Episodes: June, 2010

Carroll hold my calls!! (forever apparently). Luke talks to Matt Buchanon of Gizmo about Microsoft’s decision to cancel the Kin phone after just 48 days. Plus, Sean’s secret hate is a secret no longer, and the human vs. dog poop controversy rages on, today Beijing weighs in.

Jen runs into a cage fight, bloody picture frames and poorly timed sports-related bets as she hits South Dakota. The gang takes a trip down Crazy Memory Lane with Larry King, who announced his retirement on Monday. Plus, Call Makers! Listener Rex is trying to beat out a disabled guy to Oprah’s new BFF.

Luke was totally wrong about That One Crazy Osama Hunter Guy, Andrew Matson from The Seattle Times explains why he’s been waiting his whole life for Shabazz Palaces, and TBTL officially answers the question, which is more gross, human poop or dog poop?

David Malitz from The Washington Post details Courtney Love’s Extremely Awful Concert Series, which rolled into DC last night, Luke has a startling confession to make to the listeners about the events of Saturday night, and the debut of a new segment: Stop Hatin’!

Mark Duplass, Director of the new film ‘Cyrus’ talks about keeping his Hoodie Vibe while making a big-budget picture. Plus, Luke shares his childhood terror related to The Variety Club Sunshine Coach.

Luke has a complete meltdown regarding PR agents, and how annoying he finds many of them. Plus, Sean wins Tom Tangney over regarding the merits of Human Centipede (to Luke’s great sadness).

Sloane Crosley talks about her new book, creeper fans, and why she still hasn’t quit her day job. Plus, Luke launches ‘Operation Cyrus!’.

Jen finds the best town in America ever. After a weekend of boozing, Luke climbs back aboard the ‘Little Red Wagon’, and Awesome Not Awesome, World’s Worst Neighbor edition.

Luke gets a lucky break which only re-enforces his habit of procrastinating, Amanda Bynes retires from acting but not from Tweeting about how she really likes black dudes, and The Tens of Listeners weigh in on Human Centipede.

Sean tries (unsuccessfully) to convince Luke and Vanessa that Human Centipede is worth watching, Utah’s Attorney General gets the first ever ‘Dude, Seriously?!’ Award, and listener Judy writes in to agree with Sean that her uncle’s old Ballard restaurant is, in fact, a crap-hole.

Luke’s truly awful talent agent checks in with another pathetic job opportunity, Sean thinks he’s got a ghost living in his new apartment, and is Icing the new facebook poke? Listener Eric in Brooklyn says yes.

Jen tries to single-handedly save the economy of one small Ohio town. Luke feels like a battered wife when it comes to his relationship with the Apple store, and TBTL-ella Song of The Summer Search. Round Two.

A California man gets arrested in Pakistan as he tries to hunt down Osama Bin Laden (by himself), and Luke is kind of impressed. Hari Kondabolu stops by to talk about the rigors of standup comedy, progressive politics, and how Luke has no idea how to pronounce his name, and the 15 things Larry King wonders about (courtesy of his twitter feed).

Did Afghanistan just go all Beverly Hillbillies on it? The NYT says yes, Blake Hounshell from Foreign Policy drops by TBTL to say probably not. Plus, Mike Pesca checks in from South Africa with a World Cup Report, and The Tens of Listeners submit some of the worst jokes Luke has ever heard, but he reads them on-air anyway.

Luke freaks out when Sean sees his dirty dishes, the SOD guys stop by to talk ‘Worst Movie You Can See’ this weekend, and the debut of a new segment: ‘America’s Got Talent is Basically the Worst Thing Ever… Except For This One Thing That Happened.’

Luke’s car gets towed leading him to make some major life-changes. Jen’s got a lot of reasons to love the idea of Kevin Costner cleaning up the BP Oil Spill. And Luke’s agent makes an unforgettable appearance on TBTL.

The grossest call-makers EVER (you might not even want to listen to this one), plus, the nerds get their hands on ‘Bros Icing Bros’, and Farhad Manjoo of Slate dot com reviews the new iPhone.

The gang kicks off the TBTL-ella ella Song of the Summer Search, plus, Jen needs a new system for remembering fancy words, and Luke finally learns why he is so terrible at baking.