EV141 (S6E11) We Wish You a Bubblegum Christmas

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Time for the 9th Annual Echo Valley Christmas Special! Discover the bubblegum in an Andy Williams TV Christmas special! A dramatic reading from an Archies Christmas comic classic! A joyful sad Christmas song marathon! Strange Christmas gum from Mae West! Plenty of thematically appropriate bubblegum from The Partridge Family, Marty Wilde, Claudine Longet, The Osmonds, Pink Floyd, Bobby Sherman, Bobby Goldsboro, Herman's Hermits, Banaroo, The Twistin' Kings, The Archies, The Christmas Spirit, Gary US Bonds, Lise Miller, The Wombles, and the 1910 Fruitgum Company!

EV140 (S6E10) Save Echo Valley

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Meet the Bubblegum Board of Directors who are trying to save Echo Valley! Professor Bubblegum and all of Echo Valley are upbeat and optimistic, just like bubblegum pop itself. Music about, by, and inspired by the Board of Directors, including Kid Bubblegum's favorite song ever! A dramatic reading of a Josie and the Pussycats children's book! Do you know Barbie's last name? Plenty of great bubblegum music by The Archies, Barbie, The Brady Kids, Giorgio Moroder, Wind (with Tony Orlando), Proud Mary, Josie and the Pussycats, The Comix, The Pipkins, and Bruce Roberts!

EV139 (S6E9) Kid Bubblegum and the Time Machine

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TV GUIDE Close up: This special dramatic episode of Echo Valley, the bubblegum music podcast, airs without a laugh track and with limited commercial interruption. The cast includes Professor Bubblegum and Kid Bubblegum.

EV138 (S6E8) Don’t Forget the Gum

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The old Professor is getting a bit forgetful, but we still get a good hour of bubblegum pop music! A dramatic reading from a Banana Splits comic book! Some nice words from Jimmy Osmond! An early rarity from Tommy Boyce! A recent rarity from Micky Dolenz! Plenty of jolly good gummy fun from The Bay City Rollers, The Wombles, Beano, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart, The Yo-Yos, The Collage, The Raindrops, Gene Thomas, Street People, and Together!

EV137 (S6E7) Who Wants Some Gum?

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The Crisis in Echo Valley continues as the population is dropping, bubblegum fans are missing, and Kid Bubblegum's years of tweets (whatever those are) are gone and unremembered! Is there anybody out there? In the meantime, there's reason for optimism as we talk to the creators of Joey and Ron, a new bubblegum musical opening in New York City! A dramatic reading from an Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan comic book! It's the 50th anniversary of Sugar, Sugar! Lots and lots of great bubblegum music from The Archies, Bobby Sherman, Christopher Knight and Maureen McCormick from The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Telly Savalas, Central Park, Rodney Allen Rippy, Sydney Elliott, The Orlons, Barry Mann, The Exiles, The Chan Clan, and the cast of Joey and Ron (the new stage musical)!

EV136 (S6E6) Where is the Gum?

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The post office can't find us! A dramatic reading of The Partridge Family and a haunted house! A spotlight on Austin Roberts! Kidd Video moves in to Echo Valley! A pop medley from the Brady Bunch Variety Hour! Plenty of great bubblegum from Ron Dante, Sweet Basil, Boyce and Hart, The Drifters, Kidd Video, Kris Jensen, Kermit the Frog and The Muppets, Arkade, Ritchie Luvworth, The Partridge Family, The Monkees, Edison Lighthouse, The Hardy Boys, Jeff Barry, The Buckinghams and Bobby Sherman!

EV135 (S6E5) Andy Kim

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Discover the bubblegum greatness of Andy Kim! A dramatic reading from a Partridge Family comic book! A history lesson on The Hot Wheels Saturday morning cartoon! And is there a Crisis in Echo Valley...? Plenty of great bubblegum pop music from Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Archies, The Kids from Fame, Baron Longfellow, Bobby Bloom, The Partridge Family, Alan Vallone, and The Amen Corner!

EV134 (S6E4) The Strangeloves

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What was the first bubblegum band? (Is that a SPOILER in the title?) Professor Bubblegum shares part of his doctoral dissertation! Giorgio disguised as "Johnny Schilling"! A dramatic reading from  a guide to love for teenagers! Plenty of great bubblegum pop music from The Strangeloves, The Beach-Nuts, Rock & Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Company Of Philadelphia 19141, The McCoys, The Sheep, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Archies, The Sugar Bears, Andy and David Williams, Little Jimmy Osmond, The Yellow Brick Road, and The Wreck-A-Mended!

