🎄It’s 1986, and the only way Drew Barrymore can save her new friends is to believe in the magic of toys… and Cincinnati. Â
From director Clive Donner comes a bonkers adaptation of “Babes in Toyland” starring Drew Barrymore, Keanu Reeves, and Richard Mulligan as a weird, evil guy who lives in a bowling ball. Â
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🎙 Guests:
Molly Patton (MollyPatton.com) Â
Becca Petunia (ToughPigs.com, Bear in the Big Blue Podcast, Bluesky)Â Â
Adam Pope (The Retro Network, Wizards: The Podcast Guide to Comics, Remember That Show?, Bluesky)Â Â
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
1. Watch “Babes in Toyland” on Tubi, the full, 3-hour original broadcast with commercials, or the unofficial “Director’s Cut” without ads. Â
2. Misfits in Toyland (NSFW), an unrelated horror-comedy webcomic. Â
3. Keanu Reeves (Jack) on “Going Great” (1985). Â
4. Googy Gress (Georgie) in “Wayne’s World 2.” Â
5. Today’s TV Trope: And You Were There. Â
6. The Cookie Jar House of South Jersey. Â
7. The Undertaker’s entrance at WrestleMania IX, in the middle of the afternoon. Â
8. Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (and Tripping Daisy’s cover of theme song). Â
9. The Toymaster’s Santa coat looks like Belle’s from “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.” Â
10. Was It Great, or Were You 8? Â
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đź“Ľ Commercial Break:
McDonald’s: Recital (1986) Â
Give ’Em All a Little Pat of Butter (1986) Â
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“Babes in Toyland” © 1986 The Finnegan Company. Â
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.
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