Breakfast Quest

Comedian Tim Duffy comes back to Breakfast Quest mountain to take in an episode of mid-80's comedy cartoon Galaxy Highschool (or is it Galaxy High?) with Nick and Lars. The show's about teenagers who go to space and learn about getting bullied by enormous chickens. Topics discussed within include the Eagles, murders on the set of the show Coach, and why jokes are bad. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch the episode we watched HERE! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!

Actor and comedian Christine Walters joins Nick and Lars to watch New Zoo Revue, an early '70s live action kids' show featuring people in costumes and a sensbility that is insulting to everybody. Topics discussed within include historical waffles, misogynist animals, and margarine commercials. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! You can't watch the episode we watched because the copyright holder pulled down the youtube video oh no! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!

Patrick Reed, DJ and editor-in-chief of Depth of Field Magazine, joins Nick and Lars for a screening of the ill-fated X-Men pilot from 1988. This one goes deep, folks. Topics discussed within include Paul McCartney, scam artist, the X-Men, X-Factor, X-Force, and X-Men. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch the episode we watched, HERE! See Nick in the background of an airplane-bound instagram video from some pop singer lady just before she watches a TED Talk about the Dalai Lama, as discussed in this episode's post-roll, HERE! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!  

Justin Tyler, co-host of the Comic Book Club podcast and star of Unique New York on IFC.com, joins Nick and Lars for an episode of The Flying House, a Christian anime series in which a group of children travel through time to gawk at the stories of the bible with their surly robot. Topics discussed within include Stan Lee's craven tendencies, horse-stabbing, and Quantum Leap. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "Homeward Bound," the episode we watched, HERE! Follow Justin on twitter! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!

Pat Monahan, standup comic and required twitter reading, joins Nick and Lars for an episode of Robocop: The Animated Series, a late-80's adaptation of the gore-heavy, social commentary-laden, dystopia of the hit rated-hard-R film by the same name, but for kids. In the episode we watched, a sentient trash monster attacks New Detroit, and Robocop gets a cold. Topics discussed within include extortion-seeking bombs, tall tales of dinosaur-themed erotica, and Kids. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Thanks to Travis for recommending that we watch this incredible show. Watch "Project Deathspore," the episode we watched, HERE! Follow Pat on twitter! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!

It's Breakfast Quest After Dark, when a late night recording session brings Nick, Lars, filmmaker Emily Carmichael, and her date, Barry, face-to-face with an episode of the 1966 live-action Japanese monster-battling series, Ultraman. In this episode, a gangster steals a wish-granting stone from a team of scientists, and uses it to wish a poorly designed vomit monster into existence so it can terrorize a photographer and a trio of bathing beauties. This is a weird podcast, guys! Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "The Ruffian from Outer Space," the episode we watched, by buying it on your online video store of choice, you cheapskate! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!

Mike Drucker, comedian and writer for the Tonight Show, joins Nick and Lars to be pummeled by the merciless confusion of Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, a mid-'80s French cartoon that is quite a strange thing indeed. In the episode we watched, the crew of a snail-looking spaceship piloted by a mouth harp-playing shaman passes through a jungle of living crystal deep under the earth's crust to confront the Spanish Inquisition and their inflexible policy of projector-based pessimism enforcement. Somehow, both Nick and Lars watched this show as kids. Topics discussed within include awkward pauses, Space Ghost's landlady, and Interstellar. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "Le Cristal Vivant," the episode we watched, HERE! Follow Mike on twitter! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!

Jess Dweck, writer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, joins Nick and Lars to sail the high seas with an episode of Voyage of the Mimi, an educational, live-action PBS show about a sailboat full of incredibly competent people who know a lot about science. The episode that we watched is about an old man who is cured of hypothermia by rubbing his weird, old body on a bunch of naked people. Topics discussed within include finding ones way in the world, Quantum Leap, and Quantum Leap. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "Shipwrecked / Goosebumps," the episode we watched, HERE! Follow Jess on twitter! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!

Pete Schultz, head writer on SNL's Weekend Update, joins Nick and Lars to watch an episode of Turbo Teen, a mid-80's cartoon about a young boy who gets struck by lightning and discovers that he is now half-automobile. This episode is about how a guy in mask finds a gas that can transform dogs into wolves, and then uses the titular Turbo Teen's newly-wolfed dog to eat all of Southern California's porterhouse steaks. Topics discussed within include the world's responsibility to terrify children, Kevin Spacey's dramatic range, and Quantum Leap. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "Dark Rider and the Hounds of Doom," the episode we watched, here! Check out the video of David Chapelle talking about acting in drag, sent to us by David, here! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON iTUNES!

Pilot Viruet, Flavorwire TV editor and coverer of television all over the internet, joins Nick and Lars to watch the seminal(?), much-loved(?), late-period T.G.I.F. series Boy Meets World. We hated it. This episode is about some boy that meets a world. What a way to close off our month-long extravaganza, T.G.I.February! Topics discussed within include non-rhyming incantations, tips on summoning the dark lord, Satan, and Rider Strong's incredible hair. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "The Witches of Pennbrook," the episode we watched, by buying it on your online video store of choice, you cheapskate! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREADSTICK QUEST ON iTUNES!

