Boob Tube Boys

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

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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Batman Begins is on the docket once more as Spencer guides Van and Brian through the mean streets of Gotham City. This time around there's a mad bomber who is way cooler than Batman, but problems arise when instead of just stopping the villain Batman bludgeons him to death with a nuclear bomb

The guys talk their new love Mad Stan and Brian quizzes the other two about other Batman villains!
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March 8, 2024 66 mins
It's a cold day in Gotham as the Boob Tube Boys arrive just in time to see a sexy sultry voiced doctor show up and do some quasi-necromancy to give noted Batman villain Mr. Freeze a new lease on life!

The BTBs show up to watch a show that all three thought was beneath them when it came out in the late 90s. Also there's mention of a Batman villain called Dr. Phosphorus? It turns out he was actually the inspiration for this show's big...
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The BTBs are back to talk more about True Detective: Night Country, a show about Jodie Foster yelling at her loved ones, Kali Reis whooping ass, and John Hawkes having a cool face

The fellas last left their Alaskan character friends at the outset of a grotesque crime scene, but things are about to get even creepier. Brian, Spencer, and Van talk about fun character interactions, the intermingling of ambitious storylines, and hanging ...
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The frozen expanse of the podcasting universe holds many secrets, but don't worry, the Boob Tube Boys are here to guide you across the icy ground. It's time to talk True Detective: Night Country, the latest installment in HBO's long-running anthology series!

Jodie Foster and Kali Reis are detectives tasked with solving an impossible and terrifying mystery in Alaska's dark season, and they might even be up against forces bigger than...
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Where's the Beef? Right here you dumb old lady!

That's right the Boob Tube Boys have returned to the spiteful world of Netflix' Beef where Steven Yeun as Danny pees all over the place and Ali Wong as Amy plots her revenge. We're picking back up right where we left off last week and despite being given the opportunity to take the high road Amy has chosen instead... for vengeance

The tubers marvel at some of the background jokes in the...
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It has been a hot minute since the Boob Tube Boys watched a show that wasn't hot garbage, so no matter what the critically acclaimed 2023 first season of Netflix' Beef should be a change of pace for the fellas

The show isn't about choice cuts and it's not about a family who own and operate a small town meat packing plant but the son doesn't want to follow in the father's footsteps and take over the plant, instead choosing a career i...
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This is going to be a good one, folks. And it doesn’t even have a magician!

You see this time in the cinematic universe of Touched by an Angel your everyday Y2K family seems to be all smiles and love, but deep inside something sinister is brewing. One night, daughter Evan Rachel Wood decides to climb on her state-of-the-art computing device and do some research about Hawaii so that she could finish her school report. But unfortunate...
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Do you believe in magic? Have you come here merely to hear the Boob Tube Boys DIE?! Well you're in for a treat as the fellas take a dive into the 1990s Christian television show Touched by an Angel, a program in which several benevolent angels kind of screw around and occasionally yell at a man with serious mental problems

That man is noted actual actor and religious weirdo Corbin Bernsen playing a nutso magician named Eric Weiss, o...
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January 11, 2024 52 mins
The BTBs are relieved to be near the end of their Hanna Barbera run, but they still have plenty more to say about The Jetsons. This week, a lawyer turns up at the Jetson home asserting that Astro (the family dog) has a secret past under a much cooler name

Brian, Spencer, and Van discuss what The Jetsons believes court systems will be like in the 2060s, why Astro is among the least appealing cartoon animals in history, and the danger...
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The holidays are over, which means Boob Tube Hot Potato is back! Spencer tasked Van with covering The Flintstones a few weeks back, and now he's decided Brian's should lead the '60s Hanna Barbera discussion, so it's time for The Jetsons whether anyone likes it or not!

The Jetson family hosts their 110 year-old grandfather/great-grandfather thinking it will be a relaxing visit, but ol' Montague has other plans. Is the ancient scoundr...
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For their final holiday episode of 2023 the Boob Tube Boys are rocketing way back in time to the 1950s where the wassail is thick and no ones pipes could ever burst. Well maybe that last one isn't accurate, because just that happens at the Anderson household and wouldn't you know it, that old spinster Aunt Neva is in town so she can't even take a warm bath!

The boys discuss how young wrecking ball Kathy really doesn't get along with...
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Spencer takes us all on a trip back to the Barone household as the Tubers cover a special Christmas themed episode of Everybody Loves Raymond. You're not going to believe this, but everyone in the show is a complete jerk!

Ray wants to go golfing and rather than just simply talk to his wife about it, he's got a whole malicious plan laid out involving his Christmas gift to her. Robert is real big, however, and that throws a giant wren...
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December 14, 2023 84 mins
The weather outside may be frightful, but the Boob Tube Boys are so delightful! It's the holiday season again, which means the Tubers are picking seasonal episodes of shows they previously covered. Unable to restrain himself, Brian leads things off with a truly bonkers episode of Bones for the second year in a row

Santas are not safe in the Bones universe, a truth "The Goop on the Girl" doubles down on by blowing one up in the cold ...
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The BTBs hoped their second trip to Bedrock would be more entertaining than their first, and while they will agree it's better... that's not exactly high praise. This time around Fred's rich uncle has died and is leaving his estate to the rectangular caveman. There's only one catch- Fred must stay an evening in a haunted mansion!

Tune in to listen to all the homo-erotic caveman talk that you could possible handle!
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November 29, 2023 89 mins
The BTBs are taking a trip back into the stone age as they cover the very well known show from the 1960s which is about cave people and dinosaurs being used as appliances. In today's episode the guys are covering the season one episode "The Drive-In," in which Fred and Barney, aka the decision making MEN of the show, decide to up and quit their jobs to open a drive-in restaurant. They also don't tell their wives about this major de...
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The Boob Tube Boys bring The Office week to a close by looking at one of the first episodes after Steve Carell's departure. Dwight thinks he's in prime position to become manager, but a terrifying mishap brings his candidacy into question

Spencer talks about seeing this episode for the first time, while Van and Brian offer a reappraisal years removed from their disappointment in the show's final couple seasons. What are all these ch...
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November 27, 2023 46 mins
The Office week continues for the Boob Tube Boys with "Dinner Party," a season four episode that ranks among the funniest (and most cringe-inducing) in the series. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll smash ice cream into the side of your partner's car

Van takes the reins to tell the story of how the writers, cast, and crew of The Office came up with "Dinner Party" and executed it around a writers' strike. Brian and Spencer remember the...
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November 23, 2023 40 mins
The Boob Tube Boys' slate of Office week episodes kicks off with "Casino Night," the season two finale that left Jim and Pam's status in limbo, Michael in a rare romantic position, and Creed winning big. Don't let Toby listen, because this one might get explicit

Brian explains why he chose this episode for Office week, while Van and Spencer recount their memories watching it the first time. The BTBs talk about where The Office was h...
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November 22, 2023 55 mins
It's Thanksgiving week, which means the Boob Tube Boys get a brief reprieve from the usual barrage of burping sitcom dads and giant perms from the past. Van, Spencer, and Brian cover a show they actually know and enjoy each November, and 2023's selection is the American version of The Office!

The Tubers discuss The Office's port from the U.K. to America, how Steve Carell tweaked his character, casting choices, and plenty more show h...
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