Hooked On T.J. Hooker
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 184 ratingsA podcast dedicated to the amazingly fascinating copaganda show T.J. Hooker (1982 - 1986) hosted by Eric Szyszka and Ben Worcester. Hear the guys and the occasional guest star discuss William Shatner in all of his glory. Anything you hear may be used against you in a court of law.
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S04E13 - Trackdown
June 04, 2024 19:21 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBWe're back in blue with a great episode on "Trackdown." Robert Hatch (Tom Zarek, Captain Apollo, Robert Marshall) is our killer of the week and he sure does love what he does. Hooker is an eternal force dating back before the founding of Los Santos. We hope you enjoy and we hope it gels!
S04E12 - The Surrogate
December 22, 2023 20:50 - 1 hour - 121 MBMerry Bluemas, Bluesuits! It's a new episode of your favorite T.J. Hooker recap show, Hooked on T.J. Hooker! The episode in question is The Surrogate where Old Teej is trailing a woman killer - specifically he kills women who cheat on their husbands AND listen to a Dr. Ruth-like Radio Sex Show. And guess who gets to have sex with the Dr. Ruth stand in played by Belinda Montgomery? You guessed it - Old Teej. Plus things get steamy between Stacy and Corrigan! Turtle races! Romano not doing any...
S04E11 - Street Bait
June 29, 2023 17:48 - 1 hour - 103 MBWe are back in the squad car and putting Stacy on the streets as bait. We're also learning a lot about the vanished Hooker family! Learn what Fran, Tommy, and Chrissie have been up to! Plus the Mall! Hot dogs! Chinese food! Answering machines! We're firmly in 1985.
Blame It On Outer Space #5 - The Montauk Project (BIOOS Classic)
April 27, 2023 19:11 - 1 hour - 114 MBEnjoy a brief vacation on Long Island with this 2011 episode on the once popular conspiracy theory: The Montauk Project.
S04E10 - Grand Theft Auto guest starring Andrew Jupin
March 26, 2023 17:43 - 1 hour - 126 MBWarning: This episode of 1984 television uses the word "Gypsy" ad nauseam. Due to that, it is in clips and said several times throughout the show. We apologize for any preceived insensitivity. With that in mind, sit back and enjoy Tori Spelling, Delta Burke, and Andrew Jupin on this episode!
Blame It On Outer Space #4 - The Barney and Betty Hill Abduction (BIOOS Classic)
February 28, 2023 19:26 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBWe time warp back to this 2013 episode as the squad car receives new shocks.
S04E09 - The Confession
January 31, 2023 20:49 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBWe got death squad leading mercenaries prowling Los Santos raping and robbing women who use ATMs. Big yikes. So strap into the squad car and let's talk Law and Order SVU style barbarism with a dash of God. Yes, T.J. Hooker obviously knows a priest who is a victim... leading to a confession.
S04E08 - A Kind of Rage
December 06, 2022 18:15 - 1 hour - 109 MBThe squad car rides again. Corrigan's brain gets broken and he starts beating people. A serial killer strangler walks the streets of Los Santos. We dredge the depths of the T.J. Past. And there's even mud wrestling. This episode has it all.
Blame It On Outer Space #3 - The Moon Landing Hoax (BIOOS Classic)
October 31, 2022 15:03 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBWe talked about the moon landing and how it's possibly fake on this BIOOS Classic, case file #6901. Come for the illuminating information, stay for the joke references to the 2012 Presidential Election.
Blame It On Outer Space #2 - The Government Assassinates Musicians (BIOOS CLASSIC)
September 12, 2022 19:36 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBFresh from November 27th, 2012 it's Blame It On Outer Space! Featuring a favorite guest, Justin J. Case discussing if the Government has musicians killed. Could there be more at play here than drugs? Which brand of toilet is best for Americans abroad? And apologies for the negative remarks regarding the Juggalo community, we have since realized these were wrong.
S04E07 - Model for Murder
August 22, 2022 19:04 - 1 hour - 107 MBThis episode was recorded in a field.
Blame It On Outer Space #1 - The Reptilian Agenda (BIOOS CLASSIC)
July 18, 2022 20:27 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBAs the 10 year anniversary looms, we bring you a classic episode of Blame It On Outer Space. For those unfamiliar, this was the original podcast in which Eric Szyszka and Ben Worcester collaborated. Whenever we miss a show, we will upload a BIOOS Classic. Original air date: November 14th, 2012. It's case file #7839 - The Reptilian Agenda. Pull up a couch and fill your mug with a tall glass of water and tune into our Conspiracy Theory centered Late Night talk show.
