Sunday, November 10, 2024

Flopcast 653: Enjoy Bread Day, You Freaks

Need a break from, you know, everything? We're just hiding behind a giant stack of Dynamite magazines, and you're welcome to join us. We've pulled out a Dynamite issue from 1980 with the hosts of That's Incredible on the cover. (Cathy Lee Crosby looks lovely, while Fran Tarkenton and John Davidson are missing some teeth... our copy may have been defaced decades ago by some kid with a Bic pen.) Inside we can read about New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain, Gary Coleman's chihuahua, a Billy Joel album that never happened, a vampire maze, Dynamite Bummers, the Dynamite Duo... and an electronic chicken game. We don't know why they kept making magazines after 1980, when it was done to perfection.

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Show Notes

If you're not already watching Bob's Burgers, this might be a good time to start! From the beginning up to the current Season 15, you can find it on Hulu. The episode that taught us about Bread Pervs is Season 9 Episode 16, "Roamin' Bob-iday". Here in Chickentown we really took that lesson to heart.

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Now on to Dynamite! You can watch the intro and outro to That's Incredible, and several full episodes, on YouTube.

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New Hampshire's iconic Old Man in the Mountain was already in trouble in 1980!

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Strangely, the Mayor of Chickentown forgot this game existed until she heard the commercial.

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None of us remembered the 1981 movie The Legend of the Lone Ranger, but in fitting with the trend of this episode, you can watch it on YouTube. An interesting tidbit in the article: star Klinton Spilsbury apparently auditioned for the title role in Flash Gordon, along with every actor you've ever heard of.