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SPECIAL: Long before there was ever a Telehell, I was (and still am) a Radio guy...and since my radio career is now officially old enough to drink, this would be a good time to do a little reflecting on the past in this series of vignettes while I do battle against a Ham Radio unit (Long story). Since this is a little longer than our usual shows, feel free to jump around where needed below: 04:40 - Jingles: A Love Story 26:27 - My Mock Aircheck (c2005) 35:49 - "Local" Commercials (c2006) 49:09 - Me & the BBC (2008 Interview) 1:04:03 - The Tale of "TV Tracks" (2017 Internet radio station) SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The Ripper And (of course) Our Patrons

MIDSEASON FINALE: "The Bonfire of Vanity Projects" concludes with a simple warning; that just because you CAN do everything in the world of showbiz, doesn't mean that you SHOULD...and that includes hosting talk shows--maybe if this one aired in France, it would've stayed on for Decades. Telehell will return sometime later in the Summer...as always, we'll explain later...but until then, thank you for everything... SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev the Ripper And (of course) our Patrons

"The Bonfire of Vanity projects" continues with the single Worst thing Michael Richards has ever done in his career...........I will be taking NO Questions at this time. SPONSORED BY Dave's Archives RETROCirq: The Video Store Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The Ripper And (Of Course) Our Patrons

A few words about The Last of the Great Emcees... Keep his legacy alive by visiting his Youtube Page at Wink Martindale Games

By Special Request; some of you have wanted to hear the bit we did where a Shakesperian actor (played by Mike Davison) read the lyrics to the Hammerman Theme song...I've heard of worse ways to promote our upcoming RIFF OF TWO EPISODES This Saturday, April 5th 2025 @ 8PM EASTERN on our Youtube Channel...So, here 'ya go.

STOP! Hammertime...Or should that be "Stop Hammertime from ever happening again!" Welcome to "The Bonfire of Vanity Projects"; our next 3 shows will be dealing with self-titled shows gone wrong, and this one features things that have to be seen to believed...if only there was a way to show you how bad the animation is...oh, wait...There is... (HAMMERMAN RIFF SPECIAL ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL 4/5/25 @ 8PM EST) ALSO STARRING: Mike Davison Rob Maurer SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RETROCirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The Ripper And (of course) our Patrons

For our next Patreon episode request, Chris Michaud wanted us to take a trip into a dystopian world full of Super Powered Trucks, plotlines taken from other movies AND and Australian Battery salesmen...In other words, a Sink Hole along TV's vast highway. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RETROcirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The Ripper And (of course) our Patrons

New shows Whenever I feel like it (Doctor's Orders), But I will try to do one once every 2-4 weeks. We'll see 'ya next week for "The Highwayman"

What price would you pay for Love? Well, we don't know much about that, but we do know that one of our Patrons (Chris Michaud) paid a pretty hefty price just to play a Game show host in this one, and you better believe he'll get his money's worth in this look at a 1984 TV Movie that asks just how far are you willing to go to make a buck. ALSO STARRING: Kiersten Davis Joseph Kent Darren Marlar Scott Mason Rob Maurer SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The ripper and (Of course) Our Patrons

So, we MIGHT be late with the next episode (give or take a few days, but we'll let you know...I'm HOPEFUL It'll still be on 2/16), Nobody's fault, it's just Cold/Flu/COVID/Bird Virus season. Everything else is gonna be shifted up by a week or so. But In the meantime, we WON'T be late for our next TELEHELL-A-VISION on our Youtube channel on 2/19/25. Join us that Night for 3 hours of stuff from my Personal TV collection w/Original Commercials, and we'll even throw in a live chat. Now that we got that out of the way, go back to watching overrated Football & Rap Gods capable of ruining other people's careers...MUSTARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDD!!!

