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Telehell
This is "Telehell", Where We cover the worst, the dumbest, the most sin-worthy of TV moments from the past 7 decades. Then, we rate them on a scale based on Dante's 9 circles of Hell. Add dry wit and cheesy jokes to the mix, and you've got something that will last throughout eternity--we hope. We drop a new episode every Sunday Night (EST) Until then, thanks for coming and remember our Motto: "If It's Not in Telehell...It's Not worth a Damn!"
Episodes
TelehellQUICK UPDATE
(INSERT WHATEVER METAPHOR FOR "BITING OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW/FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN" HERE) Nothing to worry about, just a MINOR Schedule change + an…
TelehellMerry Christmas! (I've got Nothing)
SPECIAL: I legitimately have no idea what I'm doing; but here's what I can tell you for certain WILL happen in what will BARELY pass as a Christmas Special…
TelehellSPECIAL: The Telehell Feast of Gluttony
SPECIAL: With the Boss out for Thanksgiving, and me not having eaten Surface food in a long time, I'm raiding his fridge to pull out 6 leftovers from our…
TelehellASK TELEHELL 4
It's our Quasi-annual Quest into the world of Questions, Queries & Queasts (There's "Mr. Show" fans here, right?). If we use your question, we send you one of…
TelehellSPECIAL: Telehell's Wearying World of Sports
SPECIAL: Guest host Scott Mason (Play Like a Jet Podcast) is here to guide you through the world of Sports...Particularly, Sports Gimmicks that were designed…
TelehellEPISODE 107 - The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998)
SEASON 6 FINALE: Having been captured by The Boss and placed inside his new invention, "The Genre-Mat"; He is now forcing me to not only sit through one of the…
TelehellEPISODE 106 - Fantasy Island (1998 Reboot)
The Wrecks of '98 continues with Malcolm McDowell trying to fill some big, rich corinthian leather shoes; as he learns the Hard way that not everything needs…
TelehellEPISODE 105 - The Virtual Ed Sullivan Show (1998 Special)
And Down the stretch we come for Season 6...Presenting the first of Three shows from one of the most formative years of my life. "The Wrecks of '98" begins…
TelehellEPISODE 104 - Father of the Pride (2004)
Nate Ragland (Post Modern Art Podcast) and I use the power of Magic to make aproximately $62 Million in Production & Animation costs disappear; as we look at a…
TelehellCHARITY SHOW PREVIEW
NEXT WEEK is our 4th Annual Charity episode; but before we get to it we want to spend just a couple of minutes talking about the causes we'll--yes, there Will…
TelehellEPISODE 103 - Oliver Beene (2003)
Time to fulfil another Patreon request; this time, Ed Batey Jr. wants us to look at the FOX sitcom that tried to be "The Wonder Years"...Was it fair to…
TelehellEPISODE 102 - Dance Til Dawn (1988 TV Movie)
Why worry about ACTUAL Problems in the world when one can worry about getting ready for the Senior Prom? This 1988 TV Movie with an All-Star cast shows us…
TelehellEPISODE 101 - The Worst of SNL Vol. 2 (Season 20: 1994-95)
As Saturday Night Live approaches its 50th year on the air, Yours Truly is approaching 30 years as a viewer/fan...Unfortunately; I Became a fan of the show…
TelehellThe 100th Telehell - God, The Devil & Bob (2000)
Dammit, we made it! 100 Episodes...and for the occasion, we're going to do things a little "Differently" while taking a look at a show that may have been a…
TelehellEPISODE 99 - Devil Dog (1978 TV Movie)
Our look at TV things that have the Underworld as a theme continues, as I get roped into pet sitting for the Boss' Hellhound...This 1970s TV Movie Schlockfest…
TelehellEPISODE 98 - Poor Devil (1973 TV Movie Pilot)
It's hard to imagine that we've been doing this for (Almost) 100 episodes; and YET, we have Yet to cover TV shows that actually have a Hell-ish…
TelehellEPISODE 97 - The Top 8 (Other) Dumbest Oscar Moments
Why let Snow White and a bunch of Underachiving actors hog the spotlight of "Dumbest Oscar Moments" when there's nearly 100 years of ceremonies to sift…
TelehellEPISODE 96 - Big Game Hall of Shame III: Halftime Shows
Scott Mason (Play like a Jet podcast) Joins us at the 50-yard line as we take a look at the Three (theatrical) Halftime shows that may have caused the powers…
TelehellEPISODE 95 - The New Monkees (1987)
