It’s Thursday and Matt & Chris are mourning the loss of their Lord and Savior David Lynch, who sadly passed away today, offering memories, anecdotes, and of course bad impressions, of the man himself. Then, after recounting a previewing a busy month at Dumb, they are forced to watch a Transformers rip-off they’ve actually watched already once before: Van-Pires, scored by John Entwhistle of The Who — true story.
Matt & Chris are back in the Mystery Hour van to recap yet another week at Dumb Industries and discuss this week’s theme, weird 90s Christian shows, which ends up being moot because no one wants to watch any of that! Instead, viewers vote to watch this week’s wild card option, an episode of the John Hughes-inspired TV show Weird Science, which is also pretty damn terrible.
It’s the first Dumb Industries Mystery Hour of 2025 and Matt & Chris are both not feeling too hot, but that doesn’t stop them from recapping the past couple weeks at Dumb and then discussing this week’s topic: John Hughes TV shows, all before watching an episode of the ill-fated/conceived sitcom Uncle Buck!
Matt & Chris are back in the Mystery Hour van for their final Mystery Hour of 2024! This week, the two dudes recap all the incredible things happening at Dumb, then chat with Emmy Martian and watch a video about a woman obsessed with gingerbread, all before sitting through what is probably the worst episode of X-Men: The Animated Series ever, “Have Yourself A Morlock Little X-Mas,” even though it’s still a fun watch!
It’s another Thursday in December which means it’s time for Matt & Chris to watch some crappy Christmas specials! This week, the boys recap their very busy week in Dumb, chat with Emmy Martian about her recent Cartoon Funhouse, watch a clip about woman who has sex with Christmas trees or something, and then get into year-end shenanigans all before watching the incredibly boring Garfield Christmas Special which is totally boring.
Matt & Chris are getting into the holiday spirit as evidenced by their snowy backgrounds and cheery demeanor, and the duo are here to recap the week at Dumb, catch up w/ Emmy Martian, watch the trailer for “A Wrestling Christmas,” and then get caught up discussing Christmas specials all before watching an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, “A Christmas Solstice.” Wow.
Matt & Chris are both dead inside, well, at least Matt is, but that doesn’t stop them from hosting another terrific episode of The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour! This week, the two dudes recap the week in Dumb, watch a Mortal Kombat Live promo w/ Emmy Martian, and then watch part one of a Thanksgiving episode of ALF!
Matt & Chris return after a mysterious hiatus to recap the week in Dumb and discuss this week’s theme: SPIKE TV! The “Network for Men” that was just as misguided and awful as it sounds. Viewers detest Spike TV so much, in fact, they vote to watch a series of clips from Days of Our Lives in which Marlena got possessed by a demon. Fun stuff!
Matt & Chris are back in the Mystery Hour van after the longest 48 hours of their lives to recap the past couple weeks at Dumb, at least the parts that don’t involve fascism, to catch up with Emmy Martian, to preview the month ahead at Dumb, and then to discuss this week’s theme: Pokémon Rip-offs! Culminating in a viewing of the pilot episode of Fighting Foodons, a show Chris has a difficult time stomaching for obvious reasons.
It’s the final Mystery Hour of Spooky Season and Matt & Chris have a lot of sPoOoOoOkY stuff in store to close out October, including an all-new episode of The Mads Are Back and a screening of Jason X: Live at the Rosendale Theatre! Then they close things out by watching the 2002 Twilight Zone episode, “It’s Still A Good Life,” starring Billy Mumy and Cloris Leachman!
Matt & Chris hop back in the Mystery Hour van to recap a busy week at Dumb, then invite Emmy Martian on to watch an Air Sex Competition, followed by writer and comedian Eric Fell stopping by to discuss this week’s sPoOooooKy topic: horror anthology shows, culminating in watching an excellent episode of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction!
Dumb SpOoOoOoOkY Season is in full effect as Matt & Chris recap the sPoOoOoKy week in Dumb, test their mics, workshop their Perry Farrell impressions, and then bring on Emmy Martian to watch a disturbing music video all before watching a SpOoOoOkY episode of Sabrina: The Teenage Witch!
It's officially sPoOoOoKy season and Matt & Chris are ready to watch the spookiest thing they can think of: A SOAP OPERA! But first, the duo recaps a busy week at Dumb, invite Emmy Martian on to watch Martha Stewart awkwardly talk to children, and then preview all the sPoOoOoKy stuff they have planned in October, all before watching an episode of the sPooOoKiest soap opera of all time... PASSIONS!
It's Thursday, which can mean only one thing: Matt & Chris are hosting an all-new episode of The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour! This week, the dudes recap the week in Dumb, and then discuss this week's topic: nineties anime! Which goes absolutely no where because viewers vote to watch this week's wild card pick: Bill Nye The Science Guy. Weirdos.
Matt & Chris kick off the Dumb Telethon with an all-new bonus edition of their weekly livestream The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour by watching a creepy clown short, then they're joined by Emmy Martian to watch some Supermarket Sweep and Big Bad Beetleborgs!
Matt & Chris discuss their favorite VH1 Celebreality shows of the early aughts, recap the week in the Dumb, discuss all their amazing programming coming up, and then watch a Gary Busey- starring episode of The Celebrity Paranormal Project!
Go on a shopping spree with Matt & Chris during an all-new Mystery Hour as they recap the week in Dumb, preview all the exciting happenings coming up, and then watch a Trick or Treat episode of the game show Sale of the Century!
Chris is on the road and Matt just severely injured his ankle, but that doesn't stop them from hosting yet another incredible Mystery Hour as the boys recap the week in Dumb, then discuss their favorite comfort TV shows before watching another episode of Bigfoot & Wildboy, their favorite comfort show yet.
