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Hooked on TJ Hooker
by WHM Entertainment
A podcast dedicated to the funny / terrible cop show T.J. Hooker (1982 - 1986) hosted by Eric Szyszka and Ben Worcester. Hear the guys and the occasional guest star discuss William Shatner in all of his glory. Anything you hear may be used against you in a court of law.
Episodes
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S04E21 - Lag Time (A True Crime Podcast)
This is now a true crime podcast. Join Eric and Ben as they recount an episode of T.J. Hooker called "Lag Time" that COULD'VE happened in real life. Or what's real anyway? We're just trusting police reports on other podcasts now? In this episode Stacy deals with the fall out of almost being...
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S04E20 - Serial Murders
We discuss Season 4, Episode 20 - Serial Murders! Two religious freaks are going around killing people. Sounds about white. Hooker teams up with Detective Lee Stockwell, a woman on the force he used to sleep with, because of course he did. Lee is wired on cocaine and wants to get this case…
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S04E19 - Homecoming
We're back in the bluesuit cockpit to discuss the emergency situation that is William Shatner Eating Cereal In His Car! After that we dive into Season 4 Episode 19 - Homecoming. T.J. Hooker welcomes his children back to the bosom of Los Santos. Tommy "T.J. Junior" Hooker and Chrissy Hooker are…
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S04E18 - Sanctuary
On the return of Hooked on T.J. Hooker we're discussing the William Shatner directed dud of an episode Sanctuary! Yes, they're trapped in a church! Yes, William Shatner's wife is a prominent cast member! Yes, Corrigan gets shot and is out of the episode pretty quick!
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S04E17 - Hollywood Starr (The Sharon Stone Backdoor Pilot)
WARNING: Gun shots are used in this episode. We will be discontinuing them going forward! Now that that's out of the way, on this new edition of Hooked on T.J. Hooker we investigate the backdoor pilot episode Hollywood Starr! Sharon Stone guest stars as Dani Starr. She's a detective in the…
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S04E16 - Love Story
Hooked on T.J. Hooker has returned with a love story called Love Story! It's Los Santos, so even a romantic episode about Hooker meeting a lady has to still be about a rape/rob/murder gang. Hey, Miguel Ferrer! Romano sidelined! Corrigan sidelined! Stacy sidelined! Whale pendant! Whale……
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S04E15 - The Bribe
Has T.J. Hooker been taking bribes and writing bad checks all over town? Our hero battles Internal Affairs and an evil prostitution and heroin peddling Las Vegas crime syndicate. It's a good episode, folks, and on Tubi! Meanwhile Romano and Corrigan are helping an illegal immigrant (I'm…
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S04E14 - Outcall
We apologize for audio inconsistencies on this episode but we're here! And you thought we'd never be back. Well, here we are! It's Outcall! This is an episode about Chinatown, Vietnamese death squads, massage parlors and a fella named "Blood." So much to unpack here including T.J. vs a snake.…
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S04E13 - Trackdown
We're back in blue with a great episode on "Trackdown." Robert Hatch (Tom Zarek, Captain Apollo, Robert Marshall) is our killer of the week and he sure does love what he does. Hooker is an eternal force dating back before the founding of Los Santos. We hope you enjoy and we hope it gels!
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S04E12 - The Surrogate
Merry Bluemas, Bluesuits! It's a new episode of your favorite T.J. Hooker recap show, Hooked on T.J. Hooker! The episode in question is The Surrogate where Old Teej is trailing a woman killer - specifically he kills women who cheat on their husbands AND listen to a Dr. Ruth-like Radio Sex Show.…
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S04E11 - Street Bait
We are back in the squad car and putting Stacy on the streets as bait. We're also learning a lot about the vanished Hooker family! Learn what Fran, Tommy, and Chrissie have been up to! Plus the Mall! Hot dogs! Chinese food! Answering machines! We're firmly in 1985.
