A Very Special Podcast

Episode #33: Beverly Hills, 90210 - “It’s a Totally Happening Life”
Original Release Date: December 6, 2015

Supernatural elements enter the 90210 franchise when a pair of angels set their sights on the West Beverly gang in a bizarre early 90s homage to It’s A Wonderful Life. It’s somewhat poignant, somewhat cheesy, but totally ripe for a podcast roundtable discussion. 

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Starring: Patrick M. Dunn and Kat Halstead

Episode #32: Doogie Howser, M.D. - “What Makes Doogie Run”
Original Release Date: November 29th, 2015

Childhood genius, Doogie Howser, finds himself on The Jenny Jones Show and the tables quickly turn against him when the audience suggests that boy geniuses often grow up to be unstable adults; sending Doogie into a whirlwind of stress in the final episode of Doogie Howser, M.D. ever.

Plus, Patrick shares tales of the time he had to write about that infamous Jenny Jones trial and other fun.

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Starring: Patrick M. Dunn and Kat Halstead

Episode #31: Friends - “The One with the Rumor”
Original Release Date: November 24th, 2015

Jennifer Anniston convinced her then-husband Brad Pitt to stop by Friends for an uncredited appearance and the world goes haywire; unless you’re the St. Petersburg Times, who ranked Pitt as one of the worst guest stars in the show’s history.

Anyway, Pitt portrays the role of Will Colbert, a once chubby teenager, who stops by for Thanksgiving; and very quickly secrets begin to unravel.

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Starring: Patrick M. Dunn and Kat Halstead

Episode #30: Dennis the Menace - “Dennis Goes to the Movies”
Original Release Date: November 16, 2015

Trouble-prone and mischievous Dennis Mitchell from Hank Ketcham’s comic strip Dennis the Menace landed himself a sitcom in the fall of 1959. Dennis’ shenanigans such as burying a garden hose in the backyard and trying to repair a table leg but only causing it to come crashing down was deemed wild for the late 50s, so the writers had to tone the character down a bit.

Which brings us to episode of A Very Special Podcast, when Patrick and Kat watch “Dennis Goes to the Movie.” This is the one where Dennis sneaks out of the house at night to go see a Glenn Ford picture and also happens to be the very first episode of Dennis the Menace.

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Episode #29: Day By Day - “A Very Brady Episode”
Original Release Date: November 10, 2015

In the late 80s, NBC spun-off Family Ties with a series that centered around Steven Keaton’s old college roommate, Brian Harper. Brian and his wife, Kate, lived through the excessiveness of the 80s with their high profile careers and miss out on their son Ross’ upbringing (who’s now a teenager). When Kate becomes later-in-life pregnant, the Harper’s decide to quit their jobs and open a daycare in their house. Did I mention that Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Courtney Thorne-Smith also star?

Anyway, in this episode of A Very Special Podcast, Patrick and Kat watch "A Very Brady Episode.” This is the one where Ross receives an F on his History essay and when he becomes upset that his parents aren’t more like Carol and Mike Brady, he daydreams he’s living in an episode of The Brady Bunch; but it quickly escalates into a ‘daymare’.

You can watch this episode of Day By Day on YouTube.

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Starring: Patrick M. Dunn and Kat Halstead

Episode #28: Hocus Pocus
Original Release Date: November 2, 2015

Here it is! A Halloween hangover! The 2015 Halloween season comes to a crashing end and Patrick watches Hocus Pocus for the first time while Kat fills him in on the zany details. This is the one where Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy are witches who were sentenced to death hundreds of years ago and now they have been resurrected thanks to some sexy virgin blood. Plus, talking cats, zombies, and a super young Thora Birch!

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Episode #27: Roseanne - “Trick or Treat”
Original Release Date: October 26th, 2015

Hello lame brains! The 2015 Halloween season is still in full swing over here at  A Very Special Podcast and this week Patrick and Kat discuss the Roseanne episode entitled “Trick or Treat”. This is the one where Roseanne dresses up like a butch man and struts around the local watering hole in hopes of diving into the secret minds of men. Who Jackie?

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Episode #26: My So Called Life “Halloween”
Original Release Date: October 19, 2015

The definitive one season wonder, My So-Called Life, debuted in 1994 to high praises but mediocre ratings; but not even one of the world’s first online campaign could save the show. Legend had it that Claire Danes no longer wanted to be part of the show, fueling teenage angst everywhere, but it was revealed in a 2004 interview that she was just an awkward teen with no real pull to cancel the series. Thankfully, MTV re-aired the series for the better half of a decade exposing a whole new audience to the show.

Anyway, in this episode Patrick and Kat discuss their only Halloween episode, appropriately titled “Halloween.” This is the one where the whole gang, sans Jordan and Ricky, break into the school to conduct a seance. I guess when your sixteen, bored, and angsty, there just isn’t that much to do on Halloween night?

You can watch this episode of My So-Called Life in its entirety at Hulu.

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Episode #25: Halloween is Grinch Night
Original Release Date: October 11, 2015

The whimsical world of Dr. Seuss has its dark corners and one of those is Halloween is Grinch Night, the prequel to the beloved How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This time around, The Grinch’s plot is to not rob the citizens of Whoville of the spirit of Halloween, but rather drug them with the contents of his paraphernelia wagon and send the Whos on one bad acid trip; peace, love, and music this is not. Luckily, a young bespectacled Who named Eucharia takes a blast of hallucinogens for the team and reverses his bad trip as a weapon against The Grinch and sends him running back up to his Grinch-Cave high up in the mountains.

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Episode #24: The ‘Burbs 
Original Release Date: October 4th, 2015

Hello neighbors! Welcome to another installment of A Very Special Podcast! This week Patrick and Kat head back to the magical year of 1989 and watched the cinematic classic The ‘Burbs. This is the one where Tom Hanks and his rag-tag team of neighbors begin to suspect their kooky neighbors are up to something sinister.

Fair warning, this episode is almost three hours long and recorded months ago. There’s tons of side banter and things that Patrick said he will “probably cut out in post production.” We didn’t, though. So enjoy and pour yourself a drink (or twelve) and blackout with us if you have the time or a long flight!

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Starring: Patrick M. Dunn and Kat Halstead