributor of The Hunt, who pulled it in a rare display of west coast lucidity.  It's just as well; the movie has been made several times before without the political angle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Lear...

Summer marches on and so does The Best Of. Clips Featuring: Brian Swinehart, Michael Q. Christopher Garetano, Tim Pawlenty See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When it's disgustingly humid outside, all you want is a little dryness.  That's why Adrienne is here.  Because we assumed that dry comedy would reduce the amount of moisture in the air.  You can't prove it didn't. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over time, the quality of things tends to fluctuate.  A lot of cartoons no longer meet our exacting standards.  Wrestlers aren't as good because they're all dead.  You can't even get horse and/or dog meat any more.  But then you look at comedians like the fine fellows in studio today and you know everything's going to be okay.  For now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omny...

After 9/11, America made some changes, to put it mildly.  Who better to recount said changes than the former deputy director of the CIA's counter-terrorist center and the FBI's national security branch?  Nobody, that's who.  And speaking of 9/11, here's a fun fact: as of this year, many college freshmen hadn't even been born yet when it happened.  If you want to hire some of said youngsters to do...

Have you met Harper Lee?  Trick question; nobody met Harper Lee.  Ever.  Except for Tom.  Yes, what is apparently the only person who has ever gotten a reply from her is in studio today, and even more interesting, he's also in the car business. Tom and Doug are joined in the studio by Tom Ryan. Tom runs a company that trains one price dealers but his real passion is collecting books. Tom tells the...

The truth is out there.  Again.  What can I say, Cassie's booking our guests now.  But Christopher isn't a specialist; curses, disappearances, mind control, and all the other stuff our former governor saw the documents for are on the table.  Also on the table is the National Down Syndrome Society's event that happened yesterday, so if you have a time machine make sure and attend.  If not, hearing...

You could say Elvis's life was up and down.  He went from a pauper to The King, a record-breaker to washed-up, then back to the top again in Vegas.  Richard argues that not only did Vegas save Elvis, he saved it too. Elvis in Vegas: How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas ShowBook Link- amzn.to/2OpLDaI See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

The truth is out there.  That applies to both aliens and mental health, which are equally mysterious to our primitive type 0 civilization.  Luckily, only one poses an immediate threat...or does it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world is a scary place.  Some weeks more than others.  That's arguably half the reason TV, movies, and social media are as popular as they are.  Hence, we blame Kristyn for all the evils of the world.  The fact that we're one or two steps away from TV is entirely irrelevant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more abo...

It's normal to dislike your job.  It's less normal to hate it.  If you do, you're probably burnt out.  There are a lot of reasons that could happen, from overwork to a concussion from being struck by a giant ball of ice from the sky.  Vicky's book doesn't cover the latter, as it's relatively rare. www.vickyoliver.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener...

All around the world, mass killings are happening at what seems like an accelerating pace, even if you don't hear about them.  This suggests a global problem.  Twitter and the media are pretty global.  Let's start there.  Once that's fixed we can move onto movies being too long.  Priorities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. L...

The Minnesota Twins are winning in real life and in flashback episodes: what is the world coming to?! Clips Featuring: Gareth Reynolds, Nick Pope, Andy Woodhull See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Six years ago, we learned what the fox says.  Today, we learn where the fish goes.  Both are long-standing mysteries, and we're nothing if not investigative.  We hope one day to qualify to stand on the other side of the Genius bar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...