Rejoice! The Mary Jo Pehl Show’s annual QVC Special is here, and Mary Jo & Chris can’t wait to showcase all the latest styles, trends, and products available from The Mary Jo Pehl Show—just in time for the holiday shopping season. This episode is highly interactive, so get your phones out to scan QR codes and start shopping!
The holidays are just around the corner, so Mary Jo & Chris welcome very special guest Alonso Duralde, podcaster, film critic and author of the new and revised book Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, to discuss Christmas movies in detail, including Die Hard, White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Gremlins, Batman Returns, and a slew of Netflix movies starring Lindsay Lohan, for an all-new Chit-Chat & Tidbits!
It’s Matt time of the month, in which Associate Producer Matt Reiser secretly compiles an hour of television for Mary Jo & Chris to watch for an all-new Movie Jo Night! This month, Matt chooses an episode of the bizarre ABC superhero show Automan, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. as a computer programmer who ostensibly sucks and Chuck Wagner as Automan, a superhero with Ken doll hair.
Mary Jo & Chris present The Mary Jo Pehl Show’s Fourth Halloween Special, which finds the duo in full costume watching another 30 minute reel of weird Halloween ads Associate Producer Matt found, and then showcasing viewer Halloween costumes past and present. Plus: news about November’s happenings!
Mary Jo and Chris watch the 1972 made-for-TV movie The People starring Kim Darby and William Shatner, about a teacher who takes up the worst teaching gig in history and gets increasingly annoyed that all the kids are total weirdos who think kazoos are evil or something. Plus: CANDY GIVEAWAY!
Season Five of The Mary Jo Pehl Show is here, and Mary Jo & Chris are finally indulged by viewers to present the very first Mary Jo Pehl Show Spelling Bee, featuring special guest host Greg Triggs, and a panel of competitors including Mary Jo, Chris, Judy Heneghan, Deana Dolphin, Kevin McLaughlin, Jarrett Melendez, Jason Schommer, Tom Winner and Jackie Kashian. Plus: unboxing videos, Movie Jo Night polls, and more!
Rejoice! Mary Jo & Chris have worked out their differences with the help of several thousand lawyers to host an all-new Chit-Chat & Tidbits in The Dumb Clubhouse! This month, the duo discuss still existing post-rapture, MJ being called a “Karen,” her recent garage shows, being an omnivert, Chris’s parents’ wedding anniversary, The Carpenters… Space Encounters, and so much more!
It’s the first Movie Jo Night in The Dumb Clubhouse, and Mary Jo & Chris leave it up to Associate Producer/known madman Matt Reiser to assemble an hour of television of them to watch! Matt settles on The Carpenters’ bizarre 1978 variety show, “The Carepenters… Space Encounters,” which is about as strange and painful as it sounds. Plus: candy giveaway!
It’s the big Season 4 finale of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, and Mary Jo & Chris are here to present an all-new cooking segment in which Mary Jo and special guest Ari Hoptman cook Salmon Cheese Pie! Plus: an adorable unboxing video, viewers decide on the theme for the Season 5 premiere, and Mary Jo & Chris workshop names for their new membership.
It’s another fantabulous Movie Jo Night with Mary Jo and Chris, as they duo sit down to watch the 1974 “disaster” film SKYWAY TO DEATH for the very first time along with viewers. Whatever you think the death count for this movie might be, we guarantee you’re wrong.
Mary Jo & Chris reconvene in the membership formerly known as The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to catch up on Linda’s recent legal action, the Christmas in July Secret Santa, the joy of mail-order, recent trips to movie theaters, the Minneapolis Fringe Festival, hugging Pedro Pascal, and much, much more!
It’s the end of an era, or error (depending on how you look at it), as Mary Jo, Chris, and viewers pay tribute to The Mary Jo Pehl Show’s dearly departed employee, Linda. Plus: a shocking development regarding The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse!
Against their better judgement, Mary Jo & Chris allow Associate Producer Matt Reiser to prepare an hour of television for them to watch, culminating in a screening of the final episode of the Planet of the Apes TV series, starring one Roddy McDowall! Featuring a disturbing amount of ancillary content involving apes dressed like humans.
Mary Jo and Chris meet up on a Friday evening to spill tea and share some hot goss, including Frank’s upcoming move to Minneapolis, storage units, Linda’s recent quitting and her upcoming going away party, how much they both hate AI art, a recent run-in Mary Jo had with a supermarket cashier, Superman and idiots, and lots of stuff!
