May 15-21, 1993 This week Ken welcomes comedian, TV host and author Max Silvestri to the show. Ken and Max discuss Cheers, having your own wing of the house, sneaking wrestling, waiting to get the good cable channels, Sci Fi Channel, living in the 'boro, being an early adopter of the internet fandom age, TiVo, being a Nielsen Family, saving genre shows single handedly, being an only child, Prodigy vs. Compuserve vs. AOL, Ken's major award of a custom Mr. Show Bowling Shirt, Ken's collector mentality, cast and crew jackets, being burdened by your interests, Bloopers, practical jokes vs. flubs, Cops, Max's visceral aversion to the underclasses, Empty Nest, being wise beyond your years, Jerk offs, Code 3, Mad About You, Newsradio, Murder She Wrote, Wild Palms, Max's love of British child murder, Virtual Reality taking over the world in 2007, Epic Made for TV Events, Humanity as a bummer, Championship Skating, Evening Shade's series finale, Murphy Brown, why there are no great young movie stars anymore, 1-900 numbers, Sierra's inventory based puzzle games, Full House. Disney's shameless cross promotion, Rescue 911, Robocop 2, Bob, the 90s Chromium age comics boom, why Bob Newhart should never have kids, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Comics Only, Ken Ober, the multi-talented Fred Wolf, Home Improvement, Tim Allen as the new Bible, Mark Russell's political parodies, Unsolved Mysteries, The Bradys, peas, Munsters, Ann Magneson, Kung Fu, like the update better than the original, Cheers, watching TV at school, Tom Selleck's Runaway, If anybody has seen Richie, abstaining from masturbation, Jeering non Regis and Kathy Lee co-hosts, and the MTV Movie Awards.

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