Boob Tube
Pop culture scientists and best friend duo Gabby and Zoe recap your favorite tv shows from yesteryear! These “scholars” will examine television from a variety of eras, distilling narrative decisions down to only their key elements. We will interrogate characters, plot lines, iconic dialogue, media stunts, and provide key cultural context for some of the most beloved shows the old boob tube has to offer.
We get real, we get nasty, and we get real nasty.
New episodes every Wednesday, not safe for work or children.
Episodes
195 episodes
Gilmore Girls: S3E22 - Those Are Strings, Pinocchio - PART 1
Get ready to reenact the NSYNC Bye Bye Bye music video cause this is season three, episode 22 “Those Are Strings, Pinocchio” PART 1. We marvel at what we’ve missed (WHY is Dean getting married??) and brace for what’s to come aka strategically d...
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Gilmore Girls: S3E17 - A Tale of Poes and Fire, part 2
Hold hands and stare into the ashes of our dreams with us in “A Tale of Poes and Fire” PART DEUX. So take to your bed like Paris in a moment of existential crisis and let us be the sock puppet theater you deserve.
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Gilmore Girls: S3E17 - A Tale of Poes and Fire, part 1
The world seems more on fire than usual so please accept our contribution: season three, episode 17 “A Tale of Poes and Fire.” Keep the home fires burning and we’ll see you in the morning <3
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Gilmore Girls: S1E13 - Dear Richard & Emily
This Halloween you might be asking yourself - whatever happened to Baby Boob Tube? Well don’t you fret because we’ve Written a Letter to Daddy with season three, episode thirteen “Dear Emily and Richard.” This episode brings us lots of answers ...
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1:25:19
BoobTube Talks Battlestar Galactica!
As Zoe wraps up her international constitutional and Gabby gets her spooky lil head on straight, we're taking a brief break from Gilmore Girls this week to talk Battlestar Galactica. We will be back next will with Lorelai and Rory, but for now,...
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Gilmore Girls: S3E11 - I Solemnly Swear - PART 2
Just a little shortie this week as we wrap up this litigious parable. Neither Lorelai nor Emily know anything about the other, still, and its season 3! When will they learn?? The deposition is in and Emily is steamed, Lorelai is going on a cute...
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Gilmore Girls: S3E11 - I Solemnly Swear - PART 1
En garde! It's season 3, episode 11, "I Solemnly Swear", and in this part 1, we're setting up backstabbing, abandoned parking garages, and a fencing lesson simply dripping with earnest lesbionic overtones. Say no more! We'll suit up an...
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Gilmore Girls: S3E9 - A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving - PART 2
We are finally finishing our turkey day leftovers with “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving” PART 2. Do we still get sidetracked by aprox one million tangents? Sure! But by god we made it through a measly half an ep with all the aplomb of ou...
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1:20:07
Gilmore Girls: S3E9 - A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving - PART 1
Your hosts are reporting live from August re the turkey time shenanigans of our Gilmore Gals in season three, episode 9 “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving.” We’ve got a LOT to say and I can’t claim we get very far into the (tofurkey) meat of thi...
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Season 8
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1:04:39
Gilmore Girls: S3E7 - They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? - PART 2
The night wears on, Tubers, and these dogs? Are barking. We’re wrapping up “They Shoot Gilmores, Don’t they?”, noting Jackson’s predisposition to hysteria and fleeing of the scene, Dave’s quick thinking seduction, and the Big Breakup we’ve all ...
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1:16:11
Gilmore Girls: S3E7 - They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? - PART 1
Gabby and Zoe reunite (briefly) with reality before diving back into the summer haze, pausing to discuss Season 3, Episode 7, They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? Lorelai and Luke set the scene of a town all abuzz with excitement about the annual d...
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AB BREAK - Get a Load of These Washboards
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for an AB BREAK! AKA a mini-sode in which we invite you to contemplate our six pack abs as we talk Bridgerton and assorted horror movies. Leo season is LOADED but we’ll be bringing all the conte...
