Hooked On T.j. Hooker

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Synopsis

A podcast dedicated to the forgotten gem of a 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

  • S02E22 - Lady in Blue

    21/12/2018 Duration: 01h06min

    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 place aptly called The Action. How's Prince Charles wrapped up in all of this? What would T.J. Hooker be like if he visited the UK? And what oh what will that Hunch of his do next?

  • S02E21 - Payday Pirates

    31/10/2018 Duration: 01h22min

    Suit up for an episode that was a horror to produce! Fran Hooker is back and gets pistol-whipped. Can T.J. and his trusty sidekick restore her damaged sight? Or is that best left to the doctors? Hendricks the Canadian Rogue that assaulted her gets tracked down by not only 4-ADAM-30 but also 4-ADAM-16. Officer Jim Corrigan BEGINS! Also how do you make a Frankfurterstein? You know, a zombie hot dog!

  • S02E20 - The Hostages

    28/09/2018 Duration: 01h09min

    On this episode we engage in an impression-off. Who will win, Ben or Eric? Or is that perhaps, a trick question? Jonathan Banks re-spawns as a different villain and we get the triumphant return of Fran Hooker (T.J.'s ex-wife!) Romano arrests a lady and speaking of ladies, lady cop Stacy Sheridan is taken hostage along with Fran and a little girl who needs an emergency procedure. Frank Doubleday (Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13) also guest stars as Banks' brother. Plus: Wes Anderson's T.J. Hooker and T.J. Matrix. Tune in or next time you won't clear the hospital gurney!

  • S02E19 - Requiem for a Cop

    29/08/2018 Duration: 01h20min

    Hit the reds! It's an all new Hooked on T.J. Hooker with what's that? David Caruso! He's a bomb planting arsonist working for a Management Company (imagine my shock) and then they all split the insurance money. It's a crooked enterprise and only the straightest of arrows can de...crookify it. Yeah. Hooker! This is a wacky episode ranging from Hunch exploration to soul catching. It's got it all and that's why you tune in: pure unadulterated nonsense.

  • S02E18 - Raw Deal

    31/07/2018 Duration: 01h11min

    Paint it blue! It's an all new edition of Hooked on T.J. Hooker, your go-to resource for a TV show you never watched and adamantly do not care about! On this episode a gambling ring run by Jim Brown uses their debtors as record clean drug mules to pick up that sweet, sweet Peruvian snow. T.J. Torture emerges from the darkness to drag information out of an unwitting victim. T.J. remembers the correct amount of children he has. He also makes a dude fly to his doom. All of this and so much more! He even kisses a lady!

  • S02E17 - Sweet Sixteen and Dead

    27/06/2018 Duration: 01h09min

    Blue tide rising! We are back again for another thrilling adventure of T.J. Hooker. This one is directed by you know who and features some series firsts! Injecting a kid with drugs to make it look like an OD and not a homicide? That's a first. Teej and Romano are up against a new type of evil that feeds off kids moving to Los Santollywood with stars in their eyes. This might be the darkest episode yet... but don't worry! Chrissy Hooker is back and selling Ranger cookies.

  • S02E16 - Vengeance is Mine guest starring Andrew Jupin

    29/05/2018 Duration: 01h06min

    On this exciting episode of T.J. Hooker we’re joined by Andrew Jupin (We Hate Movies) to discuss Leonard Nimoy arriving in Los Santos! The Clash of the Titans begins once Nimoy starts planting evidence into a case involving his daughter. Hooker’s case. Hooker plays it by the book, mister! Then we’re regaled with amusing anecdotes about T.J.’s financial fraught. Romano is dating someone working at a bank and we’re all getting up to our armpits in emotion.

  • S02E15 - The Mumbler

    19/04/2018 Duration: 01h13min

    This episode title sounds pretty scary right? Nope! The Mumbler is a young girl who talks to pigeons. Yes, pigeons. Why you might even say this episode of T.J. Hooker is for the birds! A new edition of T.J. Past emerges and a string of armored car robberies implicates wayward youth Larry Coats whose sister Katie is the titular Mumbler. T.J. arranges to give Katie away to his friend who also likes birds (what the?) and law is bent to his T.J. Will. An amazing Samurai-like battle between Larry's crime boss and Hooker cap off this nearly Ramano-less episode.

  • S02E14 - The Decoy guest starring Stephen Sajdak

    09/03/2018 Duration: 01h16min

    On this episode of Hooked on T.J. Hooker we welcome Stephen Sajdak (We Hate Movies) to discuss The Decoy! What was the arrangement between Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy with this episode? This is a special one as it marks the debut of Stacy going undercover as bait. Why is this serial killer specific to the marina area? Could this killer also possibly be a surfing werewolf? What would it be like if someone made a major motion picture about The Zapruder Film? Plus Circus Burgers!

  • S02E13 - Too Late for Love

    16/02/2018 Duration: 01h15min

    On this latest episode of #SquadChat a rift breaks through the blues as T.J. Hooker and Vince Romano come to blows! Whoever wins... we're next to die. Romano falls head over heels with a fashion model named Amy who maybe, just maybe is working with a notorious gang that steals fur coats. A special Seinfeld connection is explored and we're treated to great guest stars like Theresa Saldana and M.C. Gainey! On top of all this, get ready to explore the Kingdom of Los Santoria with your intrepid blacksmithy T.J. and Ser Romano.

  • S02E12 - The Fast Lane

    30/01/2018 Duration: 01h02min

    Get set to wear the birthday blues! This podcast turns 1 and Ben turns 5-0 (cop lingo, get it?) We're in the Fast Lane now as teenager and kinda step-brother of Romano starts selling stolen booze to high school students. That's his crime christening that ushers him into armed robbery, truck thievery, and a whole mess of trouble. Romano stops T.J. Hooker from executing another wayward youth which causes a devastating rift in their friendship. Also we start out trying to remember moments from our episodes. Who the heck was that Beach Boy anyway?

  • S02E11 - The Connection guest starring Chris Cabin

    20/12/2017 Duration: 01h11min

    We welcome The Most Contrarian Film Critic in the World, Chris Cabin! You might know his work from We Hate Movies or Collider.com. A high school student dangles from a rooftop after engaging in dreaded PCP usage. Who is behind this nefarious drug trade? None other than Tutti Nelson! The show begins to delve deeper into the T.J. Past. Turns out old Tutti is a part of the Hookerverse Rogues Gallery! Romano begins to learn that this T.J. might be full of B.S. and Terri Nunn (lead singer of the band Berlin) stops by as a drug dealer’s girlfriend!

  • S02E10 - Thieves' Highway

    22/11/2017 Duration: 01h02min

    Go ahead and grab second helping of Turkey J. Hooker. In this episode a produce wholesaler and union buster begins sabotaging independent truckers (the backbone of this country!), chief among them, George R.R. Martin (portrayed by Guy Stockwell) who has an attractive daughter and ape. The monkey business does not stop there as for some goddamn reason T.J. begins advocating the use of a banned tactic at the Academy - the chokehold. This ensnares the wild Hooker in a game of wits with Commissioner Cook. Romano scores big with Martin's pet ape and daughter alike.

  • S02E09 - A Cry for Help

    25/10/2017 Duration: 01h02min

    A Colombian drug lord (who for some reason doesn’t actually have the drugs he wants to sell) moves in on Los Santos. Well, T.J. Hooker won’t stand for it – so he’ll grapple to the side of an airplane instead! A family is torn apart by heroin and a young kid who looks old has a hearing disorder that T.J. Hooker makes his passion project. Why does T.J. Hooker have immediate access to an operating room? Would T.J. Hooker make a better Blade Runner or lawyer? Romano is a millennial. And Philip Baker Hall plays a Judge who is flabbergasted at Hooker having concern for any human life!

  • S02E08 - Deadly Ambition

    22/09/2017 Duration: 01h11min

    An ambitious, one might say deadly ambitious, detective of the week is out to nail Hooker's friend on a charge of aiding jewel thieves while working as a diamond-exchange guard. Legendary musician Jerry Lee Lewis appears as himself. The Most Interesting Man in the World appears as someone else. Eric and Ben cruise down Los Santos for a lengthy Van culture discussion. Hooker’s hunch senses new things and we mourn the loss of TJ-Hooker.com!

  • S02E07 - The Survival Syndrome

    25/08/2017 Duration: 01h13min

    Eric and Ben are back in 4Adam30 and out for blood because T.J. Hooker has been wrongly accused of killing an innocent kid! Oh, and by the way, Romano gets shot in the head in this episode. A group of teenagers are put up to stealing Ford Broncos by a mysterious multi-dimensional villain that operates out of a car chop shop. Romano attempts recovery but it's an uphill battle involving hallucinations and super computers. Meanwhile Hooker must prove his innocence by hunting down the Ford Bronco where his bullet is lodged.

  • Blue Suit Dispatch 1 - Meeting William Shatner, Show Theories, Original Broadcast History, and Vietnam

    18/08/2017 Duration: 28min

    On our first ever Blue Suit Dispatch we read your e-mails about our podcast! This includes meeting William Shatner and getting him to sign things at conventions and while he's having dinner! A solemn reading from The Book of Shatner (the autobiography Up Till Now) which features many great #HookerNuggets. Then we learn about getting baked in Vietnam.

  • S02E06 - Terror at the Academy

    26/07/2017 Duration: 01h18min

    Get set to remember Vietnam. Our hero T.J. and his trusty sidekick Vince Romano square off against a sniper with a grudge. It is a reckoning that has been prophesied. Who will win? Good or Evil? Romano also sizes up a new cadet he'd like to get to know better. Chrissie, Hooker's daughter, needs a frog costume for a school play. We deal with shootings, explosions, booby traps, and light-hearted sitcom elements. The combination of all of the above is what truly makes this show special.

  • S02E05 - Bigfoot guest starring Stephen Sajdak

    28/06/2017 Duration: 01h10min

    We’re back with guest star Stephen Sajdak (We Hate Movies)! Hooker and Romano pursue the elusive rapist known as “Bigfoot” through the streets of Los Santos.  He’s known for having a large shoe print that can be found at crime scenes. There’s a lot of twists and turns in this episode including a radio station’s involvement, a shakedown of an adult bookstore owner, and our guest talks about Shaq. T.J. Future meets his potential match in T.J. Dreams. Don’t miss your patrol, cadet. Get set to wear the blue.

  • S02E04 - Blind Justice

    31/05/2017 Duration: 01h03min

    Hang ten, scum! T.J. Hooker and Romano hit the beach to ensnare women and dig on the Beach Boys. Anne (portrayed by Shatner's then wife Marcy Lafferty) witnesses a crime and Hooker needs answers. The complication? She's blind. Hooker lays it on thick anyway. Romano admires women, again, and again... and again. The Beach Boys guest star in horrible archival footage, Carl Wilson films an actual cameo. The legend of T.J. grows yet again. 

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