Wednesday, December 10, 2014
EV85 (S4E5) Very Merry Bubblegum
It's an Echo Valley Bubblegum Christmas Special! Great holiday treats for all good boys and girls! A rare traditional Christmas song from The Monkees! A dramatic reading of the time Donald Duck met Santa Claus! The cast of Curious George sings about their Christmas Monkey! A big box full of bubblegum merriment from David Cassidy, C-3PO and R2-D2, Darlene Love, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Donny and Marie and other Osmonds, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Cast of Glee, Banaroo, The Mouseketeers, American Machine, The Byzantine Empire, Doug Kershaw, The Brady Kids, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tommy Roe, Bobby Sherman, and The Archies!
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
EV84 (S4E4) Kisses for Breakfast
Another hour of bubblegum pop brilliance! A dramatic reading from a Hawaii Five-O novel, followed by a rare Sammy Davis, Jr. recording of the theme song with the words! Tributes to breakfast food! An Echo Valley Time Machine classic by Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians! First appearance of the What We Love About Bubblegum segment! Plenty of great bubblegum music by Paul Revere and the Raiders, Josie and the Pussycats, Banaroo, The Foundations, Neil Diamond, Michael Carpenter, Flame, The Fifth Estate, Tommy Roe, The Fun and Games, Slim Goodbody and Friends, The Archies, The Amazing Pickles, The Good Earth and Capt. Groovy and his Bubblegum Army!
Sunday, November 9, 2014
EV83 (S4E3) Sweeter than Sugar
Some Strange Gum reminds us to save energy! Flip's Groovy Guide to the Groops tells us all we need to know about The Lemon Pipers! A modern take on a Partridge Family classic! A good lesson learned from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids! We travel back in time with Ritchie Valens! Plenty of great bubblegum music by The Ohio Express, Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution, The Cyrkle, Yellow Balloon, The Wombles, Doug Powell, The Young Turks, The Energizers, The First Street Marble Team, Artie Resnick, Daddy Dewdrop, The New Vaudeville Band, McKendree Spring, Bobby Sherman, Wolfgang, Gene Thomas, and Harper's Bizarre!
Sunday, October 26, 2014
EV82 (S4E2) According to Time Magazine
Who are The Conquests and why do they claim to be both The Rare Breed and Ohio Express?! We read the true story of the first time that Time magazine officially recognized "bubblegum" pop music! A double bubble from Amen Corner! A shout out to Kid Bubblegum from The Banana Splits! Tasty bubblegum rarities you may have never heard before from Bobby Bloom, the Batman TV series, and Salt Water Taffy! Spotlight on Giorgio! Plenty of great music from Andy and David Williams, 5th Avenue Busses, Vic Venus,Giuliano and Nocturnes, Manfred Mann, The Lollipops, Bobby Sherman, Jerry and Jeff, The Saturday Morning Cartoon Show, Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, The Hot Wheels and Robin McNamera!
Monday, October 13, 2014
EV81 (S4E1) Candy Rainbow
Season Four begins! A look at the ABC Saturday morning bubblegum lineup
for 1969! A dramatic reading from a Lois Lane comic book letter column! A
double bubble from the Lords of London! The rarely heard alternate title song from Sigmund and the Sea Monsters! Plenty of great bubblegum happiness from folks like The Sugar Bears, Josie and the Pussycats, The Monkees, Ohio Express, Johnny Whitaker, The Muppets, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Cowsills, The Strangeloves, Toy Factory, The Archies, Edward Bear, Pickettywitch, Baby Bugs, Bennett and Evans, The Boston, and Stevenson's Rocket!
Sunday, August 10, 2014
EV80 (S3E20) Best of Season 3
A clip show featuring the best parts of Season 3! A Top 10 count down
of the most popular bubblegum songs from Season 3! How did Sinatra's Strangers in the Night
influence bubblegum music? Magazine articles full of groovy dating
advice! What do the Cowsills hate about girls? A spotlight on the first
bubblegum band in history, The Comedian Harmonists! And plenty of great bubblegum pop!
Sunday, July 6, 2014
EV79 (S3E19) The Trial of Greg Brady
Gavel to gavel coverage as student court Judge Kid Bubblegum reaches a
verdict in the trial of Greg Brady! A shocking outcome that no one saw
coming in this season finale episode of Echo Valley! Live
reporting from Old Man Bubblegum! During breaks in the proceedings, we
still find time for a tribute to cartoon voice Janet Waldo (Judy Jetson,
Josie of the Pussycats), a cameo from Casey Kasem, an Echo Valley Time Machine classic from The Wizard of Oz, and plenty of great bubblegum music from The Brady Kids, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Bugaloos, The Ohio Express, Andy Kim, Josie and the Pussycats, Jet Screamer, Bobby Sherman, Everyday Hudson, Crazy Elephant, Carl Carlton, Happy Feeling, Tony Darrow, Chris and Peter Allen, Le Cirque, and Gravy.
Monday, June 16, 2014
EV78 (S3E18) Bubblegum Smackdown
The Echo Valley Talent Show finals! The outcome will shock you! We also have time for a dramatic reading from a vintage Sally Field interview! Double Bubble music from Beano!Plenty of feel good bubblegum from The Bugaloos, The Banana Splits, The Archies, The Monkees, The Music Explosion, The Brady Kids, Arkade, The Art Movement, Sally Field, The New Dawn, Rotation, The Saturday Morning Cartoon Show, and the Rock 'n'
Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Company!
