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 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!
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 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.
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 & 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 watch the 1978 made-for-tv film DEVIL DOG for a very special Movie Jo Night on September 20, 2022.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mary Jo watches the 1959 sci-fi stinker Invisible Invaders for this very special edition of Movie Jo Night. Recorded live November 30, 2021.
Mary Jo Pehl watches the tongue-in-cheek 2018 film Velocipastor for a very special Movie Jo Night on October 28, 2021.
Mary Jo Pehl watches the 1975 made-for-tv film SATANS TRIANGLE starring Kim Novak and Doug McClure. Recorded live September 21, 2021.