S04E06 - Target: Hooker
May 19, 2022 20:01 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBThe squad pod car rolls into a banger of an episode, it's Target: Hooker! Old Teej is targeted by a friend of a man he sent up the river. So naturally this involves fire bombs and car explodey shenanigans! Vince Romano loses his eyesight, girlfriend (Toasty!), and nearly everything in a heated act of revenge. We hang out by a power plant, the Scandals club, Bill Maher's house, and find a few locations based on clues hidden in landscape paintings. It's a wild one we recommend you watch first. ...
S04E05 - Anatomy of a Killing
March 28, 2022 19:01 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBWe're lost in the weeds of a barebones T.J. Hooker episode. Jim Brown does respawn as the guest star but he doesn't want to be there. He teams up with Teej to take down a heroin ring but learns even his own family is entangled in its webs. Then the spiders come. We're putting up a picture of William Shatner from the movie “Kingdom of the Spiders” on TJHookerPodcast.com
S04E04 - Hardcore Connection guest starring Angelica Jade Bastién
February 24, 2022 17:18 - 1 hour - 109 MBThis month on the show we're joined by Angelica Jade Bastién (Vulture, HBO Max's Station Eleven podcast) to talk about a crazy episode of T.J. Hooker. Dennis Franz plays a pornographer and folks, he nails it. Heather Thomas does not nail her turn as Sandy the criminal partner of Hooker but at least porn ring enforcer Moloch thrills us with his shotgun antics. Join us as we navigate these bumpy roads of 1980's television.
S04E03 - Pursuit aka Hot Pursuit
January 27, 2022 18:25 - 1 hour - 104 MBOn this episode we triumphantly return to the squad pod car and hit the reds. Cats come out of the bag. Secrets are revealed. Romano gets set on fire. Hooker gets laid. This is a big episode full of spills and thrills. Policenauts and police nuts get stimulated. “Bonnie and Clyde” hit a few banks, steal a car, and we all debate “hot pursuits” - should cops actually chase people? This commentator says no.
S04E02 - The Two Faces of Betsy Morgan
October 28, 2021 19:47 - 1 hour - 122 MBReflections on William Shatner riding the Blue Origin to the space and back, what he up to now? Then we have an episode wherein there's a “strangler” on the loose we never see “strangle.” Anyway, adult subject matter abound unfortunately with people who are not adults. Also, what kind of Wizard name should T.J. have? Teej Hooklin? You know, like Merlin? No, that's no good! Meanwhile Officer Jim Corrigan is being seduced off the force by his girlfriend, Lady Professor. Will he stay or will he...
S04E01 - Night Vigil guest starring We Hate Movies
September 16, 2021 20:38 - 1 hour - 125 MBSeries premiere with We Hate Movies! All of them! We're back in our blues to talk about the season's new opening and an array of topics that spans from the nitty gritty of the episode to another man in blue: Jay Leno! Stacy gets shot! And she nearly dies. Hooker reaps the soul of the man who pulled the trigger, Pepper Martin (the guy who bullies Superman in Superman II!) And as always, Hooker will not be stopped until he's stormed the gates of Hell themselves.
S03E22 - Deadlock (Season Finale!)
May 28, 2021 15:11 - 1 hour - 103 MBOn the season 3 finale of T.J. Hooker, it's a full moon and we get one of the most interesting episodes of the series. A police uniformed criminal named Rollins (Dennis Lipscomb) gives ol' Teej the battle of his life all contained within a department store. We got our bottle episode! Romano gets shot! Again! Plus Eric annoys Ben with the squad car's latest addition: a soundboard.
S03E21 - Gang War guest starring Angelica Jade Bastién
April 27, 2021 20:41 - 1 hour - 127 MBWe are delighted to be joined by Angelica Jade Bastién (Vulture and much more) to discuss the all around sub-par episode Gang War! T.J. Christer appears to help two rival gangs in the Barrio neighborhood. A young woman named Julie is trying to set up an organization to help the community but becomes a love interest, for some reason, to a man 23 years older named T.J. Hooker (William Shatner directed this episode.) Plus Eric notices Krull arcade machine!
S03E20 - Psychic Terror
February 23, 2021 19:32We receive a new theme song from a listener named Tom. The supernatural finally arrives in Los Santos. Spooky music, psychic abilities, and the Almighty Bruce Glover becomes TJ's Joker. The Shat Attack's wife Marcy Lafferty at the time also guests stars as a psychic that helps guide Teej to success. We pitch Hungry Man Dinners: The TV Show. Direct Download
S0E20 - Psychic Terror
February 23, 2021 19:30 - 1 hour - 109 MBWe receive a new theme song from a listener named Tom. The supernatural finally arrives in Los Santos. Spooky music, psychic abilities, and the Almighty Bruce Glover becomes TJ's Joker. The Shat Attack's wife Marcy Lafferty at the time also guests stars as a psychic that helps guide Teej to success. We pitch Hungry Man Dinners: The TV Show.