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Blame It On Outer Space #5 - The Montauk Project (BIOOS Classic)
Enjoy a brief vacation on Long Island with this 2011 episode on the once popular conspiracy theory: The Montauk Project.
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S04E10 - Grand Theft Auto guest starring Andrew Jupin
Warning: This episode of 1984 television uses the word "Gypsy" ad nauseam. Due to that, it is in clips and said several times throughout the show. We apologize for any preceived insensitivity. With that in mind, sit back and enjoy Tori Spelling, Delta Burke, and Andrew Jupin on this episode!
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Blame It On Outer Space #4 - The Barney and Betty Hill Abduction (BIOOS Classic)
We time warp back to this 2013 episode as the squad car receives new shocks.
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S04E09 - The Confession
We got death squad leading mercenaries prowling Los Santos raping and robbing women who use ATMs. Big yikes. So strap into the squad car and let's talk Law and Order SVU style barbarism with a dash of God. Yes, T.J. Hooker obviously knows a priest who is a victim... leading to a confession.
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S04E08 - A Kind of Rage
The squad car rides again. Corrigan's brain gets broken and he starts beating people. A serial killer strangler walks the streets of Los Santos. We dredge the depths of the T.J. Past. And there's even mud wrestling. This episode has it all.
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Blame It On Outer Space #3 - The Moon Landing Hoax (BIOOS Classic)
We talked about the moon landing and how it's possibly fake on this BIOOS Classic, case file #6901. Come for the illuminating information, stay for the joke references to the 2012 Presidential Election.
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Blame It On Outer Space #2 - The Government Assassinates Musicians (BIOOS CLASSIC)
Fresh from November 27th, 2012 it's Blame It On Outer Space! Featuring a favorite guest, Justin J. Case discussing if the Government has musicians killed. Could there be more at play here than drugs? Which brand of toilet is best for Americans abroad? And apologies for the negative remarks...
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S04E07 - Model for Murder
This episode was recorded in a field.
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Blame It On Outer Space #1 - The Reptilian Agenda (BIOOS CLASSIC)
As the 10 year anniversary looms, we bring you a classic episode of Blame It On Outer Space. For those unfamiliar, this was the original podcast in which Eric Szyszka and Ben Worcester collaborated. Whenever we miss a show, we will upload a BIOOS Classic. Original air date: November 14th, 2012....
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S04E06 - Target: Hooker
The squad pod car rolls into a banger of an episode, it's Target: Hooker! Old Teej is targeted by a friend of a man he sent up the river. So naturally this involves fire bombs and car explodey shenanigans! Vince Romano loses his eyesight, girlfriend (Toasty!), and nearly everything in a heated…
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S04E05 - Anatomy of a Killing
We're lost in the weeds of a barebones T.J. Hooker episode. Jim Brown does respawn as the guest star but he doesn't want to be there. He teams up with Teej to take down a heroin ring but learns even his own family is entangled in its webs. Then the spiders come. We're putting up a picture of...
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S04E04 - Hardcore Connection guest starring Angelica Jade Bastién
This month on the show we're joined by Angelica Jade Bastién (Vulture, HBO Max's Station Eleven podcast) to talk about a crazy episode of T.J. Hooker. Dennis Franz plays a pornographer and folks, he nails it. Heather Thomas does not nail her turn as Sandy the criminal partner of Hooker but at…
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S04E03 - Pursuit aka Hot Pursuit
On this episode we triumphantly return to the squad pod car and hit the reds. Cats come out of the bag. Secrets are revealed. Romano gets set on fire. Hooker gets laid. This is a big episode full of spills and thrills. Policenauts and police nuts get stimulated. "Bonnie and Clyde" hit a few…
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S04E02 - The Two Faces of Betsy Morgan
Reflections on William Shatner riding the Blue Origin to the space and back, what he up to now? Then we have an episode wherein there's a "strangler" on the loose we never see "strangle." Anyway, adult subject matter abound unfortunately with people who are not adults. Also, what kind of Wizard...
