Change of pace from the droning wasteland that is current events, Tom and Travis take a break to talk about their favorite TV dads - some good, some bad, and some just plain wacky. Amazingly this is our longest episode [yet] - which is why there are no audio clips from any of these shows because that would just be a pain in our editor's butt! And if any of y'all are complaining that we didn't talk about YOUR favorite TV dad, you can take that complaint and put it right next to Red Foreman's foot!

Shows Discussed

• All in the Family (1971-1979)
• Band of Brothers (2001)
• Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009)
• Bob’s Burgers (2009-present)
  • “V for Valentine-detta” (S8E8, 2018)
• The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
• Frasier (1993-2004)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996)
• Friday Night Lights (2006-2011)
  • “El Accidente” (S1E6, 2006)
• Friends (1994-2004)
• King of the Hill (1997-2010)
• The King of Queens (1998-2007)
• Married… with Children (1987-1997)
• M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
• Parenthood (2010-2015)
• Saved by the Bell (1989-1993)
• Sons of Anarchy (2008-2015)
• Star Trek (1966-1969)
  • +Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
  • +Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
  • +Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
  • “Indiscretion” (S4E4, 1995)
• Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • “The Icarus Factor” (S2E14, 1989)
• Succession (2018-2023)
• That ‘70s Show (1998-2006)

As the Trump/Musk administration and specifically the new goon squad known comically as "DOGE" continue to fire people left and right without thinking things through, Tom & Travis let out their stream of consciousnesses into an unfiltered and unstructured mess of grievances, armchair philosophies, wishful thinking, and movie quotes. Will this be an enjoyable experience? YOU DECIDE!

Audio Clips from the following films:

• Network. Directed by Sidney Lumet, performance by Peter Finch, United Artists, 1976.
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, performances by Peter Cushing and Don Henderson, 20th Century Fox, 1977.
• “The Target.” The Wire, story by David Simon & Ed Burns, teleplay by David Simon, directed by Clark Johnson, performances by Seth Gilliam and Domenick Lombardozzi, HBO Entertainment, 2002.
• W. Directed by Oliver Stone, performances by Richard Dreyfus and Jeffrey Wright, Lionsgate, 2008.

Travis & Tom talk about how the blatant corruption and incompetence currently seen in the new Trump/Musk administration make them nostalgic for when conspiracy theories assumed the government was actually run by evil geniuses. They talk about TV shows and movies that do conspiracy theories - particularly 'The X-Files' and 'Stargate', why people believe in conspiracy theories, and whether or not we should even use the term "conspiracy theories".

Audio clip from:

"Gay Frogs (Alex Jones REMIX)." YouTube, uploaded by placeboing, 22 June 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JRLCBb7qK8&ab_channel=placeboing