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Piloting the Pilots
Ambivalent television viewers, Erin and Cam, soar the small screen skies for the best, and worst, television pilots. **NO AI TRAINING: Without limiting the author's and publisher's exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this podcast, its audio files, transcripts, or show notes to 'train' generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is expressly prohibited. The copyright owner reserves all rights to license uses of this work for AI training and development of machine learning…
Episodes
Piloting the PilotsEp 28 Higher Ire: Adelaide
Zdrasti! Oof! I'm not going to lie to you folks. This was a rough one. So hang onto your butts and listen to us discuss the bizarre return of Space Mutiny's…
Piloting the PilotsSpecial Edition 2 - Hawaii 5-0 (1968)
Aloha, babies! We are a bit late due to Thanksgiving-type festivities, but we're back with the specialest of special editions. Today, we revisit a show from…
Piloting the PilotsEp 27 Karma's Hand: Murder To A Jazz Beat
Marhaba! This week we take a trip down to the Big Easy, or at least a television set version. We talk about medicinal stale beer, blueberry stains, butt…
Piloting the PilotsEp 26 Dumbetry: All Roads Lead To Floyd
Mingalarbar! Surprises are good...except when they aren't. This week, Erin and Cam are faced with the worst type of surprises. Listen in as we discuss deadbeat…
Piloting the PilotsEp 25 Beta Testing Broadway: Broadway Malady
Hafa adai! The lights are up, the music is set, and we delve into the most disappointing of episodes. We discuss what snowmen eat for lunch, an unadventurous…
Piloting the PilotsEp 24 What's Yer Kink?: Thicker Than Blood
Grüß Gott! Once again we are (pleasantly) surprised by an episode of Magnum that doesn't make us want to claw our skin off. We talk about health shakes, Target…
Piloting the PilotsEp 23 Our Gubberment: Capitol Offense
Heyello! Today we (reluctantly) slog through the muck and mire of American politics as we discuss Jess' lox ignorance, coin the neologism "party skank," and…
Piloting the PilotsEp 22 Could It Be, G-G-G-Ghosts?: The Curse Of The King Kamehameha Club
What would you do just so you could swim alone? Would you be a Charlie Buttslapper? We hope not. In this episode we get confirmation on Rick's business acumen…
Piloting the PilotsEp 21 Striptrapeze: Death Casts A Spell
Marhaba! We love you! You know how we prove that? We recorded this episode twice! Sit back and relax, and when we count to three, you'll listen to us discuss…
Piloting the PilotsEp 20 I'm Just Sayin': Lest We Forget
Buon giorno! This week, we struggle to stay on task as we delve deep into a pretty lethargic episode of Magnum pi. We discuss what it takes to be a good…
Piloting the PilotsEp 19 Cod And Scrod: Death Takes A Curtain Call
Kwe kwe! We recorded this podcast at great injury to ourselves, but somehow through the head trauma, we had the wherewithal to discus ballet (America's past…
Piloting the PilotsEp 18 Magnum Paranormal Investigator: Missing In Action
nuqneH? It's like deja vu all over again! This week, we discuss Magnum's completely unskepticle mind, Ferrari maintenance, and ask the age old question, what…
Piloting the PilotsEp 17 Truth Warriors: We're Off To Kill The Wizard
Hyvää päivää! Can't wait for the Joker movie to come out? Well, guess who guest stars in this episode of Murder, She Wrote? We talk about accidental cosplay…
Piloting the PilotsEp 16 Shag It, Baby: The Ugliest Dog In Hawaii
Gamardjoba! One episode. One dog. So much to say. This week we meet the great "moosetache," some Ivy League thugs, and the titular "ugliest" dog (who's…
Piloting the PilotsEp 15 Rick Steves Rolled: Hit, Run and Homicide
Yia sou! This week we happily return to Cabot Cove so we can get into the important things in life like Oxford commas, psychic writers, things to eat at a…
Piloting the PilotsEp 14 Paging Janet Clark: Never Again...Never Again
Dia duit! We're back in Hawaii and things are, once again, pretty grim and controversial. However, we won't let that stop us from discussing whether Magnum…
Piloting the PilotsSpecial Edition: Hawaii 5-0 (2010)
Hoi! Welcome to this, a Special Edition episode where we discuss Hawaii 5-0 (2010). We talk about hidden sentimentality, the inscrutability of modern…
Piloting the PilotsEp 13 A-me-lia! Lovers And Other Killers
Poor Lila...this week we watched the creeptacular Murder, She Wrote episode "Lovers and Other Killers" and we discuss literature groupies, vacations for…
Piloting the PilotsEp 12 Premature Investigation: Skin Deep
Ciao! There sure was a lot of episode crammed into this week's Magnum, p.i. We talk about spontaneous flashbacks, oatmeal aesthetics, and dairy binging to…
Piloting the PilotsEp 11 Phony Foxes: It's A Dogs Life
Konnichi wa! It's a spine tingling episode of "Murder, She Wrote" as we discuss shoddy accent work, murderous canines, auras, and the idiocy of Morgana. Please…
Piloting the PilotsEp 10 GooGoogling: No Need To Know
Namaste! Oh boy, we're in way over our heads as we discuss a very controversial episode of Magnum, P.I. (or at least the parts we didn't sleep through). Like a…
Piloting the PilotsEp 9 The Fawning Detective: Hooray for Homicide
Guten Tag! This week, Cameron makes a boo-boo, we discuss the perfect name for a TV dinner chef, Jessica's questionable priorities, Det. Hernandez -…
Piloting the PilotsEp 8 DyhydrAndre: Thank Heaven For Little Girls (And Big Ones)
Aloha! Things went...surprisingly well in this week. (We know! We're as surprised as you!) We discuss Maurice Chevalier and the Musical Gigi, Hawaii's highly…
Piloting the PilotsEp 7 Freddie Two-Times: Birds Of A Feather
Bonjour! Today we travel to San Francisco and are shrouded in a fog of guest stars! We talk about Netflix previews, St. Bernards, leading with the tongue…
Piloting the PilotsEp 6 Puppy Power Hour: China Doll
Oh, boy, we're back with more mustachioed mayhem with Private Investigator Magnum. And honestly, things aren't looking too good. The theme song, the shirts…
Piloting the PilotsEp 5 Princess Poopie-pants: Deadly Lady
It was a dark and stormy night...and so we recorded another Magnum, She Wrote episode just for you! (Yes, you!)We talk about boiled scrod, "boin'," and how…
Piloting the PilotsEp 4 The Ballad Of The Ice Cream Prince: Don't Eat The Snow Pt 2
We're back with another (considerably longer than 15 minutes) episode! This week we discuss the current status of boy bands, reboots, the television show JAG…
Piloting the PilotsEp 3 Of Beers And Binocs: Don't Eat The Snow Part 1
Strap on your swim trunks as we dive into our very first Magnum Pi episode! We talk about: eyebrows, creeper tools, ice cream karma, Vietnam re-imagined as a…
Piloting the PilotsEp 2 Oh Fiddle Faddle: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes Pt2
The thrilling conclusion to "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes!" We discuss: the mysteries of public transportation, a less than impassioned defense of Grady…
Piloting the PilotsEp 1 Blast Them Gams: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes Pt1
Oh, fiddle faddle! Our weekly podcast dedicated to geeking out and over-analyzing every episode of Magnum P.I. and Murder, She Wrote just went live! With…