Elwood and Lackey check out the quirky comedy / musical series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend a Netflix exclusive but how does a show with such a rabid fanbase actually compare to thier other original shows? Plus how did anime secretly sneak into our childhood viewing? We look at one of the prime examples as greek mythology gets a sci-fi reworking in the fren…

Elwood and Lackey return with another cult TV double as on this episode they check out Batman Beyond set in a future were Bruce has retired from being a costume vigilante and a new Batman has taken up the mantle of the bat. We also take a look at the british sci-fi series The Tripods which suprising has nothing to do with The War Of The Worlds, but…

Time for another jaunt into the darker recesses of cult TV as Elwood and Lackey check out the cult canadian comedy "Letterkenny" while learning all about railway safety through the most twisted sports day ever in "The Finishing Line.

Time to sing the doom song as we look at the pilot episode of "Invader Zim" while things take a turn for the surreal as we look at MTV's "The State"

It's time to be bad guys as your Cult TV loving outlaws Elwood and Lackey return with a double bill of space outlaws as they check out the classic BBC series Blake's 7 aswell as looking at the now legendry mishandling of Joss Wheldon's "Firefly"

It's christmas time once again, which of course means another trek into the world of Christmas specials for Elwood and Lackey, but will they be able to top "The Star Wars Holiday Special"? Stepping up to the plate first is the Rankin and Bass inspired "Community" episode "Abeds's Uncontrollable Christmas". Finally we head to PeeWee's Playhouse for …

An episode celebrating oddballs and outcasts as this time we look at the MTV classic and suprising "Beavis and Butthead" spin off "Daria" before heading off to the hub of all weirdness with Joe Dante's "Eerrie Indianna" Follow The Show

It's Halloween and with the release of "Stranger Things" season 2 Elwood and Lackey look back at the first season. They also look at the "Outer Limits" episode "Under The Bed" as the Boogyman mythos is explored. All this plus a look back at Rick and Morty season 3, 80's nostalgia plus we reveal the shows which have been holding our attention. Follo…

Elwood and Lackey celebrate two years of cult tv obsession with a double dose of Brit comedy. Kicking things off is the a trip to worst bookshop in the world in "Black Books" which also features an appeareance from Simon Pegg, who heads up out second selection of "Spaced". A show which essentially established the three cornetto's trilogy while bein…

On this episode Elwood and Lackey celebrate everything that's wrong as they pick thier favourite episodes of cult comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" Follow the Show

Elwood and Lackey return from thier recent break to look at the British Sci-fi mini series "Invasion Earth" Follow the Show

Back from the festive break Elwood and Lackey launch into a new year of cult TV viewing with Gerry Anderson's first live action series "UFO" aswell as uncovering the secret world of Grim reapers in Brian Fuller's "Dead Like Me". All this plus random recuitment techniques, the boxset binge Vs sceduled programing and the evolution of Netflix plus muc…

Christmas is here and what better time to revisit a pair of cult holiday favourites. First up we have the early Jim Henson film "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas" as a mother and son aim to give the other that perfect gift. We also take in the "Star Wars Holiday Special" one of the few things which really is so much worse that you've heard it is as …

With "Black Mirror" returning for it's third season on Netflix, what better time for us to pick two of our favourite episodes from the first two seasons of Charlie Brooker's cult hit. First up we look at "The National Anthem" where the Prime Minister must have sex with a pig on live TV to save the life of a kidnapped member of the Royal family. We …

It's a slightly belated Halloween edition of the show we have for you today, but like finding where you mom stashed your leftover Halloween candy its just as sweet. First up look at "Bottom" which could be considered the spiritual sequel to "The Young Ones" as Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson anarchic comedy brings a unique spin to Halloween in a episo…

It's an animated double that we bring to the table on this episode as we look at the old school anime "Cyber City Oedo 808" in which criminals attempt to reduce thier sentences by taking on the cases deemed too dangerous for the regular police to handle. We also look back at the classic British kids cartoon "Danger Mouse" with an episode which also…

