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!
Episodes
September 5, 2024 • 101 mins
It's the faraway year of 2018 and man has colonized every place on Earth... except for the sea! This means the BTBs head into the damp, deep, fish home that is the Ocean where they encounter the crew of the legendary Deep Sea Vehicle the Seaquest. But as Captian Nathan Bridger discovers not all is well on the massive submarine as everyone's old enemy bureaucracy has raised its ugly head causing a backlog on a very important control...
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August 30, 2024 • 81 mins
With a return to the rich and powerful west where tech reigns supreme the Boob Tube Boys flash forward one year from last week’s episode to check in with the guys at Pied Piper and it’s going fine, right? Wrong. It turns out the nefarious Gavin Belson, billionaire owner of Hooli and Zuckerberg/Musk stand-in has decided despite having an inferior product to our heroes he's going to destroy them with his infinite resources and wealth...
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August 23, 2024 • 92 mins
Computers! Typing! The World Wide Web! Pork Futures!
The Boob Tube Boys are dialing it up to 11 as they down some Red Bulls and take some poppers all to make it big in the shark infested waters that is the tech industry. Err, well... the guys are doing the thing that'll get them as close to Big Tech as they'll ever get as they cover Silicon Valley! Numbers and data!
The fellas watch the season 1 finale of the hit Mike Judge show and ...
The Boob Tube Boys are dialing it up to 11 as they down some Red Bulls and take some poppers all to make it big in the shark infested waters that is the tech industry. Err, well... the guys are doing the thing that'll get them as close to Big Tech as they'll ever get as they cover Silicon Valley! Numbers and data!
The fellas watch the season 1 finale of the hit Mike Judge show and ...
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July 26, 2024 • 59 mins
The Tubers hop back into Taxi once more to round out their coverage of one of network TV's saddest and dirtiest sitcoms. This week, Alex and Louie engage in a cab battle for the ages, one that threatens to shred the fabric of life itself (for Elaine, at least)
Brian quizzes Spencer and Van about their knowledge of taxi-based entertainments in between bouts of admiring Danny DeVito. Van provides some less-than-thrilling examples of c...
Brian quizzes Spencer and Van about their knowledge of taxi-based entertainments in between bouts of admiring Danny DeVito. Van provides some less-than-thrilling examples of c...
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July 19, 2024 • 66 mins
With the Motion Picture Men safely locked away in their gross movie cellar for another year, the Boob Tube Boys return to talk about the classic '70s sitcom Taxi, a show stuffed with comedy legends playing lovable losers
While Taxi was a staple of Brian's childhood viewing diet, Spencer and Van were unfamiliar until this very week. The trio talk about the show's historic fingerprint, the allure of grimy old New York, and the episode...
While Taxi was a staple of Brian's childhood viewing diet, Spencer and Van were unfamiliar until this very week. The trio talk about the show's historic fingerprint, the allure of grimy old New York, and the episode...
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July 12, 2024 • 101 mins
The Motion Picture Men return for the final half of Neil Breen's masterpiece hit Fateful Findings, and one might say it's fate that you're here listening right now...
At the end of Part 1 we found out that Dylan, the magical grandma-man played by Breen, is not at all writing his second hit novel and is instead working on stealing secret government and corporate secrets. Unfortunatly for him it seems like everyone in his life is curr...
At the end of Part 1 we found out that Dylan, the magical grandma-man played by Breen, is not at all writing his second hit novel and is instead working on stealing secret government and corporate secrets. Unfortunatly for him it seems like everyone in his life is curr...
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July 5, 2024 • 91 mins
The Motion Picture Men wrap up their 2024 with a look at Neil Breen's Fateful Findings, the movie that boldly takes a stand against secret government and corporate secrets
Van's choice for MPM film is one of the darlings of the "so bad it's good" B-movie industry and it starts off with a literal bang as Dylan (played by Breen himself) is mowed down by a Rolls Royce in the middle of a crosswalk. But mystical powers that aren't ever a...
