Season 1 Finale! We broadcast live, direct from the Riverdale High School Dance, with The Archies! Their special guests: Andy Kim and Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box. World premiere (likely) of the legendary Archies "Dance Lesson" songs! Our final episode of Season 1 is upbeat, exciting, fun, suspenseful(!) and a little bittersweet(!?). The Twitterverse (whatever that is) is already proclaiming this as "best...episode...ever". And plenty of great, danceable bubblegum from the likes of Georgio, John Travolta, Jonathan King, Rex Smith, Ohio Express, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Monkees, The Beagles, The Magid Triplets (sic), Tiny Morrie, The Outsiders, and The Racket Squad!

The focus is on those gummily great sad songs! Run, Joey, Run, Seasons in the Sun, Billy Don't Be a Hero, The Legend of Billy Jack, it's all here. Plus a dramatic reading from the novelization of the movie based on the song Ode to Billy Joe! Plenty of great bubblegum music from Andy Kim, NFL great Rosy Grier, Terry Jacks, Coven, The Cast of Glee, French balladeer Joe Dassin, Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, Paper Lace, The Critters, The Original Caste, David Geddes and Henry Gross!

The games children play! We sample from the zillions of bubblegum songs about games. The 1910 Fruitgum Company reminisces about Simon Says. A dramatic reading from a whole book about Steve McQueen's love of motorcycles. A bunch of Yo-Yo songs. We welcome the new high school basketball coach, GD Spradlin! And, of course, great bubblegum music from The Brady Bunch, The Music Explosion, The Cordells, The Candy Rock Generation, East Main St. Explosion, The Hondelles, The Wombles, Wayne Fontana and the Mind Benders, The Protozoa, The Love-Ins, The Royal Guardsmen, The Osmonds and The Harlem Globetrotters

A dramatic reading from Buffy's Cookbook: Family Affair's Buffy and Jody's favorite recipes; we remember The Electric Company's Short Circus; another Bubble Entendre; a scarce Jeff Barry recording; the Hot Wheels direct from vinyl; and gobs of great bubblegum music from the likes of Johnny Whitaker, Charlie Chan and the Chan Clan, Josie and the Pussycats, The Hardy Boys, The Wombles, The Archies, The Left Banke, The Dave Clark Five, Inkase, Jonathan King, Derek, Jumbo, The Kids from Fame, The Ohio Express, Spinach, and The Banana Splits!

Whatever is going on in the rest of the world, it's always safe and sweet in Echo Valley! Which bands did a 1973 British fan magazine annual proclaim as the most popular in the world? Take a closer look at the twin Williams Brothers! Learn more about the career of Gene Pitney! Hear the quintessential bubblegum song, probably for the first time, from a band we know nothing about! Enjoy plenty of super healthy bubblegum music from The Archies, Bobby Sherman, The Captain and Tennille, Giorgio, The Monkees, Banaroo, The Brady Kids, The Cuff Links, The New Seekers, The Bourbon Family, The Safety Patrol, Jerry and the Cracks, and the Hot Chocolate Music Company Ltd.!