Double Threat with Julie Klausner & T...

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.

Comedy
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BONUS Mr. Bill Lawsuit
A bonus clip from last week's Double Threat presented by Better Help! Julie tells Tom a true story about a lawsuit in the 1980s pertaining to the SNL character Mr. Bill. Enjoy!
8 min
202
Top 10 Dogs of All Time
Tom and Julie select the ten greatest dogs of all time! Who will make the cut? Dogbert? No. Mr. Peabody? No. YOUR dog??? Maybe. Listen to find out! Plus Wes Anderson porn parodies, Fred Durst, Robert Durst, RIP (Rest In Piss), 14 dollar European Berets, that dirtbag Andy Capp, Bill Engvall's Nanette, Smart & Final revisited, grocery store staples, Charles Grodin in Cujo, Snoopy's deadbeat cousin Spike, Goofy's alter ego George C. Geef, The Shaggy DA, and Barbra Streisand's cloned dogs.
93 min
203
The Character Actor Episode (with John Ross Bowie)
Tom and Julie welcome character actor John Ross Bowie, host of the new podcast Household Faces, for a journey through the world of character actors! They recast A-list roles in Pretty Woman, Die Hard, and James Bond with character actors. They talk the greats – John Carroll Lynch, Margo Martindale, Delroy Lindo, Jennifer Coolidge, and many more.
105 min
204
On the Third Day of Woodstock, Limp Bizkit Gave...
Tom and Julie talk about Woodstock 99, tweet at Scott Adams, and watch listener clips of The Offspring doing karaoke in a plane, the former Australian Prime Minister taking a bite out of a raw onion, the TikTok sparkling water challenge, and the soothing sounds of the prehensile-tailed porcupine. Plus 76 Trombones, John Philip Sousa, Tom's fireworks demonstrations, Smart & Final, Julie's Dune tattoos, Jesse Watters, punchbowling, Steve Wilkos, John Waters commentary tracks, Jersey Mike's, and more.
104 min
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Rocky & Mary Poppins & Titanic & Fight Club (wi...
Tom and Julie are joined by writer Cinco Paul (Schmigadoon!, Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets) to watch the BIGGEST movies they've never seen! Julie watches Rocky. Tom watches Mary Poppins. Cinco watches Fight Club. Brett watches Titanic. Plus Risky Business, Bob Seger, Men in Black memory sticks, the Fauci Ouchie, Lauren Boebert's baseball cap confidence, Carnac, favorite Tim Robinson sketches, Ray Winstone on Sexy Beasts, Ted Lasso, and the British Actors at a Pub VR Simulator from which Brett will never escape.
103 min
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I Won't Do That Again: A Journey Through Time
Tom and Julie travel the arc of time with seven special guests of varying generations - Greatest Generation Peg, Steve the Boomer, Gen X Alison, Alex the Elder Millenial, Abby the Younger Millenial, and Gen Z Besties Veronica and Miriam! Together they discuss technology, etiquette, world changing events, music, movies, and more! Plus the diaper astronaut lady, 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, ice cream cake store, Officer Jim Pembry vs The Kintner Boy from Jaws, tiki torches, Die Antwoord baby fashions, Bean Dad 2.0, and Chili Willie.
106 min
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The Offspring Karaoke
Tom and Julie perform an Offspring karaoke medley with Brett on backing vocals! Plus Charles Manson's SNL audition, the Most Popular Boat Names of 2021, the lobsterman that got eaten by a whale, the boy who loved movies, and the search for the word "diarrhea" in the Frank Zappa canon continues! Also Sexy Beast, Die Hard SATs, the Super Mario Brothers movie, Pizza Rat Beanie Babies, rubs and glazes for dogs, Grandpa Joe's coke nail, Weird Al retrospective, James Bond, Topo Chico, The Mamas & The Papas, the Little River Band, and Annie Hall 2.
89 min
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Julie's Surprise Party (with Columbo, Scott Tho...
CELEBRATE! Tom and Brett throw a surprise party for Julie featuring a visit from Lt. Columbo and special guests Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall), Alex Scordelis (Difficult People, Billy on the Street), Katie Notopoulos (Buzzfeed), and Gerry (formerly of TeePublic). Plus Julie gets a Divine birthday cake, Tom performs a Monkees-inspired song, and Alex reads a Metallica-themed poem! Also a Riki Rachtman sighting at Von's, the worst TeePublic designs, sour crabapples, Torben Ulrich, Bret Michaels at the Tonys, the Symbionese Liberation Army Diet, and presidents dressing as the Babadook.
83 min
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The Orson Welles Seance (with Psychic Medium Co...
Tom and Julie are joined by Psychic Medium COLBY REBEL for a journey beyond as they channel the spirit of Orson Welles and talk about supernatural experiences with Mama Cass Elliot, Tawny Kitaen, Chris Farley, and Paul Walker. Plus JON DALY stops by to chat about his brand new song "Helen Keller is Real" and the bizarre TikTok theory that she is not. Also Tom and Julie dictate a tweet from Producer Brett to Stephen King and the simmering tensions between talent and production reach a boiling point. And Joe Biden's new feral wolf Flip Flops, RIP Conan O'Brien, basketball trash talk, Koyaanisqatsi, Brett lives in the Hollywood Sign, Frank Zappa's fists, Brett cooks for his in-laws and commits a cardinal sin of cooking, The Nutty Rubfessor, the Legion of Spanx, and a rundown of popular streaming services BingBong, Schluff, Bloof, and Knosh.
106 min
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Tom & Julie Q&A
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!
83 min
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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!"
98 min
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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.
80 min
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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
216
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
218
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
220
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.
122 min
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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!
110 min
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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.
91 min
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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.
66 min
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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.
80 min