Episode 113 - The Academics and the Exploding Fonzie

You gotta be a fan of the podcast to get that title.

We've got the FBI.

We've got the ATF.

We've got the LAPD.

We've got USCG.

Sadly no BB King, BBC or Doris Day.

We've got the DIA, wait, not the CIA?  Well whatever, but we've got an alphabet soup of agencies this week.

Classic bungling federal agencies in a 70s show, a clear sign of the times.

The selling bad weapons thing, that happened, more than once.  Not just weapons either.  There's a subplot in the TV show 'The Americans' about this.  

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Episode 112 - Steve, Jon and Dave Aren't Really Fashion Plates

Jon often calls me a fashion faux pas.  I have no idea whey, but it fits with the episode.   It's probably also true, but that's neither here nor there.

Rene Auberjonios! 

WK Stratton!

Erin Grey!

Directed by Ivan Dixon!

I've used too many exclamation points in this post!

Yeah a pretty good set of 70s guest stars.

Making fun of fashion is fun, especially in 1979.

I almost always use a picture of Jimbo, but this week's screenshot is Odo getting ready to toss wine into a French guy's face.

Lots of disco references this week.

Big story this week is the US and the PRC normalizing relations.  It was a big, and surprising, deal.  

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Episode 81 - Steve and Dave Haven't Even Heard of Deer Lick Falls

This week's title?  Oh I'd give it about a 6.75/10.

The hicks from the lick.

The episode itself is much better than that.

Some strong guest stars this week, including Priscilla Barnes.

Some WW2 callbacks.

Somehow I think this is much closer to how most planned contract killings actually go than what we normally see on TV.

It's a Lt. Chapman episode so his exasperation is always entertaining.

Oh we've got Dennis as well.

Oh and we get a lovely little Angel scam near the end!

You could have called this episode 'The Mayor's Committee From Dunning Kruger Falls'.

This is our most Fonda heavy episode.

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