Season 6 - Episode 3 - Mike Talks a Show About Nothing with Todd Pretty, Tim Rechtien, John Baker & Chris Allan (Part 1)

In Episode 3 of Season 6 Mike welcomes his observational-in-a-comedic-way dear friends Todd  Pretty, Tim Rechtien, John Baker and Chris Allan to talk about two things: Life + Seinfeld and how much it’s meant to them over the years (this is Part 1 of an epic two part pod).

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Key moments from the pod: 

0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S6E3 featuring four dear friends (Todd Pretty, Tim Rechtien, John Baker and Chris Allan) for a love letter to their favorite show from the 90s about nothing.

2:00: Mike updates the listeners on a recent trip to one of his favorite cities: Toronto, capping things over with an anthem about his new favorite soccer clubs, Toronto FC (7:05).

12:00: Mike welcomes the crew from Monk’s (Todd, Tim, John and Chris) to the podcast and checks in w/ how they each are doing life-wise.

17:45: The guys then check in on when they last saw each other in person, including a new baby in Denver and a disease known as Tigers Fever.

23:30: Mike lays out the premise for the rest of the episode and starts by asking the guys how they first found Seinfeld, which includes several home recordings that weren’t exactly street legal.

33:00: The guys then talk about whether the show grabbed them right away as something they loved.

37:40: Next up the guys quickly talk about their favorite character of the “Big 4” (Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer).

51:50: Has the show stood the test of time?  The guys definitively answer this question.

59:40: It’s the meat of this Part 1: the guys talk through their top ancillary (non-core 4) Seinfeld characters.

1:00:30: George Steinbrenner

1:06:10: Bob Sacamano

1:11:00: Tim Whatley

1:18:20: Izzy Mandelbaum

1:25:15: Jackie Chiles

1:32:20: Lt. Joe Bookman

1:44:40: Jacolo “J” Peterman

1:48:20: David Puddy

1:56:00: Newman

2:06:10: Frank Costanza