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We cover the worst, the dumbest, the most sin-worthy of TV moments from the past 7 decades. Then, we rate them on a scale based on Dante's 9 circles of Hell. Add dry wit and cheesy jokes to the mix, and you've got something that will last throughout eternity--we hope. New Episodes Every Sunday Night!
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By Special Request; some of you have wanted to hear the bit we did where a Shakesperian actor (played by Mike Davison) read the lyrics to the Hammerman Theme song...I've heard of worse ways to promote our upcoming RIFF OF TWO EPISODES This Saturday, April 5th 2025 @ 8PM EASTERN on our Youtube Channel...So, here 'ya go.…
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STOP! Hammertime...Or should that be "Stop Hammertime from ever happening again!" Welcome to "The Bonfire of Vanity Projects"; our next 3 shows will be dealing with self-titled shows gone wrong, and this one features things that have to be seen to believed...if only there was a way to show you how bad the animation is...oh, wait...There is... (HAMM…
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For our next Patreon episode request, Chris Michaud wanted us to take a trip into a dystopian world full of Super Powered Trucks, plotlines taken from other movies AND and Australian Battery salesmen...In other words, a Sink Hole along TV's vast highway. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RETROcirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The Ripper And (of course) …
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What price would you pay for Love? Well, we don't know much about that, but we do know that one of our Patrons (Chris Michaud) paid a pretty hefty price just to play a Game show host in this one, and you better believe he'll get his money's worth in this look at a 1984 TV Movie that asks just how far are you willing to go to make a buck. ALSO STARR…
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What price would you pay for Love? Well, we don't know much about that, but we do know that one of our Patrons (Chris Michaud) paid a pretty hefty price just to play a Game show host in this one, and you better believe he'll get his money's worth in this look at a 1984 TV Movie that asks just how far are you willing to go to make a buck. ALSO STARR…
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Dear 2003 TV Viewer, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice an hour of Prime time. But we think you’re crazy for making us put on a Game Show about how crazy these gubernatorial candidates were. You see them as you want to see them… In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of them is an …
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Dear 2003 TV Viewer, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice an hour of Prime time. But we think you’re crazy for making us put on a Game Show about how crazy these gubernatorial candidates were. You see them as you want to see them… In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of them is an …
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SEASON 7 PREMIERE: It's taken us 6 years; but it's time (FINALLY) to not only take down a British TV show, but also a Legend among "Worst TV Shows of all Time"...Was this show innocent, misunderstood satire? Or was there something more Nefarious in mind? SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev the Ripper And (Of Course) …
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SEASON 7 PREMIERE: It's taken us 6 years; but it's time (FINALLY) to not only take down a British TV show, but also a Legend among "Worst TV Shows of all Time"...Was this show innocent, misunderstood satire? Or was there something more Nefarious in mind? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER (We Promise)!!! But BEFORE We kick off Season 7 Next week with 3 shows in a row, we have some unfinished business to take care of...Whatever became of "The Genre-Mat"? Who is this Efficency Guy? and Why don't I appear until the Very End of this? Answers to most of these questions will be revealed...and then casually dismisse…
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THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER (We Promise)!!! But BEFORE We kick off Season 7 Next week with 3 shows in a row, we have some unfinished business to take care of...Whatever became of "The Genre-Mat"? Who is this Efficency Guy? and Why don't I appear until the Very End of this? Answers to most of these questions will be revealed...and then casually dismisse…
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SPECIAL: I legitimately have no idea what I'm doing; but here's what I can tell you for certain WILL happen in what will BARELY pass as a Christmas Special: 01:34 - Intro 06:31 - Pho-HO-HOne-O-Rama 22:00 - THAT Folgers commercial (You know the one) 35:00 - INTERLUDE: "12 Days of Xmas" by Norm MacDonald 38:54 - THE FIRST 8 SHOWS OF SEASON 7 (All top…