Matt & Chris hop back in the Mystery Hour Mystery Van to recap the week in Dumb, and discuss this week's topic: TV's weirdest cameos of all time, before watching an episode of the PBS children's show The Magic Schoolbus, featuring a very weird cameo by Carol Channing!
\Matt & Chris are back with an all-new episode of The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour to recap the week in Dumb and discuss weird time travel episodes of TV shows, a topic that is abruptly derailed by viewers who instead want to watch Part 2 of Star Trek: Turnabout Intruder. Chris is totally fine with this. Totally. Fine.
Matt & Chris hop back in the Mystery Hour van to solve mysteries and recap the week in Dumb, including Chris’s epic trip to Minneapolis for the latest RiffTrax Live, then discuss the worst TV spinoffs all before watching an episode of Mrs. Columbo!
Matt & Chris couldn’t go live so instead they pre-recorded an action-packed episode of The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour that concludes with the duo watching the bizarre failed superhero pilot The Adventures of Superpup (1958).
Matt & Chris hop back into the Mystery Hour van to catch up on all the latest happenings at Dumb Industries before discussing awful TV reboots then watching the pilot episode of the Bionic Woman reboot from 2007… which bionically sucks.
Matt & Chris want to watch one of several cartoons based on Jim Carrey movies, but their adoring fans just won’t have any of that so instead they watch the musical episode of Xena: The Warrior Princess without any prior knowledge of the show and wind up confused as hell.
Matt & Chris hop back in the saddle to give everyone a recap on the happenings at Dumb, plus to discuss wacky TV crossovers from year’s past all before watching part 1 of a bizarre Magnum P.I./Murder She Wrote crossover that ends on a seriously painful cliffhanger. Kind of.
Matt & Chris reconvene after several whole minutes apart to discuss all the recent happenings at Dumb Industries, and then watch an episode of the musical cop series Cop Rock, a decision the duo almost immediately regret.
Matt & Chris hop on their favorite place in the universe, the internet, to recap the week in Dumb and then watch an episode of the ultimate “spin-off babies” series, Muppet Babies!
Matt & Chris recap the week at Dumb, reveal some sexy upcoming events from Dumb Industries, all before watching a Very Special Episode of Boy Meets World where Sean joins a cult. For real.
Matt & Chris reconvene for a special Star Wars edition of The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour, as the dynamic duo recap the week in Dumb and then watch Donny & Marie’s awful Star Wars spoof variety show! Then, they’re joined by Mary Jo Pehl to finish watching The Devil’s Daughter!
Matt & Chris are back as the Dumb duo recap the week in Dumb and then watch an absolutely ridiculous episode of the Sid & Marty Kroft show, Bigfoot and Wildboy!
Matt & Chris are back in the Mystery Hour saddle as the Dumb duo recap the week in Dumb and then watch an episode of the weird extreme 90s reboot of Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, then watch an episode of the early CGI crapfest, Van-Pires!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb IN PERSON FOR THE 1ST TIME, with very special guest Miss Emmy Martian, then watch the original pilot for an X-Men Animated Series, X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, then watch an episode of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch an episode of the Ninja Turtles ripoff show, Samurai Pizza Cats!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch an episode of Matt’s favorite paranormal investigation show, Ghost Adventures!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, then watch an episode of the children’s game show, Legends of the Hidden Temple!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch the debut episode of The Chevy Chase Show, which is even worse than you remember!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, followed by an episode of the Power Rangers rip-off, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch the infamous episode of Cheaters in which Joey Greco gets stabbed!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch the 1995 live action sitcom pilot for Clerks, starring Jim Breuer!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch an episode of the 1980s iteration of the Twilight Zone: Night of the Meek!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch about 15 minutes of the Max Headroom Christmas Special, and then play a few rounds of Mario Kart!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch a Christmas themed episode of The Match Game!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, then watch the creepy Rankin Bass Christmas special, The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, followed by an entire episode of Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch an entire episode of Baywatch Nights w/ Miss Emmy Martian!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch an episode of Tales From The Crypt for Spooky Season!
Matt & Chris recap the week in Dumb, and then watch an old episode of Love Connection!
Matt & Chris reconvene after a busy week at Dumb Industries to discuss their recent show at the Rosendale Theatre, the big Mads livestream on Tuesday, and much, much more, all before discussing bad series finales and watching part 1 of the final Star Trek: The Original Series episode, “Turnabout Intruder.”
Matt & Chris host a special Fourth of July edition of the Mystery Hour from Rosendale, NY, as the duo recap the week at Dumb Industries, followed by them finally watching Part 2 of the Magnum PI/Murder She Wrote crossover!
This week’s Dumb Deals:
The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour Mystery Club now available
The Mads Are Back: Teenage Zombies | $6 w/ promo code GORILLA thru September 22
The Dumb 2023 Fall Sale | 15% off the Fall Collection w/ promo code DUMBFALL2023 thru September 21
This week’s Dumb Deals:
The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour Mystery Club now available
The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts XI | $6 w/ promo code MYLAR thru September 15
The Dumb 2023 Fall Sale | 15% off the Fall Collection w/ promo code DUMBFALL2023 thru September 21
Matt & Chris reconvene in the middle of a busy week at Dumb Industries to discuss the big Dumb Spring Sale which includes all sorts of amazing new designs and products you should check out right away, and then get into what’s coming up at Dumb, then Chris briefly dies but is brought back to life via disembodied voice in time to watch a disturbing episode of Dinosaurs.
