About this podcast
Gen X ex-cruise ship comedians TJ Shanoff and Tony Mendoza discuss the Fab Four without taking anything too seriously. Roll up for the long and rambling road.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 352 episodes
- The Bonus Tracks of Dungeon Lane (2026) + John & Yoko’s Double Fantasy (1980) · 1 h 11 min · Season 7 Episode 349One need not be a die-hard Beatles/Tony Sheridan fan to believe that some of the Fabs best work was done as soloists. Songs like, “Watching The Wheels”, from “Double Fantasy”, or…
- T.J. and Casey's Superior Adventure · 35 min · Season 7 Episode 348Road trip! Not since [insert huge 2000’s comedy that’s been largely forgotten here] have two guys caused so much big city trouble in a small town. Do you catch our drift? And…
- Rubber Soul Special Edition Super Deluxe Side Two (2026) · 60 min · Season 6 Episode 347It’s Rubber Soul! Hey Hey! The first “important” Beatles album…until the “Help” boxed-set next year? Is that how this works, Calderstoners? Tony and T.J. continue to explore the…
- Rubber Soul Special Edition Super Deluxe Side One (2026) · 50 min · Season 7 Episode 346As Decca Records’ Spanish heartthrobs Los Bravos sang in 1966: Black is black / I want my track-by-track And in 2026... T.J. and Tony finally delivered. Join the Tawdry Two as…
- Rubber Soul Special Edition Super Deluxe (2026) · 1 h 3 min · Season 6 Episode 345I’m rubber. You’re soul. Whatever you say bounces off me and travels through you in 5.1 Surround Sound, Stereo, Mono and orange vinyl, exclusively at Target.Reeling and weary…
- Introducing the Beatles* · 58 min · Season 7 Episode 344More Rush? Rush? More! Hurry hurry lover, come to me! That hit was performed by Paula Abdul, and oooooh I’m running for congress... what a spooooooooky last name... lock your…
- Our (Non-Beatles) Mount Rushmores Part 2 · 59 min · Season 7 Episode 343Now somewhere in the black mining hills of Dakota There was a podcast made by a couple of fooooooools The Gab Two are back at it, rounding out their Rushmores and crowning a…
- Our (Non-Beatles) Mount Rushmores · 1 h 6 min · Season 7 Episode 342As the leaves turn “Drive My Car Orange” and “Nowhere Man Taupe” in anticipation of next week’s long-awaited Rubber Soul SDE, we here at UBP HQ are taking some time to honor a…
- Rubber Soul Super Deluxe Preview! · 1 h 10 min · Season 7 Episode 341New Episode Alert! We’re falling for fall at the Untitled Beatles Podcast, especially because Rubber Soul is coming up, like a flower! And now more expansive/expensive than ever!…
- Beatle Bottoms (Replay!) · 1 h 8 min · Season 7 Episode 340Beatle Bottoms. To some, bottoms is a synonym for “tushie”, as they say in the industry. For Tony & T.J., it’s their least favourite Fab 4 songs. And boy do they just disagree…
- U.S. Rubber Soul Part 2 (Replay from 2021!) · 47 min · Season 7 Episode 339Originally aired May 22, 2021 ----- The British Rubber Soul is for the birds! OK, that might be a little aggressive. The album's a masterpiece, but T.J. and Tony make a pretty…
- U.S. Rubber Soul Part 1 (Replay from 2021!) · 50 min · Season 7 Episode 338Originally aired May 15, 2021 ----- Hey hey! It's our birthday, and we're gonna have a good time. And amazingly, T.J. managed to do an entire year's worth of podcasts before…
- Paul McCartney, "Press to Play" (1986) Part 2 · 1 h 6 min · Season 7 Episode 337“Oklahoma was never like this?” Really, Sir Paul? AGAIN with the complaining about the 1999, Hugh Jackman-led revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first banger? Oh sure, Paul - go…
- Paul McCartney, "Press to Play" (1986) Part 1 · 1 h 21 min · Season 7 Episode 336Forgive us, dear reader, for sounding Jaded. But most real McCartney fans will admit that Aerosmith’s 2001 LP “Just Push Play” is better than literally any solo Macca; and…
- The Year Without a BeatleFest · 53 min · Season 7 Episode 335Listen.Do you hear that?Those are crickets.Crickets at the Marriott Suites O’Hare, abandoned site of Chicago’s Fest for Beatles Fans. Unfortunately, there are no humans at this…
- Beatle-esque Bangers IV (Part 2) · 1 h 0 min · Season 7 Episode 334Beatle Bangers? I barely even Beatle knew’ers! Is this thing on? No, for real, is this thing on? The microphone in my hand, I mean. Is it on? Can people hear these bits or is the…
