With the year freshly upon us, the Cleverest Good Boys spring back to discuss the best music the previous year had to offer. In their minds, at least. Friend of the Pod Andrew joins as the guest host with the most. Strap in an go back to the future with the Cleverest Good Boys, featuring Friend of the Pod Andrew!

 

Listen to Doug's playlist here.

Listen to Friend of the Pod Andrew's playlist here.

Listen to Jim's playlist here.

It's been a year, hasn't it friends?

Thank you for abiding with us as we bloviate about music, movies and various ephemera.

I have it on good authority that our boys are not only the cleverest and goodest, they're also the gratefulest. 

Gratefulest for you the listener. We have big things planned for 2023, but now...enjoy the newly-crowned winner of the Best Song of the 80s!

 

And as a special holiday treat, the CGBs have a Cameo Christmas, where each of the boys purchases a Cameo message for each other. This episode is not one to be missed!

 

Cameo 1 from Joe to Doug

Cameo 2 from Doug to Jim

Cameo 3 from Jim to Joe, part 1

Cameo 3, from Jim to Joe, part 2

It's that time of year when the Cleverest Good Boys want your input.

We had such a hard time pinning down the best song of the 1980s that we needed you to do it for us!

"How can we help, yall?" you may be asking. Well...the only way we know how: a bracket, where each song will duel to the death.

Now pop in your AirBuds or pull on your Beats and listen to our 1980s Bracket Intro...THEN...

Listen to Doug's Top 100. Then listen to Jim's Top 100 (which is in no order, but if you're extremely pressed for the order, he has a nifty spreadsheet for you to marvel over.)

 

 

After that? Vote your heart out. Audi 5000.

Aye carumba! Two new episodes in a week? About the music of the two final years of the 1980s? These good boys must be up to something EXTREMELY clever if they're pushing out content this quickly!

Anyway, here's their thoughts on the music of 1989 (the year, not the ICONIC Swift opus.)

Doug's Playlist

Jim's Playlist

 

 

The Cleverest Good Boys chopped up and listened to a big ole key bump of the music from 1988.

Don't worry, be happy. They loved every single bit of it! 

Doug's Playlist 

Jim's Playlist

 

In this episode, the CGBs discuss the music of 1987!

See the very first video feed of the pod here!

 

Listen to Doug's playlist here.

Listen to Jim's playlist here.

It's Emmy time, baby! 

Join the three* cleverest, goodest boys as they discuss the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.  *one of the boys may or may not be absent, but pretend he's there, nodding his head in agreement at everything Jim says. 

Now for the thrilling conclusion of the cleverest, goodest Oscar podcast.

Enjoy!

And the winner is...You! After all, what better way to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year than with a two-part Cleverest Good Boys podcast?!

In this episode, the CGBs discuss each best picture nominee and rank them in order of preference. And let me tell ya...things get HEATED. 

As a bonus, Doug brainstormed the next big tentpole franchise! So, listen carefully for that!

Part II will be released tomorrow.

 

1986 was a magical year. 

Millions of people linked together in Hands Across America. The Statue of Liberty was reopened to the public. Haley's Comet took the world by storm. And, most importantly, the Voyager 2 made it's first encounter with Uranus.

But beyond that, the music was really interesting! Strap some headphones on your ears and take a trip to the distant galaxy of 1986 music with the Cleverest Good Boys!

Doug's playlist

Jim's playlist