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This weekly podcast finds one Will & Grace veteran (Tess) and one Will & Grace newbie (Matthew) taking on one episode at a time.

Tess Benser and Matthew Reddin

  • Apr 23, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 25m AVG DURATION
  • 167 EPISODES


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W&G Finale Bonus!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 20:55


Coming to you live (-er than usual) from their apartment, Matthew and Tess recap the revival's final episode, and raise a glass to an episode that dares to be about more than Will & Grace.

723 & 724 - Friends with Benefits & Kiss and Tell

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 49:32


In this week's DOUBLE FINALE EPISODE, there are So Many Plots. Grace dabbles in moral ambiguity, Karen and Jack briefly cohost a talk show, and Will is duped by Alec Baldwin. Tess and Matthew finish off season seven from quarantine, bringing you double the fun and twenty times the sponsors. 

722 - From Queer to Eternity

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 27:14


This week, everyone is considering their lives, their careers, and their choices. Jack steals his old acting class back, Will wills Grace everything, and Matthew and Tess try not to murder each other during lockdown week 2. 

721 - It's A Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 34:59


You're not being punk'd or pink'd -- we're back with a brand-new episode! Alan Arkin may be in town to play Grace's mean father, but the real star of the show is Jack McFarland -- or, should we say, gay!Ashton Kutcher?

720 - The Blonde Leading the Blind

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 30:59


This week: Karen confronts her (im)mortality with Jack's help, Will and Grace learn a hard truth about the nature of their relationship, and Matthew learns the difference between Glenn Close and Sharon Stone.

719 - Sour Balls

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 25:52


We're going to an extremely funny Twilight Zone this week, where Karen pretends she has any interest in caring for children and Will and Jack find themselves confronted by an elated mob of homophiles. Yes, you read that right, listeners.

718 - The Fabulous Baker Boy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 25:20


This week, Jack and Grace babysit some fragile straight boy feelings, Will and Karen meet a pansexual in the wild, and Matthew and Tess offer thoughts on queer families.

717 - The Birds and the Bees

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 25:44


Have you been missing that weird dating energy Will & Grace brings to the table? Don't sweat it -- this week, Jack tries to poach a bird watcher, Grace invites Will to be her third wheel, and we can't believe we're still talking about filler episodes like this.

716 - Dance Cards and Greeting Cards

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 26:12


It's Valentine's Day and something is in the air, but we wouldn't call it love. Karen gets catfished before it was cool, Will and Jack end homophobia, and Grace has an anti-meet-cute.

715 - Bully Woolly

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 25:39


Like life, Jeff Goldblum finds a way to get back on Will & Grace, where we discover he's still pretending he can't act. Meanwhile, Will remembers he's gay, and Jack remembers he's a good friend who will NOT cut off Patti LuPone's hair without Will's approval.

714 - Partners

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 24:52


This week, Will must strike a balance between being a loyal romantic partner and an appealing candidate for partner at his firm at the world's most bananas dinner party. Grace experiments with BDSM. Jack and Karen are... there. 

713 - Board Games

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 30:43


Our first episode of 2020 is all about the special guests! Vince basically has his own plotline (although it doesn't go well for him), Jeff Goldblum takes a break from helping life find a way to try and steal Karen's company, and we're visited by a very special guest from New Zealand!

712 - Christmas Break

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2019 23:11


The holidays are here, and so are Blythe Danner and the Bashful Geisha! Join us as Grace breaks some racist statuettes, Karen's stepdaughter breaks her heart, and we break nothing because we're responsible humans. Mostly.

710 & 711 Queens for a Day Parts 1 & 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 41:34


How do you say "gobble" in a Queens accent? Doesn't matter! This week, Will tries to save Vince's family's Thanksgiving by controlling everything. Karen and Grace commit a felony, and Jack becomes a mentor.

709 - Saving Grace, Again, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 31:27


It's a wild one this week, as Grace compliments Will into a full romantic breakdown and Matthew and Tess announce their follow-up project to this podcast: a not-shot-for-shot remake of Glee called Glaa. It's not Glee, so you can't sue us.

708 - Saving Grace, Again, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 29:54


Will sets Grace up, and then she knocks herself down... with a little help from the 21st century's greatest villain: voicemail! Meanwhile, Matthew realizes he and Jack share equally low standards when it comes to romantic partners.

