Archives for The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling

Archives are in RealAudio format unless otherwise indicated

May 13, 2008: Listen (RealAudio) | Listen (MP3 - 128K)
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April 29, 2008: Mike Lupica filled in.
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April 15, 2008: Listen
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April 1, 2008: Listen

March 25, 2008: Listen
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March 11, 2008: Listen
March 4, 2008: Ted Leo, Ben Gibbard, and Patton Oswalt help Tom fundraise! With co-host Pseu | Listen
March 3, 2008: Special Announcement Podcast

February 26, 2008: 2008 Marathon week one with co-host Hatch | Listen
February 21, 2008: Special Podcast
February 19, 2008: Listen
February 12, 2008: Listen
February 5, 2008: Listen

January 29, 2008: Listen
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January 15, 2008: Listen
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January 1, 2008: Billy Jam filled in.

December 25, 2007: Listen
December 18, 2007: Listen
December 11, 2007: Listen
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November 27, 2007: Listen
November 20, 2007: Listen
November 13, 2007: Listen
November 6, 2007: Comic genius Fred Armisen and Jens Hanneman, star of the new DVD entitled COMPLICATED DRUMMING TECHNIQUE. | Listen

October 30, 2007: Doron filled in.
October 23, 2007: Listen
October 16, 2007: Listen
October 9, 2007: Listen
October 2, 2007: Dan Bodah filled in.

September 25, 2007: Listen
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September 11, 2007: Listen
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August 28, 2007: Listen
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August 14, 2007: Listen
August 7, 2007: Michael Goodstein filled in.

July 31, 2007: A Sad Call From Philly Boy Roy, A Topic That Brought Out The Scary In Everyone, Oliver North At Great Adventure And More! | Listen
July 24, 2007: Tom Gets A Call From A Guy Desperate To Rant, When Your Mind Says One Thing And Your Body Says Another, And Will This Be The First L Of 2007? | Listen
July 17, 2007: A Call From The Leader Of The Newbridge Hardcore Scene, So Help Me I Like It, Who Would You Not Want In The Foxhole And More. | Listen
July 10, 2007: Patton Oswalt Is Live In Studio! An Appearance From Philly Boy Roy! More Jamie Lee Curtis Nonsense! This One Is Special. | Listen
July 3, 2007: Listen

June 26, 2007: Michael Goodstein filled in.
June 19, 2007: Who Are The Five People You Would Want To Have Dinner With The Least? And Some Exciting News About Power Pop Pop Pop. | Listen
June 12, 2007: Funnyman Paul F Tompkins Joins The Program As He Kicks Off His Week Of Triumph. A Reporter Calls To Ask Tom About The Sopranos Finale, And Some Talk Of The Amazing Movie Mr. Brooks, Which Is In Theaters Now! | Listen
June 5, 2007: The Gorch Finally Reaches The WFMU Studios To Murder Tom! Philly Boy Roy Stops By And Takes Control Of The Station, Interviewing Ben Gibbard In The Process. Plus Another Interview With Ken Rogers. Hall Of Fame, People! | Listen
June 2, 2007: A Last Minute Miniature Best Show Due To A Scheduling Mishap. Featuring A Call From A Police Fan And Ted Leo From Europe! | Listen

May 29, 2007: Another Try With Ken Rogers, A Geico Caveman Chat With An ABC Executive, The Worst Sayings, And A Last Second Call From An ll-Time Favorite Who Will Be IN STUDIO Next Week! | Listen
May 22, 2007: An Author Calls In To Talk About His Book. A Power Pop Enthusiast Calls In To Talk About His Festival. The Debut Of 'Oh God, What Have I Done' And 'Things That Make Me Feel Dumb.' This One Was Not Too Shabby! | Listen
May 15, 2007: Listen
May 8, 2007: Why Am I Doing This Again, Philly Boy Roy Is Running Things, Paul F Tompkins Calls In And So Much More. Actually Not Much More Than That. | Listen
May 1, 2007: The Return Of Bishop Pablo Fontana And His Goals For The Pope, What Is The Best Thing You've Ever Overheard, I Wish I Didn't Know That, Ted Leo And So Much More. | Listen

April 24, 2007: Seth Galifianakis Makes His Radio Debut, A New Chapter In The Life Of Bryce, And Tom Gets Jury Duty. Radio Hall Of Fame Quality? You Decide! | Listen
April 17, 2007: The Exciting Return Of Tom. Philly Boy Roy Is Becoming A Mogul, And Some Random Chit Chat. | Listen
April 10, 2007: Dan Mackta filled in.
April 3, 2007: Robin filled in.

March 27, 2007: Bethany filled in.
March 20, 2007: Tom Gets Sick On The Air. Tom Plays Miles Davis. Tom Recovers, Then Talks Does 'Come On, Guys' And Words You Hate. | Listen
March 13, 2007: 2007 Marathon week two with Ted Leo and co-host Laura Cantrell | Listen
March 11, 2007: A Five Minute EMERGENCY PODCAST! It Is Timely, SO LISTEN NOW!!!! Love, Tom.
March 7, 2007: 2007 Marathon week one with co-host Dan Mackta | Listen

February 27, 2007: Listen
February 20, 2007: Bill Of Rights For Life, What Is The Meanest Thing Anyone Ever Said To You, Spike, Other Hilarity. Tom Just Talks And Talks And Talks! | Listen
February 13, 2007: Zach Galifianakis Swings By The Studio, A Call From A Blogger, Give Me That Time Back And Even More! Where Do We Fit It? I Don't Know! | Listen
February 6, 2007: Some Superbowl Talk, The Return Of Tim And Eric, Tom's Trivia-Obsessed Co-Worker, Jason Needs A Job And More! | Listen

January 30, 2007: I Don't Get It, Philly Boy Roy's Charity Proposal, Talk Of The Barnes & Noble Men's Room And More. | Listen
January 23, 2007: Talk Of Feuds, I Want My Money Back, Petey Versus August And More! | Listen
January 16, 2007: Dial It Down A Notch, A Call From A Hero, And Some Other Shit - I Don't Remember And My Notebook Is Upstairs. | Listen
January 9, 2007: Philly Boy Roy Has The Upper Hand, Some Talk Of Names, A Call From A Young Man With A Taste For The Limelight, The Top CDs And More. | Listen
January 2, 2007: The Best Show Is Back! Paul F Tompkins And Philly Boy Roy! PFT Versus PBR! Plus New Years Resolutions And A Man Looking To Create An Icon. | Listen

December 26, 2006: Dave the Spazz filled in.
December 19, 2006: Philly Boy Roy Gets Ready For Rocky Balboa, First Show/Worst Show, An American And A Briton In Studio, And The Worst Callers In The History Of The Show. Things Are Gonna Change Soon - Mark My Words. | Listen
December 12, 2006: What would you do with the fiftieth use of your time machine, Pete Enters the fray, an angry message board poster calls, some Bryce, and some other such stuff. | Listen
December 5, 2006: How Do You Want It? Morning Zoo Pace Or Best Show Pace? Philly Boy Roy Is Waiting, Best Of The Worst/Worst Of The Best, Pete And Some Other Fun Stuff. | Listen

November 28, 2006: Pudge And His Reading, A Local Man With Some Money Issues, Talk Of Happy Feet, And Some Of The Worst Callers In The History Of Radio. | Listen
November 21, 2006: Some Talk Of The Horrors Of Comedy, Spike Gets In The Thanksgiving Spirit, Tom Works On His One-Man Show, The Build A Movie Game And More! | Listen
November 14, 2006: Laura Cantrell filled in.
November 7, 2006: Some Talk Of The Election, StubHub, Borat, Bryce, And Other Stuff. Have Fun With This. | Listen

