Comedy legends Julie Klausner (How Was Your Week) and Tom Scharpling (The Best Show) team up for a journey through the best and worst of pop culture. Produced by Forever Dog.
Tom and Julie stage a spontaneous Meet and Greet for listeners and answer YOUR questions about John Wayne Gacy, celebrity seances, Double Threat Live, Tom's book It Never Ends, the Double Threat Data Analytics Dept, Clifford's best scenes, the redhead hall of fame, Downtown NYC, sitcom touring groups, Juliana Hatfield music videos, summer concerts, dream collaborations, Double Threat 4 Seniors, straight sons, Julie's movie canon, and more!
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Alec Baldwin's Bathroom Story
Alec Baldwin on Talking Sopranos! An Australian furniture magnate starts the world's most successful spite store! And Extreme Sisters! That's right, Tom and Julie are basking in the glow of some stellar listener clips on this week's Double Threat. Plus the big Bo Burnham special, gargling, Knicks misery, David O'Russell, that mop movie, Frank Zappa teaches grammar, the official podcast network of Jiffy Lube, Syd Field kills his entire family, Monty Python endings, Bananarama, Guy Fieri, the Rob Zombie Munsters reboot, and Tom and Julie finally get to the bottom of Producer Brett's roles and responsibilities.
82 min
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Cruising 2: Cruise Control (with Danielle Hende...
Danielle Henderson and Millie De Chirico (I Saw What You Did podcast) join Tom and Julie to talk movies, movie candy, TCM Underground, Green Book, unexpected movies that make you cry, Hart to Hart, that Christian Slater movie with the baboon heart, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, the John Waters movies that TCM will and won't play, Jigsaw at Pride, and a Cruising remake starring Ted Cruz, Tom Cruise, and Julee Cruise that takes place on a cruise. Plus everyone plays a round of that hot new party game "What's It All About?" where Brett shows you an old movie poster and you guess what the movie is about. Also Benny Hill as Dr. Who, the Cruella soundtrack, Walt Disney's head in a mini fridge, the Phantom of the Cook-Off, and listener submitted demos of the song of the summer, "(Can I Prepay for) My Cremation!"
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Tom & Julie Watch Meatballs
To celebrate the start of summer, Tom and Julie watch Meatballs (1979) in its entirety and talk about summer camp memories, Bill Murray vs. Chevy Chase, Lisa finally getting her period, the It Just Doesn't Matter speech, Morty, the rich kids, and more. Plus Tom and Julie come up with ideas for Double Threat Summer Camp and Brett makes Swedish meatballs and drinks wine and just generally has the time of his life!
127 min
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The Charles Grodin Episode (with Martin Short, ...
Tom and Julie celebrate the life and career of the legendary Charles Grodin (1935-2021) with help from legendary guests Martin Short, Elayne Boosler, and Merrill Markoe. They talk Clifford, Grodin's infamous appearances on Carson and Letterman, Midnight Run, the invention of cringe comedy, The Heartbreak Kid, unklikeability, Real Life, and more.
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Can I Pre-Pay For My Cremation?
Scott Baio recites his IMDB page on a MAGA talk show! A parrot sings Blue Oyster Cult! A midwestern crematorium answers your questions! The Mighty Mighty Bosstones skank all over racism! Paul Giamatti hunts the Sons of Sam! Plus Gerry from TeePublic stops by with some big news and Brett gets grilled about his family.
106 min
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Moms on Parade (with Jackie Hoffman)
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Legendary actress Jackie Hoffman (Feud, Difficult People, Fiddler on the Roof) joins Tom and Julie for a salute to moms, including the Texas mom who hired a hitman to kill her daughter's cheerleading rival, the Pennsylvania mom who deep faked her daughter's cheerleading rivals to frame them for vaping and sexting, the mom in the Enjoli perfume ads, cheesecake mom, Anne Ramsey, and more!
103 min
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Double Threat Roulette (with 9 Surprise Guests)
Tom and Julie and Brett attempt to book guests in real time, frantically texting everyone they know and learning a thing or two about friendship in the process. The good news is, this episode features nine very special guests who had no advance warning they were going to be on the show!
