Pilot Season

Unemployed Endevours

There's a first time for everything! And this is a podcast all about the first (and sometimes last) episodes of TV shows. Your hosts Patrick & Alan look at everything from the humble beginnings of classic shows to the forgotten flops you were never meant to see.

  • Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
    Oh Shell, no! We worked up the will to watch this live action TMNT show that was brought to you by the people who brought us Power Rangers and disowned by the people who created TMNT.
    Also up for discussion:

    • Alan's thirst for turtles.
    • Technical Difficulties
    • Revisiting The Naked Jungle
    • More Technical Difficulties
    • The Adventures of an Old Blind Man and a Rat
    • Rocket Powered Surf Board Safety
    • Angst filled Raphael is not Alan's fav
    • Splinter's crazy Skype calls
    • Slack jawed Turtles
    • Bargain Basement Shredders.
    28 March 2016, 7:35 pm
  • Daredevil
    This week on Pilot Season we ask how you can see into our eyes like open doors with Daredevil.
    Also up for discussion:

    • Daredevil is not Deadpool
    • Alan's superpower
    • WWE Smackdown is the nexus of multiverses
    • Confessional Therapy
    • A gritty reimagining of Cake Boss
    • Last of the Summer Wine references
    • Matt Murdock should leave women alone
    • Speculation on the big bad of the series
    • Leland Owlsley aka The Owl
    • Superhero precincts
    • Bruce Springsteen - New Jersey's Mightiest Hero
    • Punching dragons in the heart
    • Wilbur Day aka Stilt Man
    • The probable cause of Frank Miller's misogyny
    • Nerdvice's open call for submissions
    Click here for the full rankings.
    4 March 2016, 12:00 pm
  • Spaced
    We watched Space - a 1999 sit-com starring Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright. Ever heard of them? No. Neither have we. They probably never did anything else ever.
    27 February 2016, 4:53 pm
  • House MD
    We watched a show where Hugh Laurie is a Doctor who solves medical mysteries. You've probably heard of it.
    7 February 2016, 6:30 pm
  • Space Precinct
    Let's go to SPACE with Gerry Anderson (THUNDERBIRDS, CAPTAIN SCARLET, SPACE 1999) and his short lived series SPACE PRECINCT. Which caused Patrick to have an existential crisis.

    Also in this episode:

    We discuss whose name is less common.
    Going to mass with a toy that has your name.
    Alan's authentic but useless ID card.
    We pour one out for Glenn Frey, star of South of Sunset.
    31 January 2016, 5:25 pm
  • Lucha Underground
    Pilot Season returns for 2016 with LUCHA UNDERGROUND. We watched the pilot episode for the  El Rey Network's acclaimed Lucha Libre show.

    Other topics included
    1. Technical issues and Skype Recorders
    2. New content on the website for 2016
    3. Patrick's musical cameo in Fool's Gold.
    4. How there are no other podcasts
    5. Comic books and wrestling
    6. Alan's Christmas presents.
    19 January 2016, 11:24 pm
  • Bojack Horseman
    This week we dip back into Netflix to watch Bojack Horseman. A show about a Horse.
    A horse who is a man. A man horse who is a former sit-com star. A former sit com star
    who needs to write a memoir to save his career. Also talking animals are just a thing.

    Notes:
    Candy Machines
    Vietnamese surnames
    Is Lost In Translation a Christmas movie? (We don't answer this question)
    REALLY Trying not to spoil future episodes on Alan
    The continued theme of Patrick not thinking The Man in the High Castle is not good enough
    but being too afraid of Diamanda Hagan to change anything.
    20 December 2015, 5:17 pm
  • South of Sunset
    We've gone Flip City this week on Pilot Season. Because we're taking it to the limit one more time to watch
    South of Sunset starring Glenn "That Guy From Eagles who isn't Don Henley That the Makers of His Show Had Heard Of" Frey (whose name pronunciation we never quite settle on).

    This episode was suggested to us by Rich Thomas (@earthdog). If you want to suggest a podcast we could cover please do so in the comments or tweet at us!

    Notes:
    Too many Eagles References.
    The state of the Unemployed Historian IMDB (or how Jill Bearup is no longer hosting Pilot Season)
    3 Degrees of Don Johnson
    Staying in a Sexmotel
    Billy Joel and the slimming effect of pianos.
    Alan talks about Roman Literature
    The process of send lewd photos in the 90s.
    A new That 70s Show/South of Sunset Head-canon is created
    Vince McMahon's Actual T-Rex Skull
    Juggalo Street Gangs.
    The Man in the High Castle Follow Up
    BONUS:
    The Question that Broke Word Funk.
    11 December 2015, 6:25 pm
  • Veronica Mars
    This week we dive into the introduction to the teen-noir world of Veronica Mars. Fanboy over Darran Norris and one of us bemoans the terrible third season of this great show.
    •    
    • Alan hurt himself.    
    • New microphones.    
    • Tumblr Interludes.    
    • General gushing about how good Veronica Mars was.    
    • General gushing about Darran Norris and his many talents.    
    • How much more successful the Kane Software is than YouTube.    
    • Codecs and super fast uploads.    
    • TS Eliot references and shilling for this    
    • Fake ads.    
    • Hotel room towels placement.    
    • Alan dies.    
    • Guessing what video we filmed the day of the Veronica Mars kickstarter.    
    • Humanities Greatest Achievement    
    • Far too many references to Eagles songs.
    29 November 2015, 4:01 pm
  • Joey
    After a battle with carpal tunnel syndrome it's the new episode of Pilot Season. This week we've packed up and moved to LA for Joey.

    Also up for discussion:
    • An embargo on the alleged Star Trek series Voyager
    • Alan goes almost 45 seconds into a sci-fi discussion before mentioning Battlestar Galactica
    • An update on the Black Eyed Peas
    • Patrick fails an audition
    • Frasier was Joey first and did it better
    • Joey's viewing figures were a roller-coaster that only went down
    • Patrick's email campaign to RTÉ
    • Are spin-offs even successful these days?
    • Post Friends careers
    • Patrick gets a pick me up
    • Alan is very wrong about James Michael Tyler's residuals.
    • Who owns Central Perk?
    Credits:
    Hosts: Patrick Brogan & Alan Beirne
    Executive Procrastinator: Alan Beirne

    The dedication to Joey Ramone remains strong.
    23 November 2015, 10:46 pm
  • Mockingbird Lane
    What's that going bump in the night? It's the new episode of Pilot Season. It's time to get spoopy with Mockingbird Lane.

    Also up for discussion:
    • Sexy Joey Ramone
    • Patrick's Pen Podcast
    • The Munsters vs The Addams Family
    • Murder houses
    • Danny Trejo Corner
    • Eddie Izzard dresses to impress
    • Gerry O'Connell can't read Bryan Fuller
    • Gushing about Eddie Izzard
    • Alan knows nothing about the Muddy Waters
    • Bryan fights
    • Further Munsters Vs Addams discussion
    Credits:
    Hosts: Patrick Brogan and Alan Beirne
    Executive Producer: Alan Beirne
    Directed by: Tommy Wiseau

    Always dedicated to Joey Ramone
    4 November 2015, 9:35 pm
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