Tbtl- Too Beautiful To Live

Luke and Andrew have a lot of things to talk about today, but instead they go on a strange journey involving Zune recorders, landline telephones, and comedian Eddie Pepitone. They also discuss the fact that some stores are shutting down their self-checkout lines. 

Andrew tasted some glory at his Eagles club this weekend, but maybe not enough. Luke had to handle an unprecedented and uncomfortable situation on stage Saturday. And a listener proves that it’s never too late for Luke to go to film school. 

Luke comes to the show with a bunch of insults for Andrew so they can roleplay some retorts recommended by therapists. Plus, Andrew finally sat down to start a project last night that he's been planning for 25 years…only to be thwarted immediately. 

Luke did everything he could to keep his cool at The Home Depot yesterday after his big kitchen project hit a snag. 

Luke and Andrew try to wrap their minds around the legislation that could potentially eliminate TikTok in the U.S. Plus, Luke had something close to a religious experience on the set of Jeopardy! Yesterday.

Luke finds happiness on a Hollywood backlot while Andrew stumbles on a moment of bliss in his car. Luke also wants to know if he should see Dune 2, even though he skipped the first film. 

Andrew is back from Mexico, after scaring himself silly on the flight home. Plus, Luke is proud of Jimmy Kimmel for ignoring his advisors and going with an edgy joke at the Oscars last night.

Luke apologies for mistakes made during episode 4,157, while soldiering on without Andrew around to pick up the pieces. Thankfully, he's able to land the interview of the century to keep the show afloat until Andrew returns on Monday. 

Andrew plays hooky, leaving Luke to his own devices. Which turns out, is setting the record straight as he leaves the New York Times in shambles interviewing Stephanie, a newly minted Ten, about her experience with the Gray Lady.

Luke and Andrew go down an unexpected memory lane as they listen back to old TBTL intro tape. They also look at Burger King’s sad “clap back” at Wendy’s surge pricing. 

Luke, Jon and Andrew hold a Too Beautiful To Biz company team building exercise on the air. Mostly they talk about sandwiches and dogs, though.

Luke and Andrew weigh-in on a Tiktoker’s list of words that could be baby names if they weren’t already used as words. Andrew also has a killer idea for a new line of t-shirts, but he’s not willing to share the profits.

Dozens (DOZENS!) of listeners weigh-in on Luke’s mystery song, and they were all correct, leading Luke to question the efficacy of modern search engines.

Luke has a musical mystery he’s trying to solve, which leads Andrew on a jazz-inspired odyssey that even his cats try to put an end to by sabotaging the podcast. Plus, a new Willy Wonka experience in Scotland turns out to be a Fyre-festival-level disaster.   

Luke receives a text from his mom that leads him and Andrew to ponder their childhoods. Plus, AT&T tries to apologize to users by giving them 5 bucks after a widespread outage. And Wendy’s is going to try some surge pricing on its menu items. 

Luke has a new friend who’s helping him build his IKEA kitchen, but it’s a sort of one-sided relationship. Andrew has some questions about airplane etiquette regarding window shades.

Luke and Andrew discuss the new realities of recording the show via video feed, and how it’s affecting their podcast performance. They also discuss a lawsuit over fancy tomatoes and whether their packaging is misleading customers. 

Andrew is excited to watch a hole being cut into the side of his garage during today’s podcast…It means he’s closer than ever to making the best joke of all time. He and Luke also discuss New York’s hottest new restaurant and its list of ways to get “86ed”.

Luke and Andrew delve into the story of a personal finance columnist who handed $50 thousand of her savings to an internet scammer. Also, Luke wants to start his entire life over after visiting a prestigious film school.

Luke is worried that he’s using too much cologne but nobody will tell him. He and Andrew are also testing some new video software that is solidifying Andrew’s status as Mole Man Basement Dweller. And Luke wants to be a movie director again.