October 31, 2006: The Halloween Unspectacular Spectacular. A Round Of 'Pay Me'. And Dennis Yells At Tom About Dropping The Trick Or Treat Ball! | Listen
October 24, 2006: A Television 'Star' Calls Up. So Does Pudge. And Dennis. And Some Talk Of Handguns, Jim Cramer And Beck. | Listen
October 17, 2006: A Sick Tom Contemplates The Death Of CBGB's And Tower Records, Fixing Your Netflix Queue, Trump Magazine, Pudge And Smash Or Trash With Indieblockedappella. | Listen
October 10, 2006: It's The Danielson Bachelor Party, Featuring Little Freddy Danielson And (Most Of) The Danielson Familie, WIth Special Guests Timmy Von Trimble, Marky Ramone, Philly Boy Roy, Troy Dershman And Pudge! | Listen
October 3, 2006: Bryce And Reagan. PC Richard. Sam's Town. Atlantic City. The Scary Neighbor. Jim Cramer. The Children Of Ritalin. | Listen

September 26, 2006: Bryce Is Scared. Zeph Is Angry. Ted Leo Needs Lyrics. Dennis Wants Halloween Candy For His Kids. August Is August. And Tommy Needs You To Listen! | Listen
September 19, 2006: Tom Gets A Call From His New Neighbor. August Pulls The Hat Trick. Talk Of Superheroes In Sports. And Some Craaaaa-zy Callers! | Listen
September 12, 2006: A Riveting Talk With Sam Seder The Day Before Air America Went Bankrupt. Bryce Checks In. A Man With A Bill Murray Grudge, And Some Blah Blah Blah. | Listen
September 5, 2006: Spike. August. Autographs. Open Phones. And More! | Listen

August 29, 2006: Philly Boy Roy Reviews INVINCIBLE, Callers Put Together Their Slap Lists, Talk Of Who Would Play Whom In The Best Show Movie, Smash Or Trash And More! | Listen
August 22, 2006: A Call From Someone In Tom's Past, Bryce Checks In, Philly Boy Roy Is Pumped For INVINCIBLE, More Lighthouse Confessions, Who Is The Worst Band On MySpace And Slightly More! | Listen
August 15, 2006: A Call From The Head Of Anything, Inc., Another Lighthouse Confession, The Real Or Fake Elvis Presley Movie Character Name Game, Tom's 1500th MySpace Member And So Much More! | Listen
August 8, 2006: A Call From Gene Simmons, The Debut Of 'Good/Not So Good', The Debut Of 'Lighthouse Confessions', And The (Second) Trial Of Petey. | Listen
August 1, 2006: Evan "Funk" Davies filled in.

July 25, 2006: Philly Boy Roy Mourns A Hero. Tom Goes To Canada. Open Phone Tuesday. Plus A Complete Mauling Of Clerks II! What More Could You Ask For? You'd Ask For What? Sorry, I Cant Give You THAT! | Listen
July 18, 2006: Billy Jam filled in.
July 11, 2006: Philly Boy Roy And His Psychic Son. A Very Troubled Judge. Superman. Tourgasm. Hippies. The Mamas And The Papas. Teddy. Score This One A 'W'!
July 4, 2006: Stefan Filled in with the "57th Best Show On WFMU!"

June 27, 2006: No Archive. Why? Cuz It Was A Horrible Show. Tom Is Going Away To 'Recharge His Batteries'. Maybe For A Week. Maybe More. While He's Gone, Think About Doing Your Part. It Wouldnt Hurt If You Called Once In Awhile Rather Than Just Chatting Away In The Chat
June 20, 2006: Zachary Brimstead Returns! The Debut Of 'Shoot Me In The Head If...', And More. Sounds Like Fun? Yes... Until The Bad Guys Win. | Listen
June 13, 2006: What Started Off Bad Turns Out Good. The Show Starts With Tom's Life Falling Apart, But Calls From Bryce, Philly Boy Roy, Spike And Others Turn It Around. I Like It! | Listen
June 6, 2006: Tom Gets A Call From A Bitter Old Friend, An Interview With Henry Owings From Chunklet, Some Bryce, War is Declared On 80-Year-Old DJs And More! | Listen

May 30, 2006: Comedy Master Zach Galifianakis Calls In! Philly Boy Roy Talks About Memorial Day! An Argument About CNN Crawls, Your Lowest Moment And More. In Tribute To Gleason Jones... RIP. | Listen
May 23, 2006: Darren From Work Checks In To Discuss The Corporate Battle Of The Bands, Matt Walsh - Star Of Comedy Central's 'Dog Bites Man' Calls From An Airplane, The Band Wet Rat Make Their Presence Known, Open Phone Tuesday And More! | Listen
May 16, 2006: The Build-A-Movie Game! Rate Your High School Experience! More Tall Bike Adventures! Tom Takes A Stand! Plenty Of Fun Calls! Don't Be Soft Serve! | Listen
May 9, 2006: Corey Harris Calls To Recount His Mount Everest Concert, Ted Leo Calls To Recount His Coachella Concert, Freddy From Danielson Calls To Promote His Upcoming Concert, And So Much More!
May 2, 2006: Corey From Mother 13 Returns To Announce An Outrageous Event, Talk Of The Creeps From Ithica Biting Tom's Stylee, And The Winner Of The Theme Song Contest!

April 25, 2006: Tom Checks In With 'The Miracle Man From Missouri'! Scag Winesack and His Ex-Wife Stop By The Studio Live! The Worst Song In The History Of Mankind!
April 18, 2006: An Interview With Keith Garfinkle, A Man That Cannot Be Described, More Tall Bike Threats, A Rock Critic Licks His Wounds On The Air, MC Steinberg And More! Get Blazed!
April 11, 2006: What Moment Makes You Sad. The Return Of Jeff Feuerzeig. The Danielson Family Get Attacked By Philly Boy Roy. Bryce Bemoans Jerry's Toilet. And More! | Listen
April 4, 2006: Tom Gets Attacked By Tall Bikers, The Debut Of 'Am I The Only One On Earth..?', A Call From The King Of Coatchecks, And Talk Of Why Tom Sounds Like A Sixty-Five Year Old Man. | Listen

March 28, 2006: An Interview With Jeff Feuerzeig, Director Of 'The Devil And Daniel Johnston', Philly Boy Roy Calls To Talk About 'The Sopranos', Tom Rails Against Mutant Bike Culture, And Some Other Fun Things. Fun, I Say! Fun! | Listen
March 21, 2006: Jason Das filled in.
March 14, 2006: The Director Of 'The Tool Belt Killer' Calls In To Defend George Clooney, The CEO Of Aebercrombie & Fitch Is Discussed, An Enlightening Rap From MC Steinberg And More!
March 7, 2006: Yo La Tengo play live. Archive not available.

