TV Movie Night!

Andrew and Mark listen to the buzz and check out another insect-based made-for-tv classic, "The Savage Bees." It's Mardi Gras and New Orleans has more than vomit in the streets and king cakes to worry about. They got BEES! "The Last Picture Show's" Ben Johnson and Tarantino favorite Michael Parks gotta stop them bees, and we're along for the ride. Listen in, how about?

Andrew and Mark brave the worst picnic we've ever seen, as ABC's "Ants!" (aka "It Happened at Lakewood Manor") comes barreling at us this week. Starring Robert Foxworth, Suzanne Sommers and Brian Dennehy, "Ants!" asks the question: What if a hotel had ants? But, not like the normal amount. Like, a lot of them? More importantly, however, we kick off an incredible month of April discussing the patro...

Andrew and Mark don our protective space suits and enter the germ-free world of "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble." Starring John Travolta, this 1976 made-for-tv movie looks at the world of Todd, who is stuck living in a hermetically sealed plastic environment for his own health. All well and good, until lousy teens come and screw everything up. Young people, am I right? Anyway, step through the airl...

This week, Mark and Andrew look into America's Mayor by way of USA Network's "Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story." Come see the humble beginnings of the nation's favorite TV lawyer, which generally involves yelling at his coworkers, demanding people be fired and screwing around on his wife. Listen in, how about?

Classic comedy duo Andrew and Mark inspect another classic comedy duo via NBC's "Bud & Lou." Starring Harvey Korman and Buddy Hackett, "Bud & Lou" takes the bold stance of wondering what Abbott and Costello would be like if they were strikingly unfunny and whose lives occurred solely in dressing room sets. Who's listening to this podcast? What's the point? I don't know, but listen in anyway, how's...

Andrew and Mark need parental permission for this week's episode of TV Movie Night, as we ask our moms about getting together with danger via NBC's "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?" Tori Spelling is on the run from a real creepo and we feel like the answer to the initial question to her mom should be a firm no. However, this 1996 cult classic is worth a rewatch, so join us, won't you?

Mark and Andrew have been invited to the most magical wedding, but there's only one option for dinner: revenge! And with Mark's gluten intolerance, it's gonna be a rough one. This week, we check out Lifetime's "A Bride's Revenge," starring "Switched at Birth's" Katie Leclerc. If you like your revenge plots to involve knife-wielding brides and obnoxiously curated alibis, then this movie is for YOU!...

Andrew and Mark investigate the world of drug testing and how a mistake can ruin a life. And also how Adam Sandler gets high school students addicted to speed. This week, TV Movie Night looks at "Testing Dirty," in our final afterschool special this month. You may think this movie is a simple morality play about not doing drugs, but curveballs are what afterschool specials are best known for. List...

Andrew and Mark finally ask the big questions, specifically what the hell friends are for? And they also ask what is ABC's "What Are Friends For?" for, too. Jan from NBC's The Office is trying to find some new friends after her parents get divorced, and it turns out, befriending the weird girl who is into Satanic rituals MIGHT not be the best play. Listen in to this tale of caution regarding weird...

Andrew and Mark are back in 2019, discussing the disturbing world of afterschool specials for the month of January. This week, we take a look at "Did You Hear What Happened to Andrea?" AKA "Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy," which delves into the terrifying effects of hitchhiking for a ride. It also reminds us that just randomly picking an afterschool special out of a list of names for this p...

Andrew and Mark make one last trip to Santa Town with one of the most recent entries of made-for-tv Christmas movies: Netflix's "The Christmas Chronicles." Christmas needs some saving and there's only one man for the job: Kurt Russell. Oh, and a bunch of weird CGI elves that are very upsetting. Gather 'round and listen in to this Christmas tale, how about?

Mark and Andrew know that Christmas is all about three things: Santa, love and Santa love. So, this movie has all of 'em. It's Hallmark Channel's "Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus!" From 2004, Steve Guttenberg, as a new Santa, needs a wife. So, he hits the road to track one down and it seems "Wings'" Crystal Bernard might be just the one. Will these two star-crossed Noel lovers get together? Probably...

