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[0:00] Bryan Plofsky: Hello, and welcome to the official Broadway Podcast, where we're drunk on theater. I'm your host, Bryan Plofsky, and I'm so blue, but ain't no road long enough for an easy-going day. It's an upside-down world, so all together now on this sunny day, sweeping the clouds away. Joining us today are the usual grouch anthems, including Kevin, can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street, Jaeger? That opening line where they do that right before the opening, it's so incredible. Thank you, Sesame Street. Kimberly, our one little star game master and unofficial babysitter for the hour. Hello. And with us are some bird watchers, who are our usual two hammies. Let's give a big Broadway-sted welcome to Friends of the Show.

Friends of the Show! Aaron J. Albano and Nikisha Williams, will you? All right. So this week we watched Follow That Bird, or excuse me, Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird. Oh, is that the whole title, officially? Yes. Brought to you by the letters W and B. We, just so you all know, we recorded this before the election, so we hope that you can just enjoy this regardless. So we're either cheering you up, or we're keep going with the celebrations. But to start this all off, what are you drinking? What are you drinking?

[1:49] Nikisha Williams: So I have been drinking my feelings a lot, so I'm taking a break. And I just have a nice cup of lemon ginger tea on this rainy, cold day.

[2:06] Bryan Plofsky: Yay! Does that mug say thankful?

[2:08] Nikisha Williams: It does, because I'm a fall, I was going to say, rhymes with witch, but I'm a fall girl.

[2:18] Bryan Plofsky: You're a fall witch.

[2:19] Nikisha Williams: I'm a fall witch. Yes, you're right, you're right. Kevin, what are you drinking?

[2:24] Kevin Jaeger: I'm drinking a crisp apple Angry Orchard cider.

[2:29] Bryan Plofsky: Beautiful. I'm up to with the fall and the rain to like have like an apple cider drink, so like we're going with that.

[2:33] Kevin Jaeger: Totally, yes. Erin?

[2:39] Aaron J. Albano: I am drinking a White Claw, one that I purchased myself, and it is watermelon.

[2:46] Nikisha Williams: Likes them now.

[2:47] Aaron J. Albano: I do, the watermelon is really good. Watermelon is my favorite, because I love watermelon, not hard seltzer.

[2:50] Bryan Plofsky: And Kimberly, what are you drinking?

[2:59] Kimberly: I have a black cherry White Claw, and it is a tall boy from my husband's personal collection.

[3:05] Bryan Plofsky: Wait, how did, how did, what do you talk, this is me being a child, what is the, what's the difference between a tall boy and a regular one?

[3:10] Kimberly: Much bigger.

[3:15] Bryan Plofsky: How much bigger?

[3:16] Kimberly: Um, 32 ounces.

[3:31] Bryan Plofsky: Oh, and this is 19.2. Oh, 170 calories versus how many calories in yours?

[3:40] Kimberly: 100.

[3:41] Bryan Plofsky: All right, 70 more calories worth of White Claw. So almost two. Well, I am drinking some Bullet bourbon on the rocks. So cheers, everybody. So let's get into Follow That Bird. Let's go around. I want your relationship with Follow That Bird and specifically Follow That Bird. Not just Sesame Street. And then what you thought about this. I'll actually start. I've seen this 50 times. The last time I saw it, though, I was probably like eight. So I, while watching this, I realized that I'm like, I like waves of nostalgia. I remember Big Bird trying to pack the suitcase. Like, lots of visuals were very clear. And I knew, though I didn't know every word, but I knew every song. And so I really enjoy. I'm interested to hear what you all say, because my nostalgia is so strong for this movie. I'm curious if like if it's actually good or like if I enjoy it to an extent, if that makes sense.

[4:46] Aaron J. Albano: I also watched it a lot as a kid. I remember watching it off of a VHS that I taped off of the TV and would watch it all the time because this comes from an era like of Sesame Street pre-Elmo. Like that was the most striking thing.

[5:15] Kevin Jaeger: Elmo existed at this point, but he's not all in.

[5:18] Aaron J. Albano: He's not the tickle me of fame.

[5:20] Kevin Jaeger: No, he's like piling in the window at the end.

[5:24] Aaron J. Albano: I mean, funny you say that because I had to look it up. I was like, is this a pre-Elmo? But Elmo does exist. But like, he's not like basically if this was made today, Elmo would have been switched out for Grover.

[5:35] Kevin Jaeger: I mean, Elmo would have been switched out for Big Bird. But like, yeah. This is also fascinating to see because this is so early in Sesame Street's history that Snuffleupagus is still Big Bird's imaginary friend.

[5:48] Nikisha Williams: Yes.

[5:48] Aaron J. Albano: What is it? I wasn't sure because I feel like the movie like Toad that Lion, whether he was real or not.

[5:54] Kevin Jaeger: This is right before they introduced him into the series as real, because kids were getting so upset that no one believed Big Bird that he had this friend. So like little kids are having so many issues with that, but they realized that like the imaginary friend angle isn't working, which is why Snuffleupagus is never with anyone else but Big Bird alone.

[6:18] Aaron J. Albano: Also, to go off of what Kevin's saying, this is so early-ish in the run that Sesame Street still looks like the urban street that it's supposed to be in terms of like broken down, like real inner city.

[6:30] Kevin Jaeger: It still looks like Avenue Q.

[6:36] Aaron J. Albano: Yeah, because I haven't watched in a while, but my memory of it is it being a lot cleaner, a lot sharper, a lot more safe looking, not like a junkyard. Because if you look at the very beginning on Big Bird's adoption sheet, it actually says like lives in an alley on Sesame Street or something like that. It was crazy.

[6:57] Kevin Jaeger: He lives in a back alley.

[7:00] Aaron J. Albano: Yeah, I remember loving it. I still loved it. In nice like Muppets fashion, the adult themes stuck out to me more as an adult than they did when I was a kid, which was beautiful and struck me in all the feels. And yeah, I think this holds up in the same way and in very different ways than it did when I was a kid, but still very wonderfully.

[7:30] Nikisha Williams: So I have never seen this in my life. I was never really a Sesame Street watcher growing up. If I was at daycare and it was like on the TV, like, okay, I would watch it. And I definitely remember Count Dracula and all that stuff. There are certain characters that I remember. And when Snuffleupagus came up, I just had a vague memory of maybe I had a toy of him when I was little. So I was like, oh, wow, okay. But yeah, so this is my first time watching it. And I thought it was cute for what it is. I think that it's a good theme and it still resonates well with if any kid were to watch it in any generation, I think it still kind of would hold up in a sense. But it took me down a path of figuring out the Muppets and Sesame Street and when did the Muppets get on Sesame Street?

Because I was like, wait a minute, I don't think that Kermit the Frog was ever a part of this. But then it was like, oh, yeah, I know they joined later on down the line to be a part of the actual Sesame Street show while they also had their own, Jim Henson had his own creation of things. So that was interesting to look up. But yeah, it was hard to watch because it is a kid's show and I'm not a kid and I don't have any nostalgia attached to it. So I was just like, okay, this is cute. But as far as just a movie and the structure of everything, I feel like I would have enjoyed this as a kid if I watched it as a kid.