February 28, 2006: Week One Of The Marathon For The Best Show, With Co-Host Evan 'Funk' Davies. Spike Heats Things Up, Marky Ramone Tries To Help, And Tom Makes Sounds Like An Animal For Your Pledges! 800-989-9368! | Listen
February 21, 2006: Craig Cooper From Radio Hut Checks In, The 'Build A Movie Game' Is Birthed, Some Theme Song Songs, Another Revealing Call From Spike And More! | Listen
February 14, 2006: Tom Has Technical Difficulties. Tom Fights With Poster Children. Tom Tries To Get It Back On Track. Tom Tried. Happy Valentine's Day. | Listen
February 7, 2006: A Call From Superbowl Champ Troy Renfro, A Referee From Puppy Bowl II Calls In, Tom Gets Interviewed By A High School Student, The War With The Poster Children Heats Up And More! This Was A Good One, People! | Listen

January 31, 2006: Tom Is Mean To Spike. Marky Ramone Talks About His New Romance Novel And Reveals His Big Surprise! Some Jerk Threatens To Melt Tom. Tom Is Accused Of Being On The Take (Which He Is Not!). | Listen
January 24, 2006: A Fun Chat With Comedian Jim Gaffigan, Some Awesome Song Contest Entries, A Disturbing Call From Akiva Smirnoff, Some Jibber Jabber, And Another Talk With Marky Ramone. | Listen
January 17, 2006: Tom Talks About A Sad Ebay Auction, Marky Ramone Calls In To Plug His Many Endeavors, And The Ted Leo-MC Steinberg Rap Battle, With A Panel Of Celebrity Judges! | Listen
January 10, 2006: An Unfair Record Review Of The Soupjam Stevens Album, The First Factory Wrapped Douche Of The Week, A Round Of 'I Love, I Hate', MC Steinberg Rap Battles John Junk, And Ted Leo Accepts A Rap Battle Challenge! | Listen
January 3, 2006: Marky Ramone Takes Offense To Some Ramones Talk, MC Steinberg Issues A Rap Battle Challenge To All Comers, Relaxation Guru Gregor McWilliams Tries To Help Tom Relax, And Scag Winesack Talks About The Daughter He Didn't Know He Had. | Listen

December 27, 2005: A Show Plagued By Technical Difficulties Almost Goes Down The Toilet, But We Pull It Out With Some Talk Of Celebrity Fragrances And New Years. Much Thanks To Stan! He's A Good Guy! | Listen
December 20, 2005: Tom Makes Fun Of The Transit Strike, A Possibly Stoned Petey, MC Steinberg, Talk Of The Best/Worst Christmas Memories, And A Visit From Jason and Megan. | Listen
December 13, 2005: Tom Reads An Interview With SuperDouche Chris Klein, Some Philly Boy Roy, Some Scag Winesack, Petey And Tom Sing A Duet And The Debut Of 'I Love, I Hate'. | Listen
December 6, 2005: Tom Gets A Call From A Sad Sad Man. Plenty Of Talk About The Ugliest Band In Rock History. And The Incomparable Stevie Blue Stops By The Studio To Sing, Take Calls And Teach! | Listen

November 29, 2005: Philly Boy Roy Calls In. Timmy Von Trimble Calls In. Jimmy Crespo From Aerosmith Calls In. Talk About The Unfunniest Funny People, MC Steinberg And Some Other Chit Chat. | Listen
November 22, 2005: Jerry Seinfeld Is Supposed To Call In But Tom Talks To His Publicist Instead. A Truly Upsetting Call From No Smoking Joe, Officer Tom Calls In And A Round Of 'Getting To Know You'. | Listen
November 15, 2005: Evan "Funk" Davies filled in.
November 8, 2005: The Owner Of Club Pizzazz Checks In, Tom Works On His Public Speaking Skills, Philly Boy Roy Is Caught Up In A Weird Alliance, And Some Talk About Whether Sammy Hagar Was In Montrose (He Wasn't). | Listen
November 1, 2005: Tom Talks About The Madonna Inn, Some Halloween Chat, Officer Tom and Purple Shirt Get Heated, And The Exciting Debut Of Petey 4.0! | Listen

October 25, 2005: No Dudes Allowed? Eh. But There's A Call From The 'One On One News Team', And Some Other Random Moments Of Okay-Ness. | Listen
October 18, 2005: Andy From Lake Newbridge Calls In. Fun Stuff. Going Well... Then The Show Goes Off The Rails. Next Week Is No Dudes Allowed! Ladies Only!
October 11, 2005: Horse From 'The Jock Squad' Calls, An Appearance By Comedy Legend Matt Walsh, Smash Or Trash With The Barbarellatones, And New Songs From Petey And MC Steinberg. A Fun Show!
October 4, 2005: Tom Plays Dark Side Of The Moon In Its Entirety, The Winner(s) Of the FOT Logo Contest Are Announced. And Skag Winesack Drops By. | Listen

September 27, 2005: Tom Gets Deeper Into The Stevie Blue Story, People Ask Some Either/Or Questions, A Call To Belinda, And A Rally Against People Who Say 'Bye Bye' When They Hang Up. | Listen
September 20, 2005: The Debut Of Stevie Blue, And Bryce Calls In And Answers Some Grateful Dead Trivia For The Fine Listeners. | Listen
September 13, 2005: Evan "Funk" Davies filled in.
September 6, 2005: Tom Crawls Back To WFMU Completely Defeated, The Sirius Deal A Distant Memory. The Pain In His Voice Will Send Chills Up Your Spine. He Fights To Get The Will To Carry On. Does He Get It? Listen! | Listen

August 31, 2005: It's The End Of The Summer, End Of The Best Show Battle Of The Bands! Hear Von Scharpling Crush The Shit Out Of Fureball. Also, MC Steinberg Rips It Up Live In The Studio! And Another Sad Call From Bryce. This Is The End! Goodbye, WFMU! | Listen
August 23, 2005: The Second To Last Ever Best Show! Hot Rockin' Ronny Calls To Ask For Tom's Job. Another Kevin Call. Some Talk Of The Good Things That People Have Done. The End Is Just Around The Corner! | Listen
August 16, 2005: Another Sad Call From Bryce. Kevin Is Back With A Vengeance. Lots Of Fighting Between MC Steinberg And Tommert, And Tom Makes It Official - He's Leaving WFMU For Satellite Radio! Goodbye FMU, Hello Little Steven! | Listen
August 9, 2005: Tom Grunts At The Outset, But The Show Gets On Track. Bryce Mourns Jerry Garcia, The Return Of Kevin, MC Steinberg Breaks Out A New Song, And Some General Fun Good Time Moments. | Listen
August 2, 2005: Tom Returns From His Hiatus. A Talk With The Publisher Of Pizza Aficionado Magazine. Some Random Calls, And Jason Is In Studio From England, With Megan And Therese, Who Only Came From New Jersey. | Listen

July 26, 2005: Frank O'Toole filled in.
July 19, 2005: Evan "Funk" Davies filled in.
July 12, 2005: Philly Boy Roy Calls In. Much Talk Of Dinosaur Jr. Some Flip Flop Chat. A Member Of Run Westy Run Checks In. Oh, And It's The Final Episode Of The Best Show. Goodbye Everybody! | Listen
July 5, 2005: The Author A Book Called 'Roadie Rage' Checks In. Much Talk About Who Should Carry The Torch For the 2008 Olympics When It Comes To New York City! And Some Other Fun Stuff. | Listen

