TGI Podcast

This week on the podcast, I’m heading back to Home Improvement for “’Twas the Flight Before Christmas” — a holiday episode that mixes family chaos, travel nightmares, and plenty of Tim Taylor mishaps.

Does it still hold up as a Christmas classic? Let’s find out.

This week on The List, I’m taking a holiday deep dive into two of TV’s biggest seasonal players: AMC and Freeform.

From scheduling quirks to movie selection, I break down the five changes I’d make to improve their holiday lineups—making it more festive, binge-worthy, and just plain fun. Whether you’re a die-hard 25 Days of Christmas fan or just love a good holiday movie marathon, this episode is packed with insights, laughs, and a little bit of holiday wishful thinking.

This week on the TGI Podcast, we’re heading back to Chicago for one of the most underrated ’90s holiday gems: Family Matters – “Miracle on Elm Street.”

We've got Santa, we've got a trip to the dump and it is all filled with Christmas magic!

🎄 NEW EPISODE! 🎄
The List: Best Adaptations of A Christmas Carol

This week on the TGI Podcast, we’re counting down the greatest versions of Dickens’ classic—from heartfelt favorites to fun, nostalgic takes. Find out which adaptations stand the test of time, which ones surprised us, and which landed at No. 1!

A perfect way to kick off your holiday watchlist. Tune in now! 🎅✨

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This week on the TGI Podcast, I’m covering “How Lily Stole Christmas” from How I Met Your Mother! From Ted’s “grinch” slip to Lily’s holiday revenge, it’s festive chaos at its finest.

Join me for a fun holiday rewatch! 🎅✨

🎄 The List: Most Quotable Christmas Movies 🎄

On this week’s episode of the TGI Podcast, we’re breaking out The List once again—this time counting down the five most quotable Christmas movies of all time. From the lines we repeat every December without even thinking, to the moments that have become full-on holiday language, we’re diving into the movies that basically wrote our seasonal vocabulary.

We’ll go from No. 5 all the way to the top spot, sharing iconic quotes, personal memories, and why these films have the staying power to be recited each and every year. Plus, we drop in a couple of honorable mentions for those classics that just missed the list.

If you love holiday movies, nostalgia, and saying these lines right along with us, this is one countdown you don’t want to miss.

Happy December!

This week we cover Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper for the very first time as we break down the Christmas episode “Miracle in Oaktown.”

We talk Cooper’s mission to bring some cheer to local kids, why the mix of humor and heart still works, and whether it should be deemed a Christmas classic!

Come give it a listen 🎅🎄

This week on the TGI Podcast, we’re talking the Season 7 Home Improvement episode “Thanksgiving,” where the Taylors head to a Lions game, cross paths with Rodney Dangerfield, and still manage to squeeze in plenty of holiday chaos.

As always, we'll determine if it should be a holiday classic—tune in! 🦃🎙️

Happy Tuesday!

This week on the TGI Podcast, we're diving into Mad About You for the very first time! Matt checks out the classic Thanksgiving episode “Giblets for Murray,” where things get chaotic in true ‘90s sitcom fashion.

Tune in to hear first impressions and whether this one earns a spot as a Thanksgiving must-watch!

Happy Tuesday! This week on the TGI Podcast, we’re heading to the Belcher household for one wild Thanksgiving celebration.

We’re talking about the classic episode “An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal,” where Bob’s holiday dreams get derailed when Mr. Fischoeder ropes the family into pretending to be his family for Thanksgiving dinner.

We break down why this episode has become a Thanksgiving TV staple, share our favorite quotes, and decide if it deserves a "you got it dude" or a "no way Jose!"

Happy Tuesday!

We’re back this week covering one of the most iconic Thanksgiving episodes ever — “The One with the Football” from Friends!

Matt breaks down the sibling rivalry between Ross and Monica, the hilarious chaos between Joey and Chandler, and why this episode perfectly captures the spirit (and competitiveness) of Thanksgiving.

Happy Christmas Podcast Day! 🎄
We’re celebrating alongside our friends in the Christmas Podcast Network by covering something tied to the iconic holiday film, It’s a Wonderful Life.

This week, Matt dives into an episode of That ’70s Show—sharing why it’s one of his favorites and how it connects to his deep love for the classic movie.

Give it a listen and kick off the season with us! 🎙️✨

Happy Tuesday and Happy Halloween week!

