Moments in Madness

In this episode Andrew stops by to talk about a crazy episode of Kamen Rider X: Starfish Hitler.

We also discuss childhood war time propaganda shorts,  the difference in dealing with death in Japanese television and North American programming and much much more.

Be Warned the shorts contained have some incredible racists elements if that's not something you'd like to see please do not watch them. Also--the short entitled "Keep Your Mouth Shut" contains flashing images--if you are photosensitive please steer clear of watching this short, 

Education for Death:

https://spec.lib.miamioh.edu/longform/readyones/

Tokio Jokio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9rGAO-qfc

Meet King Joe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-6YQQ779YM

Keep Your Mouth Shut:

(photosensitive alert for this short)

https://www.nfb.ca/film/keep_your_mouth_shut/

Caninabis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc60ZuGwseA

Sources:

https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Starfish-Hitler

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/meet_starfish_hitler_the_weirdest_japanese_tv_supervillain_of_1970s

https://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/childrens-experiences-and-propaganda

WATCHING TELEVISION: THE SHORTCAKE STRATEGY:TOM ENGELHART 

Children Talking Television: The Making of Television Literacy

By David Buckingham, David Buckingham University of London in, David Professor Buckingham

After a really dark last episode I'm joined by Andrew and Valeska to hopefully bring a little light to your life with discussion about a holiday classic. 

This week we are back with a bang with a near 2 HOUR episode--featuring Adam Norton The Spaceman Lawyer me to discuss the Designing Women episode: Killing All the Right People--the AIDS epidemic,  COVID and how governmental negligence always impacts the LGBTIQ+ community greater. We also debate whether anyone has ever had their mind changed by a television program before---and much, much, much MORE. 

REFERENCES:

That Lindsay Ellis video essay on Rent: https://youtu.be/q0qfFbtIj5w

"Policing Desire: Pornography, AIDS and the Media" by Simon Watney

"And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS epidemic" by Randy Shilts

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/07/opinion/senator-helms-s-callousness-toward-aids-victims.html

https://apnews.com/65c596e0514c81b20536d9cbf33c066f

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2020/03/24/the-unique-impact-of-coronavirus-on-uk-lgbt-community-will-disproportionally-affect-them/#5c40f1c3b401

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/2020/04/03/implications-of-covid-19-for-lgbtq-youth-mental-health-and-suicide-prevention/

https://lgbt.foundation/coronavirus/impact

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5802250/

https://www.hrc.org/realmikepence

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/02/how-mike-pence-made-indianas-hiv-outbreak-worse-118648

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft%E2%80%93Hartley_Act

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945417/

Hi--Little bit of a shorter preshow episode to get us back after taking November off. I discuss the next episode and a few future episodes soon to be released as well as some exciting news for the feed. Take a few minutes and join me won't you?

References:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/race-ethnicity.html

This week it's Halloween and here to make it a little spooky I have Andrew Roebuck with me to discuss the  last 80s Garfield anthology cartoon Garfield and his 9 Lives. We also get into scary programming for kids, the appeal of Garfield, corporate mascots and we watch some incredibly terrifying animated shorts sure to make your Halloween frightening.

Enjoy!

You can follow Andrew on twitter: @winemovienerd

And also check out his podcasts:

Milkshakes and Mimosas a Riverdale Podcast and Triassic Park a podcast for dinosaur films prior to the release of Jurassic Park

You can also check out Andrew' audio production website for all of your audio engineering needs at: https://www.roebuckaudiocasting.net/

Shorts:

Foxed by James Stewart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHsu6ufDfYo

The Sandman by Paul Berry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hz3QB31K_c

Alma by Rodrigo Blaas: https://vimeo.com/4749536

The Mysterious Stranger from The Adventures of Mark Twain by Will Vinton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpaRouocBes

References:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249939111_Television_News_and_Fear_A_Child_Survey

Children and the Discourse of Fear David L. Altheide First published: 22 December 2011

Children Talk Horror Videos: Reading as a Social Performance Gemma MossFirst Published August 1, 1993 Research Article

The Impact of “Scary” TV and Film on Children’s Internalizing Emotions: A Meta-Analysis Laura J. Pearce & Andy P. Field School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK

Adolescents’ Fright Reactions to Television and Films by Joanne Cantor and  Sandra Reilly 

This episode I recap some of my conversation with Valeska about Degrassi and the importance of realistic teenage dramatic depictions.

