Underrated Best Show Strengths

[buffcoat]

Hey! Fantasy Island was no sitcom! Show some respect!

I was young.  Perhaps I misinterpreted the nyucks between Tattoo and Mr. Roark and Don Rickles... err, Adams.


I only got to see the first few minutes of FI if we had a babysitter.  The end of Love Boat generally meant the end of the night for me.

[Eric Fishlegs]

I want to re-point out the Hervé Villechaize impression from this week's show.  Who would do an Villechaize impression in 2012, much less characterize him as such a brutal villain?  I replayed that part three times and couldn't stop laughing.

I think it's great that so many younger people listen to a show that's so full of references to 70s sitcoms.  Yer gettin' yer histry lessons right chere, Junior.

I'm 22 and most of my friends and I grew up on 70's sitcoms anyway because of Nick at Nite.

Thanks to Nick at Nite I even got Tom's impression of Joe E. Ross.

[Dan of Orange]

Apart from the awesome entertainment, I have personally talked to quite a few FoTs who have taken Tom's set of values (as near as we know them from the show anyway) to fine tune their existence in a most positive way...and isn't that grand?

[InspectorHound]

Tom's knowledge of every zip code in New Jersey

[Crusherkc]

When he hangs up on people who are nice to him or when they start off a call with praise and he simply responds "What's on your miiiiiiiiiiiiiind"

[cavorting with nudists]

The way Tom will interrupt himself in the middle of a five-minute rant about what a total jerk somebody is with "Look--I'm not gonna get down on this guy."

[Dennis]

tom is a true patriot.  who else is brave enough to address obama's control of gas prices?

[roman]

Whenever Joe Rogan gets brought up, I can't help but laugh.  Don't remember what episode it was, but Tom describing Rogan's isolation tank had me laughing out loud on public transit.

[Lawrence Orbach]

Tom's laser-accurate impersonations, with the exception of when he does AP Mike. It's so intentionally bad, which makes it incredibly hilarious.

[fonpr]

Tom's laser-accurate impersonations, with the exception of when he does AP Mike. It's so intentionally bad, which makes it incredibly hilarious.

He sounds like a Scare-Crow.

[Sashamak]

The power of Tom's "catch phrase" "Who da thunk it?".

[Crusherkc]

Whenever Joe Rogan gets brought up, I can't help but laugh.  Don't remember what episode it was, but Tom describing Rogan's isolation tank had me laughing out loud on public transit.

I wanna say on Marc Maron's first appearance...when they were talking about the guests on WTF that were less forthcoming or were frustrating.  Maybe?

then I wanna say...Mason? no Clifford!

[AllSussedOut]

I think the greatest strength, as pointed out by a Podmass reviewer earlier in the year, is that Tom comes up with this stuff even though there's no writing and no preparation whatsoever involved in his show.

Nope.  None.

[nrt4]

The show's ability to make me sing "Boat!" in-place of "Jet" during a family road trip.
Damn you Philly Boy Roy!

[Barry in Ireland]

"Let me paint."