Mary Jo and Chris fear Linda is about to quit The Mary Jo Pehl Show, so they do what’s necessary in order to make sure The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clip Show is completed in time. Plus: an important announcement regarding July’s Mary Jo Pehl Show!
Mary Jo & Chris meetup to watch the 1972 scream of a film, THE SCREAMING WOMAN, starring Olivia de Havilland as a woman who screams, Ed Nelson as a man who murders, and a bunch of other people who simply do not believe anything the she screams. It’s quite frustrating, honestly, but makes for an excellent Movie Jo Night.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up on a rainy Friday to catch up with Clubhouse members and discuss important topics such as the upcoming Clubhouse Secret Santa in July, Chris’s unfortunate haircut, the Mary Jo Pehl Show theme song w/ new vocals by Nikki Lerner, Mary Jo’s recent experience getting pulled over, Chris’s Goldbelly haul, the recent Mary Jo Pehl Show meetup in Minneapolis, recent protests around the world, the greatness of Joan Rivers, and much, much more.
Mary Jo & Chris give Associate Producer Matt Reiser free reign to create a 30 minute reel of the most bizarre videos he could find against their better judgement, and the results are spectacular. Plus: Mary Jo & Chris provide updates on the Summer of Pehl, and settle themes for the next couple months of The Mary Jo Pehl Show!
Mary Jo & Chris are tasked with watching the 1974 made-for-TV movie Planet Earth, starring an increasingly balding John Saxon and written by an increasingly horny Gene Roddenberry. Fear not: Mary Jo & Chris are here to pick apart just how bizarre and misguided this flick is.
It’s Friday and Mary Jo & Chris are here to party their faces off in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse! Preceded by a guest DJ set from Linda, Mary Jo & Chris catch up with viewers, discuss more grammatical pet peeves, discuss a kitten Mary Jo met named Pearl Forrester at a cat cafe in Minneapolis, watch video of yet another fight that happened outside Chris’s window, and the importance of wearing a helmet.
Mary Jo & Chris are joined by etymologist Ari Hoptman, lecturer at the University of Minnesota with a PhD in German linguistics, to respond to their biggest grammatical pet peeves, and to answer viewers’ questions about the English language and all of its flaws. Plus: viewers vote to decide the next movie for Movie Jo Night as well as the theme for next month’s Mary Jo Pehl Show! Recorded live April 29, 2025.
Mary Jo & Chris reconvene for an all-new Movie Jo Night to watch the 1973 made-for-TV movie THE HORROR AT 37,000 FEET, starring Chuck Connors as the worst pilot ever, Buddy Ebsen as the worst drunk guy ever, and William Shatner as the worst William Shatner ever. Recorded live April 22, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up on a Friday evening to catch up with Clubhouse members on all sorts of topics, including recent weird activity outside Chris’s window, the White Lotus season 3 finale, Mary Jo’s upcoming show with Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis, grammatical pet peeves in preparation for Etymologist Ari Hoptman’s upcoming visit, and much, much more! Recorded live April 11, 2025.
Mary Jo and Chris return with an all-new game show night episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show! This time, they play the Jackbox game Tee K.O. with very special guests Colette & Josh Flowers, who are known for designing a Dumb t-shirt or two of their own. Plus: viewers vote on upcoming Movie Jo Night and Mary Jo Pehl Show themes, unboxing videos are played, and secrets are revealed!
Mary Jo and Chris join Clubhouse members to discuss poor customer service, the Mall of America, Marketplace horror stories, Mary Jo’s upcoming show at the Parkway Theatre w/ Bill Corbett & Kevin Murphy, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, going to Olive Garden in Times Square, weird things they’ve seen in traffic, the Righteous Gemstones and The White Lotus, and flying porta potties. Recorded live March 21, 2025.
Mary Jo and Chris reconvene after a harrowing few weeks apart to host an all-new Movie Jo Night! This month finds the duo watching the 1973 made-for-TV movie/failed pilot BAFFLED! starring Leonard Nimoy and Susan Hampshire, with a plot that is about as baffling as its title promises. Recorded live March 18, 2025.
It’s a Friday in February and Mary Jo & Chris are still coming down from the high of their Ask Us Anything episode this past Tuesday — but they’ve got even MORE questions to answer, touching on topics such as favorite disco songs, wildest acts of rebellions, gym membership contracts, and movies/tv/music you must experience before you die. Plus, Chris tallies up the interest on Mary Jo’s omelet and the results are shocking.