[9:10] Kevin Jaeger: I'm the same as Bryan and Aaron. I watched this all the time as a kid. We had this on VHS. I could sing all of the songs. There were a few things here and there I didn't remember specifically, but most of it I really remembered. And just like Aaron, a lot of it resonated differently as an adult. I just have to say that the two Dodo children being named Dottie and Marie is the greatest thing that I did not realize until then. I 100% did not catch that when I was a child. I didn't catch that until this watch and I was like, well done Sesame Street. Well done. But yeah, I just had a good time with this. This is like nostalgia, like happy place for me.

[9:50] Kimberly: I had also never seen nor heard of this movie.

[9:55] Bryan Plofsky: Oh, really?

[9:56] Kimberly: Yeah. I also was not a big Sesame Street person. I don't know if it like went downhill during me and Nikisha's childhood. Because I also like if it was on, I would watch it. But it was not like a thing that was always on. I was into We Sing in Sillyville.

[10:14] Kevin Jaeger: Sure.

[10:14] Kimberly: What brings a lot to me. Or like Power Rangers. Like I don't remember.

[10:19] Bryan Plofsky: Absolutely.

[10:20] Kimberly: Sesame Street. It's funny because I watched all of those too. So I guess like that continued, but Sesame Street fell off a little bit because I mean, I know We Sing in Sillyville like the back of my hand. I'm also wondering, like, I didn't realize it literally until you just said that. I'm like, is it boy heavy? Is Follow That Bird boy heavy? And it kind of.

[10:40] Kevin Jaeger: No, I think it's more that Sesame Street hit or like hit big in the like early 80s.

[10:49] Kimberly: And like 85. So that's before me or my sister were born.

[10:54] Kevin Jaeger: Right.

[10:54] Kimberly: And that's like, I have older siblings. Like I knew Follow That Bird because like my little sister was born and or my older sister was born in 81. So like they were watching this like this was like prime stuff for a four or five year old kid.

[11:10] Aaron J. Albano: Yeah, that's what I was born. I was just ushered into this like already owned VHS world.

[11:16] Kevin Jaeger: Yeah.

[11:16] Kimberly: I'm just realizing like because there are a lot of this might take us down a very different path. But like all the early sort of Muppets, like especially in Sesame Street. Are there any girl Muppets? Like I know all the girls are.

[11:28] Kevin Jaeger: No, the none of the Muppets are female. All the females are the older cast members.

[11:35] Kimberly: Interesting.

[11:38] Kevin Jaeger: Like Maria.

[11:39] Kimberly: Olivia.

[11:40] Kevin Jaeger: Gloria.

[11:40] Kimberly: Yeah. I mean, that's interesting. There aren't even that many girl Muppets. You have Gabby, you have.

[11:48] Kimberly: I couldn't even name anyone. I mean, I haven't watched Sesame Street in so long. I know there are more.

[11:53] Kevin Jaeger: Prairie Dawn.

[11:55] Kimberly: Huh?

[11:56] Kevin Jaeger: Prairie Dawn.

[11:57] Kimberly: Yes.

[11:58] Kevin Jaeger: Was like a very famous female Muppet on Sesame Street.

[12:02] Kimberly: My sister had a Prairie Dawn doll.

[12:05] Kevin Jaeger: There's also Rodeo Rosie.

[12:08] Kimberly: Okay.

[12:09] Kevin Jaeger: Rodeo Rosie, who is like a rodeo cowgirl.

[12:13] Kimberly: She sounds cool.

[12:14] Kevin Jaeger: Right. And there's Kate Monster and there's Lucy.

[12:18] Kimberly: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[12:21] Bryan Plofsky: I guess this is a good. I know. But what this did bring up is I, although I hadn't known, and maybe it's just that Snuffleupagus was really popular, but that is the only thing I remembered. But I had never seen his name spelled since I could read. And I was like Snuffleupagus?

[12:39] Kevin Jaeger: Yes.

[12:42] Bryan Plofsky: I thought it was Snuffleupagus.

[12:44] Kevin Jaeger: It was Puget.

[12:46] Bryan Plofsky: I had, Jay and I had a huge debate. I was like, look, it says Snuffleupagus. And he was like, no, no, it's Snuffleupagus. The P is an F. And I was like, no. Receipts.

[12:56] Kevin Jaeger: Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. But I like, when I was little, I once renamed my dog Snuffleupagus.

[13:02] Kimberly: Aw.

[13:03] Bryan Plofsky: That's cute. Well, on that note, Nikisha brought up a little bit and then Kimberly just brought it up. Watching this now, how much of this resonated with you as an adult and how much of it still felt like a kid's movie? I feel like the Muppets movies that we previously watched were almost 50-50 in terms of that adult humor versus it was still entertaining for kids. I guess this movie, did you feel it leaned more towards the children's side? And what percent would you give it? That kind of thing.

[13:38] Nikisha Williams: 90% for children. Also, I work with children, so I also know all the tricks. I'm like, those adults are talking like they know children are watching.

[13:50] Bryan Plofsky: Absolutely.

[13:51] Kimberly: I also went on a deep dive of what Maria's been up to.

[13:56] Kevin Jaeger: Sure.

[14:04] Nikisha Williams: Sesame Street. Hell yeah. That's her career. And she remembers like watching her get married.

[14:12] Aaron J Albano: Yeah, that was totally me too. Yes.

[14:16] Nikisha Williams: The Luke and Laura of Sesame Street. Yep. What her and Louise. Yeah.

[14:24] Bryan: Does everyone else agree that it was way more kid friendly or kid heavy? And, and what adult things did you pull out of it this time? What, what was too childish for you? What was like, very adult centric?

[14:33] Nikisha Williams: Well, I'm, I'm sure Aaron will talk about this because we had talked about it in our group message. But Mrs. Finch, that whole narrative of being with your own kind definitely was a more of an adult theme that you wouldn't catch as a kid. And I loved at the end when the lead girl was just like, but we're all different kinds of, there's different things here, you know, people and animals. We have all kinds. And I was like, oh, that's beautiful. I dig that. That's a good way to. I was crying on that on it. Yeah.

[15:17] Aaron J Albano: But literally what one specific like kid moment that just made me really annoyed watching it was when they were trying to get Big Bird out of the cage and he like kept talking and they like were trying to go through the keys and they kept shushing him like the whole time. It was just like a lot and I was just- It was a really long sequence.

[15:38] Nikisha Williams: It was maybe just because it was long. Cause I'm like, y'all are still telling this person to like be quiet. And I guess the humor, I mean, the humor is the kid humor is, is that he is talking and that someone's asleep. Right. But yeah, I think it was just cause it was a long sequence. Kimberly, I agree with that, that I was just like really annoyed.

[15:58] Bryan: I thought I would too. I was like, you've tried every key on the ring. You didn't want to like breeze past the middle and just try to.

[16:07] Nikisha Williams: Right.

