In what has become a mini-tradition, we kick off the new year with an examination of last year’s biggest musical flop. Unfortunately this one has a lot fewer cats and a lot more lying to a grieving family, and it’s called Dear Evan Hansen. Joining us for the discussion is noted bar owner, Stuart wife, and DEH-on-Broadway-hater, Sharlene Wellington!

SURPRISE! It’s an off-week extra episode, just because we didn’t want to go ANY longer without discussing that purrfect mewowsical, directed by Tomcat Hooper: CATS! It’s a show so big, we couldn’t do it without the dual returns of Cats enthusiast, Jenny Jaffee, and musical theater authority, Ms. Natalie Walker who was AT THE MOTHERFUCKING CATS PREMIERE! We know that there’s usually a bunch of gibberish at this point, teasing stuff from the episode, but just dive in, folks! IT’S CATS!

Don’t worry — we took your boring story about a magical rock-star-making computer and turned it into a thrilling story about YouTube. We talk Jem and the Holograms. Meanwhile, Elliott has a surprisingly deep knowledge of failed Internet concerns, Stuart reveals the hidden bonds between Seal and Salman Rushdie, and Dan is totally blazed.

What’s more rock ‘n’ roll than a bunch of Hollywood stars singing karaoke covers of overplayed hair metal hits of the 80’s? NOTHING. Nothing at all. Meanwhile, Elliott gets a few things off his chest about Encyclopedia Brown, Dan proves himself master of the segue, and Hallie is much more interested in talking about Olive […]

Only an army could make us sit through The Happiest Millionaire… an army, or one U.S. serviceman, that is.  Meanwhile, Dan reveals the creepier aspects of his character, Stuart returns from his gaming convention with a surprise gift, and Elliott is forever thwarted in his attempts to bring American history to the podcast masses. 0:00 […]