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This Is Why We're Like This
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A podcast about the movies we watched as children that shaped who we are today, for better ... or for worse. Hosted by Julia Rios and Geoffrey Pelton, two Boston area comedians.
Episodes
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Spaceballs the Podcast with Julia and JJ from Chessfeels
Julia's name twin, Julia Rios (AKA Dr. Chess Julia) and her cohost JJ from the Chessfeels podcast join us to talk about Spaceballs. Full show notes including transcript at https://www.juliarios.com/spaceballs-the-podcast-with-jj-lang-and-julia-rios-from-chessfeels
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After These Messages: Canadian Commercials with Kelly
Friend of the pod Kelly joins us to talk about commercials for Canadian theme parks and attractions. Full show notes including links to the commercials and a trascript at https://www.juliarios.com/after-these-messages-canadian-commercials-with-kelly
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The Country Bears with Kelly
Friend of the pod Kelly joins us to talk about the fever dream that is The Country Bears. Full show notes and transcript at https://www.juliarios.com/the-country-bears-with-kelly/
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After These Messages: Thingmaker with Chia and Dan
Chia and Dan talk toys and commercials of their childhoods! Full show notes with links to commercials and a transcript of the episode at https://www.juliarios.com/after-these-messages-thingmaker-with-chia-and-dan
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Child of Glass with Chia and Dan
Friends of the pod, Chia and Dan, join us to discuss a movie Chia remembered as VERY ROMANTIC! Child of Glass is an adaptation of the first Blossom Culp novel, The Ghost Belonged to Me. This episode is a wild ride that takes us into explorations of Richard Peck's work, Disney's low point in the...
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After These Messages: Hobo Kelly with Gwynne Garfinkle
Happy St. Patrick's Day! To celebrate, Gwynne Garfinkle is back with us to talk about obscure children's shows from her youth. Specifically, we talk about Hobo Kelly, the magical hobo clown who has a leprechaun fly her around and drop her off at Hobo Junction. Sure and begorrah, ‘tis she! Full…
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Zoom with Gwynne Garfinkle
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of a PBS show beloved by kids in the 1970s: Zoom! No, it is not the video conferencing tool… Our guest this time is Gwynne Garfinkle, who wrote a letter to Zoom that was read on the air in 1974! Gwynne grew up to become a writer of novels, stories, poems, and more,...
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Donald's Snow Fight
Greetings on this, the first Annual Snowmo Sapiens night! With a potentially historic blizzard in Boston, we present you this very on topic podcast episode about a 1942 Disney short starring Donald Duck. It's Donald's Snow Fight! Geoffrey remembered this one from his childhood, and this is not...
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The Dog Who Stopped the War/La Guerre des Tuques
Hey! It's a new year! And we are starting it off on a super downer note with a movie about a dog dying… Uh. Sorry? But possibly our suffering is your joy, in which case, you're welcome! Full show notes and transcript available at https://www.juliarios.com/la-guerre/
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The Forbidden Door with Eugenia Triantafyllou
Eugenia Triantafyllou joins us again from Greece to talk about Greek television and a very specific episode of Storybook International: The Forbidden Door! Full show notes at https://www.juliarios.com/the-forbidden-door-with-eugenia-triantafyllou/
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Halloween Treat! Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House with Eugenia Triantafyllou
Happy Halloween! We have a special spooky treat for you! Eugenia Triantafyllou joins us from Greece to talk about Goosebumps! Eugenia has written a lot of great stories, and you can find them at her website, but if you are wondering where to begin, you might try listening to "My Country Is a…
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Jim Henson's The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
We're back for our second Spooktober episode with another adaptation of Godfather Death, this time with Muppets! Full show notes at https://www.juliarios.com/jim-hens/
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Macario
It's October, and you know what that means: time to meditate on spookiness, skeletons, and death! To get us going, Geoffrey brought us a Mexican film from 1960, which he once watched in Spanish class. Full show notes at https://www.juliarios.com/macario/
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After These Messages: Peter O'Toole, Pan Am, G-g-g-g-ghosts!
After watching High Spirits, we went all in on the silly and spooky combos. Full show notes including video links at https://www.juliarios.com/after-these-messages-peter-otoole-pan-am-and-g-g-g-ghosts/
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High Spirits
Julia brings us something … unexpected. It's a 1988 sex farce with ghosts, both real and fake. Also Peter O'Toole. Yes, really. Full show notes at https://www.juliarios.com/high-spirits/
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
In honor of the new Masters of the Universe animated series, this week Geoffrey brought some episodes of the 1980s He-Man cartoon to the table. Full show notes at https://www.juliarios.com/he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe/
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After These Messages: Punky Brewster and She Ra with Kayleigh Shoen
Flash fiction writer Kayleigh Shoen (or as we like to call her: Princess of Soup) joined us again to talk about all things Punky Brewster related after we watched The Perils of Punky! Full show notes with video links at https://www.juliarios.com/after-these-messages-punky-brewster-with-kayleigh/
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The Perils of Punky with Kayleigh Shoen
For the first time in a year and a half we actually met in person to record this one! Flash fiction writer Kayleigh Shoen joined us to talk about an episode of Punky Brewster that scared her as a child: The Perils of Punky! Full show notes at...
