Untitled Beatles Podcast

Untitled Podcast Productions LLC
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Gen X ex-cruise ship comedians T.J. Shanoff and Tony Mendoza celebrate the Fab Four without taking anything too seriously. Roll up for the long and rambling road. More at untitledbeatlespodcast.com

  1. Beatles Anthology 2025 Episode 7

    4d ago

    Beatles Anthology 2025 Episode 7

    Greetings, Untitled Beatle Peedles! It’s a big weekend in Fab History, as arguably the most important link to the Beatles music and ethos just debuted a new release. And it’s all BeatleWorld is talking about. That’s right, the Untitled Beatles Podcast has finally dropped their deep dish of “Disney+ Presents: The Beatles Anthology 7 (Only Make It Shorter)”. This episode covers a seminal year in Beatles lore. And if you’ve ever watched the original Anthology and thought, “Hmm, cancel the Apple Boutique, it’s too woke!”, then this edit is for YOU! Tony and T.J. have loved the Beatles for an alarming number of decades, so do you think they’ll finally bring some joy to the Disney Anthology experience? As they said before network TV died (#CBS callback), “stay tuned and find out”. Because they also ask: 🐝 Angry Drunk Chicago Guy: “How come they didn’t replace no Greece footage with that Ringo song from Greece 2 about teenage kids gettin’ each other knocked up? Diane plowed my ficus after league night at Marigold Bowl back in ’79 and we had some kid I don’t see no more? Carl? Gary?” 🕉 In the revised edition of William J. Dowling’s Beatlesongs, should Macca get a .04 songwriting credit for "Dehra Dun"? 🏴‍☠️ Pick A Raider: Ringo or Tim Brown? And does this force you to finally confront your racial biases?   EPISODE LINKS Check out UBP's videos on  TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram! Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some merch or find us on Patreon! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

    1h 5m
  2. Paul McCartney on Saturday Night Live (2026)

    May 23

    Paul McCartney on Saturday Night Live (2026)

    For over 50 years, Saturday Night Live has been one of the most Important shows for rock music in the history of the nascent television medium. While, arguably, the most famous moment in the show’s history (and Tony’s favorite?) is RHCP’s multi-key 1992 version of “Under The Bridge”, there have been others. (Musical Guest The Ting Tings ripping up a photo of Colonel Sanders comes to mind.) Fortunately, just in time for NBC’s never more relevant, May sweeps season finale of SNL, they pulled in the big guns: RHCP! Oh s**t, Frusciante and Kiedis (LLC) are busy? Maybe (checks notes) Chad Smith is free? Might as well bring in noted Chad Smith lookalike Will Ferrel (“Elf”, Capitol One) to teach Chad how to host the show! Everyone knows Chad Smith’s best friend is Paul McCartney. So Chad called Sir Paul to see if he’d learn the bass part for the AI generated RHCP songs “Funky California Space Cadet” and “Santa Monica Ding-Dong”, as onetime Macca drummer Chris Whitten beat Flea’s ass in Hamburg. Where you ask? Why, under the bridge. When asked for comment, Flea replied, I don’t ever wanna feel, like when Chris Whitten kicked my ass.” Later that week, as longtime Macca drummer Abe Laboriel JR was (Alonzo) mourning young mister Christopher’s legal predicament and unable to travel, Chad Smith had an idea. He could play in Paul’s band! On SNL! The very talented singer songwriter Ingrid Michaelson can even sing back-up, and perhaps even “Cook Of The House”! And Paul could completely ignore any lame Beatles music during the live, 90 minute broadcast, because nobody wants to hear that junk! (#Motorcars #Handlebars) Are you still with us? Da f is wrong with you? You already know Tony & T.J. will talk Macca’s historic SNL performance and also hit you up with such mind benders as: 🐇 (Angry Chicago Guy. He’s unwell today in particular): How come I can’t go into no pet store no more and longingly whisper to the rodent critters, “bunny’s too tight to mention”? Is it because my ass cheeks are simply red? 🥊 Why didn’t Pixies’ 1999 smash “Where Is My Mind (Theme To Fight Club, Now A Major Motion Picture)” win an Oscar as the best original song written exclusively for the film “Fight Club”? ❗❓ Andrew Watt. Andrew White. Andrew What?   EPISODE LINKS What Makes This Song Stink Ep. 6 - Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" Check out UBP's videos on  TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram! Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some merch or find us on Patreon! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

    48 min
  3. NEW PAUL AND RINGO! "Home to Us" (2026) -- and Wel-Kum Back Tony!

