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Miserable Retail Slave

300 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 52 ratings

Miserable Retail Slave is a big, dumb comedy show that looks at life, love, and the odd daily occurrences that keep life interesting.

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Episodes

302. The Backwoods Yeet Club

December 01, 2022 19:50 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB

Show Notes:   I’m a father and The Diaper Party Fiasco/ having a baby is weird (4:30)/ Being an old dad (9:35)/ A sitcom dad struggle (12:00)/ Such arc and power (16:00)/ Old dad wisdom (19:07)/ Reach for the Aggro-Crag (24:00)/ Charcuterie Boards (26:10)/ Diaper Party (Reprise) (29:06)/ Would Tommy even hold a baby? (32:05)/ Turning 41 (33:00)/ Changing the name of the podcast (38:30)/ The cool toys (41:00)/ The quality of the toy aisle determines the quality of the store (44:00)/ Capta...

301. Street Corner Comedians

July 27, 2022 11:01 - 58 minutes - 55.4 MB

Busking for jokes/ street corner comedy/ The Benny Hill (6:30)/ getting ran over as an adult (7:55)/ The short sock era (11:30)/ “see my forbidden ankles “/ drip (14:40)/ Doing it for a living (20:00)/ hiking trips (22:40)/ active tick alerts (31:00)/ small town bar experiences (32:50)/ Dollar General is a scam (36:24)/ Tommy comedy and big announcements (40:02)/ changing the podcast name (58:50)

300. This is Sparta

June 29, 2022 01:06 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Hey. It's our 300th episode. 10 years, 300 episodes. And we celebrate by doing absolutely nothing special. Enjoy!   Batman and Robert/ Have you ever been hot? (2:20)/ I got stuff to do (4:56)/ Getting stuck in these rituals (8:00)/ Eating hot things and everything’s a challenge (10:15)/ Flaming Hot Mt Dew (15:40)/ Episode 300 (20:35)/ Tommy, age 22 (23:40)/ “these hairy cheeks hide a dangerous secret” (25:30)/ Bathtub calamities (29:40)/ Shave your arm! (39:40)/ Randy is funny (38:00)/ C...

299. Easter Hams

June 13, 2022 00:25 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MB

Getting looked at/ Tommy’s fashion (2:50)/ The worst career choice in the world (5:50)/ Tommy’s dad is better at comedy (22:00)/ The Great Humbling (23:50)/ The upper peninsula (26:42)/ When Tommy met Jay Mohr (30:32)/ The signing (36:00)/ playing 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon using Tommy (45:00)

298. Nick's Concussion Dream

June 05, 2022 23:17 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB

This episode was recorded live during Livestream for the Cure VI, the yearly livestreaming event in which indie podcasts from all over the world join together to help raise money for cancer research via listener donations.    This episode isn't like a normal MRS, but it's lot of fun and you'll also hear Nick from Nikoli's Kitchen and Dan from Netflix n' Swill join in on the fun.    

297. Parody the Pun

June 03, 2022 11:12 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB

The Dad Joke Instinct/ The only chance for the middle ager (3:30)/ a briefcase of dads (4:00)/ bad luck (9:30)/ make me Taco Bell, Gordon Ramsay (16:00)/ “you know what bothers me about people lately…”  and parking lot stories (22:24)/ rounding up because of a coin shortage (34:20)/ a bathtub I can baseball in (38:00)/ Darren McCarty (42:00)/ Parody the Pun (53:00)/ Jay Mohr (1:04:46)

296. Who Watches the Bird Watchers?

May 18, 2022 02:31 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

The end of this one was cut off due to techincal difficulties, but you won't even miss it. Promise.   Birds are the harbingers of cool/ bird watching is an extreme sport/ Tommy ate bird poop (4:34)/ go ahead and spy on me (6:00)/ the fine art of watching (11:00)/ bird shaming (12:24)/ for the birds (16:45)/ Chicago jet setter (22:00)/ how many people has Will Smith slapped in his life? (25:10)/ seeing the great Mike Birbiglia (27:00)/ the sweater vested bearded Chad (28:00)/ millennial...