- Beatle-esque Bangers IV (Part 1) · 1 h 12 min · Season 7 Episode 333The great Todd Rundgren once sang, "I don't wanna work, I wanna Beatle Banger, all day!" Well, Mr. Motor City (sorry Jack White! Not sorry, Kid C&ck!), the UBP is back with yet…
- Deep Dish: Let It Be… Naked (2003) - Replay! · 1 h 19 min · Season 7 Episode 332To quote the great Rob Thomas, "Man it's a hot one!" This week, the guys are keeping cool ("So cool" -- Rob Thomas) and we hope you are too. And, frankly, we like our hot summer…
- Beatles Anthology 2025 Episode 9 Part 2 · 42 min · Episode 331The Untitled Beatles Podcast has done it! We are Free As A Bird from Disney’s Beatles Anthology! There were moments of Real Love; Now And Then. But would the new Episode 9…
- Beatles Anthology 2025 Episode 9 · 44 min · Season 7 Episode 330Since it’s a holiday weekend, this episode’s blurb was written by A.I. (American Intelligents) Happy 250th birthday to the United States of America! And hey America, what better…
- Revolver Super Deluxe [Not] Instant Reaction [Replay from 2022]! · 2 h 12 min · Season 7 Episode 329Originally aired October 29, 2022 HOLY MOLY IT'S HERE. And Tony and T.J. want to talk about it. Join the Fab Fellas as they go Full Culkin™ on the latest (and perhaps greatest?…
- Paul McCartney's "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" (2026) Part 2 · 1 h 7 min · Season 7 Episode 328Consensus on the new Paul McCartney album has, to say the least, been mixed. Classical Bi-Monthly writes, “Where the f are the Liverpool Oratorio outtakes?" Dance Tuesdays…
- Paul McCartney's "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" (2026) Part 1 · 54 min · Season 7 Episode 327Two forever fab octogenarian knights have both released brand new albums in this, the space age year of 2026. Truly a remarkable achievement. Meanwhile, two grotty…
- Beatles Anthology 2025 Episode 8 · 52 min · Season 7 Episode 326What’s the worst decision in Beatles history? Some might say it’s John’s “bigger than Jesus” remark, or letting “Magical Mystery Tour” air in black & white on the BBC. And yet…
- Beatles Anthology 2025 Episode 7 · 1 h 5 min · Season 7 Episode 325Greetings, Untitled Beatle Peedles! It’s a big weekend in Fab History, as arguably the most important link to the Beatles music and ethos just debuted a new release. And it’s all…
- Paul McCartney on Saturday Night Live (2026) · 48 min · Season 6 Episode 324For over 50 years, Saturday Night Live has been one of the most Important shows for rock music in the history of the nascent television medium. While, arguably, the most famous…
- NEW PAUL AND RINGO! "Home to Us" (2026) -- and Wel-Kum Back Tony! · 57 min · Season 6 Episode 323What’s MORE thrilling than sitting through a slide show of your strange friend’s vacation photos? Answer: LISTENING to the slideshow! UBP co-host T.J. and UBP Producer Casey…
- Ringo Starr’s “Long Long Road” (2026) - Part 2 · 34 min · Season 6 Episode 322In this hotly anticipated Part 2, T.J. and Casey and their Sunshine Band pick up the pieces for Florida Man, Tony Mendoza, still buggin’ out in the Everglades. They wrap up their…
- Ringo Starr's "Long Long Road" (2026) · 41 min · Season 6 Episode 321This week “Guys from The Untitled Beatles Podcast” (not to be confused with “Guys from Toto” or “Guys from Survivor”) pay homage to the great Frank Sinatra album Duets - as T.J…
- Live in Melbourne (1964) | Replay! · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 320This week, P3Z-Nutz reports (not) live from down under with another fab fav classic episode! -----Originally aired May 8, 2021 This week T.J. and Tony follow the Fab Four "under…
- Untitled Beatles Spring Cleaning · 1 h 3 min · Season 6 Episode 319The guys are back (even if their voices aren't), and catch up on all the wild Beatlenews and Beatlereleases from the past few weeks. It's been a hard day's fortnight, & Tony &…
- Give My Regards to Broad Street (Film Review) | Replay! · 1 h 27 min · Season 6 Episode 318It was five years ago todayWhen Teej and Tony told their friends to playA VHS that T.J. had aroundWith its super warbly 80s soundSo may we introduce to youThe film you’ve loved…
- Ninth Beatle Bracket Part 2 (Windy City Edition!) · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 317It's the end of March Fabness, and there's no time to waste in crowning the Official Legally Required 9th Beatle. Spoiler Alert: it's all Chicago bay-bee! Slippers for only…
- Ninth Beatle Bracket (Windy City Edition!) · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 316Everybody clap your hands, the UBP is Happy Just To Big Dance With You! That’s right: it’s March Fabness once again, and that means it’s time to crown the official…
- SUPER DELUXE REISSUE: George Harrison (1979) and Live in Japan (1991) · 1 h 34 min · Season 6 Episode 315In honour of spring break, it’s a super deluxe reissue of the Untitled Beatles Podcast’s third episode. Travel back to the simpler times of 2020, a world under lockdown during a…
- George Harrison, "Cloud Nine" (1987) Side 2 · 60 min · Season 6 Episode 314It’s one of the biggest albums of the late 1980’s. No, not “Small World”, Huey Lewis & The News’ misguided attempt at a jazz-pop record that sadly gave us a song called “Bobo…
- George Harrison, "Cloud Nine" (1987) Side 1 · 31 min · Season 6 Episode 313Look. George Harrison took five years after "Gone Troppo" to complete his 1987 masterpiece "Cloud Nine", so excuse us if we take a couple weeks to wrap up our long awaited deep…
- George Harrison, "Cloud Nine" (1987) · 31 min · Season 6 Episode 312After spending the past three weeks in 1995’s Anthology universe, the Untitled Beatles Podcast needs a break. So this week… we head WAY BACK… to 1987. That’s right. At long last…
- Anthology 2025 Episode 6 · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 311Some say the “Sgt. Pepper”, post-touring era is the peak of The Beatles recorded music. Others prefer Korn. For those who are slightly more into The Beatles, Tony, T.J. and…
- Anthology 2025 Episode 5 · 40 min · Season 6 Episode 310Real Beatlefans have been saying it on the DL (#JimmyButler) for years: "Who the hell needs Rubber Soul?" Certainly not “The Beatles Anthology”, which puts nearly as much…
- Anthology 2025 Episode 4 · 1 h 3 min · Season 6 Episode 309Wait no more, it’s Anthology 4! It’s better streaming, and also way worse! It’s shorter, which is nice, and also truly stupid. Official Beatles history is being re-written…
- 2026 Beatlehopes and Beatledreams · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 308How late’s too late to wish people a Happy New Year …? How late’s too late to run a New Year Preview episode of a Beatles podcast? LOOK: THIS EPISODE DROPS JANUARY 31ST SO CLOSE…
- The Beatles Live at Stowe School (1963) | Replay! · 1 h 8 min · Season 6 Episode 307Originally released September 23, 2023 No less an authority than Mark Lewisohn knows that the skiing scene in "Help!" was filmed in Stowe VT, during the 1997 Winter X-Games…
- Anthology 2025 Episodes 2 + 3 · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 306We pick up where we left off, in March 1963. The Gab Two follow the Fab Four along their journey in Anthology episodes 2 and 3: touring Britain, navigating Beatlemania…
- Anthology 2025 Episode 1 · 24 min · Season 6 Episode 305Short attention spans. Am I right? I mean you’re reading this right now, when you could be with your family or punching a Nazi. (We at the UBP heartily encourage both.)…
- Anthology 2025 Documentary First Impressions · 51 min · Season 6 Episode 304Many Beatles scholars (NOT YOU, Lewisohn) often cite this familiar and prophetic John Lennon quote: "It came in a vision – a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them…
- The Beatles' Christmas Records, 1963-69 (Replay!) · 1 h 11 min · Season 6 Episode 303We’re off this week for the holidays! Please enjoy this beloved holiday classic. And if you’ve got episode ideas or things you’d like to hear more or less of on the show in 2026…
- McCartney's "Got Back" Finale in Chicago · 52 min · Season 6 Episode 302naaaaaa naa naa nanana naaaaaaa nanana naaaaaaa Hey Jude (now all the people in Chicago) At long last, T.J. and Tony had their chance to catch Sir Paul’s (Baby) Got Back tour in…
- Beatles Anthology Collection 4 Part 2 (2025) · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 3011-2-3-4! Can I have a little more? 5-6-7-8-9-10…instrumental versions of Beatles classics! Is this “The Hollyridge Strings Plays The Beatles”? Nope, it’s the CD and vinyl release…
- Beatles Anthology Collection 4 (2025) · 43 min · Season 6 Episode 300Attention Wealthy Beatles Fans (TM)! How do you feel about 13 tracks? No, not “of whack”, as Walter Becker might have presented us, while he was still alive anyway. But rather…
