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A podcast that gets to the important part of TV shows: the beginning and the end

As You Know


    • Jun 12, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 35m AVG DURATION
    • 140 EPISODES


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    Mozart in the Jungle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 96:10


    Remember when Mozart in the Jungle won a billion Golden Globes for its first season and nobody knew what it was? We're investigating the Amazon Prime original, which ran for three more seasons after that! Did you know orchestral musicians have sex? That's more or less the premise.

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 134:36


    We could not find the British cop show Heartbeat, so we pivoted to discuss Travis's favorite comedy of all time: Curb Your Enthusiasm. We get into the ups and downs of a show that ran for a quarter of a century while staying mostly the same, the inherent confusion of having some celebrities play themselves while others play fictional characters, and the genius of ending your show the same way you ended the previous one in spite of all the haters.

    Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 109:41


    Last time out we covered a show that became a beloved action franchise, but how about a beloved action franchise spawning a TV show? The short-lived Sarah Connor Chronicles ask the big questions: What if there was a hot Terminator (please ignore T3)? Or a Scottish accented one? Are these changes enough to make it better than all of the 21st Century sequels? This episode also has Ian and Travis getting in the weeds on the state of modern television, because why not.

    Mission: Impossible

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 104:19


    To modern audiences it's Tom Cruise's big action franchise, but for us it's time look at Mission: Impossible's '60s TV origins, and all that entails: Espionage! Cool dead drops! Anti-Communism! Brownface! Apologies for the janky audio in this one, there was a file issue so we had to use the backup.

    The Drew Carey Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 114:40


    We all know that Cleveland rocks, but does The Drew Carey Show? Especially episodes that don't involve Cleveland Rocks? We took a closer look at one of our favorite "after school basic cable syndication" shows to see how it holds up. This one's for everyone in Solon, Parma, Lakewood, etc.

    Yu-Gi-Oh!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 85:37


    We're taking it back to our millennial childhoods with Yu-Gi-Oh!, a show where nothing much happens except for card games represented by holograms. We recorded this right after the Luka Doncic trade so there's a lot of basketball talk too.

    X-Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 112:08


    Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-NUH-nuh-nuh, duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-NUH-nuh-nuh, duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-NUH-nuh-NUH, DUH-NUH

    Fringe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 113:44


    Put on your fedora and eat a sandwich loaded with a jar of jalapenos, because it's time to talk Fringe, the cult X-Files knockoff with a mad scientist, a cow, Pacey from Dawson's Creek and more.

    Nip/Tuck

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 108:01


    Finally, 130-odd episodes into this podcast, we're talking about the twisted mind of Ryan Murphy. We've picked the terrible show that launched a career of other terrible shows, Nip/Tuck, which dives into the world of plastic surgery with sledgehammer subtlety. We're talking cartel pedophile fratricide. We're talking outrageously poorly aged trans plotlines. Serial killers are involved. This man is a demon.

    Snowpiercer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 101:54


    Coming at the crest of a wave of unasked for TV adaptations of movies, it's TNT's Snowpiercer, based on the Bong Joon-Ho movie which itself is based on the French comic about class war on a train that circumnavigates a frozen Earth. The guy from Clipping/Hamilton is here. Jennifer Connelly is here. There's a polycule train car. You get the idea.

    House

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 103:49


    Everybody lies, and therefore everybody deserves to be berated and tortured by a lunatic. It's the world of House, M.D.! What if Sherlock Holmes called you an idiot while shoving objects up your ass? And also introduced you to the trip-hop stylings of Massive Attack? Apparently that makes for a huge hit!

    Malcolm In The Middle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 111:45


    This week we're contributing to gifted kid discourse as we discuss Malcolm in the Middle, a sitcom that broke conventions and seemed to actually get the working class. Also we have a digression about the Harlem Globetrotters.

    Entourage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 116:18


    Hug it out, because this week we're talking about the most 2004 show ever made, Entourage. Everybody you know from high school who only talks about crypto now was into this show. Are we?

    Monk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 120:51


    This week we're getting into the ultimate neurodivergent detective show, the highly acclaimed USA series Monk! It's a charming and whimsical delight with a weirdly grim ending and boatloads of Guys.

