Completely Conspicuous 126: TV Eye

The brilliant Ric Dube joins me again on the podcast for part 2 of our discussion about alternative TV programming. Listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:

- Sunday night: Dube presents Old Harry Potter

- Like Archie Bunker's Place for old wizards

- Kumar: 60 Minutes--Survivor

- Dube: Movie of the week featuring One of My Adenoids is Missing

- Kumar: Bevilacqua for Hire

- Kumar: Battle of the Network Jackasses

- Kumar: Sunday late night offering is Ben Stein's Test Pattern Theatre

- Dube: M-F syndicated programming from 7-8 includes This Evening in Witchcraft and The Price is Unstable

- Kumar: The Broad Couple

- Kumar: Two and a Half Sheens

- Dube: Monday Night Playground

- Kumar: Wheels of Blue Steel

- Kumar: Wall (a medical show)

- Dube's late night strategy: Bring back old failed talk shows

- Kumar's late night: Different talk show each night from Stephen Hawking, Carrot Top, etc.

- Tuesday: Dube presents Grungy Days

- Dube: Rejected ideas include Who Wants to Punch a Millionaire?

- Kumar: Found

- Dube: In Seasickness or in Health

- Kumar: Ex-Cop Janitor starring Arsenio Hall

- Dube: As You Wish

- Theme songs are barely played anymore

- Kumar: Have Gavel, Will Travel

- Dube: Plantation Vacation

- Bonehead of the Week

- Tribute to Ronnie James Dio

Music:

The Dead Weather - Die by the Drop

The Dum Dum Girls - Bhang, Bhang, I'm a Burnout

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The Dead Weather song is on the new album Sea of Cowards on Third Man Records. Download the song for free at RCRDLBL.

The Dum Dum Girls song is on the new album I Will Be on Sub Pop Records, where you can download the song for free.

The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog.

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