Mark and Andrew grab all of the Christmas stuff out of the attic and get ready for a holly jolly December, as we look at Santa Claus made-for-tv movies. To kick things off, we look at 1979's "Man in the Santa Claus Suit," with Fred Astaire teleporting all around New York City to torment Bert Convy, Gary Burghoff and John Byner with Santa Claus suits. Gather your family, pour some cocoa and listen...

"Re-Animator's" Bruce Abbott is from the future. Comedian Bill Maher is from the past. And you, Mark and Andrew are stuck in the middle watching the 1988 tv movie NBC's "Out of Time," the finale of this month's failed TV movie pilot month on TV Movie Night. Time travel hijinx meets procedural cop drama in a completely original script (minus ideas from "Back to the Future," "Robocop," "The Terminat...

Andrew and Mark sit down and give thanks as they ponder one of the greatest questions of our times: "Where Have All the People Gone?" This week, Peter Graves and his family find themselves with millions of people turning into dust and deal with the aftermath. Go ahead and internalize your own Thanos jokes and listen in on this Thanksgiving bounty of TV Movie Night.

Mark and Andrew investigate the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe through 1996's "Generation X." This movie dared to say, "We saw 'Batman Forever' and we want in on that sweet, sweet comic book cash." Come and enjoy a cast of weird, creepy and dopey teens, a villain who can make people fart on command and zero Stan Lee cameos. All of the hallmarks that has made Marvel a household name. L...

Andrew and Mark hop into the driver's cockpit and get ready to get baffled in this week's episode. Famous race car driver Leonard Nimoy has ESP, a mystery to solve and the need for speed! Come along for the ride, as TV Movie Night looks at this failed TV pilot turned made-for-tv movie, "Baffled!"

Andrew and Mark are off to see the Wizard about the lack of a brain, but the scarecrow they find is a bit more cutthroat than they remember. Starring Charles Durning, CBS' "Dark Night of the Scarecrow" rounds out this month's horror made-for-tv movies. Does it do the "crazy scarecrow" genre justice or should it be put out to pasture? Tune in and find out.

Mark and Andrew are throwing the best Halloween party. Did you get your invite yet? It's not too far away. Just in a little place called HELL. Also, we have to be out by 11 pm, because the space is rented for something else that night. If you can't make it, why not check out ABC's Invitation to Hell, starring a face-melting Susan Lucci and a million dollar space suit. At least RSVP, just not to be...

Andrew and Mark listen to the children of the night, as they raid the CBS crypt and find "Dan Curtis' Dracula." Come and join us as we find out how the Nixon administration, soap operas, Jack Palance and Crockpots all come together to bring the horror icon to life.

It's the start of the scariest October ever, told all through TV movies. Mark and Andrew first tackle the scariest damn alien invasion we've ever seen. Scream in terror at awkward pop culture references, shudder at slow pacing and recoil with the knowledge that ALF might return sometime next year. It's ABC's Project: ALF on TV Movie Night!

Originally recorded on May 2, 2016. Re-uploaded here. FX takes a look at the 1997 North Hollywood shootout. And Mark and Andrew take a look at their look. Also, spoiler, it takes longer than 44 minutes.

Recorded on March 21, 2016. Re-uploaded here. Swamp people get all deadly in their whispers, and Tony Danza tries out his "Streetcar Named Desire" accent. It's a win-win.

Originally recorded on July 18, 2016. Re-uploaded here. Mark and Andrew find out about the 80s in a nutshell: cocaine, the breakdown of the nuclear family and white collar crimes. But, mainly cocaine.

Originally recorded Feb. 21, 2016. Re-uploaded here. Andrew and Mark strap in for the craziest meteor-infused metallic killing machine we've ever seen. It's KILLDOZER.