[16:09] Aaron J Albano: What I think is interesting about this to keep in perspective is like the Muppet movies that we have watched were like solely made for entertainment value and like family friendly entertainment. So they were thinking about parents and kids watching together. Whereas like Sesame Street a hundred percent comes from like an educational television background. So what Sesame Street does really well, and I think they handle very well in this movie is taking complex adult themes and like funneling them down into like easy to understand pieces of information for children.

[16:44] Nikisha Williams: Um, so I think that they do a really like they like as an adult watching this, it was very clear to me what they were saying about a lot of stuff that they weren't actually spelling out by saying like the, you should be with your own kind, you should be with birds. And then like them being like, we don't need all kinds. Like we're all here together for each other. Like the way that that all played out, like they're saying something very complex that like it's super important for kids to learn young. And so like, I think a lot of it is much more kid related, but I think between my nostalgia and my like seeing what they're saying to kids thing, it was still an enjoyable experience for me to think about like, oh, this is actually really great that like I got this message as a little kid.

[17:35] Aaron J Albano: Yeah. I think it's definitely like this aspect of all of it resonates the same. We just now know what they're doing and we can articulate it.

[17:41] Nikisha Williams: Yeah. I also I also weirdly want to point out that I think this movie was well directed in terms of even if sequences felt long, it was very clear what was happening. Like they were jumping from the cage, the car was like the shots were very wide, very clear of what like action wise, what was happening. And I thought a lot of the transitions were also really good. So I just wanted to look up the director. It's Ken Kuapas, who has directed multiple episodes of The Office, things like Freaks and Geeks, Malcolm in the Middle. But maybe more importantly, he directed in the movie, isn't he? The dad from Freaks and Geeks.

[18:21] Bryan: The dad from Freaks and Geeks is in the movie. Yes, he's he's one of the the brothers. And then the other brother is the SCTV guy who does like Strange Brew and whatnot with Rick Moranis. And he is he's in that his name is what's his name? He has the same name, Dave Thomas, the same as Wendy's. But the director also directed Dunstan Checks In and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. And he's just he's he's just not that into you, which I think it's very funny that a lot of all those movies, while maybe kid oriented or like teen oriented, all have a heart to it. And as well as the the shows that he directed, like the Malcolm in the Middle, like The Office. Yes, they're funny. But the reason we love those shows is because there's an underlying constant heart to it. So I thought it was very interesting to see that he got one of his starts in his second movie directed in Sesame Street. So I thought that was super cool.

[19:25] Nikisha Williams: I also want to point out that Big Bird made a very quick decision at the beginning of this movie to move out of Sesame Street. But I also wanted to point out that we also make very quick decisions in For Fridays in the Corner with Kevin. Today, today, today, today, today, today.

[19:45] Bryan: Wow, that one took me by surprise in a while.

[19:49] Kevin: Seamless.

[19:50] Bryan: That was a good one. Okay, so Fridays in the Corner with Kevin, I thought we'd do a fun little game because I was thinking a lot about how this movie was like such a cornerstone of like my childhood entertainment experience. So what I thought we'd do is we're going to go around the circle for a couple rounds. And this is how it's going to work. You are going to share with the group a like movie, TV show, entertainment experience that was like a staple of your childhood. Then once you've shared that moment, everybody else in the group will say yes or no if that was like a thing that was also part of their childhood. If you get more than two, if you get two or more people saying that yes, that was also a thing of my childhood, you get a point. If you don't, you don't get a point. And then we'll keep track and just see who has most points, which means you're the most popular childhood.

[20:49] Nikisha Williams: I'm already racing through my mind. None of these are children's movies.

[20:53] Aaron J Albano: I'm like, this is calculated. Okay, great.

[20:56] Kevin: Did you say, is it just movie or can it be a TV show?

[20:59] Nikisha Williams: It can be movies, TV shows. It can be like anything in kid pop culture.

[21:04] Kevin: Yes. Great. Great. Great. Great. Great. Great.

[21:08] Nikisha Williams: Like, I'll go, I'll go first. Okay.

[21:11] Bryan: Do we need to write this down? I feel like we need to write this down.

[21:13] Kevin: Should we vote? Everyone says yes or no.

[21:17] Nikisha Williams: Should I go like this? We'll do it out loud.

[21:21] Aaron J Albano: And then, um, do you have paper? Yeah.

[21:28] Bryan: I also have paper. Brian has paper.

[21:32] Kevin: Okay. Brian will keep score. Cause Aaron's a mess.

[21:34] Aaron J Albano: Okay, that watermelon white claw, man.

[21:39] Nikisha Williams: I'm going to go first. And I think we'll see how this goes. It might be like a regional thing, but I, as a little kid loved the letter people, which was a TV show that was like low budget with puppets. And each puppet was a different letter. And like, they had like 20 minute episodes where it was like, I explained what their letter sounds like. And they each had like a specific like statement that went with their letter. Like miss a was, uh, was at shoe because she sneezed a lot. So it was like, you knew app was the sound of a T was tall. P with 40 patches. Yeah. Well, that's cute.

[22:20] Bryan: That's a no from me, dog. I was about to say the same thing.

[22:24] Aaron J Albano: Wait, question about this. Wait, do that. How kitty are we going? Are they like educational?

[22:34] Nikisha Williams: That was, that was for when I was in kindergarten, we used to watch that in school in Catholic. So are we going like, like 10 and under?

[22:44] Bryan: I love how I love how we're all debating the rules of Kevin's corner, but we know it's a free for all.

[22:49] Kevin: Yeah, there's definitely anything we want. If you just go wherever you want to go with.

[22:52] Nikisha Williams: Okay. So yeah, not no for me, dog. I got zero points for that one.

[22:59] Aaron J Albano: Yeah. Sorry, girl. Sorry.

[23:01] Nikisha Williams: Um, one thing that I remember from my childhood very vividly is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[23:11] Aaron J Albano: I loved them. I ran, I ran around. I was Leonardo for multiple Halloweens. And I wanted to, I owned swords, like, anytime I could like decorate my house before this one, like, I would try to see if there were any katanas on sale.

[23:28] Bryan: Beautiful.

[23:31] Nikisha Williams: Sorry, how many did I get?

[23:32] Aaron J Albano: Yes.

[23:33] Bryan: One. Oh, yeah.

[23:34] Nikisha Williams: Two, three.

[23:36] Aaron J Albano: No, no, I mean, I watched like, like one or two episodes, but it wasn't like, yeah, this was my jam.

[23:43] Trisha: Fatty.

[23:46] Nikisha Williams: Okay, so three, I got three points.

[23:48] Bryan: Yeah, Nikisha.

[23:49] Nikisha Williams: Wait.

[23:52] Nikisha Williams: Okay, like 10 things just flashed through my brain. It's like a BuzzFeed article. I am trying to also figure out which one will give me the most points. So I'm gonna say this is gonna be a toy. Tamagotchis.

[24:10] Aaron J Albano: Yeah.

[24:12] Nikisha Williams: Absolutely.

[24:14] Bryan: Cool, cool, cool.

[24:15] Aaron J Albano: Evan, you've never had a Tamagotchi?

[24:17] Nikisha Williams: No.

[24:18] Aaron J Albano: I was too old for Tamagotchis. But I also grew up in like, an Asian, like, very Asian Lee dominated elementary school. So all the girls definitely had Tamagotchis.