TV Good Sleep Bad celebrates its first birthday as Elwood and Lackey take an alternative look at the political system with thier selections. First up is the cult favourite "The Prisoner" where Patrick McGoohan is not a number but a free man while constantly being pursued by a giant balloon called Rover. Here though he campaigns to be the new Number…

Returning for another weighty double feature of cult TV goodness this time Elwood and Lackey look at the show which inspired "Lost" as a group of students find themselves stranded on a former nuclear test site and are forced to form a new society. We also look at cult British comedy "The League of Gentleman" as the the residents of the Royston Vase…

Like a forgotten present under the tree we present this belated slice of holiday viewing as we go right back to the start with the first Simpsons Christmas special and the looking at the legacy of the show it spawned. We also check out another cult Brit comedy with the mockumentary "Operation Good Guys" were a holiday special quickly gets out of ha…

On this episode we check out the Sammo Hung TV series "Martial Law" as the Hong Kong Legend brings his brand of rough justice to the streets of San Francisco. We also look at "Millennium" from X Files creator Chris Carter and starring Lance Hendrickson as the profiler with the ability to inhabit the minds of the killers he's tracking. We also look …

Elwood and Lackey celebrate Halloween by looking at a pair of shows spun off popular horror franchises, but how true are they to the rest of the franchise? Plus the most shocking Tree House of Horror stories revealed, El Camino and much more!!

Elwood and Lackey look back at the origins of the "Naked Gun" trilogy with "Police Squad" as David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker bring thier trademark style of comedy to the small screen while introducing the world to Leslie Nielsen's iconic detective Frank Drebin. We also look at Margaret Cho's short lived sitcom "All American Girl" while…

Elwood and Lackey are back for another season of Cult TV goodness kicking things off with "Gravity Falls" a recent Disney show which picked up were "Eerrie Indianna" left off as Dipper and Mabel join thier Grunkle Stan in search of the many mysterys the town hides beneath it's quaint surface. We also look at Liquid Television a series which not onl…

It’s time for another episode of TV Good Sleep Bad, the cult-TV podcast that is not born into this world fumbling for meaning! It was created to serve a singular purpose which it will go to any lengths to fulfill! (Well, not any lengths, not really. I don’t think we would have shot someone for the opportunity to watch Sapphire and Steel.) In this e…

Here it comes, here comes TV Good Sleep Bad! It’s a demon on wheels! In this episode, we discuss: Jess Archer vs. the Ex (2011) and Jess Archer Versus. 1.01-1.04 (2016): Sardonic high school Jess Archer may fantasize about kicking zombie ass, but her real life features adventure aplenty as she investigates a stolen comic book and a football team fr…

In this episode, we discuss: Sapphire and Steel 2.07-2.10, “Assignment IV” aka “The Man Without a Face” (1981): Joanna Lumley and David McCallum are troubleshooters from beyond time who find themselves pulled into strange occurrences at an abandoned junk shop, including a mysterious man with no face, the sudden appearance of Victorian-era children,…

Sorry this episode is much, much later than it ought to have been, but mad scientists kidnapped Elwood, Lackey, and special guest Brian “The Last Angry Geek” Heinz, shot them into space, marooned them on an orbital satellite, and forced them to watch cheesy cult science-fiction television shows. (They needn’t have bothered; we watch this kind of th…

Elwood and Lackey are back to take on two slices of late-night television goodness, in the form of Tom Baker-era Doctor Who and Japan’s tokusatsu take on Spider-Man. Yowza! In this episode, we discuss: Doctor Who 17.05-17.08, “City of Death” (1979): The Doctor and Romana arrive in contemporary Paris and stumble across a tentacle-faced alien, danger…

It’s time once again for another episode of TV Good Sleep Bad! This month, to celebrate the return of The X-Files to our television screens, we examine not only an episode from the show’s creative peak but also an installment of one of its strongest influences. Featuring special guest Will from Exploding Helicopter. In this episode, we discuss: The…

Howdy ho! It’s time for the fifth episode of TV Good Sleep Bad! Gee, it sure does smell all nice and flowery! In this episode, we discuss: South Park 1.09, “Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo” (1997): The residents of South Park struggle to stage a Christmas play that won’t offend anyone, while Kyle starts talking to a piece of holiday-themed fecal matt…

