commodoreHUSTLE logo
| Format: Ongoing Situation Comedy
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| Created By: LoadingReadyRun
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| Status: Active
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| Updates: First Monday of the Month (Season 1), Mondays (Sporadic) (Seasons 2 - Present)
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| Host: Blip.tv (October 2008-July 2009), YouTube (February 2009-October 2009, November-December 2009, April 2015-Present), EscapistMagazine.com (April 2010 - December 2014)
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| Original Run: October 20, 2008 - Present
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| Associated Shows: LoadingReadyRun (spin-off), Friday Nights (spin-off)
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commodoreHUSTLE is a subseries of videos from LRR. It establishes a specific continuity and canon for the self-described "us playing us" videos in the vein of Format War and All The Little People. HUSTLE acts as a kind of "Marvel Ultimate Universe" analogue to any established canon; the writing draws at will from any past videos, but no aspect of LRR canon applies to HUSTLE until a HUSTLE video references it.
There have been three eras of commodoreHUSTLE. The first season (from Laundry to Future) was structured more like a traditional television show and featured both a season long story and longer episodes.
The second era (from Matt Gets His Groove to Giving Up), which coincided with the move to The Escapist, featured shorter, self-contained episodes.
With the move to Moonbase Delta, starting with Beige, the continuity of the show was reset again, allowing new characters such as Ian to be added. Starting in 2018, commodoreHUSTLE episodes were incorporated into LoadingReadyLIVE, with each episode split into several sections. These were used as the opening, middle and closing pre-recorded features between the main segments. The commodoreHUSTLE segments were also uploaded, stitched back together.
Episodes
Season 1 (2008-2009)
The only full "season" of commodoreHUSTLE, in real terms. 12 episodes with storylines running through them all, and strong continuity.
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| 01 |
Laundry |
October 20, 2008 |
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| The first part of a new ongoing series about guys, girls, games and gorillas. Except there's no gorillas. That would be weird.
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| 02 |
Red |
November 3, 2008 |
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| Whether it's a ring or pants, everyone's seeing red.
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| 03 |
Critical |
December 8, 2008 |
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| Revenge is a dish best served microwaved.
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| 04 |
Fixer |
January 5, 2009 |
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| Sometimes life throws a problem at you that's too big for you to solve yourself. Sometimes it's a great idea to get a friend to help you with your problem. Sometimes.
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| 05 |
Street |
February 2, 2009 |
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| In order to take it back to the streets, the crew must first determine just what "the streets" is.
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| 06 |
Viral |
March 2, 2009 |
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| The crew needs to get more viral. But not in the way you are thinking. That would be gross.
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| 07 |
Fallout |
April 6, 2009 |
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| So, Operation: Viral Outbreak kind of... broke out. And that means the LRR crew has some serious thinking to do. Sadly they're not good at "serious".
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| 08 |
Investigation |
May 4, 2009 |
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| The crew enlists outside help to solve some problems, as they are clearly incapable of handling any on their own.
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| 09 |
Growl |
June 1, 2009 |
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| The Crew are easily distracted by shiny objects. Or furry objects. Let's just say they're easily distracted.
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| 10 |
Judgement |
July 6, 2009 |
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| In Season One's second-last episode, the mystery is finally revealed. Unfortunately, it's still wrapped in an eminga, and the LRR Crew can't even SPELL enimga.
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| 11 |
Showdown |
August 3, 2009 |
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| The season one finale of commodoreHUSTLE, in which the crew finally confronts their self-proclaimed nemesis.
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| 12 |
Future |
November 9, 2009 |
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| An epilogue to cH Season 1, to make way for shenanigans of the future.
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Season 2 (2009-2013)
Season 2 had a shift to a more episodic style for the show with shorter episodes, coinciding with a move to the Escapist. Most of season 2 kept continuity with season 1, but it was always kept quite loose.
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Original Air Date |
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| 13 |
Matt Gets His Groove |
December 7, 2009 |
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| Matt needs some space. That space is roughly Graham-shaped.
