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TVR386 – Fall TV Preview 2022

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#357 Break-In Bits

Andrew ranks the scariest home invader commercials aimed at selling security systems (so you know some white homeowners are going to get menaced.) Plus, a travel website goes for a second bite of the

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#356 Plumber Lovin’

Andrew and Vieves unpack commercials based on house calls by skilled tradespeople this week, from homeowners who are too invested in their relationships with their plumbers to housemates in denial abo

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#355 The Original Kings of Commerce

Andrew and Vieves look at commercials that feature some stand-up comedy greats and are left asking: why are so many of these ads not funny? Plus, an Ad Councilor makes the definitive case for the loat

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#354 Mime Is Money

Mimes, lowly and reviled, are nevertheless a rich vein of commercial comedy, selling everything from renter's insurance to hotdogs. Plus, the ghost of Mitch Hedberg rides again, and an Ad Councilor sh

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#353 Broken Premises

Some recent commercials with flawed logic are driving Vieves up the wall, while Andrew reports on a new marketing gambit by Panera Bread. Plus, one talented Ad Councilor embodies the spirit of a comed

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TVR385 – News Catch-Up, Emmy Nominations 2022, What I’m Streaming – TV Rewind

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#352 Carbonated Leverage

OG digital pitchman Max Headroom sends Andrew on a trip through the cola wars of 1985. Plus, an insurance company borrows a premise from a stand-up great.

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#351 We Pass the Cravings on to You

Vieves takes over today's episode to highlight a collection of ads that appeal to people's basest needs: for food, for sex, for home insurance. Plus, an amazingly dumb product sends Andrew and Vieves

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#350 Ever Meta Celebrity?

Andrew and Vieves look at commercials that wink and nod at the careers of their famous spokespeople. Plus, Andrew declares that he is funnier than Seth McFarland, and an erstwhile toy seems like a rec

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#349 Summer Better Than Others

Andrew falls down a nostalgia hole of ads from the summers of his youth. Plus, Baker Mayfield may have a new quarterback gig, but he's down one insurance campaign. And a listener's ears are deceiving

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735: Chekhov's Halitosis (Farscape S2E21-22)

Eric and Jason close out season two of Farscape with a pair of episodes reviews and then the season two review, lowlights and highlights. First up, “Liars, Guns and Money (Part 3): Plan B”. Instead of

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#348 Jif I Could Turn Back Time

The Ad Council takes over this week with a new stunt from Arby's, a storied Portland pitchman, and a whole lot of peanut butter. Plus, an Arby's competitor tried to market what may be the worst sandwi

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#347 Mixed Promotions

A Top Gun product tie-in that threatens Vieves' safe space inspires a show about incongruous movie licensing deals. Plus, a vintage air freshener commercial ignites a debate, and a cookie commercial f

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#346 It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World

Who is your daddy, and what does he sell? Andrew and Vieves are most definitely NOT doing a show about Father Day's as they look at daddy-forward ads. Plus, Vieves wins an eBay auction, and a Chicag

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734: Relax, It's All Part of the Plan (Farscape S2E19-20)

Eric and Jason review the first two parts of Farscape’s second ever three part storyline, “Liars, Guns and Money”. And during all that, wander off on tangents about Star Wars, the A-Team and past epis

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#345 Game Brands

Andrew and Vieves are pleased to discover that game nights provide a rich vein of commercial comedy. Plus, Vieves tries to promote some fake news, Smokey Bear is a prince of lies, and two Ad Councilor

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#344 No More Mr. Price Guy

In these days of rampant inflation, Andrew and Vieves revisit the bargains of yesteryear with a quiz that underscores the deranged value Americans once placed on talking dolls. Plus, a Jingle duet for

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#343 The Ideas Of Marketplace

Andrew and Vieves look at virtual products being metaphorically sold in a physical space, while also falling in love with a couple doing online banking and Jon Hamm (again). Plus, the thrilling conclu

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733: I'm Nobody's Puppet (Farscape S2E17-18)

Eric and Jason have been gone for a little while due to real life, but we’re back with two above average episodes to make up for it. First up, “The Ugly Truth”, where Crais tries to get Moya’s crew to

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#342 Ads These Days

Over the course of an Adcolades and Admonishments, Andrew and Vieves realize just how much they are products of their generation and just how much they can't relate to pop culture today, no matter how

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TVR384 – Pre-Upfront Announcements and Fall Schedules, What I’m Streaming – TV Rewind

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#341 Our Most Popular Episode

Andrew and Vieves turn in the most popular episode of the podcast to date.

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#340 Hot and Fathered

Vieves' high horse gets a workout this week as she and Andrew talk about commercials that rely on the overprotective dad trope. Plus, the Ad Council talks durability, and TV Guide enters the digital a

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#339 Hush Money

It's all whispers and secrets this week as Andrew and Vieves look at commercials that take place in hushed tones, with occasionally terrifying results. Plus, it's a total jinglefest from the Ad Counci

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#338 Durable Goods

Andrew and Vieves look at the time-honored tradition of stress-testing products in a collection of ads that smash, soak and stain everything from engine oil to pantyhose. Plus, two excellent jingles o

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732: Boogie or Die! (Farscape S2E15-16)

This time we review two really amazing episodes. Granted, in the grand scheme of things, they didn’t really happen but they’re still amazing. First up, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, where Crichton is back

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#337 Compromising Positions

In life, we must learn to compromise, unless we're buying anything from beer to breath mints, in which case compromising can go to hell! Andrew and Vieves look at the commercial world's war on comprom

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#336 Domestic Diss

A new campaign with a surprisingly anti-family bent has Andrew and Vieves looking at ads that focus on the darker side of family life. Plus, an Ad Councilor claps back, literally, and a shampoo jingle

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#335 Stuff Films

A new Dr. Rick commercial inspires a show about commercials that take place in movie theatres, which then reveals that Andrew has a major deficit in the age-guessing department. Plus, a beer commercia

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731: How to Get a Head in Politics (Farscape S2E13-14)

We conclude the amazing three part “Look at the Princess” trilogy and then talk about a not-so-amazing story. First up, the exciting conclusion of the trilogy, “Look at the Princess, Part 3: The Malte

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#334 Fast Hawkers

Andrew and Vieves unpack commercials based on house calls by skilled tradespeople this week, from homeowners who are too invested in their relationships with their plumbers to housemates in denial abo3