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Boob Tube Boys

Boob Tube Boys is a comedy podcast where three friends talk about TV shows from days past. Each week, Van Lee, Spencer Hendricks, and Brian Vaughan tackle a different episode of an old show, offering insight and inanity along the way. If you"re into abject silliness, television tropes, and joking around with your friends, you"ve come to the right place!

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Ep 117 | Rawhide: "Reunion"

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2023/08/31

Hyaahhh! Cattle! Whip noises! Racism!Welcome back to the world of Rawhide, the show that dares to legitimately name one of its characters “Mushy.” This time around ol’ Rowdy (Clint Eastwood) is off doing some cow thing, so Army Scout Pete Nolan (some actor) makes an appearance as he has negotiated a peace between the Pawnee Native Americans and the US GovernmentUnfortunately the General in charge of delivering the US half of this peace deal simply hates anyone who isn’t himself or his melty-faced

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Ep 116 | Rawhide: "Grandma's Money"

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2023/08/24

Rawhide is a show about cowboys and the cows that make them boys. Usually it's about the difficulty of herdin' cattle throughout the frontier of the New World, but sometimes you need to take a detour to the big city. And that's where Rowdy (Clint Eastwood) runs into the most nefarious grandma you've ever seen. This woman is not only rootin', but also tootin'As the show's grandma expert Spencer takes the reigns and leads us through the harrowing tale of an old lady trying to get to St. Louis with her

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Ep 115 | Street Hawk: "Chinatown Memories"

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2023/08/09

Poor Jesse Mach. He's constantly falling in love with celebrities or old flames. It's a difficult emotional heft to carry while on the back of an ultra-motorcycle going 300 miles-per-hour. The BTBs are back for more Street Hawk, ready to see whether Jesse chooses love over vigilantismJesse's ex is back in town and in need of help. Her friend is in trouble with the Tong gang, an adversary too mighty for even the authorities. Good thing Jesse is also Street Hawk. Brian offers listener corrections, Van

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Ep 114 | Street Hawk: "Dog Eat Dog"

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2023/08/03

What if motorcycles were even faster and could blow things up? The 1985 cop-and-machine show Street Hawk dares to ask this question and many others of similar import. The Boob Tube Boys travel back to a time of bigger hair to find out why this show only survived one seasonThis week, police officer and Street Hawk rider Jesse Mach needs to convince a rock star to record a PSA for his department. Little does Jesse know, he's about to become tangled up in a web of VHS cassette intrigue! Brian, Spencer,

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Ep 113 | Forged in Fire: "Fan's Choice"

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2023/07/27

For our second trip to the forge the guys get to meet four competitors who are also making a return trip as return combatants. Each one had been on the show previously but lost, so this is actually a shot at redemption for the contestantsThis time around we've got Josh, a man who infuriates Brian. Robby, a man who calls himself "the blacksmithing cowboy of the Great Smokey Mountains." Chad, who says the word "forge-a-licious" at least 63 times in the episode. And finally a very orb of a man that

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Ep 112 | Forged in Fire: "The Falcata"

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2023/07/19

The Boob Tube Boys have traded their microphones for cold, hard, steel hammers for a few weeks as Van covers the History Channel's reality competition Forged in Fire. The show features several amateur home bladesmiths (or blacksmiths? We don't know if the titles are interchangeable) competing against one another to earn the title of Forged in Fire Champion as well as a check for $10,000Along the way we'll learn about tangs and Bowie knives and all sorts of other cool stuff. Of course the best part

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Ep 111 | Friends: "The One Where Everybody Finds Out"

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2023/07/13

Friends! That's not only the people who record this podcast, but also the television show those same friends are talking about. Friends on Friends, that's what's going down here!This time around Spencer regales us with tales of Monica and Chandler bangin' each other in front of every window they can find, Ross having anger issues but wanting a new apartment, and of course Joey just wanting all of this to be over with. Evidently this is one of the most beloved episodes of this show, so we'll see if

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Ep 110 | Friends: "The One Where Ross Finds Out"

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2023/07/06

Friends is a show about several friends doing friend things like revealing their love for each other while drunk. Well at least that's the gist of the show based on our episode today, anywaySpencer, Brian, and Van look back at one of the hottest sitcoms of the 90s and try to determine whether the show is deserving of its lofty praise. Watching Friends of course means that they have to look at both Chandler AND Ross, and that doesn't get the whole thing started off well. We'll also see if Phoebe can

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Ep 109 | Doug: "Doug's Halloween Adventure"

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2023/06/28

Just when you thought the world of Doug was safe and cozy, a green-faced demon wrought by the pain of love and life lost shows up. Wait, we'll back up. Doug and Skeeter want to experience The Threshold of Death, a scary new ride at Bluffington's disco-themed amusement park this Halloween. Roger helps get the boys into the ride after closing, but a theatrical new character rises from his crypt to throw a wrench/curse into thingsSpencer and Van passionately state the adult importance of eggs and

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Ep 108 | Doug: "Doug's Dog's Date/Doug's Big Nose"

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2023/06/21

Nicktoons were sweeping the classrooms and playgrounds of America in the 1990s. You couldn't whack a tetherball without someone mentioning Tommy Pickles, Ed Bighead, or the subject of the next two BTB episodes, Doug. C'mon, everyone! Honk honk! Let's go to Bluffington! This week, the Tube Team talks about Doug's horny dog Porkchop and his cool house. Doug doesn't have a house (still a kid), but he does have a panic attack about the size of his nose. Van and Brian grew up on Doug, but will they find