[24:29] Nikisha Williams: My sister had Tamagotchi. Well, I didn't like, I will say it's a cornerstone. Because like, when my sister got obsessed with something like I got pulled into that, like, I've seen every single Mary Kate and Ashley movie.

[24:39] Bryan: Yes.

[24:46] Nikisha Williams: So how many? How many?

[24:48] Bryan: Three.

[24:50] Nikisha Williams: Three.

[24:51] Bryan: All right.

[24:53] Nikisha Williams: Mary Kate and Ashley movies, specifically the like, at well, they were like all like the sleepover ones. Like the sleepover ones. Yes. We'll be home by dinnertime. The detective.

[25:06] Bryan: Yes. When the opening when they like, just put sunscreen on half of their sister's face.

[25:16] Nikisha Williams: That's always when I put on sunscreen to this day, on my face. That is what I think of.

[25:22] Aaron J Albano: Do not look like the youngest Olsen.

[25:25] Nikisha Williams: Now it's like look like the youngest.

[25:26] Bryan: The case of logical I ranch. I've seen them all.

[25:31] Aaron J Albano: I've seen zero.

[25:32] Nikisha Williams: There's so many.

[25:34] Bryan: Double toil and trouble. That's the only one.

[25:37] Nikisha Williams: That's a good one. And to grandmother's house we go to holiday specials.

[25:41] Bryan: To grandmother's house we go.

[25:43] Nikisha Williams: Of course, we shouldn't play in two different parts.

[25:47] Bryan: So good.

[25:49] Nikisha Williams: You want to do hocus pocus? She already did it.

[25:51] Bryan: So Kimberly got two points.

[25:53] Nikisha Williams: Yes.

[25:55] Bryan: Brian.

[25:56] Aaron J Albano: I'm gonna go with Rugrats.

[26:02] Bryan: Yes. Yeah.

[26:04] Nikisha Williams: Hands down.

[26:06] Bryan: Absolutely.

[26:07] Aaron J Albano: So that's three.

[26:08] Bryan: Yeah, that's three.

[26:10] Aaron J Albano: No Rugrats?

[26:11] Bryan: No Rugrats. I was, I was, I was a little too old for that generation of Nickelodeon.

[26:16] Nikisha Williams: I was a Nickelodeon kid. Like we didn't watch Disney Channel at all.

[26:19] Bryan: My sister and I were Nickelodeon people.

[26:22] Nikisha Williams: Nickelodeon Cartoon Network. That's it.

[26:23] Bryan: Yeah.

[26:25] Aaron J Albano: You know, it didn't even exist when I was a kid.

[26:27] Bryan: Yeah. Yeah.

[26:31] Nikisha Williams: So now what happens?

[26:33] Bryan: We have three people with three.

[26:34] Nikisha Williams: We're gonna do another round. And this time each matching thing is two points.

[26:40] Kevin: Okay.

[26:42] Bryan: Um, so this round I'm going to say, uh, love as a kid. This is your game. I'm going to say fairy tale theater, which

[26:55] Nikisha Williams: Yes.

[26:56] Bryan: Wait, wait, wait. Shelley Duvall did it. And it was like big, famous, famous celebrities were playing the leads into like hour long specials of different fairy tales.

[27:08] Nikisha Williams: Oh, big time.

[27:10] Bryan: It was like Robin Williams played the Frog Prince. Pee Wee Herman played Pinocchio. Bernadette Peters and Christopher Reeves were Sleeping Beauty and the Prince. Like it was like the who's who of celebrities.

[27:24] Nikisha Williams: Oh, 100%. Yeah.

[27:25] Bryan: Hour long specials. And I used to literally rent them like they were like my job at Blockbuster Video.

[27:32] Nikisha Williams: Yes. We would, my sister and I would like, we had a list. We would go to Blockbuster, take a piece of paper and write all them out and then check them off as we, oh, we loved these. This is such a good one, Kevin.

[27:44] Bryan: Word. Good job.

[27:45] Nikisha Williams: Fairytale theater. Who else is with me?

[27:48] Aaron J Albano: I'm sorry.

[27:51] Bryan: That's four points though.

[27:53] Nikisha Williams: I got four points, but it's minus tripled. So it's actually 12.

[28:00] Bryan: Right.

[28:00] Kevin: Right. Next is Aaron. Go ahead.

[28:31] Bryan: While Aaron's thinking, listeners, while you guys are listening, keep track of how many like how many of these things you relate to and don't. And let us know in like the Facebook group who your childhood is most like.

[28:43] Kevin: Oh, that's cute. Okay, that's very good to be very generational.

[28:51] Nikisha Williams: They're all like, give her a hand to Keisha! Because we're not 12!

[28:56] Bryan: And you were thinking we're 12.

[28:58] Nikisha Williams: I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go with Captain Planet. He's our hero. He will.

[29:03] Bryan: Yeah, definitely Captain Planet. He brings, well, because he brings our pollution down to zero.

[29:09] Nikisha Williams: Correct. You know, I understand.

[29:10] Bryan: Yes, I'm gonna go with Captain Planet.

[29:15] Aaron J Albano: Okay, it just wasn't my thing. I tried when I was younger.

[29:20] Nikisha Williams: Sorry.

[29:22] Aaron J Albano: Yeah, I hate the planet, guys.

[29:25] Nikisha Williams: When you were pretending to be Captain Planet peak characters, which one were you? And why was it always the blonde girl?

[29:32] Bryan: Was Captain Planet the one where they were all like parts of the world and then their rings went together?

[29:37] Nikisha Williams: Yeah, they were. Yes. It was a very...

[29:39] Bryan: Also, if you don't know that, I don't know if that's included a cornerstone.

[29:43] Nikisha Williams: I remember watching...

[29:44] Bryan: If he remembers the rings, it's fine.

[29:46] Nikisha Williams: I remember like, every time I put a ring on, I'd go like this and be like...

[29:49] Bryan: See, I remember some of the things, but like, they weren't cornerstones, so I didn't vote.

[29:54] Nikisha Williams: Right.

[29:55] Bryan: That's, that's right. But if they feel influential, I'm gonna...

[30:03] Nikisha Williams: But if they feel influential enough where she got really excited when I said it, that counts.

[30:06] Aaron J Albano: I'm just trying to take points away from Erin.

[30:08] Nikisha Williams: Yeah, right.

[30:08] Bryan: I got, I got, I got eight points for that one. I got, no, I got seven. I was six points for that one.

[30:14] Nikisha Williams: All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. Nikisha.

[30:16] Nikisha Williams: I got six points for that one.

[30:18] Nikisha Williams: I'm gonna do Ren and Stimpy, because my mom always hated when I watched it.

[30:25] Nikisha Williams: Hated.

[30:27] Nikisha Williams: Hated when I watched it, but I loved it.

[30:29] Nikisha Williams: Happy Happy Joy Joy was a staple.

[30:32] Bryan: It's the staple.

[30:34] Nikisha Williams: Happy Happy Joy Joy, absolutely.