Here they come...walking down the street...gettin' funniest looks from everyone they meet...Partially because these Monkees don't look a thing like the ones…
TelehellEPISODE 94 - New Kids on the Block (1990 Animated series)
Our look at shows with "New" in the title continues with a look at what happens when something flashes in the pan, and people try to keep the pan flashing for…
TelehellEPISODE 93 - The New Show (1984)
We begin the New Year by taking a look at some shows that take Serious advantage of the word "New"...None more advantageous than an allegedly "New" sketch…
TelehellEPISODE 92 - The Christmas Shoes (2002 TV Movie)
Once again, we spend our Christmas looking at a song turned Holiday TV Special; except This year, we're looking at one of The most Polarizing pieces of media…
TelehellSPECIAL COMMENT: Remembering Norman Lear
To call Norman Lear a "Legend" would be an Insult to Legends...This Commentary is NOT about the extensive amount of work he put in to his 101 years of life…
TelehellEPISODE 91 - Acting Sheriff (1991 Pilot)
It's time once again to dig up a corpse from the Summer TV Pilot Graveyard; this one--from 1991--takes a look at the story of Robert Goulet as a former famous…
TelehellEPISODE 90 - The Top 8 Dumbest (Retired) TPIR Pricing Games
Author Justin Bergner ("Solving the Price is Right") gets to COME ON DOWN; as he & I take a look at some of the most ill-concieved pricing games ever to grace…
TelehellEPISODE 89 - Turn On (1969)
SEASON 6 PREMIERE: At Long last, Welcome to Season 6! You Know we gotta kick things off with a Big one; and for our premiere, we tell the tale of a show So…
TelehellSEASON 6 TRAILER
You're gonna get more than you (and I) barganed for this season... Special Thanks to Darren Marlar of "Weird Darkness", and Apologies to the late Larry Lujack…
TelehellA Phone-O-Rama SPECIAL
SPECIAL: No, we're not back...yet...but we know we don't wanna leave you hangin'. So until our return on November 12th, we present to you Two of our…
TelehellSPECIAL: The Pepsi Saga
SPECIAL: Summer is almost over; so what better way to mark its ending than by knocking back a couple of Pepsi's...I don't mean drink any; but rather, bring…
TelehellSPECIAL COMMENT: Remembering Bob Barker
The seemingly impossible has happened...bear with us as we take a few minutes to Remember Bob Barker, who passed away earlier today at the Well-lived age of…
Telehell4th ANNIVERSARY - Bill Oakley: Uncut, Un-Steamed, Un-Hammed
How often does one get the chance to speak with someone who worked at "The Simpsons" during the peak of its popularity. For our 4th anniversary, we proudly…
TelehellEPISODE 88 - The Seinfeld Finale (1998)
SEASON 5 FINALE: 25 years after it aired, was the Final episode of Seinfeld really one of the worst final episodes of all time, or was all the hate it wound up…
TelehellEPISODE 87 - The Simpsons: The Principal and the Pauper (1997)
Former Writer & Co-Executive Producer of "The Simpsons" BILL OAKLEY will be my Very Special Guest today, as he and I discuss the truth about an episode of the…
TelehellEPISODE 86 - Yo Yogi & Prostars (1991)
By request of our Patron "Funny Music Man" we get to take a look at a pair of Animated rejects that may (or may not) have been responsible for the beginning of…
TelehellEPISODE 85 - The Worst of Saturday Night Live (Volume 1)
(Almost) Live From New York, we get to cause chaos around the Big Apple and look at just some of the Worst SNL Sketches of All Time. This episode would've been…
TelehellEPISODE 84 - The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987)
The Internet's favorite TV Guidance Counselor (Ken Reid) and I track down another one of FOX's earliest efforts and kick it right in the Beans. SPONSORED BY…
TelehellEPISODE 83 - You Don't Know Jack (2001 Game Show)
Unfortunately, this is NOT the Al Pacino biopic about Jack Kevorkian; THIS "You Don't Know Jack" is based on one of my all time favorite video games. But…
TelehellEPISODE 82 - Women in Prison (1987)
The first of our Two Patreon Episode requests this month; and for this one, we'll be joined by an Actual Patron as a Special Guest Co-Host. As Neil Weinstein…
TelehellPatreon Request month - An Introduction
This month is pretty much going to be dedicated to Due Dilligence, as we have a couple of requests hanging in the pipeline of our Patreon Page, one of which…
