When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger

Previously considered for the "untouchable" pile, The Real Ghostbusters was a huge deal to Mark and Martyn as kids and perhaps above mockery...? Shame it isn't the new Ghostbusters trailer...

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

A boy turns into a dog. Later in the series a grown man who turns into a dog befriends him. There's a grooming joke to be made but I'm rising above it. EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: @spreadthewhimsy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Martyn's on his own this week, so as a filler episode he watches a classic advert from the 80s. Sorry.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

People made out of household items use a baked bean can rocket to visit a moon made out of a giant yellow button. You already know what Button Moon was all about, I can't make it sound any weirder than it already is...

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

A Scottish man talks to a cardboard cone on his hand and everybody's okay with it, in the made-in-simpler-times British classic FingerMouse. Do you really think Mark and Martyn will avoid the obvious jokes? Do you? This must be your first W4B...

Bonus laughs to be had from the following youtube video, as referenced in this episode;

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Rc5dNDB2M

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

Inexplicable talking tigers, magic word-based transformations and horrible stock animation. Yes it's squinting lawsuit-magnet Captain Marvel. Or Shazam. Or whatever he's called this week. Mark and Martyn have some choice names for him after sitting through this...

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

"Ha ha this-a-way, ha ha that-a-way..." That forced phonetic laughter is the only laughter to be had from this terrible show. Apart from the anti-French xenophobia expressed halfway through.

Mark and Martyn watch Wizbit to honour the sad passing of magician and entertainer Paul Daniels. If only it had been good.

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

NB - This week's recording was plagued by technical and audio issues throughout - we hope this doesn't interfere with your enjoyment of the episode, which we feel remains at its usual level of quality.

Timmy Mallett deserves a punch and Michaela Strachan deserves better - it's WACADAY, the Wide Awake Club spin off that's just as awkward and uncomfortable to watch as it ever was. At least Mark and Martyn get to watch some old adverts along the way... Do you have questions, comments or recommendations for future episodes? Talk to us!EMAIL: [email protected]: @spreadthewhimsyFACEBOOK: facebook.com/whenwagonwheelswerebigger

W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

The Northern adventures of a bunch of impossible-to-understand teenagers at a youth club in Newcastle. Who goes to youth clubs anyway?

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.

A cartoon that's useless as both entertainment and advertising, failing as it does to produce either a good story or a good representation of Nintendo characters or hardware. Even Sonic the Hedgehog's cartoon was better than this...

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W4B theme composed by John Croudy.