I also read more of the incredible 2012 Walrus article by Emily Landau Teenage Dreams. Talk about Simulacra and Simulation some more and introduce next weeks spooky Halloween episode with Andrew Roebuck.

Join me won't you?

Theme song by the incredibly talented Lynda Starr

@LyndaStarrMusic

References:

Teenage Dreams: https://thewalrus.ca/teenage-dreams/

Simulacra And Simulation. Ann Arbor : University Of Michigan Press, 1994. Print

Canadians Television; Text and Context  publiched by WilFrid Laurier University

Valeska 

Twitter: @bitchcraftTO

https://Anatomyofascream.com

https://Holpublishing.com/shop

This week the brilliant Valeska Griffiths joins the show to discuss an episode of Degrassi High: It Creeps, Feminist Horror, Teenage high school drama and the effect on expectations, impacts of consumerism and growth, LSD use,  Ewan McGregor's penis and much much more.

Please follow Valeksa on twitter @BitchcraftTO

Also check out

 Anatomyofascream.com

https://www.salemhorror.com/lectures

Also you can reach the podcast:

 Email:  [email protected]

Twitter: @themadnessbox 

Theme song by the great Lynda Starr

Twitter: @LyndaStarrMusic

Some references for this episode:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/degrassi

Canadians Television; Text and Context  published by WilFrid Laurier University

Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism) by Jean Baudrillard

https://thewalrus.ca/teenage-dreams/

Media and the American Child by George Comstock

After a week off to fix some technical issues we are back breaking down some stuff from Saved by the Bell and letting you in on what's next week as well as email reading and responding. 

Any feedback or concerns or questions please email mail@ momentsinmadness.com or send me a tweet @themadnessbox happy to read whatever you have to say.

You can follow Luke Crum on Twitter @CrummyLuke also check out Cinepub Podcast where ever you find podcast

Theme song by the phenomenal Lynda Starr @Lyndastarrmusic on twitter

Some sources:

https://www.funnyordie.com/zack-morris-is-trash

https://www.eonline.com/news/166397/30-shocking-saved-by-the-bell-secrets-revealed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Child_Actor%27s_Bill

Behind the Bell: behind the scenes of Saved by the Bell by Dustin Diamond

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/watching-gender

https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2212/Media-Influence-on-Children.html

Luke Crum comes on board to talk a very special episode about friendship--Saved by The Bell: The Rockumentary.

It wouldn't be Moments in Madness though if we weren't also talking about a bunch of tangential issues as well-- the morality of  child stardom and child labor,  Saved by The Bell and toxic masculinity, the infamous now disavowed Dustin Diamond tell all book, whether we think Zach Attack is the worst band in television history--the answer is yes---- and much, much, much more.

You can follow Luke Crum on Twitter @CrummyLuke also check out Cinepub Podcast where ever you find podcasts

You can send us mail at [email protected]

or follow us on twitter @themadnessbox.

Theme song by the phenomenal Lynda Starr @Lyndastarrmusic on twitter

Some References:

https://www.funnyordie.com/zack-morris-is-trash

https://www.eonline.com/news/166397/30-shocking-saved-by-the-bell-secrets-revealed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Child_Actor%27s_Bill

Behind the Bell: behind the scenes of Saved by the Bell by Dustin Diamond

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/watching-gender

https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2212/Media-Influence-on-Children.html