E12 – Tom Brady vs The Timbits Little League (The Replacements, Taxi Driver, Little Giants)

A Little Awkward’s Christina “Ghoul Herder” Muehlberger combine forces with Tuong La and Angus MacDonald as they discover Keannu Reeves try to become a better father, take a visit to “Build-A-Cher”, and Tom Brady goes on a rampage against the Timbits Little League.

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1) The Replacements –  Son of a Bitch?

Source: catlord18

 

CREDITS:

Director: Howard Deutch

Producers: Dylan Sellers, Jeffrey Chernov, Steven Reuther

Written by: Vince McKewin

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Orlando Jones, Jon Favreau, Brooke Langton, Rhys Ifans

Production Company:  Bel Air Entertainment

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

2) Taxi Driver- You Talking to Me?

 

Source: Movieclips

CREDITS:

Director: Martin Scorsese

Producers:  Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips

Written by: Paul Schrader

Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keital, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd

Production Company: Bill/Phillips Production, Italo/Judeo Production

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

3) Simon Horler – Motivational Speech

 

Source: TheKing890098v2

CREDITS:

Directed by: Duwayne Dunham

Produced by: Arne Schmidt

Written by: James Ferguson, Robert Shallcross

Starring: Rick Moranis, Ed O’Neill, John MAdden

Production Companies: Amblin Entertainment

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

 

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31 – Top 5 Food Mascots

Oh, Yeaah! Let’s talk about Food Mascots!

You know them. You love them. You trusted them to advertise food with gusto. These iconic characters helped sell your favorite breakfast cereals, fast food restaurants, snacks, drinks, etc. for years and now it’s time to do a roundup of the very best! This week join Tuong La and food nerds Leslie Cserepy, Desiree Warmington, and Geoff McBride as they finally decide which 5 characters sit the highest on the Food Mascot throne.

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Ground Rules

  • Mascots should be good at selling the food they are advertising
  • Any food or beverage count
  • It’s the Mascot we are ranking not the jingle associated. If by special circumstance the jingle is part of the mascot that will be part of consideration
  • Doesn’t matter how tasty the food is
  • Real people count as Mascots

*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered  lists.

Group Top 5

5. Pillsbury Doughboy (Pillsbury)

4. Kool-Aid Man (Kool-Aid)

3. Chester Cheetah (Cheetos)

2. Buzz the Bee (Honey Nut Cheerios)

1. Red and Yellow M&M’s (M&M’s)

 

 

Tuong’s List

  • Count Chocula (Count Chocula)
  • Snap, Crackle, Pop (Rice Krispies)
  • Jolly Green Giant (Green Giant)
  • Julius Pringle (Pringles)
  • Tucan Sam (Fruit Loops)
  • Little Caesar (Little Caesars)
  • Taco Bell Chihuahua (Taco Bell)
  • Colonel Sanders (KFC)
  • M&M’s
  • Tony the Tiger (Frosted Flakes)
  • Lucky (Lucky Charms)
  • Quicky (Nesquik)
  • Kool-Aid Man (Kool-Aid)
  • Mr.Peanut (Mr.Peanut)
  • Chester Cheetah (Cheetos)
  • Pillsbury Doughboy
  • Ronald MacDonald  (McDonald’s)

Leslie’s List

  • Chester Cheetah (Cheetos)
  • The Burger King (Burger King)
  • The Noid (Dominos)
  • Ronald MacDonald (McDonald’s)
  • Hamburglar (McDonald’s)
  • Kraft Peanut Butter Bears (Kraft Peanut Butter)
  • The Fisherman Highline Fish
  • The Lard Lad Donut Man
  • Hamburger Helper Glove (Hamburger Helper)
  • Californian Raisin (Sun-Maid California Raisins)
  • Jack and the Box
  • The Sugar Crisp Bear (Sugar Crisp Cereal)
  • Trix Rabbit (Trix Cereal)
  • Fred Flinstone (Cocoa Pebbles)
  • Captain Morgan (Captain Morgans)
  • Dos Equis Guy (Dos Equis)
  • Macho Man
  • The Vlasic Pickles Stork (Vlasic Pickles)
  • Keebler Elves (Keebler Company)

 

Geoff’s List

  • Lorraine Collett (Sun-Maid Raisin Girl)
  • Grimace (McDonald’s)
  • The Kool-Aid Man (Kool-Aid)
  • Snap, Crackle, Pop (Rice Crispies Cereal)
  • Santa (Coca-cola)

