TGI Podcast

Happy Easter! To celebrate the spring holiday, Matt sat down to watch "The First Easter Rabbit" from Rankin/Bass for the first time!Tune in to hear him talk about the ups and downs of this very *interesting* special and, as usual, he determines whether or not it should be deemed a holiday classic. Come listen!

Happy March! To celebrate this month nearly coming to a close, we are going with a little March Madness from The King of Queens!Month has notoriously been hard to find relevant content and you'll have to listen to this one to see if it gets a "You Got it Dude!" or a No Way Jose!"

Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate the holiday we are covering a favorite on the podcast: Full Hosue!We talk about why Joey is a part of the PTA, why this one makes us last more than most and, as always, we decided whether or not this should be deemed a holiday classic!Come give it a listen!

Happy Tuesday! We are back from our long winter's nap for our first episode of 2025! A new year brings some new additions to our show and this week we are debuting a pair of new segments to help liven things up. With the Super Bowl quickly approaching we took a trip back to the world of Home Improvement for this episode from the 90s. Come give it a listen!

Merry Christmas Eve! To cap off another fun season on the podcast we are going back to an old standby in Home Improvement! This episode is packed with too many people and not enough bedrooms, a fall off the roof that magically didn't hurt Tim and sadly not enough of Taylor Boys. Come give it a listen to see if it should be deemed a holiday classic and stay tuned until the end to hear more about the future of the show!

Happy Thursday! We close out our last episode of The List for the season by ranking all of the Christmas episodes from The Office! This show is one of Matt's favorites and it wasn't as easy as he initially thought it would be to rank his favorite episodes. With that said, this one is packed with quotable lines and a lot of holiday cheer!

We are a week away from Christmas and figured it was FINALLY time to cover Growing Pains! Matt talks about the history of the show and his own with watching it before really diving into this episode. It has a suicidal Santa, a female dog named Walter and packages of ground beef!

"Live from your speakers... it's TGI PODCAST!" We made our way to 30 Rock and transported ourselves back in time to take a look back at some of the best Christmas skits from Saturday Night Live in this latest episode of The List! Come give it a listen!

Happy Tuesday! As we inch closer to Christmas we decided to talk about one of the most overlooked shows of the early 2000s: Yes, Dear! Come listen along as Matt talks about his history with this show and whether or not this episode should be deemed a Christmas classic!

Happy Thursday! This week on 'The List' we are counting down some movies very near and dear to my heart! Since I am from the Chicagoland area, I figured we should rank our favorite Christmas movies set in this area! Come give it a listen and see if you agree!

Happy Tuesday! And more importantly, Happy December! We've *officially* hit our favorite time of the year. To celebrate, we are covering a TGIF staple on the podcast with Family Matters! This episode has great 90s decorations, some funny quips and we get a great lesson from Steve Urkel on the true meaning of Christmas! Tune in now!

Happy Thanksgiving! As a special *bonus* this week we are dropping a brand new episode of The List! This week we count down the five actors who we believe should play the role of Santa Claus in a major motion picture. While a couple of actors on this list have played Santa before, none have played him on the big screen. Listen along and let us know if you agree or disagree with our list!

Happy Thanksgiving Week! We thought there was no better way to celebrate the big day than by covering one of our favorite shows on the podcast! We are covering Season 3's 'Dark Meet' from The King of Queens!

Happy Tuesday! We are a little over a week away from Thanksgiving and we decided to make a stop at Brooklyn Nine-Nine to celebrate! Come find out more about Matt's history with the show and to see if this gets a "You got it, dude!" or a No way, Jose!"

Welcome back to the TGI Podcast! This week we are talking a show that Matt thought for the longest time only he knew about! It has robots, terrible TV graphics and *maybe* enough Thanksgiving spirit! Come give it a listen!

Welcome back and welcome in to November! While we certainly love Christmas on this podcast, we always have to make sure that Thanksgiving gets it due! We are kicking off our Thanksgiving episodes by covering Malcolm in the Middle for the first time! Be sure to tune in to hear Matt's history with the who, how he gushes over Bryan Cranston and he determines whether or not this episode should be deemed a classic!

Happy Christmas Podcast Day! To cap off our jam-packed week we are covering one of our favorite Christmas specials: A Garfield Christmas! In this episode we go over what else was playing that night on TV in 1987, Matt's history with the special and whether or not it will get a "You Got It Dude!" or a "No Way Jose!"

Happy Halloween! We figured there was no better way to celebrate one of our favorite holidays than by debuting the first episode of The List for the season! This week we are ranking our five favorite movies from the Halloween franchise! Do you agree? Do you disagree? Let us know!

Happy Halloween Week! We are kicking off our jam-packed week by covering one of our favorite shows on the podcast: Home Improvement. Sit back and relax and see if this is an episode worth watching before the holiday ends or if you can just move on!

Welcome back! As we inch closer to Halloween we are here this week talking about Roseanne! Known for its Halloween episodes, does this one pass the test? Tune in to find out!

Welcome back! This week we are covering the show that is absolutely *perfect* for Spooky Season with Sabrina The Teenage Witch! This episode features talking coaches, a literal river of candy corn and the 10,000 Maniacs! Come give it a listen!