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After These Messages: The 1957 Chevy Bel Air
After Garfield in Paradise we watched a few related vids, and had a pretty far reaching conversation about society and culture… But first, this 1957 Chevy Bel Air Commercial.We agree that this car does look really cool, and the commercial is effective. Geoffrey even cited topspeed.com's claim…
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Garfield in Paradise
After a long break we return just in time for Summer Vacation with a travel themed episode! It's Garfield in Paradise! Paradise World, to be exact. Which is definitely not Hawaii. Here's Julia's summary:"I remember watching this as a TV special, and mostly I remember that there is a volcano and...
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After These Messages: The Buttercream Gang and Diet Pepsi with Kat
Julia's sister Kat is back to talk Buttercream related things. Truly a noble deed, since, in Kat's own words, "I'd rather watch a movie about butt cream."We started with The Buttercream Gang in 30 secondsWe did not find this particularly representative of the whole of The Buttercream gang, though...
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The Buttercream Gang (part 2) with Kat
Julia's sister Kat joins us to talk about a weird Christian movie that she watched in school and later begged her mom to buy for her: The Buttercream Gang. There's so much to discuss about this movie that we had to break the show into two parts, and this is Part 2. Part 1 is here:...
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The Buttercream Gang (part 1) with Kat
Content Note: We talk a lot about our experiences growing up in an area with a lot of conservative Christians and LDS church members. We also briefly touch on real gang violence and mention the death of one of Julia's high school classmates. We don't dwell on that for long, but it is mentioned....
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The Princess Bride with Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss
OMG it's a big time nostalgia fest in this episode! Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss joins us to discuss one of her very favorites: The Princess Bride!We'd all seen this one too many times to count, so it's definitely not a hazy memories sort of episode, but it's still a lot of fun! We also talk…
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After These Messages: Legend and D&D
Evan joined us to watch stuff related to Legend and D&D, since he played a lot of D&D around the time he also watched Legend as a teen. First we watched Lily's Song, which is one of the Jerry Goldsmith songs that didn't end up in the US release of Legend, but which IS in the European release.…
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Legend with Evan Dawley
Geoffrey's friend Evan Dawley, author of Becoming Taiwanese: Ethnogenesis in a Colonial City, 1880s-1950s, joins us to talk about a movie he watched like ten times as a D&D-loving teenager: Legend. This movie was directed by Ridley Scott (what!?) and stars a pre-Top Gun Tom Cruise and his love...
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After These Messages: Y2K
Hot on the heels of the Futurama pilot episode, we decided to check out some Y2K related videos.First up, we watched this Y2K survival kit commercial.We followed that up with a news broadcast about people working overtime on New Year's Eve in 1999.This one led us to talk about Dominos Pizza and...
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New Year Special: The Futurama Pilot
Hello! Wow, it's 2021 and already things have gotten even more bonkers than they were in 2020. This future we're living in can be pretty disorienting, so we thought this would be a great time to revisit a story about someone else having a pretty bonkers new year: Philip J. Fry. We watched the…
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Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) with Gillian Daniels
Content warning: we end up talking about racist WWII propaganda, 9/11, and internment camps for a while around the 30 minute mark in this episode. If you want to skip that, we resume our talk about the Grinch at the 36 minute mark. We'd also like to apologize for the sound quality. We're not...
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A Rugrats Chanukah with Gillian Daniels
Gillian Daniels joins us to talk about A Rugrats Chanukah! Gillian is a fantasy and horror writer, and you can find her at gilliandaniels.com, on twitter as @gilldaniels, and on instagram as @gillianlynndaniels.Image Description: The Rugrats (Chuckie, Tommy, Phil, and Lillian) watch as Grandpa...
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After These Messages: Cabbage Patch Live Birth with Gwendolyn Kiste
Gwendolyn Kiste joins us again to talk about stuff related to Red Wind, and stuff she remembers from her childood. Hills Department Store: Where the toys are. This commercial from 1986 inspired some unease. Perhaps, dare we say, terror? But Gwendolyn SWEARS Hills was actually really fun and not...
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Red Wind with Gwendolyn Kiste
Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens and Boneset and Feathers (among other things), joins us to talk about a movie she somehow saw as a seven or eight year old: Red Wind. Gwendolyn is awesome, and we encourage you to check out her work!Image Description: Therapist...
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Return to Oz with Kimberly Meyer
This week we're joined by Kimberly Meyer, author of Murder at Constellation House (a cozy cosmic horror mystery set in Newport, Rhode Island). She brings us one of her childhood traumas: Return to Oz! Opinions vary wildly about this one, so get ready for a hot debate! Image Description: Princess...