Mary Jo and Chris are back with an all-new episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, this time to answer ANYTHING from viewers, including where MJ or Chris would take Roddy McDowall on a date, weirdest job interview questions, suggestions for must-see movies/TV, favorite childhood books, least favorite words, and the most scandalous behind-the-scenes drama of MST3K! Recorded live February 25, 2025.
Mary Jo and Chris watch the 1978 made-for-tv movie DR. STRANGE, based on the Marvel character and starring Peter Hooten as Dr. Stephen Strange and Jessica Walter as Morgan le Fay in a ninety minute pilot for a TV series that never got picked up. Upon watching, it’s pretty obvious why. Recorded live February 21, 2025.
Mary Jo Pehl hosts a late night style version of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, The Mid-To-Late-Evening Show, featuring her trusty bandleader sidekick Chris Gersbeck plus special guests Jackey Neyman Jones, Mary Jo’s new next-door neighbor Ian Pirner, and musical guest Dave Hill! Plus, Mary Jo & Chris conduct polls and giveaways!
It’s the first Movie Jo Night of 2025, and Mary Jo & Chris are ready to watch the 1973 made-for-tv movie SCREAM, PRETTY PEGGY! A movie that features a rather boozed-up Bette Davis along with a shockingly low amount of screaming. But fear not: Mary Jo & Chris are here to solve the mystery of whether it’s Bette stabbing people or one of the other two people in the movie. Recorded live January 21, 2025.
Mary Jo and Chris go live in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to catch up on all sorts of stuff including Chris’s recent trip to Trader Joe’s, wearing turtlenecks, leaving or not leaving Facebook, current true crime obsessions, a possible Dumb Industries meetup in Minneapolis in May, getting tango lessons, The Righteous Gemstones, upcoming Clubhouse events, and more! Recorded live January 10, 2025.
Mary Jo & Chris go live in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to conduct polls on January’s episodes then invite Deana Dolphin onto the program to show off all the amazing Secret Santa gifts Clubhouse members gave each other! Recorded live December 20, 2024.
Mary Jo and Chris give Associate Producer Matt Reiser free reign to find an hour of holiday-themed television for an all-new Movie Jo Night! As usual, he does not disappoint. This month, MJ & Chris watch a Christmas episode of the classic Lynda Carter Wonder Woman TV series entitled, “The Deadly Toys,” featuring Frank Gorshin as a lonely toy manufacturer who creates life-like androids and nurses baby dolls. Recorded live December 17, 2024.
DJ Sally Jessy Raphael (Chris) comes out of retirement to spin a special dance party in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse on Saturday, December 14, 2024!
The holiday shopping season is upon us and Mary Jo Pehl & Chris Gersbeck are here to showcase all the wonderful discounts they have in store for their second annual QVC Special, along with product launches, giveaways, customer testimonials, and more!
Mary Jo and Chris are back with an all-new Movie Jo Night as they watch the 1979 made-for-TV movie Death Car on the Freeway, a movie that includes an equal amount of impressive car stunts and rampant misogyny!
Mary Jo & Chris go live in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to catch up on Halloween shenanigans, MJ’s recent garage show, voting updates, and then welcome on the first mystery grab bag winner of the notorious pooping gnome to get an update on how much it’s horrified visitors, and then welcome on the great Deana Dolphin for a big holiday announcement for Clubhouse members! Yes!!! Recorded live November 1, 2024.
Spooky Season rages on with an all-new episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, which just so happens to be the show’s THIRD Halloween Special! This time, Mary Jo & Chris watch a reel of weird retro horror movie trailers as compiled by Associate Producer Matt Reiser and the results are more horrifying than anything! Plus: unboxing videos, polls, Halloween costumes from viewers, and more!
Mary Jo and Chris settle in to watch an hour of programming curated by Associate Producer Matt Reiser for an all-new edition of Movie Jo Night! This month, Matt subjects Mary Jo & Chris to an episode of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, “The Mystery of the Haunted House,” that involves Parker Stevenson not wearing any pants and featuring Richard Kiel as a disgruntled restaurant manager!
Mary Jo & Chris go live in the Clubhouse to read more fan fiction submissions, discuss candy corn, getting Mary Janes and/or pennies, favorite horror movies, Halloween traditions, being strict with trick-or-treaters, apple picking, getting asked for autographs at funerals, and other fun topics! Recorded live October 4, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris launch the FOURTH SEASON of The Mary Jo Pehl Show in style with their much anticipated Fan Fiction episode, featuring very special guest readers reading viewer submissions. Submissions were so plentiful, in fact, Mary Jo & Chris promise to read more during the next Chit-Chat & Tidbits!