They're Back.........Again..........and this time, they have Political Powers......Woe to the Union... SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RETROCirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev the Ripper And (of course) our Patrons

Dear 2003 TV Viewer, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice an hour of Prime time. But we think you're crazy for making us put on a Game Show about how crazy these gubernatorial candidates were. You see them as you want to see them… In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of them is an ex-sitcom star, and an old guy, and an artist, an Adult film Star, an inexperienced adult, an ex-MTV VJ, and a son of a basketball player…Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Game Show Network. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The Ripper and (of course) Our Patrons Support the California Wildfire Efforts, visit RedCross.org

SEASON 7 PREMIERE: It's taken us 6 years; but it's time (FINALLY) to not only take down a British TV show, but also a Legend among "Worst TV Shows of all Time"...Was this show innocent, misunderstood satire? Or was there something more Nefarious in mind? SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev the Ripper And (Of Course) Our Patrons

THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER (We Promise)!!! But BEFORE We kick off Season 7 Next week with 3 shows in a row, we have some unfinished business to take care of...Whatever became of "The Genre-Mat"? Who is this Efficency Guy? and Why don't I appear until the Very End of this? Answers to most of these questions will be revealed...and then casually dismissed, I'm sure! ALSO STARRING: Joan Bishop Andrew Dick Darren Marlar ...and INTRODUCING Joeseph Kent as "Agent Swatt" SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The Ripper and (of Course) our Patrons

(INSERT WHATEVER METAPHOR FOR "BITING OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW/FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN" HERE) Nothing to worry about, just a MINOR Schedule change + an Update to the increasing amount of subscribers on our Youtube Channel and what we'll do once we hit certain milestones. We'll see you on January 26th...

SPECIAL: I legitimately have no idea what I'm doing; but here's what I can tell you for certain WILL happen in what will BARELY pass as a Christmas Special: 01:34 - Intro 06:31 - Pho-HO-HOne-O-Rama 22:00 - THAT Folgers commercial (You know the one) 35:00 - INTERLUDE: "12 Days of Xmas" by Norm MacDonald 38:54 - THE FIRST 8 SHOWS OF SEASON 7 (All topics & airdates subject to change) 57:10 - Our Obligatory vist with Santa We'll see you on January 18th, 2025...Happy Holidays (and I'm sorry in advance)! SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RETROCirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner  Kev The Ripper And our Patrons

SPECIAL: With the Boss out for Thanksgiving, and me not having eaten Surface food in a long time, I'm raiding his fridge to pull out 6 leftovers from our Patreon that are guaranteed to give Advertisers (and myself) some indigestion… Filmed in front of a Live bag of Marshmallows; if you want to skip over the wraparound segments where I'm stuffing my face with them for dramatic effect, here's what's on the menu: 05:27 - Dr. Pepper Ten for Men 22:47 - Ashton Kutcher's Racist Popchips ad 39:05 - "It's OK, I had Subway!" 52:44 - The BK "Texican Whopper" 01:03:17 - BK's "Herb" campaign 01:15:28 - "Bad Andy" for Domino's Pizza NEXT EPISODE: We'll do SOMETHING Holiday related on 12/22…just not sure what (yet)....what I DO Know for certain is that we will announce our First Shows of Season 7. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RETROCirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The Ripper (OUR NEWEST SPONSOR) And our Patrons

Welp........................(Unexpected) Change of Plans...We'll explain... In the meantime, give us a hand (if you can).........thanks... https://www.patreon.com/TelehellPodcast

It's our Quasi-annual Quest into the world of Questions, Queries & Queasts (There's "Mr. Show" fans here, right?). If we use your question, we send you one of our Swag packs, it's That Simple! NEXT SHOW: THANKSGIVING ("The Telehell Feast of Gluttony"; our look at bad food commercials) SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons

So..........Any Questions? Ask us below wherever you see a comment box, either on our socials, on our Youtube page, via e-mail (TelehellPodcast@gmail.com) or even at the Main Telehell site (http://telehell.libsyn.com). Either way, I will be watching. If we Use one of your questions, You could win some swag on October 19th (or so). Things like Vintage media, some knick-knacks, a few odds and ends, and other things I need to get rid of for space purposes...Yadda, yadda, yadda, legalese below...   NO PURCHASE NECESSARY, CONTEST ENDS AT 12:01am EASTERN TIME OCTOBER 11TH, 2024, QUESTIONS AND WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED THE NEXT DAY AND  ANNOUNCED ON OUR “ASK TELEHELL 4” SHOW ON OCTOBER 19TH. PLEASE ALLOW ONE QUESTION PER SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE, MULTIPLE QUESTIONS IN A SINGLE ENTRY ON ONE PAGE WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. ENTRIES ASKED BY INTERNET BOTS WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION. PLEASE ALLOW 2-3 WEEKS FOR PRIZE DELIVERY. IN THE EVENT A QUESTION IS CHOSEN FROM A USER OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES, THE PRIZE GIVEN TO THE PARTICIPANT WILL BE A DIGITAL SUBSTITUTE. WINNERS MUST CONFIRM THEIR MAILING ADDRESS AND THAT THEY ARE OVER THE AGE OF 18 IN ORDER TO CLAIM THEIR PRIZE. IF A WINNER REFUSES TO DISCLOSE A MAILING ADDRESS, A DIGITAL SUBSTITUTE PRIZE MAY BE OFFERED VIA GOOGLE DRIVE LINK AT WINNER'S DISCRETION PENDING VERIFICATION OF AN E-MAIL ADDRESS. FAILURE TO VERIFY WITHIN 24 HOURS OF CONTACT WILL RESULT IN PRIZE FORFEITURE AND AN ALTERNATE WINNER/QUESTION WILL BE SELECTED. WINNERS OF PREVIOUS TELEHELL CONTESTS MUST WAIT ONE CALENDAR YEAR BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE TO WIN AGAIN. EMPLOYEES & RELATIVES OF EMPLOYEES OF TELEHELL, HORTON ROAD PRODUCTIONS AND THE SPONSORS OF THE SHOW ARE NOT ELLIGIBLE.

SPECIAL: Guest host Scott Mason (Play Like a Jet Podcast) is here to guide you through the world of Sports...Particularly, Sports Gimmicks that were designed to bring in more viewers, but instead caused those same viewers to change the channel at world record speeds SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons

A little summer housekeeping... 00:00 - THE PAST: A little injury I went through recently, and some comments made on our Youtube simulcasts... 10:05 - THE PRESENT: Our shows for the remainder of 2024; up to/including 4 Monthly Specials... 18:30 - THE FUTURE: Our plans for Season 7, and how exactly we plan on raising money to pull it off... 28:52 - Let's Recap... NEXT EPISODE: 9/8/24, "Telehell's Wearying World of Sports"...also, can someone point me to the pain killers, please?

SEASON 6 FINALE: Having been captured by The Boss and placed inside his new invention, "The Genre-Mat"; He is now forcing me to not only sit through one of the Worst TV Shows of All time, but do so in a way that requires funding from a grant by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons AND VERY SPECIAL THANKS to the Following people for lending their talents to the episode: Joan Bishop Sean Carney Kiersten Davis Andrew Dick James Hernandez Christine Long Michael Luce Darren Marlar Rob Maurer Yarnel Mois Darin Patterson and Nathan Ragland A Post-Season wrap up in August; after that, who knows? See 'ya on the Other side!

