🎄 It’s 1988, and the Care Bears are threatening to take hostages on a quest to save Toyland. 

🎙 Lindy Kempe and Karen Flieger join us to stare intensely at the totally nuts series finale of “The Care Bears Family,” the Care Bears’ last TV appearance for 16 years. 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

The World’s Smallest Tenderheart Bear. 

Karen’s awesome Nutcracker socks. 

Abby Hagyard (Ms. Walker, and also the mom on “You Can’t Do That on Television”). 

“The Wild Puffalumps.” 

Billie Mae Richards, the voice of Rudolph, as Tenderheart Bear in “The Care Bears Movie.” 

That time a goose flew into Fabio’s face on a roller coaster. 

Today’s TV Tropes: Identity Amnesia, Evil Chancellor, Rail-Car Separation. 

“The Sad Story of Henry” from Thomas the Tank Engine. 

The train runs on soda, like the time machine in the first draft of “Back to the Future.” 

When we recorded this, the special’s Wikipedia entry was oddly specific about setting this story in 1967. 

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📼 Commercials: 

Care Bears Drinking Glasses from Pizza Hut (1984) 

“The Christmas Book: The Ultimate Guide to Your Favorite Holiday,” by Ed Daly. 

Snow in Southtown. 

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“Care Bears Nutcracker Suite” © 1988 Nelvana Ltd. 

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. 
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