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| 14 |
Hot Water at PAX |
April 12, 2010 |
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| Sharing a hotel room sucks.
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| 15 |
The Gay Chicken |
May 17, 2010 |
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| In this episode of Commodore Hustle, an all-out war erupts over a roommate situation.
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| 16 |
The Arms Race |
July 19, 2010 |
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| While Graham tries to fix a real problem, James and Matt are locked in mortal idiocy.
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| 17 |
It's Magic |
November 15, 2010 |
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| The LoadingReadyRun crew is overcome with a burning need to cast card-based spells.
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| 18 |
Santa Secrets |
December 20, 2010 |
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| The LRR crew engages in the fine tradition of not knowing what your friends want.
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| 19 |
Bros Clubbing Bros |
March 21, 2011 |
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| Bros don't let bros club bros.
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| 20 |
Cash Cats |
April 18, 2011 |
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| Kathleen tries to make money by putting videos on the Internet. Weird, huh?
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| 21 |
Garagellenium |
June 13, 2011 |
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| When you're out of ideas, the only thing you can do is go buy more.
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| 22 |
Sickness |
August 8, 2011 |
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| When an illness hits one of the LRR crew, it's like a house of... dominoes. Or... something. Leave me alone, I'm sick.
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| 23 |
Roll for Treats |
October 31, 2011 |
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| Giving adults everywhere ideas for trick or treating.
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| 24 |
Rarelywinter |
November 14, 2011 |
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| Jer finds that he has more free time with less LRR in his life.
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| 25 |
Pony Time |
January 30, 2012 |
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| The crew deals with an equine problem.
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| 26 |
The Bee Team |
April 30, 2012 |
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| While the crew is away at Calgary Comic Expo, the Moonbase's case is left in other hands.
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| 27 |
Mustache You a Question |
June 25, 2012 |
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| Sometimes a mustache is not cool.
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| 28 |
Forward Facing |
October 1, 2012 |
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| The LoadingReadyRun crew plan for the future.
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| 29 |
On the Case |
October 29, 2012 |
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| Investigating, extorting, what's the difference?
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| 30 |
Resolved |
January 7, 2013 |
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| I resolve to never make resolutions again.
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| 31 |
Harlem Shake |
February 18, 2013 |
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| You may have heard of this popular internet thing, it's called "The Harlem Shake."
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| 32 |
Homebrew Hobby |
June 10, 2013 |
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| Being web video producers isn't all about producing web video.
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| 33 |
The Story of Beej |
September 16, 2013 |
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| He is more meme than man, but we have the technology.
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Season 3 (2014-2015)
Season 3 began during the "YRR of LRR", the final season of Weekly LRR Updates. The series moved off the Escapist and once again featured stronger storylines and continuity, although Beej's harrowing experiences with the Meme Stream was practically the only continuity continued from the previous seasons.
| Episode No. |
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Original Air Date |
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| 34 |
Laughter |
February 3, 2014 |
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| Graham and Paul hatch a plan to improve LRR's connection with their audience.
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| 35 |
The File |
March 24, 2014 |
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| For once, the LRR crew has some time off! But unfortunately, they've got the plague.
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| 36 |
Cleaning Day |
June 2, 2014 |
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| The Moonbase's eternal battle takes a turn for the wurst.
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| 37 |
Alex's Stream |
June 30, 2014 |
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| The crew is taking to streaming very well, and Alex is taking to it maybe a little TOO well.
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| 38 |
Fixing the Stream |
September 15, 2014 |
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| Got to check under the hood every so often.
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| 39 |
Free Candy |
October 27, 2014 |
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| It's Halloween at the Moonbase, and we're all rubbish.
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| 40 |
No Laughing Matter |
December 8, 2014 |
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| Graham loves Christmas; there's just a little too much of it sometimes.
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| 41 |
Downtime |
April 20, 2015 |
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| The crew deals with their recent, self-imposed business change, while Cameron and Alex occupy their time with everyone's fav gothic horror game.
