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    Far Out Space Nuts - A Beautiful Glass Man S2E8

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 80:19


    This week the gang watches a 1970's Sid and Marty Kroft drug trip-and-fall that only lasted fifteen episodes. Does Scot secretly hate us and by extension you the listener by picking this show? Find out as we save the worst for last in the Inside the Idiot Box season two finale: Far Out Space Nuts. Also, be sure to let us know who you are and why on earth you listen to this show! Facebook Instagram Twitter

    Frosty the Snowman - Christmas Crossover with I'm Not Crying, You're Crying

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 127:13


    Our extended dysfunctional podcast family Shawn, Juan and Jay from the I'm Not Crying, You're Crying podcast drop by for the holidays to discuss a timeless Christmas classic none of us have seen since we were kids and ho, ho holy shit is it cringy. With his corncob pipe and his button nose, and his song on repeat so many times you'll feel like you have a head injury, it's Frosty the Snowman! Also, be sure to let us know who you are and why on earth you listen to this show! Facebook Instagram Twitter

    Space Cases - I Can See it in Your Eyes Arthur S2E7

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 97:09


    In space no one can hear you scream "change the channel". Shawn Cantley returns with another episode of obscure 90's television: Space Cases. Also, be sure to let us know who you are and why on earth you listen to this show! Facebook Instagram Twitter

    Chips - The Curse of the Hot Dog S2E6

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 84:12


    The gang settles in for a late-season episode of a popular 80's TV show that was running out of gas. It's CHiPs with ratings dip this week on Inside the Idiot Box. Also, be sure to let us know who you are and why on earth you listen to this show! Facebook Instagram Twitter

    Family Matters - Piranha Children S2E5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 69:31


    Join us for episode two in this season's bizarre hot dog trilogy as the gang watches Family Matters! Also, be sure to let us know who you are and why on earth you listen to this show! Facebook Instagram Twitter

    The Secret World of Alex Mack - Return of the Mack S2E4

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2021 74:57


    The guest-host with the mo-ost Shawn Cantley hops back on the world-famous* Inside the Idiot Box airwaves via our janky rabbit ear antennas to discuss a Nickelodeon show from the 90's: The Secret Life of Alex Mack. Be sure to check out Shawn's podcast I'm Not Crying, You're Crying *your world may vary.

    The A Team - The Belushi Maneuver S2E3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 81:53


    A "Crystal Skull" spells certain "Doom" for the A-Team when a warring faction of island "Raiders" battle to reclaim their stolen idol, as the Mad King Murdock makes a last ditch "Crusade" for peace. [SLOW MOTION SLAM DUNK.GIF]

    Fantasy Island - A Duke Before Dying S2E2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 100:26


    If you've ever seen an episode of Fantasy Island you've probably heard of Tattoo and his famous aeronautical catch phrase. Well, this episode has neither. But it does have plenty of mermaids, the drama and intrigue of bank loan processing, and Mr. Belvedere.

    The Greatest American Hero - Kiss the Onion Ring, I'm the Hot Dog Pope S2E1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 95:47


    If you like 80's shows with aliens, awkward music interludes, cars shaped like hot dogs, and stunt performers crashing into billboards wearing spandex and clown wigs, do we have an episode for you!

    The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula - Blowin' Rails with a Werewolf (Halloween Special)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 117:20


    Halloween is upon us and if you need something to listen to while carving a pumpkin, or decorating the house, or stress eating fistfuls of Fun-Size Snickers bars alone in the dark, the gang have risen from their hiatus crypts and are back to roam the podcast airwaves like mindless, TV trivia zombies for another season of Inside the Idiot Box. Special guest star Patrick Hamilton from the podcast Kill by Kill joins us as we kick the new season off with a bell-bottomed foot by dissecting the feather-haired corpse of the 1977 TV Halloween (Special?) “The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula.”

    Halloween Special Coming October 31st!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 1:31


    The first ever Inside The Idiot Box Halloween Special is here to haunt your podcast device this Halloween (which I believe lands on October 31st this year). It has everything you could want in a Halloween special: Draculas, Parker Stevensons, monsters mashing to Paul Williams, and more feathered hair than the floor of a bird barbershop in 1977. Our good friend Patrick Hamilton from the hit podcast Kill By Kill enters the Idiot Box to discuss, so join us for the podcast equivalent of getting pennies in your trick or treat bag.

    Inside The Idiot Box Season 2 Coming November 5th!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 3:34


    Don't worry, the podcast that no one asked for will be back with all new episodes starting November 5th! If you love Snarky Gen Xers craping on old TV shows (and each other) while sharing inside jokes that nobody gets, then you're in luck!