[30:35] Nikisha Williams: There was an episode in Ren and Stimpy where it's like, they make fun of like a science documentary, like a nature documentary. And they look at the Lummox, which is a big oafy dude and just like, tidy whities with like, smell lines coming off of him. I will never forget that. Like, that was so funny to me and my brother as kids.

[30:55] Bryan: Those like extreme zoom ins that have the detailed cartooning, which is like taken from anime and then what's it called? Does it to now? Spongebob does a lot like that is very in the forefront of my mind. Those like, those like freeze frame zoom ins for sure.

[31:12] Nikisha Williams: When they were selling rubber nipples, like, yeah. What?

[31:18] Bryan: Or log?

[31:20] Nikisha Williams: Or log as big as heavy as wood.

[31:22] Bryan: Oh, I remember a log.

[31:24] Nikisha Williams: It's like, wait, so who's on the Ren and Stimpy train?

[31:29] Aaron J Albano: Yeah, I can't. Yeah, I wasn't allowed to watch it, which is what made it better.

[31:32] Nikisha Williams: Yes.

[31:35] Bryan: Okay.

[31:38] Kimberly: Eureka's Castle.

[31:43] Nikisha Williams: Oh, you might have won this round.

[31:45] Bryan: I meant to do that.

[31:49] Kimberly: You may have just won this round.

[31:50] Bryan: Kimberly, I literally was thinking to say that exact thing. But I was like, I don't think anybody's gonna know Eureka's Castle.

[31:56] Nikisha Williams: Either because I was like, damn it. I don't really talk about it in life.

[32:01] Bryan: Wait, like, Magellan,

[32:04] Nikisha Williams: dragon.

[32:05] Bryan: Batley,

[32:08] Nikisha Williams: Batley.

[32:09] Bryan: And fuzzy one.

[32:11] Nikisha Williams: It was so great.

[32:14] Bryan: Yeah, it was the best.

[32:17] Nikisha Williams: It's one of those shows that I watched it so much, but I was so young that I don't remember any of the plots, but I can like picture things.

[32:24] Bryan: And I'm like, was there a time where like, eels were there? Wasn't the entire castle a wind up toy for a giant?

[32:31] Nikisha Williams: Yes, yes.

[32:33] Bryan: Yeah.

[32:34] Bryan: Eureka, Eureka's Castle.

[32:38] Nikisha Williams: I just looked it up. But I think it was two different shows.

[32:41] Kimberly: Skidamarinky Dinky Dink. Was that on?

[32:43] Nikisha Williams: That was the elephant show.

[32:44] Kimberly: The elephant show.

[32:45] Nikisha Williams: Skidamarinky Dinky Dink.

[32:47] Kimberly: Yes, yes. Sharon Lewis and Bram.

[32:49] Nikisha Williams: Yes.

[32:50] Bryan: Oh, man.

[32:52] Bryan: But in my mind, it's from Eureka's Castle.

[32:55] Bryan: Brian, bring us home.

[32:57] Bryan: Good Night Moon.

[32:59] Nikisha Williams: Oh, like the book?

[33:00] Bryan: The book Good Night Moon was a definite staple.

[33:05] Nikisha Williams: Sorry.

[33:07] Bryan: Wow. I thought I was gonna get all of you on that one.

[33:09] Nikisha Williams: I am shocked to my core.

[33:11] Bryan: Sorry.

[33:12] Nikisha Williams: Was that nobody?

[33:14] Bryan: That was Bella.

[33:17] Nikisha Williams: It was not a staple in my house.

[33:19] Bryan: Again, shocked.

[33:20] Nikisha Williams: Christian Childhood.

[33:22] Nikisha Williams: Is that the I'll love you forever, I'll love you for always?

[33:25] Bryan: No, that's I'll love you forever. And that's the saddest book of all time.

[33:28] Nikisha Williams: Yeah.

[33:29] Bryan: Good Night Moon is where like, this person's going to bed.

[33:35] Bryan: Good Night Moon is when they're going to bed. It's like, good night, chair. Good night, this. And then Good Night Moon.

[33:41] Nikisha Williams: Anyway, it doesn't matter because no one knows.

[33:43] Bryan: I think my daycare had it, but I did not care for it.

[33:47] Nikisha Williams: Well, I got zero points on that.

[33:49] Bryan: So sorry.

[33:52] Kevin: You tell the key to all the scores by going from the lowest to the highest.

[33:56] Bryan: Sure. I'm the lowest with three.

[34:01] Kevin: Evan is second lowest with four.

[34:05] Bryan: Aaron and Nikisha tied with nine.

[34:07] Bryan: And Kimberly pulled it out with Eureka's Castle, a sweep on that one.

[34:12] Bryan: You won that round.

[34:13] Nikisha Williams: How many more rounds are we doing?

[34:14] Bryan: Because I need to calculate my own anymore.

[34:17] Nikisha Williams: We'll do one more round.

[34:19] Bryan: OK. OK, one more round.

[34:20] Nikisha Williams: Now I'm thinking of books, Brian.

[34:23] Bryan: That books, that was a fail on books.

[34:25] Nikisha Williams: Don't think about books.

[34:27] Nikisha Williams: What are your thoughts on Harold and the Purple Crayon?

[34:32] Aaron J Albano: I don't know what that is.

[34:32] Nikisha Williams: Won't talk about it.

[34:35] Bryan: Way to check. Way to check.

[34:36] Nikisha Williams: OK. OK, I'll go.

[34:39] Nikisha Williams: My next one is Peewee's Playhouse.

[34:42] Bryan: Yeah, I'll go with that one.

[34:45] Nikisha Williams: One hundred percent.

[34:46] Bryan: This is at all points or three points for this one.

[34:50] Nikisha Williams: Yeah. Oh, gosh.

[34:52] Bryan: The pressure.

[34:52] Nikisha Williams: Wait, here's the question.

[34:54] Nikisha Williams: But before I choose, did they need to be did it need to be content directed to children?

[35:04] Bryan: Yeah, like you can't say like Shawshank Redemption for us like.

[35:08] Nikisha Williams: Well, no, but like if it was like directed for teens and I was watching, does that count or no?

[35:13] Bryan: You can say Saved by the Bell. That's fine.

[35:15] Nikisha Williams: I mean, I was going to. But then I have a better one.

[35:18] Bryan: But in the same vein.

[35:21] Kevin: Well, we'll vote when you say it, because that might be a little too old.

[35:24] Nikisha Williams: OK, but you get you just got like, I'm just because I know we're all going to probably raise our hand for that. So I'm trying to nix any points that Aaron can possibly get.

[35:33] Bryan: I'm playing Kevin in Kevin's corner.

[35:38] Kevin: Wait, so you so did Kevin just got he got he just got six points for that.

[35:41] Bryan: Kevin got six points for that.

[35:44] Nikisha Williams: New kids on the block at six, because you two both said it was worth three.

[35:47] Bryan: Yeah, correct.

[35:50] Nikisha Williams: My answer is new kids on the block.

[35:53] Bryan: Oh, man, we're too young over here.

[35:57] Nikisha Williams: You are too young over there.

[35:58] Bryan: We were in sync, Backstreet Boys.

