A Special Presentation, or Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight

This week, we look at some REAL obscure stuff: two of the 36 circa 1979 film strips commissioned by the US Department of Education to teach children about the importance of having a job, "People Have Different Skills, Charlie Brown" and "Schoolwork is Important, Charlie Brown," starring the Peanuts gang and their new latina friend Delores. We also look at "It's Dental Flossophy, Charlie Brown," about flossing. We ramble a lot in this one, so enjoy talk about about film strips in general, Map Man and Compass Rose, Dr. Zook's dysphoria hoodie, why Camp Swampy never gets deployed, and the only good white woman Harriet Glickman.

This week, we look at some REAL obscure stuff: two of the 36 circa 1979 film strips commissioned by the US Department of Education to teach children about the importance of having a job, "People Have Different Skills, Charlie Brown" and "Schoolwork is Important, Charlie Brown," starring the Peanuts gang and their new latina friend Delores. We also look at "It's Dental Flossophy, Charlie Brown," about flossing. We ramble a lot in this one, so enjoy talk about about film strips in general, Map Man and Compass Rose, Dr. Zook's dysphoria hoodie, why Camp Swampy never gets deployed, and the only good white woman Harriet Glickman.

It's the final Super Mario Brothers, in theaters as we speak -- in this one, Mario and Luigi save the whole galaxy! The big selling point of this one is that we get to see Yoshi, but Mike is real mad that Birdo got done dirty. Everyone should be asking, where is Birdo?

The month of MAYrio continues with our look at the first modern Super Mario Brothers Movie! It's got Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Seth Rogan, and all your favorite Mario characters, except Birdo. So everyone should be asking, where's Birdo? Anyway, this one is pretty solidly okay.

It's da Mario Brothers in their live action debut! This famous turkey, with an all-star cast including Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, and Dennis Hopper turkey is often called one of the worst movies of all time -- but is it actually bad? We posit that, in fact, it's good. Also, wow, that whole King Koopa thing really hits different in the reign of Trump. This ain't no game!

For the month of MAYrio, we're looking at various adaptations of the Mario Brothers video games! Next up: The Wizard. Is it a Mario Brothers movie? Well, it's got Mario and it's got some brothers. Fred Savage and Christian Slater star in this classic Nintendo commercial about family and also hustling traveling salesmen at video games.

For the month of MAYrio, we're looking at various adaptations of the Mario Brothers video games! Next up: The Wizard. Is it a Mario Brothers movie? Well, it's got Mario and it's got some brothers. Fred Savage and Christian Slater star in this classic Nintendo commercial about family and also hustling traveling salesmen at video games.

It's summer, so you know what that means: For the month of May, it's MAYrio! We're looking at a different Mario movie every week, because it's our podcast and we want to! We're starting off with the 1986 anime Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! , possibly the earliest ever adaptation of the video game characters to the screen. How does it compare? Pretty good, actually! This may well be close to a perfect video game adaption.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Ranger Rick was not good and also not educational? Iggy Arbuckle is here to answer that question! It's a cartoon based on a single strip from National Geographic Kids, and it's... well, it's education-like material, I guess?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Ranger Rick was not good and also not educational? Iggy Arbuckle is here to answer that question! It's a cartoon based on a single strip from National Geographic Kids, and it's... well, it's education-like material, I guess?