TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

Luke and Andrew have some big plans for this year's TBTL-a-Thon, and they're excited to share them. Also, Luke has some personal news of his own he'd like to share. (Don't worry, it's good news!)

Luke is officially a "glasses guy" now. And Andrew, apparently, is a "shelf guy"? Also, Elon Musk's attempted takeover of Twitter sends Luke and Andrew (and eventually Genevieve!) down a Cheers rabbit hole.

Andrew has developed a strong curiosity around Charleston Chews, and he might just act on it. Also, Luke is shocked to hear that a streaming platform with a household name has a smaller audience than TBTL.

Luke is considering doing something completely against his nature, and Andrew tries to guess what it is. They also look back at the life and career of Gilbert Gottfried, including his most important work on USA's "Up All Night," which many mainstream publications have overlooked.

Andrew tries to help Luke solve a mystery surrounding a little league baseball card from Luke's youth. Plus, an enterprise reporter is upset that people are stealing his stories and turning them into podcast series. Is there anything he can do?

Luke had a little accident in his apartment this weekend, and now he may have a new scar to show off the next time he's hunting sharks with a guy named Quint. He also has some thoughts about last night's finale of Severance, but Andrew doesn't want to hear them.

Andrew mowed his lawn for the first time yesterday and offers Luke a complete report. They also debate which of their childhood "flying novelty discs" was better. And they gear up for today's big Seattle Mariners season opener!

Luke and Andrew are hoping to take advantage of today's 70 degree weather before the snow comes this weekend. Because everything is fine and that's how weather is supposed to work. Plus, we have a big update on the Patty Moriarty mystery that led Luke and Andrew to Larrimah, Australia a few years ago.

A listener helps Luke track down the audio of his very first radio show from the 1990s, leading to a true moment of inception on TBTL. Plus, the Washington Post has published an absolutely fascinating story of a carpet cleaner in DC who speaks 24 languages.

Luke discovers a TV show from 1976 that is blowing his mind. Andrew learns that he's living with a Slender Man. And a listener's in-laws turn on the TV to see that they've made the local news.

Luke and Andrew are worried about the friendship between Will Ferrell and Adam McKay….despite enjoying the project that caused the apparent rift. They also listen to the best/worst radio intro currently on Seattle's airwaves. And Luke made a lasagna.

Former Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson has a new "NFT-powered hydration drink brand aimed at Gen Z consumers," because of course he does. Plus, Luke might have offended the world's biggest fish painting fan.

Luke and Andrew listen to the new official song of the Cleveland Guardians, the city's recently-rebranded baseball team. They also discuss Washington's new state sport, pickleball, and Andrew quizzes Luke on other state's official sports.

Andrew set foot in Costco for the first time ever yesterday and has a full report. He and Luke also discuss their own awkward brand of email etiquette, and they listen to Paul Rudd prank Conan O'Brien once again, despite all odds.

Luke is in Hawaii, but all hell is breaking loose at his apartment building back home. Meanwhile, Andrew's chair is pranking him, and -- unrelatedly -- he's just beginning to learn about The Costco Culture.

Andrew is disoriented in his brand new studio, while Luke joins the show from Waimea, Hawaii, where he can hear his neighbors through the wall. Nonetheless, they are here to talk about what happened at the Oscars ceremony last night.

Today is the final day Andrew will record TBTL from his Roosevelt District studio, and he marks the occasion the only way he knows how: By talking about antiquated technologies and the weird feeling you get when you watch a cable guy drill a hole directly though your house. He and Luke also discuss the story of a woman who took it upon herself to entertain a crowd waiting for a film to begin at a Burbank theater.

Seattle is going to install "Driver Report Cards" at intersections to make waiting for pedestrians more fun or something. Luke and Andrew are a little confused about the details. Plus, Luke wants to adopt a cat named Thimble. Who wouldn't?!

Luke got lost on a jog this morning and had to call for help. But he's okay. Plus, a single mention of Boston Market quickly becomes an obsession for Andrew. And we hear from Tens of listeners who use the TBTL voicemail line to tell stories of garbage-related shenanigans and to seek help for breakfast-related conundrums.

Luke finds himself in a nightmare transportation situation in Los Angeles, until he remembers a very old school solution. Plus, Andrew goes down memory lane and relives one of the more embarrassing moments of his adult life.

Another day, another Wheel of Fortune head-scratcher. Luke and Andrew discuss the latest buffoonery from Pat Sajak and the gang. Plus, Andrew says goodbye to the Cleveland Browns after a very disappointing (and very angering) turn of events.

The internet has unearthed a McDonald's character that time had almost left behind. Luke and Andrew look back at the life and legacy of Uncle O'Grimacey and debunk rumors of his connections to the I.R.A. Plus, a Papa John's franchisee in the U.S. decides to keep his restaurants open in Russia, because it's unfair to deny Russian citizens their share of subpar pizza.

Andrew confesses that the reason he always wanted to move to a city was so he could bounce rubber balls off of walls. Plus, Luke's been digging the brand new Netflix docuseries, Bad Vegan. And a Dazzling Donor introduces a new mystery involving a TBTL audio drop.

Luke and Andrew are convinced they're getting trolled by Annie Lennox AND Wheel of Fortune at the same time. Plus, the debate over Daylight Saving Time is tearing this country apart but bringing Congress together.

Producers of the The Goldbergs are still trying to use Jeff Garlin's likeness long after he left the TV show, but the results are upsetting. Luke and Andrew also discuss "frost quakes," Superman's mustache, and the way Sylvester Stallone pronounced "butter" in Rhinestone Cowboy.

