Episode 1174 - Friday, September 4, 1981

Hey, you know whom we've not mentioned on the podcast so far, not even once? Roscoe Conkling, that's who. You would've thought that with all our various digressions that we'd have gotten there by now,...

13 Huhti 201717min

Today we mostly just bitched about Cafepress. It's entirely possible we also mentioned this Garfield strip at some point, but I can't say for certain. To be honest, after doing this podcast for the be...

12 Huhti 201717min

Guys, I HIGHLY recommend googling 'pig vs cat.' You will not regret doing this. I give 50% odds you'll like it even better than actually listening to anything we say in this episode.Exhibit A Exhibit ...

11 Huhti 201719min

During the Renaissance of Garfield, from roughly August to November of 1979, there were many advances in science, math, philosophy, and art. One of the most monumental advances in Garfield was the dev...

10 Huhti 201721min

I do not accept the idea that the present over-all programming is aimed accurately at the public taste. The ratings tell us only that some people have their television sets turned on and of that numbe...

9 Huhti 201719min

You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gan...

8 Huhti 201720min

Like everybody, I wear more than one hat. I am the chairman of the FCC. But I am also a television viewer and the husband and father of other television viewers. I have seen a great many television pr...

7 Huhti 201720min

It probably says something that Jon and Chris are clearly more interested in "Steve Hansen of Cincinnati," a nonexistent listener they made up, than in any of this week's Garfield strips.Today's strip

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