We are closing out the month of October by covering one of our favorite shows: Home Improvement.

While this one is packed with a lot of laughs, is that enough to warrant a "You got it, dude"? Tune in and find out!

Happy Tuesday! As we inch closer and closer to Halloween, we’re back covering an episode of Roseanne!

This week, we talk about our history with the show, why it compares so well to Home Improvement, and, as always, we determine if it deserves to be deemed a Halloween classic. Come give it a listen!

Welcome back to the TGI Podcast! This week, we’re covering another Halloween episode—this time from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air!

Tune in to find out what made Matt pause the episode because he was laughing so hard, and, as always, whether he determined it to be a holiday classic!

Happy October, everyone! We took a little break, but now we’re back and ready to dive headfirst into spooky season! And what better way to kick things off than with one of the wildest Halloween episodes ever—Family Matters’ very own “Stevil.”

Welcome back and happy season SIX of the TGI Podcast! We are kicking off Back to School Month and we're going with a classic here on the show: Full House.

Follow along as the Tanner clan heads back to school and Matt takes you through this episode. Also discussed is what our plans are for the months ahead and what we have planned for Christmas Podcast Day in November!

Happy Christmas in July! While we weren't able to get out as many episodes as initially planned this month, we couldn't let all of July go by without dropping a new episode!

This week we take a look at Heatwave Holiday from Garfield & Friends and determine if it should be deemed a classic! Come give it a listen!

Happy Leon Day! To celebrate the halfway point to Christmas, we are covering a Nickelodeon classic: The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

In this episode, Matt discusses his history with the show, breaks down the plot, and, as always, determines whether this episode should be considered a holiday classic. Come give it a listen!

Happy Easter! To celebrate the spring holiday, Matt sat down to watch "The First Easter Rabbit" from Rankin/Bass for the first time!

Tune in to hear him talk about the ups and downs of this very *interesting* special and, as usual, he determines whether or not it should be deemed a holiday classic. Come listen!

Happy March! To celebrate this month nearly coming to a close, we are going with a little March Madness from The King of Queens!

Month has notoriously been hard to find relevant content and you'll have to listen to this one to see if it gets a "You Got it Dude!" or a No Way Jose!"

Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate the holiday we are covering a favorite on the podcast: Full Hosue!

We talk about why Joey is a part of the PTA, why this one makes us last more than most and, as always, we decided whether or not this should be deemed a holiday classic!

Come give it a listen!

Happy Tuesday! We are back from our long winter's nap for our first episode of 2025!

A new year brings some new additions to our show and this week we are debuting a pair of new segments to help liven things up.

With the Super Bowl quickly approaching we took a trip back to the world of Home Improvement for this episode from the 90s. Come give it a listen!

Merry Christmas Eve! To cap off another fun season on the podcast we are going back to an old standby in Home Improvement!

This episode is packed with too many people and not enough bedrooms, a fall off the roof that magically didn't hurt Tim and sadly not enough of Taylor Boys.

Come give it a listen to see if it should be deemed a holiday classic and stay tuned until the end to hear more about the future of the show!

Happy Thursday! We close out our last episode of The List for the season by ranking all of the Christmas episodes from The Office!

This show is one of Matt's favorites and it wasn't as easy as he initially thought it would be to rank his favorite episodes. With that said, this one is packed with quotable lines and a lot of holiday cheer!

We are a week away from Christmas and figured it was FINALLY time to cover Growing Pains!

Matt talks about the history of the show and his own with watching it before really diving into this episode. It has a suicidal Santa, a female dog named Walter and packages of ground beef!

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We made our way to 30 Rock and transported ourselves back in time to take a look back at some of the best Christmas skits from Saturday Night Live in this latest episode of The List!

Come give it a listen!

Happy Tuesday! As we inch closer to Christmas we decided to talk about one of the most overlooked shows of the early 2000s: Yes, Dear!

Come listen along as Matt talks about his history with this show and whether or not this episode should be deemed a Christmas classic!

Happy Thursday! This week on 'The List' we are counting down some movies very near and dear to my heart! Since I am from the Chicagoland area, I figured we should rank our favorite Christmas movies set in this area!

Come give it a listen and see if you agree!