[36:00] Nikisha Williams: Yes. Yeah.

[36:01] Bryan: I mean, I wasn't I knew the kids on the block, but I was afraid to like a group with too many boys in it because it would look like I was gay.

[36:09] Nikisha Williams: I did see Joey McIntyre as Fiero.

[36:13] Bryan: Oh, nice.

[36:14] Nikisha Williams: Oh, wow.

[36:15] Bryan: I just pulled a Brian where I was super confident about an answer and then it failed.

[36:19] Nikisha Williams: Failed.

[36:20] Nikisha Williams: Keisha.

[36:24] Nikisha Williams: Just because it's on Hulu right now, I'm going to say, Hey, Arnold.

[36:30] Bryan: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[36:31] Nikisha Williams: Move it, football head.

[36:32] Bryan: Oh, yeah, so good.

[36:34] Bryan: No, that's six.

[36:36] Bryan: Make sure all your answers, Nickelodeon based.

[36:40] Nikisha Williams: Maybe except for the time I got cheese.

[36:42] Bryan: Oh, yeah.

[36:44] Kimberly: I'm choosing between two very important television franchises. And I don't know which one everyone would have watched more of or which is like a sleeper hit.

[36:57] Kimberly: Don't get too confident.

[36:59] Kimberly: Salute your shorts.

[37:00] Bryan: Oh, yeah.

[37:02] Kevin: Was that a raised hand for you or no?

[37:04] Kimberly: I was not allowed to watch that show.

[37:06] Bryan: Oh, OK.

[37:08] Kimberly: Well, I wasn't allowed to watch most shows on Nickelodeon because they were all whores.

[37:14] Bryan: Oh, great. Oh, right, right, right.

[37:15] Kimberly: You couldn't watch Hey, Dude, which was my favorite show.

[37:17] Bryan: You can watch Hey, Dude.

[37:19] Kimberly: I should have said Hey, Dude.

[37:20] Bryan: You could watch Salute Your Shorts because they were disrespectful and disobedient.

[37:25] Kimberly: And like, they were like, oh my God, I can't watch Hey, Dude.

[37:29] Bryan: They were disrespectful and disobedient.

[37:32] Bryan: And like that was the humor of the show.

[37:35] Nikisha Williams: Every cartoon ever.

[37:36] Bryan: I know.

[37:36] Kimberly: I used to have a Camp Anoana shirt that was a T-shirt. And then I cut it into a muscle shirt when it got to the small room.

[37:43] Bryan: Amazing.

[37:45] Kimberly: Also, Salute Your Shorts had the scariest episode of television of my youth. Where like it was maybe it was a Halloween episode with a plumber.

[37:53] Nikisha Williams: Yes. Zeke the Plumber.

[37:54] Kimberly: Zeke the Plumber.

[37:56] Bryan: Nightmares.

[37:57] Nikisha Williams: Oh, yeah. Nightmares for years.

[37:59] Kimberly: Totally. About plungers.

[38:01] Nikisha Williams: Yeah, totally.

[38:02] Kimberly: That was a good one.

[38:03] Bryan: And like, but Nick would dress up. And I was like, terrified. A good one.

[38:08] Bryan: Yeah. OK.

[38:09] Bryan: And in a classic Kevin Porter twist, the winner is actually the lowest number of points.

[38:16] Bryan: So Brian, you're not a golfer.

[38:18] Nikisha Williams: Brian didn't go yet.

[38:19] Bryan: Well, Brian doesn't count, but I just let you know.

[38:23] Bryan: No, Brian has one chance to redeem himself.

[38:28] Bryan: So I'm going.

[38:30] Bryan: No wonder he's thinking the thing I didn't pick just now.

[38:34] Bryan: Well, it's one of.

[38:37] Bryan: At the end of this, I want to hear everybody's like honorable mention answer.

[38:41] Nikisha Williams: OK, then I'm going to go with the elephant show.

[38:44] Bryan: Yes. Yes.

[38:45] Nikisha Williams: Sharon Lewis and Bram, right? Yes. Yeah.

[38:48] Nikisha Williams: To be fair, I don't remember it other than Skidamarinky Dinky Dink.

[38:51] Bryan: But that was my favorite song, too.

[38:53] Nikisha Williams: I was like, but, you know, the hand motions because of that show.

[38:57] Bryan: Yeah, that's true.

[38:57] Nikisha Williams: And they were like in a spider web or something like that.

[39:01] Bryan: Because I love you in the morning and in the afternoon.

[39:03] Nikisha Williams: I love you in the evening.

[39:06] Nikisha Williams: Skidamarinky Dinky Dink, totally.

[39:08] Bryan: Nikita's like, I'm logging out now.

[39:12] Nikisha Williams: It's like, and stop video.

[39:16] Bryan: Wait, so let's. Guys, no one said, are you afraid of the dark?

[39:20] Nikisha Williams: I was surprised that Nikita did not.

[39:22] Bryan: I'm going to be honest. That was what I was choosing, which was with your.

[39:25] Nikisha Williams: I forgot about it. I'm such a terrible nineties baby.

[39:30] Bryan: Well, I'm going to want me to read the scores.

[39:33] Bryan: Let's go through.

[39:34] Bryan: So, Kimberly, what is it? Are you afraid of the dark? What's everybody else's honorable mention?

[39:38] Nikisha Williams: Honorable mention answers.

[39:40] Nikisha Williams: Mine would have if I went the Christian route, it would have been kids praise.

[39:44] Bryan: I thought I could say VeggieTales.

[39:46] Nikisha Williams: No, that would have been your guys's generation.

[39:49] Bryan: Oh, got it.

[39:50] Nikisha Williams: Other mentions would have been David the Gnome.

[39:53] Bryan: Oh, look around you.

[39:56] Kimberly: OK, well, I'm going to be busy.

[39:58] Bryan: Oh, totally. Oh, stick stickly.

[40:01] Nikisha Williams: Oh, yeah.

[40:02] Kimberly: Whenever Jamie and I are like picking something on TV, we'll say we'll say you pick live with stick stickly.

[40:08] Bryan: Literally, that's what we say to each other.

[40:10] Nikisha Williams: You pick live with stick stickly.

[40:14] Kimberly: I would have said My Little Ponies.

[40:18] Nikisha Williams: Yeah. Nice.

[40:20] Bryan: I wouldn't have been I wouldn't have voted for you. But yes, they are my bath time friends.

[40:26] Bryan: Speaking of toys, I just reminded me from a BuzzFeed article, something that was in the back of my childhood brain, the doodle bears.

[40:35] Kimberly: Do you remember those?

[40:36] Kimberly: Yes, I had one. I did, too.

[40:40] Nikisha Williams: They almost look like they were in like denim. And then, yeah, and you can wash them and then all the stuff will come off.

[40:46] Bryan: And then it was my sister had one, I think.

[40:49] Nikisha Williams: Yeah. What do I think people wrote on my doodle bear?

[40:53] Nikisha Williams: Oh, I'm the kind of girl because I'm a doodle bear.

[40:57] Bryan: I'm a doodle bear.

[40:59] Nikisha Williams: Yes. Teddy Ruxpin a thing to anyone or.

