Television Takedown

Larry returns for another payback episode, and this time he's ruining Batman! Steve spent years avoiding the Justice League Unlimited episode featuring Batman Beyond. Larry made him watch it. This is true payback.   Why is Amanda Waller doing comedy bits? Why are they making alluding to Batsturbation? WHY WAS THIS EPISODE MADE?!?!?!

N.K. Jemisin is a multiple Hugo Award winning writer, and all around great person. Unfortunately, she is also friends with Steve. So he made her watch the McDonald's funded, Bush-era anti-drug PSA Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. Why do The Muppet Babies know so much about drugs? Does Michael had Dysentery?  Did they really try to change a character's race?      Production Note: We had some slight issues with our new recording equipment so there is some slight audio issues. Nothing that gets in the way though!

Doug gets his payback on Steve by making him watch the failed pilot for the claymation/live action detective series Danger Team! Why did they try to rip off Who Framed Roger Rabbit? What kind of safety are the team teaching? Is Chris a serial killer? Listen and find out!

Shangri La Plaza may be the show that finally broke Steve. It is indescribable, but Kris and Steve try their best to make sense of it. Why would they cast a bunch of people who couldn't sing to be in a musical? Why does Terrence Mann look like Tim Curry? Is it a mall!?!?!

Since everyone loves the Wonder Woman movie, Steve decided to ruin things by making Liz watch 2011's failed Wonder Woman pilot. Who thought giving David E. Kelley a Wonder Woman show was a good idea?  Is Diana the villain of this series? Will Chris Hardwick ever come on our show?

Toads rule this episode when Steve forced Larry to watch the failed pilot for a Battletoads cartoon.  Why is the theme song so catchy? Why is everyone so sexy? Why don't Larry and Steve know the difference between Springsteen and Prince?

Doug and Steve join forces to talk about Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special. A special so weird, that it needs to be seen to be believed.  How much did they pay Anthony Daniels? Is Charles Fleischer ok? Did we finally learn Ernest's terrifying origin story?

Liz gets her payback by making Steve watch Shadowhunters, a show that made him regret the format of the podcast. Is that a wig or a bad dye job? Why are Steve and Liz friends? Is a Mortal Cup a sporting event?

Steve and Clai go back to their punk rock roots by watching the "punk dramedy" Fear of a Punk Planet. Why did Joe Escalante think he could write a comedy? How badly did Kyle Gass need the money? How did Scott Aukerman get roped into this?

It's Television Takedown's first payback episode. Larry is back to get revenge on Steve (see our pilot episode for why) by making him watch the failed multi-media property Defenders of Dynatron City. Why is there a living toolbox? Why did Lucasarts think this was going to be popular? Why is Steve such a masochist that he allowed these payback episodes to be part of the podcast format?

It's Crisis on Infinite Podcasts as Steve sneaks through the internet to subject the Super Nerd Pals to 1997's failed pilot for "Justice League of America." Why are their costumes so terrible? What creepy things does Green Lantern do with that ring? What the hell happened to Martian Manhunter?!?!?  

Steve and Jon discuss the "classic" cartoon, Spider-Man and His Amazing friends! Why is there a Marvel themed dance at Peter Parker's high school?  Why does the Green Goblin's plan make no sense? Why did Steve make Jon watch this? Production Note: We apologize for the issues with the previous upload.  There are a few audio issues on this one, but it is still a lot of fun! 

It's Liz's first episode! Steve and Liz discuss the short lived NBC series Do No Harm, a show so baffling that it causes them to get a whole lot of facts wrong. So grab your Samm Levine and see how many Hamilton references it takes to finally break Liz.   Production note: There are some minor audio issues on this one. At the time of recording, we were still figuring out the tech.      

It's the pilot episode of Television Takedown!   Listen as Steve and Larry discuss Viva Laughlin, the failed musical/murder mystery that Hugh Jackman thought America needed.  Also listen as they figure out the show's format, how to properly mic themselves, and all the other fun things new podcasts do.