    Gremlins 2 - Inside the Idiot Box Office Summer Spectacular

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 150:58


    Dennis' editing face is red, The ice in Scot's freezer is blue. In this special "Summer Spectacular" episode of Inside the Idiot Box Office, The gang watches Gremlins 2. In a movie with a Brainiac Gremlin, an Electro Gremlin, a Bat Gremlin and a Cocaine Gremlin, you can't help but wonder if Warner Bros. was trying to set up a Gremlin Justice League. Special thanks to Nick Lutsko for the inspiration - Where did the Gremlins go?

    Out Of This World - I'm Sorry Baby, I Gotta Go Back To Space S1E10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 90:53


    Special guest Shawn Cantley lowers his lap bar and drops Inside the Idiot Box for an out of this world season finale - an 80's show about a teenager with the power to freeze time. Or so we've heard, she never uses her powers at all in this episode. #SPOILER Be sure to check out Shawn's podcast I'm Not Crying, You're Crying And take a listen to this funny gentleman Nick Lutsko

    Manimal - You Shapeshifted into an A-hole S1E9

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 98:45


    Inside the Idiot Box arch nemesis, Glen Larson, is at it again! He's taken a lame concept and managed to make it worse simply by putting it on TV. This week the boys watched Manimal, the story of a man that can shapeshift into animals, travel through time, is constantly being stabbed, and has a “will they/won't they” relationship with his own daughter.

    NightMan - The Worst F*cking TV Show I Have Ever Seen S1E8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 98:59


    This week the Idiot Box Legion of Doom emerges from the podcast swamp in their Darth Vader Funko Pop-shaped headquarters to battle a superhero syndication oddity from 1997, NightMan. Johnny Domino is a San Francisco jazz musician by night, and a San Francisco jazz superhero by…night? No wonder he's always tired.

    Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventures - It's a Totally Wonderful Life S1E7

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 95:38


    This week Dennis, Jeff and Josh try to find the yellow pages listing for “emergency podcast repair” as Scot forces the gang to watch a bogus Bill and Ted misadventure NOT starring Keanu Reeves or Alex Winter.

    Punky Brewster - The Perils of Punky S1E6

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 135:52


    In this two part episode, the Four Boresome delve deep into eighties television infamy – The cave episode of Punky Brewster. Can Punky and her friends survive a nightmarish descent through a Sid and Marty Croft acid-trip? Is there anything in that bag for Vincent Schiavelli? Will Scot ever sleep again after being traumatized by rubber Allen face? Will the Dumont from Tron references ever stop? Tune in to find out!

    The Dukes of Hazzard - Comrade Duke S1E5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 98:44


    This episode of eighties television takes a swerve in the wrong direction (and a jump over a ravine of logic) when a busload of Russian gymnasts tumbles into Hazzard County. Only the Duke boys Bo and Luke can get to the bottom of a cold war conspiracy in their own backyard…haha just kidding, this is a Coy and Vance episode.

    Buck Rogers - Cosmic Whiz Kid S1E4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 98:07


    This week the Quadragenarian Squadron squeezes into their spandex flight suits, and fires up their Quadfighters, as they discuss a 1978 vision of the 25th century featuring disco, platform shoes and TV superstars Ray Walston and Gary Coleman.

    Mr. Merlin - Alex Goes Popless S1E3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 86:16


    Have you ever asked yourself: “I wonder what Merlin the magician would be doing for a living if he were alive today?” The correct answer of course is ‘residency at the Excalibur in Vegas', but in this episode we revisit a magical eighties show that made audiences disappear, about a modern day Merlin dealing with the HR issues and supply chain headaches of a local business owner. ITIB drinking game: take a shot every time Dumont from Tron is referenced!

    Misfits of Science - Sonar... and Yet So Far S1E2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 93:37


    The Generation-X Men discuss an episode of the forgotten eighties sci-fi show, and the first entry in NBC's Talking Dolphinverse, Misfits of Science. Can a young Courtney Cox and her Super Friends find a sunken treasure with the help of a talking Dolphin? Tuna in and find out!

    Small Wonder - Woodward and Bernstein S1E1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 88:43


    This week we take you Inside the Idiot Box to discuss a very special episode of the bizarre eighties syndication relic, Small Wonder. It's a show about a wisecracking robot child with a sophisticated computer for a brain, and hydraulic lifts for arms, used mainly for performing menial house chores like dusting and vacuuming under furniture. This is exactly how we get judgment days.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 0:45


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