The Family Archives

We batton down the hatches with this episode of The Best Of. Clips featuring: Gary Busey, Mike Gelfand, and Paula Bel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2006, Rush Limbaugh got in trouble involving pills in an airport. In 2018, Ryan Hamilton appeared on the Tom Barnard Show. The two aren't related, but the AI that controls what we see and hear doesn't know that. 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 two most destructive forces one can reasonably expect to encounter are hurricanes and drugs. Not necessarily in that order. Have you ever seen a before/after shot of a meth addict that's an improvement? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Burning things down is rarely a good thing, unless that thing is the Berlin wall. Then it's fine. It's also rarely possible to burn something down with music, again, unless that thing is the Berlin wall. At least according to Tim. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

If anyone has seen life from a number of perspectives, it's Gary Busey. Turns out he highly recommends it. Did you know he wrote the Bible? Or perhaps more accurately, BIBLE. This title is case sensitive. 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 major TV stations are having some problems. It might have something to do with the constant firings whenever they hear the wind blow. It's hard to make a profit when you're doling out 100 million dollar severance packages. Also, most TV sucks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

The KQ morning show has been around for over 30 years. A lot happens in 30 years. Gelfand remembers the things that happened on non-insomnia days and Tom remembers the rest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You never want serial killers and children to meet. On the other hand, growing evidence suggests that bad parents create serial killers, so maybe our guests have more in common than we thought. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Name something bad. Flashers. Hard water. Fake homeless people. Getting murdered on the bus. We talk about it all today, because everyone else is already talking about the other bad thing that happened today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you've ever wanted a qualitative analysis of what Tom and Kathryn think of one another, your day has finally arrived. You also get an analysis of what a former NYC police commissioner thinks about the future of safety in New York. It could be better. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Serena Williams has continued the storied lineage of tennis players getting fined for acting psychotic, only this time people are pretending to care for some reason. Speaking of storied lineages, a powerful media figure was accused of sexual harassment and was immediately fired, though he got a hundred million dollars for it so he's probably okay with that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

The State Fair may be over but these clips are on more of a Renaissance Festival level anyways. Clips Featuring: Bill Bellamy, Hal Sparks, Jeff Cesario 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 south has something of a poor reputation. Yes, there are certain populations that enjoy teen pregnancy and not having any teeth, but they're the exception. Still, they're much more visible. And entertaining, as long as you don't think about it too hard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Summit is a Minnesota icon, much like another operation that started a little over 30 years ago. The 80s was the time to get into Minnesota's heart. We hope to be a Minnesota legend in the year 2045. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Runaway debt and socialism have both historically been not so good for a country's economy. Twitter has been not so good for several peoples' personal economies. Lee has been proven to be highly lucrative for entertainment media even if she doesn't think so. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

MJ and Prince had a lot in common, but we can only take credit for one of them, so we do. We can also take credit for the most broken tailbones per capita, especially during the era before decent sneakers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Regarding trust in journalism, democrats are so-so, independents are no-no, and republicans are super no-no. Everyone knows the reason. So why hasn't anything changed? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can eat cake. You can be brave. Melissa suggests you do both at the same time. What you can't do is have your cake and eat it too, but you wouldn't want a bunch of chewed up cake anyway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brandon is a Navy SEAL, which means he's immune to fear. Not literally, but close enough. You should get as immune as possible. Fear is bad. Drew is also immune to fear, but he's not a SEAL, he's a comedian, farmer, and mayor. Not necessarily in that order. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Colorado is a great place to live, but apparently you have to be prepared to climb some mountains if you want to get anywhere. Why they built a city like that we may never know. We may also never know why they made some of these movies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...

Get a little taste of The State Fair without any of the risk of diabetes! Super Sweet and Savory Clips Featuring: Chris Redd, Tim Slagle, Brianna Schutte, and Fred See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Puppets are weirdly popular considering how everyone seems to find them creepy. Circuses are kind of similar. Tim's lack of creepiness is one of his defining assets and why he's so successful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can collect anything. CDs you can't play, VHS tapes you can't play, cars you can't drive. You can't collect comedy though, so make sure to go see it live. Well okay, you can collect comedy albums, but whatever. 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 devil probably doesn't care much about animals. Alesia, then, is definitely not the devil. Paul Harvey might be. Whoever it is, blame them for corrupt journalism and animal cruelty. Because blaming is easy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You have to have a relatively IQ to be a demolitions expert.  If you want to be one for very long, anyway.  We briefly tried to determine our own IQs but we didn't want to pay for the results. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices