The First Ones

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Welcome to The First Ones, an Our POoRCHoices podcast. On this series Sarcastro and Queen Mel pick a show from yesteryear and maybe grab a couple of guests from around the POoRCHoices offices and recap just the first episode of said show while dissecting it and determining if it's a show that would fly in today's entertainment landscape.

  1. MAY 6

    S02E09 - M*A*S*H

    This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro gather around with friend of the show, Mr. The Slayer, to talk about the pilot episode of the 1972 series, M*A*S*H.  From the comedic approach to a terrible situation for the characters to be put in is fantastically acted out by the cast which in this episode was made up of Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, McLean Stevenson and Gary Burghoff.  The laugh track opens up a conversation on the use of those in modern shows and how sitcoms found the laugh tracks they wanted to use and if this podcast should start using one.  Theme song to The First Ones written and performed by Elysium/@elysium_music

    53 min

  2. APR 1

    S02E08 - Hogan's Heroes

    This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro watch Hogan's Heroes, the comedic portrayal of a group of Allied POWs in a stalag from 1965 who get up to a lot of mischief in getting over on their German captors.   The show starred Bob Crane as the titular Col. Hogan; Werner Klemperer as Col. Klink the man in charge of the camp; John Banner as Sgt. Schultz, the only German officer in the camp who knows about the hijinx of the Allies; The show also co-starred Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon and Larry Hovis rounding out the rest of the heroes in Hogan's troupe.   Theme song to The First Ones written and performed by Elysium/@elysium_music

    49 min

  3. MAR 4

    S02E07 - Sledge Hammer!

    This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro watched Sledge Hammer! which aired it's first episode in 1986 and starred David Rasche as the titular Sledge Hammer, a slightly (or more than slightly) unhinged from rational thought police inspector, who is joined by his more level-headed partner Detective Dori Doreau played by Anne-Marie Martin.   This show had them questioning is it a sitcom based on the way it was shot compared to the other sitcoms they've watched on the show and if it was really as funny as the laugh track on Queen Mel's copy of the episode would have you believe.  Theme song to The First Ones written and performed by Elysium/@elysium_music

    58 min

  4. FEB 4

    S02E06 - Out of This World

    This month Sarcastro and Queen Mel are sitting down with Mr. The Slayer to discuss his recommendation of the Out of This World, a sitcom that premiered in September of 1987 and was about a girl who finds out on her thirteenth birthday that she's half alien and begins to get powers from her absentee father's side of the family.   So many questions, What powers will she gain?  Will she use them for good or evil?  Why did the mom lie about the father for so long?  What the heck is an enoch?  Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

    54 min

  5. JAN 7

    S02E05 - Charles in Charge

    This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro sit down with Mr. The Slayer to talk about the first episode of Charles in Charge from 1984.  In this episode we learn that Scott Baio as the titular Charles is in fact in charge of the lives of three young children in New Jersey and takes his job as their live-in manny very seriously even when faced with the dilema of having to cancel a date with his dream girl, only to have the mother of the family suggest his date come to the house while she has to go to a last minute work assignment for the evening.  Also it would appear the father may be expecting Charles to be some sort of enforcer or heavy for anyone who tries to steal his daughter's virtue.  What we don't learn is why Charles doesn't like to be called sincere as it seems to set him off when people say that he is.   Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

    50 min

  6. 12/03/2025

    S02E04 - Gimme a Break!

    This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro sit down with their guests, The Slayer and Fatty, to discuss the first episode of 1981's Gimme a Break which starred Nel Carter as some sort of live in housekeeper/cook/mother figure to a gruff police chief and his three daughters.   After observing the family dynamic and seeing that Nel is appartetnly the only character who isn't a fish out of water they determine if this could be remade today and if so, would it still be a sitcom.  They also rate it on the Blansky-Benson scale to see where it will earn it's place is The First Ones history.  Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

    1h 7m

  7. 11/05/2025

    S02E03 - WKRP in Cincinnati

    This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro are joined by Fatty and The Slayer (Mel's co-host on The Sunnydale Diaries) to discuss the first episode of WKRP in Cincinnati from 1978 which is about a struggling AM easy listening station that's getting a facelift to become a rock station and it's quirky cast of characters.  Somehow it's a show that everyone except Sarcastro had seen growing up.  Queen Mel also introduces the new season rating board where she and Sarcastro will determie the best shows reviewed each season.   Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

    1h 2m

  8. 10/01/2025

    S02E02 - Benson

    This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro discuss the first episode of the sitcom Benson from 1979.  A spin-off of the series Soap starring Robert Guillaume as the titular Benson DuBois who has been hired as the head of household for fish-out-of-water Governor Gatling of a never confirmed state played by James Noble.   Benson meets some of the staff of the mansion consisting of the Chief of Staff, Secretary to the Governor and a sizeable German woman who appears to handle most of the duties of the house staff as the housekeeper and cook.  Benson spends this episode solving a problem for the Governor who is trying to do what he thinks is right in saving wildlife but puts him on the outs with his daughter.  Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

    57 min
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Welcome to The First Ones, an Our POoRCHoices podcast. On this series Sarcastro and Queen Mel pick a show from yesteryear and maybe grab a couple of guests from around the POoRCHoices offices and recap just the first episode of said show while dissecting it and determining if it's a show that would fly in today's entertainment landscape.

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  • Creator
    Our POoRCHoices
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    The First Ones