Pilot Pass: Recent Episodes
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Back when TV networks existed, they gathered their best and brightest talent together in the spring to shoot TV shows that might make it to air in the fall.While TV has changed drastically since then, numerous shows are still shot in hopes of making more.
Episode Reviewed: "True Crime"
This week we dive into the world of The Arconia as murder and mystery unfurl in the new Hulu show Only Murders in the Building. Starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, this true crime/mystery adventure is by far one of the funniest shows of the year. Almost as funny as Matthew & Del are in this episode.
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Episode Reviewed: "Alive in Tucson"
Matthew Thornbury joins Del and Matthew Two to talk The Last Man on Earth. A sitcom starring Will Forte finding himself as the last living man on planet Earth, until...
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Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
New episode alert! This week we dive down the CBS sitcom rabbit hole and talk about The Big Bang Theory. Alongside our guest host Mathew Thornbury, we share our thoughts about this Wonder Bread of sitcoms.
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Episode Reviewed: "Episode 1"
Pilot Pass hops the pond over to Europe for the sharped-tongue, but not always quick-witted young ladies from Derry Girls set in Ireland during The Troubles of the late 1990s. This week's guest is Alex Gaskin from the podcast "Double Double Feature Feature." )
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Episode Reviewed: "Classics"
Another Pilot Pass episode is live and ready for your earballs. This week we hit the road with Triple D and our favorite food host Guy Fieri to enjoy some all-American diners, drive-ins, and dives.
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Episode Reviewed: "The One Where Monica Gets a New Roommate"
Another Pilot Pass episode is live and ready for your earballs. This week we get caught up in all of the hullabaloo as we rewatch the '90s classic Friends. As a special treat, we bring our old friend Taylor Elizabeth in to be the third member of the team. As such, please direct all hate mail to her.
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Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
Del & Matthew discuss the UPN classic sitcom, Moesha starring R&B singer Brandy Norwood as an high school student living in Los Angeles. Join Moesha, her Saturn-selling dad, a new stepmom, that annoying brother of hers, and all of her friends and frienemies.
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Episode Reviewed: "Like Father Like Daughter"
A new episode is ready to go. This week we discuss the classic taxi-driving sitcom Taxi. With an ensemble cast starring Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Andy Kaufman, Tony Danza, and many more. Taxi competed with some of the heavyweight sitcoms at its time to go on to become one of the best shows about taxi cabs ever made. (Insert taxi cab confessional joke here.)
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Episode Reviewed: "Bangles vs. Wizards"
We go back to our childhood for one of the greatest game shows of all time Double Dare. The show is so special, we had to bring on our favorite special friend, Taylor Elizabeth, our former co-host from Fun Time! Good Show! Listen as host extraordinaire, Mark Summers, pits teams of children against each other in trivia and physical challenges.
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Episode Reviewed: "My First Day"
We talk about the NBC show Scrubs, a comedy medical show set in the fictional Sacred Heart hospital. The pilot follows J.D. as he navigates his first day at his hospital as a full-fledged doctor along with his best friend Turk. Our special guest this week is the great and hilarious young LA-based comedian Saffron Herndon.
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Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
This week we talk about the classic NBC show Newsradio. This is such a special episode we brought in a third member to join us. Our special guest this week is the great and hilarious LA-based comedian Brad La Cour (@BradLaCour).
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Episode Reviewed: "The Reunion"
Take a ride to the Peach Pit with us as we go back to the only zip code everyone knows, it's BH90210, a real-world-based fictional show about the actor's from the well-known '90s TV show Beverly Hills 90210. As the president of the 90210 fan club, it was a rewarding experience for Matthew to bring Del along for the ride into the continuation of one of his favorite shows of all time.
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Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
What a special treat this week as we wind Del up and let him hot-take all over the place about the new CW show Walker. A reboot of the '90s Chuck Norris classic Walker: Texas Ranger, this time Walker lives in Austin, TX and doesn't karate. What's the point?
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Episode Reviewed: "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience"
Recorded in front of a live studio audience of Del’s cat Zelda and Matthew's Horrace Grant bobblehead, this episode has Matt and Del talking about Disney’s new MCU show WandaVision. Buckle up for a black and white show in 2021. We laugh, we cry, and we're slightly confounded by what’s going on.
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Episode Reviewed: "Ace Degenerate"
Del and Matthew delve into the continuation of the famous '80s film The Karate Kid by Robert Mark Kamen with YouTube Red/Netflix's show Cobra Kai which follows the former bully Johnny Lawrence (Johnny Lawrence) and his hope of reopening the Cobra Kai dojo with Ralph Maccio returning as Danny LaRusso, now a local car salesman.
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Episode Reviewed: "Fundraiser"
A new year and a new season of Pilot Pass is upon us! Year 2 kicks off with the HBO show VEEP starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as VPOTUS or Vice President of the United States. Created by Armando Iannucci, the brilliant mind behind the show "The Thick of It" and its feature-length film "In the Loop."