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| 42 |
Garage Sale |
June 14, 2015 |
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| Let's make some money, while cleaning up the Moonbasement. How could this possibly backfire?
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| 43 |
A Plan |
July 22, 2015 |
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| James has a plan, Kathleen has a plan, and Paul has "a plan".
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| 44 |
Improvements |
October 2, 2015 |
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| Cameron realizes how to make money for the site, while Alex and Beej are... occupied.
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| 45 |
Reality |
November 29, 2015 |
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| Graham and Alex finally have LRR's financial issues sorted... surely.
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| 46 |
Giving Up |
December 31, 2015 |
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| A person's home is their castle, but the Moonbase is more like the crew's Temple of Doom.
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Season 4 (2016-2017)
With the move to a new Moonbase and a four-month hiatus, there was once again a slight retooling to commodoreHUSTLE although this one was subtler than the last. That said, the storylines from the previous season were all wrapped up by the end of that season, so season 4 once again gets to be a fresh start, and once again continuity with previous seasons is kept to a minimum. The last five episodes of this season are more standalone than the rest, but they do carry directly on from the storyline of season 4; in particular, the events of Coven follow on from Ian's development in earlier episodes.
| Episode No. |
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Original Air Date |
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| 47 |
Beige |
May 2, 2016 |
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| The crew try to get used to their new Moonbase.
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| 48 |
Overwatched |
June 16, 2016 |
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| A creeping obsession pervades the LRR crew...
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| 49 |
Retreat |
September 25, 2016 |
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| The crew heads to the woods for some teambuilding.
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| 50 |
Workplace |
December 31, 2016 |
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| Ian's having some troubles with IBS, and it quickly becomes LRR's problem.
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| 51 |
Workplace Part 2 |
February 28, 2017 |
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| The crew want to save Ian's job, but to do so they have to invent a new beige that millennials will like.
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| 52 |
Coven |
March 16, 2017 |
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| With nowhere to turn, Ian tries his best to fit in.
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| 53 |
Hobbyist |
May 11, 2017 |
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| Graham encourages Paul to explore different ways to spend his time.
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| 54 |
Confidants |
August 12, 2017 |
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| Persona 5 obsession has overtaken Kathleen.
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| 55 |
Moving Again |
September 7, 2017 |
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| Something unpleasant has taken the place of IBS, and the gang decides it's time to move.
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| 56 |
Ice Cream |
December 7, 2017 |
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| Cameron and Alex test James' patience and their own capacity for frozen desert treats.
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Season 5 (2018-2020)
The series has a soft reboot yet again, and it once again moves its home; although full episodes would be uploaded to LRR's YouTube channel after their debut, each episode would now originate as interstitial segments of LoadingReadyLIVE. Once again, continuity with previous seasons became rare, and some new cast members were incorporated, such as Ben Ulmer.
| Episode No. |
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| 57 |
The Door |
January 27, 2018 |
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| You'd think I would've noticed this before.
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| 58 |
A New Friend |
February 10, 2018 |
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| Turns out that love is sometimes indistinguishable from nagging.
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| 59 |
The Winter LRRlympics |
February 24, 2018 |
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| The most magnificent quad-annual sporting in the history of mankind.
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| 60 |
Seismically Active |
March 10, 2018 |
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| Is the LoadingReadyRun crew prepared for real life emergencies? Likely not.
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| 61 |
Cleanse |
March 24, 2018 |
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| A promise of clear bowels and full wallets leads Beej, Kathleen, Cameron and Ben down an uncomfortable path.
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| 62 |
Yon-Coma |
April 21, 2018 |
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| Beej like mochi more than most people.
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| 63 |
Crisis on Infinite Spoilers |
May 5, 2018 |
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| Everyone deals with a new Marvel movie in their own way.
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| 64 |
Blame James |
July 14, 2018 |
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| Friendship is a precious commodity.
