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Hey Paisanos! We are back with a brand new episode and a Very Special guest! Join Carolyn, David, and Shane Hosea as they jump into a pipe and discuss The Super Mario Bros. Super Show season 1 episode 7, "Bonkers from Yonkers"! There's pasta, therapy, screaming like a chicken, and more! So put on a spaghetti dinner for orphans, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode143.mp3
Happy New year! We are concluding our holiday coverage this year by watching the infamous Alf Christmas special, in which Alf learns the true meaning of Christmas (?) from a dying girl, then pulls a Zack & Tori with Mrs. Belding and helps deliver a baby in an elevator, and rounds out his holiday by stopping someone from committing suicide. Join David, Carolyn and Austin as they muse on Willy Tanner's age, rage at Alf pulling a Michelle, and lambast parents for abandoning their sick kids at the hospital on Christmas Eve. So keep an eye out for Alf's puppet legs, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode142.mp3
Ho ho ho! Our annual holiday celebration continues with Santa Claus is Coming to Town, a Rankin-Bass claymation special that some (Austin) describe as "the Star Wars Prequels for Santa"! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they discuss the merits of live versions of songs, debate the moral implications of The Santa Clause, and wonder what happened to Jesus' afterbirth! So put away your toys before Burgermeister Meisterburger can slip on them, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode141.mp3
Ahoo doray, ahoo doray! Me-Who-rry Christmas everyone! We are kicking off our annual look at Very Special Christmas episodes with that seminal favorite, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they question the mechanics of Who society, discuss whether "Thurl Ravenscroft" is the greatest name in history, and ponder (sigh) what else might have grown three sizes that day. So grab your last can of Who-hash, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode140.mp3
Gobble gobble! Take a break from all your Cyber Monday-ing with our brand new Thanksgiving/Matthew Perry tribute episode! Join Carolyn, Austin and David as they discuss the fondly (?) remembered (?) early 2010s Matthew Perry vehicle, Go On, including which sports ball teams map to which Thanksgiving dinner family archetypes, the effectiveness of office kitchens, and the surprising sexiness of a Muzcle Hunkxxx stealing your drink. So queue up some Vivaldi, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode139.mp3
Happy Halloween, boils and ghouls! We're back with a Very Spooktacular Episode just in time for Halloween. Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they review Bob's Burgers season six, episode three, "The Hauntening". Along the way, they debate which type of pasta is the scariest, discuss the difference between every day and formal cloaks, and dive back into dissecting the Saved by the Bell mystery weekend episode! So ask a zombie to the prombie, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode138.mp3
Stunt Daaaaawgs! Join us for the conclusion of our unofficial DiC animation summer marathon for "Freedom of Screech", an episode of the fever dream-like Stunt Dawgs that, unfortunately, has nothing to do with everyone's favorite Saved by the Bell nerd (or dogs doing stunts). Instead, join Carolyn, David & Austin as they try to make sense of the Stunt Dawgs universe and revel in some classic 90s commercials!So subscribe for just four easy payments of $19.99 a month, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode137.mp3
We are back after an unofficial hiatus while the AVSE family got a little bigger (and cuter)! This week, we are continuing our (also unofficial) DiC marathon by reviewing season 1 episode 7 of Rainbow Brite, "Mom", in which Murky Dismal's mother comes to visit and reawakens some childhood trauma that explains his otherwise odd crusade against color! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they talk flying Winnebagos, inexplicable mustaches, and try to make sense of the rainbow economy.So mount your horse bareback, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode136.mp3
Who's ready to bring pollution down to zero?!? By their powers combined, Austin, Carolyn, and David are back and reviewing a Very Special episode of a 90s animated TV touchstone, in which a rat creature puts on a trench coat, hangs out at a high school, and makes everyone hate a kid with HIV for...reasons! Along the way, the AVSE-teers discuss the Kinkos Code, ponder the environmental merits of track-and-field, and ask the question on everyone's mind: does Captain Planet fuck? So commit a HIPPA violation, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode135.mp3
Happy Valentines Day, everyone! This week, we celebrate love by reviewing a review of divorce as we look at Review season 1 episode 03, "Pancakes, Divorce, Pancakes"! Join Carolyn, Austin, and David as they discuss the show Review, play FMK with waffles, pancakes, and French toast, and debate the comedic limits of having misery foisted on people for laughs. So wolf down an obscene amount of panckes, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode134.mp3
Can't anyone tell us what Christmas is all about?!? Join David, Carolyn, and Austin as they tackle the question by discussing the commercialization of Christmas-skewing seminal animated holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas (brought to you by the good folks at Coca-Cola)! Along the way, they discuss the history of the Mall of America, something called "damp napping"(?), and the raw sexual chemistry between Charlie Brown and Lucy. So do your best Snoopy dance, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode133.mp3