The Wrecks of '98 continues with Malcolm McDowell trying to fill some big, rich corinthian leather shoes; as he learns the Hard way that not everything needs to be re-made. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner And out Patrons

And Down the stretch we come for Season 6...Presenting the first of Three shows from one of the most formative years of my life. "The Wrecks of '98" begins with a simple question...did the world REALLY Need a poorly computerized Ed Sullivan to introduce novelty acts, or was this just a case of Digital Grave Robbing? SPONSORED BY Dave's archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons

Nate Ragland (Post Modern Art Podcast) and I use the power of Magic to make aproximately $62 Million in Production & Animation costs disappear; as we look at a show that NBC foolishly went All In on in 2004... 4TH ANNUAL CHARITY EPISODE: From 6/9 to 6/23, We will donate $1 per click between TWO Charites this year (MAXIMUM OF $666 split between the two); Donors Choose & Prizeo SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons

NEXT WEEK is our 4th Annual Charity episode; but before we get to it we want to spend just a couple of minutes talking about the causes we'll--yes, there Will be a "We" in this show--be supporting this year (Donors Choose & Prizeo) Thanks to Darren Marlar of Weird Darkness for being The Boss

Time to fulfil another Patreon request; this time, Ed Batey Jr. wants us to look at the FOX sitcom that tried to be "The Wonder Years"...Was it fair to consider this show an out-and-out "Ripoff", or did it have its own vision of what the 1960s looked like? SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons

Sorry for the format break, but I need to vent about some stuff...largely vehicular/mortality in nature...but so frustrating this was, that we need to pause for a few weeks (NEXT SHOW ON 5/26/24) SPONSORED BY Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner and our Patrons

Why worry about ACTUAL Problems in the world when one can worry about getting ready for the Senior Prom? This 1988 TV Movie with an All-Star cast shows us anything that can (and does) go wrong during that special night... SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq (Who we thank for sending us a copy of the movie With Original Commercials) Kier's Nostalgia Corner And our Patrons

As Saturday Night Live approaches its 50th year on the air, Yours Truly is approaching 30 years as a viewer/fan...Unfortunately; I Became a fan of the show during one of their Darkest times...Brace yourself, we're discussing SNL Season 20... CONTENT WARNING (41:36 - 48:00): A sketch involving certain kinds of Scum who belong in the Actual Hell. SPONSORED BY Dave's Archives Retrocirq Kier's Nostalgia Corner (OUR NEWEST SPONSOR) And our Patrons

Dammit, we made it! 100 Episodes...and for the occasion, we're going to do things a little "Differently" while taking a look at a show that may have been a little Blasphemous to some viewers... SPONSORED BY Dave's Archives Retrocirq And Our Patrons And a SPECIAL THANK YOU To Everybody who has listened to the past 100 shows...even if This is your first time...

Our look at TV things that have the Underworld as a theme continues, as I get roped into pet sitting for the Boss' Hellhound...This 1970s TV Movie Schlockfest tells you what NOT to do when taking care of your domesticated demon. Thank, still once again, Darren Marlar of Weird Darkness for being the Boss... SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

It's hard to imagine that we've been doing this for (Almost) 100 episodes; and YET, we have Yet to cover TV shows that actually have a Hell-ish undertone...That all changes with this "Hell Week" of shows, starting with Sammy Davis Jr.'s Love Letter to the Underworld... Thanks--as always--to Darren Marlar of Weird Darkness, and to our own Joan Bishop. SPONSORED BY Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

Why let Snow White and a bunch of Underachiving actors hog the spotlight of "Dumbest Oscar Moments" when there's nearly 100 years of ceremonies to sift through? These are some of the other "Dumb" moments that deserve the award for "Best reason to shake your head in shame" SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

Scott Mason (Play like a Jet podcast) Joins us at the 50-yard line as we take a look at the Three (theatrical) Halftime shows that may have caused the powers that be in the Football world to change their gameplans... Also, after you listen to this show, catch me trying to pretend to talk about football as I make a Guest Appearance on "Play like a Jet" SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

Here they come...walking down the street...gettin' funniest looks from everyone they meet...Partially because these Monkees don't look a thing like the ones they're supposed to be based on. Did "The New Monkees" deserve better, or were they really just a ripoff act? SPONSORED BY Daves Archives Retrocirq And Our Patrons

