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Superweird: A Quest for the Absurd in Children's Television with Ben & Dexter
Ben and Dexter review the absurdity in children's television programming, and how mischaracterizations in early childhood media serve to confuse young minds as they learn about society around them.Email: superweirdpod@gmail.com Facebook: facebook.com/superweirdpod
Episodes
64 episodes
Episode 64: Bill Gunter US Marshall "A Terror To Evil"
Welcome to the last episode of Superweird.Last meaning the most recent, not the end of the series. Was this episode recorded 3 months before it was ever edited and uploaded? Who can really tell?In this installment, Ben and Dexter ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:24:25
Episode 63: Joy Junction #? "Heavenly Menu"
Joy to the weird! The lads are back at Joy Junction learning about the "heavenly menu" whatever that means. Has the crew at Joy Junction upped their game since last we visited? Let's write our answers on a hotdog bun and find out together.
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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1:09:59
Episode 62: Velocity "No-ing God" 2002 VHS
The lads are rusty and almost completely wasted a recording session. However, they were able to course correct and save the episode. Probably. I don't know. I just edit this crap. You have to listen to it.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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1:05:11
Episode 61: Adventures in Odyssey #148 Issac the Procrastinator
We recorded this episode in 2009. I'm just getting around to it.
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:10:30
Episode 60: Buy Me That! A Kids' Survival Guide to TV Advertising
This one has commercials. Video
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:15:05
Episode 59: Joy Junction #? "Don't Use Bad Words"
It's game night at Superweird HQ. The lads play along with a game show that's less game and more Sunday school. Put your hands over your buzzers and join the fun at Joy Junction. Th...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:11:08
Episode 58: Adventures in Odyssey #173 "A Thanksgiving Carol"
Bird, as a wiseman once said, is the word. That's right. We're celebrating Thanksgiving in the only place we can call a home(in that we hate it there), the small town of Odyssey. Now, who's ready to ripoff some Dickens?
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:12:18
Episode 57: The Horrors of Halloween (1997 VHS)
Today, we introduce a new character in to our Superweird tapestry. Say hi to Bob Larson as he attempts to suck all the joy from this most spooky of holidays.The Horrors of Halloween<...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:38:12
Episode 56: Adventures in Odyssey #12 "The Tangled Web"
More Odyssey! YAY! This one is about lies. Tiny lies. Microscopic lies that grow in to gargantuan monster lies!
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:13:28
Episode 55: When Will We Learn Who To Trust w/ Curt Hiss
When you take that long of a break, then you should ease back in to your normal routine. Unfortunately, our version of normal is a rockbottom quality anti-drug puppet show. We're back, baby!
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:17:35
Episode 53: Adventures in Odyssey #115 “An Act of Mercy”
This is the episode where they talk about chairs.
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:13:54
Episode 52: Adventures in Odyssey #61 "The Boy Who Didn't Go to Church"
The lads endure a theatrical production put on by the characters of Odyssey. Things get predictably heavy-handed.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:10:05
Episode 51: Adventures in Odyssey #68 "Choices"
Our cursed lads make the most of it with a particularly irritating episode of Adventures in Odyssey.
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:08:25
Episode 50: Adventures in Odyssey #168 "The Curse"
Upon reaching episode 50, Ben and Dexter are confronted by a demon claiming to hold the future of Superweird in his grasp. The boys discuss Native American curses, critical thinking, and why you’d name a fictional character after the KKK....
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:26:33
Episode 49: PragerU Kids?
So it's come to this...Ad.Galileo.Neil Armstron...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:27:40
Episode 48: Life With Grandpa #3 (1985)
CONTENT WARNINGThis is easily the most horrid piece of media the lads have covered. From dead ducks to lady robots, Life With Grandpa is an emotional rollercoaster for which they were not prepared.
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:30:34
Episode 47: Color Me a Rainbow #7 "Hey Kids, It's Jesus! He's the Head of the Body!"
HEY KIDS! I'M A SCREAMING FROG PUPPET! WON'T YOU LET ME TELL YOU HOW YOU'RE ONLY A PART IN THE JESUS MACHINE?!Source
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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1:25:40
Episode 46: Adventures in Odyssey #65 "Bad Company"
The lads return to AiO. Listen as Dexter drags Ben kicking and screaming through a fumbled episode about stealing and the importance of WHO is teaching the Bible.
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:21:31
Episode 45: Adventures in Odyssey #163 "A Model Child"
The lads return to Odyssey to see how Focus on the Family addresses the subject of child beauty pageants. Are they for or against objectifying children? Should kids be involved in pageants or is it easier to blame the parents?
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:25:14
Episode 44: The Gospel Bill Show "Don't Trust in Riches"
Yee haw! The lads take a trip to the old west town of Dry Gulch for an episode of The Gospel Bill Show. How did they get here? What does the ostrich teach us? Is that question too out of context? These answers and more!
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:30:53
Episode 43: Magic Al and the Mind Factory "Monsters Be Gone"
Our Halloween episode came a little late and limped to the barn. The lads watch a long forgotten VHS cassette from the year 2000. They tackle this media completely blind and with utter confusion.Also, Mandy Moore!?
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:20:17
Episode 42: Superbook s1e16 "The Patience of Job"
Ben and Dex go back to the well of misguided morality called Superbook to learn the story of Job. God and Satan have a little pow wow and a farmer loses everything to teach a lesson to... someone.
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:18:12
Episode 41: Thought, Word, and Deed (1994)
Ben and Dexter delve into YouTube’s The Parlor channel of strange and obscure VHS media, finding Thought, Word, and Deed - a children’s cautionary tale in being honest. They’re fascinated with the cheap props, the awful dialog, and the kookines...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:08:41
Episode 40: Kids Praise! 5 - Psalty's Camping Adventure
Ben and Dexter celebrate their 40th episode by remembering the life of the late Norm MacDonald…by doing the worst impressions imaginable. Also, they take you camping with a giant, blue book that sings to kids about Jesus and the alphabet. You k...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:27:47
