Alan Thicke is a character played by Paul F. Tompkins who has appeared on the podcast and the TV show . He is an actor and writer of many classic TV theme songs, most notably Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life .
He is also a genie, able to grant wishes, as revealed in episode 349: The 6th Anniversary Show! .
He dies of anaphylactic shock in 401: LOVE Is Thicker Than Water . It is implied that a wish from Frank Dorito brings him back to life in 2016 Tour, Boston Pt. 1 . The real Thicke subsequently passed away later in 2016. He briefly speaks with Scott from Heaven in 485: The 8th Anniversary Show!
Appearances [ ]
List of Appearances
Episode
Release Date
Other Characters
Guests
485: The 8th Anniversary Show! 5.1.17
Gino Lambardo , Cake Boss , Garry Marshall , Regina Crimp , P'Nut , Bone Queef , The Chief , Chucky Spliff , John Lennon , Dagmar the Small , Burt & Rauro Riley , Norm Hamer , Ming , Keith Jones , R. Schrift
Jon Gabrus , Lauren Lapkus , Zeke Nicholson , Carl Tart , Mary Holland , Mike Hanford , Jessica McKenna , Tawny Newsome , Tim Baltz , Ryan Gaul , Jeremy Rowley , Drew Tarver , Nick Kroll
2016 Tour, Boston Pt. 1 5.7.16
Frank Dorito
Lauren Lapkus
401: LOVE Is Thicker Than Water 2.15.16
Garry Marshall
Gillian Jacobs , Paul Rust
349: The 6th Anniversary Show! 5.4.15
Cake Boss , Santa , Ho Ho the Elf , Klaus Schneider , The Time Keeper , John Lennon , Rickster , Chad Warren , Brad Hammerstone
Lauren Lapkus , Thomas Middleditch , Neil Campbell , Mike Hanford , Paul Scheer , Erin Whitehead , Joe Wengert
335: The Wedding of Gilli and Garry 2.16.15
Garry Marshall , Len Wiseman , Reverend Robert Parsimony
Gillian Jacobs , Colin Hay
Live from New York 2014 5.11.14
Fourvel
Wyatt Cenac , Bobby Moynihan
280: DuALity 4.7.14
Weird Al Yankovic
262: 2013 Holiday Spectacular 12.16.13
Dalton Wilcox , Merrill Shindler , Bill Cosby-Bukowski , Frank Stallone , The Bachelor Brothers
Jason Mantzoukas , Andy Daly , Nick Lowe , James Adomian , Neil Campbell , Jon Daly , Paul Rust , Paul Scheer
2013 Tour, Washington, D.C. Pt. 2 10.15.13
Jesse Ventura
James Adomian
2013 Tour, Toronto 10.10.13
Sean Cullen
245: Poehler Ice Caps 9.23.13
Amy Poehler , Neil Campbell , Paul F. Tompkins