Mary Jo and Chris take the Dumb Telethon stage to present a bonus edition of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, answer questions from fans, raffle off prizes, watch a demented video of local news stories, and then unlock some amazing bonus events!
Mary Jo and Chris settle in to watch an hour of programming curated by Associate Producer Matt Reiser for an all-new edition of Movie Jo Night! This month, the duo watch an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century that involves a space vampire, lots of latex, and plenty of casual sexism to go around!
Mary Jo & Chris go live in the Clubhouse to discuss important topics such as make-out music, getting broken up into little groups, Frank's new cat Billy, wearing or not wearing pajamas, the upcoming fan fiction episode, Columbia Record subscriptions, being a Nielsen family, first favorite songs, first concerts, missing Prince, hating Blues Traveler and more!! Recorded live September 6, 2024.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck change it up a bit for Movie Jo Night this month and watch an episode of Fantasy Island featuring Roddy Macdowall as Satan, Ross Martin as a mobster, and Adam West as Adam West! Recorded live August 20, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris go live in the Clubhouse for a special “brunch” edition of Chit-Chat & Tidbits, that almost doesn’t even happen because Chris’s alarm clock didn’t go off.
Mary Jo cooks yet another mystery recipe selected by Chris for The Mary Jo Pehl Show! This time, Mary Jo has help from her friend Bill Corbett (MST3K, RiffTrax), who finds himself spending way more hours in MJ’s kitchen than he signed up for.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1970 made-for-tv film NIGHT SLAVES, starring James Franciscus as a man with a metal plate in his head, Lee Grant as the wife of a man with a metal plate in his head, and Leslie Nielsen as the sheriff of the set of Gunsmoke! Recorded live July 16, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris watch a reel of weird vintage movie trailers, the seediest Associate Producer Matt Reiser could find, for an all-new episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show! Plus: Movie Jo Night poll, giveaways, unboxing videos, and more!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS, a movie featuring Andy Griffith as a creepy weirdo, William Shatner as a dork, Robert Reed as a backstabber, and Marjoe Gortner as a spineless hippy! Recorded live June 14, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris go live in the Clubhouse for another Chit-Chat & Tidbits on June 7, 2024 and get a special check-in from Joe Lawler to provide an update on his stolen iPhone, Dumb Industries losing their Twitch channel and then hijacking Mary Jo’s Twitch channel, Pray For the Wildcats, sea creatures, getting Linda a spa day, Gruber, editing Wikipedia pages, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, and other exciting topics!
Following up on the Dollar Store Challenge from earlier this year, Mary Jo and Chris showcase how they’ve utilized each other’s Dollar Store findings for an all-new episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show! Recorded live May 28, 2024.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week KILLDOZER, a movie about a killer bulldozer in “Africa” that has a penchant for killing construction workers! Recorded live May 21, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris go live on May 10, 2024 to gab about Dumb’s Twitch channel takedown, Jerry Pehl’s birthday, the upcoming Dollar Store Challenge Follow Up episode, the first time Mary Jo met Chris, why you should subscribe to the Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse vs. Twitch, and answer questions from Clubhouse members in this Clubhouse exclusive livestream!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER, starring Shelley Winters, Belinda Montgomery, Jonathan Frid plus a bunch of other random people like Abe Vigoda! Mary Jo’s internet cuts out towards the end so Associate Producer Matt Reiser saves the day and helps close out the show! Recorded live April 30, 2024.