295. The Hotdogger

April 26, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

The stupid things that people like/ a mad libs podcast (1:25)/ The Oscar Meyer Weinermobile and Tommy hates hot dogs/ the manager’s wingman (7:35)/ The hotdogger (11:50)/ Bulldacious (17:40)/ ice falls (19:00)/ Breaking Tommy’s back (20:00)/ warts and all (29:00)/ missed connections - lady package thief (34:00)/ a new way to speed date (39:00)/ Jay Mohr (43:10)/ Livestream for the Cure/ Alcohol (46:00)/ missed connections  - looking problems (50:25)/ Tommy has an entrance song (57:30)

294. The Traveling Meat Man

February 11, 2022 02:11 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

Great days/ 7 am comedy (2:28)/ “some days I think I can do a back flip” (6:31)/ Tommy was a gymnast (9:20)/ fragrance (16:00)/ The traveling meat man (18:00)/ Well Done Ralph (22:50)/ Moonfall and Mac Tonight vs the Earth (29:00)/ I Like Dogs and screen saver (31:50)/ Frisbee Championships (40:00)/ a jokey-joke guy (49:00)/ Joe Millionaire (53:53)/ Jeff Dye and Tommy’s tired (59:00)/ the real problem facing earth (1:03:00)

293. Wonderful

December 25, 2021 15:44 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MB

Welcome to another wonderful episode of the MRS comedy program. It's our official Miserable Retail Slave Christmas Party, even though Christmas is barely mentioned. Sit back, drink some eggnog, and enjoy. A decade of mediocrity/ Barbados Rules! And Clyde, Ohio (1:30)/ Old age (3:00)/ Randy has another epiphany (6:23)/ Tommy gets stranded on Gilligan’s Island and coconut talk (7:11)/ A childhood trauma revealed (10:54)/ The holiday season is wonderful (15:20)/ Scratch off lotto tickets (1...

292. The Zen Master of Laughter

December 10, 2021 01:38 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

The MRS formula revealed/ Dollar Trees vs Dollar Generals/ Condoms (6:10)/ where’s the great 80s condom mascot (9:00)/ Samuel Trojan (11:30)/ where has MRS been aka the biggest episode ever? (15:45)/ Tommy ruins everything again (20:00)/ Life is better with a puppy (34:00)/ shout out to Barbados (42:00)/ do you round up? (44:50)/ whack jobs and communist red China Ritz crackers (48:00)/ comedy magic is made (56:00)/ Tommy’s opening for Jay Mohr (1:00:00)/ Tommy manages people (1:04:10)   ...

291. Dirt Hussies and Other Filth Lords

November 26, 2021 17:28 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB

Anxiety rankings/ Bumper sticker talk (2:20)/ Redneck mudslut (4:00)/ More bumper stickers (7:50)/ Matty F’s somber tones (12:00)/ Rabbit talk (12:30)/ work singers (15:30)/ watching Hamilton (19:20)/ Thinning hair and a Bermuda Triangle of Sadness (21:15)/ Toupees in the wild/ Sad hairstyles and LA Looks (23:00)/ “give me some of them stem cells to rub on my head” (27:00)/ Matty F has babies (31:00)/ The Cats and kids metaphor (32:50)/ The hidden truth about bunnies (34:30)/ Living with kid...

290. Well, Whatever. Nevermind.

September 20, 2021 00:56 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB

Cracked heads and run over/ a new safety helmet (3:00)/ The art of throwing gum in the hair (4:46)/ I can’t imagine my father getting gum in his hair (7:00)/ Damp Pants Randy (Randy is fat) (16:00)/ Andre the Giant bod (17:00)/ walking clichés (19:00)/ a lifetime membership to diabetes (22:00)/ Grimace is a Taste Bud (24:15)/ Buying Elvis hair (28:10)/ puke n’ rally (31:45)/ Naked Nirvana baby is suing (33:36) "LIKE" us on the Facebook, would ya?
 
