• Episode 524–A Very Merry Mix-Up
    2024/12/25

    For the first time on the podcast, we look at a Hallmark Christmas movie. In this 2013 TV movie, Alicia Witt plays an NYC store owner who gets proposed to by the man of her dreams but when she's sent to the airport by herself to meet her family a series of accidents happen and hilarity ensues. Will she find love with the man she believes is her brother or will she stay with the snooty rich fiancee? I think you already know the answer to that question. Merry Christmas everybody!

    続きを読む 一部表示
    53 分
  • Episode 523--GameBoy commercials
    2024/12/23

    We're a few days away from Christmas and we thought it would be appropriate and timely to look at commercials for the must have gift of 1989, an item celebrating its 35th birtheay this year--the Nintendo GameBoy. Here are the commercials in this episode, with links:

    Original GameBoy with Tetris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ej_8XBwmI Super GameBoy - https://youtu.be/50qlX1kF2Vc Donkey Kong - https://youtu.be/s4dinHwO2nU Super Mario Land - https://youtu.be/yyZ65k3vpSU Tetris/Qix - https://youtu.be/VeLixGKaij4 F1 Race with 4-Player Adapter (1991) - https://youtu.be/_PJZ6HipNxg Original GameBoy Commercial from Japan, Part 1 - https://youtu.be/Pe6tW69QAeQ Part 2 - https://youtu.be/UkOk_E_3J0E Super Mario Land/F1 Race/Tetris/Dr. Mario - https://youtu.be/6CgGwNJxhHs Have You Had Your Fun Today? - https://youtu.be/dDXJCf29cSE Kirby’s Dream Land - https://youtu.be/_Z8ECstDtQg Super Mario Land 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZm5cXRShO4 Game Genie - https://youtu.be/osJkdIWgBFI Yoshi - https://youtu.be/4ezEh-GP8do Spot/7up - https://youtu.be/HldFL4445WI Zelda: Link’s Awakening - https://youtu.be/w4mdmeMuYo4 Super Game Boy with The Wu-Tang Clan - https://youtu.be/9sfiTMybZTs Dr. Mario - https://youtu.be/vS4RIOFhyL4 Japanese Kirby Pinball Land - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzi9rWVo4so Mario’s Picross - https://youtu.be/9DXjZ6UJpKk Kirby Block Ball - https://youtu.be/xuK7xLJW--k Pocket Monsters Red & Green - https://youtu.be/z4JeRKo3Rr4 Pokemon Red & Blue - https://youtu.be/qzAo9HzOgtQ Game Boy Camera - https://youtu.be/gYjU5nE9SbE Castlevania Adventure - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjrFq2z9PXE

    続きを読む 一部表示
    47 分
  • Minisode 32--The Folgers brother and sister commercial from 2009
    2024/12/22

    In what is a first, we present our first instant minisode. Chico was sent a video of a creepy Folgers commercial from 16 years ago. After bringing it to everybody's attention, a decision was made to cover this immediately, instead of waiting until Christmas 2025. Who knew the addition of one word could turn this commercial from heartwarming to creepy?

    続きを読む 一部表示
    12 分
  • Episode 522--Family Affair (2002)
    2024/12/19

    We have seen this time and time again--a network reboots a series which ran for a considerable amount of time, only for it to flop badly. This time, the victim is Family Affair, which The WB felt was worthy of rebooting over 30 years after the original show ended. Against tough competition, this version quietly whimpered away after a half year.

    続きを読む 一部表示
    32 分
  • Episode 521--My Mother the Car
    2024/12/16

    It took over 500 episodes, but we are finally talking about what many consider to be the worst television show of all-time. A man's deceased mother gets reincarnated into a 1928 automobile, communicating with her son through the radio. That's the premise. Jerry Van Dyke passed up being Gilligan for this. If all the above isn't unbelieveable enough, one of the world's biggest entertainers did a cover version of the theme song.

    続きを読む 一部表示
    53 分
  • Episode 520--Flo
    2024/12/12

    We gave you three selections in our Viewer's Choice vote, and this is the show that came out on top. We have another spinoff show from a popular parent show. Also, we have another spinoff show that got amazing ratings in its premiere season, which fell off in the second and final season. In early 1980, audiences were flocking to see Flo. By 1981, audiences were telling it to kiss their grits.

    続きを読む 一部表示
    1 時間
  • Episode 519--The Trading Card Show, Volume 2
    2024/12/09

    Years ago, we did our first installment on TV-themed trading cards, focusing mainly on cards from the past. With the resurgence in the popularity of trading cards, we decided to do a second volume, focusing on trading cards, specifically those over the last decade. Some of the biggest franchises offer cards, so you can own a piece of those shows or an autograph of one of the stars.

    続きを読む 一部表示
    57 分
  • Episode 518--Harper Valley PTA
    2024/12/05

    In 1968, the song Harper Valley PTA was a number one hit for Jeannie C. Riley. In 1978, the song was the inspiration for a movie with the same title, starring Barbara Eden. Three years later, this show came into being with Eden at the helm, about the battles Eden's character had with the PTA of a fictional Ohio town called Harper Valley.

    続きを読む 一部表示
    48 分