Dez’s List

  • Cadbury Bunny (Cadbury)
  • Buzz the Bee (Honey Nut Cheerios)
  • Root Bear (A&W)
  • Gerber Baby (Gerber Products)
  • Captain Crunch (Captain Crunch)
  • Pita Pete
  • Purple Bear (Gabriels)
  • Garlic King

E11 – Hold The Bear, Shit Just Got Real (Bad Boys II, Terminator 2, Little Shop of Horrors)

Outtake Improv’s “Wonderful Wizard of” (Alex) Wozny takes a ride alongside hosts Leslie and Angus as they witness good men become “Bad Boys 2”, paint a time traveling family portrait, and see daddy issues come alive at the Dentist Office.

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1) Bad Boys II – We ride together We die together Bad boy`s for life

Source: matzuuc12

CREDITS:

Director: Michael Bay

Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer

Screenplay:Ron Shelton, Jerry Stahl

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Molla, Garbrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano

Production Company: Simpson/Bruckheimer

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

2) Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Bar Fight Scene)

Source: ForTheBeeech

CREDITS:

Director:James Cameron

Producers: James Cameron

Written by:James Cameron, William Wisher

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick

Production Company: Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western Productions, Lightstorm Entertainment, Le Studio CAnal+ S.A.

Distributed by: TriStar Pictures

3) Little Shop of Horrors – Dentist!

Source: TheKing890098v2

CREDITS:

Directed by: Frank Oz

Produced by:David Geffen

Screenplay by: Howard Ashman

Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray

Production Companies: The Geffen Company

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

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30 – 2nd Annual Top 5 Ways to…(According to Improvisors)

Yes and…we’ll do this episode for a second year in a row!

Welcome to the second year of a THREE in ONE Ranked episode where we put 15 improv groups on the spot from the Ottawa Improv Festival 2018 to weigh in on three questions that only improvisors can answer! Join Tuong La and co-host wannabes Angus MacDonald, Leslie Cserepy while we make a Top 5 and RANK other people’s answers! Also we get a surprise visit from an old “friend” from Marvel’s hit Netflix show Daredevil…

The three questions we asked improvisors this episode were:

  1. Top 5 Ways to Escape from a Prison Full of Chimp Ninjas
  2. Top 5 Ways to Get Back at Your School Bully from 20 Years Ago
  3. Top 5 Ways to Turn Sasquatch from Crud to Stud

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Below are all the ranked lists of all three questions plus honorable mentions from Tuong, Leslie, and Angus. Detailed description of these answers are in the episode itself so give it a listen so you know what the hell we are talking about! Thanks to all our guests who were involved in making this episode!

Top 5 Ways to Escape from a Prison Full of Chimp Ninjas

5. “Skin Costume” – Meghan Murphy (Embassy Q)

4. “Pecan Trap Door” – Sara Burns (Big Bang Improv)

3. “Ghost Sheets” – David Kauffman (Crybabies)

2. “Disarm them with Care” – Jonathan Shaboo (Humans of Improv)

1. “Barrel of Monkeys” – Dani Alon (Improv Embassy)

Honorable Mentions

Tuong

  • Hire Donkey Kong as your hitman
  • get your scientist friend to make growth hormones injected into a giant banana and when they eat it that person explodes
  • become a sex slave, get the head chimp to fall in love with you, and take down the operation from the inside

Angus

  • contact Samurai Lemurs to break you out
  • study Chimp Law
  • Sneak out in bin full of banana peels

Leslie

  • Shave all your hair (pubes included), glue stick it all to your body and sneak out
  • go to the top of a building and throw barrels at chimps
  • hire Jane Goodall the ape lady

Top 5 Ways to Get Back at your School Bully 20 years later

5. “Not Remember Them and Stab Them in the Neck”-  Michael Mongiardi & Carolyne Das (Greasy Pizza Kisses)

4. “Hug it Out and Make Peace with It” – Ryan Mulligan (A Little Awkward)

3. “Kick them in the Nards, Catfish them, Get Married to them, and Divorce”- Dale Bernier,Joe Conto, Ariel Deroo, Jiva Kalan (Coffee Break)

2. “Moana No Show” – Geoff Cork (Orson Whales)

1.”1988 Civic No Cum” – Tom Hearn, Kyah Green (The Party Show)