Spooky Month continues on here on TGI Podcast and this week we are covering "Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf" from the second season of Boy Meets World! There's a lot more than meets the eye with this episode as we talk about growing up, werewolves and where one finds a quill for writing notes! Also, we discuss the Christmas Podcast Network ornament that is available and you can order that right here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9KJ9CHmOml_-iXZbv9ACz7BXqHZ82jPkaxiM_vPm6F1m5Wg/viewform

Happy October! We are now officially back and right in our element here in the spooky month! We are covering The Drew Carey Show to kickoff our Halloween month this week! This one is wacky and wild, and while that usually isn't something Matt enjoys, this one really surprised him!

Welcome back! Season 5 has officially started here on TGI Podcast and we could not be more excited for what is coming up this season! We are kicking the year off right by covering Hey Arnold! Matt discusses his overall history with the show, we get a special message from Matt Spaulding about his new book and we determine, as always, if this episode should be deemed a classic! Come give it a listen! Links: Santa in His Own Words by Matt Spaulding - Amazon Advent Calendar House - Hey Arnold Christmas

Christmas in July is coming to a close and that means we have one final episode to drop! This week we are covering the second Christmas episode of The Simpsons: Marge Be Not Proud. We go deep into the story behind this episode and how its guest star was a bit of a handful. Come give it a listen! *Notes* Mike Scully discussing the inspiration of the episode Josh Weinstein's Twitter thread on the show's guest star

Happy Tuesday! We are slowly but surely getting to the end of Christmas in July! This week we are covering Bob's Burgers with a Christmas episode that really took us by surprise! Come give it a listen!

Happy Tuesday! We are halfway through our Christmas in July and are covering Family Guy for the first time! Matt talks his history with the show, the history of the show overall and, as always, determines whether or this episode should be deemed a Christmas classic!

Happy Tuesday! We are back continuing Christmas in July this week by covering King of the Hill! This one is quite the strange ride and as always we determine whether or not it should be deemed a Christmas classic! Come give it a listen!

Happy Fourth of July to our America listeners! This year it was much harder than last to find an episode for Independence Day! Luckily, this episode of The Wonder Years *just* made the cut! Come give it a listen!

Happy Leon Day! To celebrate we are covering Frasier for the very first time! Matt talks his history with Frasier and determines, like always, if this episode should be deemed a holiday classic!

Happy May! With summer just right around the corner, we are celebrating graduation this week on the podcast! We are talking That 70's Show this week, including the show's overall history and Matt's history with the series as a whole. *This episode does include a brief general description of Danny Masterson's crimes.

Happy April Fool's Day! We decided to hit up an old favorite with The Simpsons this week! In this episode, we talk about our likes and dislikes when it comes to clip shows, break down as many clips from this as possible and talk about one interesting theory involving Homer in this episode and how it correlates to every season after! Come give it a listen!

Happy (early) Easter! To celebrate we are heading to the world of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire! In this episode, we talk about some hilarious clips involving a rabbit, why Carlton deserves more credit as a singer and discuss why Nicky is really the star of the show.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! What better way to celebrate the luck of the Irish than this absolutely WILD special from Rankin/Bass. In this episode, Matt talks about how this is his first time watching the special and he truly tries to wrap his head around how this thing even got made! Come give us a listen and don't forget to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify!

Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate the first "big" post-Christmas holiday we decided to talk Family Matters! Listen in as we talk about the smooth-talking Daniel, why Maxine is a good friend to Laura and discuss Urkel's almost-NSFW moment talking about a pickle

It is time for the big game, but Raymond has gotten himself into another pickle! This week we are covering 'Super Bowl' from Everybody Loves Raymond for our January episode. Matt discusses how there are a lot of questions surrounding Ray's ticket situation and how maybe Debra went a little overboard with her attacks on Ray. As always, we cap off the episode by determining whether or not it should be deemed a classic. Come give it a listen!

The Christmas spirit is still alive for another week as we are counting down our favorite new Christmas content of this past year. Follow along as Matt breaks down the new films/specials he watched and where he'd rank each one, including a few surprises near the top of the list! Come give it a listen!

Happy New Year! To close out 2023 and welcome in 2024, we are going on a sci-fi adventure into the future to cover Futurama! Despite this episode premiering in March of 1999, does it still give off the New Year's Eve vibes? Be sure to listen to find out! Also discussed is Matt's history with the show, as well as Matt Groening explaining what Futurama is all about. Links: Matt Groening interview with Mother Jones Matt Groening discussing the premise of Futurama

Happy Festivus! We decided to cover this iconic episode from Seinfeld to celebrate Frank Costanza's favorite holiday! In this episode, Matt gushes over Seinfeld in general and offers up a lot of tidbits and facts about the idea behind Festivus. Be sure to give it a listen! Links: Dan O'Keefe's appearance on Venture Voice

Welcome in to a new episode of The List! This week we decided to talk those characters off to the side who still have a major impact on your favorite movies and specials! So come give it a listen!

Happy Thursday! In this week's episode, we are counting down the best specials produced by Rankin Bass! We go through our five favorite specials, including a pair of honorable mentions in our attempt to find the best of the best from one of the holiday standbys!

Welcome back to the TGI Podcast and the official start of the Christmas season on the podcast! We thought there was no better way to kick off the season than by talking about one of the most iconic Christmas specials of all time: Frosty the Snowman! So settle in to listen Matt talk about why this special means so much to him, all of his random impressions of the characters in this special and he tries to figure out why Santa just left Karen on the roof!