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PODCAST

A Very Special Podcast

A Very Special Podcast

The podcast where we watch all of your favorite television series of yesteryear and then discuss them over a glass of wine.

tv & film

All Episodes

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#80: The Earth Day Special (1990)

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/04/23

Episode #80: The Earth Day Special (1990) Original Release Date: April 23, 2017 So, Mother Nature has fallen from the sky, planet Earth is in peril, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar to get away from it all; and that’s just the beginning! Yes, this week Patrick and Kat navigate the choppy waters that was The Earth Day Special, starring everyone; including Morgan Freeman who Kat was convinced was a complete unknown in 1990 but according to post-recording internet research Patrick uncovered he won a

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21:41

A Very Special Planet - Captain Planet and the...

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/04/18

A Very Special Planet - Captain Planet and the Planeteers #1 (1991) Ahoy, hoy! In honor of the upcoming Earth Day celebration; Patrick dusts off his copy and reads the first issue of Marvel Comics’ take on the wildly aged Captain Planet and the Planeteers animated series. Envision it like story time… or something. We have some great stuff coming up, so don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review us on iTunes. Website: http://www.averyspecialpodcast.com Twitter: @VeryPodcast Starring: Patrick M

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53:33

#79: Seinfeld - “The Parking Garage”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/04/11

Episode #79: Seinfeld - “The Parking Garage” Original Release Date: April 11, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat dip into the world of Seinfeld for the first time on A Very Special Podcast and what better way to be re-introduced to a world of cynicism than with the classic parking garage episode. This is the one where Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George wander aimlessly around the parking garage of a mall in New Jersey searching for Kramer’s car. Plus, Jerry Seinfeld dabbles in scientology, lax stalking

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53:56

#78: Cheers - “Bar Bet”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/03/28

Episode #78: Cheers - “Bar Bet” Original Release Date: March 28, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat welcome y'all to “The Shelley Long” years of Cheers, which is a super popular era of the long running sitcom but for two self proclaimed Rebecca fans, an unfamiliar realm of barroom camaraderie. Anyway, Sam Malone made a deal during a booze induced blackout with a shady Bostonian played by Michael Richards that he would have to give up his bar if he does not marry Jacqueline Bisset within the next 365

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39:57

#77: The 4400 - “Pilot”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/03/17

Episode #77: The 4400 - “Pilot” Original Release Date: March 17, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat venture into the realm of science fiction when they revisit the early-2000s USA Network drama, The 4400. This was the one about a group of people who mysteriously vanished over the course of fifty years and then suddenly reappeared one evening in 2004. Plus, Patrick and Kat learn that someone has taken their podcast name and are using it as their own and the fun summer programming schedule of 2004! We

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43:01

#76: The Donna Reed Show - "The Mustache"

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/03/07

Episode #76: The Donna Reed Show - The Mustache Original Release Date: March 7, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat hop into their Studebaker and crash into a 1961 episode of The Donna Reed Show. So, Donna’s husband comes back from a week long hunting trip and hasn’t shaved so decides to craft his stubbly face into a bomb ass mustache, but Donna and Mary aren’t thrilled. Oh, the insanity! Plus, Cher hangs out with the girls from CBS’ The Talk, a peak into things Robert Stack did that were not Unsolved

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49:21

#75: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/03/01

Episode #75: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Original Release Date: March 1, 2017 Patrick and Kat celebrate their 75th episode with the biggest Public Service Announcement of all time, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. A joint effort from George and Barbara Bush and every animation studios to bring you awareness to the epidemic that is stealing our youths! Oh, and it’s a convoluted mess… just like this episode of our podcast, but hey, we aren’t fucking NPR. Plus, early George Clooney acting efforts,

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54:41

#74: The Wonder Years - “Steady As She Goes”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/02/21

Episode #74: The Wonder Years - “Steady As She Goes” Original Release Date: February 21, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat slip into the tumultuous world of The Wonder Years, where Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper are constant odds of back and forth wooing. This week, Winnie is knee deep in her relationship with Kirk McCrae and Kevin tries to slap her in the face by dating Becky Slater; I don’t know, just go with us on this. Plus, Kat finally watches The People vs. O.J. Simpson, The Year-and-a-Half-ish

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55:56

#73: 3rd Rock from the Sun - "Dick Smoker"

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/02/10

Episode #73: 3rd Rock from the Sun - Dick Smoker Original Release Date: February 10, 2017 Patrick and Kat take a bizarre ride to the wonderful, wacky world of 3rd Rock from the Sun. Dick Solomon takes up smoking, Sally Solomon is put in charge, Tommy Solomon resurrects a frog from the dead, and Harry Solomon, well, he does regular old Harry stuff. Plus, lunch dates with Diane Keaton, confusing the title with 30 Rock, Kristen Johnston is a wonderful human being, and a rowdy round of Sophie’s Choice

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55:33

#72: General Hospital - “Luke and Laura Save The World”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/01/28

Episode #72: General Hospital - “Luke and Laura Save The World” Original Release Date: January 28, 2017 This week Patrick and Kat take a trip back to the early 80s and watch a classic episode of General Hospital, when Luke and Laura ruled the early afternoon airwaves and battles those damn Cassadines and their pesky weather machinery. Plus, breaking news for fans of Days of Our Lives, flashback to when MSNBC broke into the wild world of cable news, mistaken Holly Marie Combs with Neve Campbell,

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42:37

#71: Galavant - “Pilot/Joust Friends”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/01/18