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Ep 107 | Turbulence 3: Part 2

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2023/06/14

The BTBs are back for more Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, a movie about a shock-rock singer who either takes a plane over or saves it. Will the FBI learn the truth about Slade? Will Nick the Hacker prove he is the smartest and best man to Kate? Is there a cool Angelfire page with skulls on it that makes morning zoo radio boner noises? This episode will answer all of those questions and more! Brian shares his imagined ending for Turbulence 3 and forces his co-hosts to play a game suggested by Slade

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Ep 106 | Turbulence 3: Part 1

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2023/06/07

The final film of the Boob Tube Boys' transformation into the Motion Picture Men has arrived! Brian takes the yoke (planes!) as the team tackles Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, a direct-to-video sequel to a couple of movies no one liked much in the first place. The face-painted industrial goth singer Slade Craven and his band are set to give their final performance on an ugly plane to a dozen stock characters and a massive online audience. Things do not go as plannedBrian, Spencer, and Van talk about

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Ep 105 | The Room: Part 2

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2023/05/31

Considering how important The Room is to the lives of the Boob Tube Boys/Motion Picture Men, is it any surprise that they were able to talk about it for so long? Today’s episode covers the back half of the Tommy Wiseau-led ‘movie’ and the guys encounter what could be the greatest couple of scenes ever put to filmThere are angry old ladies, water bottles being flung, a couple of full-blown heel turns, and of course the many, many bizarre costumes, actions and words of an Eastern European man with a

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Ep 104 | The Room: Part 1

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2023/05/24

The greatest bad movie of all time gets the Boob Tube Boys... err... Motion Picture Men treatment this week as Spencer guides Brian and Van directly into the titular room, where a sexy red dress is waiting for them. Of course coming along with the red dress is the heaving undead corpse of Tommy Wiseau, aka the mastermind behind everything that is wonderfully wrong with this movieThe guys recount their stories about the first time they encountered this masterpiece, and they talk about how impactful

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Ep 103 | Champagne and Bullets: Part 2

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2023/05/10

The Boob Tube Boys are once again transforming into the Motion Picture Men and wrapping up their coverage of the hit 90s action flick Champagne and Bullets. When we left the film last week our buddy Wings Hauser (as 'Huck' Finney) had just beaten up some cops (again) and found himself with a one-way ticket to court. Rick and Cindy have gotten back together again and their lives couldn't be betterThis time around we'll be seeing lots and lots of sex scenes featuring a very old man pawing at a very

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Ep 102 | Champagne and Bullets: Part 1

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2023/05/04

For the next 6 glorious weeks the Boob Tube Boys that you know and love have been destroyed and are being replaced with their adult counterparts- The Motion Picture Men. Sure it's still Van, Brian, and Spencer, but they are big now!The reason for the change is the guys are trying their hands at reviewing movies instead of television shows, and this time around Van has chosen to dive deep and pick out one of the greatest bad movies that has ever existed: Champagne and Bullets. Which is also sometimes

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Ep 101 | Everybody Loves Raymond: "The Model"

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2023/04/26

Look: we all know Brad Garrett can get it. It took eight seasons for the team at Everybody Loves Raymond to figure this out and make an episode where Big Brad aspires to become a model, but better late than never. This episode is much lighter than the last, giving Brian, Spencer, and Van time to discuss oversized clothing, another ugly kitchen, and the Barone Brothers' buried artistic aspirations. Brian leads Barone family therapy, while Van returns to YouTube in search of insight. Plus, stay tuned

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The BTBs Perform Walker, Texas Ranger feat. Kevin Sorbo

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2023/04/14

In honor of their 100th episode the Boob Tube Boys (BTBs) decided they should take all of the lessons learned from watching 100 episodes of television and try their hand at acting. The guys figured there was no better show to read lines from than Walker, Texas Ranger, and so they selected Season 8, Episode 13: Vision QuestThe episode has been condensed and each BTB takes a turn handling different characters. If you were always wondering how Spencer might sound as Walker's girlfriend Alex, then this

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Ep 100 | According to Jim/100th Episode Spectacular:...

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2023/04/14

According to the Boob Tube Boys it’s time for more According to Jim! Wow. That sounds far more upbeat than anyone actually should be about AtJ, but I guess that just goes to show how excited the guys are for the finale of their 100th episode!This time around Spencer has some historical fun for us as he takes us through ‘This Day in BTB History.’ Brian then wraps up our AtJ episode with a special ghost-ish twist, then he has Van and Spencer use all of the knowledge learned over the first 100 episodes

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Ep 100 | According to Jim/100th Episode Spectacular:...

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2023/04/12

For the 100th episode of the Boob Tube Boys Van, Brian, and Spencer spared no expense and pulled out all the stops. The guys decided only an elite, top-tier, masterpiece of television was deserved for such a monumental occasion, so they guys turned to a show that has only been dreamed about thus far: According to JimThe guys take turns hosting part of the AtJ (that's shorthand for According to Jim... all the Jim-heads know this) episode "Kentucky Fried Beltzmann," which also happens to be the 100th

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