Send us a text Check out George on Tiktok @g.m.time2 Episodes We Watched This Week: Schitts Creek S1E1 Pilot S2E2 Family Dinner (This one can be a bonus but it great) S2E13 Happy Anniversary S3E7 General Store S5E4 The Dress S6E12 The Pitch S6E13 Start Spreading the News Arrested Development S1E1 Pilot S1E2 Top Banana S1E3 Bringing Up Buster S1E22 Let Them Eat Cake S2 E5 Sad Sack S3E12 Exit Strategy Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTo...
Aug 14, 2023•2 hr 15 min
Send us a text Come See us on Mondays! Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
Aug 11, 2023•1 min
Send us a text Check out Landon's Linktree! Episodes Watched for Today: Leave It to Beaver: S1:E2 Captain Jack S4:E32 In the Soup S1:E18 Child Care S1:E37 Beaver Runs Away S3:E13 June's Birthday S3:E37 Wally's Play Bob's Burgers S3:E15 "OT: The Outside Toilet" S6:E19 - 'Glued, Where's My Bob?' S8E04 - 'Sit Me Baby One More Time S13:E6 Louise Runs Away S5:E18 Eat, Spray, Linda S5:E6 "Father of the Bob" Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: Tik...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Send us a text Episodes Watched this Week Frasier S1E22 Author, Author S2E22 agents in America iii S5E14 The Ski Lodge S5E15 Room service S8E15 Hooping Cranes S11E15 Caught in the Act Home Improvement S1E1 Pilot S4E2 Don’t tell momma S4E13 The Route if All Evil S5E16 The Vasectomy S6E3 Workshop til you Die S8E17 Young at Heart Thank you to James D'Amore for making the incredible cold open "Pickleball Grampire". Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social ...
Jul 28, 2023•2 hr 12 min
Send us a text Episodes watched for today's show: Facts of Life S1E1: Rough Housing S2E10: Breaking Point S2E12: The Secret S3E18: Runaway S3E14: The Amricanization of Miko S5E13: The Chain Letter S4E13: A Royal Pain S5E17: A Death in the Family S6E18: With a Little Help From My Friends S9E16: The First Times Check Out Eric G on: Tiktok Spotify Apple Podcasts Youtube Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most acti...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Send us a text Episodes Watched for this Episode: Golden Girls S2E5 “Isn’t it romantic” Married…with children S11E21 “Lez be friends” (Cut for time) Roseanne S6E18 “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” Designing Women S4E24 “Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend” All in the Family S8E3“Cousin Liz” The Nanny S3E7 “oh vey you’re gay” (Cut for time) Kate & Allie S2E2 “Landlady Last Man Standing S1E9 "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on socia...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 52 min
Send us a text Jessica pulls her birthday card and insists we do a Cheers episode. Join us this week as Jessica and Zach talk about the Sam and Diane Will They/Won't They! They also give sound career advise to Shelly Long. Episodes discussed: S1E1 Give Me a Ring Sometime S1E22: Showdown pt 2 S2E7: Old Flames S2E21: I’ll be seeing you pt 1 S2E22: I’ll be seeing you pt 2 S3E25 Rescue me S5E9: Thanksgiving Orphans S5E25: A house is not a home S5E26: I do Adieu S11E27: One for the road pt 2 S11E28: ...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 42 min
Send us a text Jessica and Zach are still taking it light this week, but they put together a quiz show about Cameo.com! We'll be back to our normal format next week. Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
Jun 30, 2023•58 min
Send us a text It's Pride Month and we ain't doing any work. Here's a clip show. See you in July! Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
Jun 23, 2023•27 min
Send us a text That's it. That's the episode. Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Send us a text Folks, this week friendship has been yaasified as Jessica and Zach talk about The Gay Best Friend trope in Will and Grace. They also use this opportunity to talk about their relationship and do some straight up couple's counseling with each other, not talking about Will and Grace in any detail until about the 40 minute mark. Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Send us a text Greetings, Earthlings! This week Jessica and Zach talk about the sitcom genres depiction of Aliens and what it says about evolving attitudes towards "the other" and how we view ourselves. Featured on this episode: 3rd Rock from the Sun, Mork and Mindy, My Favorite Martian, and The Neighbors Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Send us a text It's time to burn your bras and burn your dinners because there ain't much these 80's Ladies haven't tried. This week on Because It Was On Jessica and Zach discuss the two iconic television shows Designing Women and The Golden Girls. The discussion focused on the shows' depiction of female friendships, attitudes towards sex, and status as gay icons. Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 50 min
Send us a text This week on Because It Was On, Jessica and Zach ponder a question that has confounded philosophers and kings for millennia: Who's the Boss? Join us as we discuss The Nanny and Who's The Boss as it relates to class, gender, and Dr. Pepper in a wine glass. Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
May 19, 2023•1 hr 53 min
Send us a text This week on Because It Was On Jessica and Zach talk about single moms who work too hard, who love their kids and never stop. They, of course, talk about the iconic, the incomparable, the legendary Reba, as well as One Day at a Time and Kate and Allie. If you have gentle hands and the heart of a fighter, join us as we talk about the sitcom genres portrayal of single motherhood and how it has changed over time. Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 48 min
Send us a text It's Jessica and Zach in the Mooooorning! This week Jessica and Zach discuss Community, Dan Harmon's writing style, the themes of community, and surprisingly a lot about Penn and Teller. Dan Harmon's Writing Circle Penn Jillette's Wired Interview Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 48 min
Send us a text Folks, I hope you're in the mood for some gaslighting and gatekeeping because it's all about girl bosses this week. Jessica and Zach discuss 30 Rock and The Mary Tyler Moore show to explore the sitcom's depiction of women in the workplace and the historic significance of both of these shows. Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 45 min