The Mary Jo Pehl Show Presents their own version of The Dating Game! Chris Gersbeck hosts as three bachelors compete to win a date with the one and only Mary Jo Pehl! Who will she pick, and will it be the same contestant YOU pick? There’s only one way to find out. Recorded live April 23, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris go live on April 12, 2024 to gab about birthdays, solar eclipses, earthquakes, Netflix’s Love is Blind, the upcoming Dating Game episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, and answer questions from Clubhouse members in this Clubhouse exclusive livestream!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck go full Beavis & Butt-Head as they watch a reel of music weird, vintage music videos (emphasis on the WEIRD) as compiled by Associate Producer Matt Reiser! Plus, Movie Jo Night polls, a Dating Game update, unboxing videos, and more! Recorded live March 26, 2024.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week SATAN’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, starring 2/3 of Charlie’s Angels (Kate Jackson & Cheryl Ladd), Roy Thinnes as a turtleneck-wearing teacher, and a bunch of blonde satanists for an all-new Movie Jo Night! Recorded live March 19, 2024
Mary Jo & Chris go live on March 8, 2024 to gab about feeling awkward at parties, having imposter syndrome, Chuck E. Cheese, The Dollar Store Challenge, an update on the upcoming Dating Game episode, the upcoming Oscars, and our dearly departed pets, in this Clubhouse exclusive livestream!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck when shopping for each other at their local dollar stores and then unbox their findings live! It’s The Mary Jo Pehl Show Dollar Store Challenge! Plus, it’s Mary Jo’s birthday and there are polls, giveaways and more nonsense to be had! Recorded live February 27, 2024.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week KILLER BEES, starring Gloria Swanson as a bee lady, Edward Albert as her spineless grandson, and Kate Jackson as Kate Jackson, for an all-new Movie Jo Night! Recorded live February 20, 2024
Mary Jo & Chris go live on Groundhog Day 2024 in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to chat about Michael Shannon, the recent Mary Jo Pehl Show Short Film Festival, Bob Mould, Super Bowl LVIII, pickup artists, procrastination, books they’re reading, global warming messing up our winter plans, Fargo, The Bear, Ozark, and other fun topics! Recorded live February 2, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris present 20 incredible short films submitted by viewers for the very first edition of the Mary Jo Pehl Show Short Film Festival! Plus: Movie Jo Night polls, show polls, giveaways, and more! Recorded live January 23, 2024.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week, Death Sentence, starring Cloris Leachman as the world’s most enthusiastic juror, and Nick Nolte as a man with barely any lines, on an all-new Movie Jo Night! Recorded live January 16, 2024
Mary Jo & Chris had a busy holiday season, so in lieu of a regular episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show they decided to go live with their first prime time edition of Chit-Chat & Tidbits to discuss the past year at Dumb, read holiday cards, show off amazing holiday gifts from viewers, and then they get an unexpected live update from Joe Lawler on his stolen phone situation! Recorded live December 27, 2023.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1972 ABC Movie of the Week, When Michael Calls—a movie starring Ben Gazzara as a man with greasepaint sideburns and Elizabeth Ashley as a woman with an unstoppable mullet, plus Michael Douglas as Michael Douglas—on an all-new Movie Jo Night! Recorded live December 19, 2023.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week, Trapped—a movie starring James Brolin as a man who gets mugged and left for dead in a shopping mall, then spends the rest of the night outwitting a pack of dobermans in another exciting Movie Jo Night! Recorded live November 28, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris showcase the latest fashion trends and home living products from The Mary Jo Pehl Show in this all-new QVC Special just in time for Dumb Black Friday Sales! Don’t forget to shop everything in this episode over at dumb-industries.com/qvc and get ready for Dumb Black Friday by previewing our upcoming sales! Recorded live November 21, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up on a Saturday morning, October 28, 2023 to be exact, to discuss being, or not being, a morning person, what they’re currently reading, coffee flavored ice cream, Mary Jo & (Chris’s) involvement in the new season of MST3K, mail-in cereal toys, and ponder a Mary Jo Pehl Show Slumber Party!
It’s Spooky Season® and Mary Jo & Chris celebrate by watching yet another reel of sPoOkY vintage Halloween ads compiled by Associate Producer Matt Reiser! Plus, polls for the next Movie Jo Night, multiple unboxing videos, kitty cats, puppy dogs, candy chat, and more!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week, Scream of the Wolf—a werewolf movie with somehow less werewolf action than Moon of the Wolf—for another hairy, scary, barely-a-movie Movie Jo Night! Recorded live October 17, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up on a Friday evening, September 29, 2023 to be exact, to discuss white vans outside Mary Jo’s home, aging pets, Jerry Pehl’s recent visit to Menards, and answer a bunch of questions from Clubhouse members for another exciting edition of Chit-Chat & Tidbits!
In keeping with The Mary Jo Pehl Show’s tradition of being sickeningly wholesome, Former Circle Pines Mayor Jerry Pehl took a trip to his local Menards in Fridley, MN and Mary Jo filmed his entire adventure. Plus, Mary Jo & Chris ponder a name change, reflect on Bad Ronald and choose the next Movie Jo Night, and decide what to do for October’s episode!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week, Bad Ronald—something they almost immediately regret, for another filthy, grimy, haven’t-showered-in-months Movie Jo Night! Recorded live September 12, 2023.
