Andrew Tavin
Host of TV Nopes Podcast
Comedian and writer and host of the TV Nopes Podcast
Andrew Tavin has hosted 17 Episodes.
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The "Succession" TV Tropes page with Lenny Burnham (Part 1)
March 1st, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
comedy, funny, jokes, movies, podcast, succession, television, tv tropes
Good friend of the cast (and in real life) joins me once again to play Boar on the Floor AKA talk about the Succession TV Tropes page.
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The "Triumph of the Will" TV Tropes Page with John Field
February 1st, 2022 | 1 hr 44 mins
comedy, film history, funny, history, movies, tv tropes
Comedian John Field joins me to discusses the Triumph of the Will TV Tropes page, but mostly lots of other stuff.
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The "Real Life" TV Tropes Page (Part 2 of 26) With Alex Ptak
January 4th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
comedy, funny, jokes, podcast, tv tropes
Comedian, friend, and recurring guest Alex Ptak returns to continue our 26 part series on the "Real Life" TV Tropes page.
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The "Sopranos TV Tropes Page" with Anders Lee
December 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 30 mins
comedy, funny, hbo, media, podcast, sopranos, tony soprano, tv
Anders Lee returns in his capacity as a Sopranos aficionado to discuss some of the silliest things people online have ever said about David Chase's masterpiece.
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The "Squid Game" TV Tropes Page with Alex Ptak
November 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 27 mins
battle royale, comedy, funny, kdrama, korean tv, podcast, squid game, television, tv, tv tropes
Time to tap into the zeitgeist! I'm joined again by comedian Alex Ptak to look at the TV Tropes page for Squid Game, and also bad Squid Game headlines.
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The "Garfield (comic strip)" TV Tropes Page with Hana Michels Part 2
October 5th, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
cat, comedian, comedy, comic strip, dog, funny, garfield, silly, tv, tv tropes
Hana Michels joins me once again to finish reviewing the Garfield TV Tropes page, but we mostly just read wholesome comments people have left under online Garfield strips.
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The "Real Life" TV Tropes Page With Alex Ptak
September 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
anime, bleach, comedy, funny, movies, podcast, real life, tv, tv tropes
Why would you apply TV Tropes to real life? Well someone did. Alex Ptak joins me for the first of our 26 part series.
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The "I Think You Should Leave" TV Tropes Page, Revisited, with Lenny Burnham Again
August 24th, 2021 | 1 hr 32 mins
action, comedy, film, i think you should leave, sam richardson, skeletons, spooky, tim robinson, tv
Writer Lenny Burnham rejoins me to see how the TV Tropes page for "I Think You Should Leave" has changed now that the second season dropped.
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The "Ambiguously Jewish" TV Tropes page with Brandon Scott Wolf
August 10th, 2021 | 1 hr 39 mins
aladdin, books, comedy, disney, fun, game of thrones, jews, jokes, judaism, movies, podcast, tv, twitter
Brandon Scott Wolf returns to discuss the "Ambiguously Jewish" TV Tropes page, because apparently you just have to add one word to make a "Jewish Tropes" page ok.
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The "Mein Kampf" TV Tropes page with Dan Wilbur
July 27th, 2021 | 1 hr 28 mins
books, comedy, germany, history, literature, movies, podcast, politics, tv, tv tropes
Comedian, author, and friend Dan Wilbur joins me to discuss the TV Tropes page from another author's debut book.
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The "Greg Gutfeld Show" and "Louder With Crowder" TV Tropes pages with Anders Lee
July 13th, 2021 | 1 hr 17 mins
comedy, crowder, fox news, gutfeld, internet shows, leftism, pod damn america, podcast, politics, tv tropes
Comedian Anders Lee joins me for two TV Nopes firsts: our first double episode as well as our first time covering a page that actually no longer exists!
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The "Garfield (comic strip)" TV Tropes Page with Hana Michels Part 1
June 29th, 2021 | 1 hr 19 mins
animals, animation, comedy, comic strip, comics, funny, garfield, hana michels, movies, podcast, tv
Why not analyze the tropes of a long-running, mostly non-narrative newspaper comic? Because it's silly. But friend and comedian Hana Michels joined me to goof on the TV Tropes page that does.
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The "I Think You Should Leave" TV Tropes page with Lenny Burnham
June 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 25 mins
action, comedy, film, i think you should leave, sam richardson, skeletons, spooky, tim robinson, tv
Does sketch comedy hold up to the TV Tropes form of analysis? No, and along with friend and writer Lenny Burnham, we're going to learn why.
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The "12 Years a Slave" TV Tropes Page with Alex Ptak
June 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 28 mins
alex ptak, anime, awards, comedy, film, history, movies, oscar films, oscars, podcasts, steve mcqueen
I'm joined by good friend and comedian/podcaster extraordinaire Alex Ptak to discuss the "12 Years a Slave" TV Tropes page, which really, really shouldn't exist.
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The "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" TV Tropes Page with James Fisher Jr.
May 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 19 mins
bears, comedy, funny, golidilocks, karen, marvel, story, the muppets, three little bears, tropic thunder, tv tropes
Why is there a TV Tropes Page for "Goldilocks and the Three Bears?" Fellow comedian and buddy James Fisher Jr. and I tried to find out, with hilarious results!
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The "Black Fish" TV Tropes Page with Jenny Jaffe
May 4th, 2021 | 56 mins 41 secs
black fish, comedy, documentary, jenny jaffe, killer whale, movies, nature, tv, tv tropes
Writer and comedian Jenny Jaffe joins me to discuss the "Black Fish" TV Tropes page, which exists for some reason.