Tom is eating pastries every day since the pandemic began, but rather than judge harshly, Scott lauds Tom’s desire to enjoy mmmm good cinnamon buns. They wonder if Tom can find a way to get paid for eating pastries, and get paid for not eating them as well.

The lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree brings back memories of the days when there were lots of Christmas television specials and weekly variety shows that the whole family could watch together. Those days may be gone, but at least we have Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales to bring joy to all, and to all a good night.

As part time speculative etymologists, we wonder if panic is derived from pancakes, originally known as panic free cakes. And as speculative film historians, we think people will still be going to movie theaters 1000 years from now.

Tom and Scott head to New Jersey for Thanksgiving, but they first must face the challenge of getting Tom’s car out of the garage just steps from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade route. What if a wrong turn puts his Volvo in the parade procession for 30 blocks?

Although we are not known for our financial advice, we dole out some holiday nuggets of wisdom, like not putting all of your money into anything, since then you’ll have none left. Especially when it comes to buying a $1 million suit.

After months of diligently and enthusiastically fulfilling his duties on the SAG Film Nominating Committee, Scott finds himself at the New York Premiere of “Tick Tick Boom” at a Broadway theater! Plus, why we think the stars would rather hang out with us after a Q&A, instead of getting into their Escalade.

Baby, it’s cold outside, and Tom and Scott salute the concept of layering. We eagerly peruse the Eddie Bauer catalog and other purveyors of cold weather clothing. And we solve the mystery of why people ever chose to live in cold winter places, instead of tropical climes.

If Daylight Savings Time is meant to help farmers, why not have farms be the only place where it takes effect? We shed light on the increasingly early darkness to help you get through the next few weeks. Plus we pitch the idea of why there are so many varied definitions of the word “pitch”.

The Unelected, Self Appointed Co-Mayors of Irving Place are back on their beat, and score a table for brunch at Friend of a Farmer, simply by asking for it. Soon to be a hit Off Broadway show, The Empty Table, which will then move to a larger house on Broadway.

Tom and Scott create Finders Keepers, a show about a detective who searches for personal items that are lost or misplaced. Co-starring Tom’s savvy cleaning woman who usually finds his lost items before he does.