Honorable Mentions

Tuong

  • Play a game of Russian Roulette
  • invite them over for dinner, fill them up real good, and then when they have to go to the bathroom lock the door and then explode the house

Angus

  • become a “Land Baron” in that persons neighborhood and rent the housing to the worst people on earth and surround that guy with those people
  • become their boss and be shitty to them
  • make them hate what they love

Leslie

  • hire a model that looks like you, create a paper trail to convince them that’s you, get married, and at the ceremony unveil the veil and then gouge their eyes out with a potato peeler
  • create a machine that changes their perspective of the world so everything is 5 inches to the left
  • Black Mirror them

Top 5 Ways to Turn Sasquatch from Crud to Stud

5. “Big Clown Shoes” – Mike Kosowan (Grimprov)

4. “Dip, Trip, Snip” – Dan Lajoie (Crush Improv)

3.  “Self-improvement”- Monica Granados,Hayley Kellett, Oliver Pavia, Zoë Barrett-Wood (Making Box Brigade)

2. Abominable Makeover – Matt Folliott (K$M)

1. “Black Girl Magic” – Coko Galore & Daphney Joseph (Coko & Daphne)

Honorable Mentions

Tuong

  • Shoot him in a commercial for axe body spray
  • Truman Show him but in this reality he knows he’s in a TV show
  • (taking the questions very literally) dip him in a swamp of poo (crud) and then use new age technology to turn him into a wall stud

Angus

  • try to convince the world to be hairy
  • get him on the Bachelor
  • play up his best feature

Leslie

  • get Sasquatch to take an improv class
  • scavenger hunt of nice things for sasquatch and then it culminates in a big party of cryptids
  • buy vitamin B powder and tell him it’s coke and he finds out later it was inside him all along

 

 

 

E10 – Rushing or Dragging: A Time Wizard’s Milkshake (There Will Be Blood, Whiplash, Pulp Fiction)

All the way from the West Coast, Smooth Styles Colin Giles flies into town and joins Tuong and Leslie as they learn how Daniel Plainview reveals himself as a Time Wizard, Mr Simmons finds his tempo in different careers, and one man’s mouth is another man’s Pulp Fiction.

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1) There Will Be Blood – I Drink your Milkshake

Source: MovieClips

CREDITS:

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Producers: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi

Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J.O’Connor, Ciaran Hinds, Dillon Freasier

Production Company: Ghoulardi Film Company

Distributed by:  Disney –Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films

 

2) Whiplash (2014) – Rushing or Dragging

Source: Sony Pictures Classics

CREDITS:

Director: Damien Chazelle

Producers: Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, Michel Litvak, David Lancaster

Written by: Damien Chazelle

Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist

Production Company: Bold Films, Blumhouse Productions, Right of Way Films

Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classic

3) Pulp Fiction – Ezekiel 25:17

Source: MovieClips

CREDITS:

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Produced by: Lawrence Bender

Written by: Quentin Tarantino

Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thursman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis

Production Companies: A Band Apart, Jersey Films

Distributed by: Mixramax Films

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29 – Top 5 Places to Travel on Vacation

“Travel does the heart good”

Whether you have been working long hours, cramming for finals, hell – even if life is just hitting you in the face, we all deserve a break once and awhile. And what better way to take a break from life then to tap into your wanderlust and go see some of the many amazing places our tiny planet has to offer. So join Tuong La and fellow gallivanters Keegan On, Sarah Ghadbane, and Vanessa Behncke as we rank the best places to travel on vacation!

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Ground Rules

  • has to be a real place (not fictional)
  • specificity is key for more points (ie saying just “Asia” is pretty broad)

*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered  lists.

Group Top 5

5. Orlando (Disney!!!…and all that other stuff you can do)

4. Banff, Alberta

3. Amsterdam

2. Mexico

1. New York City

 

Tuong’s List

  • Banff, Alberta
  • Jamaica
  • Disney
  • Staycation
  • New York
  • Italy
  • Chicago
  • Frankenmuth

Vanessa’s List

  • Mexico
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
  • Nicaragua
  • Napal
  • India
  • Australia
  • Laos
  • Spain
  • Berma
  • Cambodia
  • Indonesia

Keegan’s List

  • Poland
  • Hawaii
  • Ottawa
  • Santorini
  • Prague
  • Vancouver

Sarah’s List

  • Amsterdam
  • Newfoundlound
  • Las Vegas
  • British Columbia
  • Scotland
  • Iceland
  • Barcelona
  • Germany
  • Boston
  • Lichtenstein

Special guest list – Stenley Philippe*

  • Santorini : one of the few places in the world where the post cards do it justice
  • PEI: Yes the whole island. *seasonal restrictions apply **don’t visit during the winter…or spring..or fall…nasically you have a two week window but it’s an AWESOME place for beach lovers, seafood cravers, and good old fashioned Canadian hospitality
  • Chicago. Why? The Cubs. The pizza. The Kanye West.

