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Show Notes Episode 242: “The Decade of the Dumb” This week Host Dave Bledsoe forces the copywriter who does the Show Notes for each episode to come in between Christmas and New Years to write some stupid shit for his dumb show even when he said “I promise, there won’t be ANY more shows this year.” (He lied, he always lies) On the show this week we talk about the 2010s and how they ruined the count...

Show Notes Episode 241: Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer This week Host Dave Bledsoe will take some time off to be with the people he loves most in the world, the other drunks at his favorite Dive Bar. (I luff youth guyths) On the show this week we look at the most important story of 2019. (It’s not the one you think it is.) Along the way we talk about all the stories bringing us to The Disclosur...

Show Notes: Episode 240 “Dave Saves Christmas” This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares that HE is Father Christmas and this bar is on The Naughty List for wanting him to pay the bartab. (It didn’t work.) On the show this week we look at the Dark Side of Christmas, and we don’t mean WalMart just before closing on Christmas Eve. Along the way we go back to the beginning of Christmas with the Massacre o...

Episode 239: Weekend At Bernies This week is not a regular show. I am recording it ahead to time and scheduling it go up as I am attending services for a friend who recently took his life. There are still jokes, not great ones, but when are there? It’s OK if you skip this show, you don’t know my friend, and outside of the character I play on the podcast (you do KNOW it’s a character right? No one...

Show Notes Episode 238: Family Traditions This week Host Dave Bledsoe looks back on the roads not taken, only find his Uber home from the bar has dropped him off in Newark. Again. (Not every black car is an Uber, Dave!) On the show this week, we talk Childless by Choice for a better Holiday Season! Along the way we learn a lot about Dave’s bad choices throughout the years that brought him to such...

Episode 237: The Record Company Gonna Give Me Lots of Money This week Host Dave Bledsoe is not ALL jealous of others good fortune and in fact wishes them all the success in the world, and these tears you see are tears of joy. (The only other time we’ve seen him cry like this was at Last Call) On the show this week we talk about selling out and angry fans. (Not ours, we don’t have any fans, even an...

Episode 236: “With His Hand in Goofy’s Pants” This week Host Dave Bledsoe goes to far and attacks another beloved cultural icon and is banned from the Times Square Disney Store for life. (Goofy knows what he did!) On the show this week, we keep up our vicious assault on beloved media companies by telling you all the reasons why Disney sucks! (We are definitely getting sued!) Along the way we talk...

Show Notes Episode 235: " Boomer Are You OK? Are You OK Boomer?" This week, Host Dave Bledsoe angrily denies that he is a Baby Boomer just because his drinking habit makes him appear to be much older than he is. (Seriously man, get help!) On the show this week we examine the hip new trend of the Youngs being cruel to the Olds by pointing out how the Olds squandered the Youngs future to pay for coc...

Show Notes Episode 234: “Dia de Gringos” This week Host Dave Bledsoe honors the spirits of his ancestors by drinking an entire bottle of Irish Whiskey in one sitting. (How this is different from a normal Friday night is open to debate.) On the show this week, we engage in a little cultural appropriation and try to create a Dia de Muertos that white people won’t feel guilty about. (Not that any of...

Show Notes Episode 233: He’s On A Highway to Hell Spooktacular 2019 Part 2 This week Host Dave Bledsoe hits the road, meaning he tripped staggering home from the bar. ( Again.) On the show this week we wrap up Spooktacular 2019 with the chilling tale of The Highway Killer, Larry Eyler who killed at least twenty one young men across the Midwest in the early 1980’s. Trust us when we say, this is WAY...

Episode 232: “I’m Your Boogie Man” Spooktacular 2019 Part 1 This week Host Dave Bledsoe carefully checks the locks on his door, and checks beneath the bed to make sure no one is there. (It’s time to pay his bar tabs!) On the show this week, Dave takes you on a world tour of his childhood monsters! (Including YOU Anthony! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID WITH THAT LEGO!) We begin in East Tennessee,first with...

Show Notes Episode 231: “There’s Whisky In the Pod-O” This week Host Dave Bledsoe contemplates legal action against Glenlivet as he has had whiskey in a pod for over four years now! On the show this week we discuss all the ways Americans love to love their liquor for very short periods of time. (Remember Zima?) Along the way we visit a young Dave as he is caught en flagrante de drinko by his paren...

