Episode 72: Children’s TV with @kidsilkhaze

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For this episode, we brought in Jennie Rothschild to give strong opinions on the current state of children’s television and reminisce about a few old favorites. Including a theme song quiz! Bucking tradition, we start with the quiz, which ends at 19:00 if you want to skip ahead.

Links
Bananas in Pyjamas
sally
Saturday Morning Slow Jams: DuckTales
The Atlantic: The Problem With Smurfette
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (app)
peppa
Peppa Pig
The Furchester Hotel
Fun Fun Elmo
Barney
Teletubbies
Sesame Street
muppets
The Muppet Show
Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco
The Monster at the End of this Book (app)
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
steven
Steven Universe
gravity.gif
Gravity Falls
stakes
Adventure Time: Stakes

Zecora

My Little Problematic Zecora

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (movie)
Season Six, Episode 13: Stranger Than Fan Fiction
Wikipedia: Children’s Television Series by Country – United States
New Zoo Revue
The Electric Company
3-2-1 Contact
Square One
Kim Possible fanfic
Reading Rainbow
Danger Mouse

Musical Obsessions
Jennie: “No One Else” from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Two Dots soundtrack
Anna: “My Little Pony Winter Wrap Up
Alene: “End of the Line” by Traveling Wilburys

Obsessions
Jennie: Fox Paws
Anna: Homescapes
Alene: Etsy and eBay (among other non-Amazon outlets)

Episode 7 Show Notes: Our Childhood Favorites and Parenting Perspective

In this episode we field two questions from you (thanks, Cory and Amy!) about the pop culture we loved as kids–and how well it has aged–and how becoming parents has changed our perspective on things. We mention a million things in the show, most linked below.

Links

Television
Jem
G.I. Joe
Chip n’ Dale Rescue Rangers
Duck Tales
Animaniacs
Cheers
Murphy Brown
Mystery!
WKRP in Cincinnati
Smurfs
Looney Tunes
The Cosby Show
Family Ties
Growing Pains
Who’s the Boss?
Murder, She Wrote
Sesame Street
3-2-1 Contact
Square One
Mathnet
Romper Room
The Electric Company
Gravity Falls

Movies
Labyrinth (and The Goblins of Labyrinth, by Brian Froud and Terry Jones)
The Princess Bride
Goonies
Neverending Story
Star Wars
SpaceCamp
The Monster Squad
Shall We Dance
West Side Story
Shout-out to Marni Nixon!
Pretty in Pink
Sixteen Candles
Ghostbusters
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Scarface
Airplane!
Wayne’s World

Music
Dancing on the Ceiling” by Lionel Richie
AT40 with Casey Kasem
Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Chicago Greatest Hits 1982-1989
Like a Virgin” by Madonna
Take on Me” by A-Ha
Johnny Gill
The Bangles Different Light
B52s Cosmic Thing
Pretty in Pink soundtrack
The Beatles white album

Books
Hardy Boys
Nancy Drew
Trixie Belden
Three Investigators
Encyclopedia Brown
Robin Hood
King Arthur
John Bellairs
Lloyd Alexander
Susan Cooper
Tamora Pierce
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Agatha Christie
Christopher Pike
Forever… by Judy Blume
Lurlene McDaniel
The Wizard of Oz series
Paranorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Obsessions
Carolyn: wants to find the perfect scary story. Hit her up with recommendations here or on Facebook or Twitter!
A Good and Perfect Child by Justin Evans

Anna:
As You Wish
audiobook by Cary Elwes
Shake it Off” by Taylor Swift