103 min
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Drinking Soda through a Plague Mask
Elon Musk on SNL, Ben Shapiro at Home Depot, Jerry Seinfeld Private Detective! It's a brand new Double Threat with Tom and Julie! Plus Jon Daly makes a surprise appearance to brainstorm lyrics to Walter B. Bad and Yakety Vax, Brett crowbars a couple new transitions into the show, and Spencer's Gifts gets LOTS of free advertising!
99 min
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Mount Rushgore (with Fangoria Editor-in-Chief P...
The Horror! The Horror! Tom and Julie are joined by Fangoria Editor-In-Chief Phil Nobile Jr for a deep dive into your darkest nightmares: Freddy Krueger's 900 number, The Host, The Exorcist, John Landis, Godzilla vs Kong, The Dawn of the Dead, Trilogy of Terror, John Kassir horror con stories, Happy Death Day, Annabelle, Hereditary, and more. Plus Tom and Julie reveal selections from their list of the Top 10 Most Horrifying Moments in Non-Horror Movies. Want to know the rest of the list? Buy the latest issue of Fangoria at fangoria.com
126 min
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2nd Annual NYC Fantasy Draft: Underground Editi...
NYC downtown legends Ann Magnuson and Lady Bunny join Tom and Julie for the 2nd Annual NYC Fantasy Draft: Underground Edition, battling over top prospects like Richard Hell, Sister Dimension, Yoko Ono, and Kim Gordon.
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Get Off My Rope Bridge!
Tom and Julie line up for a classic clip buffet and chow down on listener submitted clips of Marianne Williamson and James Cameron talking Avatar; The Crypt Keeper's short-lived children's game show; David Lee Roth's political cartoons; the rogue helicopter pilot terrorizing one Charlotte NC man; and an anime-themed Domino's Pizza promotional campaign! Plus a new Heckers Flour email! This time Heckers Goes Hollywood!
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The Cat Daddy vs. The Cat Fixer (with Jackson G...
The Cat Daddy himself JACKSON GALAXY stops by to answer listener cat questions, meet Julie's cat Jimmy Jazz, and go toe-to-toe with Tom the Cat Fixer on the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE OF DOUBLE THREAT! Also Brett makes Jackson Galaxy watch a side-by-side video of his cat Frances and Timothée Chalamet to determine who is the better actor.
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Double Threat 4 Kids
Tom and Julie talk to three cool kids (Roxanne, June, Desmond) about how to make Double Threat more interesting to the coveted under-10 demographic. Plus plenty of the regular old Double Threat stuff for not kids - Columbo investigates the Manson murders, The Two Jakes, Ed Wynn in Chinatown, Fred Gwynne in Chinatown, the Stop the Steal Pinball Machine, Brett's terrible Twitter, Buff Bagwell, and more.
102 min
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Tom & Julie's Animule Kingdom
Join Tom and Julie for a weird and wild journey through the animule kingdom, featuring farting seals, f*cking tortoises, shoebill storks, chipmunks, hippos, and more! Plus a definitive answer to the question, what would it sound like if a dancing bird of paradise choreographed to Prodigy??? Also Tom and Julie's favorite and least favorite animules, Producer Brett's favorite actor (HUGH GRANT BABY!!!), and another email to TeePublic Gerry.
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TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!!!
The Zapruder film of rock band fights. A Satanic animatronic restaurant on Long Island. The Kansas City Kitler scandal. Tom and Julie go down a rabbit hole of listener submitted clips in this instant classic episode of Double Threat. Plus Julie invents the internet's next hot gif TURN IT OFF (featuring George C. Scott's porno theater meltdown in Hardcore) and Brett provides an update on his highly anticipated Sliders episode.
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Schlub Rescue 3 (with Willam)
Tom and Julie are joined by international Drag Superstar and Race Chaser co-host WILLAM for another round of Schlub Rescue! Featuring aspiring comedy writer Max Beneke and his terrible Twitter @MaxBeneke!