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289. Saint Badonkadonk

August 30, 2021 00:04 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Patrick Duffy and The Danaburger/ TGIF and Tommy’s Goonies adventures (1:00)/ I Think You Should Leave/ being afraid of TGIF (6:00)/ Tommy is afraid of Freddy Krueger (10:00)/ Tommy hears dead people and Paranormal Paranoia (13:34)/ Internotes about Internuts on the Internets: The Milk Crate Challenge (18:35)/ why do people do these challenges? (24:00)/ missed connections (26:00)/ Goat whisperer and breathtaking and plain humor (26:40)/ pick up lines and the urban legend of one-liner Chad (3...

288. Vinyl Hog

August 18, 2021 02:32 - 1 hour - 68 MB

This time, special guest cohost Matty F joins the show as we talk about time, Nuclear Man, camping misadventures, iTunes gift cards, and putting the RETAIL back in Miserable Retail Slave!   Eeyore is the guest cohost tonight/ The slow March towards death: time (1:30)/ Late and early (2:30)/ awkward house parties (4:30)/ drop that beat (9:45)/ special guest Matty F from the podcast, Flummoxed (13:00)/ a Seinfeld podcast - That’s a Shame (14:00)/ putting the retail back in Miserable Retail...

287. Tommy's OK and That's Not Alright

July 27, 2021 03:17 - 1 hour - 70.5 MB

Life happens and I make it funny/ waiting tables is crowd work/ Goosebumps and Fear Street (4:16)/ a chilling tale about a goose (6:40)/ getting a tattoo of you on yourself (7:30)/ Ghost ocean (8:20)/ The Great Cackler (9:00)/ snagging webs (9:50)/ smelling like Tom Waits’ overcoat (11:00)/ birds are bad omens (15:00)/ I have a beef to pick with you (23:10)/ Foghorn Leghorn talk and then Speedy Gonzalez talk (25:50)/ brass tacks (29:30)/ Tommy’s health scare (31:10)/ zip loc pee bags (34:15)...

286. Babe Ruth's Called Shot - The HUT

July 14, 2021 04:38 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB

It's the HISTORY OF UNIMPORTANT THINGS! This time, just in time for MLB's All-Star break, we talk baseball. Specifically, the history of Babe Ruth. More specifically, did Babe Ruth call his shot? It's one of the most infamous moments in sports history and we research this event and come to a decision about whether it happened or not. What did we decide? Listen and come to your own decision!    

285. Seeking Clown Autographs

June 24, 2021 11:07 - 1 hour - 81.2 MB

with special guest Dennis from The Dennis Show! and Pro Wrestling Intoxicated!!   Tommy loved New kids on the Block/ Homemade MC Hammer pants/ sooooo many Kathys/ getting canceled is only a matter of time/ Debates about burritos/ burrito goes Hollywood/ The unsavory thing about Taco Bell/ Shakes the Clown/ the Summer of Sandler/ Robin Williams talk/ Going Overboard and Once Bitten/ we investigate Bobcat Goldthwait/ seeking Clown Autographs/ Patches/ clown sword/ Dennis from The Dennis ...

284. OnlyFeet DOT com

June 15, 2021 01:13 - 1 hour - 63.2 MB

284. OnlyFeet DOT com Tommy’s Only Fans/ OnlyFeet DOT com/ Foot Fetish/ We try to understand the foot fetish/ Socks or not socks/ Foot sanitizer/ Tommy’s creed/ Thinking about that foot stool/ The favorite candy of the foot fetish/ Tommy’s Roadkill Inspection/ Tommy loves retail/ 9 year anniversary/ Old Dogs Go To Heaven/ Armchair Producer Doug Goodwin has a podcast/ HAKUNA MA’VODKA/ Is cow tipping real?/ forking/ Bea Arthur Yourself/ The Golden Girls of Podcasting/ Cosmopolitan Bookstore/...

