Completely Conspicuous 267: Which Doobie You Be?

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we dissect a classic episode of the 1970s sitcom What's Happening. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:
- Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ
- Inspired by MST3K and Rifftrax, we're commenting while watching video
- Watch the episode along with us at the CompCon YouTube channel
- What's Happening!! had all the sitcom archetypes
- Formula elements at play
- This was a Very Special Episode
- No continuity in the '70s on TV shows
- The evils of bootlegging
- Check out CompCon episodes 218 and 219 about bootlegs
- Ric: Wonder if there's a bootleg of the Doobies' performance in this show
- Show inspired by the movie Cooley High
- Ric's a fan of Dee
- Did inner city kids really listen to the Doobie Brothers?
- Jay: I rocked the velour shirts back in the day
- Rerun gets roped into the bootlegging world
- All the parodies have been parodied now
- Ric's heard the "Which Doobie You Be?" line a million times
- Doobies are so big they're playing a podunk high school
- Patrick Simmons had a brief solo career
- Michael McDonald's vocal style
- The kids pretend to like the Doobies
- Jeff "Skunk" had magnificent facial hair
- The band Bread appeared on an episode of The Hardy Boys
- Simmons supposedly went to the kids' high school
- Four minutes of scenes from next week
- Theme by Henry Mancini!
- Next week, it's part 2 of the Doobie Brothers episode
- Bonehead of the Week


Music:
They Might Be Giants - You're On Fire
Thalia Zedek Band - Walk Away

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The They Might Be Giants song is on the album Nanobots on Idlewild Records. Download it for free at Stereogum.
The Thalia Zedek Band song is on the album Via on Thrill Jockey. Download it for free at Soundcloud.

The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 257: Love, Exciting and New

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we climb aboard and dissect an episode of The Love Boat. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:
- Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ
- Inspired by MST3K and Rifftrax, we're commenting while watching video
- Watch the episode along with us at the CompCon YouTube channel
- Jay: Used to watch Love Boat and Fantasy Island back to back
- Both shows featured cameos from so-called stars
- Episode 23 from season 1, 1978
- Featured Paul Williams, Michele Lee, Marcia Wallace
- Gopher went on to be a Congressman
- Romantic hijinks ensue each week
- Cartoonish male chauvinism
- Let the wacky subplots begin
- Love American Style was the predecessor to The Love Boat
- Booked to the gunnels
- The mysterious sexual allure of Bernie Kopell
- Julie just wants to get some
- The show's like bad improv
- Marcia Wallace is comic relief
- Dick Van Patten played Doc in the Love Boat pilot
- Capt. Stubing is the cruise ship Pepe Le Pew
- The third act results in partner switching
- Paul Williams gets the hot chick
- Gopher nailed Mrs. Krabappel
- Bonehead of the Week


Music:
Pile - Prom Song
They Might Be Giants - Call You Mom

Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The Pile song is on the album Dripping. Download it for free on Bandcamp.
The They Might Be Giants song is on the album Nanobots on Idlewild Recordings. Download it for free at Soundcloud.

The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous Episode 34: Let the Music Do the Talking

It's a new record: four days between podcasts! I just realized tonight that if I didn't do a show tonight, I wouldn't have time to before we left for Joisey for the weekend on Friday morning, so here's the latest episode of tha CC. Downloadimafy it here (right click and "save as").

Given the time constraints, this is an all-music show. Enjoy:

Music:
- They Might Be Giants - Take Out the Trash
- Stars - The Night Starts Here
- You Say Party! We Say Die! - Like I Give a Care
- Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
- Centro-Matic - Calling Thermatico
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who?

Promos:
- The Phedippidations World Wide Half Marathon. Find out more here.

- New England Podcasting. Find out more here.

Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes, Yahoo Podcasts and Podcast Pickle podcast directories. Subscribe and write a review!

The song from They Might Be Giants is on the album The Else on TMB Productions; find out more here. The song from Stars is on their album In Our Bedroom After the War on Arts and Crafts; find out more here. The song from You Say Party! We Say Die! is on their album Lose All Time on Paper Bag Records; find out more here. The Lene Lovich song is on her greatest hits album Lucky Number (The Best of) on Oval Music; find out more here.

The Centro-Matic song is from the album Fort Recovery on Misra Records; find out more here. The song from The Brian Jonestown Massacre is on the compilation Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective on Rubric Records; find out more here.

All the songs were provided by IODA Promonet.

"Take Out The Trash" (mp3)
from "The Else"
by They Might Be Giants
(TMB Productions)
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"The Night Starts Here" (mp3)
from "In Our Bedroom After the War"
by Stars
(Arts & Crafts)
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"Like I Give A Care" (mp3)
from "Lose All Time"
by You Say Party! We Say Die!
(Paper Bag Records)
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"Lucky Number" (mp3)
from "Lucky Number (The Best Of)"
by Lene Lovich
(Oval Music)
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"Calling Thermatico" (mp3)
from "Fort Recovery"
by Centro-matic
(Misra)
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"Who?" (mp3)
from "Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective"
by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
(Rubric Records)
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Check out his excellente music blog, won't you?

Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.