Happy Holidays from the 90s! This week, we return to our (well, Austin's) favorite zip code for a Very Special Christmas episode featuring those smoldering "teens" of Beverly Hills, 90210, in which a pair of angels (yes, really) enact a It's a Wonderful Life pastiche that is less about aping the movie and more about pointing out that the movie just, you know, exists. Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they discuss poofy hair, what it means to "trim" the tree, and question just how much 90210 is too much 90210. God may or may not intervene. So take a comical chug from your fifth of Jack to broadcast how drunk you are, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode132.mp3
Ho ho ho! We kickoff our Christmas coverage this week with a look at the Rankin-Bass stop-motion classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the special which taught us all the true meaning of Christmas: that differences are meant to be mocked unless/until they become exploitable by the state! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they debate Thin Santa vs. Fat Santa, discuss David's fear of stop-motion puppetry, and above all, marvel at the extreme dickishness of Santa's reindeer. So befriend a bumble, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode131.mp3
It's an Angela Lansbury memorial and Thanksgiving-adjacent episode as David, Carolyn, and Austin visit the murder capital of the world in Murder, She Wrote season 4, episode 10 "Indian Giver" (don't blame them, they didn't title it)! When a mysterious stranger in stereotypical American Indian garb hurls a spear at the Founder Days celebration and claims to own the town of Cabot Cove, racial invectives are hurled with abandon, leaving it to town busybody and everyone's favorite mystery-writing cool old lady Jessica Fletcher to get to the bottom of things per usual. So dump all the beach sand out of your shoes, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode130.mp3
Happy Halloween! We are wrapping up our celebration of the spoooooky season with the inaugural "Halloween heist" episode of Brooklyn 99, in which Jakes bets Holt he can steal a medal from his office before midnight, thereby proving he is an amazing detective/genius. Join Austin, Carolyn, and David as they talk celebrity chef sex crimes, share peanut butter and jelly sandwich recipes, and examine the Halloween costume effort/reward matrix! So put on your royal baby man costume, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode129.mp3
Happy Halloween boys and ghouls! We are kicking off the spooky season with an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, in which Jason Voorhees slaughters unruly teens with a radio! Just kidding, Jason's not actually in this (or any) episode. But there is a blood-powered time-traveling car! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they discuss the bait-and-switch in the series' title, sexy cousins, and the poor handling of cursed antiques!So feel old doing the Macarena, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode128.mp3
Our Summer of Disney comes to a close this week, as we journey back to the happiest most magical play on Earth with Boy Meets World, in an episode in which Corey dials up his stalker setting and chases Topanga all the way to Disneyworld! Join David, Carolyn, and Austin as they discuss dolphin throuples, delight at more dummy play, and marvel at how this episode confidently positions Corey as some kind of smoking heartthrob women can't stop kissing! So marvel at Carolyn's knowledge of creepy things, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode127.mp3
Our Summer of Disney continues with a trip across the country to America's wang, as the Tanner family heads to Disneyworld in the two-part "The House Meets the Mouse"! Join Carolyn, David and Austin as they obsess about exactly how much time actually passes in the course of the episode, learn a lesson in benevolent monarchy, and lament the absence of horny president robots. So inappropriately kiss everyone in your vicinity, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode126.mp3
Whoa! Our "Summer of Disney" kicks off with a long overdue look at a seminal 90s sitcom, Blossom! Join Carolyn, David, and Austin as they journey into the land of Disney with Blossom and the gang and discuss earringed dads, Horned Up Robo-Lincoln, and the return of Disney Finger. Plus, an old feud is put to rest...or is it?!?So kiss your cousin, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode125.mp3
Our unofficial Problem Child trilogy concludes with a Very Special Episode of Seinfeld, in which the core four enter into a contest to see which one can remain "master of their domain" the longest! Join David, Carolyn, and Austin (masters of their domain, all) as they discuss the deft turns the episode makes to avoid saying "masturbation", the surprising hotness of JFK Jr., and the appeals of a sponge bath. So check out the window across the street, then download and listen here, rate & review us on iTunes or listen via Podbean, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify! You can follow the show on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and email us via avsepodcast@gmail.com. Be sure to listen to Carolyn's spinoff podcast, Pitch Please!, here, and buy the game here!http://media.averyspecialepisodepodcast.com/AVerySpecialEpisode124.mp3




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