In part 1 of “Not PBS Kids” we brought you the landscape. Now we dive into the shows! Romper Room hits the pre-K crowed while Schoolhouse Rock hits all the right notes with endearing lessons in civics! Celebrated journalists bring the news to Saturday morning and beyond, and children become
Midnight Halloween Special! The power may be out but the Thunder keeps rolling! Even if a bit delayed… In keeping with Thunder Talk Halloween tradition, stage, screen, and runway sensation Brandon Hilton joins us to celebrate the 10 anniversary global remix release of his hit single “Glamour Zombie”! Speaking of
Censorship! Educational Programming! Degrassi High! In episode 19 Mark and Dan jump all over the place. From the Lawrence Welk show and the Rural Purge to Action for Children’s Television and PBS, we drop a lot of knowledge in this one. And knowing is half the battle! 00:00:24 ACT 1
We have a Tale to tell about ALF while Saturday morning gets a little Rated R with Rambo! SCTV gets a couple of second lives, Beetlejuice gets high praise, but what about The Karate Kid? Join Mark “Miyagi” McCray and Daniel-san Klink as we conclude our look into Live Action
Remember that episode of Happy Days when the Fonz and gang got lost in time with a traveler from the future? In part four we Punky out to Gilligan’s Planet with Mork & Mindy while Star Wars and Ghostbusters land on Saturday morning with mixed results! 00:00:11 Somethin’ Somethin’
In this special episode Mark pays tribute and we say goodbye to one of the giants of Saturday morning animation, Joe Ruby. We continue our “Trek” into the live action to animation genre through the 1970’s with The Jackson 5, (most of) The Partridge Family, and so much more while
The gang drops a few unpopular options while Mark & Adam free associate about social media faux pas. San Diego county legends The Oxen stop by to discuss their self-titled album and drop the hit single “Earthbound”! Beth and Kawika are on the hunt with their review of VelociPastor in
Ditch that bowl of Cocoa Puffs for a bucket of popcorn and the New Scooby Doo movies as we jam the lane with the Harlem Globetrotters! Licensed likenesses and the real deals continue to cross over to the small screen both episodically and in the Saturday Superstar Movies! 00:00:25 From
Professors Melissa Klink and Henry Collazo Canchola give a divinations lesson on what we hate about JK Rowling, love about Harry Potter, and the future of the Wizerding World. Mark McCray goes live during his recent Covid test and modern composer James Cooper invites us on a psychedelic journey into
Celebrities get animated! We begin with an examination of the MGM and Warner Bros. Hollywood satires of the 1930’s and 40’s to the early age of television when parody became participation. Then we return as guest stars to the town of Bedrock! 00:00:52 parody to participation 00:20:35 Twist! Twist! 00:26:53
Mark and Dan reflect on the life and passing of Representative and civil rights giant John Lewis in a candid discussion about how far his efforts have brought us and the “good trouble” still left to be done. Singer, song writer extraordinaire Duane Mark performs his hit single “Alone Again”
We’ve come a long way in two years and the Thunderverse keeps on rolling! In this episode we’ll be looking back on a few of our favorite segments, revisiting some old friends, and blasting out plenty of encore performances from our musical guests. We’ll be back next Issue with all
