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Episode 494 - Dinosaucers

Jan 27, 2025

What would it look like if dinosaurs evolved into sentient bipedal spacefaring warriors and fought alongside some kids with magic rings? The most bland generic 80s cartoon imaginable? Oh.

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Episode 495 - Wil Cwac Cwac

Feb 3, 2025

Dyma nodiadau'r sioe yn Gymraeg. Mae'r bennod hon yn ymwneud â hwyaden. Nid yw'n dda iawn. 

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Episode 496 - H.R. Pufnstuf

Feb 10, 2025

It would be incredibly lazy to make jokes about drug-use when watching H.R. Pufnstuf. So we won't do that. We'll just say it's crap.

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Episode 497 - Dungeons & Dragons Requiem: The Final Episode

Feb 17, 2025

It's the 10th anniversary of W4B, and we go back to where it all started by watching Dungeons & Dragons again. But this time, it's the fan-made production of the unmade final episode script. 

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Episode 498 - The Adventures of Rupert Bear

Feb 24, 2025

Some classic haunted puppet fun this week as we watch Rupert Bear in a decidedly more supernatural setting than his bejumpered and chequered appearance would have you expect.

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Episode 499 - Readalong

Mar 3, 2025

All preschool tv shows about words and pictures used to be obliged to include a puppet from your nightmares. Canada was not exempt from this rule. 

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Episode 500 - Asterix the Gaul

Mar 10, 2025

In our 500th episode spectacular, we revisit one of Mark's childhood favourites by watching the 1967 Asterix movie with a few of our loyal Patreon members.  

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Episode 501 - Dungeons and Dragons (episode 1)

Mar 17, 2025

To show how far we've come in the last ten years we present the very first episode of W4B, in which we watch some teenagers dealing with the everyday problems of being trapped in a fantasy world with a rubbish unicorn. It's just as good as it sounds. And thanks to our 2015 recording setup it sounds terrible.

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Episode 502 - Just So Stories

Mar 24, 2025

How did the Rhino get its skin? Millions of years of environmental adaptation, or a cake-based prank? In today's post-facts world, there's really no way to say for sure...  

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Episode 503 - The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys

Mar 31, 2025

Someone should make a tv show based on brine shrimp eggs. Said no-one, ever.  

 

Episode 504 - The Adventures of Jeremy/Colargol/Barnaby

Apr 7, 2025

What's scarier than a haunted puppet? A haunted puppet with multiple identities ready for a quick escape to another country.   

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Episode 505 - The Bugaloos

Apr 14, 2025

An insect band tries to evade the schemes of a jealous witch with a rat chauffeur.

That's the show.   

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Episode 506 - Alfonso Bonzo

Apr 21, 2025

Alfonso Bonzo is a thirty-something exchange student who forces cursed magical items onto a hapless schoolboy, probably to teach him a lesson or something.   

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Episode 507 - Frog and Toad Are Friends

Apr 28, 2025

A frog and a toad are friends. It's in the title.

 

Episode 508 - Lidsville

May 5, 2025

A boy falls into a hat and hat people live in hats inside the hat and they ride hats around. Also, the boy is Eddie Munster.

 

Episode 509 - Wonderbug

May 12, 2025

Wonderbug is about a cheeky car that's alive, but it's completely different from Herbie the Love Bug, so stop saying that it's the same because it isn't.

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Episode 510 - Pigsty

May 19, 2025

Pigsty is about a diner which is run by nightmarish pig-human hybrids and everybody is cool with that, yeah? Nobody questions it, it's fine. Just eat your food and go about your day. 

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Episode 511 - Street Frogs

Jun 2, 2025

You haven't heard of Street Frogs, but it was a real cartoon about frogs, living on a street. 

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Episode 512 - Gruey

Jun 9, 2025

Gruey is another dull tv show about a mischievous northern schoolboy, but we spend more time talking about the mischievous projects the main character filmed as an adult.  