S03E19 - Death Strip guest starring Sean Sullivan
January 30, 2021 16:42 - 1 hour - 137 MBWe are joined today by comedian Sean Sullivan! T.J. Hooker and Romano have to save a girl Romano was dating, but after she dies, Romano dates the sister, until she is kidnapped, but then they save her so they can date again. Cocaine and photographic MacGuffins abound, plus criminal ex-Navy frogmen! Romano undercover as a male stripper! We also ask the big important questions, such as: Are those you kill in this life your servants in Hell?
S03E18 - Death on the Line
December 28, 2020 18:49 - 1 hour - 107 MBHappy Blue Year's Eve! This month we're talking about a low point in the show: Death on the Line. The creative team behind T.J. Hooker are in over their heads trying to cover a rape / murder / robbery duo in the form of two telephone pole linemen. We instead mostly end up talking about house fetishists and of course, our pitch for a new Air Bud movie. Air Bud: Dog Podcaster. Stay safe, we'll see you in 2021.
S03E17 - Hot Property guest starring Donald J. Trump
November 30, 2020 19:07 - 1 hour - 149 MBThe one with the 45th President of the United States.
S03E16 - Hooker's Run guest starring Stephen Sajdak
October 27, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 106 MBStephen Sajdak (We Hate Movies) joins us in the squad car. Tom Atkins (Halloween III: Season of the Witch) guest stars as our authority figure of the month to be thwarted by the mighty Hooker. Not only that, his old pal, Alex Rocco, is not one to be trifled with either. It all comes to a head with T.J. building a Mad Max style battle van in a surreal yet duller episode.
S03E15 - Exercise in Murder
September 29, 2020 19:16 - 1 hour - 112 MBT.J. Hooker shoots a kid. Corrigan is briefly in a relationship with a woman who is being blackmailed over pornography. Until she dies. But hey, the kid lives. The tonal shifts are so raucous that the episode even forgets to flesh out the criminals of the week, which include Robert Davi! Donation link to Black Lives Matter and adjacent charities: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ab_mn
S03E14 - The Snow Game
August 30, 2020 18:50 - 1 hour - 39.7 MBWe're back in a decomissioned squad car! To make a donation to the charities mentioned on today's show check out this ActBlue Link. Remember to enjoy a ridiculous show like T.J. Hooker responsibly. This is not real life and this show and shows like it help perpetuate the ideals that favor police over citizen. If you disagree with some of the sentiments expressed please make time for internal reflection. On today's episode! SNOW GAME! It's a Scarface riff wherein Teej and the gang go underco...
S03E13 - The Lipstick Killer
May 30, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBOn this exciting edition of T.J. Hooker our hero (question mark?) faces up against a serial killer right out of a 80's slasher film and that makes sense since this is our first episode in 1984! Who wins in this battle of horror? The Maniac Cop or the Psycho who dresses like his mother and hits women with mallets? Plus Stacy Sheridan's love life and let's pour one out for Divorced Guys. This is an insane episode we encourage you to check out before listening! Also consider making a donatio...
S03E12 - Slay Ride
April 29, 2020 17:50 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBThis is the one about the bean dinner. It's a Quarantined Christmas in Los Santos!
S03E11 - Undercover Affair
March 31, 2020 19:31 - 1 hour - 35.1 MBGet set to wear the blue-bonic plague. Special episode featuring a COVID-19 called in on the radio. We discuss another riveting entry into the life of Television J. Hooker who is up against a drug racket, the FBI, and his own libido. Whatever happened to his family in Oregon? Will the Safari Inn be around forever? A purse snatching! And some lockdown movie recommendations. Stay safe, hotshot blue suits!
S03E10 - Blue Murder
February 28, 2020 17:34We got some rotten apples in the Los Santos Police Department! That's right, there's vigilantism afoot and we all know T.J. Hooker cannot stand for cops who go rogue, unless it's him! That's his thing, not theirs! It's no fair they get to kill people and T.J. wasn't invited! I just don't understand how you cannot invite T.J. into this cabal of murder and death. Oh, right. This is a written description for a podcast and not a podcast itself. Also a racquetball scene! Direct Download
S03E10 - Blue Murder
February 28, 2020 17:32 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBWe got some rotten apples in the Los Santos Police Department! That's right, there's vigilantism afoot and we all know T.J. Hooker cannot stand for cops who go rogue, unless it's him! That's his thing, not theirs! It's no fair they get to kill people and T.J. wasn't invited! I just don't understand how you cannot invite T.J. Into this cabal of murder and death. Oh, right. This is a written description for a podcast and not a podcast itself. Also a racquetball scene!
