In this episode:
- celebrity deaths (Ray Bradbury, Richard Dawson),
- Paunch Stevenson Family Feud, starring Richard Dawson,
- Old has been celebs, featuring Lou Ferrigno, Stan Lee, Sean Connery, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Louie Anderson,
- Old cartoon characters, featuring Megatron, Starscream, Peter Griffin, ALF, and Lion-O,
- the Dueling Dr. Phils return to sing “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, “California Gurls” by Katy Perry, “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele, and “Starships” by Nicki Minaj,
- TV commericals interrupting other commercials,
- What Ever Happened To? (Jake Steinfeld, a.k.a. Big Brother Jake, a.k.a. Body by Jake),
- our nicknames for middle school janitors,
- the Pramp-Pramp Posse (P.P.P.),
- canceled television shows coming back years later and viewers not caring,
- Futurama, Family Guy, Arrested Development, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?,
- Apple stealing Rob’s idea for the iPad from 1988,
- What Ever Happened To? (Vin Diesel and Shia LeBouf),
- Phil Collins- the world’s largest Civil War memorabilia collector,
- recalling David Duchovny in Zoolander (2001),
- the dumb “two cups and a string” telephone science experiment,
- Namco’s Flamin’ Finger arcade game is a scam,
- and the old jingle of the episode, “Garden of Your Mind” by Mister Rogers.
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I understand why the local commercials preempt the national ones, what I don’t understand is why the editing is done so badly. I would think that in this age of HDTV signals and digital video editing that it wouldn’t be so hard to make commercials seamlessly transition from one to another. But instead with these sloppy hacks it’s like watching old VHS tapes I used to record when I was a kid where one program would start playing right in the middle of another. It’s 2012 and still nobody working at the television stations knows when to press play at the right time.
I think the word Rob was looking for in regards to Mr. Rogers’ video was ‘surreal’.
Esteban, you’re right, the Mr. Rogers video was surreal. I really like the song though, especially the video. I love seeing his facial expressions and demeanor, and the fact that he’s so encouraging. Old people are stereotypically more conservative and straight-laced…not encouraging children to imagine things and grow their ideas. Maybe that stereotype is wrong though.
And I agree about the sloppy TV commercial hacks. 25 years later and they still can’t do it cleanly?
And with all the technology we have today in 2012, why do local car commercials still look so low budget, like they’re recorded on VHS camcorders??
Great job on the feud, loved listening to it. Very fun stuff.
On the commercials, there used to be an tone, inaudible to us, that would tell the locals that they could do an insert ad. They used to be on cassette but have been hard drive based for a while now in most places. Anyhow the timing is off for the trigger on those ads.
Love the show, keep up the good work.
Hilarious. A classic.
i’d like ‘24’ to come back – i’d definitely care! my girlfriend and myself are currently working our way through the complete series – she’s never seen it and is loving it; i’m still enjoying it even on repeated viewing, but it’s so tempting to shout out the twists! wow – vin diesel and shia lebouf are already in your halls of ‘whatever happened to?’ you guys are ruthless! and thanks for educating me yet again – phil collins’ civil war fixation… who knew? and can i join the pramp-pramp posse?
David, unfortunately the P.P.P. was disbanded in 1992. But on it’s revival, you can head up the English chapter.
We need a Pramp Pramp Posse revival!