Completely Conspicuous

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we dissect a classic episode of the 1970s sitcom What's Happening. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from They Might Be Giants and The Thalia Zedek Band. Show notes: - Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ - Inspired by MST3K and Rifftrax, we're commenting while watching video - Watch the episode along with us at the CompCon YouTube channel - What's Happening!! had all the sitcom archetypes - Formula elements at play - This was a Very Special Episode - No continuity in the '70s on TV shows - The evils of bootlegging - Check out CompCon episodes 218 and 219 about bootlegs - Ric: Wonder if there's a bootleg of the Doobies' performance in this show - Show inspired by the movie Cooley High - Ric's a fan of Dee - Did inner city kids really listen to the Doobie Brothers? - Jay: I rocked the velour shirts back in the day - Rerun gets roped into the bootlegging world - All the parodies have been parodied now - Ric's heard the "Which Doobie You Be?" line a