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Joel Radio #76: The Best and Worst of TV 2011
Jan 6th
It’s now 2012, but Joel and Corey have no problem living in the past. Hence, a re-cap of the best and worst programming that illuminated the boob tube in 2011. The lists are really dissimilar too, as the guys only agreed that one comedy show was worthy of both of their Top 10s. Joel’s list is more premium-cable heavy, while Corey leans towards more eclectic basic cable fare, including a show that was recently resurrected after being cancelled more than a decade ago. The worst shows include lots of housewives, cooking, news pundits, hoggers, loggers, and, more than anything else, two obnoxious women who are financially challenged. Plus, Corey preps for his off off Broadway debut in the one-man show, The Vic Tayback Experience.
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Imagine Corey running Mel’s Diner, it’s easy if you try….
Joel Radio #75: Assholes of the Year 2011
Dec 22nd
Joel and Corey bring you holiday wishes for the end of another calendar year in the form of the Assholes of the Year list for 2011. Each guy has made up his own list of scumbags, hypocritical celebrities, lousy musicians and whack job politicians who have excelled in the field of assholery in the past year. There’s an insane preacher, a self-righteous athlete, a coked-up actor and many, many more jerkoffs for you to hear about in this show. It’s quite the show, too at 142 minutes! Listen and enjoy as these two assholes rip the wost of the worst from all walks of life and all places on the globe. Just think, if you’re not on this list, you’ve done OK!
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Joel Radio #74: Three To Get Ready
Dec 9th
John Tenney joins Joel and Corey for a festive chat about lots of things, and nothing in particular. John comes bearing gifts, a weird collection of stuff that makes no sense and at the same time, perfect sense. A Joel Radio superfan gets his tasty holiday treats to the guys too – hail Toffifay! Also, John’s take on the latest comedians and podcasters, the post office sucks, Toby Keith may be a fake, and what mood ring says about you (something about your mood). Plus, Joel loves The Last Circus, a movie so bizarre, even Corey hasn’t seen it.
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Joel Radio #73: Good Riddance Regis
Nov 26th
The guys do a live commentary of the final Live! With Regis and Kelly starring Regis Philbin. Listen as Joel and Corey try to find highlights in a show highlighting a near 30-year run on the same program. What does it say when a 1-hour highlight show feels padded? That Regis’ career was that of an affable, do-nothing hump who made a fortune off telling Midwest housewives where he went to dinner? Something like that. The guys break down the final show, Regis’ seeming lack of emotion, the bizarre celebrity audience members and the near-complete snubbing of Kathie Lee Gifford. The guys make a decent-tasting turkey sandwich out of a foul-tasting turkey of a TV send-off. A perfect post-Thanksgiving treat. I guess we now have to hear where Nick Lachey went to dinner for the next 30 years…..
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Joel Radio #72: Gettin’ Clothes and Stuff
Nov 11th
Detroit is a wonderful place to live – if you’re in the city’s government. More than a couple of our former leaders are in jail, some awaiting trial, etc. It’s a dirtier city than the Atlantic City in Boardwalk Empire. Everyone’s on the take and the residents are poor and suffering. Thank the imaginary deity then, that we have Charlie LeDuff, a bizarre, homeless-looking, straight talking reporter with the on-air skills of a freshman broadcasting student. Still, Joel and Corey love Charlie LeDuff, and this weeks report is a doozy – you’ll hear it on the show, but it’s embedded here, too. It’s example 1A of a non-traditional broadcaster going beyond boundaries of what’s accepted and the media better off for it (speaking of that, can we get Joel and Corey on the radio?). Anyway, it’s a busy week, as Penn State’s boy-touching scandal explodes the campus, Adam Sandler releases Jack and Jill – the worst movie ever (according to Corey), and Joel suffers an insufferably stupid injury. Plus, wrestlers vs comedians – who’s the bigger scumbags?, the Chinese love KFC and the history of Joel’s neighbors – the worst ever.
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Now watch the great Charlie LeDuff from Fox 2 Detroit get the government bad guys!
Charlie LeDuff Takes a Look at Charles Pugh’s Political Finances: MyFoxDETROIT.com
Joel Radio #71: No Kindle for Corey
Oct 29th
As technology moves forward, some move with it and some stay behind. On this show we have Joel embracing the convenience and simplicity of the new Kindle e-reader, and Corey Hall bemoaning the loss of the smell of paper and minimum wage bookstore jobs. Joel thinks Corey would want a Kindle if he tried it, but there’s no budging internet radio’s #1 curmudgeon (we don’t see Andy Rooney going the podcast route anytime soon). Hear the debate, Joel’s less-than-highbrow reading list, and decide for yourself. Also, the phoniness of reality TV revealed – we’re lookin’ at you Pawn Stars! – from a practical perspective, including Joel’s own experiences on a similar show. Plus, the continual outrage over the new Family Feud, the asshole animal lover from Ohio, Detroit’s best tourist attractions, guys hate Karaoke, and Corey’s movie suggestion almost ruins Joel’s love life.