June 28, 2005: Tom Starts To Assemble A List Of The Top 100 Movie Quotes To Counter The Dopey AFI Quotes List. Everybody Calls In! Philly Boy Roy Drops In. And NBA Star Mehmet Okur Calls In To Discuss His Love Of Surfing. | Listen
June 21, 2005: Tom Talks To The People. A Round Of 'Are You Sexy Or What?' And Steinberg Breaks Through. No Bells Or Whistles On This One, But People Seem To Like It. And It Was The Hardest Show Tom Ever Did, For Reasons That You Dont Know. | Listen
June 14, 2005: Tom Talks About The Movie 'Be Cool'. Capt. Jack Enters The FOT Hall Of Shame. And Tom Calls Out The New WFMU Disc Jockeys Who Refuse To Call In And Show Some Fucking Respect. A War Is Brewing! | Listen
June 7, 2005: The Shocking Revelation That Many Of Today's Finest Musicians Are 'Getting Fogged'. Tom Gets Accused Of Buying Beer For Young Kids, And More Hall Of Fame Action. | Listen

May 31, 2005: Dan Mackta filled in.
May 24, 2005: Bradley Beesley, Director of the Flaming Lips Documentary 'Fearless Freaks' Is On The Show. Also, The Freedom Hawk Checks In. And Some Other Fun Stuff. A Good Show! | See the playlist | Listen
May 17, 2005: The Listeners Get Five Minute Talk Shows To Do Whatever They Want. Some Of Them Are Good. But Most Are Bad. Very Bad. Even Worse Than This Actual Show. They Cant All Be Winners. | Listen
May 10, 2005: Tim And Eric Stop By To Discuss Their New Sitcom And Movie Of The Week. The Crust Guy Calls In. Tom GOMPs Baby Ed, And Petey Lays Out A Very Special Tribute To Bob Dylan. | Listen
May 3, 2005: Talk Of Your Delusions. The Show Gets Handed Over To The Ladies. And Tom Is Back From Coachella. | Listen

April 26, 2005: Fallout From the Miles Davis Tribute. Hippy Johnny Checks In. A Feral Cat Hunter Checks In. Philly Boy Roy's Wife Rhoda Checks In. Plus Basketball Playoffs Talk! | Listen
April 19, 2005: Bishop Pablo Fontana Discusses The New Pope. More FOT Hall Of Fame. The Audience Tells What's Interesting About Them. And A Special Tribute To Miles Davis! | Listen
April 12, 2005: Tim & Eric From 'Tom Goes To The Mayor Check In. Some People Get Mad. If You're One Of Them, Fuck You You Don't Deserve Their Show, You Piece Of Shit. Maybe You're Too Fucking Dumb To Get It. And, Listeners Vote Whether Officer Tom Is Hall Of Fame-Worthy. | Listen
April 5, 2005: The Son Of The Bassist From The Ventures Calls In, Another Call From The Guy From Crust, Todd Barry Pays Tribute To The Late Great Mitch Hedberg, And The Friends Of Tom Hall Of Fame Is Open! | Listen

March 29, 2005: Tom Gives Voice To The Disenfranchised. An Actor Playing Tom In Philly Boy Roy's Movie Calls. And Someone From The Band 'Crust' Checks In, Trying To Start A 'Crust Space'. | Listen
March 22, 2005: Post-Marathon Show. Mike Sajak Melts Down, Judge Tom Is In Session, And Sathington Checks In After A Two Year Absence. | Listen
March 15, 2005: The annual Yo La Tengo request-a-thon with Tom Scharpling and Gaylord Fields.Listeners called in, pledged for a song, and then watched the band play their request! Archive unavailable.
March 8, 2005: 2005 WFMU Marathon with co-host OCDJ | Listen
March 1, 2005: Mike Sajak - Brother Of Pat Sajak - Calls In. And The 2005 WFMU Marathon Planning Begins! Captain Jack Is Coming Down! Plus Some Other Fun Talk! | Listen

February 15, 2005: OCDJ filled in.
February 1, 2005: Petey In Studio For His Birthday! Master Shake Calls In, As Does Petey From The Future. Smash Or Trash With Petey's Father's Music, And The Exciting Debut Of The Rock Group 'Von Scharpling'! | Listen

January 25, 2005: Helping A Guy Pick Out Music To Seduce A Lady. Philly Boy Roy Talks Superbowl. A Call To Hova And Belinda, And A Round Of Getting To Know You/Getting To Know Me. | Listen
January 11, 2005: DA the DJ filled in.
January 4, 2005: Dan Mackta filled in.

December 29, 2004: The Death Of Tom's Soul. Ending 2004 With A Sad Whimper. Don't Listen To This Archive. I Keep Shows Like This Up So That When I'm Dead There'll Be Some Historical Perspective To The Whole 'Tom Was A Genius' Thing. | Listen
December 21, 2004: A Call From Maurice Kern And Hot Rockin' Ronny, Don The Pottery Guy Brings Buy Some Pottery For Tom, And Tom Dies Just A Little Bit Inside Thinking About How The Holidays Suck And How His Life Is Falling Apart. And The Callers Show No Mercy. | Listen
December 7, 2004: Tim And Eric From 'Tom Goes To The Mayor' Stop By For Some Fun. Gene Simmons Tries To Sell Tom Some Stuff. Some Talk Of How American Chocolate Is The Best, And The Absolute Final Captain Jack Appearance. | Listen

November 30, 2004: What Is The Worst Song Ever? Basketball Riot Starter John Green Calls In To Discuss His Career Goals, Stacy Keach Promotes Skag Winesack's New Energy Drink, And The Final Appearance By Captain Jack. | Listen
November 23, 2004: November 23, 2004: Pacers-Pistons Talk With Philly Boy Roy, An Interview With 'Home Movies' Creator Loren Bouchard, A Freelance Used Car Dealer Tries To Sell Autos To The Listeners, And A Round Of 'Getting To Know Me'. | Listen
November 16, 2004: November 16, 2004: A Solid Round Of 'Getting To Know You'. Some Phone Calls From Capt. Jack's Friend. And Other Stuff. I Thought It Was A Pretty Good Show Looking Back, But Then Again I Am The Host Of It. | Listen
November 9, 2004: The Glorious Return Of The Patriot Zone! And The Officer Tom/Purple Shirt Battle Continues! | Listen
November 2, 2004: The Horror.... The Horror.... | Listen

October 19, 2004: Tom Talks To Author/Humorist Marsha Marks, Discusses Bill O'Reilly, Why Sgt. Pepper Sucks, Why A Listener Shouldn't Vote For Bush, And Bans Capt. Jack For A Year. | Listen
October 12, 2004: Tom Talks To The Head Of The Swift Jocks For Truth, A Polling Person, People From Two Different Countries. Plus, The World Nearly Ends When Adrian, Petey And Captain Jack Talk At The Same Time. | Listen
October 5, 2004: Tom Surveys The American Public During The Vice Presidential Debate. Also, Non-Smokin' Joe Becomes A Factory Wrapped Douche, And Other Such Nonsense. | Listen

September 14, 2004: Listen
September 7, 2004: The Exciting Debut Of Tom's On-Air Rock Group 'The Medical Marijuana'! A Call From The Poorest Rich Boy! And The Winner Of The 'I Love The Best Show' Contest Is Announced! | Listen

