A Different Direction

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From the hosts of Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs, this is an exploration of TV's missteps, blunders, and hidden gems.

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    • Jun 20, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 70 EPISODES


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    Programming Note

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023


    An explanation of our current hiatus.

    Marvel’s Inhumans – …And Finally, Black Bolt – A Different Direction S05E08

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023


    Yo, this episode really has us pumped for season 2.

    Marvel’s Inhumans – Havoc In the Hidden Land – A Different Direction S05E07

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023


    No one is safe. Sometimes you gotta have boots.

    Marvel’s Inhumans – The Gentleman’s Name Is Gorgon – A Different Direction S05E06

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023


    Dave has developed some powerful feelings about this dumb show.

    Marvel’s Inhumans – Something Inhuman This Way Comes… – A Different Direction S05E05

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023


    Did you know that a show can be a lot better when you actually let the characters interact with each other?

    Marvel’s Inhumans – Make Way For… Medusa – A Different Direction S0504

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023


    Literally anything could be an Inhuman when Inhumans can be anything.

    Marvel’s Inhumans – Divide – and Conquer – A Different Direction S05E03

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023


    This really long episode is ultimately just to explore the most important question: Is Beetlejuice an Inhuman?

    Marvel’s Inhumans – Those Who Would Destroy Us – A Different Direction S05E02

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023


    It's not a great sign for a show when the only person who says anything the audience agrees with is the tyrannical antagonist they hate.

    Marvel’s Inhumans – Behold… The Inhumans – A Different Direction S05E01

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023


    This show is significantly lacking in Phil Collinses.

    Marvel’s Inhumans – Episode 0 – A Different Direction S0500

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023


    Agents of SHIELD was criminally underappreciated, so what happens when you spin it off with characters that were too obscure for that show, put the creator of Iron Fist at the helm, and release it two seasons after it was relevant to the series? We don't know, and be honest, neither do you. No one watched this show.

    Fawlty Towers Remakes – Payne – A Different Direction S0403

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023


    The final installment of the Fawlty Towers remakes brings with it something we never wanted: A Ferris Bueller Cinematic Universe.

    Fawlty Towers Remakes – Amanda’s – A Different Direction S0402

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023


    Rails? Where this podcast is going, we don't need rails.

    Fawlty Towers Remakes – Snavely – A Different Direction S0401

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023


    Comedy legends Betty White and Harvey Korman remaking a classic BBC comedy? What could possibly go wrong? Turns out, almost everything. Just so much.

    Fawlty Towers Remakes – Episode 0 – A Different Direction S0400

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023


    We're going in a different direction this season, as we explore the strange phenomenon of failed US remakes of the 1975 BBC comedy Fawlty Towers. Watch here: Snavely: https://youtu.be/ACRE5llyano Amanda's: https://youtu.be/99S-Vbdgw-M Payne https://archive.org/details/payne-1999

    Ferris Bueller – A Night In the Life – A Different Direction S03E13

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022


    It's the end of another season, and we have a mind-blowing revelation.

    Ferris Bueller – Grace Under Pressure – A Different Direction S03E12

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022


    One more episode to go, and we just have to say, we're glad Ferris didn't kiss his sister in this one.

    Ferris Bueller – Baby, You Can’t Drive My Car – A Different Direction S03E11

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022


    We're just… we're so sorry to have done this to you all.

    Ferris Bueller – Stand-In Deliver – A Different Direction S03E10

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022


    We definitely tried to be as positive as possible about this episode about cops.

    Ferris Bueller – Scenes From a Grandma – A Different Direction S03E09

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022


    Cloris Leachman is a joy and a treasure and was simply too good for this show.

    Ferris Bueller – Sloan Again, Naturally – A Different Direction S03E08

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022


    It's the multiverse, baby! In this one, we're all college basketball coaches, hanging with the most famous teen in the world.

    Ferris Bueller – Ferris Bueller Can’t Win – A Different Direction S03E07

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022


    We blow the entire lid off of the mascot industry with this one. Learn the real truth.

    Ferris Bueller – A Boy and His Dog – A Different Direction S03E06

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2022


    This episode benefited so much from an imagined off-screen character it might have been Jaws: The Revenge.

    Ferris Bueller – Between a Rock and Rooney’s Place – A Different Direction S03E05

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022


    You'll never guess what happened when this 90's teen decided to throw a small party.

    Ferris Bueller – Without You I’m Nothing – A Different Direction S03E04

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022


    Just put the Spruce Goose in Top Gun, cowards.

    Ferris Bueller – Custodian of the People – A Different Direction S03E03

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2022


    Ferris Bueller is obviously a cult leader, and how have we only now figured this out?

    Ferris Bueller – Behind Every Dirtbag – A Different Direction S03E02

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022


    Tangents! Get your tangents here! Fresh tangents, hot off the dome! Oh, also, Ferris is running a campaign for student body president or something.

    Ferris Bueller – Pilot – A Different Direction S03E01

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022


    Was Ferris Bueller always a psychopath and we just never noticed because Matthew Broderick was too white bread?

