The World of David the Gnome with Danielle Henderson - Breakfast Quest 100
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Writer Danielle Henderson joins Nick and Lars to watch the final episode of The World of David the Gnome, a Spanish-animated adaptation of a Dutch children's book series about the adventures of a veterinarian gnome and his animal friends. In the episode we watched, all the main characters die! Enjoy! Send your emails to ! You can find the episode we watched, "The Mountains of Beyond," on youtube !
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Ghostbusters with Tom O'Donnell - Breakfast Quest 99
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Author and writer Tom O'Donnell returns to Breakfast Studios to join Nick and Lars for an episode of Ghostbusters, the mid-'80s cartoon classic featuring all your favorite characters from the movie of the same name. It's Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman, Slimer, and the rest, battling those ghoulish fiends, the "ghosts" in New York City. Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Ooze, Proton Packs! The whole shebang. This show is as iconic as it gets. Just kidding - we watched that shitty knock-off show with two dumbasses and a gorilla. You were thinking of The Real Ghostbusters. That's not what we...
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Clarissa Explains It All with Amanda Justice - Breakfast Quest 98
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Filmmaker and comedian Amanda Justice joins Nick and Lars to watch early '90s Nickelodeon classic Clarissa Explains It All, a live-action sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart about a precocious teenage girl. The episode we watched is about Clarissa getting a crush on a weatherman and becoming obsessed with weather. Topics discussed within include Point Break, cereal influencing, and the good part of Donnie Darko. Send your emails to ! You can find the episode we watched, "Clarissa's Crush," on on DailyMotion .
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The Mysterious Cities of Gold with Maggie Serota - Breakfast Quest 97
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Writer Maggie Serota returns to join Nick and Lars for an episode of The Mysterious Cities of Gold, an early '80s Japanese / French animated series about 16th century South America that was broadcast on Nickelodeon through the '80s. The episode that we watched was about a Spanish vagabond named Mendoza stealing a cannon and then getting nearly executed. Topics discussed within include Twin Peaks, sports jokes, and the trustworthiness of birds. Send your emails to ! You can find the episode we watched, "Esteban's Medallion," on your digital media store of choice.
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Bionic Six with Geordie Broadwater - Breakfast Quest 96
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Writer and director Geordie Broadwater comes back to Brakfast Quest to join Nick and Lars for an episode of Bionic Six, a mid-'80s boys' action cartoon about a "family" of technologically enhanced superheroes. We watched the series finale, "That's All Folks," which the story of some cartoon characters falling into a dimension filled with cartoon characters and suffering from existential dread. Send your emails to ! You can find the episode we watched .
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Mister T with Joe Berkowitz and Zoe Schwab - Breakfast Quest 95
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Writers and comedians Joe Berkowitz and Zoe Schwab join Nick and Lars to enjoy a slice of true cartoon insanity: Mister T, the early '80s animated vehicle for actor and lifestyle brand-made-flesh Mr. T. This series is about the title character driving around the United States with a bus full of gymnasts to find crime and stop it in its tracks. The episode that we watched is about a bunch of New Mexican monks who steal TV's and murder children. HOLY HELL WAS THIS SHOW INTENSE. Send your emails to ! You can find the episode we watched, "Mystery of the Forbidden Monastery" on the...
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Pusteblume with Fred Nicolaus - Breakfast Quest 94
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Frontman of Golden Suits and podcaster Fred Nicolaus comes back for another go 'round in Breakfast Studios to join Nick and Lars for an episode of Pusteblume, a live action, German-language educational show from the late '70s. As a first, this is a foreign language show with no subtitles or sound-dubbing, so we basically had no idea what was happening. The episode we watched was about growing pumpkins, so take a listen if you want to hear three people not understanding how to grow pumpkins! Send your emails to ! You can watch the episode we watched .
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Dragon Ball Z with Patrick Monahan - Breakfast Quest 93
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Patrick Monahan returns to join Nick and Lars for an episode of the action anime classic Dragon Ball Z (on the recommendation of Thomas, a listener who sent some suggestions to us in an email). If you don't know the show, it's an incredibly slow-moving and lore-rich show about dudes who fight each other by talking about fighting each other. The episode we watched is the one where series protagonist Goku gets so mad his hair changes color. Send your emails to ! You can watch the episode we watched, "Transformed at Last," on Funimation's subscription service. If you have an easier way to...
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Kids Incorporated with Faryl Amadeus - Breakfast Quest 92
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Comedian and actor (and Nick's spouse) Faryl Amadeus joins Nick and Lars to watch an episode of Kids Incorporated, a musically-driven live-action sitcom that originally aired on The Disney Channel from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. The episode we watched was somehow a meditation on the birth of modernity via the emergence of comedy as legitimate cinema, set during the early days of silent film. Weird. Send your emails to ! You can watch the episode we watched .
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Emu's Pink Windmill Show with Branson Reese - Breakfast Quest 91
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Comedian Branson Reese joins Nick and Lars to watch an episode of Emu's Pink Windmill Show, a live-action kids' variety show starring British comedian Rod Hull and his emu puppet, Emu. It's most famous for incredible dancing from its cast of child actors, but the episode that we watched also included witches, robots, and lots of confusing British geographical names. Topics discussed include mismatched socks, environmentalism, and motorcycle tragedies. Send your emails to ! You can watch the episode we watched .
info_outlineNick and Lars are joined by Emily Carmichael, filmmaker and purveyor of kidcandrive.com, to luxuriate in an episode of the classic (?) 80's kids' series Rainbow Brite. In this episode, Rainbow Brite and all of her colorful friends contend with a visiting alien who is able to drain joy and color from the worlds both inside and outside of the TV screen.