TelehellEPISODE 81 - The Grubbs (2002 Unaired Series)
In the past, we've covered failed pilots of TV shows. But what if the show in question actually got picked up by the network, produced Several episodes AND was…
TelehellEPISODE 80 - Rachel Gunn R.N. (1992)
How can a show with a Broadway legend, Nick Offerman's (then) future wife AND Friggin' BATMAN still manage to fail? It probably didn't help that another…
TelehellFOX Failure February - An Introduction
For this month's prologue, We feel that we've been on for a long enough time that we can go through our own archives to present to you a ruidmentary history of…
TelehellEPISODE 79 - The WB's Superstar USA (2004)
WB-Cember concludes with Three words of Caution...One, this may be one of THE most demoralizing shows I've ever seen in my life or death; Two, Reality TV…
TelehellEPISODE 78 - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (2000 TV Special)
T'was the show before Christmas, and all through the Underworld comes the tale of an inexplicable holiday novelty song, the TV special it inspired, and the…
TelehellEPISODE 77 - Hype (2000)
The WB began its first half of its existence with some of the hottest shows for young people; so naturally, the network felt it could live up to its own…
TelehellWBcember - An Introduction
The other Broadcast TV network to debut in the 1990s was UPN's worthy rival for most of its existence; the difference between the WB & UPN? Most of the WB's…
TelehellEPISODE 76 - The Mullets (2003)
UPNovember wraps up with some good 'ol fashioned "Dumb" fun...a kind of "Dumb that was written by two of the smartest TV writers ever known...so why would they…
TelehellEPISODE 75 - Shasta McNasty (1999)
UPNovember continues with......one of the most Draining experiences I've sat through in the 3 years we've been doing this show (If the bitterness in my voice…
TelehellEPISODE 74 - Homeboys in Outer Space (1996)
UPNovember begins with the network finding its footing by 1996; after two years on the air, the network seems to be hitting its stride with Urban comedy and…
TelehellUPNovember - An Introduction
UPN: The United Paramount Network, one of two Broadcast networks that would debut in the mid 1990s, and would have one Here of a Time trying to reach its own…
TelehellEPISODE 73 - Turnabout (1979)
The Wrecks of '79 concludes with another case of "That Same Old Story"...no, seriously, stories about people swapping bodies has been done hundreds of times in…
TelehellEPISODE 72 - Time Express (1979)
Just how Bad was TV in 1979? There were Not one, but TWO TV Shows involving High Tech, Physics defying Trains. The Only reason why Nobody remembers this one…
TelehellEPISODE 71 - The Animal House Ripoff Shows (1979)
SEASON 5 PREMIERE: Our 5th Season And "The Wrecks of '79" begins by going back to School to cover Not one, but THREE Ripoffs (or really, 1 Ripoff, 1 Sliver of…
TelehellThe Wrecks of '79 - An Introduction
As we have mentioned, This season of Telehell will involve Theme months; one new Subject every month from October to May. At the Start of Each theme month, we…
TelehellSEASON 5 TRAILER: The Channel Surfing Season
It would be impossible to tell you about Every single show that we plan on covering this year...but Dammit, we're gonna try anyway. All I can tell you about…
TelehellPress Conference of the Damned (SEASON 4 RECAP)
It's time to Face the Press, as we Meet the Nation full of the worst people in all of humanity--all of whom get to pelt me with questions regarding our past…
TelehellSPECIAL: The Top 8 Manimal Transformation Excuses
A few weeks ago, we asked you to try and answer a simple question; How can a man lose all his clothing when he changes into an animal, but wind up with his…
TelehellSPECIAL: Absolutely Rose Street (The 1994 Sega Infomercial)
Our 2nd Summer Special takes a look at the time Sega tried to disguise an infomercial for their product line as a "Hip & Trendy" (hesitate to call it a) "Show"…
Telehell3rd ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - Nick Fury (1998 TV Movie)
Today marks 3 years since we began this stupid little journey of ours through the worst that TV has ever offered. To mark the occasion, we're going to do a…
TelehellEPISODE 70 - Manimal (1983)
SEASON 4 FINALE: The Man, The Myth, The Reason why NBC's 1983-84 TV season would become memorable...for All the Wrong Reasons. PLUS: Listen around 41:30 to…