What You Missed When You Didn't Exist

What You Missed When You Didn't Exist

By Corbett & Lucy KirkleyComedyHistoryKids & Family
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What You Missed When You Didn't Exist episodes

  • The Burning of Slaughter House Five

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    Lucy and Corbett cover the 1974 school book burning of Slaughter House Five.  Lucy eats up her time reading it like a crazy person, only to suggest therapy to the author.  Lots of talk about World War 2 and aliens, so it all makes perfect sense.

    23 min
  • Speak & Spell

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    Lucy and Corbett talk about the educational toy, Speak & Spell, by Texas Instruments.  That is right it is time to play with a brightly colored calculator and learn something to boot.  You never know it may be the thing to need to "phone home."

    21 min
  • The Bicentennial and beyond

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    Lucy and Corbett talk about the 200th and 250th birthday for the United States and all the problems that come with getting older.  Lots of talk about what is appropriate to wear and burn.  

    18 min
  • Dorothy Hamill

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    Corbett and Lucy are talking about the 1976 Olympic Gold winning Dorothy Hamill.  Dorothy may have been the most popular Hamill of the 70's... maybe, I guess time will tell.  Lots of talk about figure skating and how little we know about it.  But we get to really talk about the most important thing, the Dorothy Hamill hair, because you have to have priorities.

    21 min
  • Space Shuttle Disaster

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    Lucy and Corbett talk about the space shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, and a lot about what space travel has become.  Was leaving the planet a good idea or just something to do for the weekend.  

    29 min
  • SCTV

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    What show was the Canadian counter to Saturday Night Live?  SCTV has a cast of character actors that would last for decades to come:  John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, and Andrea Martin.  Lucy and Corbett talk about SCTV origins and were it all went.  They even go so far as talking about the differences in British, American, and Canadian humor, because everyone loves talking around humor instead of listening to the actual funny stuff.

    28 min
  • Video Dating

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    It is that time of year, when peoples hearts turn to thoughts of love.  Lucy and Corbett are talking about Video Dating and comparing it to "swiping".  Finding love is no easy trick, but maybe these two can help navigate through it, or you can get a few laughs and not have to think about it.

    16 min
  • The Macarena

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    Lucy and Corbett talking about the dance that took on the world in 1996, The Macarena.  Long before we "Shook it off" but after "The Twist", the Macarena stood tall as one of the fads to engulf the world.  We also find out if Taylor Swift is a Doctor or not, spoiler... she isn't.

    16 min
  • Seatbelts

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    Lucy and Corbett discuss what the world was like before seatbelts were put into laws.  Some of it was wild and others were wild as well.  Lets face it, sometimes a little restraint can be a lifesaver.

    27 min
  • Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year

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    Lucy and Corbett are talking about Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve, the party that spanned a continent. Memories of the 1979 New Years and a little talk on what Blondie and the Village People were all about.  Happy New Year!

    18 min

About What You Missed When You Didn't Exist

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Corbett (age 54) and Lucy (age 24) discuss events in pop culture, history, and anything that happened between 1971 and 2001.