AVSEPod Episode 142: Alf - "Alf's Special Christmas"

Happy New year! We are concluding our holiday coverage this year by watching the infamous Alf Christmas special, in which  Alf learns the true meaning of Christmas (?) from a dying girl, then pulls a Zack & Tori with Mrs. Belding and helps deliver a baby in an elevator, and rounds out his holiday by stopping someone from committing suicide. Join David, Carolyn and Austin as they muse on Willy Tanner's age, rage at Alf pulling a Michelle, and lambast parents for abandoning their sick kids at the hospital on Christmas Eve.  

So keep an eye out for Alf's puppet legs, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode142.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 141: Santa Claus is Coming to Town

 

Ho ho ho! Our annual holiday celebration continues with Santa Claus is Coming to Town, a Rankin-Bass claymation special that some (Austin) describe as "the Star Wars Prequels for Santa"! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they discuss the merits of live versions of songs, debate the moral implications of The Santa Clause, and wonder what happened to Jesus' afterbirth! 

So put away your toys before Burgermeister Meisterburger can slip on them, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode141.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 140: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Ahoo doray, ahoo doray! Me-Who-rry Christmas everyone! We are kicking off our annual look at Very Special Christmas episodes with that seminal favorite, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they question the mechanics of Who society, discuss whether "Thurl Ravenscroft" is the greatest name in history, and ponder (sigh) what else might have grown three sizes that day. 

So grab your last can of Who-hash, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode140.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 133: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Can't anyone tell us what Christmas is all about?!? Join David, Carolyn, and Austin as they tackle the question by discussing the commercialization of Christmas-skewing seminal animated holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas (brought to you by the good folks at Coca-Cola)! Along the way, they discuss the history of the Mall of America, something called "damp napping"(?), and the raw sexual chemistry between Charlie Brown and Lucy. 

So do your best Snoopy dance, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode133.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 132: Beverly Hills, 90210 - "It's a Totally Happening Life"

Happy Holidays from the 90s! This week, we return to our (well, Austin's) favorite zip code for a Very Special Christmas episode featuring those smoldering "teens" of Beverly Hills, 90210, in which a pair of angels (yes, really) enact a It's a Wonderful Life pastiche that is less about aping the movie and more about pointing out that the movie just, you know, exists. Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they discuss poofy hair, what it means to "trim" the tree, and question just how much 90210 is too much 90210. God may or may not intervene. 

So take a comical chug from your fifth of Jack to broadcast how drunk you are, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode132.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 131: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Ho ho ho! We kickoff our Christmas coverage this week with a look at the Rankin-Bass stop-motion classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the special which taught us all the true meaning of Christmas: that differences are meant to be mocked unless/until they become exploitable by the state! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they debate Thin Santa vs. Fat Santa, discuss David's fear of stop-motion puppetry, and above all, marvel at the extreme dickishness of Santa's reindeer.  

So befriend a bumble, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode131.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 119: Cavemen - "Caveman Holiday"

Merry Christmas Happy Boxing Day Merry Long Night everyone! Our holiday coverage concludes this week with a Very Special holiday episode of Cavemen, the sitcom inspired by insurance commercials starring cavemen who apparently were NOT recently thawed out in the present like Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer was. Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they discuss horny cave people, the proper way to prepare a whole cow, and the glory that is French Stewart! 

So put down that holiday roast you're cradling in your arms, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Also, be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode119.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 118: Hercules The Legendary Journeys - "A Star to Guide Them"

Christmas coverage continues this week as David and Austin, like a pair of hunky wandering Greek heroes, discuss an episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in which the title character participates in a thinly-veiled riff on the Nativity Story and seemingly witnesses the birth of Jesus. Join them as they try to figure out exactly how that's possible for a character from a time that was once referred to as "Before Christ", do their best to get cancelled without Carolyn's help, and marvel at Hercules' ability to travel around Greece (?) without any stuff. 

So throw a fire demon crotch-first at another fire demon, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Also, be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode118.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 117: King of the Hill - "Pretty Pretty Dresses"

Merry (?) Christmas! We are kicking off our holiday coverage this year with arguably the most depressing episode of King of the Hill ever! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they discuss Hank Hill's butt, Carolyn's penchant for finding joy in other people's misery, and David's surprisingly deep love of iguanas. 

So grab and beer and head out into the alley, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Also, be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode117.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 105: Peep Show - "Seasonal Beatings"

 

Pip pip, Happy Christmas guv'nor! This week we're traveling across the pond to merry ole England for our final Christmas episode of this holiday season, Peep Show's "Seasonal Beatings", in which Mark's family is coming over for Christmas lunch and Jeremy is a bit over-excited for the holiday. And if none of that makes any sense to you, don't worry, because Anglophile Carolyn is there to help walk you, Austin, and David through the vast narrative tapestry that is Peep Show! Join them as they talk Hot Knives, debate whether a potato counts as "veg", and explore the difference between an Eiffel Tower and spit-roasting!  

So feed some deli ham through a paper shredder, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Also, be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode105.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 104: The Simpsons - "Grift of the Magi"

Whatcu talking 'bout, everyone? The AVSE Holiday's continue this week with a Very Special Christmas episode of The Simpsons, in which Bart, Lisa & Homer team-up with special guest Gary Coleman to save Christmas from toy-murdering robots. Join Austin, Carolyn & David as they discuss the stunning longevity of the show, reveal which Bart Simpson t-shirts they wore back in the day, and point out the ways this episode from 1999 is eerily relevant to 2020 in places. 