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SPECIAL: With the Boss out for Thanksgiving, and me not having eaten Surface food in a long time, I’m raiding his fridge to pull out 6 leftovers from our Patreon that are guaranteed to give Advertisers (and myself) some indigestion… Filmed in front of a Live bag of Marshmallows; if you want to skip over the wraparound segments where I'm stuffing my…
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It's our Quasi-annual Quest into the world of Questions, Queries & Queasts (There's "Mr. Show" fans here, right?). If we use your question, we send you one of our Swag packs, it's That Simple! NEXT SHOW: THANKSGIVING ("The Telehell Feast of Gluttony"; our look at bad food commercials) SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner …
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SPECIAL: Guest host Scott Mason (Play Like a Jet Podcast) is here to guide you through the world of Sports...Particularly, Sports Gimmicks that were designed to bring in more viewers, but instead caused those same viewers to change the channel at world record speeds SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons…
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SEASON 6 FINALE: Having been captured by The Boss and placed inside his new invention, "The Genre-Mat"; He is now forcing me to not only sit through one of the Worst TV Shows of All time, but do so in a way that requires funding from a grant by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner …
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SEASON 6 FINALE: Having been captured by The Boss and placed inside his new invention, "The Genre-Mat"; He is now forcing me to not only sit through one of the Worst TV Shows of All time, but do so in a way that requires funding from a grant by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. VERY SPECIAL THANKS to the Following people for lending their ta…
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And Down the stretch we come for Season 6...Presenting the first of Three shows from one of the most formative years of my life. "The Wrecks of '98" begins with a simple question...did the world REALLY Need a poorly computerized Ed Sullivan to introduce novelty acts, or was this just a case of Digital Grave Robbing? SPONSORED BY Dave's archives Ret…
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And Down the stretch we come for Season 6...Presenting the first of Three shows from one of the most formative years of my life. "The Wrecks of '98" begins with a simple question...did the world REALLY Need a poorly computerized Ed Sullivan to introduce novelty acts, or was this just a case of Digital Grave Robbing? Get bonus content on Patreon Hos…
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Nate Ragland (Post Modern Art Podcast) and I use the power of Magic to make aproximately $62 Million in Production & Animation costs disappear; as we look at a show that NBC foolishly went All In on in 2004... 4TH ANNUAL CHARITY EPISODE: From 6/9 to 6/23, We will donate $1 per click between TWO Charites this year (MAXIMUM OF $666 split between the …
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Nate Ragland (Post Modern Art Podcast) and I use the power of Magic to make approximately $62 Million in Production & Animation costs disappear; as we look at a show that NBC foolishly went All In on in 2004... 4TH ANNUAL CHARITY EPISODE: From 6/9/24 to 6/23/24, We will donate $1 per click on ALL PLATFORMS between TWO Charites this year (MAXIMUM OF…
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Time to fulfil another Patreon request; this time, Ed Batey Jr. wants us to look at the FOX sitcom that tried to be "The Wonder Years"...Was it fair to consider this show an out-and-out "Ripoff", or did it have its own vision of what the 1960s looked like? SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons…
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Time to fulfil another Patreon request; this time, Ed Batey Jr. wants us to look at the FOX sitcom that tried to be "The Wonder Years"...Was it fair to consider this show an out-and-out "Ripoff", or did it have its own vision of what the 1960s looked like? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Why worry about ACTUAL Problems in the world when one can worry about getting ready for the Senior Prom? This 1988 TV Movie with an All-Star cast shows us anything that can (and does) go wrong during that special night... SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq (Who we thank for sending us a copy of the movie With Original Commercials) Kier's Nosta…
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As Saturday Night Live approaches its 50th year on the air, Yours Truly is approaching 30 years as a viewer/fan...Unfortunately; I Became a fan of the show during one of their Darkest times...Brace yourself, we're discussing SNL Season 20... CONTENT WARNING (41:36 - 48:00): A sketch involving certain kinds of Scum who belong in the Actual Hell. SPO…