August 31, 2004: The Gorch and Skag Winesack Team Up In Memphis. Rick Warren Talks About His Adult Film Career And Arnold Schwarzeneggar. Talk About The Video Music Awards With ElleGirl Magazine. And So Much More! | Listen
August 24, 2004: Jon Glaser And NBA Star Mehmet Okur Talk About Their West Memphis 3 Benefit, An Interview With The Author Of A Book, Skag Winesack Checks In, And Tom Misleads A Caller. And More! Whee! | Listen
August 17, 2004: An Arrogant Call From Air America's Sam Seder, Philly Boy Roy Checks In With A Concert Update, And Tom Goes On A Gomping Spree. | Listen
August 10, 2004: Tom Holds An Audio Cuddle Party. Tom Talks About What You Wanted To Be When You Grew Up. Tom Talks To A Potter And An EMT. And Smash Or Trash Returns With Group Sounds! | Listen
August 3, 2004: Listener Mistakes Tom For 'The Problem Solver'. The Party Doctor Checks In. A Round Or Two Of 'Getting To Know You'. Talk Of Fantasy Bands, And An Eric Carmen-Fleetwood Mac Finale. | Listen

July 27, 2004: Hot Rockin Ronny Calls From A Political Convention, Tom Tries To Start A Blog, Unfair Reviews Of Polyphonic Spree And Brian Wilson, And Talk Of Pancakes And The MC5. Not The Greatest Show Ever, But What Are You Gonna Do? | Listen
July 20, 2004: Tom Does A One Man Version Of The Entire Movie Road House! Also, An Unfair Record Review Of The New Wilco Album. | Listen
July 13, 2004: Philly Boy Roy! Skag Winesack! The Party Doctor! Matt Walsh! Petey's Grandmother! The Leader! And Hanging Outside The Holland Tunnel At A Hess Station With Officer Tom And Some Reckless Youth! | Listen

June 22, 2004: The Show Goes Off The Rails. The Leader Calls In. The Party Zone Returns. And Capt. Jack Comes Down To The Studio! | Listen
June 8, 2004: The Trial Of Petey! A Prank To The Hosts Of 'Greasy Kids Stuff'. And Other Stuff! | Listen
June 1, 2004: Tom Plays 'Make Me Laugh' With The Listeners. Talk Of The Big Velvet Revolver Concert, And A Vocal Tribute To Stone Temple Pilots. | Listen

May 25, 2004: An Interview With 'Cy The Hole Guy'. An Old High School Classmate Calls Up Trying To Sell Tom Some Crap. And Other Stuff! | Listen
May 18, 2004: Black Ops filled in.
May 11, 2004: Terre T filled in.
May 4, 2004: An Evening Of OnStar Related Comedy, Talk Of The Since-Postponed Singles Mixer, An Old Lady Gets Jerked Around And Jason Returns To The Studio With His British Buddy Debs. | Listen

April 27, 2004: Jason Comes From England To WFMU. The Fast Zombies Versus Slow Zombies Debate Rages On. Philly Boy Roy Decides To Become A Motivational Speaker. Plus Mike Lupica And Capt. Jack. | Listen
April 20, 2004: OCDJ filled in.
April 13, 2004: Basketball Oracle Hoopstradamus Calls In, Tom Makes Fun Of An Old Lady, And An In Studio Appearance By Home Movies' Loren Bouchard And Jon Benjamin. | Listen
April 6, 2004: Chubby Checker's Tenth Anniversary Tribute To Kurt Cobain, A Call From A Republican Tax Nut, The Return Of The Party Doctor, Captain Jack, And The Big Dipper Reunion Gets One Tiny Step Closer. | Listen

March 30, 2004: Petey's Grandmother Calls In, Talk About The Coen Brothers, Some Other Stupid Stuff, And Somehow It Turned Into A Pretty Okay Show In The End. | Listen
March 17, 2004: Week 2 of the 2004 Marathon with Co-Host Terre T. | Listen
March 9, 2004: Week 1 of the 2004 Marathon with Co-Host Black Ops | Listen
March 2, 2004: Talking Toblerone, Open Phone Madness And An Unfair Record Review That Proves Brad Delp Is The Godfather Of Independent Music. | Listen

February 17, 2004: The Return Of The New, Creepier Party Doctor. Petey Interviews Tom, And Plenty Of Bashing Of Steely Dan. | Listen
February 10, 2004: An Interview With Ty From Black Tyger, Tom Pays Tribute To Belle And Sebastian With A Former Studio 54 Disc Jockey. And More! | Listen
February 3, 2004: An Interview With Author Paul Collins, The Big Dipper Reunion Plot Thickens, And Plenty Of Dream Talk. | Listen

January 27, 2004: Wow, Was This A Bad Show Or What? Technical Problems Galore. The Only Good Part Is Hearing Gary And Steve from Big Dipper Call In During The Second Hour. Otherwise, Forget It. | Listen
January 20, 2004: Tom Compares Howard Dean To Cronos And Don West, Tries To Re-Unite Big Dipper And Puts 'The Leader' In His Sad Little Place. | Listen
January 13, 2004: Tom Fights Back Against 'Lady, Talk!' By Doing The Best Advice Show On WFMU, Which Grows Into Tom Taking On Every Radio Format In Existence. | Listen
January 6, 2004: (Show One) Tom Talks To An Angry Record Promo Guy. Tom Talks To 'Extreme Dad'. Tom Talks About Who Is A Factory Wrapped Douche. Archive Taken Down at the request of Tom.
January 6, 2004: Part two of six hour show | Listen

December 16, 2003: A Call From Reggie From Survivor, Who Talks About 'The Incident'. Also, Open Phones And Talk Of Christmas And The Artist Of The Year Poll. | Listen
December 9, 2003: December 9, 2003: A Call From Skag Winesack About His Ex-Wife, A Visit From Moriarty Of Aint It Cool News Fame, And Tom Talks Job Interview Tips With Some Callers. | Listen
December 2, 2003: The Return Of Tom's Daddy, Who Has Some Horrifying News For Tom. Also, An Unfair Record Review Of The Entire Ryan Adams Oeuvre. | Listen

November 25, 2003: Tom Gets Back Into The Swing Of Things, And A Call From Someone Looking To Be Tom's Personal Magician. | Listen
November 18, 2003: Dan Mackta filled in.
November 11, 2003: Dan Mackta filled in.
November 4, 2003: Dan Mackta filled in.

October 28, 2003: The Cougar From Pout Checks In, Some Intense Talk About The Band Yes, And Plenty Of Halloween Chat. | Listen
October 21, 2003: Matt Walsh And Ian Roberts Discuss Their Suicide Plans, Tom Hates Kill Bill And School Of Rock, And Tom Lies To Some People. | Listen
October 14, 2003: A Call From Paul 'Golf Nuts' Shwartzendruber, And An Increasingly Annoying Round Of 'Getting To Know You', Which Devolves Into Tom Breaking Down. | Listen
October 7, 2003: Tom Talks To A Man Who Had An Encounter With Arnold Schwarzenegger. And Detective Skag Winesack Calls Back With More Tough Talk. | Listen

September 30, 2003: Special Guests- 'Bubba Ho-Tep' Star Bruce Campbell and Director Don Coscarelli! Also, Calls From Rodriguo, The Hard Boiled Detective, And A California Republican Committe Member. | Listen
September 24, 2003: Tom Signs Up For Friendster On The Air And Sings Most Of The 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' Album To A Troubled Teen. Also - Cookies! | Listen
September 16, 2003: The Exciting Conclusion Of The Best Show On WFMU Song Contest! Also, An Appearance By Rodriguo The Corrupt Drum Pin Salesman, And A Call From A Hard Boiled Private Eye. | Listen
September 10, 2003: Maryann fills in for Tom.
September 2, 2003: Plenty Of Song Contest Entries, Back To School Talk, And Tom Says 'Get Off My Phone' To A Woman Who Just Gave Birth Three Days Earlier. | Listen
September 2, 2003: (Part Two): Bryce Doesn't Show Up, So Tom Calls Payphones From Around The Country. This Features An Hour-Long Conversation With A Man In California Named Clem And His Step Daughter. Pure Radio Magic! | Listen