EV133 (S6E3) Bubblegum Disco

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Enjoy an hour of super fun dance-able music designed to appeal to unsophisticated young people! We look at the disco aspects of bubblegum pop! A dramatic reading of a Kaptain Kool and the Kongs comic book! Two of bubblegum's best are responsible for the disco era! The Brady Bunch sings disco! Kristy McNichol on the TV Show Family catches disco fever! Plenty of great bubblegum music from Ron Dante, The Osmonds, Kristy McNichol, Ricky Wilde, The Muppets, Telly Savalas, Giorgio, First Class, Rick Dees, ABBA, and The Village People!

EV132 (S6E2) Peter Tork

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An hour of bubblegum pop! We remember Peter Tork of The Monkees! We only play records we have never played before! A look at the Cattanooga Cats! An exciting Brady Bunch mystery in New York City! A time machine proto-bubblegum classic from Sam Cooke! Plenty of bubblegum pop from The Muppets, Giorgio, The Rare Breed, The Montana's, Judd, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, The Rock Flowers, Rumbles Ltd., We in a Nutshell, and The Jalopy Five!

EV131 (S6E1) Sugar Coated Candy Love

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Season 6 starts us off with a bouncy hour of sugar-powered pop music! A dramatic reading from a Harlem Globetrotters comic book! A look at British teen idol Marty Wilde! Great bubblegum from Fraggle Rock, The Archies, The Sugar Bears, Andy Kim, The Pipkins, Boyce and Hart, The Cuff Links, Pickettywitch, The Groovie Goolies, Giorgio, Jack Wild, Ken Stella, The Sugar Canyon, Brother Bones and His Shadows, and Gary Lewis and the Playboys!

8th Annual Echo Valley Christmas Special

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 It's the very special 8th annual special Echo Valley bubblegum music Christmas Special! Our first taste of The Monkees' new Christmas album! A dramatic reading with Leonard Nimoy! And, in a double bubble of sorts, Mr. Nimoy sings of Bilbo Baggins! The million dollar quartet of David Cassidy, Shirley Jones, Barbara Eden and Frank "Music Box Dancer"Mills! Veronica confesses her love for Archie Andrews! The Brady kids put up our Christmas tree! Who would steal the baby Jesus on Dragnet?! Plenty of great holiday bubblegum music from The Archies, the 1910 Fruitgum Company, T. Rex, The Beach Girls, Cliff Richard, Bobby Goldsboro, Banaroo, The Cowsills, The Wombles, Derek and Ray, Laughing Wind, Judy and the Duets, and Captain and Tennille! Ho ho ho!

EV130 (S5E30) Best of Season 5

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We look back at Season 5 of Echo Valley with our favorite segments and the best bubblegum music! Also, we count down the top ten most popular songs from Season 5! Plenty of great bubblegum music from The Archies, The Banana Splits, David Cassidy, the 1910 Fruitgum Company, Jonathan King, Danny Bonaduce, The Fun and Games, and more!

EV129 (S5E29) Kristy McNichol

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Whatever happened to Kristy McNichol? A dramatic reading of a 1979 article about her! Ignoring many requests, we again play Puppy Bobby by Café Con Leche! Another sad song marathon!Plenty of great bubblegum pop music by The Archies, Giorgio, The Twilights, The Dixie Cups, Desi Arnaz, The Pipkins, The McCoys, The Flying Circus, The Ohio Express, Sun, Andy Kim, Austin Roberts, KISS, Brown Rice, Kristy and Jimmy McNichol, Middle of the Road, and The Tokens!

Ev128 (S5E28) The Clapping Song

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The Munsters were a bubblegum band?! Learn more about Shirley Ellis' hit The Clapping Song than you knew was there to be known and how is a 1930 country/blues hit by the Light Crust Doughboys involved? A dramatic reading of Lily Munster's shopping trip! The Music Explosion admire The Beatles! Plenty of great bubblegum pop music from The Partridge Family, Alvin Stardust, Tony Ronald, Jigsaw, Ray Russell, Ron Dante, New Dream, The Go-Go's (not THOSE Go-Go's), The Rubettes, The Coronados and Sydney Elliott!

