"Kara-Te" s1e11

08/22/15 • 83 min

TGP Episode 11 “Kara-Te”

Directed Seth Gordon

Writing Credits Adam F. Goldberg (creator) Andrew Secunda (written by) Kristopher Valentine (staff writer)

Summary Barry decides to sign up for the school’s holiday talent show but is bummed when the school doesn’t approve karate as a talent. Beverly is livid and brow beats the teacher in charge to change his mind. After the family watches Barry’s routine, everyone wonders whether he will be able to pull off the performance... or crack under pressure. Meanwhile, Erica gets coerced from Pops to also perform in the talent show, but will she?

December 9th 1980-something

Taras tells how he was a “Rebel Without a Cause” in high school. He didn’t need to try and impress the ladies....his rebel attitude did it all for him.

We talk about the “clicks” in high school. What our social breakdown was in high school...”What we you?” We had:

Jocks
Preps
Nerds
Freaks/Metal Heads

We’d love to hear FROM YOU LISTENERS: - Where are you from and what was/is your high schools "socials classes"? - What’s the hierarchy in these classes? - Sports a huge thing in your school? - Was/is Theater big? - What else was/is a “big deal” in your school?

Todd tells a story about his Mom “Bev-ing” on of his teachers. Todd’s 3rd grade teacher challenged his Mom, Todd’s Mom took ripper her a “new one”.

Todd talks about his Parent/Teacher conference with his 7th grade Science Teacher Bill Oehrlein. First Todd hated this teacher, but after Bill told Todd how much he liked him and he as only here to help him out....Todd stopped being such a Deuce-Sack and they became friends!

Todd and Taras talk about their Martial Arts experience: Todd: A little Tae Kwon Do, a lot of American Kenpo, Jiu Jitsu, Filipino Martial Arts, Thai Boxing Taras: 6 Classes of something...lots of WWF wrestling

Wrestle-Mania 1 - Andre “The Giant” and Hulk Hogan....Who remembers this?

Would you tell your kids if they SUCKED at something they wanted to enter the school talent show for?

Next Episode:

s1e12 “You’re Under Foot”

Summary: When Beverly complains that Pops is spending too much time with her at home, she forces Murray to take him back to work at the furniture store. Adam reluctantly gives away his toy collection, hoping it will help him get his first kiss.

TGP Episode 11 “Kara-Te”

Directed Seth Gordon

Writing Credits Adam F. Goldberg (creator) Andrew Secunda (written by) Kristopher Valentine (staff writer)

December 9th 1980-something

Taras tells how he was a “Rebel Without a Cause” in high school. He didn’t need to try and impress the ladies....his rebel attitude did it all for him.

We talk about the “clicks” in high school. What our social breakdown was in high school...”What we you?” We had:

Jocks
Preps
Nerds
Freaks/Metal Heads

Todd tells a story about his Mom “Bev-ing” on of his teachers. Todd’s 3rd grade teacher challenged his Mom, Todd’s Mom took ripper her a “new one”.

Wrestle-Mania 1 - Andre “The Giant” and Hulk Hogan....Who remembers this?

Would you tell your kids if they SUCKED at something they wanted to enter the school talent show for?

Next Episode:

s1e12 “You’re Under Foot”

Previous Episode

"Shopping" s1e10

TGP Episode 10 “Shopping”

Directed by David Katzenberg

Writing Credits Adam F. Goldberg (creator) Andrew Secunda (writer) Kristopher Valentine (staff writer) Niki Schwartz-Wright (written by)

November 19th 1980 something

Shout-Outs:

Jon Mitchell on Twitter: @teardropxmode66 and here on his Jon Mitchell Illustrations Facebook page: Jon has done some really AWESOME illustrations of The Goldbergs, but he doesn’t stop there! Check out his Facebook page, you’ll see a bunch of awesome illustrations! Jon has a huge talent for his art, go check him out!

Jon Mitchell - The Goldbergs illustration s1e10 "Shopping"

We chat a little about our jobs as teens. Todd only worked at Animal Hospitals while Taras worked at the coolest spot on Earth (for musicians) Rochester NY’s “House of Guitars”. He loved working there because he got to meet bands from TLC to Metallica....and hang out and party with them!!!

House of Guitars s1e10 "Shopping"

Taras pic where he’s doing his Ukrainian Folk (Jumping) Dancing:

Taras Denysenko prforming Ukranian Folk Dancing - s1e10 "Shopping"

Did any listeners have AWESOME or horrible jobs? We’d love to hear about them!

Lusted Video Games:

CONTRA - Video Games we LOVED - s1e10 "Shopping" GUNSMOKE - Video Games we LOVED - s1e10 "Shopping" Ikari Warriors - Video Games we LOVED - s1e10 "Shopping" Joust - Video Games we LOVED - s1e10 "Shopping"

Todd discusses his irritation with people who work at places where they sell soft serve or any kids who work at Orange Julius.....When we were kids we only ordered an “Orange Julius”..now they have so many damn flavors that if you just say “I want an Orange Julius please”.....you’ll confuse the balls out of whoever is taking your order.

Orange Julius - s1e10 "Shopping"

Also go to McDonald’s and ask if they have “Soft Serve”....I bet they will say “No”. BUT, then ask if they have ice-cream in a con...they will say “YES”. DAMN!!!! Why don’t people know what Soft Serve is?!?!?!?

soft serve - s1e10 "Shopping"

(Ice Cream poop)

We chat about our favorite Arcade Games:

RAMPAGE - Our Favorite ARCADE Games - s1e10 "Shopping" Top Gun - Our Favorite ARCADE Games - s1e10 "Shopping" Dragons Lair - Our Favorite ARCADE Games - s1e10 "Shopping"

#JenkintownFacts

(Taras gives us our #JenkintownFacts today)

.....Jenkintown is located in Pennsylvania.....

Next week:

Season 1 Episode 11 “Kara-Te”

Summary:

Barry decides to sign up for the school’s holiday talent show but is bummed when the school doesn’t approve karate as a talent. Beverly is livid and brow beats the teacher in charge to change his mind. After the family watches Barry’s routine, everyone wonders whether he will be able to pull off the performance... or crack under pressure. Meanwhile, Erica gets coerced from Pops to also perform in the talent show, but will she?

Next Episode

"A Kick A$$ Risky Business Party" s3e01

Episode Summary:

Lainey, Erica, and Barry plan a “Risky Business” inspired party, just like the movie, while Lainey’s dad is out of town. Later, when the party gets out of control, Beverly jumps to the rescue and Lainey is happy to have a mother figure like Beverly in her life, but for how long?

Directed by Seth Gordon

Writing Credits Adam F. Goldberg Chris Bishop

September 23rd 1980-something

I love how Murray says “I can’t hear what Jake is saying to the Fatman” You ever date or have a love interest that was long distance? Kids nowadays don’t realize the difficulty of trying to communicate via long distance

Todd: Yes. But we’d write letters mostly. Can you kids now actually fathom the idea of waiting 2 weeks for every text response??? lol!!!

Could any younger fans handle a: “What was it like to live in the ‘80s”

We write to set up a date and time to call, because my parents would FREAK OUT if they saw an unauthorized long distance bill.

Bev becomes Laney’s Temp Mom

You ever have a friends parents act or be your temp parents? Going on vacation with a friends etc?

Todd: Kinda..I went on one trip with one of my best friends Justin. I can’t remember what we did, but it involved someone tracking us down to where we were staying and hem confronting his parents about whatever we did. Justin’s Dad yelled at both us us..and at one point told me not to hide behind Justin, lol. I had never been yelled at by someone else’s parent before..ha!

Outsmarting the phone company......(ad-ababy-it’s-a-boy)