    Celebrity Deathmatch

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 123:38


    This week we are looking at some nihilistic Gen X nonsense in the form of Celebrity Deathmatch, a show that has certainly never attempted to be clever, pleasant to watch, or arguably even funny. Truly a product of its era in a way that few shows can ever claim. Also a lot of side talk about EA College Football 25.

    Hunter X Hunter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 95:07


    We're back in the shonen anime well to discuss recent NFL player favorite Hunter x Hunter, a show where millions of people apply to like...hunt for stuff. It's hard to really explain.

    Young Sheldon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 100:01


    Middle America, you have a lot to answer for. We're looking into the dreaded spinoff of the Big Bang Theory, a prequel about the life of famous annoying asshole Sheldon Cooper before the events of the show. It's sort of like The Wonder Years but more focused on bad representations of autism.

    Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 109:26


    This week on the show where we review shows we're reviewing Review, the show within a show except that it's actually the whole show. Please rate us 5 stars but don't destroy your life like Forrest.

    Reservation Dogs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 91:58


    At this point it is the podcast's stance that FX is the best network, further cemented by the recently departed indigenous comedy-drama Reservation Dogs. The most purely good show we've watched in a while!

    121 - Knight Rider

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 89:45


    It's real I Love the 80s Vibes in here as we cover Knight Rider, a shockingly entertaining show about the car that the most annoying guys of the modern age think that they have.

    120 - Kyle XY

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 89:22


    what if no belly button????

    119 - Dragon Ball Z

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 102:12


    Let's remember some Z-Fighters. We honor the late Akira Toriyama as we get into his most famous creation, Dragon Ball Z. Stephen doesn't know/remember anything from watching it as a kid so this is mostly a lot of proper nouns. But you'll love it because Goku is there.

    118 - Hardy Bucks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 91:10


    For the first time in 99 episodes, we're going to Ireland, as Stephen tries to explain and understand the success of cult favorite web-series-turned-TV-show Hardy Bucks.

    117 - How To With John Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 84:38


    Travis has selected his favorite show of the 2020s, the sadly departed comedy docuseries How To With John Wilson. Join us as we discuss sad Spring Break parties, mail thievery, and men doing various bizarre things to their genitals among many other examinations of the human condition.

    116 - Letterkenny

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 82:34


    We're trekking up to Canada for the recently wrapped cult favorite Letterkenny, a show that is basically a joke machine with occasional plot.

    115 - Ted Lasso

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 97:58


    We've finally broken the seal on what Matt would call "internet videos," entering the world of streaming with Ted Lasso, the most unnecessarily discussed show of the last decade.

    114 - Young Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 96:00


    Do you remember when The Rock was young?

    113 - The Young Pope/The New Pope

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 99:07


    The international tour takes us to Rome for Paolo Sorrentino's bizarre HBO dual miniseries, The Young Pope and The New Pope. On the surface it's the tale of Jude Law as a sexy but conservative American pope and John Malkovich as his more liberal British successor, but in reality it's one of the strangest shows to air on American television.

    112 - The Secret World Of Alex Mack

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2024 92:25


    It's time for Teen Nick once again as we learn about the goopiest show in the history of a network famous for covering people in slime. It's The Secret World of Alex Mack, a kids' superhero show with weirdly adult anti-corporate themes and also the first screen appearance of Jessica Alba.

    111 - Ally McBeal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 80:06


    Ring in the new year with the show thought to have killed feminism: Ally McBeal. You know about the hallucinated dancing baby, but what about the hallucinated fet play Clintons?

    110 - Code Lyoko

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 79:03


    The international series takes us to France for...anime? Ian has chosen Code Lyoko, a truly baffling show from the end of our childhoods, half of which takes place in a digital world with hideous CGI animation where our large-headed heroes fight a malevolent AI. Andeveryonetalkslikethis.

    109 - Cheers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 110:52


    Sometimes you want to go where everybody lives in a purgatorial state

    108 - The Blacklist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 79:29


    Put on your fedoras and your stupidest looking sunglasses, because it's time to talk about The Blacklist, a show about the Hannibal Lecter of vaguely defined international crimes charming FBI agents for a decade before going all Johnny Knoxville on us.

    107 - The Bridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 85:57


    It's Nordic noir time as we cross The Bridge (Bron/Broen), the oft-remade Swedish-Danish crime series that starts with halves of two bodies placed on the border of the two nations. Prepare for a lot of gray and some thoughts about what we would do if we were trapped in a car that was rigged with explosives.

    bridge nordic swedish danish
    106 - Atlanta

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 94:13


    This week we're covering one of the most singular shows of the century, Atlanta. It's a program that went from slice of life comedy to art horror to a series of short films about race and ended with Thick Judge Judy. So there's a lot to talk about.

    105 - Squidbillies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 89:07


    Get stoned and listen to this episode at 1:30 in the morning because we're talking about an [adult swim] program for the first time--Squidbillies. Mostly we talk about other stuff though because this was 22 total minutes of television. So a huge chunk of this is about Kermit the Frog.

    104 - Jewel in the Palace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 80:06


    Ian's international tour takes us to South Korea, where the historical/medical drama 대장금 (Dae Jang Geum), a.k.a. Jewel in the Palace, was a massive hit and helped kickstart Korea's entertainment industry explosion internationally.

    103 - Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 116:26


    We forgot to ask anyone who's actually watched Star Trek to join us for our first Star Trek series. We watched three hours of Jean-Luc Picard and company dealing with the machinations of Q, and we got really hung up on there being a species called "betazoid."

    102 - This Is Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 104:14


    That Is Them

    101 - House Of Cards (UK)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 79:56


    We're finally talking House of Cards! The original one that is. Before Frank Underwood, there was Francis Urquhart, the malicious fourth wall breaker at the heart of three miniseries (or one could say, three seasons of television) trying to bend parliament to his will. Listen to three dumb Americans try to understand British political systems together.

    100 - Friday Night Lights

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 128:47


    It's our 100th episode spectacular! We're returning to our show's genesis with our most beloved series, Friday Night Lights. How do we use our format to cover a show that we know everything about? Mostly by reciting every insane thing that ever happened on it.

    99 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 83:55


    How to talk about a show that's so ingrained in American culture that we feel like we already know everything is about it? Find out as we dive into the shockingly short lived original Scooby series.

    98 - Mind Of Mencia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 88:33


    Matt's such an asshole for this.

    97 - Dilbert

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 88:55


    Remember when one of today's most outrageous right wing cranks had enough clout to get his primary work made into a TV series? And also tried to sell health burritos? No? Well, now you do.

    96 - Justified

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 111:19


    One last nice time before we go into the toilet for a couple of weeks. It's Justified, the show that perfectly threads the needle between dumb entertainment and prestige. We dive into some of the coolest dialogue in TV history and the weird alternative pathways that Timothy Olyphant's career could have taken instead.

    95 - Sabrina The Teenage Witch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 109:58


    We had a delightful time with the original TV adaptation of Sabrina, which somehow worked as a family sitcom with some deeply frightening implications, an all-time favorite puppet, and the return of Penn and Teller to our program.

    94 - American Gods

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 116:36


    We finally get to cover a Starz original and a Bryan Fuller show in the same episode! It's the ambitious, semi-acclaimed, complete commercial failure that is the television adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, which somehow ended in the year 2021.

    93 - God Friended Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 96:55


    Early Edition + questionable American Christianity + boomers' understanding of Facebook = surprisingly tolerable if bizarre CBS show. Please don't make us listen to any more Rag'n'Bone Man though.

    92 - 8 Simple Rules

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 95:35


    It's time to discuss a sitcom that boldly asks new questions: How are men and women different? Do teens listen to their parents? Are hackneyed columnists worth taking creative inspiration from? What do you do if the star of your show dies after the first season?

    91 - The Simple Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 81:54


    A new contender for worst reality show we've covered emerges. It's time to remember one of the ultimate 2000s reality programs, in which Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie learn to live in rural America. Somehow this leads to blackface.

    90 - Masters Of Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2023 117:30


    Masters May continues/ends with the decidedly anthology series Masters of Horror. We get two episodes by decidedly non-masterful directors rather than Carpenter, Dante, Argento, etc., but they do allow us to talk about the main horror themes of the mid-2000s: torture porn and Japanese ghosts.

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