Our second BONUS episode this summer is ABC’s Afternoon Special: Me and Dad’s New Wife. This episode first aired on February 18, 1976 and stars some of the biggest child stars of the day: Kristy McNichol, Lance Kerwin, Leif Garrett and Alex Kenin.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Kenin

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Miami Vice (1988) is the tv show that brought us the white t-shirts under colorful suits and loafers with no socks trends - and a pet alligator named Elvis! In Brother’s Keeper, Miami Metro-Dade Vice Detective Sonny Crockett is looking for “The Columbian” – a man responsible for his partner’s death. NYPD Detective Ricardo Tubbs comes to Miami looking for Calderone – a man responsible for his brother’s death.

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In August we will release TWO bonus episodes! The first, we review and recap The Day My Kid Went Punk. This might be our very favorite piece of television every aired! It first aired on October 21, 1987 during the sixteenth season of the ABC Afterschool Special. Terry decides to “go punk” while his mom is planning to give a speech at a conference about “Punk Syndrome.” This one is sooooo sooooo sooooo 80s!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Afterschool_Special

Come Aboard, We’re Expecting You! This tv movie is the second of three pilots before the series, which aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986. Though Captain Stubing and Cruise Director Julie are not in this one, Gopher, Doc and Isaac are! It also guest stars Ken Berry, Marcia Strassman, Kristy McNichol, Robert Reed and many more! (Also, our favorite composer, Paul Williams, co-wrote the theme song!)

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It’s hard to believe that this enduring series from series creator David Lynch only aired for two seasons in its initial run. (There was a subsequent season in 2017 and a major motion picture Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.) For this episode, we review and recap the pilot tv movie Northwest Passage, written by Lynch and Mark Frost, aired in April 1990.

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The Foundlings is the pilot tv movie for the beloved tv series BJ and the Bear. It ran for three seasons in the late 1970s, turning Greg Evigan into a household name. The tv show was born of the CB radio and trucking craze. Throw in an adorable Chimpanzee named Bear, and voila! TV magic is born.

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Project ALF – the reunion movie nobody asked for, or were sorry they did after it aired. This 1996 movie aired six years after the beloved tv comedy ended abruptly. Does it gives us a sense of closure? Well, the Tanner family is not in it, so that’s up for debate. Join us in The Clubhouse as we debate whether it helped or hindered the franchise.

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We are breaking our own rules for this episode! Baby Snatcher, from May 2024, got Beth thinking about the X-Files, one of her all-time favorite tv shows. So, we decided to watch it and talk about it! Listen to our recap and review (and love for David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) the two-part episodes End Game and Colony from Season 2.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_Game_(The_X-Files)

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