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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.