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Episode 513 - Theodore Tugboat

Jun 16, 2025

We did a show about tugs once before, and invited you to make your own jokes then. We'd advise doing the same again, as ours haven't got any better.    

Episode 514 - The Magic Ball

Jun 23, 2025

If you think we make loads of funny jokes about balls this week, you're wrong. Our jokes are never funny.  

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Episode 515 - The Return of Dogtanian

Jun 30, 2025

Sequels are always brilliant aren't they? I bet you can't think of a single example of a horribly disappointing sequel. On a completely unrelated note, we watched the Return of Dogtanian. 

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Episode 516 - Where's Wally?

Jul 7, 2025

Wally is a man who is constantly playing hide and seek, and like a toddler who has just discovered the game, continues to hide in the same place forever. 

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Episode 517 - Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

Jul 14, 2025

Trying to make an educational cartoon fun is like putting a cherry on top of a dog poo. There, I said it.

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Episode 518 - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

Jul 21, 2025

A boring gameshow for kids about geography is not made better by including the pursuit of a big robot. Geography is dull. 

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Episode 519 - Keynotes

Jul 28, 2025

This week we use our audio-only format to watch a gameshow about guessing a tune with the volume mostly down. 

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Episode 520 - Box Clever

Aug 4, 2025

This week we see what happened when the BBC had access to computer graphics. And a joystick. 

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Episode 521 - Dino Boy in the Lost Valley
08/11/2025

How should we pronounce "Dino Boy?" Is it "Dino Boy," or "Dino Boy?"

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Episode 522 - One Man and His Dog
08/18/2025

We settle in to watch some sheep dog trials, which is a lot less exciting than it sounds. Or more exciting, depending on your stance on farm work vs legal dramas.

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Episode 523 - Issi Noho
08/25/2025

A panda is rescued from a crate and does magic with maths, endangering his young human friends with hilarious consequences. 

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Episode 524 - Molly's Gang
09/01/2025

A load of sleepy-eyed stop-motion aliens exist, and do things, I expect. Molly's Gang is very forgettable is what I'm saying.

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Episode 525 - ProStars
09/08/2025

Three famous American sport players fight crime using their sporting abilities, but one of them is too famous to actually turn up in person.

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Episode 526 - Pac-Man
09/15/2025

Pac-Man is the first tv show to be based on the Pac-Man arcade game. The second one is Most Haunted.

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Episode 527 - Think of a Number
09/22/2025

Think of a number. No, not that one. It's rude. 

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Episode 528 - Here Come the Double Deckers!
09/29/2025

The Double Deckers are some kids who live in a bus and are also a band. One of them might turn into a stuffed tiger, that is not actually made clear. 

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Episode 529 - Jem
10/06/2025

Whether you love or hate the cartoon adventures of Jem and the Holograms, by the end of this episode, the word "hologram" will have become meaningless. 

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Episode 530 - The Mighty Orbots
10/13/2025

Despite being a bit formulaic, The Mighty Orbots appears to have been a good cartoon, which is hard to make fun of and that makes the creators pretty selfish I reckon.

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Episode 531 - Teddy Edward
10/20/2025

A sexy catalogue model teddy bear goes travelling, mainly to show off his bare bear chest and medallion. This show is real. 

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Episode 532 - The Letter People
10/27/2025

KID: "Mum, can we have Sesame Street?" MOTHER: "We have Sesame Street at home!" The Sesame Street at home is the Letter People. 

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Episode 533 - Pardon My Genie
11/03/2025

Pardon My Genie is probably a pun, but if it is one, it isn't a good one. Which is thematically appropriate. 

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Episode 534 - The Mouse Factory
11/10/2025

The Mouse Factory is not about a factory that produces mice, nor is it about a factory operated and owned by mice. Titles are misleading sometimes, don't trust anything. 

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Episode 535 - Grotbags
11/17/2025

Grotbags got her own show because everybody prefers the villain. But in a way, Emu was also the villain, attacking celebrities and throwing Rod Hull into freezers. I wish Grotbags *had* eaten him. 

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