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Saturday Morning Obscurities is a fun look back on half-remembered kids entertainment of yesteryear. Adult siblings Melissa and Jams rewatch shows and movies of their childhood, showcasing underrated gems, finding the weird moments in popular shows you thought you knew, and discovering oddities even they've never seen before! Join us every other Saturday for a movie or a handful of TV episodes, maybe a guest appearance, and a lot of nostalgia and laughs.
Episodes
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Ep 42 Revolutionary Girl Utena
Friday Jun 24, 2022
Friday Jun 24, 2022
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Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Ep 41 Cybersix
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
We're kicking off Pride Month with the 1999 cartoon Cybersix! Our titular hero escaped from the evil science lab that tried to make her into a super-soldier, and she now spends nights as a protector of her city -- and days as mild-mannered high school teacher Mr. Adrien Sidleman.
We discuss the lead's dual gender identities, and the fellow high school teacher who has a crush on both of them. We also talk mud monsters, excessive breakfasts, a sudden panther, the oldest Beyblade, and taking over the TV at a family function.
The Live Action Cybersix Series
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Friday Jun 03, 2022
Ep 40 Meet The Robinsons
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Let us introduce you to Meet the Robinsons, a 2007 Disney animated feature film that's way more chaotic than you'd expect.
Lewis is a young orphan who's constantly inventing contraptions that backfire, and he's worried his obsession means he'll never be adopted. A mysterious boy takes him on a time travel adventure to the future, where he meets the wacky but loving Robinson family, learns that you can't have discovery without failure, and stops a villain literally called Bowler Hat Guy.
We discuss a puppet wife, putting a steak on a black eye, custom-printed phone cases we found with screenshots from this movie, and having a big head and little arms.
Weird Goob merchandise:
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Saturday May 21, 2022
Ep 39 (Ft. Pete) The Big O
Saturday May 21, 2022
Saturday May 21, 2022
Special guest Pete (He/Him) joins us to talk about The Big O, the 1999 anime that aired on Toonami and Adult Swim. Roger Smith is a negotiator in Paradigm City, a place where everyone lost their memories 40 years ago. He uses The Big O, his mech, to help fight mysterious monsters and other mechs found or built by criminals, always unsure of where any of this comes from.
We discuss how everyone says Roger's name like they're cursing at him, the soup dad, the strong sassy robot, the secret to immortality, and Batman.
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Friday Apr 29, 2022
Ep 38 Where’s Wally
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
This week, the wonderful Wilkinsons watched Where's Wally! This is a 1991 cartoon based on the popular seek-and-find books known in the US as Where's Waldo.
Wizard Whitebeard shows up in Waldo's attic to send him on missions to fantastic landscapes, to help people in need, outwit the dastardly Odlaw, and get himself lost in crowds.
We discuss the jarring theme song, the narrator breaking in to affect the story, dogs who wear glasses, and nerds who can date princesses.
Sorry for Jams's low quality audio! We accidentally recorded it from the wrong mic, oops!
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Friday Apr 15, 2022
Ep 37 (Ft. Jason) The Venture Bros.
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Our friend Jason (He/Him) joins us for our first "Saturday Night Obscurities" episode about an adult cartoon, the long-running Adult Swim series The Venture Bros!
Dr. Rusty Venture is a former boy adventurer turned unsuccessful scientist, dragging his teenage sons across a world of spaceships, supervillains, and family secrets. We recap the hour-long special "All This and Gargantua-2" that opens season six, and talk about the series as a whole!
We discuss the show's mix of action, comedy, and surprising emotion, the continuity callbacks, characters who are direct Marvel homages, how many literal Venture brothers there actually are, and another one of the greatest "wait, this has a real ongoing plot?" cartoons, Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated.
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Ep 7 Eureka: Blink
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Welcome back to another episode of Sci-Fi Afternoon Odysseys, the show where we discuss the finest of Sci-Fi Channel's original programming! A podcast we've always been doing!
We're still watching Eureka, now on episode 7, "Blink." Two competing teams of Global Dynamics scientists need to race against the clock to complete an anti-missile shield, and they turn to a dangerous super-speed drug to help them work faster.
We discuss isekai anime, Jack's wholesome love of baseball, many small sodas, "Problem Boy," and this YouTube video we found that's the exact normal opening theme for the show but someone pasted their own face over Colin Ferguson.
Eureka intro, Cory edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFWTl8CkT2U
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Friday Mar 18, 2022
Ep 36 LazyTown
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
We watched the 2004 Icelandic show LazyTown, a mix of live action human athleticism, puppets, and musical numbers.
Energetic young Stephanie moves to LazyTown and inspires the local kids to spend more time playing games outside. The villain Robbie Rotten wants to keep the town lazy, but Stephanie teams up with the hero Sportacus to defeat him every time.
We talk about the town's location in a void of endless fields, how Robbie and Sportacus might be the latest in a line of regenerating archetypal primal forces, and the show's contributions to memes, especially the supervillain ska banger "We Are Number One."
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Ep 35 Dragon Booster
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
We watched the 2004 animated series Dragon Booster. Artha lives in a futuristic city where everyone rides a dragon and races them for sport, but he prefers playing dragon-racing video games.
After his father leaves him the legendary golden dragon, he takes up the responsibility of becoming its "booster," its trusted rider who will bond with it to protect humans and prevent another human/dragon war.
We discuss the detailed worldbuilding, the character name allusions to King Arthur's court, tall sci-fi cities that you can just fall off of, how nobody can recognize Racer X by his voice or mouth, and why there can't just be a podracing cartoon.
Sorry if you hear any of Jams's sniffles this episode, we tried to edit them out best we could!
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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Friday Feb 18, 2022
Ep 34 My Brother and Me
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
The siblings talk about a siblings-based classic, the 1994 Nickelodeon sitcom My Brother & Me! This show follows the misadventures of young brothers Alfie and Deedee, and their friend Goo. We see the kids act in their school's production of Robin Hood, and when Goo is hit in the face with a basketball, his personality changes to become Sensitive Goo.
We discuss how the show feels naturalistic and lived-in but also filled with wacky sitcom logic, the use of costumes in foreshadowing, a very cool comic book store, and memories of Blockbuster.
Jams: @JamsWilk
Melissa: @WilkyWit
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