Send us a text This week on Because It Was On: You know why they call it "dope", don't ya? Jessica and Zach talk about episodes of classic sitcoms that include discussions of marijuana. And they even do a little first hand research. For science! Shows discussed on this episode: That 70's Show Roseanne Frasier Modern Family Dinosaurs Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Send us a text Need to get an A on your science project? How about reprogram your toaster? Do you need someone with a photographic memory to perform party tricks at your next mixer? Did you forget a calculator and need to multiply large sums stat? Do you need someone to perform surgery, land a plane, fix your car, and win Jeopardy for Kids? Have no fear, your local boy genius is here! This week Jessica and Zach dive into the trope of the boy genius. By looking at Smart Guy, Malcolm in the Middle...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Jessica and Zach try something a little different and walk listeners through the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 80's and early 90's through the lens of sitcoms. Each episode they discuss this week is an important time capsule for the public's understanding of HIV/AIDS from the early days with Mr. Belvedere to A Different World. Shows discussed this week: Mr. Belvedere Designing Women Golden Girls Doogie Howser (We thought it was a sitcom) A Different World Support the sho...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text Roseanne Barr has been in the public eye for over almost forty years and for the vast majority of that time she has marketed herself as a loud and abrasive proponent of center-left politics. Her show that bears her namesake is universally understood as a progressive working class text, tackling such issues as abortion, gay marriage, gender violence, and birth control. She ran for the Green Party nomination in 2012, doxed George Zimmerman, and has openly called for the execution of...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text Boys, parents, homework, and bullies! Middle school and high school can be such a drag. This week Zach and Jessica talk about three shows about teenage girls and how iCarly, Lizzie McGuire, and Square Pegs all depict girlhood. (I'm going to be perfectly honest with you: watching these shows sent us places. Strap in for probably our weirdest episode yet.) Support the show Please consider supporting the show on Patreon. Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most ac...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text This week Jessica and Zach are talking about two shows that center around terrible people! Seinfeld and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are two shows that are often compared to each other due to their amoral protagonists. An interesting question to explore, then, is what moral vision, if any, can be found lurking behind the many crimes of the protagonists of these two shows. Do sitcoms even have to have morals? Do they have to teach you lessons? Youtube video referenced near the...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text Before they did The Office, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, The Big Bang Theory, and How I Met Your Mother Jessica and Zach have decided, for no discernable reason, to do Normal, Ohio , John Goodman's first project after Roseanne that only lasted seven episodes. Normal, Ohio follows Butch, a gay man played by John Goodman, who returns to his titular hometown to reconnect with his family. It...is objectively terrible, but is an interesting time capsule for how gay characters have been depi...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text The witch has long since been an icon for female power, repression, and queerness. Enter Sabrina the Teenage Witch where the biggest issue is finding the perfect date to prom and ruining your friends’ lives on the daily. Join Jessica and Zach as they gaze into the crystal ball and hope to crack their family secrets. They take a look at Hilda and Zelda and also reluctantly talk about their niece, Sabrina, because she is kind of the titular character of the show. All the while Jessi...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text It's court...at night! Join Jessica and Zach as they take a journey through the municipal halls of Night Court as they try to better understand the NBC property that ran from 1984–1992 and has recently been dusted off on Peacock. It is a bizarre court where the rules are made up, the laws don't matter, and everyone involved should be disbarred. Bonus that this episode features what is now Jessica's favorite sitcom episode ever: Season 3, Episode 5: "Halloween, Too". The episode fr...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text Folks the PC Police are everywhere! Or at least people and media figures whining about them. For decades now the term "political correctness" has proven to be a fascinating, amorphous concept where people of a certain political persuasion can dump all of their anxieties and societal grievances. Join us as Jessica and Zach suit up with their Antifa battle gear to go head to head with sitcom episodes rail against this (mostly) imagined enemy. Episodes Featured on this week's show: M...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text Get the guest bedroom ready because this week Aunt Flo is coming for a visit! Jessica and Zach will be talking about the sitcom genre's depiction of periods from episodes where characters have their first period to episodes where men cower in fear at the dreaded PMS. Shows discussed this week: Everybody Loves Raymond Roseanne Black-ish Married With Children The IT Crowd The Cosby Show Follow us on social media: TikTok (this is where we are most active!) Facebook Instagram Support ...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text Does time heal all wounds or just turn everyone a little gay? Should you go to the bad place for watching reality tv? If you were a ghost would you make it your mission to start small scale drama in a marriage? All of these topics and more are covered in this week's episode where Zach and Jessica explore what they for some reason thought would be a light and easy breezy topic: immortality in sitcoms. Fair warning that this episode does discuss grief, death, and loss. If those are ...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text Jessica and Zach attempt to answer the question that has plagued philosophers for millennia: What makes a tv show a sitcom? Is it the three cameras, the laugh track, press photos of the principal cast hugging while wearing matching shirts? Or perhaps sitcoms are more than the sum of their parts. In this episode we explore the history of sitcoms, create our own framework for what makes a sitcom a sitcom, and then play everyone's new favorite game: "Is It A Sitcom?!". Some shows dis...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 5