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It’s an awards show! Just like the classic TV trope, we are here with a look back at Year 1 of Pilot Pass with the awards show we humbly call: The Passy Awards.
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Episode Reviewed: "Dry"
This week on the show we talk about the new Showtime series Moonbase 8 starring some of the greatest humans to ever live: Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, and John C. Reilly, who along with series director Johnathan Krisel, created the show together. Matthew tries really hard to say things that would get him beat up by a professional football player.
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Episodes Reviewed: "Pilot" (2020), "Dancing to the Max" (1989)
This week on the show we talk Saved by the Bell the newest version from the Peacock Network. We discuss the old show, the new show, Matthew comes up with a brilliant comparison between the Bell and The Wire, and Del brings it all the way home.
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Episode Reviewed: "All You Need Is Love"
Back in 1984 rural America was introduced to the relatively unknown concept of court held at night and a young judge named Harold T. Stone. That's right, in the '80s, crime was so bad in New York City that a sitcom based on post-midnight court cases was all the rage.
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Episode Reviewed: "Knight of the Phoenix"
Who needs friends when you have a talking car? This week on the show we talk Knight Rider staring the god among men David Hasselhoff. Joining us this week is our dear friend Matthew Thornbury. He co-hosts a podcast with our Matthew called Matt Men Podcast.
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Episodes Reviewed: "One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure – to Go" (1990), "Now Museum, Now You Don't" (1991), "Nail the Conquering Hero" (1992)
Climb in the phone booth and let's take a ride with Bill and Ted and their excellent adventures. Join Del and Matt discuss the quality, or the lack of, both the animated version (1990) followed by the live-action version (1992) and starring the voice actors who replace the original cast in season 2 (1991) of the animated series of this famous film franchise.
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Episode Reviewed: "Brother's Keeper"
We meet Don Johnson's Sonny Crockett, the fashion explosion that was bigger than the one that killed his partner (played by Jimmy Smits). Crockett pairs with Philip Michael Thomas's Rico Tubbs in an attempt to bring justice to the mean streets of sunny Miami, Florida. Also, let's not forget about Elvis, Sonny's pet alligator.
Special thanks to our guest this episode Matthew Thornbury.
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Episode Reviewed: "That '80s Pilot"
Remember That '70s Show? Well, why not another one? One decade later - That's right it's That '80s Show which aired for only half a season on FOX before being canceled, but boy, was it glorious. Starring the then-unknown Glenn Howerton (Dennis Reynolds on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") as struggling musician and record store employee Corey Howard alongside new-hire June Tuesday (Chyler Leigh) and owner Margaret (played by six-time Emmy winner Margaret Smith).
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Episode Reviewed: "365"
This week we've gone back to the '80s as we talk about the Showtime series Black Monday. Directed by frequent collaborators Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, Black Monday delves into the stock market crash of 1987 and creatively uses a huge amount of current comedic talent to tell its story of the fictitious version of how and WHO created the crash. Starting with Don Cheadle as second-tier brokerage president Maurice Monroe, we tumble through the comedic performances of Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall, Paul Sheer, Horatio Sanz, Yassir Lester, Eugene Cordano, and Bruce Dern, before landing on Ken Marino's amazing performances as BOTH Larry and Lenny Leighman, a parody of the infamous Lehman Brothers brokerage that filed for bankruptcy in the 2008 real-life remake.
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Episode Reviewed: "Murder at the Webb Ranch"
Created by Nancy Hower and John Lehr Quick Draw was one of Hulu's first forays into original programming, though a large portion of the show is unscripted and improvised. The show follows Harvard graduate Sheriff John Henry Hoyle (John Lehr) and his attempt to gain acceptance into the town of Great Bend, Kansas as well as convince the uneducated townsfolk of the benefits of his learned "forensics sciences" to help solved various crimes commit by the Cole Younger gang. His deputy Eli Brocias (Nick Brown), unrequited lover Honey Shaw (Allison Dunbar), and undertaker Vernon Shank (portrayed by frequent Hower and Lehr collaborator Bob Clendenin) offer little to less help.
After the review, the boys are treated to an interview with co-creator John Lehr himself.
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Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
What's a family without a little drama? Like...an exorcism? The Pitts debuted on the FOX network in March of 2003 and was canceled just two months later. Created by husband and wife team Mike Scully (showrunner for The Simpsons, 1997-2001) and Julie Thacker (writer for The Simpsons) The Pitts follows the typical American sitcom family who literally has the worst luck imaginable.
Though all going on to careers in Hollywood, this show might have been exactly the quagmire that could have held everyone involved back. Thankfully the show was canceled and everyone else moved on to bigger and better things. Except us - the audience. Ahhh - memories. The terrible, terrible, memories.
