About this episode
🎄It’s 1986, and the only way Drew Barrymore can save her new friends is to believe in the magic of toys… and Cincinnati. From director Clive Donner comes a bonkers adaptation of “Babes in Toyland” starring Drew Barrymore, Keanu Reeves, and Richard Mulligan as a weird, evil guy who lives in a bowling ball. **** 🎙 Guests: Molly Patton ( MollyPatton.com ) Becca Petunia ( ToughPigs.com , Bear in the Big Blue Podcast , Bluesky ) Adam Pope ( The Retro Network , Wizards: The Podcast Guide to Comics , Remember That Show? , Bluesky ) **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Watch “Babes in Toyland” on Tubi , the full, 3-hour original broadcast with commercials , or the unofficial “ Director’s Cut ” without ads. 2. Misfits in Toyland (NSFW), an unrelated horror-comedy webcomic. 3. Keanu Reeves (Jack) on “ Going Great ” (1985). 4. Googy Gress (Georgie) in “ Wayne’s World 2 .” 5. Today’s TV Trope: And You Were There . 6. The Cookie Jar House of South Jersey. 7. The Undertaker’s entrance at WrestleMania IX , in the middle of the afternoon. 8. Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (and Tripping Daisy’s cover of theme song ). 9. The Toymaster’s Santa coat looks like Belle’s from “ Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas .” 10. Was It Great, or Were You 8? **** 📼 Commercial Break: McDonald’s: Recital (1986) Give ’Em All a Little Pat of Butter (1986) TGI Podcast **** “Babes in Toyland” © 1986 The Finnegan Company. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .