Echo Valley Episode 27

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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.

Echo Valley Episode 26

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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!

Echo Valley Episode 25

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An episode full of rare treats. The legendary Jetsons song "Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah" makes its Echo Valley debut! A dramatic reading of the original network TV proposal for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Perhaps most excitingly, as a reward for his (SPOILER ALERT!) recent victory in the school election, I  let Kid Bubblegum help program this episode! His choices were... interesting. Plus, as much great bubblegum music as we can fit into 58 minutes, including Paul Revere and the Raiders, Boyce and Hart, Donny Osmond, The Ohio Express, The Scooby-Doo Cast, Lally Stott, Middle of the Road, Lush, Rick Springfield, Boss Blues, Jet Screamer, Mimi Tsai, The Fun and Games, The Harlem Globetrotters, J.C.W. Ratfinks, Mud, and The Panda Peeple!

Echo Valley Episode 24

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Join us for perhaps the most fun-filled jam-packed Echo Valley episode ever! We've got a tribute to the very special episode of the 1970's TV drama Family, where teen idol Leif Garrett explains to adorable Kristy McNichol that he "has his needs"!  A dramatic reading of a 1972 Bobby Sherman interview in which he argues that he is not a bubblegum artist!  First appearance of the Bubble Entendre segment featuring The Cattanooga Cats' "My Birthday Suit". A look at the superstar who never quite made it, Brett Smiley!The Echo Valley Time Machine finds Kyu Sakamoto singing "Sukiyaki"! We pay special attention to The American Breed! And, as usual, great bubblegum music from folks like Bobby Sherman, The Foundations, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Shoestring, Tommy Steele, The Ladds, Gary Glitter, The Love Society, The Royal Guardsmen, Linus and the Little People, Leif Garrett, The Lollipops and The Archies!