[41:03] Bryan: Yes, I know.

[41:05] Nikisha Williams: I love Teddy Ruxpin.

[41:07] Bryan: Oh, my buddy and kid sister.

[41:09] Nikisha Williams: Yes, my buddy, my buddy or kid sister.

[41:13] Bryan: See now all the good good answers are coming out.

[41:15] Bryan: Yeah, right. Right.

[41:17] Nikisha Williams: This may fall between a couple of us. But Beanie Babies.

[41:21] Bryan: Oh, of course. Yeah, for sure.

[41:23] Nikisha Williams: That was a little too old for them, but I know what they are like.

[41:25] Bryan: Yeah, same.

[41:27] Nikisha Williams: Which one?

[41:28] Bryan: It looks like I'm doing a lighter, but I'm lifting a fairy into the air.

[41:32] Nikisha Williams: Oh, the flight, the flight, the flight things.

[41:35] Bryan: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[41:36] Nikisha Williams: I would. I would say Pogs.

[41:38] Bryan: Pogs or milk ads.

[41:39] Nikisha Williams: Pogs.

[41:41] Bryan: Oh, damn. Pogs would have gotten a good vote.

[41:44] Nikisha Williams: I was going to say that, too, but I thought that I was.

[41:47] Bryan: I used to trade Pogs in kindergarten, like a little blackjack dealer.

[41:51] Nikisha Williams: Oh, I was also going to say Gargoyles. But I know none of you guys watch Disney Channel.

[41:55] Bryan: Oh, I loved Gargoyles.

[41:57] Nikisha Williams: Oh, that's so good.

[41:59] Bryan: I was awesome.

[42:00] Nikisha Williams: I also would have said like I also would have said Saved by the Bell, but I thought that would be too basic.

[42:05] Bryan: And I could have also said, like, Star Trek, the next generation.

[42:08] Nikisha Williams: That's not. No.

[42:10] Bryan: All right, Brian, tell us the scores from.

[42:13] Kimberly: Highest to lowest, lowest being the winner. Okay, the highest score was Kimberly with 19 points.

[42:24] Bryan: It was a tie for second most points. 15 for Nikisha and 15 for me.

[42:32] Aaron: Oh.

[42:34] Kevin: And the winner, aka the loser of this game is somebody had 10 points and somebody had 9 points.

[42:44] Nikisha: Oh.

[42:46] Bryan: Aaron had 9 points.

[42:48] Nikisha: Oh!

[42:50] Kevin: Wow.

[42:52] Bryan: Yes, Nukid's on the block, saved my day again.

[42:56] Kevin: This is the Kevin's corner.

[42:58] Kimberly: Yay, that was fun.

[43:01] Kevin: Nukid's on the block saved my life. Let's do it.

[43:05] Bryan: Nukid's on the block had a bunch of hits.

[43:07] Nikisha: That's what I was going to say.

[43:09] Kevin: That's my introduction.

[43:11] Bryan: LFO?

[43:13] Kevin: Yes, LFO.

[43:15] Bryan: Nukid's on the block had a bunch of hits.

[43:17] Nikisha: Yeah.

[43:19] Kevin: Who's your, let's do MVPs. Who is your MVP of this movie?

[43:21] Bryan: Kevin Rowles?

[43:25] Nikisha: Kevin Rowles.

[43:27] Bryan: Kevin Rowles?

[43:30] Kevin: Kevin Rowles is MVP.

[43:32] Kimberly: I'm going to go first this time because I keep getting my MVP taken. Go.

[43:36] Kimberly: This is pure nostalgia. I love Super Grover. He's my OG favorite superhero.

[43:40] Nikisha: Oh, yay.

[43:44] Kimberly: And he has the funniest line in the movie where he crashes into the car and he says, lunch? That was the one that actually made me chuckle. I have a Super Grover pop. I had a Grover doll growing up. And then the first time I saw it, I was like, wow. I was like, wow. And then the first time I saw it, I was like, wow. And then the first time I saw Star Wars, I was like, why does this little green thing sound like Grover? I was like, why does this little green thing sound like Grover? I couldn't get into Yoda. Because I only heard Grover.

[44:01] Aaron: Is that the same voice actor?

[44:13] Bryan: Frank Oz.

[44:15] Aaron: It's like the same voice essentially.

[44:17] Bryan: Yeah, basically. Just different grammar.

[44:19] Kimberly: I love Grover. There's a monster at the end of his book. It's like my favorite kids book. Grover all day, every day. Grover 100% got his contract taken from Elmo. When Elmo got like totally, totally back. Grover is totally the older show girl that got pushed down by Nomi Smalls. So that she could take over.

[44:42] Kevin: Grover is Geena Gershon?

[44:48] Bryan: Yes!

[44:52] Kevin: And Nomi Malone?

[44:55] Bryan: Nomi Malone, thank you. I said Nomi Smalls.

[44:59] Nikisha: Who wants to go next?

[45:05] Aaron: My MVP is honestly, my MVP is the writer who named the Dodo's Dottie and Marie. Because every time when they were playing, trying to play pretend. Like, I'll pretend I'm Dottie. I'll pretend I'm Marie. I was like, this is so good. So the writers are Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg.

[45:30] Kevin: Also, we didn't do it before. We should raise a glass to Jim Henson and Carol Spinney. And anyone else on this who has passed away since. But those are the two names that kind of stick out the most.

[45:42] Nikisha: I once went to go to a filming of it. And I met Carol Spinney like on the soundstage and everything.

[45:48] Bryan: That's cool.

[45:50] Kevin: I think there's a documentary of him.

[45:52] Nikisha: There is. It's really good. Mostly because I will live with a man who will openly weep. He saw Big Bird on the street once. Because he was doing a Billy on the Street thing. And Jay came out from the subway. Saw Big Bird holding a birthday cake. I was like, hi Big Bird. And Big Bird turned around and went, hi. And Jay burst into tears and had to sit down.

[46:18] Kimberly: That's amazing. I love that.

[46:21] Nikisha: So if you watched this movie with me last night at 1am. I'll go. I'll say my MVP. Maria. She's just so.

[46:33] Bryan: Wow. You just took the rug out from under her.

[46:37] Nikisha: I'm so sorry. Amazing. She's just so earnest and the perfect. There's a reason she was on that show for 44 years. She is the perfect kids performer. But is also talking to you like a human being. And she's just like, no. We have to go get Big Bird. He's our family.

[46:58] Kevin: Did you say she was in the original cast of Godspell?

[47:00] Nikisha: Yeah.

[47:02] Bryan: Good for her.

[47:04] Kevin: Very cool.

[47:06] Nikisha: She left Carnegie Mellon to go to Godspell. And then she booked Sesame Street. I told you I did a deep dive. She lives on the Upper West Side. Her own kid played her kid on Sesame Street.

[47:16] Bryan: That I knew. I knew that her real daughter played it.

[47:21] Nikisha: That's amazing. Being a Broadway performer is amazing and all. But having a job for 44 years is pretty.

[47:29] Kevin: Yeah.

[47:31] Nikisha: Yeah. She has 15 Emmys. Because she then became a writer on the show.