283. Government Issue Parrots

June 03, 2021 13:39 - 1 hour - 67 MB

Inconvenience Store/ car trouble/ The Tommy voodoo doll is working/ grill vs bbq/ clean meats/ ear wax debates/ a different kind of car trouble/ lip blind/ a story of ol’ Red/ we create a new game show/ Ridiculousness/ sleepy grandpa/ tequila/ Tommy is confused by Ice Cube/ GOLD PANTHER TEQUILA/ the table of transactions/ drinking celeb tequila/ calling people is the worst thing/ strong thumbs/ laziness breeds/ arguments about Kurt Vonnegut and sci-fi/ UFOs are real/ masks/ voodoo spaghetti/...

282. The Great American Joke

May 03, 2021 21:49 - 56 minutes - 52.7 MB

The things that people tell you/ “that’s crazy” is a defense mechanism/ “pull up a chair and stay awhile” acquaintances/ dream jokes/ Tommy doesn’t know Seinfeld/ Tommy saw Tim Allen/ To Frog/ The dreams of Frog Man/ Cajun Whiskey/ Greta Van Fleet/ The Larry the Cable Guy of Rock/ our phone’s are spying on us/ early mornings/ cigarette connoisseur/ Tommy’s last cigarette/ the death of the band/ what’s the earliest vivid memory that you remember? / a big fan of false memories/ the lost decade...

281. Back on the Positive Train

April 20, 2021 01:44 - 1 hour - 71.3 MB

A lack of fashion common sense/ coat problems/ say no to day drinking/ Tommy’s on the sauce and went to the Story Inn/ World Wide Web/ Tommy is amazed by telephones/ did Star Trek inspire all the technology?/ Tommy hates sci-fi but loves horror/ a horror and sci fi debate/ movie talk/ Tom Selleck runs funny/ is Alien a horror film or sci fi?/ back on the positive train/ a lack of fashion common sense revisited/ a dim memory sparks up/ “we got a flood here”/ tight around the knees/ Tommy saw ...

280. Release the Claw

April 06, 2021 03:02 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Unraveling a grand conspiracy/ this pandemic world/ your penicillins and your quarantines/ The claw machine/ no claw/ The Great Finnish Spongebob Famine/ don’t bubble wrap my pride/ come shop at the Wet Market. Our products are all moist/ bumper stickers/ skills are hard to come by/ Man people/ dollar store headphones/ Tommy saves a drum stick/ a return to the Retail Paradise/ Aisle vigilantes/ a full body toothache/ Tommy’s bug salad/ wing talk and Applebee’s/ listener Questions/ getting ba...

279. Dedicated Hot Dog Lady

March 22, 2021 02:05 - 57 minutes - 53.7 MB

Phone germs/ untold camera tales/ Tommy the New Age Preacher/ The diary/ who’s smarter?/ a game of Price of Right/ Randy makes fun of Tommy’s philosophies/ The warrior poet of good virtue/ a hippie transformation/ going to the rock store/ 2020 didn’t exist/ The Pickle Man/ the way people say things/ Randy gets heckled for wearing a mask/ driving rants/ more gas station nonsense/ the hot dog lady/ Rolling Stone magazine/ Tommy’s not upset/ The Bomb/ Tommy’s doing comedy again/ 4-letter words ...

278. AWOL Sports

March 03, 2021 01:21 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

This is a weird episode. Just a warning. We bring our B- game this time!   Shark vs Bear: which is deadlier?/ a different strain of bear/ lockdown traffic was the best traffic/ the legend of Two-Shot Tommy/ toe shot/ sports dads/ coaches/ post up/ shooting your shot/ Basketball is deceitful/ athletic Tommy/ no good with organized sports/ what is fun?/ car accidents/ there’s alligators in Oklahoma/ we dissect Sam Hunt’s song, “Body Like a Back Road”/ romance novel trash/ Sam Hunt’s discog...

