Greetings From the Idiot Box

About Greetings From the Idiot Box

Join Allison Lips and her guests as they discuss the good, the bad, and the wacky in the world of television!

Publisher

Allison Lips

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jan 2025

Latest episode

13 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

36 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2025

   Casting Director Joel Thurm Discusses His Career

   Casting director Joel Thurm discusses his career casting classic television shows and movies like Taxi and Grease with TV Historian Allison Lips in an interview.

2. 

   6 Oct 2025

   Jay Leno is the Worst Person in the World

   TV Historian Allison Lips and Johnny Mac analyze Jay Leno's controversial legacy, exploring whether he is truly a terrible person or simply misunderstood in this interview.

3. 

   29 Sept 2025

   Mark Malkoff on Johnny Carson

   Mark Malkoff discusses The Carson Podcast and his forthcoming book, Love Johnny Carson, with Allison Lips in an interview about Johnny Carson's legacy.

Who has been a guest on Greetings From the Idiot Box

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Joel Thurm
• Mark Malkoff
• Mary Alice
• Steve Winer
• Adam Nedeff

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,625

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

77

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.