S03E09 - A Matter of Passion
January 27, 2020 17:55 - 1 hour - 110 MBOn this thrilling edition of the podcast Eric and Ben square off in regards to their famous Twitter falling out. T.J. Hooker discovers a corpse on the beach, which he uh... falls in love with? We agree this is a great episode you should try to see for yourself! All clues (twinkle noise) end up leading towards Dean Wormer from Animal House (John Vernon in a great guest starring role.) Also the Safari Inn gets destroyed and so much more.
S03E08 - The Trial
December 24, 2019 21:02This exciting edition of T.J. Hooker features everything justice lovers have been looking for under their tree: vindication for a wrongly accused female officer. Romano has been shot in the head, again, and he misunderstands what happened during the shooting so he wrongly points his finger at Gina, a cop friend of Stacy's and someone who she's been trying to hook him up with. Corrigan commits HR violations and the triumphant return of Sherry's Bar! Also Bluestar Galacticop. Direct Download
S03E08 - The Trial
December 24, 2019 20:58 - 1 hour - 105 MBThis exciting edition of T.J. Hooker features everything justice lovers have been looking for under their tree: vindication for a wrongly accused female officer. Romano has been shot in the head, again, and he misunderstands what happened during the shooting so he wrongly points his finger at Gina, a cop friend of Stacy's and someone who she's been trying to hook him up with. Corrigan commits HR violations and the triumphant return of Sherry's Bar! Also Bluestar Galacticop.
S03E07 - A Child Is Missing
November 26, 2019 23:10 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBA child goes missing and isn't it the darnedest thing, it results in T.J. Hooker becoming a one man army invasion force. Old Teej has not only a child to save but a jewel heistin' deadbeatin' dad to crack down upon. So going to Mexico and becoming a vigilante makes sense! This is a scattered episode with many tentacles such as Popeye's Exotic Dance Club to William Forsythe as a jewel thief to Hooker being furious at a fridge. Henry Darrow plays a Mexican cop who assists Hooker. This is a wil...
S03E06 - Walk A Straight Line guest starring Nathan Rabin
September 10, 2019 20:11 - 1 hour - 108 MBWe welcome Nathan Rabin (The Weird Accordion to Al) to discuss a PCP, angel dust, and sherm in both a drug and alcohol heavy episode depending on who you talk to. It's Nathan's first T.J. Hooker episode and we cover all the bases. T.J. confronts a Detective who is drinking on the job and it just might lead to a whole heap of trouble. Cowboy buys sherm from Pinwheel, the drug bridge is invented, Adrian Zmed is hosting a disco cruise, and so much more.
S03E05 - The Shadow of Truth
July 18, 2019 15:47 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBOn this addition of Hooked on T.J. Hooker we get a prolonged addition of TJ Dater and we are here for it! Life at the Safari Inn is explored as his girlfriend, Lisa Jericho (Helen Shaver), is nearly exploded. We get murderous building tycoons, mafia drywall suppliers, and so much more! Also the police force might be up to no good, you know, the usual shit. Lisa reports on it and that makes some cops sad. Poor guys! However, don't fret - Hooker is here to sort out the universe.
Blue Suit Dispatch 2 - Watching Along, Run-ins with the Law, and Crossover TV
June 28, 2019 20:44 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBOn the latest Blue Suit Dispatch, we're reading your emails, joking about T.J. Hooker while also investigating the growing problems we face as a nation. Why wasn't there a crossover with other major 1980's TV shows? Also: James Darren who portrayed Corrigan is famously afraid of birds.
S03E04 - The Cheerleader Murder
May 29, 2019 13:11 - 1 hour - 109 MBOn this episode of Hooked On T.J. Hooker we dig into The Cheerleader Murder! Hey, why's it called this when the subject is teen porn? This is a doozy of an episode that really highlights the extremities of the show: fun light-hearted banter and the brutality of a society that preys on young people. Hooker's past is illuminated slightly further with the friendship he has with an adult film actress. Romano's in a sling and Corrigan takes a back seat.