    May 16

    NEW PAUL AND RINGO! "Home to Us" (2026) -- and Wel-Kum Back Tony!

    What’s MORE thrilling than sitting through a slide show of your strange friend’s vacation photos? Answer: LISTENING to the slideshow! UBP co-host T.J. and UBP Producer Casey welcome back other UBP co-host Tony with all sorts of fab catching up (but no catching up on hot dogs! #chi-town #hotdogetiquette #nobodysezchi-town). They talk Ringo and Paul and then talk Ringo and AI, because you can’t spell “Ringo and Paul” without “AI”. Plus they have a row over 3 Saville Row. They also ask: 🍀 Is Record Store Day to record collectors what St. Patrick’s Day is to alcoholics? 🧻 If you say Twotles two times into a mirror, do you really experience and uncontrollable #2? 👻 Wait. What happened to Producer Casey? He just disappeared. Is he okay? Did he get into a tragic accident?? Will he be replaced by an uncanny look-a-like made by an AI 3D printer??? #44IF… Or is this just another case of Millennial ghosting?     EPISODE LINKS Check out UBP's videos on  TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram! Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some merch or find us on Patreon! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

    57 min
  4. Ringo Starr’s “Long Long Road” (2026) - Part 2

    May 9

    Ringo Starr’s “Long Long Road” (2026) - Part 2

    In this hotly anticipated Part 2, T.J. and Casey and their Sunshine Band pick up the pieces for Florida Man, Tony Mendoza, still buggin’ out in the Everglades. They wrap up their deep deep dish on Ringo’s “Long Long Road”, and T.J. “press night invite” Shanoff does his finest Chris Jones impression (Angry Drunk Chicago Guy: “I WAS ALWAYS MORUVA HEDY WEISS GUY MYSELF”) and opines on Brendan Hunt’s new one-man show “The Movement You Need” at Steppenwolf’s Magic Carpet Theater. And between the bits, they babble on wondering: 🎤💉 Is autotune the new Ozempic? 🌩⚡ ️After his recent close brush with lightning during his road trip, is Tony ready to revisit the catalog of Lou Christie? 💨💨 “She’s Gone”: WHO DID IT BETTER? Ringo, Hall and Oates, Steelheart, Bob Marley, Black Sabbath, Clapton, NOFX, L.A.B., Soft Machine, Bang Camaro, the Tindersticks, or South Side icon Ken “the Hawk” Harrelson?   EPISODE LINKS Check out UBP's videos on  TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram! Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some merch or find us on Patreon! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

    34 min
  5. Ringo Starr's "Long Long Road" (2026)

    May 2

    Ringo Starr's "Long Long Road" (2026)

    This week “Guys from The Untitled Beatles Podcast” (not to be confused with “Guys from Toto” or “Guys from Survivor”) pay homage to the great Frank Sinatra album Duets - as T.J. and guest co-host Producer Casey laugh it up over Ringo’s newest country platter, Duets Long Long Road —while ailing co-host Tony uses Duets-era technology to phone in his commentary all the way from Fort Lauderdale (not the first time that guy has phoned it in, just ask the Chicago improv community). Between all the chuckles and landline logistical delays, the team wonders: 🌬️ How on earth is the weather in Minnesota so different than the weather in Southern California? 📸 Can Portrait Records airbrush the braces and acne off of my 8th grade school photo? 🍌 Is it worth buying the Sack Lunch Original Motion Picture Soundtrack solely for Ringo’s mid-tempo slog-thru of “Banana Stain Blues”?   EPISODE LINKS Check out UBP's videos on  TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram! Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some merch or find us on Patreon! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

    41 min
  6. Live in Melbourne (1964) | Replay!