EV127 (S5E27) Bingo Bingo

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Who's Arnie Corrado? What is Rollermania? How do dolphins and porpoises differ? Those questions and more are answered on this rip-roaring, jam-packed, sugar-filled episode of Echo Valley! A dramatic reading of a Flipper comic book! Plenty of great bubblegum music by The Hudson Brothers, Austin Roberts, The Bay City Rollers, The Archies, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Monkees, The Arbors, Crazy Elephant, The Cryan Shames, Bobby Sherman, The Bugaloos and The Fun and Games Commission!

EV126 (S5E26) Short and Sweet

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Bubblegum songs tend to be short. And sweet. But can even Professor Bubblegum fit 40 songs into a single episode of Echo Valley? (SPOILER ALERT: yes, yes he can.) Plus a dramatic reading from a Partridge Family novel! Archie dances! Plenty of great gum from The Cattanooga Cats, Jack Wild, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, Songs from the Pogo, HR Puff'n' Stuf, Dr. Shrinker, Electrawoman & Dynagirl, Lost Saucer, Wonderbug, Far Out Space Nuts, The Bugaloos, Bigfoot and Wildboy, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Lidsville, John Kincade, The Tremeloes, Scott Stutzman, The Chicago Loop, Partridge Family, The Tokens & The Kirby Four, The Gants, Josie and the Pussycats, Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show, Christoper Knight, Colette, Brady Bunch, Cast of Return to Riverdale (1990), Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, The Muppets, The Pipkins, The Archies, Chan Clan, Saturday Morning Cartoon Show, Banana Splits, The Innocence, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, Bobby Sherman, Beach Boys and Society's Children!

EV125 (S5E25) Joey Levine

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A look at the songwriting career of one of bubblegum's greatest, Joey Levine! A dramatic reading of a Jetsons children's book! A bubble entendre from The Bats! The exclusive Echo Valley cut of Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah from The Jetsons! Plenty of great bubblegum music from The Ohio Express, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, Tony Burrows, Bay City Rollers, Hudson Brothers, Groovie Goolies, Mungo Jerry, The Innocence, The Tradewinds, The Barbarians, The Third Rail, The Jet Stream, The Capitols and The Vogues!

EV124 (S5E24) Bubblegum Wisdom

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 Advice for the young people from bubblegum's best! Worried about sex, drugs and rock and roll? Confused by the mysteries of love? We answer all your questions on this very wise episode of Echo Valley! A dramatic reading from a Susan Dey book on how to flirt! Spotlight on the singing sages from Space Coaster! Tribute to Schoolhouse Rock's Bob Dorough, We apologize in advance as we hear not one, but two uncomfortable songs (about the age of consent and bad touch)! The Archies get serious! Plenty of great bubblegum from Patty Duke, The Osmonds, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Josie and the Pussycats, Jonathan King, Space Coasters, Slim Goodbody and Friends, Jay and the Americans, The Ohio Express, The Vogues, The Mind's Eye, The In Crowd, and Ronnie Burns!

EV123 (S5E23) Scooby-Doo and Lancelot Link

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Today's artists pay tribute to Lancelot Link! And Scooby-Doo! Rarely heard early Ron Dante singles by The Detergents! A dramatic reading of a Baskin-Robbins 31-Flavors Ice Cream comic book! Plenty of great bubblegum pop from Tommy Roe, The Beagles, Beano, Scramble, The Brady Kids, The Amazing Pickles, Bohanna, Bobby Rydell, Tommy James and the Shondells, Rock & Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Company Of Philadelphia 19141, The Buckinghams, A Man Called Flintstone, Baha Men, Mondo Fumatore, Trap City EU, Yemi Rush, Shaggy, The Velmas, Martin Zeller, Kurt Gallagher, Paul Gilbert, and Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution!

EV122 (S5E22) The Cowsills

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The spotlight is on The Cowsills! We read a scarce comic book of The Cowsills and how they came to be! We play a bunch of their early songs you have never heard before! Also, (fair warning) there is a rare Echo Valley Sad Song Marathon! And plenty of great bubblegum music from The Archies, Boyce and Hart, Andy Kim, Andy and David Williams, The Ohio Express, Giorgio, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones, Sugar Bears, Cattanooga Cats, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Partridge Family, Len Barry, The Fun and Games, and New World!

