
TV Guidance Counselor TV Guidance Counselor Episode 719: Rick Katschke
August 27th - September 2, 1994
This week Ken welcomes wholesome, midwest superstar and host of the Catered Quiz Podcast Rick Katschke to the show.
Ken and Rick discuss the Catered Quiz, The Monroeville Mall's imminent demise, working at Walmart, getting jacked in a warehouse, department stores, new shows airing after a Fall Preview, the weird TV landscape of the end of August, physically writing letters, channel flipping, Harvey Firestein, pre-out of the closet Ellen's bad fashion sense, Billy Bob Thornton, asking Tom Petty that, Letterman, making Letterman laugh, Staying at the Fister, what the hell is the Wisconsin Dells, water slides, what the Step by Step roller coaster is, arcades, Water Country's Geronimo, the bizarre HBO travel prize, exactly how much a lifetime of free HBO is worth, how creepy it was that a 14 year old Claire Danes was starring opposite a 22 year old Jared Leto, My So-Called Life, Jeanie vs. Samantha, TNN's Club Dance, being in the audience for The Chew, refusing to be an audience plants, TV tapings, Rick's parents' murder mystery theater business, when WWE wrestlers steal your props, SNICK, TGIF, riding your bike to the gas station to buy junk food, generic Dr. Pepper, Super America Gas, missing WWF Superstar ice cream bars, how Ken is going to track down that stolen prop and get it back, Bob Hope, Dana Gould on Bob Hope's special, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, made for TV movies, terrifying all porcelain dolls, The Dolls Award of Excellence, Coach, when Rick attended Super Slam 94 and go on television (again), Leslie Neilson, being name checked on Breaking Bad, how Ken made with with She-Hulk in Official MCU canon, unexplained encounters with angels, SCUBA diving disappearances, one star sequels, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Phantasm II, Freaks and Geeks, the early days of TV on DVD, Warlock II The Armageddon getting two stars, Summer School, Chainsaw and Dave, looking like Dean Cameron, the short lived European football league, celebrity voice overs, retooled shows, and how watching Baywatch can help you give mouth to mouth to bunnies.