277. DJ Wingman

February 21, 2021 20:16 - 1 hour - 75.3 MB

A cynical optimist/ a nail polish mishap/ The worst break up line ever/ poison control/ scarring kids for life/ Dads live for shoveling/ Tommy talks about Marc Maron/ I have a trauma too/ poison control is still a thing/ that one time Tommy drank kerosene/ poison control blogs/ The Reese’s Pieces Debacle/ mouthbreathing/ Tommy had a great day/ The Dalai Llama/ early bedtimes/ Tommy’s career as a wedding dj/ ruining a wedding/ ruining a club/ Bam, Bam, Bam/ social media writer/ The Heights/ m...

276. DJ Wingman

February 21, 2021 20:16 - 1 hour - 75.3 MB

A cynical optimist/ a nail polish mishap/ The worst break up line ever/ poison control/ scarring kids for life/ Dads live for shoveling/ Tommy talks about Marc Maron/ I have a trauma too/ poison control is still a thing/ that one time Tommy drank kerosene/ poison control blogs/ The Reese’s Pieces Debacle/ mouthbreathing/ Tommy had a great day/ The Dalai Llama/ early bedtimes/ Tommy’s career as a wedding dj/ ruining a wedding/ ruining a club/ Bam, Bam, Bam/ social media writer/ The Heights/ m...

276. Spuds Mackenzie, Dean of Partyology (THE HUT)

February 07, 2021 19:37 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MB

It's the second installment of the History of Unimportant Things. This time, it's the history of Bud Light mascot, Spuds Mackenzie. Names/ beer mascots/ that first sip/ beer is a pain that you inflict on yourself/ Dean of Partyology/ the origin of Spuds Mackenzie/ Senior Party Consultant/ Spuds as a sex symbol/ ayatollah partyollah/ Spudstitutes/ 80s pop culture icons/ the image of Spuds Mackenzie/ Spuds was a man/ The Myth of Spuds/ The Andy Kaufman of Dogs/ the death rumors of Spuds/ Spu...

275. Chattahooligans

February 04, 2021 02:51 - 1 hour - 74 MB

Song of the Hermit Crab II/ Getting bullied and wicked wedgies/ Porker/ All animals want territory/ more Hermit Crab facts/ America’s Next Top Crab/ Never disturb Hermit crabs during the day/ greatness is not my calling just painful mediocrity/ comedian Will Green joins the show/ Will Green’s School for Wayward Youth/ Will defeats Tommy in a contest/ did you ever see Stephen King in Maine?/ Fourway/ distractions in comedy clubs/ Penis Philbin/ owning a food truck/ Foodhub/ Alan Jackson’s Cha...

274. I Was an 8 Year Old Anarchist

January 31, 2021 22:36 - 36 minutes - 34 MB

Randy’s respect for authority/ the police/ shenanigans at a Seven Mary Three concert/ I was an 8-year old anarchist/ The Hulk Hogans vs The Ultimate Warriors/ the middle finger/ “Do you know we’re able to see Uranus next week?”/The why is the universe so weird?/ What’s weirder space or the deep sea?/ Tripping Octopi/ The Wallflowers of the Sea/ The Orange Man/ Two Sentence Scary Stories Call The Miserable Hotline!!! (810) 328-3826
 
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273. High Marked Bulls

January 27, 2021 03:16 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

  This is a 2-part episode! Part 2 will be released later this week. Get thrilled.   Why do you talk?/ small talk/ Small talk is the junk food of conversation/ word pox/ Turn up the fun blues/ CRAB CHEESE/ Ghetto Gouda/ small talk is a straightjacket/ Why do they make public restrooms like caves?/ Tommy’s excited to be going back on the road doing all the comedy again/ Tommy’s begging for black market vaccines/ Randy learns about PBR (professional bull riding)!/ We want to interview AE...

272. Niagara Falls All Over Your Face

January 06, 2021 03:54 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

This time, we interview comedian Cliff Cash about his new album “Halfway There” coming out on January 8!! We talk about van life, the end of the world, surfing, selling photographs, having side hustles as a comedian, Tommy as a Step Son of Anarchy, and whether or not the entertainment world will rebound. It's a fun conversation! Also: Adulting problems/ I saw a man get shooed/ Tommy the floormeister/ Cat Problems/ Tommy problems/ Merkin Face/ men want to look so old/ Niagara Falls all ...

