About this episode
🐰 Hop, hop, hop with us back to 1981 for our first trip to Bear Country, which it turns out was built on top of the Easter Bunny’s industrial nightmare factory. **** 🎙 Guests: Alan Johnson ( Two Bad Neighbors – A Simpsons Podcast , Talespin Trivia , @AlanJ ). Emily Rowley (smiling politely, @mlerowley ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. The Berenstain Bears’ Easter Surprise on the official YouTube channel. 2. Yes, we all collectively mispronounced “Berenstain.” 3. The VHS cover , for reference. 4. The Berenstain Bears: The Very First Easter , being the story of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus, who is also a bear. 5. Inside the Berenstain Bears’ Tree House . 6. The widest tree in the world , for comparison. 7. Things this special has in common with Steel Magnolias: Knowl Johnson and dozens of broken Easter eggs. 8. An ode to the Bear Family’s tiny, antique, circular porthole TV set . 9. Today’s TV Trope: Packed Hero . 10. Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video , featuring young Zachary Danziger (Bill Bunny) and a host of way more familiar names. **** 📼 Retro Commercial Break: Kellogg’s Raisin Bran: Morgan the Mockingbird Commercial , 1981, preserved from the original airing of this special. **** 🎤 And Now, These Messages: Mike on the Two Bad Neighbors podcast for Marge Be Not Proud and Monty Can’t Buy Me Love . Jingle Jank . “The Berenstain Bears’ Easter Surprise” © 1981 Joseph Cates Co., Inc. Say hi on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook . Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .