Loved Watching the Trash TV Roundup

I grew up with a very tiny family unit but I remember that year my dad and I randomly decided to go and see that after our lil Christmas dinner. I'll never forget that. It was so much fun. Not just even just the movie but the memory. I miss my parents so much. But it was a lot of fun to see in the theater on Christmas. God he played the perfect asshole, just chefs kiss kind of asshole. We both loved it.

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Hey-buuuddy@reddit

True 90s stuff right here.

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vitaoptima@reddit

John Henson was hilarious. Greg Kinnear not so much.

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flipzyshitzy@reddit

Ah yes. That one guy that was 20% Jim Carey.

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Fair_Blood3176@reddit

This shit was so hilarious! especially when it was the second guy. John Henson? I forget. He was such a riot.

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bloodpriestt@reddit

There was a period of time where John Henson was the absolute funniest guy on tv.

And that show was 5 days a week!

Between this and the Craig Kilborn Daily Show… then Howard Stern every night on E!, we didn’t know how good we had it.

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Fair_Blood3176@reddit

He really was the best. Him combined with the insanity that was daytime talk shows was pure gold.

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UsidoreTheLightBlue@reddit

I really thought he was going to be a big deal when he left talk soup.

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SilentJoe27@reddit

His career post-Talk Soup definitely deserves a lot more.

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Fair_Blood3176@reddit

Same here! He was so likeable

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jinkeez123@reddit

He is funny on Wipeout as well. My husband and I watch clips of it on YouTube. Hilarious

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Mr-Wigz@reddit

John Henson is his name. He was my favorite too.

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idkidc9876@reddit

He hosts every season of Halloween Baking Championship on the food network and he is such a joy to see every year

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gayjoystick@reddit

You're my kinda people! I love that show!

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Particular-Crew5978@reddit

Skunk boy!!!

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Negative-Wrap95@reddit

There it is. I was waiting for this comment.

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Traditional_Isopod80@reddit

Skunk Boy!

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BartMancuso1990@reddit (OP)

I remember being disappointed when Greg Kinnear left but quickly ended up liking John Henson even more.

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MmmSteaky@reddit

To paraphrase Jeff Ross talking about Drew Carey: “He looks like teenage Will Farrell and Jay Leno’s chin had a baby, and then peed on it.”

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CapeAndCowl@reddit

SKUNK BOY

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AkiraTheMetalHead@reddit

Never gave a damn about Trash TV. Only watched because Joel McHale, mankini, the jokes and the funny clips is what made this show so great.

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SquirrelCone83@reddit

That show was always entertaining. I miss it, but I also know if a show like that existed now, I either wouldn't watch it due to me no longer caring about pop-culture and celebrities, or I wouldn't even know it existed due to the flood of content out there, and it probably wouldn't be as good as it was since everybody is out there doing the same thing in youtube shorts, ig reels, and tik toks. Those were just different times.

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SignificantApricot69@reddit

Don’t forget Hal Sparks and Aisha Tyler (not my favorite era, but I appreciated them all). Of course Joel McHale made a whole different thing out of it, but I watched every version.

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GreenZebra23@reddit

Did Aisha host it? I didn't remember that. She and Hal were both hilarious on I Love the 80s and/or I Love the 90s

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hamburgler26@reddit

Yeah she was the host at some point, not sure how long it was but was the first thing I remember seeing her in.

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teacamelpyramid@reddit

Hal ended up on Queer as Folk and I was happy for him.

I heard that Joel McHale ended up going back to school to get his degree.

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RalphMacchio404@reddit

I heard he changed his name too

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BookNerdUnicorn@reddit

I see what you did there

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Medical_Solid@reddit

Didn’t he go to Columbia?

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Dan_Berg@reddit

He got his first law degree from Colombia, but needed one from America

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PickledPixie83@reddit

Hal Sparks was my favorite era and then I hated everything else he ever did, lol.

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supergooduser@reddit

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole with this the other day...

Nowadays I'll log into youtube and there are several channels I follow that post content daily on topics I'm interested in that gives me a sort of curated news roundup.

Youtube didn't come on the scene until 2005 and we didn't really have streaming content prior to that, you had blogs but again they weren't quite fully formed.

Instead cable TV was the primary vector and there was a lovely little tranche of late night shows that brought us this material.

Talk Soup was a daily show that covered various talk shows so you didn't have to. This 100% sounds like a youtube show.

It varies depending on the year but 1999 is pretty flush...

Monday - Thursday you had: Daily Show, Politically Incorrect, Talk Soup, Howard Stern on E!, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Loveline

Between wall those you were up on celebrities, weird news stories, politics, music, etc.

On the weekend side in 1999 you had: Dennis Miller Live, Man Show, Chris Rock Show, Tom Green Show and Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Kind of a fun era that doesn't really exist anymore... curated pop/counter culture content in a nicely presented daily or weekly package designed to be entertaining.

Youtube gets it to us a lot quicker, but it was an enjoyable bridge.

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bgva@reddit

I only vaguely knew the Greg Kinnear era, but I watched this show religiously with John Henson in summer’95. Used to drive my grandmother crazy but it was one of the funniest things I’d seen.

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ayaruna@reddit

So meaty

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thewayshesaidLA@reddit

Late 90s/early 00s E! And Comedy Central were so good. Wake up at noon in the summer turn them on and start the day right.

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ButterscotchAware402@reddit

I was contemplating making a Talk Soup post just a couple hours ago. I miss it so much.

My favorite clip that I think about now often than I should: Dum Dum Lickin' Monkey

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rtopps43@reddit

It’s from the McHale era but one that lives rent free in my head was a bit with a video of Oprah hanging from one of those harnesses they use in movies. Joel would throw to it by saying “Now it’s time for our continuing segment, How’s Oprah’s Vajayjay?” and it would cut to the clip of her hanging there and she’d yell “my vajayjay is hurtin!” Then back to Joel in the studio for a “thanks Oprah!” Still makes me laugh just thinking about it.

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BaronGalactic@reddit

"My vajayjay is *painin'"

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jamesmango@reddit

My favorite was the skit about the Amish drug dealer and someone yells “I will fucketh thee up!”

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QuietMuse-@reddit

Trash TV is the guilty pleasure we never knew we needed.

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OmegaRainicorn@reddit

Does anybody else remember when Gumby couldn’t find Pokey (based on some dude’s Springer show quote), and it was a whole thing! Eventually a year later Gumby found Pokey because fans were so sad.

Someone else out there must remember this….

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ripped-grocery-bag@reddit

There’s at least 3 of us!

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Buddha0426@reddit

Pooookey...pooookey....

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suspiciousscents@reddit

Omg this show like shaped my entire sense of humor.

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UBum@reddit

Available in 49 states... Sorry Tennessee.

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Fr0stbite37@reddit

Love hensons tag line for KimK. "Known for having a big butt and a sex tape"

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Scrapla1@reddit

Remember that little dog in a wheel chair named Chilly Willy?

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Cube-in-B@reddit

Long live Señor Sock!!

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CherryPickens@reddit

Los Angeleez California, Neener double aught 48.

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slowbilly@reddit

Aisha Tyler or bust

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WhodeyJen@reddit

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fullthrottle13@reddit

Great show!!! Loved Talk Soup!!

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Santos_L_Halper_II@reddit

It was so sad when senor sock got rabies and had to be put down.

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Kooky-Judgment-8786@reddit

Oh I miss it!

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heldaway@reddit

So meaty!

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

Everyone became successful B actors except John

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Mike__O@reddit

This is like an early version of Youtube drama or reaction videos. No real OC, just a weak attempt at "commentary" while shamelessly clipping and replaying content from other creators.

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rml24601@reddit

Talk Soup was the best!! I remember watching it at the end of the day on 9/11 (Aisha Tyler was the host) and I remember it was calming and comforting.

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maxwasatch@reddit

The Soup was even better.

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YcemeteryTreeY@reddit

They were both great

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Josephthebear@reddit

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petshopB1986@reddit

I was a clip on this show after an appearance on a talk show as a vampire. Out of the whole weird experience it was, being on talk soup was worth it!

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BartMancuso1990@reddit (OP)

We need more details 🫣

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petshopB1986@reddit

I was an attention seeker vampire enthusiast who called up a talk show claiming to be a vampire. A total goof! Ended up going to NYC twice to appear on 2 different shows as a vampire. It was fun but also a little humiliating. We always appeared with the late Stephen Kaplan who actually was intrigued but, he passed after one of our shows. I got old and still tubby lol but not a vampire although I work 3d shift. I think my clip was me saying some nonsenseStephen Kaplan about my teeth lol,

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InvestigatorEntire45@reddit

This is the mindless entertainment I need to survive right now. Bring it baaaaaack. Or air reruns for pure chaos.

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rawbery79@reddit

If you like Joel McHale, you'll love Almost Live!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi8V8UemxeG6QRsqwHwLmO-UKs-braGqj&si

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