The Marshall McLuhan Variety Hour

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Three ne'er-do-wells and occasional bon vivants turn media past and present on its head with anecdotes, memories and pop culture callbacks.

Anthony Marco


    • Dec 1, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 36 EPISODES


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    MMVH After Dark 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024


    Download MMVHad10.mp3 Dave and Anth lounge in the green room talking about scientific theories, artificial intelligence and tragicomedy.

    MMVH117 - Games Night Holiday Style

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023


    Download mmvh117.mp3 Dave and Anth dole out a decorative D5, a merry Mt. Rushmore, and a seasonal Sleeps with the Fish!Live from the Tinsel Mines of Burma!

    MMVH After Dark 09

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023


    Download MMVHad09.mp3 A MMVH After Dark that may or may not be CNDOP-worthy... but there is a hastily-constructed Dave5... sorry D5!

    MMVH116 - A Chat with George Pierre Tottenham

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023


    This week, Dave and Anth hand the reigns over to George Pierre Tottenham from the Artifice Institute for all of your listening pleasure. Download mmvh116.mp3

    MMVH115 - And the Tony Goes To...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023


    Download mmvh115.mp3 Dave and Anth drop a Tony Award winning D5 while carving up a Mount Rushmore of topics!

    MMVH 114 - A Day Old Timbits and Corn Syrup Holiday Extravaganza

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022


    Download mmvh114.mp3 Dave and Anth ring in the holidays with a D5, a Mt. Rushmore, and a special musical guest!

    MMVH113 - TweetClaudes for CNDOP

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022


    Download MMVH113.mp3 Dave and Anth drop an episode with a D5 and a Mount Rushmore in honour of CNDOP22!

    MMVH112 - Live from Stone Roads MMPR 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2022


    Download MMVH112_-_Live_from_Stone_Roads_MMPR_2022.mp3

    MMVH111 - Iconoplasm

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021


    Download mmvh111.mp3 Dave and Anth wander the variety spectrum from COVID-19 to Product 19 and climb Mt. Rushmore while going over/under on the dead.

    MMVH110 - Peer Reviewed by Nobel Laureates

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2021


    Download mmvh110.mp3 We return with Sleeps with the Fish, Mt. Rushmore, our newest community opportunity!

    MMVH109 - A Seussance of Marshall

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021


    Download mmvh109.mp3 A rare medium well done with a splash of Sleeps With the Fish, Mt. Rushmore, and U-Anon!

    MMVH108 - Carbonated Gravy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021


    Download mmvh108.mp3 A wandering syllabus of an open discussion leads into a D5, Mt. Rushmore, and this episodes U-Anon revelations!

    MMVH107 - Cheesies Could Win the Electoral College

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021


    Download mmvh107.mp3 A D5, a Mt. Rushmore, and the debut of U-Anon! If U don't know, then you U know!

    MMVH106 - Wherefore Anchovies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021


    Download mmvh106.mp3 A question of the day, a D5, a Mt. Rushmore... what else could you want? You selfish bastards!

    MMVH105 - MMCNDOPPR

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020


    Download mmvh105.mp3 A very special CNDOP roundtable.

    MMVH104 - The Last D

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020


    Download mmvh104.mp3 Some post-US election talk and exciting installments of Sleeps with the Fish, D5, and Mt. Rushmore!

    MMVH103 - Heroes in Unlikely Places

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020


    Download mmvh103.mp3 On this episode...Dave welcomes the B&B Morris Connection to the Dave Brodbeck OrchestraOur dynamic duo winds through iterations of D5, A forked version of Sleeps with the Fish, and a MSG-induced Mount Rushmore.

    MMVH102 - Happy Birthday Burt Young

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020


    Download mmvh102.mp3 Anth and Dave unintentionally celebrate Paulie with games and activities!