271. The Origin of Karen - The History of Unimportant Things 1

January 03, 2021 22:48 - 53 minutes - 50.8 MB

This podcast wants to speak to your manager. It's a new feature to MRS - The History of Unimportant Things (The HUT), in which we look at the history behind the weirdest and irrelevant things in pop culture and beyond. You'll learn so many useless facts...you'll be such a savage the next time you go to pub trivia.   The history of Unimportant things explained/ the Karen meme is like Lil Jon/ knowing Karen’s in their natural habitats/ is the Karen haircut an evolutionary trait/ the ca...

269. Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter

December 31, 2020 20:29 - 56 minutes - 55.2 MB

At ease, maggots. This time, Sgt Slaughter becomes our patron saint! He's a real American hero and followed us on twitter, so this eppy is dedicated to him. Plus, Eve 6 puts our tender heart in a blender with their endlessly fascinating Twitter account.   Welcome to the Miserable Retail Slave Show! Watch your words/ my jaw hurts/ supple/ Epiphany/ Vaping/ Joe Camel weeps/ living embodiments of our own vices/ why do people want us to try foods that they don’t like?/ A Christmas Story ...

267. The Die Hard Holiday

December 22, 2020 00:33 - 1 hour - 71.2 MB

Snake oil salesman/ a hellable offense/ Uncle Snake Oil/ gas stations are the new Snake oil/ Yellowjackets/ gas station pizza/ spray hard/ The Lighthouse of Florida/ Tommy picks up a hitchhiker/ Lost in the memories of old VCRs/ no limits to gas station blessings/ Tweakers/ Letterkenny talk/ Dead to Me/ The Christmas Episode/ Randy misses retail/ Santa is the ultimate checks and balances for the under 10 crowd/ Headphone talk/ empowered no more/ Where is Fabio?/ Tether Claus/ we write a Die ...

265. Jimmy Olsen

December 14, 2020 01:38 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Tommy talks to the Toys/ a brief history of Jimmy Olsen/ Tommy’s epic life/ Management material?/ Hands free!/ Howard Stern resigned with Sirius XM/ Bob Dylan sold his songs for $300 million, Jacob Dylan weeps/ actor and model is default career choice for celebrity offspring/ “we talk about men in their 60s”/ stop bullying Bob Dylan!/ Headline This: iron crotch Kung fu/ Always Justified/ the military men and their show of freedom/ how do you train for iron crotch Kung fu/ Tommy isn’t an impr...

263. Song of the Hermit Crab

December 04, 2020 03:37 - 56 minutes - 53.4 MB

The CONVENIENCE STORE lives up to its name/ The Deadliest Vice/ Adult Magazines/ Porny Claus/ Brand Redneck/ Larry the Cable Guy/ Have You heard of Godzilla Your Face/ Tommy's Jeopardy memories and RIP Alex Trebeck/ Network TV is the New Indie Underground/ Getting into TikTok/ Magnum PI and Tom Selleck's life story/ Mustache Duel/ Pure Magnum, All the Time/ Owning Hermit Crabs is a Chore/ We Pitch a Movie - VAMPIRE LOBSTERS/ Midwestern Accents that Newscasters use/ April O'Neil's sex life an...

262. Sexy Vocal Cricket

November 26, 2020 03:58 - 1 hour - 74.6 MB

Ruiner of worlds/ masked men/ who’s tossing cod/ the white trash lottery/ honkers/ The Masked Singer/ Take My Breath Away/ what’s the difference between a David Blaine and a David Copperfield?/ Heart Attack Cupid/ A Brief History of Brian Austin Green/ I don’t need a Fox in the hen house/ Tommy hates cake/ Tommy and Lee Good Feet/ A Foot Artist/ people are insufferable/ Cold and Fool Season/ Dirty Carl/ Counting cigarettes/ The Boston Public/ Black Betty/ MY mechanic/ No holds barred Grease ...