707 - Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019 26:30


r fsdafewvdvrgb. Oh sorry, Tess typed that with their boobs. This week we're talking about friendship! Will and Grace doubledate with Vince and his bestie, Nadine, and Karen and Jack learn their friendship is not safe for work.

706 - Newlydreads

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019


Ah, the eternal struggle of every gay man: To support an independent LGBTQ bookstore or a brand new gym. This week our heroes put their friendships to the test over philanthropy and intellectual property theft, sort of.

705 - Key Party

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019 31:51


Do you think getting a key to your boyfriend's apartment is an appropriate birthday present? Vote now on your phones -- and then enjoy our latest episode, where we talk about birthdays that are worse than Will's and make a case for Bobby Cannavale to become a season regular more than a decade too late.

704 - Company

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 23:40


In this spooky episode, we learn the dangers of being friendly to your neighbors AND why you should never throw away your Cher doll.

703 - One Gay at a Time

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 29:50


This week, Grace pretends to be an alcoholic to get free donuts, and Jack pretends to know anything about TV to get naked men on a cable network. We'd say we're surprised, but...

702 - Back Up, Dancer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 30:06


This episode is out of *Control.* Matthew and Tess (Not A Couple, if you're nasty) discuss Jack's stint as Janet Jackson's employee and decide Vince is like Pluto. 

701 - FYI, I Hurt Too

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 30:15


Everyone's back in action this week, be it a less-secretly-pregnant and more-not-secretly-angry Grace, the always-wonderful J. Lo, the always-less-wonderful Leo, and, of course: bears. Wait, what?

624 - Oh No You Di-n't

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 28:35


In a week of shocking changes, Tess and Matthew don't know what surprised us more: The fate of Karen's marriage, Jack's new career move, Will sticking up for Grace, or Leo still being allowed on this show.

623 - I Do

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 29:05


Karen is finally getting married, and Matthew and Tess have completely forgotten to get her a wedding present because they can't figure out why she even wants to marry this guy in the first place. Plus, Leo is drunk, and awful.

622 - Speechless

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 25:47


This week, the gang is faced with multiple identity crises. Jack, voted most popular in nursing school, must consider his dreams. Will imagines himself as a talented writer. Karen struggles to land a joke (but excels at throwing a hoagie) and Nurse Sheila guest stars.

621 - I Never Cheered for My Father

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 23:30


Remember how Jack has a son? He doesn't, which makes this an extra-sad episode of Will & Grace. At least Will's mom is back to be a good role model for wives-turned-mistresses worldwide.

620 - Fred Astaire and Ginger Chicken

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2019 25:46


If you wanna be Will's lover, you gotta get with his friend... Grace. This week, Will tries to win Grace over on his new boyfriend Vince. Vince is a black belt in therapy, Grace is (briefly) realistic, and Karen and Jack foxtrot their way to better understanding of the value of their friendship.

619 - No Sex 'n' the City

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 26:58


Things get super meta this week, as Jack and Karen become NBC marketers trying to get us to watch the Friends and Frasier finales, and Will and Grace become equally self-aware and self-deluding about their past relationships.

618 - Courting Disaster

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 26:38


This week, a speeding ticket lands Karen in traffic court and Will a date with Vince, an adorkable police officer. Jack causes a scene at the movies and forgets he has a son, and Grace treats us all to a musical number to be remembered.

617 - East Side Story

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 29:47


Matthew and Tess may not be lesbians, but they're still in love with guest stars Edie Falco and Chloe Sevigny, who do an excellent job of proving their real estate skills by picking off the weakest gazelle (that's Grace). By the way, did you know if you make a ham sandwich at midnight, the ghost of Stan tells you to marry his mistress's daddy?

616 - Flip Flop, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 26:10


 Continuing some threads from last week, Will and Grace continue to be the worst at being the flippers who care (despite the coffee mugs). Jack and Stuart question if they're lesbian enough to move in together, and Karen and Lorraine bury the hatchet through song. 

615 - Flip-Flop, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 20:16


Will and Grace's venture into the world of house-flipping is going great until Jack tries to make them give his old acting teacher her apartment back. What a jerk! Meanwhile, Tess and Matthew can't figure out why Megan Mullally, John Cleese and Minnie Driver fighting isn't as amazing as it should be.

