John & Pat examine the rich history of SNL debate skits. So, just like at the real debate, the topic mostly centers on “The Girl On The Train” and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Episode 175: New Fall TV Shows w/ Vivian
Vivian makes her annual appearance on the podcast to talk about the new fall season. Spoiler alert: if you’ve been dreaming of day when numerous decades-old mediocre movies were made into series, 2016 is going to be a bonanza.
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Episode 174: Our Top 10 Seinfeld Episodes
John & Pat pick their favorite Seinfeld episodes, but, being cultural rebels, they completely ignore the ones where Ross and Rachel get together and Edith is assaulted in her home. These guys can’t be tamed, America! They’re too pure for this world.
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Episode 173: Our Top ’80s Movies
John & Pat pick their top 10 ’80s movies, which turns out to be utterly pointless since there were only 6 Police Academy films released during the decade. History is a series of disasters.
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Episode 172: 2016 Emmys
John & Pat continue their streak of correctly predicting every awards show race – not predicting the winners, mind you, but the categories. As a bonus, you’ll get to hear the aural equivalent of a slideshow of Pat’s summer vacation! Life is pain.
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Episode 171:The Housemartins – London 0 Hull 4 vs. The Coup – Pick A Bigger Weapon
John & Pat compare the two most famous Marxist music acts (sorry, Gang Of Four!) of the modern era and manage to say nothing about politics or philosophy in the process. But at least they look good doing it. As far as you know.
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Episode 170: Our Top 10 Dramas
John & Pat pick their top 10 favorite TV dramas, and only one of their lists is complete b.s. See who you agree with and determine whether you’re a Pat or a John. Or whether you’re somebody with an actual life.
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Episode 169: Best Songs of 2016 Part 1
John & Pat do their semi-annual list of their favorite songs of the year. Will yours make the cut? Nope. But you will be educated on some great music bubbling under the radar. Educated, but not entertained. Just like an Aaron Sorkin script!
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Episode 168: Our Top 10 Sitcoms
John & Pat turn their critical eye to the only subject either of them can discuss with any degree of expertise: sitcoms. Listen to see if your favorites (Dallas, Oz, Dragnet) made their lists, or if they just blew it like they have with their miserable lives. Comedy!
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Episode 167: 1986 vs. 2016
Pat & John relive the glory days of their youth and contrast it with their decrepit, bitter present in this episode that’s sure to make you question your concept of mortality, art and what it means to be human in the modern era. Or else they just recite a bunch of lists. It’s really not for us to say.
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