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S04E01 - Night Vigil guest starring We Hate Movies
Series premiere with We Hate Movies! All of them! We're back in our blues to talk about the season's new opening and an array of topics that spans from the nitty gritty of the episode to another man in blue: Jay Leno! Stacy gets shot! And she nearly dies. Hooker reaps the soul of the man who…
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S03E22 - Deadlock (Season Finale!)
On the season 3 finale of T.J. Hooker, it's a full moon and we get one of the most interesting episodes of the series. A police uniformed criminal named Rollins (Dennis Lipscomb) gives ol' Teej the battle of his life all contained within a department store. We got our bottle episode! Romano gets...
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S03E21 - Gang War guest starring Angelica Jade Bastién
We are delighted to be joined by Angelica Jade Bastién (Vulture and much more) to discuss the all around sub-par episode Gang War! T.J. Christer appears to help two rival gangs in the Barrio neighborhood. A young woman named Julie is trying to set up an organization to help the community but...
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S0E20 - Psychic Terror
We receive a new theme song from a listener named Tom. The supernatural finally arrives in Los Santos. Spooky music, psychic abilities, and the Almighty Bruce Glover becomes TJ's Joker. The Shat Attack's wife Marcy Lafferty at the time also guests stars as a psychic that helps guide Teej to...
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S03E19 - Death Strip guest starring Sean Sullivan
We are joined today by comedian Sean Sullivan! T.J. Hooker and Romano have to save a girl Romano was dating, but after she dies, Romano dates the sister, until she is kidnapped, but then they save her so they can date again. Cocaine and photographic MacGuffins abound, plus criminal ex-Navy…
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S03E18 - Death on the Line
Happy Blue Year's Eve! This month we're talking about a low point in the show: Death on the Line. The creative team behind T.J. Hooker are in over their heads trying to cover a rape / murder / robbery duo in the form of two telephone pole linemen. We instead mostly end up talking about house...
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S03E17 - Hot Property guest starring Donald J. Trump
The one with the 45th President of the United States.
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S03E16 - Hooker's Run guest starring Stephen Sajdak
Stephen Sajdak (We Hate Movies) joins us in the squad car. Tom Atkins (Halloween III: Season of the Witch) guest stars as our authority figure of the month to be thwarted by the mighty Hooker. Not only that, his old pal, Alex Rocco, is not one to be trifled with either. It all comes to a head…
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S03E15 - Exercise in Murder
T.J. Hooker shoots a kid. Corrigan is briefly in a relationship with a woman who is being blackmailed over pornography. Until she dies. But hey, the kid lives. The tonal shifts are so raucous that the episode even forgets to flesh out the criminals of the week, which include Robert Davi! Donation...
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S03E14 - The Snow Game
We're back in a decomissioned squad car! To make a donation to the charities mentioned on today's show check out this ActBlue Link. Remember to enjoy a ridiculous show like T.J. Hooker responsibly. This is not real life and this show and shows like it help perpetuate the ideals that favor police...
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S03E13 - The Lipstick Killer
On this exciting edition of T.J. Hooker our hero (question mark?) faces up against a serial killer right out of a 80's slasher film and that makes sense since this is our first episode in 1984! Who wins in this battle of horror? The Maniac Cop or the Psycho who dresses like his mother and hits...
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S03E12 - Slay Ride
This is the one about the bean dinner. It's a Quarantined Christmas in Los Santos!
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S03E11 - Undercover Affair
Get set to wear the blue-bonic plague. Special episode featuring a COVID-19 called in on the radio. We discuss another riveting entry into the life of Television J. Hooker who is up against a drug racket, the FBI, and his own libido. Whatever happened to his family in Oregon? Will the Safari Inn…
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S03E10 - Blue Murder
We got some rotten apples in the Los Santos Police Department! That's right, there's vigilantism afoot and we all know T.J. Hooker cannot stand for cops who go rogue, unless it's him! That's his thing, not theirs! It's no fair they get to kill people and T.J. wasn't invited! I just don't…
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S03E09 - A Matter of Passion
On this thrilling edition of the podcast Eric and Ben square off in regards to their famous Twitter falling out. T.J. Hooker discovers a corpse on the beach, which he uh... falls in love with? We agree this is a great episode you should try to see for yourself! All clues (twinkle noise) end up...