614 - Looking for Mr. Good Enough

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 24:03


This week features two plots that aren't exactly good enough! Karen and Grace renovate Karen's mother's new place, and Will is the lone wolf at soups and stews for gay men and the occasional straight couple. 

613 - Ice Cream Balls

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 29:44


In an episode so effective it made Tess go out to get ice cream for Matthew, Grace and Karen become lesbians and ruin a nice couple's retirement plan, while Jack buys a boyfriend for 74 cents and an old Chapstick.

612 - A Gay/December Romance

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 27:16


This week there are Happy Noodles and Sad Sugar Babies. Grace boycotts a restaurant because her marriage is on the rocks, Will has the opportunity for sex, and Matthew and Tess are along for the ride with jokes about Viagra and sound effects.

611 - The Accidental Tsuris

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 22:15


Perhaps it's taboo to mention, but not even Geena Davis, Minnie Driver and John Cleese can help Matthew and Tess understand what's going on in this very strange little episode of Will & Grace.

610 - Fanilow

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 25:19


This week, everyone spins out over getting tickets to Barry Manilow, and man, do we have a low opinion of that musical decision. Plus, Bobbi Adler adopts Jack and we're into it.

609 - Strangers with Candice

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 19:53


It's an oddball of an episode, friends. Candice Bergen drops by to play pranks on Karen, while Grace pretends to be single. Will, meanwhile, forgets the premise of the show and also that he is gay. Jack performs the Heimlich.

608 - Swimming From Cambodia

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 22:23


This week sees Jack coasting through student nursing school while Karen violates The Geneva Convention. Grace and Will avoid discussing her marriage during her "brief" trip to New York, and Matthew and Tess discuss the ethics of pug breeding.

607 - Nice in White Satin

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 17:41


Karen won't take pills and Jack is doing something useful with his life? It's a Bizarroworld episode in Will & Grace Land this week and Tess and Matthew are just living in it.

606 - Heart Like A Wheelchair

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 23:59


This week, Will uses caring for Marilyn to his advantage and seduces Dylan McDermott, but the real (and hilarious) American Horror Story is imagining how Karen is going to sex Lorraine to death.

605 - A-Story, Bee-Story

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 25:07


In this week's installment, the show continues to find Leo an interesting, selfless character. Matthew and Tess think this idea is C-R-A-Z-Y.

604 - Me and Mr. Jones

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 20:14


Everything the light touches is funny. But that shadowy place... that's Will going to the gym with his mother. You must never go there, Simba. 

603 - Home Court Disadvantage

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 28:57


Breaking News! On this week's episode of W&G, we learn the two greatest facts of all time: Will's mamma is a Mamma Mia fan, and Karen hates Leo almost as much as Matthew and Tess!

602 - Last Ex to Brooklyn

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 28:06


You guys know that joke with the two gays, three pairs of exes, and a tiny dog at a dinner party right? Tune in as Will's token heterosexual hookup/Leo's ex girlfriend Diane join the gang for dinner. 

601 - Dames at Sea

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 32:03


It's a confusing yet hilarious episode this week, as Will and Jack spend days trying to figure out if they had sex (BUT HOW WOULD THEY NOT KNOW??) and Grace discovers Leo doesn't want to sleep with his colleague because he has photos of Grace sleeping...and doesn't leave him immediately.

Season 5 Bonus!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2018 29:28


It's Tess and Matthew's season five wrap up where they talk about... season 10? Come join in a comparison of Karen and Stan's divorces (plural) and a discussion of the evolution of Grace's (Jewish?) boyfriends.

524 - Season 5 Finale

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 36:28


On the season finale with no name, Karen takes the gang on a Caribbean cruise to cast two popcorn tins of Stan's ashes overboard. Matthew and Tess are prompted to talk about drunkenly making out because OMG DID WILL AND JACK JUST BANG?!

523 - 23

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 22:11


Stan Walker is dead and his funeral has everything! Knock-knock jokes, Stan's best wursts, etch a sketch art, a showdown between Lorraine and Karen for who inherits Stan's fortune, Neutrogena gift bags. 

522 - May Divorce Be With You

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 20:21


As the end of Season 5 draws near, Will and Karen's baby lawyer square off, Jack and Grace fight over Clark Gregg, and Matthew learns how to spell Macaulay Culkin.

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