S03E03 - Chinatown
March 29, 2019 16:15 - 1 hour - 104 MBT.J. Hooker is back and opening up about his T.J. Past and former beat in Chinatown. Did Hooker father another child we didn't previously know about? It sure as hell sounds like it! Why is Hooker so vicious in his besting of Chow Duc KHAAAAAAN!? Yes, we had a Khan in Star Trek and we now have a Khan in T.J. Hooker. This is a problematic episode to put it lightly. T.J. lives it up in the Safari Inn. Plus Ben auditions for community theater!
S03E02 - Carnal Express
February 28, 2019 14:13 - 1 hour - 105 MBOn this edition of Hooked on T.J. Hooker we talk about the delightfully off the rails episode, Carnal Express! The episode that spawned the idea of a podcast back when it was just a twinkle in Eric's eye. It's about "white slavery" something we now might call human trafficking. Stacy goes undercover as a dancer to try to be abducted to help out with the case. T.J. has new neighbors that Romano finds arousing, but when isn't that creep aroused? A truly terrifying hour of television that can n...
S03E01 - The Return
January 26, 2019 17:02 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBOn the SEASON THREE premiere, Hooker is at a crossroads. His wife, Fran and the kids, have been mysteriously whisked away to Oregon. T.J. Divorcee is now fully established to live in a fringe area: The Safari Inn! Dreams haunt him in this motel which make us wonder, what would it be like if Hooker was transformed into some kind of Freddy Krueger-like creature? The dreams were of Johnny, his partner who was shot to death by a ONE HANDED MAN prior to the series start, and now Hooker must becom...
S02E22 - Lady in Blue
December 21, 2018 22:18 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBSEASON TWO FINALE! A female officer asks Hooker out on a date but then in a sad turn of events, her leg is cut off by doctors. T.J. takes it upon himself to convince her to have the will to live again. Meanwhile steamed clams and gun heists are going on. So where's all the action going down? A place aptly called The Action. How's Prince Charles wrapped up in all of this? What would T.J. Hooker be like if he visited the UK? And what oh what will that Hunch of his do next?
S02E21 - Payday Pirates
October 31, 2018 18:21 - 1 hour - 37.7 MBSuit up for an episode that was a horror to produce! Fran Hooker is back and gets pistol-whipped. Can T.J. and his trusty sidekick restore her damaged sight? Or is that best left to the doctors? Hendricks the Canadian Rogue that assaulted her gets tracked down by not only 4-ADAM-30 but also 4-ADAM-16. Officer Jim Corrigan BEGINS! Also how do you make a Frankfurterstein? You know, a zombie hot dog!
S02E20 - The Hostages
September 28, 2018 15:30 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBOn this episode we engage in an impression-off. Who will win, Ben or Eric? Or is that perhaps, a trick question? Jonathan Banks re-spawns as a different villain and we get the triumphant return of Fran Hooker (T.J.'s ex-wife!) Romano arrests a lady and speaking of ladies, lady cop Stacy Sheridan is taken hostage along with Fran and a little girl who needs an emergency procedure. Frank Doubleday (Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13) also guest stars as Banks' brother. Plus: Wes Ander...
S02E19 - Requiem for a Cop
August 29, 2018 16:09 - 1 hour - 37 MBHit the reds! It's an all new Hooked on T.J. Hooker with what's that? David Caruso! He's a bomb planting arsonist working for a Management Company (imagine my shock) and then they all split the insurance money. It's a crooked enterprise and only the straightest of arrows can de...crookify it. Yeah. Hooker! This is a wacky episode ranging from Hunch exploration to soul catching. It's got it all and that's why you tune in: pure unadulterated nonsense.
S02E18 - Raw Deal
July 31, 2018 15:07 - 1 hour - 32.9 MBPaint it blue! It's an all new edition of Hooked on T.J. Hooker, your go-to resource for a TV show you never watched and adamantly do not care about! On this episode a gambling ring run by Jim Brown uses their debtors as record clean drug mules to pick up that sweet, sweet Peruvian snow. T.J. Torture emerges from the darkness to drag information out of an unwitting victim. T.J. remembers the correct amount of children he has. He also makes a dude fly to his doom. All of this and so much more...
S02E17 - Sweet Sixteen and Dead
June 27, 2018 16:49 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBBlue tide rising! We are back again for another thrilling adventure of T.J. Hooker. This one is directed by you know who and features some series firsts! Injecting a kid with drugs to make it look like an OD and not a homicide? That's a first. Teej and Romano are up against a new type of evil that feeds off kids moving to Los Santollywood with stars in their eyes. This might be the darkest episode yet... but don't worry! Chrissy Hooker is back and selling Ranger cookies.