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Joel Radio #70: Two Broke Guys
Oct 6th
Steve Jobs is dead. But that’s not the big news! Family Feud has gone black! Can it go back? We kid here at Joel Radio, but since instilling the very funny Steve Harvey as host, the guys can’t help think that something is different. Maybe it’s the questions about what to do ’bout your “cheatin’ man”? Where are they surveying these people? Joel and Corey Hall get to the bottom of a burning question the mainstream media has ignored. And yeah, Steve’s dead. Maybe Joel will buy an Apple product now? Probably not. Also, the new TV season is in full-swing. Hear the guys’ shocking picks for best and worst of the new series, and find out what’s already been cancelled. Plus, Joel’s two suggestions for the worst music ever made, no love for Arrested Development, and Hank Williams Jr. can go fuck himself.
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Joel Radio #69: From The Mind of Mario Lopez
Sep 15th
You think there’s be some cheap joke for show #69, but there isn’t. In fact, there’s some serious business to take care of on this show, namely previewing the new fall TV season. In fact, they’ve created a game out of it, and you can play along. Like comedian, Matt McClowry, who joins the show to add his insights, handicap the favorites and stare blankly into space. Actually, Matt’s a hilarious comic and there’s of material in this year’s crop of new shows, like time-traveling plus dinosaurs on Terra Nova, the dumbest reality concept ever in H8R, and the horror of NBC’s shove-it-down-your-throat new sitcom, Whitney. The guys make their predictions on which is the first show to get the axe, which ones return for 2012, and one that Joel thinks will still be in on 2045. Plus, a summer super hero movie summary, of which Matt only saw one!
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Joel Radio #68: Two and a Half Juggalos
Sep 1st
After being returning from the Gathering of the Juggalos and being sick for a week, Joel Radio returns, largely bolstered by stories of Joel meeting people who became famous twenty to forty years ago. Including Charlie Sheen, who Joel met, attempted to write jokes for, and ultimately failed to help get over to a hostile crowd. Things went better with the legendary MC Hammer, as he and Joel’s mutual admiration ended with pictures and Twitter shoutouts! Corey can’t believe all he’s hearing, including that Vanilla Ice is a nice guy, That Jimmy “J.J.” Walker was funny, or that the Kottonmouth Kings rap about marijuana (OK, he actually believes the last one). Also from the Gathering, Joel makes the press, Ron Jeremy bears gifts, Brian Posehn falls off the wagon and the Iron Sheik lost his mojo. Plus, Corey hates the summer movies, Cedar Point is a time suck, and Joel feeds a buffalo – but not at The Gathering.
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First pic is courtesy of Nate “Igor” Smith. His website contains some of the absolutely best pictures from the Gathering. Check it out!
Upchuck blowing up after Faygo Armageddon!
With MC Hammer and Nuke-Leah. Try as I must, I can’t look better than Hammer.
Jimmy “J.J.” Walker, Upchuck tha Clown and Ron Jeremy and the weirdest looking threesome ever.
A gift from Ron Jeremy! The price tag was his idea. It’s priceless, this 3/4 empty bottle of rum. Priceless I say!
Joel Radio #67: As Seen on CompuServe
Aug 5th
Joel and Corey go back-to-back weeks for the first time in quite a while. And for no good reason either, as the guys sample the latest movie reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. While Corey is listed over there, what’s more interesting is the critics that don’t get with the critical mass, and the one guy who publishes his reviews on CompuServe. That’s right, CompuServe. If you can’t remember 1995, then fire up the Compuserve homepage, and take a trip back to the Clinton administration. Also, Joel is up sick and rediscovers the genius of D.C. Cab, and its star Charlie Barnett. That’s another time traveling trip – right back to 1983! Gary Busey! Bill Maher! Mr. T! Paul Rodriguez! Marsha Warfield! Irene Cara! Whitman Mayo! Awesome! Plus, The Change-Up makes a tired premise more tired, Rise of the Planet of the Apes sinks, Cowboys and Aliens coasts, and Joel will take Christina Applegate’s leftovers.
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Charlie Barnett does his thing in Washington Square Park. Very funny. Dated, but funny.
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