Show Notes Episode 230: “What the World Needs Now Is Dudes, More Dudes” This week Host Dave Bledsoe declares this aggression will not stand, man! As the bouncer tosses him headfirst into a dumpster behind a Schenectady dive bar. (Again.) On the show this week we are stressed from all the crazy business going on in the world and take a break to examine the World of Dudes. (Excellent!) Along the way...

Show Notes Episode 229: “Moving the Country to do a Lot of Impeaches” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has his little way and drinks whiskey every day. (Just like every week, really.) On the show this week we talk about, well what ELSE could we possibly about it? (Basically, we have this script ready to go every twenty episodes.) Along the way we learn what the His Imperial Turdness did to get his dumb...

Show Notes Episode 228: “Chubby White Guy Blues” This week Host Dave Bledsoe apologizes if anyone was offended by his statements at the bar last week, he wants everyone to know that he considered himself an artist and was pushing the boundaries of what he thought he could get away with. (He got his ass kicked by a 63 year old Grandma) On the show this week, we examine the boundaries of what chubby...

Show Notes Episode 227: “You Know I’m All About That Vape” This week Host Dave Bledsoe comes back from vacation cranky and hungover, so basically nothing has changed. On the show this week we dive headfirst into the vaping panic sweeping the nation and it smells rather like our childhood breakfast cereal. Along the way we find ourselves delighted to watch a full blown social panic unfold before ou...

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Episode 226: “Nuke You Like A Hurricane” This week Host Dave Bledsoe has some ideas to avert the apocalypse of paying his bar tabs, mostly involving wearing a hat and hoping the bartender doesn’t recognize him. (He’s tried it before, didn’t work) On the show this week, we look at some of the ideas for saving the planet from Climate Change, ironically enough, involving giant space hats. (Think. Hug...

Episode 225: “Everybody Comes and Comes Again” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets Old Time Religion which is an off brand of bourbon that gives him alcohol poisoning. Again. On the show this week, we examine the Chosen One, King of Israel and Tangerine Messiah and why he keeps getting away with it. (Besides Mitch Fucking McConnell.) Along the way we head to Church to learn a little about why Evangel...

Show Notes Episode 224 Parts 1 & 2 “Signed Epstein’s Mom” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets too close to the truth and is cut off by his bartender, who just doesn’t want to hear anymore of his “theories” about Sid and Marty Kroft! (Dope fiends!) On the show this week, we delve into the High Strangeness of the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein. (Shit got weird) This week’s show is massive, so full o...

Show Notes Episode 224 Parts 1 & 2 “Signed Epstein’s Mom” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets too close to the truth and is cut off by his bartender, who just doesn’t want to hear anymore of his “theories” about Sid and Marty Kroft! (Dope fiends!) On the show this week, we delve into the High Strangeness of the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein. (Shit got weird) This week’s show is massive, so full o...

Show Notes Episode 223: Perfectly Good White Boys This week Host Dave Bledsoe just really misses his Dad. On the show this week we talk about all the angry young white boys out there and why they keep doing the things they do. (Hint: it’s because they are really angry) Along the way we examine the social rot that causes men in America to just be so fucking stupid all the time. (It isn’t the penis....

Show Notes Episode 222: “Uh Oh, It’s Magick!” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants you to know that tricks are something whores do for money. Or cocaine. On the show this week, we discuss how Marianne Williamson is using the forces of the occult to control our minds. (But she’s doing it for LOVE!) Along the way we get to learn all about the spookily youthful looking 67 year old spiritual guru and her...

Show Notes Episode 221: “What ME Worry?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe wants you to know ANY resemblance between him and a certain humor magazine mascot is entirely fictional and you shouldn’t believe your lying damn eyes. (OMG! Look at him! He totally looks like Alfred E Nueman!) On the show this week, we mourn the passing of an American institution, the venerable and influential Mad Magazine. Alon...

Show Notes Episode 220: “Walking On, Walking On the Moon” Part Two of the Moon Shot Spectacular! This week Host Dave Bledsoe uses special effects to prove he is functional and healthy and still can’t convince anyone it's true. (All the magic in Hollywood can’t help him there!) On the show this week, it is Part Two of our Moon Shot Spectacular, and we are asking if we even WENT to the damn Moon. (H...