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Chick Like Me: Boy Meets World's Queer Subtext Aug 28, 2023

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CW: Body Dysmorphia, Transphobia, Sexual Assault
The Dustin Hoffman Video
Studs Terkel Interview with John Howard Griffin

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I'm Glad I Got My Girls: Living Single in a 90's Kind of World Aug 21, 2023

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Episodes We Watched This Week:

"Pilot" (S1E1)
"Great Expectations" (S1E6)
"Love Thy Neighbor" (S1E18)
"Mystery Date" (S1E19)
"Five Card Stud" (S1E23)
"A Hair Raising Experience" (S2E13)
"Singing The Blues" (S2E15)
"Shrink to Fit" (S3E19)
"A Raze in Harlem" (S3E21)
"A Doctor in the House" (S4E12)
"Back In The Day" (S4E15)

Check out Melissa Harris Perry's talk on her book Sister Citizen

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How Much Does a Banana Actually Cost, Tho?: Arrested Development and Schitts Creek Aug 14, 2023

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Episodes We Watched This Week:
Schitts Creek
S1E1 Pilot
S2E2 Family Dinner (This one can be a bonus but it great)
S2E13 Happy Anniversary
S3E7 General Store
S5E4 The Dress
S6E12 The Pitch
S6E13 Start Spreading the News
Arrested Development
S1E1 Pilot
S1E2 Top Banana
S1E3 Bringing Up Buster
S1E22 Let Them Eat Cake
S2 E5 Sad Sack
S3E12 Exit Strategy

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Because it Was On is Moving to Mondays! Aug 11, 2023

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Come See us on Mondays!

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Leave it to Burger: a discussion of Bob’s Burgers and Leave it to Beaver with Landon Reid Aug 04, 2023

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Check out Landon's Linktree!
Episodes Watched for Today:
Leave It to Beaver:
S1:E2 Captain Jack
S4:E32 In the Soup
S1:E18 Child Care
S1:E37 Beaver Runs Away
S3:E13 June's Birthday
S3:E37 Wally's Play
Bob's Burgers
S3:E15 "OT: The Outside Toilet"
S6:E19 - 'Glued, Where's My Bob?'
S8E04 - 'Sit Me Baby One More Time
S13:E6 Louise Runs Away
S5:E18 Eat, Spray, Linda
S5:E6 "Father of the Bob"

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Let's Talk About the Boys: Frasier, Home Improvement, and Masculinity Jul 28, 2023

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Episodes Watched this Week
Frasier
S1E22 Author, Author
S2E22 agents in America iii
S5E14 The Ski Lodge
S5E15 Room service
S8E15 Hooping Cranes
S11E15 Caught in the Act
Home Improvement
S1E1 Pilot
S4E2 Don’t tell momma
S4E13 The Route if All Evil
S5E16 The Vasectomy
S6E3 Workshop til you Die
S8E17 Young at Heart
Thank you to James D'Amore for making the incredible cold open "Pickleball Grampire".

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The Trial of Mrs. Garrett: The Facts of Life and Sitcom Girlhood Jul 21, 2023

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Episodes watched for today's show:
Facts of Life

S1E1: Rough Housing
S2E10: Breaking Point
S2E12: The Secret
S3E18: Runaway
S3E14: The Amricanization of Miko
S5E13: The Chain Letter
S4E13: A Royal Pain
S5E17: A Death in the Family
S6E18: With a Little Help From My Friends
S9E16: The First Times

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Sapphic Sitcom Surprises: Sitcom Characters Meet a Lesbian Jul 14, 2023

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Episodes Watched for this Episode:
Golden Girls S2E5 “Isn’t it romantic”
Married…with children S11E21 “Lez be friends” (Cut for time)
Roseanne S6E18 “Don’t ask, Don’t tell”
Designing Women S4E24 “Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend”
All in the Family S8E3“Cousin Liz”
The Nanny S3E7 “oh vey you’re gay” (Cut for time)
Kate & Allie S2E2 “Landlady
Last Man Standing S1E9 "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"

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"So It's Gonna Be Forever, Or It's Gonna Go Down in Flames": The Sam and Diane Story (Cheers) Jul 07, 2023

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Jessica pulls her birthday card and insists we do a Cheers episode. Join us this week as Jessica and Zach talk about the Sam and Diane Will They/Won't They! They also give sound career advise to Shelly Long.
Episodes discussed:
S1E1 Give Me a Ring Sometime
S1E22: Showdown pt 2
S2E7: Old Flames
S2E21: I’ll be seeing you pt 1
S2E22: I’ll be seeing you pt 2
S3E25 Rescue me
S5E9: Thanksgiving Orphans
S5E25: A house is not a home
S5E26: I do Adieu
S11E27: One for the road pt 2
S11E28: One for the road pt 3

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Who Wants to Pay a Millionaire? Jun 30, 2023

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Jessica and Zach are still taking it light this week, but they put together a quiz show about Cameo.com! We'll be back to our normal format next week.

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