EV121 (S5E21) Rare Bubblegum

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 A whole hour of bubblegum pop music that you've never heard before! Probably. A dramatic reading of Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson's thoughts about TV husband Robert Reed (SPOILER ALERT: He's a perfectionist)! A solo number from Marcia Brady (Maureen McCormick)! Plenty of great bubblegum from Ron Dante, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R., Joey Levine, Barbie and Ken, Apache Dropout, Micky Dolenz, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Ohio Express, Giorgio, Edison Lighthouse, Elton John (as Reg Dwight and Bluesology), Robert Reed, Phil Harris, The Rubettes, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Hudson Brothers, John Wagner Foundation, and Jimmy Osmond!

EV120 (S5E20) David Cassidy

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 We pay tribute to bubblegum's greatest of them all with songs spanning all of David Cassidy's career, from his very first recording to his very last performance! Duets with Shaun Cassidy, Shirley Jones, and (almost) Susan Dey! The secret origins of The Partridge Family! The surprise appearance of The Partridge Family at Kid Bubblegum's triumphant concert, Jingle Jangle in the Jungle! And, in a touching tribute from Kid Bubblegum to his idol, he ends the show with a Partridge Family song, the program's absolute favorite Partridge Family song, and yet we've never played it before. Until now.

EV119 (S5E19) A Bubblegum Christmas Card to You

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Our special annual very special Echo Valley Christmas Special! A bubblegum duet with Michael Jackson and The Pipkins! A dramatic reading of an Alvin and the Chipmunks comic book with Alvin and the Chipmunks technology!  A sad Christmas song marathon! A Christmas tribute to David Cassidy! Plenty of great bubblegum holiday music from Ohio Express, Ron Dante, Ron Winters, Kristy McNichol (and her brother Jimmy), Tommy James, Dana, Bob McGrath (from Sesame Street), Johnny Tillotson, Little Georgie Holiday, The Flirtations, Oliver Twist, The Rosebuds, and the Peppermint Kandy Kids!

EV118 (S5E18) Waldo P. Emerson Jones

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Can an obscure Archies song tell us all we need to know to fill an hour with great bubblegum music? Kid Bubblegum seems to think so, but Professor Bubblegum has his doubts. Along the way, we get a dramatic reading of a Kaptain Kool and the Kongs comic book, rediscover the Hudson Brothers and their friend Chucky Margolis, learn that Paul Simon wrote a classic proto-bubblegum hit, search fruitlessly for a Jimmy Page-bubblegum connection, and, unexpectedly, the whole hour becomes about Rick Springfield for some reason. Enjoy plenty of great bubblegum pop from The Archies, The Rubettes, Shadows of Knight, Rock Hudson and Bea Arthur, Simon and Garfunkel, Picketywitch, Johnny Farnum, Vince Guaraldi, Status Quo, Neil Christian, and Everybody Was in the French Resistence...Now!

EV117 (S5E17) Clap Your Hands and Stamp Your Feet

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Who is Sajid Khan and why did the Monkees' record company give him his own bubblegum album? A dramatic reading from a Banana Splits comic book! Dutch singer Bonnie St. Claire moves into town! Plus plenty of great bubblegum music from The Rubettes, The Pipkins, The Short Circus, The McCoys, Sally Field, Polka Dot (Ron Albanese), The Muppets, The Cattanooga Cats, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Boss Blues, Andy and David Williams, and New Dream!

EV116 (S5E16) Karen Valentine Beauty Secrets

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A groovy opening medley from the long lost Brady Bunch Hour variety show! The bubblegum sensibilities of Katrina and the Waves! A dramatic reading of a 1970 Karen Valentine interview! Plenty of great bubblegum pop music from The Hudson Brothers, Bobby Sherman, The Wombles, Tony Burrows, The Sweet, The Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus, Judy Thomas, The Monkees, The Hot Wheels, The Sufaris, Johnny Whitaker, Boyce and Hart, and Brian Hyland!

EV115 (S5E15) Mission Magic

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Rick Springfield stars in a spin-off of the Brady Kids cartoon! A dramatic reading of a Brady Bunch adventure novel with authentic Brady background music! How did Annette Funicello get her name? Who is Roobarb?! Plenty of bubblegum pop music from The Cattanooga Cats, Rick Springfield, The Archies, The Rich Kids, The Brady Kids (featuring a Barry Williams solo), Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, The Cowsills, Bobby Sherman, The New Christy Minstrels, The Banana Splits, Banaroo, The Hardy Boys, The Rubettes, and Bob B. Sox and the Blue Jeans!

