This Week In Joe’s Basement, episode 45: Got Any Ideas?
Air Dates: May 18, 25, 1992
Air Dates: February 17, 24, March 2, 1992
Air Dates: January 27, February 3, 10, 1992
Two particularly excruciating scenarios of situation comedy – delayed gratification. Segments include “Horror in the Bathroom” and “Love in the Void.” In retrospect, this episode seems to reflect the apotheosis of self-hatred and despair which bubbled up during the series’ first season, before the producers thought anyone was watching at all.AIR DATES: May 28, June 4, 1990
Sporting a trim haircut and a new T-shirt, Joe is disillusioned with hosting the show, and threatens to quit. Suddenly, Mark Audrain arrives with a surprise birthday cake. This triggers a retelling of the cake’s creation: Mark cooked it himself, with his assistant, the lovely Penelope. Every few minutes Mark’s evil twin interrupts the memory, laughing and hitting himself with broccoli. Penelope multiplies into eight or ten scruffy guys, who make a total mess of the kitchen. Anticipating David Lynch’s Lost Highway, Mark suddenly becomes Paul Birchall, who’s no tidier. What Penelope pulls out of the oven doesn’t even resemble a cake. Thankfully, Joe dumps it in the trash when Mark isn’t looking.AIR DATES: January 2, 12, 23, 1990
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring two Christmas-themed videos: “All I Want for Xmas” by John Tondelli and “The Neopolitans-The Night Before Christmas” by Tony Izzo.