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After These Messages: ALF and D'Lil
As a US Election week treat to follow up your Halloween treat, we're unlocking the original After These Messages episode we made for Mr. Boogedy.Please enjoy this glimpse back in time to the dawn of 2020 when we had NO IDEA what this year had in store. We're back to talk about stuff related to…
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Spooktober Halloween Treat! It's Mr. Boogedy!
Happy Spooktober! We wanted to give you a special Halloween treat, so please enjoy this bonus episode, which was previously locked to our paid subscribers! We originally recorded this for New Year's, having NO IDEA the horrors that 2020 was waiting to unleash upon us. Now? Well, we thought…
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Alex Haley's Queen Part 2 With Nuance Vivian
Content Note: This episode contains discussions of slavery, racism, sexual assault, harassment, hate crimes, violence, abuse, murder, and more. We start off by discussing a gruesome lynching that happens in the miniseries, and we also talk about modern events of white supremacy and violence…
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Alex Haley's Queen with Nuance Vivian, Part 1
Content Note: This episode contains discussions of slavery, racism, sexual assault, harassment, hate crimes, violence, abuse, murder, and more. It's a heavy discussion. We think it was worth having, but we wanted you to be prepared. Nuance Vivian joins us to talk about a miniseries that made her...
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After These Messages: Pine-Sol with LJ
LJ is back to talk Pine-Sol and Michael Cunio and Supercrossed, the motocross movie made by the same guy a few years later. Full show notes at https://www.juliarios.com/after-these-messages-pine-sol-with-lj/
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Motocrossed with LJ
Geoffrey's improv partner LJ, who is also the host of Bike Talk on MIT's radio station, joins us to talk about an adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night that takes place in a competitive sports context. No, it's not She's the Man! It's a different one! Full show notes at...
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After These Messages: Lands Before Time with Kenny Gray
Kenny Gray of Mess + Finesse is back to talk all things tangentially related to The Land Before Time. Full show notes at https://www.juliarios.com/after-these-messages-lands-before-time-with-kenny-gray/
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The Land Before Time with Kenny Gray
Content Warning: We briefly discuss the death of a real child in this episode. We don't go into a lot of detail about it, but if you would rather not hear about it at all, skip from 52:30 to 53:35. Kenny Gray of Mess + Finesse joins Julia and Geoffrey to discuss one of his childhood faves: The…
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After These Messages: Warner Brothers
Geoffrey and Julia take a look at some Warner Brothers things tangentially related to Tiny Toon Adventures. We started off with a look at Loonatics Unleashed, a gritty sci-fi future with Looney Tunes characters. This one led Geoffrey to dis Space Jam and talk about his idea for a gritty reboot of...
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Tiny Toon Adventures
Julia and Geoffrey watch the first episode of Tiny Toons Adventures.Image description: Babs and Buster Bunny popping out of a rainbow ring with the words Tiny Toon Adventures.Here's Geoffrey's summary: TinyToonAdventures, if I remember correctly, was part of the "Kids shows with younger versions…
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After These Messages: Walt Disney and You and Pollenex with Micah
Geoffrey's friend Micah is back again to talk about all the weird Disney movies we grew up watching previews for back before the Disney Renaissance of the late 80s and early 90s. We start by talking about the trailer for Watcher in the Woods, which seems so much scarier than the actual movie! We...
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The Watcher in the Woods with Micah
Geoffrey's friend Micah joins us to tackle a long-feared feature from his and Julia's childhoods: The Watcher in the Woods!Note: the version we uploaded on the 15th of July is the corrected version. If you downloaded this on the 14th or the morning of the 15th, you will have a version that is...
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After These Messages: Clyde the Safety Frog with Kris Herndon
Kris Herndon, artist and writer, is back again this week to talk about Clyde the Safety Frog, which she was originally convinced actually had something do with Death Zones. Turns out, no! Clyde is an unrelated frog puppet safety show…Kris originally also said a lot about how innocent the frog…
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Death Zones with Kris Herndon
Kris Herndon, artist and writer, joins us to talk about a school bus safety video that traumatized her as a kid: Death Zones. This video is grim AF, so please be advised if you decide to watch it. These are fictional cases, but we do see children die! You are warned!If you are one of the many...
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After These Messages: Billy West
In the wake of our "Doug Bags a Neematoad" episode, Julia and Geoffrey decided to explore the many commercials Billy West did voiceover work for. SPECIAL NOTE: For the month of June, send us a copy of a receipt for a donation to Freedom Fund, or Community Bail Funds, and we'll give you, or the...
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Doug Bags a Neematoad
Hello, friends! We're a bit loopy in this one because time has lost all meaning! The weird throwback 60s vibe of Bluffington, the town Doug Funnie just moved to, is not really helping matters, either!Image description: Bully Roger and Doug look on as Porkchop (Doug's dog) stands covered in mud…
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The Soviet Russian 1985 Hobbit Movie with Vlad Barash
Vlad Barash is back to talk about the 1985 Soviet Russian production of The Hobbit! Check out Vlad's website to see his various projects, including the game he co-wrote with his partner, Lorraine Fryer, Demon Mark: A Russian Saga! If you want to watch what we watched for this one, here's a handy...
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