So complain about the number of prawns in a galaxy, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. 

Also, be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode104.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 90: Family Matters - "Deck the Malls"

It's a Christmas miracle, as we reach our fourth and final Family Matters Christmas episode, and Urkel is shockingly not super annoying! But we're still left with plenty to discuss as, following last week's return to a Homeless Christmas, this episode brings us back to our second favorite Christmas trope, "Christmas at the Mall in Which The Main Characters Are Inexplicably in Charge of Holiday Events!" Along the way we talk gingerbread houses, expensive pens that are still just pens, and randy Myra!

So help us calculate how many Christmases Aunt Rachel has missed, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here! It makes a great stocking stuffer!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode090.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 89: Family Matters - "A Miracle on Elm Street"

In our latest episode, A Very Special Family Matters Christmas continues with season six's "A Miracle on Elm Street", in which Laura loses another cherished childhood heirloom and the Winslow family is again given irrefutable proof that Santa is real via another instance of the "homeless person comes to live with the central family at Christmas" sitcom trope. Also, Urkel hangs out at the dump.

So iron out the wrinkles in your underwear, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here! It makes a great stocking stuffer!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode089.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 88: Family Matters - "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel"

Merry Christmas! We're back with another installment of A Very Special Family Matters Christmas, in which the Aluminum Four tackle season four's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel", a (very loose) pastiche of It's a Wonderful Life in which Milo from Good Morning Bliss gets his wings by negging Laura into being nice to Urkel in what is mostly an excuse to get Kellie Shanygne Williams to dress & act like Urkel. Not surprisingly, we have...thoughts about all this.

So brush the snow of your Urkelmobile, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here! It makes a great stocking stuffer!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode088.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 87: Family Matters - "Have Yourself a Very Winslow Christmas"

Ho ho ho! This week, we begin our annual Christmas celebration, bringing you four holiday-themed episodes over four weeks. And, because Ryan has been a very good boy this year (and/or paid off all the right people), this year's Christmas extravaganza will be an All Family Matters Christmas! That's right, we'll be stuffing your stockings with four different Family Matters Christmases over the next four weeks, which means four times the Urkel, four times the cheese, and four times the inappropriate crossing of personal boundaries (haha just kidding it happens way more than four times)!

So gather round for a family singalong as Ryan, Carolyn, Austin and David kick things off with season two's "Have Yourself a Very Winslow Christmas", featuring both the first time Laura is sad about a heretofore unmentioned heirloom and the first time the entire family is remarkably blase about receiving verifiable proof that Santa exists, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here! It makes a great stocking stuffer!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode087.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 80: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Christmas Show

Ho ho heil! This week, we conclude our "One Season Wonders" summer marathon with a Very Special Christmas episode of Aaron Sorkin's done-in-one series, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip! Join Austin, Caroln & David as they discuss whether you can have Christmas in LA, how much the FCC really cares about f-bombs, and which of our One Season Wonders was the hardest to get through!

So get a pregnant lady a danish, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode080.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 63: Quantum Leap: "A Little Miracle"

Marley was dead, to begin our fourth & final Christmas episode of the season, as Sam leaps into a Christmas Carol pastiche in a very special Quantum Leap Christmas episode! Join David, Ryan, Carolyn & Austin as we grapple with the mechanics of Quantum Leap, discuss the awesome redemptive power of sexual attraction, and try to dissect a complex plot involving Dickensian orphans meant to make the episode's Scrooge figure think he's having flashbacks to his childhood.

So put some powder on your unies, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode063.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 62: He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special

By the power of Grayskull Christmas! This week, we return to the formative years of Austin's childhood as Christmas comes to Eternia in the form of a pair of Earth children accidentally kidnapped thanks to Orko's bungling, who proceed to teach Skeletor the true meaning of Christmas. Along the way, the Aluminum Four discuss frighteningly-negligent parents, winter coat-generating laser blasts, and, of course, penis helicopters.

So get a tan to disguise your secret identity, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode062.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 61: Small Wonder - "Oooga Mooga"

Oooga mooga, everyone! Our special run of weekly Christmas episodes continues with an episode from Small Wonder, in which the patriarch of the Lawson family/creator of small wonders is convinced to help organize a fundraiser for a caribou-themed lodge in the interest of furthering his career. If that doesn't sound very Christmas-y, well, that's because it's not. Turns out Ryan got tricked by the internet into thinking this was a Christmas episode. Consider the endless razzing he receives for this by Carolyn, Austin & David to be our Christmas gift to you.

So bring borrow a creepy living doll from a story (and break it), then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode061.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 60: A Claymation Christmas Celebration

Merry Christmas! This week begins our annual marathon of Christmas-related episodes, and Carolyn kicks things off by leading us into a world populated by animated clay dinosaurs, pigs, and bells performing some of the all-time great Christmas songs, all under the watchful eye of famed animator Wil Vinton. Word through the grapevine is that even some West Coast-based cookie-ruiners might make an appearance as well!

So get ready to go a-wassailing, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play. You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com.

Also, be sure to check out Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode060.mp3