Cheesesteak and Chowder

Disclaimer: This incredibly entertaining episode was taped just before the Super Bowl, at the beginning of the Olympics, after Jason's bout with the 19, before Kevin James choked on a rubber biscuit, and smack in the middle of Wordle-mania!

It's another session of casting couch - America's second favorite game, where we recast a current day reboot of some of our favorite childhood TV shows. Today we tackle Night Court and Who's the Boss. But before we get there, we have a few hot takes on football, some shout-outs, including Andy Cohen for preaching about the REAL Journey!

Inspired (or uninspired) by Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear's casting in their recent Facts of Life/Different Strokes reboots, we decided to do our own recasting of a few of our favorite old sitcoms, as if they were rebooted today for some ridiculous live performance with random actors who were too old or completely miscast for the parts. We bring you a NEW cast for Three's Company, Gilligan's Island, Happy Days, and Cheers! In our version of this game, we take all the allowable C&C liberties and talk through which actors of today, regardless of age, would make up super fun casts for these reboots.

It's a bonus holiday/football episode! We play a round of America's Favorite game, "Who Sucks More?" and ask why ugly Christmas sweaters are still in my life. And what's the difference or the best (or worst) among white elephants, yankee swaps, and secret Santas? And why are these a thing? Then some sports takes and a bunch of ways we'd make the NFL better in a classic "If We Ran It."

As we tend to do, we rambled long so we split out holiday episode into two parts. Here's part 2, where we ask the questions of why the Sex and the City gals are still in my life? (along with adults playing teens on 70's sitcom remakes). Some debate about family size vs. party size vs. king size vs. super size, and an "If we ran it" about how we would organize things if we ran the National Snacks Classification Commission (NSCC). We discuss the Mac Jones era and Jason eats a tiny bit of crow for welcoming Bill Belichick back into his life. After a little discussion of the current states of Boston and Philly sports teams, and an on-air reveal of the new Bean Bag Studios cards that Santa left in our stockings, Anthony calls himself out in this week's "Get your ass back on track."

Thanksgiving stories, B.O. vs. T.O. (taco odor), and all kinds of bitching and moaning about the holiday season. We cut it into two parts because it went so long so here is the first 40 minutes.

Tom Brady returns to New England, and why is The Addams Family still in my life?

We put up the Scram signal and Jason can't hold back his excitement over the start of the Mac Jones era (and the end of the Scram Newton era) for his beloved Patriots. We take a bite off the Shaq-a-Roni pizza pie when Shaquille O'Neal endorses C&C. Upon discovery of "Swimply," the VRBO-style swimming pool rental app, we workshop our own new "shitty" ideas including "Uber Johns" and "Uber Jacks." And why is the McRib still in my life?

We've got 99 reasons why the Olympics would be better if we were in charge! By 99, we mean a few, but who's counting. I don't know, but I know who's NOT counting... Olympic Cyclists. Let's get to it...

Does a salad have to have greens to call itself a salad? We discuss the shortcomings of starch slathered in mayonnaise, an impromptu stud envy cherry-picking fantasy draft, and a whole lot more!

You've heard of famous athletes whose names suit their job perfectly - like basketball's Tim Duncan, football's Joey Goodspeed, or professional poker player Chris Moneymaker. Well, in this episode we give you a few of the lesser-known folks that belong to that club... aka, the "Willy Waveman All-Stars." Also, why is the Noid back in my life???

We ponder questions about shoehorns, starbucks stoppers, why Godzilla is still in my life, the world's best jackets, and a visit to the Pappy's Products test kitchen.

Jason and Anthony are joined by interim producer Hunter, as they put together their respective Mt. Rushmores for "hometown d-bags," aka, the guys from each of their hometowns (Boston, Philly, and NYC) who they hated to root for, but had to because they played for their favorite teams. Then Jason takes issue with the fact that curly fries never come unseasoned, we wonder why Punky Brewster is back in our lives, and we gently dip our toes into the Dr. Seuss cancel culture discussion.

With the NFL season wrapping up, and hockey and basketball underway, Jason, Anthony, and Hunter talk lots of NFL, ask "Why are you still in my life?" about Bill Belichick and Ken Jeong, play America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?" along with some new surprise games. And they wrap things up with the inaugural inductees into the "Sean Salt Hall of Fame," the shrine to honor the trendiest of marketing terms and food product buzz words.

We're outdoors on the Villa Papagna post-election and mid-pandemic, pontificating on why Jake from State Farm is still in our lives, a visit with the grammar police, a round of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?" and take-committed Jason in a losing argument with Anthony and Hunter about the ironic misfortunes of private plane clientele having to deal with hairdo-destroying wind gusts and pelting rain on the tarmac while commonfolk peasants enjoy the modern amenities of the jetway. And throughout the pod, the studio dog may or may not have channeled Andy Dufresne and burrowed her way out of the backyard prison.

