Getting Through This with Tom and Scott

After more than 700 performances the Broadway show "Wicked" is finally criticized by Tom Saunders, who finds the tunes not "catchy" enough, but who also is joyful that no one critic, including himself, has the power to close a show.

Tom reveals he drove all the waty to Providence Rhode Island to get together with an ex-girlfriend -- and brought his fiancee along! The incredible true story of their exciting "near-cation" is told in unflinching detail but -- trigger warning -- there's an embarrassing and terrifying twist!

Tom gets together with his ex-girlfriend Margie and brings his Fiancee along for a visit to what may be America's most under-appreciated tourist destination: Rhode Island,. Days of problem-free happiness threaten to leave them with no good travel anecdotes, until a Hitchcokian nightmare caused by the need to go to the bathroom in the middle of a busy turnpike.

Horrifyingly loud, incessant and stupid music ruins a Mets baseball game for four fans. WARNING: To vividly illustrate the problem actual hideous stings recorded at Citi Field are played on this podcast, so baseball fans over age of 45 may need to leave the room.

After 40 years Tom reviews his bucket list and discovers he has accomplished everything except for one item: become the greatest international bio-comedian of all time.

Not only does Scott Blakeman's intro to this episode deserve a Pulitzer Prize but a phrase in the episode should get a special Pulitzer for outstanding sentence fragments! And a regrettable comment about the inability of restaurant guests to leave until the check is paid is walked back with blinding speed, possibly a record for quickness of mea culpa after a gaffe or "mispeaking."

"Small Towning" a new National Pastime safer than skiing or surfing is explained and discussed with a focus on one of the best small towns in the world: Saratoga, recently visited by Tom. Thus have we again scooped the New York Times, possibly by months!

Tom and Scott unveil a new beverage to compete with liquor and coffee but is way better than either: Jarboo! While the ingredients have not yet been discovered the new beverage is expected to be delicious, not habit forming and makes operating heavy machinery a breeze.

Scott goes back in time to the Borscht Belt Fest in Ellenville, where he performed and reveled in the Catskills memorabilia at the Borscht Belt Museum. And he even toasted s,mores on the campfire for the very first time!

Tom pioneers new form of heroism by watching heated, devastating congressional hearing on TV so others don't have to, a selfless act possibly deserving of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Bastille Day in NYC leads to travel tips especially the “near-cation” concept that the NYT won’t report on for months.

Our guide to meeting the moment leads to Tom revealing his addiction to news has only worsened.

The 700th episode! Exciting look back at 3 plus years of podcast excellence yields Nobel- worthy introspection.

Scott returns from Hawaii where a lovely summer breeze gave him an idea: why not capture Hawaiian breezes and ship them to less pleasant places in the world— but how? Tom provides a solution.

Tom’s life with Asian fiancée in both NYC and tiny town in Catskills inspires a serious plan to go back to 1960s and pitch it as sitcom (BEFORE “Green Acres” is launched) using our hopefully soon-to-be built Time Machine!

Scott on a layover near LAX regales Tom and listeners with an astonishing but true Hallmark Channel worthy true story of a broken Casio watch.

Tom and Scott happily don their navy suits to celebrate the life of a true original.

Thomas Wolfe is proven wrong when Scott shows you can go home again.

Short trips revealed to be exciting low carbon alternative travel trend. This despite paving stone causing expensive gear shift shearing.

Tom and Sandy’s thrilling Ponce de Leon-like discovery of how great Boston is these days, plus Scotty and Ginger’s near mishaps in Paris result in “a podcastical triumph” (Clive Barnes)

Scott’s Paris anecdote with no mishaps yields joy not jealousy promising to end war in months

Paris to New York we discuss the portal from NYC to Dublin and our friends amazing reactions!

Scott’s appreciation of his loud neighbor may lead to his long sought Nobel Prize for Neighborliness. And Tom is also on track to be the first to win the Nobel Prize for Cleaning the Nobel Prize.

Tom goes back to 1887, without our soon to be completed Time Machine, to West Orange, New Jersey, where the future was invented almost 150 years. Yes, the Edison campus is preserved just as it was when the Wizard of West Orange created his wondrous inventions for all the world to see!

As Co-Mayor of Irving Place with Tommy, Scott proclaims the State of our Street to be strong. And Tom encourages Scott to pursue his non legal career as a lawyer without a law degree who nonetheless defends both of them from those who seek to take their self appointed, unelected roles away.