August 26, 2003: A Call From One Of Tom's Neighbors, The Best And Worst Cover Songs Ever, And Another Call From The Angry Mr. Bungle Fan. | Listen
August 19, 2003: Tom isn't here and DA the DJ fills in.
August 13, 2003: The Most Boring Caller Ever Calls Back, The Return Of The Angry Mr. Bungle Fan And The Debut Of The Super Successful Game 'Getting To Know You'. | Listen
August 5, 2003: Tom Unveils The Sleaziest Rocker Of All Time, Bill Cheetah Takes Over The Show, And Jamie Farr Declares Himself A Cyber-Punk. | Listen

July 29, 2003: The Most Boring Caller Ever Checks In To Talk About Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Return Of Kevin And The First Installment Of The Johnny Depp Game. | Listen
July 22, 2003: Discussion About Things That Changed Your Life, Tom Gets Interviewed By Mullet Man, And The Unsuccessful Reviewing Of Thirty-Five John Zorn CDs In Fifteen Minutes. | Listen
July 15, 2003: Dr. Udo Erasmus Talks About Proper Eating With Philly Boy Roy, Things That Suck, And The Return Of 'Smash Or Trash' With The Tokeleys! | Listen
July 8, 2003: Leidra Lawson, Author Of 'Sugar Daddy 101', Gets Yelled At By The Gorch, And The Director Of The Documentary 'Weapons Of Mass Deception' Can't Grasp The Concept Of Compact Discs. | Listen
July 1, 2003: An Annoying Audiophile Calls In Complaining About The Station. Petey Records A 'Gay Bar' Remix On The Air, And Stuntman Creekwood Banks Checks In.

June 25, 2003: Eva fills in.
June 17, 2003: A San Antonio Shock Jock Calls To Even The Score On A Sports Bet With Tom, Some Harry Potter Talk. And The Listeners Fail To Make Tom Laugh. | Listen
June 10, 2003: Tom Learns To Play Drums. Tom Does A Drums And Police Car Siren Duet With Officer Tom. And Petey 'Quits'. | Listen
June 3, 2003: A Sad Yet Bittersweetly Funny Show. Philly Boy Roy Calls. Roger Tamblyn Returns. And Tom Sings Along With Too Much Aimee Mann. | Listen

May 27, 2003: Tom Comes Back! Lots Of Calls From Teenagers And Pre-Teens! And An Amazing Prank Phone Call To Country Superstar Kenny Dupree! | Listen
May 20, 2003: Maryann Ciba filled in.
May 13, 2003: Frank O'Toole filled in.
May 6, 2003: Dan Mackta filled in.

April 29, 2003: Hova filled in.
April 15, 2003: More Of The Patriot Zone With The Colonel, Including An In-Studio Appearance By Kenny Dupree. Bruce Willis Also Storms The Studio! | Listen
April 8, 2003: A Prank Phone Call Goes Horribly Awry As Tom Calls 'Bruce Willis' And Stumbles Upon A Seriously Unhinged Man. | Listen
April 1, 2003: The Patriot Zone, Hosted By The Colonel, Thomas Sharp. Three Hours Of Extreme Conservative Talk Radio! Check It Out, Patriots! | Listen

March 25, 2003: Country Superstar Kenny Dupree Calls In To Promote His New Record. Also, Some Talk About Hockey, Iraq, Petey And Movies. | Listen
March 18, 2003: Tom Talks To Bill Chippert, Host Of The Chippert Report. And Kevin Makes A Long-Overdue Appearance.
March 11, 2003: Week Two Of The WFMU Marathon. Tom Rides An Exercize Bike For Pledges. Please Don't Listen. There Are Better Shows. Like March 18, 2003. | Listen
March 4, 2003: Week One Of The WFMU Marathon. A Very Special In Studio Appearance By Philly Boy Roy! Hova Co-Hosts. | Listen

February 25, 2003: Comic Book Genius Mike Allred Gets Interviewed! Also, A Shout! Network Executive Unveils The Spring Lineup, And Tom Announces The Winner Of The Art Contest! | Listen
February 18, 2003: The Callers Were Pretty Shitty Tonight, Driving Tom To Song. Also, Guinness Book Winner John Conte Returns For His Post-Record Wrap-Up. | Listen
February 11, 2003: A Call From Jarrett 'The Weight Loss Kid' From Dessert Town, Who Pushes The Toxic 'Chocologgedeon' On Tom. Later: The Debut Of 'The Majority Report' With Sam Seder, With Julian Phillips Of Fox News And Janeane Garofalo.
February 4, 2003: February 4, 2003: Officer Tom At The Movies, With Officer Tom's Year In Review. Also, A Very Meta Conversation With 'Old School' Star Matt Walsh And Jon Benjamin. | Listen

January 28, 2003: Very Exciting In-Studio Visit From Tanner Wildgrass, The Inspiration For Patrick Swayze's Character In 'Roadhouse'. Also, Tom Makes A Call To The Sports Radio Program 'The Shark Tank' As Super-Idiot Steelers Fan 'Jack From Pittsburgh'. | Listen
January 21, 2003: Many Must Suffer For The Crimes Of The Few - After Some Negative Feeback, The Listener Punishing 'Party Zone' Is Launched. Also, Philly Boy Roy Checks In Post-Eagles Defeat, Tom Sings A Sad Song From 'Magnolia', And Some 'Two Towers' Bashing. | Listen
January 14, 2003: Guitar God Alan Licht Stops By To Talk About His Book 'An Emotional Memoir Of Martha Quinn' And Play Some Of The Best Of The 80's. | Listen
January 7, 2003: It's Petey's Twelfth Birthday Party! An Insanely Insane Three Hours Of Petey! Music! Doc Shock and Doc Shock Junior! Genndy Tartakovsky From Samurai Jack! Dave And Matt From The Aqua Teen Hunger Force! And More! 'A Classic Best Show! | Listen

December 24, 2002: A Christmas Eve Show Co-Hosted By Terre T. Philly Boy Roy Reads His Philadelphia Rendition Of 'The Night Before Christmas', And A Farewell Call From Kevin, Who Is In Jail. | Listen
December 17, 2002: Billy Joel Is Named The WFMU Artist Of The Year For 2002! The Drummer For Billy Joel Tribute Band 'Glass Houses' And A Couple Guys From John Cougar Tribute Band 'Pink Houses' Check In. Also, Kevin Makes A Weird And Disturbing Call. | Listen
December 10, 2002: Doug Mosurock filled in.
December 3, 2002: The World-Shaking Return Of Barry Dworkin, Kevin Calls To Announce His Impending Marriage, Doc Shock Pranks Some WFMU Disc Jockeys And There's Impending Talk Of A Peter Tork Interview. | Listen