261. Miserable Retail Slave...NO MORE

November 08, 2020 23:17 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

Patty Cake/ The West Virginia Phil Collins/ Our Duty as Entertainers/ The Great Glitter Reckoning/ Dandy British Grocery Stores/ Propaganda from BIG MASK/ Glitter - the ultimate Narc/ Don’t Save the Whales, Save the Tuttis!/ Election Night/ Waving a Tony Danza flag/ Shirtless men are weird/ “Don’t lose weight”/ Driveway beers/ Turning 39/ “I’d break your limb and sign your cast”/ Running through the woods/ Manager John ruined the election/ Shout out to Jason and his retail rant/ Someone else...

260. The Doomsday Draft

September 30, 2020 02:18 - 52 minutes - 49.5 MB

Killer Mosquitoes (3:30)/ NASA found Life on Venus? (4:57)/ The Doomsday Draft (7:00)/ Draft rules (7:44)/ attack of the cloned sheep (9:54)/ carnivorous giraffes (11:20)/ heil storm (13:15)/ Leonard Bernstein (14:10)/ announce your diseases (18:00)/ the talking bully virus (19:40)/ Retail Robot Apocalypse and the Time Allen origin story (21:30)/ Chopping Mall (25:00)/ The ghost of your least favorite grade school teacher haunts you (26:00)/ ouija boards (27:24)/ Tommy is retired (28:50)/ Th...

259. You Can Do It

September 24, 2020 12:39 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB

Everyone could use a Rob Schneider on their shoulder/ droopy masks and face diapers (3:15)/ mystery shoppers in retail and the story of Holy Holly (7:22)/ the NEW Miserable Retail Slave (19:00)/ Tommy the floor master (20:22)/ Tommy gets harassed at a bar (22:00)/ if you got a face tattoo, what would it be? (24:00)/ Sitcoms are the new punk rock (26:10)/ Very Special Episodes (28:50)/ Punky Brewster (30:00) The Battle of Unimportant Things (The But) - TGIF theme songs (33:17)/ awkward or nah...

258. Elvis and the Catdaddy

August 31, 2020 03:16 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

Fretting about this weird world (2:47)/ Freddy Covid the great boogeyman of our time (4:17)/ bringing back the Lil Jon (6:40)/ reckless Randy and shady pasts (8:00)/ the birth of Benny Punchline (9:30)/ Randy couldn’t be president (10:30)/ The Batman Card Kingpin (11:48)/ Tommy the canceled comedian (19:00)/ Tommy is taking real estate classes (21:00)/ The Ghost of McKinley Road (26:35)/ Big Boss Realtor (35:00)/ an awkward gas station encounter (36:30)/ Taco Bell’s Mt Dew Mysticism (39:30)/...

257. Seinfeld's 23 Hours to Kill

May 25, 2020 15:15 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB

The Comedy Show! This time we review Jerry Seinfeld's new Netflix special, 23 Hours to Kill Tommy’s perfect/ Comedian (4:30)/ Seinfeld the show (5:10)/ Seeing Seinfeld live (8:35)/ Comedians in Cars Having Coffee (12:00)/ the charming arrogance of Seinfeld (13:44)/ 23 Hours to Kill (20:00)

256. Call Your Bluff

May 18, 2020 16:01 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB

Hot Boy Summer/ the stairs (2:00)/ “drilling all the bits” (3:14)/ waking up on the wrong side of the bed (4:20)/ my last nerve and the great kerfuffle (5:00)/ UNBELIEVABLE - a Retail worker’s tale (6:10)/ the irony of going back to work (12:30)/ the great social media philosophies of folks you went to high school with aka Microsoft Death (13:20)/ Tommy’s affairs with Mistress Alcohol (19:35)/ Tommy was on Jake Shane’s Shane Train podcast. Poor Jake! (21:53)/ face mask humor (24:05)/ Earring...