Happy Tuesday! And more importantly, Happy December! We've *officially* hit our favorite time of the year. To celebrate, we are covering a TGIF staple on the podcast with Family Matters!

This episode has great 90s decorations, some funny quips and we get a great lesson from Steve Urkel on the true meaning of Christmas!

Tune in now!

Happy Thanksgiving! As a special *bonus* this week we are dropping a brand new episode of The List!

This week we count down the five actors who we believe should play the role of Santa Claus in a major motion picture. While a couple of actors on this list have played Santa before, none have played him on the big screen.

Listen along and let us know if you agree or disagree with our list!

Happy Thanksgiving Week! We thought there was no better way to celebrate the big day than by covering one of our favorite shows on the podcast!

We are covering Season 3's 'Dark Meet' from The King of Queens!

Happy Tuesday! We are a little over a week away from Thanksgiving and we decided to make a stop at Brooklyn Nine-Nine to celebrate!

Come find out more about Matt's history with the show and to see if this gets a "You got it, dude!" or a No way, Jose!"

Welcome back to the TGI Podcast! This week we are talking a show that Matt thought for the longest time only he knew about!

It has robots, terrible TV graphics and *maybe* enough Thanksgiving spirit! Come give it a listen!

Welcome back and welcome in to November! While we certainly love Christmas on this podcast, we always have to make sure that Thanksgiving gets it due!

We are kicking off our Thanksgiving episodes by covering Malcolm in the Middle for the first time! Be sure to tune in to hear Matt's history with the who, how he gushes over Bryan Cranston and he determines whether or not this episode should be deemed a classic!

Happy Christmas Podcast Day! To cap off our jam-packed week we are covering one of our favorite Christmas specials: A Garfield Christmas!

In this episode we go over what else was playing that night on TV in 1987, Matt's history with the special and whether or not it will get a "You Got It Dude!" or a "No Way Jose!"

Happy Halloween! We figured there was no better way to celebrate one of our favorite holidays than by debuting the first episode of The List for the season!

This week we are ranking our five favorite movies from the Halloween franchise! Do you agree? Do you disagree? Let us know! 🎃

Happy Halloween Week! We are kicking off our jam-packed week by covering one of our favorite shows on the podcast: Home Improvement.

Sit back and relax and see if this is an episode worth watching before the holiday ends or if you can just move on!

Welcome back! As we inch closer to Halloween we are here this week talking about Roseanne! Known for its Halloween episodes, does this one pass the test? Tune in to find out!

Welcome back! This week we are covering the show that is absolutely *perfect* for Spooky Season with Sabrina The Teenage Witch!

This episode features talking coaches, a literal river of candy corn and the 10,000 Maniacs! Come give it a listen!

Spooky Month continues on here on TGI Podcast and this week we are covering "Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf" from the second season of Boy Meets World!

There's a lot more than meets the eye with this episode as we talk about growing up, werewolves and where one finds a quill for writing notes!

Also, we discuss the Christmas Podcast Network ornament that is available and you can order that right here:

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Happy October! We are now officially back and right in our element here in the spooky month! We are covering The Drew Carey Show to kickoff our Halloween month this week!

This one is wacky and wild, and while that usually isn't something Matt enjoys, this one really surprised him!

Happy Tuesday! We are slowly but surely getting to the end of Christmas in July! This week we are covering Bob's Burgers with a Christmas episode that really took us by surprise!

Come give it a listen!

Happy Tuesday! We are halfway through our Christmas in July and are covering Family Guy for the first time!

Matt talks his history with the show, the history of the show overall and, as always, determines whether or this episode should be deemed a Christmas classic!

Happy Tuesday! We are back continuing Christmas in July this week by covering King of the Hill!

This one is quite the strange ride and as always we determine whether or not it should be deemed a Christmas classic! Come give it a listen!

Happy Fourth of July to our America listeners! This year it was much harder than last to find an episode for Independence Day! Luckily, this episode of The Wonder Years *just* made the cut!

Come give it a listen!

Happy Leon Day! To celebrate we are covering Frasier for the very first time! Matt talks his history with Frasier and determines, like always, if this episode should be deemed a holiday classic!

Happy May! With summer just right around the corner, we are celebrating graduation this week on the podcast!

We are talking That 70's Show this week, including the show's overall history and Matt's history with the series as a whole.

*This episode does include a brief general description of Danny Masterson's crimes.