In this episode, we discuss: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1.08, “I Robot…You Jane” (1997): A demon uploads itself onto the internet and immediately starts macking on Willow. I bet he still lives in his parents’ cellar, downloading pictures of… The Booth at the End season one (2010): John Connor’s foster father in Terminator 2 sits in a diner and makes …

Hello, boils and ghouls! In this month’s episode of TV Good Sleep Bad, Elwood and I take a look at the HBO classic Taaaaaaales from the Crypt (and admit it, you heard the Cryptkeeper’s voice in your head when you read that). Our special guest this episode is Bubbawheat, whose media empire includes Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights, Channel: Superhe…

You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples; it could also be something much better….this is the TV Good Sleep Bad Twilight Zone special!! On this episode: Eye of the Beholder – Season 2 Ep: 6 Janet Tyler has just undergone h…

Back from their recent break Elwood and Lackey dive into another Cult TV double in what might be their most 90's episode ever as they revisit the Anime inspired "Powerpuff Girls" before checking out the utterly bonkers Hulk Hogan TV show "Thunder In Paradise". All this plus Lackey shares his thoughts on the latest incarnation of "Doctor Who", Elwoo…

It's a double dose of warped humour on this episode as Elwood and Lackey revisit Warner Bros. most adventerous period before finishing with one of Lackey's most highly rated shows. In this episode, we discuss: Animaniacs Episode 2 + 3 (1993): It's time to learn the countries of the world, what Switzerland is famous for and were squirels hide thier …

Elwood and Lackey return with another double dose of cult TV goodness this time kicking off with "Fringe" a show dismissed by some as an "X Files" cash in, the guys argue why this show was so much more. Rounding out this double bill is the 1977 public infomation film "Apaches" by John Mackenzie who would go on to direct the classic Brit gangster fl…

Elwood and Lackey are here for another monthly dose of Cult TV goodness which on this episode is a double dip of 90's brit comedy opening with "Goodness Gracious Me" were there is an invitation to take you out for an English, meet the one million Rupee man and discover that you can solve any issue with a small aubergine. Finally its time to hit the…

Elwood and Lackey present a Brit comedy double as they visit the show which in many ways was the pre-cursor to "The Big Bang" with "The IT Crowd" before heading off to join two questionable Hangmen in "Snuff Box" Plus The X Files season 11 wrap up, the return of Gotham, Elwood fixes the Big Bang Theory and Lackey reveals the most wanted lost "Docto…

Time for another cult TV double as on this episode Elwood and Lackey meet the world's most deadliest assassin in "Aeon Flux" before meeting the worst students in the world who are probebly more of a danger to themselves in "The Young Ones. All this plus we look at British fringe comedy, Elwood takes on Stephen Fry and Lackey shares his memories of …

Cult Nostalgia is the theme of the day when Elwood and Lackey look back at two shows which embrace thier love for the cult while pushing it that bit further with fantastically weird results as they look at "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" and the Australian underground hit "Danger 7". It's an episode packed with Nazi Dino soldiers, demonic possession, …

It's christmas time once again, which of course means another trek into the world of Christmas specials for Elwood and Lackey, but will they be able to top "The Star Wars Holiday Special"? Stepping up to the plate first is the Rankin and Bass inspired "Community" episode "Abeds's Uncontrollable Christmas". Finally we head to PeeWee's Playhouse for …

An episode celebrating oddballs and outcasts as this time we look at the MTV classic and suprising "Beavis and Butthead" spin off "Daria" before heading off to the hub of all weirdness with Joe Dante's "Eerrie Indianna" Follow the show: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/TV-Good-Sleep-Bad/872688426118907 Twitter - @TVGoodSleepBad Our Partner…

Elwood (From The Depths of DVD Hell) and Lackey (Lackey on Film) kick off thier journey into the depths of Cult TV In the first episode, we discuss: Ultra Q 1.01, “Defeat Gomess!” (1966): Two prehistoric monsters duke it out in the debut episode of this Japanese kaiju series. The Outer Limits 2.01, “Soldier” (1964): A soldier from Earth’s far futur…