[47:37] Bryan: Oh yeah. Alan Marocca is on the same track right now.

[47:41] Kevin: Who is?

[47:45] Bryan: Alan Marocca.

[47:48] Kevin: I forget his name. But he actually just wrote a new musical. That my friend music directed. He's a Broadway guy. And now he's been on Sesame Street for many, many, many years.

[47:58] Nikisha: Yeah. But he's also a Broadway dude.

[48:02] Aaron: What's your MVP?

[48:04] Nikisha: My MVP, now that it's not Maria.

[48:06] Aaron: Marie.

[48:08] Nikisha: It's okay. It was going to be Maria. Because again, we have all kinds. Made me weep on this chair. On this couch. But my other MVP would be.

[48:21] Nikisha: Also really quick. The moment when Maria climbs up onto the stage. To get to Big Bird. And you see her fierce heels. That was like an iconic childhood moment for me. I like that moment. Every time this happened. I was like. Yes bitch. Like as a kid though. The kid version of yes bitch.

[48:46] Bryan: Okay Aaron.

[48:48] Aaron: I think. I can't decide if this is. If one person is my MVP. Or if just this song is my MVP. But I will say. Olivia singing One Little Star is my MVP. And I can't tell if the song is my MVP. Or if she's my MVP. I want to say it's her. It's her. Definitely her. Because I could listen to her sing that song forever. Sing me a lullaby. Then they do the little. 70's. Mall picture.

[49:25] Nikisha: Yeah exactly. You know what I actually thought during that time. During this one. I noticed that Olivia starts singing. And the woman who. The woman who is deaf. Basically says to Gordon. She's like. I think Louise says her name. She's like what is she saying. I was like oh they're listening to her. Which makes her singing diegetic. Because it's happening. So then. When they go into that little trio. And Big Bird's taking the lead melody. And she's just doing like. Descant and harmony pieces. I was like. What are Gordon and that girl thinking. When she's just like randomly singing. Descant pieces to herself.

[50:07] Kevin: That's Linda right.

[50:09] Bryan: I'm going back in my life. Alright. Who hasn't done their MVP yet?

[50:16] Nikisha: I was going to pick Grover. But thanks Brian.

[50:20] Aaron: You can pick normal Grover. Because he said super Grover.

[50:24] Nikisha: But he's not in the movie that much. Right.

[50:26] Bryan: I would say. I don't know. I kind of laughed. Every time Oscar the Grouch was on. So I think I'll do him. As my MVP. Everyone has accepted him. And his ways. And they still accept him into the community. So I like that. Even though he can be a little extra at times.

[50:51] Kevin: So I'll go with that one. Kevin did you say yours?

[50:55] Kevin: Yeah.

[50:57] Bryan: What was yours again?

[50:59] Kevin: Oh the writers. Can we talk about Sandra Bernhardt though. In the diner.

[51:03] Nikisha: Yes with the tossed salad.

[51:05] Kevin: She's so thin. Should we play a game?

[51:12] Bryan: It took me a minute to realize who it was.

[51:14] Kevin: Oh yes absolutely. For those of you listening here. you can find this game on Patreon. But for those of you. Who are on Patreon. Hi. Hi. And for those of you again. Who are not on Patreon. We're going to skip right to the. End rankings and Rotten Tomatoes.

[51:36] Kevin: Okay. So let's do some Rotten Tomatoes guessing. Let's go around. And guess the score. Who wants to do any order? I feel like people love Sesame Street. So I feel like it's probably a 95.

[51:49] Bryan: I say 91.

[51:55] Nikisha: I'm going to say 88.

[51:59] Kevin: I'm going to say 93. Right in the middle of them too.

[52:03] Bryan: Okay. So the actual score is a 92. So because Kevin had 91. And Aaron has 93. We got to go Price is Right rules. Nice. It has no critics consensus. But it has a 92%.

[52:24] Kimberly: So while I get out our. End ranking. Who is that Kevin? Did someone else enter your screen to explain the rules?

[52:30] Kevin: Hello y'all. Come down to my place right here. So this is how it works. So we go and write these movies. And we're going to do a 1, a 2, or a 3. And the 1 is like I would watch that movie screen again. And the 2 is like I would not kick in my movie screen. But like I kind of thought about it. And the 3 is like I would burn my whole TV set after watching that movie. And then there's a plus or a minus. And the plus is like yee-haw. This was better than I thought. And the minus is like ooh. And then there's a plus or a minus. And the plus is like yee-haw. This was better than I thought. And then the minus is like ooh donkey. That was not a good movie. Back to you Brad.

[53:12] Bryan: Truly my favorite one. I feel like that was like panhandle Kevin. And panhandle Kevin is the worst Kevin there is. That's amazing.

[53:20] Kevin: Right. What are you guys' picks for this? Your numbers?

[53:24] Kimberly: I'm going to be honest. Because it has a whole lot of nostalgia for me. So it brings up the number. But I acknowledge that it's more of a silly kid movie. So I'm going to give it a 1 minus.

[53:40] Kevin: I actually think the same thing.

[53:42] Kimberly: Yeah.

[53:44] Kevin: I was like I don't want to judge it now. Because I think for kids it's good.

[53:48] Nikisha: Yeah, I agree.

[53:50] Kevin: So I'll do 1 minus too. I got pulled in.

[53:54] Bryan: Yeah, me too. I'll be the high roller and say 1. Because I think the lessons that it teaches hold up and they're very important.

[54:05] Kevin: That's true. So this average Kevin, confirm a 1 minus?

[54:11] Kevin: Yep.

[54:13] Bryan: Okay, and the 1 minus, we haven't done the 1 minus category in a while. So the 1 minus is Frozen, Frozen 2, Saving Mr. Banks, Six by Sondheim, Bathtubs Over Broadway, Get Over It, Reefer Madness, American Son, 1776, A Mighty Wind and Follow That Bird.

[54:29] Kevin: That's a really good category.

[54:32] Bryan: That's an eclectic category right there.

[54:34] Kevin: Reefer Madness is in the 1s?

[54:36] Bryan: That surprised me as well.

[54:38] Kevin: Yeah, there are a couple. I think I was just really convincing. I would probably switch Reefer Madness and Hello Again if we were to re-rank these at all.

[54:52] Bryan: Too bad, final answers.

[54:54] Kevin: Yeah. But that brings us back. I just love that American Son and Follow That Bird are in the same category.

[55:05] Bryan: That's true.

[55:11] Kevin: So that brings us to the end of our episode. Thank you so much all for joining us. You can find us at Broad Wasted on all social media. You can also follow us on our Facebook group that's Theater Nerdy Stuff run by Kevin. And as Kevin said before, whose childhood we both connect with in Kevin's corner. Let us know there.

[55:34] Bryan: On top of that, you can always rate and review us. Five stars, please. Thank you! And you can do that on Apple Podcasts. That would be awesome. You can also find us on Spotify and everywhere you get your podcasts. But we're just easygoing. We'll laugh our cares away on this easygoing day. Thank you so much for joining us. We raise our glass and on this episode we say Zidua!

[56:03] All: Cheers!