Our look at shows with "New" in the title continues with a look at what happens when something flashes in the pan, and people try to keep the pan flashing for as long as the can. As we see if NKOTB had "The Right Stuff" to be cartoon characters... SPONORED BY: Dave's archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

We begin the New Year by taking a look at some shows that take Serious advantage of the word "New"...None more advantageous than an allegedly "New" sketch comedy show that looked a little TOO familiar to the few viewers who watched it... Our thanks to Andrew Dick (That Week in SNL), Darin Patterson (SNL Nerds) and Ian Fermaglitch (Ian Talks Comedy) for a quick yet complex cameo. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

"From here on in, I shoot without a Script"...here's at least a semblance of what we have in store for you in 2024...

Once again, we spend our Christmas looking at a song turned Holiday TV Special; except This year, we're looking at one of The most Polarizing pieces of media that ever existed, and the TV Movie it inspired...Hold on to your shoes, Ladies & Gentledemons...We're going THERE. Thanks again to Darren Marlar of "Weird Darkness" for playing our Boss.  SPONSORED BY: Dave's archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

To call Norman Lear a "Legend" would be an Insult to Legends...This Commentary is NOT about the extensive amount of work he put in to his 101 years of life; but rather, what it was he was advocating for when making his shows.

It's time once again to dig up a corpse from the Summer TV Pilot Graveyard; this one--from 1991--takes a look at the story of Robert Goulet as a former famous person who managed to get into an elected office (Pfft, like THAT could happen today). SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And Our Patrons

Author Justin Bergner ("Solving the Price is Right") gets to COME ON DOWN; as he & I take a look at some of the most ill-concieved pricing games ever to grace the Bob Barker Studio. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

SEASON 6 PREMIERE: At Long last, Welcome to Season 6! You Know we gotta kick things off with a Big one; and for our premiere, we tell the tale of a show So legendary that one ABC Affiliate Pulled it Off The Air within its first 10 minutes...What TV show could Possibly cause that much chaos? Thanks to Joan Bishop, Chad B. White, our announcer Mike Porter and INTRODUCING Darren Marlar of "Weird Darkness" as our Boss for This Season. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

You're gonna get more than you (and I) barganed for this season... Special Thanks to Darren Marlar of "Weird Darkness", and Apologies to the late Larry Lujack & Bill Price.

The Following Breaking News affects our YOUTUBE CHANNEL ONLY; everything else is fine elsewhere (I hope)...Our review of "Time Express" is Officially a "Lost Episode" on our Youtube page (JUST our Youtube Page, you can hear it everywhere else), I always thought Review shows fell under "Fair Use", but Not if it's Doctor Who Ripoffs w/Vincent Price...go figure.

SPECIAL: No, we're not back...yet...but we know we don't wanna leave you hangin'. So until our return on November 12th, we present to you Two of our "Phone-O-Rama" shows from behind the paywall. These two shows pay tribute to two long-time, beloved infomercial pitchmen. AFTER THE SHOW: We'll tell you our first 4 shows for Season 6 ALSO: Listen to the "Post Modern Art Podcast", partly b/c I did an interview with them, and I think you'll like it. SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons

You spoke, I speak about what you spoke about. We're gonna go over some of the things you'd like us to change about the show, and even give you just a taste of what we're going to do in Season 6 this November.

SPECIAL: Summer is almost over; so what better way to mark its ending than by knocking back a couple of Pepsi's...I don't mean drink any; but rather, bring Four of our Minisodes from behind the Paywall that involve the soda maker's failed attempts to pander to the Pepsi Generation. NOTE: Pepsi is NOT a Sponsor of this program, nor are we endorsing them in ANY way...but we still like them (Happy 125th Birthday, Pepsi!). SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives Retrocirq And our Patrons 

The seemingly impossible has happened...bear with us as we take a few minutes to Remember Bob Barker, who passed away earlier today at the Well-lived age of 99. "Help control the Pet Population...have your pets spayed or Neutered"