After almost an entire month of retirement, Tom Brady says he's ready to play football again! Andrew and Luke try to figure out why. Plus, some Wheel of Fortune fans are calling Pat Sajak a H_P_CRI_E. And a listener has launched an investigation into a frustrating garbage collection scandal that goes all the way to the top!

A guy in a Ron Jon shirt totally tried to fight Luke at a carwash yesterday! Also, he and Andrew receive some shocking Shrek-related news about the new Batman movie. (Sorry, the new The Batman movie.)

Expert free-stuff-getter Genevieve swings by to help a listener who has an ethical dilemma involving some furniture she found in her neighborhood.

Tens of listeners help Luke and Andrew untangle their confusion over Greek and Latin number prefixes (not that they really needed any help, of course.) Luke also had to help his inconsolable mother process the news of Russell Wilson leaving Seattle yesterday. And Andrew receives some Very Big News during the show that may or may not be related to curbside garbage pickup.

Those number crunchers over at WordfinderX claim that more people are cheating at Wordle than ever before. Luke and Andrew discuss this, and then they try to figure out the Greek Alphabet in a segment that will haunt TBTL listeners for decades to come. ("Deca" means "ten!")

Andrew thought he had the PERFECT content to bring to TBTL today, but his plans hit a very large practical snag. Plus, Luke has been enjoying the new Kanye documentary as well as a much heavier doc called The Other Side. And Luke and Andrew call a motivational voicemail line created by kids for kids.

It's been almost a full week since the internet produced a video so cringy it made us want to burn the whole thing down. But luckily, our long wait is over thanks to the musical stylings (and NFT enthusiasm) of Mark Zuckerberg's sister, Randi.

Things finally get good about 90 minutes into today's podcast when Andrew plays archival tape of Paul Simon explaining how he wrote "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Plus, Pat Sajak is surprisingly funny on Twitter, where he's also standing up for the contestants who embarrassed themselves on Wheel Of Fortune this week.

Luke and Andrew clench their way through the most frustrating 4 minutes in the history of Wheel of Fortune. Plus, a new Disney Star Wars resort is getting bad reviews, but it still seems like a good place to get tight on space booze.

Some pretty big things are happening in Andrew's life, which of course Luke views as a victory for himself. Plus, some states are outlawing "Russian" vodka, although their efforts might be misguided.

Luke and Andrew once again turn their attention to the Seattle Times' Rants and Raves column, where one contributor is putting the whole R&R system on trial. Plus, Luke talked to someone involved with the crime scene he witnessed from his window last week, and their story is jaw-dropping.

A major crime scene is unfolding outside Luke's window, and he's determined to find out what's going on. Plus, what happens when your watch is a phone, but then it stops being a phone? And a thicc bear accused of making some trouble in Tahoe has been getting a bad rap.

Luke and Andrew receive an exciting invitation to a public radio partnership; Their only concern is creating something that is TOO good. Plus, a bizarre promotional video starring celebrities of yesteryear leads to some shocking revelations about Rednex, the Swedish(!) band behind Cotton Eye Joe.

A comedian is catching some flack for making fun of Ted Lasso fans on Twitter, and Matt Stafford (sort of?) apologizes for his response to a photographer's nasty fall off of a stage right in front of him. And another young TBTL listener is using the voicemail line to workshop some jokes.

Andrew joins the show from his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, where he's doing his best to keep his composure in the face of some (minor) technical issues. Meanwhile, back in Washington, sea lions are under attack in the "Rants and Raves" section of the Seattle Times.

Luke and Andrew have every intention of tackling a special Presidents' Day quiz, but things go off the rails when a listener sends them a clue to the latest TBTL mystery.

An exhaustive investigation into Norm's bar tab on Cheers leads to an episode of TBTL that any podcast consultant would love: long, rambly, and with a LOT of questionable math.

Luke finally reaches out to England to find out whether his new favorite dog has been adopted yet or what! Plus, Matthew Stafford watches a photographer fall off a tall stage and just walks away, raising some questions about how he regards the people around him.

Luke and Andrew are loving the new Netflix show Murderville. Also, CBS has an ingeniously evil way of promoting its new procedurals. And there's a reason Luke and Andrew are afraid of hotel telephones. (Open tape via @MaxAndIvan on Twitter.)

Luke is cooking up a possible TBTL adventure involving international travel and a canine namesake. Andrew is trying to solve a TBTL mystery involving a decades-old gubernatorial race in Tennessee. And that Nicole Kidman commercial showing in AMC theaters apparently has a cult following.

Luke finds himself deeper in the Marvel Comics universe than he ever imagined, but he's still more of an Archie Comics kind of guy. He and Andrew also review yesterday's Super Bowl Halftime show and a commercial that was so good it was actually bad.

Luke finds himself in a Twitter beef with one of public radio's biggest stars. Plus, the largest asset seizure in US history also shined a spotlight on an unlikely (and ill advised) rap career.

Luke learns the one question he's not allowed to ask Amy Poehler when he interviews her. And now he wants to ask it, of course. Plus, a weird glitch is forcing some Mazda owners in Seattle to listen to public radio.

Listeners help Luke and Andrew solve two TBTL mysteries and help them find a long lost audio drop. Also, Leslie Jones has been the best part of Olympic coverage so far, but her commentaries have been getting pulled from social media because NBC is dumb.

Did you know that the Olympics are happening right now? It's true! But nobody seems to be watching. Plus, some PNW Orcas are bringing back a fish fad from the 1980s, and Joe Rogan still has his Spotify podcast, to Luke's surprise.