Van's choice for MPM film is one of the darlings of the "so bad it's good" B-movie industry and it starts off with a literal bang as Dylan (played by Breen himself) is mowed down by a Rolls Royce in the middle of a crosswalk. But mystical powers that aren't ever a...
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June 28, 2024 • 100 mins
Raise your hand if you're a tough guy. Ok... good, good. Now everyone who didn't raise thier hand, please leave the podcast (we're kidding, please don't ever leave us) because today we're wrapping up coverage of the delicious wad of 1980s cheese that is Miami Connection!
When we last left off there was a vague conflict between band and group of ninjas (you know, that old chestnut), and today there's going to be even more vague confl...
When we last left off there was a vague conflict between band and group of ninjas (you know, that old chestnut), and today there's going to be even more vague confl...
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June 22, 2024 • 31 mins
Oops!
Van lost a hard drive and many hours worth of work this week so Miami Connection: Part 2 is not ready for release! But to make up for it, we're putting our Patreon bonus video involving the TMNTs up for free on our regular channel!
In this episode Van quizzes Brian and Spencer on various villains from throughout the nearly 40 year run of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, asking them if the villain presented is a real TMNT chara...
Van lost a hard drive and many hours worth of work this week so Miami Connection: Part 2 is not ready for release! But to make up for it, we're putting our Patreon bonus video involving the TMNTs up for free on our regular channel!
In this episode Van quizzes Brian and Spencer on various villains from throughout the nearly 40 year run of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, asking them if the villain presented is a real TMNT chara...
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June 14, 2024 • 87 mins
Ninjas! Bikers! Orphans! Hit songs!
Most movies give you only one, two, or possibly three of the above, but only one film created in human history has the chutzpah to cram all FOUR of them in plus a lot of other meaningless stuff. That film is the subject of today's Motion Picture Men episode, the hit 1980s action flick Miami Connection
In part 1 of 2 the former BTBs go through the cast of this film, none of which have ever worked in...
Most movies give you only one, two, or possibly three of the above, but only one film created in human history has the chutzpah to cram all FOUR of them in plus a lot of other meaningless stuff. That film is the subject of today's Motion Picture Men episode, the hit 1980s action flick Miami Connection
In part 1 of 2 the former BTBs go through the cast of this film, none of which have ever worked in...
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June 7, 2024 • 84 mins
This week, the Motion Picture Men bring you the breathtaking conclusion of Online (2013), a film that boasts an empty kitchen island as one of its main set pieces. Will John's deceitful ways come back to haunt him, or will he right the ship in time to rescue the marriage he doesn't care about?
Brian, Van, and Spencer talk about the movie's wild misunderstanding of human life, the world's weirdest business meeting, and a private inv...
Brian, Van, and Spencer talk about the movie's wild misunderstanding of human life, the world's weirdest business meeting, and a private inv...
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May 31, 2024 • 78 mins
The Boob Tube Boys have again stumbled into a magical abandoned movie theater and emerged as the Motion Picture Men! Van, Brian, and Spencer often watch films of questionable quality together; why not join them? Up first is Online (2013), an evangelical tale of temptation, technology, and fake accents
John's ex-girlfriend Adrianna is back in town, and when she messages him on something called socialfriendpages.com, he immediately st...
John's ex-girlfriend Adrianna is back in town, and when she messages him on something called socialfriendpages.com, he immediately st...
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May 23, 2024 • 99 mins
The BTBs make a return trip to the world of their childhood as they cover two more episodes of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. They'll encounter several notable characters along the way including the return of Leatherhead, the wisecracking, cajun stereotype of an alligator. But there's more than that as we also find hockey mask wearing vigilante Casey Jones (who just likes to break things) and the mysterious (and fil...