E09 – Ottawa Improv Festival 2018 LIVE SHOW!! (Star Wars III, The Mask, The Shining)

Live at the Ottawa Improv Festival 2018 Tuong​ , Angus​, and Leslie​ are joined by D.j.​Danger Mouse” Mausner (Crybabies, The Second City Touring Co), Dave​ “The Destroyer of Lawyers” Sawyer (Big Bang Improv​) , and “Jason Voorhes” Kirsten Rasmussen​ (K$M, The Second City​). Take the plunge with them as the Star Wars characters get a job at Dunder Mifflin, Alan Rickman unlocks the secrets of Footlocker with his tongue, and we learn that the true “Shining” is Oscar gold.

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1) Anakin VS Obi Wan Part 2

Source: GeneralGreviousTributes

 

CREDITS:
Director: George Lucas
Produced by: Rick McCallum
Written By: George Lucas
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz
Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

2) Do You Feel Lucky Punk? (The Mask – 1994)

Source: Jon awesomeness

Director: Charles Russell Producers: Bob Engelman
Screenplay: Mike Werb
Based on: The Mask by John Arcudi, Doug Mahnke
Starring: Jim Carey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, Cameron Diaz
Production Company: Dark Horse Entertainment
Distributed by: New Line Cinema

3) Here’s Johnny
Source: BestEntertainmentNow

CREDITS:
Directed, Produced, Screenplay by : Stanley Kubrick
Based on: The Shining by Stephen King
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd
Produced by: The Producer Circle Company, Peregrine Productions, Hawk Films
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
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28 – Top 5 Movies of 2017

And the awards go to…

[Warning: This episode contains some minor spoilers]

Can you believe this year will be the 90th Academy Awards show? NINETY! Over most of this time, The Awards have been a pretty boring celebration between (generally) rich, white, powerful people giving themselves a pat on the back and snubbing more deserving individuals/films. However, this year in particular we saw the entire landscape of Hollywood shift from more representation, to calling out shitty people in the industry, to an influx of some really great Indie movies. Suffice to say things are looking to be changing and it’s never been a better time to be a movie fan! Join Tuong La and Movie Bingers Leslie Cserepy, Taylor Fleming, and Sarah Finn as we celebrate and rank our favorite movies of 2017.

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Ground Rules

  • Movies must have come out in 2017 in North America therefore movies that came out in 2016 in other places still count
  • Does not NEED to be an Oscar contender
  • Movies that are on our list are OUR favorite movies of 2017 and therefore don’t need to be considered the “best” for everyone else.

*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered  lists.

Group Top 5

5. Call Me By Your Name

4. The Florida Project

3. Logan

2. Lady Bird

1. Get Out

 

Tuong’s Top 10 List ordered (and honorable mentions)

10 . Paddington 2

9. Baby Driver

8. The Big Sick

7. Blade Runner 2049

6. Dunkirk

5. Colossal

4. Get Out

3. Coco

2. Lady Bird

1. Logan

Honorable Mentions: Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Spiderman: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Jumanji, It, Disaster Artist, Lego Batman, John Wick 2, 3 billboards, Lost City of Z, Star Wars VIII: Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes, Beauty and the Beast

 

Taylor’s List

  • The Florida Project
  • Get Out
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Dunkirk
  • Logan
  • Lady Bird
  • 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • Spiderman: Homecoming
  • Baby Driver
  • It
  • The Big Sick
  • Good Time
  • Disaster Artist
  • Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi
  • Paddington 2
  • Shape of Water
  • Girls Trip

Sarah’s List

  • Call me By your Name
  • I, Tonya
  • Logan Lucky

Leslie’s List

  • Dunkirk
  • 3 Billboards
  • Good Time
  • Lego Batman
  • Kong: Skull Island
  • Anabelle Creation
  • The House
  • Phantom Thread
  • I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
  • Jumanji

 

E08 – The Legend of the Puberty Phantom (High School Musical 2, Phantom of the Opera, Zelda CD-i)

Quest Friends Forever’s Goblin Whisperer Colleen Wang joins Tuong and Angus as they learn how going through puberty can affect your basketball career, sing their way into everyone becoming The Phantom of the Opera, and Link accidentally digs up the romantic past of his fairy Godmother and an Old Wizard Man.