Monday, May 26, 2014
EV77 (S3E17) Kinda Groovy
TV actor Robert Conrad's pop rock career! The Who's gummiest classic! Who won the Echo Valley Talent Show semi-finals?! A dramatic reading from a 1971 family guide to teen dating! Casey Kasem doesn't recognize Yellow Balloon's and My Three Sons' Don Grady! Strange gum from Kids' Hit Singers! Plenty of great bubblegum music from The Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Archies, The Partridge Family, The Cattanooga Cats, The Monkees, Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus, Jimmy Osmond, The Fifth Estate, The Muppets, The Hardy Boys, Brian Hyland, The Love Generation, Tony Ritchie and The New Vaudeville Band!
Sunday, May 18, 2014
EV76 (S3E16) Tie Dye Bubblegum
Who are the two optimistic songwriters who argued that we could solve
the world's problems as easily as tying a t-shirt together and dying it
all the colors of the world?! It's an Echo Valley mystery,
solved in this spectacular hour! Plus a dramatic reading from a book on
groovy crafts! Bubblegum from Captain Kangaroo! Plenty of great gummy
pop from the 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Left Banke, The New Christy Minstrels, Bobby Sherman, Slim Goodbody and Friends, Lou Christie, Robert John, Michael Gately, The In Crowd, Design, Playhouse, The Bats, The Free Design and Normand Gelinas!
Sunday, May 11, 2014
EV75 (S3E15) Ricky Segall
Welcome Ricky Segall (Ricky Stevens from The Partridge Family) and his family to Echo Valley! We explore the secret origins of the Barry Manilow classic Mandy! In our dramatic reading, we learn what the Cowsills
like and don't like about girls! Get the scoop on a semifinal round of
the Echo Valley Riverdale High School Talent Show! Plenty of great
bubblegum pop music from Blue Mink, Jigsaw, The Cuff Links, Brady Kids, The Chan Clan, Westlife, The Cyrkle, Scott English, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Cowsills, American Breed, Humpty Dumpty, Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution, and The Gummy Bear!
Thursday, April 3, 2014
EV74 (S3E14) A Simple Song
Who wants some bubblegum? A spotlight on Tony Ronald, the Dutch (or Spanish or Mexican) pop star! Another dramatic reading from another 1970 novelization of another short lived "relevant" ABC TV show about another group of hip young people! A pair of rare Echo Valley corrections! A New Seekers Double Bubble! Every bubblegum song about airplanes (both of them)! With plenty of bubblegum music by the Banana Splits, The Muppets, The Beach Boys, Johnny Whitaker, The Sugar Bears, Wind (with Tony Orlando), The Cuff Links, The Royal Guardsmen, Chester, Peter's Pipers, Billy Budd, The French Revolution, New Colony Six, New Dream, and The New Vaudeville Band!
Thursday, March 27, 2014
EV73 (S3E13) Come on Down to My Boat, Baby
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
EV72 (S3E12) Happiness in My Heart
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
EV71 (S3E11) Goody Goody Gumdrops
Thursday, February 27, 2014
EV70 (S3E10) Rat Pack of Gum
A special episode exploring the Rat Pack and their
contributions to bubblegum pop. Plenty of great bubblegum and precursor
bubblegum from Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Nancy
Sinatra, Dino, Desi and Billy, Jerry Lewis, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop! Also, a rare appearance by Old Man Bubblegum, performing a dramatic reading of the lyrics of the Theme from Shaft!
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
EV69 (S3E9) Chewy, Chewy
Fifty-nine groovy minutes of bubblegum pop fun! We read about a
day in the life of David Cassidy! Learn of Florence Henderson's secret
absence from the first few Brady Bunch episodes! Who is today's Ohio Express?! Another Echo Valley Sad Song Marathon! Plenty of great bubblegum music from The
Archies, Ohio Express, Tommy James and the Shondells, Partridge Family,
Sugar Bears, Hardy Boys, Design, Dusty Greyrock, German Bonds, Rainbow,
Sparrow, Florence Henderson, Mac Davis, Bread, Andy Kim and the Four Fuller Brothers!
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
EV68 (S3E8) Remember You’re a Womble
The first bubblegummy episode of the new year! A spotlight on The Wombles!
Early round action of the Riverdale High School talent competition!
Original vinyl recordings from heartthrobs Kurt Russell and John
Travolta! Plenty of great bubblegum pop from folks like Dana Countryman,
The Walkers, Josie and the Pussycats, Jimmy Osmond, World's Fare, Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution, The Ohio Express, The Cuff Links, Shawn, The Brady Kids, Michele and Jeff, ABBA, and Professor Morrison's Lollipop!
EV67 (S3E7) Bubblegum Holiday
The Season 3 Christmas Special! Rare and classic bubblegum
Christmas music! Dramatic readings from John-Boy and Grandpa Walton! The
Partridge Family and the Jackson 5 sing together (sort of)! Germany sends a Gummi Bear greeting! The DeFranco Family chats with Andy Williams! The Royal Guardsmen celebrate Christmas with Snoopy! Plenty of sugar and holiday music from The Archies, Herman's Hermits, Bobby Sherman, Loretta Lynn, Edward Bear, Frankie Valli, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, American Machine, The American Revolution, The Ventures, Tommy Roe and Luann Simms!
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