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S03E08 - The Trial
This exciting edition of T.J. Hooker features everything justice lovers have been looking for under their tree: vindication for a wrongly accused female officer. Romano has been shot in the head, again, and he misunderstands what happened during the shooting so he wrongly points his finger at…
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S03E07 - A Child Is Missing
A child goes missing and isn't it the darnedest thing, it results in T.J. Hooker becoming a one man army invasion force. Old Teej has not only a child to save but a jewel heistin' deadbeatin' dad to crack down upon. So going to Mexico and becoming a vigilante makes sense! This is a scattered...
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S03E06 - Walk A Straight Line guest starring Nathan Rabin
We welcome Nathan Rabin (The Weird Accordion to Al) to discuss a PCP, angel dust, and sherm in both a drug and alcohol heavy episode depending on who you talk to. It's Nathan's first T.J. Hooker episode and we cover all the bases. T.J. confronts a Detective who is drinking on the job and it just...
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S03E05 - The Shadow of Truth
On this addition of Hooked on T.J. Hooker we get a prolonged addition of TJ Dater and we are here for it! Life at the Safari Inn is explored as his girlfriend, Lisa Jericho (Helen Shaver), is nearly exploded. We get murderous building tycoons, mafia drywall suppliers, and so much more! Also the...
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Blue Suit Dispatch 2 - Watching Along, Run-ins with the Law, and Crossover TV
On the latest Blue Suit Dispatch, we're reading your emails, joking about T.J. Hooker while also investigating the growing problems we face as a nation. Why wasn't there a crossover with other major 1980's TV shows? Also: James Darren who portrayed Corrigan is famously afraid of birds.
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S03E04 - The Cheerleader Murder
On this episode of Hooked On T.J. Hooker we dig into The Cheerleader Murder! Hey, why's it called this when the subject is teen porn? This is a doozy of an episode that really highlights the extremities of the show: fun light-hearted banter and the brutality of a society that preys on young…
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S03E03 - Chinatown
T.J. Hooker is back and opening up about his T.J. Past and former beat in Chinatown. Did Hooker father another child we didn't previously know about? It sure as hell sounds like it! Why is Hooker so vicious in his besting of Chow Duc KHAAAAAAN!? Yes, we had a Khan in Star Trek and we now have a...
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S03E02 - Carnal Express
On this edition of Hooked on T.J. Hooker we talk about the delightfully off the rails episode, Carnal Express! The episode that spawned the idea of a podcast back when it was just a twinkle in Eric's eye. It's about "white slavery" something we now might call human trafficking. Stacy goes...
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S03E01 - The Return
On the SEASON THREE premiere, Hooker is at a crossroads. His wife, Fran and the kids, have been mysteriously whisked away to Oregon. T.J. Divorcee is now fully established to live in a fringe area: The Safari Inn! Dreams haunt him in this motel which make us wonder, what would it be like if…
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S02E22 - Lady in Blue
SEASON TWO FINALE! A female officer asks Hooker out on a date but then in a sad turn of events, her leg is cut off by doctors. T.J. takes it upon himself to convince her to have the will to live again. Meanwhile steamed clams and gun heists are going on. So where's all the action going down? A...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast dedicated to the funny / terrible cop show T.J. Hooker (1982 - 1986) hosted by Eric Szyszka and Ben Worcester. Hear the guys and the occasional guest star discuss William Shatner in all of his glory. Anything you hear may be used against you in a court of law.
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A podcast dedicated to the funny / terrible cop show T.J. Hooker (1982 - 1986) hosted by Eric Szyszka and Ben Worcester. Hear the guys and the occasional guest star discuss William Shatner in all of his glory. Anything you hear may be used against you in a court of law.
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