Listen and be amazed as Travie and Richie discuss rap music from the west coast to the east coast and even the north coast!? Frozen pizzas are covered, such as the various appetizers that are now being packaged with them, as well as Domino’s Pizza, including tales of chocolate lava cake abuse. Also, paintball!
I’m introducing a new feature for this website entitled, “3rd Rock from the Sun: Reprobed”, wherein I will watch each and every episode from the aforementioned television sitcom and then write an article with my thoughts on said episodes. Why am I doing this?
For one, I’ve seen a few other blogs do the same thing with “Star Trek” and “Dawson’s Creek“. “3rd Rock” was one of my favorite shows growing up in the 90′s (aside from “The X-Files”) but, since the show came out in 1996, I was ten at the time so my attention span towards the show didn’t hold up too often.
That and, throughout the show’s five year existence until 2001, it’s time slot changed a total of 15 TIMES.
Therefore, now that the entire series of “3rd Rock” is on Netflix Instant Watch, I have decided that now is indeed the best time to get reacquainted with an old favorite and finally, after all these years, I’ll get to actually watch the series as a whole.
I’m sure I’ll remember some episodes, while others will be new to me, but either way I’m going to go into them with a clear mind and come out with an article detailing my thoughts for each episode.
Enjoy. Read more »
Didn’t get to listen to “Beards and Jackets” during RT26, the 26 hour long fundraising podcast for RT Philly? We’ve got you covered! Listen and be amazed as Travie, who was going on 30 hours of no sleep at the time of the recording, rambles on about minigolf. Richie, who was well rested, talks about dressing up as a professional wrestler which provokes Travie to ramble on about how much he hates Halloween.
Richie guides Travie through the process of rolling a character for a game of Dungeons and Dragons, which will occur (and maybe even be recorded!) at a later date. They also discuss D&D in general, from Richie’s experiences and Travie’s lack thereof.
Every year, around St. Patrick’s Day, McDonald’s rolls out their seasonal desert known only as the “Shamrock Shake” for a limited time and each year, without fail, I forget to buy one and give it a try. The luck of the Irish is never around, it seems, to help remind me; until this year!
After leaving the doctor’s office for my yearly physical, and losing five pounds recently from going to the gym, naturally I decided to celebrate by going to McDonald’s and buying one of their patented “triple thick” milkshakes, complete with artificial lime flavoring and a hint of faux mint.
The first McDonald’s I went to was having problems with their milkshake machine, much to my chagrin; was this a sign? Was I to never taste the sweet nectar of a Shamrock Shake? The second McDonald’s I went to wasn’t even serving them! Are you kidding me? I know that they say “participation may vary”, but are you serious?
I couldn’t believe it; somewhere, a leprechaun must be laughing at me! The third place I went to was the local mall which, at 9:30am, hadn’t even fully opened yet but I was surprised to find that some restaurants within the food court were indeed open.
Luckily one of them was, in fact, McDonald’s and, yes, they had Shamrock Shakes!
That’s when I was presented with this:
A vanilla milkshake mixed with some sort of green syrup; how did it taste? All right, I guess. I mean, it was nothing special. I don’t know if it’s the fact that all my life I’ve been hyping it up as something special due to the fact that I’ve missed out on trying one every year until now, but it’s really not all that great, unfortunately.
You can hardly taste the artificial lime (which is good, because I hate lime unless it’s paired with lemon in some sort of carbonated drink) and the faux mint is just as hard to place amidst your taste buds.
Next year, I think I’ll just eat a bowl of Lucky Charms.
Richie makes Jell-O during the show as Travie discusses his time at jury duty. Richie then chimes in with his encounter with the law before a hockey game. Other topics include: going to the gym, PAX East, ordering groceries on the internet and much, much more!
Travie Yak and Richie T are back for more as they respond to a listener’s concern over Richie’s blasting of the Nintendo 64.
They also discuss the film careers of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Jesse “the Body” Ventura, namely their joint effort in a pilot episode for a failed television series.
Plus, is nostalgia good or bad? Travie and Richie discuss this in regards to movies from the 1990′s and the fact that they always seemed to need to have a song tie-in with a rapper for some reason.
