When 'Grease' Was The Word

The Day the Clown Cried, Jerry Lewis’s notorious, unreleased Holocaust movie, faced a crisis on 30th April, 1972, when the American actor-director found himself in an extraordinary predicament: the financing for his deeply personal film project had collapsed mid-shoot. Faced with ...  Show more

Peter Mark Roget waited until retirement to compile his personal collection of synonyms into a book for publication: the first edition of Roget’s Thesaurus, released on 29th April, 1852. Despite initial scepticism from critics, who couldn't grasp its practical brilliance, the pub ...  Show more

On this episode we continue our look back at the stand-up sitcom boom of the 1990s. Following the success of shows such as Roseanne and Seinfeld, networks scrambled to find more comics who could become television stars. Some up and coming comics were discovered on Star Search or ...  Show more

The Berkeley Studio Era of Talking Simpsons ends just as it began: With a Sideshow Bob episode! Yes, as record one more time in our old recording space, we cover the season 14 ep that not only brought back Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, as well as an infamous culprit. How does ...

This one where Knox and Jamie discuss the pilot episode of Friends. 

In this episode, we journey back to 1994 and step into Central Perk for the debut episode of juggernaut Friends. Join us on the orange couch as we dissect if the episode and theme song hold up ...

Taped in July 2021 when they were working from home before returning to hosting the show in the studio, the two “View” greats Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar sat down to take a look back at their time on the show. For 23 seasons, Joy has been making us laugh since the show premiere ...  Show more