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| 65 |
Kitted Out |
August 11, 2018 |
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| 66 |
Smoked In |
August 25, 2018 |
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| When the province is ravaged by wildfires, the crew hides indoors.
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| 67 |
Coffee Time |
September 22, 2018 |
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| There’s always time for coffee, which is good because we have a lot of coffee but not much time.
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| 68 |
Suspicious Doings |
October 6, 2018 |
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| Chow down on some oatmeal raisins cookies and solve a mystery.
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| 69 |
Teleconference |
December 1, 2018 |
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| Everyone makes poor choices.
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| 70 |
Expectation Management |
December 15, 2018 |
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| These aren't even the best laid, these are medium plans at best.
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| 71 |
The New Year |
January 26, 2019 |
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| Hey everybody it's perfect time for your new year's resolutions!
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| 72 |
Fat Pipes |
February 24, 2019 |
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| The Moonbase gets some new fat internet pipes and everyone wants in on it.
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| 73 |
Stake Out |
March 16, 2019 |
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| Beej has been derelict in his landlordly duties, and he aims to solve The Parking Problems.
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| 74 |
Endgame |
April 27, 2019 |
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| Looks folks, James just really, really needs to watch Endgame.
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| 75 |
Rude Subreddit |
May 26, 2019 |
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| While investigating that dang rattle in Studio B, James & Paul inadvertently create a bigger, blurrier problem.
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| 76 |
Discovery |
June 16, 2019 |
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| Everyone learns something about Beej and a little more than that about Heather.
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| 77 |
You Can (Not) Rewatch |
August 10, 2019 |
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| The Netflix rerelease is really making a second impact.
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| 78 |
Spiderman |
September 14, 2019 |
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| Welcome to peak 2019 problems.
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| 79 |
Buyco |
October 12, 2019 |
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| Get in losers, we're going shopping.
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| 80 |
Pro-D |
January 25, 2020 |
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| Time for some professional development.
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| 81 |
The Minis |
February 22, 2020 |
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| Small problems require small solutions.
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| 82 |
The Quest |
March 28, 2020 |
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| No greater adventure than running some errands.
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Season 6 (2023-)
After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Moonbase move, and various other factors, commodoreHustle returned to our screens with the most directly-called-out soft reboot so far (at least from an in-show perspective), although elements, such as the door to the dinosaur past, still stuck around. The intro was also updated to include new crew members such as Wheeler, Matt, and Adam
| Episode No. |
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| 83 |
Back from the Past |
October 30, 2023 |
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| Well that a fun break. Did we miss anything?
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| 84 |
Beej's Bins |
January 2, 2024 |
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| Standard problems require Beej solutions.
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| 85 |
Toilet's Haunted |
April 29, 2024 |
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| There are already too many entities in this Moonbase.
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Trivia
- At LRRCon, Graham showed a test reel of what commodoreHUSTLE's original idea was. (Matt had no recollection of filming it.) It was originally a fake documentary in the style of The Office. After filming it, the crew decided it wasn't very good, and went in the current direction with it. Fan opinion of it was that it was pretty funny, but not quite as good as what we actually got.
- One reason behind season 5's shift to episodes being incorporated into LoadingReadyLIVE was that it enforced a production schedule of sorts, meaning episodes got produced more regularly. The episodes essentially replaced the more standalone interstitial sketches that were a fixture of the early episodes of LIVE.
- Technically speaking, the only actually-defined "season" of Hustle was the first. The early episodes after that first season were tagged as "season 2" by fans, but for a long time, this wiki simply called each year's output from then on a "season". The current split points are based on the major soft reboots and venue changes, as well as on the continuity breakpoints Kathleen once loosely defined at Desert Bus.
- The loose and ever-soft-rebooting continuity of Hustle has resulted in some regular castmembers appearing in minor roles before they joined the main cast; Ian Horner and Ben Ulmer are prime examples of this; the former having made a cameo in Free Candy and provided the voice of the Laugh-o-Tron, and the latter having played the writer in the cold open of Retreat.