November 26, 2002: The Long Awaited Return Of The Gorch, Officer Tom Reviews 'Jackass The Movie', And Tom Talks To Your Pets. Fun! | Listen
November 19, 2002: Tom Calls Corey From The Corporate Rock Band Mother 13 To Even The Score, The Exciting Debut Of www.friendsoftom.com, Kevin Calls Up Yet Again, And The Premiere Of Tom's Alter Ego 'Doc Shock'. | Listen
November 12, 2002: Tom's Angry Co-Worker Ron Templeton Mistakenly Calls Him Three Times. Also, The Callers Speak Out About The Worst Band Of All Time. | Listen
November 5, 2002: Tom Couldn't Get His Hands On An Oreo McFlurry, Thus Leading To A Discussion On The Things In Life That You Crave. Also, John Conte Depressingly Checks In. | Listen

October 29, 2002: Mischief Night Discussions, A Scarier Call From Kevin, And The Debut Of The Award Winning Call-In Segment 'I Don't Get It!'. | Listen
October 22, 2002: The A Capella Soundtrack Vocal Duo SOUNDTRACAPELLA Stop By The Studio. Also Another Call From Kevin, And Officer Tom Debuts 'Officer Tom At The Movies'. | Listen
October 15, 2002: Hova filled in for Tom tonight.
October 8, 2002: Pianist John Conte Announces His Attempt To Break The World Record For Playing The Piano For Fifty Consecutive Hours. Also, Philly Boy Roy Welches On His Bet Again! | Listen
October 1, 2002: Dan Mackta filled-in.

September 24, 2002: An Interview With Mark Porro From Nutri Nuts. Not One Of The Best Shows. In Fact It Might Be The Worst Show Of The Year. And That's Saying A Lot. | Listen
September 17, 2002: Tom Is The Advice Guy, Giving Advice To All Kinds Of People On All Kinds Of Subjects. | Listen
September 10, 2002: An Exciting Interview With Jimmy McDonough, The Author Of The Neil Young Biography 'Shakey'. Plus, The Friend Of Tom's Younger Brother Calls Back In To Kiss Tom's Ass Some More. | Listen
September 3, 2002: A Quiet Show - Tom Talks About Austin Texas, The MTV Video Music Awards And Takes Some Calls. Also, Tom Gets His Ass Kissed By An Old Friend Of His Younger Brother. | Listen

August 27, 2002: The Farewell Party For Call Screener Dave! Featuring Hot Rockin' Ronny, Philly Boy Roy, Officer Tom And A Smash Or Trash With Petey! | Listen
August 20, 2002: Still Searching For That New Call Screener! | Listen
August 13, 2002: Call Screener Dave Announces His Retirement, And The Search For A New Call Screener Gets Underway! | Listen
August 6, 2002: Satan filled-In Click here for Bill Zebub's archives.

July 30, 2002: The Stitch 'n Bitch Sewing Circle Stops By The Show To Teach Tom How To Crochet. Also, Cory From The Alternative Band Mother 13 Calls In To Promote Their Latest Corporate-Sponsored Show.
July 23, 2002: A Very Sad Tom Asks The Listeners To Cheer Him Up Or He'll Kill Himself. And They Don't! Tune In To Hear Tom's Death! | Listen
July 16, 2002: Terre T. filled-In Click here for Terre's archives.
July 9, 2002: Tom Tells Some Funny Stories. He Gets A Weird Call From A Guy Misialing For A Dating Service. And He Explains Why Creedence Are Infinitely Better Than The Hyper Shitty Canadian Group Called 'The Band'. | Listen
July 2, 2002: Psue Braun Filled-In - Click here for her archives

June 25, 2002: Maryann Ciba filled-in. Click here for Maryann's archives
June 18, 2002: Best Show Junior Correspondent Petey Interviews Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis From Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Also An Appearance By Captain Catchphrase, And Much Talk About Why The Band Are So Incredibly Horrible. | Listen
June 11, 2002: A Second Exciting Interview With Matt Walsh, Who Is On The Show To Promote His Movie Martin & Orloff Also, An Exciting Phone Call From Jan-Michael Vincent, And Tom Tells A Personal Las Vegas Celebrity Encounter Story. | Listen
June 4, 2002: Tom Gets Duped By Brett Haskins, The Guitarist/Singer For 'The Clash', A New Jersey-Based Blues Band Not To Be Confused With The Real Clash. Also, Smash Or Trash With Ted Steel. | Listen

May 28, 2002: Tom's Dad(dy) Calls In To Bring Up Childhood Horrors And To Borrow Money. Also, Smash Or Trash With Wafflestomper, And Ranger Jim Is Forgiven!
May 21, 2002: Daily Show Correspondent Matt Walsh Calls In To Promote His Television Special But Is Interrupted By A Pair Of Fans And Is Chastised By SNL's Horatio Sanz. Plus, The Return Of Mike Healy, And 'Smash Or Trash' With The Band 'Management'. | Listen
May 14, 2002: Philly Boy Roy Calls In To Announce His Motion Picture Debut, Brooklyn-Based Alt-Country Rocker Alan Loewenstein Requests Some 'Real Country' Music, Petey Checks In, And Tom Announces Plans To Assemble A 'Scared Straight' Segment On The Program. | Listen
May 7, 2002: Tonight's Best Show, With Exclusive Attack Of The Clones Discussion, Is NOT Being Archived! If You Didn't Hear It Live, You're Out Of Luck! That'll Teach You To Watch The Osbournes Instead Of Listening To The Best Show!

April 30, 2002: Post Extreme Best Show Fall Out Show. The Kids Keep Calling, Tom Talks To A Member Of Wafflestomper's Mommy, And Tom Nearly Falls Asleep On The Air During The Final Fifteen Minutes (Listen Closely!). | Listen
April 23, 2002: The Best Show Brings It For Three Hours With The Best Show Extreme. Come Strong Or Don't Come At All. Be Prepared To Bring It. | Listen
April 16, 2002: Special Guest Harry Knowles From Aint-It-Cool-News. Plus, Tom Announces The Formation Of His Band 'The Medical Marijuana', Who Are Being Assembled To Defeat Former Best Show Ally Band 'STRO', And Tom Gets A Young Teenager In Trouble With His Military Dad. | Listen
April 2, 2002: An Interview With Barry Dworkin, The 4-11 Handlebar Mustachioed Leader Of 'The Gas Station Dogs', Who Sings The Worst Song In The History Of Music. Also, Tom Sets Up His Fight With Eight Male Teenagers, And The First Installment of 'Smash Or Trash'.

March 19, 2002: A Barrage Of Special Guests - Philly Boy Roy Mocks Tom, Turntable Artists DJ Clue and Liquid Brooklyn Stop By To Spin, And The Party Doctor Sends Tom A Special Package. Also, Tom Challenges A Pair Of Thirteen Year Olds To A Fistfight. | Listen
March 12, 2002: Marathon show with co-host Jason Das | Listen
March 5, 2002: Marathon show with co-hosts Belinda and Hova | Listen

February 26, 2002: The Glutton Bowl Super Spectacular, Featuring Interviews With Richard Shea, The President of the International Federation Of Competitive Eating, Eating Athlete Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, And Eating Athlete/WFMU Volunteer Andy "Eyeball" Goldstein. | Listen
February 19, 2002: The Band 'Punk', Featuring Michael Jackson - aka Mike Jackyl - Cancels On Tom. Barry Levitz Explains Why Michael Jackson Is No Longer 'The Prince Of Punk'. The Party Doctor Calls Up With Party Advice, And Tom Bids On A Segway Human Transport. | Listen
February 12, 2002: Showbiz Agent Barry Levitz Calls To Promote Michael Jackson's Tranformation From 'The King Of Pop' To 'The Prince Of Punk'. Also, Open Phone Tuesday, A Dramatic Reading From 'Good Will Hunting', And Tom Is Kinda Punchy. | Listen
February 5, 2002: Tom Explains Why 'Lord of the Rings' Is The Worst Movie In The History Of Cinema. Also, Philly Boy Roy Welches On His 'All Or Nothing' Bet, The Hasu Kid Acts Out A Scene From 'Good Will Hunting', And DJ Spooky Makes A Few Bad Requests. | Listen

