April 30 - May 3, 1983
In this episode recorded LIVE! at the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival
in at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA, Ken welcomes John
Glaser and Eugene Mirman himself to the show.
Ken, Jon and Eugene Discuss what's worrying TV's Sexiest Detective,
Jerry Orbauch's sex appeal, Boston edition TV Guides, artists'
renditions of the famous, Chicago as a Detroit suburb, why Detroit
is Boston in 2024, the future of video tapes, Virginia Slims as
Women's rights, being the youngest vs being the oldest, color vs.
black and white, Buck Rogers, That's The Incredible! Hulk, if Bruce
is a more gay name than David, Deaf Hulk, Hockey Playoffs, TJ
Hooker, Southern Comfort, The Golden Age of Satellite, Dirtbag
cousins, Love Boat, musical highlights, being plagued by orphans,
the Chicago Mall, Brendan Tartikoff's edicts, TV's "Cowboy",
"Oater" Themes, The Oater Varmints first album, kickboxing with
only four toes, Steven Spielberg's 1941, TV's Bloopers and
Practical Jokes, Censored Bloopers, the invention of Walking
Around, Goodnight Beantown, James at 15, shows set in Detroit, "V",
Stanley Cup Playoffs, Ken's scary knowledge, Beastmaster, PG movies
with nudity, phobias and fears, being a prisoner, are fetishes the
opposite of fears, uncumming, Battlestar Gallactica, Tony Randall,
"Love, Sydney", Nerd Rivals, Space Vampire, Twiggy vs. Tweaky, Buck
Rogers as Jewish Allegory, Ice Pirates, "A Little Sex...", Police
Academy is way dirtier than you remember, USFL Football, LEGS, one
legged dancers, Cagney & Lacey and their Very Special Episode, wife
beating cops, Law & Order, beach crimes, The A-Team, The Deer
Hunter, Step mother's loving Entertainment Tonight, "On TV",
negative views of the Vietnam War, George Peppard vs. Mr. T, Dirk
Benedict, the golden age of comedic looks at hijacking planes, The
Amish, Sexy Hunchback of Notre Dame, Three's Company, Celebrity
Comedy Fashion Shows, "Prevue", Black Icons are networks vs. white
icons as non-networks, The Fall Guy, Ken's confusion over the
character names in the Fall Guy, Mind Control, John Vernon, Wings
Hauser, Cults, Square Pegs, Soccer, the Detroit Express, Greek
Town, Coney Dogs, The Best Sporting Event Jon has ever seen, A very
special one hour Facts of LIfe, Alex Rocco, "Nonfiction
Documentary", The Children of Darkness, Vincent Price advertising
anything, FAME, racist ballerinas, Magnum PI vs. Smokey and the
Bandit, Ripley's Believe It Or Note, Amanda's, the US Remake of
Fawlty Towers, Gimme a Break, Simon & Simon, Friday Night's lack of
sports, Track and Field, Jon calling WGN to complain about
disrespect of The Detroit Pistons, The Dukes of Hazard, "Sadie Hogg
Day", The Bernstein Bears, The TV Debut of the Shining, Meatballs
vs. Meatballs II, Why Eugene is the John Larroquette of our Time,
Summer Camp as a major part of Jon's life, Space Camp, calling your
camp counselor a "fucking cocksucker", Knight Rider, Night Rider
Court, Baywatch Nights, Cycle Gangs, death on 80s TV, Jon's
punching of a bike messenger, and Jon's status as a one man
A-Team.