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FIRST EPISODE OF 2026! LIVE MUSIC FROM AUTOMATIC! 2026 PREDICTIONS! DARREN FROM WORK! Jan 14, 2026

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IT'S OUR FIRST EPISODE OF 2026! After a stellar 25th Anniversary year, we move forward into new territory! We ask callers what their 2026 predictions are! The amazing band AUTOMATIC perform a killer set of live music in the Best Show Theater! Tom checks in with AP Mike, with a wide range of discussion including a trip into Fast Food History! Plus, Tom gets a call from DARREN FROM WORK! A hell of a way to start 2026 on the Best Show!

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The Four Loko Holiday Party ft. John Hodgman, Aimee Mann & 80s Rick! Dec 19, 2025

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BEST SHOW BESTS! This week's more than just a classic clip. It's one of the most infamous nights in the show's history. It’s the entire 2010 Best Show Holiday Party! Tom is joined in the studio by JOHN HODGMAN and many other friends, and all the Four Loko they can drink! Mike dances! Tom giggles! AIMEE MANN calls in! So does 80s Rick! Happy Holidays to all! (Originally aired on WFMU on December 14th, 2010)

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BEST SHOW 2025 HOLIDAY PARTY! KYLE MOONEY! BECK BENNETT! TIM HEIDECKER! JON WURSTER! SAL VULCANO! FOUR HORSEMEN! PHILLY BOY ROY! AND MANY MORE! Dec 17, 2025

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IT'S THE END OF YEAR/HOLIDAY PARTY ON THE BEST SHOW! Once again, The Best Show invites all the FOTs to the studio to hang out with Tom! KYLE MOONEY & BECK BENNETT kick off the show, chatting to Tom about their new podcast, SNL and more! TIM HEIDECKER joins Tom and JON WURSTER to talk about their long history together, movies, celebrities and more! SAL VULCANO zooms in to chat with Tom! JASON "DUDIO" GORE comes in to the studio to chat with Tom, with PAT BYRNE & AP MIKE Zooming in to play a Brett Davis-created celeb trivia game called "WHO DOES MIKE KNOW?", where AP Mike takes a guess at various celebrities! PHILLY BOY ROY calls in and gives yet another update on "THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS PHILLY STYLE"! Plus, SCOTT GAIRDNER, RYAN ASHER, NICK THORBURN, SIRI DAHL, ALEX STEED, JEFF FEUERZEIG, NICOLE LAWRENCE, LIZZY COOPERMAN, MAX BEASLEY, KAT TOLEDO & ERIC WHITE!

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The Kevin Saga Parts I, II & III Dec 12, 2025

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BEST SHOW BESTS! In these classic clips, Tom gets a series of calls from his younger brother's old childhood friend KEVIN! (Andrew Earles)

(Originally Aired September 3rd, September 10th, and October 22nd 2002)

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LIVE MUSIC FROM SEDONA! PAUL GRIMSTAD! FOSTER POPPY! Dec 10, 2025

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SEDONA comes through the Best Show Forever Dog Theater to play some songs from her album Getting Into Heaven, and to chat with Tom about her life in music! Actor and musician Paul Grimstad (Frownland, One Battle After Another) Zooms in to chat with Tom about his career as a musician and actor! They discuss Steely Dan, Paul Thomas Anderson, and much else! Tom puts the word out about a DOG ADOPTION! If you want to foster a cute dog named Poppy, check it out! Calls from some regulars (Get Well Soon Joel), AP Mike's take (or lack thereof) on new musical trends, and more!

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Chris Fleming Dec 05, 2025

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BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, Tom is joined in studio by comedian CHRIS FLEMING!

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ALEX R. JOHNSON! LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING NICE FOR ONCE! Dec 03, 2025

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This week on the show, we want to switch things up by talking about NICE THINGS for once! Favorite places, holidays, heartwarming stories. It's all feel-good over here. Plus, Tom chats with film director and author ALEX R. JOHNSON about his new retro noir novel BROOKLYN MOTTO (available now!), among other things! Checking in with AP Mike about WAWA's Gobbler, hearing from an INTERNATIONAL collection of callers. All in all a nice, wholesome best show!

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Three Classic Spike Calls (feat. MC Steinberg) Nov 28, 2025

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BEST SHOW BESTS! These classic clips are from one of the Best Show's all time great villains... SPIKE (featuring a cameo from MC Steinberg) (Originally aired on September 5, 2006, November 21, 2006, and February 20, 2007

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VISH KHANNA! TOP 50 LUCKIEST M-Fers! Nov 26, 2025

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VISH KHANNA, host of the Kreative Kontrol podcast, comes in to chat with Tom! Vish is celebrating 20 years of broadcasting this year. He and Tom reminisce on some of their best moments as broadcasters, favorite interviews, and discuss late greats David Berman and Steve Albini. Also, it's list time! We count down the 50 LUCKIEST PEOPLE! Some are talentless coattail riders! Others were in the right place at the right time! Who will make the list and why? Some great callers both familiar and new, a history lesson with AP Mike, what more do you want! CHECK IT OUT!

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OUTGROWN #14: Home Improvement with Taran Smith (PATREON PREVIEW) Nov 21, 2025

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BEST SHOW BESTS! This week, we're sharing a classic episode of our Patreon show OUTGROWN, where Julia Vickerman and Tom Scharpling talk to guests about something from popular culture that they used to profoundly identify with and once thought would define them forever and eventually outgrew.

Usually, Outgrown deals with a piece of media someone was into, this is about a show that our guest was a part of. From 1991 to 1999, Taran Smith played Mark Taylor on Home Improvement, and here he talks to Tom & Julia about his experience on the show and the wild turns his life took after.

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