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1) High School Musical 2 – Picnic Scene

Source: TheNessaAnne

CREDITS:

Director: Kenny Ortega

Producers: Bill Borden, Kenny Ortega

Written By: Peter Barscocchini

Starring: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman

Production Company: Salty Pictures, First Street Films

Distributed by:  Disney –ABC Domestic  Television

 

2) The Phantom’s Note – The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

 

Source: The Phantom of the Opera

CREDITS:

Director: Joel Schumacher

Producers: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Screenplay: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Joel Schumacher

Based on: The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Simon Callow, Ciaran Hinds, Minnie Driver, Jennifer Ellison, Ramin Karimloo

Production Company: Joel Schumacher Productions, Really Useful Films, Scion Films

Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Odyssey Entertainment

 

3) Zelda CGI Clip – The Legend of Zelda CD-i

Source: Jiran21

CREDITS:

Developer: Animation magic

Publisher: Phillips Interactive Media

Director: Dale DeSharone

Series: The Legend of Zelda

Platform: Philips CD-i

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27 – Top 5 TV Families

Lovable. Relatable. Dysfunctional. They are just like us!

TV families come in all shapes and sizes but we love them all the same for making us laugh and cry on the small screen at home. They make us forget about our own lives (and to be honest – take a break from our own families) and bring us to a world of pure entertainment. While there are many great families on television, there are some that blow the rest out of the water! Join Tuong La and his PodCavern Family Taylor Fleming, Axandre Lemours, and Reba Ollerhead as we rank the very best TV families.

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Ground Rules

  • As long as the family has it’s own TV show (adapted) it’s fair game. Whether it came from a book or movie first does not matter
  • Nominations can’t be “so close it’s like family” ie FireFly, Dunder Mifflin
  • If adopted into the family it counts (ie Brian Griffin – Family Guy) or is somehow a very core member (ie Geoffrey – Fresh Prince)

*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered lists.

Group Top 5

5. The Reynolds – It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

4. The Banks  – Fresh Prince of Bel Air

3. The Lannisters – Game of Thrones

2. The Bluths –  Arrested Development

1. The Simpsons – The Simpsons

 

Tuong’s List

  • The Forman’s  – That 70’s Show
  • The Barones – Everybody Loves Raymond
  • The Byers – Stranger Things
  • Sanchez-Smiths- Rick and Morty
  • The Banks – Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  • The Lannisters – Game of Thrones
  • The Simpsons
  • Addams Family
  • The Griffins – Family Guy
  • The Bluths- Arrested Development
  • The Wilkersons – Malcolm in the Middle
  • The Reynolds Family – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Axandre’s List

  • The Banks – Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  • The Mathews  – Boy Meets World
  • The Johnsons – Blackish
  • The Pritchett Family – Modern Family
  • The Gallaghers –  Shameless
  • The Proud Family
  • Freemans – The Boondocks

Reba’s List

  • The Reynolds Family – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  • The Gallaghers – Shameless
  • The Formans – That 70’s Show
  • Tyrells – Game of Thrones
  • The Pritchett Family – Modern Family
  • The Bluths – Arrested Development
  • The Gilmores – Gilmore Girls
  • The Middle

Taylor’s List

  • The Belchers – Bob’s Burgers
  • The Bluths – Arrested Development
  • Addams Family
  • The Simpsons
  • Wilkersons – Malcolm in the Middle
  • The Reynolds Family – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  • The Flintstones  (“but not the Jetsons..fuck the Jetsons”)
  • The DiMeo – Sorpanos
  • The Chances – Raising Hope
  • The Huang Family – Fresh off the Boat
  • The Goldbergs
  • Brady Bunch
  • The Winchesters – Supernatural
  • The Bundy’s – Married with Children
  • The Tanners – Full House
  • The Winslows  – Family Matters
  • The Mathews – Boy Meets World
  • The Banks – Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  • The Costanzas – Seinfeld