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Season 8
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Gilmore Girls: S3E6 - Take The Deviled Eggs - PART 2
Grab a chair, Tubers, because we're putting on a parentification clinic this week, which is easy to do with this show! Wrapping up S3E6 with the much-discussed protest, one mercilessly be-eggled vehicle, outrage on Jess’ behalf for once, and a ...
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Gilmore Girls: S3E6 - Take The Deviled Eggs - PART 1
Motherhood is in full bloom in this weeks episode, Season 3 Episode 6 Take the Deviled Eggs! Our intrepid hosts deliver hot takes on Sherry's Baby Shower, Patty's new Latin Lover, and the details of the shared Stars Hollow Place of Worship, amo...
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Season 8
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1:00:45
Gilmore Girls: S2E22 - I Can't Get Started - PART 2
Ella Fitzgerald isn’t the only one struggling to get this show on the road in the GG season two finale “I Can’t Get Started.” Your easily sidetracked hosts finally get their head in the game to talk Sookie’s wedding prep, how we’re voting in th...
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Season 8
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1:09:29
Gilmore Girls: S2E22 - I Can't Get Started - PART 1
Ella Fitzgerald isn’t the only one struggling to get this show on the road in the GG season two finale “I Can’t Get Started.” Your easily sidetracked hosts finally get their head in the game to talk Sookie’s wedding prep, how we’re voting in th...
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Season 8
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57:07
Gilmore Girls: S2E21 - Lorelai's Graduation Day - PART 2
Get on the stinky bus of disappointment, Gus, because the Boob Tube Express is boarding now! We’re finishing off S2E21 Lorelai’s Graduation day with a hot n fresh part 2, where we get ANGRY angry at the rich, learn about the importance of arriv...
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59:21
Gilmore Girls: S2E21 - Lorelai's Graduation Day - PART 1
Grab a mortarboard and get to motorboating cause we’re receiving our associate’s degree in season two, episode 21 “Lorelai’s Graduation Day.” We major in being thrilled to see Lorelai get her flowers and minor in hoping her parents don’t eff it...
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Season 8
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1:07:55
Gilmore Girls: S2E19 - Teach Me Tonight - PART 2
We are SEATED for a film by kirk in season two, episode nineteen, part DEUX. Join us for a forensic investigation of the circumstances of this car crash, continued despair at the state of affairs re Jess, and of course laser sharp focus on the ...
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Season 8
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38:43
Gilmore Girls: S2E19 - Teach Me Tonight - PART 1
We are BACK BABY and, like Jess, we refuse to learn a goddamn thing in season two, episode nineteen “Teach Me Tonight.” We’re starting strong with hardline takes on the education system, pleas for reasonable communication, and raging against th...
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Season 8
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47:31
The Momisode
Happy Early Mother’s Day, Tubers! This week’s very special episode features Zoe’s own actual, literal Mother, Beverly, live in the Boob Tube recording studios and answering pressing questions about motherhood, rearing children, and The Gilmore ...
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Season 8
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42:51
Gilmore Girls: S2E16 - There's The Rub
Fetch the smelling salts because you’re humble hosts have been laid LOW by the disrespect to alone time in season two, episode sixteen “There’s the Rub.” We’ve got takes, takedowns, and tee hee hee hees and that’s just about Rory’s takeout orde...
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Season 8
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1:22:21
Gilmore Girls: S2E10 | 2 of 2 - The Bracebridge Dinner
Let the wild rumpus start with part 2 of our Bracebridge Dinner breakdown! We are feasting our eyes on wigs, marital strife, horses’ heinies, and so much more.
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Season 8
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47:44
Gilmore Girls: S2E10 | 1 of 2 - The Bracebridge Dinner
Listeners, lock up your peacocks that you don’t want ending up in pies cause we’re in part one of our season one, episode ten The Bracebridge Dinner era. We use this build up to a feast to dream up potential new merch, try to fathom Gabby’s ins...
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Season 8
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48:23
Gilmore Girls: S2E7 | 2 of 2 - Like Mother, Like Daughter
Ok pledges, this opportunity for hazing before you rush Delta Boob Tube takes place in Emily Gilmore’s BBQ pit ‘n’ Smokery, where we shall discuss how we’re going to get Fully Puffed This Year Even If It KILLS us. There’s a little strife but Ro...
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Season 8
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