    Ferris Bueller – A Different Direction S03E00

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022


    Time for season 3 of ADD! And boy, are we going in a different direction this season. Ferris Bueller, the TV show. It's just like the movie, except all of Matthew Broderick's charm has been replaced by existential questions about the nature of reality. Or, at least, they have if you're Dave.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – High Treason, Part 2 – A Different Direction S02E27

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022


    For the second time, we're finishing a show's first and only season ready for a second. We're not prepared to say goodbye, Brisc, but it looks like it's time.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – High Treason, Part 1 – A Different Direction S02E26

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022


    Brisco and the gang are in a real heap of trouble this week. Cuz folks, they dead.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Bad Luck Betty – A Different Direction S02E25

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022


    Does it make any sense for this sci-fi Western to do an episode that's just straight-up Psycho? Of course not. Does that stop it from being fun and good? Also, obviously, of course not.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – And Baby Makes Three – A Different Direction S02E24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022


    Try to find one difference between The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and The Mandalorian. You can't do it. There is no difference.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Wild Card – A Different Direction S02E23

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022


    Dave has some strong feelings about the portrayal of poker on TV. Diana, as usual, has some strong feelings about Dixie Cousins.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Stagecoach – A Different Direction S02E22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2022


    Dave keeps goofing up, but does have actual tracking skills. What ever happened to the ants of Pompeii?

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Ned Zed – A Different Direction S02E21

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2022


    If horses could choose to get tattoos, would they? Specifically, would Comet? Dave figures out something important about history books in this show's version of the future.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Bye Bly – A Different Direction S02E20

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022


    After a bit of a hiatus, we're back to send off John Bly in the best way we know how: through Dave overanalyzing the time travel logic.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Brooklyn Dodgers – A Different Direction S02E19

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022


    Some very good accent work from ol' TGIF Arcade in this episode. Dave briefly forgets how frogs work.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Hard Rock – A Different Direction S02E18

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022


    After a couple of bonkers episodes, this one is just a very simple Outlaw of the Week. Nothing especially wild about it at all. Sure, it features a sheriff who is just Elvis Presley, but at this point, that's kinda run-of-the-mill.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Fountain of Youth – A Different Direction S02E17

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022


    Last week's episode was wild. This week's takes the concept of "wild," throws it on the ground, and kicks dirt in its face. We thought we had come up with ideas weirder than this show would ever consider. We. Were. Wrong.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Bounty Hunter Convention – A Different Direction S02E16

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022


    Freakylinks had Desert Squid! Myth or Legend? The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. has Bounty Hunter Convention. That's all you need to know.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – A.K.A. Kansas – A Different Direction S02E15

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2022


    In an episode full of some of the Biggest, Weirdest Plot yet, we suppose that maybe… they didn't go big or weird enough.

    The Adventures of Brisco County Jr – Mail Order Brides – A Different Direction S02E14

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022


    Dave makes a big Cameo goof, but has important ideas about who in this show is potentially Batman.

    The Adventures of Brisco County Jr – Steel Horses – A Different Direction S02E13

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022


    How much do you know about refining gasoline? We don't know a lot, but we think we probably know slightly more than whoever wrote this episode.

    The Adventures of Brisco County Jr – Crystal Hawks – A Different Direction S02E12

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022


    This episode of the TV show had such a major lore drop that it knocked this episode of the podcast off the rails before we even had a chance to get on them.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Deep In the Heart of Dixie – A Different Direction S02E11

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022


    In case you weren't sure if we think Dixie is the right fit for Brisco, this episode should clear up any confusion.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Showdown – A Different Direction S02E10

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022


    In an episode with a lot of amazing moments, the most important one is our new OTP, who we're sure will never come back. But we'll be lamenting her for at least 16 more episodes.

    The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr. – Brisco for the Defense – A Different Direction S02E09

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022


    One of the first things Diana says in this episode is, "We won't go on any tangents." Then, we go on one of the greatest tangents in our podcasting history.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Senior Spirit- A Different Direction S02E08

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022


    What truly is the Orb? Does it really make ghosts? Is it secretly Ziggy from Quantum Leap? What is reality? Why are some noses really squeaky? These are the true mysteries of our time.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Riverboat – A Different Direction S02E07

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022


    We went a bit long and all over the place, but it's an episode about Wild West pirates! Would you want us to be subdued? You're in the wrong place. Also, Diana teaches how to do a perfect set of loon calls.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Riverboat – A Different Direction S02E06

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022


    A real rebound from last week with a super fun episode and some top notch grifting. More time traveling writers who are listening to our show and brought back Ringo and Big Daddy Bowler. Also, Dave gives some incorrect information about hatchets.

    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. – Socrates’ Sister – A Different Direction S02E05

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022


    Woof. This episode was a rough one, folks. We try to keep it positive, but it's tough because of how this episode is so bad. It's bad enough that Dave wasn't even that into Pete being in it!

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