NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING: I saw the TV, d’oh

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4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

We’re giving into nostalgia and going full 90s mode with an episode about the many great (and some not so great) TV sitcoms of the decade.

Guests: Actors Tichina Arnold (“The Neighborhood,” “Martin”), Vella Lovell (“Animal Control,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) and Timothy Simons (“Nobody Wants This,” “Veep”).

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0:38.1	Nostalgia.
0:40.7	It's delicate, but potent.
0:46.3	That's what Don Draper says in a pitch in the first episode of Mad Men, and 87 seasons of Stranger Things Later, I think he might have been on to something.
0:50.0	There are a lot of terrible things happening right now that I won't get into here.
0:53.7	Just Google the news.
0:55.5	And more and more people are clinging to nostalgia and revisiting the things that made them feel safe and happy.
1:01.4	Like television.
1:02.9	Just look at some of the most popular shows on streaming these days, both the U.S. and
1:07.5	UK versions of the office.
1:09.0	Would I rather be feared or loved?
1:11.8	Easy, both.
1:13.3	I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.
1:16.3	Gilmore Girls.
1:17.1	You cannot date Luke.
1:18.4	I said nothing about dating Luke.
1:20.6	Friends.
1:21.1	She's my friend and she needed help.
1:24.1	If I had to, I'd pee on any one of you.
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