This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro sit down with Mr. The Slayer to talk about the first episode of Charles in Charge from 1984. In this episode we learn that Scott Baio as the titular Charles is in fact in charge of the lives of three young children in New Jersey and takes his job as their live-in manny very seriously even when faced with the dilema of having to cancel a date with his dream girl, only to have the mother of the family suggest his date come to the house while she has to go to a last minute work assignment for the evening. Also it would appear the father may be expecting Charles to be some sort of enforcer or heavy for anyone who tries to steal his daughter's virtue. What we don't learn is why Charles doesn't like to be called sincere as it seems to set him off when people say that he is.

Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro sit down with their guests, The Slayer and Fatty, to discuss the first episode of 1981's Gimme a Break which starred Nel Carter as some sort of live in housekeeper/cook/mother figure to a gruff police chief and his three daughters. After observing the family dynamic and seeing that Nel is appartetnly the only character who isn't a fish out of water they determine if this could be remade today and if so, would it still be a sitcom. They also rate it on the Blansky-Benson scale to see where it will earn it's place is The First Ones history.

Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro are joined by Fatty and The Slayer (Mel's co-host on The Sunnydale Diaries) to discuss the first episode of WKRP in Cincinnati from 1978 which is about a struggling AM easy listening station that's getting a facelift to become a rock station and it's quirky cast of characters. Somehow it's a show that everyone except Sarcastro had seen growing up. Queen Mel also introduces the new season rating board where she and Sarcastro will determie the best shows reviewed each season.

Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

This month Queen Mel and Sarcastro discuss the first episode of the sitcom Benson from 1979. A spin-off of the series Soap starring Robert Guillaume as the titular Benson DuBois who has been hired as the head of household for fish-out-of-water Governor Gatling of a never confirmed state played by James Noble. Benson meets some of the staff of the mansion consisting of the Chief of Staff, Secretary to the Governor and a sizeable German woman who appears to handle most of the duties of the house staff as the housekeeper and cook. Benson spends this episode solving a problem for the Governor who is trying to do what he thinks is right in saving wildlife but puts him on the outs with his daughter.

Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Banky on behalf of Sarcastro.

In the premier episode Sarcastro is joined by Banky to discuss the first episode of ALF and his meeting of the Tanner family after his spaceship crashes into their garage and seemingly causes no alarm to the neighborhood. The first episode leaves Banky wondering what Willie Tanner did for a living and has Sarcastro realizing that while he loved the show at 7 years old, that love doesn't hold up into his adult life.

Intro and outro interpreted and performed by Sarcastro.