We return to the outdoor studio on the Villa Papagna for "Cheopardy," our Cheesesteak & Chowder tribute to Alex Trebek. Jason and Anthony are joined by interim producer Hunter, to play a game of Jeopardy-style questions with special Bean Bag Studios categories.

The pandemic drags on, but we've had enough. Zoom fatigue and lack of life fatigue has reached its limit and we decided it was time to get back into the outdoor studio, so we're 6 feet apart in the Villa Papagna and life sort of feels right again. Some old fashioned Cheesesteak & Chowder is on tap with chit chat about the return of sports, some people who need to get their ass back on track and the future dark lord between the pipes for the Bruins... Darth Vladar.

A full-blown Tomdemic has broken out with the news that Tom Brady will be leaving the Pats. We discuss in full, along with some commiserating over the shutdown of the sports world. BAD AUDIO ALERT: due to coronavirus quarantining, we sound like we are underwater, since we were forced to scramble and record from some JV call recording app on our iphones. Apologies in advance...

We decided to finish off the year with some old school Cheesesteak & Chowder. There's a dash of hijinks, a pinch of chicanery, a full scoop of Anthony's high hopes for his 9-7 Eagles, and a bowlful of Jason's panic over his "doomed" 12-4 Patriots, as we prepare for the NFL Playoffs. Cheers!

It's been a while since we bitched about our sports teams, so we're throwing it back to the O.G. C&C to open the show. That parlays into some fresh takes on the problems with officiating and instant replay (7:20). Then it's the return of America's favorite game - "Who Sucks More?" - and this week features movie sequels and a deluxe edition of "-paloozas, -gates, and -gasms" (23:05). Anthony then dives us into a little street name knowledge clouding among highways, freeways, boulevards, and more (35:40). We do a quick take on how much money we won't be wasting on Disney+ and other new streaming services (41:53). Finally, we wrap up with a brand new bracket showdown game that pits Flo, Mayhem, and all the cheesiest Insurance commercial mascots against each other, leaving C&C to judge the best and the worst (48:04).

It's a Mix Tape Mafia and Cheesesteak & Chowder crossover episode with our Eddie Money (RIP) tribute and an extended "New Music Monday". We take some issue and theorize the genesis of the new Charcoal toothpaste trend that's sweeping the shelves. And with the recent discovery of Celebrity Amazon Shops, we start planning the items for the ultimate C&C Amazon shop. And speaking of Amazon, Alexa Quivers 2.0 makers her return to the studio, sitting in the producer's chair and offering zero help...

It's the debut of our new "Shit We Missed" segment as we revisit some undiscussed nuggets from the Top Gun podcast (3:40). We discuss some upcoming fall wedding predicaments and play a wedding-themed version of America's favorite game, "Who Sucks More?" (9:30). Anthony digs into a "Shit we care too much about" rant on resetting his coffee-machine clock after power outages. (18:45). We discuss the news of the upcoming real-life Field of Dreams and apply our expertise in "If We Ran It" (20:15). We discuss and debate who we'd most like to run into driving the drink cart on a golf course (25:35). Jason asks why the notary public is still in my life? (30:25) which launches a magnificent new C&C business idea... the Ubery Public. We then dive into some new rules regarding restaurant signs on freeway exits (34:25). Jason revisits the Banana Splits to discuss the new upcoming movie that turns the splits into murderers (41:34). Finally, Jason calls out his dog Biscuit to "Get Your Ass back on Track" for her crazy peeing tactics (45:33).

We celebrate, dissect, and critique one of our favorite summer movies from our youth - Top Gun!! It's a cheesy, glorious romp through Miramar... C&C style!! We'll dig into the best call signs, the Mt. Rushmore of one-liners, and bring in the Mix Tape Mafia to discuss the best and worst tunes from the Top Gun soundtrack. Of course, some movie elements end up victims of "Why are you still in my life?" We speculate about what we've seen in the trailer for the 2020 Top Gun: Maverick sequel, and toss out our own suggestions in a special "If We Ran It." And gobs and gobs more... So strap into your silver doves, oil up your volleyball abs, and get ready to crash and burn in a great ball of fire!

The Juice is 72, out of the clink, and tweeting from the links. We play a new game called "OJ Did It" where we try to guess if a tweet is a (blood) red herring or an actual tweet from OJ. Jason calls out Panera for its bread bowl soups and we dig into the mail bag to read an interesting "potentially authentic email" that reflects the powerful influence of the C&C universe.

Lots of ice cream talk this episode - fresh off some recent trips to New England, Jason dives into the Jimmies vs. Sprinkles debate and why are Dippin' Dots still in my life? We play a game of Paisopoly... sifting through some of the promotionally branded monopoly games out there and trying to guess what the Boardwalk and Park Place properties are for each of them.