Episode #71: Galavant - “Pilot/Joust Friends” Original Release Date: January 18, 2017 [download the mp3] WTF is Galavant? According to Kat Halstead, it was a short-lived ABC series that combined elements of musicals, comedies, medieval fantasy, unicorns, dragons, and Kylie Minogue. Still confused as Patrick was? Well, listen as Kat recaps the first two episodes and Patrick chimes in with his usual witty banter. Plus, does Galavant take place in a future Earth post-Donald Trump America, a rowdy

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58:47

#70: Friends - “The One with the Monkey”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/01/12

Episode #70: Friends - “The One with the Monkey” Original Release Date: January 12, 2017 Ding dong, 2016 is dead and instead of looking forward we are looking back… to 1994; when a gaggle of New Yorkers chilled in hodge podge-y, spacious, rent controlled apartments. Yes, this week Patrick and Kat decided to watch another episode of Friends and jump back into the carefree world of Marvin the Martian t-shirts, cute monkeys, and smooches at the stroke of midnight on January 1st. Plus, Kat’s lament for

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#69: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

A Very Special Podcast ·

2017/01/03

Episode #69: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Original Release Date: January 3, 2017 Who knew that Home Alone 2: Lost in New York could stir up so many emotions? Be sure to listen because a little argument breaks out around fifteen minute mark and Kat may have walked out of the recording for a few minutes. But fret not! We patched things up and we agreed on one thing; The McCallister family are all HORRIBLE PEOPLE (mostly Uncle Frank)! Plus, who exactly is The Fashionable 90s Lady who punches

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43:20

#68: A Different World - “For Whom the Jingle Bells...

A Very Special Podcast ·

2016/12/24

Episode #68: A Different World - “For Whom the Jingle Bells Tolls” Original Release Date: December 24, 2016 Whitley Gilbert has one too many souvlaki’s on a stick while shopping at the mall and her guilty conscience of humbugging her way through the holidays conjures up the familial Dickensian Christmas ghosts that have invaded every American sitcom since the dawn of television. The situation gets a little funky when Jaleesa sings the Hillman College rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” with

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#67: To Grandmother’s House We Go (1992)

A Very Special Podcast ·

2016/12/16

Episode #67: To Grandmother’s House We Go Original Release Date: December 16, 2016 This week, Patrick and Kat watch a very special made-for-television movie that helped launch a thousand plus direct-to-video films for Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Crime pays; unless you kidnap pre-billionaire Olsen Twins for ransom… in To Grandmother’s House We Go! Plus, Leah Remini’s Scientology show, what it must be like auditioning for the role of Tom Cruise’s wife, Northern Exposure, and snarky TV Guide reviews

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#66: Mad Men - “Christmas Comes But Once A Year”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2016/12/05

Episode #66: Mad Men - “Christmas Comes But Once A Year” Original Release Date: December 5, 2016 This week, Patrick and Kat’s journey into televised nostalgia lands them in 1960s New York City via a 2010 episode of Mad Men. It’s Christmas time on Madison Avenue and the people of Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce are scrambling to entertain that dude from Lucky Strikes. Plus, Patrick and Kat mourn the loss of Florence Henderson, Jon Hamm comes clean about his penis size, Big Brother 12, Shark Week, and

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#65: The Mary Tyler Moore Show - “Today I Am Ma’am”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2016/11/30

Episode #65: The Mary Tyler Moore Show - “Today I Am Ma’am” Original Release Date: November 30, 2016 This week, Patrick and Kat’s journey into televised nostalgia lands them in 1970s Minneapolis where they spend a night with Rhoda and Mary; who are both feeling downtrodden because they are thirty and single. Rhoda gets the wild idea to chase the blues away by inviting over some men. Shenanigans ensue. Plus, a Mary Tyler Moore murder mystery, hanging out with Hazel Frederick, and the year’s most

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40:35

#64: Mad About You - “Giblets for Murray”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2016/11/23

Episode #64: Mad About You - “Giblets for Murray” Original Release Date: November 23, 2016 Patrick and Kat serve you a second scooping of a Thanksgiving Day themed podcast. This time around it’s the classic 1990s NBC sitcom, Mad About You and how Paul and Jamie Buchman fared during the first Thanksgiving they decided to host in “Giblets for Murray.” Plus, what it’s like to have your apartment be above a liquor store, Helen Hunt’s trip to North Carolina to film a television series, and teaching

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58:20

#63: Saved by the Bell: The College Years - “A...

A Very Special Podcast ·

2016/11/18

Episode #63: Saved by the Bell: The College Years - “A Thanksgiving Story” Original Release Date: November 18, 2016 Patrick and Kat slip into Thanksgiving season with a early 90s cranberry jam that took the playful innocence of Saved by the Bell and plunged it into the murkier waters of primetime with Saved by the Bell: The College Years. Anything goes at Cal U, including anal probes with a turkey thermometer and a slew of new uninteresting supporting characters for Zack, Slater, and Screech Wilson

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35:21

#62: The Golden Girls - “Mrs. George Devereaux”

A Very Special Podcast ·

2016/11/09

Episode #62: The Golden Girls - “Mrs. George Devereaux” Original Release Date: November 9, 2016 Halloween is over and Patrick and Kat had too many Krackle bars, so we are settling back into normalcy while discussing a fun dream sequence episode of The Golden Girls. This is the one where Blanche receives a shitload of roses from a secret admirer and they turn out to be from her not-so-dead-anymore husband, George. Oh, and Dorothy has to chose who she wants to ride the saddle with between Sonny Bono

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