EV114 (S5E14) Bubblegum Dream

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Professor Bubblegum dozes off and dreams of a wonderful world where bubblegum pop music dominates hit radio! His reverie includes great bubblegum music by The Music Explosion, Boyce and Hart, The Buckinghams, The Banana Splits, The Partridge Family, Mac and Katie Kissoon, The Fun and Games, Capt. Groovy and his Bubblegum Army, Crazy Elephant, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Andy Kim, The Bugaloos, Josie & the Pussycats, The Harlem Globetrotters, The Pipkins, The Brady Bunch, The Monkees, The Hot Wheels, The Archies and Danny Bonaduce!

EV113 (S5E13) The Beagles

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 We learn about The Beagles, the first made-for-TV bubblegum band! Are episodes of this 1966 cartoon series gone forever? Does David Cassidy feel like he is a manufactured piece of merchandise?! We read a groovy vintage interview with Every Mother's Son, the group that loves you! Spotlight on Manfred Mann! Plenty of great bubblegum pop music by The Archies, Tommy Roe, Bobby Sherman, The Beatles, The Cowsills, The Cuff Links, the Crystals, Partridge Family, The Raspberry Pirates, The Love Affair, Micky Dolenz and Wilson Pickett!

EV112 (S5E12) Jingle Jangle

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The Archies' Jingle Jangle enters the Bubblegum Hall of Fame! A brief sentimental shout out to the sweet but  tragic life of Buffy from Family Affair! We discover the gummy side to the band Paper Lace! A dramatic reading from an Emergency TV comic book! A strange german "schlager" take on a John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John Grease duet! Plenty of great bubblegum pop music from The Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Bobby Sherman, The Archies, Paper Lace, Annette Funicello, Dieter Hallervorden and Helga Feddersen, Banana Splits, Capt. Groovy and His Bubblegum Army, Wahonka, Beano, Johnny Whitaker, Middle of the Road, The Bubble Gum Machine, and The Harlem Globetrotters!

EV111 (S5E11) Bubblegum Circus

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The bubblegum circus has come to Echo Valley! Clowns, carnivals and funny monkeys! A focus on Electric Company's Short Circus! We visit TV's Super Circus from 1950! A dramatic reading from a Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp comic book! Learn about Jackie Lee! Plenty of bubblegum pop music from Andy Kim, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm and the Bedrock Rockers, The Hardy Boys, Jack Wild, Kermit the Frog, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Brian Hyland, Soulful Dynamics, Cattanooga Cats, Rumpelstilskin Kartoon, Normand Gelinas, and The Avengers!

EV110 (S5E10) The Hardy Boys

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We focus on the animated Hardy Boys' Saturday morning bubblegum band! Did you know that Frank Hardy was a member of The Grass Roots? Political bubblegum with Boyce and Hart and The Brady Bunch's Eve Plumb. A dramatic reading from a Hardy Boys comic book! Plenty of great bubblegum pop with The Archies, Ohio Express, The Fun and Games, The Strangeloves, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Love Generation, Teresa Brewer, Alan Blakely, Soulful Dynamics, and The Grass Roots.

EV109 (S5E9) Tony Orlando

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A look at the bubblegum world of Tony Orlando! Paul Revere and the Raiders first record! The Archies' Ron Dante helps launch the career of teen supergroup wannabe, Silvermoon! A dramatic reading from For Teens Only magazine, 1968! A rare record from Rare Breed! Plenty of great bubblegum pop music from The Harlem Globetrotters, Tony Orlando and Dawn, The Silvermoon, Wind, Andy and David Williams, Boyce and Hart, The Music Explosion, The Archies, Bobby Sherman, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Ohio Express, and Joey and the Continentals!

EV108 (S5E8) Josie and the Pussycats

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Songs from three different versions of Josie and the Pussycats! Spotlight on The Sugar Bears! A dramatic reading from a Ding Dong School book! New bubblegum from The Monkees!Two different bands, two different song titles, same Ron Dante, same song? Plenty of great bubblegum pop music from Giorgio, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Salt Water Taffy, The Cuff Links, Two Dollar Question, The Wombles, Union Express, Miss Francis, Kenny O'Dell, Hollywood Players, Tammy and the Lords of Misrule, and St. Christopher's Gregorian Chant!

