FYIZ

Chris and John don their finest track suits and lure "Piñata," the latest episode of Better Call Saul, into a trap. (A recap and discussion trap.) When that's settled, we're off to face another spinoff challenger, this time in the form of a highly-successful, long-running primetime soap that straddled the 80s and then some: Knots Landing. Then come back and tell us if this podcast is closer to bearnaise or mayo.

Watch a nauseous-making rip of the Knots Landing pilot that somebody uploaded with Image Stabilization swtiched on, rendering the backgrounds as seething, breathing, acid trip hallucinations!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WRX9Bh5jrk&t=0s&index=2&list=PL-WfaXJ3m34WatGLhiRPKTSgRG5jwGron

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NOTE: This is an archival episode first released in June of 2015.

Infotazement is a word that describes any topic deemed of interest by me, John Walker, the host of the show. If that sounds vague and solipsistic, then you’re beginning to understand. Each episode will involve multiple personalities expounding on a theme, as dictated, again, by me.

This episode is all about embarrassment, and I’ve brought together a group of experts on the subject.

Comedian Ronald James, as well as being the ‘voice’ of the show, talks about how embarrassment fuels his onstage persona. Jonathan Eaton and Bekah Weininger, a pair of very busy creative types who are also married to each other, share some awkward anecdotes. And blogger Jessica Rapisarda joins us to discuss how her upbringing gave her the thick skin required to make her private life public. 

Along the way we toss drinks at the wrong person, do weird things in traffic, flirt by shoving, toss feminine products around, and generally makes asses of ourselves. At least we have each other. 

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Follow Jonathan Eaton on Twitter @jonbrak and keep up with his silly and demented comics at thisis65.com.

Read Jess Rapisarda’s blog at welcometothebundle.blogspot.com.

If you’d like to suggest topics or make any comments on the show, please follow us on Twitter @infotazement.

Chris and John spy a great opportunity for TV chat in the pilot for The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,  a spinoff of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. that mysteriously recasts its main roles and hinges most of its appeal on the charms of a mission-critical dachshund. Oh yeah, plus a new episode of Better Call Saul gets the usual scrutiny. Fun!

Follow this link to a nigh-unwatchable copy of The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. - "The Dog Gone Affair"

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x47l89v

Follow this link to a more easily watchable upload of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - "The Moonglow Affair"

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6pak

Chris and John spin a globe and land on this week's spinoff challenger, "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley," before digging into a slow boil of a Better Call Saul episode that is punctuated by a very "Breaking Bad"-ish shootout. Then it's time for Martin Short's beloved and bizarre sketch character, whose animated incarnation ran for one season on NBC in 1988. Which spinoff will emerge victorious? Pretend you care!

Watch The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley pilot with us! (It's a convoluted and creepy link, but it takes you there...)

https://watchcartoonsonline.la/watch/the-completely-mental-misadventures-of-ed-grimley-episode-1-tall-dark-and-hansom/

Chris and John do their usual thing with "Something Beautiful," the third episode of Better Call Saul's fourth season, before rolling up their sleeves and attempting to parse this week's spinoff challenger: Mr T and Tina, a Pat Morita-led offshoot of Welcome Back, Kotter that aired five episodes in 1976. It doesn't go well.

If you have a half hour to spare and a firm grip on reality, see Mr. T and Tina for yourself!
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xstdz0

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Chris has a cold but that doesn't stop him from discussing television old and new with his buddy John. They cover the latest Better Call Saul, "Breathe," as well as compare it to the pilot for Barnaby Jones, the Buddy Ebsen detective series that was sort of spun off from William Conrad's Cannon. And sort of not.

Watch the pilot for Barnaby Jones so you, too, can form your own opinions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAq7FOEyks

 

Nagle and Walker are here at the height of August 2018 to share some Summer Jamz guaranteed to keep you cool, provided you accept our idea of cool and that you take steps to avoid over-cooling yourself. It's all here, along with dollops of hair metal, calypso, lounge, novelty music, pop punk, early aughts indie rock, proto-punk and more novelty music that you should rub into your skin before going outside.

 

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Chris and John embark on a whole new season of Saul Searching, and this year they aren't just discussing Better Call Saul, they're pitting the Breaking Bad offshoot against other classic TV spinoffs! BCS's first challenger is AfterM*A*S*H, the follow-up to one of the biggest hit sitcoms ever. WHO CAN KNOW how this will turn out?

Watch the pilot for AfterM*A*S*H if you want to share the fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L68pVCRubCs

Also watch the pilot for W*A*L*T*E*R, a proposed M*A*S*H spinoff that never became a show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS8Vd1vVqXc

The name Joan shares a root with the name John, so that's the only excuse Johns Nagle and Walker needed to devote an entire episode to the Star of the Highest Order herself, Miss Joan Crawford, and her 1931 drama, "Possessed."

Watch "Possessed" on YouTube for $2.99!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvPSX9u0Kbo

Or on GooglePlay for the same price!
https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=DvPSX9u0Kbo

Or, seemingly for FREE, here:
https://ok.ru/video/263358974606

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Online pals John Nagle and John Walker decided to take their relationship face-to-face, so they could chat about the things they have in common. Like, for starters, being named John. Hey, it's something!

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