83 min
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The Nancy Meyers Talk Show (with The George Luc...
Anything you can do, Tom and Julie can do it better. At least that's the theory we put to the test as the hosts of The George Lucas Talk Show-- George Lucas (Connor Ratliff), Watto (Griffin Newman), and Patrick Cotnoir-- join Double Threat for the first episode of The Nancy Meyers Talk Show hosted by Nancy Meyers (Julie) with co-host Nick Marshall from What Women Want (Tom) and producer Brett.
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1st Annual Double Threat Erotic Fan Fiction Cha...
We asked and you delivered. It's the 1st Annual Double Threat Erotic Fan Fiction Challenge featuring the listener submitted sexual escapades of The Cryptkeeper, Alec Baldwin, McDonaldLand mascots, Producer Brett, and more. We hand out Superlatives for the Best Line of Dialogue, Most Creative Inclusion of Gerry, Best Threesome, etc. PLUS a pair of very special guests reads the Top 5 Finalists no matter how much Tom and Julie hate it. Our special guest narrators for this episode are two of the premiere narrators of erotic audiobooks, Laurie Winkel (aka Yvonne Synn) and Curt Bonnem (aka Brad King).
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Tales from the Crypto
Settle in for a classic Tom & Julie episode featuring the queens of NYC public access television, Horowitz & Spector; the chaotic Handforth Parish Council on Zoom; a Danish children's cartoon about a middled aged man with a long prehensile penis; a button for couples who can't figure out how to synchronize their horniness; the return of the Milk and Cereal song; and Double Threat cryptocurrency!
103 min
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The Chilogy: A Journey of Redemption & Discovery
It’s the third Double Threat episode with a focus on chili and this time Tom and Julie are going ALL IN BABY! After last week’s embarrassing Jack Nicholson debacle, in which Tom mistook an Onion photoshop of Jack spilling chili on himself at a Lakers game for a real photo, Brett books four chili all stars, including the heads of the two major international chili societies and the author of a series of chili cook-off murder mysteries, for a journey to redeem chili from the stain of the scandal, to restore Tom's self-confidence, and to return order to the universe.
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Tattoo U (with Keisha Zollar)
Tom and Julie are joined by comedian/writer Keisha Zollar (Astronomy Club), tattoo artist Ella Sklaw, and a cavalcade of listeners for a deep dive into the world of tattoos! The panel designs Double Threat tattoos for listeners Steve and Iann, and they help listeners Meri, Brennan, and Kalee fix their regrettable tattoos.
96 min
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Oh No, I've Seen Dilbert's Toilet
It's a clips extravaganza on Double Threat this week as Tom and Julie plow through ten (count 'em TEN!) listener clips, including Scott Adams house tour, Nigella Lawson saying "microwave," a pair of public access theater critics, and more! Plus Brett reveals his love for rubs and glazes! And Julie breaks down the Armie Hammer scandal for Tom!
94 min
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Blocked by Alec Baldwin (with Andy Kindler & Ka...
Having recently been blocked by Alec Baldwin on Twitter, Tom and Julie are joined by frequently blocked comedian Andy Kindler and a panel of blocked-by-Baldwin listeners, including Variety editor-at-large Kate Aurthur, to discuss the experience of being blocked by the celebrity actor (best known for supporting roles in State and Main and the Mission: Impossible franchise) and to come to terms with their conflicted feelings about the experience. They also discuss Alec Baldwin's life, career, and innumerable scandals. Plus Producer Brett joins Twitter (@breyyyattt) and tries to get blocked by Baldwin in real time. And an update on the Gerry email!
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Julie and The Hot Guy
HAPPY NEW YEAR! In the first Double Threat of 2021, Tom and Julie watch listener clips inspired by Brett's New Year's Resolutions, including Joel Osteen's Inspiration Cube (Be Inspired in 2021); Bob & Brad, the Two Most Famous Physical Therapists on the Internet (Be Healthy in 2021); and the Longest Sketch Comedy Showcase in History (Be Aware of Others in 2021).