255. Greg Giraldo's Midlife Vices

May 11, 2020 15:28 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MB

THE COMEDY SHOW This time we talk about Greg Giraldo's stand-up special/comedy album "Midlife Vices"   The type of comedy that we like (2:50)/ “celebrity golf” by Mike Birbiglia (4:00)/ Ghost in the d-pic (5:56)/ interview with Dennis Miller on The Anthony Cumia Show (8:00)/ Midlife Vices by Greg Giraldo (15:45)/ the Comedy Central roasts (18:30)/ the secret origin of Larry the Cable Guy (19:26)/ the delivery of comedians (21:30)/ making fun of a subject without actually making fun of ...

254. Starter Jacket Wars

May 05, 2020 20:07 - 1 hour - 57.7 MB

High pitched/ Tommy’s secret life as a dancing thespian (0:35)/ Tommy had his voice dubbed (1:35)/ the King of the Mooners (3:17)/ the 70s were sepia toned (5:00)/ Last Dance with Michael Jordan (7:13)/ Starter Jacket Wars (9:35)/ A conversation with a kid who doesn’t know Michael Jordan (11:05)/ life is weird right now - watching Tony Hawk do a 900 (17:08)/ The art of skateboarding (19:45)/ People are weirder than ever (20:14)/ Tommy is into aerobics now (22:22)/ Tommy designed new merch (2...

253. Cuddle Brothel

April 22, 2020 13:48 - 58 minutes - 55 MB

“All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You” song analysis/ how bad are things? (1:25)/ Fletching (3:26)/ the ending to the song (6:00)/ online dating in the time of corona (8:20)/ cuddle brothel (11:14)/ Indiana Jones discussion (12:56)/ the one corner of Walmart (15:00)/ ice cream “parlor” (18:13)/ black market haircuts and Tommy wants a perm (19:16)/ wearing a retail mask (22:13)/  Xena Warrior Princess gives panic attacks and mints take them away (23:13)/ Tommy doesn’t matter (28:00)/ Zoom Meeti...

252. Polterguest

April 08, 2020 16:08 - 1 hour - 60 MB

I want to be haunted by a ghost/ “now hear me out” (1:24)/ a mail order ghost company (1:53)/ ghost dads (2:23)/ Tommy won’t use a ouija board because it works (3:50)/ Richie Rich vs Poverty Joe (5:00)/ ghost camouflage and how long do you have to be in a house until you know it’s haunted (6:45)/ how to stir up ghosts, according to Tommy (8:45)/ Randy’s tale of college Calculus (12:34)/ The Corolla (16:15)/ Coronavirus Cop (18:30)/ Tommy cries about stand up (19:30)/ living in an insulated b...

251. Big Quarantine Fun

March 30, 2020 03:55 - 1 hour - 63 MB

Tommy’s peanut butter eating spoon/ Paranormal overload (1:05)/ existential crisis Bigfoot and Squatch’s Lament (2:00)/ demon deer (4:30)/ big Quarantine fun (5:50)/ Ted Talks 2 Much (11:46)/ our corona rules (13:09)/ Social Distance Warrior (14:29)/ the private hell of close talkers (15:00)/ the social distance dance (16:00)/ Essential Retail Slave (18:58)/ Treat Tommy’s facts as the Onion (21:00)/ Following the rules (24:48)/ Retail madness (26:50)/ Chuck Norris Action Jeans (28:18)/ Mor...

250. Tomfoolery

March 20, 2020 11:26 - 1 hour - 74 MB

Tommy wakes up afraid/ a scary story and a format change/ counting sheep (2:30)/ the grandfather clock tolls and a mind poet (3:50)/ who rings the doorbell (5:05)/ the wet Willy is a knockout punch (7:00)/ teens have video games that they need to watch someone else play (9:30)/ chili (10:50)/ look to the little things (12:00)/ the era of social distancing (16:12)/ Tommy’s Minnesota Adventures (16:45)/ Pookie and getting sad for green beer (19:25)/ being ghosted in the nicest way possible, us...

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