    MMVH101 - Federkoed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020


    Download mmvh101.mp3 On this episode...We welcome guest choreographer Tom Merritt to join us for some Corona isolation discussion about whether e-sports are sports and participate in our own Games and Activities including...D5 (Discussion, Drink, Disaster, Drive, Debauchery)Sleeps with the Fish ANDMt. RushmorePlay along with our contestants!This episode brought to you by KLOURT! Get your KLOURT score today!

    MMVH100 - Under Covid of the Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020


    Download mmvh100.mp3 On this episode of MMVH, the Dave Brodbeck Orchestra invites Regis Philbin to sit with the band.We play D5, Sleeps with the Fish, and debut our latest Game/Team Consensus Builder MT. RUSHMORE!We hope all of you are staying happy and healthy during the pandemic.The pandemic IS the message!

    MMVH99 - The Fred Silverman Variety Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020


    Download mmvh99.mp3 A very special, all-in-one, crossover episode between The Marshall McLuhan Variety Hour and Best Episode Ever!

    MMVH After Dark 08

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019


    Download MMVHad08.mp3 Dave and Anth answer more non-viewer questions in our annual CNDOP episode!

    MMVH After Dark 06

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019


    Download MMVHad06.mp3 An After Dark episode recorded live at MMPR2019!

    MMVH98 - Game Night

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019


    Download mmvh98.mp3 A double game night with an installment of D5 and Ensemble Cast!

    MMVH97 - Ensemble Cast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019


    Download mmvh97.mp3 A long-awaited episode with the debut of our new game... tentatively called Ensemble Cast... waiting on Paul Kane!

    MMVH96 - Shining City of Spectral Dissonance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2018


    Download mmvh96.mp3 Another episode... finally!The Dave Brodbeck Orchestra featuring Beto O'RourkeA stirring installment of D5: Discussion, Drinks, Disaster, Driving, Debauchery

    MMVH95 - The MMPR2018 Sleeps With The Fish Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018


    Download mmvh95.mp3 The 2nd annual Sleeps With The Fish Challenge from MMPR2018 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada!

    MMVH94 - The Nights of the Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018


    Download mmvh94.mp3 On this episode... The Dave Brodbeck Orchestra welcomes... Oh SHIT, nevermind! It's MMPR 2018!

    MMVH93 - They Can't Start the Game Without Us

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2018


    Download mmvh93.mp3 This week's episode we record our Daytime Emmy submission...The Dave Brodbeck Orchestra feat. special guest Susan Lucci.We welcome Eddie Murphy, Eddie Vedder, Eddie Money, Eddie Murray, Eddie Izzard to Discussion, Drink, Disaster, Driving, Debauchery.

    MMVH92 - Shitting Out Zenon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2017


    Download mmvh92.mp3 On this episode...The Dave Brodbeck Orchestra with special guest: Father Frost.The Bob Goyetche Dancers featuring guest choreographer Jason Reese with very special guest choreographer: The Ghost of Rose Marie.AND a very special New Year's installment of Sleeps With the Fish?

    MMVH91 - Am I Ever Thirsty and My Lips are Swollen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017


    Download mmvh91.mp3 Discussion Drink Disaster Driving Debauchery - Rex Murphy, T. Rex (Marc Bolan), Rex Tillerson, Rex Reed, Rex Smith.

    MMVH90 - The Retro Null Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017


    Download mmvh90.mp3 The Brodbeck Null Stars: Juha Widing, Orland Kurtenbach, Andre Lacroix, Greg Joly, Rod Schutt, Poul Popeil, Glenn Goldup, Lars-Erik Sjoberg AND Michel Plasse.Anth -Orest Kindrachuk, Ed Kea, Lou Nanne, Harold Snepsts, Dennis Ververgaert, Jocelyn Guevermont, Henry Boucha, Denis Maruk, Rocky Saginiuk AND Ron Low.

    MMVH88 - Live Sleeping with the Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017


    Download mmvh88.mp3 A live full round session of Sleeps with the Fish? and a bonus D5 to boot, from The Pheasant Plucker in lovely downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada at the Marshall McLuhan Podcaster Roundtables - July 8th, 2017.

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