Fancy Nancy, star of Fancy Nancy's Funny Hour, joins Nick and Lars to watch 1991's Hi Honey, I'm Home!, a live-action sitcom about a family of fictional characters from the past who move next door to a typical '90's dysfunctional family. This episode is about how some people respond to the stress of a home invasion by buying a billion guns, and some respond by mastering the art of judo in one 30-minutes class at the local rec center. It's week three of the special month-long event, T.G.I.February! Topics discussed within include quote whores, NKOTB's potty mouths, and fainting goats. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "Make My Bed," the episode we watched, here! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREADSTICK QUEST ON iTUNES!

Actor, comedian, and kitsch historian Kyle Supley returns to join Nick and Lars for week two of the month-long extravaganza T.G.I.February and the mostly forgotten T.G.I.F. gem On Our Own. This show was about a group of 9 orphans who, after their parents' death, run a scam on child protective services by having their eldest brother dress in drag to seduce the horndog caseworker put in charge of their care and safety. This show was crazy. Topics discussed within include breadstick rage, the later works of the actor who played Hank on Twin Peaks, and disco shirts. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "Last Tango in St. Louis," the episode we watched, here! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREADSTICK QUEST ON iTUNES!

Puppeteer Brodrick Jones joins Nick and Lars for the first episode of special month-long event, T.G.I.February, to luxuriate in some breadsticks and watch an episode of Dinosaurs, the T.G.I.F. mainstay featuring dinosaur puppets whose lives may not be so different for your own, if your life involves being beaten by your infant child and dying in the ice age. Topics discussed include how the baby boomers ruined everything for everyone, Randy Quaid's unorthodox approach to puppetry, and Interstellar. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net Watch the episode we watched by buying it on your online video store of choice, you cheapskate! Read the Something Positive comic about Jem and the Holograms that Rachel sent to us! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREADSTICK QUEST ON iTUNES!

Comedian Aparna Nancherla joins Nick and Lars for an episode of supposed mid-90's Nicktoon classic Rocko's Modern Life. Take a listen to hear three upbeat people with everything to look forward to in their lives descend into an oppressive melancholy! Topics discussed within include being eaten by ones own family, latent misogyny, and Lost. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch the episode we watched by buying it on your online video store of choice, you cheapskate! Follow Aparna on twitter! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON ITUNES!

Comedian Pat Monahan (@pattymo on twitter) joins Nick and Lars to watch an episode of King Arthur and the Knights of Justice, a 100% historically accurate retelling of how King Arthur and the knights of his Round Table were actually deceased NFL players sent back through time and given robotic supercars to fight the forces of a cybernetic snake man. Topics discussed within include our favorite SNL sketches, Taylor Negron, and Lost. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch the episode we watched HERE! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON ITUNES!

Filmmaker Anya Meksin vaults forward into an apocalyptic future to join Nick and Lars for an episode of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, a late-'80s live-action TV series about a robo-man who fights bad robo-men with a TWIST: if you buy the toy gun they want you to buy, you can shoot your TV with it to make the bad men go away! Topics discussed within include perfectionism, The Room, and Quantum Leap. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net!   Watch the episode we watched HERE! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON ITUNES!

Actor, musician, and improvisor Marshall York gathers 'round the fireplace to enjoy an enduring Holiday classic with Nick and Lars. It's He-Man & Shera: A Christmas Special, a mid-80's cartoon about a skeleton-man learning how to give himself entirely over to the spirit of Christmas and puppies. Topics discussed within include brother-sister sexual tension, arrogant merchandising, and Lost. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch the episode we watched HERE! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST ON ITUNES!

Tom Scharpling, host of THE BEST SHOW joins Nick and Lars to watch an episode of Ark II, a mid-'70s live-action sci fi adventure show about a group of children and a monkey driving around a post-apocalyptic wasteland in a tricked-out van. On this episode, the crew builds a robot and then kills it repeatedly. Topics discussed within include the inspiring story of stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham, fish stew, and Lost. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "The Robot," the episode we watched HERE! Preorder the 16-disc Scharpling & Wurster boxed set from the Numero Group HERE! Find the new home of The Best Show HERE! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST HERE!

Filmmaker and animator Katrina Whalen joins Nick and Lars on a journey to a pastoral English countryside filled with immortal rodents by watching an episode of the 1984 series, The Wind in the Willows. Topics discussed within include the films of Czech director Jan Svankmajer, the impracticality of sardine sandwiches, and Lost. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," the episode we watched, by buying it on iTunes, you cheapskate. Check out Katrina Whalen's films here! ...and SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKFAST QUEST HERE!

It's all dinosaurs, sleestaks, and abusive fathers in this special NOT-OCT-TROPE-PURR ANYMORE podcast. Nick and Lars sit down with their friend Julian Graham to discuss an episode of the '70s-era live-action kids show Land of the Lost. Within, Julian contemplates the Lovecraftian horror of insectoid lizard cults, Lars explores the connections between Star Wars and Sex and the City, and Nick picks up on some serious sister-brother ST. Send your emails to letters@breakfastquest.net! Watch the episode we watched HERE! ...and SUBSCRIBE to Breakfast Quest on iTunes!!!!!!