AVSEPod Episode 138: Bob's Burgers - "The Hauntening"

Happy Halloween, boils and ghouls! We're back with a Very Spooktacular Episode just in time for Halloween. Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they review Bob's Burgers season six, episode three, 
"The Hauntening". Along the way, they debate which type of pasta is the scariest, discuss the difference between every day and formal cloaks, and dive back into dissecting the Saved by the Bell mystery weekend episode! 

So ask a zombie to the prombie, 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/AVerySpecialEpisode138.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 129: Brooklyn 99 - "Halloween"

Happy Halloween! We are wrapping up our celebration of the spoooooky season with the inaugural "Halloween heist" episode of Brooklyn 99, in which Jakes bets Holt he can steal a medal from his office before midnight, thereby proving he is an amazing detective/genius. Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they talk celebrity chef sex crimes, share peanut butter and jelly sandwich recipes, and examine the Halloween costume effort/reward matrix! 

So put on your royal baby man costume, 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/AVerySpecialEpisode129.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 128: Friday the 13th - "Hate On Your Dial"

Happy Halloween boys and ghouls! We are kicking off the spooky season with an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, in which Jason Voorhees slaughters unruly teens with a radio! Just kidding, Jason's not actually in this (or any) episode. But there is a blood-powered time-traveling car! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they discuss the bait-and-switch in the series' title, sexy cousins, and the poor handling of cursed antiques!

So feel old doing the Macarena, 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/AVerySpecialEpisode128.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 115: Tales from the Crypt - "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"

Welcome, boys and ghouls, to a Very Special Spooktacular Episode as we review Tales from the Crypt season 2 episode 10, "The Ventriloquist's Dummy", in which ventriloquism is suggested to be the height of theater and a tremendous source of fame, and also a good cover for hideous conjoined hand monsters. Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they discuss puns, wade into the debate over which is scarier, clowns or dummies, and watch out for Chekhov's floorboard!

So get yourself a heaping helping of asshole casserole, 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/AVerySpecialEpisode115.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 101: Punky Brewster - "The Perils of Punky"

Happy Halloween everyone! This year we are celebrating the holiday with a Very Special episode of Punky Brewster, you know, the infamous one in which Punky and the gang go camping and find themselves lost in a cave filled with horrific nightmare fuel that will take root in your brain and haunt you forever! Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they join Punky for her trip of horrors and encounter dismembered gold prospectors, giant black light spiders, and a bedazzled disco demon of death, all in this two-part episode of a family sitcom airing in prime time! 

So unwrap a Caramelo bar, 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/AVerySpecialEpisode101.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 85: Family Matters - "Stevil Part II: This Time He's Not Alone"

Happy Halloween boils & ghoul, it's time for another scary installment of A Very Special Episode! For this year's spook-tacular episode we journey once more to the hallowed halls of Family Matters for the return of Stevil, and nobody is more excited than your (g)host with the most, Ryan! Join him, Carolyn & Austin as they tackle dancing dummies, the line between dreams & reality, and the logistics of animating soulless constructs!

So grab a giant bucket of food, 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.

And now we're available on Spotify as well!

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

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode085.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 58: Family Matters - "Stevil"

Welcome back boils & ghouls to another spine-tingling Halloween installment of "A Very Special Episode". This week, the Aluminum Four return to TGIF mainstay Family Matters for "Stevil", in which Steve Urkel's ventriloquist dummy comes to life and proceeds to slaughter the Winslows in Freddie Krueger-esque, pun-based ways. Join Carol, Austin, David and a death-warmed-over (but ecstatic) Ryan as we discuss Fatheads, dummy sex, and Urkel variants.

So impress David by talking without moving your lips, 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/AVerySpecialEpisode058.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 57: Freddie's Nightmare - "Missing Persons"

One, two, Freddie's coming for you...

Hello, boils & ghouls, in this week's spoooky episode, we plunge into the dreamscape to review an episode from the horror anthology series Freddie's Nightmare, in which a babysitter with body image issues transforms into a pig monster & eats a kid, but then it turns out it's all just a little girl's dream, and then that's girl's dad gets stuck in someone else's life, then dies, or not, but it doesn't matter, because it's all a dream, or maybe it's not. Join Ryan, Carolyn & Austin as they debate what's real and what not, and also discuss inappropriate babysitter interactions, talking food, and the sexiest instrument. 

So pour yourself a nice bowl of dogfood, 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/AVerySpecialEpisode057.mp3

AVSEPod Episode 29: Stephen King's It

Hot on the heels of the recent theatrical version and just in time for Halloween, this week Carolyn, Austin & David review the 1990 TV movie adaptation of Stephen King's It, in which a malevolent being in the form of a clown (Tim Curry) menaces a group of kids and their adult selves. Featuring Harry Anderson & John Ritter in the adult section, with Seth Green & Aluminum Four All-Star Jonathan Brandis (!!!) in the kids' section, we talk giant spider puppets, clown kissing, and a really weird scene involving dogs in a mental hospital. And, of course, Jonathan Brandis.

So project your face onto the moon, 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.

A Very Special Episode is also part of the Rivercity Podcast Federation, a group of like-minded podcasts from across the internet (but mostly physically in Portland). Check out the other great shows here.

http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode029.mp3