    Apr 25

    Live in Melbourne (1964) | Replay!

    This week, P3Z-Nutz reports (not) live from down under with another fab fav classic episode! ----- Originally aired May 8, 2021 This week T.J. and Tony follow the Fab Four "under the equator" (as they say) for their ripping June 1964 concert in Melbourne, Australia. It's the rare show that captures the Beatles in peak performance shape, and in high quality audio and video. The guys go through track-by-track, and also find time to cover: • Their favorite early 2000s post-grunge band • Their least favorite 80s NBC TV theme • The breakfast menu at the Taco Bell in Plymouth, Wisconsin ...and more! So pack your bags; we’re heading for Australia! Insert Men At Work joke here.   EPISODE LINKS Find Fab footage of the Melbourne show on YouTube! Dig into this week's Pandora playlist! Check out UBP's videos on  TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram! Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some merch or find us on Patreon! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

    1h 2m
  7. Untitled Beatles Spring Cleaning

    Apr 18

    Untitled Beatles Spring Cleaning

    The guys are back (even if their voices aren't), and catch up on all the wild Beatlenews and Beatlereleases from the past few weeks. It's been a hard day's fortnight, & Tony & T.J. have been working like dogs to buy, rent, or look at all the following: New Paul album, new Ringo album, new John meditation mixes, new George Dark Horse label re-releases, new Wings documentary & soundtrack, new John concert movie, new documentary about Paul's lost bass, Evolver 62 documentary now streaming, and a new one-person show in Chicago about The Beatles by actor/writer (& Chicagoan!) Brendan Hunt, aka Coach Beard on Ted Lasso! Whew!  The guys also discuss how Bob Eubanks and Dick Biondi, announcing together at the Hollywood Bowl, both said "The Beatles" at the same time -- which possibly gave Eubanks the idea for The Newlywed Game, where couples try to say the same things about places where they made "whoopee". Speaking of Dark Horse records, T.J.'s voice is especially dark & hoarse -- like George's voice on Dark Horse! Perhaps from running on a dark racecourse? And as George Martin says, dark horses for dark courses. But what about your father's dark horse? Of dark course, Henry the Dark Horse danced the waltz, & then the Beatles ate him in Germany for Christmas dinner. Very dark, indeed. (And...scene.)   EPISODE LINKS Check out UBP's videos on  TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram! Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some merch or find us on Patreon! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

    1h 3m
  8. Give My Regards to Broad Street (Film Review) | Replay!

    Apr 11

    Give My Regards to Broad Street (Film Review) | Replay!

    It was five years ago today When Teej and Tony told their friends to play A VHS that T.J. had around With its super warbly 80s sound So may we introduce to you The film you’ve loved for all these years: Paul McCartney’s “Give My Regards to Broad Street” ----- Originally aired April 17, 2021 At long last, T.J. and Tony review Sir Paul's magnum opus: Give My Regards to Broad Street. Starring and written by Paul McCartney, the 1984 movie was panned by critics and audiences alike, but brought us some of Paul's best music of the decade ("No More Lonely Nights"), and some of his worst remakes of his best music from decades past (lookin' at you, "Long and Winding Road"). This long and rambling podcast leads to all the usual goofs and giggles, and—as far as we're able to ascertain—what we believe to be the first reference to the theme music from NBC's "The Days & Nights of Molly Dodd" in podcasting history. And what movie review is complete without also covering the Commodore 64 video game adaptation? Movie viewing recommended (you might be able to find it on YouTube), but certainly not required. Good times guaranteed either way, or your money back.   EPISODE LINKS PANDORA PLAYLIST Check out UBP's videos on  TikTok/YouTube/Facebook/Instagram! Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some merch or find us on Patreon! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

    1h 28m
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Gen X ex-cruise ship comedians T.J. Shanoff and Tony Mendoza celebrate the Fab Four without taking anything too seriously. Roll up for the long and rambling road. More at untitledbeatlespodcast.com

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  • Creator
    Untitled Podcast Productions LLC
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    300
  • Rating
    Explicit
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