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The Saturday Morning Podcast
Rewind and take a deep-dive back to the 80's to see how all those wonderful Saturday Morning shows came to be. Explore the cast, creation and legacy of all your childhood favorites. Relive what it felt like to wake on Saturday Morning in the 80s -- It'll make you feel like a kid again!
And now, we're up to the syndicated shows you ran home for after school. Join us in the basement with some junk food, 'toon in, and experience the greatest decade the world has ever known!
Episodes
195 episodes
The 70s - S1E3 The Barkleys
Back in the 70s, there was one television character that told it like it was. He tried to protect his family from Meatheads, and protested the way society was going. He held on to his values, even if he didn’t English so good. Oh, and he was a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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55:46
S12E03 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Okay, here’s the 4-1-1: A long, hard phallic sword turns a soft teen in spandex into a big strong barbarian who’s barely wearing anything, has bulging muscles, and fights on the side of right as a defender and protector. I mean, it does sound l...
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Season 12
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Episode 3
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1:36:49
The 70s - S1E2 - Lidsville
Remember being a kid and going to amusement parks? I bet you do. Remember seeing stage magic and wondering how it was all done? I bet you do. Now, remember that time you snuck back stage to learn the illusion and, instead, you found a top hat t...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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57:35
S12E02 Spider-Man
Okay, here’s the 4-1-1: Why have one superhero cartoon, when you can have two? The only difference: In one version he’s got no friends, and the voice actor who played Aunt May, also voices a possible love interest. Ugh. Kids, this i...
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Season 12
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Episode 2
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1:03:11
The 70s - S1E1 - Josie and the Pussy Cats
Welcome to the retro series that explores Saturday Morning of the 1970s. These episodes were originally produced for my defunct Patreon. They were recorded back in 2022, and are not like the modern episodes. I decided to release these shows so ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:07:35
S12E01 Sport Billy
Okay, here’s the 4-1-1: Take a trio of kids who love sports, are from an alien world modeled after Olympus, and have a time machine, and then have them fight against a team-work hating Queen. It’s like the “Wizard of Oz”, but with referees inst...
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Season 12
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Episode 1
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1:10:49
S11E14 A Chipmunk Christmas
Merry Christmas! It's time to roast chipmunks on an open fire.No, wait. They're acting in this one. And it was before their Saturday Morning TV show. Here now are Alvin, Simon and Theodore to bring in the holidays and make you feel less ...
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Season 11
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Episode 14
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1:20:23
142 SPECIAL - The Christmas Toys of 1981
It's the return of Pods R Us! It's that time of year when we look back at the hottest Christmas toys of yesteryear! Let's set the Saturday Morning Time Machine for 1981, and see what's waiting.Happy Holidays, and thanks for 'tooning in!
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Season 11
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Episode 12
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38:55
S11E12 Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate the season, we need Fall pumpkins. And a turkey, or at least a cowardly big cat. To me, Thanksgiving has always been about an evil Toymaker trying to take over the mythical land of Oz. As I'm sure it is for most...
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Season 11
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Episode 12
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1:31:35
S11E11 Thundarr the Barbarian (Redux)
Okay, so here’s the story: When the moon is destroyed in 1994, it ensures that “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” isn’t just an album, but a way of life. Flashforward 2000 years where recognizable monuments are rusting, “Jaws 9” was a thi...
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Season 11
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Episode 11
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1:21:13
S11E10 FLIP! and 2HIP4TV
Okay, so here’s the story: A comedian and the kid of a famous singer get together at a bowling alley and have a great time. They perve on women, they introduce bubbling-under bands, and constantly clash with the executives of the network they’r...
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Season 11
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Episode 10
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1:46:36
S11E09 Going Bananas
Okay, so here’s the story: There’s a night when an escaped zoo monkey gets zapped by an alien ship and then develops alien abilities. The only thing left to do is take up with a brother and sister and their grandmother. Oh, and throw in some fl...
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Season 11
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Episode 9
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56:01
S11E08 Wolf Rock TV
Okay, so here’s the story: a rock and roll DJ is tasked with running a TV studio named after him. His young assistants are along for the ride, and they get into adventures of unspecified magnitude. Mainly because this show was [echo] LOST MEDIA...
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Season 11
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Episode 8
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1:08:00
S11E07 Pound Puppies
Okay, so here’s the story: A pack of dogs on death row have adventures outside of the Big House and experience freedom. Did that happen? Oh, God! What if they were dead when we started and these are just conflated memories and patchwork pieces ...
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Season 11
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Episode 7
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1:27:03
S11E06 Rubik, the Amazing Cube
Okay, so here’s the story: An alien comes to Earth and looks like a puzzle that took the world by storm. When he’s scrambled, he’s useless. But when he’s solved – LOOK OUT!!! – He’ll fight crime and put bad guys in their place. Throw in a dash ...
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Season 11
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Episode 6
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1:02:59
S11E05 Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
Okay, so here’s the story: Take a beloved children’s character, add a bumbling robot, an alien prince, put them on the run, and then scratch your head because that all sounds like word salad. Look, just come with me on the journey, ...
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Season 11
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Episode 5
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1:10:19
S11E04 Meatballs & Spaghetti
Okay, so here’s the story: A band of people and their dog hit the open road to tour and help people along the way. No, it’s not a Scooby-Doo show. I swear it’s not. But it’s sort of a Scooby prequel. &nbs...
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Season 11
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Episode 4
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1:17:07
S11E03 Space Stars
Okay, so here’s the story: Space Ghost meets the Herculoids, meets Astro, meets a few other Hanna-Barbera footnotes. And at the end, they all get together to blow away the big bad of the week in a finale that's epic. It's just too bad it's kind...
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Season 11
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Episode 3
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1:45:42
S11E02 The Herculoids (Retro Special)
Okay, so here’s the story: A gang of alien supers, who can do all kinds of party tricks, get their own show. And one day, they might even unite with others to save the universe. Until then, they’ll defend their planet while wearing as little as...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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51:20
S11E01 Space Ghost (Retro Special)
Okay, so here’s the story: A super hero of unknown origin and seemingly super natural, has adventures in the deepest reaches of space against a rogue’s gallery of nasty baddies. And then he’s off-set with a boy who parachuted into the valley of...
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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1:17:35
130 SPECIAL - The Flintstone Kids 'Just Say No'
Back in the 1980s, everyone, and I mean everyone, was trying to spread one simple message: Drugs Are Bad! There were a ton of PSAs telling kids to leave narcotics alone. Celebrities said to stay clean, and networks invested in one off specials ...
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1:14:55
129 SPECIAL - Drugs R Bad
Back in the 1980s, there was a problem: Drugs! There was an effort to shelter the kids from the threat. There was an effort to equip them against peer pressure. Here now are the Top Ten Anti-Drug PSAs from the 80s. See how many you remember, an...
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52:04
128 SPECIAL - Danger Mouse (UK)
Okay, so here’s the story: A secret agent mouse lives in a human world where he might be stepped on or eek-ed at, at any moment. But he’s the world’s only chance of stopping the evil Baron Silas Greenback from world domination. Though, he would...
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S10E10 The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy
Okay, so here’s the story: A group of ragged animals come to life when their kid has her back turned. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know this one. The toys come to life and run away, only to almost get blown to bits my the kid next door. This sounds like...
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Season 10
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Episode 10
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1:02:37
