Episodes: March, 2010

Luke has a theory on why guys don’t really care about love scenes on TV shows, speaking of love scenes, Jen meets a promiscuous senior citizen with ‘eye shingles’, and seriously, how freaking long is Lent really supposed to be?

Tom Douglas stops by the TBTL Kitchen to show us an awesome Easter recipe (but not before Luke’s crazy across the street neighbor insults him for no reason), plus. Jen’s sure-fire plan for not getting someone else’s body juices on you when you stay at a budget motel.

The success of The Large Hadron Collider has Luke and Sean pondering the future (agreeing, naturally, to have their bodies cryogenically frozen and then combined into one superdude years from now), plus, what’s the drunkest, dumbest thing you’ve ever done? A guy in Pennsylvania did something drunker and dumber. Plus, The Impossible Project does the impossible, and reverse-engineers Poloroid film. Luke talks to a journalist who’s been covering the story.

Luke drinks 12 cups of coffee and tries to host the show solo, with mixed results.

Luke loses his mind over people calling his cell phone during the show, and Jen thinks ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ is going to be the key to her aging gracefully.

TBTL’s favorite bon vivant Tom Tangney drops by to discuss, in order: Joseph Heller novels, French deconstructionism, alcoholism, Sleepless in Seattle, Stanley Kubrick, Roger Ebert, German propagandists, Sandra Bullock’s tattered marriage, Sam Mendes and UW Husky basketball.

Luke blames a major corporation for his habit of losing important paperwork, Eli Sanders from The Stranger tells the sordid tale of SF’s Alt Weekly War currently underway, and Call Makers! Listener Sarah is entering the Mrs. Washington Pageant and wants to know how to play it.

Blue Scholars! Performing tracks off their upcoming album and talking about which hip-hop legends have bad breath.

Luke shares a secret online side of himself, a drunken family fight helps Sean score a free dessert, and Chris Hayes of The Nation joins us to discuss healthcare reform and indie bands (for serious!).

Live from Space Car, Luke and Vanessa answer your burning questions. And kind of argue about if she uses too many pots and pans while cooking food. (sorry about the slightly dodgy audio, that’s what happens when you record the show live in the car).

‘Girl Talk’ (real name Gregg Gillis) talks about making mashups, biomedical engineering and Ben Roethlisberger. Plus, a tribute to Alex Chilton of Big Star, who passed away at 59.

Was Luke being a jerk when he answered his iPhone during a run? Plus, Jen considers intervening in an embarrassing situation at a North Carolina coffee shop, and the hilarious Cameron Esposito joins us for hilarity.

Luke gets a major surprise from a giant ponytailed dude @ The Mandarin Gate, plus Shut It Down America! (regarding media coverage of a heavy New Jersey woman, and for-profit trade schools eating up federal education funds), and Reille Hunter (the John Edwards’ baby mamma), is she crazy or just insane?

Luke and Jen swap stories of getting expelled from their old high school ‘Jesus Creek’, plus, Corey Feldman actually makes a kind of good point on Larry King Live, and Luke invents a new hand gesture called the ‘C’mon Dude!’ that will soon sweep the nation (at least according to him).

A scheduling snaffu has Luke recording the show in the buff, plus, What’s The Worst Movie You Can Rent This Weekend? Blown Away!

A post-mortem on David Letterman’s extreme doucher-ness last night, Luke investigates what ‘snorkeling’ a dude is really all about, and Vanessa gives up Splenda so she can be more awesome.

R.I.P. Corey Haim, you taught us that illegal driving is super fun, also, Jen checks in from Georgia, and Luke inexplicably decides to try and explain why he is an agnostic.

The Litter Kwitter (cat toilet training system) finally arrives, and Luke is super excited. Plus, Vanessa stands by her hot water bottle obsession despite some disturbing possibilities brought to light by Amazon dot com.