In January 2023, on a day not unlike any other, assistant high school drama coach and Mary Jo Pehl Show superfan Joe Lawler was the victim of phone theft. The events that transpired that day have since become legendary. This month, The Mary Jo Pehl Show Presents: Phone Trouble: A Play In One Act, featuring a dramatic reading of the incident as written & directed by Joe Lawler himself, featuring special guests and more!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week, Death Cruise, for yet another exciting, if not tedious, Movie Jo Night! Recorded live August 22, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up on a Friday evening, August 18, 2023 to be exact, to discuss intense stares, not taking things personally, expired driver licenses, Mary Jo’s upcoming garage sale, scamming scammers, catfishing, Chris photographing Sonic Youth’s final show, and more!
Mary Jo Pell, CEO of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, and Chris Griesberk, Producer of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, host The Mary Jo Pehl Show 2023 Shareholders Meeting to take a look back at the past fiscal year of the program, featuring reports and presentations from shareholders around the world.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1969 ABC Movie of the Week, Daughter of the Mind, for another exciting, if not completely baffling, Movie Jo Night! Recorded live July 18, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up on a Saturday morning (July 15, 2023 to be exact) to discuss Chris’s trip to Minneapolis last month, including all the details on their trip to Matt’s for a famous “Juicy Lucy” (and who paid) and Chris not getting recognized by Bill Corbett, all before inviting Joe Lawler back to the program for a substantial update on his stolen phone situation!
Mary Jo & Chris finally learn how to play Dungeons & Dragons, with the help of professional Dungeon Master Antonio Curtis from Tower Games in Minneapolis! Plus: viewer polls, giveaways and Chris recalls a recent embarrassing incident at Trader Joe’s. Recorded live June 27, 2023.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week, Dying Room Only, for another exciting Movie Jo Night! Recorded live June 20, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris, both disciples of the cult of Trader Joe’s, decide to broaden their taste horizons by selecting weird new products from Trader Joe’s for each other, and then try them live on the show! Plus: new unboxing videos, polls, and more! Recorded live May 23, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up to gossip MJ’s dating life, the upcoming Trader Joe’s challenge, and Tuesday’s Movie Jo Night: The Fantastic Four, then invite special guest Matt Reiser to give MJ the skinny on the ridiculous stories behind The Fantastic Four.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the never-intended-for-release superhero film from producer Roger Corman: The Fantastic Four, for another exciting Movie Jo Night! Recorded live May 16, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris play a couple rounds of “Pictionary” (Jackbox’s Drawful 2") with everyone in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse for yet another exciting episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show! Plus, Movie Jo Night polls, show idea polls, giveaways, and more! Recorded live April 25, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up to gossip about Chris turning 40, Mary Jo being mistaken for a statue, the recent Movie Jo Night: Legends of the Superheroes, and other exciting developments. Recorded live April 21, 2023.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the ill-advised television special LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES (1979), or part one of it at least, for another exciting Movie Jo Night! Recorded live April 18, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris decide to reveal to each other what they consider to be relaxing entertainment—Chris enjoys reading Yelp reviews and Mary Jo enjoys watching pimple popping videos (or “PPV’s” as MJ refers to them as)—in what turns out to be the most controversial episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show yet! Plus, more unboxing videos, polls, and giveaways! Recorded live March 28, 2023.
Mary Jo & Chris meet up to gossip about Trader Joe's, a date Mary Jo recently went on, and that time Chris got run over by a car in this latest Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse Exclusive livestream. Recorded live March 27, 2023.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1972 made-for-tv movie GARGOYLES, starring Cornel Wilde and a bunch of gargoyles, for another exciting Movie Jo Night! Recorded live March 21, 2023.
Every cult needs a cult robe, and during this very special episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, Mary Jo & Chris narrow down dozens of cult robe designs submitted by viewers for the very first Cult Robe Contest! Also, the Laundry Evangelist Patric Richardson stops by to discuss what makes a good cult robe and provides tips on how to best launder them, and then more unboxing videos, polls, and giveaways! Recorded live February 28, 2023.
The Mary Jo Pehl Show Presents a Clubhouse Exclusive Livestream on February 24, 2023! Mary Jo & Chris go live just for Clubhouse members to go over Chris’s viewing of the Captain & Tennille Christmas Special, and catch up on Clubhouse member Joe Lawler’s harrowing stolen phone story!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1973 made-for-tv movie THE CAT CREATURE, starring Meredith Baxter and a bunch of cats, for a very special Movie Jo Night on February 21, 2023.
