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!
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 & 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!
It's the big Season 3 finale of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, with MJ & Chris receiving the results of The Mary Jo Pehl Show Focus Group, led by Kim Nyberg at First Opinion Responders! Plus: a highlight reel from the past three years, show polls, exciting announcements, and more!
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 & 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!
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.
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 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 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 & 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 & 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.
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!
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!
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 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 & 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 & 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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!