January 22, 2002: Philly Boy Roy Challenges Tom To An 'All Or Nothing' Football Bet, An Exciting Interview With Utica NY Recording Artist Woodsy, And Tom Talks To 'Captain Catchphrase'. | Listen
January 15, 2002: Tom Argues With Philly Boy Roy About Why Philadelphia Isn't Better Than NY/NJ. Also Tom, Inspired By The Ghost Of Howard Cosell, Decides To Tell It Like It Is. | Listen
January 8, 2002: The Return Of Hot Rockin' Ronny, A Great Interview With Paul Collins, Author Of 'Banvard's Folly', And The Fourth Appearance By The Depressed Office Worker. | Listen

December 18, 2001: Tom's Under The Weather. No Best Show.
December 11, 2001: It's The Night of a Thousand Shout-Outs! Plus, The Hasu Kids Agree to a Christmas Morning Duel, and a Local Policeman Explains the Finer Points of Getting Out of Speeding Tickets. | Listen
December 4, 2001: Billy Joel is Named And Honored As WFMU's Artist Of The Year. Also, Calls From The Billy Joel Tribute Band 'Glass Houses' And Donnie Van Zandt. | Listen

November 27, 2001: An Interview With Michael Azerrad, Author Of Our Band Could Be Your Life. Also, Kacper Tells Tom About The Oral Report He Did In College About The Show. | Listen
November 20, 2001: Tom Gets Yelled At By An Alleged Record Fair Shopper. Tom Gets Schmoozed By An Alleged Smirnoff Ice District Manager. Tom Tries To Make ALove Connection Between Two Listeners. And A Little Bit Of Cannonball Run Talk To Close It Out! | Listen
November 13, 2001: Tom Talks To Nostrodamus Scholar John Hogue | Listen
November 6, 2001: Tom Talks To The Incredibly Depressed Office Worker For The Third Time. Also, Plenty Of Talk About Cannonball Run. | Listen

October 30, 2001: Tom Talks About Mischief Night And The Damages Therein. | Listen
October 23, 2001: Tom Talks To Promoter Roger Tamblyn, and Vanilla Hotbox Grits.
October 16, 2001: Teenage Girl Night! Three Teenage Girls Take Over The Show! | Listen
October 9, 2001: No Best Show. Eva filled in.
October 2, 2001: Tom Talks To Three Teenage Girls And Lays The Groundwork For Letting Them Host His Show. | Listen

September 25, 2001: Tom Talks To An Angry Mr. Bungle Fan, Julian From The Strokes, Mark From Sparklehorse, And Gets Goofed On By A Pair Of Teenage Girls, And Ultimately Attempts To Return Things To An Artificial State Of Normalcy. | Listen
September 18, 2001: Tom talks about the World Trade Center attack. | Listen

August 28, 2001: Tom Attempts To Interview Voice-Over Legend Kendrick Martin, The Very Depressed Man Calls Again. Also, Overrated/Underrated. | Listen
August 21, 2001: We Accidentally Listen In On a Cell Phone Conversation, Too Many People Call And Talk About Getting High, And More Mike Healy. | Listen
August 14, 2001: Troy Dershman, A Bully From Tom's High School Days, Re-Enters Tom's Life, And A Very Depressed Man Asks Tom For Advice. | Listen
August 7, 2001: The Return Of Hot Rockin' Ronny, And Tom Gets Yelled At Again By Mike Healy | Listen

July 31, 2001: Tom Gets Royally Screwed By Perry Farrell And Virgin Records. Also, "Scharpling's Army" Is Born. | Listen
July 24, 2001: Bands On the Run Super-Spectacular with Special Guests Producer Dan Cutforth and Beastie from Soulcracker! | Listen
July 17, 2001: Tom Talks To Tonight Show Segment Producer Brad Lester Yet Again, And Tom Gets Into An Argument With Mike Healy Over Whether Or Not Tom Is Trying To Pass Himself Off As A Doctor. | Listen
July 10, 2001: Tom Is The White Knight Of WFMU, Shining A Light On The Cockroaches That Infest The WFMU Message Board. (Note: This is a very angry and not-so-entertaining show. For completists only!) | Listen
July 3, 2001: The Return of Augie Richards, And His Plan To Sue Tom And Take His Batter Butler On The Road. Also, Tom Challenges His Listeners To Find One Frank Zappa Song That Doesn't Suck. | Listen

June 26, 2001: Tom Talks To Augie Richards, Owner Of Ye Olde Burger Barn, Which Features The Infamous "Batter Butler." | Listen
June 19, 2001: Tom Interviews "Mr. Loophole" Tony Torgvort, Author Of The Book "The System." | Listen
June 12, 2001: Tom Continues His Love Affair With Moulin Rouge, And Hot Rockin' Ronny Allegedly Breaks Glen Jones's Record. | Listen
June 5, 2001: Tom Interviews "The Creature" From The Band POUT. Tom Also (Unknowingly) Begins His Love Affair With The Movie Moulin Rouge. | Listen

May 22, 2001: Tom Says Farewell To The XFL And Talks About "The Producers." | Listen
May 8, 2001: An Interview With Legendary Record Collector Giles Palermo. | Listen
May 1, 2001: No Best Show

April 24, 2001: Tom Ties Up Some Loose Ends | Listen
April 17, 2001: Tom Explains Why He Hates Al Green and NRBQ | Listen
April 10, 2001: Tom Challenges WFMU DJ's To A Fight, Plus Tonight Show Segment Producer Brad Lester (part two). | Listen
April 3, 2001: Tonight Show Segment Producer Brad Lester (part one), Plus The Return Of Zachary Brimstead, Esq. | Listen

March 27, 2001: 2001 Marathon Week Two | Listen
March 20, 2001: 2001 Marathon Week One | Listen
March 13, 2001: Listener Appreciation Week. | Listen
March 6, 2001: Hot Rockin' Ronny Versus Tom, and Weatherman Cliff Petterson Explains "The Storm of the Century." | Listen

February 27, 2001: Tom blows the lid off the XFL | Listen
February 13, 2001: Tom interviews Ron Garver, author of "Upright Positions: Flying the Erotic Skies" and Tom Gets Hypnotized. | Listen
February 6, 2001: Interview with Rick Benson, "George Benson's White Son." | Listen

January 16, 2001: Tom apologizes to David Clayton Thomas | Listen
January 2, 2001: Predictions for 2001 with the nationally famous psychic Myrlyn Hogan. | Listen

December 26, 2000: Tom Talks to Dick Halligan, Jr., author of Blood, Sweat and Real Tears. (Archive removed at request of David Clayton Thomas.)
December 5, 2000: Special guest Neal Pollack | Listen

November 28, 2000: Barbershop Madness with Zachary Brimstead, Esq. | Listen
November 21, 2000: Tom Can Talk About Anything | Listen
November 14, 2000: no best show this week
November 7, 2000: Election Night Special | Listen

October 31, 2000: Halloween Show with Pout | Listen
October 24, 2000: Yankees vs. Mets | Listen

November 30, 1999:

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