Episodes: July, 2010

Luke announces where the next TBTL Live Show will happen, and speaking of live shows, today’s selection from the TBTL Archives is ‘TBTL Summer Slam’ featuring Sir Mix A Lot, Andy Haynes, John Roderick, Rachel Flotard and many more.

Live from Space Car, Luke wonders where Idaho is getting all its secret money from, plus, from the TBTL Archives, the complicated Mr. Eugene Mirman.

From The TBTL Archives, music and chatting from Dave Wakeling and The English Beat.

Luke attempts to host the show while also making breakfast, Vanessa’s reading of Lolita has her suspicious of Luke’s fandom of the work, and from The TBTL Archives, The Hold Steady.

Luke’s newfound body acceptance has him walking around Idaho grocery stores with no shirt on, Vanessa hears weird sounds in the night which could be either humans or animals ‘doing it’, and from The TBTL Archives: Ira Glass!

Luke’s family recounts their near-death experience in the middle of a lake, plus, we’ve got firm dates for some TBTL events in August. And, from The TBTL Archives, music and talking from Thao!

An update from the Remote Mountain Cabin, Announcing the TBTL Fiesta Fiesta! And, from the TBTL Archives, Wil Wheaton on why Dungeons and Dragons matters.

Luke managed to deprogram himself (mostly) from the cult of declaring himself a ‘real american’, plus the Remote Mountain Cabin comes with some new neighbor problems (involving a inflatable ‘island’), and from The TBTL Archives: John Hodgman!

Luke feels a deep kinship with his rural brothers… except in one area. And area that makes him very very angry. Also, speaking of ‘real american’ activities, direct from the TBTL Archives, Cooking With Sean DeTore, Deep Fat Fryer Edition.

Luke wonders if all this mountain living has started to change him as a person, plus, from The TBTL Archives: Sherman Alexie talks basketball and the future of art.

Vanessa takes a dim view of Luke’s plan to not shower or shave for the entire vacation, the Tens speculate on if Luke is or is not balding (spoiler alert! yes, he is), and Michael Ian Black menaces and entertains us in an interview from the TBTL Archives.

Luke tries to clear up a misunderstanding between country music fans and ‘city folk’, shares the story of ‘Road Pizza’ and plays an interview/performance from The Kills courtesy of the TBTL Archives.

Luke explains why the live shows cost .99, decides he’s more fascinated with Eagles than his cat, and plays an interview with Derek Erdman, aka Rap Master Maurice.

TBTL Electric Boogaloo! Blue Scholars use a crazy contraption to bring the hip-hop, Ken Jennings (Jeopardy Champ) squares off against the TBTL Tens, Smoosh, Say Hi, and The Lonely Forest bring the music, Cooking With Sean DeTore, A Crazy Surprise Thing That Actually Happened, and much much more!

TBTL Summer Slam! Sir-Mix-A-Lot tries to help the Insane Clown Posse, Rachel Flotard nearly ruins a marriage, John Roderick talks tooth, Andy Haynes brings down the house with his comedy Jokes, and much much more!

With the Summer Slam live shows looming, Luke and Jen run through the Five Most Disastrous Live Events Ever, hoping to avoid a similar fate.

Fun Times! Jen and Sean show up live and in-person @ Burbank Studios to talk about Big Mammas, things that are Awesome and Not Awesome, and sushi jokes.

Lindsay Lohan gets on Luke’s last nerve with her excuse-making, the New York Times messes up the whole ‘frying an egg on the sidewalk’ experiment in a major way, and listener Kelsey wants a TBTL dating service (and she’s willing to set up the website!)