The Mary Jo Pehl Show Presents a Clubhouse Exclusive Livestream on January 31, 2023! Mary Jo & Chris go live just for Clubhouse members to go over EVEN MORE viewer mail, discuss birthdays and aging, pancakes, Nutella, contemplate future episodes of the show, and more!
Mary Jo & Chris received a bunch of viewer mail over the past few months, so the duo read and respond to letters, cards, gifts, postcards, newsletters and more, plus they follow up with viewers who asked for advice a few episodes back. Also, startling discoveries are made about Chris’s lapse in pop culture knowledge and more of Linda’s emails are revealed! Recorded live January 24, 2023.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1972 made-for-tv movie MOON OF THE WOLF, a werewolf movie with shockingly little werewolf action, for a very special Movie Jo Night on January 17, 2023.
The Mary Jo Pehl Show presents its first holiday special, as Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch an unseen reel of disturbing holiday-themed vintage ads compiled by Associate Producer Matt Reiser, then present unboxing videos, polls, giveaways and more! Recorded live December 27, 2022.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1972 made-for-tv movie HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, starring Sally Field & Jessica Walter, for a very special Movie Jo Night on December 20, 2022.
The Mary Jo Pehl Show presents its first in-person live event at Littlefield in Brooklyn, NY on December 6, 2022, featuring Mary Jo Pehl, Frank Conniff, Dave Hill and Chris Gersbeck reading from their books and then talking about those books!
Mary Jo Pehl calls comedian Frank Conniff to get a reference on Chris in this Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse exclusive. This is the full call that was further edited down for The Mary Jo Pehl Show Episode 7: Chris Gersbeck: The Reckoning!
The Mary Jo Pehl Show presents its third game show night, and this time Chris hosts a few rounds of PASSWORD with Mary Jo, Alonso Duralde, Tom Winner, and Jackey Neyman Jones competing against each other to win cash prizes worth up to HUNDREDS of cents! Plus, giveaways, viewer polls, unboxing videos, and more!
Mary Jo Pehl calls comedian Trace Beaulieu to get a reference on Chris in this Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse exclusive. This is the full call that was further edited down for The Mary Jo Pehl Show Episode 7: Chris Gersbeck: The Reckoning!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, a movie about a pack of mischievous shrunken heads, for a very special Movie Jo Night on November 15, 2022.
Mary Jo Pehl calls comedian Kevin Allison to get a reference on Chris in this Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse exclusive. This is the full call that was further edited down for The Mary Jo Pehl Show Episode 7: Chris Gersbeck: The Reckoning!
Mary Jo Pehl calls comedian Dave Hill to get a reference on Chris in this Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse exclusive. This is the full call that was further edited down for The Mary Jo Pehl Show Episode 7: Chris Gersbeck: The Reckoning!
Mary Jo Pehl interviews her producer Chris Gersbeck for the very first time in this Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse exclusive. This is the full interview that was further edited down for The Mary Jo Pehl Show Episode 7: Chris Gersbeck: The Reckoning!
Halloween is just around the corner and Mary Jo and Chris celebrate by watching a reel of bizarre Halloween-themed ads compiled by Associate Producer Matt Reiser! Also, spooky things keep happening during the broadcast, plus, unboxing videos, Linda’s new email address, giveaways, polls, and more!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch an episode of The Snoop Sisters featuring a guest appearance by Vincent Price for a very special Movie Jo Night on October 18, 2022.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck welcome Matt Reiser, Kevin Smith, and Deana Dolphin to play a couple rounds of RiffTrax: The Game on Twitch on October 4, 2022.
It’s the Season 2 premiere of The Mary Jo Pehl Show! This month, Mary Jo and Chris offer their expert advice towards a treasure trove of questions sent in by viewers! Some hilarious, some heartwarming, some just downright weird. Plus: unboxing videos, polls, and more!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1978 made-for-tv film DEVIL DOG for a very special Movie Jo Night on September 20, 2022.
Mary Jo Pehl had a last-minute schedule change so her producer Chris Gersbeck welcomes Matt Reiser, Kevin Smith, and Deana Dolphin to play a couple rounds of RiffTrax: The Game on Twitch on September 6, 2022.
The thirteenth episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show and the season one finale, in which Mary Jo and her producer Chris attend the first annual Mary Jo Pehl Show Company Retreat and work out their differences before agreeing to a second season. Plus, Chris finally gets his mohawk, more unboxing videos, more polls, fan photos and more!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1971 made-for-tv film A TASTE OF EVIL for a very special Movie Jo Night on August 17, 2022.
