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1st Annual Threatsgiving: A Tribute to McDonald's (Not Sponsored by McDonald’s) Nov 23, 2020

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In lieu of Thanksgiving with your family this year, celebrate Threatsgiving with Tom and Julie, where they talk about McDonald’s for two hours! It's the audio equivalent of eating fast food in your car! Featuring interviews with McDonald’s scholars Connor Ratliff, Ian Abramson, and Justin Strong AND a roundtable expose with former McDonald's employees! Tom and Julie get to the bottom of McDonald's mysteries such as, Why is Grimace shaped like that? Which menu items are the easiest for employees to steal? Why did the McDonald's Hot Dog fail? And what's the deal with that scene in Fargo where Wade Gustafson is worried about what his grandson Scotty Lundegaard is ACTUALLY doing at McDonald's? PLUS exclusive video footage of Producer Brett's brief childhood career as a traveling clown magician - featuring a performance at a McDonald's birthday party! And a very very BIG surprise if your name is DARYN! Not to mention, Cousin Linda's Famous Chili, everything Julie remembers about Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Motörhead at McDonald's, Doug Jones, rabbis vs priests, John Wayne Gacy vs The Kinks, and more!

THIS EPISODE IS NOT SPONSORED BY MCDONALD'S.

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Talk About Overwhelmed with Raccoons Nov 16, 2020

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COME AND GET IT! IT'S A CLIP BONANZA ON DOUBLE THREAT! Tom and Julie watch The Raccoon Whisperer, Leta Powell Drake, adult fast food mascot Mr. Delicious, and more! Plus Double Threat makes headlines... Did Tom and Julie get Alec Baldwin booted off WNYC? You be the judge! Also David Bowie improv, Judy Tenuta, fake candy teeth, John Kruk, Tommy Lasorda, Looney Tunes rankings, Johnny Carson 2020, and getting so mad you blubber your lips! And Brett airs a grievance against iHeart Radio that quickly backfires.

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Schlub Rescue 2 (with Joe Mande) Nov 09, 2020

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HAPPY NEW PRESIDENT!!! Tom and Julie say goodbye to the Trumps! The hilarious Joe Mande (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation) stops by for another round of Schlub Rescue... with listener Colette! Julie gets drunk on champagne! Tom is aghast to find a Led Zeppelin track on The Skippables! PLUS the rest of The Skippables - Leonard Cohen, Reservoir Dogs, Bruce Springsteen, Trainspotting, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Hüsker Dü, Mary Poppins, and more! AND weak chin hotties, candy bar utensils, Springsteen writes for Sex and the City, Elvis Costello's glasses shammy, smack-splaining, Brett's birthday, cotton candy clown, MAGA hat buyback program, Tiny Dancer, Tiny Lister, MC Looney Tunes, Anthony Weiner luxury countertops, and the All-Time Top 5 Georgia Heroes.

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Three Bowls of Chili and Six Pounds of Candy Nov 02, 2020

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Tom and Julie and Producer Brett eat chili and Halloween candy to deal with their pre-election anxiety and then they write another email to Hecker's Flour. This time with some VERY useful tips about dealing with The Invisible Man. Plus MORE monster talk - Pennywise, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mask. AND the Laffy Taffy writers room, the Stephen King Cruise, and the Big Bopper.

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1st Annual Spookoween Spooktacular (with Butch Patrick) Oct 26, 2020

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EDDIE MUNSTER ON DOUBLE THREAT! Tom and Julie celebrate Halloween with Butch Patrick (The Munsters, Lidsville) in the 1st Annual Double Threat Spookoween Spooktacular! And in a SHOCKING twist, there is LESS Halloween stuff in this episode than in a normal Double Threat episode! SPOOKY! Tom and Julie talk podcast pornography, Porno Brett, The Pornax, McDonalds bonding with Facebook on Twitter, Dentist Seuss, Filet-o-Fish pricing, Cindy Adams, egg what ifs, and more! Plus Tom and Julie give the Business to Monster Mash sequels The Monster Swim and Climate Mash; they audition to host the Evian/Avian/AVN awards; Frankenstein visits the Playboy Mansion; and Brett pulls a prank that undoes all the good will he earned by booking Butch Patrick!

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The Raniere Home Companion Oct 19, 2020

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Garrison Keillor, Keith Raniere, The Cryptkeeper, and more on this episode of Double Threat! Tom and Julie give The Business to disgraced radio host Garrison Keillor, who wants all his Facebook followers to know that he's sick and tired of the culture war! Plus a reading from The Lake Wobegon Virus and some new developments in the Prairie Home Companion Cruise Cancellation Investigation! Your submissions for the Awkward Exposition poll! Tales from the Crypt's Cryptkeeper! NXIVM's Keith Raniere! And All That Jazz, Jersey Mike's, smoking in the shower, Bill Barr on SNL, TikTok Toe, and the League of Scumbags!

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That's the Body of Augustus Gloop Oct 12, 2020

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Tom and Julie give The Business to Fatman and Rifkin's Festival and they honor the latest scientific discovery in the field of funny voices - this time, a BBC scientist and her assistant reveal what Neanderthals REALLY sounded like - and it's NOTHING like Tim Allen! Plus Tom and Julie have a few bones to pick with the flour industry and dictate three complaint emails to Hecker's Flour. Tom pitches a Taxi Driver sequel called Uber Driver! Tom and Julie's definitive ranking of the kids from Charlie and Charlie Factory! Julie's wisdom tooth horror story - she had to listen to Sgt. Pepper on shuffle! Tom' story of Barkley the horse! And more!

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*"Please Stop, I'm Begging You"

*Tom on Barkley the Horse

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Listen to Double Threat Ad-Free on Forever Dog Plus Oct 07, 2020

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Zappa Driver (with Patton Oswalt) Oct 05, 2020

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The great Patton Oswalt joins Tom & Julie to discuss the best director cameos and director acting performances of all time - including Sydney Pollack, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Frank Oz, and other white guys! Patton also brings his own clip - the 1967 MLB All-Stars vs Celebrities baseball game - watch along with us as baseball legends Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, and Don Drysdale are forced to compete against Woody Allen, John Cassavetes, and Peter Falk for a national television audience! And Jerry Lewis is the announcer! Plus The Reverend Horton Heat and Brett's humiliating Hortontine debacle! And Tom announces that, with your help, Double Threat will set the record for podcast merch - more shirts than episodes!

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Greetings from Popeye Village Sep 28, 2020

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Tom and Julie plan their escape to Popeye Village (an actual theme park in Malta!) and give The Business to Dennis Quaid (again), Drew Barrymore, and Vin Diesel! Plus a pitch for a new daytime talk show hosted by six dogs and a chef called THE MUTTS! Julie starts prepping for what's sure to be a memorable Halloween 2020 - Costume ideas! Are plastic toys better than candy? Tom's trick-or-treating strategies! A ranking of hellscape scenarios! Remember Symphony bars? Also thoughts on Valerie Solanas, naked vs nude, Mae West, baby facts, Cracker Barrel, and the theatrical trailer for the 2004 film In Good Company!

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