Way back in the 90s, media mogul Ted Turner had a dream: cartoons should teach kids things! Captain Planet premiered, and thus began the greenwashing of the youth. Join Andrew, Chelsea, Miles, Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Heart, Tidiness, Recycling, White Guilt, Equal Pay, and all the other Planeteers in our quest to stop an evil LeproRat from poisoning the minds of the population with glowing pills and pocket cheese.
Category: Drinking & Drugs
Episode 025: A Cheatcode to Love (“Dinosaurs” S03E15)
High school can be rough, even in prehistory. Luckily, teenagers can always be counted on to make horrible decisions — even if they’re teen puppet dinosaurs! Join Andrew and Chelsea for a crash course in dinosaur sexual and gender relations as they grapple with body dysmorphia, steroid abuse, and Spike’s accent.
Episode 021: Comes With a Rap Sheet (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” S03E19)
Now this is a story all about how Carlton ended up going from the world’s most low-rent prom to the substance abuse ward in the blink of his tweaked-out eye. Intrigued? Join Chelsea and Andrew as they examine why even CONSIDERING using drugs will put your entire family in grave danger. Uncle Phil will be extremely disappointed if you don’t.
Episode 010: Nancy Reagan Ex Machina (“Diff’rent Strokes” S05E22)
Never on this podcast has a Very Special Episode had such nefarious and far-reaching consequences. Andrew and Chelsea dip a toe into the miasma that is the War on Drugs, with an assist from adorable, ill-fated child actors and a former First Lady who used to be an actress herself.
Episode 009: Alf With A Robot (“Small Wonder” S02E01)
Andrew and Chelsea put their own sanity on the line to dissect for you an episode of SMALL WONDER — possibly the worst sitcom in sitcom history. Is mother Joan a budding psycho killer? What sport does tragic Peter Watson even play? And why doesn’t anyone think to change VICI’s clothing? All these questions and many more will remain completely unanswered.
Episode 002: Urkel on a Hot Tin Roof (“Family Matters” S02E18)
**COMING SOON!!** Chelsea and Andrew take on teen drinking, rooftop parties, and the Blanche Archetype in this discussion of a FAMILY MATTERS episode, in which Steve Urkel gets dosed by bullies at a rooftop party and nearly falls to his death.