The twelfth episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show in which Mary Jo reads from her book, Dumb, Dumb, Dumb, with the help of some very funny friends including Jim O’Heir, Tim Kazurinsky, Jackie Kashian, John Erler, Kevin Murphy and more. Plus, more unboxing videos and polls for Movie Jo Night!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 made-for-tv film THE ELEVATOR for a very special Movie Jo Night on July 19, 2022.
The eleventh episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, in which Mary Jo was away at a family reunion and left Chris in charge to mixed results! Plus: Mary Jo and special guest Bridget Nelson team up to cook another mystery recipe!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 made-for-tv film WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE? for a very special Movie Jo Night on June 21, 2022.
The tenth episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, in which Mary Jo hosts The One Dollar Pyramid, a game show designed by Mary Jo & Chris to make our contestants lose their minds, featuring special appearances by Jonah Ray (Mystery Science Theater 3000) and Rebecca Hanson (Mystery Science Theater 3000)!. This episode originally aired on May 24, 2022 on Twitch.
Mary Jo Pehl watches the 1972 backdoor pilot/made-for-tv film HAUNTS OF THE VERY RICH for a very special Movie Jo Night on May 17, 2022.
The ninth episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, featuring Mary Jo and her producer Chris Gersbeck watching a reel of batshit insane vintage ads! Plus, unboxing videos, giveaways, polls, and more!
Mary Jo watches the 1974 made-for-tv walk-fest, Heatwave, on this very special edition of Movie Jo Night. Recorded live April 19, 2022.
The eighth episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, featuring Mary Jo taking numerous questions from friends, fans, and a few very special guests including Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Dave Hill, Kevin Allison, Joel Hodgson and more! Plus, Chris asks repeatedly for the $7.50 MJ owes him for an omelet, setting off a chain of events known as "The Omelet Incident."
Mary Jo watches the 1957 Roger Corman exploitation flick, Sorority Girl, on this very special edition of Movie Jo Night. Recorded live March 15, 2022.
The seventh episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, as Mary Jo Pehl provides Producer Chris Gersbeck an on-air six-month evaluation, featuring special appearances by Kevin Allison, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, and Dave Hill.
Mary Jo watches the bizarre/terrible 1949 crapfest, Omoo-Omoo: The Shark God, on this very special edition of Movie Jo Night. Recorded live February 17, 2022.
The sixth episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, featuring The Partridge Family Book Club, wherein Mary Jo and several friends including Alonso Duralde, Dave White, and more to discuss the bizarre series of young adult novels featuring The Partridge Family.
Mary Jo watches the ABC After School Special: The Day My Kid Went Punk on this very special edition of The Mary Jo Pehl Show. Recorded live January 4, 2022.
The fifth episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, featuring Mary Jo Pehl hosting a Zoom-era version of the classic game show To Tell The Truth, the first of several Mary Jo Pehl Show Game Nights, along with special appearances by Bill Corbett, Vanessa Gonzalez and more.
Mary Jo watches the 1959 sci-fi stinker Invisible Invaders for this very special edition of Movie Jo Night. Recorded live November 30, 2021.
The fourth episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, featuring Mary Jo attempting to cook a recipe sent to her by Chris, another unboxing video, and several polls to determine the next Movie Jo Night and the next episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show.
Mary Jo Pehl watches the tongue-in-cheek 2018 film Velocipastor for a very special Movie Jo Night on October 28, 2021.
The third episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, featuring Mary Jo presenting the entire Ruth Larson web series and discussing its inspiration and the production behind it. Plus Mary Jo and her producer Chris Gersbeck present this month's unboxing video, and MJ recalls her recent brush with a stalker.
In the second episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, Mary Jo reads from her junior high school diary, along with special guests Beez McKeever, Michael Howie Smith, Devon Campbell, Martha Kelly, and Dave (Gruber) Allen. Plus Mary Jo and her producer Chris Gersbeck conduct polls, giveaway stuff and more on The Mary Jo Pehl Show on Twitch!
Mary Jo Pehl watches the 1975 made-for-tv film SATANS TRIANGLE starring Kim Novak and Doug McClure. Recorded live September 21, 2021.
In the premiere episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, Mary Jo chats with Peter Faires of the Austin Chronicle about her career as a writer and comedian, including her work on Mystery Science Theater 3000, filming the pilots for Renfest and America Obscurious, and her web series Ruth Larson Lives! Plus Mary Jo and her producer Chris Gersbeck preview what’s ahead for The Mary Jo Pehl Show on Twitch!