This Show Has Everything

Sidle up to the fresh fruit bar, sip on a gender-specific portion of beer, then get ready to sprint away from those fireworks while you prepare yourself for a phun-philled Phyllis Phlashback edition of the show. After you listen back to Jen's last attempt at throwing a bridal shower way back in July of 2008, Phyllis, Mike, and Meredith regale you with stories of the best and worst parties they've ever attended. So be careful where you point that bottle of Champale and maybe think twice about swallowing that pill so you can help us figure out how to get this weird neighbor guy out of our backyard.

It’s time to stop debating cement vs concrete, poring over Pod Dog’s Instagram feed, and viewing questionable helicopter news crew footage, because  we’ve got this week’s roundup of last week’s TBTL. Christy, Mike and Ann are here to guide you through the ins and outs of another week of Luke’s questionable diet choices, Andrew’s ever-growing persnickety-ness, and the joy that is Phyllis Fletcher appreciating a well-made Bloody Mary. In other news, Mike has bugs, Christy had a bug, and Ann is bugged by the fact that Luke thinks Tchaikovsky is a Baroque composer.

In this long overdue look back, Mike and Bobby run their ironically and suspiciously crushed hands over the iPad from the ol’ LRB satchel, and dial up Bobby’s personal favorite TBTL episode pick. It’s a double shot of troubling realizations from 2012, with Luke literally waking up stranded in Wedgwood with no memory of how he got there, and an update on the demise of insufferable sensationalist Mike Daisey. Simply put, it’s a kind of magic.

This Friday episode of Little Red Bandwagon features nearly all of TBTL episode 1040, DaiseyGate Continues!, which aired on Monday, March 19, 2012. For more about Bobby's fandom, go back to LRB Episode 3: Game of Thrones of Cards of House of Lies Of Cats: Trust No One.

Put down the welding goggles, because (stuff’s) about to get real. Mike, Meredith and Bobby (filling in for an ailing Christy) set the AC to 72 and tuck into a Bloody Mary for breakfast, a Bloody Mary for lunch and a sensible Heggie’s Pizza dinner in your latest TBTL Week in Review. Plus, a Mike health update, an Eddie genetic testing pupdate, and a take on Andrew’s fussy eating so hot the kids (and Stu) would call it “fire.”

Gather ‘round, Everybody, and join Christy and Ann as they take a magical mystery tour into the mind of Japan’s #1 Mixer and TBTL’s beloved sidekick Sean DeTore. We cover a range of DeTore-appropriate subjects, including how to make money through questionable means, when you should visit the doctor or risk permanent damage, what to do to get cast on a reality cooking show, and at what point you’ve probably ruined your relationship with your neighbors. Today’s episode is brought to you by the letters A (for junk apparatus), S (for suppurating wound) and C (for chèvre). Remember, we can’t say we LOVE you, but we can say we LIKE you a lot.

Strap on your FitBit, crack a can of Trader Joe’s wine, and put that cup in your Levi’s—Bobby, Ann and Meredith are rushing animal style to get in their steps while reviewing last week’s TBTL. Daytime Emmy Award Winner Luke got thrown out of a house of worship, feel-good comedy archetype Andrew managed to keep intermediate potty training at arms’ length, someone is wearing a tote bag, and Ann hopes that someone is Kai Ryssdal. Use this episode as a distraction during your Live Show afterglow bath, especially if that’s what it takes to keep you from writing TBTL slash fiction.

Reminder: If you haven’t donated to this year’s TBTL-a-Thon yet, stop what you’re doing RIGHT NOW and go to TBTL.net to show your support. Unless you’re currently operating on someone, or flying an airplane. (You know who you are.)

Is your refrigerator running? Don’t ask The Mummy, because he doesn’t have one. Easthamp-Ten Corey Plucker joins Bobby and Ann for a look back at a TBTL Twofer—Andrew’s teenage love for making prank calls, and Luke playing a KIRO interview with purported tiny house movement enthusiast Isaac “The Mummy” Vicknair. Coincidentally, Corey’s favorite TBTL drop sounds a lot like the exact reason you should never, ever, EVER enter The Mummy’s tiny house unannounced.

Bonus: Stay tuned after the episode for  Embers, a song by Corey’s band Trails off the EP Never Mind The Mountain, which is available on Bandcamp.

Bobby, Christy and Meredith host their final episode of Little Red Bandwagon from an awkwardly abrasive middle school stairwell before moving over to make room for new lead host Kyle Mooney in your latest TBTL Week in Review. On the scale of relevant references, this week of TBTL was slightly more satisfying than a bag of parsnip chips, and slightly less satisfying a heartily salted slice of pizza. You’ll be moderately chuffed.

Oh, and Luke won an Emmy. (Well, a Daytime Emmy.)

This TBTL Week in Review recaps episodes 2130 (rerun of Cereal special), 2131 (parsnip chips, chips debate, salting pizza, sunscreen), 2132 (Emmy, Encyclopedia Brown – see Why it Matters ep. 868, bachelorette parties), 2133 (dishwashers, Kyle Mooney, chuffed, Real World) and 2134 (Mariners comeback, tronc, kid left on mountain in Japan, scooter).

Dim the lights, put on a movie, and prepare for a shoulder rub—Phyllis, Mike and Bobby aren’t sending any mixed messages in your latest TBTL Phletch Phlashback. We listen back to one of Andrew’s most awkward childhood romance stories (that we’ve heard to date, at least) and then share some of our own. It turns out boys are either nervous (Mike), oblivious (Bobby) or the worst (Ryan). Plus, First Takes on camping hotter than a hot dog cooked in a possibly illegal chiminea.

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard LRB Airlines Flight 120, with service to Seattle and continuing on to Chicago.  We have a few safety announcements we’d like to make before departure. First, please ensure that any electronic devices for combating moles are turned off, as they cannot be used in flight. Second, ghost apps are not reliable indicators of spectral activity, so don’t believe the four-star ratings. Third, there will be a surprising amount of MN Twins nostalgia on this flight; remember to drink your cheeseburger-topped Bloody Marys and gently guide your opponent off the bag. Finally, no matter how misty-colored your memories are, those Clark and Lewis radio spots probably aren’t as good as you remember. Please enjoy the trip – it’s our pleasure to serve you!