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May 10, 2024 • 78 mins
It's a monumental moment in the history of the Boob Tube Boys as the one and only Leatherhead, the gator who knows a good jambalya when he sees it, makes an actual appearance on the show the boys are covering. That's right it's not just Van or Brian bringing him up for no reason, he's actually here!
That's all because Van has selected the animated 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, one of the few shows that captivated all thr...
That's all because Van has selected the animated 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, one of the few shows that captivated all thr...
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May 3, 2024 • 81 mins
Robin Williams may have been a talented performer with a long career full of highlights, but this Happy Days episode (which was one his first Hollywood appearances) leaves a bit to be desired
Apparently Ritchie is convinced he saw a flying saucer but no one will believe him! The good news is he was ultimately right, and the pilot of that saucer just so happens to be looking for him. Of course the pilot is revealed to be Mork from Or...
Apparently Ritchie is convinced he saw a flying saucer but no one will believe him! The good news is he was ultimately right, and the pilot of that saucer just so happens to be looking for him. Of course the pilot is revealed to be Mork from Or...
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April 25, 2024 • 85 mins
It’s time to put on your coolest leather jacket and join the Boob Tube Boys in the swingin’ 1970s! Err… the 50s rather… whatever, it’s a show about Happy Days
That’s right, Happy Days. Not Sad Days, not Favorable Days, not Jocular Days, and certainly not Infuriated Days, it’s Happy Days! That’s show where Henry Winkler plays a young cool guy who says cool things and hangs out in a public bathroom a bunch. Of course it’s not just tha...
That’s right, Happy Days. Not Sad Days, not Favorable Days, not Jocular Days, and certainly not Infuriated Days, it’s Happy Days! That’s show where Henry Winkler plays a young cool guy who says cool things and hangs out in a public bathroom a bunch. Of course it’s not just tha...
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April 18, 2024 • 83 mins
The BTBs finish talking about Family Matters with an episode chock full of hunks, low-stakes deception, and wholesome parenting. That's not all, though, because it's time for the second annual Boob Tube Boys Hall of Fame Ceremony!
Laura is tired of her friends sassing her for following the rules, so she decides to join the cheerleading team at Club Buff, a male strip club that turns out to be a frequent stop for Mother Winslow. Ste...
Laura is tired of her friends sassing her for following the rules, so she decides to join the cheerleading team at Club Buff, a male strip club that turns out to be a frequent stop for Mother Winslow. Ste...
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April 10, 2024 • 65 mins
It's finally time for the Boob Tube Boys to cover the only sitcom that once had all of America asking, "did I do that?!" Family Matters coverage begins with a bang, as Steve Urkel infiltrates a local gang with a surprisingly talented artist in its midst
Brian, Spencer, and Van discuss their childhood hours spent with Family Matters, how Urkel's antics hijacked a show that was supposed to be centered around Reginald Vel Johnson, and ...
Brian, Spencer, and Van discuss their childhood hours spent with Family Matters, how Urkel's antics hijacked a show that was supposed to be centered around Reginald Vel Johnson, and ...
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April 3, 2024 • 87 mins
Quantum Leap leaps right back into your ears as the BTBs take one more trip into the past alongside hologram man Al and handsome Frankenstein man Sam. This time around Sam finds himself stuck not in the body of a glam rocker, nor in the body of one of those women, nor in the fleshy meat tomb of a gangster or something. No this time around he's in the body of one of man's closest relatives... a chimpanzee!
Sam's mission is to save th...
Sam's mission is to save th...
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March 22, 2024 • 85 mins
The story of Quantum Leap is simple, well no it isn't but let's say it is. Sam (Scott Dracula) goes back in time and inhabits the bodies of random people while his friend Al (Dean Stockwell) helps him out using a computer that's real good at probabilities. This time around Sam finds himself inside the body of a guy called Tonic, a 'glitter rocker' in the vein of KISS who is due to be stabbed in a few days if Sam and Al can't figure...
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