EV107 (S5E7) The Cattanooga Cats

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Spotlight on the cartoon bubblegum group, The Cattanooga Cats! Lee Majors sings of Steve Austin's love for Jaime Summers! A dramatic reading of a Bionic Woman comic book! The secret origin of Do Wah Diddy! A groovy Ron Dante song you've never heard before! Plenty of great bubblegum pop music from Boyce and Hart, Giorgio, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ron Albanese, Phil Harris, The Cowsills, Jeffreys, Rock Candy Mountain (Joey Levine), Bill Amesbury and Manfred Mann!

EV106 (S5E6) A Very Merry Cherry Cherry Christmas

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Mrs. Professor Bubblegum declares this the best Echo Valley Christmas Special ever! Barbie and Ken celebrate a Barbie Christmas! Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!, A big gift box full of bubblegum music from David Cassidy, The Archies, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Neil Diamond, Bobby Sherman, Sally Field, Ricky Segall, Banaroo, Chris and Peter Allen, Johnnie and the High Keys, The Rocky Fellers, The Rockfield Chorale, Roy Winters, Ronny and the Daytonas, Linn Sheldon and Showaddywaddy!

EV105 (S5E5) The Danny Bonaduce Album

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Hear the fabled Danny Bonaduce album! Danny Bonaduce played Danny Partridge on The Partridge Family. He could not sing. So, true to the philosophy of bubblegum pop, he got his own solo album! We explore this album of strange gum and discover its links to The Brady Bunch, The Kids from Fame, Barbra Streisand, disco and even The Door's Jim Morrison! Of course, the history of rock and roll always comes back to bubblegum. We also get some bubblegum music from the Rock 'n' Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Co., David Cassidy, and Bruce Roberts (whoever that is).

EV104 (S5E4) Partridge Family Rarities

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Kid Bubblegum searches through the archives for true Partridge Family Rarities, like the fabled unreleased demos, music from the animated Partridge Family 2200, and, rarest of all, the legendary Danny Bonaduce solo album! Does it even exist? What will Kid Bubblegum find?! The secret origin of Daddy Dewdrop's Chick-a-Boom! A dramatic reading from a Bugaloos comic book! Is there such a thing as Beatles' bubblegum?! And plenty of great and gummy tunes by The Archies, Carole King, Sha Na Na, The Bugaloos, Apache Dropout, Bruce Roberts, and Peter's Pipers!

EV103 (S5E3) I Want Candy

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Gum that's "Too Big Uh Eat" from Rodney Allen Rippy! A recycling comic book hero! Learn about Sonny Curtis, of whom you have never heard! A Double Bubble from The Cryan Shames! Plenty of pop music candy from The Strangeloves, Stan Freberg, Donna Lynn, Andy and David Williams, The Brady Bunch Kids, Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Sammy Davis, Jr.,The Cattanooga Cats, Barry Gibb, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Chords, and Tony Christie!

EV102 (S5E2) It’s a Groove to Be Free

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Spider-man sings and sounds like The Archies! A dramatic reading from a terrifying Partridge Family novel! A reminder of the greatness that is David Hasselhoff! A bubblegum song from 1904?! Lots of great bubblegum pop from Boyce and Hart, Shawn, Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution, The Ohio Express, Robin McNamara, The Angels, Tommy Roe, The Five Americans, The Teens, Carnival Connection, Bob Roberts, The Fortunes, Ron Dante as The Amazing Spider-man, The Chan Clan, Spare Change and David Antrell!

EV101 (S5E1) Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy

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A new season and a new attitude! We celebrate the return of The Monkees! Learn what makes The Cowsills angry! Giorgio in Italian! Plenty of great bubblegum music from The Hardy Boys, Beano, The Archies, The Ohio Express, Robin McNamara, Josie and the Pussycats, Bobby Sherman, Jamie Kaye, Morocco, The Robert E. Lee Brigade, and The Gentle Touch!

EV100 The History of Bubblegum Music

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The evolution of the bubblegum pop sound from the Platinum Age (1904-1950) to the Atomic Age (1950-1966) to the Golden Age (1966-1970)! A scholarly definition of bubblegum music! Bubblegum is the basic sound of rock'n' roll – minus the rage, fear, and violence, wrote legendary rock critic Lester Bangs, and we follow the growth of that basic sound through almost 150 bubblegum songs from Bob Roberts' "The Woodchuck Song" in 1904 to The Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You" in 1970 and everything in between!