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As Saturday Night Live approaches its 50th year on the air, Yours Truly is approaching 30 years as a viewer/fan...Unfortunately; I Became a fan of the show during one of their Darkest times...Brace yourself, we're discussing SNL Season 20... CONTENT WARNING (40:30 - 47:00): A sketch involving certain kinds of Scum who belong in the Actual Hell. Get…
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Dammit, we made it! 100 Episodes...and for the occasion, we're going to do things a little "Differently" while taking a look at a show that may have been a little Blasphemous to some viewers... SPONSORED BY Dave's Archives Retrocirq And Our Patrons And a SPECIAL THANK YOU To Everybody who has listened to the past 100 shows...even if This is your fi…
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Dammit, we made it! 100 Episodes...and for the occasion, we're going to do things a little "Differently" while taking a look at a show that may have been a little Blasphemous to some viewers... And a SPECIAL THANK YOU To Everybody who has listened to the past 100 shows...even if This is your first time... Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acas…
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Our look at TV things that have the Underworld as a theme continues, as I get roped into pet sitting for the Boss' Hellhound...This 1970s TV Movie Schlockfest tells you what NOT to do when taking care of your domesticated demon. Thank, still once again, Darren Marlar of Weird Darkness for being the Boss... SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq An…
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Our look at TV things that have the Underworld as a theme continues, as I get roped into pet sitting for the Boss' Hellhound...This 1970s TV Movie Schlockfest tells you what NOT to do when taking care of your domesticated demon. Thanks, still once again, Darren Marlar of Weird Darkness for being the Boss... Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Ac…
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It's hard to imagine that we've been doing this for (Almost) 100 episodes; and YET, we have Yet to cover TV shows that actually have a Hell-ish undertone...That all changes with this "Hell Week" of shows, starting with Sammy Davis Jr.'s Love Letter to the Underworld... Thanks--as always--to Darren Marlar of Weird Darkness, and to our own Joan Bisho…
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It's hard to imagine that we've been doing this for (Almost) 100 episodes; and YET, we have Yet to cover TV shows that actually have a Hell-ish undertone...That all changes with this "Hell Week" of shows, starting with Sammy Davis Jr.'s Love Letter to the Underworld... Thanks--as always--to Darren Marlar of Weird Darkness, and to our own Joan Bisho…
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Why let Snow White and a bunch of Underachiving actors hog the spotlight of "Dumbest Oscar Moments" when there's nearly 100 years of ceremonies to sift through? These are some of the other "Dumb" moments that deserve the award for "Best reason to shake your head in shame" SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons…
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Why let Snow White and a bunch of Underachiving actors hog the spotlight of "Dumbest Oscar Moments" when there's nearly 100 years of ceremonies to sift through? These are some of the other "Dumb" moments that deserve the award for "Best reason to shake your head in shame" Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more …
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Scott Mason (Play like a Jet podcast) Joins us at the 50-yard line as we take a look at the Three (theatrical) Halftime shows that may have caused the powers that be in the Football world to change their gameplans... Also, after you listen to this show, catch me trying to pretend to talk about football as I make a Guest Appearance on "Play like a J…
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Scott Mason (Play like a Jet podcast) Joins us at the 50-yard line as we take a look at the Three (theatrical) Halftime shows that may have caused the powers that be in the Football world to change their game plans... Also, after you listen to this show, catch me trying to pretend to talk about football as I make a Guest Appearance on "Play like a …
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We begin the New Year by taking a look at some shows that take Serious advantage of the word "New"...None more advantageous than an allegedly "New" sketch comedy show that looked a little TOO familiar to the few viewers who watched it... Our thanks to Andrew Dick (That Week in SNL), Darin Patterson (SNL Nerds) and Ian Fermaglitch (Ian Talks Comedy)…
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Here they come...walking down the street...gettin' funniest looks from everyone they meet...Partially because these Monkees don't look a thing like the ones they're supposed to be based on. Did "The New Monkees" deserve better, or were they really a ripoff act? Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information…
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