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Episode Reviewed: "Second Contact"
Star Trek: Lower Decks is the new animated series from CBS by the creator Mike McMahan, a writer and producer for the wildly popular series Rick and Morty. Lower Decks follows in the same tried and true comedic-paced footsteps, but without the unique characters that make shows like Rick and Morty and Star Trek (colon: Any Generation) stand out.
The show follows Brad (Morty) and his professional/personal relationship with Tawny (Rick) as they navigate an other-worldly scenario (see: Rick and Morty: All Episodes)
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We've gone game showing on this week's episode as we talk Don't. Hosted by Adam Scott on ABC, Don't stars teams of 4 trying to beat a variety of games to win cash money. Download Listen and Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
In honor of the new movie Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Matthew and Del talk USA's famed show Psych starring James Roday as psychic detective Shawn Spencer and Dulé Hill as Burton "Gus" Guster, the Watson to Shawn's Holmes. Created by Steve Franks.
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Episode Reviewed: "The Cellar"
In this week's episode, Michael Zavala from the MZ Now podcast sits in for Del (who is on assignment out in TV Land) to discuss with Matt the Steven Spielberg relaunch of the anthological series Amazing Tales on Apple TV.
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Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
Host Matthew and Michael Zavala (of the MZ Now podcast) talk all things Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, the new Apple TV show from Rob McElhenney, Megan Ganz, and Charlie Day some of the mad genius minds behind It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. McElhenney stars as Ian Grimm, creative director of Mythic Quest (a fictional MMORPG), who is attempting to wrangle his creative team as the company struggles to release its newest update, "Raven's Banquet," upon the gaming world.
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Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
Matthew Thornbury guests as the group discusses one of FOX's most famous and infamous shows Married... with Children, FOX's longest-running live-action show to date. Starring Ed O'Neil as the beaten-down Al Bundy, and Katey Sagal as Peggy Bundy it highlights the life of a middle-class Chicago shoe salesman as he struggles to make ends meet all while dealing with an ungrateful family and the annoying neighbors next door, Steve and Marcy.
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Episode Reviewed: "The Informer"
Let's visit Stalag 13 and talk about the classic WWII POW comedy series Hogan's Heroes that ran for 6 seasons and starred Bob Crane as Colonel Robert Hogan, the leader of an underground rebel Allied force inside the German internment camp. We meet Hogan's team as well as his nemesis Colonel Klink who runs the camp. This is the only episode presented in black & white.
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Episode Reviewed: "The Launch"
This week's show blasts off to visit the new Netflix show Space Force starring Steve Carell as Air Force Lt. General Mark Naird charged with putting "boots on the moon by 2024." John Malkovich plays his foil Dr. Adrian Mallory Space Force's chief scientist and Ben Schwartz hams it up as social media director F. Tony "Fuck Tony" Scarapiducci.
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Episode Reviewed: "Rally Cap"
Del and Matthew talk about IFC's hilarious comedy Brockmire. Starring Hank Azaria as Jim Brockmire, a once-famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing on-air meltdown caused by his wife's serial infidelity, leading to a decade away from the booth before his surprising return as an announcer for a small local team.
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Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"
This week's show is all about the team from Reno 911!, Comedy Central's mockumentary cop show. Special guest Michael Zavala (from the "MZ Now" podcast) zoom in to discuss the classic sitcom's pilot. Let's all meet Lt. Dangle, Deputy Junior, Deputy Wiegel, and the rest of the Reno sheriff's department together.
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Episode Reviewed: "Nothing in This World Is Easy"
Nadia, a young woman who is on a journey to be the guest of honor at a party in New York City, gets caught in a mysterious loop as she repeatedly attends the same event and dies at the end of the night each time only to awaken the next day unharmed as if nothing had happened.
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Episode Reviewed: "Matchmaker"
Del & Matthew review the Hulu original black comedy anthology series Dimension 404 which debuted in 2017 and features Mark Hamill as the Narrator. It's the premiere episode, "Matchmaker" dating is hard. It's even worse when you have to rely on an app to match you with your perfect mate. However, everything is not what it seems (just like usual).
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Episode Reviewed: "Not Your Average Joe"
We made it past the pilot episodes! That means we're doing better than a lot of shows we're going to be talking about.
Del and Matt talk about the sensation that's been sweeping the nation (and apparently the rest of the world as well) in early 2020, Tiger King. From the park workers at G.W. Zoo, to Carol Baskin, and of course Joe Exotic himself, we recap the pilot episode of Netflix's phenomenon.
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The first episode, cleverly titled "The Pilot" of Pilot Pass is finally here!
Back when TV networks existed, they gathered their best and brightest talent together in the spring to shoot shows that might make it to air in the fall. While TV has changed drastically since then, numerous shows are still shot in hopes of making more.
Join in with your hosts Del Pullen & Matthew Pizana as they review both old and new tv show pilots alike on Pilot Pass.