Summer Rerun EV30 (S1E30) Best of Season 1

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We are getting nostalgic as we wait for episode #100, which arrives in a few weeks! To help us chew gum while we wait, let's relive the legendary Best of Season 1, and fondly remember the joy and beauty of poor sound quality! In this clip show, we counted down the most popular bubblegum records, joined in the debate about the biggest bubblegum hit, and discovered the secret origin of The Partridge Family!

Summer Rerun EV60 (S2E30) Best of Season 2

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As we continue our celebration and anticipation for the upcoming Echo Valley #100, enjoy the greatest hits of Echo Valley Season 2! We've gathered our favorite bits and pieces from the legendary second season! Many think of it as the BEST season. Great bubblegum music from The Partridge Family, The Sugar Bears, The Hot Wheels, The Harlem Globetrotters and much, much more!

EV99 (S4E19) Best of Season 4

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We look back over Season 4! A countdown of the Top 10 most played bubblegum songs from the season! We celebrate the most interesting and entertaining moments! How did we survive a season of Echo Valley without Kid Bubblegum?!

EV98 (S4E18) Bubblegum Bounces Back!

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It's the Season 4 Finale! A final choice is made to replace Kid Bubblegum as Echo Valley intern! A reading from a Partridge Family novel! A visit to the Groovie Goolies' garden! Bobby Sherman on the Sonny and Cher Show! Some platinum age gum from the Hoosier Hot Shots, The season ends on an optimistic note with plenty of great bubblegum from The Archies, Flying Machine, The Jackson 5, The DeFranco Family, The Partridge Family, Barry Williams, Four Jacks and a Jill, Johnny Cymbal (as Brother John), The Greenbeats, Yellow Balloon, Amboy Dukes, Bruce Roberts, and Paul Williams!

EV97 (S4E17) The Echo Valley Christmas Special That Almost Wasn’t

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Can Danny Partridge replace Kid Bubblegum as Echo Valley intern? Enjoy the Echo Valley Christmas Special that almost wasn't! The Professor is a little down (with Kid Bubblegum gone), a little tired (having caught Mrs. Professor Bubblegum's case of the sniffles) and a little behind his time (though you wouldn't think me ill-used if I were to dock him half a crown for it!). A dramatic reading of the official program for the 1969 Boyce and Hart Vegas Christmas Show that ended their career! We eavesdrop on a Christmas phone call between Betty Cooper and Archie Andrew's mom! Plenty of great bubblegum music from ABBA before they were ABBA and when they were The Hep Stars, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Archies, The Monkees, The Osmonds, Fifth Estate, The Muppets, Johnny Tillotson, Banaroo, Bob Morrison, The Jaynettes, The Little Kids, The Boys Next Door, Robert Wells and Little Mike Watson, Boyce and Hart, and the Roger Nichols Trio!

EV96 (S4E16) Still Another Bubblegum Intervention

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It's another bubblegum intervention! Hope this time it finally sticks! We read a legendary memo from Robert Reed to Brady Bunch producers complaining about bad scripts! Strange gum from Honey Boo Boo! Secret origin of the Newlywed Game Theme! Bubblegum Hall of Famer Joey Levine! Plenty of great bubblegum pop from Keith, Jimmy Osmond, Rick Springfield, Bobby Sherman, Johnny Cymbal, Eddie Hazelton (Eddie Rambeau), Lillipops, S Club 7, Robin McNamara, Banana Splits, Ohio Express, Reunion, Rock 'n' Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Co., and Charo!

EV95 (S4E15) Another Bubblegum Intervention

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Another hour of the bubbliest, most inspiringly gummiest, upbeat funnest bubblegum popiest music you're likely to hear. This time this really will cure what ails you. A tribute to Boyce and Hart! The songs of Johnny Cymbal! A reading of a teen advice column from a 1968 Tippy Teen comic book! The Echo Valley Time Machine goes back to 1904 for the Woodchuck Song! Plenty of healthy bubblegum music from The Archies, Giorgio, The Music Explosion, Mama Cass, The Strangeloves, The Blue Mink, The Glamrock Brothers, Roger Krug with Billy Action, Joyride, The Partridge Family, The Easybeats and Anders 'N' Ponica!